Vintavia Scralody Season 3

At the Scratch and Melody residence. Vinyl and Octavia are trying to watch the News, but it is turning grey.

“And in other news, scientists have discovered a completely new color; a mixture of blue and red called "bled." And here it is on T.V. for the first time.” Said the news reporter.

“Gah, typical! Stuff always breaks just when the warranty runs out!” Said Vinyl complaining.

“When did it run out?” Asked Octavia.

“I dunno, just now?”

“Ah.”

Vinyl heads into the kitchen and Octavia starts eating her cereal, but she spits it out. She finds out that they have been eating cat litter the whole time.

“Vinyl?!” Octavia called out not looking happy.

“I got confused, okay? Everything was in black and white at the supermarket. I chose that one because I like the picture.” Said Vinyl.

Octavia grabs the cat litter box from the table. “It literally says: non-clumping on the box.”

“Uhh, I assumed that meant it was full of fiber.” Said Vinyl. She picks up her bowl and it turns grayscale, She freaks out and Drops it on the floor. “Okay? Something weird is going on here.”

The two mares hear loud shouting outside, which makes Vinyl and Octavia go out and check. It reveals that the houses and the road and the carriages are partially black and white.

“What the heck.” Said Vinyl looking surprised.

They notice a large traffic backup due to losing their color. A cop tries to manage the traffic.

“Alright! Alright! Everypony calm down. I'll take care of this. Okay, dark grey carriage, move forward.” The Officer points at his left. The carriage to his right moves forward, wedging him between two carriages. “Not you! Light grey.” Signals to his right. “Reverse! Reverse!” The carriage to his left reverses. He becomes even more stuck. “Ahh! Medium grey, move forward.” The second car to his right moves forward, colliding with the car in front of it. “Ugh! Somepony, do something!” A semi truck pushes him and all the other carriages out of the way.

Vinyl and Octavia head out of their house and start walking through Ponyville as they observe things turning black-and-white.

“What is going on around here?” Said Vinyl.

“It's like the color's been sucked out of the world.” Octavia agreed.

Noteworthy is seen entering the town hall, wearing a formal suit and holding a rose. He grabs his phone and reads a message aloud.

“Excited for our blind date and first kiss. I'll be the one wearing gray.” He read.

Several girls at the town hall turn grayscale. Noteworthy shrugs, uses some mouth spray, and walks over to them. Noteworthy is then seen getting beaten up by the girls.

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Some mares are at a Buckball stadium in Appleloosa, the whole stadium turns grayscale which stops the game.

“The spell is broken!” Exclaimed a Pony in the audience.

“I don't have to spend my life supporting this team anymore. Now I can finally dedicate my time to my real passion: close-up magic.” Said a fan.

“And I can get back to the greatest passion of them all: embroidery!” Said another fan.

“Magic.”

“Embroidery.”

“MAGIC!”

“EMBROIDERY!”

The two male ponies start fighting and several stadium members start angrily shouting as well.

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Vinyl and Octavia are walking down a path, passing an area with graffiti all over the walls and posts.

“Hmm...what's all this now?” Asked Octavia.

“There's something we're not seeing.” Vinyl smashes into a post that's covered in graffiti. “Oh, darn it.” She checks in front of her by moving her hooves while climbing a stairway that has no pathway leading to it. She eventually fall head-first. “Aw, come on, man.” Octavia continues walking. “No, no, no. Watch out, Tavi.”

“It's alright, I got this.” Octavia walks to a fire hydrant. “Aww! Right in the... neck.”

Vinyl continues to walk and check in front of herself. She stumbles upon something in her way.

“What is going on here? This place looks like a gas station restaurant mugged in UV light.” Said the DJ.

A hobo’s eyes and nose suddenly appear. “I know what happened.” Vinyl and Octavia back away, embraced each other in fear. “The kid that used to clean up the trash hasn't come for a while.”

“Uh, you got a... you got a little bit of paint on you.” Said Octavia gesturing to the hobo’s face.

The hobo wipes off part of graffiti on his face. “Did I get it?”

“Uh- yeah, sure.” Answered the Cellist.

“One last thing. Could you point the way out?” Vinyl asked.

Due to graffiti covering his arms, Vinyl and Octavia cannot see which direction he's pointing.

“I really don't know why I thought that would help.” Said Vinyl deadpan.

Vinyl and Octavia carefully walk away, continuing to check in front of themselves. Moments later, the two mares are both seen attempting to shield their faces from the sun.

“I think there might be trouble ahead.” Said Octavia suspiciously.

“Yeah, I can smell it.” The DJ takes a deep sniff. “Uh, actually, it smells like popcorn.”

Caramel is heard screaming in the distance. He is then seen approaching Vinyl and Octavia as he begins to sweat.

“Guys! You can't stay here!” He shouted.

“What? Why?” Vinyl asked looking confused.

“The sun!” He coughs. “THE SUN!”

The two mares glanced at each other, looking confused.

“What's wrong with the sun?” Octavia asked looking confused.

“That nice mare who did the recycling has given u-” Caramel was cut off as he was about to faint.

