Intrigued by the appearance of Derpy, Vinyl tries to gain the trust of the insecure pegasus.
While escaping a night of partying, Vinyl Scratch quietly lets loose in Ponyville. Privately relaxing behind Sugar Cube Corner, Vinyl notices a cross-eyed mare. Vinyl steals the pony away to discover her name, and to find a way to gain her complete trust. Learning the past of the pegasus just might hit the heart of the laid-back DJ.
The lights were bouncing about the club. Everypony was moving to the beats that were sent out to them. Scratching records, and nodding her head, Vinyl let a smirk form across her face. The loud bass was sending shivers down her spine, nothing unusual. She loved the booms she created, and the noises of the ponies dancing to her music. All she really knew was here. This was her home, her world. She knew nothing more than her ear-throbbing art. But for Vinyl, that was quite alright. She never really asked for much, since all she ever wanted was here in her hooves.
Though as tiring as it may be, Vinyl stayed up all night, pleasing the ponies who wanted to party. This didn't bother her though. She was happy to make everypony feel good.
Vinyl never really did personally know any of the ponies that came. Every night she was there, DJ-ing away, but she never recognized anypony. Either they were always new, or Vinyl didn't really care to notice the ponies that came in. She never really looked at anyponies face anyways, she would always focus on their hind hooves. She loved to watch them move, because she knew she was causing them to.
Vinyl yawned, and looked down at her panels. She started to turn the lights down a bit, and slowed the music.
"This ones for all the lovely ladies!" Vinyl said in a low voice.
She watched as all the confident stallions brought some mares to the dance floor. Some were still asking permission for a dance, and some just sat down awkwardly while sipping a drink.
Vinyl found this amusing. She let out a sigh. Under her breath she whispered:
"If you wuss out now, you'll end up all alone. All you'll ever have in life is music. No special somepony. No friends. No family that gives a flying-woot about you. Just music. Like me."
Vinyl looked for a clock. It was still only 11:34 pm. She was starting to get antsy. She never really felt this way when she was at the club, but her mind was tired, and under her purple tinted shades, her eyes were feeling heavy. The DJ pony turned on a loop of songs that were already programmed into her board. She looked around for anypony that might have noticed her slipping off into the back door. She saw that she was in the clear, then opened the door, and fled from her comfort zone.
Vinyl Scratch stretched her legs as she trotted into Ponyville. There were still a few ponies out and about at the hour so Vinyl had to stay low so nopony would see her.
Vinyl had a bad habit of being trampled by ponies when they noticed her. But how could they resist?!
She also had a bad habit of flattering herself.
Vinyl searched for a place to kick back and relax. She didn't really want to go back to her home. All that was there was old pizza boxes lying around, and probably a few rats. Not much of a home-sweet-home if you asked her. She would rather lay back behind a bakery. So she did just that.
Vinyl spotted Sugar Cube Corner. The lights were off from the inside, and there was hardly anypony around. She walked around to the back of the shop, which wasn't at all as unpleasing as she pictured, and made a comfortable place to lay down.
Vinyl slouched down into a nice place, and rested her head against the building. She slowly started to close her eyes, but then opened them again. She wanted to take one last look to make sure nopony was nearby. She lifted her head. Nopony in front of her. She looked side to side. Nopony there either. As she noticed that she was alone, she started to relax her muscles once again.
She pulled her neck to the side, and heard it pop. She did the same with her hooves and legs. The unicorn lifted her arms behind her head, and rested against them.
She looked up at Princess Luna's moonlight. Her shades darkened the sky even more, and she slightly smiled. She closed her eyes, and with that the blue-maned unicorn fell deeply asleep.
A cool wind was blowing. Vinyl shivered at this, and turned over on her side. Her glasses were slowly slipping off. She lifted her hoof, still asleep, and pushed them back against her face.
The wind started to pick up, and it gave Vinyl chills. The uncomfortable air caused Vinyl to awaken.
She rubbed her nose, and her eyes lifted. It was still dark. Vinyl decided she should probably go home now, before morning, and somepony spots her. She started to get up, still sleepy, she stumbled over her own self. She lifted her head from the ground, and stood up once more. She started off in the direction of her not-so-welcoming home.
She heard a mumble.
Her ears twitched at this, and she slowly turned around.
She noticed a dark figure standing in the distance. It was a pony. It had wings. It was a pegasus.
Vinyl slowly and quietly approached the pegasus pony. She got down low so she wouldn't be seen, and got as close as she could.
"I just don't know what went wrong..."
Vinyl heard the pony speak. She didn't know the voice though. But then again, she didn't know anypony in particular, so everypony was really a stranger to her.
When Vinyl stopped trying to figure out who the pony sounded like, she realized something about the ponies voice.
It was a female. It was also sad.
Vinyl was now interested into who this strange, sad mare was. She moved a little closer.
Vinyl could now see more than just the outline. She saw a blonde mane. A grayish coat. And she even noticed the cutie mark. It looked like bubbles.
The blonde pegasus, however, was not facing Vinyl, so she could not see her face. Vinyl moved her hoof a bit closer. She wanted to see more details. She wanted to know who it was. When her hoof hit the ground, a crunching sound was created.
