//------------------------------// // I'm Not Like Them! // Story: In Your Eyes // by FlutterDash777 //------------------------------// -I'm Not Like Them! The time had flew by that day. It was already almost 6:00 pm. Vinyl had to be at work by then. Her and Derpy were on their way to the club. Vinyl was galloping quickly, trying to make sure she got there in time. Derpy on the other hoof, was trotting at a pleasurable pace. She was looking all around her. She had never been on this side of Ponyville apparently, and was very intrigued by all her new surroundings. Finally, Vinyl could see the clubs lights blinking overhead. She finally changed her gallop to a peaceful trot, like Derpy. She had time to spare, so why not enjoy a nice, lovely walk with the cute little pegasus. "Shiny!" Derpy smiled at the lights. Her eyes lit up when she got closer to the club. Vinyl could sense that this impressed the pony, and she was pleased with these results. Vinyl reached the doors, and pulled them open. "And here we are, my dear! My home, away from home!" Vinyl spread her arms wide as she invited Derpy to come in. She gave her a toothy smile, and cocked her head. Vinyl tried to bring more attention to herself, but Derpy had already trotted passed her, looking at all the colors, lights, and the bars. Vinyl noticed that she was not being payed attention to. She turned around to Derpy. "Would you like something to drink? Eat? I can always mix you up something if you like. Or if you're not into alcohol, I can always just get you a soda, or water." Vinyl wanted to keep Derpy occupied, so she wouldn't seem boring. She definitely didn't want to bore her. Vinyl was afraid of that. She didn't want Derpy to dislike her. 'She is too sweet to not like me, right?' Vinyl silently asked herself. Her eye twitched a little bit, but of course, nopony would be able to tell because of her shades. "I do not thinks I wants anything." Derpy looked back at Vinyl with her yellow eye. The other eye was just floating around, it seemed. This didn't bother Vinyl though. It had never bothered her. She enjoyed it. She thought it gave the pegasus a nice, and cute touch. "If you say so, Derpy. But if you get thirsty or whatever, just let me know. Okay?" Derpy nodded at this, and continued looking around at all the wonders she had never been exposed to before. Vinyl took it as though, Derpy was going to easily occupy herself. She grinned at the curious mare, and walked over to her system. She started to fix all the switches, and with her magic, shuffled through all her records until she found the ones she wanted. She selected a few from her floating stack, and placed two on her board. She turned a few notches, and pulled a few nobs. She was all set for a night of fine music. But she was more set for another night with Derpy. This time it would be fun, and she could show Derpy how awesome she really was. She smiled to herself at the thought of this. Impressing the cross-eyed pony was her goal, and she was totally going to nail it. She knew it. The ponies were now piling into the club. A few guards stood at the doors, checking each pony who entered. Always have to take precautions. Derpy was sitting next to Vinyl. She wanted to show her how she made all the magic happen. Her music of course. Derpy seemed to be having a good time, and this really put Vinyl at ease. 'As long as she seems happy, it's all good.' Vinyl was scratching her records, and everypony was loving it. They were all dancing, and moving to her creation. She took a lot of pride in what she does, and knowing that other ponies were enjoying it was all the better. But the most important thing was that Derpy was enjoying it too. She was nodding her head to the beat, mimicking Vinyl, who always did that. Derpy had not stopped smiling since she got to the club. Vinyl was so happy to see that her friend liked the same thing she did. She never thought that she would have become this close to a pony that she had just met. But you never really know what will happen. Derpy and Vinyl were both having a great time together. They didn't speak much, but even so, having each other in their presence was good enough. At least, Vinyl thought so. This was the most fun she had ever had at work in years. A few hours later, around 11:45 pm, Vinyl had slowed the music down a tad. She was secretly relaxing at the moment, it only looked as if she was actually working. Derpy had went over to the bar. Vinyl had ordered her a drink. She was watching as Derpy spun around in her swivel chair, drinking an ice tea with a swirly straw. Derpy's chair turned around again, and faced Vinyl. Derpy waved her hoof at her, and returned to her spinning. Vinyl had softly waved back, and smiled gently. 