//------------------------------// // What's gotten in to you, Twilight Sparkle? // Story: Play Me a Love Song // by Systemfail //------------------------------// The day was almost over when a happy Pinkie awoke to a knock at the door. That wasn't right... Was it? 'I never sleep in this late.' Another knock on the door. 'I guess I can see who it is.' "Pinkie, open up!" The knocking became more hurried. Was that... Twilight? What was wrong with her? The door opened to reveal two distraught unicorns, why were Twilight and Vinyl here? Why were they upset? Then it happened. Reality came crashing down on to Pinkie Pie. "T-Twilight? Vinyl? What... What are you guys doing here?" Immediately, Twilight's gaze softened to a worried look. "Pinkie, what's going on? Ever since you introduced me to Vinyl you've been... Distant..." "Yeah, Pinks'," The white unicorn added in, "I don't know what I did, but I'm sorry..." The unicorn trailed off as a stream of tears fell from her eyes. Vinyl was obviously upset, even Pinkie, as sad as she had been lately, felt bad for the white DJ. 'I just... I really hope you don't hate me for whatever I did, I've lost enough friends. I don't want to lose you either." "What? No! Vinyl... You have it all wrong." The pink pony was aghast. Was she really acting that strangely? "I've been going through... Some things..." Pinkie remembered her feelings for Twilight fully now. 'Maybe I was too late.' Pinkie felt a tear escape her eyes. Twilight sat down beside the crying earth pony, lifting a hoof on to Pinkie's back. Pinkie could feel her pulse pick up. "Pinkie, what's wrong? We just want to help..." "I can't tell you, Twilight!" Tears were streaming down Pinkie's face, more than even Vinyl by now, who just sat and watched silently. "I just... I'm too scared!" That was it. Scared. 'I'm... I'm not jealous.... I'm not angry... I'm scared...' "I'm just scared..." Pinkie heard a chuckle from across the room. "Scared?... You're SCARED?" Vinyl stood there, crying, and inextinguishable anger in her eyes. "You treat me like dirt... You avoid Twilight... You mope in your room because you're SCARED?" "Vinyl, I-" The lavender unicorn tried to intervene "No, Twilight... I don't want you to see me like this." Vinyl's rage died down. "I'm going home." She walked out the door as it shut with a slam. "Vinyl!" Twilight ran out the door, giving one last look at Pinkie Pie, but what was that look on her face? Anger? Sorrow? Pinkie couldn't tell. She was blinded by her own tears. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Home.' That's where Vinyl needed to go. 'Home.' The white unicorn told herself as she sprinted down the streets of Ponyville. She felt tears going down her cheeks, but she didn't care. Vinyl didn't even know what she felt. 'Am I angry? No.. Am I sad? No... Then why am I crying?' "Vinyl! Wait!" Vinyl heard Twilight's voice, but she couldn't stop herself. 'Home, I just want to go home.' With that, the whole world around Vinyl melted, she ignored her marefriend, she ignored the ponies she ran in to. She only stopped to open up her door and then slam it quickly. Vinyl looked out her window, no sign of Twilight or Pinkie. 'I'm sorry, guys.' Vinyl lied on the floor. "I'm sorry." Were the only words Vinyl could mutter before breaking down in to a fit of sobs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Twilight stood in the middle of the street, staring at the white pony who walked away from her. "I guess it's hopeless right now, I'll come back after she's cooled off." Twilight let out an audible sigh as she walked back to the library. "I hope Pinkies alright... I better check on her, too." Twilight was too tired to feel very sad or worried right now, though. She had been staying up a lot lately. It would be good to get a bit of rest. Twilight approached the library she called home, and was greeted by a small purple dragon as she entered. "Hey Twi'," Spike started, "You hungry? I just ate but I could make you somet- Twilight, are you alright? Have you been... Crying?" "What? No! I mean, it's nothing, Spike, I'm actually really tired, and I have to open up the library for the week tomorrow. I think I'll skip dinner tonight." Spike was obviously worried, it was so nice of him to put up with her lately. Twilight approached the small dragon and gave him a quick nuzzle, "Thanks, Spike. You're always there for me." "Well, I am your number one assistant." Spike chuckled. "Twilight, you go to sleep. I'll clean up the library for tomorrow, if you need anything, just call." "Thanks, Spike, but don't work yourself too hard. You are just a baby dragon after all!" Twilight gave Spike a goodnight kiss on the forehead, and with that, went off to bed. It was the middle of the night when a knock at the door awoke Twilight. The more Twilight tried to ignore it, the louder it got. 