Whipping Digiby Digital WhiplashChaptersChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 1The breeze in Ponyville lightly ruffled the tree leaves and pushed the steam from the recently arrived train. Ponies of all kinds exited the train but one in particular looked puzzled beyond comprehension. A gray coated unicorn stallion with yellow eyes and a deep blue mane and tail stepped onto the terminal platform with many bags wrapped in the magical glow of his horn. He looked around for the ponies he was here to meet. Digital Whiplash was his name; this was the first time he had ever been to Ponyville and so far it wasn’t going well. He was lost and he didn’t know where his party was. ‘Well I guess I should ask someone.’ He thought. He trotted toward a gray pegasus mare, carrying a postal bag and tapped her on the shoulder. Digi jumped when he saw her eyes. One was aimed at him and the other seemed to be looking at the terminal floor. “Hi!” She said in an unexpected heartwarming tone. “Hi,” Digi said back now with a small smile on his muzzle. “You’re the mail mare, aren’t you?” “I sure am!” She replied, “Do you want me to see if I have any mail for you?” “No, that’s oka-” He was interrupted by her moving closer to him and her eyes switching positions like she was examining him. “Wait a minute. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you.” “That would be right. My name’s Digital Whiplash but my friends call me Digi.” “I’m Ditzy Doo, but everypony calls me Derpy. It’s nice to meet you Digi. What can I do for you?” “Well, I’m suppose to meet somepony here but they’re not here so could you tell me where Vinyl Scratch lives?” “I sure can!” Derpy stuck her head in her bag and starting sifting through the mail. Her head finally popped out but instead of a piece of mail she had a muffin in her mouth. “Uh…” Digi said, “Where can I find her?” “Find who?” She asked back still eating the muffin. “Vinyl Scratch.” He replied. “Oh yeah! Um… I’m not sure. She has a P.O. box.” “Really?” “I’m sorry.” Digi was upset but more from how sad it was making Derpy that she couldn’t help more. “It’s fine. I can just walk around town and see if I can find her.” “Are you sure?” “Yeah, I need to work off the train food anyway.” Derpy smiled wide and that made Digi smile. “I guess I’ll be on my way. It was nice talking to you.” He started to canter away. “Hold on!” Derpy said. She started digging in her bag again until she found another muffin. “Ish is or oou!” Digi took the muffin in his magic and smiled at her. “Thanks. See you later.” “Bye-bye!” Digi trotted down the street with his luggage in tow, while he ate his muffin. It tasted better that he expected. He looked around the town. It was a nice little town. ‘I can totally see why Vinyl and Tavi live here.’ He took another bite of his muffin when all of a sudden he was tackled to the ground by a white blur causing his magic to implode and start choking on the muffin. “DIGI!!!” Vinyl yelled. “It’s been way too long!” He tried to say something but he was too busy gasping for breath. “What’s wrong with you? Aren’t you happy to see me?” He was stilled trying to force to muffin out of his windpipe. “Oh, I see how it is. Came all this way just to give me the silent treatment. Well two can play at that game.” She turned her back on him just as soon as Octavia galloped to them. “There you are. You shouldn’t get so distracted we’re already late as it is.” She said. “Don’t worry, I found him but he’s being a plothole and giving me the silent treatment.” Vinyl replied. Octavia looked behind Vinyl and gasped when she saw the now blue Digi still gasping for air. “He’s not ignoring you, he’s choking!” Vinyl spun around. “Oh crap! Don’t die!” She yelled as she stomped on his stomach. He spit out the chunk of muffin in Vinyl’s face. “Dammit Vinyl!” He yelled, “I don’t see you since Manehattan and you almost kill me!?” “Heh, just like last time, huh?” She asked back. He got to his hooves and trotted over to Octavia, ignoring her comment. Digi and Octavia shared a hug. “It’s been so long, Tavi” “I know. It’s still hard to believe it’s over five years since university.” “You don’t look a day over 19.” Octavia blushed, “You did always have a way with words.” “If you two are gonna start making out I can go home and wait on the bed.” Vinyl said. That made them both blush and reminded Digi about the time he let them stay at his off-campus apartment while he went out to do some shopping. “Not after last time.” He said, “I had to throw my favorite sheets away because of you two.” That got Vinyl. “I said I was sorry.” “No you didn’t,” Octavia said, “I did while you just kept laughing and wouldn’t put the you-know-what out.” “Enough of this.” Digi said, “I’m tired and need a place to relax.” “You’re right, we should help you get settled in before the tour starts.” Octavia said as she picked up a bag with her mouth. Vinyl picked up some of the luggage with the magic and Digi got the rest. They walked to the house while reminiscing about the university days. “And remember that look that Psych gave Lyra.” Vinyl laughed. “That was the only time I ever saw him look like he wanted to kill somepony.” Digi said. “I think everypony gave her that look at some point. Thankfully she grew out of it though.” Octavia said. “What about the time Bon Bon tried to attract more customers by dressing Digi up like big ass pieces of candy?” Vinyl said. “I told you never to speak of that again.” Digi retorted. “I know but it was so fun-” she was cut off by a game controller crashing through a window and hitting her in the head. “FFFFFUUUU-” “I told you we should have brought them with us.” Octavia said in an ‘I told you so’ tone as Vinyl ran into the house with the controller wrapped in her magic. “Is this your house?” Digi asked? “Unfortunately so.” Octavia sighed, “I should have told you earlier, you’re not the only one staying with us.” “Wait, what?” “Vinyl thought it would be a good idea to invite the Twenty Ten boys to stay with us as well.” “What’s wrong with that?” “You see the broken window. They only got here half an hour before you.” “Oh, they’re like that, huh?” “Afraid so.” “No problem” He said as he trotted up to the door. “How bad could it be?” As soon as he opened the door a gray unicorn with a brown mane and tail with a red streak in them crashed into him and sent both of them flying out the door. “Again?!” Digi yelled. “Sorry brony, that filly is pissed. Must be that time of the month. Name’s Mic by the way.” “Digital Whiplash,” he said, “Maybe she’s pissed because you broke her window and hit her in the head with a controller.” “It’s not my fault, Lulz was cheating. He’s lucky I didn’t throw him out the window.” As if on cue an orange pegasus flew out and landed beside them. “You’re just a sore loser.” He said. “Who’s this guy?” “This is Digital Whiplash,” Mic said. “Oh, this is the pony?” Lulz asked. “I guess?” Digi said. “Vinyl and Octy wouldn’t shut up about you earlier.” He said. “Did you really walk in on those two on your bed?” Digi rolled his eyes. “Unfortunately.” “What’s so unfortunate about it? That sounds hot!” “Fanaticizing about a couple of filly fondlers?” Mic said, “What would Ami think?” “You’re right.” He turned back to Digi. “I’m Lulz, but I’m sure you already knew that.” “Nope, can’t say that I have.” Digi said. “Twenty Ten?” “Nope.” “Moving On?” “Uh-uh.” “Obsolete?” “No.” “Mic The Microphone?” “Just now.” “Wooden Toaster?” “Nope.” “The Living Tombstone?” “Him, I know. Is he here? I’d love to meet him.” Mic started laughing, “Looks like your arrogance precedes you, Lulz.” “That’s really a blow to the ego.” “If it’s all the same to you, I’d like to head inside and put my stuff away.” Digi said as he picked up his bags in his magic and trotted inside. Once in he saw Vinyl and Octavia talking to a yellow pegasus with a yellow and green mane and tail that almost looked like electricity was running through it, and gray earth pony with a blue mane and tail; his mane came to a couple of points in the front and looked like they were dipped in blood. “I’ll pay for it after the tour, I promise.” The gray one said to the girls. “It’s fine, Tombstone, we can pay for it, but I would like an apology from Mic.” Octavia said. “Are you sure?” The yellow one asked. “Yeah, it’s cool, it was getting hit in the head that got me.” Vinyl replied. Digi walked over to them. “Hey, where can I put my stuff?” “Digi, just in time.” Vinyl said, “This is The Living Tombstone and Wooden Toaster.” “How’s it going?” Toaster said. “Well, since stepping hoof in Ponyville I choked on a muffin, and was tackled to the ground twice.” Digi replied. “So I’ve been better.” “That sounds pretty rough.” Tombstone said. “Yeah, right now I just want to find somewhere to rest.” Digi said. “I’ll show you to the guest room.” Octavia said. “Lead