Heart Beats

♫ Heart Beats - Chapter 6: Hard To Remember ♫

The time was 1:25 PM. The sun was shining, the birds was singing and everypony was outside spending time with their friends. A glorious new day. Hakke though was still lying in his bed. He was too exhausted to get up after yesterdays trouble. He had been in Ponyville since around 10:00 AM yesterday. As much as he wanted to stay in bed, he knew it was time to get up. He slept way over than he used to.

Hakke took a refreshing bath and groomed his mane. It had gotten alot muffled while he was sleeping. Right after that he went to the kitchen to get some breakfast. There wasn't much to choose from in the fridge. It was almost empty since he haven't filled it up for days. He picked some stuff from the almost empty fridge. Some apples and a glass of milk. Nothing else. At the table in the kitchen there was a little radio. After sitting down he turned it on. The radio quality wasn't that great, but he had always loved his old-school radio. He kept in in good condition to make sure it would keep working. There was lots of radio channels to pick from. He turned it over to the Equestria daily radio channel and started eating his breakfast.

"Hello everypony out there! Welcome to Equestria Daily! This is your host, Sethisto, co hosted by an old friend, Neon Lights, also know as "DJ W1SH"! We welcome you to the Studio Neon. May I ask you, how have you been the last couple of months?"

"Well, thank you Seth! And I have been just fine. Been checking out on some of the up and commig pony musicians."

"Can you tell us a little about it Neon?"

"Yes of course I can Seth! One of the most recent and popular artists is Hakke from Canterlot. He's new in the electronic music industry and is hitting hard with his overwhelming tracks! He have been performing alot of shows recently in places like Phillydelphia and Manehatten. After all this pony has drawn alot of attention the last couple of months."

Hakke smiled by the words spoke from the co-host in the radio. He sat down in his favourite chair and continued listening, while gnawing on an apple.

"Wow, he must be enjoying all this fame suddenly flooding in. We should get him on the studio on day."

"Indeed! I have heard rumors about him making a new song lately. Lets just hope that its true. I would really like to see some more from this amazing artist."

Hakke found it entertaining the way they talked about him on the radio. A mixed emotion of happiness and satisfaction lightened up inside of Hakke.

"What else is new in the music industry Neon?"

"Well, we got everypony's Vinyl Scratch also know as DJ-PON3", up with a new track yesterday! It was performed live at the summer sun celebration after party."

Hakke's eyes widened up.

"Vinyl Scratch did a very unusual collaboration track with Octavia from the Canterlot orchestra. Its not often you see such different genres getting mixed together. But I tell you, it was hitting hard!" Said the co-host, Neon Lights.

Hakke suddenly remembered something he shouldn't have forgotten. He promised Vinyl to be at the after party yesterday, but didn't show up. He had totally forgotten it. The only thing he was focused about was his date with Twilight.

"Oh my, why am i so... NGGHHH!" Hakke said to himself in anger. He stood by the table next to the radio, trying to figure out what to do. The only idea he could think of was to go to Ponyville and say sorry to her. He made a huge mistake and he felt awful about it. Hakke turned off the radio and started walking out the front door and towards Ponyville.

After a walk to Ponyville, Hakke arrived at Vinyl's house,  grabbed the doorknob and pushed, but the door was locked. After that he tried knocking with his hoof on the door. No response. Hakke assumed that no-one was home, to his bad luck.

"I really hope she will forgive me," Hakke thought to himself as he walked frowning away from Vinyl's property. He decided to take a stroll trough Ponyville to get something to drink.

The weather was still sunny, and everypony was outside. Foals playing in the park, gardeners in their gardens and other ponies hanging out with each other. Only Hakke seemed to be alone right now. Suddenly he heard a voice form behind.

"Oh Hakke, hello!" The voice said. It was Twilight Sparkle, and she was with another pony. A pink pony with a frazzled mane. A little smile appeared on Hakke's face.

"Twilight!" He replied to her. The pink pony suddenly interrupted.

"OH OH OH, you must be that pony Twilight have been talking about all the time, Hakke right? Oh I have been sooooo excited to meet you!" the pink pony said jumping up and down. Hakke took a step back.

"Eh, Hi!" Hakke said nervously.

"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! So nice to meet you Hakke!" She replied. Hakke looked at Twilight. She chuckled.

