“You’re serious?!” Vinyl dropped her jaw.
“Yeah! She says a letter containing the tickets are arriving by mail!”
“Wait, tickets? As in plural? More than one ticket?”
“I’m pretty sure that’s what she said.” Octavia bounced around the living room. “Oh this is so exciting! I’m going to be playing at the Gala! I’ve only been there once, and it was when I was just a filly, and I don’t remember much from it.” Vinyl just smiled, unable to really think of anything to say. Figuring that more than one ticket meant that the princess knew Vinyl lived with the cellist, and there was a possibility that they were both going to the Gala. The excitement slowly died as Octavia ran out of steam. Bouncing around a room for half an hour is tiring after all. She laid down on the couch with a smile stuck to her face. Vinyl walked up to her.
“Well, now that the excitement is over, I have a track I need to create for my first gig. I’ll be in my room.” The unicorn smiled at her roommate. The earth pony nodded, still smiling. Vinyl giggled and shook her head, then walked into her room and stood behind her turn table. She produced a smile on her face as she used her magic to float her purple shades over to her face and rest on her nose. She took a pair of over ear headphones and placed them on her head, plugging in the jack so she wasn’t blasting her friend out of the apartment. She set a blank record on the table, followed by more musical mixing equipment. She set into motion, trying to keep a good beat, while also keeping it calm. The hours seemed to whizz by, all filled with music.
Vinyl yawned as she finished the now-complete track, some six hours later. She looked out the window, the sun was long gone, and Luna’s moon shone bright. She took off her shades and placed them in their case. Shaking her head, the unicorn took the track and carefully placed it in it’s own case.
“I’ll save you for the show.” The tired unicorn then laid on her bed and looked at the ceiling for a short while, thinking only of Octavia. She gave a happy sigh, then turned to her side and pulled up the covers over her body. Warmth set in and she slowly drifted off to sleep.
She awoke in the morning to what sounded and smelled like eggs being cooked. The unicorn leapt to her hooves and raced to the kitchen to see Octavia, humming and moving her flank back and forth with a melody in her head. Vinyl smiled.
“Feeling cheery this morning?” The unicorn wrapped her roommate in a hug. To her surprise, Octavia hugged back.
“Yeah, I’m still a little hyped about the invitation to the Gala.” She returned to making breakfast. “The best part is, I just might be going with you.” Vinyl smiled.
“But you do realize the Gala isn’t for another month or two, right?”
“Oh of course.” The earth pony replied with a smile. “Still, it’s something to get excited about.”
“Agreed. Now, I think I’m going to talk to Rarity real quick to see what time I have to arrive for her show this weekend.” The DJ grabbed her shades, a saddlebag holding her newly made record and hugged Octavia again.
“Be sure to let me know! I might want to come watch!” She called after her roommate. Vinyl nodded as she walked out the door, closing it behind her.
The unicorn soon found herself at Rarity’s dress shop and saw it was open. Proceeding inside carefully, she saw another unicorn, with a lovely purple mane and tail, sitting at a table, sipping on a drink of some sort. She stopped and looked over at Vinyl and set her cup down.
“Oh HELLO darling~” She walked casually over to Vinyl. “How can Rarity help you? You look like a mess.” The unicorn started putting ribbons in Vinyl’s mane, uttering to herself now and then.
“Uh, yeah. I’m Vinyl Scratch and..uh Pinkie said you were looking for a DJ for your fashion show?” The DJ lifted a hoof as Rarity looked her over.
“Oh yes, of course. You make your own music, sweetie?” The fashion pony lifted her head. Vinyl nodded.
“Sometimes. I mostly just play other pony’s music in clubs.”
“I see. Well I don’t want any of that fast stuff at this show, darling, oh no, that just won’t do. It need to be elegant, soft.” Vinyl nodded. “And it needs to be done by THIS weekend.”
“Way in head of you.” Vinyl used her magic to bring out her record.
“Oh my! Done before schedule. I enjoy that. You live in town, correct?”
“As a matter of fact, I do. Need my address?” The purple maned unicorn smiled and nodded.
“Yes, please!” Vinyl took out a pen and paper and wrote down where she lived, then floated it over to Rarity.
“Oh, and what time should I show up for the show?” Vinyl asked.
“I’d say around the time Celestia’s sun rises.” Vinyl nodded again.
“I’ll be there, you can count on me.”
“Thank you so much, darling! I’ll stay in touch, but for now, Rarity is busy with dresses. Ta Ta Vinyl.” Vinyl walked out the door to leave the fashion mare to her work. She shivered a bit.
“Oh mare, that was...awkward.” The white unicorn walked away from the shop, messing with the ribbons in her mane.
Reaching her apartment once again, Vinyl let out a sigh as the ribbons won the battle of staying in her hair, and opened the door. Octavia rose her head from the couch, took one look at the white mare, whom showed no amusement in her face at all, and burst out laughing.
“Oh my goodness, Vinyl! What in Equestria are you wearing?!” The grey mare finally found her hooves and trotted over to the still unamused DJ.
“It wasn’t my doing!” The unicorn took her shades off and placed them on a table.
“Well, come sit on the floor in front of the couch, I’ll get them out of your mane.” Octavia got back on the couch, giggling to herself, while Vinyl closed the door behind her and sat in front of the grey mare.
“So, tell me how it went, Vinyl.” Octavia started taking the silly ribbons out of her friend’s mane, while also striking up a conversation. The unicorn sighed and rolled her eyes.
“Was going great, I met Rarity, talked about the show and my own musical skills. Then suddenly the next thing I know I’m walking out of her place with ribbons in my mane..”
“It does compliment your color though.”
“Not my point, sweet cheeks. But I do know when to be there. She said at the sun rise, so I can get prepared.”
“This weekend, correct?”
“Mmhmm.” Vinyl answered as her friend pulled out the last ribbon.
“There, done! I still think you looked good in them.”
“Not gonna continue this, Tavi. Now, how about we go out?” Octavia placed down a ribbon and looked at the white mare.
“You mean.. Like, friends, right?” She asked, slowly standing. Vinyl blushed a bit.
“Well, yeah, it’d just be weird if I asked you out on a date to start a relationship.” She ducked away from the grey mare. “at least not yet..” She added silently.
“I’d like to hang out with a great friend like you Vinyl. What do you have in mind?”
“Actually,” Vinyl turned back to her roommate, hiding the blush. “I was thinking we could do what you wanted.” Octavia’s face lit up.
“Oh, I know JUST the place to go!”
“Oh boy.... What did I get myself into?” the unicorn asked herself.
Hey everyone! sorry for the looooooooong wait, but I just so happened to get a job that takes up 90% of my week. But I'm still writing the story, no need to worry. Updates will now resume as usual, just not as soon as they used to. Hope y'all are enjoying it!