Vintavia Scralody Season 4

Vinyl, Octavia, and Quibble are walking to school as they notice Lyra, Frederic, and Minuette and approach them.

“Hey guys, ready for Friday Share?” Asked Minuette looking excited.

“You know it.” Said Vinyl.

“I brought my dream journal to read excerpts from.” Said Octavia.

“And I brought my prize piglet.” Said Lyra as age shows them the piglet, they are awed by it. Frederic comes up..

“Yah, I blanked on the assignment 'til like two minutes ago, and grabbed a random take-out menu by the door, so…” Said the pianist.

Quibble takes out a picture of himself. “I brought this sweet portrait I commissioned on the boardwalk, really captured my rugged essence.”

There was a moment of silence.

“Well, can't lie, I'm pretty excited about my Friday Share.” Said Minuette as she takes an egg shaped object out of her backpack, its wind up key starts turning and it plays sweet piano music, the others are awed by it, the music box opens up revealing a dancing elephant, and the others love it even more. Minuette turns it off. “My Granny and I found it at a market, it was broken and rusted shut, but she's a total wizard and helped me fix it.” She stated.

“Bet you're really regretting that take-out menu now, huh?” Said Quibble smugly as he nudges Frederic.

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Later at school, Frederic is sharing his take-out menu.

“Feeling bold? Try Giovanni Chang's penne a-la eggroll. Need delivery? it's F, R, E, E, free baby, thank you.” Frederic presented.

“Hmm, you get a C for preparedness, but an A for improve. So, a B.” Said Ms. Cheerilee.

“Thanks.” Said Frederic as he walks back to his desk.

“Alright, Miss Minuette, what do you have to share with us today?” Asked Cheerilee.

Minuette grabs her backpack, and looks for her music box, but gasps when she sees that it's not there.

“I can't find it.” She said looking worried.

“Did everyone forget this assignment?” Said Cheerilee deadpan.

“No, I had it on the bus, I swear.” The blue mare exclaimed as she dumps her backpack on the floor.

“She did! She did!” Said Vinyl in unison.

“She showed us.” Said Lyra in unison.

“I saw it.” Said Frederic in unison.

“There was this elephant that dances.” Said Octavia in unison.

“Okay, okay.” Ms. Cheerilee chuckled. “I believe you, we'll get to you next Friday.” She offered.

“But, where did it go?” Minuette Asked herself.

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At Lunch, at the cafeteria, Minuette can't focus on anything other than her music box.

“Hey, Minuette.” Said Quibble trying to get her attention. “Minuette, trade you my delicious cold fish soup for that lame toasted meatball sub.” He offered.

“Huh? Sure, whatever.” Minuette said not even paying attention.

Stella is about to trade, when Vinyl blows a whistle, actually getting the blue mare’s attention.

“As trade commissioner, I have to point out; this is a terrible deal.” Vinyl stated.

“Thanks Vinyl. Sorry, I just can't stop thinking about my music box. What could have happened to it?” The unicorn asked.

“Uh, I don't wanna be that mare, but maybe the Parasprites took it.” Said Frederic as the rest of the gang gasps in shock.

“Don't even joke, man.” Said Quibble nervously.

“What are you talking about?” Asked Minuette.

Frederic looks around and gestures for everyone to follow him, and the gang sink under the table. Minuette watches her friends do this, and follows them.

“It’s a Canterlot legend. it all began one faithful day in ponyville.” Said Frederic mysteriously.

Flashbacks to that day. Where the Parasprites where attacking ponyville, destroying their property and their dinners.

“Something went badly wrong and they began attacking everything in ponyville.” The pianist narrated. “And a group of Parasprites merged into one giant demon.”

The Parasprites eventually turned into a big one.

Flashback ends.

“The Parasprite.” They all said in shock.

“That's when things started going missing.” Vinyl said mysteriously.

“And ponies started hearing strange sounds in the halls.” Said Octavia nervously.

“And haven't you noticed the weird smell in the vents, kinda like…” Said Frederic.

“Corn chips?” Exclaimed Minuette in Shock.

“Yeah-huh, that's the beast.” Answered The pianist.

“Has anyone tried to track it down?” Asked the blue mare.

“Nuh-uh, it almost swiped my lyre.” Said Lyra.

“Well, I'm not giving up my music box, I'm finding the Rat Beast!” Said Minuette with determination in her eyes.

“We'll help.” Vinyl offered, though the others act casual. “Come on, Minuette is our friend, we can't let her do this alone.”

“You’re right, Vinyl.” Grinned Octavia.

“Oh, thanks guys.” Said Minuette looking touched as she Hugs Vinyl and Octavia. “Now let's start gathering some intel.” She said confidently.

