//------------------------------// // Drop Some Beats // Story: Meeting Vinyl // by Crimson Ink //------------------------------// We didn't really get a choice as Vinyl Scratch dragged us both into the loud and crowded room. "This is awesome!" She had ran up to the speakers and was in front of them bobbing her head in time with the sounds. A mare was up on this stand by the speakers with headphones on bobbing her head in time with the "music?" She noticed Vinyl by the speakers and yelled down to her barely audible over the music in this room. "Want to see how this works?!" Vinyl was trying to climb up excited at the idea and Pinkie ran up behind and used her head to push Vinyl up. I could run right now, not have to worry about going back to Canterlot castle... but something made me want to stay. Maybe it was Vinyl. "Why am I still here?" Vinyl was talking with the mare when I looked in their direction again. "Do you think you could do it?" Vinyl was nodding her head fast smiling wide, and then the mare dimmed the sound a bit and the everypony in the room looked at him. "How's everypony doing tonight?" A cheer rose through the crowd. "We're going to give you a little treat, a short set from an up and coming DJ." The crowd cheered even louder at this, Vinyl looked a little nervous but excited at this. "Introducing DJ Pon-3!" Vinyl moved up to the board and started to work with a strange device that had two record players on it. "What is she-" Suddenly she started to play some music at first a melody from a song I recognized from Bach and then it started to fuse with some electronic sounds. "That's actually really nice." She was smiling now just bobbing her head like before as if she knew perfectly what she was doing and the music started to pick up it's beat and everypony in the room was dancing by now, my sister was darting around the "dance floor?" excited. A sudden light surrounded her and then the music "crashed?" to a stop and the lights went out. A cheer erupted from the crowd, and then when the lights came on Vinyl was jumping up and down extremely happy all of a sudden. The mare walked back up to the board and smiled taking the mic again. "How was that everypony?" Everypony loved it and were shouting. The mare pointed at Vinyl's flank and she looked back and let out a shout of joy jumping into the crowd. "I have my cutie mark!" I couldn't help but to feel a sharp needle of envy at hearing this. "I still don't have mine..." I tried to give her more than a half heated smile when she hop-skipped up to me. "Tavi I got my cutie mark." She embraced me in a hug which I was only able to return limply, disappointed even more that I still didn't have my cutie mark. "I'm glad" it sounded pitiful. "Hey guys!" Pinkie appeared right behind us causing us both to scream in surprise. "That was so awesome DJ Pon-3!" With that Pinkie dragged both of us out of the room and then once outside we were being dragged to Canterlot castle, I could only groan because at this point I accepted my fate to have to put up with Blueblood.