Vintavia Scralody Season 1

by Vintavia Scralody

Episode 7: Roughin’ It

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The mane 6 were at Twilight's house watching TV with Vinyl, they are currently watching the Dream Boat.

“Will our captivating captain find her first mate, or will it be man overboard? Find out tonight as we set sail for love on...The Dream Boat.” Said the narrator on TV.

The mane 6 have their mouths open and squeal with joy.

“Vinyl, it's so much fun watching this show with you, you're like...one of the girls!” Said Applejack grinning.

Vinyl gasps as a flashback ensues.

Flashback to Vinyl time hanging with the girls. First, she hangs outside with With Applejack wearing putting mud on their faces.

“This mud mask is both cleansing and invigorating.” Said AJ.

The DJ giggles as her pours started to tingle.

Now Vinyl is helping Maud with her poem.

“Thanks Vinyl. I always wanted to check if my poems are boring.” Said Pinkies sister.

Suddenly Diamond Tiara comes towards them. “HEY! Someone put her funeral dress in the wash with all my pageant gowns!!” She yelled as she shows her splattered dress. She growls and stomps over to Maud, who pretends to die; she bonks her on the head. “UGH! I can't rip you apart if you're already DEAD!”

Now Vinyl is knitting something with Smolder.

“You got it!” Said the dragon impressed at what the unicorn did. “These accessories will make our outfits rockin'!” She tries on the headband she knitted.

They put on rock poses.

Now Vinyl is working on a poncho Rarity is wearing.

“Thanks, Vinyl! I can wear this poncho for all four seasons!”

Flashback ends.

Fluttershy enters wearing a pink apron and holding pink muffins. “Are you girls watching the dream boat?” She asked with excitement.

Vinyl grabs the remote in panic. “This show's lame. Let's watch guy stuff.” She changed the channel.

“HEY!” Yelled the mane 6.

The TV starts narrating. “A lifetime in the extreme wilderness has made Rip Hardcore as tough as a two-dollar steak.”

“Now this is my kind of show.” Vinyl grinned.

“Since when?” Rarity scoffed.

“Oh no, turn it back! We're gonna miss the anchor ceremony!” Exclaimed Fluttershy.

The mane 6 glare at Vinyl and start fighting her over the remote.

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The next day, Vinyl and her marefriend Octavia are walking into the woods with their backpacks.

“Let me get this straight. You think living with the mane 6 has made you unmanly so we're spending a weekend in the extreme wilderness so we can turn into steaks?” Octavia questioned.

“Eh, close enough. Now are you ready to get extreme?” Said Vinyl.

“You know it!” Octavia cheered as they chest bump each other; then Vinyl starts to continue her descent into the woods. “Wait! Since my parents are visiting, I promised them I'd stay in their sight line.” At a nearby B&B reveals Bandstand and Viola sitting on rocking chairs waving to the girls. “It's supposed to be a really nice B&B.”

Vinyl facehoofs. “Tavi! How are we supposed to toughen up with your parents watching over us?” Vinyl complained as she drags the cellist into the woods.

“But Vinyl, they were willing to bring us some of their complementary welcome scones.”

The pair eventually approach a wooded area by a stream.

“Now this spot looks perfect.” Said the DJ.

Octavia looks over a sign near them. “But the sign says: No Camping here! Extreme Danger!”z

“Exactly. Extreme! Our first order of business: securing shelter.”

Octavia gets out a tent. “My parents used this tent on a safari last year. It has it own veranda.”

“Tough gals don't sleep on verandas, Octy.” Said Vinyl as she picks up some twigs. “They build their own shelter.”

Moments later and Vinyl and Octavia’s shelter simply consists of the twigs propped up against a tree.

“What a beaut.” Octavia said looking impressed.

“All in a manly day's work. Now, how about we rustle up some grub.” Said the unicorn in a manly like voice.

“Great.” Octavia picks up a picnic hamper. “My mom made my favorite: Swiss Chard Frittata.”

“Forget the frittata, babe. Tough gals drink soda.”

Octavia and Vinyl find a log and sit on it while drinking their Soda.

“Mmm-mmm-mmm! Good stuff, right?” Said the DJ feigning delight.

“Very...tasty.” Octavia said also feigning delight.

“I think I'll save the rest for later.”

“Yeah, breakfast. Or never.”

“Well, we're burning daylight he re. Better get started on our campfire.” Vinyl stood up from the log.

“Way ahead of you.” Octavia grinned as she gets out an artificial campfire. “This baby's got LED lights, sick flames and realistic crackling sounds.”

