//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: Canterlot - Part 1 // Story: A Scratch on the Cello // by TheOriginalThundersky //------------------------------// Vinyl and Octavia were ready, all their bags were packed and sitting next to the door, now it was just a matter of surviving one more school day and they were off to Canterlot with Lyra and Bonbon. Vinyl had returned home later the night before to get her bag set up, but had again magically popped up in the morning and plopped her bag next to Octavia's. They were now walking to school together. "I can't believe it's already Friday!" Vinyl said excitedly "We have our big gig at Hell's Demons tomorrow!" "Yes" Octavia said calmly "The performance at which I will play the Cello live while you ruin it!" "Hey! Come on, Dubstep isn't that bad" Vinyl exclaimed "It really is sweetie" Octavia responded, laughing on the inside at the incredulous look on Vinyl's face.] "But..." Vinyl was about to start arguing when Octavia interrupted her. "We're at the school Vinyl..." She said teasingly "You should probably get ready for class." "Ugh, fine..." Vinyl responded. "HELLOOOOO FRIENDS" Lyra's voice rung out over the whole school "Oh, just great" Octavia sighed "Lyra's drunk again" Lyra was in fact drunk again, she was stumbling across the campus, supported by Bonbon. The other students were all staring at the couple and whispering among themselves. As Lyra and Bonbon got closer, you could see that they had been up all of last night. "What were you guys doing last night?" Vinyl asked "Getting ready for Canterlot while watching Lyra get drunk" Bonbon responded "Drunking Smtin while hatching Bonhon Pacj por Canterhot" Lyra mumbled! "She said that she was drinking while watching me pack" Bonbon told Vinyl and Octavia. "How did you?" Vinyl and Octavia asked at the same time. "You start to learn the language when you have to be with her every weekend!" Bonbon said grimly. "Yeah well, let's just get to class." Octavia said The school day passed relatively fast, which the four friends were very happy about. They left the school and split up, the now hung-over Lyra and Bonbon would head to Bon's house to grab their bags and get some Iboprhoofens for Lyra's headache. Vinyl would follow Octavia back to her home to grab all their bags. Vinyl then teleported herself and the bags to the airport and decided on retrying the spell. She warned Octavia and concentrated. Luckily the VIP lobby was empty because Vinyl's horn started glowing and Octavia appeared out of thin air again. "Here" Octavia had come prepared and handed Vinyl a Grainola bar as she walked towards the terminal. "Thanks" Vinyl swallowed the bar whole, already feeling less tired than she was when she had last performed the spell. They waited another twenty minutes for Lyra and Bonbon. Time went by and the two finally arrived, 4.20 minutes before departure. The four friend got onto the plane and where immediately ushered into private cabins. Each cabin had a big chair that could fold into a bed, a flatscreen TV and a window into the other rooms. There was also a panel with different foods and drinks to order. All you needed to do was tap the panel with a hoof and the food would be delivered. "This is awesome!!!" Vinyl said, opening the window to Octavia's cabin and taking out her laptop. "You're right" said Bonbon, pressing the panel, ordering a Diet StallionUp. Lyra just lowered the seat and lay down, clutching her face with her hooves, waiting for the Iboprhoofens to kick in. The flight was excellent, for their first time flying 1st class, the four ponies were definitively not disappointed. Unfortunately, it was a short flight, and soon Lyra, Bonbon, Vinyl and Octavia had to fasten their seatbelts and prepare for landing. The landing went very smoothly and the plane taxied off the runway and to its allocated terminal. Whilst everypony had to exit through the main entrance, the group was led to the back and straight to a limousine. Their luggage was being loaded on quickly. "Man I love this!" Vinyl exclaimed. "We're being treated like Fancy Pants or Photo Finish, like all of the celebrities." "Well you'd better enjoy it while it lasts!" Octavia told her, getting into the very long car. "After this weekend, it's back to normal life." "Normal life plus 16000 bits" Vinyl responded grinning. "Vinyl, how are you so optimistic?" Bonbon asked. "I don't know Bon" Vinyl responded jokingly "Maybe I just know how to enjoy life." Ever since the incident in the locker room, Vinyl and Bonbon have been teasing each other a lot more. Lyra's hangover had finally passed, she had been quiet for most of the ride, but now that her head wasn't killing her, she managed to talk. "So, what hotel are we staying at?" asked Lyra, looking up from a seemingly interesting book entitled '50 shades of hay' "Some sort of fancy one by the bar." Vinyl responded. She had been to busy preparing for the trip to look at the hotel in which they were staying. The hotel was a lot more than 'just a sort of fancy one'. The reception desk itself was bigger than Octavia's kitchen. Suspended in mid-air was the biggest chandelier any of the friends had ever seen. The light reflected off it in such ways that the whole thing looked like a rainbow radiating light across the whole entrance area. "Woah" Vinyl exclaimed. "This place is huge" The others were too awestruck to respond. "DJ PON3" a familiar voice called across the lobby. Million maker was standing there, surrounded by ponies holding out microphones, trying to take pictures or simply trying to get a better look at him. He had two ponyguards at his sides who were now clearing the way for Vinyl and her friends. "Pleased to meet you PON3" Million Maker said, holding out a hoof. Vinyl was in shock, then she snapped out of it. "Oh, no" She responded shaking the millionaire's hoof. "Call me Vinyl" "Alright Vinyl, I'm assuming this is Octavia" He said, shaking Octavia's hoof. "Pleased to meet you Sir" Octavia said shakily. "Please, call me Mill" He said "Shall we head inside?" He added, gesturing to the private room behind him. "I don't see why not" Vinyl said. This is going to be quite a