//------------------------------// // Chapter 9 Thunder Storm // Story: Forever a DJ // by leafz pegasus //------------------------------// Forever a DJ By: Leafz Pegasus Chapter 9: Thunder Storm I’m confusing the shipping now, aren’t I? Trollface.jpg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Hip… Hop….?” “Disc?!” I just stood, gawking at the mare before me. This mare… HipHop… was my only guiding light for almost two years, and then she vanished… But now, she was standing in front of me, replicating the look of utter shock and disbelief on my face. “Disc… I… I’m sorry.” What. “I’m sorry for leaving you without saying goodbye all those years ago,” said the musical mare sadly. She’s… she’s apologizing? “Why HipHop… Why did you leave all those years ago?!?!” I couldn’t help it; hot, wet tears streamed down my face. “I’m sorry Disc! But I was at work singing at the local bar like usual and a pony in the Canterlot Records Company heard me; and he liked what he heard! He… he asked for me to come to Canterlot to start on my career… I had to be on the train within the hour. Disc, I…” HipHop looked at me with an apologetic look in her eyes and a look of sadness was etched onto her face. I was going to say that I accepted her apology, like she needed one anyways, but my mind and body were done with. I collapsed in a crying mess on the floor, HipHop came over and hugged me tightly. “It’s alright my little DJ, it’s all going to be alright,” HipHop said in a soft, motherly tone. “There’s no need to cry anymore; I’m here for you Disc, just like I was nine years ago.” I was listening to my ‘unofficial’ mother’s words of comfort and I calmed down soon afterwards. Once our little reunion was over with, Sonata finally said what was on his mind, “What the buck just happened?” HipHop walked over to her husband and just nuzzled his neck, “It’s ok Sony, just me and Leaf catching up is all.” “Uh, ok. But what was all of the crying and hugging for?” The musician asked quizzically. I decided that it would be a good idea to put in my two bits, “Back when I lived in Los Pegasus, both of my parents were killed, and leaving me to fend for myself. I was an emotional wreck, that is, until HipHop came along and cheered me up. She and I would always do something together at three o’clock each and everyday. But… one day she didn’t show up; so I waited, and waited until it had gotten dark and I just gave up. I almost…. committed suicide several times between that time and the time when I became a DJ.” At first Sonata had a look of slight anger that I was so close to his wife, but then he realized that she was the only thing that kept me happy enough to not end my life with a quick leap off a building. He turned to his wife and I, “I… I had no idea… I know Leaf mentioned that name a few times when we first met… but, I never knew… Oh, come here you two,” he motioned with his hooves for us to give him a group hug. The hug lasted for a full five minutes before Sonata thought that enough was enough. “Ok, ok. Break it up,” he looked between the both of us, “I know this is a really big thing for you two, but I need to get to this record to my Record Company before my deadline, and HipHop needs to work on her song. And as for you Disc, I’m happy for ya; I really am, I can’t begin to imagine what that must have been like for you, but I’m also certain that you must have something needed to get done today.” I just looked at him, “Uh… I think I might have something… oh right! Groceries! Almost forgot! Thanks Sonata! Bye HipHop!” “Goodbye Disc!” HipHop shouted behind me. “Bye kiddo. Have fun, ya hear?” Sonata yelled as I ran towards downtown Ponyville. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canterlot PoV Vinyl Scratch I looked at my small collection of newspapers and magazine articles that were gathered around the hotel room. I had every piece of writing that had the name DJ INS4NITY on it that didn’t pertain to his funeral after his death. For some reason, all of the rumors all… link… back to Ponyville! I need to get back to Ponyville, ASAP! Sorry Rave, but I got me a dead DJ to find! “Now that I say it like that it makes me sound insane. Huh, I’m talking to myself. Oh Celestia, I really hope I don’t turn into Lyra or something.” The popular DJ turned to the other side of the room and levitated a piece of parchment and quill and inkwell to the table on her right, and she began to write. “Dear Mr. Rave, I am sorry to inform you that my friend Octavia has told me that I am needed in Ponyville. Like now. So I won’t be able to DJ at The Rave anymore, I’m