Band Mates

Octavia opened her eyes, this morning was different. She woke up on the couch, covered in a small white blanket. She looked around, pitch black. She reached her hoof out for the table and turned on a lantern. She searched the wall for the clock. She sighed as she sat up, it was Three in the morning. She stood up and walked over to her room. Before she opened the door she noticed a dim light creep a few inches from underneath the door. She opened her door to see Vinyl, sitting on her bed with her shades off, staring at what seems to be a yearbook.

"Can I help you Vinyl?" Octavia asked.

"Yeah you can Octavia. Do you remember that school you went to as a young mare." She asked smiling.

"Yeah, University for Gifted Musicians" She answered, smiling at the memories.

"So do I, I also remember sitting in the row behind you." Vinyl replied with a slight grin.

Octavia was surprised but at the same time ecstatic, she knew Vinyl looked familiar.

"Yeah I remember you!"

~Ten Years Ago~

Octavia walked away from the cafeteria, pleased with her meal. She made her way to her locker, putting the textbook she needed in her saddlebag, and trotted off to her fourth hour class. As she walked, she studied the various decor on the walls with great interest. She's been at her new school for nearly three months now and its been rather enjoyable. She had Lyra for five of her classes and strangely, that white mare in all seven of them. She always wondered who she was, what instrument she plays, her name, etcetera, etcetera but never found the courage to go ask her due to her shyness.

Wham!

Octavia came tumbling down due to the unknown source that hit her. She let her eyes adjust before looking up to see what crashed into her. There she was, the pale white mare sitting there in the same state of confusion and shock she was in. Finally the white mare stared up at Octavia and they locked eyes. Octavia blushed wildly and looked around.

"Uh, s-s-sorry about that!" She apologized.

The white mare said nothing as Octavia picked up the books that were scattered around them finally the mare stood up and held out her hoof. octavia stared at her for three brief seconds before accepting the help. She extended her hoof and was pulled up with little to no effort by the white mare.

"Thank you, um..." Octavia stopped due to the lack of knowledge that held the mare's name.

"Vinyl" She said in a scratchy, yet, smooth voice.

"Well I'm off to class, I'll see you later." Octavia said putting her books in her saddlebag and rushing off to class.

~Ten Years Later~

"Yeah I remember that! I also remember how we used to hang out everyday a few weeks after that! God what happened to that?!" Octavia gushed over the memories as her child friend flinched.

"Well, I had to move, and I assumed you slowly forgot about me due to the fact that you had five more years there and your memory of me surely faded." Vinyl answered with her ears folded down.

Octavia frowned before sighing. "I'm sorry, Vinyl. I didn't mean to...."

Vinyl opened her mouth to say something, but quickly shut it. She looked Octavia then began to speak. "But hey! We're roommates now! So don't sweat it, I'm seeing a lot of years together you and I!" Vinyl said wrapping one of her arms around Octavia's shoulder, causing her to blush.

"Well, Vinyl I'm going to get some sleep okay." Octavia said heading for the door.

"Aight" Vinyl said smirking.

Octavia stopped in her footsteps and turned around when she was greeted by a chuckling Vinyl. Finally, something in Octavia clicked.

"Wait! This is my room!" Octavia told Vinyl, laughing a bit herself.

~

Octavia woke the next morning to hear Vinyl and Lyra's voices being her from the living room. They sounded excited and they kept mentioning Octavia's name, but she ignored it until she was ready for the day. After her shower, she walked into the living room and found Vinyl's DJing equipment and Lyra's Lyre in the living room.

"What's going on?" Asked Octavia curiously.

Lyra was the first to speak. "Octavia, you have got to listen to this! I think Vinyl can step up our game!"

Octavia looked at Vinyl who was at a set of portable turntables, and then to Lyra. "How so?"

"Just listen." Said Lyra. "Kick it, Vinyl!"

Vinyl then proceeded to pull out a vinyl record and spin it on her left hoof before placing it perfectly. She then turned up about four sliders before Lyra began playing a somewhat simple beat followed by a simple beat from Vinyl which sounded rather muffled, but Octavia thought that was the point. Sooner or later, Lyra's lyre began to pick up in speed while Vinyl created a huge ensemble that sounded like what she was listening to two days ago. They both matched up and synced together while they both played more and more aggressively. They finally stopped.

"So, what do you think?" Lyra said.

"I thought it was epic." Said Vinyl.

"No not you! Octavia!"

Octavia was still rather shocked. She never really like electronic music but that actually sounded pretty damn good! "I actually thought it was amazing!"

Vinyl smiled. "Well it won't get any better unless we make a triangle!" Vinyl said.

Lyra looked at Octavia and smiled. "So, you wanna pull out that cello or what?"