Tuned Too Low

Chapter Six:Coraline

            C.D. began to tell about his encounter to Red and Skylark. He talked in great detail about her singing and voice control. Cee also talked about how weird she acted and how fast she got up to leave. But what he mentioned the most, was her name.

   "So, Coraline, right? She just so happened to be singing by the stream." Red asked.

   "Yeah." Cee answered. "She was in the middle of a song when I showed up. When I was about to get up and leave, I guess she saw me." Cee began to blush slightly while remembering how close Coraline's face was to his.

   "Riiiiiiiight. And she acted weird towards you?" Red asked with a more of a quizzical look.

   "Eeeyup. She would blush when she looked at me to long. Also, she hugged me." Cee said with a dreamy look on his face. Red looked at C.D. then he looked at Sky. Sky shrugged and Red nodded.

           "Well it's official. We don't believe you."

   "What?! Why?" Cee yelled in confusion. "Do you know how badly I didn't want to tell you? I do and now you don't believe me? Harsh, man. Harsh." C.D. then turned to face away from Red.

            "Hey! No need to get all flank hurt!" Red said as he placed a hoof on Cee's shoulder. "We're not saying we don't believe you-"

    "I didn't say anything at all." Sky said interjected. "YOU are the one that doesn't believe him." Red was then fed up with the whole conversation. "You know what? Forget it! Can we continue our practice please?" Red begged.

*sigh* "Alright." C.D. was relieved that the spotlight was no longer shining down on him. He was a little mad at Red, but knew he would get over it.

   "So what are we playing now?" Sky asked holding his bass.

   Red and Cee looked at the side wall, which was covered with pieces of paper with songs on them. Some had X's across if they sucked. Some had stars or A's on them if they were good enough. They looked all over and C.D. pointed one out.

   "Hey, here's one. 'Hate Me (If It Helps You)'....Wow how emo." Cee scoffed.

    "Again, YOU WROTE IT!" Red yelled from behind his drums.

            "Yeah, yeah. Whatever." Cee mumbled.

    "Alright!" Red yelled. "1,2! 1,2,3,4!"

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    Meanwhile, Coraline had just gotten back home from the place by the stream where she meet C.D. 'That colt,' she thought. 'He acted so strange...' She began to daydream about the half hour before. About how she found C.D. hiding behind the bush. And how she actually hugged him. 'He was just adorable! Why do I keep obsessing over him? It's not like I know much about him. But still....'

   Coraline then skipped through her doorway and upstairs to her room. But she went back down stairs to see why it was so quiet. As she entered the living room, Coraline found a note on the couch. It was from her parents.

Dear Coraline,

Me and your father went to a play outside of town and won't be back until Thursday. There's cake on the counter. We got it when we stopped at Sugarcube Corner. There's also more food in the fridge. If you plan to go out with some friends, remember to tell Mrs. Sparkle across the way. She's nice so don't be too shy and she'll be there if you need help.

We love you very much. See you when we get back.

~Mom <3

  Coraline sighed and put the note down. She never liked being alone that much. Her parents always seemed to be going out or working. At first, she didn't mind it. But after a year of this, she didn't like the feeling of never having someone around. At one point she started talking out load, and the only one who would answer was her.

   She went into the kitchen and looked over the food left out on the counter. The cake her parents mentioned was a chocolate cake with blue and green frosting. It had flowers and all sorts of designs drawn on with frosting. The other food items were in the fridge. At first glance, she saw muffins, a salad, an apple pie, and a new bottle bottle of apple juice. She then took a muffin and went up to her room.

  Coraline's room was pretty average, as far as rooms go. Her walls were pink and had flowers painted along the bottom. She had a wardrobe, a bed that could fit a pony bigger then her, a toy chest that she never really used anymore, and among other things, in the corner of her room was a little studio. She used that spot to put her written music or her violin. It was essentially a desk with papers cover with musical notes. She approached the desk and placed her violin next to it.

   '*sigh* I hate this! I'm always alone!' Coraline thought to herself while eating her muffin. 'I wonder if anypony is doing anything. Maybe I should see if Scootaloo or- No, wait. Never again! Last time I hung out with the CMC's, I got covered in glue and glitter!' She laid back in her bed and stared up at the ceiling. She turned her head towards the clock on her wall. It read 7:48. 'I guess I'll go to sleep...*Yawn*...I wonder what that pony's doing.....' She slowly dropped her muffin and drifted off to dreamland.

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  '.....Force your anger upon me,(If you want to.)

Blame me for everything,(I won't blame you.)

I just don't want to see you sad,(Like you do now.)

So just go on and Hate Me....You Know You Want To.....'

      The song had just ended. Apparently, this song was hard on the band because everypony looked out of breath. Panting, Cee manage to speak in between breaths. "Okay!....I think.....we should call.....it a day!"

     "Same." Red gasped before hitting his head on the drum in front of him.

     "Good....idea!" Sky said with his head against the wall.

    "Okay...So later, Guys!" C.D. yelled as he grabbed his guitar and left the basement, dragging his hooves up the stairs.

      He didn't know how long Sky had stayed at Red's house, and at the moment he didn't care. He just wanted to go home and sleep. 'Because sleep is good!' He thought to himself. After a good 15 minutes, he got to his door, but more carefully. He observed every sound that was made inside the house before he walked in. There wasn't any noise, except for light snoring. He walked in and was greeted by Octavia.

    "Oh! Christoffer! H-how was, uh, practice?" Octavia asked from her spot on the couch. She appeared at the time to be reading a book. While next to her, Vinyl was dead asleep leaning against her shoulder.

            "It was okay. How was your 'love embracing' or whatever night go?" He chuckled.

    "I'll have you know that there was nothing of the sort going on! Even when you were here." She lied.

   "Yeah, cool story, Mom. I'm going to bed." Cee said going towards the back of the house to his room.

   "Okay, dear. Goodnight!" Octavia then returned to her book. Slightly annoyed that Vinyl was now drooling on her.

   Cee opened his door and quickly trotted over to his bed to collapse. He turned over to the clock on his desk. It read 8:10. 'Heh...I wonder....*Yawn*...What Coraline's doing....' With that he fell asleep to dream about her.

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Authors Note

Well everypony, that's another Chapter in the bag. This one took 2 hours of sitting and thinking of what was going to happen. I was originally going to have this whole chapter dedicated to Coraline, but it was too short. And I didn't want to annoy any of you out there with another song, which was in fact not done! So, I cut both of my chapter ideas in half! Hope you liked it. Wonder what's gonna happen next?....

~Stay Tuned....

-TLC