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Minuette is at the Cafeteria talking to Bonbon.

“Tell me everything you know.” Said Minuette ready to investigate.

“The Parasprite swiped my candy when I Began eating them.” Said Bonbon.

She then is talking to Golden Harvest.

“Yeah, I heard that thing in the band room. It stole my carrots.” Said Golden.

She then is talking to Derpy.

“One time when Cranky Doodle Donkey was chewing me out, I saw two of its eyes in the air vent.” Said Derpy.

Minuette writes it down in her notepad with her magic. “Thanks Derpy.” She said as the bell rings and Derpy flies off. “Great, there's lunch hour. Let's go check out our leads.” She Said to her friends.

Lyra and Minuette head off in one direction while Vinyl and Octavia head off the other. Quibble nervously chuckles.

“Come on, let's go.” Said Frederic grabbing Quibble by the hoof and drags him off.

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The gymnasium. A basketball hits the backboard and bounces off the rim of the net, the girl catches it and keeps playing as Lyra and Minuette walk in.

“Bonbon had her candy swiped in here.” Said Minuette to Lyra. Before they both look under one of the benches. “Keep your eyes peeled for any sign of the flying beast. Claw marks, squeaking…”

Lyra and Minuette sniff around and gasp.

“Corn chips!” The two exclaimed looking at each other in shock.

They keep sniffing and it leads them to Iron Will’s office.

“The smell is coming from here.” Said Minuette.

They open the door and find Iron Will dancing to his mixtape. He gets startled when he notices the two. He pauses his mixtape as Lyra and Minuette sheepishly smile.

“This is my free period! I can do what I like.” The Minotaur said angrily.

“Sorry, Coach.” Said the two.

They both shut the door. Once Iron Will sees they're gone, he plays his mixtape and resumes dancing. Lyra and Minuette have their backs leaning against the door.

“Guess that smell wasn't the Rat Beast.” Said Lyra before she and Minuette cringe from what they just saw.

********

In the band room, Frederic looks under a tuba, and Quibble approaches him with an acoustic guitar.

“Check out this sweet axe.” Commented Quibble.

“You don't even know how to play it.” Said Frederic smugly.

“Says Who?!” Said Quibble with a stern look on his face.

Suddenly the supply closet door creaks, the boys get scared.

“The Parasprite!” The earth pony Exclaimed as he and Frederic hide behind some timpani drums, Quibble pushes Frederic with the guitar. “You go!”

“No, you!” Argued Frederic.

The door slowly begins opening, the boys shake with fear, holding on to each other when suddenly, a janitor comes out.

“Glad you boys are here, you can help me scrape gum off the music stands.” He offered But Quibble and Frederic aren’t too happy about this.

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In the office, Vinyl peeks out from behind the couch, and Octavia peeks out from behind a plant, Matilda is at her desk.

“Hmm, paperwork done, Cranky is at the barber. Maybe I can slip away for a latte, and some…” Matilda said as she takes out her hair pin and her hair falls to her shoulders. “…Matilda time.”

Matilda walks out of the office as Vinyl and Octavia peek out from behind the door. They then approach near Matilda’s desk.

“Okay, Derpy said he saw the Parasprites eyes are in the air vent.” Said Vinyl before Points to said air vent.

Octavia starts looking through it. “Hmm, uh, nothing but dust bunnies in here.” She said.

Vinyl notices nothing on Matilda’s Desk. “Tavi, look! Chip Crumbs.” She exclaimed.

They stumble as the ladder gives away and they both fall to the ground. They look at the crumbs and back away. Just then, Matilda catches them.

“What are you girls doing?” Asked Matilda before picking up something. “Oh, you found my lanyard! Can't get my administration discount at the Burnt Bean without it.” She said as she leaves.

Vinyl and Octavia look at each other, annoyed.

********

In the hall, Vinyl and Octavia meet up with Lyra and Minuette.

“Hey, any luck?” Minuette asked.

“Nope.” Replied Vinyl.

“Us too.” The blue mare said looking sad.

Quibble and Frederic join them.

“Us too.” Said Quibble.

“Crud! Lunch Hour is almost over and our leads have turned up nothing.” Said Minuette as she checks her watch. “I guess we'd better get to class, we'll get detention if we're caught in the halls after the bell rings.” She looks sad. “Thanks anyway, guys.”

“Well, we tried, but I guess the search is officially over.” Said Quibble sighing with relief as he leans to a wall.

Suddenly, the sound of the music box is heard in the wall, Quibble falls backward in surprise taking Frederic to the ground with him.

“My music box!” Exclaimed the blue Unicorn as she presses her ear against the wall. “It's inside the wall.”

“The Parasprite must have it with him.” Exclaimed Octavia.

