//------------------------------// // First Class Cellist // Story: The Adventures Of Vinyl Scratch And Octavia Auditor // by NeonVibeBrony //------------------------------// Octavia opened the door. Lyra went in first followed by Viola. The grey Earth pony looked around at all of the instruments in the room. Multiple cellos, violins, and other string instruments she recognized. The three friends took seats on the benches, where about twenty four other pupils sat. She watched the teacher closely, waiting for directions. "Hello class, my name is Ami." The teacher, Ami, said. She spoke in a thick French accent. "Today class, we will start with basic cello lessons. Everypony, please take a cello from the rack on the left side of the room." Everyone rose from there seats to take a cello, and then returned to them just as fast. "Now class, what is the bottom of the cello called? The part we use to balance the cello?" Ami asked. Multiple hooves rose, including Octavia's and Viola's. "Octavia, will you explain to the class what this is?" said Ami. "It is the endpin, It is used to support the instruments weight, made from metal, wood or carbon fibers." Octavia said. The rest of the class all looked to Octavia then returned their gaze to there own instruments. "Very good Octavia!" ~~~~~~~~~~ Vinyl trotted down the hall to her class, thinking about Crowcut. Poor guy, thought Vinyl. Unfortunately, she wasn’t paying enough attention to where her hooves were taking her and smacked right into the door. "Ow." Vinyl said, rubbing her head. She could hear laughing from inside the classroom, then a “Settle down!” from what she guessed was the teacher. Vinyl opened the door to see everyone starring at her. "Good! You just made it before the-" The teacher was stopped by the bell. “Bell.” he finished. "So, teach, what’s your name?" Asked Vinyl in her oh-so confident voice. She went in and took a seat at one of the open computers. "The name’s Spark. Gray Spark.” A few students chuckled. “You can call me Mr. Spark, or Sparky, if you like. Today is the first day, so I'm going to let you freelance this." Sparky said. "You are going to need to create a song, or at least a beat by the end of class." Vinyl began to press different keys on the keyboard. She knew exactly what she was doing, moving different instrument sound around in the editor. She was so busy, she didn’t noticed that only a half hour into the class that she had finished her song. Done!" Vinyl exclaimed. Everyone looked at her, questioning the truth of her statement. "Done already Vinyl?" the teacher asked in surprise. "I've never seen a student get something out that fast. Let me listen." Vinyl gave the headphones from the computer to the teacher, and he put it on. Vinyl hit a key on the keyboard, sending the sound she had created into the her teacher’s ears. "This is wonderful!" He said, removing the headphones. "Vinyl, have you ever done this before?" "Yeah, I usually mix a song almost every day." Stated Vinyl. "Mind if I send this to the principle? He could set this as one of the tracks that play on the lunch radio in the mess hall." the teacher exclaimed. "Not at all!" Vinyl said, a huge grin on her face. ~~~~~~~~~~ Octavia sat there, playing each note the teacher instructed of her. "Now. How many of you have done this before?" Ami asked. Several hooves shot up, including Octavia's and Viola's. "Hmm." the teacher said, tapping her chin. "Octavia, can you demonstrate something you already know about the cello?" Octavia's face lit up, as she trotted off the stand and to the front of the class. She sat down in the chair next to the teacher and placed the cello, covering her left foreleg. She picked up the bow, and began to play a soothing song. Everyone looked at her as she played every note in amazement. Octavia finished the song, and looked to the teacher for approval. "That was simply divine!" Ami said. "I think that's a day today class, class is dismissed." Octavia had stood up, grabbed her stuff and headed out the door when Ami stopped her. "Wait, Octavia." she said. "That song you played was amazing. I was wondering if you would be interested in playing in the Student Orchestra here at school." Asked Ami. "Oh my!" said Octavia. "That would be fantastic!" ~~~~~~~~~~ "I think that's a wrap today class." Said Sparky. "Class dismissed." the teacher finished. Vinyl trotted to the door, before the teacher stopped her. "Hey, Vinyl. Would you mind coming over here for a minute?" said Sparky. "I think you should join a more advanced class. Tomorrow, I want you to go to this room instead. It’s full of more advanced students, such as yourself." Sparky handed over a note with a room number and a signature. The white unicorn’s face lit up. "Whoa! Really? First day and I’m being put up a class already?" Vinyl said. Sparky nodded. "Sweet!" Vinyl said, trotting out the door, putting the note in her bag. She strolled down the hallway back to her room to meet up with Octavia and Lyra for lunch. They still had to plan out how to go about getting the golden lyre back. ~~~~~~~~~~ 'This school is great!' thought Octavia and Vinyl together.