Your mind races as you sleep, recapping the events of last night. In your unconscious state you thought it was all just a dream. When you slowly start to wake up you’re greeted by a wall of blue. Your still asleep mind can’t make out what you’re looking at. You lean your head back to get a better view. You see what looks like a mane, its two shades of blue. You feel something stir against you. You look down and see a body up against yours, it was completely white.
Your mind almost breaks trying to figure out what you’re looking at, then it dons on you. What if the things you saw in your sleep were real? You try to roll over to see the time, but you’re stopped when you realize you have your arm around the pony in front of you. You just lie still and wait.
Only a few minutes passed before the pony in front of you awoke. She rolled over and faced you.
“Good morning.” She says.
Your eyes meet hers, those deep red eyes. Your mind clicks and you realize who it is. Vinyl Scratch.
“Morning.” You say back.
“So much for the couch huh?” She says, her voice heavy and tired.
“Hehe, yeah.” You say, you can feel your cheeks starting to turn red. Vinyl leans forward and kisses you on the nose.
“Come on, we have to work today.” She says.
“I guess we do.” You reply. She smiles and slides off the bed and stands. Her horn glows and her glasses float from the night stand to above her horn. You slide off the bed and shake your head, trying to wake yourself up.
“Want breakfast? Or do you want to head straight to the studio?” You ask.
“Breakfast would be nice, but I think we should head straight to the studio. We have a ton of work to do.” She says before leaving the room and trotting downstairs. You follow her. When you get downstairs you look into the living room. It was still a mess. Vinyl trots into the bathroom and closes the door. You take this alone time to freak out.
“Did we? No we couldn’t have…” The questions go on and on. You decide to tidy up the living room. After a few minutes of silently freaking out you’re finally done cleaning up. Vinyl came out of the bathroom, her mane gelled forward and her glasses over her eyes.
“Let’s go.” She says. She walks out the front door; you follow her and lock the door behind you. The two of you walk beside each other on the way to the studio; she seems to be walking closer to you, only a few inches from touching.
When you get to the studio Vinyl unlocks the door and turns on the lights.
“Alright, I’ll see you in The Pit. I have some stuff to do up here.” Vinyl says.
“Okay.” You reply. You walk down into The Pit and Vinyl walks into her kitchen. Down in the pit you see there’s a bulletin board beside the control room. You walk over to the board and look at some of the papers. Most were posters for clubs and shows.
Vinyl walks into The Pit.
“Okay, let’s see how fast you can go.” She says. You walk into the booth and she walks into the control room. A beat starts. You start to freestyle it.
After a few minutes she ends the beat, the door opens and you walk out.
“So, how was it?” You ask.
“That was great, we could actually win this.” She says.
“Win what?” You ask with a confused tone.
“There’s a battle of the bands next week. With the way you’re improving, we could win this.” She explains.
“Alright, we should practice a ton then.” You say.
“You’re right. Alright bro, back in the booth.” She says. You walk back in the booth and drop a couple more verses.
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A few days pass of the same routine, get up early, head to the studio, work on vocals, and stay up super late practicing and with no mention of your relationship. Day in day out, it’s the same. You’ve had enough.
“Hey Vinyl, can I speak to you?” You ask.
“Of course. What’s up?” She says.
“Do you still consider us together?” You ask your tone serious.
“Of course I do, why do you ask?” She replies, her tone laced with confusion.
“Well, we haven’t really shown it.” You say. Vinyl stands and walks over to you. She wraps her arms and pulls you into a tight hug.
“I know I haven’t shown it, but I do. We’ve been making some good progress on the battle performance. We almost have this done. When it’s done, we’ll have all the time in the world. Sound good?” She says.
“Yeah, sounds good.” You reply.
“Good, now get back in the booth, we’re almost done for today.” She says. She releases you from the hug and kisses you lightly on the lips. You smile back at her and walk back in the booth. She sends some papers into the room with you.
“What’s this?” You ask.
“New song.” She says over the intercom.
You look at the paper, they had lyrics on them. Ok, let’s do this. You think. The beat starts and you try to sing along, but you choke and stumble through it.
“I mean, there should be no reason why I’m fucking this up, I have the lyrics right in front of me and I’m usually really good at singing.” You say defensively.
“No, okay. Just try and record it one more time.” She says. She restarts the beat and you start to sing, this time you nail it.
“Perfect dude, come on out.” She says. The door to the booth opens and you step out. You walking to the control room and Vinyl is looking into the computer screen. She looks shocked.
“Something wrong?” You ask.
“I just got the roster for the Battle of the Bands. It’s not looking good.” She says.
“Why, who’s going to be there?” You ask.
“Let’s see. JackleApp and Mic The Microphone, AlexS and Omnipony, H8_Seed, General Mumble, and one other group that hasn’t been announced.”
“Okay, so on a scale of one to screwed how bad is it?” You ask jokingly.
“Twenty eight points past screwed.” She says. You look around at the control room. You spot the clock.
“Looks like we finished early today.” You say.
“Yeah.” She says.
