Heart Beats

♫ Heart Beats - Chapter 5: Moving Closer ♫

A happy and excited Hakke trotted off the Ponyville library. He finally found the mare he met earlier, and even got an appointment with her. The time was 9:25 PM, around 2 and a half  hours until the summer sun celebration. Hakke suddenly thought of Vinyl Scratch.

"I should probably go visit her before the party starts," he said to himself now trotting down a street in Ponyville. He headed for Vinyl's house, which was located near the center.

Vinyl's housing was very big. She did make alot of money on her music, and she wasn't really the saving type of pony. He walked up to the front door and opened the it. He entered a big room with trophies and pictures hanging on the wall. Vinyl Scratch always loved to show of sometimes. Hakke walked towards the door at the end of the room and opened it when he got there and walked into the next room, looking around for Vinyl.

"Hey Scratch! Where are ya at?" He yelled. What seemed to come out of nowhere, Hakke heard a voice in his right ear.

"She's not here Hakke, you should have come earlier," the voice said. Hakke turned to the right and saw a grey Pony laying on the couch reading a book. The sight of the pony made him gasp. It was Vinyl's girlfriend, Octavia, the Violinist pony from the Canterlot Orchestra.

"O-oh, Octavia, good to see you again," Hakke said nervously. Octavia moved her eyes onto Hakke.

"Tsk, spare me for that Hakke. As I told you, Vinyl is not here," Octavia said moving her focus to the book she was reading.

"She's not?" Hakke said questionably.

"No, I just told you. I thought she was with you Hakke. She told me in the morning that she was going to visit a friend. That's mostly you for some reason," Octavia replied.

Hakke remembered what Vinyl told him when they departed later that day, that she would be in the studio.

"Oh man, how can i be so stupid?" He said face-hoofing himself.

"That's not so unlikely," Octavia replied. Hakke looked down at her with a irritated grimace. She smiled provocative back.

"She told me she went down the Studio, so she must be here," Hakke said.

"I didn't see her walk in the front door, so I bet she's not here."

Suddenly a loud repetetive boom sound appeared from another section of the house. It sounded like a loud and heavy bass from speakers.

"Couldn't agree more with you, Octavia!" Hakke replied with a provocative tone back to Octavia. She grumped and continued reading the book and Hakke continued down the room and walked trough one of the other doors.

There was a stairway in the next room, going down to the basement. That was where Vinyl kept all her music equipment and played LOUD music, also known as the studio. The boom sound from before was louder now. It was the bass pounding from the speakers. Vinyl didn't spare on any of the volume. Hakke walked down the stairs and entered the studio. Vinyl was standing at the mixer with her headset around the neck, bobbing her head to the beat. Of course she had her party glasses on too. Hakke walked up to her.

"Hey Scratch! Whats up?" He said. Vinyl didn't hear a thing. The music was way too loud for her to hear anything.

"Scratch!" He yelled now. Still no response.

"TURN DOWN THE VOLUME VINYL!" He yelled even louder. Vinyl fell to the ground.

"Woah, Hakke. Easy dude!" She said. Hakke face-hoofed again and as usual Vinyl didn't understand a thing. Vinyl got up on her hoofs again and turned off the music. She turned around and started talking to Hakke.

"Whats up Hakke?" Did you meet Octavia in the living room?" She asked.

"Erh, yea i did. Did you talk to her about your last party?"

"Yea i did. She forgive me. I don't know how i ever could doubt that. She's the most awesome and sexy pony in all of Equestria!" Vinyl said smiling to Hakke.

"Oh awesome! Is she playing at the party tonight?" Hakke asked.

"Yes, we are playing together! Made an awesome new song with her a couple of weeks ago. The crowd is gonna go wild!" She replied. Hakke smiled back to Vinyl.

"So, how was your hunt? Did you find that smexy mare from before?" She asked.

"Oh yes, i found her! Her name is Twilight Sparkle and she lives in the Ponyville library."

"In the library? Is she a nerd?"

"What, no? She just likes to study," Hakke said sheepishly.

"Thats kinda the same," Vinyl replied. Hakke sighed.

"That doesn't really matter. I got a date with her tonight at the summer sun celebration," Hakke said.

Hakke started to tell about his meeting with Twilight. How he met Rarity and Fluttershy and then found Twilight at the end in the library. He told about the things they talked about and that she was more than he imagined. Vinyl listened well and got an idea when Hakke finished talking.

"Oh, shes comming to the party too then?" Vinyl asked.

"Yes, I'm pretty sure she does that," Hakke replied. Vinyl took of the party glasses and headset and put it on the table.

"Cool! Ill guarantee you, you two are gonna have a great night! Ill find something special to play for you two," Vinyl said, winking to Hakke.

"Hehe, thanks Vinyl, but I just met her, I'm not even sure there's gonna be anything serious between me and her," he said.

"I never said that Hakke, but there is a possibility!"

Hakke agreed with Vinyl, but didn't tell her. Though it wasn't sure he was gonna get in a relationship with Twilight, he really wanted to. The thought of him and Twilight made him blush again.

