Julian - CsCamper - DashCamp(IDBrony)
Part 4 – Mixed Composition
Octav felt really happy, she actually still couldn’t believe that the Princess invited her. She packed her things happily, all her dress, coat, and of course Cello, in a huge, old, red case. She has bought a ticket to Canterlot, the trains departed at night, so she still got all day. She packed her things in the morning, wrote some mail to Vinyl in the afternoon, and thanked the theater owner and said goodbye to him. At night, she called a caravan to bring her to the station, because she packed a lot of things.
When she arrived at the station, it was pretty crowded, There were lots of ponies. It was pretty hard to move even one metre, she had to hold her case up so she could move. After some hard steps, she finally reached her train. She felt really tired, she didn’t know that going on train would be this hard. After she put her case, the train started, slowly leaving Fillydhelpia station. She felt sleepy, she grabbed a pillow at the other side of her seat, and fell asleep. It was a peaceful sleep until the conductor woke her up, she shocked and fall from the seat. She felt embarrassed, the conductor didn’t really care about it, he only asked for the ticket. Octavia gave her ticket, he checked her ticket, and left her. It was pretty rude, she thought.
After the conductor left, she tried to sleep again. The pillow was so soft that she felt asleep very quick, but not long she heard a bell, it was a soft and peaceful clanging sound, but suddenly it turned to a loud train whistle. And again she fell from her seat, hurt her back. But she arrived at least, she thought. She grabbed her case and walked out from the train. Canterlot station was busier than Fillydhelpia’s, but it was more organized. She dragged her case outside the station, and called a caravan to the castle. She hoped she can arrive soon so she could unpack her things, but it took quite a long time since the castle was located near the cliff. She still felt really tired that she fell asleep again.
The caravan arrived at the castle gate while she was still asleep, the guard stopped the caravan, he needed to check before the caravan may enter. When the guard opened the door, he was surprised to see a filly sleeping. He tried to wake her up, then he heard her mumbling some songs. He tried to wake her up again, this time, Octav really woke up, shocked again, and fell again. Not a pretty good start, she thought. The guard asked her for her arrival, she then showed them the letter from Princess Celestia.
Not wanting the Princess to wait, the guard brought him to the Princess. Soon as she arrived in the royalty room, she bowed down. The Princess told her to stand up and greeted her, she wanted to hear a good Cello play. The Princess told Octav that it has been a couple years since she last heard a good cello play, that’s why she asked Octav to come and became her personal cellist. Octav was pretty surprised, why her? Well it was an honor, but she was just a filly with and Old Cello, nothing special. She apologized to her, she said that there were lots of ponies better than her.
The Princess understood her, she said that Octav might be like the others, but there were something more about her talent, and she wanted to hear more. She then offered a house near the Canterlot castle, so if she wanted to hear Octav play, it would be easier. Octav thought about it for a while, but she was pretty confused, she was only an average pony, not an elite pony, she didn’t even want to be. Octav asked for time to think about it, the Princess agreed. She then told the guards to brought her to her new house, the guards responded quickly. They took her to her house with the chariot, the seat was very soft that she felt really comfortable along the way.
It took only about three minutes, then they arrived at a house. It wasn’t really big, but not really small either. A simple but luxurious house, Octav was amazed, because she had never lived in a house like this. She was stunned outside for ten minutes, when somepony passed by. That pony stopped and looked at her, she thought she know her. That pony looked closer, she knew that pony, It was Octav. When She poked Octav’s shoulder, Octav turned around. A filly she recognized, it was Vinyl!
Octav was pretty surprised to see her best friend in Canterlot, Vinyl also didn’t think of meeting her friend in Canterlot. Vinyl was in Canterlot because her manager lived here, while Octav stayed in Canterlot as the Princess request. Vinyl was amazed, knowing her best friend was close to the Princess itself. Octav didn’t agree, she said the Princess just wanted to hear her play, not more. Vinyl told her that invited by the Princess meant big opportunity, she was really lucky. But Vinyl noticed something, her friend wasn’t cheerful at all, she then asked the problem about it. Then Octav told that she was, kind of stuck, it was a pretty hard decision for her to make.
Vinyl told her to tell about the whole story, at first she laughed a bit, but then she got serious. Vinyl told her to just accept it, like she said before, it was a big opportunity. Octav then agreed, the next morning, she went to the Canterlot Castle. She wanted to meet Princess Celestia, when she arrived at the Royalty Room she bowed down. The Princess told her to stood up and asked her about her answer, Octav answered with only three word, Yes,Your Majesty. The Princess then told some maid to bring her something, a box, and she gave it to Octav. A bowtie? She thought, The Princess told her to wear it. It was a bit tight, but she liked it. Then the Princess told her her first task, to train hard for the upcoming Grand Galloping Gala.
The Grand Galloping Gala?
To be continued...