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// Chapter 6 
// Story: Killing Me Softly With Her Wubs 
// by Dashofrainbow235 
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Killing Me Softly With Her Wubs
Chapter 6


"Then I'll stay. It wouldn't feel right to leave you two in Ponyville." Octavia decided. Coltsart and Vinyl both frowned. Now Vinyl felt guilty that she made Octavia choose to stay back in Ponyville when she had the chance right now to move on to bigger and better things. Octavia scowled. "Would you make up your mind for Celestia's sake?" Vinyl scratched the back of her head nervously.
"Octavia, I've changed my mind. You didn't come all this way just to give up on your dream!" Vinyl didn't want her to miss out on her dream just because she had a selfish best friend. Octavia had done so many things for the white unicorn and Vinyl still hasn't fully paid her debt to her. Vinyl proclaimed, "I was selfish just a moment ago. You deserve to have your dream come true after everything you do for me out of the kindness of your heart, or just to get me to shut up about it. If it weren't for you, I would be living on the streets!"
Coltsart nodded in agreement, "Indeed. You've worked much too hard to just walk away now. Vinyl and I just want you to be happy in life and we think this would be the best way for you to do so if you joined to symphony." Coltsart explained.
"So please?" Vinyl pleaded, gently nudging Octavia's side. Octavia lowered her head. Now she had no idea what to choose. "I… Dunno…" Octavia said calmly.
"Come on Octavia! Being first chair cellist has been your dream since… Since forever! Since before you met us, and that was a loooong time ago!" Vinyl reasoned. She used her horn to get a picture of Octavia doing her first recital when she was just a little filly. Even younger than the Cutie Mark Crusaders. That brought back some memories.
Octavia looked at both of her friends and then down at the floor. She wanted to join the ensemble desperately, but she was afraid that soon Vinyl Scratch and Coltsart would just be a distant memory to her and nothing more in the future. Octavia really didn't want that to happen at all after all that they have been through. But then again, she had been dreaming and waiting for this moment for a long time now and that she got her chance, she didn't want to buck it all up for herself. 'This day was supposed to go perfectly! Why must this decision be so difficult to make?' Octavia thought, angrily. Octavia thought for a few moments and then made her final decision.
"I'll do it." Octavia said.
"Aww yeah!" Vinyl cheered, "You'll kick both flank and tail in the symphony!" She pretended to buck the air with her hind legs. Coltsart and Octavia chuckled at her remark.
"Now you have much to prepare for your big move to Canterlot. We should head back to Ponyville now." Coltsart suggested. The two mares nodded. They trotted down the stairs and went out the front door. They walked to the same train station they used earlier to catch a ride back home.

Roughly a month later, the day has finally arrived for Octavia to leave for Canterlot and take all of her stuff with her. It was also the day for her to say goodbye to all of her pony friends in Ponyville.
On one occasion, between now and after the audition, Vinyl Scratch had met a unicorn stallion whom she seemed to like; like a lot even. His name was Neon Lights. He was the brother of Lime Lights, Spot Lights, and Head Lights. Neon has a spikey black mane and a light blue coat. Just like Vinyl, he had on a pair of sunglasses except his were black. Neon Light's cutie mark is a 16th note engulfed in a blue flame because he is a good singer, rapper, and songwriter. So he and Vinyl like to collaborate with each other sometimes.
Octavia woke up bright and early to the sound of a certain DJ unicorn blasting her dubstep out the window like always to wake up the neighbors. Vinyl Scratch stood right across the room by the window with her iPod plugged into her boom box. She stuck her head out of the window and screamed while hoof pumping, "WHAT UP! WHAT UP, PONYVILLE! CHECK IT OUT; YOU GOT VINYL SCRATCH RIGHT HERE WITH HER AWESOME BASSLINE!" Then she started making random dubstep noises with her own mouth such as 'wubs' and 'wobbles'.

A random pony cried out, "SHUT THAT DOG UP!"

Vinyl Scratch gasped in surprised. Then she grinned. "You hear that, Octavia? That guy appreciated the music so he called me 'dawg!' Can you believe that?" Octavia facehoofed and stepped out of bed. Even now, she still was not used to this.
But then recently, Vinyl wanted to help out more around the house and started washing the dishes with some kind of wub machine. She said cranked up to 11, it would clean the dishes on a microscopic level. When Octavia ate her breakfast, she was forced to use paper plates and cups because the vibrations were so strong that it could shatter her plate and cup. But then she wondered what had happened to the dishes that were inside of the new 'dish washer'. Octavia sighed. She loved Vinyl Scratch, but at times she did more trouble than good sometimes without realizing it.

