Author's Note
This is the first drama or whatever I've ever written. So if its not great, that's why. I hope you all enjoy it!
~CloudCrusher, Signing off!~
Shades
A white unicorn filly with a blue and aquamarine mane, her big red eyes shimmering with joy as she ran around laughing with a tall silver unicorn with forest and lime green mane, his eyes a dark purple, chasing after her. On his flank was a mark of a disk and a multitude of notes circling it.
The silver stallion ran with the filly around the backyard of a big brick house, the sound of waggons and carts passing by evident, along with the busy chatter of ponies on their way to work or the usual group of gossiping teens. The little filly turned around and her little horn glowed as she disappeared, the stallion's eyes widening as he ran into a wall and fell on his back.
He groaned, standing up and rubbing his head, "Ow... Jeez Vi, I thought we agreed no magic!" he shouted in a voice most would associate with a radio star with a hint of a skater's accent.
The filly reappeared giggling and trotted to her counterpart, nuzzling him sweetly and looking up at him with her ruby-red eyes. "I'm sorry big bro. You're not hurt or anything, are you?" she said with slight worry as he stood up, staring down at the little filly.
He sighed and smiled, "Nah, I'll be fine. And more importantly..." he grabbed her with his magic and hugged her tight, "I'm so freaking proud'a you yo! You were able to teleport and all that good shiz! I was all like, 'Wait, what?!' cause you were all like, 'Teleportation activated!' and it was so way past awesome yo!"
The albino filly blushed and giggled, hiding her blush in her brother's coat, "It wasn't that great..."
The bigger seemed shocked, "Wasn't that great... It was dynamically mathematical with a side'a radical sis! I couldn't believe what I was seein'!" the stallion gushed, making his sister blush brighter. He chuckled at his little sister and nuzzles her, making her look up as he gave her a quick kiss, smiling smugly with a bit of crimson crossing his cheeks.
The little unicorn blushed darker, her eyes widened in shock as she touched her lips with her hoof, not believing what her big sibling had done, "Bro... Did you just..."
The larger pony smirked and winked, "Maybe I did, so? We're bro and sis, we can kiss without anyone thinking its weird, right? And if they do, they can go buck themselves." he said with a big goofy grin on his face.
The unicorn looked down at he ground, as if in deep thought as the amethyst-eyed stallion stopped smiling and got closer, "Hey, come on. If it bothers you that much I wo--" he was interrupted as his little sisters lips crashed into his own, knocking him over.
She separated from him and giggled, curling up on his chest as she nuzzled him, "I love you big brother." she said, sighing happily.
The stallion chuckled and wrapped his forelegs around her smiling softly, "I love you too Vi-Vi... So much..." he said the last part quiet as a whisper as he nuzzles her.
"Hey, big brother?" the unicorn said dreamily.
He looked down at her as he sat up on his haunches, "Yeah, wassup Vi?"
She blushed looking away from his gaze, "Well... Um... When I grow up... W-would you... M-m-marry me?" she said softly.
The question sent a shock through the stallion's body as his eyes widened and his jaw dropped and stood agape. He thought for a few minutes and then looked down at his sister's hopeful and blushing face. He smiled and kissed her forehead, "Sure Vi-Vi. When you get older, I'll totes def marry you, aight?"
The smile the filly grew could light up an arena as she pounced her brother in pure joy, cheering and laughing uncontrollably. They then heard the sound of a womanly voice calling out for them, "Vinyl, DJ! Time to come in you two, dinner time!"
The two gasped and smiled, running into the house and smiling big as a unicorn as pure white as the driven snow, with pure, royal blue and shimmering emerald hair, as well as baby blue eyes was placing her saddlebags down on a nearby chair and smiling at them, "Hello you two."
They ran to her, hugging her tightly, "Mom, you're home!" they cheered in unison as she laughed loudly, as if expecting the surprise hug.
"Well of course, where else would I be? My shift ended hours ago, so I decided to get my hair done. Whattya think?" she said posing for her children.
Vinyl smiled and giggled, "You look super pretty mom!" she said loudly.