sorry for both of us. DJ PON3, Vinyl Scratch.” Ugh, I hated lying. But what would he say if you told him you weren’t going to DJ there anymore because you’re searching for a famous DJ who is most likely dead? You win this round, brain. I walked outside of the hotel with all my equipment, the crisp and clear morning air made me stop and enjoy the moment a little, before making my way over towards The Rave. Once I arrived at the famous Equestiran Nightclub, I put the letter into the mailbox and made my way over to the train station, eager to officially start my search for DJ INS4NITY. “INS4NITY… If you’re still out there, I’m coming for you; and you better get your bass ready for when I find you.” ((Editors note: Teehee!)) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ponyville PoV Leaf Disc “I can’t believe I almost forgot the groceries!” I silently cursed so bad, that even HipHop would smack me upside the head. I slowed down to a trot when I was within sight of the market square. “Alright, what do I need?” I materialized a shopping list in front of me, “Ok, I need apples, coffee beans, and some roses. Hhmmm, roses. Delicious!” I walked over to Applejack’s apple stand where her little sister was working, “Hiya mister Disc!” “Good morning to you too Applebloom. Are you running the stand all by yourself?” “As Big Mac would say, eeyup!” Said the perky pony with a squee-like tone. “Well I’m glad AJ finally let you have such a big responsibility! A big filly needs big responsibilities, right?” Applebloom looked like she was going to explode with happiness, “YER RIGHT! AHM RESPONSIBLE!” I chuckled a bit at the little filly’s outbreak, “Ok Applebloom, if you’re ready for such a big responsibility, how about getting me two-dozen red delicious and one dozen golden delicious.” Applebloom jumped off of the stool she was sitting on, “Coming right up, mister Disc!” Once again I chuckled at the filly’s use of formal and informal responses, “It’s alright if you just call me Disc, Applebloom.” Said filly was currently struggling to hold up twenty or so pounds of apples. I helped her lift them with my magic. “Thanks mi-I mean Disc!” Applebloom said while giggling. “You’re welcome, here you go,” I placed twenty bits onto the stand for Applebloom to pick up. “Ok! Come again later Disc!” “Will do Applebloom!” I shouted back as I walked across the market. “Ok, what’s next? Ah yes, the roses. I love me some roses.” I said to myself happily. I made my way over the flower stand, owned by a tan mare named Roseluck. “Hey Roseluck!” The rosy-maned mare looked up from her flowers and grinned as I neared her, “Why hello again Disc, here for your daily rose purchase?” I just grinned since she knew that I was getting roses; I had become quite the regular customer for her stand, and I always tipped her quite a bit. “In fact, I am. The usual please.” Roseluck went around to the back of her stand and pulled out six roses as was per my usual purchase, “That’ll be ten bits please.” I pulled out twenty bits out of my saddlebag and put them on the stand. “Ten bits with my usual tip.” I picked up the roses with my magic and began to walk toward the café, where I saw a familiar mint green unicorn mare sitting on a park bench, looking bored out of her mind. “Hey Lyra!” I walked up to the bored pony, her face instantly lighting up at the sight of me. “Do you want to come over to my house later and, I dunno, do something? I’m kinda out of things to do with the girls off in Canterlot and Sonata busy.” Lyra gave me a pretty good ‘are you bucking serious’ face. “Are you kidding? Of course I’ll come over later! Truth is… I’m kinda bored as well.” I smiled as I clapped my front hooves together, “Good! Later is now! So let’s go!” Lyra just smiled her cute little smile as she stood up from her position on the bench and jumped down, falling on me due to her odd sitting position. “Ow…” I looked up to see Lyra, not even noticing she was on top of me. Or that she didn’t care. “Hey, uh, Lyra?” The green mare looked down. “Can you get off, kinda need to be able to move.” “Huh? OH! I’m so sorry! Sometimes I’m just really unobservant!” Of course you are. I looked up to the sky and noticed that the weather team was really pushing for a big thunderstorm to make up for missing two weeks in a row of rain. How much do they get paid for doing nothing? Forgetting my self-musings, I started my walk off to my house, this time with a mint-green mare follow. “Ah, home sweet home,” I stated as we neared my home. “It’s… it’s so…” I interrupted Lyra’s gawking, “Big? I guess so.” “You