"Vinyl, I hope you know how to fly this...contraption."
Octavia's apparent hesitation was noted through her stern but now wobbly voice. She looked upon her left to Vinyl, whom was stretching & starting up the plane. The sun pierced through the small cockpit of the plane, but simply reflected off Vinyl's magenta sunglasses, blinding Octavia as she continued their conversation.
"Vinyl, take those ridiculous sunglasses off!"
Vinyl simply just chuckled. Octavia dreaded the obnoxiousness that is Vinyl.
"Tavi..Tavi..Tavi. Oh Tavi, you wouldn't understand" Vinyl goaded, with slight sarcasm.
Octavia just rolled her eyes in response, and put her seatbelt on. Vinyl looked over to Octavia & grinned a rather enthusiastic grin.
"You ready? TOO BAD! WOHOO!"
The plane made its way on the runway, slowly but surely picking up speed until Vinyl separated it from the ground, lifting off like a pegasus. Octavia, however, felt like she was going to throw up her insides. In fact, a rather warm sensation traveled up her throat at that instant.
"Haha woah there Tavi!", Vinyl snickered. "Not in Wubby!"
Octavia was going to remark on how stupid it was to name a plane Wubby but the pressure building in her mouth made her think otherwise. She opened the window on her right and let everything out.
"Come in Tavi-1, this is Wubby-3, we have a forecast of rain today" Vinyl remarked.
"Very funny Vinyl" Octavia sighed.
Octavia cleaned herself up and closed the window, watching the immersive ocean below them. Vinyl noticed how glum she looked and felt bad about her joke earlier.
"Hey Tavi, I'm sorry. I was just kidding. You know I love you."
Vinyl smiled genuinely and was met by a smirk from Octavia.
"Sometimes you're just full of shit Vinyl" Octavia said.
Vinyl & Octavia laughed as the plane continued soaring in the skies, the duo completely unaware of what was going to happen to them next.
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"Hey Tavi"
"Yes Vinyl?"
Vinyl removed her sunglasses, using her magic to place them on her horn. Her crimson eyes twinkled as she looked upon Octavia.
"I really enjoy spending time with you Tavi and if I was ever stuck anywhere, I would want to be stuck with you."
"I feel the same Vinyl, even if you're obnoxious sometimes."
Vinyl blushed as she smiled, receiving a smile back from Octavia as well.
"Well anyways we're going somewhere really cool. I think you'll like it."
"Where is that, exactly?"
As if in a response to Octavia's question, the plane's computer started beeping rather loudly and quickly. The plane started shaking rather violently as Vinyl fought to keep control of the plane.
"Vinyl, what's HAPPENING!?"
"I dunno! I dunno Tavi! We're going down!"
The plane resisted every attempt of control from Vinyl and soon broke free, pitching downwards rapidly. All Vinyl could see was an island becoming larger and larger as the plane was ever closer to crashing.
"Vinyl, VINYL!"
Vinyl grinned as she kicked one of the doors off, grabbed Tavi , and jumped out of the plane.
I don't see how this is any better!", Octavia yelled.
Vinyl knew if she timed her magic correctly they would be able to survive this fall. Of course Octavia did not know of Vinyl's plan so naturally she screamed as loudly as she could. The plane veered away from the island, crashing into the ocean. Vinyl took a deep breath as she used almost all of her magic, enveloping herself & Octavia in majestic purple, slowing down their descent to the point where it wouldn't be fatal. However, the rapid use of her magic under a extreme circumstance caused Vinyl to pass out 6ft above the ground, causing Octavia & herself to fall down normally. Thankfully Octavia had already passed out while screaming earlier, enabling her to not feel the drop. Vinyl landed right next to Octavia as the ocean's waves slowly pushed the onto the beach of the island.
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Octavia could smell the saltiness of the air and felt the sea breeze blowing at her mane. She opened her eyes and immediately flinched from both the salt and sun attacking her. She slowly got up, her head throbbing with pain. She noticed that Vinyl was in front of her getting up, pushing herself up while grabbing her back in pain. Once Vinyl fully got up, the look of pain quickly disappeared as she looked outwards at the ocean, smiling & taking in a deep breath as she enjoyed the beauty of the view. Octavia was amazed that they were still alive and took out her phone to call for help. After a few attempts at calling for help, the sudden realization that there was no service or possible rescue hit Octavia hard. Octavia literally bounced around Vinyl as she freaked out, even ending up on top of a shark when she ran into the ocean. Vinyl grabbed Octavia off the shark and told her to calm down. Octavia was still trembling but Vinyl responded by taking a deep breath.
"Now you try Tavi."
Octavia did and pretty soon, she calmed down enough.
"Haha ok. Follow me, let's see what we can find on this island."
Octavia gulped as she thought about if they would be rescued & what they would find but followed Vinyl into the inner island.
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"Hey Tavi, this place isn't so bad. It's kinda cool!", Vinyl exclaimed.
Vinyl continued trotting in utmost confidence , excited to see what the island had in store. Octavia trailed behind, looking around frantically & feeling very unsure about what the thick vegetation could be hiding.
"Vinyl, this place is kind of scary. It makes me feel very uncomfortable."
"Oh come on Tavi, it isn't that bad" reassured Vinyl.
As if to prove her point, a coconut tree suddenly appeared in front of the duo & Vinyl smiled because she knew what she could make with the coconuts. So without thinking or looking to see if Octavia was directly underneath the coconuts, Vinyl kicked the tree, resulting in all the coconuts slamming on top of Octavia's head. Octavia fell down, stunned & confused as she came to, seeing a spider crawling towards her snout.