"Why thank you Vinyl. What do you think DJ? Doesn't your mother look absolutely stunning?"
He chuckled and nuzzles her, "Whatever you say mom, whatever you say." Their mother made a pouty face as her son laughed hard, "Mom, I was only kidding. You look smokin', cool?" he said still chuckling in between.
The mare nodded, "Good, that's what I like to hear. Now, who wants pizza?" she said levitating three small boxes of pizza onto the nearby table along with fries, and sodas. The siblings cheered and raced to the table as their mother sat wih them, eating and drinking and laughing about their day.
~ 4 Years Later ~
"Yo Vinyl, I'm goin'!" said the tall silver pony as running could be heard from he second floor, coming closer as the little unicorn, though taller and a little more womanly toned, screeched to a halt and kissed her big brother good-bye, "You ain't goin' nowhere without kissin' me back bro. You know that."
The stallion chuckled and gave her a kiss as well, then separating from her, "You never change Vi. Anywho, I'll be home late again tonight, so don't stay up waitin' for me, aight?"
Vinyl groaned, "Fine! But you better not come home drunk again like last time! Mom really freaking hated it when you do."
He chuckled, "Jeez, you're starting to sound like mom! You know a drink or two never hurt nobody sis."
"That's not the bucking point you dolt!" she screamed as her brother nearly froze in surprise, "I swear, if you come home piss drunk again, I will personally beat the bucking alcohol outta you, got it?!"
The bigger unicorn was going to protest until a tear trailed down the side of his little sister's face, followed by another, and another, until she was full-on crying, her voice breaking. "You hear me? I will... I'll... I'll deck you so hard... You'll..." she clenched her teeth, trying her best not to break into hysterics as she stood her ground.
He looked at his sister sadly and walked towards her, hugging her tight, "Right... I totes forgot that mom died cause of alcohol... I'm sorry Viny... I didn't mean to make ya cry or nothing... Look, I wont drink if you don't want me to, okay?"
She sniffled and looked up at him, "Y-You promise?"
He nodded and hugged her tighter, "I totally promise..."
She dug her face into his shoulder, "You promised..."
"Oh, and before I totes forget..." he grabbed something from the suitcase of equipment and held out a box to her, white wrapping paper with aquamarine and blue ribbons, "Happy 12th B-day little sis!"
She slowly stopped crying and grabbed the box with her magic, ripping it open and gasping on what was inside. A pair of black shades with purplish faded blue lenses. She smiled and put them on, "Thanks so much bro..."
He smiled, "No prob lil' sis. Anyways, I gotta split! See ya in the morning!" he called out as he walked out the door with his equipment and down the street. She closed the door and sighed happily, making her way to the couch with soda, a bag of chips, and the TV remote as she sat down on the couch, eating from the bag and turning the channels till she found one she liked, wearing her glasses happily.
~ 6 Hours Later ~
Vinyl was asleep with the chips scattered on the floor next to her and three or four bottles of soda in front of her, one of them only half empty as there was a loud knock on the door. Vinyl yelled in fright and fell off the couch and jumped back up wobbily as she ran over to the door, the knocking getting louder, "I'm coming, I'm coming! Jeez!"
She used her magic and he door flew open, "Would'ja hold your damn-- Huh?"
In front of her were two ponies, both in a police pony uniform as the black one on the left started, "Are you miss..." he looked at a notepad with his magic, "Vinyl Scratch? Sister of DJ?"
She looked confused, "Uh... Yeah, that's me. What's up? Did my bro do somethin'?" she said a little worriedly.
The ponies looked at each other as the brown pony next to him spoke, "Um... Well... There was a... How should I put this... There's been an incident."
Vinyl's ears shot up and her eyes widened at the word 'incident', "Wait, incident? Wh-Whattya mean? Is my bro okay?! Is he hurt?!"
The black one continued, "No... He's not hurt, per say... He's... Well he's..." he sighed, "I'm so sorry Miss Scratch, but your big brother DJ... I'm sad to say that... He's... Gone..."
