The next morning, Ray was already sitting downstairs with Octavia and Vinyl.
"So I'm thinkin' that we should start writing the song that you want to write." Ray said as he took a sip of his coffee.
"Yeah, thing is I am not sure how to start." Vinyl murmured.
"Well that's why we are here, me and Stevie are here for ya!" Ray said.
"Where is Stevie anyway?" Vinyl asked.
"He is probably still sleepin’, see blind folks like us, have a hard time wakin up in the mornin' ya know?" Ray replied.
"Oh I see, shall I fetch him?" Octavia asked.
"Nah, it ain't gonna work, we just need to leave him be for now. I'll go upstairs to check on him." Ray said.
"Ok, you go do that!" Octavia exclaimed.
In the meanwhile, Stevie had woken up and was trying to figure out how he could go downstairs by himself.
"Ray?" Stevie called out, though he got no response. Defeated, Stevie went back to his bed and sat down. Downstairs Ray and Vinyl were working on Vinyl's song.
"Oh yeah, that's something great!" Ray proclaimed as Vinyl played him the song, stomping her hooves on the table.
“It's not done yet, we just need to add something more... but I don't know what.” Vinyl said as she got up from her seat and went to her mixing board, Ray followed and sat down in a chair.
Vinyl put the song into the board, adding in some violins,drums, and a synthesizer to give the song a slight kick.
"I like it too, but it's not your usual style so I'm not sure how your fans will like it." Octavia commented.
"You have a good point, but I have come this far! I don't wanna go back to rewriting it." Vinyl sighed.
"I agree, but I need to check on Stevie." Ray said softly as he got up and went upstairs.
As he got to Stevie's room, Ray careful opened the door and made a beeline to Stevie's bed, sitting down next to him.
"Hey, I see you're up but I can also tell that there is something bothering you, want to tell me what's going on?" Ray asked gently.
Stevie looked in the direction of Ray's voice but didn't say anything.
"Stevie, you know that you can tell me anythin' I'll listen to ya, I'm your friend." Ray said, trying to figure out what's going on with his friend.
"You have it all!" Stevie yelled.
"What do you mean?" Ray asked.
"You have a mare friend, and you even wrote a song together!!" Stevie yelled.
“Oh Stevie, Vinyl ain’t my mare friend, we’re just friends.” Ray said as he stood up and walked out.
“Yeah right.” Stevie mumbled under his breath as he followed Ray downstairs.
"You know I can hear you, right?" Ray deadpanned.
"Yeah, but why would I give a damn about what you care about!" Stevie yelled.
"Hey, I'm just tryin' to help ya!" Ray said as he turned around to face Stevie.
"Ugh, I don't care about what you are trying to help me with!" Stevie said as he went back to his room and slammed the door. Ray just shrugged and walked down the stairs.
As Ray came into the dining-room, Octavia saw the defeated look on Ray's face.
"What's wrong, Ray?" Octavia asked as he sat down.
"Oh, nothin', Stevie is just mad because he thinks that ah'm in love with Vinyl, but we are just friends!" Ray said.
“Yeah, sure, I mean we did write a song but that doesn't mean that we are a couple.” Vinyl said, blushing slightly.
"Then why are you blushing?" Octavia smirked.
"Um, Octavia I don't know what you are talking about!" Vinyl said quickly.
Upstairs, Stevie was laying in bed crying, his tears soaking his bed and his coat. There came a knock on the door and Octavia came in before sitting down on Stevie's bed.
"Hey Stevie, it's Octavia, I just wanted to check on you!" Octavia said.
“I know that you are there. Please go away, I don't want to talk to you!" Stevie barked as he got up and stormed out.
"Stevie please wait!" Octavia called after him but Stevie was already out of the house.
Octavia went downstairs and sat down at the table.
"What happened, I could hear yelling!" Ray asked.
"I tried to talk to Stevie but he just shut me out and then he left." Octavia explained.
"To go where?" Vinyl asked.
"I don't know, but I might have an idea as to where he went!" Ray said.
"Yeah?" Vinyl asked.
"He went to see Twilight and her friends!" Ray said.
"How do you know that?" Octavia asked.
"Well let's just say that I was born with a certain set of skills." Ray said, raising a brow.
Stevie ran through town, trying to avoid obstacles the best he could.
"Hey watch where you're going!" Somepony yelled out as Stevie ran past.
"You don't belong in Equestria, you should have never come here, go back to where you belong!!!" Ponies yelled as Stevie kept on running until he got to Sweet Apple Acres.
Applejack came out of the barn to see Stevie running towards her.
When he got closer she could see that he had been crying.
"Hey sugar, what's wrong?" Applejack asked.
"Ray has a mare friend, and it's Vinyl!!" Stevie said between hiccups.
"Let's get you inside first, and then you can tell me all about it!" Applejack said as she took Stevie inside.
"So what's the matter, sugar?" Applejack asked as she sat down next to Stevie who was already sitting on the couch in the Apple family's living room.
"I don't want to-" Stevie got cut off by a young mare coming into the living room.
"Hey sis, who is this?" The young mare asked Applejack.
"Applebloom this is my new friend Stevie Wonder, he is a great musician, Stevie can't see ya, but ya can talk to him like anypony else, ya hear?" Applejack said to her sister.
"Yeah, hi Stevie, my name is Applebloom, it's nice to meet you!" Applebloom said as she stuck out her hoof to shake Stevie's hoof.
"Um, aren't you going to shake my hoof?" Applebloom asked Stevie.
"What, oh I'm sorry, you need to tell me what you want me to do!" Stevie said.
"Ok, I will!" Applebloom said.
"Apple Bloom honey, ah'm going to talk to Stevie for a while, why don't you go help your brother." Applejack said to her sister.
"Ok, bye Stevie, it was nice talkin to you." Applebloom said as she left the room.
"So what's been goin on?" Applejack asked.
"I'm very mad at Ray, he has a mare friend, and I don't even have any friends, no pony likes me!!" Stevie almost yelled.
"Stevie, sugar, ah'm your friend and so are the rest of my friends!" Applejack said softly.
“Yeah, right, you should have heard what happened the minute after I left Vinyl's home, ponies were telling me that I don't belong here in Equestria!!" Stevie shouted.
"Hey, hey, sugar, ya need to calm down, ya hear?" Applejack said calmly, as she hugged Stevie.
Stevie took a deep breath as he calmed down.
“There you go, hun, your friends all love ya.” Applejack said as she continued to hug her friend.
“Thanks, that means a lot,” Stevie said.
“You're welcome, I'm happy to help ya!” Applejack responded.
“Well, I need to be going now, I'll probably be back!” Stevie announced.
“Well, ok, be safe out there.” Applejack smiled.
Stevie walked to the door then he turned around to look in the direction where Applejack was standing and smiled and then he left.
Applebloom came to where her sister was standing and smiled.
“Ya love him, don’t ya?” She asked her older sister.
“No, what makes you say that?” Applejack asked Applebloom.
“Yur blushin’ like crazy!” Applebloom said.
“There ain't nothin’ goin’ on between me and Stevie ok, we are just friends is all, ok?” Applejack said, still blushing.
But Applebloom could tell when her sister was lying about something, especially when it involves a stallion.