Vinyl groaned in her sleep, clinging tighter around the furry object in front of her. Images of a grey mare flashed before her minds eye as her dreams faded away into the waking world. Vinyl clung tighter to the object as if it would bring the mare back.
"Tavi..." muttered Vinyl, nuzzling into the object. The object chuckled, a pleasant feeling for Vinyl as the smooth fur massaged her face.
"Nope. Want to try again?" Asked a female voice, a little scratchy. Vinyl chuckled herself, finally starting to wake up.
"Hmm, smart ass tone, firm ass, soft wings.....Dash?" Asked Vinyl, opening her red eyes to the world. The cyan Pegasus laughed.
"She does remember my name! I might not be a cellist but I like to think I'm a good pick." said Rainbow Dash with a smirk. Vinyl reached up and bopped her on the head.
"Maybe. You can prove yourself by not cooking breakfast this morning." said Vinyl, sitting up with a yawn. "Sweet Celestia, it's early." Rainbow's eyes widened. For some reason, saying that seemed to have a reaction that would certainly. Vinyl caught this and smirked.
"You little b-" Rainbow was cut off by a heavy guitar chord, causing Vinyl's ears to splay back and the mare to hum peacefully.
"Hmm, Invisible Kid. A good song, to say the least." said Vinyl as Scootaloo went into another measure of the song. Vinyl stood and walked over to the wall. Banging on it three times.
"Alright, squirt, we got her." said Vinyl. The music stopped, letting Rainbow release her ears.
"You two planned this?" Asked the cyan mare in disbelief. Vinyl grinned as her glasses, a simple black rimmed pair, floated onto her nose.
"And this, babe, is why you don't prank me." said Vinyl, pecking the mares cheek as she trotted past. Rainbow blushed and followed.
"Did Tavi ever have to put up with this?" Asked Dash, shaking her head as she followed Vinyl down the stairs of the ground home. Vinyl chuckled.
"She threw me off the bed to wake me up once. In return, I set up my speakers next to her bed and turned the volume up all the way. Poor mare was deaf for ten minutes." said Vinyl, chuckling with a sad look in her eyes. Rainbow saw this and wrapped a wing around her.
"You know what day it is, right?" She asked. Vinyl took a deep breath and nodded.
"I do."
"Then go. I think it could do some good." said Dash, pushing her forward with her muzzle. Vinyl nodded.
"A-Alright. Just stay away from cooking." Rainbow rolled her eyes.
"No promises!" She called out to Vinyl as the mare walked out the door.
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The morning air was cool as Vinyl made her way towards the streets of Ponyville towards the Cemetery. The clouds over head helped add on to the foreboding feeling of her trip. Leave it to the weather team to create a depressing day of today of all days.
Vinyl chuckled darkly at the irony of the weather. Of all the days, it was this one. It matched her current mood however. Gloomy.
Walking through the cemetery, Vinyl's eyes looked at all the graves of ponies that occupied this stretch of earth, some far longer than others. One stretch of earth, however, was what acquired her attention. A gravestone with a treble clef adorning it.
"Morning, Tavs. It's, uh, been awhile. My new marefriend had me come out here. I guess I was just afraid of seeing you again. Why, I have no damn clue. Just was. But, you know, I'm here.
"I've been dating Rainbow Dash for the past three months. She's been good to me, comforting me after I lost you. I forgot to tell you this but your parents never did show. They were absent from the funeral and came to the school a month after. I asked how they were dealing with your death. You know what they said? They asked why they should care. They only came down to try and take the school, saying it wasn't under my name and that I wasn't fit to even handle the workload because I was a widow and a fucking filly fooler. You should have seen the black eye your mother left with." Vinyl chuckled.
"Back to, um, Dash and Scoots. Scootaloo is doing well. I've taken her under me considering I was always more reversed in the modern music than you. I remember when you surprised the crap out of the filly and played Metllicolt on an electric guitar! We laughed so hard at her face.
"She actually has a gig later tonight. I actually heard talk that Metalicolt was keeping an eye on her,impressed. I haven't told her. Wait for them to show at a gig, ya know. She has been working hard and it's amazing what she could do.
"Then we have Dash. She was flirting with me off and on after I got settled down. She said it wasn't meant to do anything but you know that really didn't work out. Three months. Nine months of recovery.
"I won't lie and say I don't miss you. I do. But, it's been getting better. Might even get hitched again if this keeps going, ya know. Hope life is more forgiving with this one." Vinyl chuckled and wiped a tear away. "I miss you, Tavs."
"You ready to go?" Vinyl jumped to see Rainbow walking up to her, a sad look on her face. Vinyl looked back at Octavia's grave before nodding.
"Yeah, yeah I'm ready. You better have some way to make up for me coming out here and crying my eyes out, Dash." Rainbow chuckled and smacked Vinyl's flank with her tail.
"I can find a few things to make up for it." said Dash with a wink, making Vinyl blush.
"She is also more feisty than you." mumbled Vinyl, shaking her head as she followed the mare. Moving forward from her past.