"Wh... What? Hey, you mean like... He's missing or something, right? Is this one of those 'How will they react' TV shows? Hahaha, well, you totally got me man! Come on, bring in the cameras." she laughed.
The police pony shook his head, "No, gone as in... He is dead, Miss Scratch."
She stopped laughing as her smile started to fade, "Wait... What?"
"He was caught in the middle of a bar fight and a stray bottle of Applejack Daniels hit him in his temple... He died of a concussion..."
Vinyl's pupils dilated to pin-pricks as she shook her head, "No... N-No, that can't be right... You're lying!"
The officer shook his head, "I wish I was, believe me I really truly do... But its the absolute tr--"
"Don't bucking say it!" she yelled wrathfully, shaking like a leaf in a strong wind, "Don't say another bucking word..." she said angrily.
The officer nodded and sighed, "I am really, very sorry Vinyl Scratch... Really I am..."
Vinyl slid to her haunches and instantly broke down, covering her face with her hooves, "No... NO! He can't... He can't be gone... I... He's my brother... He's invincible, he's strong, he's the greatest DJ in the world... He's MY DJ..."
The officer sighed and sat down next to her, waving his brown partner away, telling him to go ahead without him. As his partner nodded and complied, walking away from the upsetting scene, the other stayed with Vinyl. "Miss Scratch, believe me, I understand what you're going through... A close friend of mine died not too long ago. He and his wife, Sweet Dream, were killed by a drunken pony as they were returning home from shopping... They had a little filly, 2 years old, and now she's on her own... It breaks my heart, but thank Celestia my partner over there took her in..."
Vinyl just continued to cry as the officer sighed, placing a foreleg around her. "If you like... My daughter and I have an extra room at our house... You're always welcome." he said sadly as she sniffled and looked up at him, nodding and trying to speak, but only being met by more uncontrollable sobbing. The police pony hugged her and sighed, shooshing her calmly, "Let it out... Let it all out..."he said slowly as he rocked her.
~ The Next Day in Canterlot ~
Vinyl was in front of a big house, white walls, multiple windows, brilliant design, the whole nine yards. Vinyl looked at the door and noticed the pony wasn't black, but actually just a dark grey as he walked up to her, "Well, I didn't expect you to come to me. I was just on my way to the station to come and pick you up." he looked above her and noticed a few ponies walking up to them carrying posters, disks and furniture with them.
He kneeled down and whispered, "Do you know these ponies?" he said cautiously as she stayed silent and nodded.
The first, a grey, gold-maned pony with yellow eyes walked up, "Hi, I'm Dexter Doo. My daughter goes to school with Vinyl." he held out a hoof and shook the ponies hoof.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Octavious. So I suppose you were helping her move her things?" he said with a small, polite smile.
"Yup, I was so sorry to hear about DJ. He was a kind soul, able to make anypony laugh... He'll be sorely missed..." he looked down at Vinyl and hugged her, "Good-bye Vinyl, come visit Ditzy and I sometime, okay?" he walked away, wiping away tears as he flew off, leaving the cart of posters and disks where he previously stood.
Following up were the other two, a big red earth pony with an orange and yellow mane, followed by a tan unicorn with a silver mane, "Hello there. I am Silver Sands, and this is Red Gala. We're friends of DJ's." the tan pony said politely in a British accent as Gala simply nodded a greeting to him.
Octavious nodded and the three started working on getting Vinyl's room set up. "Vinyl, why don't you go play? I'm sure my daughter would love to meet you." She nodded and walked into the house, walking into the back and seeing a brownish-grey filly, like her, with grey eyes and mane, playing a cello, a pink bowtie around her neck.
She walked forward slowly and stopped as the other filly did, turning and smiling at her, "Why hello there. I am Octavia, and I assume you are Vinyl Scratch?" Vinyl nodded shyly, averting her gaze. "Now now, no need to be shy. Go ahead and talk."
Vinyl nodded, "Uh... Yeah, o-okay..."