"So Hakke, if you are not doing anything right now, do you want to come with me and Pinkie to Sugarcube Corner? We are going to pick up some cupcakes i ordered for a picnic today," Twilight said. Pinkie Pie interrupted again.

"OH YES! Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! You should tooootally go with us to Sugarcube Corner! It'll be tooootally fun!" Pinkie Pie said. Hakke thought of Vinyl for a spell. Where could she be? There was no trace of her here, so he decided to go with Pinkie and Twilight.

"Uhm, yea sure! Who doesn't like cupcakes?" He said with a smile on his face. Twilight and Pinkie smiled back.

"Great! You can come with us to the picnic too.Then you can meet the rest of my beloved friends!"

"Yea, sure! I would love to," Hakke replied.

And then the three ponies walked off to Sugarcube Corner.

The walk to Sugar Cube Corner wasn't long. As they entered, a sweet smell of cake frosting filled Hakke's nose. He took a deep sniff and exhaled in delight afterwards. There was sweets everywhere. On the shelves, behind the counter and on the tables. Hakke was drooling, looking around the room at the delicious sweets. Behind the corner was Mrs. Cup Cake. The co-owner of Sugarcube Corner, also owned by her husband, Mr. Carrot Cake.

"Oh, hello Pinkie! Hello Twilight! Is there anything I can help you with?" Mrs. Cake said. Hakke was standing behind Pinkie and Twilight, still spellbound by all the sweets. Mrs. Cake tried to see if she could recognize him, but she couldn't.

"Oh, Hello Mrs. Cake. We were just here to pick up some cupcakes I ordered."

"Oh yes my dear, I have them just right here," Mrs. Cake replied and grabbed a box from under the counter. There was a small rag of paper with the name "Twilight" on it.

"Here you go Twilight! And try not to mess up the frosting like last time," Mrs. Cake said, smiling to Twilight.

"Oh, yea. Haha, I wont mess it up, i swear," she replied followed up by a small giggle. Mrs. Cake was still wondering who Hakke was.

"Twilight, may I ask you about who your friend is back there? I don't think I've seen him before," Mrs. Cake said. Hakke shake his head and snapped out of his dreamland with cakes and pies everywhere and started looking confused at Mrs. Cake.

"This is Hakke, a friend of mine," Twilight said, introducing Hakke to Mrs. Cake. Hakke still looked confused at Mrs. Cake and suddenly figured out what was going on.

"Oh, hello Mrs. Cake. Nice to meet you Hakke said, stepping forward and started to smile.

"Nice to meet you too Hakke. Are you new here in Ponyville?" He asked.

"Ehm, not really. I have been here before but I'm settled in Canterlot."

"Canterlot? Impressive. Feel free to come by and buy some sweets if you want to," Mrs Cake said to Hakke.

"Of course Mrs. Cake!" He said as the 3 ponies left Mrs. Cake in Sugarcube Corner.

After getting the cupcakes, Hakke, Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle started walking towards the Ponyville park.

"So, who else is gonna show up there Twilight?" Hakke asked.

"All of my best friends," Twilight said.

"And who's your best friends?" Hakke asked.

"Oh, yea. Hehe. You already met Rarity and Fluttershy, and Pinkie too. So, it must be Rainbow Dash and Applejack you haven't met yet," Twilight said as they walked.

"Yes, they are the best friends a pony EVER could have!" Pinkie Pie said, jumping into the air. Hakke smiled back at Pinkie and Twilight.

"Hehe, I'm very excited to meet them. If they are as sweet as you girls, It sure can't be bad," Hakke said, smiling back at Pinkie and Twilight. Twilight chuckled by the words of Hakke. She also blushed a little.

"Oh, that was so nice of you Hakke! You are a sweet pony too!" Pinkie Pie said, clapping Hakke on his head with her hoof. Hakke laughed.

They arrived at the park. Many other ponies was gathered there with friends to enjoy the sunny weather in each other's company. The peach trees started to show up in horizon. Near two trees, there was a spotted blanket placed on the ground. 4 ponies was near the blanket, packing out plates and various kinds of food. Hakke recognized Fluttershy and Rarity at the blanket. The two other ponies was unknown to him. One of them was orange with a yellow mane and tail. She was also wearing a hat. The other one was laying on the blanket wearing sunglasses. She had a rainbow coloured mane and tail and her coat was cyan.

"Ah, there they are!" Pinkie Pie said. She started jumping towards the 4 other ponies.

