CHAPTER 10
Does Music Tame the Beast

Octavia walked with Vinyl to their home chatting about the days events with the stallion.

"He is rather polite." Commented Octavia. "If he could talk I would be very interested in what he would have to say."

"Uh hun..." Vinyl seemed uninterested. "He seems kinda boring to me, but it's nice to see you like him so much."

Octavia shook her head at her room mates obvious and weak attempt to poke fun at her. They continued their mindless conversation until they reached their home where they ate their modest diner.

"So Vinyl what are you up to later tonight?" Asked Octavia wiping her muzzle with a napkin.

"I think I'm just going to go to bed." She said through a stretch. "I'm kinda beat thanks to that crystal stallion."

"Well goodnight Vinyl."

"Night Octi."

Octavia walked over to the living room and saw her cello lying against the wall. Octavia thought about the last time she played. She had not played since the creature had appeared. She decided to get herself back into practice as she might be a little rusty.

She walked over to a window and cracked it open allowing the fresh night are to flow inside freely. She gazed outside to look upon the glistening stars. They were beautiful as always. Octavia nodded then walked to the center of the room grabbing her cello.

"Ok let's start with something easy." She said and began to play.

She hit every note like it was nothing. The music flowed effortlessly like water in a stream. The atmosphere around Octavia was so peaceful it could put a dragon to rest, and the crystal stallion could vouch for that as he watched from the windowsill.

He had gone out for a midnight stroll when he heard the beautiful sound emitting from this home. He sprouted a pair of wings and flew up to the second story window to find the grey earth pony. He quietly crept in to stand in front of her. The music soothed him very much.

Octavia was unaware of her audience until he went to sit down. She jumped at the sound of the sudden crack. When she saw the Crystal stallion sitting in front of her she let out a muffled scream as she tried to stop herself. The stallion himself looked shocked by the sudden stop in music and her out burst.

They starred at one another in silence.

The silence was broken when Octavia spoke. "W-Would you like to listen?" The creature did not respond. "Oh that's right you can't understand me." Octavia felt sorry for the difficult stance he was in, but Octavia did not give up. Octavia pointed at him then at her instrument then to her ears. The stallion under stood then nodded.

"Ok maybe something a little more intense then." She began to play while watching the stallion.

She watched the stallion watch her play. In her eyes the stallion was enticed by her music like a proton to a electron. He lowered his head and visibly relaxed. This in turn cause Octavia to relax as she lost herself in the music. She let her mind empty until there was nothing, nothing but the music. When her eyes were closed the enchanting atmosphere around her grew in strength. In this sate she was lost. Lost in the sea of sound. This was her natural state as a musician. It was a part of herself that rarely came out. She was in her own world. The land of Equestria drifted away from her as she was the ruler of this world. The world of sound, of music.

She was only broken from her trance when she heard Vinyl exit her room. She was about to ask something but Octavia cut her off with a light hiss.

"Whoa Octi what's wrong." she asked as she approached from the hallway.

Octavia cocked her head when she entered motioning it to the resting crystal stallion. Vinyl pupils shrunk when she saw him. She was not afraid of him. What she saw was a beautiful sight. A stallion of glass with a few shards floating in the air. The curtains behind him would cover his body with every light breeze then retract revealing his peaceful form. The sight was only amplified by Octavia's graceful swaying and her music. Vinyl took a seat on the living room couch to simply take in the moment.

So there they were. Three different entities trapped in a moment of supreme grace and peace. The passage of time appeared to be none existent for the three creatures. It was like time had stopped just so they could be there for that purpose.

Just as before Octavia played without flaw for her small audience. She only opened her eyes when a knock was heard.

"Just keep playing Octi I'll get it." Vinyl got up and quietly walked to the door.

She opened the door to see the six elements of harmony. Vinyl knew why they were here and silenced them before they could speak. She motioned for them to follow.

They looked confused but did as the unusually calm DJ asked. She led them to the living room where they witnessed the same sight she had.

Octavia was in an exceptionally powerful mood right now unable to detect their presence. The other elements could not help but stare at the scene before them. It was intense yet calm and beautiful. Like snakes to the flute the girls felt hypnotized by the art in front of their eyes and ears. They all took seats around the room and drank in the moment.

Their past worries had vanished at the sight of the relaxed stallion. As they listened to Octavia's music their eyes drifted from the stallion to her and back. The aura around the two were completely different ,but mixed like hot and cold air creating a tornado of emotions. All the mares minds were drawn further, and further in as Octavia played.

No speech was conveyed. There would be no words that any of them could say to explain or make this moment better. Everypony could feel their spirits being drawn into Octavia's. They melded creating a general understanding where no words would need to be spoken to one another. Everypony followed Octavia's example and closed their eyes letting their own imaginations take hold.

Everypony's mind thought of different scenarios that fit with the music.

Apple Jack Though of flourishing fields of all sorts of produce. She would walk down the endless rows of them in the morning felling the fresh cold dew under her hooves.

Twilight thought of a pair of dancers. Their motions where captivating and perfect as they circled each other on the marble floor. They never broke eye contact as they performed flawlessly.

Rarity had roughly the same idea as Twilight was much more extravagant. She was dancing with a particularly handsome stallion that wore a suit to match the dress she had masterfully stitched together.

Flutershy envisioned herself deep in the woods. Around her were hundreds of colorful birds singing in harmony. The birds would perform their aerial acrobatics as she herself twirled.

Rainbow Dash Dreamed she was flying faster then she had ever before. The landscape around her was a colorful blur as her powerful wings beat.

In Vinyl's head she floated in empty space. Auroras of all colors streamed past her spreading warm over her body. Over head different hues of blue exploded and rained down on her like the sparks fireworks.

Lastly Pinkie was having a difficult time trying to be a part of the atmosphere. She tried hard to think of something to add, but when ever she got close she would lose the balance and return to the bubbly self. In the end she just closed her eyes and pretended she was deep in thought.

Each pony dreamed of something different all with the same feel. Every image was added to the atmosphere and melded together enhancing the aura around Octavia further.

This continued for a full hour. Finally Octavia hit the last note and the song ended. She let out a sight and opened her eyes seeing a much larger audience then was initially there. They all looked at her with smiles on their faces causing her to blush.

"That was absolutely beautiful Octavia" Spoke Twilight "It was so... Intense I could feel the passion and concentration."

The others all agreed and comment along the same lines.

"That is very kind of all of you." She said bowing. "But I wonder what our crystal friend thought of it."

They all turned to the crystal stallion who still laying on the ground. Their eyes filled with concern once more when they saw small streams of clear liquid falling down his rough cheeks. He was crying in his sleep.

Author's Note

Make sure you listen to all of the last one. I was listening to it while I wrote this one so ya... mood.