Vampiric Symphony

A few days after accepting Vinyl’s wedding proposal; Octavia was in her apartment getting what little she had packed up. It mainly amounted to a few outfits now, since the loss of her old cello.

“Knock…knock,” a pair of voices called

“Mom, dad; it’s been a while.”

“We came to check on you to see what you’re up to,” her mom replied

“I’m going to move in with Vinyl.”

“You’ve never told us where she lives,” her dad added

“It’s the two-story mansion.”

“We’ll have to go there and meet them. That way, we know more about your wife’s family,” her dad decided

“What are you doing with the apartment,” her mom inquired

“Technically; my lease is already at it’s end. The landlord gave me a few days to decide what I wanted to do. When we get done, I just have to tell her I’m going to move out.”

“Well; it looks like you’re just about done,” her dad mused “I’ll get the boxes on the trailer and the two of you can talk to the landlord.”

“Thanks dad.”

“It’s my job to help out, but I do recommend getting a driver’s license some day,” he said with a laugh

For Vinyl; she decided to continue working at the club, although it had become more popular by paparazzi wanting more information about her life.

“Could you provide a statement to your fans that have been wanting information,” someone asked

“Go away.”

“What do your parents think about this,” they continued

“For the last time; I have no comment,” Vinyl stated, shoving a camera out of her face

“What about your wedding,” a reporter pressed “When can we expect the video?”

“You’ll get it when Hell freezes over and I highly doubt that happening any time soon!”

Apparently some reporters had found information on Octavia and had decided to wait outside theater to badger her with questions. Luckily; the rest of the orchestra was both supportive of her engagement to Vinyl and protective of her, as at least one of the bigger bassists was her escort home.

“Thanks, Bulk. I really hate these people now.”

“They’re out for themselves and getting paid,” Bulk mused “As long as you don’t give them anything, they can’t report it.”

“That’s all I can do right now. I’m glad to have someone as insightful as you as a friend.”

“When people give me a chance; they can learn more than I let on,” he answered “See you soon.”

At home; Octavia had decided to set up her cello in the entrance hall to play as she hadn’t been able to just play for her own benefit in a while. When she opened the case, the business card fell out.

“You dropped this,” Twilight mused, picking it up “Where’d you get this?”

“When I was entering the theater for my concert. I just had an odd feeling.”

“Odd feeling,” Luna repeated “What made it so odd?”

“As you probably remember; it was kind of warm that evening and clothing would have been expected to be lightweight to remain cool. The gentleman that gave it to me was wearing a heavy trench coat on top of his black suit.”

“Could you describe him,” Twilight asked

“I’m not sure about his height; but it was roughly the same as Luna and had whiteish-gray hair."

“May I see the card,” Luna asked, turning to Twilight

Luna looked at the card and saw a symbol that seemed to resemble two lightning bolts mirroring each other. On the other side was a message that seemed to make her wide eyed in fear. Before she could answer; the sound of the doorbell brought her out of her current state.

“We’ll continue this conversation later,” Luna stated “We have company.”

Octavia was the second to get to the door as one of the servants had already opened it.

“Sorry if we interrupted anything,” Octavia’s father started “My name is Treble Flat and this is my wife Tenor Sharp.”

“We wished to see our future daughter in-law's family,” Tenor added

“By all means, come in,” Luna said reassuringly “We’ll head to the living room.”

“This is an amazing house,” Treble complimented, looking around the room

“Thank you. We bought it some years ago and refurbished it,” Luna simplified

"I don’t mean to pry, but are you married by any chance,” Tenor inquired

“Well; that is a very interesting tale. Allow me to introduce my eldest daughter Twilight Sparkle; although her twin sister is living with her wife currently.”

“A pleasure to meet you,” Twilight offered “Of course you know Vinyl, my younger sister.”

“What exactly happened with your husband,” Tenor pressed “And how did you come to have such a lovely house?”

