Give me a Beat!

A few hours quickly passed by that evening. The sun had now set completely, replaced by the bright moon sitting high in the sky above Equestria. Vinyl Scratch had now passed completely through the forest and was now walking down the small trail in the middle of a wide open field. Despite still being outdoors this late at night, she wasn't without company.

Killer Bee continued on trotting by her side the entire time of the walk. Having somepony walking with her definitely made her more comfortable than being on her own like she was earlier. Several times throughout the walk he had even offered to pull the wagon for her to help with the haul. Although she smiled seeing he was a gentlecolt for offering to help, Vinyl chose to pull it herself as her thanks for his assistance for earlier. 'And I still don't know you too well buddy...' She said to herself, 'My equipment is a little expensive to let another pony just pull.'

Most of the time, the two of them joked back and forth with each other over how that one pony got knocked out, which really made Vinyl happy. "I gotta say, when you flipped over him like that? Wow, that was awesome." She chuckled, "That pony got knocked the buck out!"

Bee bounced his head to some unheard beat.

"That jerk thought he was tough with friends.

Now he is asleep with a head to mend. Yeah."

He lifted a hoof up to her for a hoof bump, which by now was perhaps the tenth time of him doing that. 'He really likes bumping.' Vinyl chuckled to herself. Not being rude, she returned it once again and smiled.

As they went on, they talked about several different things about themselves and what they did. Vinyl had asked the most questions about Bee, asking him where he was from and other things like how he fought with those swords like that.

"So, you came from the Hidden... Cloud?" Vinyl questioned. She had never heard of a place of that name.

Bee nodded. "Yeah, that is the place I live at.

Is there nothing here named that?"

Vinyl shrugged. "Well, no. I can't say that I have ever heard of a place anywhere by that name."

Bee sat quietly for a minute after the response he heard. 'Hmm, so it seems that I really am in a different world than before. Will there even be a way for me to return back to the village?' Deciding not to worry himself, Bee turned back to Vinyl.

"Now, tell me about your skill.

That equipment back there has quite a bill."

Vinyl chuckled a little bit. "Yeah, that stuff is a little expensive. It's worth it though since I DJ all over Equestria."

"So, you have got a knack of making a sweet beat.

I bet you can make a tune to move the feet."

"Heh, yeah, i don't mean to brag but..." Vinyl paused and tilted her head in confusion. "Feet? What's that?"

Bee realized his mistake and quickly waved his hoof.

"That is just a saying I have from where I'm from.

Don't worry about the meaning if it sounds dumb."

Deciding not to think about it too much, Vinyl shrugged her shoulders and continued on.

Coming over a hill, the two travelers saw the sprawling city far down below. Massive skyscrapers stood high up into the air above the smaller buildings lining the streets. Light posts lined up all the roads in between all the structures, allowing the many ponies walking about to whatever store or restaurant they were going to. Vinyl sighed in relief as she stared at her destination. "Well, here we are. Manehatten."

As she trotted on down the road, Bee stood in his spot for a moment as he looked on. Inside his head, he could hear the eight tails talking to him again.

'Bee, you think it is smart to be going into a populated area like that?' The giant octo ox asked.

Going into his mind, Bee once again stood in front of the giant tailed beast. Smiling, he trotted up until he stood below the massive creature.

"Now, why are you so worried here?

You know you have nothing to fear.

I want to go chill for now and rest some time.

Now relax while I continue my rhyme."

As Bee chuckled to himself for his last clever rap, the ox grunted in frustration. 'Why do you always take everything as if it is all a game? We have no idea what this place is like and you want to just waltz on in there.'

Snickering, Bee jumped up onto the snout of the creature and sat down so he looked into the pale white eyes of the tailed beast.

"Come on now, why you acting like all down?

Give a smile and not a frown.

Let's see what this place has got for us.

Just sit back and don't make a fuss."

'You expect me to just stay calm in a time like this? Who knows if you ever will be able to get back to our world?'

"We are new to this place, a secret in fact.

You can relax now, keep your nerves intact.

None hear know just what you are.

Any danger after you is now gone far."

The large ox went to protest, but stopped himself as he thought about those last words. 'That is true. Since they don't seem to know anything about our world or jinchuuriki, we shouldn't have to worry about being captured or killed every other week.'

"Oh yeah!" Bee cheered as he saw his buddy agreeing with him now. Exiting his mind, he quickly trotted down the road after Vinyl.

After a few more minutes, both of the travelers entered the outskirts of Manehatten and began making their way down the lit up strip. Dozens of ponies were slowly going in and out of the high class stores of

One thing that Vinyl noticed was all of the strange looks that she was getting from all of the ponies around her. At first she was confused, but then realized that she wasn't the one being stared at. Turning to her right, she stared at Bee for a moment. 'I guess looking like a warrior pony with those swords is kinda intimating.' She thought to herself. Her stomach growling again broke her train of thought. "Phew, I'm starving. You want anything?"

"Hmm, a bite does sound sick.

I could give it a bite or a lick."

Vinyl laughed at hearing him make up a rhyme at how he made a rhyme for every word he said. Walking up to a roadside stall, she ordered two daisy sandwiches and a bag of apples. Activating her magic, a sparkling silver glow enveloped her horn and the small bag in the back of her wagon. Bee sat curiously as he watched the act before him.