"Disgusting, absolutely disgusting!" Octavia yelled.
She leapt up onto the bottom of a tree but found a scorpion awaiting her. Panic consumed Octavia as she fled, finding a temporary safe heaven amongst some bushes. However, the "safe heaven" was shelter to a very dark creature who emerged behind Octavia and wriggled its most slimy tongue out, licking Octavia's lower jaw. Octavia's throat tightened as her eye twitched in response, instantaneously flying in the air, running as fast as she could until she tripped on a rock & skidded on the ground, stopping abruptly in front of Vinyl. Vinyl was busy mixing a coconut drink, barely realizing that her best friend was on the floor behind her.
"Tavi? What are you doing down there?", Vinyl snickered.
She continued chuckling as she picked up Octavia from the floor. Octavia's face was clearly upset as she frown, which amplified Vinyl's laughing even more.
"UGH VINYL!"
Octavia's hoofs became a blur as she flinged them everywhere, breaking Vinyl's grip & causing quite a shock to Vinyl. Vinyl picked up the other coconut drink that she made earlier & attempted to sincerely smile at Octavia.
"Hey Tavi I..uh..made a drink for you. I'm sorry about laughing at you", apologized Vinyl.
Octavia turned her head to give Vinyl a stern look then continued trotting away. Vinyl made a expression that she has never made before in her life; she finally frowned. Her beautiful crimson eyes started twinkling as she looked down at the floor, engulfed in her own disappointment at herself and her tears thudding softly on the ground under her hooves.
"Tavi, I'm really sorry. You're my best friend & the best pony I know", Vinyl softly sobbed.
Octavia was almost out of sight by the time Vinyl finished cleaning up her tears. Vinyl quietly followed Octavia back to the beach, standing quietly in the background. Octavia stared at the sand below her hoofs and closed her eyes, tears flowing down her face. Vinyl knew she had to do something to cheer up her best friend and that's when the thought springed into her mind.
"Dancing! I know Tavi's gonna love it!", Vinyl thought to herself.
Vinyl trotted behind Octavia and grabbed Octavia by her tail, dragging her to a more open area on the beach.
"Leave me alone Vinyl" moaned Octavia.
"Come on Tavi, it's going to be fun!"
Octavia scoffed as Vinyl helped her up, positioning both of them for a dance.
"Vinyl, I-"
"It's a very simple dance Tavi, give it a try!" interrupted Vinyl.
Octavia was unsure about herself but Vinyl looked very confident in what she was doing.
"Just follow my lead Tavi. 1..2..3.."
At first Octavia sluggishly followed Vinyl's steps but started getting the hang of it pretty soon.
"You're doing great Tavi! Don't be so scared it's fun! Now I'm going to spin you."
"Wait Vinyl-"
But before Octavia could finish, the island & the ocean became a blur as she was spun around, expertly caught by Vinyl, brought down slowly to the ground and spun again. Normally Octavia wouldn't find joy in a activity like this but this time it was different; it was with Vinyl. Octavia started laughing happily as Vinyl & herself continued dancing together.
"I would've never guessed Vinyl was so talented in dancing. I suppose that DJ does have some moves after all" Octavia thought.
As Octavia looked over to her friend, she couldn't happen to notice how beautiful she really was. Vinyl was nothing but happiness, from the gleeful smile to the sparkling crimson eyes.
"Those eyes are just so gorgeous. Why would she ever cover them up?" Octavia thought again.
She continued dancing with Vinyl as she followed her lead. However, Octavia got too excited in the moment and extended her legs all the way out in a grand finishing move, accidently hitting her friend in the head. Octavia's face became frozen as she looked over to Vinyl. Vinyl was rubbing her head in pain, gritting her teeth as she looked upon a concerned Octavia.
"Vinyl I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to h-"
Vinyl's hoof interrupted Octavia's apology as it was extended towards Octavia. Vinyl smirked as Octavia reacted to help her friend up.
"PYSCHE!" Vinyl exclaimed.
Vinyl pulled Octavia down, resulting in Octavia landing face first into the sand. Vinyl started hysterically laughing at her best friend for quite literally falling for her joke. Octavia got herself up, only to see a grinning Vinyl lying down in the sand in front of her.
"Oh Vinyl, you got me" Octavia chuckled, smiling at Vinyl
Vinyl smiled too as the duo stared into each other's eyes. Vinyl was about to say something but was interrupted by a loud sound.
BOOOOONNNNNKKKK!!!
The friends looked over to the sound and saw a huge cruise ship approaching the island. They immediately started waiving at the ship as the ship got closer to the island. The both of them looked back at each other in excitement.
"Hey Vinyl" Octavia said.
"Yeah Tavi?"
"Remember what you said about the whole 'if I was stuck somewhere, I would want to be stuck with you'?"
Vinyl smiled at her friend even more because she knew where this was leading. Octavia started blushing as she continued talking.
"I feel the same way Vinyl. In fact, if it was ok with you, I would want-"
"To be stuck with me forever?" Vinyl guessed.
"Yes, exactly that!" Octavia exclaimed.
Vinyl smiled as she blushed as well, surging with a new found affection towards Octavia and grabbed her hoof as a result. Octavia responded by grabbing her hoof too.
"I love you Tavi."
"I love you too Vinyl."
The duo laughed as they gazed upon each other's eyes once again before boarding the cruise ship holding hoofs, greeted by the rest of the ponies of Ponyville.