“I’d ask you not to repeat this to anyone else; but my family and I have been around for quite a lot time,” Luna started “Simply put; we’re vampires.”

“What about you, Tavi,” Treble asked cautiously

“I am one myself,” Octavia confirmed “I was attacked and shot at and to save me; Vinyl turned me prior to my concert.”

“What are you going to do to us,” Tenor asked with a hint of nervousness in her voice

“Nothing. We just ask that no one else know. My husband at the time was also married to my older sister. He reached a point where he let us do whatever we wanted,” Luna offered vaguely “He left us plenty to live off of for centuries.”

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you; but it’s not easy to find the right words,” Octavia offered “Telling the two of you; ‘I’m a blood sucking vampire’ is probably not going to be the right choice of words.”

“I do plan to take care of my wife no matter what,” Vinyl promised

“We’re just glad to see you okay. Be safe and we’ll see you soon for the eventual wedding,” Treble said before they left

“It’s possible we might just have a private wedding,” Vinyl commented

“We’ll have it recorded; at least,” Octavia added hastily

“We hold you to your word of at least showing us the video,” Tenor mused

“I promise to show you when we get the chance.”

“Hey mom; what was so important about that card,” Twilight asked after Octavia’s parents left

“Something I just hoped never to see,” Luna answered vaguely “See for yourself, if you’d like.”

Storm King
We weather the storm against vampires

“Mom; what’s wrong,” Vinyl asked

“That’s a big problem,” Twilight mused “Vampire hunters.”

“You never saw this,” Vinyl asked, after taking the card

“I just put it in my case. With the concert; I didn’t think about it.”

“Okay, let’s calm down,” Luna stated, taking a breath, before turning to Vinyl and Octavia “I need the two of you to do me a favor.”

“What about me,” Twilight asked hopefully it

“You’re going to stay here with me. As for the two of you; you’re going to pay a visit to the others,” Luna continued

“Oh yeah,” Vinyl said enthusiastically “Road trip, baby!”

“Where do we have to go?”

“You and I are going out to Las Pegasus.”

“Considering how far it is, don’t we need supplies like food or drinks?”

“You’d be right had we been mortals. We don’t have bodily functions; so there’s no need to piss or shit. It helps so much,” Vinyl said with a laugh

“Despite her crudeness; she is indeed correct. We can certainly eat regular food, but no matter how good it tastes to a human; it’ll be bland to us because we must have blood,” Luna added

“Shouldn’t we have a coffin to sleep in?”

“Another myth that was created. We can use them, but it’s not too comfortable,” Twilight chimed in “By the way; tell Starry, her sister says ‘Hi'.”

“Octavia, dear; allow me to take you shopping for some new clothes,” Luna offered “I’ve seen the couple clothes you currently have hanging up and I’m surprised you don’t have more.”

“Unfortunately; orchestra players aren’t always paid a lot. I was lucky if a concert paid $1,200 to us afterwards as I had to make almost $400 in rent on my apartment each month; while the rest went to bills with the last bit for food. There was one incident where most of us had to ask for public assistance to get food for the month. We made an unspoken agreement not to bring it up out of embarrassment.”

“If we leave now; we can get a few things before your road trip,” Luna continued

“If you want; I could let you borrow a few clothes of mine and buy new ones when you return,” Twilight suggested

“That works,” Octavia decided “It’ll give me something to wear for a little while. Thank you for that.”

“Let’s get going if we’re going to get there at a decent hour,” Vinyl pressed

Once in the garage, Octavia headed down the line towards a black Lamborghini with tinted windows and looked inside.

“We’re going in this,” Octavia asked in awe “I’ve never seen one of these before.”

“As much as I’d love to ride in style in that; it’s way too conspicuous,” Vinyl pointed out “We’ll take something else.”

Vinyl instead headed down another row of cars and climbed inside a black Chevy Corvette and opened the passenger door for Octavia.

"Want to drive,” Vinyl asked currently

“I’d love to; but I don’t have a driver’s license; let alone experience on how to drive.”

