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// Part 5 - A Cellist in The Gala 
// Story: An Octav's Story 
// by DashCamp(IDBrony) 
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Julian - CsCamper - DashCamp(IDBrony)

Part 5 – A Cellist in The Gala



The Grand Galloping Gala, those 3 words were more than enough to make Octav faint. The Princess grinned a bit, she knew she would faint after she heard her word, Princess Luna couldn’t help herself and she burst out of laugh. Princess Celestia then told the guard to bring her back to her house, Luna was still laughing, then Princess Celestia put her hoof on Luna’s wide-opened mouth, hinted her to silence. Luna said that it was funny, where Octav just fainted after she heard it.

In a small bedroom, Octav suddenly woke up. She tried to look at her surroundings, observing everything on her line of sight. She felt relieved, because it was just a dream. She got off her bed, still a bit sleepy, walked to the bathroom. Step by step, slow but sure, she grabbed her toothpaste and started brushing her teeth. She felt a bit tight on her neck, it was a soft knot, it seemed that it was made from silk. She then wiped the water on the mirror, she looked closely with her half opened eyes. Something looked like a butterfly, pink coloured with white strap, it looked like a bow tie. Bow tie? She was shocked, it wasn’t a dream. The Princess really told her to play in the Gala, Octav fainted, again.

After a couple of hours, a soft knock echoed in the small house. Octav woke up, she felt a bit pain on her head. She walked out of the bathroom, the light of the living room was pretty bright. She tried to look closely at the clock, 09.00 p.m. Another soft knock was heard again, Octav walked to the front door while trying to guess who visited her this late. Right after she opened the door, a white coated filly jumped onto her, Both of them fell onto the sofa. Oh right, Vinyl, the pony she knew. Vinyl looked pretty excited, Octav told her to calm down a bit, Vinyl was too excited that Octav needed both her hooves to close her mouth. After she calmed down a bit, Octav asked her what’s her matter. Vinyl shut her mouth for a while, then loudly congratulates Octav, she heard that Octav would play in the Gala, the Grand Galloping Gala. Vinyl was glad that Octav accepted the Princess’s request, sure, Octav replied.

If she was going to perform in the Gala, it meant she only got two weeks for training. She needed to train really hard because it wasn’t an ordinary event, it was a Royal Canterlot Event. An event where everypony would spent all their money for the ticket, she was pretty lucky, she thought. She sighed, and then she went to her room, grabbed her Cello and started her practice. Right after she grabbed her Cello, she remembered that she need a good music book, nopony would like to hear old songs, she thought again. Octav then packed some bits on her saddlebag, then slowly trotted to the front door. It was sunny outside, she has only spent two days in Canterlot, she still didn’t know a lot. She then got an idea, Vinyl, sure she could help her. Octav then went back inside, she grabbed her phone while trying to insert Vinyl’s number.

Not so long, she heard a knock on the door. It was very fast, she wondered, she opened her front door, seeing Vinyl with her usual purple glasses on her forehead. Vinyl told her that her house was only ten metres away from hers, she wondered why Octav called her when she could come to her house. Octav replied that she didn’t know Canterlot, so she needed her help. Vinyl nodded her head, then shoved Octav into the nearest Caravan, they then started to go around Canterlot.

Octav was stunned pretty long in the caravan, her eyes couldn’t move away from the window. Vinyl then pulled her head from the window, and described every single place in Canterlot to her. She described from a small Grocery store until the Big Theater, she didn’t stop talking that Octav could only sat down and hear every Vinyl’s word. After a lot of hours, they arrived back at Octav’s house, Vinyl paid the caravan and asked her if she enjoyed it. Octav replied that she enjoyed it, but she only wanted to know the nearest music store. After hearing Octav’s sentence, Vinyl laughed out very loud, and dropped her self to the side walk, holding her stomach. Octav was a bit confused, While holding her laugh, Vinyl told her that the music store was only next to her house. Octav looked behind, she saw her house, with a music shop exactly to the right of her house. Octav grinned a bit, and then they laughed together.

After knowing the music store location, Octav bought some music books, learning some classical songs for the Gala. Vinyl came to her house everyday, accompanied her practise, sometimes she brought her stereo set, and set it to full volume, at that time, Octav’s Cello could be heard one mile away. Octav couldn’t really stand loud music,unbeknownst to Vinyl,she bought a pair of earplugs for herself. She put it on her ears every time Vinyl plugged her bass, everything went better than expected, she thought.

After two weeks of practise, Octav was ready. She put on her bow tie, packed her Cello, booked a caravan, and grabbed her ticket to the Gala. She washed her mane lots of time, tried to look as good as possible. After she was fully ready, she went outside and got into her caravan. It took fifteen minutes from her house to the castle, while inside the caravan, she read her music books while deciding what song to play in the Gala. When she arrived at the castle, she showed the guard her ticket. She went in and greeted Princess Celestia before entering the hall. In the hall, she saw another players on the stage. She then greeted the other players, it wasn’t a warm greetings, the pianist then told the other players to start the rehearse since the Cellist has arrived. The rehearse went pretty well, but she didn’t really like the song. She wondered if she could get through the whole Gala.

To be continued...

*Small Author notes*

For those who read my fanfic, I’m sorry that I haven’t updated for about a week, I was having my national test so I couldn’t upload any. And if you found some grammar or spelling mistakes, please tell me in the comments, because English isn’t my first language

-DashCamp(IDbrony)