-Spin That Record
A powerful unicorn. A musician with such impact, and skill. A life that lives for music.
Octavia, and the other musicians were playing their last notes. Vinyl was ending her scene, and the music dyed down. Most of the Canterlot ponies had left hours earlier, but a few remained the whole time. The party was now officially over though, and Princess Celestia was at the exit thanking each, and everypony that left for coming.
The ponies on stage were all packing up their instruments in cases, and bags. Octavia set her cello carefully in its rightful case. She zipped up the side, and grabbed the case by its handle.
She looked up to see that most of the musicians were leaving the gardens already. She turned to where Vinyl had been, but she wasn't there, and neither was her mixer. Ocavia sighed for the third time that night.
She took her cello case, and exited the stage. She walked over to the gates where The Princess was. Princess Luna wasn't there of course, for she was watching over her night at the castle. Princess Celestia looked towards Octavia and smiled gratefully.
"Thank you for coming Miss Octavia. You were splendid. I see that you made a new friend as well, am I correct?"
Octavia looked up at the royal anicorn. Her multicolored mane magically flowed about, and her eyes shined. Had she been observing her and Vinyl Scratch?
"I...Well thank you, Princess. I did meet some new pony, yes." Octavia wouldn't say that the unicorn was her friend. She was just some rough-looking club pony, nothing special.
"I see." Princess Celestia looked down upon Octavia with a very skeptical look. Octavia tried to put on a smile, as if nothing were wrong.
"I do believe you should give her a try. I'm positive it will only benefit you in your future." Princess Celestia smirked, quite like the DJ pony. Octavia recognized mischief within the princess' purple eyes. Octavia nodded at her, that is all she could do.
'What was the princess implying by this?'
Octavia didn't know, but she smiled at the princess, and exited the Canterlot Gardens.
Octavia was slowly walking to her temporary home in Caterlot. She lugged her case into the door, and placed it next to her bed. Octavia had to stay her for a few days, but tomorrow she had her train ride back home to Ponyville.
The gray earth pony threw herself on top of her very comfortable looking bed. She spread her arms out across it, and closed her eyes. She let out a sigh, once again.
'What was Princess Celestia talking about? Did she want me to get to know that scraggly unicorn? Why? She was so...improper.'
Octavia opened her eyes, and stared at the blank ceiling. She inhaled deeply, smelling the sweet scent of Canterlot. It was already very dark outside. Princess Luna had raised the moon hours ago, so this was not a surprise to Octavia. It was during the season where the days were shorter, and the nights came sooner. Winter.
Octavia was not too fond of this time of the year. It was too cold, and she didn't particularly like wearing layers of clothing. But what could she do?
It was a bit chilly in the little house, she slipped under the quilts on her bed, and warmed up almost instantaneiously. She lowered her eyes, and drifted off into a very suitable sleep.
The morning had finally arrived after a long dark night. Octavia was already on the train, heading back to Ponyville. She had her cello case in hoof, and was sitting next to another bag that held all her clothing she had taken with her to Canterlot.
She had a white scarf with a pink bow centered on it wrapped around her neck. It wasn't much, but it kept her warm enough for the train ride. Besides she didn't like layers, so a nice light scarf was good enough for her.
The train let out a loud whistle, as it approached Ponyville's train station. She looked out the side window. There were a few ponies that were waiting for the arrival of whomever, but nopony was waiting for Octavia. There never was, but this didn't bother her. She liked her peace and quiet all to herself.
The earth pony grabbed her bag, and case and drug it through the door of the train. She reached for the ground with her hoof, and stumbled. Octavia started to fall, but before she made contact with the ground, she fell into someponies arms. Octavia was startled by the sudden collapse. She quickly realized she had rudely ran into somepony.
"Oh my! I'm so sorry! I didn't me--"
Octavia stopped to see who she had fallen into. The unicorn with the eighth note cutie mark. Her blue layered mane slightly fell over her purple tinted shades. Octavia's ears started to ring, as she remembered the catchy beats that the pony created the night before. Her heart leaped, and her face showed complete disbelief. What was this pony doing here in Ponyville!?
"What'sup Tavvy! What a coincidence, right?" The unicorn was up to no good. Octavia could tell by the troublesome look upon her face, either or she could just sense the waywardness of the DJ.
Octavia tried to contain her confusion. She acted as if she weren't surprised by the sudden appearance of Vinyl. She slightly leaned her head forwards, and arched her eyebrows, trying to seem as if she were still an important pony. She moved gracefully, and she slightly lowered her eyelids.
"How do you do?" Octavia said, sounding as if she still belonged in Canterlot.
Vinyl grinned at this. Octavia could slightly see Vinyl's eyebrows raise.
"I'm quite fine, thanks! What brings you here?" Vinyl lightly pounched Octavia's arm with her hoof.
Octavia brushed her off, and rubbed her arm up and down. The nerve!
"I live here..." Octavia said. She slightly lowered her head, and hid her eyes as if she were embarassed to admit that she had residence in Ponyville. A pony like her belonged in Canterlot, right?