"What is that you are doing right there?

Is that chakra you are emitting and-

"Wait, what?" Vinyl cut him off, "what is chakra?"

Once again, Bee realized he was talking about something that she had no knowledge of.

"Oh, don't worry about what I say.

I am speaking of things in my life and way."

Lifting an eyebrow, Vinyl stared at him for a moment. "That was magic I just did. All unicorns can do that. Aren't there unicorns from where you are from?"

Bee shook his head and took a bite of his sandwich. To his surprise, the flowers inside were very tasty. They had a sweet honeydew flavor to them as he chewed. His enjoyment was disrupted when he suddenly felt his head smacked from behind. He didn't even have to turn around to know it was the tailed beast inside is mind.

'Bee, watch what you say. You are going to cause suspicion if you keep mentioning things like that.' The beast snapped.

The jinchuuriki grunted to himself.

'Dont get angry and your nerves in a shake.

It was a mistake. Fool, ya fool!'

After their meal, The two of them continued on. Coming up to the Golden Horseshoe Hotel, vinyl took a deep breath at finally seeing her destination. She had offered Bee to get him a room as gratitude for helping, and since she wasn't exactly comfortable just letting him into her own room. As soon as she came up to the entrance, several ponies all dressed in their green bell hop suits immediately came up to her cart and offered to carry her things. 'Heh heh, just what to expect from the top rated hotel in all of Manehatten.' She said to herself.

After she unhooked herself, Vinyl walked back and pulled her small bag out of the side of the cart. Using her magic, she levitated her pack by her side and prepared to go inside, but stopped when she remembered her companion. Turning back, she saw how that some of the employees were giving Bee the same look of fear like all the others. "Don't worry. He is my... My bodyguard. Yeah."

The workers gulped but nodded as they trotted away. Vinyl giggled at how much Bee intimidated other just by his appearance. "Alright, I'm gonna go inside and book my room and get you one. Just wait outside for a minute."

Bee gave her a salute. "Don't you worry about me at all.

I will be here and wait for your call. Ay."

Nodding, Vinyl pushed through the door and made her way up to the front desk to check into the hotel. Behind the desk was an extremely large stallion, around the stomach to be precise. His uniform was already double the size of all the other employees, yet his still seemed to be bursting at the seams as the pony waddled over to his spot by the cash register. As he looked up, he gave a slight chuckle at the DJ. "So, what's a pony like you think you are doing here?"

"Uh, excuse me?" Vinyl was caught off guard by what the worker said. "What is that supposed to mean?"

The desk pony lifted a hoof onto the counter to lean on, his face still plastered with that arrogant smirk. "This hotel is perhaps a little out of your budget, miss."

Realizing what he was implying, the white unicorn grunted and readjusted her shades. While she had plenty of bits from her job, Vinyl was never one to have to buy expensive clothing to look like she was some kind of big shot. She had come to realize that when in towns like Canterlot and Manehatten, many ponies would put on expensive things just so they could appear to have all the wealth. And the sad part was most of the time, it did work. Her being one to never have to act like a big shot tended to have her appear to be what some in this town considered, "normal ponies."

Frowning, she walked forward and slid her identification out onto the counter. "Vinyl Scratch. I had a reservation down on a room."

The stallion lifted an eyebrow at hearing the name, then smirked again as he reached into his desk and pulled out a... Cupcake? Shoving it into his mouth, he quickly swallowed the whole thing before talking again. "So, you are the party pony that was coming in, huh?"

Furrowing her brow, vinyl took a breath to keep her cool. "Yes, I am. I need to add a room to my booking, please."

"Oh, have a little friend joining you?" The stallion smirked as he pulled out another cupcake. Turning to his file, he began flipping through the pages until he reached the end. "I hate to tell you we don't have any other rooms available tonight."

Her jaw hung open for a few moments before any words came out. "What? Nothing left at all?"

"Nope, I guess you and your friend are going to have to bunk up tonight."

Vinyl frowned and turned around back to the door. 'That room better have a couch in there.'

Pushing the door open, Vinyl trotted to the side. "Hey Bee, I got a room and I couldn't get one one for yourself. I hope you don't mind sleeping on the..." She stopped when she noticed she was alone. "Bee?" She noticed one of the workers by the outside counter. "Excuse me, did you see where my friend went?"

The pony nodded, "Yeah, he walked off down to the main shopping plaza. Said he wanted to look around real quick."

Vinyl flipped around and stared at the bustling street down the road. "What does he think he is doing? He doesn't even know of this place and he is just walking off on his own."

Thinking she should go look for him, she began trotting down the road but stopped herself. "Wait , what am I doing? He will be fine, he is tough. I shouldn't worry about him getting into trouble." Vinyl turned back to the hotel but stopped again. "I mean, he should be fine, he is a tough pony.... Who doesn't have any bits... And doesn't know where he is... And probably wouldn't take any trash from any and would beat them up... And he has seven swords."

Rubbing the back of her head, she flipped back around and walked towards the Main Street. "Maybe I will just go check on him. He probably won't get into any trouble... Right?"