Music We Cherish

Octavia awoke from her sleep and looked at her clock. She stretched her legs and got up off her bed. She walked into the kitchen and opened the door. Tavi shuffled through the various food and decided on cereal. She poured her milk out and ate it quietly, then went into the bathroom. She brushed her hair and but n her collar and bow. She picked up her cello case and walked out of the dorm. She went back in and wrote a note to Vinyl, then nodded and was off. She trotted to the elevator after locking the door and walked out.

"Morning!" Octavia said to the desk mare.

"Good morning!" The sweet mare replied with glee.

Octavia walked to her class room and was the second in, not counting the teacher. The teacher was named Vivid Violin, and was a soft brown color. Her mane was a grey color and her cutie mark was a white violin. Octavia took a seat next to the other pony in the room.

"Hello, I'm Octavia. What's your name?" Octavia asked.

"I am Sax. I play the saxophone. And you play the viola? No, cello." The Pegasus stated.

"Yeah, I play the cello." Octavia smiled.

The mare was a golden color with a white mane. Her cutie mark was a blue half note and she was very sweet. Two more pony like characters came in, and they sat down next to the other mares. One, a griffon named Leo smiled kindly to the other two, and introduced himself.

"Hi, I'm Leo. I'm from Griffonia. What are your names?"

The other, a Timber Wolf like character stated her name as well. "Hi, I'm Willow. I look like a Timber Wolf, but I'm really the offspring of a Timber Wolf and a Unicorn. It's nice to meet you."

After the introductions of the various characters, they started playing games to get to know each other better. After a while of playing games, they started to play a little bit of music. Octavia and Sax played their instruments in perfect pitch, and Leo  played his trumpet quite well. Willow played her flute and mesmerized the class, catching their attention with her random changes that made the tune just a little bit better.

"Why are there only four ponies- I mean, pony like in this class?" Sax asked.

"Well, this school requires a lot of money to pay for tuition, and many pony like folk can't always afford it, so we only have so many folks that can come here." The unicorn mare stated sweetly.

After a couple more classes of essentially the same activities, Octavia walked home. She forgot to pack her lunch and was starving, but found herself relieved to find Vinyl eating dinner. Vinyl ate some assorted fruits and vegetables, and had a big bowl out for the two if them. Tavi sat on the chair across from Vinyl and ate some food as well.

"Thank you, Vinyl."

"I was hungry and I figured you might be too, so I made a bowl of fruit. It's really good. How was your first day?"

"It was pretty nice. I Met a griffon, timber wolf, and two other mares in my first class. They're really the only ones in the Classical Department. There's only six ponies in the whole Department! I wonder why they have such tall dorms if only so few can be here."

"Yeah, I wonder too. I met a changeling in my first class. He was pretty awesome."

"There are so many species that go here. I wonder who else is here."

"I wonder if Lyra was right about something. She told me there are humans here, but I don't really know. I wanna see one though."

"I don't know if humans are even real. The one writing this story is really weird too. Hey look! I just broke the fifth wall! That was pretty fun."

"Yeah, the reader is probably going to think the writer is just being stupid, which she is. Fifth wall broken twice in one chapter!" Vinyl chuckled as she thought of the idea.

The two ate the rest of the bowl and practiced their music and compositions. After a long while of practicing, Vinyl called taking a shower first. She ran in the shower and slipped, making a loud crashing sound. She called to Tavi and said she was okay, then took a shower and dove onto her bed. She rubbed her back and fell asleep gently, tuckered out from such a long day.

Octavia shook her head and walked slowly into the bathroom. She tried keeping her hooves stable, but, the writer being stupid decided to make her slip and fall. She cursed under her breath, something about yelling at a certain someone later. She took her shower and placed a mat on the slick spot, and eventually went to bed.