Mark has been in the magical land of talking ponies for about a year now. At first he was treated with a grain of salt, but he has worked hard to earn the respect of the ponies around him. Now he is a welcome member of his community. He has earned a living by performing at fancy dinner parties, concerts, and any other occasion that allows for him to earn bits. For Mark was a violinist, and a pretty darn good one at that. Good enough that he landed a part at performing at the Grand Galloping Gala.

Most important to Mark though however, was that he was going to be playing with a certain mare that he has been crushing over for awhile now, Octavia Melody. They had met at one of the dinner parties he had played at Canterlot, and they instantly had a connection with one another. Though he didn’t want to admit that he thought a little extra of her. It was through her that he met his other close friend Vinyl Scratch, though they were completely platonic.

After building up his confidence, he was finally going to admit his feelings to the cello playing mare. Before he would do that however, he was going to ask for advice about doing so from Vinyl Scratch. Considering that Vinyl and Octavia had known each other for so long.

Cover art by: CrombieTTW