Vinyl grabs hold on a rim as the boat's head tilted up. RES Equitanic has rammed on an iceburg and is sinking in the middle of the Equestrian Sea. Hundreds of ponies hold on for dear life and hundreds more perish in the deep ocean. Vinyl scratch holds on tight as the ship begins to be swallowed in the depths of the abyss. She can see her life flashing before her eyes, she thought of her family, her friends, of Octavia and Neon. then suddenly, she heard a huge crash! BOOM!
The Equitanic has split into two, Vinyl holds on tighter as the head of the ship, where she was holding on, falls on the sea's surface.
SPLASH! A loud crash and was tremor felt on the remaining part of the ship that was still afloat, Vinyl almost lost hold of the rim she was holding, she quickly regained her grasp on the rim, still determined to live. There was still plenty of vacant lifeboats on the ship's starboard.
"Celestia save us!" She hears the scream of a nearby colt who falls to his doom in the mouth of the dark abyss. "Ugh! What did I do to deserve this!?! WHY?" Vinyl screams to the top of her lungs, she was getting tired and her hooves were slipping off the rim, another crash was heard, this time the ship's head was beginning to tilt up again, it was being dragged down the depths of the sea by her bottom half. Vinyl knew this was the end, she can't hold on much longer, her hooves were getting tired, the trauma has exhausted her so much she can no longer exert even as little an effort as to hold the rims of the ship.
Her hold was loosening, the splashes of the sea, the violent waves of the abyss waiting to gobble her up was the only thing waiting for her. Her tears began to fall, she was holding them off during the entire ordeal. Her thoughts went on to Octavia, the impact her death would have on her lover. "I-I'm sorry Octavia.....I'm sorry.....I'm sorry......."
She was sobbing, her grip was growing looser by the moment. The peace of the night was disturbed by the cries of a thousand ponies, dying, drowning, falling, or afraid. Her hoof slipped! She fell down barely missing a pipeline. She crashed unto a window, tumbled down the dining hall, through the kitchen, and landed on the wall of the great hall's balcony. She groaned, and slowly opened her eyes, she could see other ponies, terrified and cold. The waterproof doors still kept the water from coming in the hall, but Vinyl could see at the far end of one of the many hallways, the waterproof doors were slowly leaking.
The Great Hall was surprisingly quieter than outside, she can occasionally hear soft whimpering and crying, but it was relatively peaceful hear, with only creaks being the loudest noise around. On top of them was a large dome made of glass where she could clearly see the moon. The lights were still around as the ship's power generator was still intact and unscathed.
CRACK! SNAP! The ship now snapped in half and the top part fell horizontally on the water again. Vinyl tumbled down the stairs and into the Great Halls floors, along with a few other ponies. There was no comfort this time, as the ship was beginning to slowly sink sideways, she could see from the glass dome, the ship was slowly sinking further in the water. The water rose up the glass dome as quick as mercury in a thermometer being dipped in hot coffee.
The lights suddenly went out, darkness encompassed the tragedy, everypony can barely see the front of their nuzzles. Water has already went in the generators causing the power outage. The moon faintly lit the Great Halls as Vinyl sits in one of the sofas attached to the floor boards. she could still hear some whimpering and crying, and creaking, yes the creaking got louder and louder as the ship slowly sank. At any moment now, the pressure of the water would soon break the glass dome and would soon drown those who are trapped inside. Vinyl thought to herself smiling, "just think of happy memories"
"Happy Birthday Vinyl!"
"Oh wow! Thanks Octavia!"
She took hold of the small gift-wrapped box and quickly opened it...new headsets
"Gee, thanks! It's the ones I really wanted!"
"I'm glad you like it Vinyl, It really made a huge dent in my account!"
"Oh really, wow, you really shouldn't have Tavi!"
"Just kidding Vinyl, they were on sale, and I was lucky enough to get the last one too." Octavia let out a small giggle.
"Oh, and I almost forgot, here blow on this."
Octavia held out the cake near Vinyl so that she wouldn't have a harder time to draw her face near it to blow.
"Pfffffftttt!!!!"
"Happy 23rd Birthday Vinyl"
CRACK! Vinyl snapped back to reality, the glass dome was cracking under pressure, ponies nearby gasped, some even let out a small yelp.
CREAK.....The sounds of the iron bars slowly moved by friction filled the dark space once again.
"Just focus Vinyl, happy memories....come on..."
She could see herself on the port with Octavia, the sun setting creates a beautiful scenery wherein she and Octavia had enjoyed.
"Hey Tavi..."
"What is it Vinyl?"
"Have I ever told you how pretty you are?"
Octavia gave out a small giggle and leaned her head on Vinyl.
"Like, a dozen times Vinyl."
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"This is the most romantic sunset isn't it Vinyl?"
"Oh...uh.. yeah Tavi."
"I love you Vinyl..."
"I love you too, Tavi..."
Vinyl drew her face near Octavia's mane and sniffed it, the smell Rive Gauche enamored her.
"Vinyl..."
"Huh?"
"Promise you'll never leave me..."
"I promise."
...I promise
...I promise
...I promise
SNAP!
She wakes up back to reality once again. This time the moon illuminates the huge cracks on the glass dome and the ever-so rising water. She promised....She promised Octavia she wouldn't leave her, she lied. That was the only thought that was raised in her mind, her unfulfilled promise.
How in Celestia's name did the Equitanic sink anyway? It was the largest ship in all of Equestria, it was even dubbed as unsinkable.
Now, because of a false promise she's there, along with thousands of other ponies, awaiting her doom.
"Dammit Vinyl, just think of happy thoughts!" She tried to consolidate herself, trying to coax herself into thinking of happy memories.
"Vinyl, is it always this dreary in Manehattan?"
"Nah, it's just Mondays."
"Oh, I see.."
Octavia giggled, clearly seeing Vinyl's uncalled-for joke.
"you should see this place during Fridays, the pubs are hot and bustling."
"I'd like it if you'd take me to one." Octavia smiled at Vinyl, a pleading smile.
"Hmmmm, I guess I can have as booked to this awesome pub just down the street, let's do it this Friday night?"
"I'd love that."
Octavia ran to Vinyl's shoulders and gave her a tight embrace.
Vinyl closed her arms around Octavia to return her affection.
CRASH!!! Water poured in and Vinyl had barely any time to realize what had happened, though it was already too obvious.
The water pressure sucked in everypony outside, including Vinyl. Through opened eyes she could see the damage of the ship. The once magnificent Equitanic, now nothing more than a mess of steel, sinking in the deeps. The currents of the sinking ship dragged along any near it, and Vinyl fought to get to the surface.
Beside her she could see ponies drowning, fighting to get to the surface like herself, but to no avail. Vinyl refused to give up, she paddled as hard as she could. She kicked and waved her hooves around like a crazed maniac. Soon she realized that all her efforts were futile, the sinking ship's vacuum was only dragging her further in the deeps.
The moonlight was getting dimmer, the darkness grew, as Vinyl was being sucked into the abyss. She opened her mouth,and gave out a final, muffled scream. She screamed 'Octavia' although underwater she can't even barely make out of it.
Then, nothing....Darkness.....No sound, no light.
Just absolute darkness and silence...
Was she dead? Was this how it felt like to be dead?