The bell above the door rang softly as Vinyl Scratch and her best friend, Lyra Heartstrings, entered the small pet shop. Vinyl removed her sunglasses as she began to search the store. The snow white unicorn had just come back home to Canterlot after an exhausting, multi-city DJ gig. It had been her biggest tour so far, and she knew she should be excited, and yet she found herself at a crossroads. Although she loved the music, and the way the music made her body move, she hated the promoters, the publicity, and the paparazzi. She just wanted to enjoy her music and have other ponies enjoy it as well. But everything these days had become too commercialized.
“See anything you like?” Lyra piped up, joining her friend.
It had been Lyra’s idea to come to the store in the first place. She had not expected her best friend to have succumbed to such a deep depression. It worried her immensely.
Vinyl walked past a cage full of hamsters, smiling as she reached down to pet one with her hoof. Of course, they all scattered, causing Vinyl to laugh again. Lyra smiled too. It had seemed like forever since she had seen her friend laugh.
The white unicorn then made her way to the reptile section.
“Ooh, I’ve always wanted a snake.” She exclaimed, much to Lyra’s chagrin.
Lyra secretly hated slithery, slimy things. Even though Fluttershy had told her many times that snakes were not slimy, still they gave her the heebie jeebies.
“How about a kitten? Or a puppy?”
Vinyl made a face. “I want a cool pet. Something different.”
Lyra nodded, pushing Vinyl past the rest of the reptile section.
“What about an exotic fish?”
“Maybe, if it was an erotic fish.” Vinyl grinned.
Lyra rolled her eyes.
As they made their way down the aisles, Vinyl kept finding excuses for why each pet wasn’t to her liking. When they approached the till, they noticed a rather large aquarium behind the shopkeeper. Inside the tank was something that neither pony had ever seen before. Floating around happily with a smile on its face was a tentacled creature. The head of the creature resembled a pony, complete with a long, flowing, black mane. The body was comprised of eight tiny tentacles and there was an adorable pink bowtie wrapped around the creature’s neck.
“Whoa! What’s that?” Vinyl exclaimed.
The shopkeeper turned around and smiled. “Ah, you have a good eye. That is a very rare sea creature, called an Octaviapus.”
“Octaviapus?” Lyra asked, scratching her head. “Is it like an octopus?”
“They are related. But the Octaviapus is much, much smarter.”
Vinyl stared at the tiny creature and the creature stared back. It only took a moment but as they gazed into each other’s eyes, something amazing happened.
They both fell in love.
“I want her!” Vinyl screeched. “She’s sooooo cute!”
The Octaviapus seemed to agree as she had now floated up to the surface of the tank and poked her head up out of the water.
“SQUEEEE!” she said, happily.
“I’ll name her Octy!” Vinyl said, excitedly.
“Now hold on a second. The Octaviapus is actually not for sale.”
“No way!” Vinyl cried. “But she’s perfect.”
Octy once again seemed to agree and began to make small, sad mewling sounds.
Between Vinyl and Octy, the shopkeeper felt like his ears were about to bleed.
“Maybe it’s for the best Vinyl.” Lyra said, shaking her friend. “You aren’t the most responsible pony anyways.”
“Wait!” Vinyl grinned, using her magic to levitate a large sack of bits onto the counter. “Will this change your mind?”
The shopkeeper’s eyes widened, but he shook his head. When the pile of bits magically was doubled, he felt a lump rise in his throat.
“Okay.” He said quietly. “She’s yours. But, there is one absolutely crucial rule you must follow in the care and well being of the Octaviapus.”
The shopkeeper eyed the creature once more before scribbling out a detailed instruction on a small piece of paper.
“Just follow this rule and you should be fine.” He finished, passing her the note.
Now, most ponies would heed a good warning. But most ponies were not Vinyl Scratch. Vinyl had already forgotten about the note as she magically lifted Octy out of her tank and into her hooves. The creature fit perfectly between them and curled her tentacles around Vinyl’s forelegs, lovingly. Lyra could have sworn she heard the creature making a “cooing” noise.
“Yaay!” Vinyl danced towards the door.
Lyra shook her head and hurried to keep up with her excitable friend. She caught up to her friend half a block down the street.
“Isn’t she perfect?” Vinyl asked, nuzzling Octy.
“She’s pretty cool.” Lyra agreed, as Vinyl lifted Octy onto her head.
“Hey look at her!” Vinyl grinned as Octy wrapped herself around the unicorn’s large horn. “Hahahaha! Octy, that tickles!”
Lyra was happy to once again see her friend smiling, but she was secretly wondering what that slip of paper said and why the shopkeeper had been so hesitant to sell them the creature.
“Did you read the note?”
“What note?”
“The note with the shopkeeper’s instructions on it.”
“Nah! Rules are for losers. I threw it into the storm drain. I’m sure we’ll be fine, won’t we Octy?”
Octy smiled and tightened her grip around Vinyl’s horn. She then gazed down at Lyra, narrowing her eyes.
“SQUEE!”
“GAH!” Lyra said, smacking a hoof to her forehead. “Vinyl! They were probably important!”
“Meh!” The unicorn shrugged, too enamored with her new pet to care.
Lyra sighed and looked up at the sky. She silently prayed to Celestia that Vinyl was right.
