After being tasked with making a friend by Twilight Sparkle, Tempest is distracted by Songbird's amazing show and goes to compliment her on it.

I wrote this fic after telling my artist friend that if she drew a Tempest x Songbird image(this stories cover image), I'd write a fic for it. She held up her end, so I held up mine. Hope you guys enjoy :)

Rated Teen because I don't know if some parts are 'show-like everyone rated'

Wew. Peeps really seem to want more out of a complete story. MAYBE I'll indulge. If I can figure out how to make this ship work...

Thanks to a head cold, Coloratura cancels her upcoming appearance at the Friendship Festival in Canterlot. However, the decision saved her from being put at the mercy of the Storm King, but unfortunately, fellow music artist Songbird Serenade was not so fortunate. Now, Coloratura attempts to console her friend as she deals with the trauma surrounding the Storm King's invasion.

Cover art belongs to jhayarr23 of deviantart.com

Written at Canterlot KC 2017 in Kansas City, MO

When you're down in the dumps, all it takes is something simple to raise your spirits.

For Twilight, simple things somehow end up arriving in ways she wouldn't expect.

Contains spoilers for the My Little Pony movie.

After she's left with broken wings due to an accident, Songbird finds herself consumed by stress and doubting herself. A few comforting words from her marefriend remind her of why she performs, and she learns that a fall from grace isn't always a bad thing.

Reading by Rainbow Infinity.

Expanded from a story written for Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Contest #72 "Broken Wings."

Cover Art by Artiks.

Proofread by The Red Parade, Silent Whisper, Wishcometrue, TheLegendaryBillCipher, SunlightRays, Holtinater, Carapace, Seer, MasterThief, &
Buttery Biscuit.

Edited by Cyonix & flutterJackdash.

Featured on sandbox on 2020/9/13

Fluttershy has come a long way since Twilight came to Ponyville, but she’s still very shy compared to most ponies.

But who would have thought that a big time star would be shy as well?

A gift for BlackWater with thanks for SOOOO many things.

Shortly after her biggest fan dies of cancer, Coloratura, accompanied by her close friend Songbird Serenade, visits her grave.

Author's Note: Follow up to Saying Goodbye to a Loyal Fan

Cover Art belongs to jhayarr123 of DeviantART

Written at the Hampton Inn Roanoke Airport in Roanoke, VA

A mare of talent and mystery, Songbird Serenade is beloved for her music.

But she hides things from the public, struggling with her inner problems and the fears of her life out of their view. All they ever see is the unbeatable popstar, the cheery mare of the stage. It's all she'll allow them to see. She won't let anyone see otherwise, because then they might be dragged into her torment.

I appreciate the story being shared around, commented on, liked, enjoyed, all that jazz.

Whenever Songbird Serenade steps onto the stage, the crowd calls for her. They hear her voice. And more importantly, they hear the pegasus' words. But there was a time when Songbird's words were very small and not well known. During her high school days, Songbird was a poet inspired to capture the world by storm with words. Unfortunately, that mindset almost cost her the future she was destined for.

No movie spoilers will be in this story. This story is pure speculation.

I want to personally thank Crystal Wishes and the people in her Discord for making me feel welcome and happy. You are all great people. Really, thank you.

A special thanks to Sylvian for proof-reading.

I wrote this story prior to the movie's release. Cannon lore about Songbird Serenade's may contradict my story, but I wanted to touch on who the pop singer was before she became famous. This is to feed the crowd until the actual movie is out in theaters.

Link to cover art: https://www.deviantart.com/art/Songbird-Serenade-626535085

This story is a sequel to Knight of Equestria I: Certainty

Long before I became Songbird Serenade, while I was still in high school, I encountered Discord turning Ponyville into the Chaos Capital of the world. I wasn't buying that his changes made ponies more fun, and I told him as much, which meant I had a part to play in the drama.

Though this three chapter story is a sequel to Knight of Equestria: Certainty, it begins with a reprise of the first story and is written to be enjoyed as a standalone work. A big thank you! each to DoContra and Loganberry for pre-reading and suggestions.

Songbird's Playlist

Fly Away!, the JPB Remix by NCS.
Looking for You by the Empire Cast
Ain't Nobody, a cover by Ain't Nobody, not the original by Chaka Khan
I'm Free by Kenny Loggins on the Footloose Soundtrack.

The following sequence from the long description of Certainty also sets the stage for this second story in the series:
Music Biz's Wicked Tongue: So,  Miss Serenade... World renown DJ, songwriter, records topping the charts, fans cry "Songbird" at you, Friendship Festival headliner...  What's the scoop with the serialized stories The Strand is launching?  Self-aggrandizing fiction?

Songbird Serenade: Self-aggrandizing? (She shuffles some pages on the table before her and takes a deep breath.)  On the evening of the 1000th Summer Sun Celebration, a blank-flank teenager was expecting to scrub and dust, helping her immigrant parents clean Town Hall overnight. She was... okay with that. Her family was glad for any opportunity. Her Trottingham accent worried her—

WT: Your accent—

SS:  Might her classmates discover she was a peasant who cleaned up after other ponies and always would?  She jammed with a nascent DJ named Vinyl Scratch, but, with her sorry excuse for being a DJ next to her only friend, she had no dreams of a musical future.

(Her blue eyes catch mine for an instant.)  Little did I know at the dawn of the Age of Harmony, I would meet its first monster.

The filly made it to her next sunrise, but would be piecing herself together for the rest of her life. Ultimately, without Princess Nightmare Moon there would be no Songbird Serenade. This is one of those stories.

WT: Are you saying the stories are autobiographical?

SS: (She covers her face with her mop of bangs after I see incipient tears.)  It's a confession.  She dislikes the filly she was.  As for the mare she became... (Shudders)

A small town Pegasus finds herself in unfortunate circumstances. Emotional ramifications force her to make decisions which could lead to a life of frivolity or one plagued by failure and despair.