I Will Break The Silence

The alarm on Vinyl's phone burst from her bedside filling the room with loud violent wubs. With a fumbling hand she reached out blindly until she found the offending object that had rudely awoken her at the scheduled time. Sitting up in her bed she hit the alarm off switch on the touch screen before giving a silent breathy yawn. 6:00 AM an hour and a half before school enough time to dress herself and eat before walking in. With as much effort as she could muster which given her groggy state wasn't much she got into a crawling position on the busted spring mattress.

Vinyl's room was in truth more like a walk in closet. Given that the apartment her and her mother shared was only meant for one occupant the only room aside from the bathroom that was separate was a large storage space. Alexa had given the spot to her daughter and opted for living in the main room. There was exactly enough space for three things. A mattress, a bedside desk and a pile of clothes. as it was she had to step over her bed to leave the room.

Crawling her way across the bed she reached the pile of cleanish clothes in the corner of her room she selected a plain white tee from the pile and a matching skirt with a music note on it (her favorite pair) she quickly dressed herself and only after putting them on did she realize in her tired state she had gone commando without her purple pants. All it would take was one pervert looking under her desk to be a laughing stock...again. With a sigh through her nose she took them back off before pulling on a pair of panties and her purple sweat pants and replaced the skirt there after.

Now dressed in her cloths that she had only worn three days in a row without washing she grabbed her headphones and picked out a song from her playlist of "Acquired" songs. Once the wubs washed over her she opened the door to the main room of the apartment where she found her mother at the table drinking coffee from a plastic cup and paper bowl of knock off coco puffs in front of her.

"Morning honey."

Vinyl waved at her.

"Did you sleep well?"

She nodded. This was a rather common routine for them as it was too early in the morning for Vinyl to be bothered to use her notepad to write a reply and her mother was still to tired to read it. As such their morning greetings consisted of gestures from Vinyl and questions from her mother. Once she had produced a paper bowl from the cupboard and grabbed the knock off coco puffs from the shelf she sat down across from her mother and poured the cereal into the bowl before eating it in small pinches.

"Make sure you get to school on time today ok honey? I've already gotten three calls about tardies and two about skipping class."

"If she knew how many I got away with she would be horrified." The Blue haired girl thought to herself.

Sensing the stress in her daughter Alexa continued.

"Vinyl...please look at me."

Slowly the teen complied.

"I know your having a hard time with the other students. Some of your teachers told me at the last meeting that they've been bullying you but you need school."

Pulling a small pad from her pocket Vinyl put her pen to paper to reply better.

"Why? I know what I want to do and algebra, chemistry and home ech are not requirements among many of the other things they teach I don't need to know!"

"Vinyl I know you want to work with music but that's a hard field to get into. I'm not saying you can't but it doesn't hurt to be able to do other things as well. Think of it as a buffer."

The blue haired teen slouched down in her chair. Though she didn't want to admit it what her mother said was true and these days if you wanted to be a manager at a fast food restaurant a high school diploma gave you an edge. It was kinda sad really that was the first thing that came to mind. Solemnly she nodded earning a smile from her mother.

"Good girl. I wont be home till late tonight so you can raid the fridge for dinner ok?"

Vinyl nodded the end of the month was coming up and as such Miss Alexa Scratch was trying to stretch the remainder of her last pay check until her next one. As a result they had to stop buying luxury's like milk and washing soap for the next few weeks thus why they were both eating dry cereal. Vinyl finished the bowl by grabbing a handful of puffs and eating them all at once. Finished with breakfast she threw the bowl in the trash can before giving her mother a hug goodbye and heading for the door to get her shoes.

"Have a good day at school dear." Alexa called to her daughter.

Vinyl gave her best fake smile before shouldering her old backpack and walking out the door hoping to beat the morning traffic.

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The walk form Canterlot City to Canterlot High was from Vinyl's home a good hour. School started at seven thirty so she was expecting to be around fifteen to twenty minutes early hopefully early enough to avoid some of her less...fond acquaintances. Most of the kids from the city took the bus but Vinyl couldn't afford it let alone her own car so she had to walk. She rode her bike for a time but it had been stolen last month.

"figures." She thought to herself kicking a rock down the pavement.

