//------------------------------// // And Then She Noticed Me // Story: In Your Eyes // by FlutterDash777 //------------------------------// -And Then She Noticed Me The lights were bouncing about the club. Everypony was moving to the beats that were sent out to them. Scratching records, and nodding her head, Vinyl let a smirk form across her face. The loud bass was sending shivers down her spine, nothing unusual. She loved the booms she created, and the noises of the ponies dancing to her music. All she really knew was here. This was her home, her world. She knew nothing more than her ear-throbbing art. But for Vinyl, that was quite alright. She never really asked for much, since all she ever wanted was here in her hooves. Though as tiring as it may be, Vinyl stayed up all night, pleasing the ponies who wanted to party. This didn't bother her though. She was happy to make everypony feel good. Vinyl never really did personally know any of the ponies that came. Every night she was there, DJ-ing away, but she never recognized anypony. Either they were always new, or Vinyl didn't really care to notice the ponies that came in. She never really looked at anyponies face anyways, she would always focus on their hind hooves. She loved to watch them move, because she knew she was causing them to. Vinyl yawned, and looked down at her panels. She started to turn the lights down a bit, and slowed the music. "This ones for all the lovely ladies!" Vinyl said in a low voice. She watched as all the confident stallions brought some mares to the dance floor. Some were still asking permission for a dance, and some just sat down awkwardly while sipping a drink. Vinyl found this amusing. She let out a sigh. Under her breath she whispered: "If you wuss out now, you'll end up all alone. All you'll ever have in life is music. No special somepony. No friends. No family that gives a flying-woot about you. Just music. Like me." Vinyl looked for a clock. It was still only 11:34 pm. She was starting to get antsy. She never really felt this way when she was at the club, but her mind was tired, and under her purple tinted shades, her eyes were feeling heavy. The DJ pony turned on a loop of songs that were already programmed into her board. She looked around for anypony that might have noticed her slipping off into the back door. She saw that she was in the clear, then opened the door, and fled from her comfort zone. Vinyl Scratch stretched her legs as she trotted into Ponyville. There were still a few ponies out and about at the hour so Vinyl had to stay low so nopony would see her. Vinyl had a bad habit of being trampled by ponies when they noticed her. But how could they resist?! She also had a bad habit of flattering herself. Vinyl searched for a place to kick back and relax. She didn't really want to go back to her home. All that was there was old pizza boxes lying around, and probably a few rats. Not much of a home-sweet-home if you asked her. She would rather lay back behind a bakery. So she did just that. Vinyl spotted Sugar Cube Corner. The lights were off from the inside, and there was hardly anypony around. She walked around to the back of the shop, which wasn't at all as unpleasing as she pictured, and made a comfortable place to lay down. Vinyl slouched down into a nice place, and rested her head against the building. She slowly started to close her eyes, but then opened them again. She wanted to take one last look to make sure nopony was nearby. She lifted her head. Nopony in front of her. She looked side to side. Nopony there either. As she noticed that she was alone, she started to relax her muscles once again. She pulled her neck to the side, and heard it pop. She did the same with her hooves and legs. The unicorn lifted her arms behind her head, and rested against them. She looked up at Princess Luna's moonlight. Her shades darkened the sky even more, and she slightly smiled. She closed her eyes, and with that the blue-maned unicorn fell deeply asleep. A cool wind was blowing. Vinyl shivered at this, and turned over on her side. Her glasses were slowly slipping off. She lifted her hoof, still asleep, and pushed them back against her face. The wind started to pick up, and it gave Vinyl chills. The uncomfortable air caused Vinyl to awaken. She rubbed her nose, and her eyes lifted. It was still dark. Vinyl decided she should probably go home now, before morning, and somepony spots her. She started to get up, still sleepy, she stumbled over her own self. She lifted her head from the ground, and stood up once more. She started off in the direction of her not-so-welcoming home. She heard a mumble. Her ears twitched at this, and she slowly turned around. She noticed a dark figure standing in the distance. It was a pony. It had wings. It was a pegasus. Vinyl slowly and quietly approached the pegasus pony. She got down low so she wouldn't be seen, and got as close as she could. "I just don't know what went wrong..." Vinyl heard the pony speak. She didn't know the voice though. But then again, she didn't know anypony in particular, so everypony was really a stranger to her. When Vinyl stopped trying to figure out who the pony sounded like, she realized something about the ponies voice. It was a female. It was also sad. Vinyl was now interested into who this strange, sad mare was. She moved a little closer. Vinyl could now see more than just the outline. She saw a blonde mane. A grayish coat. And she even noticed the cutie mark. It looked like bubbles. The blonde pegasus, however, was not facing Vinyl, so she could not see her face. Vinyl moved her hoof a bit closer. She wanted to see more details. She wanted to know who it was. When her hoof hit the ground, a crunching sound was created. She had stepped on something, but it was too dark to see what it was. The mysterious pegasus slowly turned her head. Her blonde mane moved over to the side of her face as she looked directly at Vinyl Scratch. One of the ponies eyes met with Vinyls shades. The other was looking up at the sky. 'Wait...Whoa! Her eyes...' Vinyl didn't know what to think. The pegasus looked at Vinyl with one of her eyes. And then she noticed me.