//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Whipping Digi // by Digital Whiplash //------------------------------// The breeze in Ponyville lightly ruffled the tree leaves and pushed the steam from the recently arrived train. Ponies of all kinds exited the train but one in particular looked puzzled beyond comprehension. A gray coated unicorn stallion with yellow eyes and a deep blue mane and tail stepped onto the terminal platform with many bags wrapped in the magical glow of his horn. He looked around for the ponies he was here to meet. Digital Whiplash was his name; this was the first time he had ever been to Ponyville and so far it wasn’t going well. He was lost and he didn’t know where his party was. ‘Well I guess I should ask someone.’ He thought. He trotted toward a gray pegasus mare, carrying a postal bag and tapped her on the shoulder. Digi jumped when he saw her eyes. One was aimed at him and the other seemed to be looking at the terminal floor. “Hi!” She said in an unexpected heartwarming tone. “Hi,” Digi said back now with a small smile on his muzzle. “You’re the mail mare, aren’t you?” “I sure am!” She replied, “Do you want me to see if I have any mail for you?” “No, that’s oka-” He was interrupted by her moving closer to him and her eyes switching positions like she was examining him. “Wait a minute. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you.” “That would be right. My name’s Digital Whiplash but my friends call me Digi.” “I’m Ditzy Doo, but everypony calls me Derpy. It’s nice to meet you Digi. What can I do for you?” “Well, I’m suppose to meet somepony here but they’re not here so could you tell me where Vinyl Scratch lives?” “I sure can!” Derpy stuck her head in her bag and starting sifting through the mail. Her head finally popped out but instead of a piece of mail she had a muffin in her mouth. “Uh…” Digi said, “Where can I find her?” “Find who?” She asked back still eating the muffin. “Vinyl Scratch.” He replied. “Oh yeah! Um… I’m not sure. She has a P.O. box.” “Really?” “I’m sorry.” Digi was upset but more from how sad it was making Derpy that she couldn’t help more. “It’s fine. I can just walk around town and see if I can find her.” “Are you sure?” “Yeah, I need to work off the train food anyway.” Derpy smiled wide and that made Digi smile. “I guess I’ll be on my way. It was nice talking to you.” He started to canter away. “Hold on!” Derpy said. She started digging in her bag again until she found another muffin. “Ish is or oou!” Digi took the muffin in his magic and smiled at her. “Thanks. See you later.” “Bye-bye!” Digi trotted down the street with his luggage in tow, while he ate his muffin. It tasted better that he expected. He looked around the town. It was a nice little town. ‘I can totally see why Vinyl and Tavi live here.’ He took another bite of his muffin when all of a sudden he was tackled to the ground by a white blur causing his magic to implode and start choking on the muffin. “DIGI!!!” Vinyl yelled. “It’s been way too long!” He tried to say something but he was too busy gasping for breath. “What’s wrong with you? Aren’t you happy to see me?” He was stilled trying to force to muffin out of his windpipe. “Oh, I see how it is. Came all this way just to give me the silent treatment. Well two can play at that game.” She turned her back on him just as soon as Octavia galloped to them. “There you are. You shouldn’t get so distracted we’re already late as it is.” She said. “Don’t worry, I found him but he’s being a plothole and giving me the silent treatment.” Vinyl replied. Octavia looked behind Vinyl and gasped when she saw the now blue Digi still gasping for air. “He’s not ignoring you, he’s choking!” Vinyl spun around. “Oh crap! Don’t die!” She yelled as she stomped on his stomach. He spit out the chunk of muffin in Vinyl’s face. “Dammit Vinyl!” He yelled, “I don’t see you since Manehattan and you almost kill me!?” “Heh, just like last time, huh?” She asked back. He got to his hooves and trotted over to Octavia, ignoring her comment. Digi and Octavia shared a hug. “It’s been so long, Tavi” “I know. It’s still hard to believe it’s over five years since university.” “You don’t look a day over 19.” Octavia blushed, “You did always have a way with words.” “If you two are gonna start making out I can go home and wait on the bed.” Vinyl said. That made them both blush and reminded Digi about the time he let them stay at his off-campus apartment while he went out to do some shopping. “Not after last time.” He said, “I had to throw my favorite sheets away because of you two.” That got Vinyl. “I said I was sorry.” “No you didn’t,” Octavia said, “I did while you just kept laughing and wouldn’t put the you-know-what out.” “Enough of this.” Digi said, “I’m tired and need a place to relax.” “You’re right, we should help you get settled in before the tour starts.” Octavia said as she picked up a bag with her mouth. Vinyl picked up some of the luggage with the magic and Digi got the rest. They walked to the house while reminiscing about the university days. “And remember that look that Psych gave Lyra.” Vinyl laughed. “That was the only time I ever saw him look like he wanted to kill somepony.” Digi said. “I think everypony gave her that look at some point. Thankfully she grew out of it though.” Octavia said. “What about the time Bon Bon tried to attract more customers by dressing Digi up like big ass pieces of candy?” Vinyl said. “I told you never to speak of that again.” Digi retorted. “I know but it was so fun-” she was cut off by a game controller crashing through a window and hitting her in the head. “FFFFFUUUU-” “I told you we should have brought them with us.” Octavia said in an ‘I told you so’ tone as Vinyl ran into the house with the controller wrapped in her magic. “Is this your house?” Digi asked? “Unfortunately so.” Octavia