"Hi girls! We are here with the cupcakes!" Pinkie yelled. They started noticing her jumping up and down.

"Hello Pinkie Pie, good to see you," Fluttershy said flapping her wings in joy.

"Well, hello Pinkie Pie. Might good to see ya ther'!" The mare with the hat said. The cyan coloured pony lifted her sunglasses.

"Sup Pinkie," she said letting her sunglasses slide down in front of her eyes again. Hakke and Twilight was near the blanket now. The 4 other ponies started looking at Hakke.

"Well, isn't that Hakke and Twilight? Good to see you both here!" Rarity said walking up to Hakke and Twilight.

"Oh Hakke! Good to see you here. And you too Twilight of course," Fluttershy said lifting her hoof and flapping her wings again. Pinkie Pie started jumping up and down again, giggling. The two other ponies just stared in confusion on Hakke and the other gathered around him.

"Oh, Applejack! Rainbow Dash! You haven't met my new friends here, Hakke! He's from canterlot," Twilight said stepped to the side to show Hakke to Applejack and Rainbow Dash.

"Hello," Hakke said nervously. All those encounters made him confused. Applejack stepped forward to greet Hakke.

"Hello Hakke, I'm Applejack. Nice to meet ya," Applejack said crossing her legs.

"Nice to meet you too, Applejack. Nice to meet all of you!" Hakke said.

Rainbow Dash got up on her hoofs and flew up in the air, did a backflip, and landed smoothly in front of Hakke.

"I'm Rainbow Dash! The coolest pony in ponyville!" She said proudly strutting her chest forward.

"Nice one Rainbow Dash. But I'm sure bout' the fact that there is nopony in equestria cooler than me!" Hakke said teasing. Rainbow Dash laughed.

"Haha, like so! Ill show you one day."

Twilight Sparkle giggled. When it came to it, Hakke was pretty good at socializing, even though he easily got overwhelmed and nervous. The ponies sat down on the blanket and started talking and eating all the Delicious food they all had brought with them.

"So, Hakke. What's a pony like you doing here in Ponyville? Dontchu have other important stuff to do in Canterlot?" Rainbow Dash asked Hakke.

"Hmm, not really. Me and my friend Vinyl just wanted to hang a little out in Ponyville for a day, since she was gonna play at the summer sun celebration after party." Hakke  thought of Vinyl again, and how he forgot her last night. He felt really bad about it, but didn't know where to look for her.

"Wait, wait, wait. Did you just say Vinyl? As in Vinyl Scratch also known as DJ-PON3?" Rainbow Dash asked suprised.

"Yea, she's a close friend of mine. She helped me grow in the music community. That i'm very grateful for," Hakke said, taking a bite of a cupcake. Rainbow Dash's eyes widened.

"Wow, I don't believe it! You know Vinyl Scratch? Awesome! I just gotta meet her one day. She makes some LEGENDARY tracks!" Rainbow said.

"Haha, sure, why not," Hakke said laughing. Rainbow Dash was over excited about the opportunity and did a very quiet squeal which made Hakke laugh again.

"You said Vinyl helped you grow in the music community? That must mean that you make music too," Rarity said, sipping to a cup of tea.

"Yep, that's quite right! You probably never heard of me since I'm not that popular in Ponyville yet."

"Ah, I see. Well, I hope you'll get far with what you like then Hakke," Rarity said and smiled.

"Thank you Rarity," He said smiling back at her. The 7 ponies continued on talking about different things in their lives. Hakke was having a really good time. He never really had that many close friends.

They talked, laughed and had fun for hours, until the weather started to change. Fluttershy sensed a small raindrop landing on her forehead.

"Oh no, I think its about rain!" She said to the other ponies. They started to pack their things together and head towards home. Hakke was standing with no options. Twilight looked back at him.

"Hakke, come with me if you don't want to get all wet," she said. Hakke ran towards Twilight and they ran together, heading for the Ponyville library. When they arrived it was already too late. They were both soaking wet.

"Oh shoot. I'm gonna get some towels," she said and ran off to the bathroom. She returned with two towels, one for each of them. They rubbed and rubbed all of their coats to get some of the water off. They suceeded, but both of them ended up with puffy coat and manes. They looked at each other and started to laugh uncontrollably.

"Haha, you look redicoulous Hakke!" Twilight said.

"Not to mention yourself miss! Haha!"

--Continues in Chapter 7--