"Sweet! I do too! But I hardly ever come out of my house during the day. At night I have to work until early morning. It sounds like a drag, but it really isn't all that bad. I love what I do so it's like I don't really have to work at all, ya know?" The blue maned pony smirked. She leaned down as if she were going to prance on Octavia, but then she just released her bent knees.
Octavia knew exactly what Vinyl was talking about. It was just like her. She played her cello for a living, and she loved to do so. It never felt like work. It felt like she was getting paid to have fun. She enjoyed it.
"And what exactly do you do for work?" Octavia tried to sound interested.
"What do you think I do? I DJ!" Vinyl said with enthusiasm. She leaned back on her hindquarters, which made her look very laid back. Cool even. But Octavia wipped that thought away from her mind.
"That does sound fun." Octavia said, as she turned her eyes down at her bags.
"Do you need help taking those home? They look awfully heavy!"
Before Octavia could oppose, Vinyl had already slapped her bag across her back, and was about to grab her cello case, but Octavia insisted on at least carrying that.
Octavia led the way back to her home. Her eyes kept creeping over to Vinyl. She couldn't help but admire the way she looked. The unicorn was very unique looking. Octavia had never met a pony like her before. She seemed so carefree. And how odd that she met her again, here, in her own home town. She lived her all along, and had never even noticed her before. But she did say she hardly left her own during the day. She must have always kept to herself, but a pony like her, a DJ. You would think that she would have at least heard of her. If Princess Celestia invited her to the Canterlot Gardens party, then this pony must be famous. She must be very well known. So why hasn't Octavia ever heard of her before?
Finally the two ponies made it to Octavia's rural home. It was more near the forest, but still in town. Octavia opened the door to her home, and invited the white unicorn to come in.
"Where would you like me to put this?" Vinyl asked, as she motioned towards Octavia's luggage.
Octavia didn't hear her though. She was staring into the ponies shades. She saw her lips move, but she didn't catch any word of what she was saying.
"Um...hello in there?" Vinyl waved her hoof in front of Octavia's face. Octavia suddenly broke from her daze, and was sent back to reality.
"What? What was that?" Octavia said, completely embarassed. Vinyl slightly smiled at Octavia.
"Where do you want me to put your bag?" Vinyl asked once again.
"Oh, anywhere's fine." Octavia said, turning from Vinyl, and set her cello case next to her desk.
Vinyl thought that would be a promising place to set the heavy bag. She walked over to the desk where Octavia put her cello, and placed the bag carefully next to it. Octavia approved of this, and turned to the unicorn. She didn't know anything else to do or say.
"So, it's a nice place you got here." Vinyl said while looking around. Octavia nodded her head.
"Thank you." Octavia forced a smile across her face. She didn't know what to say. She wasn't even sure if she wanted her to leave or not. But she did know that it was awkward, nonetheless.
Vinyl started to walk around Octavia's house. What did she think she was doing? Octavia was surprised by how bold the DJ was. Picking up her stuff, taking her home, then walking around in her house without permission! This pony was very straight forward, Octavia had to hoof her that, but nevertheless, Octavia didn't stop her. She watched as the pony explored. She didn't feel a threat, and she wasn't worried that Vinyl would steal something. She felt as if she trusted her. As if she had known her for quite a long time.
Vinyl walked over to Octavia's study room. She invited herself in, and took a look inside. Octavia followed her.
"Finding anything to your fancy?" Octavia said. Vinyl smiled, sensing that Octavia was getting annoyed.
"Sorry for intruding. I didn't mean to..." Vinyl sheepishly grinned, and closed the door to the study room. Octavia pleasingly smiled, and walked Vinyl back to the front door.
"It was a pleasure to see you again, and thank you for helping me bring my bags home." Octavia started to open the door, but Vinyl slowly maneuvered in front of the door nob where Octavia couldn't reach it. Octavia looked at Vinyl with confused eyes.
"What is it?" Octavia said, she started to feel panic. Was this a bad pony? Was she going to harm her? Should she had not let her in? Trusted her? Octavia tried to hold back all these questions. She wanted to have a reasonable answer before she freaked. It was probably nothing anyways, right? Worrying for nothing?
Vinyl stared into Octavia's purple eyes. Her mouth was slightly open, and her ear twitched. Octavia noticed everything about her from here. She noticed how her coat was a snowy, and creamy soft white. Her mane had two different shades of blue, rather than one, and it was cut at a certain angle. Longer on one side than the other, and it was shorter in the back than the front. Her tail was pretty much the same as her mane. Two blues, layered. Her mouth was fairly small for a full grown filly. And her hoofs were petite to a certain degree. The only thing she couldn't see about the unicorn, was her eyes. The most important detail, and she couldn't see them. Were they red? Were they magenta? Pink? Purple? She wanted to know.
Octavia slowly lifted her hoof towards the DJ's face. Vinyl didn't move. She didn't seem startled by Octavia's hoof lingering towards her face. Octavia reached her destination upon Vinyl's glasses. She touched them, and grabbed a hold of the rims. She slowly started to pull them off of Vinyl's rounded face. She was curious to know more about this pony she knew so little about. She wanted to know every last detail about Vinyl Scratch.