You twist both knobs on the tub off and sigh in joy, finally able to extinguish the source of the noise. It wasn't the sound of the running water however, for you could listen to the rhythmic noise produced from millions of water droplets hitting water. No, the real noise you hated was the sound of an amateur trying her best to play Beethoofen's Fifth on the cello.
For an hour Octavia had been practicing her cello which she had gotten last Hearth's Warming, and so far she had not gotten any better at it. You were instructed to have her practice for at least an hour, and you were definitely not going to make her play a second longer! Each second felt like a minute, and each minute an hour. By now, an hour, you were starting to question why you hadn't gone mad. Nonetheless your patience had been succesful, and now you could finally get her to call it a day.
Leaving the bathroom at a brisk pace, you make your way through the Victorian house towards the sound of the "music" and arrive at Octavia's big bedroom. You knock three times on the door and hear the obnoxious noise stop. Knowing that no foal can reach a doorknob yet, you take the liberty upon yourself to open it. You see on the other side of the room a little grey filly standing on her hind legs perched upon a stool and three books looking at you. She has one hoof supporting the weight of cello next to her, and her other hoof holding up a bow with which to play the cello.
"Octavia," you start, "time for your bath!" The little earth pony is just as relieved as you to hear the news and jumps down from her podium. She avoids the music stand and trots on over happily to you. You move aside to let her exit first, and she nods in thanks towards you.
You lead the little foal towards her bathroom down the end of a hall and around the corner. When you arrive, you again let the little lady go first, recieving another nod. Once inside you close the door slightly and go over to the foal to untie her bow and collar. Half a minute of furious attempts at untieing later, Octavia takes over for you and gets it off in mere seconds. Wouldn't be the first time I've been outdone by a foal, you think in humility.
Picking up Octavia, you bring her over to the bathtub full of warm water, which Octavia gladly invites as she softly jumps out of your embrace. You reach next to you and grab the expensive name-brand shampoo, squirting a handful of the "rich and effective" gel into your opposite palm. You then begin to work the rose-smelling shampoo through Octavia's black mane. You spend a moment cleaning until her long mane is finally finished, full up with suds.
Now, instead of using the arduous method of rinsing with your hands, you retrieve a gold-tinted bowl and dunk it into the bath water. Picking it back up and its newfound contents, you bring the rinsing bowl over the filly's head and pour the water over her head. Octavia patiently lets you continue her mane rinsing for another three rounds. This task went over so quickly because of the bowl's superior size compared to your hands.
Kindly, you ask Octavia to please lift her tail, to which she obeys without haste. You thank her while you squirt another handful of red rose shampoo into your palm. When you have enough, you put away the shampoo and start to rub the gel into her black tail. This task doesn't take very long, and before you know it it's time to rinse again.
Grabbing the bowl yet again, you submerge it underwater and pour out the contents over Octavia's tail. The earth filly again waits patiently as you take multiple rounds to rinse her tail. This time, it only takes two more bowlfuls instead of three.
Now that you were finished washing the little filly, you decide to let her have some fun in the tub. Like you once heard from a book you read, "All work and no play makes Octavia a dull filly." You muse at the little joke you'd made while taking out a rubber duck in a tuxedo, quite fitting for a classy foal.
Octavia stares at the odd object in front of her like she'd never seen a toy in her life. She pokes at the duck and watches it bob to and fro for half a second. You frown at the thought of any foal going their whole lives without playing with a rubber duck. Your frown disappears when you realize that now you could break her out of her shell. "This is called a rubber duck," you explain. "You can push it around, make it swim, and," you submerge the duck underwater and squeeze it, "do... THIS!" you exclaim while emerging the rubber toy and squirting Octavia with some water. The filly brightens up at your action and giggles a bit. She then takes the toy away from you and starts copying what you had done, squirting you multiple times. You laugh each time at the little foal's fascination with this new piece of technology.
Around ten minutes of nonstop play go by before you inevitably have to cut it short and dry the filly. You promise her you'd brought more toys and that she could go play with those. If she was discouraged or sad that she couldn't play with the duck, she hid it well. You unplug the tub and take Octavia out, placing her on the spotless floor. You grab a bright white towel with a red O stitched in the bottom right corner and start to dry her mane, then her body, and finally her tail and hooves. You put the towel in the bamboo hamper beside you and stand up from your kneeling position.
Just as you open the door and let Octavia out, you hear the signature eight notes of a doorbell. You call out for them to wait one second and quickly hurry to the front door. When you open the white door, you see nopony at all. That is, until you hear a little white unicorn with a two-shades blue mane clear her throat.
You invite the filly in and call out to Octavia: "Octavia! Vinyl's here for the sleepover!"
