//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Killing Me Softly With Her Wubs // by Dashofrainbow235 //------------------------------// Killing Me Softly With Her Wubs Chapter 3 It was the night of the Royal Canterlot Symphony's performance. Hundreds of ponies, mares and stallions, were attending the important event. A chariot pulled up to the building and two mares stepped out of it. The two mares were Octavia and Vinyl Scratch. Octavia was wearing the dress Rarity made for her last chapter and Vinyl was wearing a dress that was tucked away in her closet and she never dared to wear it. It was too girly but Octavia forced her to wear it. Octavia also forced her not to wear her signature sunglasses and that revealed her reddish eyes. "You really shouldn't wear those dreadful things all the time. Now everypony can see your eyes." Octavia said. Vinyl rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, whatever." Octavia gave her two golden tickets to the ticket master and then they both walked in and took their seats in the 8th row next to a familiar looking stallion. He had a light brown coat and a white mane. The colt looked at Octavia and Vinyl and smiled. He tried to get their attention. "Hey, Octavia. It's me." Vinyl and Octavia both looked at him. "Wolfgang Amadeus Coltsart." "Oh, I get the reference surprisingly!" Vinyl claimed in her booming voice she used to DJ at nightclubs. Basically not the volume you would use here. "Vinyl, shush!" Vinyl pouted. Octavia said, "I'm afraid I don't remember you." She lied. Coltsart could see right through her lie. "How could you forget this face?" Coltsart demanded. "We went to summer music school together and we both performed at the Grand Galloping Gala. I played the piano and you played the cello. And as I recall, we used to date for a while until you dumped me." He chuckled at the memory of their breakup. Octavia blushed and Vinyl laughed at her. "Are you bucking serious? Oh snap!" "Did you really forget about me? About the breakup?" Coltsart asked. Octavia crossed her forelegs and looked the other way to hide her blush. "No, I didn't forget…" Octavia replied, calmly, "Biggest mistake I ever made in my life." Both Vinyl and Coltsart stared at Octavia. Coltsart didn't know what she meant by that. Did she regret breaking up? Or did she regret ever dating him? "Octavia, what do you mean by that?" "Shush! It's starting!" Octavia said in a sharp-whisper. Vinyl and Coltsart looked at each other, but then back up at the stage. The curtains were still closed as they were tuning. Once they had finished, the curtains opened up and the whole ensemble could be seen. The conductor walked up on the stage and bowed. He then grabbed the baton in his mouth and then counted them off. They were about to play the Equestrian National Anthem so everyone in the audience had to stand up and sing along. United Forever, In Friendship and Neighbor, Our Great Equine Empire shall ever endure, The Mighty Celestia in all of her grace, Created this world to be our sacred place, Long live our Equine Motherland, Long live our Empire oh so Grand, Long live Equestria united and Free, Strong is our Friendship Trialed by Fire, Long may that Violet flag Inspire, Shining new glory for Ponies to see, When the song concluded, the audience sat back down and the band made the needed adjustments to the setup for the next song. The next song they were playing was a medley called War, Victory, Peace, Equestria. The conductor put the baton back in his mouth and started the song. It started off with a few rolls on the snare drum and a few strikes on the chimes and tom drums. Then the brass instruments blared and played the melody. Then the string instruments came in and made the song more dramatic. And then the woodwinds came in and then the rest of the percussion. It was like a beautiful work of art. Vinyl crossed her forelegs and tried not to show any signs of liking the song, but she couldn't help it. They were really good. Then the band switched from dramatic to peaceful and serene all of a sudden. Octavia simply adored the part the string instruments played. That could've been her if she wasn't hired to play at that blasted Grand Galloping Gala. After the song ended, the conductor grabbed a microphone so he could talk to the crowd. "What a wonderful piece that is. I enjoyed conducting it as much as they enjoyed playing it. Our next piece is a fun one. It was played at the last Grand Galloping Gala…" That caught Vinyl's, Octavia's, and Colsart's attention. "It's an orchestra arrangement of that absolutely hilarious song… The Pony Pokey." "Oh ho ho! Holy cow!" Vinyl laughed. Vinyl smirked and nudged Octavia. She facehoofed. "Please Celestia. Please just strike me dead now." Colsart laughed and shook his head in disbelief. About an hour later, the concert ended. The three mane ponies stood up and exited the auditorium. One colt that was at the Gala recognized Octavia and Colsart from the Pony Pokey incident. "Hey, take a picture of me and the Pony Pokey guys, will ya!" Octavia rolled her eyes and she and Colsart took the picture. Vinyl couldn't resist so she photo-bombed it by sticking out her tongue and striking a weird pose in the picture. "Thanks you guys!" "Will my life ever start going in the right direction?" Octavia sighed exasperatedly. Colsart smirked. "You know, I've got some sort of thing something that can fix that." Colsart proposed. Octavia raised an eyebrow out of curiosity. "What sort of thing?" She asked. "Well, this sort of thing happens to be an application for an audition to join the Royal Canterlot Symphony. Would you be interested in taking one, Octavia?" Octavia thought for a moment. Vinyl pushed her to him. "Go on! Get it, filly!" Octavia slowly reached her hoof out and grabbed the form. She read it over. Colsart waited for her to respond. Octavia looked up from the paper. "I'll do it." Colsart smiled in victory. "I'll be auditioning as well. The ensemble could use a skillful piano player." Octavia nodded. She was still nervous around him. "Well, I should be leaving. Maybe we could go out for dessert some time?" This time Octavia smirked which Vinyl knew was completely foreign to her. "That can be arranged. How about next Thursday?" "Sounds fine. So I'll see ya around." Colsart said. Octavia and Vinyl waved. When he left, Vinyl decided this was the perfect time to pick on Octavia. "Well, well, well." "Well, what?" Octavia demanded. "You have a crush on Colsart!" Octavia didn't deny it. "Is it really that obvious?" "Come on, Octavia. Every time you look at him, you start to blush. I notice these things." Vinyl teased. "Whatever! What about you? Did you like the symphony?" Octavia interrogated. "Meh, it was alright," Vinyl answered, "it didn't have any wubs, but it was okay." She shrugged her shoulders. Octavia shook her head. "What?" "You know you loved it!" Octavia retorted. Vinyl scoffed while waving a hoof in dismissal, "Filly, please! Don't make me laugh! It's not my style. Nice try though." "Come on! Admit it! You should've seen the look on your face!" Octavia countered. She mimicked her exact expression during the medley. She looked totally awestruck and mesmerized. Vinyl playfully shoved her friend. "Dude, shut up!" She laughed. Octavia pushed her back. "That's the fun Octavia I like to see!" "What? There's a time to be fun, and a time to be serious." Octavia declared. Vinyl rolled her eyes. "And of course now the boring Octavia is back." Vinyl joked. Octavia chuckled, "Why do I put up with you?" "Because I'm awesome, and you know you love my wubs." Vinyl remarked. Octavia scoffed. "I'll admit that to you when you admit that you loved the symphony!" Octavia exclaimed. Vinyl shook her head. The two mares left the building and went back on the chariot that would take them home tonight. So in all, both Vinyl and Octavia had a good time. And now Octavia had to practice for her audition which was in early October. Now it's June so she only three months to prepare. But she can do it. Vinyl and Colsart, her two favorite people, believed in her. AN: The Equestrian National Anthem was written and sung by YouTube's 'Coconeru'. War, Victory, Peace, Equestria was also composed by him. Subscribe him, you won't regret it!