Octavia smiled brightly, "Wonderful, see? Now then, I heard about your brother... I am so very sorry to hear of such a terrible situation... It must be fairly tough on you, am I correct?" Vinyl nodded sadly.
"Hmm... Well,I heard that you apparently play a type of instrument as well... Would you like to play together?" Vinyl couldn't believe what she was hearing. A pony like her, posh and proper, wanting to play with her, a pony who didn't give two damns about manners even if her life was on the line. She smiled and nodded as Octavia smile wider, "Wonderful. Whenever you're ready, we'll begin."
She nodded and ran inside, a few minutes later waving her inside. As Octavia entered, she was shocked to see Vinyl behind big sky blue turntables, complete with two giant amps. "Th-that's your instrument?! I was expecting a guitar or something!"
Vinyl looked sadly at the turntables, "Well... They used to belong to my brother... I want to be just like him..."
Octavia could hear the sorrow in Vinyl's voice and smiled sadly, nodding and plugging her cello into an extra amp Vinyl wasn't using and smiled, "Whenever you're ready."
Vinyl looked over at her and gave a small smile, getting ready to start before she stopped,"Oh, wait!" she searched in her saddlebag and picked out a pair of black, purple-faded blue lensed glasses and put them on, getting back behind the tables and smiling big like she used to see her brother do all the time at his shows as he disks and amps seemed to glow as she started playing, Octavia joining in.
They played and played for hours upon hours. For days, weeks, months. Until one day...
~ 1 Year Later ~
"What?! Oh come on Octy, you can't be sick! We're on in like 2 minutes!" Vinyl said distraught as Octavia groaned in pain, "I'm so sorry Vinyl... You may have to go on without me..."
The albino unicorn's eyes widened at the very thought of being on such a large stage alone. She shook her head, "No, there is no freaking way I'm going up there by myself!"
Octavia chuckled and shook her head, "No... You're not... You're never alone, and you never will be... because HE is always watching over you..." Octavia said giving a smile to her frightened friend.
Vinyl looked at her confused, "What, you mean your dad?"
Octavia chuckled but groaned soon after, "No Vinyl... Your brother, DJ. He's always, and will always be with you, no matter what."
Vinyl's eyes widened and she looked up at the sky, a small smile growing on her lips, as well as a few tears falling.
"So... Still frightened I wont be on stage with you Vinyl?" she said solemnly as her friend shook her head. "Good, now go out there and make them remember your name."
Vinyl nodded and dashed out onto the stage as her name was called. she had her set already on stage and smiled out at the crowd, "Hello everypony! I am the one, the only, Vinyl Scratch!" she yelled, the entire crowd cheering. "Just a year ago, from this very day, I lost someone I loved more than life... My big brother and best DJ, both in life and beyond, DJ D1SK J0CK-3! He meant, and still means, the world to me... And the song I'm performing for you all tonight... I'm performing for him too... This..." she looked up at the sky, "This one's for you bro..."
The crowd cheered louder as she put on her glasses and pressed a button on the tables, the amps extending out as she pushed all the switches to where she wanted them, and played her music loud as she could.
As the song played, some of the unicorns started levitating small magic flames. Others started dancing. Vinyl continued to bob her head to the music, a big grin on her face, but behind her shades, her ruby-red eyes were streaming tears.
As the song ended, All the ponies in the crowd, plus some that just wandered in while the song was going, cheered louder than ever before. Vinyl smiled and walked around her tables, bowing and thanking everyone in the crowd.
As she was leaving, she saw a grey pony, and at the top of her head, she swore she saw lime and forest green hair smiling up at her with his purple eyes and yelling, "Way to go sis!"
Her eyes widened as she ran off he stage, 'No... It can't be...' "DJ?! DJ, is that y--" she stopped and looked around in the space she saw him, seeing no one. All the ponies were staring at her worriedly at her random outburst. She backed away and ran from the crowd and into the back, finding Octavia and her father, "I saw him!"
Octavia and Octavious looked at each other and Octavia asked, "Saw whom, Vinyl?"
"My brother! I saw him! He was in the crowd, he's still alive!" she said excitedly.
