//------------------------------// // Chapter 45 // Story: Refound Love // by GamerTag //------------------------------// A thud echoed throughout the home as the phone hit the ground. What? He did what? "Octavia? Hello? Octavia?!" Lyra shouted from the other end of the phone. However, Octavia completely ignored her friend's calls as she turned back around and went straight towards the kitchen. There, Caramel sat as happy as he was before Octavia had left. "Caramel." Caramel froze, Octavia's tone was cold, completely void of any emotion. He'd never heard her sound like that for the whole time he's known her. "I just got a very interesting call from my dear friend Lyra," Octavia continued in the same tone, "She told me that a certain somepony I know was in jail because of you, would you care you explain?" Caramel blinked a few times, "Uh." He had planned for this, ready to explain exactly how horrible that mare actually was. However, once he heard Octavia's tone, his mind had gone completely blank. "Well?" "I, uh," Caramel stammered, "Ye-yeah. I-I put that mare in her place! She tried to come between us!" Octavia didn't say anything, and her face didn't change. He waited a few more seconds until suddenly a small smile formed on Octavia's face. "Oh, alright then," Octavia replied in the same tone. She then started walking towards her seat in order to seat herself at the table. That's when Caramel jumped out of his chair as said seat was thrown directly at him. "Octavia what-" "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU BLOODY EXCUSE FOR A STALLION! I WANT YOU FUCKING DEAD, DO YOU HEAR ME?!" Octavia screamed louder than the stallion had ever heard. Caramel couldn't even get a response out before Octavia had grabbed all her belongings and had rushed out of the apartment. ~•~•~•~•~ "What happened?" Bon Bon asked, concerned. "I don't know!" Lyra exclaimed, "She isn't responding." With that said, the unicorn hung up the phone. With a sigh, she seated herself next to Bon Bon. "Okay, so, can you finally explain exactly what happened?" Lyra asked looking towards Neon who was seated in the seat in front of them. Neon Lights, Lyra, Bon Bon, Lucky Streak, Beauty Brass, Fredric, Harpo, Symphony, Sassaflash, Remedy Cure, and Vinyl's family were all seated in the police station as they waited for Vinyl's questioning to be done. "Yeah, yeah. It all started early this morning...." ~•~•~•~•~ "Where is she?!" Neon jumped as the door shut. He was just in the middle of something a little.... private when Caramel has entered his apartment. This is what I get for giving him keys, Neon thought, annoyed. "Octavia is gone! She's been gone since Vinyl left your... date," Caramel said slowly as a realization came into his head. "First, you could knock, and second, what?" Neon asked. "Vinyl! She must have gone out with Octavia!" Then why would she go on a date with me?" Neon questioned, getting slightly worried. "To throw me off track!" Damn, he's smarter than I thought. "I think it's time to play out my plan," Caramel stated, as though Neon knew what that meant. "Your plan?" "You know!" Caramel exclaimed, "The pieces have been falling into place and it is finally time!" "I am so confused," Neon stated. "You'll see," Caramel replied, "Let's just say it's the reason why I've done so much research on her." "Uh, so what do I do?" Neon asked. "You just have to get Vinyl alone," Caramel answered simply. "I doubt she'll want to talk to me after the date we had yesterday," Neon mumbled. "Then find a way to get her to talk to you or something!" Caramel exclaimed. Neon rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah. What should we do first?" "First, we'll go to Vinyl's apartment." ~•~•~•~•~ "What do you mean Vinyl Scratch doesn't live here anymore!" Caramel screamed, banging on the desk. "She moved! And wait," The old landlord examined the stallion, "Aren't you the pony they arrested for attempted break-in?" "I don't have time for this!" Caramel stated before bursting out of the building. "So, I'm guessing it didn't go well," Neon asked with a slight smirk as he laid against the wall of the apartment complex. "Yes, it seems that stupid unicorn has some tricks up her sleeve, no matter, I have OTHER ways of tracking her down." Neon gulped. ~•~•~•~•~ Caramel banged the computer, "What does it mean, "Number no longer in