"Eh, Hakke? You' done dreaming?" She said. Hakke didn't hear her voice until she poked him. He shaked his head and started to scratch the back of his head with his hoof. Vinyl giggled.

"Well, time is running out. The party will begin soon. I have to get to the club for preparations, so i am ready to play music for all the party ponies!" Vinyl said as she picked her stuff up again.

"Yea, i should fix myself up a bit, probably gonna take a bath after all these "accidents" today. I feel kinda dirty."

"Ill just see you at the party then!" Vinyl replied waving off to Hakke.

"Yea, sure! It's gonna be great!" Hakke yelled back.

Hakke was standing alone in the studio now. He wanted to get back home and take a bath if he just wanted the slightest chance to impress her. His only special talent was his music. As far as dating goes, he didn't have that much experience. He usually gets admired by mares around all of Equestria on his tours, but never really took the time to find one that he felt was special. Twilight haven't even heard of Hakke. That thought made Hakke happy for once. If she eventually fell in love with him, he wanted her to fall in love with HIM and not his popularity.

After pondering a while over certain things, Hakke started walking home. The walk to his house wasn't awfully long, so Hakke decided not to rush. Time was 9:40 when he arrived at his house. He took a quick bath and groomed his mane a bit. He's nervousity wasn't as bad as before. After talking to Twilight it helped him loosen up a bit. Hakke's stomach started to rumble, which made him realize that he actually haven't ate all day. He grabbed some food from the fridge and fed himself up until his stomach was full.

Hakke was ready for his date with Twilight now. The time was about 10:30 PM now. Still more than an hour till he was going to meet with Twilight. It took around 20 minutes to walk to Ponyville, so he didn't have to hurry. He got plenty of time, but nothing to do.

"Okay, so i should probably do something useful while i wait," he said to himself, standing in the middle of the kitchen. He looked around the room and caught the sink in the corner of his eye. He walked up to it. There was no dishes to wash, nothing to clean up. He walked into his living room. Some papers were floating around on the table. It was about a new concert with some papers he had to sign first. All of them were already signed. All he needed was the mail mare to go pick it up, but she didn't deliver the rest of the week. His studio was really messy. He was working on a new song, but never finished. Last time he was working with it was before the party last night. He was gonna finish it tomorrow. Hakke sat down in his favourite chair and started to listen to music. It felt like he haven't done that for ages. Just sit down and relax while the sound of his music entered his ears.

After listening to music for some time, Hakke almost fell asleep. He looked at the watch.

"11:25. Heh, i got lots of time..." He said sleepy. Quick after closing his eyes, he burst up from the chair and breathed a huge gasp as he stood up.

"11:25?! OH NO!" He yelled, bursting out the door heading towards Ponyville.

Ponies started gathering around the center of Ponyville. They were all getting ready to see Princess Celestia raise the sun at the summer sun celebration. It was a yearly tradition, and second year In Ponyville straight. It's one of the most popular events of all time and even the most popular ponies from around Equestria showed up. Twilight was standing by herself In the middle of the crowd. She looked at the clock on the Ponyville Tower. The time was 11:43 and Hakke didn't show up yet. She was starting to feel worried.

"Oh, what if he can't make it?" She thought to herself. Trough the huge crowd of ponies came Fluttershy and Rarity walking up to Twilight.

"Good evening Twilight!" Rarity said.

"Oh hey girls," Twilight replied.

Rarity was wearing a new purple coloured dress, and Fluttershy wasn't dressed up. They quickly noticed that Twilight was worried about something.

"Twilight, Is something bothering you?" Rarity asked.

"Yes, you look a little sad Twilight. You shouldn't be since Its the summer sun celebration," Fluttershy commented.

"Hmf, Its just about this stallion I meet, Hakke. He was supposed to be here 3 minutes ago," Twilight said with a frown.

"Oh Hakke? He came into my boutique today, asking for you Twilight," Rarity said lifting her right hoof from the ground. Fluttershy stepped forward.

"Yes, he came to my cottage today too. He seemed so nice," Fluttershy said.

"Yes he told me that today. He came to the library and talked for a while and ended up with him inviting me to go with him to the summer sun celebration, but he haven't showed up yet."

"I'm sure he will be here Twilight! Don't get too sad now. Maybe he's just slowed down a little by something," Rarity said, trying to cheer up the frowning Twilight.

"Yea, I hope so," Twilight said. Suddenly, Rarity and Fluttershy was pushed away, and Hakke stepped forward panting after he had been running without stopping.

"Hah, hah, Twilight! I'm so sorry for being late! I almost fell asleep and then time just slipped away!" Hakke said, still panting. Twilight's face shined in a smile when she heard the voice of Hakke. She almost thought he never would show up.

"It's okay Hakke, I'm just glad that you showed up after all!" She said smiling to Hakke. Hakke smiled back at the purple mare.

"You look beautiful in the moonlight Twilight," Hakke said to Twilight. She started to blush.