As she continued down the sidewalk her mood began to lighten a bit. She was nearing her favorite part of the walk to school where she passed the Crystal Apartment complex where the higher ups lived. The apartments in truth were each about the size of a house and there was a permanent staff that attended to the occupants seven days a week. In short it's were those who were well enough off to smoke  money lived.

Vinyl had other routs she could take but she took this one every morning in hopes of bumping into her. Octavia Melody was one of the most sought after girls in the school. She could have gone to Crystal prep but went to canterlot high instead for some reason. If she was lucky she might get to see her as she walked past. If she was really lucky she might be able to wave or something. As she neared the complex she saw a figure sitting on the bench at the bus stop. She had long ebony hair and wore a purple dress shirt and long matching skirt.

Vinyl could almost feel her pupils dilating as her heart sped up and her pace quickened a bit. Octavia was sitting at the bus stop by herself with no company but her Cello. This was a chance for Vinyl to talk to her! Well not talk, talk but that was neither here nor there. The pale girl quickly began to fumble in her pants pocket for her pen and notebook. It was then of course she heard the voice of one of her least favorite people in the world.

"Hey Vinyl how's your throat doing?"

Damnit Amethyst Star is here now. She though bitterly.

Amethyst Star was one of the more popular girls at Canterlot high and as such had a rather high opinion of herself. She was pretty, rich, and her father was the head of ministration which meant even Principle Celestia answered to him. She also had a superiority complex the size of most celebrities and was one of the many people who were not very fond of Vinyl. Try as she might to sink through the concreate and fade from existence she failed and soon noticed Octavia was looking her way with a sympathetic expression on her face.

"Hey Vinyl how's it going? Oh sorry I forgot to bring a white board for you to answer." Jeered the purple haired bully.

Vinyl clenched her fists in defiance but her shoulders slouched as she began walking. She was used to being made fun of, it was a near daily occurrence for her but the look of sympathy Octavia threw her way was humiliating. Of course getting away from Amethyst was harder than just picking up her pace as the girl kept stepping in front of her every time she tried to change course.

"What your not gonna say excuse me? That's what your supposed to say when you walk passed someone you know."

"Amethyst leave her alone! It's not funny!" Said Octavia as she stood up from her seat at the buss stop.

Vinyl bowed her head in shame. Even when people were trying to be nice to her it still made her feel worthless. She couldn't even defend herself from bullies because all they had to do to make her stop was crumple up her reply. As such one of two things tended to happen when someone made fun of her. They either got an audience to join in or someone would stand up for her and make her feel embarrassed at her own helplessness.

"Come on Octavia what are you getting upset about?"

"It's not her fault she can't talk and making fun of someone's disability is low even for you!"

Vinyl winced.

"You do realize who your talking to right? I'm as high up on the ladder of society as you can get!"

"Maybe because you spend all your nights on your knees!"

Vinyl swallowed a lump in her throat not sure what to do. If she left Octavia had no back up, not that she considered herself much back up anyways but if she stayed things would only get worse. Amethyst was already taking menacing steps towards Octavia after the last comment so naturally Vinyl did the first thing that came to mind to prevent the Raven haired goddess from getting into further trouble in her defense. She stepped in front of her with her hands held up in a it's not worth it gesture.

That was when for the first time that day Vinyl got a break. The city bus came to a screeching stop catching the attention of the three. With a glare and a raised nose Amethyst brushed harshly past Octavia before climbing on board and making for the back of the bus. Octavia quickly picked up her Cello before looking at Vinyl over her shoulder with yet another sympathetic glance as she too climbed on board.

With a heavy sigh the blue haired girl shouldered her backpack before turning to keep walking now sure to be late if the bus schedule was anything to go by. She hadn't even made it to school yet and she already wanted to cry. Then she felt something hit her head and tripped forward scrapping her knees in the process while the people in the buss laughed as it drove away with a loud "Nailed it!" coming from a voice sounding like Amethyst. Feeling the back of her head she realized somebody had sacrifice a yogurt cup from their lunch so they could throw it at her. As she touched the thick gooey dairy product in her hair her barriers began to break. getting back up with some sniffles she continued on he way to school this time though she cried as she walked. Better to do it where she couldn't get bullied for it.