“Than hop in and sit back.”

Vinyl gently eased the car down the length of the garage towards the elevator before slowly driving out of the city. After not seeing any other vehicles or police cars in the area, she decided to speed up. Octavia looked at the speedometer to see them approaching 150mph with everything passing by in a blur. She found herself pressing against the back of the seat out of fear.

“You okay, Octy?”

“This isn’t what I expected to see happen. What if we run into another driver?”

“Not likely. We have faster reflexes than anyone for one thing; and I’ve been hauling ass down empty roads like this for years.”

“I have to ask; how did you become a vampire?”

Hearing this, Vinyl started to slow the car down. Octavia felt the immediate change and wondered if she said something wrong.

“I should have expected that question eventually,” she said with a sigh

“My older brother Neon Lights and I were born seven-hundred and fifty years ago. From what I’ve learned from Luna; our birth mother died after giving birth to us and we were taken in as the younger siblings to Twilight and Starlight. When we were twenty-one we were told everyone were vampires and wanted to know if we’d like to become one ourselves,” Vinyl continued

“Why’d you choose me?”

“You remember how we met? I was browsing the music section in the store and bumped into you. You were looking at one some of my old music and I really felt a connection between us. I hated having to keep simple coffee meetings secret so no one would find out. Never once did you judge me or treat me any differently because of who I am,” she answered

“I had no reason to treat you differently. When you sprung the request on me; it was unexpected and it did take some time to see if I had feelings for you. In fact; I’m actually more worried about being a vampire than I am at being your wife.”

“Marriage is something I’m new at as well, so that’s some learning experience we’ll both share. On another note; we’re on the last stretch of road outside of town. We’ll be there in about fifteen minutes with the speed limit. You’ll see the infamous ‘Welcome to Las Pegasus’ sign on the way. In fact; you can’t miss it.”

True to her word; Octavia was able to see a diamond-shaped sign in the middle of the road with neon lights surrounding it with quite a lot of tourists around it.

“You aren’t kidding. It’s certainly a popular destination.”

“That’s something we need to do before we leave,” Vinyl decided “That; and one other thing.”

“Oh? Care to share?

“I thought we could get married here. I know it’s a cliché that all couples have to do here; but that way we don’t have to worry about the damn paparazzi on our ass.”

“We’re going to need the wedding rings first.”

“There’s a few jewelry stores around the area that will take care of that. And don’t worry about the price; we’ve got plenty of money."

“Where exactly are we going?”

“It’s the Atlas Nova hotel. Just up the street.”

“It’s just hard to take in the sights when there’s so many hotels here.”

“First time Luna took us here I was in awe too. After a while; the novelty wears off; although I suppose you’ll have plenty of time with the traffic,” Vinyl said with a chuckle

Despite the traffic jam; Vinyl managed to drive down the street towards their destination. After handing over the keys to the hotel valet; the two headed inside; before a woman with purple hair bumped into them.

“Aren’t you DJ Pon-3,” the woman asked hopefully

“Nah, I’m just an eccentric fan,” Vinyl answered dismissively “Dyed my hair to look like her. Wouldn’t be surprised if she used doubles for that reason.”

“She is one of my favorite musicians. I would kill to meet her in person,” the woman replied dejectedly

After the meeting with the woman; they continued through the casino towards the ticket counter.

“Two for the magic show,” Vinyl announced

“Unfortunately this evening’s show is sold out,” the cashier replied

“Have you seen the ‘Moon's Glimmer',” Vinyl asked cryptically

“I have. I’m sure you know where to go,” came a hushed answer

“I do,” Vinyl confirmed with a nod “Let’s go.”

“Okay, I guess.”

Vinyl led Octavia away from the counter and down a hallway away from the theater. Octavia watched as the casino area seemed to give way to plain walls and lights mounted at intervals.

“Vee; where are we going?”