Neon Lights and Coltsart came by to take Octavia to the train station with their horse-drawn carriage. "Sup everypony, am I late? Neon Lights asked as he jumped out of the carriage. Vinyl Scratch galloped out of the door and dashed at NeonLights. She immediately gave him a hug. "That's what's up!" Neon declared.
"You're just in time!" Vinyl said, grinning widely.
Neon chuckled and then she released her grip on him. "I have something for you." He went to his carriage and brought out some sort of irregular looking stereo.
Vinyl Scratch gasped dramatically, "A BASS CANNON!" A tear drop fell from her eye, she was so happy. She hugged Neon again for a second, but then went to hug her new bass cannon as if it were alive and could feel compassion.
"Alright, Vinyl. Put that thing inside so we can leave." Octavia proposed.
Vinyl glared at Octavia, still hugging the bass cannon. "Can't you see I'm having a moment!" Octavia, Coltsart, and Neon Lights all laughed at her.
"Or you can just take it with you…" Coltsart suggested. Before he could even finish speaking, Vinyl Scratch, without delay, picked up her bass cannon and ran on her hind legs to the carriage.
Neon Lights laughed at her again. That was why he liked her; liked her a whole lot even. "Let's go!" He shouted. He and Octavia stepped into the carriage with Vinyl. Coltsart was the driver. He had two stallions pulling the carriage.
"Next stop: The train station!" Coltsart proclaimed.

Then the carriage began to move.

After about thirty minutes of small talk and of Vinyl cracking jokes, she asked Octavia, "So you finally get to live the dream. How do you feel?"
"Dunno. It feels good, I guess," Octavia answered. She couldn't really explain it, how she was feeling right now. She was very excited but also very nervous at the same time. Though she felt this sudden change in her quality of living would affect her whole life positively. "I suppose I—"
Neon Lights interrupted her, "Yo, Octavia. I'm real happy for you and Imma let you finish but—"
"We are not referencing this!" Octavia exclaimed. Neon shrugged.

They made it to the train station and Coltsart stopped the carriage. Octavia grabbed her suitcase and they all stepped out of the vehicle.
"Well, I suppose this is it." Octavia said, sighing.
"It's been great to have the pleasure of being one of your best friends." Coltsart claimed, smiling. Octavia smiled back.
"Though I think I'll miss you most of all, Vinyl."
Vinyl blushed, "Oh no you won't." She said, being modest. She waved her hoof in dismissal.
Octavia nodded, "I will, honest." Before Octavia could hug them all one last time, Coltsart grabbed her hoof and dragged her to the train. "Could I have a minute?"
"You're going to miss your train!" Coltsart cautioned. Octavia removed her hoof from his.
"Stop being an old bucking woman, would you?" Octavia requested. Vinyl and Neon both laughed. They loved it when Octavia loosened up like that, and they had never heard her swear before. Coltsart rolled his eyes at her.
Octavia went to hug both Neon Lights and Vinyl Scratch. Then she turned to Coltsart. They both stared at each other for a moment awkwardly. She then smirked. Octavia grabbed his shoulders and planted a small kiss on his cheek. She whispered, "See you around." She took her suitcase and then cantered into the train. Coltsart just stood there, stunned.

Octavia sat in the window seat where Vinyl was looking up at her on the outside. "I'm gonna miss having you around." Vinyl said. Though Octavia couldn't hear a word she was saying inside the bus. She cupped her ear and then Vinyl Scratch repeated that again but louder. She still couldn't hear but she shrugged it off. Vinyl did too and waved as the train started to move. She galloped after the train when it began moving. Octavia ran to the back of the train, pushing ponies out of her way, to meet Vinyl half way. She pressed her face on the window and smiled.The gang just stood there for a moment as the train continued to go. Eventually, when it was out of sight, they all left.
In the train, Octavia sat, looking out of the window and sighed. Slowly but surely, they were leaving Ponyville, her home, and all the friends she had come to know and like. She thought, maybe one day she'd come back to visit them all. She wouldn't stay in Canterlot forever. Octavia promised herself that one day, didn't matter when, by Celestia's witness, she would come back to Ponyville to meet with her friends again.

Through all her years as a band member making new friends and having many a performance, her strong conviction kept her from forgetting her true friends back home in Ponyville. She really was fortunate to have known them. Even with whatever else that came her way, good or bad, she would never forget them.
Octavia marked her calendar. "My vacation's coming up. I guess I'll be taking the Canterlot Express back to Ponyville."

AN: Crappy ending. I know. Hey yo critics, I'm real happy for you and I'mma let you finish but--