Sleepover Part 1
The Wacky Adventures of Sonata at Canterlot High
Chapter 3: Sleepover
After a short walk up a long driveway, Vinyl opened her home’s door to Sonata, and the pair entered Vinyl Scratch’s spacious and tastefully furnished abode. It was a house. A real house, with multiple floors and, Sonata hoped, a backyard to play in. It was a far cry from the slummy fourth-floor studio apartment Sonata had shared with Adagio and Aria. No secret knocks, no keys unlocking half a dozen deadbolts, no perverted bum holding a bottle of hooch in one hand, and trying to grab her ass with the other.
Vinyl just opened the door, and walked right in. Sonata seemed a bit confused. Not just at the manner in which her new pal casually entered her home, but at how toned down and laid back the décor seemed, considering Vinyl was a DJ. Bucolic paintings of apple orchards and farmhouses hung upon the cream-colored walls, and the sweet smell of fresh flowers filled the air.
"Mom! I'm home," Vinyl called out, "and I brought a friend over."
Sonata turned and saw a youthful woman, not yet in her 40s, with hair similar to Vinyl's except longer and more kempt. Vinyl’s mother, Sonata assumed, had irises of a more red hue as opposed to Vinyl's magenta eyes. Other than that, they looked more like sisters than mother and daughter.
"Oh Vinyl, who’s…" She stopped mid-sentence, shooting Sonata an icy glare. “Wait. I saw your picture in the newspapers. Weren’t you one of those girls that tried to take over my daughter's school?"
Sonata felt herself melting under the wilting gaze. "U-um, well y-you see…"
Vinyl stepped forward, positioning herself between friend and parent. "Mom chill, she’s had it pretty rough since then." Vinyl walked over to her mom and whispered an abridged version of Sonata's story.
Vinyl's mother’s glare softened after hearing of Sonata’s heartbreaking woes. "That’s…that’s an awful thing, what happened to you. If my sweetie trusts you, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. But if you do anything to hurt her…"
"Mom calm down, seriously. Everything is under control." Vinyl reassured her mom, giving her a pat on the back.
Vinyl's mom smiled. "Alright alright, I get it.” She turned to Sonata, extending her hand. “It’s nice to meet you. I’m Jasmine. But please, call me Jazz.”
The siren hesitated briefly, before extending her own hand and shaking Jazz’s with a gentle grip. “Sonata.”
“That’s a nice name. Sonata. I like it.” Jazz turned back to her daughter, eyebrow raised questioningly. “Now, wasn't one of your other friends coming over as well?"
"Oh yeah, that’s right. Thanks for reminding me, Mom. Where’s Dad, by the way?" Vinyl asked her mother.
Vinyl's mom frowned. "He's working late again, Vinyl."
Vinyl’s face twisted in annoyance. "Oh come on. Again?"
"You know he does it because he loves you; I mean, that car cost an arm and a leg, missy, even with Mr. Witwicky’s generous discounts." Vinyl's mom smirked at the last bit of her comment.
Vinyl chuckled and scratched the back of her neck. "Heheheh, yeeeah."
Sonata stood there in silence, saying nothing. She never knew her mother or even if she had one; it made her feel both happy and sad to see Vinyl interact with hers.
Just then the doorbell rang out, a four toned chime. "I’ve got the door," Vinyl added, crossing the living room before opening it. "Hey, Tavi."
Vinyl’s new guest rolled her eyes at the nickname. Octavia was a lovely name; much too pretty to be butchered, truncated, or otherwise altered. It peeved her that her best friend couldn’t just take the effort to sound out two extra syllables. Oc-tav-i-a. "Why do you insist on calling me that?" she replied.
Before Vinyl could respond, Octavia saw Sonata conversing with Vinyl's mom. "What is she doing here?!" Octavia asked quite snappily.
"Octavia calm down, okay?” Vinyl pleaded, her voice dropping to a low whisper. "Sonata is gonna crash at my house for…. a bit."