She had stepped on something, but it was too dark to see what it was.
The mysterious pegasus slowly turned her head. Her blonde mane moved over to the side of her face as she looked directly at Vinyl Scratch.
One of the ponies eyes met with Vinyls shades. The other was looking up at the sky.
'Wait...Whoa! Her eyes...' Vinyl didn't know what to think.
'Maybe she cant see me. Maybe it's too dark. I could just turn around and take off before she really does notice me.'
Vinyl thought it through well. She made herself believe that the pony could not see her. She lifted her hooves, trying to turn herself in the other direction. She quietly moved backwards, trying not to step on anything crunchy again.
Her mind was trying to convince her that she could make her escape without being seen, without being heard. This didn't last long though as her back hoof walked across that same unknown thing that caused the gray pegasus to even look her way in the first place.
'Dang it!'
Vinyl lowered her head, but kept her eyes fixed upon the mysterious mare. The blonde pony was definitely looking at her now. At least one of her eyes were looking directly into Vinyl's shades.
There was no helping it now. Vinyl shifted her hoofing, moving towards the pegasus. She let out a sigh when she was close enough to see the rest of the pony.
She cleared her throat before she spoke.
"H-Hey!" Vinyl threw her hoof up in the air in a waving motion. She could see the pegasus' eyes clearly now. The color impressed Vinyl, they were a bright yellow. Very cool. But the thing that caught Vinyl's attention the most was that the pegasus was indeed, cross-eyed. Wait! Cross-eyed? That was new to the DJ.
A grin started to form across Vinyl's face.
'This chick looks totally rad!'
A smile. Vinyl could see that the pegasus was now...smiling.
"Hi!" The mare's voice was deeper then Vinyl expected, but it seemed to suit her. Vinyl slightly moved closer. She got close enough to take the pegasus' hoof, and grabbed it with her own. She shook it wildly.
The cross-eyed pegasus started to laugh. Deeply. This amused Vinyl more than it should have. Her grin became mischievous. There were only two things in all of Equestria that could make her this amused. One would be her music. Two would be that she and another mare were all alone in the dark, and that particular mare seemed as clueless as a virgin.
But of course, Vinyl would never even dream of manipulating anypony. Yeah right! She did it all the time. But for some reason, this pony in front of her now, Vinyl felt a need to protect, maybe? She wasn't quite sure of what it was exactly, but this pony was different.
Vinyl decided to break the silence once again.
"Whats your name, cutie?"
She always liked to add a compliment when she spoke to mares. It made her seem more desirable. Ponies ate it up every time.
"Name? Oh! Yeah!" The pony started to giggle. She was so strange. But Vinyl was so intrigued by her. This was a pony like no other, and Vinyl liked it.
The pegasus, still laughing, tried to stop herself. She snorted slightly, then laughed some more. It was so contagious! Vinyl could not help but join in on the laughter. The two ponies laughed, and laughed, and laughed. Vinyl didn't even know why she was acting this way. Something about this pony made her want to let loose. She felt alive with this pony. So lively.
The giggles finally ceased, and the pegasus answered the question she was asked.
"My name is Derpy! Don't you like it? I do! It's great, right? Whoa! What's your name?"
Vinyl, with her sides hurting from all the sudden out bursts, looked into the pegasus' good eye.
"Derpy? That's a rad name! My name is Vinyl Scratch. You probably have heard of me. Ya know...super famous DJ-Pon3. DJ-ing since ponies knew what wubs were. Heck! I invented wubs! It's okay...I understand if you're getting all excited inside. I will give you an autograph. Free of charge, since you're such a cutie."
That was Vinyl with bad habit number two. She tilted her head upwards, and smiled with pride.
Derpy looked at her in confusion. With one eye of course.
"Wubs?"
Vinyl's head fell back down. Her smile faded quickly into a "What did you just say!?", mouth agate, look.
'Never heard of wubs? Never heard of me? What is wrong with this pony?' Vinyls confusion got the better of her.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! You...me....my place....now!" Vinyl pushed the musically deprived pony in the direction of her home. Not even asking for her permission, she drug Derpy away. Surprisingly, she didn't fight against Vinyl. She care-freely let the stranger take her.
Finally arriving at their destination, Vinyl invited Derpy to come inside her, not so inviting, home. Derpy didn't seem to mind the messiness of her home though. This pleased Vinyl. She wouldn't have to apologize for it then.
Vinyl put her clutter aside, and started to search around for something. Throwing shirts, earphones, old food, and other random items in all direction. She threw a sock behind her, and it hit Derpy right in the face. Derpy acted as if she hadn't even noticed. Vinyl ignored it, and kept on looking.
"Aha! Here you are!"
After her rampage of tossing things across the room, Vinyl finally revealed one of her many stereos. She felt a smile of triumph spread across her muzzle. This stereo had a special place in Vinyl's heart. It was the best looking one out of the many that she had hidden about her not so humble abode.
She plugged it up into the wall outlet, and popped a record into it. She went back over to Derpy, and pulled her up a chair right in front of the humongous speakers. She sat Derpy down, and jolted over to the switch.