the way.” He said. As they walked upstairs Digi got to see the full layout of their house. It was kind of modern with a bit of traditional class. He also saw Vinyl chugging an energy drink and getting most of it all over her coat. “If it weren’t for you this place would be a mess, wouldn’t it?” Digi said. “Not necessarily. Vinyl does chores quite a bit. She actually enjoys washing the dishes.” Octavia replied. “Is that so?” “Indeed. Sounds great, but the thing is she washes them with wubs.” “You guys have a dubstep dishwasher?” “Yes, Vinyl saved up money for a while to get it. She says it gets the dishes cleaner than soap and water.” She sighed, “If you ask me it’s just better at giving me a headache in the morning.” “Damn, I’ve been wanting one of those for a while.” They entered the room and Digi finally let his magic evaporate and all his bags dropped to the floor with a thud. “Dear Celestia, I’m exhausted!” He moaned. “I’ll let you get settled in. If you need anything we’ll be downstairs.” She said. “Thanks Tavi. I really owe you one for allowing this insanity in your house.” “It’s really know problem, like Vinyl says: ‘The things we do for wub.’” With that she left Digi to rest. He looked at the luggage scattered on the floor. Cases and cases of equipment, he even had bags for chords, just chords. He decided to just leave it all alone until it was time to hit the road. He walked over to the window and opened the shutters to let in light and look around the town from an elevated view. Ponyville had more large buildings than he thought. He turned his focus to the ponies outside going about their own business. He noticed a large red stallion with a blonde mane and tail selling apples, a pink earth pony mare bouncing around randomly singing, a pegasus filly weaving through ponies on a scooter pulling two other fillies in a wagon. All these different ponies intrigued him. He kept looking for a while, spying Bon Bon at bakery with some strange creature he’d never seen before that walked on two legs. What was even more strange is that he could swear He’d seen it somewhere before. ‘Oh well’ He thought, ‘I’m sure I’ll get a chance to chat with Bon Bon while I’m here.’ He also saw Derpy flirting with a brown stallion with an hourglass as a cutie mark. There was a blue pegasus flying by with what looked like a rainbow trailing her. He looked back down just in time to see the most beautiful pony he had ever seen. She was a purple alicorn with a dark blue mane and tail that had pink and purple highlights. Her cutie mark was a six-point star with five other smaller stars around it. She was about to turn the corner but Digi wasn’t done admiring her. He forgot he was on the second floor and jumped out the window. He instantly regretted what he did. He hit the ground hard and was instantly rendered unconscious. Author's Note So, this is the first chapter of my first story. I hope it's received well. A brief history behind this story: I was recommending a friend some fanfictions and she said that I should write something. I had thought about and decided to get to work on it that night. I couldn't think of anything to write about so I decided to sleep on it. That night I had the most amazing dream. Lauren Faust and Tara Strong came to me in my dream and told me to make something for the bronies. Something to say we're all in this together and it's time we start acting like the family we claim to be. Chapter 2Digi woke up dazed and confused with a splitting headache. When his eyes adjusted to the light he saw that he was in a hospital room. He looked around and saw somepony that was in a full body cast with only their eyes visible. He met eyes with them for a moment and gave a smug grin, “How’s it going?” A disgruntled groan was the only reply he got. He chuckled and was instantly rewarded with a shot of pain to his brain. “Dammit!” Just as he said that, Vinyl and Octavia walked in with Bon Bon and that creature he saw earlier. “I thought I heard you wake up.” Octavia said. Vinyl just took one look and laughed. “Forget you’re a unicorn again?” “That was one time and I was wasted.” Digi replied. “But enough about me. It’s good to see you again Bon Bon.” “Same here. Octavia tol-” She was interrupted by the bipedal creature. “Aren’t you gonna say hi to me?” It asked. “I’m sorry but I don’t know who or what you are.” Digi said. “It’s me, Lyra!” It replied. “Lyra!? What happened to you!?” She gave a smug smirk, “Turns out I came from another dimension when I was a baby and I wasn’t a pony at all. Aaand…” She bent down and looked at Bon Bon who continued to look forward with an irritated look on her face. “I was right!” “Ugh! Would you just drop it already?” Bon Bon said. Lyra waved her hands in front of Bon Bon’s face. “It’s hard to drop things with these.” “Well, I can’t say I’m surprised.” Digi said. “You were always somewhat like an alien to me.” Vinyl laughed, “That’s an understatement.” Octavia elbowed her in the side. “Be nice.” “What? I’m just saying.” She replied. Digi got out of the bed; his headache didn’t impede him as much as it had earlier. “Are you sure you’re okay to be up? You hit your head pretty hard.” Octavia said. “I’m fine. You two should get back home before the guys destroy it.” He said. “Alright, we’ll see you later.” She said before walking out the door. “Later!” Vinyl said before following Octavia. “Why did you really jump out the window?” Bon Bon asked. “I just forgot I was on the second floor.” He said back. “And?” Lyra asked? “That’s it.” They both raised skeptical eyebrows almost simultaneously. “Really.” Bon Bon sighed. “Whatever you say. Let’s go get you checked out.” Lyra and Bon Bon turned and walked out the door with Digi behind them. When he got to the door he turned back to his roommate, “You shouldn’t have to worry about breaking anymore bones with that body armor.” After checking out of the hospital Lyra and Bon Bon were walking Digi back to Vinyl and Octavia’s house. They were reminiscing about the university days and chatting about what they were doing now. “You’ve come so far from being the mean girl of college, Lyra.” Digi said. “I mean, you’re practically an inter-dimensional diplomat now. That just blows my mind!” “I’m nothing special,” Lyra said slightly blushing, “I’m just a girl that had some bad luck as a baby.” “Horse apples! You’re doing so much for both worlds.” Bon Bon said. “We’ve gotten inter-dimensional cell phone towers here because of you.” As if on cue Lyra’s phone started ringing. She looked at it then answered, “Hey Vinyl! What’s up? Yeah… We’re just walking around town… Oh really? All right, we’ll be there. Later.” “What was that?” Digi asked. “Vinyl and Octavia want us to meet them at Sugar Cube Corner for lunch.” Lyra said. “Sounds like fun.” With that, they proceeded to Sugar Cube Corner for their impromptu lunch. When they arrived they found that Vinyl and Octavia had beaten them there along with Mic, Lulz, Tombstone, and Toaster. The group was larger than expected when Lyra, Bon Bon, and Digi arrived that Mrs. Cake had to push two tables together. But, once everything was settled they made light conversation while they waited for their food. “Did you think you were a pegasus?” Lulz asked with a smirk. “No, not since college.” Digi replied. “I was just tired and forgot I was on the second floor.” “Well, it looks like you got a well needed nap.” Tombstone said. “Yeah,” Digi said rubbing the back of his head with a hoof, “I needed it.” Lyra and Bon Bon shared a look then focused it at Digi. He glanced at them, ‘Damn, they always could read me.’ He thought. “Well,” Octavia said, “All joking aside. We should discuss the tour.” “Where are you all gonna be performing?” Bon Bon asked. “We kick off the tour here.” Octavia said, “Next is Fillydelphia, then Manehattan, Las Pegasus, Stalliongrad, Hoofington, Trottingham, Baltimare, Canterlot, and finish out in the Crystal Empire.” “Looks like we’ve got our work ahead of us.” Toaster said. “Exactly, that’s why we need to get things lined out.” Octavia said. “I’ve taken the liberty of arranging our hotel rooms for the first half. But we mustn’t forget AcousticBrony, MandoPony, and PrinceWhatever will be joining us when we get to Las Pegasus.” “Aww yeah!” Vinyl exclaimed. “Those guys rock!” “Wait, I wasn’t told about this.” Digi said. “Does the line up change with them added?” “Yes,” Octavia replied, “But only slightly. You’re still going to be going on first, followed by PrinceWhateverer, then AcousticBrony and MandoPony are going on together, and after that it goes back to normal.” Just then, Mr. and Mrs. Cake arrived with their food. A daffodil sandwich for Bon Bon, a garden salad for Lyra, large cheese pizza for Mic, Lulz, Tombstone, and Toaster, a rose bowl for Octavia, sunflower soup for Vinyl, and an oat burger and season hay fries for Digi. Not much was said for a while as they enjoyed their food. That is, until a certain purple alicorn trotted by and got Digi’s full attention. He almost choked when she looked in their direction. Big beautiful violet eyes were looking at him with concern. He finally got control of his coughing and she turned around and trotted off. He was still lost in his own world staring at her flanks he didn’t notice everypony at the table following his gaze. When they saw what he was looking at they all burst in to laughter. That got Digi out of his stupor. “I think I know why he jumped out the window.” Vinyl laughed. Digi was blushing immensely and looked away. “You should have told me. I would have introduced you to her.” Bon Bon said. “Wait, you know her?” He asked. “She’s an acquaintance of sorts. She comes into Sugar Cube Corner often with her friends.” She replied. “What’s her name?” “Dude, that’s Princess Twilight Sparkle.” Mic said. “Princess?” “Yeah, she’s been a princess a little over a year.” Toaster said. “Well, where’s her castle at?” Vinyl laughed, “She doesn’t have a castle. She lives above the library.” “Are you going to go talk to her?” Lulz asked. “I’m thinking about it.” Digi said. “For your sake, I hope you do.” Octavia said. “We can’t be having you jump out anymore windows.” “Don’t worry about me, guys. I’ll be fine. It’s just a little crush.” And with that everypony continued eating and discussing the tour but most of the time was spent trying to give Digi advice on how he should go about talking to Twilight. Most of it was cheesy pick up lines but there were some solid advice thrown in. Such as ‘discuss literature or magic’ and ‘talk about her more than yourself’. Needless to say, Digi had a full schedule ahead of him that afternoon. After lunch was finished he went straight to Golden Oak Library to officially meet Twilight. He paced back and forth outside for a while thinking of what to say and to somewhat gain courage. ‘Damn, this shouldn’t be so hard.’ He thought. ‘I used to talk to girls all the time in college. Hell, my best friends are girls. I should know how to do this.’ He stomped his forehooves in frustration. “Why is this so hard!?” “Why is what hard?” He whirled around to see who was behind him. It was a small purple and green dragon carrying a stack of scrolls. “Oh, um… I was just… That is, I was…” He groaned in exasperation. “Do you work here?” “You could say that.” The dragon said. “I live here.” “Oh, I didn’t realize more than one person lived here. Then you know Twilight Sparkle right?” “Of course! I’m her number one assistant!” He said boastfully. “Name’s Spike.” “I’m Digital Whiplash but everypony calls me Digi.” “Nice to meet you.” Spike said. “Now, what did you want with Twilight?” “Well…” Digi scraped a forehoof on the ground. “I just wanted to talk to her.” He said with a slight blush. “She’s in there,” Spike said pointing a claw at the door, “But I wouldn’t bother her. She’s reshelfing the books and she likes to have zero distractions when she’s doing so.” “It’ll be real quick. If that’s okay.” “I’m not stopping you. Just watch out for flying books.” “Can do.” Digi said as he confidently trotted up to the door. “Nice talking to you.” “Same here.” Spike said as he walked off. Digi stood in front of the door for a moment longer, and then he finally pushed it open only to be greeted by a hardback book to the side of the head. “Ugh!” He grunted. “That kind of hurt.” “Oh, I’m so sorry!” Twilight said as she stopping what she was doing to see if he was all right. “I didn’t see you there. Are you okay?” Digi opened his eyes and was immediately cast into a sea of violet euphoria. “I-I’m o-okay.” He stammered. “It’s fine, you were in the zone. I can recall a time or two I was focused on one thing.” He blushed. “Are you sure? That was a pretty thick book.” “Yeah, it’s cool.” “If you say so. Well then, is there anything I can help you with?” She asked with a small, cute smile. “Um… I-I just wanted to check out the library while I was in town. I’m a big literary buff.” “That’s good to hear. Reading is an excellent way to gain knowledge. And you know what they say ‘knowledge is power’.” She smiled even brighter. I’m actually in the middle of reshelving, but is there any particular genre you’re looking for?” “I was just gonna browse but if you need any help I’d be happy to lend a hoof.” “I couldn’t possibly ask that of you.” “It’s no problem. I didn’t have any plans this afternoon anyway.” “Well if you insist. I might be able to use a little help.” “Great!” Digi said as he levitated a group of books up and examined them to determine were they should go. Twilight was a little hesitant to accept his help since she didn’t know him, but she reminded herself that a good way to the beginning of a friendship is to accept a generous offer. “So,” She started, “You said you were new to town?” “Yeah,” Digi replied, “I’m staying here with Vinyl Scratch and Octavia getting ready to go on tour.” “You’re a musician?” “Yep.” “Oh really? I wouldn’t have guessed that.” “Why’s that?” “Well, you’re cutie mark doesn’t look like a musicians.” Digi turned to look at the binary code on his flank. “It looks more like it belongs on a computer programmer.” “Well, I am sort of.” Digi said. “What do you mean?” Twilight asked while telekinetically grabbing the books, that Digi had been levitating since he began, and put them into place. Digi looked sheepish when she gave him a coy look. “I’m an electronic musician. My specialties being: glitch-hop, chiptunes, and complextro house. And all of those sub genres focus heavily on programming.” “That makes sense. And it also makes since that an electronic musician would be going on tour with Vinyl Scratch.” “Well, Vinyl, Octavia, and I have been friends since we met at Manehattan University. We’ve always wanted to go on tour together but I was slow on making music.” “I had no idea they went to MU.” She said happily surprised. “Do you know Professor Psych?” “Know him?” Digi laughed. “By graduation that guy knew us better than he knew himself. Hell, he was the one that convinced Vinyl to get with Tavi. And don’t even get me started on him and Lyra. Him and that mare had some bad chemistry. Hoo!” “It sounds like you have a lot of fond memories of your younger days.” “Oh yeah, but I’m sure you do too.” “Not really. I mostly kept to myself constantly studying.” She said still shelving book after book. “I didn’t really get an exciting streak until I came to Ponyville a couple of years ago.” “I can tell.” He said looking at her wings. Twilight blushed slightly and continued shelving books. A few hours passed as they talked and Twilight shelved the books. By then Digi had given up trying to put the books in the right places and started reading a Daring Do book and Twilight was just about done shelving all of them. She magically levitated the book that Digi was reading into the spot it went. Then she approached him with a sour look on her face. “Did you really come to look through the books?” Digi looked away and said, “Of course I did. Why else would I come to a library?” Twilight raised an eyebrow that made Digi blush. He sighed in defeat, “No… I actually came here to talk to you.” “Me? Whatever for?” “Well, I saw you when I got here and I thought you were really pretty and I wanted to get to know you better.” Twilight slightly blushed. “You think I’m pretty?” “Of course. Who wouldn’t?” “That’s sweet of you to say, Digital.” “You can call me Digi.” Twilight smiled, “Okay then, Digi.” They were both silent for a moment looking in different directions until Digi finally spoke up. “Um… I was wondering… That is, if it’s okay with you… Maybe we could hang out sometime soon?” Twilight, who was still blushing and looking at the floor said, “I might be able to schedule something.” “That’s gre-” Digi started but was interrupted by his phone ringing. He levitated his phone out of his mane and answered, “Hello?” A drunk Vinyl Scratch then deafened him. “DIGI!!” She screamed happily. “Vinyl!” Digi yelled back irritated. “What’s your problem?” “Did you nail her?” She slurred out. “Why would you even ask that?” “Oh, don’t be such a frumple butt.” He sighed, “What do you want?” “Pull your head out of your marefriend’s ass and get your flank back here and drink with me like old times!” “She’s not my marefriend.” He hissed quietly in the phone. “Whaaaateveeeerrrr!! Just get over here before Tavi puts me in time out.” And with that, she hung up. Digi sighed. “Look, I gotta go. But name the time and place and I’ll be there.” “Okay, will do.” She said. “Later.” He began to canter to the door. “Wait.” Twilight called out. Digi turned around and was met with a kiss on his cheek. He blushed bright red and stood there with his mouth open until he finally got feeling back in his legs and galloped as fast as