:D
I love the incorporation of Vynil!
2 moustaches!
Sleepover eh?
Beautiful.
Overall:
((Insert incomprehensible babbling here.)) - Sorin "Kalreas" Kanire
Wow, Octi and Vinyl really are BFF's. Like FOREVER forever.
I leave on a week and a half trip that will include no pony or internet tomorrow. By some strange twist of fate, you did my favorite pony right before I have to leave. Thank you, this made my day.
Cute!
Best friends forever, I knows it!
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Nice, Octavia will most certainly be glad to see Vinyl.
Also when are we going to do Shining Armor and Princess Cadence?
OCTAVIA, FINALLY!
SO MUCH D'AWW! MEH DIABEETUS GON' KILL MAKLFJLK;DSJIFAJIJEWAAFEWIIFAJFWEJIWJAIEFJIAEWJFJKWAEJFJIWAJIEFJOIAWEJIFJAWEJFIAJWEIFJIJEIOWAFJIJK.WAFIJIOJEWAJEWFJEWAJIFJIOEAJWEFAWFEAWJMWJIFEAWJIEWJOAFJOIEWEWOI
*days later* Here lies General Smiddy.
He forgot to keep insulin ready before reading another chapter of this story.
You got Discord, you got Queen Chrysalis, you got Princess Luna, but where's Nightmare Moon?
Awww filly Octavia would be so cute.
I love you. You kept with your promise and I love you for it. In my world, vinyl and Octavia are meant to be together forever; bpff (best pony friends forever) or very special someponies. I thank you
Also, final line: "Ocavia" spelled wrong
full of d'aww
I'd like to think Octavia was deadpan the whole time until that duck came in. It just fits so well.
Also nice to see Best Pony Vinyl Scratch again.
My favorite! yay!
So much D'AWWWWWWW!!!!
First person to catch the reference and correctly name it gets a moustache on their page by me!
Bass Cannon vs Cello.
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Woohoo sleepover.
My. Heart. Fuuuuuuuuuu- *beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
1836617 do not get any ideas. they're fillies.
1837345 You never know
1837353 Thats just... no.
1837362 Does this make things better?
No matter how many of these I read, I just can't picture myself as the 'you' person I'm always imagining it as some dude.
Cheerilee needs a bath maybe?
In Equestria, ponies bathe you!
Baby human getting a bath from the mane 6?
The end, the reference to Scratch and Actavia, I love it.
1837232 It's either the bowl or the tuxedo duck. I don't know what they'd be referencing, but they're the only things that stand out to me. Normally, having no idea, I wouldn't bother commenting, but no-one else seems to be guessing.
Also:
I think you meant water.
Also, thinking about it, Tuxedo Duck would be a cool username.
1837345 they are both fillies so it's not weird. so long as you don't mean full-on sex. if you m,eans snuggles and kisses it's actually really adora-hnnnnnnnnnnnnng
here lies
Thegameboykid
he lasted longer
than anyone else
before he was
overwhelmed
by the adorableness
that is filly octavinyl
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I KNEW this one was gonna come next..
Ladies and gentlemen, the end was an Octascratch FRIENDshipping. No romance whatsoever. I think Scooterfiction will clear that up in Bedtime
I love how you can't say sleepover in this fanbase without everypony over thinking it.
Btw. Great chapter, as usual.
*is shocked...* OG i forgot to follow you!!!! *fixed this...*
*after reading* -> *bows again* wonderful, simply wonderful.
still hope for more, of this sweet goodies.
D'Aawww!
Now you should do Gilda! That would be unique!
Great work, Derps. I had forgotten just how much I liked Octavia and I think this just re-cemented the love. Thanks for that. And I really do love how so many see 'Tavi and Vinyl as being such good friends for years. It just feels right.
Another good chapter. Can't wait to see who's next.
1836756 Cadence? Cadence. Cadence would be adorable.
OMG that sounds like the most adoreable sleepover ever!!!! infinite
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Roseluck? Pinkamena? Dr. Hooves? Twist? i really think Pinkamena would be interesting. Blueblood? Babs? Sombra? Flitter and Cloudchaser? Cheerilee? Colgate? Carrot top? Berry punch? Bonbon? Screwloose maybe? Screwball?
1882445 4 years too do that D:
I believe that the similarities between Octavia and Inkie Pie are quite uncanny.
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1882445
I agree with you.
Perhaps with Shining Armour, Braeburn, Pipsqueak, Mayor Mare etc..
Huh. I'm having a sleepover in an hour or so. Does this story stalk me?
2420824 yes. Like your prof pic.
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OMG WOW WOW WOW