Octavia sighed. “And what makes you think she’s changed since her friends and her were beaten?"
"Well she’s got a good heart to-" Octavia didn't even let Vinyl finish before practically dragging her to Vinyl's bedroom.
Once behind closed doors, Octavia scoffed. "A good heart?! Are you serious, Vinyl?" Octavia rubbed the bridge of her nose. "That has got to be the most ham-fisted thing I've ever heard. I mean, I can see Principal Celestia saying that, but you?" Octavia shook her head.
Vinyl countered, "Oh my god, are we really gonna do this?"
Octavia looked almost disgusted at Vinyl’s comments. "How are you taking this so casually?!"
"Tavi… just give it a rest, okay?" Vinyl rubbed her temples in exasperation.
"She’s a bloody siren, Vinyl. How can you possibly think she can be redeemed?" Octavia lashed at her friend.
Vinyl’s temper reached a boiling point. "How about we leave it at, YOU are not me, therefore I make my own decisions… alright?"
Octavia just shot Vinyl a disappointed glare. "Fine...but when she’s trying to possess the school again, don't bother coming to me...I won't feel very up to saying I told you so."
Vinyl sighed. "Sure, whatevs Tavi… be a big freaking jerk about it."
Octavia didn't even bother responding, simply getting up to leave. She made it as far as the door before Vinyl responded. "You do realize if you’re gonna stay the night, that you’re gonna have to get along with Sonata, right?"
Octavia paused and facepalmed. In her anger at seeing Sonata, she had completely forgotten that Vinyl had invited her to sleep over that night.
Vinyl smirked. "Didn't think this whole thing through, did you?"
Octavia glanced over her shoulder. "Remind me why we're friends again?"
Vinyl smiled, her smirk morphing into a genuine grin. “I don't know, you tell me, Tavi."
Octavia sighed but then smiled as well; she didn't know why, but no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't stay mad at Vinyl regardless of their past quarrels, spats, and squabbles.
Octavia let out another sigh. "Alright, I'll try to get along with her...keyword is try."
Vinyl nodded as they walked back to Sonata with Octavia following her. Sonata was in the process of exploring Vinyl's house, examining the various bric-à-brac scattered throughout the living room. Vinyl strolled over to Sonata and patted her on the shoulder, addressing her new friend. "Hey Sonata, what'cha doing?"
Sonata replied, half smiling, a contemplative look on her face. "Oh well, being a siren I'm not used to staying in one place. Aria, Adagio, and I would always roam finding places to feed off magic."
Vinyl smiled. "Chill Sonata; you don't have to worry about a thing. Me and Tavi will take good care of ya."
Octavia curtly added, "Um excuse me, when exactly did I agree to helping a siren?"
"Tavi, can we please not start this?" Vinyl said as she rolled her eyes, not wanting to argue over this subject with her friend again.
Octavia threw her arms in the air in exasperation. "Fine, whatever...Octavia, how do you get yourself tangled into these situations...oh right, it’s because you’re friends with Vinyl!" she added, mockingly.
Vinyl stuck her tongue out at Octavia and grinned. Octavia returned the smile before turning to Sonata, giving her the stink eye. "Don't try anything funny, understand?"
Sonata, feeling slightly intimidated, replied, "Uh, o-ok Miss Tavi…"
"It’s Octavia, Oc-tav-i-a!" Octavia snapped at Sonata.
Sonata quickly hid behind Vinyl for safety. "Eep, I'm sorry Miss Octavia."
Octavia took a deep breath in before addressing Sonata, more calmly this time. "It’s…. alright, I apologize for that unneeded outburst."
Vinyl patted them both on the back, proud of their bonding moment. "Alright ladies, it’s time to get this sleepover…” she added, as she slowly removed her glasses and continued, “…under way."