"You want me to sit here?" Derpy looked over at Vinyl with her one good eye, and her mouth was slightly open.
"Um...that's why I sat you there, Derpy dear." Vinyl could sense the slowness within the pegasus. For some reason, Vinyl thought it was adorable!
'I love this chick! She's great!' Vinyl thought to herself. Derpy knew exactly how to amuse Vinyl, or at least it seemed as if she did.
"Okay! I like sitting." Derpy said with a silly smile.
Vinyl grinned back at Derpy. Then she turned back around to her stereo system, and flipped on the switch.
"You might want to sit back in the chair, and prepare yourself for some awesomeness!" Vinyl winked at Derpy, but you couldn't really tell because of her tinted shades. She turned the volume nob all the way to max. Then the music blasted.
The room was shaking. Everything in it was jumping around. Vinyl's heart was jumping to the beat, and Derpy's mane was blown back. Vinyl noticed the look on Derpy's face. At first her mouth dropped open at the intense loud sound, but then it formed into an open smile.
Vinyl was happy to see that her new friend, or captive, was enjoying it.
Derpy's mouth was moving as if she was saying something, but Vinyl couldn't make out what she was saying. The track was starting to end, so Vinyl took the liberty to go ahead and switch it off so she could see Derpy's reaction. When the music stopped playing, Vinyl faced Derpy. Her mane was sticking straight up in the back. Vinyl laughed at this and went over to fix it. As she pat down Derpy's soft, blonde mane, her hoof accidentally touched Derpy's cheek. Vinyl blushed slightly, and quickly moved her hoof away.
"So...Derpy! How did you like it?" Vinyl faced her friend, and smiled slightly.
The look on Derpy's face was priceless. She opened her mouth a bit, and looked back at Vinyl. A smile slipped in over her face, and she jumped up out of the chair.
After talking about how awesome Vinyl's music was, the two ponies fell asleep on the ground among all the trash. Vinyl was snoring softly, and Derpy was making some strange squeaking sound every time she breathed. Vinyl had quietly left her music on, it helped her sleep, and apparently it helped Derpy sleep as well. Vinyl turned over on her side, and her foot twitched as it hit something in the process of her moving over. She grumbled at this, and under her breath, cursed whatever it was she hit. She then immediately fell back asleep. Derpy, however, started to wake up. A tiny bit of sun was seeping through Vinyls dark curtains. Her eyes lazily opened up at a slow pace. She blinked a few times, trying to remember where she was, and what she was doing there.
She stretched out her legs, and slightly yawned. She turned her head in the direction of Vinyl. She decided to wake her up as well, so she wouldn't be the only one.
Derpy stood above Vinyl, and moments later, leaped on top of the unicorn.
Vinyl freaked out at this, and yelled out. She jumped up swiftly, as if she was ready to attack. She lowered herself when she noticed Derpy standing in front of her. Her mouth was in the shape of a small circle, and her eyes were all lopsided. If it were anypony else standing there, Vinyl would have killed them. But how in all of Equestria could she be mad at that face?! She couldn't of course.
Vinyl smiled at Derpy, who quickly responded with a wide grin.
"Good morning, sunshine!" Vinyl said, as she stretched out her back. The music on the stereo was still playing, so she used her magic to take the record out, and switch it off. She then started to gather up all the junk on the ground, in an attempt to clean. She then just through it all into a pile on top of her system.
Derpy tried to help, but tripped over a cord that was randomly laying in the middle of the floor. Vinyl quickly galloped to Derpy's side, and helped her back onto her hooves.
"Th-thanks yous, Vinyl's!"
The way she used "s" at the end of every word made Vinyl's heart flutter. It was too cute! Vinyl was completely losing it for this pegasus. How could she help herself? She just had this protective instinct for her, and she barley even knew her.
It was late in the day when Vinyl, and Derpy decided to go back into town. Besides, as much as Vinyl wanted to, she couldn't keep Derpy forever. Somepony would go looking for her at some point. So Vinyl took her home, wherever that was.
Vinyl didn't even attempt to disguise herself. She wasn't even thinking about anypony seeing her. She was too caught up in Derpy's eyes. Why she loved them so much was a mystery. She just did.
Vinyl and Derpy finally arrived at Sugar Cube Corner where they met. Vinyl didn't know any other place to take her, so there they were.
"Back where we started! Where exactly do you live, Derpy? I can always take you ho--"
"I dunno." Derpy cut off Vinyl.
'I don't know? How could she not know? Oh no! Is she....homeless?!'
Vinyl didn't know what to think. She started to feel bad for the pony.
'Maybe that's why she was all alone in the dark behind a building last night. Maybe that's why when I first saw her, she looked sad, and lonely!'
Vinyls mind was racing. She was starting to worry for the pegasus. She was about to attempt to comfort the pony, but then Derpy said something.
"I dunno if you could take me home. You sees, I's a pegasus pony, and yous a unicorn pony. Unicorns can't fly up on clouds, silly!"
Vinyl let out a sigh of relief. This pony was dumber than she thought, but that was okay, she liked her that way. If she were smart, then Vinyl probably wouldn't have taken a like to her so well.
"Oh, haha! You're totally right! Whoops! I'm such a dummy!" Vinyl chuckled.