"O-oh my, thank you Hakke," she replied. From behind, a pony exhaled a quiet "Ahem". Hakke turned around and noticed that Rarity and Twilight was there too.

"Eh, Rarity. Fluttershy... Hi!" Hakke said, again starting to rubbing his hoof against the back of his head. Rarity giggled and Fluttershy started to smile.

"We'll leave you two alone for this one," she said as they walked away into the crowd. Hakke and Twilight was standing there alone now, except all the other ponies that also was gathered around.

"Thanks for coming with me Twilight. I usually don't go to the summer sun celebration," Hakke said to Twilight.

"Oh, why not? It's such a fantastic sight! Princess Celestia raising the sun!"

"I don't really know. I just always feel so lonely when I go here," Hakke said. Twilight looked confused at Hakke.

"Well, don't you have some friends to go with then? I always watch it with my loyal assistant, Spike. Unfortunately he couldn't make it today since he is doing royal business in Canterlot," Twilight said. Hakke looked down and started to move his hoof around in the grass.

"Hmm, friends. I don't really have that many close friends. Only Vinyl, but she's always doing something else these kinda days."

"Oh, that sounds pretty sad actually. Well, good that I'm here then. I always love watching Celestia raise the sun," Twilight said looking up at the bright starry sky. Hakke looked at Twilight for moment. She looked back and smiled.

"The princess is just such a great pony! She has been a very big inspiration in my life. Since i was a tiny little filly, I have always admired Celestia. The way she rules Equestria with law and order. Nopony is being left behind, and she's also the most generous and care taking pony of all time!" Twilight said. Hakke was impressed by the speech of Twilight. He had never met a pony before that was so close to the princess.

"Wow, you and her aren't just teacher and student. She's also a very near friend of you," Hakke said.

"Yea, that's actually quite right," she replied. Suddenly, a fanfare started to play. It was the royal guards, signaling that the big event was about to begin.

"Oh, Its beginning!" Hakke said surprised. He had never seemed so surprised before about the summer sun celebration. With Twilight, it all seemed so much greater. He was enjoying the thrill.

"Yea, you are right!" She said with excitement in her voice too. The fanfare stopped playing as the drums continued from were they stopped. Two big curtains was drawn from each other on top of a big stage, and behind it was Celestia. She stepped forward and everypony started clapping their hooves in the grass. The honoured princess Celestia bowed in front of the crowd. She closed her eyes and the crowd stayed shut. She lifted her head and her big majestic alicorn horn started to glow magically as a beam of shining energy was launched form the horn and up in the sky. As the beam faded out, a huge magical sphere appeared at the end of the beam. The crowd gasped in awe, as the royal alicorn flew into the sky and penetrated the sphere with her horn. The sphere exploded into a huge glowing light, that spread all over Equestria, leaving no trace of itself. Only Celestia was in the sky now with spread wings and hooves. She send the light all over Equestria, causing the sun to rise. It was a slow process, but also very beautiful sight.

"Wow! This is... So beautiful," Hakke said in awe. All the ponies on the field sat down and started to watch the sun raise slowly. The rising sun created a very romantic atmosphere, as ponies around the field started enjoying the sight with their close loved ones. Hakke and Twilight sat down too. They where watching the sun for a couple of minutes, when Twilight suddenly leaned her head against Hakke's body. He got goosebumps when his body collided with hers, but it didn't take long for him to get used to it. Now he felt it again. The warmth. The love. It burned inside of him again. This time he was sure. This was love. The same kind of love he felt with the music, but stronger. Much stronger.

After looking at the sunrise for a while, Twilight closed her eyes and was about to fell asleep. Hakke noticed her body lean more into his. She was almost dreaming away. Hakke chuckled quietly and tried to wake her up again.

"Hey, Twilight. We better go home before you fall asleep in the grass."

"Huh? Oh, did i fell asleep? Oh, sorry. It wasn't beca..."

"Easy Twilight, Its quite alright. Lets just leave now, Ill follow you home."

"But, we will miss the rest of the sunrise if we don't stay," Twilight said.

"We already watched alot of it. You are too tired. Look, you almost fell asleep," Hakke said with a smile on his face.

"Okay then," Twilight said, getting up on her hooves. The two ponies started walking their way home.

They arrived at the Ponyville library at 5:45 AM. Since Celestia was raising the sun, the time was passing by much faster than Its used to. They had been watching the sunrise together for 45 minutes. Hakke opened the door for Twilight and followed her into the library. Hakke stood in the doorway to make sure she got to sleep.

"It was a wonderful night Hakke, I really hope we can do more things together," Twilight said sleepy.

"My pleasure. It was great to meet you too Twilight. Ill stop by another day!" He said as he was leaving the house.

"Great! Goodnight then," Twilight said and went to bed.

Hakke walked away home after a great night with Twilight, feeling like they already  was getting much closer to each other. He thought about visiting her again tomorrow, but was too tired to take any decisions now. After walking for a while he arrived at his home. He walked in the front door and jumped straight to bed. What he didn't knew was that he had forgotten something. Something he promised not to forget. Something he "woudln't miss for the world".