It was a fine day of autumn. Pinkie Pie, who was feeling extra happy that day, opened Sugar Cube Corner to the public earlier than usual. The Cakes had left her in charge while they were visiting some relatives at Baltimare with the twins. She baked pending orders all morning and got Twist to assist her with the clients while she finished up her duties in the kitchen. The young pony was taking some informal classes from Pinkie and from Bon Bon, so she could improve her skills as a candy maker. Pinkie would teach her a thousand ways to boost her creativity. All she had to do in exchange was helping her baking and receiving client's orders. Apparently, it was a lazy day. There was almost nopony in the streets of Ponyville, but Pinkie kept on working like it was Nightmare Night’s eve. Soon, she would be free to assist the clients with her apprentice. She practically knew everypony in town, so it was fun to greet and talk to friends while working.

She was thinking about that while decorating the last cake order for Sweetie Belle’s cuteceanera later that day, when a group of ponies entered the store. She recognized some of the voices and turned around to confirm her predictions.

“Octavia! Vinyl! Neon! OH MY GOSH! Long time no see!” She shouted before running to them and giving them a long hug “Welcome to Sugar Cube Corner” Twist looked at the scene internally debating if she should laugh or not.

“It’s... good… to see you… too, Pinkie!” Vinyl panted, almost out of air from Pinkie’s hug. She freed them and giggled nervously

“Sorry, I forget I mustn’t be that enthusiastic…at least that’s what Mrs. Cake says”

“It’s good being you, Pinkie” Neon said, once the blue shade on his face faded away “Just try to control your strength next time” Pinkie nodded and walked them to a table near the window.

“What are you all doing here? I thought you were in the fancy Canterlot making sweet tunes!”

“We were” Octavia smiled “But we are on holidays…well, kind of…”

"Is there a party going on?" She interrupted "Do you need my help organizing it? You know how much I love your parties!"

“We’re actually celebrating!” Vinyl exclaimed as excited as Pinkie and added “Little Octy here is going to play with the Canterlot Philharmonic startin’ this summer. She's got a contract and everything! She will be playing the double bass with the big guys all year”

“This is the greatest thing that has happened to me” Octavia said.

“Hold on! What about the Grand Galloping Gala?” Neon asked “That’s a big deal, too”

“It is! But, I have to say that is not as exciting as playing for the princesses in private and going on tours across Equestria and…” Pinkie burst her bubble.

“That’s so cool! You must be very excited and nervous at the same time. Are you? I bet you have practiced a lot for the try outs! But you are already so talented! How can you boost all that talent--”

“Pinkie?” Twist interrupted with a nervous smile “I think hey must be ready to order” The pink pony took some time to process what her assistant just said.

“Oh, oopsie, silly me” She giggled “You’re here to celebrate! Right! Well, you’ve come to the right place, because the first round of cupcakes is on me!” Pinkie turned to Twist and told her to bring some of the cupcakes she had separated for emergencies. The group of musicians looked at each other and small smiles appeared on their faces.

“Say, Pinkie” Octavia said in her particular accent “Would you like to join us to celebrate?” Pinkie turned around showing a big grin.

“ Of course!” She sat down between Neon and Vinyl “You must tell me EVERYTHING! I mean, I know you all, but I don’t know much about you, like your story and all but I didn’t want to ask you because that would be…what’s the word Twilight always use?...intrusive?”

Twist came back to the table with a big platter and placed it before them. The ponies thanked her and Pinkie asked her to keep an eye on the oven. She nodded and left to keep working.

“We would like to hear about filly Octavia” Neon teased, taking off his shades. Vinyl nodded in agreement, very amused by the idea and took her first bite on a pink frosted sprinkled cupcake.

“You already know what you need to know about me. You were there since I was very young. My years before getting my cutie mark were not very interesting”

“So, you all knew each other when you were young fillies?” Pinkie’s eyes grew with excitement. The three other ponies nodded at her “Do tell! Do tell!” she chanted childishly.

“Oh, I remember that very well” Vinyl laughed, putting her red shades on the table, just like her friend did. The white disc jockey looked at Octavia, who finally smiled and nodded, allowing her to tell Pinkie the story of how they all met.

“It happened years ago, my cutie mark had just appeared on my blank flank and my uptight parents decided to get me signed up for Canterlot Conservatory, because they weren’t very fond of my style. They wanted me to learn new branches of music. I agreed because I found in this an opportunity to meet more people like me and of course to learn new ways of making music” Everypony was listening to Vinyl. Even Twist, while standing behind the counter, getting ponies’ orders. “The first pony I met was my roommate: Lyra Heartstrings. She plays the lyre like a virtuoso and we were very good friends back in the day. I understand she lives here now and gives private lessons to young fillies…Anyways, she is the one who introduced me to this guy here” Vinyl poked Neon’s cheek.

“I bet you became best friends instantly! I mean, how could you not? You look so cute together!” Pinkie said after engulfing a whole cupcake. Neon almost blushed with her comment.

“Well, yeah…almost instantly” Vinyl said, trying to ignore the last sentence of the pink mare “We talked for a while and became inseparable…except for the DJ battles..." She turned to the unicorn "That’s where I kick your flank”

“In your dreams” Neon gave her a smug smile and poked her back.

“I still don’t get it” Pinkie told Vinyl “If you and Octavia weren’t roommates, then how did you two met and became best friends forever?”

“We actually were roommates” Octavia corrected her.

“Oooohh…what?” Everypony laughed at Pinkie’s confused stare and Vinyl proceeded to explain her friend’s statement.

Author's Note

First Chapter is up, yo!
If you read this short introduction, please let me know wether you liked it or not and also what would you like to read in the future, I'm always open to suggestions!
I'll upload the second one as soon as possible n_n