//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: Unexpected Love // by Vinyl Scratch //------------------------------// ~Now To The Story~ A white unicorn with an electric blue mane stood behind the turn tables, making the music blast from the speakers. She loved to watch the ponies in the back tapping their hooves to the beat, and to watch the others dance in the middle of the crowd. However, no matter how much she loved this; there was a tug in her heart yearning for something else. Every time she noticed it, she would just shrug it off. The unicorn gave out a little giggle when she saw a blue pegasus fall on her flank after trying to do spin on the dance floor. This got rid of the feeling for a short time. It didn't last long though, so she just thought to herself: 'I’ll just drink it away, can't let this stop me from doing my job', so she decided to switch the song to a lazier tune. She gave a fake smile and turned her famous robotic intro voice off and said, "Thank you Ponyville for this awesome time." Then, as she made her way to the bar table, countless ponies, either drunk or just not paying much attention, kept stumbling in her way. After dodging the crowd left and right, she was finally in front of the bartender. "Hey little filly," A Brown colored colt with a yellow mane stepped in front of her, swaying and almost crashing to the floor from the amount of alcohol he had consumed. "Do you realize who you’re yelling at you drunk?" Vinyl said in an annoyed tone. "Hey! No need to be so mean!" He yelled even louder. Just enough to get the attention of a grey earth pony with a coal colored mane, which turned to look at them from the other side of the club. "I don't have time for you, I need to get a drink and then get back to work." She said to him in voice that was slowly becoming angrier by the second. She was almost to the point of screaming back at him. "Oh come on babe, I know you want to go with me. I mean, I’m full of money." He tried to brag. "Ya, more like full of crap, now move." She said in a demanding voice as she pushed past him. "You’ll regret this hot stuff, I can promise you this!" He said in an even louder tone, right next to her ear. That was the last Vinyl would have of this. Before grabbing her drink, she turned around and forced her for-hoof right into his stomach, causing him to take a few steps back. Finally understanding that she would not come with him, he left, cursing under his breath with every step. The grey earth pony witnessed the argument from across the bar, and thought to herself: First I have a fight with lyra, then my bar is closed, now I can’t even have a peaceful drink at this sorry excuse for a club, or whatever they call this place. The DJ pony ordered a shot of whiskey, eagerly wanting to get back to her station. She drank the liquid in 2.5 seconds flat and jumped out of the chair, losing balance and almost falling to the floor. "Are you ok miss? You told me to give you an extra strong one, was it to strong?" The bartender said in a concerned voice. "Ya ya, I’ll be fine, I just didn't expect to hit the floor so fast. Oh and don't call me miss it’s Vinyl Scratch.'" She said. After she stabilized herself, she started to make her way to stage. She used her magic to take off the current song, took the mic and said in an energetic voice (still with a fake smile)," Ok, are you guys ready for this next one?" The crowd screamed and slammed their hooves for the next song. "I can't hear you!" She said to get the crowd roaring some more. It worked, the crowd was pretty much doing back flips for the next song. "OK..." She mixed with the equipment to get ready for the song." It's time, to drop the BASS!" She said in her robotic voice, grabbing the record, flipping it in the air from one hoof too another, and dropping the beat. The music blared out of the speaker louder than ever before. The ill prepared grey mare did not expect the music to be so loud. It scared her so much that she yelped while jumping out of her chair and hitting the back of her head on the floor. The drunken colt from earlier noticed her on the floor and thought to himself: Perfect chance: step1, go help her. Step 2, ask for her name. Step 3, get an address. Step 4, get lucky. This thought put a very happy smile on his face. He walked very quickly towards her. "Are you alright beautiful?" he tried to say a sweet voice, but completely failed. The filly got up and, after noticing that he was drunk, simply started walking to the door. "HEY! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" He yelled, the music was so loud that you could barely hear him from 10 feet away. "I’m not going to talk to drunken colt that can't cover his 'gear'." She said with a disgusted expression. The drunk simply stood there, red spreading across his face, while all the other ponies laughed at him. "STOP IT!" He said at top of his lungs. "BOOOYYYYSSS!" He yelled, and in an instant, two colts both with black coats and yellow manes rushed to his side. "Come on guys, we are going to make her pay for messing with me!" He said in murderous tone. "Yes sir!" The three began motioning after the filly. Vinyl saw the whole thing, but couldn't hear anything being said. Something just told her she needed to get to the grey mare and save her from the trouble she was getting into. That was all she needed to make her jump over the equipment and dash towards the filly. She dodged left, right, and even jumped over a pony to get to the pony as fast as possible. "HEY SWEET STUFF!" The disgruntled drunk yelled at the grey pony. She turned around to face him, and instantly realized his intent from the cold, maniacal stare he gave her. She turned back around and ran as fast as she possibly could, bolting out the doors. Her three pursuers started after her, having no intent of letting her get away. She took Alleys and side streets as she tried to keep ahead of them, but unluckily for her, she turned into a dead end. The unicorn busted through the club doors, frantically looking in every direction, trying to find any trace of them. It was simply too dark to find them from a distance. Then a loud scream echoed from her left, causing her to whip her head in that direction. Her mane struck a pony across the face, making him fall on the bouncer. She didn't have time to say sorry, so she sprinted off in the direction of the scream. After desperately searching for a while, checking each nook and cranny, she luckily managed to stumble into the right ally. She saw a grey lump on the floor, and three figures closing in around it. Vinyl needed to think fast, she spied a trash can lid mere feet away. She used her magic to lift it and hurl it as hard as she could at the assailants. It spun through the air like a Frisbee, striking the figure to the left square in the head, causing him to fly forward and slide until he collided with the wall. The other two looked at each other, confusion and fear plastered on their faces. The one on the right turned around to meet their attacker, but the only thing he met was a hoof connecting with his face. He spun a full 180 degrees, before falling limply to the ground. For the last stallion, all she needed to do was look at him, her cold, menacing stare saying: Come any closer to me or touch her, and I will make sure you wake up with every bone in your body broken. He got the gist of the message and turned around, fleeing the ally and the deranged pony in it. "Thank Celestia that worked, good thing I can bluff!" Vinyl said with a victorious smile. She then turned around and inspected the mare. Good, it doesn’t look like she’s hurt too badly. Vinyl then used her magic to pick up and gently rest the mare atop her back. What is the matter with me, doing all this for a stranger I’ve never even talked to? "Oh well, I guess I better bring her to my place, so she can rest up and recover. Celestia knows she’ll need at least that."