Derpy really made Vinyl feel comfortable. She was so easy to hang with, and she only just met her. Met her under strange conditions at that. And then it hit her.
'Oh crap! I left work last night unexpectedly! Oh man! I'm gonna' get in so much trouble tonight...'
Vinyl lowered her head, but her newly found friend put her hoof on her shoulder.
"I sees you look sad. But you shouldn't! You don't look good when yous sad." Derpy made Vinyl smile. She lifted her head, and faced Derpy. Such a cutie!
"Oh my Celestia! It's Vinyl Scratch!"
"What? Where?!"
"Who? Oh my! I see her!"
"She's with Derpy Hooves? What?!"
"Vinyl! Vinyl, over here!"
"Ahhhhhhhhh!"
Six mares started screaming. They had spotted Vinyl, and she knew this wouldn't be good. She really didn't feel like dealing with anypony besides Derpy at the moment. But what could she do?
The ponies ran after Vinyl. She sighed before taking off.
'I guess I could amuse them by letting them chase me a few times.' Vinyl acted as if the ponies chasing her was annoying, but she secretly thought that she couldn't blame them for wanting her so badly!
The six mares chasing Vinyl around town square, quickly increased to a huge group of unicorns, pegasi, and earth ponies trying to get there hooves on her. At first she thought this was fun, but it quickly escalated into a doozy!
'Where did Derpy go? Oh no! She probably left! I will never see her again! Agh! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!'
Vinyl looked everywhere, while still running, for Derpy Hooves. She was no where in sight. Vinyl started to feel her heart ache. She started to feel pain, agony, questioning if she would ever see that cross-eyed pegasus ever again.
Suddenly, Vinyl stopped running to turn around. She noticed Derpy was among the ponies chasing after her. She was smiling, and laughing, looking as if she was having a good time. All the ponies stopped, and circled around Vinyl. She smiled at Derpy, who pranced over to her. She grabbed Vinyl's arm, and lifted her away, flying past everypony.
A few of the determined pegasi flew after them, but Derpy was quicker than Vinyl thought.
Resting near the forest, Derpy and Vinyl had finally lost all the fan ponies.
"Thanks, Derp! You really saved me back there! I love my fans, but sometimes it can really be a drag." Vinyl kicked back against a tree. Derpy was sitting in front of her, her tongue was slightly hanging out of her mouth. She closed her eyes, and smiled. Her way of saying 'You're Welcome'.
Vinyl was really getting used to this pony. She was so cool, and she didn't talk too much! Just perfect!
"Hey, Derpy? Do you think maybe you would want to go with me to the club tonight? I have to work, and I thought since you seemed to enjoy my music so well, you would like to see me in action." Vinyl stood up, and posed as if ponies were cheering for her.
Derpy's eye stared at Vinyl. She smiled, and nodded her head.
"Wubs! Wubs!" Derpy started to laugh. Vinyl joined in.
"Alright! That's cool." Vinyl was pleased with Derpy's answer. She wanted to hang out with her more. She wanted to be around her. Derpy seemed to be lonely otherwise. She just wanted to stay with Derpy as much as possible.
The time had flew by that day. It was already almost 6:00 pm. Vinyl had to be at work by then. Her and Derpy were on their way to the club. Vinyl was galloping quickly, trying to make sure she got there in time. Derpy on the other hoof, was trotting at a pleasurable pace. She was looking all around her. She had never been on this side of Ponyville apparently, and was very intrigued by all her new surroundings.
Finally, Vinyl could see the clubs lights blinking overhead. She finally changed her gallop to a peaceful trot, like Derpy. She had time to spare, so why not enjoy a nice, lovely walk with the cute little pegasus.
"Shiny!" Derpy smiled at the lights. Her eyes lit up when she got closer to the club. Vinyl could sense that this impressed the pony, and she was pleased with these results. Vinyl reached the doors, and pulled them open.
"And here we are, my dear! My home, away from home!" Vinyl spread her arms wide as she invited Derpy to come in. She gave her a toothy smile, and cocked her head. Vinyl tried to bring more attention to herself, but Derpy had already trotted passed her, looking at all the colors, lights, and the bars. Vinyl noticed that she was not being payed attention to. She turned around to Derpy.
"Would you like something to drink? Eat? I can always mix you up something if you like. Or if you're not into alcohol, I can always just get you a soda, or water." Vinyl wanted to keep Derpy occupied, so she wouldn't seem boring. She definitely didn't want to bore her. Vinyl was afraid of that. She didn't want Derpy to dislike her.
'She is too sweet to not like me, right?' Vinyl silently asked herself. Her eye twitched a little bit, but of course, nopony would be able to tell because of her shades.
"I do not thinks I wants anything." Derpy looked back at Vinyl with her yellow eye. The other eye was just floating around, it seemed. This didn't bother Vinyl though. It had never bothered her. She enjoyed it. She thought it gave the pegasus a nice, and cute touch.
"If you say so, Derpy. But if you get thirsty or whatever, just let me know. Okay?"
Derpy nodded at this, and continued looking around at all the wonders she had never been exposed to before. Vinyl took it as though, Derpy was going to easily occupy herself. She grinned at the curious mare, and walked over to her system.