he could out the door and down the dark Ponyville road. Chapter 3Digi woke up with his forehooves wrapped around the toilet with his face on the seat. He moaned, “Ugh…” He wanted to get up but his stomach and head refused more than small stirs. Besides, the toilet was soooo comfortable~. So, for now he was content with a toilet for a pillow. He was about to fall back to sleep when there was a loud knock at the door that may as well have made his horn crack. “Digi, get the heck up! I have to piss!” Vinyl yelled. “Screw you!” He yelled back. “Aww, love you too. Now get out, I really need to go.” “Go in the sink, you’ve done it before.” “Tavi’ll yell at me. Besides, if you don’t get up soon you’ll miss your date with Twilight.” That instantly sobered him up a little. “What?” “Yeah, she came by earlier and she said for you to meet her at the pond at 2.” “What time is it?” “1:30” Digi jumped up and immediately went back down to throw up. He hardly had enough energy to cast that anti-hangover spell. After a minute or so he staggered out of the bathroom. “It’s all yours.” He said. Vinyl took one look at him and shook her head. “I’ll just go out back. You need the bathroom more than me.” He went back in and gazed at himself in the mirror. She was right; he was a mess. He couldn’t see Twilight like this. He levitated a brush over to him and began his morning routine as quick as he could. Once he was done, he sprinted out the door and down the street as fast as his legs would carry him, only one problem, he didn’t know where he was going. He stopped and asked that pink, singing pony that he saw his first day. “Excuse me, can you tell me where the pond is?” “I sure can! I can also tell you where Sweet Apple Acres is, and Sugar Cube Corner, and Carousel Boutique, and Golden Oak Library, and-” She was cut off by Digi, “I just need to know where pond is. I’m kind of in a hurry.” “Okey Dokey Lokey, Go back the way you came and make a left on Reiny street and it’s aaaall the down to the edge of town. But hurry, Twilight’s on her way there.” She smiled. “How did you-”, he started, “Nevermind. Thanks for the help.” And with that he started sprinting toward his destination. He actually managed to get there before her, which gave him time to catch his breath and straighten out his mane. When he looked up from the water he saw Twilight. “Hi Digi,” She said with a smile, “Were you waiting long? Should I have left earlier?” “Nah, it’s cool, I just got here too.” “That’s good. For a second I thought I might have been tardy.” ‘Tardy?’ He thought. “Well, what did you have in mind for today?” “I thought we could just go for a walk through Whitetail Woods and get to know each other better.” “Sounds good to me.” And so they began they’re walk through the woods and shared stories about their pasts. They both shared an equal amount of interest in what the other had to say, given Twilight’s lack of an average childhood and Digi’s extreme normality. “The immense power of their love was too much for them to handle and they were thrown all the way back to the badlands.” “Wow! You have such an incredible life. I’m just a run of the mill unicorn.” “That’s not true. You have a great life. Tell me another story.” “Alright, what do you want to know?” “Hmm… How about how you got into music.” “Well, I was always into music. I mostly listened to rock. I was actually the emo colt at our school and the fact that I was the last in my class to get my cutie mark didn’t help. Then one day a friend of mine showed me music from Foozogz, Alex S, and Silva Hound. When I heard the drop I knew instantly that’s the kind of music I wanted to make.” “See? I would’ve loved to have a childhood like that. I mean I’m very happy about how my life was but all I did was study.” “Heh, nerd.” Twilight stopped and looked at him with an irritated look. “What?” “I called you a nerd.” She scrunched her muzzle, “I’m not a nerd, I am a scholar.” He booped her nose, “You’re adorkable, is what you are.” She began blushing and looked away. “I like adorkable nerds.” He said as he kissed her on the cheek. Twilight turned back to him and they shared an admiring gaze for what felt like years. They slowly began to move closer and closer to each other, savoring every moment they shared until they were nose to nose. They closed their eyes and pursed their lips, getting ready to share a tender kiss until a rainbow blur knocked them over. (Quite the mood killer, don’t you think?) “How many damn times am I gonna get tackled!?” Digi shouted. “Is this town some kind of football training camp?” “Well if you got problem with getting tackled you shouldn’tve been standing in my flight path.” The rainbow mare said. “Why don’t you watch where you’re flying?” “Why don’t you make me, bro?” “I wish I could, but I don’t hit mares.” “Oh, you wanna hit me?” She said, “Well come at me! I’m not scared of you!” “Both of you shut up!” Twilight shouted. “Oh, Twilight!” She said. “I’m so sorry, I didn’t see you there.” “Oh sure, apologize to her.” Digi snapped. “You’re pissing me off, dude.” “Rainbow Dash, you should apologize for flying into him.” Twilight said. “Yeah!” Digi added. “And you should apologize for threatening her.” “Yeah!” Rainbow Dash mocked. “Why should I?” He asked. “She ruined our moment.” “Because, if you want this date to happen again you need to treat my friends with respect.” She scolded. “What if I started a fight with Vinyl Scratch?” “Well honestly, sometimes she needs a kick in the ass. But, I understand.” He faced Rainbow and gave her an awkward smile. “Sorry about what I said. I shouldn’t have exploded like that.” She returned a sheepish look. “Yeah, it’s cool. I should have watched where I was going.” They shared a brohoof and gave each other a defiant smirk. Twilight smiled, “See wasn’t that-” she was cut off by Rainbow. “Wait a minute! Are you two on a date?” Twilight blushed and looked away. “Well, um… Yes, I suppose we are.” Rainbow fell on the ground in a fit of laughter. “What’s so funny about that?” Digi challenged. “She’s beautiful, smart, and amazing.” Digi’s compliments toward Twilight just made her blush and caused Rainbow to laugh even harder. “Hahahahahah! Make it stop! Hahahaha! I’m gonna pee!” She laughed. “Grrr!” He growled. “Come on Twilight, I’ll walk you back to the library.” “Uh… Okay. Bye Rainbow.” “Hahah! Wait ‘til I tell Applejack!” Digi set a brisk pace to get away from the sound of Rainbow’s taunting laughs. “Did you really mean what you said back there?” Twilight asked. “Of course I did.” He replied. “I’ve never met anypony like you before. And I want to keep getting to know you.” Twilight slightly blushed and smiled warmly. “I feel the same way about you.” They walked through town in a content silence until they were spotted again, this time by Digi’s friends. They were eating at Sugar Cube Corner again. Vinyl was the first to see them and started snickering like a school colt that just heard a curse word, Which caused Digi to groan; Octavia smiled like the classy mare she was; Lyra gave him a big smile and two thumbs up, which confused Digi and in return made Bon Bon facehoof; And the Twenty Ten boys were whooping and whistling at them. Digi tried all he could to ignore them but they got Twilight’s attention. “Isn’t that your friends over there?” “Yeah… That’s them…” “Let’s go say hi.” He sighed, “Alright…” They trotted over to them and Digi was instantly met with a headlock courtesy of Vinyl Scratch. “You brought her home to meet the family already?” “Vinyl, stop that!” Octavia scolded. She let him go, “Aw, I’m just having a little fun with him. Our little boy’s all grown up now.” “How are you today, Twilight?” Octavia asked. “I’m well, thanks for asking.” She replied. “Let me introduce you, this is MicTheMicrophone, iBringDaLULZ, Wooden Toaster, and The Living Tombstone.” “Hey,” Toaster said. “Nice to meet you.” Tombstone said. “How’s it going?” Lulz said. “Isn’t you’re brother captain of the royal guard?” Mic asked. “Why, yes he is.” She answered. “You should watch you’re back, Digi. One slip of the tongue and you could be in for it.” Lyra taunted. “Lyra!” Bon Bon scolded. “I’m just saying.” Digi was starting to get a little nervous. “Well, we should probably get going. I have to practice.” “He’s right. Don’t want him messing up on stage like Aoshi.” Vinyl said. “We’ll catch you later.” “I’ll see you all later.” Twilight said. They made their way back to the library with light conversation to pass the time, mostly about Digi’s friends. “I had a good time today.” Twilight said. “Yeah, it was fun.” He replied. “So, I was wondering, if you weren’t busy, maybe you would like to come to our show on Saturday.” “I would love to.” She said. “Awesome!” He exclaimed. “So, I’ll see you Saturday.” “I’ll be there.” With that, they said their goodbyes and Digi went back to Vinyl and Octavia’s house to practice his set.
