//------------------------------// // Prologue: Meeting You // Story: Melodies of Love and Tragedy // by HaviTheWerecat //------------------------------// It was a beautiful autumn morning, the leaves were falling, leaving the ground with a gorgeous orange and yellow glow. The sky, clear of any clouds, and Celestia's sun shined brightly over the city of Canterlot. Even though the sun was gleaming, it wasn't very warm. It wasn't too cold yet, for winter has yet to come lay a blanket of freezing snow over the metropolis. The animals were making great haste to find food before winter. The sound of laughing fillies and colts filled the school playground. It was the first day of school, and everypony played outside before it was time for class to begin. Though most of the ponies were playing and having fun, one colt sat by the school building alone. He sat there with his headphones covering his ears, filling them with music. He didn't move, he just sat there staring off in the distance, watching mournfully at the children wishing he had a friend to play with. He had been going to Canterlot Elementary for two years, and not once has he made a friend. He was too shy to talk to others, so he would normally curl up and listen to music during recess. Sighing, he looked up at the trees surrounding the playground, admiring their palette of gold and bronze. The scenery was quite enjoyable to him, the features of the land from every season stayed in his mind. He reached down to pick of his MP3 and changed the song to something that would fit into his mood of sincere loneliness. "If only I had a friend", he thought. "Why is it so difficult for me to simply walk up to somepony and start a conversation?" He looked back down and stared at the cement pavement, he felt tears struggling to escape his eyes. "Why are you crying?" A little filly ask as she sad down on her haunches in front of the colt. He quickly wiped them away, and blushed from embarrassment. "I-I'm not crying." He looked away, trying not to make eye contact. The filly stood, and a snow white hoof reached out to the colt. He looked up slowly to see the young filly offering a hug. "C'mon! A hug will make you feel better!" The alabaster filly beamed at him. "I-I-I don't really like hugs." The colt stuttered. He was shocked, not once had he ever has somepony come over and talk to him, not once. The little filly looked a bit saddened, "but everypony likes hugs." She sat back down, closer to him and reached out her arms. "I said I don't-," he looked up to see her sad eyes moist with tears. Her eyes were ruby red, glistening from the tears threatening to fall. "I...I'm sorry." The colt slowly reached out to her and embraced her, and even though he was feeling a bit uncomfortable, he was happy to see somepony actually acknowledging his existence. The filly returned the hug, smiling slightly. He sheepishly ended the hug, feeling a bit embarrassed. The little filly wiped her tears away, and smiled warmly. The colt tried to smile back, finally he conjured up a crooked smile. The filly grinned, happy to see him finally smiling, and her long blonde tail swayed back and forth. "So why are you over here crying and all alone?" Her head cocked sideways to show her growing curiosity. The colt didn't know whether or not he should answer her question, so he sat there unresponsive. The filly sat down next to him and put her arm around him and gave him a side hug. "C'mon, you can tell me. I promise I wont tell anypony else." The colt scooted away slightly, he wasn't used to all of the filly's physical contact. He wasn't very used to any physical contact. "I-I dunno..." he stuttered, "I'm not really used to talking about my feelings." The filly studied the young colt's sad expression, there was a slight twinkle in his eyes. "Well you can't ever sound as dumb as me. I say stupid things all the time! Go 'head and tell me, I wont judge. I promise!" The filly exclaimed. He sighed, he just didn't know where to start. "Well...I've been going to this school ever since kindergarten, and never have I had a friend. Since I have nopony to talk to, I just sit over here and listen to my music." He gestured towards the MP3 player, and the little filly's eyes seemed to have lit up. "Well you can be my friend! I have lots of friends, and I can introduce you to all of them!" The energetic little filly jumped up and skipped around excitedly. The colt didn't know what to do about this, he suddenly felt overwhelmed by the thought of being introduced to a bunch of strangers. It got quiet, too quiet. He looked up to see the white-furred filly standing over him with her arm reaching out to him. "Everypony heading to the classroom. Let's go before we're late!" The colt reached up and the filly pulled him up onto his hooves, and they began to walk towards the school's entrance. "So what's your name?" The little filly asked with a smile. "Neon Lights." He answered. The filly looked back at him, her eyes twinkled as she grinned. "Nice 'ta 'meetcha! I'm Vinyl Scratch!" She held out her hoof, her eyes still twinkling brightly. "What's that?" he asked, feeling a bit dumb. "It's a hoof bump! C'mon, just tap my hoof with yours!" Neon decided not to question it. He didn't want't to embarrass himself anymore than he already has. He lightly pressed his hoof against hers, feeling a sense of happiness. "I've finally made a friend." He thought smiling. DINGDINGDINGDINGDING! "Oh snap! We're late!" Vinyl called out, gripped my hoof and began dragging me inside. "Even though I was late on my first day of second grade, I couldn't be any happier. I finally have somepony to call my friend."