Now back in front of the crowd of ponies, the strobe lights, crystal ball, and colorful lighting set the mood for another energetic, exciting night, the Unicorn behind it all put on a fake smile, letting the ever so familiar pain of heartbreak drag her down. Her performance on her scratch board didn't change, but her audience interactions were half-hearted, meager even. It didn't matter to the crowd, everypony numb from hours of endless partying, oblivious too all of their surroundings.
However, she knew when she could do better, and it wasn't like her to not do her best. But It was hard for her not to recollect all of the times she's felt the pain she felt at that very moment. Pain she didn't deserve, yet still caused by following her heart. On the podium, in front of a crowd of ponies, all shapes and sizes, she spaced out, reminding herself of a past she didn't want.
In her mind, she regressed until when she was just a little filly, in school. Curled in a ball, in the corner, crying, as the colt she had a crush on, joined a a collective shout mocking her red eyes, spewing insults and calling her a freak. She shuttered at the terrible memory, then left herself on auto-pilot once more as she day dreamed. The teacher came to her rescue so late, she always thought.
A few years after that, she had switched schools, and was then, quite popular. She was more confident, happier, and was definitely more of a hit with the colts. However, she was taken, by the jock of all jocks, a stallion that she considers her first love. She lived her life around him, but still found out the hard way that things just aren't meant to be, when he broke up with her, in front of several of her friends, for her own best friend. She never got over the cruel-heartedness of it all.
She remembered her first encounter with a mare, less than a year before this, where she finally confessed her feelings to a silver earth pony, only to get laughed at in return. It wrecked her in the inside, and shook her confidence for weeks. She eventually got over it, but the memory always remains. With the return of her happiness came her willingness to love again.
As a Dj, she met everypony she knows at her gigs. She knows how to be cool, how to pull all of the tricks, but she always assumed, one way or another, what could have been will be torn away from her with no chance to ever recover it. And tonight, it was only reiterated loud and clear, as if she was meant to be alone. She definitely wasn't a pony that gave up on things, but she was at her breaking point with heartbreaking outcomes to her own bravery. Maybe someday, with somepony else, she always told herself.
"Done with the self-pity, yet?" She asked herself ,"Can't let myself hinder this party with personal problems,"
The return of her enthusiasm showed in her next shout to the crowd, she added some crazy effects, and took the music up a knotch, for the ponies in the crowd with plenty of energy left.
"Yeah, Party now, dwell on yourself later,"
At that moment, the now re-energized Vinyl Scratch received a tap on the shoulder from somepony behind her. She turned around and saw an elated pink pony, beaming at her.
"You're doin' such a good job Vinyl Scratch! I WANT TO THROW YOU A PARTY FOR MAKING THIS PARTY MY BEST PARTY! PARTIES, YAY!...WAIT! Who would I get to DJ your party...? Vinyl would you Dj your own party...?"
"Oh, it's fine Pinkie. Just doing my job. The best way you can thank me is recommendations,"
"I already have! I know EVERYPONY in Ponyville, so I'm sure you'll have some upcoming gigs for sure!" Exclaimed the pink pony, with a squeaky laugh ,"Everypony here has totally had a great time, all because of you!"
"Well, I'm glad It turned out so well. But the night ain't over yet! I plan on making it the best I can!"
"You totally ROCK! But I gotta go now! Customers waiting! BYEE!" And with a spastic hug, the pink pony darted back down into the crowd.
Vinyl Scratch then returned to the scratch board and did her thing. Despite herself, she kept looking at the entrance every now and then.
"Why am I so dramatically upset over somepony I just met?! This isn't like me at all... She must be a really special pony, or there's just something wrong with me," Her thoughts drifted back to their kisses that night ,"Stop thinking about it Vinyl Scratch...Just gonna make tonight a long night,"
Feeling a pit develop in her stomach after a growl, she knew she needed to get something to eat, especially after using her break for something else entirely. After putting on a repetitive beat that could satisfy the crowd, she made way off her podium and left to get some food.
BAM! Suddenly she was knocked down onto her side, immediately cursing her luck. Then she looked up, and saw the sinsiter smile of Rainbow Dash looking down on her.
"I guess this is how we are always gonna meet, huh?" Laughed the pegasus, playing it cool like always, acting as if nothing had happened.
"D-dashie?" She smiled sheepishly as she got up off the ground "I-I'm so glad you're back..."
Rainbow Dash rubbed the back of her neck in embarrassment ,"I'm sorry about earlier.." She sighed for confidence, "Sometimes when I don't think, and make mistakes I regret,"
Vinyl Scratch's heart fluttered, her cheeks red in embarrassment, "What was the..mistake?"
After a bit of the familiar tense silence, Rainbow Spoke up "Well, Scratchy, it was...me leaving,"
I need to stop assuming things...
"Well, you're back now, and that's all that matters to me," She gave her a loving hug, a sentiment that surprised the blue Pegasus.
Her stomach would have to wait, because second chances aren't something she is used too, and she wasn't going to waste this opportunity.