Chapter 1The breeze in Ponyville lightly ruffled the tree leaves and pushed the steam from the recently arrived train. Ponies of all kinds exited the train but one in particular looked puzzled beyond comprehension. A gray coated unicorn stallion with yellow eyes and a deep blue mane and tail stepped onto the terminal platform with many bags wrapped in the magical glow of his horn. He looked around for the ponies he was here to meet. Digital Whiplash was his name; this was the first time he had ever been to Ponyville and so far it wasn’t going well. He was lost and he didn’t know where his party was. ‘Well I guess I should ask someone.’ He thought. He trotted toward a gray pegasus mare, carrying a postal bag and tapped her on the shoulder. Digi jumped when he saw her eyes. One was aimed at him and the other seemed to be looking at the terminal floor. “Hi!” She said in an unexpected heartwarming tone. “Hi,” Digi said back now with a small smile on his muzzle. “You’re the mail mare, aren’t you?” “I sure am!” She replied, “Do you want me to see if I have any mail for you?” “No, that’s oka-” He was interrupted by her moving closer to him and her eyes switching positions like she was examining him. “Wait a minute. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you.” “That would be right. My name’s Digital Whiplash but my friends call me Digi.” “I’m Ditzy Doo, but everypony calls me Derpy. It’s nice to meet you Digi. What can I do for you?” “Well, I’m suppose to meet somepony here but they’re not here so could you tell me where Vinyl Scratch lives?” “I sure can!” Derpy stuck her head in her bag and starting sifting through the mail. Her head finally popped out but instead of a piece of mail she had a muffin in her mouth. “Uh…” Digi said, “Where can I find her?” “Find who?” She asked back still eating the muffin. “Vinyl Scratch.” He replied. “Oh yeah! Um… I’m not sure. She has a P.O. box.” “Really?” “I’m sorry.” Digi was upset but more from how sad it was making Derpy that she couldn’t help more. “It’s fine. I can just walk around town and see if I can find her.” “Are you sure?” “Yeah, I need to work off the train food anyway.” Derpy smiled wide and that made Digi smile. “I guess I’ll be on my way. It was nice talking to you.” He started to canter away. “Hold on!” Derpy said. She started digging in her bag again until she found another muffin. “Ish is or oou!” Digi took the muffin in his magic and smiled at her. “Thanks. See you later.” “Bye-bye!” Digi trotted down the street with his luggage in tow, while he ate his muffin. It tasted better that he expected. He looked around the town. It was a nice little town. ‘I can totally see why Vinyl and Tavi live here.’ He took another bite of his muffin when all of a sudden he was tackled to the ground by a white blur causing his magic to implode and start choking on the muffin. “DIGI!!!” Vinyl yelled. “It’s been way too long!” He tried to say something but he was too busy gasping for breath. “What’s wrong with you? Aren’t you happy to see me?” He was stilled trying to force to muffin out of his windpipe. “Oh, I see how it is. Came all this way just to give me the silent treatment. Well two can play at that game.” She turned her back on him just as soon as Octavia galloped to them. “There you are. You shouldn’t get so distracted we’re already late as it is.” She said. “Don’t worry, I found him but he’s being a plothole and giving me the silent treatment.” Vinyl replied. Octavia looked behind Vinyl and gasped when she saw the now blue Digi still gasping for air. “He’s not ignoring you, he’s choking!” Vinyl spun around. “Oh crap! Don’t die!” She yelled as she stomped on his stomach. He spit out the chunk of muffin in Vinyl’s face. “Dammit Vinyl!” He yelled, “I don’t see you since Manehattan and you almost kill me!?” “Heh, just like last time, huh?” She asked back. He got to his hooves and trotted over to Octavia, ignoring her comment. Digi and Octavia shared a hug. “It’s been so long, Tavi” “I know. It’s still hard to believe it’s over five years since university.” “You don’t look a day over 19.” Octavia blushed, “You did always have a way with words.” “If you two are gonna start making out I can go home and wait on the bed.” Vinyl said. That made them both blush and reminded Digi about the time he let them stay at his off-campus apartment while he went out to do some shopping. “Not after last time.” He said, “I had to throw my favorite sheets away because of you two.” That got Vinyl. “I said I was sorry.” “No you didn’t,” Octavia said, “I did while you just kept laughing and wouldn’t put the you-know-what out.” “Enough of this.” Digi said, “I’m tired and need a place to relax.” “You’re right, we should help you get settled in before the tour starts.” Octavia said as she picked up a bag with her mouth. Vinyl picked up some of the luggage with the magic and Digi got the rest. They walked to the house while reminiscing about the university days. “And remember that look that Psych gave Lyra.” Vinyl laughed. “That was the only time I ever saw him look like he wanted to kill somepony.” Digi said. “I think everypony gave her that look at some point. Thankfully she grew out of it though.” Octavia said. “What about the time Bon Bon tried to attract more customers by dressing Digi up like big ass pieces of candy?” Vinyl said. “I told you never to speak of that again.” Digi retorted. “I know but it was so fun-” she was cut off by a game controller crashing through a window and hitting her in the head. “FFFFFUUUU-” “I told you we should have brought them with us.” Octavia said in an ‘I told you so’ tone as Vinyl ran into the house with the controller wrapped in her magic. “Is this your house?” Digi asked? “Unfortunately so.” Octavia sighed, “I should have told you earlier, you’re not the only one staying with us.” “Wait, what?” “Vinyl thought it would be a good idea to invite the Twenty Ten boys to stay with us as well.” “What’s wrong with that?” “You see the broken window. They only got here half an hour before you.” “Oh, they’re like that, huh?” “Afraid so.” “No problem” He said as he trotted up to the door. “How bad could it be?” As soon as he opened the door a gray unicorn with a brown mane and tail with a red streak in them crashed into him and sent both of them flying out the door. “Again?!” Digi yelled. “Sorry brony, that filly is pissed. Must be that time of the month. Name’s Mic by the way.” “Digital Whiplash,” he said, “Maybe she’s pissed because you broke her window and hit her in the head with a controller.” “It’s not my fault, Lulz was cheating. He’s lucky I didn’t throw him out the window.” As if on cue an orange pegasus flew out and landed beside them. “You’re just a sore loser.” He said. “Who’s this guy?” “This is Digital Whiplash,” Mic said. “Oh, this is the pony?” Lulz asked. “I guess?” Digi said. “Vinyl and Octy wouldn’t shut up about you earlier.” He said. “Did you really walk in on those two on your bed?” Digi rolled his eyes. “Unfortunately.” “What’s so unfortunate about it? That sounds hot!” “Fanaticizing about a couple of filly fondlers?” Mic said, “What would Ami think?” “You’re right.” He turned back to Digi. “I’m Lulz, but I’m sure you already knew that.” “Nope, can’t say that I have.” Digi said. “Twenty Ten?” “Nope.” “Moving On?” “Uh-uh.” “Obsolete?” “No.” “Mic The Microphone?” “Just now.” “Wooden Toaster?” “Nope.” “The Living Tombstone?” “Him, I know. Is he here? I’d love to meet him.” Mic started laughing, “Looks like your arrogance precedes you, Lulz.” “That’s really a blow to the ego.” “If it’s all the same to you, I’d like to head inside and put my stuff away.” Digi said as he picked up his bags in his magic and trotted inside. Once in he saw Vinyl and Octavia talking to a yellow pegasus with a yellow and green mane and tail that almost looked like electricity was running through it, and gray earth pony with a blue mane and tail; his mane came to a couple of points in the front and looked like they were dipped in blood. “I’ll pay for it after the tour, I promise.” The gray one said to the girls. “It’s fine, Tombstone, we can pay for it, but I would like an apology from Mic.” Octavia said. “Are you sure?” The yellow one asked. “Yeah, it’s cool, it was getting hit in the head that got me.” Vinyl replied. Digi walked over to them. “Hey, where can I put my stuff?” “Digi, just in time.” Vinyl said, “This is The Living Tombstone and Wooden Toaster.” “How’s it going?” Toaster said. “Well, since stepping hoof in Ponyville I choked on a muffin, and was tackled to the ground twice.” Digi replied. “So I’ve been better.” “That sounds pretty rough.” Tombstone said. “Yeah, right now I just want to find somewhere to rest.” Digi said. “I’ll show you to the guest room.” Octavia said. “Lead the way.” He said. As they walked upstairs