It's been a day since I saw the newspaper article. My suspicions were correct, the gnawing feeling that I felt I needed to know what was going on did not go away. In fact, it only seemed to grow with each passing second when I wasn't occupied with something else. The only reprieve I got from the feeling was when I was working on the wubboard, and I finished that a few hours ago.
As I sat down in my bed I looked out the window and saw the sun starting to dip into the horizon. I blew air out of my mouth with a lip trill and contemplated how slow the day was going by. I looked down at my computer, the music sync to one of my new gadgets was almost done. It was a forearm bracer, though it wouldn't protect much since it wasn't made of strong materials yet, and it only went about halfway up the forearm anyway. But protection wasn't what it was suppose to do.
The music sync was finally completed. Grinning to myself I unplugged the white device, unclasped the securing clips, and slipped it on over my arm. I locked it in place and turned my hand over so that my palm faced up and the screen of my new tech faced me. I pushed a small button and the bracer turned on, a bright screen displayed all the songs I have on my computer.
I chuckled, "Looks good so far." I reached down the bed and picked my new wubboard up.
It was about half the length of my index finger in thickness, a few inches longer than a skateboard, and about as wide. All made with a sturdy metal that could easily hold my weight and more. A little rounded, rectangle flap at the back end folded slightly upwards, to allow for upwards movement and the tip was round. The flat area where my feet rested was all white, my cutie mark was smack in the middle and each word of my name was on either side of it. Vinyl in the back and Scratch in the front. The sides of the wubboard had interspaced, brightly glowing blue wubchips. The bottom was also white and had two large speakers with a multitude of smaller ones here and there. The back flap had two small ones side by side, filling that entire area.
The cutie mark on the board was a special type of magic conducting metal, allowing me to directly charge the board with my own magic if needed. Though I personally would like to make it charge on it's own. I was also planning on the board having small magnetic plates attached to where my feet would rest, but I can add those when I need them.
I charged some magic in my hands and placed them against the cutie mark. I allowed my magic to be drained into the board, giving up roughly a third of my magic. I panted slightly when it was over, but I felt immensely good about myself when the board began to hum with power.
"Now, let's see if it reacts to my bracer." I set the board on the ground, it wasn't playing anything so it didn't hover. I pulled my bracer's screen up and touched a finger to the screen, I dragged the little menu around, turned the small volume knob back a little, and chose a random song. The board came to life instantly, rising a few feet in the air and blasting out music in a not so loud fashion.
"Wicked cool." I said. I got up from the bed and started walking around the floating board, examining it for any possible flaws. Everything seemed to be in working order, I turned the music off and the board dropped. I caught it before it fell too far and jogged down the stairs, eager to test it outside.
I got to the doorway and put my shoes on as quickly as possible.
"What's the rush Vinyl?" Asked Twilight from behind me.
I turned to her, "The new wubboard is finished! I'm gonna take it for a test drive! Wanna come along? It'll probably be a short test though."
Twilight beamed, "Of course! Maybe we can stop at Sugarcube corner before they close, we could celebrate!"
Twilight mentioning Sugarcube corner reminded me of the party Pinkie threw for me the day after Celestia apologized to me. I smiled when I recalled the party games, food, pranks, and music. Everyone seemed to get along, even the ponies that I didn't already know. They all seemed to be curious about me... except for some of the pegasi of course. But they relaxed when the situation was revealed to them, I guess not being a violent sociopath upon meeting someone makes them trust you more.
I nodded at Twilight, "Yeah, sounds great!" I was silent before adding, "Your treat right?"
She rolled her eyes and trotted out the door, "The Princess's actually, I'm sure we can spare a bit of the budget for a small celebration."
I laughed, seems that I was getting to her more than she might admit despite our short time together. She wouldn't have even dreamed about using budget money for a celebration if she never met me. Which is probably not a good thing in retrospect.
I followed her out the door and we traveled in a comfortable silence to a nearby empty plot of land.