'Whoever's out there better have something important to say.' It was raining outside. "Looks like bad weather tomorrow." Twilight stumbled down the wooden steps as the knocking continued. 'What's so important it couldn't wait until tomorrow?' She approached the door as a violet aura covered the doorknob. The door swung open to reveal Pinkie Pie... But not the normal happy Pinkie Pie. Her mane was deflated, she had tears in her eyes, and she was soaked... This was the Pinkie Pie from earlier today. "Twilight..." The pink earth pony stuttered out, "We... We need to talk." Twilight was surprised to say the least. "Pinkie, come in. What's gotten in to you lately?" Twilight stepped in to her kitchen, only to come back out with two glasses of water. "I, Twilight..." Did Pinkie really know what she was doing? 'Don't do it, Pinkie, don't do it..." The lavender pony came up to Pinkie and gave her a friendly nuzzle. "It's okay," She started, "You know I'll always be here for you, Pinkie." "Twilight," Pinkie fought back the tears. "I LOVE YOU!" (A/N: FUCKING FINALLY! Sorry to interrupt your story, but I'm sure the rest of you are thinking the same thing.) Pinkie didn't open her eyes. She still felt the warmth of the unicorn next to her, she stopped moving, the glasses she was holding fell to the floor with a large shatter. "I- Pinkie..." Pinkie sat there on the hard, wood floor, biting her upper lip. She didn't fight back the tears anymore. She knew what was coming next. "Twilight... " "I'm sorry, Pinkie. There's somepony else." "T-Twilight, please..." Pinkie couldn't move. She never felt more betrayed. "Maybe, maybe if you were sooner, maybe I did feel those feelings for you once... But Pinkie, I just... I just can't say I love you anymore." "Twilight... Who?" Pinkie couldn't control her words. 'Just please, please Celestia, don't let it be-' "V-Vinyl." Twilight looked at the ground. It was her. Her of all ponies. Twilight fell for Vinyl. "I just... I just don't understand..." Twilight held Pinkie as she cried through the night. Those tears would be forever. Pinkie could never fix what happened to her. She did realize, though, that having a friend like Twilight was almost as good. Just then, Pinkie could have sworn she felt her mane return to its cotton candy like state. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Aaagh, my head." A white unicorn pony arose to the sound of a distant chime in the other room. "Time for work already? Ugh" The pony stood up off the floor, already noticing something was wrong. 'Why am I here?' Vinyl looked over at where she was sitting, noticing a small amount of water on the floor, then on her cheeks. 'Oh, right.' 'Why did I overreact like that?' Vinyl only sighed and shrugged off the thought, saving it for later. "I can think about that later," The DJ said out loud, "who knows? Maybe Twilight will even be there!" Vinyl giggled at that thought. It wasn't too outlandish to see Twilight up at a club anymore. "That would be so awesome!" 'This is normal, right?' Vinyl asked herself over and over again on the way to the night club. 'I mean, I've never wanted to see one of my marefriends before, it's usually them wanting to see me! Here I am, though, hoping my marefriend will come and see mee DJ. Is she even that interested in my music?' The more Vinyl thought about her relationship with Twilight, the more Vinyl seemed to want to see her. 