A Melody of Memories - Part 2
It was a bright summer day as Chase was sitting in the backseat of his parents car. It was his eighth birthday today! He had been waiting all month for today, because his said parents they had a special surprise for him. Chase and his older sister were both at poking each other playfully to pass the time.
In the passenger seat, their mother turned and looked at them. "Settle down you two, we're almost there."
On command, the two returned to their positions trying to make themselves appear as innocent as possible. "Yes mommy." Chase said with a big grin on his face.
His mother was a beautiful woman in her early thirties. Her blonde flowing hair seemed to shine as the sunlight began to reflect off it. She responded to his comment with a smile as she turned back to her husband in the driver seat. "Should we tell them."
Chase's father contemplated for a moment as he decided what he should do. "I dunno, have you two been behaving?" he said teasing the two.
Both Chase and Rose perked up at hearing this. "We have been!" they said simultaneously.
Both of their parents chuckled when the father spoke up again. "Well since you've been so good lately, I guess we can tell you." The two parents turned to each other and nodded. "We're getting you a puppy!"
Chase was suddenly became ecstatic. He had been asking for a puppy for what felt like forever, and now it was finally going to happen. Overcome with sheer joy he lunged forward to try and hug them, only to be stopped by the seat belt he was wearing. Everyone started to laugh.
Chase, nine years old, stood in front of a headstone. It read "Gale & Melony. Dear friends and beloved parents. Taken away before your time, you will be dearly missed." His elder sister stood beside him silently as the sun was setting behind them. The cloudy winter day was bitter cold as they stood. Chase placed a bouquet of flowers on the grave of his parents as tears began to fall. He turned to his sister and asked "Why did they have to go away?"
Rose turned her head away from Chase, but he could see she was crying too. Instead of words, she replied by kneeling down and giving her little brother a hug. The two remained like that with the only sound being Chase's sobbing as he cried. I don't remember how long we stayed like that. I think it was almost thirty minutes, maybe an hour. Hard to tell after so long.
As the final notes played out, Chase returned to reality and looked up. His eyes were met with the sight if Fluttershy and Twilight nearly in tears. Chase let out a slight chuckle. "I guess I did pretty good, there's no need for crying though." he joked.
Twilight also laughed a bit as she rubbed her eyes. "Yeah, then why are you crying to?"
Chase suddenly realized that he too had been shedding tears. Must've got too into the song. I didn't even notice. His thoughts were short lived as a sound of applause was heard from the doorway. Everyone turned to see who it was. Chase was suddenly awestruck by what he saw. In the doorway was a pure white unicorn with a flowing purple mane. She too had tears in her eyes as she continued to clap.
"That was...that was absolutely beautiful." she said wiping away tears. The unicorn shook her head as she instantly seemed to regain her composure. "S-sorry to interrupt, but I was passing by when I heard the most beautiful sounds in all of Equestria. I simply had to investigate."
She approached Chase while looking him over. "I simply must know your name young...I must apologize, but I don't believe I've ever met someone quite like you."
Chase was still awestruck by the appearance and demeanor of the unicorn. Did I just...NO! It must be the music still thinking, yeah that's it. "Um, my name's human and I'm a Chase. " he said nervously. "I mean, my name's Chase and I'm a human!" he quickly corrected himself. Smooth...
The unicorn giggled as she extended a hoof in greeting. "Rarity." Chase wasn't quite sure how to shake a hoof, but he managed to do so albeit somewhat awkwardly.
Chase's music playing was easily the topic of the evening as they began to talk once more. He went on to explain as much as he could about music.I'm not telling them about Soulja Boy, no one needs to know about Soulja Boy. It wasn't long before someone had to ask that question.
"So why did you start playing the violin?" Twilight inquired.
Chase knew it was a reasonable question, but still a painful one nonetheless. "It was...my parents who got me started." he began in a melancholy tone. "They said if I worked hard enough they'd get me the puppy I'd been asking for. When everything happened, I.." Chase's mind slowly drifted off as the memories came back into his mind once again.
The three ponies looked at each other in worry. "It's ok dear, you don't have to say it if you don't want to." Rarity gave a reassuring smile as spoke.
"Thanks." he replied wiping away tears that had formed in his eyes.
"It's really getting late now." Twilight said as she gestured to a wooden clock on the wall. The hands showed it was 12:03 AM. "We should consider sleeping soon. Do you have a place to stay Chase?"
"I'd really like to get home, but seeing as I have no idea where that is from here I guess not."
Rarity spoke up. "Why don't you stay the night at my house? I've a spare room that you could use."
Chase looked at her in utter surprise. "Really? I mean, I don't want to be a bother."
"Nonsense dear, you may come to my home and rest as long as you need."
The group made their separate ways as they said goodnight to each other. Chase followed Rarity to her home. It was very late, so there were no other ponies outside at the moment. Thank god! That would have been weird... Her home was rather nice in appearance, located beside what appeared to be a large carnival tent. The inside of the house was pretty much what he was expecting. Everything was in perfect order. Not a spec of dust, dirt or anything else one could consider unclean. She gave him a very brief tour of the house when they finally arrived at a bedroom.
"This is the guest room. Feel free to make yourself at home while you are here." Chase nodded in acceptance. "Goodnight dear, I'll see what I can do about getting you back home in the morning." Then came something Chase had not been prepared for. Rarity reach up and gave him a hug before she made her way to her room. That just happened didn't it?
As she was walking away Chase quickly said "I-if there's anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate to ask."
Rarity stopped and turned around. She though for a moment. "Well, there is something you can do." No way, is sh- "I'd like to hear another song, if that's no trouble." oh...that's totally where I thought this was going.
Chase removed the violin from the case once more. "With pleasure."