“And he's on the move! Come on!” Ordered Minuette.

Minuette, Vinyl, Octavia, and Lyra start running, Frederic gets up and follows, and Quibble gets up, groaning, and joins in. The six follow the music, when suddenly the bell rings.

“Dang it.” Said Minuette.

“Keep going! It's headed for the basement!” Exclaimed Vinyl as the gang heads for the basement.

Minuette sees something and gasps. “DUCK!” She shouted.

The gang ducks behind a trashcan, and a hairy shadow approaches.

“It’s the parasprite!” Frederic said in fear.

The shadow comes closer, revealing who the owner really is.

“No, that's just Cranky Doodle Donkey with a new hair piece.” Said Octavia.

Cranky admires himself in his hoof held mirror, he's the only thing between the students and the basement.

“We need to get to the basement.” Minuette informed.

“Frederic, do you have that take-out menu with you?” Vinyl asked.

“Yeah, you hungry?” The pianist asked.

“I could eat.” Said Quibble.

Vinyl takes the menu. “No, I have a plan.” She said as Quibble is bummed that he's not getting food. Vinyl folds the menu into a plane. “Here goes.”

Vinyl tosses the plane, and it takes Cranky's wig down the hall, Cranky chases after it, dropping his mirror.

“Great throw, Vinyl! Let's go.” Said Minuette.

Minuette slides under the chain, Lyra does the same, Frederic crawls, Vinyl climbs over it, and Octavia crawls backwards under it.

Quibble is looking at the mirror Cranky dropped. “Is that mirror up for grabs?” He asked.

Not looking, Quibble walks right into the chain and falls down the stairs. Minuette opens the basement door and sniffs.

“Smell that?” Said the blue unicorn as the others come up behind her. “The Parasprite is down there, and so is my music box, let's do this.” She cracked her neck.

Minuette marches down the stairs with her friends behind her.

“Honestly, corn chips are ruined for me after this.” Frederic commented.

The gang walks through the basement, some more scared than others.

“Guys, I just remembered I have a, uh, piano lesson.” Said Quibble being one of the more scared ones.

“No you don't, those are on Thursdays.” Snarled Frederic.

“Maybe it moved, you don't know.” Said Quibble aggravated.

The gang continues, and Minuette sees something.

“Look!” The blue mare exclaimed as she points around the corner, there's a large shadow on the wall.

“The creature!” Exclaimed Lyra.

“LETS GET IT!” Cried Minuette.

The gang charges around the corner, Quibble is still afraid. They see the figure and start yelling, the figure gets up and is revealed to be Fluttershy, who is very surprised to see them.

“Fluttershy?” They all said as they stopped charging.

“Um, what are you doing back here?” The yellow Pegasus asked looking scared.

The gang stutter, looking for an excuse.

“We're looking for the Parasprite.” Said Minuette.

“You know, Big, really cute on the outside...” Began Frederic.

“...But evil on the inside.” Ended Octavia.

“It's got my music box, we followed the sound of it down here.” Said Minuette.

“A parasprite in this school? I can take care of that. You go back upstairs where it's safe, and leave the Parasprite to me.” Said Fluttershy.

“Well, that's a very kind offer, we'll take you up on that.” Said Quibble as he attempts to leave.

“Sorry Fluttershy, but I can't leave without my music box.” Said Minuette stopping Quibble from leaving.

“Alright, let's split up then.” Said Fluttershy as she takes a flashlight out of her backpack and gives it to Minuette. “You take the East wing, I'll take the West.”

Fluttershy heads off in that direction, Minuette turns on the flashlight and the gang goes in the other direction.

“Should one of us go with Fluttershy? What if the Parasprite corners her?” Asked Octavia as she and Vinyl hold on to each other while walking.

“Fluttershy knows animals and creatures better than anyone, there's no way that Parasprite will get the jump on her.” Vinyl replied.

Fluttershy is offscreen yelling while trying to fight the creature. The gang runs to help.

“We're coming, Fluttershy!” Octavia cried.

“Hold on, buddy!” Cried Lyra.

Quibble groans and goes after them. They get to the supply closet. They hear grunts and a lot of crashing sounds.

“Fluttershy, are you okay?” Asked Minuette as she gives Vinyl the flashlight.

“Stay back! This thing is vicious.” Cried Fluttershy as Quibble backs away.

“We have to help him.” Vinyl suggested.

“Uh…” Said Octavia in unison.

“I'm not going in there.” Said Frederic in unison.

“No thank you.” Said Lyra in unison.

“Well, somepony has to be a hero, this is a job for…” said Quibble as he puffs out his chest and grabs a nearby broom. “QUIBBLE PANTS!” He cried.