Digi got to see the full layout of their house. It was kind of modern with a bit of traditional class. He also saw Vinyl chugging an energy drink and getting most of it all over her coat. “If it weren’t for you this place would be a mess, wouldn’t it?” Digi said. “Not necessarily. Vinyl does chores quite a bit. She actually enjoys washing the dishes.” Octavia replied. “Is that so?” “Indeed. Sounds great, but the thing is she washes them with wubs.” “You guys have a dubstep dishwasher?” “Yes, Vinyl saved up money for a while to get it. She says it gets the dishes cleaner than soap and water.” She sighed, “If you ask me it’s just better at giving me a headache in the morning.” “Damn, I’ve been wanting one of those for a while.” They entered the room and Digi finally let his magic evaporate and all his bags dropped to the floor with a thud. “Dear Celestia, I’m exhausted!” He moaned. “I’ll let you get settled in. If you need anything we’ll be downstairs.” She said. “Thanks Tavi. I really owe you one for allowing this insanity in your house.” “It’s really know problem, like Vinyl says: ‘The things we do for wub.’” With that she left Digi to rest. He looked at the luggage scattered on the floor. Cases and cases of equipment, he even had bags for chords, just chords. He decided to just leave it all alone until it was time to hit the road. He walked over to the window and opened the shutters to let in light and look around the town from an elevated view. Ponyville had more large buildings than he thought. He turned his focus to the ponies outside going about their own business. He noticed a large red stallion with a blonde mane and tail selling apples, a pink earth pony mare bouncing around randomly singing, a pegasus filly weaving through ponies on a scooter pulling two other fillies in a wagon. All these different ponies intrigued him. He kept looking for a while, spying Bon Bon at bakery with some strange creature he’d never seen before that walked on two legs. What was even more strange is that he could swear He’d seen it somewhere before. ‘Oh well’ He thought, ‘I’m sure I’ll get a chance to chat with Bon Bon while I’m here.’ He also saw Derpy flirting with a brown stallion with an hourglass as a cutie mark. There was a blue pegasus flying by with what looked like a rainbow trailing her. He looked back down just in time to see the most beautiful pony he had ever seen. She was a purple alicorn with a dark blue mane and tail that had pink and purple highlights. Her cutie mark was a six-point star with five other smaller stars around it. She was about to turn the corner but Digi wasn’t done admiring her. He forgot he was on the second floor and jumped out the window. He instantly regretted what he did. He hit the ground hard and was instantly rendered unconscious. Author's Note So, this is the first chapter of my first story. I hope it's received well. A brief history behind this story: I was recommending a friend some fanfictions and she said that I should write something. I had thought about and decided to get to work on it that night. I couldn't think of anything to write about so I decided to sleep on it. That night I had the most amazing dream. Lauren Faust and Tara Strong came to me in my dream and told me to make something for the bronies. Something to say we're all in this together and it's time we start acting like the family we claim to be.
Chapter 2Digi woke up dazed and confused with a splitting headache. When his eyes adjusted to the light he saw that he was in a hospital room. He looked around and saw somepony that was in a full body cast with only their eyes visible. He met eyes with them for a moment and gave a smug grin, “How’s it going?” A disgruntled groan was the only reply he got. He chuckled and was instantly rewarded with a shot of pain to his brain. “Dammit!” Just as he said that, Vinyl and Octavia walked in with Bon Bon and that creature he saw earlier. “I thought I heard you wake up.” Octavia said. Vinyl just took one look and laughed. “Forget you’re a unicorn again?” “That was one time and I was wasted.” Digi replied. “But enough about me. It’s good to see you again Bon Bon.” “Same here. Octavia tol-” She was interrupted by the bipedal creature. “Aren’t you gonna say hi to me?” It asked. “I’m sorry but I don’t know who or what you are.” Digi said. “It’s me, Lyra!” It replied. “Lyra!? What happened to you!?” She gave a smug smirk, “Turns out I came from another dimension when I was a baby and I wasn’t a pony at all. Aaand…” She bent down and looked at Bon Bon who continued to look forward with an irritated look on her face. “I was right!” “Ugh! Would you just drop it already?” Bon Bon said. Lyra waved her hands in front of Bon Bon’s face. “It’s hard to drop things with these.” “Well, I can’t say I’m surprised.” Digi said. “You were always somewhat like an alien to me.” Vinyl laughed, “That’s an understatement.” Octavia elbowed her in the side. “Be nice.” “What? I’m just saying.” She replied. Digi got out of the bed; his headache didn’t impede him as much as it had earlier. “Are you sure you’re okay to be up? You hit your head pretty hard.” Octavia said. “I’m fine. You two should get back home before the guys destroy it.” He said. “Alright, we’ll see you later.” She said before walking out the door. “Later!” Vinyl said before following Octavia. “Why did you really jump out the window?” Bon Bon asked. “I just forgot I was on the second floor.” He said back. “And?” Lyra asked? “That’s it.” They both raised skeptical eyebrows almost simultaneously. “Really.” Bon Bon sighed. “Whatever you say. Let’s go get you checked out.” Lyra and Bon Bon turned and walked out the door with Digi behind them. When he got to the door he turned back to his roommate, “You shouldn’t have to worry about breaking anymore bones with that body armor.” After checking out of the hospital Lyra and Bon Bon were walking Digi back to Vinyl and Octavia’s house. They were reminiscing about the university days and chatting about what they were doing now. “You’ve come so far from being the mean girl of college, Lyra.” Digi said. “I mean, you’re practically an inter-dimensional diplomat now. That just blows my mind!” “I’m nothing special,” Lyra said slightly blushing, “I’m just a girl that had some bad luck as a baby.” “Horse apples! You’re doing so much for both worlds.” Bon Bon said. “We’ve gotten inter-dimensional cell phone towers here because of you.” As if on cue Lyra’s phone started ringing. She looked at it then answered, “Hey Vinyl! What’s up? Yeah… We’re just walking around town… Oh really? All right, we’ll be there. Later.” “What was that?” Digi asked. “Vinyl and Octavia want us to meet them at Sugar Cube Corner for lunch.” Lyra said. “Sounds like fun.” With that, they proceeded to Sugar Cube Corner for their impromptu lunch. When they arrived they found that Vinyl and Octavia had beaten them there along with Mic, Lulz, Tombstone, and Toaster. The group was larger than expected when Lyra, Bon Bon, and Digi arrived that Mrs. Cake had to push two tables together. But, once everything was settled they made light conversation while they waited for their food. “Did you think you were a pegasus?” Lulz asked with a smirk. “No, not since college.” Digi replied. “I was just tired and forgot I was on the second floor.” “Well, it looks like you got a well needed nap.” Tombstone said. “Yeah,” Digi said rubbing the back of his head with a hoof, “I needed it.” Lyra and Bon Bon shared a look then focused it at Digi. He glanced at them, ‘Damn, they always could read me.’ He thought. “Well,” Octavia said, “All joking aside. We should discuss the tour.” “Where are you all gonna be performing?” Bon Bon asked. “We kick off the tour here.” Octavia said, “Next is Fillydelphia, then Manehattan, Las Pegasus, Stalliongrad, Hoofington, Trottingham, Baltimare, Canterlot, and finish out in the Crystal Empire.” “Looks like we’ve got our work ahead of us.” Toaster said. “Exactly, that’s why we need to get things lined out.” Octavia said. “I’ve taken the liberty of arranging our hotel rooms for the first half. But we mustn’t forget AcousticBrony, MandoPony, and PrinceWhatever will be joining us when we get to Las Pegasus.” “Aww yeah!” Vinyl exclaimed. “Those guys rock!” “Wait, I wasn’t told about this.” Digi said. “Does the line up change with them added?” “Yes,” Octavia replied, “But only slightly. You’re still going to be going on first, followed by PrinceWhateverer, then AcousticBrony and MandoPony are going on together, and after that it goes back to normal.” Just then, Mr. and Mrs. Cake arrived with their food. A daffodil sandwich for Bon Bon, a garden salad for Lyra, large cheese pizza for Mic, Lulz, Tombstone, and Toaster, a rose bowl for Octavia, sunflower soup for Vinyl, and an oat burger and season hay fries for Digi. Not much was said for a while as they enjoyed their food. That is, until a certain purple alicorn trotted by and got Digi’s full attention. He almost choked when she looked in their direction. Big beautiful violet eyes were looking at him with concern. He finally got control of his coughing and she turned around and trotted off. He was still lost in his own world staring at her flanks he didn’t notice everypony at the table following his gaze. When they saw what he was looking at they all burst in to laughter. That got Digi out of his stupor. “I think I know why he jumped out the window.” Vinyl laughed. Digi was blushing immensely and looked away. “You should have told me. I would have introduced you to her.” Bon Bon said. “Wait, you know her?” He asked. “She’s an acquaintance of sorts. She comes into Sugar Cube Corner often with her friends.” She replied. “What’s her name?” “Dude, that’s Princess Twilight Sparkle.” Mic said. “Princess?” “Yeah, she’s been a princess a little over a year.” Toaster said. “Well, where’s her castle at?” Vinyl laughed, “She doesn’t have a castle. She lives above the library.” “Are you going to go talk to her?” Lulz asked. “I’m thinking about it.” Digi said. “For your sake, I hope you do.” Octavia said. “We can’t be having you jump out anymore windows.” “Don’t worry about me, guys. I’ll be fine. It’s just a little crush.” And with that everypony continued eating and discussing the tour but most of the time was spent trying to give Digi advice on how he should go about talking to Twilight. Most of it was cheesy pick up lines but there were some solid advice thrown in. Such as ‘discuss literature or magic’ and ‘talk about her more than yourself’. Needless to say, Digi had a full schedule ahead of him that afternoon. After lunch was finished he went straight to Golden Oak Library to officially meet Twilight. He paced back and forth outside for a while thinking of what to say and to somewhat gain courage. ‘Damn, this shouldn’t be so hard.’ He thought. ‘I used to talk to girls all the time in college. Hell, my best friends are girls. I should know how to do this.’ He stomped his forehooves in frustration. “Why is this so hard!?” “Why is what hard?” He whirled around to see who was behind him. It was a small purple and green dragon carrying a stack of scrolls. “Oh, um… I was just… That is, I was…” He groaned in exasperation. “Do you work here?” “You could say that.” The dragon said. “I live here.” “Oh, I didn’t realize more than one person lived here. Then you know Twilight Sparkle right?” “Of course! I’m her number one assistant!” He said boastfully. “Name’s Spike.” “I’m Digital Whiplash but everypony calls me Digi.” “Nice to meet you.” Spike said. “Now, what did you want with Twilight?” “Well…” Digi scraped a forehoof on the ground. “I just wanted to talk to her.” He said with a slight blush. “She’s in there,” Spike said pointing a claw at the door, “But I wouldn’t bother her. She’s reshelfing the books and she likes to have zero distractions when she’s doing so.” “It’ll be real quick. If that’s okay.” “I’m not stopping you. Just watch out for flying books.” “Can do.” Digi said as he confidently trotted up to the door. “Nice talking to you.” “Same here.” Spike said as he walked off. Digi stood in front of the door for a moment longer, and then he finally pushed it open only to be greeted by a hardback book to the side of the head. “Ugh!” He grunted. “That kind of hurt.” “Oh, I’m so sorry!” Twilight said as she stopping what she was doing to see if he was all right. “I didn’t see you there. Are you okay?” Digi opened his eyes and was immediately cast into a sea of violet euphoria. “I-I’m o-okay.” He stammered. “It’s fine, you were in the zone. I can recall a time or two I was focused on one thing.” He blushed. “Are you sure? That was a pretty thick book.” “Yeah, it’s cool.” “If you say so. Well then, is there anything I can help you with?” She asked with a small, cute smile. “Um… I-I just wanted to check out the library while I was in town. I’m a big literary buff.” “That’s good to hear. Reading is an excellent way to gain knowledge. And you know what they say ‘knowledge is power’.” She smiled even brighter. I’m actually in the middle of reshelving, but is there any particular genre you’re looking for?” “I was just gonna browse but if you need any help I’d be happy to lend a hoof.” “I couldn’t possibly ask that of you.” “It’s no problem. I didn’t have any plans this afternoon anyway.” “Well if you insist. I might be able to use a little help.” “Great!” Digi said as he levitated a group of books up and examined them to determine were they should go. Twilight was a little hesitant to accept his help since she didn’t know him, but she reminded herself that a good way to the beginning of a friendship is to accept a generous offer. “So,” She started, “You said you were new to town?” “Yeah,” Digi replied, “I’m staying here with Vinyl Scratch and Octavia getting ready to go on tour.” “You’re a musician?” “Yep.” “Oh really? I wouldn’t have guessed that.” “Why’s that?” “Well, you’re cutie mark doesn’t look like a musicians.” Digi turned to look at the binary code on his flank. “It looks more like it belongs on a computer programmer.” “Well, I am sort of.” Digi said. “What do you mean?” Twilight asked while telekinetically grabbing the books, that Digi had been levitating since he began, and put them into place. Digi looked sheepish when she gave him a coy look. “I’m an electronic musician. My specialties being: glitch-hop, chiptunes, and complextro house. And all of those sub genres focus heavily on programming.” “That makes sense. And it also makes since that an electronic musician would be going on tour with Vinyl Scratch.” “Well, Vinyl, Octavia, and I have been friends since we met at Manehattan University. We’ve always wanted to go on tour together but I was slow on making music.” “I had no idea they went to MU.” She said happily surprised. “Do you know Professor Psych?” “Know him?” Digi laughed. “By graduation that guy knew us better than he knew himself. Hell, he was the one that convinced Vinyl to get with Tavi. And don’t even get me started on him and Lyra. Him and that mare had some bad chemistry. Hoo!” “It sounds like you have a lot of fond memories of your younger days.” “Oh yeah, but I’m sure you do too.” “Not really. I mostly kept to myself constantly studying.” She said still shelving book after book. “I didn’t really get an exciting streak until I came to Ponyville a couple of years ago.” “I can tell.” He said looking at her wings. Twilight blushed slightly and continued shelving books. A few hours passed as they talked and Twilight shelved the books. By then Digi had given up trying to put the books in the right places and started reading a Daring Do book and Twilight was just about done shelving all of them. She magically levitated the book that Digi was reading into the spot it went. Then she approached him with a sour look on her face. “Did you really come to look through the books?” Digi looked away and said, “Of course I did. Why else would I come to a library?” Twilight raised an eyebrow that made Digi blush. He sighed in defeat, “No… I actually came here to talk to you.” “Me? Whatever for?” “Well, I saw you when I got here and I thought you were really pretty and I wanted to get to know you better.” Twilight slightly blushed. “You think I’m pretty?” “Of course. Who wouldn’t?” “That’s sweet of you to say, Digital.” “You can call me Digi.” Twilight smiled, “Okay then, Digi.” They were both silent for a moment looking in different directions until Digi finally spoke up. “Um… I was wondering… That is, if it’s okay with you… Maybe we could hang out sometime soon?” Twilight, who was still blushing and looking at the floor said, “I might be able to schedule something.” “That’s gre-” Digi started but was interrupted by his phone ringing. He levitated his phone out of his mane and answered, “Hello?” A drunk Vinyl Scratch then deafened him. “DIGI!!” She screamed happily. “Vinyl!” Digi yelled back irritated. “What’s your problem?” “Did you nail her?” She slurred out. “Why would you even ask that?” “Oh, don’t be such a frumple butt.” He sighed, “What do you want?” “Pull your head out of your marefriend’s ass and get your flank back here and drink with me like old times!” “She’s not my marefriend.” He hissed quietly in the phone. “Whaaaateveeeerrrr!! Just get over here before Tavi puts me in time out.” And with that, she hung up. Digi sighed. “Look, I gotta go. But name the time and place and I’ll be there.” “Okay, will do.” She said. “Later.” He began to canter to the door. “Wait.” Twilight called out. Digi turned around and was met with a kiss on his cheek. He blushed bright red and stood there with his mouth open until he finally got feeling back in his legs and galloped as fast as he could out the door and down the dark Ponyville road.