She started to fix all the switches, and with her magic, shuffled through all her records until she found the ones she wanted. She selected a few from her floating stack, and placed two on her board. She turned a few notches, and pulled a few nobs. She was all set for a night of fine music. But she was more set for another night with Derpy. This time it would be fun, and she could show Derpy how awesome she really was.
She smiled to herself at the thought of this. Impressing the cross-eyed pony was her goal, and she was totally going to nail it. She knew it.
The ponies were now piling into the club. A few guards stood at the doors, checking each pony who entered. Always have to take precautions.
Derpy was sitting next to Vinyl. She wanted to show her how she made all the magic happen. Her music of course. Derpy seemed to be having a good time, and this really put Vinyl at ease.
'As long as she seems happy, it's all good.'
Vinyl was scratching her records, and everypony was loving it. They were all dancing, and moving to her creation. She took a lot of pride in what she does, and knowing that other ponies were enjoying it was all the better. But the most important thing was that Derpy was enjoying it too. She was nodding her head to the beat, mimicking Vinyl, who always did that.
Derpy had not stopped smiling since she got to the club. Vinyl was so happy to see that her friend liked the same thing she did. She never thought that she would have become this close to a pony that she had just met. But you never really know what will happen.
Derpy and Vinyl were both having a great time together. They didn't speak much, but even so, having each other in their presence was good enough. At least, Vinyl thought so. This was the most fun she had ever had at work in years.
A few hours later, around 11:45 pm, Vinyl had slowed the music down a tad. She was secretly relaxing at the moment, it only looked as if she was actually working. Derpy had went over to the bar. Vinyl had ordered her a drink. She was watching as Derpy spun around in her swivel chair, drinking an ice tea with a swirly straw.
Derpy's chair turned around again, and faced Vinyl. Derpy waved her hoof at her, and returned to her spinning. Vinyl had softly waved back, and smiled gently.
'Such a cutie!'
That's all Vinyl could think about. How cute Derpy was. How adorable her eyes were. How incredibly slow she was. How attracted she was to her. But also, how little she knew about her. She wanted to know more. She wanted to get closer to Derpy. She wanted to see in her heart, and ask why she was so alone that night she first saw her. Why she looked so sad. But Vinyl wasn't really good at things of that nature. She wasn't sure how to approach Derpy with such questions. So she just waited. Maybe fate would force them out of her at the right moment.
Vinyl had returned to her music. She had shaken the thoughts from her mind momentarily, so she could focus on her job. But every now and then, her eyes would avert to Derpy. She was now walking about the club. She would always catch Vinyl staring at her though, but all she would do was smile, and giggle.
Vinyl tried to focus, but she just couldn't. Not with Derpy in the same room as her. Her mind would always go back to Derpy. What is she doing? Where is she now? How is she feeling? Does she still like me? Those were the kind of thoughts that were crowding Vinyl's mind.
Vinyl rubbed her cheeks. They were warm. Warmer than usual. Oh no! Was she...blushing?
She looked down at her records, trying to cover the embarrassing display upon her face. But suddenly she heard some ponies talking loudly. Much louder than they should be. And she caught a taste of...mean? Hatefulness? She looked up, and her mouth dropped.
A group of ponies, about five or six, were crowded around Derpy. Everypony else had backed away, and acted as if nothing were happening. The group of ponies were talking to Derpy. No. They were picking on her!
"What is wrong with your face? You don't look very smart."
"Can you even talk? Probably don't know how."
A tan unicorn with a yellow mane was snickering at Derpy, who was now cowering down on the ground. She had one eye on the ground. The other was looking over to the left. She suddenly closed her eyes, and clenched her teeth. A tear? Was she crying?
"Aww! The poor thing is crying!" One of the ponies tauntingly said. The other ponies snickered, and scoffed.
"Hey now! You quit teasing her." One pegasus, with a orange coat, and a purple mane went over to Derpy. Derpy opened her eyes, and looked up at the pony, who was now offering her hoof to help her up. Derpy reached out for the pegasus' hoof, and grabbed it. The pony started to lift Derpy from the ground, but then let go of her, and Derpy fell back over. All of the ponies started to burst out in a fit of laughter. The whole club joined in on the hilarity that had become of Derpy.
Vinyl had had enough. She jumped up from her stand. The music suddenly stopped. Everypony turned to her.
"How dare you....HOW DARE YOU!!" Vinyl jumped down from her location. She ran over to Derpy as quick as possible, and made everypony back away.
Everypony was shocked by Vinyl's behavior.
"Who do you think you are?! Huh? Who the hell do you think you are?! Get away from her! All of you! Get out! GET OUT!! Everypony get out of this club, NOW! Leave! Leave! LEAVE!"
Vinyl's anger, and rage had ultimately turned into sadness. Tears were streaming down her face, as she screamed. Everypony exited the club as fast as they could. The couldn't believe that Vinyl Scratch had done that. She had never done that for anypony else.
The club was now empty, only Vinyl and Derpy remained. Derpy was still on the ground, her eyes were filled with tears. So was Vinyl's but she tried to stop herself quickly.
