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// Introduction: Spiral 
// Story: Ponyville Jukebox 
// by wbwolf 
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Spiral
inspired by the song by XTC


In a backroom, with a stack of dusty records, there is a pony. His grey coat and grey mane are rather unremarkable, save for the little bit of cream on the hooves and snout. But there is one thing that this pony loves more than anything else, his passion: the crates and crates filled with records that he is surrounded with. It is symbolized by the gramophone that graces his flank.

Normally, he'd be cataloging and looking over the discs of plastic and shellac, trying to figure out who was on which or determine the age of this recording or that. Or, he would have the diamond tip of the stylus to dig the music from the grooves, and simply enjoy the sounds. However, right now, this pony is daydreaming. The late afternoon sun streams through the window, and the pony is sleepy. He tells himself that he'll rest his eyes for a bit, but soon a gentle snore issues from where the pony rests his head on the bench.

Soon, his dreams are shaped by the music that still plays and the mesh with the lives of those in Ponyville that the pony knows. What the lives he imagines that the ponies in Canterlot live. These are the dreams of Crate Digger, a pony that loves music.