Vinyl's POV

The girls and I all stood outside the mall with numerous bags, mostly filled with clothes, but had electrical equipment cleaning supplies. "I told you that dress would be a marvelous fit!" Rarity shrieked. All the girls looked at me as I pouted.

"I told you she doesn't like dresses." Octavia said.

"Yes, but every girl needs at least one, or two...or twelve." Rarity said as I facepalmed.

Not all girls. I thought as Mrs. Melody arrived in her car to pick up Tavi and I. Now to go to my weekly appointment. Dr. Discord was nice and his weird antics helped me open up to him...somehow. It was about six right now. "Let's go Vinyl. Bye girls." Tavi said and we exchanged goodbyes with the group. We got into the car and Mrs. Melody noticed our bags...and the dress.

"That's a nice dress Vinyl." Mrs. Melody said. This caused me to facepalm, again. Tavi noticed me do this.

"It is a nice dress, even if dresses aren't your thing." Tavi interjected. I sighed. Whatever.

Finally we arrived at the building that housed Dr. Discord's office. Mrs. Melody let us out of the car and we walked up the stairs. Tavi spoke up. "It sucks not being able to drive anywhere." Tavi looked at me with an accusing face. It got my license suspended because of too much speeding and Tavi didn't have a license yet. I shrugged and we walked into Dr. Discord's room.

"I've been expecting you." Dr. Discord said as he turned around on his chair, much like an evil businessman or super villain you see in movies. "Sit." He had a goofy grin on.

"Hello Dr. Discord." Tavi said as we sat down.

"Please. I've told you before Octavia, call me Discord." Discord saw me and waved. Discord never spoke to me because he wrote, in his book, that a patient is more comfortable around similar people to them. It actually makes me feel more comfortable and he has written to me that my progress has been amazing and that we can make these meetings less frequent soon. It makes me sad, but I do want to move on, eventually, and this is a sign of me moving on.

"Okay. I'm just gonna be here because my mom said that Vinyl shouldn't be going alone every time." Tavi said to Discord.

"I don't mind, but I do have...strange methods. You have been warned." Discord said with a grin.

"I don't mind. I'm here for Vinyl, and no amount of weirdness will make me leave." Tavi looked determined to stay and Discord took thatas a challenge.

"Okay then." Discord looked at me and took out a paper from his suitcase. The paper was blank and he wrote on it. How have you been feeling this past week? -D

So far, so good. No anxiety like before, but the nightmares...They just don't stop and some nights I can't sleep. I want them to leave. Before they were a rare occurrence, but that night I broke down the nightmares came back with a larger frequency. I don't know what to do. -V

Interesting. Can you tell me what happens in the dream? -V

Yes. -V

Good. Sometimes people can't remember their dreams well and I have to use the PASIV device on them. -D

The what? -V

It's nothing. Go on. Tell me about your dream.

Okay. In the dream I walk down a sidewalk and I hear crying. I turn into a alley and see a hooded figure grabbing Tavi as a little girl. I try to scream for someone to do something, but I can't speak, like usual. I run up to him and Tavi runs away. He turns and punches me and I fall face forward and become stiff. I then move my head up and see my parents standing. My mother with a hole in her chest where her heart should be and my dad with hole instead of an eye. He then speaks up "How could you let this happen to us." Then a gun shoots and I'm back at school. I look around but there is only silence. I walk through an infinite hallway of silence, until I see Tavi, or Octavia as you know her as. She turns around and looks me in the eye. She screams my name and then I wake up.

Tavi looks at Discord and says "What could this mean?" She looks worried.

"This could mean many things." Discord stood up and did "the Thinker" pose. "But I have a guess." He paced the room. "First, the encounter with the hooded man is a flashback, your parents represent a guilty conscience, the silent, infinite hallway, represents Vinyl's life. She will be silent forever. Lastly, you," He points at Tavi. "Screaming is a mental belief that something will go wrong, so I can blame anxiety on that." He stopped at his Draconequus lamp.

"How do you know that?" Tavi said, being skeptical.

"i don't." Discord shrugged. "It's merely an educated guess." He added. Tavi took that as an answer and kept quiet. After a half hour, our appointment ended and we went home.

Third Person POV

"Freedom!" Shady shouted. "At last. Now, let's hide in Canterlot for a while. I need to go and find some stuff out." Shady called to Sombra's men, but they stopped. "What's the matter?"

"We ain't taking orders from you. We decided to ditch you when we got out. See ya, you're on your own." The two men disappeared into the shadows and let Shady on his own.

"Well, that's just great." He stopped and looked at his belongings that he managed to swipe. He picked up his wallet and saw a card. "Maybe I have someone to turn to that can help me." He looked at the card and smiled. Surely Chrysalis can help me find the girl that ruined my life. Also, she could help me find a place to stay. She still owes me for the favors I did for her. She might also appreciate some info on her rival Kingpin Sombra. I always was a rat. Hopefully she still has the same number. Shady found a payphone after some searching and dialed up Chrysalis.

"Who is this and how did you get this number?" She spoke calmly, but with strength.

"It's Shady and I came to check in my favors."

Author's Note

Dunnn dunn DUUUNNNN!

What is Shady planning and will Chrysalis help him? Find out next chapter. Also, I did more research and found out that physical mutes can produce sounds that are caused by pushing air in and out of the lungs such as sobs, really quiet sobs, laughter, but more like a gasp with laughing motions, gasps, etc. and I plan to use this more in the next chapters. So look for that.