It didn’t take long for Vinyl to come across a good music style. As Vinyl continued down the hallway, she used her magic to listen in on every classroom. None of them really appealed to her, until she got to the last classroom, which she didn’t even need her magic to listen in on.
It was from this classroom that she heard what she would later find out was called Bass. The vibrations and sounds it made were intoxicating to Vinyl. Vinyl took notice of the “DO NOT INTERRUPT WHEN LIGHT IS RED” sign, and decided to wait until the light turned off to go in and introduce herself.
Barely 10 minutes had passed when the light turned green. Vinyl approached the door and knocked loudly. Within 2 minutes, a large unicorn stallion with massive headphones opened the door and looked down at Vinyl Scratch.
“Hey there. I’m Beat Box, those most ponies call me Professor Beat. How can I help you?” Beat Box asked Vinyl.
“Hi. My name’s Vinyl Scratch. I’m a General Studies Pony here who was looking for a major. I heard the awesome noise coming from here and decided to check it out.” Vinyl answered Beat Box, smiling up at him.
“Hm. So you’re interested in being a DJ Pony eh? I never turn down a willing student, so come on in Vinyl Scratch.” Beat Box told Vinyl, standing to the side and allowing her to enter.
Vinyl nodded and entered, immediately gasping as she saw the setup of the room. There were about 6 turntables setup in a horseshoe shape at the back of the room, and an even larger one directly in front of her.
Only 4 of the turntables were full, and they were all filled with unicorns. As the unicorns finished adjusting their turntables, they looked up at Vinyl and gave her a big smile along with a wave. Vinyl smiled and waved back.
“All right my little DJ’s. This here’s Vinyl Scratch, and she’s interested in joining our program. Vinyl, these are DJ Deadhor5, DJ Hay Raiser, DJ Van Horn, and DJ Filly Fiend.” Beat Box told Vinyl, indicating each pony as he said their DJ name.
“I prefer to use the DJ names in here, as it’s the name you’ll be known by once you finish my program. You need a DJ name though. Hmm. Any ideas little mixers?” Beat Box asked the other students.
“She’s the third student to join after the initial start date. Maybe something with a 3?” Deadhor5 suggested.
“Yeah. Hmm. She’s a unicorn too, and the Horn bits been done already.” Filly Fiend added.
“I agree. How about something with ‘Pony’ in it? We already have a Horse and a Filly here, so it would still be distinguishing enough.” Van Horn interjected.
“Do you have any preferences from what we thought of Vinyl?” Hay Raiser asked.
Vinyl put her hoof to her chin for a moment. She had an idea.
“How about DJ PON-3? It has the 3 element and the Pony element. What do you think?” Vinyl asked.
Beat Box turned to look at his students, who all nodded after a moment of thought.
“All right. DJ PON-3 it is. Please take your seat next to Filly Fiend PON-3. Welcome to the world of DJ’s!” Beat Box added as Vinyl took her seat, eagerly looking over at her fellow students as they smiled and nodded at her.
Vinyl knew she’d be okay here. And soon enough, DJ PON-3 would become a name known throughout all of Equestria.