How could this have happened? Derpy wasn't bothering anypony. She was minding her own business. How could they be so cruel? To somepony like her?
"Derpy..." Vinyl sniffled.
"Are you okay, Derpy?" Vinyl had finally wiped the rest of her tears from under her shades, and was now focusing on Derpy's face.
Her eyes were slowly opening.
One yellow eye pierced through Vinyl's soul.
"I'm so sorr--"
"Get away from me..."
Vinyl could not believe what she just heard.
'Get away? Why? I didn't do anything! Please! Don't hate me! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!'
Vinyl's eyes started to tear up again. She couldn't stop herself this time. She wanted to yell at Derpy. She wanted to tell her that it wasn't her fault! She had no idea! It was all a mistake! That it would be okay, and that she would put those ponies in their place. But no words could come out of her mouth. Her throat was stopped up. She couldn't make a sound. She wanted to tell her...
Vinyl reached her hoof towards Derpy. She wanted to help her up, and clean off her face from all the tears. But Derpy backed away. She wouldn't even look at Vinyl in the face anymore. She looked down at the floor, and said nothing. She looked awful. As if her heart had shattered, and Vinyl knew that it probably did.
She was positive that Derpy felt complete despair, and humiliation. She was so sorry. She didn't know what to do. If only she hadn't of invited Derpy. Maybe even if she never met her. Derpy would had probably been better off. Vinyl should have known that the ponies that come to her shows, and party were rough. She should have known it wasn't the place for a small, innocent pony like Derpy.
It was all her fault. She completely blamed herself for everything. Derpy would probably never trust her. She would probably never speak to her again. Vinyl would never get closer to the cute pony that she longed to know more about. It would never happen now. She was so close, and she ruined it.
'Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!' Vinyl turned her head to the left, but peered through her shades at Derpy, who was still facing the floor. Vinyl then too faced the floor. She had lost all hope, and she had no idea what to do or say. It was hopeless. Derpy hated her. Derpy blamed her as well. Vinyl knew she did.
Suddenly Vinyl heard the pony start to get up. She quickly turned her head towards her.
Derpy was now standing up above Vinyl.
"Derpy, I--"
"It's okay." Derpy interrupted.
Vinyl's eyes widened. She then stood up. She was so close to Derpy's muzzle, almost close enough to kiss her. Vinyl had no words to speak. She had been forgiven. When she was unforgivable....she had been forgiven...
Vinyl slowly wrapped her arms around Derpy, who didn't stop her embrace. The two ponies held each other. Vinyl felt Derpy's heart beating. It hadn't shattered. It was still there. Derpy was so warm against Vinyl's skin. She couldn't help but hug her tighter. She stroked her mane, and whispered:
"Thank you, Derpy. Thank you..."
Derpy and Vinyl had made it back to Vinyl's home. Derpy never did ask to leave. It was has if she didn't have anywhere else to go, but Vinyl didn't hesitate to let her sleep over with her again. This time they would sleep in a bed, instead of on her cold, and not so clean, floor.
Vinyl had never slept in the same bed with anypony before. She wondered if Derpy hadn't neither.
It was a pleasant feeling. Vinyl was close enough to here every breath that Derpy took while she slept. She was close enough to feel the bed slightly move everytime Derpy turned over. She was close enough to feel the warmth from her very alive body. She was close enough to smell Derpy's sweet scent. Muffins. She smelled like freshly baked muffins. How delightful!
Vinyl was tired, but she couldn't sleep. She had to feel the wonders of somepony next to her. She had to live up the moment, for what if she never had the opportunity again? What if she slept through her one chance? She was not going to take any chances, so Vinyl stayed up. Closely, next to Derpy, Vinyl stayed awake. Protecting her. That's what Vinyl was doing. She was protecting Derpy.
The thoughts of those mean ponies wouldn't leave Vinyl alone. They kept coming back. They were haunting her. All she could think about was how cruel they were. How Derpy's face looked when she was being brutally attacked with their hateful words, and evil actions.
Just like Derpy, Vinyl had suffered a lot that night. Vinyl had never felt so much pain before. When she saw what was happening to her sweet friend, she couldn't bare the pain she was feeling. It was horrifying. Her heart broke.
She would never let this happen again. She just couldn't let it happen again. She had to keep Derpy away from such evil, such cruelty. Derpy was too sweet, and kind to have to deal with that. All just because of her eyes too. Something Vinyl had thought was a very becoming look for Derpy. It wasn't stupid looking. It didn't make her look unintelligent. It made her look unique, and Vinyl loved unique things. Is that why Vinyl had practically taken Derpy from her usual life? What was Derpy's usual life anyways? She had no clue. But Derpy didn't seem to mind staying with Vinyl. So if she didn't mind, Vinyl had nothing to worry about.
The morning had finally came. Vinyl was still awake. Her eyes were glued to the ceiling. She had never taken off her shades that night either. Under them, Vinyl was sure her eyes were probably blood shot. She kept them open all night, never giving them the slightest rest for fear that she would doze off to sleep without even realizing.
She took of her shades off for a moment to rub her eyes. Then she placed them back on. She lifted herself up, and with her hoofs, patted down her mane. She wanted to make sure she looked decent before Derpy woke up.