'Such a cutie!' That's all Vinyl could think about. How cute Derpy was. How adorable her eyes were. How incredibly slow she was. How attracted she was to her. But also, how little she knew about her. She wanted to know more. She wanted to get closer to Derpy. She wanted to see in her heart, and ask why she was so alone that night she first saw her. Why she looked so sad. But Vinyl wasn't really good at things of that nature. She wasn't sure how to approach Derpy with such questions. So she just waited. Maybe fate would force them out of her at the right moment. Vinyl had returned to her music. She had shaken the thoughts from her mind momentarily, so she could focus on her job. But every now and then, her eyes would avert to Derpy. She was now walking about the club. She would always catch Vinyl staring at her though, but all she would do was smile, and giggle. Vinyl tried to focus, but she just couldn't. Not with Derpy in the same room as her. Her mind would always go back to Derpy. What is she doing? Where is she now? How is she feeling? Does she still like me? Those were the kind of thoughts that were crowding Vinyl's mind. Vinyl rubbed her cheeks. They were warm. Warmer than usual. Oh no! Was she...blushing? She looked down at her records, trying to cover the embarrassing display upon her face. But suddenly she heard some ponies talking loudly. Much louder than they should be. And she caught a taste of...mean? Hatefulness? She looked up, and her mouth dropped. A group of ponies, about five or six, were crowded around Derpy. Everypony else had backed away, and acted as if nothing were happening. The group of ponies were talking to Derpy. No. They were picking on her! "What is wrong with your face? You don't look very smart." "Can you even talk? Probably don't know how." A tan unicorn with a yellow mane was snickering at Derpy, who was now cowering down on the ground. She had one eye on the ground. The other was looking over to the left. She suddenly closed her eyes, and clenched her teeth. A tear? Was she crying? "Aww! The poor thing is crying!" One of the ponies tauntingly said. The other ponies snickered, and scoffed. "Hey now! You quit teasing her." One pegasus, with a orange coat, and a purple mane went over to Derpy. Derpy opened her eyes, and looked up at the pony, who was now offering her hoof to help her up. Derpy reached out for the pegasus' hoof, and grabbed it. The pony started to lift Derpy from the ground, but then let go of her, and Derpy fell back over. All of the ponies started to burst out in a fit of laughter. The whole club joined in on the hilarity that had become of Derpy. Vinyl had had enough. She jumped up from her stand. The music suddenly stopped. Everypony turned to her. "How dare you....HOW DARE YOU!!" Vinyl jumped down from her location. She ran over to Derpy as quick as possible, and made everypony back away. Everypony was shocked by Vinyl's behavior. "Who do you think you are?! Huh? Who the hell do you think you are?! Get away from her! All of you! Get out! GET OUT!! Everypony get out of this club, NOW! Leave! Leave! LEAVE!" Vinyl's anger, and rage had ultimately turned into sadness. Tears were streaming down her face, as she screamed. Everypony exited the club as fast as they could. The couldn't believe that Vinyl Scratch had done that. She had never done that for anypony else. The club was now empty, only Vinyl and Derpy remained. Derpy was still on the ground, her eyes were filled with tears. So was Vinyl's but she tried to stop herself quickly. How could this have happened? Derpy wasn't bothering anypony. She was minding her own business. How could they be so cruel? To somepony like her? "Derpy..." Vinyl sniffled. "Are you okay, Derpy?" Vinyl had finally wiped the rest of her tears from under her shades, and was now focusing on Derpy's face. Her eyes were slowly opening. One yellow eye pierced through Vinyl's soul. "I'm so sorr--" "Get away from me..." Vinyl could not believe what she just heard. 'Get away? Why? I didn't do anything! Please! Don't hate me! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!' Vinyl's eyes started to tear up again. She couldn't stop herself this time. She wanted to yell at Derpy. She wanted to tell her that it wasn't her fault! She had no idea! It was all a mistake! That it would be okay, and that she would put those ponies in their place. But no words could come out of her mouth. Her throat was stopped up. She couldn't make a sound. She wanted to tell her... I'm not like them!