Music to her Ears

by xStellar_Bubbles

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life, DJ P0N-3, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 1466

A little filly named Vinyl Scratch discovers her destiny.

Vinyl Scratch has always loved music, ever since she was a filly. Her dad, Disco Mix, and her mom, Jazzy Tune, would always practice pop music that they compose, just for Vinyl. Vinyl dreamed that some day....

"I want to be as cool and talented as my mommy and daddy."

Cover art by Akashasi

Published 2014-05-10 01:40:03 UTC
Last updated 2014-05-10 01:40:03 UTC

Chapter 1: The Discovery

It was a fresh spring morning in Ponyville. Celestia's sun is just rising, the birds are singin-

"WAKE UP YOUNGSTER!!! IT'S TIME FOR SPRING CLEANING!!!!"

And the sound of her father's yelling just woke up a little white unicorn filly named Vinyl Scratch; who was very tired (since it was 6 in the morning).

"Uuuuugggggghhhhhh... daddy? Wha-why so early? Can't we do it laaaaater?"

"Uh, sorry little Scratch. Your mother and I have to go to work at 10, and you have to go to school! So we have to get cleaning now."

"Oh, alright daddy."

After a few minutes of reluctant trotting downstairs, Vinyl and her father met with Vinyl's mother, organizing the dishes and cups in their respective places. She heard the trotting and looked behind her.

"Oh hey Vinyl! Hello Mixxy!"

"Hi Jazzy!" said Disco Mix in a very friendly tone

"Ready to clean with us, Vinyl?"

"Um, sure, mommy."

"Alright! Vinyl, how about you put away some stuff in the attic that you don't need, okay?'

The unenthusiastic Vinyl slowly nodded her head. She hates cleaning. Too much work.

"Okaaaaaaayy fine." Vinyl was still very unwilling to do this

"Mixxy! Help me clean some dishes and do some yardwork."

"Anything you want, Jazzy! I understand that you need a little muscle on your side!"

Jazz Tune gave a slightly offended and annoyed look a her husband. Disco Mix gave a nervous laugh.

"I was just kidding!"

"Suuuuurrreeee..." Tune was still annoyed, but she gave a light chuckle

As Jazz and Disco turn to do their chores, Vinyl slowly walked back to her room. On her way there, she sighed. Out of all of the things that we can do, it would be cleaning? She thought. Well, it is for mommy and daddy and all of beautiful spring Equestria!

Vinyl was putting away some old toys that she never played with anymore. She held a small plastic pink alicorn with a princess gown on her hoof, along with other gowns assorted with the colors blue, yellow, and white.

Dress ups didn't really suit me. Heh, suit me. Vinyl chuckled a bit at her own joke.

Vinyl put away the rest of her old toys in a box and headed upstairs into the attic. There was dust almost everywhere, and cobwebs in every corner. It was so dusty that the attic made Vinyl's eyes water. She put the box down and noticed a sheet, covering a strange object. Of course, she had to know what was under that dusty cover. Vinyl grabbed the dusty cover with her mouth and pulled it off the mysterious object. It was about the size of a typing keyboard. She was then coughing because of the repulsive dusty taste, but Vinyl tried to ignore it and try to figure out what this object was. It had what seemed like wheels, switches, and buttons.

"DADDY!!! COME HERE, PLEASE!!!!" Vinyl cried out to her father.

While Disco was still cleaning dishes with his wife, he became very worried when he heard Vinyl's cries.

"Excuse me, Jazzy. I'll go check up on little Scratch."

Disco ran up the stairs to the attic, hoping that everything was okay with Vinyl.

"Something wrong?" he nervously asked.

"What's this?" Vinyl asked, as she pointed her hoof at the contraption

Disco Mix let out a relieved sigh

"You see, Vinyl, that this is actually something from daddy's past. Before I met your mother and had you, I was a former DJ," The little white unicorn filly had a confused glance on her face.

"A DJ is somepony who likes to make music, mostly very thump-y music."

"Ohhhhhhhhhh."

"Daddy used to like to mix up a lot of beats and create music with that object called a DJ Booth. But, that dream just can't happen. When other ponies listen to my music, they think that it's 'garbage' and it's horrible or something like that."