After a few minutes, Derpy arose. She yawned sweetly, and opened her eyes to see Vinyl already awake, not knowing she had been awake all night long.
Derpy smiled at Vinyl, and got out of bed.
"Good Morning my dear!" Vinyl said, as she too lifted herself out of her bed. She used her magic to place the sheets, and pillows back into place before walking out of her bedroom.
Derpy was already in the kitchen. She was looking through the fridge.
"Oh, um...you probably won't find anything in there.." Vinyl said, while rubbing the back of her head.
Derpy looked over at her, mouth in the shape of a small circle, and closed the fridge without taking another look inside.
"Oh, but if you want something...I can always take you into town, and get you some breakfast!"Vinyl suggested.
Derpy smiled, and nodded her head. Her mane swayed around, and her bangs fell over her eyes. She blew them back in place, and continued to smile at Vinyl.
Vinyl took Derpy's frantic nods as a yes, and led her out the door. The two ponies headed into Ponyville.
At their arrival at Sugar Cube Corner, Vinyl magically opened the door and let Derpy go in first. She closed the door behind her, and the two ponies went to the counter.
A pink pony jumped up from behind the table. She greeted the two with a huge welcoming smile.
"Hi there! Wow! You're Vinyl Scratch, right? Super cool! I've always wanted to meet you! Though I like to meet a lot of ponies! You know? I always love to see new ponies! Meeting ponies is the best! I make lots of friends that way. You know, friends are great! I have the best of friends! I love them a lot! You should be one of my friends too, then we could be friends, and that would be great!!!! Ohhh! And your friend here too can be my friend, then we could all be friends! We could have loads of fun together! Fun is always fun!"
Vinyl was wore out from listening to the hyper, pink earth pony ramble. She ordered two apple custard cupcakes, and some tea, and seated herself, and Derpy.
The pink pony came out with her order quickly, and tried to talk to Vinyl and Derpy some more, but Vinyl politely asked if she could have some alone time with Derpy. The pink pony caught on, winked at Vinyl, and hopped away smiling.
Derpy licked her lips, and dove into her cupcake. She gulped down her tea, and Vinyl offered her cupcake to Derpy who wholeheartedly accepted, and devoured it as well.
"So Derpy, what do you usually do....or what did you do before you met me?"
Vinyl wanted to know more about where Derpy came from, and what she used to do before she got a hold of her. Derpy looked over at Vinyl from across the table. She seemed as if she was trying to remember. But then she finally answered.
"Nothing."
Vinyl looked kind of shocked. Nothing? How could anypony do nothing for a living? Unless somepony took care of her, but who?
"Did you live with somepony else? Do you have any relatives around here...?" Vinyl smiled gently, trying to act as if she were asking simple, innocent questions that had no significance to them at all.
"No...I live alone." Derpy stared right into her reflection on Vinyl's shades. Looking at herself seemed to make her...sad.
"Do you have any close friends around here? Maybe you could introduce m--"
"I don't have any friends."
Vinyl's ears slightly went back. No friends? No family? How does this pony live? Vinyl started to feel sympathy for the lonely pegasus.
'I should have known something was up since I met her in the middle of the night behind a building, acting sad. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!'
Vinyl was not very good at noticing obvious things.
"Why....why don't you have any friends?" Vinyl quickly regretted saying this. She wanted to smack herself in the face.
'Stupid! Stupid! Stu--'
"Nopony likes me."
Vinyl's thoughts were interrupted by Derpy. Nopony likes her? Why? Why? Why?
"Ever since I was a filly. Everypony always hated me. Last night, that was nothing. I've had worse. My parents didn't want me, so they gave me away to my grandparents. They didn't treat me too well. They said they didn't want more fillies to take after. I tried to raise myself on my own so I wouldn't be a burden to them in their old age. They soon passed away. I was left to be taken care of by my school teacher. But she was always so busy too. She was awfully nice to me though. She fed me, and let me stay with her at night, but I would always try to stay out of her mane when I could. I didn't want to bother her either. When I was in school, all the other fillies would pick on me. They said I looked stupid. That my eyes were weird. They said it was no wonder why nopony wanted to take care of me. To love me. They said nopony would ever love me. Even the teacher didn't. That's what they told me. I believed them."
Vinyl didn't know what to say. That was the most she had ever heard Derpy speak, and it was so sad. Why was everypony so mean to her? She had done nothing wrong.
"After school I tried to run away from all the fillies I used to know. I didn't want to stay in Cloudsdale. I couldn't. I came to Ponyville hoping ponies here would be different. I stayed out of everyponies way, trying to live a nice, peaceful life by myself. But it didn't take long for ponies here to think wrongfully of me either. They never wanted me to participate in any of the towns festivities, or clean ups. They didn't want me to work. They didn't want me to have access to any of the shops, or restaurants. And if they ever had the chance, they would push me around, and take all their anger out on me. I just don't know what I did to anypony. I don't know why I was born with this stupid face. These stupid eyes. I just don't know what went wrong..."
Derpy had ended her story. She went back to being quiet. It was as if she had two personalities. One was when she acted as if she knew no pain, and the other was when she felt the pain tremendously, and didn't know how to escape it.
