The Curse

by FriendlyFire


One- One late night

One- One late night

Vinyl Scratch, aka DJ PON3, the world renowned DJ from Canterlot is preparing for a concert at The Dizzy Weasel in PonyVille. She's got her scratch board set up, the lights are working fine, and she's got all of her songs picked out. It just struck 9:00 p.m. and the concert doesn't start till 9:30.
"Woah, looks like I just barely made it. Okay, LET 'EM IN!" she yelled at a bouncer by the door. The bouncer nodded his head at Vinyl and began to open the door0. Vinyl walked to her scratch board and flipped some switches filling the room with music while the club flooded with ponies. Pony after pony the room began to fill more and more. Looking out at the crowd gathering in front of the stage Vinyl couldn't help but burst out in a smile. She stood up on her hind legs and pointed to the crowd.
"ARE YOU PONIES READY FOR SOME WUBS!!" Vinyl shouted at the crowd. The crowd cheered violently and explosively. Vinyl placed her front hooves on the record and paused. looking upward she trust her left hoof forward instantly bringing the crowd to a roar! The crowd went wild. They loved Vinyl's DJ skills. After all, she was the best DJ in Equestria. Everypony loved her music...at least, that's what Vinyl thought.

After a few hours DJ PON3 finished her concert. It's now 2:45 a.m. The club is clearing out, and Vinyl's back stage signing autographs.
"You're the best, PON3!" Said a crazy fan.
"Aww, you know it!" Said Vinyl as she used her horn to sign the fan's book. She wrote "Keep the beat alive. WUB DJ PON3.". Vinyl just finished dotting the period and she gave the book back. The fan screamed in excitement. Then a bouncer came and dragged the fan away as she screamed: "I LOVE YOU PON3!!!!". A few minutes later, the bouncer came back.
"How many ponies are left?" Vinyl asked the bouncer.
"Everpony's gone, miss Scratch." Answered the bouncer.
"Then it looks like your job is done."
"Do you need any help?"
"Naw, its cool. I got it."
"Are you sure?"
"Yea, I'm sure. Go home" Vinyl told the bouncer. nodding gently the bouncer walked out the back door. Vinyl levitated her scratch board with her horn and walked it outside. She has a wagon that she hawled her DJ board to and from concerts. After placing her scratch table in the bottom of the cart she went back inside the club. She sighed and walked into the storage room. And came out with a bucket of water and a rag proceeding to clean the floor of the stage. She was doing this because the owner said she could have the club for the night if she cleaned up.
It was about 3:15 a.m. when she finally finished cleaning. tired from the hours of work, Vinyl was ready to go home. She placed the rag and bucket of water back in the storage closet were she got it from. *Thud!* Something hit the roof. *Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!* continued the noise on the roof. Vinyl looked up to see where the noise was coming from, following the noise it started walking down the wall and stopped by the back door. Vinyl walked towards the door and hesitated momentarily unsure if she should open the door. Slowly and carefully she opened the door and peered out side. There was a dark blue stallion wearing a black cloak, standing beside Vinyl's wagon. Vinyl starred at him for a while.
"Can I help you with something?" Vinyl asked the mysterious hooded pony. Vinyl waited for a moment for him to respond but all he did was exhale air from his mouth. Vinyl slowly walked backwards into the club and she closed the door. She then took a deep breath.
"That was...strange" Vinyl said. She turned around and screamed. The mysterious hooded pony was inside, just a few feet away from Vinyl. The pony peered up at Vinyl eyes glowing bright red.
"I'm a big fan." Said the mysterious stallion.
"Y.. Yea?" Said Vinyl as she started backing away. The mysterious pony started walking towards her slowly and menacingly.
"My names Swift Shadow, miss Scratch." Said Swift Shadow.
"Nice to meet you, Swift, b.. but, I...I have to go now." Vinyl said as she opened the back door behind her with her horn hastily and slamming it shut behind her. She turned around and jumped back hitting her back to the door. Swift Shadow was standing beside her wagon again Vinyl was terrified.
"What's the rush, miss Scratch?" Swift Shadow asked. As he spoke Vinyl noticed the fangs in Swift Shadows mouth. Vinyl froze to a horrifying realization, he was a vampire. Swift Shadow slowly walked towards her. Vinyl bolted to her left in a state of terror and tried to run away from the vampire. But she was instantly nocked to the ground by some unknown force. Her face smashed into the ground, shattering one of her lenses. Trying to get up she felt a hoof get placed on her shoulder as she was slammed up against a wall. Swift leaned in slowly and bit Vinyl's neck. Vinyl screamed and spun around slamming Swift Shadow into the wall in a fit of rage and terror. Vinyl was bleeding from her neck and her nose as she held Swift Shadow up against the wall. Swift Shadow simply smiled at Vinyl.
"You really think you can overpower me?" Swift Shadow said as he pushed Vinyl to the ground. Vinyl's back collided with the same rock her face did. Vinyl squirmed in enormous pain. Swift Shadow leaned over her. He held her arms and legs down. Vinyl was struggling as best as she could, but it was no use.
"It's no use, miss Scratch. Your strength is nothing compared to mine." Swift Shadow said. Vinyl shot Swift Shadow with a blue beam from her horn out of desperation with all her might, but it didn't do anything. Swift Shadow laughed.
"Unicorn magic is useless to vampires" Swift Shadow said as he lowered his head for a bite. Vinyl struggled as best as she could. Then she noticed a rock to her right. Levitating it carefully with her horn she brought it over head. She brought it down hard into the back of Swift Shadow's head before he could bite Vinyl again. She rolled out from under Swift Shadows arms and ran to her wagon and hid behind it. Swift Shadow stood up and looked around.
"ITS NO USE, MISS SCRATCH! YOUR BLEEDING,... AND I CAN SMELL BLOOD!" Swift Shadow yelled in the air. He started sniffing the air moving his head with the smell. He stopped sniffing when he was facing the wagon. He smiled and slowly walked towards it.
"You can't escape, miss Scratch." Swift Shadow said. He stopped and looked into the wagon. Nothing. He looked on the other side of the wagon.
"Found you, miss Scra... What the..." Swift Shadow said, looking at a weak Vinyl hiding behind strange speakers.
"Do you like...MY BASS CANNON!" Vinyl said as she smashed a red button with her hoof. The speakers started exploding the air into abeam of blue light powered by WUBS. Swift Shadow yelled as the beam collided with his whole being and launched him far into the distance. Vinyl couldn't see the vampire anymore. Vinyl was breathing hard and she was very weak. She levitated the bass canon into her cart and started pulling the cart home hastily.