Jazz hurried through the living room, car keys jangling in her right hand and clutch purse in her left. "Alright, you girls have fun! I'm off to run some errands… I can trust you to look after yourself and your friends tonight, Vinyl?" Vinyl was dismissive, waving off her mom as Jazz opened the living room door.
"Don't sweat it mom, I totes got this handled."
Vinyl's mom smirked, eyebrow raised. "Last time you said that we had to completely repair the bathroom."
"M-mom, I thought we were over that….incident." Vinyl's cheeks gained a slight blush.
Vinyl's mom shook her head, a small smile on her face. "It’s alright, I trust you, have a good time you three." Walking through the opened door, Jazz pulled it shut behind her, and the musical jingle of moving keys faded slowly. Not wanting to be obvious about her observations, Vinyl waited until the telltale sound of her mom’s car’s muffler was inaudible before turning back to her guests.
Vinyl proudly pumped her fist in the air. "Alright girls, let’s get into our PJs and kick this night off, right now."
Sonata tapped Vinyl on the shoulder. Her face was flushed, and she grinned sheepishly. "Um Vinyl...I don't own any PJs..."
"Well, that’s no good,” Vinyl laughed, a braying guffaw that made Octavia roll her eyes. “Don't worry I'll spot ya, you can totes borrow one of my pairs."
With that, the three of them went and changed into their respective pajamas. Vinyl's pajamas were a dark blue neon with a soundwave on the back. Octavia's pair was in a silverish gray with letters styled like music notes that spelled Octavia and Sonata's were a dark green with an amplifier made of lightning bolts on the back.
"Alright, now let’s get this night started proper. Sonata, can you make us a bag of popcorn while me and Octy get the room ready for the festivities?" Vinyl asked her new bestie.
Sonata nodded eagerly. "Yeah sure, I can do that."
Vinyl smiled and gave Sonata a thumbs-up. "Sweet! Let’s go get my room totes sleepover ready Octy."
Octavia rolled her eyes and cracked a smile "Oh, so it’s Octy now huh?"
Vinyl smiled, playfully punching Octavia's shoulder. "Oh shut up, ya musical nerd."
The two went to Vinyl's room as Sonata went to make the popcorn, she found the air popper rather easily but the popcorn took a while to find. Finally Sonata found a twenty pound bag of popcorn kernels in the cupboard, missing the three one-pound bags in the shadows of the cabinet. "Alright, I found it."
Meanwhile Octavia and Vinyl had finished prepping Vinyl's room. Each of them had a bean bag chair to sit in, there were plenty of snacks and drinks for the three of them, sans popcorn, and there was a nice air mattress for each of them once they finally turned in.
Octavia turned to Vinyl. "So if you have all this food here...why did you want Sonata to make popcorn?"
"Come on Octy, you can't start a sleepover without popcorn," Vinyl answered flatly.
Octavia was about to argue her friend's point before she realized she had never been to a sleepover that didn't start with popcorn. She supposed Vinyl was right in this case.
Sonata then walked back in the room. "Alright girls, the popcorn should be ready any minute now."
"Cool, thanks Sonata!" Vinyl high fived her blue-haired buddy. "Hey, have you gotten any word from Principal Celestia about re-enrolling yet?"
Sonata began, "Well not-"
Dark soda sprayed from Octavia’s mouth. "WHAT?! She’s re-enrolling at Canterlot High?!" Octavia blurted out in confusion, her tone a mix of shock and anger.
"No come on Octy, a little louder, we gotta make sure people over in Baltimare can hear you clear as day," Vinyl dryly replied to her friend's outburst. Octavia was about to argue with her friend again, but when she came to the conclusion that it would just be a game of verbal ring around the rosy, she decided against it. Octavia took a long, deep breath before continuing.
"Vinyl...I'm not going to press this matter anymore, but don't you think it’s not the best idea for Sonata to re-enroll, mostly because the fact she and her friends tried to take over the school and the whole ordeal is still rather fresh in the student's minds?"