Vinyl had no words. She leaned over the table, and made her way over to Derpy.
Their muzzles touched, and then connected. Derpy felt tears run down her face, but they weren't hers, but Vinyls. As Vinyl continued to kiss Derpy, all she could think about was...
Derpy was confused. She never had a pony touch her muzzle before with their own. What was this? Some sort of hug? A friend thing? She was't sure, but it made her feel happy. Is this a thing that friends do together? Did she finally have a friend? Was Vinyl her friend? Her best friend?
Derpy didn't have any answers. She just stood there and let Vinyl continue her strange friendship hug with her mouth. Derpy thought maybe it was something friends did to comfort each other, because if that was the case, it was working. She no longer felt sad about her past. Everything started to disappear. All she could think about was Vinyl. Vinyl. Vinyl.
Derpy closed her eyes. Vinyl's eyes were closed as well but she couldn't see through her shades. Derpy just felt as if she needed to close them. As if she couldn't get the complete feeling unless her eyes were shut.
It must have been true. She felt every little feeling as her eyes could no longer see. It felt as if nopony else was there but her and Vinyl.
Vinyl slowly released herself from Derpy. She opened her eyes to see that Derpy was still sitting there with her eyes closed, mouth still parted. Vinyl smiled, and pet the ponies mane. She moved her bangs over to the side, and softly touched her face.
Derpy's eyes opened. She couldn't feel her blissful world anymore, but seeing Vinyl, she knew it was still there.
Vinyl was glad to see that Derpy no longer looked sad. Does this mean she liked her? Did Derpy ever even kiss anypony before? Was that her first kiss? Does she even know what a kiss is?
Vinyl decided to speak.
"Derpy, I think....I think I really like you."
Vinyl was glad that her eyes were covered by her shades. She didn't want Derpy to see how flustered her face really was. Her white coat made it easy to see her blush, but only slightly. She tried to hold back all visual emotions.
"Friends?" Derpy said with a smile on her face.
'Friends? Just friends? Did she think that was some friendly gesture.'
Vinyl was starting to hurt inside. Was that all she was to her? Just a friend? After that kiss? She felt nothing but friendship? Maybe Derpy didn't understand love. Maybe those fillies were right. Maybe nopony ever loved her before. Maybe Vinyl was the first pony to ever love Derpy.
"No...Derpy....I love you."
Vinyl had did it now. There was no escaping what would happen. Derpy would probably not know how to react. She barely knew her. How could she already love her? Did it even matter? Maybe it was fate...
"Wubs? Wubs! Wubs!" Derpy started to giggle, and laugh, as if Vinyl had not just confessed her undying love for her.
'Wubs? No, not wubs!' Vinyl was starting to get frustrated. But she couldn't be mad. Derpy didn't understand. She had never felt love before. She just needed to be showed. She could show Derpy love, and then everything would be great between them.
"No, Derpy. Not wubs...I LOVE you. As in...I have a lot of feelings for you. Derpy I just kissed you because I couldn't help myself from doing so. I love being around you. I love you being with me. I never want you to leave my side. You could live with me, and we could listen to wubs all the time. I could show you how to DJ! You could help me out when I go to work. We could always have fun together! Don't you want that?"
'I sound so uncool right now...' Vinyl thought to herself, but she didn't care. She didn't care if she seemed like a loser, not in front of Derpy anyways. Derpy was different from other ponies. She felt as if she could be herself around Derpy.
Derpy looked at Vinyl in confusion. Her smile had faded away, and she seemed as if she didn't know what Vinyl was talking about.
"Love?" Derpy remembered what she had been told in the past.
Nopony will ever love you!
That's what she was told. But was it really true? Or had somepony just told her...that they loved her? Somepony finally loved her?
"Love." Vinyl said.
Derpy still didn't completely understand what kind of love Vinyl was feeling. Vinyl knew this. Vinyl knew that Derpy couldn't completely understand the sexual, and emotional pull that Vinyl felt towards Derpy. She had never been exposed to anything like it before. Vinyl could only go but so far with Derpy. But Vinyl didn't care. She only loved Derpy, and nopony else. Even if she could only be her friend. Vinyl would still love her.
Derpy was different than other ponies. This was something Vinyl knew from the start. Derpy was like a child, playful, innocent, and she carried something that Vinyl wanted. She carried a heart that completed Vinyl. Something that Vinyl was not going to give up.
Derpy and Vinyl are always together now. The live together, work together, hang together. Everything.
Vinyl sometimes wished that she had never met that pegasus though. She wished that she would have just stayed at work that night, and never had seen her. She wished that she had never fallen in love with her, but she knew fate had already planned it out.
Vinyl still harbored those loving feelings for Derpy deep within her heart, but she never brought them out ever again. She knew that she couldn't do that. It wouldn't happen, it couldn't. Derpy was different. But she would never lose those feelings, and she would always protect Derpy, and stay by her side.
Vinyl had never been more happy with her life than now. Derpy completed her. They were meant to be by each others sides. She knew it was so.
In your eyes, I see my reflection, and I know that I am deep within you. Within your heart, forever.
