Hybrid

Vinyl Scratch woke up and had a very normal day. Got out of bed, kissed Octavia, downed some booze, passed out, woke up again with a hangover and Tavi fussing over her, had sex with Tavi, drank more booze, dropped some bass, went a second round with Tavi causing her to pass out, and just remembered it was her turn to buy groceries.

Vinyl was just on her way home and she met up with Pinkie Pie to see if she had any parties planned that she could DJ at. Turns out there was a new stallion in town and Pinkie needed someone to play music. After that she made her way through town square, headphones blasting rock music in her ears. She saw the new princess staring up at the top of the town hall.

'What's she looking at?' thought the DJ. She moved one of the headphones from her ear so she could listen and hear the music at the same time, and moved forward to ask what was up. Until she screamed.

"OHMIGOSH NO!"

The DJ looked up and saw someone falling off the top spire. The act caused the mare's eyes to go wide and flashback to a time she wish she could forget.

She was at a club in Manehattan, performing at a gig. She could feel the beat of the bass, smell the sweat of countless ponies dancing, and she loved every second of what she did. Spinning tracks and mixing at her turntable.

That was one of the many times she felt truly alive.

After her time spinning her records was up she received her payment and went to blow a little of it on a drink or two. Until, out of the corner of her eye she saw a lone stallion open the door that led to the roof and enter. She paid it no mind and figured the guy was meeting some friends up there to drink or do a few drugs. No big deal, this was a club after all.

After just one drink, as she needed to get back to her hotel safe, she left the club and headed down the street. A few seconds later and something fell and crashed into a cart next to her, causing her to scream out of fright. After she regained some of her composure she stepped forwards and saw the stallion from before, dead from the fall and bleeding out, staring into his lifeless eyes. She screamed again, this time from the pure horror that struck her.

She later learned that the poor colt was a new to the city and was scoffed at, criticized, and made fun of. So the royal guard called it off as suicide and left it at that.

Vinyl came out of her memory, which only flashed by for a couple of seconds. She then shucked off her saddlebags of broke into a full on sprint. Her electric blue mane flowing behind her.

'Not this time. NOT THIS TIME!' she thought as she jumped onto a merchants stand and lit her horn. She jumped from the stand and tackled the colt mid-air as he was falling. She poured a crazy amount of magic into her horn, and in an instant the two of them were gone. Flashed away by a teleportation spell.

The two ponies landed in a hay cart that was left behind in an alleyway close by, causing it to roll slightly from the impact and burn a bit of the hay from the power of the spell. The unicorn landed on top of the one she saved had gotten a good look at him.

He was an eggshell white Pegasus with a mane that looked of a dark silvery color with a streak of a lighter shade that gave it a somewhat metallic look. The one thing that caught her attention the most: were his paws. Yes, he had light brown fur that went from just above all four of his elbows down to his paws.

The stallion groaned and his eyes began to flutter open. Then she saw them, his eyes that looked of a pure ice color that had a cat-like slit for the pupil. As they adjusted to the light around him they changed back to look normal, just the slightest bit narrower than a normal pony's pupils but still enough to fool anyone who didn't know or look close enough.

"Ow," he spoke in a somber tone, "that's just great. Now I have a headache." he held his head in one of his paws. He looked up at the mare above him and quickly realized he wasn't under the guise of his cloak. She could see his entire body.

Without warning he pushed Vinyl off of him and got up quickly, pulling his cloak back over himself. He tried to run away from the mare but was halted by the wall of a building in the way.

Vinyl regained her footing and walked towards the stallion calmly, "Wait! Don't run!" he turned to her and made himself as small as possible and started muttering to himself.

"Now their all gonna come after me. Just like last time. I don't wanna leave again. Why can't I just be accepted for who I am rather than be shunned for what I look like?" the stallion sniffed and was crying. Tears ran down his face like mini waterfalls of sadness. He trembled and shook until he felt a gentle hoof wrap around his back.

He looked up. The mare was still there. "Hey, there's no reason to cry."

The colt was confused, "Why are you still here? Aren't you gonna go tell everybody about the new freak in town?" he spoke with disgust.

"Freak?" now was the DJ's turn to be confused, "All I see is someone who almost killed themselves. Why would you think I'd see you as a freak?"

"You saw me. My paws, and probably my eyes to. I'm a freak." he was still hiding under his cloak.

"That doesn't answer my question. Why would you think I'd see you as a freak?" she asked the question slower.

"Because everypony else who's seen me does." he spoke sadly and sniffed, "I've been from town to town, city to city, looking for a place to make some friends, but every time I show myself to others they look at me like I'm some sort of contagious disease. Like I'm some sort of monster."

Vinyl hugged the stallion, something he had not experienced in a long time. She removed his hood and looked at him in his ice colored eyes, "I don't see you like that. In fact I'm kinda jealous. I wish I looked as cool as you do."

He began to cry again, this time from the amount of happiness he felt. "Thank you miss..... heh, I don't even know your name."

She smiled at him, "Vinyl Scratch. How 'bout yourself?"

"M-My name is....."