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// The Present Life...and the past life. 
// Story: Guns and Wubz 
// by Scarface 
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Some people say that your past does not matter and what only matters is the present....some people say that the present does not matter and what matters it the future...but one thing is certain. The past does affect you very harshly sometimes, you can learn to leave it behind...but not when it`s as cool as Vinyl Scratch`s past.
Vinyl Scratch or just Vinyl as her friends call her is a very popular pony in Equastria because of her unique and very entertaining style of music made of of electronic beats and wubs. Her reputation is almost 100% true as she does not like to hide. A very full of life pony that does not slow down one bit, with a love for any kind of music but she loves her own music the most but appreciates other styles of music. She also has a little taste for girls but only for one, her best friend and romantic partener Octavia. A musician as same as Vinyl but a little more unknown. She sings and composes classical music but she has made music together with Vinyl to result in a modern-classical mix of music. Her repution stands a lot from Vinyl as a very popular lesbian couple in the media of Equastria. They both live their life quite to the full but not going overboard....well at least not Octavia.
But Vinyl was not always this friendly neither this romantic. In the past from her early teen days up to a few days before she got into modern music she was more....cruel.....active and quite a bad pony. She was known for one thing only: Her succesfull heists pulled of in Las Pegasus and Manehathan. She was a force not to be messed with. Carrying an impressive arsenal of weapons and brain made her a good candidate for heisting teams that looked to pull of amazing jobs. She earned a bounty on her head multiple times and was even caught by celestia`s personal guard force once.....but she escaped quickly leaving the guards with some nice bullets in their head. She switched teams frequently almost always having a different crew every time made up of low lives who wanted to make money or just ponies looking for a death wish.
As reminded her gun arsenal was impressive but one of her weapons was quite known for the number of kills it brought to her. A modified AM-47 painted and chromed in her own style with some blue and purple with neon lights around it. The rifle was almost her only family and it was an asset to her survival. To her sadness she lost it in one of her final missions, falling of into a sewer in Las Pegasus and she had no way of getting it back without being killed by cops. It was one of the reasons she quit her heisting time and became an artist. Even if her time in the gun action was over she kept her action heavy personality in the present and even now she sometimes looks at TV and sees news about heists and she is deeply dissapointed by the modern heisters. "Idiots who don`t know how to use a gun!" She sometimes screams at the TV if Octavia is not in the house.
Octavia does not know much of Vinyl`s past because of that exact reason. She quit her past and she does not want the past to trouble her relationship. She truly loves Octavia more than anything, tough saying that she would want sometimes to get back in action would be an understatement..but its just too dangerous now.
Now let`s get back to the present...It`s a nice, warm day of spring. The sun just got up brighting up every house in its sight. This is a sing for people to wake up and start being productive....but not for our dear musician pony.
"Why the fuck do you have to shine so hard sun?" Vinyl loudly screams at the sun, however it does not respond.
"MAYBE if you got up earlier the sun would not have to strugle to wake you up." says Octavia in a funny tone almost making fun of Vinyl.
"But Tavi! There is nothing to do right now and I still need some sleep after last night`s concert."
"Speaking of your amazing concert, did you forgot that we have to be at the after party tonight..?"
Vinyl takes a couple of moments for her brain to start working and then she truly wakes up.
"OH SHIT. That is today?! How the hell did I forgot?" says Vinyl while alarmingly jumping out of her comfy bed.
"I dont know Vinyl but we must be there. Last night was one of your greatest concerts and missing this part or even worse, making a bad impression at the party would be dreadfull to your carrier."
"Well then. Let us make the best fucking impression of all time! But first....TO THE BREAKFAST TABLE!" says Vinyl in a heroic tone quickly before going downstairs to the kitchen.
Octavia laughs while she walks downstair towards the kitchen where cereal and milk are already prepared in two bowl. One for her, and one for the screaming child in the house. Vinyl starts eating while looking quite goofy, while Octavia eats in a comfortable and elegant way, sometimes chuckling at the way Vinyl sips the milk.
Octavia breaks the awkward silences and chuckles to tell Vinyl something important:
"Also Vinyl, I would really apreciate it if you don`t go too crazy with your "style" on Mr. Falnicov at tonights party."
Vinyl took a second or two before realizing what Octavia was talking about.
"Don`t worry Tavi. He`s just like all my other sponsers. I will just say hello, be polite for a few seconds than leave and probaly throw up in the bathroom"
"Tonight is a little more important Vinyl. This sponsor made your concert be one of the first ever where Princess Celestia and Princess Luna showed up. Do you have any idea how big that is? You must show him that you are worth working together with him in the future!"
Vinyl spins her eyes around while taking a heavy breath.
"I dont know Tavi...that guy seems so...strange too me. He seems like he knows a lot more than him being just a smple sponsor"
"Oh please what could he be? A secret spy?"
"MAYBE HE IS!" said Vinyl with a loud voice like she just discovered a new planet.
"Don`t worry, I`m just joking Tavi. I will behave quite nicely at the party"
"Thank you my little artist," says Octavia while giving Vinyl a little kiss.
The two mares finished their breakfast and went upstairs to prepare more for the party. Octavia spent hours and hours making sure she looked amazing...while Vinyl strapped on a suit with a blue plastic flower with some neon lights coming out of it.
Vinyl is preparing for the party nicely...but she yet does not know how big this party will actually be for her....
TO BE CONTINUED