At a cafe, 2 friends are hanging out, till one of them has a problem, can the other pony help his friend out?

Two thousand years after Nightmare Moon's banishment, Equestria thrives. Celestia rules with her six princesses, six powerful Alicorns, given charge over different parts of rulership, using their powers and wisdom to make sure Equestria prospers.

Or, that is the official story, anyway.

In truth, after installing countless unstable cybernetics, Celestia has gone mad, and the Alicorns aren't much better. Ponies regularly disappear when they start to question things publicly. Wars are waged, species are slaughtered, and androids are kept as slaves, bought and sold as property.

Vinyl Scratch was a musician, owned by Fancy Pants. Her life had been well, really, but before she knows it, she finds herself thrust into the midst of conspiracies and rebels. Discord, an organization bent on overthrowing Celestia and bringing equality to androids, takes her in and keeps her safe. Vinyl wants to fight for what's right, but deep down, she wonders what is truly the right thing to do.

A bit of a twist on a stereotypical cyberpunk setting. While we have the evil government and the rebels, it does focus on more messages of harmony and friendship than you'd normally see. While 'the tree of liberty must be watered with blood of tyrants', it is necessary to 'love your neighbor as yourself', too.

Updates will be rare, but as I am working on this whenever I have time, it will not be set to 'hiatus'.

Okay, now for content warning:

--Foul language: As it should, it depends on the character speaking. Curses are usually going to be few and far between, but a few characters swear like sailors (or cyberpunk gangsters, as it were.)

--Violence and death: People have guns, and people get shot. I will not write graphic descriptions of violence, but it will be on screen.

--References to rape and brothels: Androids, as slaves, are used as prostitutes against their will in some places. I will not go deep into that, but it does happen in this setting.

--References and use of drugs: Without knowing too much about different kinds of real world drugs, I simply made up one I called 'Salt licks'. It is highly addictive and physically damaging.

Vinyl bought a pair of costumes for her and Octavia, well in advance of Nightmare Night. Because they were on sale, and for no other reason.

A gift for one of my friends in the ponysuits discord server, based (loosely) on the cover art by SDB, I finished this close enough to April Foals that it seemed appropriate to post today.
Contains hypnosis and shiny squeaky ponysuits.

Vinyl and Octavia, despite living together, have never been seen at the same time. Is there a reasonable explanation for this? Or, could there be a deceptive reason?

Thanks to TheArtrix for the cover art.

Inspired by the comic "The same pony" by "TheMaiah"

"Popular Stories" tab. Feature boxed for seven days!
Randomreader-001 (webshoter) did a fanfic reading of this. You can listen to is here.

This story is a sequel to The Akita and The Wolf

Geralt Jameson is having a great day. He made friends (with the potential for a marefriend), had a wonderful, if very late dinner, and even got to meet a Princess with very her own Digimon.

Now he's on a quest. A quest to accompany two mares to the town of Ponyville. Their quests? To find an affordable house or apartment, and to find a building that could serve as a restaurant for the pair of ponies his daughter now worked with.

Geralt's quest has an intriguing addition. For Ponyville has a Dojo, for what martial art he was not sure. The Dojo however does not have a master, simply a single member. If Geralt wishes to take this dojo for his own, he will need to defeat this Rainbow Dash.

Hey look a sequel. I hope this one is as enjoyable as the last.

Pre-reader: mattchilly.

Tags: Profanity for F***, Sh**, Etc., Sex for a wolf and a DJ annoying an Octavia (and Pinkie), and Violence for MORTAL KOMBAT!

Four years ago Vinyl and Octavia broke up. It was messy, painful and left scars on both of them. Four years on, now one of the most successful DJs in Equestria’s history, Vinyl receives news that Octavia has been in a terrible accident. The doctors say she may never recover from her coma, but Vinyl refuses to believe them. There are all sorts of stories about coma patients who are brought back by the voice of someone they care about, right? No matter what anypony else says, offers or threatens, and no matter what it costs her personally or professionally, she is determined to stay by Octavia’s side and do all she can to wake her.

But four years is a long time, and no matter how many fairytales end with the princess waking up, real life owes no-one a happy ending.

Featured on EQD - 3rd August 2013

Now with a fabulous dramatic reading by the even more fabulous Goombasa!
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
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Vinyl tells Octavia why she makes her so happy.

Big Macintosh has been interested in Vinyl Scratch for a long time. Despite his deepest wishes, he never thought he'd ever get a chance to speak with her.

Now, for the first time, he has a way of communicating with her.

Part of this story: Apple Music

Having been forced to spend Vinyl’s birthday in Canterlot, Octavia rushed home. She was hoping to make it for the last train to Ponyville. She needed a perfect present for her best friend and she needed it pronto. Luckily for her, she stumbled across a record store.

One ran by an overly easy-going zebra.

Fantastic... It could not have been a simple purchase, could it?

Octavia is stressed, her day was not exactly the best. She just needed to lie down and have some snuggles while somepony to hear her. Good thing Vinyl was there.

Octascratch cuteness 'cause I wanted and because it's simply cute (duh). And ya' know you love it!
Edited by this adorkable person
Cover Art by InuHoshi-to-DarkPen
Now with reading by Merlitz. Check it out!
This was featured on The Goodfic Bin! - 06/03/15