A Demon's Deal

Applejack stopped in front of a nice and new wooden door. The wood was bright even in the dark of the cramped cave. Light was leaking from under the door and there was no handle on the door which Pinkie found strange. Applejack just stood and seemed to be staring beyond the door. A smile appeared on Applejack's face and she closed her eyes. After a few minutes Pinkie coughed to get Applejack's attention.

“Huh? Oh sorry sugar I was just.... thinking.” Applejack explained to Pinkie as she rubbed her head and smiled awkwardly.

“Bout what Applejack?” Pinkie asked with a smile. “I saw you smiling there.” Pinkie put her face right next to Applejack and whisper to her, “Is it some lucky stallion?”

“Uh, umm, no, what?!” Applejack was taken aback by Pinkies question. “Sorry to disappoint but it ain't no stallion.”

Pinkie giggled at her friends surprised stuttering. “So its some lucky mare?” Pinkie giggled.

Applejack punched Pinkie on the arm. “Aw shut it.” Applejack raised her hoof to the door. “Y'all ready to meet who we got?”

“You bet! Get on with it already!” Pinkie jumped up and down in anticipation of the door opening and her friends waiting for her.

Applejack chuckled and waved Pinkie to sit with no avail. “Alright, alright.” Applejack slammed her fist against the door twice. There were muffled voices on the other side and the sound of hoofs scrambling across the ground. The door clicked as the latch was sprung and the door began to slowly open.

Pinkie Pie jumped into the opening door slamming it open causing the pony who opened to slam to the ground. Pinkie, wasting no time, lept onto the pony and hugged him. “IM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU BIG MAC!” Pinkie yelled as she squeezed the life out of him. “I MISSED YOU!”

Big Mac had no problem getting the much smaller Pinkie Pie off of him. “Yep, I missed you to Pinkie.” Big Mac seemed relieved that it was just Pinkie Pie and his sister.

Applejack held out her hoof out for her brother. “Ah been dealing with that for hours.” Applejack helped her brother up and brushed some dirt off of his shoulder. “All right Pinkie, ah am gonna get some sleep. Go an meet the others and get a feel for the place.” Applejack walked off into a hallway on the other side of the circle room they were in. “Ah will be over here if ya need me.” As Applejack turned the corner she stopped herself and quickly turned around. “Your room is located right next to mine when you get tired we have work to do in the morning.” Applejack continued on her way and disappeared into her room.

Pinkie took her first look around the room since she jumped in. She was in a circle room with a big table in the middle. With the door she entered through behind her there were two hallways on either side of the room. One of them seemed to be were the sleeping quarters were, so Pinkie decided she should check the other hallway first. Pinkie started walking away when she remembered something.

She turned to Big Mac who had moved and was now sitting in a chair by the door. “Hey Big Mac could you show me around?” Pinkie asked with a happy bounce.

“Nope!” Big Mac hardly moved and made no further effort to explain.

“Why not!” Pinkie asked with annoyed frown. “Its not like you are doing anything else.” Pinkie half complained half begged.

“I was told to stand guard.” Pinkie opened her mouth to talk again but Big Mac cut her short. “No.” Pinkie tried once more to get her words in edge wise but was cut off again. “Standing guard!”

Pinkie turned around grumbling and moaned but Big Mac did not seemed to budge. With no help from him Pinkie had to look around by herself. Annoyed but not defeated, she wanted to see more of her friends. She turned and bounced into the hallway she had set her sights on previous.

The hallway was very long and there were signs on some of the doors that filled the hallways length. Pinkie had not realized until just now but this place was so clean and well decorated. How long has this been here? Why had she not known about it before? Pinkies mind was abuzz with questions. She was going to see if she could get Big Mac to help her one more time but her attention was caught by a word she had missed in these last few days. Her stomach growled as she read the word over and over again. Kitchen, kitchen, kitchen, the word kept repeating in Pinkies mind.

She started to drool and began to float to the food she so desperately wanted.

She floated halfway down the hallway before she was sent crashing to ground. A loud booming noise had snapped her out of her hypnosis and drew her to one of the doors. The sign read, Training Room. She went to grab the door handle but right before she touched it she jumped back in surprise as another boom shot out from the room. The sound waves alone seemed to ruffle her mane.

What are these.... these...things?, Pinkie thought, Is this just sound? This is crazy!

Pinkie walked to the door again. As she approached she heard ponies behind the door and they seemed to be arguing. Pinkie put her ear up to the door to listen in.

“Vinyl your so brutish! Have some sort of class and style while your fighting. Do it right.” A proper sounding female pony argued at who Pinkie could only guess was Vinyl.

“I am doing it with style. You don't get the music I make the same way I don't get your fancy music.” Pinkie knew the voices. The first one was Octavia and the second one was her favorite DJ Vinyl Scratch. Pinkie open the door to say hello to her friends but the door was slammed shut by another loud boom. Pinkie was forced to the ground and let out a small shout in surprise more than pain.