Chapter 3Digi woke up with his forehooves wrapped around the toilet with his face on the seat. He moaned, “Ugh…” He wanted to get up but his stomach and head refused more than small stirs. Besides, the toilet was soooo comfortable~. So, for now he was content with a toilet for a pillow. He was about to fall back to sleep when there was a loud knock at the door that may as well have made his horn crack. “Digi, get the heck up! I have to piss!” Vinyl yelled. “Screw you!” He yelled back. “Aww, love you too. Now get out, I really need to go.” “Go in the sink, you’ve done it before.” “Tavi’ll yell at me. Besides, if you don’t get up soon you’ll miss your date with Twilight.” That instantly sobered him up a little. “What?” “Yeah, she came by earlier and she said for you to meet her at the pond at 2.” “What time is it?” “1:30” Digi jumped up and immediately went back down to throw up. He hardly had enough energy to cast that anti-hangover spell. After a minute or so he staggered out of the bathroom. “It’s all yours.” He said. Vinyl took one look at him and shook her head. “I’ll just go out back. You need the bathroom more than me.” He went back in and gazed at himself in the mirror. She was right; he was a mess. He couldn’t see Twilight like this. He levitated a brush over to him and began his morning routine as quick as he could. Once he was done, he sprinted out the door and down the street as fast as his legs would carry him, only one problem, he didn’t know where he was going. He stopped and asked that pink, singing pony that he saw his first day. “Excuse me, can you tell me where the pond is?” “I sure can! I can also tell you where Sweet Apple Acres is, and Sugar Cube Corner, and Carousel Boutique, and Golden Oak Library, and-” She was cut off by Digi, “I just need to know where pond is. I’m kind of in a hurry.” “Okey Dokey Lokey, Go back the way you came and make a left on Reiny street and it’s aaaall the down to the edge of town. But hurry, Twilight’s on her way there.” She smiled. “How did you-”, he started, “Nevermind. Thanks for the help.” And with that he started sprinting toward his destination. He actually managed to get there before her, which gave him time to catch his breath and straighten out his mane. When he looked up from the water he saw Twilight. “Hi Digi,” She said with a smile, “Were you waiting long? Should I have left earlier?” “Nah, it’s cool, I just got here too.” “That’s good. For a second I thought I might have been tardy.” ‘Tardy?’ He thought. “Well, what did you have in mind for today?” “I thought we could just go for a walk through Whitetail Woods and get to know each other better.” “Sounds good to me.” And so they began they’re walk through the woods and shared stories about their pasts. They both shared an equal amount of interest in what the other had to say, given Twilight’s lack of an average childhood and Digi’s extreme normality. “The immense power of their love was too much for them to handle and they were thrown all the way back to the badlands.” “Wow! You have such an incredible life. I’m just a run of the mill unicorn.” “That’s not true. You have a great life. Tell me another story.” “Alright, what do you want to know?” “Hmm… How about how you got into music.” “Well, I was always into music. I mostly listened to rock. I was actually the emo colt at our school and the fact that I was the last in my class to get my cutie mark didn’t help. Then one day a friend of mine showed me music from Foozogz, Alex S, and Silva Hound. When I heard the drop I knew instantly that’s the kind of music I wanted to make.” “See? I would’ve loved to have a childhood like that. I mean I’m very happy about how my life was but all I did was study.” “Heh, nerd.” Twilight stopped and looked at him with an irritated look. “What?” “I called you a nerd.” She scrunched her muzzle, “I’m not a nerd, I am a scholar.” He booped her nose, “You’re adorkable, is what you are.” She began blushing and looked away. “I like adorkable nerds.” He said as he kissed her on the cheek. Twilight turned back to him and they shared an admiring gaze for what felt like years. They slowly began to move closer and closer to each other, savoring every moment they shared until they were nose to nose. They closed their eyes and pursed their lips, getting ready to share a tender kiss until a rainbow blur knocked them over. (Quite the mood killer, don’t you think?) “How many damn times am I gonna get tackled!?” Digi shouted. “Is this town some kind of football training camp?” “Well if you got problem with getting tackled you shouldn’tve been standing in my flight path.” The rainbow mare said. “Why don’t you watch where you’re flying?” “Why don’t you make me, bro?” “I wish I could, but I don’t hit mares.” “Oh, you wanna hit me?” She said, “Well come at me! I’m not scared of you!” “Both of you shut up!” Twilight shouted. “Oh, Twilight!” She said. “I’m so sorry, I didn’t see you there.” “Oh sure, apologize to her.” Digi snapped. “You’re pissing me off, dude.” “Rainbow Dash, you should apologize for flying into him.” Twilight said. “Yeah!” Digi added. “And you should apologize for threatening her.” “Yeah!” Rainbow Dash mocked. “Why should I?” He asked. “She ruined our moment.” “Because, if you want this date to happen again you need to treat my friends with respect.” She scolded. “What if I started a fight with Vinyl Scratch?” “Well honestly, sometimes she needs a kick in the ass. But, I understand.” He faced Rainbow and gave her an awkward smile. “Sorry about what I said. I shouldn’t have exploded like that.” She returned a sheepish look. “Yeah, it’s cool. I should have watched where I was going.” They shared a brohoof and gave each other a defiant smirk. Twilight smiled, “See wasn’t that-” she was cut off by Rainbow. “Wait a minute! Are you two on a date?” Twilight blushed and looked away. “Well, um… Yes, I suppose we are.” Rainbow fell on the ground in a fit of laughter. “What’s so funny about that?” Digi challenged. “She’s beautiful, smart, and amazing.” Digi’s compliments toward Twilight just made her blush and caused Rainbow to laugh even harder. “Hahahahahah! Make it stop! Hahahaha! I’m gonna pee!” She laughed. “Grrr!” He growled. “Come on Twilight, I’ll walk you back to the library.” “Uh… Okay. Bye Rainbow.” “Hahah! Wait ‘til I tell Applejack!” Digi set a brisk pace to get away from the sound of Rainbow’s taunting laughs. “Did you really mean what you said back there?” Twilight asked. “Of course I did.” He replied. “I’ve never met anypony like you before. And I want to keep getting to know you.” Twilight slightly blushed and smiled warmly. “I feel the same way about you.” They walked through town in a content silence until they were spotted again, this time by Digi’s friends. They were eating at Sugar Cube Corner again. Vinyl was the first to see them and started snickering like a school colt that just heard a curse word, Which caused Digi to groan; Octavia smiled like the classy mare she was; Lyra gave him a big smile and two thumbs up, which confused Digi and in return made Bon Bon facehoof; And the Twenty Ten boys were whooping and whistling at them. Digi tried all he could to ignore them but they got Twilight’s attention. “Isn’t that your friends over there?” “Yeah… That’s them…” “Let’s go say hi.” He sighed, “Alright…” They trotted over to them and Digi was instantly met with a headlock courtesy of Vinyl Scratch. “You brought her home to meet the family already?” “Vinyl, stop that!” Octavia scolded. She let him go, “Aw, I’m just having a little fun with him. Our little boy’s all grown up now.” “How are you today, Twilight?” Octavia asked. “I’m well, thanks for asking.” She replied. “Let me introduce you, this is MicTheMicrophone, iBringDaLULZ, Wooden Toaster, and The Living Tombstone.” “Hey,” Toaster said. “Nice to meet you.” Tombstone said. “How’s it going?” Lulz said. “Isn’t you’re brother captain of the royal guard?” Mic asked. “Why, yes he is.” She answered. “You should watch you’re back, Digi. One slip of the tongue and you could be in for it.” Lyra taunted. “Lyra!” Bon Bon scolded. “I’m just saying.” Digi was starting to get a little nervous. “Well, we should probably get going. I have to practice.” “He’s right. Don’t want him messing up on stage like Aoshi.” Vinyl said. “We’ll catch you later.” “I’ll see you all later.” Twilight said. They made their way back to the library with light conversation to pass the time, mostly about Digi’s friends. “I had a good time today.” Twilight said. “Yeah, it was fun.” He replied. “So, I was wondering, if you weren’t busy, maybe you would like to come to our show on Saturday.” “I would love to.” She said. “Awesome!” He exclaimed. “So, I’ll see you Saturday.” “I’ll be there.” With that, they said their goodbyes and Digi went back to Vinyl and Octavia’s house to practice his set.