"But, why would they not like your music, daddy? You are very talented at music making."

"I know Vinyl but listen, other ponies have different tastes.....and apparently they all have the same one when it comes to the music that I used to make. But what matters now is that it's all in the past. I have moved on and make pop music now. You can still use my old DJ Booth though, I believe it still works if you just plug it in. There's a cord on the booth."

Vinyl had a very excited grin on her face. She eagerly looked for the plug, she couldn't wait to try this out. Vinyl found the plug and plugged it in the nearest outlet. She tried to play with the turntables. They made sounds that are going to be the music to her ears......

TO BE CONTINUED.....

Author's Note

Hey guys! Thanks for reading my first fanfic! I know that it might be a little bit off, so don't be afraid to give me some constructive criticism!

Chapter 2: The Party

Vinyl fiddled more with her new DJ Booth. She pushed buttons and flipped switches on the mixer, and turned away at the turntables. Vinyl had a big happy smile that just kept on beaming and beaming when she's composing the music right in her very red eyes. Disco Mix also had a joyful grin.

"Yeah! You're doing it!"

"I'm doing it daddy!!!!"

"Okay Vinyl, I'm going to finish doing the dishes before your mother gets mad at me. Have fun with your booth!"

"Alright daddy thank you!"

"Oh! Vinyl! I believe you should be getting ready for school!"

Oh right! School! Vinyl thought. And Sunny Dreams' birthday is today!

" And there should also be some DJ sunglasses somewh-"

"DISCO!"

"Oh, um, coming Jazzy!"

Vinyl smiled a bit at how her father was kind of scared of her mom. Anyways, Vinyl searched everywhere for the glasses that Disco described for her. She found them behind the same cloth that covered the DJ Booth. Vinyl tried the glasses on. They had purple contacts and black outlines. The glasses were pretty big, for a filly like Vinyl's age. But, she still liked them.

Now, what was I doing? Oh right! Getting ready for school!

Vinyl then polished the glasses and every part of the DJ Booth. She then put it her instruments into her saddlebag, just for Vinyl's keepsake.

Later at Vinyl's school, she entered the classroom of Star Blossom, a orange-yellow earth pony mare who is very similar to Cheerilee, she liked to make fillies and colts happy. Vinyl hung her saddlebag on the back of her chair. Star Blossom walked up to the front of the class.

"Okay, everypony! Today is actually a very special day! Do you ponies want to know why? It's because it's Sunny Dreams' birthday!"

The whole class cheered as little Sunny Dreams simply blushed and smiled.

"There's also going to be a small birthday party after this school day ends. Sunny Dreams' mother was just so kind enough to bake us cupcakes, all for the whole class!"

The whole class cheered yet again.

The beginning of the party has just started. Every colt and filly there was enjoying a great time as they ate the cupcakes that Sunny handed out.

"Class! I also think that there should be music too for this party! Hold on a second, class! Nopony get in trouble!"

It didn't take long for Star Blossom to find a phonograph. She plopped a disc right on its respective place. Everypony in the room went wild. They were all dancing. But suddenly, one little filly bumped into another one, who was too close to the phonograph, causing it to fall and smash in pieces. A few children screamed, but all of them were shocked. Even the teacher was shocked. A colt screamed out,

"Great! Now how are we going to listen to music?"

Vinyl stood up, grabbed the DJ Booth along with the sunglasses and called out to her teacher.

"Ms. Blossom! I think that I can fix this problem!"

"You can Vinyl? Well, give me your best shot, then."

Vinyl went to a corner of the classroom and got out her DJ Booth and put on her glasses. A lot of children "oooohhhh'd" and "aaahhh'd" at the sight of the instrument. Vinyl then plugged in the machine and put on her glasses. She turned the turntables and flipped switches and pushed buttons on her mixer. She was making music. The crowd went wild, and on her flank was an eighth note cutie mark.

THE END

Author's Note

Hey guys! Thanks for reading my first fanfic! I know that it might be a little bit off, so don't be afraid to give me some constructive criticism!