guess so! That’s like the fifth biggest house I’ve ever seen in Ponyville and you guess that it’s big!” Lyra said while pressing her face against mine in shock and disbelief. “Ok, so it’s a big house. Not caring anymore- MOVING ON! Now, let’s get inside, I need to put these away,” I motioned to the grocery bags in my magic. “And then I guess we can make some music or something?” I said as I rubbed the back of my neck, a little embarrassed at not knowing what to do, especially since I was the host. “Ok!” said Lyra enthusiastically. I walked inside with Lyra soon follwing suit, closing the door behind her. I put the groceries away and Lyra just went around and sat on the couch, unsure of what to do in the unfamiliar environment. “Lyra, you can go do what ever you want, you aren’t restricted to the couch.” “Oh, Ok.” Lyra stood back up, almost falling, again, but I caught her with my magic before she lost her balance completely. “Thank you.” I ushered Lyra into my DJ studio, “Ok Lyra, here is my music studio, also known as the wub zone or studio of awesomeness.” “Awe-some.” Was all Lyra could come up with; probably because of the sheer amounts of awesome that this room was instilling into her. Lyra and I tried for a few hours, but we couldn’t come up with a song that could fuse my loud electronica and her soft, melodious lyre. Lyra and I walked up the stairs back to the main floor of the home and I looked out the window. Oh pony feathers, we must’ve been at that for longer than I thought! Not only was it dark, but it was storming as well. “Well, that sucks. I guess you’re staying here for the night Lyra. You can use the guest room upstairs next to my bedroom.” I couldn’t see it, but Lyra had a huge grin on her face when I turned away from her. I walked up the stairs with her following closely behind. I stopped in front of the guest room. “Ok, here’s your lodging until the storm passes. Which will hopefully be over with by the time we wake up.” “Ok… and…. Thank you Disc. This… means a lot.” Said Lyra, as she faced the floor. “You’re welcome Lyra. Now, let’s get to sleep, I think I need some myself. I haven’t had any naps today!” I said with a chuckle, causing Lyra to be sucked out of her bad mood, and making her smile softly. “Anyways, goodnight. See ya in the morning.” “Thank you again Disc, and goodnight to you as well.” I walked into my room and shut off the lights. I crawled into my bed as I worked on trying to get to sleep. I was becoming drowsy and I was about to fall asleep when a loud BOOM of thunder broke through the silence of the night. Besides being moderately annoyed at my chance of sleep being taken away, I heard the door to my room open. “Hey Disc, are you still awake?” I heard Lyra whisper. I sat up in my bed. “Yeah, yeah. I’m awake,” I yawned before continuing, “what do you need at this hour in the night?” From what I could tell from her silhouette against the dim light in the hallway, she was looking down at her hooves, “I…. I’m uh….scared of… lightning.” I just looked at Lyra for a few moments before deciding that my mind was made up, “Well, if lightning is keeping you from sleep, then come over here. I got a lot of room on the bed for another pony.” Lyra’s head rose back up. “Re-really?” I just nodded my head and Lyra walked over and slipped into the covers of the bed, staying on the opposite side of me. I was content with Lyra having my company, so I decided that sleep was an option yet again, but just as I neared the dream world, another boom of thunder scared the living bejesus out of Lyra and she clung onto me for dear life. Once Lyra had calmed down enough, she just started to cry into the pillow, mumbling nonsense. I looked over to the now what looked a like depressed lyre player, “It’s ok Lyra, everyone has fears. I’m afraid of spiders; they’re evil and tiny and just so… evil. You just happen to be scared by thunder; which is completely reasonable, a lot of ponies are scared of thunder. She had seemed to have stopped crying, but as soon as I thought she was asleep, she slowly got up slighty, crawled over to me and proceeded nuzzle my neck and lie down next to me. After my intial shock, I wrapped one of my hooves around her and slowly ran my other hoof though her mane gently. Lyra must have found this quite relaxing, because soon, she was fast asleep. Unfortunately, I was still awake, but on the verge of sleep once more. “She… looks so cute… when she’s sleeping…ZZzzZZZzzZz” I managed to think out loud, before Sleep held me in her warm embrace. Lyra and I fell asleep in each other’s hooves that night.