use?!" "I guess she changed her number," Neon assumed. The two had gone back to Neon's apartment in order to track down Vinyl using her number, only to find that her number had changed. "I paid fifty dollars for this program to find that fucking unicorn and it couldn't even do that!" Caramel yelled, "This Vinyl is smarter than I thought." Neon sighed internally, she's smarter than I thought, too. Caramel continued to use different programs to find Vinyl's home to no avail. Neon, getting tired of sitting there watching this train wreck, got up and laid down on his sofa, "I'm going to sleep dude, wake me up if anything interesting happens." However, once he was asleep, Caramel went for his last resort. Neon woke up a few minutes later to Caramel shaking him violently. "Neon!" He exclaimed, "I need you to go to the address on this paper and wait." Neon let out a groan as he grabbed the paper in his magic, "Alright, alright, sheesh." And with that, Neon left the apartment and made his way to the street. Once he got there, he looked around only to find nothing. With a sigh, he laid against the wall. "Sup Neon." Neon's head snapped towards the familiar voice to find Vinyl standing there with her glasses on. "What did you need to talk about?" Neon looked around, completely confused. Was this Caramel's plan? If it was, when did he set it up? "H-hey Vinyl," Neon stammered. Vinyl raised her eyebrow with a small grin, "What's wrong? Think I'm going to maul you or some thin?" Neon opened his mouth to respond only for the sound of sirens to interrupt him. About three police cars stopped right in front of the two, and the cop ponies ran out and tackled Vinyl to the ground. "Vinyl Scratch, you are under arrest for breaking and entering, anything you say will be used against you in court." "What the buck?!" Vinyl exclaimed, "What the hell is going on?" The police ponies didn't answer, instead, they shoved her into the car. Neon attempted to convince one of the ponies that she had done nothing but they didn't listen and instead informed Neon that if he wants to testify for the mare's innocence he has to go to the police department. And with that, they drove away, leaving Neon completely and utterly shocked. ~•~•~•~•~ "That's it!" Lyra exclaimed, "You didn't tackle them or anything! Why I outta-" Bon Bon quickly grabbed Lyra as she attempted to tackle Neon. "Calm down. If he did that, then he would also be in jail which means we would learn Vinyl was arrested later," Lucky Streak explained. "Don't worry," Remedy Cure comforted, "Vinyl doesn't have to answer any of the police's questions until she gets a lawyer." "Yeah, but does Vinyl know that?" Vinyl's mother commented. Lyra, Bon Bon, and Lucky Streak cringed. "But.... she'll probably know her rights... right?" Beauty Brass asked. "Actually, the police are obligated to tell you your rights," Fredric explained. "And you think Vinyl would listen to them instead of yelling bloody murder?" Long Play asked. Fredric and Beauty Brass shut their mouths. They then all turned towards the door when they heard the sound of it being opened. "You may enter the detention center now," The police pony announced before turning back the way he came. The group of ponies followed after him. Once they got there, they found Vinyl, still with her signature glasses on, sitting at a seat next to a window. They all rushed towards the mare, however, there was only one chair. "Vinyl are you-" "Vinyl! What-" "Vinyl-" "Vinyl-" "Vin-" "Guys!" Vinyl exclaimed, "One at a time! I just- NEON!" Suddenly, Vinyl smacked up against a screen, "What the hell have you done?! Did you know?! I am going to bucking kill you!" "Woah! Woah!" Neon said, "If this was my idea than I wouldn't be here! And I didn't even ask to meet you! Caramel used my phone." Vinyl just grumbled to herself in response. "Now, Vinyl, did you answer any of the police ponies questions?" Remedy Cure asked, concerned. Vinyl gave them a sheepish smile, making them all groan. "Well, it was less answering questions and more... yelling," Vinyl explained. "Buck Yeah!" Sassaflash cheered. "Why am I not surprised," Fredric commented, annoyed. "Have you found a lawyer yet?" Bon Bon asked. "Nah, I don't even understand exactly what's going on," Vinyl answered. "I have the perfect lawyer for you Vinyl!" Lyra exclaimed, "Phoenix Wright!" The group