~Anthony's POV~
"Hey it's Anthony here and this is my story leading up to me and Michael talking on skype before school and after."
~The Morning Before Vinyl~
I woke up as the morning sun shined down on my face, so I got up to close the curtains, I could try to get a little more sleep, but the sun just won't let me. I've been living alone since I moved out of my parent's house. As I was getting around, I was debating on whether I should go to school or not, eventually I decided not to, it's the last two days 'til I'm out of that hell hole, so why bother. I just hope that Michael will be alright alone today, I still remember the day back in first grade when I first met him.
~flashback~
It was my first day going to this school and I was kinda nervous. My mom noticed this so she walked with me to my classroom. She was the nicest person I knew at the time and always brightened up my day. When I said goodbye to my mom I walked into the classroom. They must have been notified that I would be here today, because they had someone waiting for to take me out to the playground. I told the lady that was walking me outside "Thanks" and I walked out onto the blacktop. As I was getting familiar with my surroundings, I noticed a group of people in a circle. I walked over to where they were at to see what was going on.
When I got over there, I saw a kid about my age on the ground hurt and another standing above him. I was so angry from seeing this, that I pushed myself past the people in front of me and intervened. "Hey!" "Why don't you pick on somebody your own size!" The kid standing looked at me and smiled, "You mean somebody like you?" Even though I was scared from possibly getting hurt, it would be well worth standing up to this guy. "Yeah, if it means protecting people from the likes of you, so come at me." He started charging at me like a maniac. We didn't know how to fight for real, since we were only first graders, but who cares.
Before it got too bad, a teacher came over to let us know it was time to go back inside. When the crowd dispersed, she saw me pinning the bully on the ground and the other kid (Which I later came to know as Michael), behind us hurt. I've been Michael's best friend ever since.
~End of Flashback~
After getting dressed, I fixed myself a bowl of cereal and put on some dubstep. My favorite song was the first to play, "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites." I turned the volume up all the way and added more bass. Trying to carry a bowl filled with milk and cereal while head banging doesn't go together, but I survived.
When I finished breakfast and dancing to some more Skrillex, I decided to take a walk and I made sure that all the electronics and lights were off and locked my house up. As I was walking down my street, I noticed my neighbor outside watering his garden. "Hey Mr. Carlson." He turned around as I was waving to him, "Shouldn't you be in school Anthony?" he said with a stern voice. I knew he was just giving me a hard time, "I should be in school, but I decided to take a personal day. I passed all my finals and tomorrow is the last day till I'm done with high school." "Alright well stay out of trouble and enjoy the day." He waved goodbye and I started back down the street.
It's been about two hours since talking to Mr. Carlson and it's around noon. The only thing is, the weatherman said it was suppose to be a high of 90 degrees and it feels about 75. I just figured it was a mistake they made, you can't trust everything you hear on TV. That wasn't the only thing weird that I noticed, there wasn't a single cloud in the sky. I personally believe that there is at least a few clouds in the sky at all times, but there wasn't. This day is freaking me out, though I like weird, it's better than normal, so I continued on my way.
I decided to stop by the store on my way back home and buy a new Vinyl Scratch shirt. When I got inside, I went to the clothes section, I saw many different shirts with Vinyl on them and some that had Octavia with her. Michael is the biggest Octavia fan I know, so I didn't get one with her on it because he would try to take it. I decided to go with the shirt that had Vinyl Scratch as a human, then I went to the cash register to pay for my shirt. The lady at the register looked about a year older than me and the coolest thing was her hair. Her hair was styled the same as Vinyl's, the color and everything. I handed her the shirt and her eyes went wide, "About time somebody bought a Vinyl Scratch shirt. Everyone goes for the Rainbow Dash or Dr. Whooves." I was so touched by what she said, "Finally, somebody agrees with me about Vinyl being best. My friend Michael is an Octavia fan, but that doesn't matter." She looked at me and then laughed, "So you're telling me your friend likes that boring orchestrated crap instead of dubstep?" I had to agree with her on this one, she made a valid point. "Yeah, he does side with Octavia, but he does listen to some dubstep. He's pretty cool once you get to know him." "Well, I best be going, I got to hit the sound board and make some new tunes." She started writing something down and then handed it to me. "That's my number maybe all three of us could hang out sometime?" That was cool of her to give me her number, "Sure thing, I'll give you a call when I get the chance." We said goodbye and I left the store.
