“Alright my little ponies, let’s line up for the talent show auditions!” Ms. Cheerilee announced to a large cheery group of school ponies. It seemed that every school pony in Ponyville arrived to audition for the upcoming talent show. Since there were so many ponies interested in auditioning, Ms. Cheerilee decided to host the auditions at the Ponyville Park Stage where not only school ponies, but other Ponyville ponies could watch the little ones share their talents. “Pfft, finally” a grey unicorn colt huffed as he stretched his legs. This was not Moonstone Voice’s first talent audition, and each year he entered, he won some sort of prize. Moonstone knew his talent and strengths, and was not afraid of showing others that he might be better than the other school ponies. After what seemed like forever, the auditions began. “Now since there are so many of you eager ponies, the judges and I decided that you’’ audition in pairs” Ms. Cheerliee shouted to the large crowd of ponies in front of her. Moonstone huffed once again. “I’ll just shine brighter in comparison!” Moonstone exclaimed to himself, continuing his stretches.  
Another hour went by before Moonstone heard his name to get up on the stage. “Finally!” Moonstone huffed as he trotted towards the stage. As he approached, Moonstone noticed that there was no other pony accompanying him as Ms. Cheerliee said there would be. The notion did not phase the grey unicorn, and as he walked up on the stage and Ms. Cheerliee told him to begin, Moonstone started in his first pose. Suddenly there was a loud BOOM, followed by the stage shaking, causing the grey unicorn to fall over. “Now what is the very idea?!” Moonstone shouted as he got up from the floor. After composing himself, Moonstone noticed a small cream earth pony right next to him, swinging a rope and prancing around. Not letting the trick pony get in his way, Moonstone returned to his first pose, followed by a carefully choreographed interpretive dance he created a week ago. The dance would have been graceful and poised, if not for the cream earth pony continuously prancing around on stage with lead hooves. Moonstone tried to ignore the other colt, only to be interrupted and growing more frustrated with each passing minute. Meanwhile, the cream colt continued to dance and whip his tail around with a lasso. As he conducted his own dance, Moonstone kept seeing his stage “partner” move more graceful with every heavy step. Frustration and annoyance caused Moonstone’s horn to spark, while the charm of the colt’s dance, flustered the poor unicorn. The cream colt even dared to wink at Moonstone, flustering the unicorn and even bringing a blush to his face. “Why I never!” Moonstone thought to himself as he huffed at the colt. Finally after what seemed like an eternity, the pair’s weird auditions were over, and both colts walked off the stage.
 
A flustered Moonstone stomped over to the cream colt who began untying the lasso from his tail.  
“How dare you interrupt my dance!” Moonstone exclaimed, his face still slightly pink. Turning his head, the cream colt took a pause, then chuckled.  
“Sorry partner, I didn’t know you’d jump so high” the colt said, turning his full body towards the grey unicorn. “The name’s Freckle Trick. Friends call me Freckle” the cream colt said, twitching his tail as if the lasso was still attached.  
“Well, Freckle,” Moonstone said, emphasizing the colt’s name. “I did not appreciate your…boisterous… entrance causing me to lose my form.”  
“Aw shucks, sorry fella. I didn’t mean to startle yah: I just wanted to showcase a big entrance after I arrived a little late.” Freckle chuckled again. The colt then looked off to the judges, then back at Moonstone. “Besides, I don’t think it mattered to the judges. You’re weird dance won them over anyway.”  
“Weird dance?!” Moonstone scoffed, his eyes wide at the colt. “You sir do not know the intricacy of interpretive dance!” At first the grey unicorn was going to give a heated lesson on how his dance could woo emotion; however he was at a loss for anymore words. After a minute cool down, Moonstone cleared his throat to compose himself. “Well, at any rate, I do not think the judges minded your…dance…either” Moonstone said to Freckle. Then after what Moonstone could only later describe as a moment of insanity, the unicorn continued talking. “Besides, your dance, although unnecessarily loud and quite country, was quite graceful and intricate.”
 
“Well thanks, uh…”  
“Moonstone. Moonstone Voice” Moonstone interrupted, filling Freckle’s pause.
 
“Well thanks Moonie! You’re alright!” Freckle exclaimed loudly, giving Moonstone a playful hoof bump. “Y’ah know, you ain’t too bad yourself. We should hang out sometime soon! Tomorrow, eat lunch with me!” Freckle exclaimed one more time, then with a wink the colt trotted off before Moonstone could respond.
 
At first Moonstone was going to say something, not that didn’t know what, except maybe stay around to see if he made it to the talent show. However, Moonstone instead remained silent and instead watched the remaining auditions until Ms. Cheerliee announced who would move on to the talent show. Of course Moonstone made it, but to the slight surprise and secret happiness of the unicorn, the cream colt Freckle also made the talent show, and the Moonstone was oddly eager to both tell the cream colt at lunch tomorrow, and of actually competing with Freckle.  
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This was the moment young Moonstone knew he was gay.
 
This moment was the beginning of the weird and competitive friendship between Moonstone Voice and Freckle Trick. Despite his extroverted attitude and demeanor, Moonstone did not have too many close friends, that is until Freckle entered his life. At first Moonstone never thought he would be friends with such a country brute who stomped around whenever he walked; however as the two colts spent more lunches together, Moonstone began accepting his friendship with Freckle, who quickly returned the feelings. Both colts see each other as their opposites in interests and tastes; however, both colts quickly realized that despite their differences, the two shared a flare for dancing and showing off, and so began playing off of their energies. Each colt helps each other out in improving their dancing: Moonstone helps in refining Freckle’s moves through more graceful moves, while Freckle teaches Moonstone other “non-cultured” dance moves such as square dancing and lassoing to name a few. The colts also help each other get over their faults and be better colts in the future. Moonstone even learns of his homosexuality partially because of Freckle who encourages the young unicorn colt to remain true to his feelings (whether he recuperates these feelings or not is up to time and interpretation). At the very least, Freckle enjoys flustering the grey unicorn who is usually so composed.
 
Regardless of whether Moonstone and Freckle develop romantic feelings for each other or not, the two colts become closer friends over time, sharing a weirdly comforting and satisfyingly consistent friendship.
 
Also no matter what he denies, Moonstone thought from the very beginning that the loud earth colt was quite attractive, especially with those sparkling green eyes.