sighed, “I should have told you earlier, you’re not the only one staying with us.” “Wait, what?” “Vinyl thought it would be a good idea to invite the Twenty Ten boys to stay with us as well.” “What’s wrong with that?” “You see the broken window. They only got here half an hour before you.” “Oh, they’re like that, huh?” “Afraid so.” “No problem” He said as he trotted up to the door. “How bad could it be?” As soon as he opened the door a gray unicorn with a brown mane and tail with a red streak in them crashed into him and sent both of them flying out the door. “Again?!” Digi yelled. “Sorry brony, that filly is pissed. Must be that time of the month. Name’s Mic by the way.” “Digital Whiplash,” he said, “Maybe she’s pissed because you broke her window and hit her in the head with a controller.” “It’s not my fault, Lulz was cheating. He’s lucky I didn’t throw him out the window.” As if on cue an orange pegasus flew out and landed beside them. “You’re just a sore loser.” He said. “Who’s this guy?” “This is Digital Whiplash,” Mic said. “Oh, this is the pony?” Lulz asked. “I guess?” Digi said. “Vinyl and Octy wouldn’t shut up about you earlier.” He said. “Did you really walk in on those two on your bed?” Digi rolled his eyes. “Unfortunately.” “What’s so unfortunate about it? That sounds hot!” “Fanaticizing about a couple of filly fondlers?” Mic said, “What would Ami think?” “You’re right.” He turned back to Digi. “I’m Lulz, but I’m sure you already knew that.” “Nope, can’t say that I have.” Digi said. “Twenty Ten?” “Nope.” “Moving On?” “Uh-uh.” “Obsolete?” “No.” “Mic The Microphone?” “Just now.” “Wooden Toaster?” “Nope.” “The Living Tombstone?” “Him, I know. Is he here? I’d love to meet him.” Mic started laughing, “Looks like your arrogance precedes you, Lulz.” “That’s really a blow to the ego.” “If it’s all the same to you, I’d like to head inside and put my stuff away.” Digi said as he picked up his bags in his magic and trotted inside. Once in he saw Vinyl and Octavia talking to a yellow pegasus with a yellow and green mane and tail that almost looked like electricity was running through it, and gray earth pony with a blue mane and tail; his mane came to a couple of points in the front and looked like they were dipped in blood. “I’ll pay for it after the tour, I promise.” The gray one said to the girls. “It’s fine, Tombstone, we can pay for it, but I would like an apology from Mic.” Octavia said. “Are you sure?” The yellow one asked. “Yeah, it’s cool, it was getting hit in the head that got me.” Vinyl replied. Digi walked over to them. “Hey, where can I put my stuff?” “Digi, just in time.” Vinyl said, “This is The Living Tombstone and Wooden Toaster.” “How’s it going?” Toaster said. “Well, since stepping hoof in Ponyville I choked on a muffin, and was tackled to the ground twice.” Digi replied. “So I’ve been better.” “That sounds pretty rough.” Tombstone said. “Yeah, right now I just want to find somewhere to rest.” Digi said. “I’ll show you to the guest room.” Octavia said. “Lead the way.” He said. As they walked upstairs Digi got to see the full layout of their house. It was kind of modern with a bit of traditional class. He also saw Vinyl chugging an energy drink and getting most of it all over her coat. “If it weren’t for you this place would be a mess, wouldn’t it?” Digi said. “Not necessarily. Vinyl does chores quite a bit. She actually enjoys washing the dishes.” Octavia replied. “Is that so?” “Indeed. Sounds great, but the thing is she washes them with wubs.” “You guys have a dubstep dishwasher?” “Yes, Vinyl saved up money for a while to get it. She says it gets the dishes cleaner than soap and water.” She sighed, “If you ask me it’s just better at giving me a headache in the morning.” “Damn, I’ve been wanting one of those for a while.” They entered the room and Digi finally let his magic evaporate and all his bags dropped to the floor with a thud. “Dear Celestia, I’m exhausted!” He moaned. “I’ll let you get settled in. If you need anything we’ll be downstairs.” She said. “Thanks Tavi. I really owe you one for allowing this insanity in your house.” “It’s really know problem, like Vinyl says: ‘The things we do for wub.’” With that she left Digi to rest. He looked at the luggage scattered on the floor. Cases and cases of equipment, he even had bags for chords, just chords. He decided to just leave it all alone until it was time to hit the road. He walked over to the window and opened the shutters to let in light and look around the town from an elevated view. Ponyville had more large buildings than he thought. He turned his focus to the ponies outside going about their own business. He noticed a large red stallion with a blonde mane and tail selling apples, a pink earth pony mare bouncing around randomly singing, a pegasus filly weaving through ponies on a scooter pulling two other fillies in a wagon. All these different ponies intrigued him. He kept looking for a while, spying Bon Bon at bakery with some strange creature he’d never seen before that walked on two legs. What was even more strange is that he could swear He’d seen it somewhere before. ‘Oh well’ He thought, ‘I’m sure I’ll get a chance to chat with Bon Bon while I’m here.’ He also saw Derpy flirting with a brown stallion with an hourglass as a cutie mark. There was a blue pegasus flying by with what looked like a rainbow trailing her. He looked back down just in time to see the most beautiful pony he had ever seen. She was a purple alicorn with a dark blue mane and tail that had pink and purple highlights. Her cutie mark was a six-point star with five other smaller stars around it. She was about to turn the corner but Digi wasn’t done admiring her. He forgot he was on the second floor and jumped out the window. He instantly regretted what he did. He hit the ground hard and was instantly rendered unconscious.