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// The Hate Promise 
// Story: Vinyl's New Opponent 
// by OctaScratchRock 
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Once Vinyl pulled to a stop at the car meet, she could make out a Dodge Charger and Chevrolet Corvette parked amongst the other racers' cars. She smiled and walked over.

Muscle Power was talking with Naturally Aspirated when he noticed Vinyl walking up to him. "Are you the legendary R32 driver?" he asked.

"That's me. Call me Vinyl Scratch." said Vinyl, trying to look tough.

"Hello, Vinyl." said Muscle Power. "Are you ready to lose?"

"Lose? Not to someone without All Wheel Drive and a Turbocharger." said Vinyl. She could already tell she didn't like this pony.

"HA! Turbo technology is for ponies who are just too weak to rely on pure power." said Muscle Power, laughing to himself like a school bully. "All Wheel Drive is for the exact same ponies I mentioned with Turbochargers."

"Now you're just being a jerk." said Vinyl.

"So what?" said Muscle Power.

"So you shouldn't be a jerk." said Vinyl, trying to maintain a tough attitude and look.

"Well, just because I SHOULDN'T be a jerk doesn't mean I WON'T be a jerk." said Muscle Power, trying to look cool. "Freedom of speech, dude."

"I'm not even a dude! I'm a girl!" said Vinyl, cheeks red.

"Shut up and let's race. We didn't come hear to chat." said Muscle Power.

Rainbow Dash, who had been waiting at the agreed location all day, just happened to notice them at this moment. She ran up and heard the conversation. "Hey!" she shouted. "You can't talk to my teammate like that!" she said.

"Can I?" asked Muscle Power.

"He can." said Naturally Aspirated, just now joining the conversation.

"So, how are we gonna do this race?" asked Vinyl.

"Your teammate her will race against Naturally Aspirated here and you'll race against me." said Muscle Power. "That's how it works when teams race each other."

Vinyl looked at Rainbow Dash. "I guess that works." said Rainbow Dash. Vinyl nodded her head and they walked to their cars.