Snow fell from the skies in little white flakes. Winter was in full swing as the cold air rushed past the ponies and through the streets. Vinyl pressed further into the collar of her coat. Even though the chill of winter was stinging her cheeks she was still happy, happier than she had ever been. A smile beamed across her face as she looked back at the pony behind her. The charcoal gray mare stood in her very own coat and boots. An electric blue scarf was tucked around her neck, an early gift from Vinyl for the upcoming holidays. Vinyl trotted up and tugged at the scarf, beckoning Octavia farther along. Octavia giggled and walked up alongside the excited white mare.
Vinyl was nearly bouncing with each step as she moved along the street. She smiled at all the ponies she passed and was always stopping to wait for Octavia to catch up. She loved that mare, but she sure did take her sweet time. Vinyl was living the dream, right up until the point she turned around one last time. She looked back, and there was nopony there.
Octavia was gone. She wasn't standing in the snow anymore just behind Vinyl. But it was more than that. It was as if she had never been there. There were no hoofprints in the snow. There was no giggles echoing through the air. Vinyl searched all around that spot. She turned up the snow for almost half a block but it was empty. Her face twisted with worry, her eyes wide and alert. It wasn't until then she realized the silence.
The silence all around her. Her eyes lifted up and darted around, but there was nothing to be found. Ponies filled the streets moments earlier and yet, they were empty now. Not a pony was seen for blocks and blocks. Vinyl raced down to the end of the block. The snow was falling thicker and heavier. It was getting harder and harder to see. She shook the snow off her mane and looked around in a frantic effort to find somepony, anypony. But the more she looked, the more she only saw white. The snow filled her vision until all she saw was the little white flakes blowing in a flurry around her. She desperately closed her eyes and held them shut. She wished and wished for Octavia to be back at her side.
Vinyl's body snapped upright in her bed. A cold sweat beaded over her coat. She breathed heavy for a few moments before shaking it off. Icy cold wind pierced through her blanket, threatening to turn her white coat a very cold shade of blue. Vinyl shivered and reluctantly climbed out of bed. The winter winds blew open the window again. She annoyingly trudged over and slammed the window shut with her magic. Vinyl was forced to step back once the glass pane shattered into smithereens. A gust of wind rained the shards down around her, and a cut appeared on her cold cheeks. The warm blood quickly ran cold upon contact with the winter winds. Vinyl cursed in her head.
AAAAAHHHHHHHH! Just great! And now this happens! What else? What else can possibly happen to me now, huh? The glass, this terrible frickin apartment, damned winter. I have to go through all of this after- after- after her. But why?
Vinyl slowly slumped down to the floor. Her thoughts turned from those of anger to those of sadness. She thought back to that time. Six months had gone by and she still filled her thoughts. That one mare of charcoal gray, with eyes of violet and heart with so much compassion it could bring anypony to tears. It certainly did for Vinyl, seeing as how her every night from the past six months has been filled with her face. Octavia's face.