Why Am I Talented?

Five young ponies, two Earth Ponies, two Unicorns, and one Alicorn sat down in the Ponyville gazebo.

One of the Earth Ponies, Buffy, said excitedly, "WHAT SONG DO YOU THINK VIOLA'S GONNA PLAY THIS TIME? MAYBE IT'LL BE THE MAREZART SONG AGAIN! OR MAYBE THE LUDWIG SONG! OR HOW ABOUT THAT..." Buffy was cut off my her Unicorn friend, Wordplay.

"Tsk, tsk, Buffy. You need to learn how to control this talking loudly thing of yours." he said.

Buffy blushed. "Sorry,"

The Alicorn, Pixel Wavelength, smiled. "It's okay, Buffy,"

Another Unicorn, Nova Blast, shrugged. "I agree with Buffy. What is Viola playing? She's played pretty much every song for us. Which one now?"

Viridian Meadows, an Earth Pony, nodded. "Yeah,"

After Viridian spoke, Viola, a purple Earth Pony, walked in front of them with her violin. She shushed her friends and began to play a beautiful tune. When she finished, her friends applauded her and she curtsied.

"WOW, VIOLA! WE NEVER HEARD THAT PIECE BEFORE!" Buffy exclaimed.

"That's because I wrote this one myself, Buffy," Viola said gloatingly. "Did you like it?"

"Of course we did, Viola! How in Equestria are you so talented?" Pixel inquired.

The others fell silent and nodded. "Yeah? How are you so talented?" The rest of them asked.

Viola flipped her curls out of her face. "Well, probably because I spend so much time with my idol, Octavia,"

Viridian scoffed. "Ha! Yeah, but Octavia couldn't have taught you all that. You just don't have the right koalafications!" The filly burst out laughing at her joke.

Viola rolled her eyes. "We weren't even talking about koalas,"

"So what?"

Viola rolled her eyes a second time. But she thought a bit more and thought that Viridian could be right. Not about the koala thing, but about her talent. Viola shook her head. "I have to go," She grabbed her violin and rushed to her house.

Viridian frowned. "Was it something I said?"

***

Viola plopped down on her plush bed and thought about what her friends said: why was she so talented? She sat up and grabbed her violin. To calm herself, she played a soothing tune and sang along to it.

The talent that lies within me

You see,

Nopony knows how to explain it

It's like a zit.

Am I really that talented?

Why is my music so zen?

Why are we even thinking about this?

Instead of enjoying the tune I make,

For you and me.

She sighed after singing. I just need to vent about this to somepony. she thought. And she knew just the pony. She ran out of her house and to the Octavia's house.

***

When Viola got to the small house, she knocked on the door. Octavia's roommate, Vinyl Scratch (her stage name was DJ Pon-3), answered the door.

"Hello, Vinyl. Is Octavia home?" Viola questioned.

Vinyl nodded and led Viola into the house. She pointed to Octavia, who was playing her cello.

"Thanks, Vinyl," Viola said.

Vinyl smiled as she went to her side of the room.

Octavia looked up. "Hello, there, Viola! Are you here for lessons?"

"Actually, no. I'm here to talk about something. Do you have a minute?"

"Of course I do!" Octavia put aside her cello and gestured for Viola to sit down on the couch. "You can talk about anything with me. Just let it out."

Viola nodded. "Okay. So, I was performing for my friends..." Viola told Octavia the whole problem and when finished, took a deep breath, and said, "Well, why do you think I'm talented?"

Octavia just stared at Viola, and then her eyes filled with tears. "I-it's my fault. It's all my fault!" She ran out of the house, crying.

Viola looked at Vinyl, and she shrugged. Viola then turned her head from the DJ and ran after Octavia.

***

Viola searched all over Ponyville for her idol. Eventually, she found her. Octavia was hiding in a bush, sobbing. The filly sat down beside her. "What's wrong, Octavia?"

Octavia wiped away her tears and sighed. "I never thought I would have to tell you. I thought I could keep it a secret forever. But I can't, and you deserve to know." Octavia began the story.

***

Octavia was a normal 15-year-old in tenth grade. She played the cello in Orchestra Club, and she was often teased about it, and had no friends. Rumors even went around that she was a lesbian. But, she just ignored them and moved on.

Then, the new colt came. He was really handsome. Even Octavia thought so. She grew to have a little crush on him.

One day, at lunch, she went to her usual table and pulled out her cello. She began to play it. When she was done, the new colt trotted to her.