"Well you get ready, I've got the notes!" I set the board on the ground and Twilight added, "Oh! And don't worry about falling, I'll catch you!"
I hadn't even thought of the possibility of falling. Now I felt just a tiny bit of unease at doing this now. Steeling my nerves, I positioned myself on the wubboard, pulled my bracer screen up and chose a song. I turned the volume up gradually and I slowly ascended into the air. I was glad that my previous wubboard got me the balancing skills needed to not fall on my ass.
"Amazing!" Twilight exclaimed. I looked at her and saw the quill furiously scribbling away on the notepad. I swear I saw smoke starting to form from the pace she kept it going at. "The magic wub frequencies coming from each stereo aren't wasting a lot of magic in the process! The balance isn't skewed despite the added weight. The board itself does not seem to mind your weight either."
"You calling me fat?"
Twilight carried on, not even hearing what I said, "The magic sound waves themselves don't seem to be causing any disturbance to the grass below it either. Interesting."
I sighed and shook my head in amusement as Twilight droned on, a soft chuckled escaped my lips.
"Well, how about we test it's flying capabilities now? I want to fly, Twi!" I smirked at my rhyme.
Twilight perked up, "Oh! Right, silly me. I forgot that's why you wanted to do all this in the first place. Go ahead then, try going higher than you could before. If you can do that then it's safe to assume you can move forward while that high as well.."
I nodded to her and turned the volume up and I rose higher into the air. I kept going until I reached well over a few hundred feet, and I gotta admit it was kinda scary being his high up without a parachute. I descended slowly until I was back around my original height level.
Twilight wrote something on her pad, "Good, good. There doesn't seem to be any difficulty in going higher. I suppose there isn't anything else left to do but have you practice. Want me to teach you a trick with telekinesis that'll let you lift yourself for a while?"
That sounded like a potential lifesaver. "Yeah, thanks Twi." We turned around to head back into town, "Oh, and can you teach me to fire those magic beams? I want lasers to shoot from my hands."
Twilight snorted, "Sure thing, I'll teach you the 'lasers', just try and not hurt any pony with them ok? Those kinds of spells aren't toys you know."
"Yeah, yeah. Don't worry about it. I just want to know it for self defense and all."
Twilight sighed, "Well, it seems that learning it would be a good idea anyway. Just incase those weird ponies come running back."
We arrived at Sugarcube corner, it was still open. Twilight magiced the door open and our senses were greeted with a sugary smell and pleasant candy decor. Mrs Cake was occupying the cashier and I could see Mr Cake and Pinkie working the back.
"Hello dears, you're just in time. What can I getcha?" Asked Mrs Cake.
Twilight rubbed her chin, "Hmm, how about two Strawberry Surprises for me and two ruby and emerald cupcakes for Spike. What do you want Vinyl?"
I clicked my tongue, I could never instantly figure out what I wanted in places like these. We spent a few more seconds in silence before I said, "How about two chocolate bursts?"
Chocolate was always my favorite and as Twilight paid for the cupcakes and I had to keep myself from drooling, we said hello to Pinkie and Mr Cake and headed back to the library.
"Vinyl, you're drooling again." Twilight said after a few minutes of walking.
"Heh, oops." Guess I was unsuccessful. Grinning in embarrassment we hurried back to eat our dessert before dinner was ready. Spike is a pretty good cook, something that didn't surprise me.
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The cupcakes and dinner were amazing. It was just too bad my mind was still racing with thoughts about what was going on off in Manehatten.
I laid back in bed in only my underwear, my hands resting behind my head and a foot kicked over the other. My glasses were on the table so when I turned to look outside I got a full and unobstructed view of the moon. I sighed and tried to relax, it wasn't easy and I felt like I will go stir crazy if I didn't do something about this mini obsession of mine.
I stared at the ceiling and sighed.
"Tonight will be a long night. I think what I'll do next is go to Manehatten. I'll try and make a new version of the wubnade before I go though. A girl ought to be prepared." I thought.
I pulled the covers over myself, turned to my side and closed my eyes in an attempt to go to sleep.