weekend! Vinyl thought, following Million Maker and her friends into the room. Once inside, Million gestured for them to sit down. He closed the door and ripped off his suit. The four ponies stared at him questioningly. "Ugh, I hate these suits, always so itchy and hot" He mumbled to himself. He looked over at the four friends. "Oh, sorry, I should probably explain to you that I don't like the fancy things in Canterlot, all the ponies in this City are crazy with their little champagne glasses and boring parties. That's why I invited you over, I'm hoping you can show these idiots what it is to have a good time." "No prob Mill" Vinyl said winking "I know exactly what to do!" "Yeah" Octavia snapped back at her "You're going to ruin perfectly good Orchestral music." "Octavia" Million said grinning. "Yes" She asked "You're probably going to like it here." He said his grin getting bigger and bigger. Lyra was the first one to catch on and fell on the floor giggling uncontrollably. Vinyl stifled a laugh and secretly brohoofed Million and Bonbon.exe was not responding. "What?" Octavia asked confused. "I don't get it" "Its ok Tavi!" Vinyl said hugging her "You don't need to get it." Everyone started laughing harder. After several hours of talking and arranging, the four friends were finally led to their rooms, were they dropped off their bags and got dressed to go sightseeing for an hour before meeting up at the hotel's restaurant. There were two rooms, both had two king sized beds, two flatscreen TV's a great view at the Canterlot castle and another food panel, only with more choices. Vinyl and Octavia only dropped off their bags and started to head out. Lyra and Bonbon on the other hand jumped straight to the panel and ordered themselves some drinks, Million had made an alcohol exception and tipped the waitresses so that Lyra could have her fair share. Whilst Lyra and Bonbon were getting themselves drunk as humans, Vinyl and Octavia decided to head to the Canterlot Museum of Classical Music. "Do we really have to go to that museum?" Vinyl whined as they walked hoof in hoof through the streets of Canterlot. "Yes!" Octavia replied sharply "If you're going to ruin my music tomorrow, you might as well pay for it." "Ughhh!" Vinyl moaned, they were now approaching the museum and Vinyl could almost feel the boringness coming from the- Wait, is that a club?! Vinyl thought hearing the familiar sound of a bass coming from a nearby building. "Don't even think about it!" Octavia said dragging him towards the museum. After 45 minutes of boring boards and glum musicians, Octavia finally gave up hope on Vinyl and they started heading back to the hotel for dinner. They met up with a slightly tipsy Lyra and a very hungry looking Bonbon. "Sooo, how was the museum?" Lyra asked Vinyl teasingly. "Oh god! Don't even mention it, I swear to Celestia I will rip off your head!" Vinyl said, sulking. "It was amazing!" Octavia said, teasingly pushing Vinyl out of the way. "Hey!" Vinyl said, hitting the wall and falling to the floor. After a couple of minutes walking through the impossibly long corridors, the group finally got to the hotel restaurant. They were seated and given appetizers. After a massive buffet, the group walked out of the fancy room filled to the brink and ready to go to sleep. Vinyl and Octavia said goodnight to Lyra and Bonbon before heading into the warm room. "Well, I'm going to take a shower" Octavia told Vinyl before walking into the bathroom. Seconds later, she popped her head back out. "When's the last time you had one?" She asked the white mare, who was already getting ready to slip into bed. "Umm" Vinyl said thoughtfully "I don't remember?" "FOR CELESTIA'S SAKE! GET IN THE SHOWER!!!!" Octavia's scream must have been heard across the whole hotel. "With you?" Vinyl asked teasingly. Octavia thought about it for a second, seriously considering it. "No" She declared. "After me". Vinyl looked disappointed, but did as she was told. She waited until Octavia had finished with her shower before entering the bathroom. She climbed into the shower and turned the water on. Meanwhile, Octavia was slipping into her bed, wondering how Vinyl could survive so long without washing herself. I wonder how her mane looks when its wet? Her brain asked itself. OH GOD, not this again. Octavia hated it when her brain started fantasizing about different things. She needed to get her mind off vinyl... I wonder what Lyra and Bonbon are doing? A bump and a squeal of happiness confirmed her suspicions. Actually, better not go there, she thought before turning around and laying her head against the pillow. A long couple of minutes later, Vinyl walked out of the bathroom. Octavia turned around to look at her and froze when she saw Vinyl's mane. Instead of it being spiky, her mane was flowing down her body and curved, twisting into that adorable little curl at the end of it. Goddamn she's beautiful! This time, Octavia could in no way disagree with her brain. "Vinyl! You're hot" Octavia blurted out accidently, immediately blushing after having realized what she had said. "Well thank you there missy!" Vinyl smiled back teasingly "Don't you worry, it'll be back to normal tomorrow morning" Vinyl smiled and slipped into bed, closing the light behind her. I wish she had her mane like that more often! Octavia thought, then her brain decided to come back. Hey.. You should get Vinyl over here... You really need to get laid! Ok, for Octavia that was crossing the line. SHUT UP!!! I'm not going to have sex with Vinyl yet! We've only been together for a week! Octavia tried to go to sleep, but images of Vinyl next to her just kept popping up in her head. Although it wouldn't be bad to cuddle for the night. Octavia settled on that. "Hey Vinyl, it's kinda col-" before she could finish her phrase Vinyl was there, hugging her and burying her muzzle into Octavia's chest. "I love you Tavi" Vinyl said, laying her head back. "I love you too" Octavia responded, a warm and fuzzy feeling spreading out over her body. They fell asleep, holding each other lovingly, lulled by the sweet feeling of love and knowing that tomorrow they had another day to spend together in Canterlot.