Vinyl walked through the streets of Ponyville, her mind elsewhere. She walked past the Sugarcane Corner, lights and music emanating from the doors. Pinkie and the others tried to invite her but all efforts were shot down.
She stopped when she spotted Octavia sitting on a bench in the park. The mare sat alone with a sad and distant look on her face. Vinyl removed her glasses, it was hard to see at night anyways, and walked up to her. She sat down next to her and followed her gaze to the Sugarcube Corner.
"I'm surprised," started Octavia. "I would have thought you would be in there, drinking your arse off and sneaking as many pills you could." Vinyl laughed. She looked over at the mare who just looked confused at her.
"I've been sober and clean for nearly a week. Three nights I almost drank but didn't in the end." She smiled as the beat slowed and the some became familiar. Octavia noticed too since she started to smile.
"I haven't heard this song in forever." she said as she looked off into memories.
"I still have the pic from that night." said Vinyl, referring to the night when she sang the song at a concert on nivht. It was after she fallen for Tavi. Within a few days she wrote it, recorded the beat, and practiced the acoustic part. That night, she preformed the song, kissing Tavi on stage at the end. Octavia sighed.
"And that was the only one of its kind." she said after coming back to the world.
"That's because that one was special." replied Vinyl. She turned forwards Tavi and looked into her eyes. "I'm doing a concert tomorrow night. My manager wanted me to debute it and I decided here." She placed her hoof over Tavi's. "I want you to come." Tavi sighed.
"Alright, but just because I'm curious." Vinyl resisted the urge to kiss her, that wouldn't help, but thanked her. She stood up and started to leave.
"Eight, alright?" she said, looking over her shoulder. Tavi nodded. She nodded and headed back to Lyra's since her and Bon Bon are letting her stay there. She wanted to get home and sleep, she had big plans tomorrow and she wanted to be ready.
Vinyl looked at the acoustic guitar that she tuned maybe six times now out of nervousness. She played a few quick cords and sat it down.
She looked through the curtain out to the towns centre. She found Octavia in front, exactly where she needed to be. She took a deep breath before signaling for them to part the curtains, she quickly made sure the guitar was out of sight first. She sat down on the chair and waited.
Once the murmuring settled down a bit at the audience's shock at the lack of equipment on stage, she spoke into the microphone.
"It has been six years since I did this, but I'm switching from dubstep for a song a switching to something more smooth." She waited for this shock to die down before continuing. "Ladies and gentlponies, enjoy."
She brought out the guitar as the lights dimmed and a small column of light surrounded her. She started to play a gentle melody for a few moments before she started to sing, something she hasn't done since that one song.
After the main melody ended the lights behind her and a small orchestra started to play. She glanced a quick look at Tavi who was starring in shock.
For the next few minutes she sang, the guitar hummed its tone, and the orchestra played its piece. She sang the last verse and played for a few mesuares before letting the final note echo until it died away, leaving silence.
Tears slowly flowed down Vinyl's smiling face when the crowd erupted in cheer.
"That, was for you Octavia." The fast beat of her heart skipped a beat and she fell face first into the stage. The noises died away and her vision faded away to a darkness.
"Damnit, Vinyl." said Octavia, paceing back and forth in front of Vinyls hospital bed. According to the doctors,her body was experiencing withdrawal. After examination, they depicted lack of food and water.
"Why didn't you tell me she wasn't eating or drinking?!" she yelled as Lyra and Bon Bon entered the room. The two mares lowered their heads. Lyra was first to speak.
"We didn't want to worry about something we didn't know for certain." replied the mint green mare. Octavia rubbed her forehead with her hoof.
"Anything new?" asked Bon Bon.
"They've been pumping food and water into her system. She has finally became stable and just needs to wake up." Octavia sighed. Stupid, beautiful, silly, gorgeous mare." she mumbled to herself with a smile. Lyra heard a bit of it and took a hint.
"Well, we should leave you two alone." she said, pulling Bon Bon with her magic.
"But shouldn't we stay and find more from the doctors?" asked Bon Bon. Lyra glared at her.
"No, we should REALLY get going." she said. Bon Bon's eyes widens and nodded. The two of them walked out the door and left Octavia alone with Vinyl.
She sat down on the chair next to Vinyl's bed and ran her hoof through her electric blue mane. She kissed Vinyl just below the horn and layer her head on her chest, falling to sleep to the steady beat of her heart.