The sun shined through the window of Pyxis's room, illuminating it with it's golden warmth. Pyxis slowly rose out of his sleep, wishing he didn't have to leave the comforts bed. He glanced at calendar that was posted next to his bed. With a little chuckle he began to let his mind wonder again. It had been about almost a month since he arrived in Ponyville. Who would have guessed he would have lasted this long. Though he couldn't take all the credit. Throughout the short time period he learned of his new personality. Thanks to her he could now live with the constant thought of the possibility that he could turn into a massive ball of unpredictable chaos.
As he got up to begin his morning routines he couldn't help, but hear Octavia and Vinyl's argument downstairs. "Why won't you let him compete in the talent show?! He'd be great at it! He'd probably even take first place!" yelled Vinyl. Hearing what Vinyl said was a painful reminder that he wish he did not have to remember.
It was after school and the weekend was about to begin. Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Pyxis had been talking about the talent show ever since Cheerilee mentioned it in the afternoon announcements. It would be held a week from Saturday and anypony who wanted to participate would have to sign up by the following Monday. Scootaloo wasn't going to go because Cheerilee already told her that they couldn't do anything extremely over the top. Which meant no death defying stunts, no shark tank, no hang-gliding, and any other thing that was worth a trip to the hospital. Though Cheerilee had a point in Scootaloo's opinion it was very lame. Applebloom couldn't go anyway. She was going to going to visit her cousin Babs Seed that weekend. That only left Sweetie Belle and Pyxis.
"If anypony should go to the talent show it should be you Sweetie." said Scootaloo.
"What?! Why me?!" asked Sweetie Belle.
"Oh come, your singing is awesome. It could be a little bit cooler, but that first place is as good as your's." Scootaloo said.
"What about Pyxis? With him he and Sweetie Belle can do a duet." suggested Applebloom.
"I can't sing." Pyxis said as he placed one of his crystals in his mouth. Scoots chuckled a bit as well as Sweetie Belle.
"Ah meant with your music." replied an annoyed Applebloom.
"I don't know..... I'll have to ask Octavia."
"Great! With Sweetie Belle and Pyxis together the audience won't know what hit them. " Scootalloo said with her forelegs wrapped Pyxis and Sweetie Belle.
"W-wait! I never agreed to this!" Sweetie Belle said with a blush on her face.
Pyxis snapped back to reality when he heard Octavia's voice. He listened carefully. This could be his chance to get the answers he needed. "Vinyl listen to me. I agree with you when you say that Pyxis would be great for the talent show. As a matter fact I actually was hoping something like this would come up." Octavia said. Pyxis could feel small amounts of pride and joy coming from downstairs as Octavia talked. It made him smile slightly that Octavia thought of him like that.
"Then why won't you let him go?" asked Vinyl.
"Because, I'm........I'm scared." Octavia answered reluctantly.
"Ooooooh I get it know. Your afraid that you didn't teach him well enough and that he's going to embarrass himself. Tavi you should have to worry about stuff like......" Vinyl said as she was cut off.
"That's not what I'm scared of!" Octavia yelled, interrupting Vinyl. The room grew silent for a few minutes before anything was said again. Octavia sighed before she continued. "Its just that....... these last few weeks have been stressful. I've always wanted somepony to teach my music to. I never that in a thousand years that it would be a changeling." Pyxis's eyes flattened as he heard her say those words.
"Ouch." he said to himself.
"But at the same time I haven't felt this excited in years. He is a changeling yet I don't feel anything bad about him. Its like....... meeting a stranger, yet you feel like your already friends with them. Plus not many ponies can say that they have been friends with changeling and known about it can they." explained Octavia.
"See I told you he was a cool guy. You just needed to give him some time." Vinyl said with a victorious voice. Pyxis smiled once again as he finished the rest of his morning activities. During the time he was finishing up he heard Octavia's voice again.
"Yeah, but thats that bad thing. During this short time we've been together I have to admit I didn't think that it would turn out like this. Some part of me back then and to this very day still doubts him. Not to mention that there is a possibility Twilight and her friends could capture him and send him on a one way trip to Canterlot's prison. I don't think I could handle that." said Octavia. Pyxis stopped his actions just as he was starting to head downstairs.
Octavia was right. There was a possibility that Twilight and the others could capture him. No, they would capture him. He could feel it in his guts. It wouldn't be too long before his time was up and he didn't think that Sugar would be able to save him again. It made him shake in fear just thinking about it. Though he was only there for less then a month he didn't feel ready to leave.
"Well then we'll just have to burn that bridge when we get to it." said Vinyl. Pyxis's ears perked up to listen closer.
"Vinyl I'm being serious!" said an irritated Octavia.
"So am I. While you do have a good point you can't just focus on the negative. Ponies have gone insane doing that you know." Vinyl replied.
"But..."
"No butts! Butts are for donkeys!" Pyxis snickered at what Vinyl said. "Just let him go to the talent show. Have some fun and enjoy ourselves. If Twilight and her friends try to do something we'll stop them." Vinyl continued.
"F-fine, you win." Octavia said. "How come you've been winning our arguments so much lately?"
"You know what.......... I have no idea." answered Vinyl. Pyxis chuckled to himself for a few minutes before heading down the stairs ready to prepare for the talent show in a week.