//------------------------------// // (Prequel) December 31, 2020 // Story: Dreaming, About The Fever Dream... // by IDK Dude //------------------------------// It's almost the new year. You're at home with your family, just waiting for this year to be over. Of course, this doesn't mean anything that happened in 2020 would be forgotten. Only 2 minutes left until we move on to the new year. You can't wait to say that you survived that horrible year. You've just finished eating your last meal of the year with your family and the television shows the news channel hosts having a party. They're all protected and following social distancing of course. You wait until the timer counts down to the final minute. "Only a minute left and the year we all hate will be over." one of the news hosts says. "I can't wait another minute." replies the other host, jokingly. "Oh, but I'm sure everypony's thinking that." replies the first host. Before they continue, the clock has only 30 seconds left until 2021. "So what are your new year's resolutions." says your mother. "Probably get a marefriend as soon as possible." you reply. "I'm sure you can find somepony to spend your life with." replies your mother wholeheartedly. "Hopefully" you think to yourself. Before you know it, the T.V. starts counting down from 10. "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1," "HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!" ==================================================================================================================================================================== You say goodbye to your family and start opening the door. You realize you almost forgot to put on a mask. You grab a new mask from the mask box and put it on. You go back to the front door and say goodbye once again. As you return to your house you decide whether you should buy something for your belated Hearth's Warming present or continue flying home. "Should I or should I not..." you think. "Well, I need something important to me." You start heading to Ponyville to get the new ePhone 12. You look for the Epple store and on the way you notice a new music shop next to your friend, Vinyl's house. You go in and the place is full of plenty of instruments to choose from. Pianos to glockenspiels, guitars to banjos, and accordions to stylophones and many, many more. And with plenty of instruments comes plenty of customers. You notice that your friend Vinyl Scratch is at the counter. You walk over to her and say: "Hey Vinyl. You work here?" She replies: "Yup, I actually own the place." "Really?" you say loudly. "I didn't think you of all ponies could handle an establishment like this." "Well, Mr. One job, I have been thinking of buying this place ever since I moved here." she replies. "It's been bugging me for years that this dump was just rotting away." "So you stole the place?" you ask. "No..." she answers questionably. "I bought it from the guy who lived here." "How much?" you ask. "A few thousand bits. Plus the repairs we needed, so that's a bit more, and all these instruments I had to get..." she rambles. "Anyway!..." you interrupt. "What's the best guitar you got?" "The top one on the display over there." she points to a shelf full of other electric guitars. "I want an offer though." "What kind of offer?..." you ask as you lean over to the counter. "Well it was a little expensive to even get it." she continues. "How much you want for it?" "How much you thinking?" you ask.