Pony Beats

Beat snapped back to reality. He was in an alleyway, with small blotches of red covering him. He was inside of a rain catcher barrel, and he had a scrub brush in his hooves. He looked behind him to see a large group of sleeping ponies covered in the same red liquid. He got out of the barrel, completely washed of the red liquid. He decided against checking on the group of ponies behind him when a large carriage landed and a swarm of armed guards flooded out from inside of the carriage.

He quickly snuck the other way and felt a pulse from his cutie mark as he got onto the street. He looked around to see that a large shop with a record and a speaker on it's sign. He heard hoofsteps behind him and dodged into the shop. A few guards rushed past the door.

"Not again!" A voice cried out from behind him as he watched the window. He spun around to be met by the angered gaze of a white unicorn with a blue mane who was wearing purple sunglasses. She pulled out a large speaker and turned the dial till it wouldn't turn anymore. Beat realized it was probably a weapon and looked for something to throw. He stuck his hoof in a nearby rubbish bin, and only pulled out a small cd. He wondered why he picked it up in the first place. He quickly pocketed it as the unicorn across from him started the machine. Beat felt a click in his cutie mark, and it started to pulse at a steady beat. It was ready.

The unicorn inserted her horn into the device and cast a spell to power it. It blasted out extremely loud beats of music, that started to push on his very soul. He started slipping out of his body when the beat from his cutie mark intensified. It matched the machine's beat perfectly. Beat felt an impulse again. (I can't remember, I accept. Finalized)

I, came from below
I, emerged victorious
We are all in this world together.
Why do we crush each other,
We all have hopes and dreams!
I can't remember why we fight,
I can't remember how we can,
Save me from this spiraling madness that is life.
Protect me from my foes.
I am ready.

As he finished the poem, the device exploded, blowing the unicorn and Beat backwards. Beat stood up first. "What?" He said with a blank expression. The unicorn stood up. She straightened her sunglasses and trotted over to the counter. "What can I.." She started before throwing up into a nearby trash can and shaking uncontrollably. She started to cry. Beat trotted to her side and rubbed her back softly. She slowly stopped shaking and stood back up. "You're not going to hurt me?" She asked, still a little nervous. "Why? You only acted like that because you were scared, right?" He asked in a soft and consoling tone. She nodded and hugged him to say she was sorry. Beat trotted back to the other side of the counter and smiled at her. She smiled back and asked again "What can I do for you?" Beat looked around quickly. "Do you have any more small discs like this? And can you tell me your name?" He asked as he flashed the thrown out disk. "Maybe. I'll have to look for them." She moved to the back of the store to look for them just as a unicorn guard trotted into the store.

"Have you seen a changeling with only one eye?" The guard asked Beat calmly. Beat looked at him confusedly. "No I haven't. Why?" He asked the guard. "He attacked a large group of ponies and killed them and the changelings hiding with them. We have no idea where he is, but he's going to jail." The guard replied. "What do you mean killed?" Beat said. He'd heard the word before, and a few others related to it, but never understood what it meant. He asked the guard and the guard said that it meant that a creature just wasn't alive anymore and that they were dead, but another creature had made them die. The guard gave him a strange look and cast the spell that the other unicorn had cast. The spell hurt him again, but this time it didn't hurt as much. And this time, Beat knew why it hurt him. He gave no sign of discomfort, and the guard seemed satisfied. "All right then." The guard said with a sigh. He trotted out of the store just as the unicorn with sunglasses emerged from the back. "Oh yeah, I forgot to check, good to know you're not one of them." She straightened her sunglasses. "The name's Vinyl Scratch by the way." She said as she put a small hard CD case onto the counter. "What's that?" Beat asked curiously. "It's a case full of those tiny disks. I just can't open it." Vinyl said in an unsure way. An earsplitting crack came from Beats cutie mark. Beat looked in his pocket to find that his disk had shattered into pieces. He took the pieces and threw them into the trash bin. He looked to Vinyl. "Could I.." He started to canter to the counter when he tripped on a loose wire. He tumbled over the counter and landed on Vinyl, his face landing on hers. "Woah dude, dinner first." She said while laughing. Beat stood up and went back to the other side of the counter. This might become a pattern.

"Well, as I was saying, could I try something?" He said while pointing to the case on the counter. "I think you already have, but sure." she said while giggling. Beat was still clueless to this whole "Adult" thing and just ignored it, grabbing for the case. He picked it up and put it in his pocket, to a satisfying whir sound from his cutie mark. He felt it open in his pocket and a disk came out. But nothing else happened. "He shrugged and said goodbye to Vinyl, giving her another hug. She hugged him back. "You still need to pay you dummy." She said into his ear. He pulled away and asked "How much is it?" "I have no use for it, and nopony else would buy it, so I'd say about five bits, no tax." Vinyl replied happily. Beat smiled and gave her five bits. He turned to leave when he realized that Vinyl no longer had any protection. "Hey Vinyl, do you want to come with me?" He asked politely. Vinyl assessed her situation. She was in the middle of town, without her protection, and she was alone. "I'll come with you!" She said quickly, going behind the counter to pick up her things and her keys. She got her saddlebag and trotted to the door alongside of Beat. "Wait, I told you my name, what's yours?" Vinyl asked Beat. "My name is Beat. Sorry I forgot tell you." He said as vinyl locked the door to her store. "It's cool, I kind of attacked you and made it awkward." She replied as they started trotting. "Let's go to the hospital, my friend is waiting." He told Vinyl. She nodded to him and trotted alongside him.

"What's taking him so long!?" The changeling screamed at nopony in particular. He paced back and forth intensely, almost making a groove in the floor. He turned to look at rainy. "I'm tired and bored of waiting, let's have some fun guys." The changeling in charge said in a mischievous tone. The other changelings nodded. Rainy gulped. She wished she had stayed with Beat. Just then a creak was heard from downstairs, and two voices were heard. "Finally, somepony is here." The lead changeling said. But then a look of confusion came across his face. "What is that?" It said, disgusted and curiously. It closed it's eyes and cast a detection spell. It then had a look of dread on it's face and ordered the other changelings to seal all entrances to the room. All but the one still shaking in the corner agreed, and all entrances were closed off. "Looks like we're stuck here for a while. Let's have some fun."