Octavia turns on the artificial campfire but Vinyl gives her an unamused look and turns it off.

“Octavia, tough gals make real fires.”

Vinyl and Octavia make several attempts to build a fire but to no avail; as a result, Octavia and Vinyl find themselves shivering on a log.

“R-r-really tough gals don't even need fire. They brave the elements.” Said Vinyl trying not to shiver.

Just then, Octavia makes a burping sound.

“Sorry! Must have been the Soda. Or the loss of feeling below my waist.” Said the cellist sheepishly.

“No need to apologize, Tavi. Tough gals let it all out.” Said Vinyl as she lets out a burp.

“Well, In that case...” The gray mare chuckled.

Vinyl and Octavia have so much fun belching until a bird drops from the sky. They glance at each other, believing that they should stop.

At night time, Vinyl and Octavia are laying their sleeping bags on the ground.

Octavia lets out a yawn. “All this extreme ruggedness has worn me out.” She sets up an inflatable mattress. “What level of firmness do you want, honey?”

“We don't need that. The ground will be our mattress.” Vinyl snarled.

“Oh, so extra firm.”

Vinyl and Octavia proceed to get into their sleeping bags, start shifting around in them and ultimately end up lying down on top of the inflatable bed inside them.

“We’re tough gals, not animals.” Said Vinyl as Octavia nodded in agreement. “I'm really glad we did this, Babe. Out here in the woods, away from all the girls. I'm starting to feel like a real man.”

“Can we cuddle.” The cellist offered.

“Sorry Octy, but tough gals do not snuggle.” Vinyl stated as she went to sleep.

Octavia just layed there, wondering if her best friend was going to change her life. But she shrugged it off and shut her eyes.

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Morning time.

Vinyl yawns happily. “Nothing like waking up in-” she began before Octavia interrupts her.

“WATER! We're in the water!” Octavia cried as both of them scream.

“How did this happen?” Vinyl exclaimed.

Flashback to their bed being taken away by rising water levels, Flashback ends.

Vinyl and Octavia look at each unamused, but then they both notice a waterfall up ahead and scream in terror.

“Paddle!” They exclaimed.

As they frantically try to paddle, some familiar debris flows down the river.

“Hey, isn't that our shelter?” Octavia asked.

“It's making a dam!” Cheered Vinyl. The two high hoofed each other and celebrated. “We're saved, and all because we built our own shelter like the tough-”

Before the DJ could finish, The Inflatable bed blows up and the two are sent in the air screaming with Octavia landing in a bush.

“Vinyl! Are you okay?” The gray mare asked in concern.

“I'm fine, I landed on a really soft rock.” Vinyl replied. But suddenly a bear gets up in anger. “Not a rock, bear!” The duo proceed to scream in panic and run away from the charging bear, climbing a tree for safety in the process. “Ha, nothing two tough gals like us can't handle. Right Octy?” She nudged her friend. But the bear starts ramming the tree and sends the pair flying into the air screaming until they hit the ground. “Tavi! Are you ok.” She asked with concern.

“I'm fine, I landed on a really soft rock.” Octavia replied before bees come out of the hive. “Not a rock, a bee hive!”

The two proceed to running away screaming from the bees as they get stung.

“This is still nothing tough gals like us can't handle.” Vinyl said confidently before they stopped. “At least it's not raining.” Rain starts coming down. “Is that all you got?!” She shouted at the nature.

A mudslide drags them down the mountain as the duo continue screaming. Both of them start panting.

“Vinyl, love. I know this probably sounds lame to a tough gal like you but I'm hungry and wet and cold and scared and I kinda wish I were with my parents at the BMV eating welcome scones.” Octavia confessed.

Vinyl sighs. “So do I. I was kidding myself, Babe. I'm no tough gal. After all those years around all those women, it's too late for me. And I’m really sorry I dragged you into this, Octy.”

“It’s ok, I’m just glad we’re not dead.” Octavia smiled warmly at Vinyl.

“C’mon, let’s cuddle together on this nice soft rock.” Vinyl offered as they proceeded to do so, but the rock turns out to be a ursa. “Not a rock! Ursa!” Vinyl cried as the pair hugged each other and scream while the ursa roars at them. Vinyl suddenly gets an idea. “Octavia, quick, play dead!”

They pretend to be dead as the ursa checks for signs of life, then leaves when he thinks they're dead. They proceed to run away as soon as the bear leaves.

