The End of a Chapter

It's been less than a week since Attack on Mango reached the top of Equestria's music charts. Which, makes it a little weird that Nar has called a band meeting. With the band gathered in the living room of their shared house (Well, except for Scrappy.) all eyes are gathered on Nar. He stands beneath their large TV, a somber smile on his face. He looks a little nervous, but nobody knows why. The silence almost settles, but Nar breaks it before it can become awkward. "Guys. I know this might not be something you want to hear." Asuka raises an eyebrow, Scrappy begins to look nervous, but Juno remains his usual, unbothered self. (https://youtu.be/VNLk-DzL5V8?si=Hubd8XNiJBj99mrm) "I want to focus on life right now, so I was thinking-." Nar is interrupted by a shocked gasp from Scrappy. "We're breaking up?! But I only just joined!" Nar shakes his head vehemently. "What? No! I just... I want the band to take a back seat for a bit. Not be the focus of my life. You know? Like, we still play gigs every now and then, and release a single, or an album every so often. Just... I don't want to be doing band stuff all the time." There's a pause. The air in the room seems to get thicker. "Cookie's gonna start school this year, and I want to be there for it! I know we could still go further with the band, but that would mean trying to get to the world charts! We'd have to do so much traveling, and so much work to get there! Who knows how many more years it would take! There are so many firsts in Cookie's life she hasn't experienced yet, and I want to be there for all of them! Big, and small!" The passion in Nar's voice is unlike any Asuka has ever heard from him before. Sure, he's been passionate about stuff before, but never like this. Silence falls over the room once more. For a few moments, Nar is concerned his bandmates might not agree. Then, Asuka breaks the silence. "Well, it's not like we planned to stay at the top forever." She offers a smile, and pulls Scrappy into a side hug. "We've gone farther than we ever dreamed we would when we first started. Top of the charts, a whole city that's obsessed with us, and generational wealth we could pass down to our great grandchildren. So far as I'm concerned? We can afford to cut back on the band stuff. Or just stop entirely. Buuuut, we still want to have some fun, so I agree. The band should take a back seat, but not break up." On the recliner next to the couch, Juno nods in agreement. "It's not our style to be the top dogs anyway. Why not hand off number one to another band? We're going into the Equestrian Music Hall of Fame anyway!" At this, Scrappy seems to calm down. "But... What about the fans? They'll be devastated!" To this, Nar has an answer. "Then we give them one last, big show. The biggest we've ever had. Make it one they'll remember for the rest of their lives!"