“A special backdoor entrance. It should be here,” Vinyl replied, pushing against the wall

The wall was pushed open to reveal a door about waist height that Vinyl crouched down to pass through. To Octavia’s surprise; the landing was lower than the floor as she hesitantly followed behind and closed the door. Beyond the room they landed in was a small hallway that Vinyl led them down to a seemingly dead end.

“Why’d we stop?”

“Wait here.”

“Where?”

“We’re under the theater. This is a passage used during the show for escapes on stage that leads backstage. You’re the first to know about this.”

“I’m not going to tell anyone, if you’re worried.”

Vinyl pushed on the ceiling to reveal a hatch that opened up, along with a small step underneath for leverage. She started to lift the hatch, before turning around quickly.

“Down, quickly, “ Vinyl ordered

“Why?”

“Show's still going on” Vinyl hissed

“I’d like to once again thank everyone for coming,” a voice announced, before the sound of curtain closing was heard

“You can come out now,” a voice said, knocking on the floor “Coast is clear.” I

After pulling herself onto the landing; Octavia noticed they were a distance away from the heavy black curtain hanging on the stage.

“We just finished a good show,” a female in purple commented

“Wish I could have seen it,” Vinyl said wistfully

“Vee! It’s been too long,” a purple-haired female said excitedly

“Who’s your friend,” the other female asked

“Octavia Melody. I’m guessing one of you is nicknamed ‘Starry’. Twilight asked me to tell you ‘Hi' for her.”

“Tavi; allow me to introduce Starlight Glimmer and her wife,” Vinyl started

“The Great and Powerful Trixie,” Trixie finished, rolling her G's and R's as she spoke
“What brings you here,” Starlight asked

“One; to have fun before getting married and two, to check on you,” Vinyl offered

“We’ve been doing fine here for years,” another female with red and yellow hair argued

Octavia looked over and saw the newcomer wearing a tank top and torn jeans. Slung over her back was a black electric guitar.

“Aren’t you Sunset Shimmer? The lead singer of the Rainbooms,” Octavia asked in awe

“The former lead singer and guitarist; you mean,” Sunset corrected “Before it died.”

“What happened? Even though I hate the lies told in gossip magazines; they said there were problems in the band.”

“Surprised to say; but they were right for once,” Sunset acknowledged “Let’s just say, shit ain’t all sunshine and roses with bands."

“I never thought it would be.”

“You’re thinking it anyway; and that’s not mind reading. Rainbow Dash was the biggest partier I’ve ever seen. If she wasn’t fucking anyone in sight; she was drinking and loved going on stage partially drunk. Fluttershy was the shy type but would smoke marijuana to help open her up; which wasn’t a problem. Pinkie Pie was a drug addict whose choice was either cocaine or heroin. That shit proved to be her end sooner than she wanted,” Sunset elaborated

“Didn’t she pass out on stage?”

“You’re not too far off. It was during the last time we played together three years ago. Pinkie apparently mixed both drugs together and injected too much, before chugging down an energy drink. During our finale; she went into an unscripted and frantic drum solo before hunching over her kit. I already sensed her heart had stopped and she was dead; but somehow her body had enough wherewithal to actually walk backstage before ‘officially’ collapsing,” Sunset continue, using finger quotes on ‘officially' “Needless to say Dash believed in her drunken state that I was at fault somehow and we had a fight over it. From that point on; none of us have spoken to each other.”

“Was there anything good that came about the band?”

“When we first started; I told each of them to create individual bank accounts and have someone else as a trustee just in case anything happened to then and they decided on family. Pinkie decided her parents and siblings would get half, as her aunt and uncle; the Cakes got the rest. Considering we’d be together for ten years; each was a multimillionaire.”

“On a different topic from history; I am curious as to our powers and what exactly are we capable of.”

“Tavi, here is like us; a vampire,” Vinyl clarified

“I think we guessed that,” Sunset retorted

“Well; let’s just say that these tricks work differently for us,” Starlight started

Taking a little walk around the backstage area; Octavia saw a few different cages with spikes nearby, along with gigantic bull’s eyes and various other items.