“Vinyl, that was amazing! How did you know to play dead?” Octavia said looking impressed.

Flashback to the Maud and Diamond moment.

“UGH! I can't rip you apart if you're already DEAD!” Diamond shouted.

Flashback ends.

Back to the present; Vinyl and Octavia panting.

“It's something I learned from Maud Pie.” Vinyl replied.

“Does she know anything about keeping warm?” Asked Octavia shivering.

“No, but Rarity does.”

Flashback to the Vinyl and Rarity moment.

“I can wear this poncho for all 4 seasons. The key is the faux fur lining.” Said the fashionable pony.

Flashback ends.

Back to the present; Vinyl and Octavia wear ponchos made out of leaves.

“Wow, it is so toasty.” Octavia complemented.

“The key is the birch bark lining. Now come on, Babe, we're going home.”

The cellist looks around. “Which way?”

“Why it's just…” The Unicorn looks around lost. “...This way!” They start approaching a moss. “Twilight said that moss only grows on the north side of trees.”

“My parents are staying at the north valley B&B. Follow that moss!” Octavia added as they take off running and stop in front of a hill, slowly glancing at the top. “How do we get up there?”

Flashback to the Vinyl and Smolder.

“You got it!” Said the dragon impressed at what the unicorn did. “These accessories will make our outfits rockin'!” She tries on the headband she knitted. “And if you braid the strands real tight, they're strong enough to use as ropes.”

Flashback ends.

Back to the present.

Vinyl starts tying a leaf rope. “Back two, over one.” She pulls rope to test it. “That'll hold.”

The two started climbing up.

“This is great, Vinyl. What did you make this rope out of?” Octavia asked.

Vinyl gasps realizing what the rope is made out of a moment later, Octavia and Vinyl are sitting next to a mud pit rubbing mud on their bodies.

“This should help the poison ivy.” Said the DJ.

Flashback to the Vinyl and Applejack moment with mud on their faces.

“This mud mask is both cleansing and invigorating.” Said AJ. The DJ giggles as her pours started to tingle. “It also soothes sunburn, poison ivy, and mild to moderate acne.”

Flashback ends

Back to the present, The girls come across a rock they can't move.

“How are we gonna move this rock?” Asked the cellist

Flashback to a Vinyl and Dash moment, as the latter struggles to move a trash can and makes struggling noises as Dash comes into the scene.

“Step aside, I got this.” The rainbow maned pony spits on her hooves and rubs them together, proceeding to grab the trash can. “You gotta lift with your legs, not your back. you see?”

She Throws the trash and she hits something while a Wilhelm scream is heard across them. Flashback ends.

Flashback to the present as the two girls nod at each other and move the rock out of the way. Vinyl comes across a log followed by Octavia. The cellist climbs over the log and tries to cross it, only for her to lose her balance and hugs the log to prevent herself from falling off while Vinyl tries to think of another plan.

Flashback to a Vinyl and Diamond moment as the former practices her catwalk as she curtsies her dress in her hooves while having three books on her head.

“How do you balance in those?” Vinyl asked.

“Eyes forward! Chin up! Flank clenched!” Replied the filly.

She grunts after showing a balance method. Flashback ends.

Back to the present where the duo are walking across the log safely.

“Good tip, Vinyl. It really works!” Said Octavia as she walks along the log smiling and waving.

“I don't think you have to do the wave.” Vinyl said deadpan as Octavia shrugs, air kisses and takes off behind Vinyl. The girls run through the woods until they arrive safely at the B&B. “Octy, we did it! We made it back!” Cheered the DJ as she falls to the grass and sighs in relief.

“I'm bushed. I'm just gonna sit down, and wait for my parents on this nice soft rock.” Said the cellist doing so, but Vinyl and Octavia remember their experiences with soft rocks and panic as the two held on to each other as they realize… “Oh, this one's really just a rock.”

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Back at Twilight’s house at night.

Vinyl is talking to the viewers while working on cupcakes. “I thought spending so much time around girls as a tomboy was a problem, when actually it's just the opposite. If it wasn't for them I'd probably be moose meal by now.” She walks in the living room towards Octavia and the mane 6. “And now that I don't have to worry about what's manly or girly or any of that junk I can go back to enjoying this.” She offers muffins to her friends and marefriend. “Who wants strawberry muffins?”

The gang all say "I do" multiple times as they completely clean up the tray. They proceed to start eating the cupcakes as Vinyl sits in between them to watch Dream Boat and Octavia hugs her and Rainbow Dash rubs her hair.