//------------------------------// // The Letter // Story: Techno of Emotions // by Ripcord //------------------------------// I walked out of the field slowly, my limbs still felt like they weren't attached. As I walked I heard noises, musical instruments of all sorts playing off in the distance. "The Musicians Festival," I gasped at this realization. The music festival was today and I completely forgot about it, I began to run but fell over in a feeble attempt. My limbs still ached from the dream, how could they hurt so bad from a dream. I got back up, legs shacking under my weight and I continued to walk. The cool breeze only settled the mood I was in, cold, dying on the inside. Yet hope decided to play a card in my favor and Soft Treble was walking up the hill toward me, she was holding a mix tape. It was mine, I walked down a little faster to meet her in the middle. She smiled when she saw me and I did the same, we met in middle and hugged. "Oh deary I've been looking for you everywhere, you need to go down and perform. Here hand me your CD and run along," Soft Treble said quickly. "Thank you Treble, this will save me so much time," I said happily while trading CD's with her. She ran off quickly to go get her violin I presumed and I began to walk down the hill again. My mood was instantly brightened by the surprise visit of Soft Treble, my legs began to regain feeling finally so I ran down the hill. I reached the bottom and used the momentum of the run to shoot past Soft Treble looking back and smiled brightly at her. The grass waved slowly from the wind generated from my run, it's golden waves made this cold day seem brighter. I smiled without forcing it, the beauty of the landscape could make even a dragon smile. I ran faster then I've ever ran before and reached the festival in no time at all. The festival was a mass of pony musicians of all types, all with unique talents and abilities. The art of music is put on display in this spectacle of arts, the air filled with all kinds of different music types as each pony played. I couldn't believe my eyes at the sight of this, so many musicians, so many sounds but none like mine. No one here had a story, only a fast paced riff raff that all ponies could understand. I shouldn't judge, I was the same weeks ago but then I heard the truth of music. So I continued to walk up to my tent that Derpy kinda set up. "Go Derps, almost got I....," I was cut off by some ruffling coming from under the tent and soon Derpy came out from under it with all sorts of speaker cable tangled around her. "Hey Vinyl, I almost got it set up just gotta find where these go," Derpy said confused. "Haha it's alright Derps, I can handle it from here," I said enthusiastically. Walked over to her and unwrapped the cables from her body, she smiled and flew off to go see her little Dinky play her recorder. I walked in and put the synthesizer on the stand, I grabbed the cable laid on the floor and carefully hooked the cords into the synthesizer and speakers. I pushed the speakers out in front of the tent, everypony watched as I floated one one top of the other. It made a stack of two on both sides of the tent, ponies began to gather around my tent and I walked back into it. Soon I ripped the curtains down and the true nature of the tent was revealed, it was a giant sub woofer. I grabbed the the microphone and addressed the crowd. "Hello visitors in Ponyvill, are you ready to rock!" I yelled through the mike. Everypony cheered and watched intently as I dialed up the volume and put the track on five, within seconds the bass exploded and the massive sub shook the crowd. They all stood up quickly startled at the boom, a shock wave shook all the tents in the surrounding are. I stood up for the shock nocked me over and dialed the music down. "Sorry everypony, technical difficulty," I said blushing. The music began shortly after the bang was corrected and the air filled with the sounds of hundreds of instruments. I noticed that ponies were still surrounding my tent listening silently to my music, all marking something down on the voting card. I sat there and continued to play my techno and watch the others closely, they all seemed to become happy listening to my music. I soon I heard a sound that seemed all to familiar, I looked back and saw little Dinky Hooves tooting away on her recorder. Derpy was following closely behind her smiling with absolute glee enjoying her little filly trying to play her recorder. Dinky landed awkwardly on top of me and Derpy landed next to us. "Vinyl Scratch, listen I figured out how to play hot cross buns," Dinky said quickly. She began to play, the sound was scratchy and out of tune but it was still cute. Derpy was blushing in excitement of her daughters new found abilities, I was smiling at how funny Derpy looked. She was rubbing her face and scrunching it in awkward positions in her excitement. "So Vinyl what do you think, was it good?" Dinky asked me. "It was wonderful DInky, a class act," I said enthusiastically. "Really, you think so," Dinkies eyes were sparkling as she asked this. I said nothing in return and just kissed her on the head, she flew off and Derpy came next to me. " Thank you Vinyl, I'm so proud of her," Derpy began to tear up. You could tell that it was a mothers love in her eyes when she looked at me. "It was good, and your welcome Derps," I said to her. I leaned over and hugged her, she smiled and walked back. She looked at me before flying off cock eyed into the sky. It was nice