'Oh well, I can only hope for the best.' It was only a few hours after sundown when Vinyl came to her destination. "10:30, only a half hour 'till opening!" Vinyl looked through the line of ponies out front of the club, there were plenty of earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns, but none of them stood out. None of them, besides a rainbow-maned pony sitting impatiently at the front of the line. Vinyl recognized that pony, that pony was Twilight's friend, Rainbow Dash. Also the pony who brought up a relationship with Twilight in the first place. "Hey!" Vinyl walked to the front of the line. "I know you!" Vinyl tapped Rainbow Dash on the back, only to send her back from what seemed like a daydream to Vinyl. "Oh, hey Vinyl. What's up?" The Rainbow-maned pegasus only gave off a small, sheepish grin at the fact that she wasn't paying attention. "I was actually just about to step inside and make sure everything was ready for tonight. I have to say I'm a little surprised to see a pony like you come here alone!" "Oh, I'm not alone." Rainbow Dash looked around for a moment, only to grab a shaking yellow pegasus from behind her. "Trying to hide? Huh?" Rainbow changed her attention to Vinyl. "She needed to get out more, and she didn't fight back too much!" Rainbow giggled to herself. "H-hello, Vinyl." The obviously nervous mare said as she looked at her surroundings. "Dash, there are so many more people here..." "Oh, relax, Fluttershy! This is going to be fun! Besides, I'll be here! If you need to step outside for a bit, or even the whole night, just let me know." Rainbow ruffled Fluttershy's mane with her hoof, "I don't think you'll want to go, though. It's not nearly as bad as you think it is!" Vinyl laughed at the yellow pegasus before her. She was, Vinyl admitted, pretty adorable. "Hey, have you guys seen Twilight? I was hoping she would come again." "Well," Fluttershy started, "We did see Pinkie on the way here. She said she was going to Twilight's, but I didn't hear anything about her coming to a club tonight. Maybe I could go grab her, Rainbow, I'm sure you'd have a lot more fun with her here!" Fluttershy tried to fly away, but to no avail. She turned around to see Rainbow Dash chuckling and holding her tail. "Oh, come on!" Vinyl started, "It's fun! You should really give it a chance, Flutters. Hey, I need to go inside now, but if you guys see Twilight, tell her I need to talk to her, okay?" Vinyl walked away from the two mares, only to hear the laughs of Rainbow Dash. "Flutters! That's priceless!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Twilight sighed in relief as she watched the pink party pony walk out the door. "That's one crazy pony I've dealt with, now to deal with Vinyl." Twilight checked the clock. '11:30, the club didn't open too long ago. Maybe I'll stop by for the night and talk with Vinyl afterwards... but first...' Twilight ran upstairs to her bedroom. She levitated a pair of violet glasses off of her dresser and over her eyes. She then looked at her straightened hair, 'how boring.' Twilight ruffled her mane in to a slightly messy look, but not too disorganized. Twilight giggled when she remembered what her marefriend once said to her. 'With those things on, you look like the kind of pony that would show up at my club!' Twilight giggled to herself as she walked out the door. As stressful as things were right now, there was always time to have fun. It was a short walk to club P0N-3, but it was boring nonetheless. Nopony was outside, it was just dark. What fun was there in quiet? Twilight didn't want quiet. Sure, it was nice sometimes, but right now, all Twilight wanted was loud music, her new marefriend, and a dance floor. It didn't take Twilight long to get inside, but it did seem like Vinyl was right about the club needing to be bigger. 'The last couple of times I came here,' Twilight thought to herself, 'there weren't nearly as many ponies. It's going to be annoying to even get a drink at this rate!' Music was blaring, lights were flashing, and for some strange reason, Twilight found herself more relaxed than ever. There were a few friendly faces here and there, but Twilight didn't care about that, not now. The first thing the lavender pony did was find her marefriend up on the stage. Twilight ran to the front of the dance floor to get a better look at her marefriend on the stage. Twilight could barely even think to herself through her music, but what she did know what that Vinyl looked beautiful up on her pedestal. 