Vinyl's story

"FINE! And don't expect Octavia to just happily accept you as a partner, either. She's very picky about her partners, and I doubt that she'll accept somepony like you!" A mint green unicorn shouted across the cafeteria.

"We'll just see about that, then!" An alabaster unicorn shouted back with equal force not noticing that everypony in the cafeteria was staring at her. The alabaster unicorn pulled on her headphones and walked out of the cafeteria, either not knowing that everyone was looking at her, or not caring.

There was a pale green unicorn however, that took more interest in the situation than everyone else.

"What do you think all that was about?" the unicorn asked his friends.

"I haven't got a clue Neon, and I don't think that it's a good idea to get involved in 6th grade problems, either," said his friend.

The unicorn didn't share the same thought as his friend. "I dont know, there's just something about that unicorn that just walked out...something different..."

"NEON LIGHTS! DO NOT TELL ME YOU ARE CHECKING OUT A SIXTH GRADE MARE! I AM ASHAMED OF YOU!"

"Shut up, Time Turner," Neon said to his friend," Last I checked, you were doing the same thing."

"Ditzy's different, Neon. She looked at me first."

"Yeah, sure."

"Whatever. You can have my apple, i have to be somewhere."

"Good luck, Neon. Dont expect her to just gallop into your arms."

"I wasn't talking going to talk to her, Time. I need to get to my next class early, my teacher's expecting me."

"Yeah, sure."

--

Octavia couldn't believe her ears. She had to work with a pony to put her own music into somepony else's. Why was life so unfair? And Lyra would do just about anything to get her to fail, like TRYING TO PAIR UP WITH THE OTHER CLASS'S BEST MUSICIAN! Octavia had to find out who that was and pair up with them before Lyra! Her hand shot up.

"Yes Octavia?' the teacher asked.

"I was just wondering, who is the other class's best musician?'

"I believe that would be the unicorn Vinyl Scratch, now if you would all turn your music books to page seventy eight-"

Vinyl Scratch, Vinyl Scratch. Where had Octavia heard that name? She racked her brain trying to remember. Then, all of a sudden, she had a revelation. Vinyl was in most of her classes! And the next time she usually saw her was...7th PERIOD, HER NEXT AND FINAL CLASS! She would meet her and ask to be her partner! She almost shrieked in joy until she realized that Lyra was probably thinking the same thing. She had to be quick, she had to be cool about it to beat Lyra to Vinyl!

She was on her way to the next class when all of a sudden, somepony grabbed her and shoved her into a wall. She didnt have to think twice to know who it was. "Lyra," she muttered, "I assume your'e on your way to class?"

"Don"t play with me, Octavia," Lyra scolded, "you know just as well as i do why I'm here."

"I cant say i do."

"Whatever! You know I want the best of the best for my partner."

"And who would that be, dear?"

"DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME, OCTAVIA! YOU KNOW I'M TALKING ABOUT VINYL!"

"Who? Oh her!"

"What the hay are you DOING, Lyra!?" a new voice asked.

"Oh, hey Bonbon. What are YOU doing? I thought you liked to get to class early," answered Lyra.

"I do, but when i heard you picking on another student, I had to come check on both of you. Seriously Lyra, i thought you didn't do this anymore!" the pale yellow mare answered.

"But, I...sorry."

"Dont apologize to me, apologize to her!"

"Ok. I'm sorry, Octavia," Lyra said with the sweetest tone she could muster."It was wrong for me to let my emotions take the best of me."

"I accept your apology, Lyra."

Just as Bonbon was walking away with Lyra, Lyra whispered one last thing to Octavia: "If I find out that you're working with MY partner, I swear I will-"

"LYRA! we're going to be late!"

And with that, Lyra and Bonbon headed of to class, leaving Octavia all by herself.

--

There was something wrong with Octavia. Vinyl had never seen her this upset, even though she really didn't pay attention to her often. She was going to ask her to work on the project with her, but she just didn't think that know was a good time, since she seemed so upset. Because of that it REALLY surprised her when Octavia came up to HER towards the end of class and asked,

"Uh, hey. Your name's Vinyl Scratch, right? I was told you're the best musician in your class."

"Yeah I heard the same about you. Your name's Octavia right?"

"Who told you my name?"

"Oh this pony named Lyra. Is she-"

"Wait, are you working with Lyra?"

"What? No! She hates my guts after i stood up to her at lunch."

"Really? Well, in case you didn't know, Lyra wants you as a partner."

"Yeah, she's REAL subtle about it.'

"Well, anyways, i would like to know if you would like to be my partner."

"Wow, really? I was thinking the same thing! I can't wait to know you better, and become friends, and-"

"No, thats not what I meant. We are just partners for a project, nothing more, nothing less."

"Um, okay," answered a confused Vinyl as the bell rung, signaling the end of the school day.