//------------------------------// // A New Day, a New Song // Story: Fortepiano // by Aevus //------------------------------// After dinner, which you got for free because of the song, you realize something. You had nowhere to stay the night, not even a sleeping bag or a tent. Before you panicked though, you calmed yourself. Octavia and Vinyl stand to leave, but before they do you ask them. "Hey girls, you know of a place where I can sleep, I'm kinda homeless right now?" They look at each other and then back to you. "Yea, we've got an extra room if you need it." Vinyl responds. As she do you let out a breath that you didn't know you had been holding. You three work your way to the door, receiving some encouraging looks and complements. You follow the two mares through the street for awhile until you reach an apartment building. It wasn't huge, but then again you didn't expect it be either. The roof tiles were a navy blue and the inside was an ugly off white. You feel your inner interior designer puke. The mares lead you down a hallway and up a flight of stairs. You arrive at a small wooden door and Vinyl unlocks it with a silver key then you three enter. The walls are no longer an ugly off white but rather an even uglier wallpaper. You feel your inner interior designer fall to the floor of your mind, convulsing. You shake your head and clear your mind of that thought. Octavia is the first to speak. "Your room is the second door to the right." You nod and head for the door. You open the door with your hoof to find a blue room with a small bed in the middle. You put your violin down and collapse on the bed. You here Octavia and Vinyl walk past your door, presumably to their room, as your eyes close and you drift to sleep. --- You awake to the sun shining in your eyes, the sound of hoofs hitting wood as somepony walks past your room. You slowly climb out of your bed and grab your violin. You exit your room to see Vinyl on the other side of the room, walking back and forth, wearing a worried expression. "What's wrong?" You ask entering the room. She looks at you and you notice for the first time that she doesn't have her glasses on. Her eyes are a beautiful red, only reddened further by the tears dripping down her muzzle. "Tavi left earlier to go shopping and I haven't seen her since." She says leaning against you, burying her muzzle in your mane. She stays there and cries for awhile until you speak. "Well what are we doing here then! Let's go look for that mare!" You say in your best encouraging voice, which isn't very good. Vinyl releases you, her coat stained with tears but she nods and you both head towards the door. You push it open and once again cringe. Your inner interior decorator is holding a knife to its throat. You two continue down the stairs and out the door. You head strait to for the market, cold rain pouring down from the sky. Once you get there you see a most unpleasant seen. A grey stallion stand yelling at Octavia, he's saying something about the academy. The academy had burned down in a fire caused during the final testing. Vinyl runs forward and interrupts, insulting the stallion further. He backs off slightly and turns around. Then his cutie mark changes. It CHANGED, completely and totally altered itself. Instead of a passive green leaf it was now a picture of two crossing swords. He suddenly spins and a sword forms at the tip of his horn. You try to muscle through the crowd that had formed but it was to thick and you can do nothing but watch in horror. He lunges at Vinyl, aiming for the kill, you close your eyes and wait for a scream from Vinyl, but you instead here one from Octavia. Your eyes shoot open as the crowd utterly freaks out. Octavia had pushed Vinyl out of the way. That was true love if you've ever seen it, but the bastard still stabbed Octavia. Octavia collapses into Vinyl's arms as she passes out from blood loss. Vinyl is crying into Octavia's mane, her coat now dyed a crimson red. The stallion teleports away and you rush to Octavia's side. "Vinyl if there's any chance for her to live we need to get her medical attention instantly." She just nods and mumbles something incomprehensible into Octavia's mane and you use most of your magic to teleport to the emergency treatment room. The nurses and doctors take one look at you three before their eyes widen and one of the doctors starts walking away. He had an hourglass as his cutie mark and was muttering something about a different timeline. One of the nurses however starts to levitate Octavia and Vinyl reluctantly lets go of her. Vinyl stand and follows the nurse into a room, you try to do the same but you collapse promptly onto the floor. Your vision blurs slightly and the edges of your vision goes black. Must be a side affect of the teleport, you think. You never were good with magic that required that much magic. The last thing you see before the darkness consumes you is the face of a nurse and a very concerned purple unicorn. --- Authors note: This story is taking a lot out of me, but I hope it's worth it for you guys. Today though I've got a few things to say in this note. - First: If anypony has an OC and doesn't already write, I'll gladly write them into the story. There are some rules though. One, you have to give me a description and a picture. I don't care weather that be by comment of PM. Dos, the character will be in my writing style, so if you don't like my writing then guess what. You probably won't care for the way I write your OC. Don't worry I'll credit all people that want me to write their OC, if any! Ok guys that's it for this time, Good Luck to all you people, and have a good day. P.S. anypony that can name the story that scene ties in with gets 10 brony points.