//------------------------------// // Rubens 'Dad' // Story: Diary of a DJ // by XyroX //------------------------------// Ouch, my head. Where am I? What’s going on here? I woke up slowly. I was in a dark round room, bound to a metal table. Forced to look to the ceiling I could see a round yellow sign above me, with a black dot in the middle and three black pieces around it. Ruben’s cutie mark. If you can call it a like that. “Vinyl, you’re awake!” I tried to turn my head, vainly. But I knew that voice… “Nick. What is going on her? What have you done to me?” “You ask what I have done to you? One question: Who’s the one who just couldn’t resist rummaging in other ponies stuff? I know that you’ve found X04’s- I mean, Ruben’s orders. Why couldn’t you just act like anypony else and stop sniffing around? What’s wrong with you, Vinyl Scratch?” “What’s wrong with me? You dare asking that? You have put a clone on me to spy on me! And you ask me what’s wrong with me?” “Well, yes. Of course I had to keep an eye on you, I had to get sure you keep your mouth shut about our plans.” “So why do you ponynap me now? I didn’t say a word to anypony, and I wasn’t going to! I just had to know what’s about Ruben, that’s why I searched his stuff. It’s the same reason I searched your stuff back then. Not because I didn’t trust you, but because I worried about you. Because I loved you! And you just threw away everything we had, and now you used your knowledge about me to get your robot near me!” “Don’t call him like that, Vinyl. He’s more than a robot, more than a clone. I’d call him my son. I created him with my own DNA! And I couldn’t be more proud of him. He did exactly what I wanted him to do, except these little failures you unfortunately noticed. Everything could have been perfect if you’d just missed them, like anypony else! You’re intelligent, Vinyl. Maybe too intelligent. But that’s great, isn’t it? I know you wouldn’t be so stupid and tell your roommate, Octavia, right? About us, or about your worries about Ruben. Have you even introduced them to one another? No? Well, that makes my work way more easy, thanks for that!” “What are you going to do with me? Kill me, and then let it look like some terrible accident? I don’t think Celestia would appreciate that.” “Hold on, you’re really thinking that I work on Celestia’s orders? You know, not every trade related with the griffins is known by Celestia or Luna. There are few ponies who know about my experiments. And with you, it’s one too many. But I wouldn’t just kill you, Vinyl. I have much bigger plans with you. As I said, you’re intelligent. You have potential. You have strong magic, and you’re tough.” “What is your point?” “Well, you’re perfect for my causes! I congratulate you, you’ve just been voted to be the mother of the next generation of my children!” “What? Are you serious? You can’t do this to me!” “Oh, silly Vinyl. I can, and I will. Who should stop me? Nobody knows about me or where you are. You’re all mine.” I started to squirm. Is this the end? Will I be some kind of… birth-machine for his wicked clone ponies? I’d prefer death, thank you. “We’ll start right after you’re fully recovered. Take your time, we don’t want to get any complications while I work with you, right?” “I’d like complications. Death, for example. That’d be a great side effect.” “Oh, Vinyl, where’s your fighting spirit? You weren’t this desperate when I saw you last time.” That was before you broke my heart twice, you son of a bitch. “Why should I fond? You finally managed to break me. At least I won’t be a good mother for your disgusting experiments.” “I’m sure you’ll be a great mother, don’t be so strict with yourself!” I began to cry. This is my destiny? Well, thanks a lot, Celestia.