“Wait, has what?” Vinyl tried to listen.

“...has given up.” Caramel collapsed on the floor.

Vinyl and Octavia are shown with their faces now looking very old.

“So, what?” Vinyl sees Octavia. “What the heck, Tavi!? You look like a trucker's elbow!”

“You look like a medieval cornsack!” Octavia replied.

“Wait. They stopped recycling, didn't they?” Vinyl looked up and Equestria is seen getting shined on heavily by the sun. “IT BURNED A HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER! Ah! I got it.” She Grabs the sewer lid for form a shade to herself.

“Of course, the sewers! Good idea.” Octavia jumps inside the sewer. “You meant to use the cover as a shade, didn't you?” She speaks in a low voice. “Yeah, that's what you meant.”

Vinyl and Octavia walk with sewer lids as their shade before tossing them aside. They notice that some police tape is blocking the entrance of the park.

“Hmm? What's going on here?” Said Vinyl.

A Female Cop suddenly blocks the pathway. “Stop! I'm sorry, kids, but you can't go this way.”

“Why?” Asked Octavia.

“The kid who used to feed the ducks has stopped.” Said the female cop.

“Pfft. So?” Vinyl Scoffed.

“So…” The cop steps aside, showing the other cops being destroyed by ducklings. Vinyl and Octavia look at each other and wince at this.

“Ah, I guess we'll go via the old folks' home then.” Vinyl suggested.

“I wouldn't.” Warned the cop.

“Why?” Asked Octavia again.

“The kid who used to run the bingo has stopped doing it.” The female cop holds up a walkie-talkie.

There’s a male cop on radio. “Mayday! Mayday! We need backup! They're coming through the goshdarn walls!” He screams.

Vinyl and Octavia glanced at each other scared.

“Whoa. Turns out the rules of bingo are the only rules in an old folks' home, huh?” Vinyl commented.

An explosion happens inside the park.

The female cop gets freaked out. “Whoa! All right, you know what? It's every mare for themselves now.” She runs away. “By the way, avoid the zoo! The kid who used to volunteer there has given up, too!” A Bear tackles her.

“C’mon buddy, I know another way.” Said Vinyl as she dragged Octavia by the hoof, they leave.

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Vinyl and Octavia are show trekking through the everfree forest.

“Tavi, the atmosphere's getting kinda creepy.” Said Vinyl feeling uncomfortable.

“Yeah, It's like we're being hunted.” Said Octavia as she holds Vinyl by the arm.

Just then, Vinyl stops Octavia from walking.

“Not hunted, spotted.” The DJ points toward Diamond Dog, hiding in the bush. He cautiously picks up a rock to throw at the bush. Spot suddenly shows up in the bush next to Vinyl and Octavia.

“Clever Dog.” Vinyl said mysteriously.

Spot tackles the two mares, and they black out. After that, the two open their eyes and the Diamond Dogs are attempting to stab them with art supplies.

“You're Diamond Dogs! Aren't you supposed to be searching for diamonds, hence the name?” Vinyl said frightened.

“Our master left us, so, we're an army without a leader. This is our territory now. We’re scouts. You girls are either with us or against us.” Spot said threateningly.

The Diamond Dogs continue stabbing the embraced Vinyl and Octavia.

“Ah! We're with you, we're with you!” Vinyl screamed.

“Hah, what's our motto then? I'll give you a clue: it starts with B.” Said Spot.

“Be... lieve in stallions who wear short-shorts in the woods?” Vinyl said, hoping she’d get the right answer.

The Diamond Dogs poke them again.

“Badges! Scouts love badges, right? You want badges?” Octavia said, hoping she’d get the right answer.

“When the leader left, we found his stash of badges. We have all the badges now.” Said Spot devilishly.

“Wait, aren't you supposed to earn them by actually learning the skills?” Vinyl asked suspiciously.

“Pff, like technically, yeah.” Spot muttered.

“So, did you technically learn how to tie knots?” Octavia asked suspiciously.

Spot mumbles. Vinyl and Octavia discover their forelegs have not actually been tied. They then growl at the Diamond Dogs, ready to beat them up.

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Vinyl and Octavia exit the other side of the forest, tossing away some of the Diamond Dogs art supplies and a baseball bat.

“Meh. Shame they didn't earn their self-defense badges either.” Said Vinyl cracking her neck. In the distance, a storm rumbles around the forest. “Hmm, looks like we found the source of it all. Come on, let investi-” Vinyl walks in and loses all her color and begins crying. “WHAT'S THE POINT, OCTAVIA?! WE'LL NEVER FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON!” Octavia pulls Vinyl out of the rain, causing her to stop crying and regain her color. “What am I talking about? There's no reason we wouldn't.” She said cheerfully.

“Okay?” Octavia said confusingly

Viny walks into the rain, again crying and losing her color. “NO! LIFE JUST POINTLESSLY STIRS UP THE DUST THAT YOU'LL EVENTUALLY TURN INTO!”

