The Fragments of Symphony

by Sky Blue CMC

Chapter III: The Fragment of Hospitality

Doctor Whooves, for thirteen, was ecstatic that his poorly-thought-out plan worked. "It worked! It worked!" he exclaimed. "Oh, I'm so happy you're back to normal! Now we need your help!" the Doctor didn't quite want to sing a song about it, though he did know the words of one from the future. He said them in a normal, non-singing, tone of voice. "Derpy Hooves needs your help, she's trying hard doing what she can!"

Then Vinyl asked Octavia "Would you try, just give it a chance?"

Then together they said "You might find that you'll start to understand!"

Octavia looked confused. "Comprendre ce qui, Mécanisme?" she asked the Doctor. "I don't know the slightest thing about how to play a cello! I'd probably just get discorded notes like Derpy's."

"You know French, one of the six Romantic languages!" the Doctor exclaimed. "The cello originated in Italy, the land of another Romantic language!"

"Try playing a song, Tavi!" Vinyl added. "Something that comes from the heart!"

"Okay, I'll try." Octavia replied. "This one goes out to my very special somepony."

Once when I was seventeen
I met a mare named Eveline
I knew my life would never be the same.
Her bright red eyes, her flowing hair,
Magnificence was in the air
The night I met my dearest Golden Flayme
Oh oh oh oh
My Eveline
I've always seen
You in my dream!
My Golden Flayme
You call my name
I feel the same!
My Fallen Star
You broke my heart
I'm torn apart!

Eveline "Vinyl" Scratch stood in silence until the end of the song, which had three more verses, and then asked Octavia "How did you know my real name, Tavi? I never told you or anypony else my real name!"

"You were probably too blacked out to remember," Octavia answered, "but you did tell me your name when we met. You were having a drinking contest with Berry Punch, and after you were declared champion, you told the nearest pony, which was me, 'Eveline is the drinking champ!' in slurred drunken speech."

A second later, Octavia's Cutie Mark had returned to normal, signifying that the second arc of the cure had worked. Octavia's Memories seem to be normal again! the Doctor thought. I'm fairly certain that means there are three more.

Author's Note:

"For thirteen" replaces "For one" because Time Lords have twelve regenerations. I used Google Translate for the French in here. Tell me in the comments if there's a more reliable source. If you read Chapter II's Author's Note, You'd know that Eveline is my song. I changed a few words to ponify it, though. The changed words were mare:girl red:blue flowing:flaming. I'd tell you the tune, but I don't know how to write notes. The lack of a Romance tag is because this is only one chapter. It's not Teen either because it only has a brief reference to alcohol in one chapter.