"Look Octy, maybe wording my reasoning as 'She’s got a good heart' is rather shallow, so here’s what I really mean by that: Sonata never really came off to me as gleefully evil like Aria or Adagio did; I guess when I say a ‘good heart’ I mean she seems the most innocent and the most soft souled. I get you don't trust her and honestly you have every right not to, but I think if you give her a chance, she may just surprise you."
Octavia looked at Vinyl then slowly turned to Sonata who had an innocent and shy expression on her face. She almost felt guilty. "Alright…fine, I'll give her a chance Vinyl, but don't expect us to become friends overnight or anything. Sorry I've been rather cold to you, Sonata."
Sonata waved Octavia off. "Oh it’s ok, I know me and my friends- well...ex-friends did some nasty things and I don't expect anyone to forgive me very soon; heck I think Principal Celestia doesn't actually trust me…she probably just helped me cause she’s such a kind lady."
"I hate to ruin this touching moment, but the popcorn is totes mcgotes gonna burn if we don't go get it." Vinyl stood, as did Octavia and Sonata.
Octavia opened the door to go to the kitchen...and got absolutely buried in popcorn.
"O-Octy!" Vinyl exclaimed, worried about her friend’s well-being. "Where the heck did all this popcorn come from?"
Octavia clawed her way out of the mountain of popcorn, popped kernels sticking to her previously well-groomed brunette hair. "Sonata, you did only put one bag on, right?"
Sonata nodded in reply. "Yes I did, I put in just one bag of popcorn kernels like you asked, Vinyl." She pointed to the twenty pound sack of popcorn kernels on the counter, the majority of its bulk now empty.
Octavia resisted the sudden strong urge to smash her head against the wall.
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I gotta say, while I do LOVE the Vinata in this story, I'm not a fan for how Octavia acted.
If I were Octavia, I'd be saying stuff like:
For some reason, Octavia's lines in this kind of seem off. But all in all, good chapter. Gotta love the fact that to Sonata, one bag equals a twenty-pound sack of popcorn kernels.
5472240 the thing is I don't want her coming off TOO mean spirited towards Sonata, Octy isn't heartless after all
So very glad to see this continue, and yeah, I get what you mean about the pacing.
I can certainly understand Octavia's point of view, though; she may not have been present for what happened at the Fall Formal, but she's not going to soon forget about the Battle of the Bands. Still, it's nice that she's giving Sonata the benefit of the doubt; girl deserves a little old-fashioned kindness.
5472251 Then why did she call Sunset out in the movie?
Also, Octavoice is Kazumi Evans. Gotta love hearing that voice, let me tell you...
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That only happened like a semester ago I would imagine, thats not something you let go that easily
I mean if that happened I'd be rather quick to be skeptical of someone
5472277 But Octavia wasn't seen in the first Equestria Girls movie.
So either she's a freshman in Rainbow Rocks, or she happens to be Vinyl's cousin, which would be odd considering that Dubstep and Orchestra music are two different things.
It's as if Vinyl's more Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, and Octavia's more Bayonetta, if you know what I'm saying...
5472285 Well also remember what Sunset said before going to greet the Dazzlings, people were still sour about what she did so if Octy was a freshmen prehaps she heard what she did
5472301 Maybe. But who would have told her.
The only ones who remember Sunset's actions in the first film were the kids who weren't brainwashed. Ergo, Twilight's friends. So either Twilight's friends told them what had happened, or someone didn't go to the Fall Formal and instead got the story on tape, and if so, why didn't the Humane 5 see outrage at all that.
Also, despite the fact that she deserved the scorn for her actions, I don't know why. After all, THE ENTIRE SCHOOL was there when Twilight handed down her judgement in the end. Even Tweedle Douche and Tweedle Dick (Snips and Snails) were there when Sunset's dark side got the chop in front of the Mane 6.