blinked. "Who?" Lucky Streak asked. "Phoenix Wright! Ace attorney! He helped Rainbow Dash win a case against some flyer," Lyra explained. The group turned towards Bon Bon, hoping she could enlighten the situation. She sighed, "Phoenix Wright is a-" "Human!" Lyra squealed. Again, the group all groaned. "What are they charging you for?" Harping questioned. "Breaking and entering," Vinyl explained, "Apparently, Caramel decided to hook up some cameras around his house and he showed the time when I-" Vinyl then started laughing. "When you what?" Beauty Brass asked. "It better not be what I think it is!" Vinyl's mother scolded. "Oh no! The time when Octavia was sick and I locked Caramel out of his own house by getting him to get on the fire escape." This caused, Lyra, Sassaflash, Neon, Long Play, and Harpo to start laughing. "So he used the footage of you entering the house?" Remedy Cure asked. "Yeah, I kinda enter through the fire escape," Vinyl explained sheepishly. Before the group could ask more questions, Symphony got a phone call. "Hello?" "Hello, Symphony, I'm at the police department, where are you all?" "Hold on, I'll show you where Vinyl is." With that said, Symphony hung up the phone. "We should probably leave Vinyl and Octavia to talk alone," Vinyl's mother suggested. "What?! But I want to see the adorable reunion!" Beauty Brass exclaimed. Fredric glared at Beauty Brass while the group started leaving. Once they were back in the waiting room, they found a very worried looking Octavia. "Just go through the door we came out of and you'll find her at one of the windows," Bon Bon explained. Octavia gave the group a thankful smile before rushing to the detention center. Once she saw Vinyl, she quickly ran over and seated herself. "Vinyl! What happened? Are you alright? I swear to Celestia you better have not done something stupid!" All Vinyl did was smile. Octavia raised an eyebrow, "What?" "Nothing, I'm just happy to see you. I honestly have no idea what's been going on for the past few hours so it's nice to see you." Octavia smiled, a blush forming on her face, "Don't think your sweet talk will get you out of this so easily." Vinyl barked out a laugh, "Yeah, I know that. And neither will the fact I yelled at the police for about an hour." "Vinyl!" Vinyl just smirked. Octavia sighed, "Why do I feel that you're not taking this very seriously?" "Cause I'm not. I don't think Caramel can actually get me into jail. But he may get me to pay some fines," Vinyl explained, rubbing the back of her head. Octavia sighed, "We'll get you out of here, I swear." Vinyl smiled and Octavia returned it, "I know you will. And so will the giant group of ponies waiting out there. I mean, seriously they all tried to squeeze themselves into that tiny chair." Octavia laughed at that before she smiled again, "I love you." Vinyl's eyes went wide slightly, it was still a rare thing for her to hear that. "I love you too." With that said, Octavia left the detention center, she knew that all the questions she wanted to ask Vinyl had already been asked by them. So, she decided to give Vinyl a break and instead ask her other friends the questions. ~•~•~•~•~ "So," Symphony started once Neon finished re-telling his story, "Now that you know what happened, what did you do with Caramel?" Octavia blushed, "I... screamed at him." "Awwww," Beauty Brass squealed. "You go, girl!" Sassaflash cheered. "I'd pay to see that," Lyra commented. Octavia's blush deepened, but a smile formed on her face. "I know we're all happy that Octavia told Caramel off," Lucky Streak started with a grin, "But, what now?" ~•~•~•~•~ Caramel walked down the streets of Manehatten, trying to find some way to pass the time. He knew that going to the police station now was a bad idea as everypony who cared about Vinyl was currently there, including Octavia. Caramel felt a tear fall down his cheek, which he quickly wiped angrily. “Stupid mare, what the hell does she have that makes her SO much better than me?” He growled, “I hope everything will turn out alright. Why can’t Octavia see that I just want things to go back to the way they were?” The more he spoke, the more angry Caramel became. He got so angry he ended up kicking a trash can into an alleyway. “I swear on my love of Octavia that Vinyl Scratch will get what’s coming to her, whether I have to do it legally or not.”