As Lyra turned her back, Octy grinned evilly. She slowly made the cutthroat sign with one of her tentacles, sliding it across her neck. Nopony was going to come between Vinyl Scratch and herself.
Nopony.
To be continued...
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Edit- added above text.
There is nothing to regret. I'm even tracking this story.
...Okay then. This might very well be the weirdest thing I've read in a while. And I'm sure it's only going to get weirder from here. This should be fun
The note part bugs me though. It seems to be nothing more than an obvious plot device. Is there any reason why the shopkeeper couldn't have just told them the "one crucial rule" in addition to writing it down?
OH MEH GAWD I can't wait for the next chapter it's so good!
Walks away.... slowly.
3131002 lol thank u!3131005 lol damn...I watched the whole thing lol and imagined Octavia as the plant lmao....love it! Thank u for posting the video!
3131050 haha of course it was a plot device lol like why the group of teenagers feel the need to split up...in a creepy house lol....but seriously I do plan to address the reason he couldn't tell them but it probably won't be revealed till the last chap or so....:) lol thank u for reading and commenting!
3131141 lol thank u! Already getting ideas for chapter 2! Will post ASAP!
Now I have TWO stories that I can't wait to read It's because of you I forget to write, don't take that as a bad thing!!!!
3131204
Well as long as there is a legitimate reason for it I'm fine with it. But plot devices for the sake of plot devices always bug me. Like those teenagers splitting up just so it's easier for the monster to kill them. Plot-induced stupidity should never exist in a good story.
3131248 lol I'll take it as a compliment! Haha ever since I saw this fanart the story just sort of planned itself! Thank u for checking it out :) now get back to writing lol
3131287 Hmmmmm, me getting back at writing....alright you've convinced me
Obviously Octy is kidnapping them for a tea party.
3131204
No problem. I've not seen the whole movie in years. Guess now's as good a time as any to watch it again.
It's to soon to tell but I have a feeling that this is going to be a very amusing fic.
3131292 Lol ur easy to convince! Hmmm....I just had an evil thought haha I say it like it never happens...most of my thoughts are pretty evil lol
3131438 clearly!! Damnit! I can't put anything past u can I? Lol
3131536 lol I want to watch it now too! Haha
3131663 Do I even want to know? I kinda do..is that a bad thing?
I can see where this is going...
Little Pet Shop of Horrors?!
3131663
I CAN SEE ALL. FOR I AM THE WATCHER
FEED ME VINYL! FEED ME ALL NIGHT LONG!
3131285 I'm with u friend! I'm the one nobody wants to go to the movie with because after its over I point out all the ways the tragedy could have been avoided lol :)
3131655 I hope so! I'm trying to make it a little silly hAha
3132101 do tell?
3132426 all hail the watcher! *putting on my clothes* lol
3132675 so Octy can grow up big and strong! Lol
3132777
Don't hail for me, I watch everypony equally
3132777
I would gladly watch a movie with you. And then join you in over-analyzing and complaining about it
3132777 Whacky, zany moments centering around Vinyl steadfastly defending Octy beyond all reason, and then Octy being innocent. Possibly.
3131005 Thanks. I needed a good music number :)
*sees picture and name*
Wtf?
*reads "octy"*
(A la Ratchetness) WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!
3133985 lol shush!!! Ur too smart for ur own good lol>>3133546 haha! Awesome!
3135018 lol!!!
The note says "never feed it after midnight"?
3139909 I was waiting for someone to say that lol....gremlins!
PANTS!! = Lyra wins
3138332 will do!
3140402 I know right? Lyra in pants is best lyra
3140461 Yes, but what about...LYRA IN JORTS!?! MUAHAHAAAAA!! Just kidding, if that happened the universe would collapse on itself out of pure awesomeness.
3140466 lol did u mean shorts? I just pictures her in tight Lycra spandex and the song who wear short shorts was playing in the background lol
3140485 No i meant jorts(they are the really short jean shorts where you can see the pockets) and for that second part: YES!! nuff said.
3140508 after I replied i realized u meant jean shorts...oh my eyes! Lol
Sing it! She don't come from no Black Lagoon, she's from across the stars and beyond the moon! She's a mean grey mother from outer space! And she! Is! Bad!
3140553 They hurt from the awesomeness!!
I sense a nice boat in Vinyl's future.
3131050
Or why Lyra doesn't go back and ask the shopkeeper what the rule is?
3150411
Yes, there is that as well. Lyra probably thinks that since Scratch is a grown mare she take responsibility and take care of her problems herself. Clearly she doesn't know Scratch very well.
I get the feeling this is going to be really wierd. Haven't seen Little Shop of Horrors (yet; they're showing it at a theater in November, and I'm going), but I know what it's about. I can already tell this will be ridiculous.
3161623 I can guarantee this will be the most ridiculous thing I've written on this site so far lol
3161942 More ridiculous than "You're a Real Doll, Octavia"? I'm not sure if I should be excited or scared.
3162135 well that one was for sexy cloppy purposes lol if u like this story down the road can u give it a thumbs?
No clop in this one
Wow... That was... Weird, but it shouldn't be like in little shop of horrors, right? Right? Maybe the next time I visit vinyl I'll bring a TASER
Haha, that's right Lyra, steer her clear of the danger zone :).
Really? Did you have too? XD