“We’re immortal; although that point is obvious; but we can also heal rapidly if injured. I have unfortunately been sawed in half when I failed to move away from the blade,” Starlight continued

“For example; this trick of escaping the cage while spikes enter is real; however I will never have anything near the head or heart,” Trixie added, motioning towards a trick “And Trixie has apologized multiple times for her mistake.”

“Beyond the healing is speed and telepathy,” Vinyl chimed in

“Could someone show me or teach me about the speed?”

“Do either of you have something I can use,” Vinyl questioned

“Here, you can use this,” Sunset offered, handing over her guitar “I’ll set it over here.”

“Use the cage,” Starlight chimed in

“Keep an eye on the guitar,” Vinyl directed

Sunset walked over to a nearby cage and unlocked it, before resting the guitar against the opposite wall and locked the door; sticking the key in her pocket. Octavia blinked and found herself holding the neck of the guitar.

“How? What? What just happened,” she asked in disbelief “The guitar moved on its own!?”

“You didn’t see? Perhaps I should try again,” Vinyl joked “Pay close attention this time.”

For the second time; Octavia still found herself in disbelief at the sight of the moving guitar as Vinyl just shook her head.

“I hate to do this, but could you both hold her,” Vinyl asked

“What are you doing?”

“You’ll be fine,” Starlight said reassuringly

Trixie and Starlight stood on either side of Octavia and held her eyelids open as Vinyl tried for the third time. Without being permitted to blink; Octavia was able to see Vinyl quickly snatching the key from Sunset's pocket before quickly grabbing the guitar and sticking it in Octavia’s hand as the other two let go of her eyelids.

“It wasn’t the guitar that moved,” Octavia realized “You did it.”

“We can move faster than the human eye can perceive when we want to,” Vinyl simplified “Only another vampire would be able to track us.”

“I tend to use that during some tricks such as the bullet catch,” Trixie added “I save that for rare occasions because I actually hate it.”

“What kind of magic show do you do?”

“There’s two different shows we have. The one is held twice a day Monday through Thursday and is family oriented while the other is late night on Friday and Saturday for adults only,” Starlight answered

“We’ll have to see it some time,” Vinyl decided

“Really, Vee?”

“What? I’ve never seen the adult show. It can’t be that bad,” she argued

“Since it’s almost ten o’clock Wednesday night; why don’t you join us in one of our private hotel rooms,” Starlight offered “In the morning, you could head down to the buffet for breakfast if you want.”

“Sounds good to me,” Vinyl mused

“It is definitely going to take some time to get used to not really eating food. Vee; what was that about with the cashier?”

“I hate to say it; but she’s our pet in a way,” Starlight answered “Not literally, obviously; but she is a half vampire we turned. Only the president of the hotel knows about our condition and helps supply us with bottled blood to keep from feeding. We put Moon Dancer there as a sort of guard to inform us if any other vampires drop by using a certain code phrase.”

“Since we helped build most of these casinos, we took liberty to add passages for ease,” Sunset added “Of course there are other secrets as well. Now, if you’ll follow me.”

Sunset led the way to the back of the theater stage to a pair of doors blended into the wall. Upon opening it up; Octavia saw an elevator car behind it as they stepped inside. Their stop was thirty-seven stories up in the VIP hotel rooms.

“Welcome to our home,” Starlight announced “These six rooms are for us and the others working in the show. This entire section may be on the same floor as some of the other VIP suites; but these can only be accessed from the theater allowing us some privacy.”

“There is of course the mandatory staircase access that we have in case of emergency,” Trixie chimed in

“I’m going to bed; but you two can take room 3 as the girls can temporarily share a bed in one of the other rooms,” Sunset mused “Just keep it to a low roar if you plan on fucking each other.”

“I’m not that far yet. I’m still a virgin.”