'She sure is something,' Twilight started, 'and I somehow managed to get her.' Tonight was the same as any night at the club to Vinyl Scratch. She played the same club, saw the same ponies, but wait, who was that she saw off in the middle of the dance floor. 'Is that?... It is!' There she was, Twilight Sparkle. Her mane was ruffled like it was the other day. She even had her 'specs Vinyl got for her. 'Oh my gosh! She really did like them!' Vinyl could feel herself blush, and even let out a slight squeak. 'It's time to take a break,' thought Vinyl, 'I have a certain lavender pony to attend to.' The minutes dragged on and Twilight had grown tired of waiting for her marefriend, and what better way to pass time at a club then to dance? There were ponies of all kinds on the dance floor. Many drunk, many scared to even get out and dance, but those were all things Twilight didn't care about. She only wanted to have fun dancing, and that's just what she did. It didn't take long for the flashing lights to feel normal now, Vinyl's blaring music in the background, and Twilight, acting like a madpony, dancing with nopony and everypony. Twilight had no idea how long it was before the music coming from all directions turned in to a voice. 'Wait, I know that voice. That's Vinyl! She must be on her break!' Twilight cheered silently to herself. Twilight didn't really listen to what Vinyl had to say, so much as how beautiful her voice was. Something about a living tombstone playing. 'I must have heard wrong.' The white pony stepped off the stage and trot on to the bar. She didn't even take a seat. She just walked behind the bar, got a drink, and walked away. Twilight, who was watching from the distance, fell over laughing, along with a few other admirers and ponies seated at the bar. It didn't take long after that for Vinyl to start walking over to Twilight. 'Oh Celestia,' Twilight thought, 'It feels like my heart is going to jump out of my chest.' Vinyl's legs were shaky, she had an obvious blush, and barely managed to pull words together in time. "My my, what do we have here? Twilight Sparkle? Having fun? At a club? Not drunk?" Vinyl giggled and bit her bottom lip before taking a swig from her drink. Time froze for the lavender mare. The lights stopped flashing, the dancing ponies around her disappeared. The only thing Twilight saw, the only thing Twilight cared about, was that white mare in front of her. She made everything more radiant. The lights at the club shined a bit brighter all of a sudden. "You know what, Vinyl Scratch? This is crazy. You're crazy." Twilight said, feigning a slight anger. Now, Vinyl was nervous. "What? Twilight, I-" Vinyl was interrupted by a nuzzle from Twilight, "Say nothing, Vinyl. I like crazy." Twilight tried to sigh, but the sound was washed away by the music in the background. "Vinyl, there's something about you. Something about you that makes me... Well, different. If you told me a few weeks ago that I would be going to a club in the middle of the night, dancing like a madpony, I would call you crazy, but look at me now." "Twilight, thank you. In all honesty," Vinyl took a deep breath, "I was scared. Scared of moving here. Scared of meeting somepony new, hoping everything would end in heartache. I don't like getting all mushy, but, thank you." Vinyl landed a kiss on Twilight's cheek and tried to trot away, but she felt something tug on her tail. It was Twilight, holding her with both hooves in a blush that could compete with even a startled Fluttershy. Twilight pulled Vinyl back in to a gentle kiss, soon turning in to a larger one. "Vinyl," Twilight started, letting the up-beat music flow back in to her ears. "Can I have this dance?" (A/N: Wow! I barely made this! It's 11:56 when I finished this! Okay, so moving sort of sucks. I really did try to get this out fast, but between this, the side project Photo Journal, Lunar Justice and I are tossing around, AND moving, I'm really finding it tough to find time to write. Alright, sorry for the long ass wait guys, hopefully I can finish this up in the next few chapters, write some side stories or one-shots, then write the sequel to this!) Love you guys, Systemfail