Actually, it might have been Pixel Pizazz and Violet Blur. What if, before coming to Canterlot High and joining Photo Finish's band, they were secretly spying on goings on at the school at night? Whilst hoping to find some scandals that would get them some extra credit in a supposed reporter group, they found the whole she-demon event going on, and took some explicit videos of it. That would explain why all the students remember what Sunset did! Photo Finish's bandmates told everyone!
But then again, it might not have happened. Not even I know how everyone still hated Sunset after that little outburst...
You know, all this time I've been waiting for Vinyl to counter Octavia's mistrust with something like "Lke how you said Sunset was still trouble?"
Transformers reference FTW!
Okay we need to hear this.
Nice to see another update. Vinyl's excellent as ever.
"I mean, that car cost an arm and a leg, missy, even with Mr. Witwicky’s generous discounts."
Oh, my god... what did they do to Bumblebee?
I am so glad you did that right there, to be honest i even expected Sonata to call herself stupid, because she lost everything. You know , i mean it like she would start to believe everything that the others said to her.
This is great till now, i hope you make it long enough or maybe you want to do a sequel later. I always start to ask to soon for a sequel, but if i feel a story could be really good, i want it to continue for a while.
Well good job i like it so far, maybe you could still write something about the sleepover, or you make another moment to last a little bit longer.
5472285 Apples and Oranges are two different types of fruit, and yet look who Applejack's aunt and uncle are.
Nice chapter
That's more Wreck-It Ralph to me
Aww, come on, Octi Pus, try to lighten up.
Oh Sonata, what're we gonna do with you?
Wonder if Vinyl's brother Long Play(he's in the comics) is gonna show at all while Sonata stays there.
That explains so much. Not only the car, but how everyone seems to shrug off the existence of magic
(but not how it's misused
).
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Totes McGotes!
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"Soundwave, your report?"
"They turned me into a drivable speaker system, and I watched as teenagers grew horse ears and an astral unicorn pegasus shot magical rainbow lasers."
"......"
"......"
"Soundwave, is this another one of your 'God is a soulless machine called "'Hasbro'", and they randomly transport us to various worlds for product placement' conspiracy theories?"
5486562 LMAO. THAT made my morning.
Poor Sonata I just wanna hug her!
How did she fit an entire 20-pound bag of kernels into the air popper; the compartment's not much bigger than a dixie cup. Yes, out of all the magic that exists in MLP, that's the one I want an explanation of.
This is a fairly well done story, it's kinda like Sunset Shimmers reform, well padded and believable. This chapter was indeed better paced than the previous one, with vinal and Octavia getting to show their characters. Your word play is good, but needs a little work. There is a line where you use the word "her" like 3 times, which comes off as redundant. Also the part about her not being "gleefully evil like the other two" almost sounds so basic, like a little kid trying to make a villian a good guy. A little more information and logic would make this more belivable and less simple. Perhaps her actions over the course of the story would help. Otherwise this is a good read. The interaction between these three characters is what's selling the story and I hope to see more in the future
5548119 Thanks and remember, I take all feedback seriously, its why I tried so hard to make chapter 3 better paced, I want to better myself as a writer and story teller
5546989 Funny you mention those two...the next chapter is about them
I need a better cover for this story, would anyone with some drawing skills be willing to whip one up for me?
Changed cover to something happier :)
5796303 how long till the next chapter roughly
5890534 once I get a hold of it from my editor (me and him both have our own lives so it happens when it happens)
5890612 k
Chapter 4 is on the way, just need to make a few edits and it'll be up soon
5890534 edits are finished. Soon. Very soon.
5942277 thank you
Witwicky.. Fucking witwicky... I see what you did there you glorious clever bastard
Couldn't resist, could ya?
5969222 Wait, which Witwicky, the ones from the movies or the ones from the show, if it's the show then all is forgiven..
Do I need to ask?
Need I ask.
I love how you portrayed Vinyl as a genuinely good hearted and friendly student in this story, and how she doesn't have to put up with Octavia being...well....but regardless, I love seeing stories where Vinyl is being a good person and a kind one at that.