Octavia woke up to the starling sound and blinding effect of Vinyl yanking the curtains open.
"RISE AND SHINE, MAGGOT!" She yelled.
Octavia sat up, her back acting like the consistency of jello. She rubbed her ears, and slowly creaked her eyes open to see Vinyl's silhouette next to the morning sun, her head at just the right angle so that her glasses were reflecting it's rays back at Octavia's face.
"Augh, Vinyl, could you move? I can't see!" The grey mare complained, glancing towards the clock. "Seven A.M.? Seriously?"
"Well I was afraid that if I woke you up any earlier, you'd be ticked off so seven seemed like a good time to me."
"Why so early?"
"It's what ponies in the army do in a lot of war movies! Anyway, THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT, DIRTBAG! MEET ME DOWNSTAIRS!" Vinyl yelled, marching out of the room.
"Sir yes sir..." Octavia groaned, slumping out of bed and following Vinyl.
DOWNSTAIRS...
"SO, YOU WANNA WUB, DO YA? WELL? DO YA!?" Vinyl screamed.
"Yes sir."
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
"Yes sir!"
"WHAT?"
"YES SIR!"
"THAT'S MA'AM TO YOU, YOU SACK A' SCUM!"
"YES MA'AM!"
"Good! Lemme teach ya the basics..." Vinyl said, calming down out of her alter-ego drill sergeant. She took the synth keyboard she had leaning over her shoulder like a musket, and placed it beside Octavia. She scooted onto the couch next to her, throwing her drill sergeant hat behind her.
"Alright, so check this out!" Vinyl boasted, cracking her hooves and placing them on the keyboard. She tapped a series of keys as Octavia sat next to her to observe. Octavia's mind was blown, as the white mare's hooves moved lighting fast across the instrument. Of course, what Vinyl was playing wasn't just gibberish, it all flowed together into a harmonic masterpiece. Just as she finished her song, she flew back onto the couch, throwing her hooves up in the air and cheering. While Vinyl was catching her breath on the couch, Octavia tried to grasp what she just saw. Surprisingly, she'd never seen Vinyl play this instrument before. Or that fast, either.
"So... it's like playing a piano?" Octavia asked.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Vinyl sighed.
"But only faster?"
Vinyl sat up, took a deep breath, and turned to Octavia, placing a hoof on her shoulder.
"Well Octavia, you taught me something with that piece you made, it's not always about speed. Sometimes, it's just about hitting the right keys, at the right time, in the right order. Like this..." Vinyl said, preparing to play again. This time, she played much slower. She also kept her back straight, with her muzzle pointing upwards in a very snooty posture, possibly to mimic how Octavia would do it.
"See? Like that."
"Wow... oh... okay."
"Now, you know that song you made?"
"Yeah?"
"I want you to try something like that again." Vinyl said, scooting the instrument in front of Octavia, who only glared down at it as if she doubted herself. She turned towards Vinyl to see her making a pitiful little puppy-dog face, which forced Octavia to look away awkwardly. She took a deep breath, and began playing whatever popped into her head. As she played, Vinyl's jaw dropped, and she nearly fainted from Octavia's amazing performance.
When Octavia noticed that Vinyl was out-cold on the living room floor, she panicked. The grey mare rushed to the kitchen and grabbed a glass from the cupboard. Quickly filling it with water, she ran back into the living room and splashed it over Vinyl's face. She gasped, suddenly panicked.
"Vinyl! Are you alright?" She said, a worried tone in her voice.
The white mare coughed a couple times, and caught her breath. In a faint, almost zombie-like voice, Vinyl whispered,
"T... Tavi..."
"Y-yes... Vinyl?" Octavia sniffed.
Kissing Octavia gently on the lips, then leaning back into her hooves, Vinyl whispered again,
"Welcome t-to the... family." She huffed, drifting off to sleep.
Octavia knew she just fell asleep, and didn't die. Mostly because she was still breathing, but also because she knew that Vinyl came home at 5:00am and woke back up at 7:00am for this silly performance.
Octavia carried her tired body and Vinyl back upstairs to bed. Maybe she'd get in more time to learn things from Vinyl after a good night's... well... morning's rest.
(Author's Note: I apologize for the incredibly and ridiculously short chapter. I felt that I just needed to get this part out of the way.)