Vinyl Scratch led them to a table as far from the music as she could, so the conversation could be a bit more personal.
"Are you allowed to take another break?" Asked Rainbow Dash as she sat down.
"I honestly do not care right now," She made her intentions clear from the start. Vinyl Scratch sat leaning into her hooves, smiling at Rainbow, making her blush.
"I shouldn't be here..." Said Rainbow, with thoughts of Soarin popping up into her head ,"But I can't help myself,"
Vinyl Scratch smiled confidently ,"There's nothing wrong with hanging out with somepony..."
"Lets cut to the chase..." Rainbow Dash said bluntly, "About earlier this night. I think everything went so fast...When we kissed, I've never felt what I felt with you, with Soarin...But I was thinking a lot about it when I left. This is HUGE for me, I can't let something that happened one night, change my whole life, you know?"
"Yeah...I understand," A look of a disappointment appeared on Vinyl Scratches face.
Rainbow sighed ,"What I mean is...We should dat-" She quickly corrected herself ,"H-hang out before, you know, I make any decisions about me and Soarin,"
"YES! I agree! We just met today, so it only makes sense to date before we make it official!-Wait, Hang out I mean," She corrected herself before Rainbow dash could,"SO, what would you wanna do? Whatever we do, whenever it's on me,"
"Oh don't be silly, Scratchy. We're hanging out, I think it's better if we both pay for our own stuff,"
"Right," She thought for a second ,"Um, we could just hang, not go anywhere special then, like a normal hang out i guess"
Rainbow Dash approved of this idea ,"That sounds like a plan to me!" She declared, with a voice crack.
Vinyl Scratch couldn't hold back a smile as she gazed into the Pegasus' purple eyes. Even with the Pegasus right in front of her, she was already looking forward to spending more time with her, and hopefully, someday, be with her. She didn't want to get too far ahead of herself, though. Never mind that they met that day, even she admitted it was a bit odd to have such feelings for a pony she had just met, but Rainbow Dash wasn't exactly the average pony either.
"HEY RAINBOW DASH! HI VINYL SCRATCH! Since when were you guys friends huh?" A pink pony blurted out from behind Vinyl Scratch.
"Since tonight!" Said Rainbow Dash, careful not to trigger any sort of Pinkie Sense.
"Well, that's cool! More friends the merrier! That's why EVERYPONY is my friend!" Pinkie Pie said with a giggle ,"So what can I get you two?"
"FOOD!" blurted Vinyl Scratch mindlessly, immediately feeling the growing pit in her stomach.
"...What kind of food? hehe!"
"Ummmmmmmm, A sandwich?"
"Okie Dokie Lokie! It's totally on the house since you've done such a great job with the party," she turned to Rainbow Dash ,"What do you want Rainbow?"
The pegasus rubbed her chin with her hoof ,"Hmmm, I'll have a sandwich also I guess, thanks Pinkie,"
"Okie Dokie Lokie! I'll be back in a jiffy!" The pink darted away and back impossibly fast with their food already made, litterally back in a jiffy ,"HERE!"
"H-how did you..."
Pinkie Pie darted away once more, before the unicorn finished her sentence. Vinyl Scratch stared at Rainbow Dash assuming she knew how, since they've been friends for a lot longer.
Rainbow Dash just shrugged ,"She does too many things like that for anypony to waste their time figuring out how. I just chalk it up to Pinky Pie being Pinkie Pie,"
They laughed a little together, but the DJ was still confused.
,"I mean, she was- I mean, like left and came back in half a seco-"
"Scratchy, It's just Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie, If you try and think about how she did it, you'll hurt your brain,"
"But-,"
"PINKIE PIE BEING PINKIE PIE. Now, Eat your Sandwich," joked Rainbow Dash, giggling at the dumfounded pony in front of her.
"Ok ok! jeez!" She responded with a chuckle. She took off her goggles, then took a massive bite out of her sandwich.
"Ya know, I've never met a pony with red eyes before?" Rainbow said at the site of the unicorn's eyes.
"Why? Do you like em?"
"Well YEAH. I love em," Rainbow Dash said casually, much more comfortable around the unicorn.
"Hehe, you won't believe it, but I used to get picked on, a LOT just because of them," Vinyl Scratch said, then taking another hulking bite in her food.
"Meh, I believe you, I got picked on because back in flight school I used to be kind of a sloppy flyer, and these jerks called me Rainbow Crash every time I did. They even did the day I did the Sonic Rainboom!,"
"They called you Rainbow Crash when you did the Sonic Rainboom?! What the herd?!"
"Oh, no, before I did it I failed at doing some tricks, It was nothin', they apologized after anyways. That's the day I met..." She paused, putting her head on her hooves ,"Soarin..."
Vinyl Scratch noticed the Pegasus's sadness, and needed to do something. Thinking fast, an idea popped into her head.
"Hey Dashie, Wanna be Dj again?" She said with a smile, handing her goggles over to her.
"Really?!?!? SWEET!" Rainbow Dash beamed.
She knew she wasn't going to leave until the party was over.