Tears

Part 17~Ponyhead Show

"It's the Ponyhead Show." The lights turned on, shining on the poorly designed curtain. "And now your host. It's Ponyhead!"

Ponyhead flew onto the stage as the fake audience cheered. "Oh, my goodness. Stop it, stop it. You guys are too kind. I'd like to welcome you all to the very first ever Ponyhead Show, starring me, Ponyhead. And if y'all would shut up, I'm going to tell you some jokes." Pomnyhead ducked down, reappearing with a red ball. "Clown nose."

The sound effects played as Star stared in shock. "Okay, well, this probably seems kind of weird, but Ponyhead totally knows what she's doing. And I'm so excited she's going to put you on her show."

Eclipsa lowered her head, dusting her fingers over her guitar. "It's been a while since I've performed in front of an audience, but if you think it's a good idea," she drifted off as Star smirked.

"Oh, it's a good idea. Look, Seahorse even set it up so that everyone can watch. And we can gauge how much the audience likes it."

"Because that's giving us so much confidence," Marco muttered, pointing to the number of negative views appearing.

"Are you sure this'll get the public on my side?"

Moc laughed, sitting atop the counter next to Marco. "Nah, this is going to be a train wreck, but hey, can't do much worse." Marco frowned, pushing her off as they groaned. "Rude."

"You have been a great audience, but let's face it, I've been an even greater host. We'll be right back, so don't get lonely. But first, a message from our sponsors." Ponyhead left the stage as Seahorse appeared, holding the compact mirror in his fin.

"The Ponyhead Show is brought to you by the new Reflectacorp Mirror Deluxe. To access your new mirror, you just need to give a sample of your DNA." He began licking it as Marco grimaced.

"Mewman technology is weird." He turned, facing Tom, as he chuckled.

"Yeah, but it is secure."

"Hey, thanks for joining us. Solar's going to be helping Eclipsa, and Moc is... Moc. It's nice to have some support." Marco nudged Tom's side as he blushed.

"Yeah, what are boyfriends for?"

Marco smiled softly, kissing Tom's hand when Kelly butted in. "Since when did you and Solar break up?"

Marco turned to her. "We didn't?"

"Wait... You're cheating? Not cool dude. Especially when he's over there."

"I'm not cheating either."

Kelly frowned. "What?"

Marco rolled his eyes. "I'm dating Tom and Solar. Tom is dating me and Solar, and Solar is dating both of us."

"Oh, threesome. I gotcha."

"No. That's not what I meant. Kelly!" Marco chased after Kelly as she walked away, leaving a startled Tom behind.

On the other side of the studio, Solar was having his own challenges.

"What the heck is that?" Ponyhead glared at Eclipsa's guitar as Star stepped forward.

"Ponyhead, we talked about this. Eclipsa's going to perform."

"What? No. I did not say anything about having her perform. She's just supposed to be on the show, like, you know, like, sit there and, like, just like be good."

"Oh, don't worry, Ponyhead. I've been practising, and I really think your audience is going to enjoy it," Eclipsa tried to reason as Ponyhead got into her space.

"Really? Do you think that right now?"

Solar pulled Eclipsa away, standing between her and Ponyhead. "Come on, Pony. I promise you she's good. Even Marco agreed, and you know how he is with music."

Ponyhead put a bit more consideration into it before she let out a loud groan. "Fine, but not like that. My audience will not like it, mkay?"

"What do you mean?" Star tilted her head as Ponyhead looked at Eclipsa's guitar.

"Yeah, her guitar is made out of dead people. That won't do."

"It looks cool," Eclipsa resisted as Ponyhead shook her head.

"Well, it looks like a pile of bones. We need to get rid of that old thing."

"We can take it off your hands," the twins announced together as Solar screamed.

"Oh, holy alicorn in the sky, what is that?"

"You guys remember my sisters, Shonda and Shinda," Ponyhead explained as the twins stared at Eclipsa's guitar.

"We're musicians too. We'll take good care of it. Bye, Eclipsa." They grabbed her guitar, floating through the wall.

"Don't worry, girl, I know what I'm talking about."

"And now, welcome back to the Ponyhead Show." The announcer interrupted their conversation as Ponyhead gasped.

She pushed Seahorse out of the way as she took centre stage. "Welcome back. We have a great show for you tonight. Do you like cooking? Do you also like Earth? Because later in the show, we have Cooking with M-Knife!"

The camera panned over to where Marco and Tom were standing.

"If that's not your taste, we also have martial artists with... those two." She motioned to Moc and Kelly, who waved back. "But first, you guys are so lucky because we have a very special celebrity guest. Oh, my gosh, I am so excited to speak with her."

Star grinned, getting ready to push Eclipsa on stage as Ponyhead ducked down.

"It's me! I'm the celebrity guest."

Star groaned as Marco turned to Tom. "Want to help me prep?"

"Sure! But I've literally never been in a kitchen in my life."

"Don't worry, it's just like striking down your enemies." Marco pulled out a coconut. "First, crack its skull open."

Tom blinked, watching Marco and laughing nervously. "I forgot about your hatred of coconuts."

"I don't hate them. They're very good to eat. I'm going to start on the coconut milk. Why don't you dice the onion?"

"Yeah, I can do that." Tom took the onion before looking at the wrack of knives.

After a moment, Marco handed him one to use. "You really weren't kidding, huh?"

Tom laughed. "No."

Marco grinned, the idea hitting him as he stood behind Tom, wrapping his arms around Tom and taking his hands. He began guiding Tom on how to cut onions, laughing as Tom stopped functioning entirely.

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"Aw man, Ponyhead sure is taking forever." Star placed her hands on her hip as Eclipsa snored, sleeping on the cloud.

"You ready for makeup, Eclipsa?" Azniss appeared as Eclipsa shot up, an excited glimmer in her eyes.

"Oh, I didn't know I'm getting my makeup done."

"It's nothing fancy. It's just a touch-up before you go on," Khrysthalle explained, leading Eclipsa away as Solar sighed.

"Am I the only one who got a bad feeling from that?" Solar glanced at Star, who was looking more and more unsure of herself.