Octavia looked surprised at her, "What? Vinyl, that's impossible! Your brother has been long dead for a full year now. Why would he just suddenly pop up out of the blue?"
Vinyl shook her head, "I know he's here! I know it! I can feel it in my heart and horn!"
Octavia sighed, "Vinyl, you were probably hallucinating from the emotions your feeling taking a toll on your mind, making you see things that were never there to begin with."
Vinyl sighed, "... He must be here... He's just... He's gotta be..." she said in a sorrowful tone as she fell to the ground and broke down then and there, Octavious and Octavia hugging her tightly. After minutes of consoling her, The three of them walked home, a big trophy in Vinyl's hoof and an unnoticed cutie mark on her hindquarters.
~ Present Day ~
Vinyl Scratch was looking into the dressing room mirror, roars of joy and excitement could be heard outside her door as she looked into the mirror, tears running down her face as she slowly let her muzzle hide in her crossed-over forelegs, sobbing quietly into them, as was her usual routine on this day.
She stopped as a voice she knew all too well was heard, "Vi-Vi?"
Vinyl's eyes widened in shock as she shot upright, looking in the mirror and instead of her reflection, she saw DJ, his eyes shimmering with tears as well as he stared at his red-eyed sister, "Vi... What's wrong? Why're you cryin'?"
Vinyl looked down sadly, "Because... Because you're gone... You've been dead for almost 6 years... I've missed you everyday since... I can't live without you DJ... I think sometimes I should just--"
"If you're gonna say, 'I sometimes think I should just end it all', don't even... You're MY little sister, not some sorta quitter!" DJ said angrily, staring into Vinyl's bloodshot eyes with his own amethyst orbs.
Vinyl bit her lip, "I... I'm sorry... I love you so much and before I even had time to process it... You were gone... I haven't seen your face or heard your voice for years... But I never forgot you... I've always wished you'd come to one of my shows and just say it was all a really long and stupid prank or something... You promised when I got older, we'd get married... Its been 11 long, cruel, agonizing years since that day... But every day, I wondered just one thing... 'Why would he do this to me? Why would he lie to me like this? Did he really ever even love m--"
"Don't even bucking say it Vinyl!" he yelled at her, surprising her as he shook his head, "There's no question that I love you more than myself, more than my gigs, more than life itself... You're my world Vinyl... Second off, I never wanted to DIE! That's the last thing that was on my mind. And third... I never lied to you... I wanted to marry you, to grow old, to have children... I love you Vinyl... More than you'll ever know... And your little friend Octavia is right... I'm always watching over you, and I will always be with you, no matter what... Still got your present?"
Vinyl jumped and looked around on the counted, grabbing the black sunglasses with purple-faded blue lenses as DJ smiled, "Wow... You actually kept it after all these years..." he smiled, tears falling from his, "My little sister, Equestria's new number one DJ... I'm so damn proud'a you Vi-Vi..." he placed his hoof on the mirror as Vinyl placed her own over his.
DJ smiled big, still crying, "Never stop smiling... I may be gone, but you still got your friends and all that... I'll always be around... You just won't see me..." his image began to slowly fade as Vinyl looked hysterical, "Don't worry Vi... I'll always be with you..." The final word echoed as he completely dissolved from view.
Vinyl clenched her teeth as a stream of tears slid down her face and she placed her forehead against the mirror, saying the same phrase over and over, "I love you DJ... I love you..."
Octavia walked through the door, the big smile on her face vanishing as she saw he albino friend crying and whispering to herself. She walked over and nudged her, hugging her tightly, "Its the anniversary isn't it... I'm sure he's in a wonderful place, watching down on you right this very instant... " Vinyl nodded, sniffling and wiping her eyes. "Well, time for your show. Are you ready?"
Vinyl shook her head, grabbing her shades and placing them over her bloodshot eyes and making a big grin, "Now I am... Lets go..." she said as she walked out the door with Octavia, but stopped to kiss her hoof and blowing it to the picture of she and her brother next to the mirror, closing the door behind her.
