Behind the Shades

Chapter two

The young filly stared with pride at her new gift that she had received for her birthday. She was speech less when she finally found the words.  "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!!!  Its perfect!"

"Do you like it sweet heart?" Vinyl's mother asked as she tried to hold back joyfull tears at the sight of young Vinyl's mesmerized eyes at the turntable.

"Yes, yes a million times yes."  Vinyl took the turntable into her room and ran out to the shed to get the old records that her parents had.  She placed one record on the table totally forgetting how to use it when she inally remembered Lyras cousin did something like move it around with his hoof and it was called scratching the record.  Vinyl did so, finding that it makes a noise she had never heard before but she new she liked it.  She quickly realized how to work the table and found that if she moved it just before a good beat it sounded a lot better she was up all night working with it trying to find the best places to scratch the record.  The next morning when she woke she did her normal routine get up take a shower brush her teeth eat breakast and go to school but just before she got out the door Vinyls name was called.

"Vinyl whats that?  Did you sit in ink?" Her mother asked the filly realizing what it actually was.  Vinyl turned to see what her mother was talking about.

"My cutie mark!" Vinyl shouted with joy.  Her cutie mark was two eighth notes tied together on her flank. "How did i get it mom?" Vinyl questioned her mother.

"I'm not sure could it have been you up all night playing music?"  Vinyl quickly relized that it was because it was from the turntables she knew that this was what she was ment to do.

Later in the years Vinyl was now 17, her talent grew she was now creating her own music and was now working for a music company called Thee Manehatten Music.  They had their own radio tower so that ponies everywhere could listen to the hottest music.  Vinyl was just an intern for the main Dj, she gave him CDs to play in the turntable but the raido broadcaster never did what Vinyl did how she moved the music in away nopony else could.  That night the dj left home a little earlier than usually but he wanted Vinyl to play on last song for the night and for her to close up the studio when the song had finished.  After the song had ended Vinyl did as she was told she turned everything off and walked out the door.  Not taking more then five steps she turned around and said to herself "C'mon just once...No I cant I could get fired...But what if I go off the air?" she sat there thinking to herself for no more than 30 seconds before dashing back in the studio.  She placed a disc by some random artist it was a decent song but then Vinyl said into the mic not noticing the behind her the On Air sign was on "Ok everypony enough of this boring music, its time to start jammin' coming to you live is your favorite, the one and only Dj Pon3." This is what Vinyl would call herself when nopony was around because it sounded silly in her opinion but that is what she decided was her stage name.  Vinyl started playing the song again but this time working with the soundboard adding in different tunes and intruments but her favorite thing was the bass.  She added so much bass that the whole building was starting to shake with it but Vinyl was just rockin' out to the new remix that she created. "Thanks everypony for listening its been an honor to play this is Dj Pon3 signing off." she turned in the chair she had been sitting in to relize that the sign was still on "Oh Buck Me!" she said in her head as she quickly ran out shutting everything off as fast as she could  running out of the studio and ran home.  "I'm going to be fired, What the buck was I thinking!?" as she face hooved herself.  The next morning she was in a bit of a suprise

"Vinyl could you please come in my office?" Her boss asked as he receeded back into the office.

"Yes what can I do for ya." She said trying to act like nothing last night happened.

"How long have you worked here?" The pony asked

"Um almost a year sir, why?" Vinyl questioned

"Almost a year huh, by now I would think you would have known that all the radio studios have cameras in them."

"I can explain sir." Vinyl said right after his comment to her

"No need for excuses, Vinyl somepony like you doesnt need to be working here"

"Please sir i dont have anywhere else to work please dont fire me!" She said cutting of her boss

"Hey now i never said i was firing you, if you would have let me finished I was going to say  I know somepony who lives just south in Filly Delphia." he said as he slide a business card across the desk "Somepony with your kind of talent needs to be heard all across equestria your going to be famous i can feel it."

"Oh Celestia thank you, your the greatest!" Vinyl hugged the pony across the desk from her.  She ran home to go tell her parents of the great news.  Vinyl burst into the house to tell her mother of the great news only to find her mother being held by Vinyls aunt as both of them cried. "Mom?  Whats wrong?"

"Vinyl come here." Her mother grabbed her sobbing and holding on to her "It's your father Vinyl h-hes dead, there was an accident when he was on his way home an-and..." Sobbing uncontrollably she could only hold on to her daughter