Quibble charges at the supply closet holding the broom like a spear, only for Fluttershy to open the door, unknowingly smashing Quibble into the wall, the others are happy Fluttershy is okay. Fluttershy closes the door, Quibble is now dazed.

“I calmed it down, but you don't want to go in there, it's pretty gruesome.” Said Fluttershy freaked out.

“Wow, thank you, Fluttershy.” Said Minuette.

“Did it have Minuette’s music box?” Frederic asked.

“No, I'm sorry.” Said Fluttershy as Minuette looks at the ground, sad. “But don't worry, if it's down here, I'll find it. In the meantime, let's all go back upstairs.”

They all head back, when suddenly, there’s a noise behind them. They all gasp, and Vinyl shines the flashlight in that direction.

“What was that?” Asked Minuette looking scared.

The shadow of a giant parasprite with glowing green eyes appears at the end of the hall.

“The Parasprite!” Exclaimed Quibble.

“I thought Fluttershy already got it.” Said Octavia looking scared as she holds Vinyl from behind.

Minuette grabs the broom from Quibble. “Give me back my music box you monster!” Shouted the blue mare.

Minuette charges at the Parasprite, her friends alongside cheering her on, Fluttershy gasps and runs ahead of them.

“WAAAAAIIIIT!” Fluttershy shouted stopping the gang.

The Pegasus looks behind her, and from around the corner, comes a small and rather cute Parasprite, with glowing green eyes.

“Huh?” The six mares said in confusion.

Fluttershy picks up the Parasprite. “I can explain, this little fella is the Parasprite.” She confessed.

“Then who were you fighting in the closet?” Asked Frederic with an eyebrow raised.

“No one, I was just play-acting so you guys would go away. I didn't want you to find out about Cinnamon here, he and I go way back. He used to live in my cottage.” Said Fluttershy.

Flashback to the fateful day, Fluttershy is cleaning up her house, and hanging out with Cinnamon.

“Aw, he was great company on.” Fluttershy narrated. “But one faithful night, we were having such a ball, I forgot that I wasn’t supposed to leave him home alone.

Flashback ends.

“And the next day, I don't know what he got into in there, but he came back out like this. A freak of nature!” Said the yellow Pegasus as Cinnamon gives her a dirty look. “Eh, not to me of course. But I was afraid that Twilight and her friends would wanna take him away to be studied, so I hid him down here in the basement, with a steady supply of his favorite snack; corn chips.” Said Fluttershy, giving Cinnamon a piece. “I've been able to keep him a secret for ten whole years.”

“Well, not exactly.” Said Frederic.

“He's been stealing stuff all over school.” Said Octavia.

“He took my music box from my backpack.” Said Minuette.

“Cinnamon Bartholomew! Is this true?” Asked Fluttershy looking unhappy with her companion, to which the parasprite nods in response.

He and jumps down from Fluttershy’s hair. He moves a stack of boxes, revealing a hole in the wall full of stolen stuff; Lyra’s Lyre, Golden’s Carrots, Bonbons’s Candy, and…

“My music box!” Exclaimed Minuette looking happy.

She opens it, and Cinnamon dances with the elephant.

Fluttershy is still mad at Cinnamon. “Oh, I can't believe you mister, you are going to have to return everything you've taken, and write apology notes.” She sighs, to Minuette. “I'm sorry about all the trouble, ah, I just wanted to look out for my friend.”

“I get that.” Said Minuette as she looks at her own friends. “Same way these guys looked out for me.” Her friends give her an “aww” for gratitude.

“So, you think you could maybe keep this a secret?” Asked Fluttershy.

The gang looks at each other sure that they can.

********

At lunch the next day, Bonbon is happy to have her Candy back.

“Wow, I never thought I'd see these again.” Said Bonbon before she eats them, and looks at the gang, Lyra is playing her lyre. “Did you have to fight the Parasprite for them?” She asked.

The gang looks at each other, and laughs.

“No, we searched the whole school, and I'm pretty sure it was all a hoax.” Minuette lied.

“We did find tons of missing stuff though.” Sad Vinyl before grabbing their box of recovered goods. “If you see Golden, tell her we've got her carrots.”

“I'll let her know, thanks again.” Said Bonbon before heading out.

They all bid her ado, and Vinyl blows his whistle.

“Shall we commence the daily lunch swap?” The DJ said confidently.

Everypony grabs their lunches, and Quibble likes what Minuette has.

“Ooh, corn chips, trade you my mustard sandwich.” Quibble requested.

“Sorry, Quibble, these are spoken for.” Said Minuette. She walks over to the air vent, takes out a chip, and holds it near the grate making sounds, glowing green eyes emerge from the duct. “Here you go, bud.”
Minuette gives her corn chip to Cinnamon, and giggles as he eats it.