The Adventures of Hero

The Next Day, in Hero's Apartment

[Play this until it says, "She turned off the music."]

Hero woke up the next morning to the sound of music. Not calming music, not orchestral music, not the music of birds chirping, it was dubstep. Although he did like to listen to it occasionally, he didn't like it playing on max volume, right next door to his apartment, early in the morning. It was so loud, it shook his apartment Not like an earthquake, but just a slight vibration.

"You've gotta be kidding me. What time is it?", Hero thought to himself, still half-asleep.

He turned, facing his alarm clock. His eyes widened.

"7:00 A.M.?!?!", he thought angrily, "Who plays Dubstep at seven in the morning?"

Hero groaned, burying his face in the pillow.

"Oh well", he thought, "Maybe they'll turn it off in a few minutes."

Fifteen Minutes Later

Hero was banging on the wall, yelling, "SWEET CELESTIA, TURN THAT CRAP OFF!!! I'M TRYING TO SLEEP, DAMMIT!!!" Then, he gave up being nice. He stopped, turned around, and sighed.

"That's it", Hero said, "I'm going over there."

Hero got dressed, went to the door of the apartment making the noise, and banged on it. A few seconds later, a tired-looking grey mare, holding a mug of coffee, and in a robe and slippers came to the door.

"Y-yes", she said.

She seemed to have a British accent.

"Hi", Hero told her, "I'm Hero. I'm kinda new here. Is that you playing Dubstep? If so, then I'd like to ask to please TURN THAT CRAP OFF, SO I CAN GO BACK TO SLEEP!!!"

"O-oh", the mare said, "T-that's not me playing it. I don't particularly like that musical genre. I'm more of an orchestral type of mare. My name is Octavia Melody."

"Nice to meet you, Miss Melody.", Hero told her, "Can you tell your roommate what I just asked you?"

"I'm sorry", Octavia told him, "I'm afraid that's impossible. No matter what anyone says, she will not stop her music, until SHE wants to cut it off. She's as stubborn as a mule when it comes to her music.

"Oh, really", Hero asked, "Maybe I should go try telling her then. May I come in?"

"Sure", she told him.

Hero came in to the apartment. He followed the sound of the music, until he found the room it was coming from. So, he barged right into it. In the room, was a unicorn with a white pelt, and blue and cyan mane wearing purples shades, playing music on a giant DJ mixset.

"Hey, buddy", Hero yelled angrily at the pony playing the music, "If you think you can play that music while I'm trying to sleep, you have another thing comi..."

The white unicorn looked up at Hero. They both stared at each other, shocked.

"Vinyl?", Hero asked.

The white unicorn lifted up her shades. She turned off the music.

"Hero?", she asked, "Is that really you?"

She walked up to Hero. Observing him closely.

"Same pelt", she thought, "Same mane, same cutie mark..."

She looked back at him, surprised.

"IT IS YOU!!!", she cheered.

Vinyl Scratch, your typical, lazy mare. She loves her music, her fans, her roommate, and herself.

They hugged each other, surprised to see each other again.

"I haven't seen you since High School", Hero told Vinyl, "What have you been up to?"

They stopped hugging, and looked at each other.

"Oh, you know", she said, "The usual. Lazy S.O.B (Son Of a Bear) by day, famous DJ P0N-3 by night."

Octavia then came in.

"What's going on in here?", she said.

"Octi", Vinyl told her, "Do you remember when I told you I use to have a best friend back in High School? Well...", she pointed at Hero, "...this is him. This is my best friend back in High School."

"Oh yeah", Hero said, "I just remembered why I was here. Vinyl, can you turn the music off, please?"

Vinyl looked at Hero.

"Sure", she told him, "Anything for you, dude."

She went over to her mixset, and turned it off. Then, she went back to Hero.

"Oh, dude", Vinyl told him, "I can' wait to tell the others you are here."

"Whoa, whoa whoa whoa, wait", Hero said, interrupting Vinyl, "The rest are here, too?