“We’ll get to that eventually,” Vinyl offered reassuringly “Sex isn’t that high of a priority right now.”

Despite getting to sleep around midnight; Octavia had found herself unable to sleep and was officially up by five. Vinyl was out the moment her head touched the pillow.

“What’s wrong,” Vinyl asked, hearing movement, a few hours later

“All of this is still just so hard to get used to. I don’t know who I am anymore.”

“You are Octavia Melody and nothing is going to change that. I saved you because I couldn’t see you dying like that. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks or says,” Vinyl pointed out “Now come here and give me a kiss.”

“You know how to cheer me up.”

“I try. It’s not going to be easy to adjust; but you have others to help when you need it. We’ve been in your same position to know. On another note; I’ll teach you telepathy right now. Simply put; you’re basically talking in your head to another person.”

“How do you find the other person?”

“It takes a bit of practice; but you try to reach out and poke into the other’s thoughts. I’ll try to show you. Close your eyes for a moment.”

‘Tavi…Tavi…’

“It felt like I heard a voice talking to me just now. It sounded like your voice.”

“We’ll have to keep practicing; but for now I’m kind of hungry.”

“Don’t we need to let them know?”

“They’re a bit preoccupied to care,” Vinyl answered “Horizontal tango, if you get my drift. Tulip pruning…clam diving.”

“Sheesh; I get it. They’re having sex.”

Wanting to be respectful to their hosts; Octavia worked on getting the bed remade before they headed out. Once out of the room; Vinyl went to the emergency entrance and quickly opened the door and pulled Octavia through before the alarm could go off. They quietly walked down the stairs before crossing the thirty-sixth floor to get to the elevator down to the casino level.
Once in the casino; Octavia was surprised at the massive amount of various slot machines and other table games that were run by ladies in lingerie that they passed on the way to the restaurant. One area consisted of games around an area with multiple half-naked girls that looked to be younger than her.

“Maybe I’ll get you a lap dance,” Vinyl whispered

“Don’t press your luck on that.”

Turning the corner around another section of games; the signage noted their destination was fast approaching. After paying for their meals; their hostess led them to a booth in the corner for some semblance of privacy.

“Since this is my first time in a buffet; what do you have to do?”

“Just grab a plate from the racks and pick what you want,” Vinyl simplified

Wanting something easy to start with; Octavia decided on a bowl of soup and a salad, while Vinyl loaded her plate with a little bit of everything. Each of them had three plates before having a few things for dessert.

“That was the best breakfast I’ve ever had.”

“Definitely filling,” Vinyl added “Since we have nothing to do; let’s go shopping and get that taken care of.”

“When do the stores open?”

“There’s some stores including the mall down the street that should open at 10; so we have an hour and a half to kill. I suggest taking advantage of what we have; gambling.”

“I’ve never played anything like this.”

“You’ll be fine. Most aren’t too hard and they can help you if you ask.”

Vinyl headed over a casino cage and withdrew almost $7,500 before handing $500 over to Octavia. A thousand dollars was exchanged into chips before they headed to a table with Octavia picking blackjack and Vinyl playing poker.

‘Tavi,’ Vinyl said telepathically ‘Finish your last hand. We’ll want to get that done soon.’

Octavia finished her game with an additional $200 than she’d started with while Vinyl had $700 herself. For safety; Vinyl held onto the money as they headed to valet for the car. They continued down the street towards a large shopping mall as they headed to one of the jewelry stores.

“This is bigger than any store I’ve ever been in. How do we know where we’re going?”

“One; they have a map with a store directory nearby. But; since I’ve been here a few times before; we need to take an escalator to the second floor,” Vinyl offered

Despite the change in floors; there were still countless stores lining both sides of the walkway as Vinyl led them deeper inside. Once into another section of stores; Octavia saw a few signs for jewelry stores and decided on one that didn’t seem to just have a focus on diamond rings.

“So; what do you think?”

“It might be strange; but this one here catches my eye. It’s not flash; but a simple band.”

