//------------------------------// // Backgrounds and Backgrounds // Story: The Funny Little Guy // by KingJoltik //------------------------------// “Okay Lyra, that's not mine. In fact, I don't even know what that thing is.” Bon-Bon said as she stared and pointed at Temmie. “Sure is cute though.” “hOI!” “Yeah...I'll agree with you there.” Lyra replied as she went up and petted Temmie. “Hey there...how ya doing little fellah?” “hOI! I'm temmie!” “Hi Temmie! I'm Lyra!” Lyra said and then pointed at Bon-Bon. “And this is my lousy roommate Bon-Bon, who loves keeping tons of secrets.” “Hey!” “Oh stop it Bon-Bon!” Lyra barked back. “You brought this on yourself! Speaking of which...you're sleeping on the couch tonight!” “WHAT?! No I am not!” “Yes you are.” Lyra quickly turned her head back. “Don't you agree Tem-huh? Where'd ya go?” Meanwhile... “Alright Vinyl, did you get the strings?” said a certain gray earth pony. “You bet Tavi.” Vinyl replied as her horn began to glow. Several pieces of music equipment floated through the air as Octaiva carried her cello on her back. “See? It's in this box here.” “Good. Let's get this back to the house and-hmm? What's this?” “What's what?” “That.” Octavia said, pointing. “That adorable little creature walking down the street. Well actually...I'm not sure if it is walking...it looks like it just moves while shaking.” “Whoa! It's like vibrating while it's moving! That's so cool!” Vinyl said as she lifted her glasses up. “I wonder if I could do that?” “I suggest you don't try until we get all of this back home Vinyl. We've already spent too many bits on all this equipment anyways!” “Okay...take the fun out of everything...” grumbled Vinyl as they continued to walk. As the turned another corner... “hOI!” “Whoa!” Vinyl yelped with a small leap back. “Where did you come from?” “hOI! I'm temmie!” “Haha! Hey Tavi, look! It's the weird shaking thing again!” “I see that Vinyl. How did it get in front of us?” “I don't know...cute little thing, ain't it?” “Yes...I won't deny that.” Octavia said as she walked up and petted it, a small smile on her face. “Hello little one, my name is Octavia.” “hOI! I'm temmie!” “Nice to meet ya Temmie! I'm the one and only DJ P0N-3! But you can call me Vinyl.” “u...vinl?” “Close. It's Vinyl.” “vinl.” Octavia giggled as she watched Vinyl try again. After a few attempts, she decided to intervene. “That's enough Vinyl. Don't worry about it.” “Okay...” Vinyl grumbled. She then pointed to Octavia. “But...how about you try her name? It's Octavia.” “Vinyl! Don't be rude! Don't just-” “u...octva?” “No dear, it's Octavia. Octavia Melody.” “u...octva?” Vinyl started cracking up, the objects she was levitating slowly falling. “Ha! How do you like that Octavia?!” “Oh stop it Vinyl. And don't drop our stuff.” “I know, I know...” Vinyl waved her hoof up and down. “Good.” Octavia glanced back at Temmie, “Now, sorry about the Temmie-huh? Where did...” Meanwhile again... “Ah don't know Scootaloo...do yah really think we can get cutie marks in extreme parkour?” Apple Bloom said, as her face showed a small frown. “Ah mean...do we have to keep doing all the dangerous stuff?” “It'll be fine.” Scootaloo replied. “Stop worrying so much. Everything will be fine and we'll finally get our cutie marks!” “You said that last time. And the time before.” Apple Bloom deadpanned. “Remember what happened yesterday?” “No. What happened yesterday?” Yesterday... “CUTIE MARK BOMB MAKERS! YAY!” Today... “Oh yeah...I'm still surprised we survived that.” “Uh-huh.” Apple Bloom said in a sarcastic tone. “And now we have to go build the barn tomorrow...again.” “I said I was sorry! I didn't know that stuff was flammable!” “It's a bomb Scootaloo! It's supposed to explode when it gets hit by fire!” “Well yeah, but...” Scootaloo turned her head to their other member. “Help me out here Sweetie...huh? Where'd she go?” “Huh?” Apple Bloom said as she turned around as well. The two looked around the treehouse, trying to find their friend. Then, the two looked outside, only to see their friend giggling on the ground. “Uh...Sweetie Belle? You okay?” “Yeah! Come over here and meet this cute little thing girls!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed her hoof waving. “Cute little thing?” Scootaloo questioned. “What's she talking about?” “No idea. Let's go see.” The two dropped down and approached their chuckling friend. There, the duo soon replaced their expressions with smiles as they saw the creature she was taking about. “hOI! I'm temmie!”