"Killer tune! I love it! You could be a great player someday." He stuck out his hoof. "I'm Doric Disk,"

Octavia blushed as she shook Doric's hoof. "I'm Octavia Melody,"

Doric smiled. "Pretty name for an even prettier girl. Why are you sitting alone?"

"Oh, I usually sit alone. The popular ponies tease me for being in Orchestra Club, and spread rumors about me, like the one of me being a lesbian, so everypony just avoids me."

Doric frowned. "Well, that's rude. I'll sit with you."

"Out of pity?"

"No. Because you seem nice. And you're ravishing." Doric kissed Octavia's hoof.

Octavia blushed again and she began to eat. Doric kept their conversation going. They began hanging out on a regular basis, and eventually became stallionfriend and marefriend. Octavia had a feeling that they would be together forever. But that was all scratched when their parents trusted them enough to let them have a sleepover at Doric's house.

Doric and Octavia were watching movies and eating popcorn when Doric's parents, Corinthian Glimmer (his mother) and Ionic Blaze (his father), came into the room.

"We're going to a party tonight and we trust you two to be home alone," Corinthian explained.

"Have fun!" Doric called out.

When he heard them leave the house, Doric lunged for Octavia and started to kiss her. Octavia was surprised at first, but then sunk into the bliss. She added in her tongue, and Doric did after her. They broke apart when they had no more air.

"Well, well, well," Octavia smirked. "Let's not be naughty. But we can do more. It was pretty fun."

"Of course it was. You were kissing me." Doric said, kissing Octavia again.

They kissed a few more times until Octavia looked at the time. "It's midnight. We should go to bed." Octavia headed out of Doric's room, but Doric grabbed her hoof.

"You can stay with me," Doric offered.

"But I'm supposed to sleep in your sister's room,"

"I just want a few more kisses. Please?"

Octavia smiled. "Alright. But don't get too naughty."

The only problem? They got naughty.

A week after the sleepover, Octavia began to feel weird, so she went to the doctor.

After examining her, the doctor looked disgusted. "You're pregnant with a filly, unfortunately,"

Octavia couldn't believe it. She was pregnant. And she already knew who the father was.

"Doric!" Octavia hollered when she got to her stallionfriend's house.

"Yes, Octavia?" Doric said.

Octavia took a deep breath. "I'm pregnant with a filly. And you're the father."

Doric looked at Octavia and laughed in her face. "That was my plan all along. I do this all the time. And I'm moving to Baltimare to do it again. Sorry, Octavia. You're on your own."

Doric trotted off, leaving Octavia in tears.

Octavia had an even worse reputation in school now. Her Orchestra Club teacher had even kicked her out of the club once he learned about her pregnancy. Eventually, she dropped out of high school, much to her parents' dismay.

When she had her filly, she named her Viola. She loved Viola so much, but she knew she couldn't keep her. She went around her hometown, Ponyville, to see who would want her. Along the way, she met a white pony with a wild blue mane.

"Hello. Who are you?" Octavia questioned.

"I'm Vinyl Scratch, an aspiring DJ. You are?" the pony said energetically.

"Nice to meet you, Vinyl. I'm Octavia. Would you be interested in having a baby filly?"

"No way! I'm 15-years-old. Way too young."

"That's too bad. I'm 15 too, and got a teenage pregnancy and had Viola here."

Vinyl's smile turned into a frown. "And the colt didn't want to stay with you?"

"Didn't want to stay with me?! He said that he travels around Equestria making girls his age pregnant!"

Vinyl cringed. "That bites. Sorry. But I know a place that Viola can go to. And it's better than this cruel world."

Octavia looked at Vinyl in horror. "You're going to kill Viola?! Just because I can't keep her, doesn't mean I want her dead! She's my daughter!"

"I'm not going to kill her! Give her to me." Octavia reluctantly gave her daughter to the Unicorn, and she ran off. She came back without Viola.

"What did you do to her?" Octavia asked.

"I took her to Poniverse, a place better than here, trust me. Don't worry, she can come to Equestria whenever she wants to, so it's likely you'll see her again." Vinyl assured Octavia.

Octavia hugged Vinyl. "Thank you,"

***

"So... that's why. You get it from me. I'm your mother." Octavia finished the story for Viola.

Viola looked at Octavia in shock, and then hugged her. "Mom!"

Octavia hugged her daughter back. "Viola. I'll make it up to you, I promise! I'll take you to Mother-Daughter events, take you to school, go visit Poniverse with you, I'll even go find your father!"

"Mom, I don't need all of that," Viola sighed. "But I do want to find Dad. Do you think we will?"

"One day, hopefully," Octavia looked out to the horizon, wondering where her ex-stallionfriend was now. "One day,"