//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: The Discovery // Story: Music to her Ears // by xStellar_Bubbles //------------------------------// It was a fresh spring morning in Ponyville. Celestia's sun is just rising, the birds are singin- "WAKE UP YOUNGSTER!!! IT'S TIME FOR SPRING CLEANING!!!!" And the sound of her father's yelling just woke up a little white unicorn filly named Vinyl Scratch; who was very tired (since it was 6 in the morning). "Uuuuugggggghhhhhh... daddy? Wha-why so early? Can't we do it laaaaater?" "Uh, sorry little Scratch. Your mother and I have to go to work at 10, and you have to go to school! So we have to get cleaning now." "Oh, alright daddy." After a few minutes of reluctant trotting downstairs, Vinyl and her father met with Vinyl's mother, organizing the dishes and cups in their respective places. She heard the trotting and looked behind her. "Oh hey Vinyl! Hello Mixxy!" "Hi Jazzy!" said Disco Mix in a very friendly tone "Ready to clean with us, Vinyl?" "Um, sure, mommy." "Alright! Vinyl, how about you put away some stuff in the attic that you don't need, okay?' The unenthusiastic Vinyl slowly nodded her head. She hates cleaning. Too much work. "Okaaaaaaayy fine." Vinyl was still very unwilling to do this "Mixxy! Help me clean some dishes and do some yardwork." "Anything you want, Jazzy! I understand that you need a little muscle on your side!" Jazz Tune gave a slightly offended and annoyed look a her husband. Disco Mix gave a nervous laugh. "I was just kidding!" "Suuuuurrreeee..." Tune was still annoyed, but she gave a light chuckle As Jazz and Disco turn to do their chores, Vinyl slowly walked back to her room. On her way there, she sighed. Out of all of the things that we can do, it would be cleaning? She thought. Well, it is for mommy and daddy and all of beautiful spring Equestria! Vinyl was putting away some old toys that she never played with anymore. She held a small plastic pink alicorn with a princess gown on her hoof, along with other gowns assorted with the colors blue, yellow, and white. Dress ups didn't really suit me. Heh, suit me. Vinyl chuckled a bit at her own joke. Vinyl put away the rest of her old toys in a box and headed upstairs into the attic. There was dust almost everywhere, and cobwebs in every corner. It was so dusty that the attic made Vinyl's eyes water. She put the box down and noticed a sheet, covering a strange object. Of course, she had to know what was under that dusty cover. Vinyl grabbed the dusty cover with her mouth and pulled it off the mysterious object. It was about the size of a typing keyboard. She was then coughing because of the repulsive dusty taste, but Vinyl tried to ignore it and try to figure out what this object was. It had what seemed like wheels, switches, and buttons. "DADDY!!! COME HERE, PLEASE!!!!" Vinyl cried out to her father. While Disco was still cleaning dishes with his wife, he became very worried when he heard Vinyl's cries. "Excuse me, Jazzy. I'll go check up on little Scratch." Disco ran up the stairs to the attic, hoping that everything was okay with Vinyl. "Something wrong?" he nervously asked. "What's this?" Vinyl asked, as she pointed her hoof at the contraption Disco Mix let out a relieved sigh "You see, Vinyl, that this is actually something from daddy's past. Before I met your mother and had you, I was a former DJ," The little white unicorn filly had a confused glance on her face. "A DJ is somepony who likes to make music, mostly very thump-y music." "Ohhhhhhhhhh." "Daddy used to like to mix up a lot of beats and create music with that object called a DJ Booth. But, that dream just can't happen. When other ponies listen to my music, they think that it's 'garbage' and it's horrible or something like that." "But, why would they not like your music, daddy? You are very talented at music making." "I know Vinyl but listen, other ponies have different tastes.....and apparently they all have the same one when it comes to the music that I used to make. But what matters now is that it's all in the past. I have moved on and make pop music now. You can still use my old DJ Booth though, I believe it still works if you just plug it in. There's a cord on the booth." Vinyl had a very excited grin on her face. She eagerly looked for the plug, she couldn't wait to try this out. Vinyl found the plug and plugged it in the nearest outlet. She tried to play with the turntables. They made sounds that are going to be the music to her ears...... TO BE CONTINUED.....