“I do see your way of thinking,” Vinyl mused “Simple bands don’t really draw attention as it’s expected to get a diamond ring. You don’t love someone if you don’t have diamonds."

“I am not permitted to offer an opinion one way or another,” the cashier said “Do either of you know your ring sizes by any chance?”

Since neither knew the size; the cashier had to pull out a series of disks to get the proper size ready. They were lucky the store had the exact sizes need for the girls as Vinyl handed over the $300 to pay before heading out.

“Since we’re here; I’d like to get you something,” Vinyl mused

“Where to?”

“I’d have told you to close your eyes; but it’s not recommended,” Vinyl joked “Instead; just follow me.”

Vinyl decided on leading the two of them towards the top of the area before heading down the opposite side towards a toy store.

“Here we are.”

“I didn’t expect this.”

“I thought it would be different. That way you have a plush made by you and dressed how you’d like it.”

Looking at the bins of toys, Vinyl leaned over and found a white poodle with purple hair and grey tank top.

“What do you think,” Vinyl asked, in a faux French accent “I dye my hair purple and I could look like zee poodle?”

“Looks cute. I wouldn’t mind a change once in a while.”

Octavia found herself pacing up and down the row, trying to make up her mind. In the process, she felt a faint poke in her arm. Looking over; she saw Vinyl holding a grey rabbit as she gently waved its paw.

“Hi,” Vinyl said in a high, childish voice “Please pick me.”

“Thank you Vee. I needed a laugh,” Octavia said with a chuckle

“Glad to be of service.”

After getting the two plushies stuffed, Vinyl decided to pick out a simple shirt and jeans to go with some tennis shoes that seemed to fit her usual eccentric look. Octavia decided to just leave hers undressed as no outfit seemed to fit the rabbit.

“One last stop for now,” Vinyl mused as she paid for everything

“Where exactly do we go to get married?”

“That’s the one. Let’s get going and we’ll decide later.”

“Take your pick,” Vinyl muse, as they drove down the street “Each of these are wedding chapels that has their own theme.”

“Just a simple ceremony is all I want. While I’d have liked my parents here; I don’t need more paparazzi hounding me."

“I’m sure they can record it if you ask. And I have to agree with those bastard stalkers. That’s why I’ve never told anyone where we were going so they can’t follow us.”

Finding a wedding chapel that didn’t have a theme; Vinyl drove in the parking lot and paid for everything. Luckily; they were able to get the ceremony taped for free.

“Do you, Vinyl Scratch; take this lovely lady to be your partner,” the pastor asked

“I do,” Vinyl answered confidently

“Do you, Octavia Melody; take this lovely lady to be your partner,” the pastor continued

“Yes, I do.”

“Then I now pronounce you partners for life,” the pastor finished “You may kiss each other.”

Their next stop was to turn the paperwork in to make the marriage truly legal. Unfortunately; the wait at the courthouse was rather long.

“I did get a text while we were waiting,” Vinyl said

“Oh? What’s it say?”

You have a room waiting for you the entire time you’re here. Just ask for 669 at counter. Have fun ;)

You have 2 tickets waiting for you for Friday’s show

“Well; at least we have a room to stay in in the meantime,” Octavia replied, reading the textsup

“And we’ll get to see the show tomorrow night,” Vinyl added “For now; today’s activities are done.”

“Since it is has been a long day so far, I’m wanting to take a nap.”

“You’re right. This was certainly a long wait to get the paperwork in. I’m definitely beat,” Vinyl added

Having a mutual agreement; Vinyl drove back towards the casino as Octavia grabbed the two boxes with their newly purchased stuffed animals once in the garage. Picking up the key card and heading to the room was thankfully without incident.

“So; should we continue tradition,” Vinyl asked, opening the door

“I thought it was supposed to be in one’s house the bride is carried through the bedroom.”

“You have a point with that. Then we’ll do it when we’re back at home.”