When I finally got back home I went to my room and sat down at my computer and sent Michael a message through steam, hoping he would get it soon. As I waited, I went to Youtube to listen to some music and watched video's until I got a message back from Michael. After a bit, I finally got connected with him. When he popped up on the screen, he looked to be in deep thought. He told me what had happened with his dad and I just nodded. It was a terrible thing to happen, but we just ignored it. I showed him my new T-shirt and we chatted, argued, and etc.
He finally said goodbye and logged off, I decided to stay up and make some more of my original dubstep and making covers of other songs. I've gotten quite popular on Youtube and it's kinda cool when you think about it. Just before I put on my stereo headphones, I saw a bright light in the night sky. I went over to my window and looked up at it and it looked like a shooting star, but heading right towards me. Right when I was shutting my window and taking cover, it landed in my yard. Out of curiosity, I went outside to check out what it was. Not knowing what it was, I walked carefully towards it. Whatever it was it was surrounded by a moderate cobalt blue aura of some sort. This was the weirdest part of my day and possibly of my entire life.
When the aura died down I saw a small object laying down in the center of it. Still curious, I walked up to it and finally figured out what it was, to be more exact who it was. I've never been so happy in my life, here she was, a filly Vinyl Scratch. I was silently jumping up and down in my head and screaming. Then, I bent down next to the filly and she looked up at me with her awesome red eyes. Though for a split second of silence, we stared at each other until my dubstep mix started to blare. Vinyl looked towards my house and tilted her head to listen for a second and then started to head bang to the music. I was shocked, even as a filly she loved her bass. "Hey Vinyl, do you want to go inside, I can show you some more of my mix." She looked at me then nodded, I led her to the entrance and we went inside.
~The Next Day~
I was trying to figure out why I was so tired this morning, then I remembered, I was up late making some more mixes with Vinyl. It was still pretty early, so Michael won't be awake yet, so I looked over at Vinyl, she must of fell asleep beside me last night. I decided to not wake her up yet and go to the kitchen to make breakfast for the both of us.
When I got to the kitchen, I saw the sun just barely over the horizon, it was a beautiful sight. Today was going to be a good day, but little did I know that danger is just around the corner. As I was fixing me and Vinyl some homemade oatmeal, she came into the room and sat at the table. "Mornin' Vinyl," she looked up at me and said,"Mornin' to you too." I was shocked that she could speak at this age, but nothing surprises me anymore since last night, I laughed and brought her food and sat down to eat mine.
As I was about to ask her if she remembered anything that happened last night, besides making music, I was suddenly put into a trance and I heard a voice in my head. "I have chosen you Anthony, to be the protector of Vinyl Scratch. There are dangerous people after her, so protect her with your life." What I was thinking when I heard this was how cool and weird it was, but I was also frightened. The voice said one final thing before it disappeared, "We will speak again." After I got out of the trance, I looked over at Vinyl and asked her if she heard anything. Vinyl shook her head and said, "Nope."
When we got done with breakfast, Vinyl and I went back to my room and signed onto Skype. When I got logged on, I was surprised that Michael was already online, so I sent a message to connect with me. When I got the okay, the video popped up and I saw what looked like a filly Octavia staring back at me. Then I heard Michael come into his room and say, "Whatcha doin' Tavi?" When he finally came up on the screen I asked him if anything strange happened last night and that's how our conversation went. I let him meet Vinyl and told him about the strange voice I heard and he said that he heard it too. After awhile, he said goodbye and left, I already called the school to say I couldn't make it and lied about being sick today. I didn't really care about school much now that I have Vinyl here. Vinyl and I hit the sound board and went back to making some more dubstep, we were doing this for about an hour or so when I suddenly heard Michael on the computer again. I thought he signed out and left for school, why was he back at home? I heard him tell Octavia to hide under the bed and stay there. Then he left his room to head downstairs, what was going on? I decided to find out and said goodbye to Vinyl and locked the house up. I dashed for Michael's house to see what was going on.