to have a friend like Derpy, although people question her parenting. They don't know her like I do, but my mind drifted off and I didn't realize that my music wasn't playing. I quickly ran back to turn it back on, luckily nobody left and they all clapped when the music came back on. All my music was made before the concert, except for the music I made for Octavia. I wanted to go out and look for her but never did for I knew she would hear my song soon enough. The night came over Ponyville and everypony knew what it meant. Time to reveal the final act, everypony was given a card to jot down a name for the winner. The score tallier, walked onto the the stage and drew in a deep breath. "Welcome everypony to the Equestria Musicians Contest, it is my pleasure to announce the winner of this years contest," Yelled the announcer. Everypony cheered in excitement and watched in anticipation to see who would be crowned winner. "And this years winner is, Vinyl Scratch!" Yelled the announcer. I walked, chest buffed out onto the stage, everypony was cheering loudly still. I got up to the podium and waved to the crowd, I walked back and put my CD into the music player. The system was massive, and I was fairly sure some tweaking and you could hear my song all the way in Canterlot. I placed it carefully into the tray, it shut and the whole system began to glow in a light purple hue. When the speakers began to boom and and the hue drifted out of the speakers and off the stage, it drifted into the crowd. I listened the music I made days back, I was heartbroken back then, still am but worse days back. It's feeling was untamed and true, it's story was pure and songful, It's beat and sound brought the crowd closer. They all listened closely and they felt my heartbreak, they all began to sway holding who they loved closely. Some even staying still and just sitting head on top of head enjoying the moment. For some odd reason I began to glow too, brighter than before. The magic was flowing off of me, my horn was going crazy and when the song reached it's peak the magic exploded off. Like the first time it made a giant purple nova except off me, my body tingled as the magic extruded from my pores. I sank to my knees as the magic finally stopped, everypony looked in amazement at the sight portrayed in front of them. Soft Treble rushed onto the stage and haled me off, she was old but not weak. I must have blacked out somewhere because I woke up into her house, my head ached and my horn felt like it was going to explode. Soft Treble was coming in with a troth of tea, she put to lumps of sugar into my tea smiling. She placed the cup on my chest and rubbed my head. "You ok deary, that was quite a show you put on," Soft Treble asked quietly. "I *ugh* my head," I said weakly trying to sit up. "Whoa now deary you need to lay down and drink this, it's herbal so it'll fix you r head right up," "Thank you Soft Treble," "Your welcome, that song you made. It was for Octavia wasn't it?" asked Soft Treble in a low tone. She looked dismayed for some reason. "Y-yes why do you ask?" I said looking at her hands. They were trembling and she got up quickly and walked back into the kitchen. I heard rustling coming from the kitchen, Soft Treble looked like she was trying to find something important. She came back into the room, her eyes said don't look but she handed the letter to me anyways. It was from Octavia, I opened it slowly, anticipating what it will say. *Dear Vinyl Scratch, I apologize to you personally, I should have never left you. Grandma Treble filled me in on what is going on with you, the Night Terrors and depression, I'm so so sorry my love. I wanted to come to the Festival so bad and see you again, to kiss you one more time. I still love you Vinyl but I'm afraid I will not be able to see you, I'm stuck in Canterlot and the guards are not letting anyone out. They said there was a threat placed on Celestia and they said anyone could be the rebel assassin. I'm sorry again my love, I love you and I pray that you still love me too. Yours truly, Octavia.* I set the letter down, Soft Treble came over and hugged me. She rubbed my back, I began to cry again. Not from fear, not from sadness, but because I was happy. I grabbed Soft Treble and held her tight, she squeaked a little at how hard I grabbed her. She looked at me because she knew what it said just by looking at me. "Go get her Vinyl, Go get her," said Soft Treble bravely and I shot out of the house and ran home to go pack. I ran home quickly, my breath was so hot from the excitement and my running that it fogged in front of me. I ran so hard the I didn't stop to open the door, I hit it dead on and sent it sliding on the floor into the living room. It made a loud crashing noise startling some nearby ponies going for a stroll, I ran upstairs and looked on my desk for the song. "Where did it go....SOFT TREBLE!" I yelled in surprise, I crashed down the stairs and ran out the door. Soft Treble was sitting on a bench outside my house, I looked at her with a large smile on my face as she waved the CD in the air. I rushed over and hugged her grabbing the CD mid way into it, I let go quickly and dashed off into the direction of Canterlot. I Dashed to the city outskirts and ended up in the wheat fields waving gracefully in the cool night breeze. As I finally slowed down and started to walk, I heard a violin playing off in the distance. I walked off and marched over a hill only to find Her sitting into the ravine staring at me smiling.