“My bad!” Vinyl Scratch opened up the door to see Pinkie laying on the ground. She let out a squeal of glee as she squeezed the downed Pinkie. “I missed you girlfriend! It's good to see you okay and not like dead or something.” Pinkie had the air squeezed out of and with the last of her breath begged Vinyl to let go. “Ha, sorry. I guess I don't know my own strength.”

“It's okay Scratch, I woulda done the same.” Vinyl offered her hoof to Pinkie and helped her up. “I'm glad to see that your okay Scratch.”

“Just call me DJ Pinkie. That’s what everyone has done since the beginning of all this.” Vinyl opened her mouth again but was cut short by Octavia who just walked through the door.

“What is all this commotion out here?” Octavia looked and Pinkie and smiled. “It is good to see you again P...” She was cut short by Pinkie who grabbed her tight. Octavia pushed Pinkie off and brushed herself off. “Thank you Pinkie.” She said shakily. “I am happy to see you unharmed and in good standings.” Octavia looked at Scratch. “As for you, I believe you need to take training more serious!” Octavia was clearly bothered at Scratch.

“Well la-dee-da Ms. Uptight! I was taking it more serious than you were!”

“Being louder does not mean it better! What if we need to be quiet, your defenseless. You would get killed without us ever knowing.” Octavia had worry hidden in her voice that Pinkie did not think Vinyl could hear.

Pinkie knew Vinyl very well. She and Octavia lived together and cared for each other like sisters, even though then had a funny way of showing it sometimes. Pinkie and Octavia got along well enough but because they came from such different worlds they did not always see eye to eye.

“Well Octavia we should get back to training. Do you wanna come check out what we can do Pinkie?” Vinyl opened the door and held it open for the other girls to get in.

Pinkie walked into the room and it was wide open and huge. From side to side it was as big as two football fields end zone to end zone. “WOW! Were did this all come from?” Pinkie asked with a look of bewilderment.

“Well from what I have heard this like some underground house built by some rich pony from a far away land. I don't think he ever returned to it and it was forgotten over time.” Vinyl said as she walked to one side of the training room. “Applejack found this by accident when she was digging a hole for an apple tree. She fell into an unfinished section and found all of this.” Vinyl stretched and pointed at Octavia. “You ready?”

Pinkie was unsatisfied with the story of this entire underground lair. She wondered if Vinyl actually knew or if she was just making it up. Octavia grabbed what looked like a normal violin and took a defensive stance. She gave a nod and tensed up.

“Pay attention Pinkie!” Vinyl pulled down the goggles she always wore around her head over her eyes. “I have been working on this for concerts so I wouldn't have to lug around all of my gear.” Vinyl's horn lit up and a turntable made of magical matter formed in front of her. It had speakers on the front and it was pointed right at Octavia. “But I turned it into a weapon for the up coming battle.” Vinyl slammed her hoof onto the table and started flipping switches and twisting knobs. To Pinkie, it looked like mindless movement, but the more she moved and fiddled with the turntable the brighter of and aura that formed around the table.

Within seconds the aura focused on the speakers. “HERE IT COMES OCTAVIA!” Vinyl yelled as a bellowing, low noise slowly got louder and louder. “FIRE THE CANNON!” Vinyl let out a maniacal laugh and slammed her hoof on a button that seemed to be on the table she generated. A huge dropping base fired from the speakers and a visible sound wave blasted towards Octavia seemingly rippling through the air. Pinkie's jaw dropped to floor she was amazed at what used to be a simple DJ had turned sounds she made with music into an unfathomably amazing weapon. She was even more surprised she didn't hold back at all firing right at Octavia! Pinkie yelled at Octavia to dodge but she didn't budge.

Octavia smiled and in one swift motion pulled a bow from her violin and ran it across the strings on her violin. Vinyl's blast hit her square and Pinkie feared the worst and closed her eyes tight. But after the deafening boom had vanished Pinkie opened her eyes to see Octavia sitting with the exact same smile and not a scratch on her.

“How.... how did you stop the attack?!” Pinkie asked not even trying to hide her amazement.

“Well it is very simple really.” Octavia held up her violin for Pinkie to look over. “It looks simple enough but really this is an enchanted instrument. When you begin to play an music with it a barrier form around it. The louder you play the bigger the barrier. I, of course, cannot get as loud as that... noise... but I don't have to be louder than it.” Octavia shot a look at Vinyl Scratch.

“Oh that's why I couldn't hear you...” Pinkie looked at Vinyl as her table disappeared. She had a look on her face that Pinkie knew would not be good. The DJ was just about to open her mouth when Pinkie's stomach growled ferociously. Octavia and Vinyl both looked at her in disbelief.

“When was the last time you ate?” They both said in unison.

Pinkie sat and thought. She hadn't eaten in so long. “Um, the last time I ate was the small provisions that Derpy had given Twilight.” Pinkie looked at her stomach. “I hardly remember it. It wasn't much.”

“THEN LETS EAT IM STARVED!” Vinyl yelled as she pushed both of the ponies into the kitchen. “I say sandwiches.”