“Wanna do something? Take your mind off the competition?” You ask.
“Like what?” She asks.
“Fancy night on the town? Something for us to get outta here.” You say.
“Sure why not.” She says. She stands and heads for the stairs. You follow her. She heads into the kitchen and you stay in the main studio. She comes out with her mane gelled forward and her glasses on.
Alrighty, let’s go.” She says.
A few hours pass and Vinyl seems to be loving it. The two of you were walking the entertainment district of the city. Strip clubs and bars for miles, of course you ignored them. Vinyl was smiling from ear to ear, seeing this only made you happier. You loved all the you spent with her, and she showed the same feelings back.
The two of you duck in and out of restaurants, getting little snacks from each. It was about midnight when the two of you head back home.
“You might have to stay with me tonight.” Vinyl says.
“Yeah, probably.” You say back with a smirk.
When you reach the studio Vinyl leads you into the kitchen. She walks through a door on the far side, you follow her. The door leads to a hallway. There were three doors. Two had little gold plaques on them. The first door on the right said The Living Tombstone on it, the second door on the right was unlabeled, bathroom probably, and the last door was at the end of the hall on the left. It read Vinyl Scratch. Vinyl opened the door and walked inside, you’re right behind her.
The room is bright white, one or two posters on the walls and a large bed in the middle. The bed had dark burgundy sheets.
“You can share my bed tonight.” She says. She smiles at you, you can see bags starting to form under her eyes.
“Alright.” You say.
Vinyl walks over and her horn glows. He glasses hover from her face to a desk beside the door. She shakes her head to loosen her mane; she lies down on the bed. You smile at her and lie down next to her. She rolls over and faces you. She wraps her arms around you and kisses you.
“Thank you.” She says.
“For?” You ask.
“Being there.” She says.
You hear Vinyl yawn. You roll onto your back and wrap one arm around Vinyl. She rests her head on your chest and falls asleep. You look down and smile at the adorableness of the situation. Before long you feel yourself drifting off. You close your eyes and lean your head back.
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You open your eyes, but all you see is white. Much like the dream before. You look around, but all you see is white. You can hear running water now, that’s different. You cock your head to hear the water better. You slowly start to trot in the direction of the sound. A waterfall starts to come into view. The sight confuses you, color in this colorless world. The water was blue, the same shade as the darker parts of Vinyl’s mane. You trot up to the water and look in. You see your reflection, except you look slightly different. You look closer; something shimmers under the surface of the water. You put a hoof in the water. The water isn’t cold or warm, it’s a comfortable temperature. The object is just out of your reach, you reach a little further but you lose your footing and fall in. You flail your limbs around before swimming to the surface.
You gasp for air and look back down into the water. You see a white thing at the bottom of the pool. It looks like a pony. You gasp and dive into the water. You open your eyes and look at the thing. It IS a pony. You swim up to it and notice it’s Vinyl, she’s not moving. You scoop her into your arms and swim back to the surface. When you get to the surface you put her on the shore.
When her body touches the ground color starts to appear around her. She wasn’t moving, not even breathing. You start CPR, but it’s futile. You can feel your eyes starting to water. You feel tears running down your cheeks. You lower your head to hers. Your forehead touches hers. Suddenly her eyes shoot open and she starts coughing up water. You jump back and watch as she slowly rolls over. She breaths heavily and stands, she looks at you. She takes a step forward but falls. You run beside her.
“Vinyl, are you okay?” You ask urgently.
“Now I am. Thanks to you.” She says.
Hearing her say that filled you with some form of pride. She tries to stand again, you help her up. She stands shakily. She looks at you, you look back. She leans in and kisses you. You feel her lips tremble on yours. You wrap an arm around her to keep her up. She breaks the kiss for air. She looks at you; her red eyes were weak and tired. You look back at her; your only thoughts were of her. She kisses you once more, this time the kiss is deep and passionate. You close your eyes and pull her close.
Suddenly you feel her being pulled away. You open your eyes and see a light; it’s shining brighter than the white surroundings. It’s pulling Vinyl in, she looks at you, and her eyes are now filled with fear.
“Don’t let go, please don’t let go.” She pleads.
“I’ll never let you go.” You reply. You feel the ground slipping beneath your hooves. And both of you are sucked into the light.
Your eyes shoot open and you sit up. You look around and see Vinyl sitting on the edge of the bed.
“Vinyl, are you okay?” You ask. She looks back at you and nods.
“Yeah I’m good, nightmare. That’s all.” She says.
“Wait, nightmare? Me too, what was yours?” You ask. Vinyl lies back down beside you.
“I woke up and all I saw was white. I heard water and followed the sound to its source. I found a waterfall and a little pool. There was something in the water, but when I tried to get it, I drowned.” She explains.
“Strange, I had the same nightmare. Was I in yours at all?” You ask.
“Yeah, towards the end. You came and brought me back to life.” She says.
“Same thing here. I heard the water, followed it to its source, found you and brought you back.” You say. You lie back down and stare up at the ceiling. Vinyl cuddles up beside you. You smile and feel yourself drifting off again.