Music and Lyrics

“Fluttershy! Are you home?” Pinkie knocked on the door.

Inside the house, Fluttershy was trying to get Angel to eat his salad.

“Angel, you are going to eat.” She picked up a slice of carrot and shoved it into Angel’s mouth.

“Now, chew.” She said, fire in her eyes.

Not wanting to upset Fluttershy anymore, Angel quickly dug into his food.

“Good boy, Angel.” Fluttershy went downstairs, then she heard somepony knocking on the door.

She quickly flew to the door and opened it.

“Oh, hello Pinkie Pie! What’s up?” Fluttershy asked.

“I was wondering if you wanted to grab some lunch, I have to talk to you about something.” Pinkie said.

“Sure. Angel’s fed so we can go now. Um, if that’s alright with you, I mean” Fluttershy shrugged.

The two went to a small sandwich shop and began talking.

Pinkie told her of how she dreamt of Lyric all the time and was jealous at Vinyl for taking him away from her.

“Fluttershy, he stays home all the time, nowadays,” Piknie said in a flimsy voice. “Lyric just wants to be with Vinyl. He doesn’t care about me or Ash.”

“Pinkie, um, please don’t take this the wrong way,” Fluttershy began.

“Take what the wrong way?” Pinkie questioned.

“Well Lyric hasn’t seen Vinyl in seven years, maybe he’s, um, trying to get used to the fact his wife is back.” Fluttershy shrugged.

“That’s the stupidest thing I’ve heard and I’ve heard a lot of stupid things! I’m Pinkie Pie!” Pinkie stormed off.

Fluttershy sighed. Oh Pinkie, Lyric still cares about you. If only you could see it from his eyes.

Then a great idea struck her and she flew off in the direction of Lyric’s house.

Vinyl shook off the afternoon drowsiness. Hangovers are such a drag. she thought as she went downstairs.

As she descended down the wooden staircase, she heard the sound of faint music. It got louder as she neared the kitchen door, she pushed it open and the music instantly stopped.

“Good morning Lyric.” Vinyl smiled.

“Afternoon.” Lyric said.

“Aw, what’s wrong? You a little lonely last night?” Vinyl asked slyly.

“No, actually I hung out with Ash. What I want to know is... where were you last night?”

“For Celestia’s sake, Lyric. I’m old enough to be out doing shows! What are you, my mom?”

“No, because if I was your mom, I would’ve grounded you.” Lyric said, returning to the dishes.

“Why? Because I went out, played a show and had a few drinks?” Vinyl poked Lyric’s ribs.

“No!” Lyric threw down the dish. “Because you didn’t come home last night. I searched, but didn’t find you until eleven and when I did find you, you smelled of alcohol and sweat.”

“Why are you telling me all of this?” Vinyl asked.

“Because you were out with a stallion last night!” Lyric screamed.

“Oh! Is that what you think?” Vinyl screamed back. “For your information I was not out with a stallion last night.”

“That’s a lie! I can smell him!” Lyric grabbed the dish and threw it at Vinyl.

She couldn’t react, it hit her in the face and her head split. Blood began gushing from the wound.

I have to get up. she thought. Have to get to a doctor. She tried to get up, but she fell back down, and this time Lyric was more conscious of the sounds around him. He turned and saw his actions face to face. He screamed for help.

Fluttershy heard the scream and began flying as fast as her 2.5 wing-power wings would go. She burst open the door and saw Lyric trying to lift Vinyl onto his back.

“Fluttershy! Thank Celestia! Get over here and help me.” Lyric cried out.

“Lyric! What happened to Vinyl?” Fluttershy asked.

“There’s no time, she’s bleeding. Help!” Lyric screamed.

Fluttershy got Vinyl positioned on her back and helped Lyric fly her to Nurse Redheart.

“So, Lyric.” Fluttershy asked, in a calmer voice. “What happened to Vinyl?”

“I lost control. I found her last night at the club. She smelled of alcohol, sweat, and...” he stopped.

“Of what?” Fluttershy asked.

“A stallion.” Lyric whispered.

He began crying, and Fluttershy pulled him into a tight hug.

“It’s okay. Calm down, Lyric.” she said, in her gentle, whispery voice.

Outside, Pinkie watched from the window. She saw Fluttershy hugging Lyric and she was sure about one thing.

If she couldn’t have Lyric, nopony could.

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I’m sorry. For those who don’t know, my roommate, and best friend, Doug got onto my account and wrote the story entitled “It’s Raping Time”. I’m sorry that ever had to get out on FIMfiction and sorry to every brony who read it, hated it, and hurt themselves over it. Doug’s just being Doug. I’ll have to make sure to logout next time, haha. Anyways, here’s the proper version of Chapter IV: The Needs Of Many!

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