Vinyl Scratch sat in her small, dark apartment. The cold air from the open window blew around her, causing her to shiver. The Unicorn began to once again think about that mare she had met today. A Philharmonica! What were the chances of her meeting a famous pony, and not only that but getting to sit with her on the train? And how wonderful it was... her long, straight black hair and charcoal-grey fur. That pink bowtie- it was incredible. The DJ lit her horn with magenta magic and levitated that scrap of paper over to herself. Octavia's address resided on the open space of the white paper. She stared at the address for a few moments, and made up her mind. She would go see if Octavia wanted to get coffee tomorrow. The sun began to set, and Vinyl Scratch walked onto her small balcony as it dipped below the horizon. Tomorrow would be a great day.

I walked into my new apartment, dragging my cardboard moving boxes with my teeth. The floors were practically glistening with cleanliness. After looking around, I walked over to my piano and dusted it off. Then I trotted over to my cello. One of the most important things I have in my life- my cello means everything to me. I stood on my hind legs and took it out of its black case. I dragged the bow across the A string, sounding an opening note. With that I began to play the Sarabande by Bach. As the music flowed I thought of my new-found acquaintance. Her wonderful white fur, her blue ma- I pushed the thoughts out of my head. Right now all that mattered was my music. I played a chord, and an image of her appeared in my brain. Once again I focused on my music. As the piece ended, I put my cello in its holder and the music stand in its place. I came back down onto all fours, my grey hooves hitting the floor. As the sun set I walked out onto my majestic balcony and watched the sun fall below the hills, and the stars begin to make themselves visible. I couldn't wait to see Vinyl Scratch again.

Vinyl Scratch awoke quite early. She placed her glasses on her eyes and took one last look at Octavia's address. Yes, she had memorized it- but she wanted to be careful. The Unicorn trotted to the front door and opened it. The sun shone brightly down on the streets, and the ponies of Manehattan looked slightly less like somebody shoved a stick up their flank than usual. Yes, today would be a great day! Vinyl Scratch hailed a taxi and jumped onto the cart.

"Where to, miss?"

"22 Broadneigh."

"Gladly!" The taxi driver set off. The alabaster Unicorn looked around as the city passed. Very quickly she arrived at Octavia's apartment. She hopped off of the taxi cart after hoofing the taxi driver a few bits. Vinyl Scratch buzzed the door, and after a few moments the charcoal- coloured Earth pony opened the door.

I must admit, I was surprised to see Vinyl Scratch standing there. I thought she would have forgotten. It seemed like a one-time encounter. A strange feeling came over me as I realized she was there to see me, no other reason.

"Well hello, Vinyl."

She looked at me nervously and said,

"I'm here to take you up on your offer of coffee."

"I will gladly accompany you on this short outing." I walked out of my doorway, and onto the stone street. I fell into a pace beside Vinyl as we walked. She kept looking around nervously. After a while, the Unicorn realized I wasn't going to bite and loosened up.

"You got a nice house."

"Vinyl?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you mean, you have a nice house?"

"No, I'm preeeeettty sure it's got."

"The proper way to say it is have. Not got. But thank you for the compliment." We progressed on our walk a bit more, until we came upon my favourite coffee shop. As we entered a small bell tinged above our heads, and the barista looked up from polishing his mug.

"Octavia! My favourite customer! I see you brought a friend."

"Hello, Coffee Grind. This is Vinyl Scratch."

"Hey there, Vinyl Scratch. I'm assuming you'll be having the usual, Miss Tavi?"

"Yes. Thank you. What would you like, Vinyl?"

"Huh- what? Me?" I facehoofed.

"I'll have a triple cappuccino." The barista scribbled some notes on a piece of paper.

"Coming right up!"

Vinyl and I walked over to a table in the corner and sat down.

"Octavia?"

"Yes, Vinyl?"

"I heard the barista call you Tavi. Is it OK if I call you that?" I thought for a moment.

"Sure." We waited for a few minutes in silence, until Coffee Grind brought us our coffees. I sipped at mine as the steam rose out. Then I looked up. As soon as I did Vinyl burst out laughing.

"Hey Tavi- you got something on your snout!" She kept laughing until she fell out of her chair. I wiped at my snout and on my hoof was foam. The alabaster mare got back up into her seat, and when she was fully seated I made a quick gesture across the table and wiped the foam on her snout.

"Hey!"

"You shouldn't have laughed," I said in a teasing manner.

"Geez. I'm sorry." She giggled a bit, and wiped the foam off of her snout. We sat for a while. When our coffees were finished, we stood up.

"Thank you, Coffee Grind!" We walked out the front door. The bell tinged again and our hooves touched the hot cobblestone streets. As we walked, the Unicorn bumped into me sideways. I stopped, and looked at her. I bumped her back. We both giggled, and set on our way.

We didn't get back to her house until the sun had been gone for almost an hour.

"Goodbye, Vinyl Scratch."

"Tavi- you wanna get dinner sometime?" I looked at her, and simply said-

"Yes." She smiled, and walked into her apartment. I smiled back. Then I began the walk home.

Author's Note

And... here we are. The second chapter of Octavia's Melody. This story will be on a short hiatus as I am going on a trip for a few weeks, but as soon as I get back it should be on a regular writing schedule.