Octavia shrugs and walks into the rain, pushes Vinyl, loses her color and abundantly cries. The girl then find Pinkie Pie, with deflated hair, sitting alone on a swing.

“Ah, that makes sense. Pinkie Pie.” Said Vinyl.

“Someone like her gives up, then the whole world loses its glow.” Said Octavia.

Vinyl and Octavia approach Pinkie.

“Hey, Pinkie, what's wrong?” Asked Octavia with concern.

“I’ve lost it.” Sighed Pinkie.

“What have you lost?” Asked Vinyl with concern.

“My Faith in Equestria.” Replied Pinkie.

“So that's why you stopped all your voluntary work. But why? You were doing great.” Said the cellist.

“No matter how much I try, the world will never be perfect.” Pinkie said with tears coming from her eyes.

“Well, you gotta get back on the horse.” Said Vinyl.

“Oh, why bother?” The Pink pony sighed.

“Cuz we need people like you to do all that work because you’re better at this than anyone.” Octavia complemented.

“There's no point, guys. Ponies don't change. Goodness knows I try to stay positive and turn the other cheek. But what happens when you ran out of cheeks to turn.” Pinkie moaned.

“I dunno, but you changed the lives of so many mares.” Said Vinyl.

“Yeah, but what about you guys? In spite of all the effort I've made to be friends, you STILL can't look me in the eye.” Said Pinkie looking upset.

“Ha, That's not, heh- that's not true.” Said Vinyl nervously before nudging Octavia.

Octavia steps in. “Yes, Pinkie.” Pinkie smiles “We are frie-” Retches. Pinkie becomes shocked “We are fri-” Retches again and covers her mouth.

“See? What did I tell you?” Pinkie scoffed angrily.

Vinyl steps in. “I got this one. How about a hug?” She said before approaching the Pink pony, and Pinkie looks somewhat cheered up. Vinyl hugs Pinkie.

After a moment, Octavia checks Vinyl and Pinkie. It's shown that Vinyl is tightly hugging Pinkie in an uncomfortable way.

Octavia nervously separates Vinyl and Pinkie. “No, no, no, no! That's too much love.”

Pinkie deeply pants. “SEE?!”

“Well, we’re sorry. But that's just not how life works okay?” Vinyl said slightly annoyed.

“Oh, really? Then how does it work?” Pinkie asked sternly.

“Well, Pinkie. Life doesn't work in black and white.” Said the DJ before Grabbing and holding Pinkie against her face. “Let us give you a little insight.”

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Life Ain’t perfect - Vinyl, Octavia, and Pinkie

Vinyl
🎵It's one big shade of gray🎵
And the dark kind, I'm afraid to say.

🎵Because there's war, and fighting, and the bad guys often win🎵
🎵So you have to find some comfort in the smallest little things🎵
🎵There's shouting and there's stealing, there are mortgages to pay🎵
🎵But that's a grown-up thing and you are still like us today🎵

🎵The prospects for society are turning for the worst🎵
🎵The environment is suffering and might not be reversed🎵
🎵But at least the nasty pony who makes every day so rough🎵
🎵In the end gets hit by karma, which will kinda make you laugh🎵

Octavia
🎵And sure the future's looking pretty grim🎵
🎵The light on the horizon is pretty dim🎵
But you're a mare and all of life is still ahead of you🎵
🎵Unlike the ninety-something griffin who caught the avian flu🎵

Vinyl and Octavia
🎵Life ain't perfect, it's... eh🎵
🎵Some bits are okay, but most of it is blech 🎵
🎵Life ain't perfect; it's...meh🎵
🎵You gotta find the good that's in this great big load of Pfft🎵

Vinyl
🎵And yes, the more you work on it, the worse it seems to get🎵

Octavia
🎵Looking at the news can make you break out in a sweat🎵

Vinyl and Octavia
🎵That's the way life is, so you gotta deal with it🎵
🎵There's not much else to say right now to lift your spirit🎵

Pinkie Pie
🎵Tell me how's all that supposed to make me feel better?🎵
🎵My life's unraveling just like threads pulled from a sweater🎵
🎵There's no sunshine in my future, it is gray, desaturated🎵
🎵Tell me why I shouldn't feel so deflated🎵

Vinyl
Because... Because...
🎵If you stop halfway up the mountain, you will never see the view🎵

Octavia
🎵When you look how far you've climbed, you'll find the courage to pull through🎵

Vinyl
🎵You'll wonder how in Equestria you can put up with all of this🎵
🎵Then you'll come across a memory of perfect bliss🎵

Vinyl and Octavia
🎵So keep following the light🎵
🎵No matter how much your heart aches🎵
🎵'Cuz this sad old world will need your hope to fix it when it breaks🎵
🎵And in times when you can't take it, and you want the day to end🎵

Vinyl
🎵Take my hoof🎵

Octavia
🎵And you will find🎵

Vinyl and Octavia
🎵Life is beautiful, my friend!🎵

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As the song ends, all the color returns to Equestria.

Pinkie inhales Deeply. “Thanks, Guys. I guess this makes us friends now.”

“Yes. Yes it does.” Said Vinyl grinning.