Beyond Strong
By little dashie
It was a quiet day in Ponyville. Oakwood was walking down the back roads to go to his house. He had to cross town just to even come close but that didn't bother him all to much. He looked back the way he came, nothing stirred. This worried the stallion a little. Usally the Apple family would be dragging the cart back to the farm at this hour.
Oak turned to the road ahead. It was a long way back but he took it for a specific reason. There wasn't much to seee in Ponyville when you lived here all your life but Oak found out that when you took the long way home you always saw something new. It helped him appretiate the town better.
Oak's black mane caught the wind and blew in front of his face. He raised a hoof to wipe it from his eyes. He looked at his hoof, it seemed different, it was brown with a black tip. 'I must be seeing things again...' He thought his coat had turned a light brown instead of the usal dark. He had been imagining this a lot lately.
He lowered his hoof and noticed a white mass coming towards him at a very high rate of speed. 'Okay... Now I know I am definitly seeing things...' The white mass was closing in fast. Oak closed his eyes and opened them just a sliver. Nothing was there. 'Huh... I could have sworn I saw...' "Oof!" Oak tumbled to the ground with the white mass wrapped in his forelegs.
It was a mare with blue mane, it had a light blue and a more darker blue, she looked terrified. Her neon red eyes were open as far as they could possibly go. "Please... Help..." A large stallion was just a few hundrened paces away and closing. "Please just go along with what I'm about to do..." She forced her lips smack onto Oak's making his jump in suprise. He went along like the white mare said.
"There you are Vivi... Who's this piece of shit...?" His voice was deep and his coat was pure black. He had a red stripe on his mane and tail. His cutie mark was in the shape of three nails with a hammer behind it. He must have been a carpenter. Oak wrapped a hoof around the white mare as she broke the kiss.
"Oh... Hi Honeysuckle... This is my coltfriend." She said giving Oak another quick kiss. She backed off of Oak and let him sit up.
"Hi... You must be Honeysuckle... I'm Oakwood... It's nice to meet you..." Oak held out a hoof but it was slapped away by Honey.
"It's not so nice to meet you... Take your scrap and get lost..." He walked off in the direction Oak had just come from. After a quick growl to the mare sitting next to Oak.
"Can you walk me home?" Her voice was a little shakey but she got up and offered a hoof to Oak to help him up. He took it and motioned for her to lead the way. She pressed up against Oak and lead the way still glued to Oak's flank.
After a long walk the white mare stopped in front of a very nice home. "Thank you... I don't know what would have happened if I didn't find some pony..." She gave Oak a small peck on the cheek. She ran up the path and onto the porch giving Oak a small wave before closing the door behind her.
'I didn't even learn her name...'
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Oakwood had finished his shift at the carpentry store and was on the long route home. His mind had been plagued with the thoughts of that mare. 'I hope she is okay... ' He was to distracted to notice the freight train barreling down the track striaght towards him.
"Oof!" Bowled over for the second time this week was not going to be good for Oak's back. His eyes flashed open to see those all to haunting neon red orbs. "We really have to stop meeting like th--" She sucked on his lips while he peeked around her head. The same stallion was standing close by. Oak pushed her back and pecked her on the cheek in front of Honey. "Hey babe... This stallion giving you trouble again?" She nodded with pleading eyes. "All right... Let me walk you home..."
Oak began walking down the path with the white mare plastered to his side. Every so often she rubbed her muzzle against his. Honey trailed behind at a safe distance watching the two very intently.
At the edge of her property Oak stopped and said his goodbyes. As he was leaving she stopped him cold with a hoof. "Why don't you stay for a while hun...?" She asked motioning him in. He followed her without questioning anything she said.
Her home was beautiful to say the least. It had the best flooring and wood work that Oak had seen in a long time. There was a love seat and a small coffee table in the living room along with a large stereo system and a good sized collection of CDs. The kitchen had all any pony could ever dream of, a large pantry, a huge fridge and even a small spice garden located on the window sill. A bar stood on the far side of the kitchen by the stairs leading to the second story of the house.
"I'm sorry I dragged you into this mess... Anyways... Do you mind staying for a while?" Oak shook his head and smiled at her. He got a warm smile back. "Good! Make yourself comfortable, I'll get some drinks..." Oak sat down on the love seat trying to get comfortable. She obviously didn't have very much company because it was a rather small chair. She didn't have any other kind of seating in the living room. There were a few chairs in the kitchen but they were all bar stools and probably never moved. He stood up not wanting to be a burden and walked over to the CD case and looked at the wide veriaty of music.
"Play any you'd like most of them are my own recordings. No two are ever the same!" She must have noticed him staring and called out. 'What does she mean her own albums?' Oak thought to himself. He had noticed the musical note on her flank but didn't think much of it at the time. Oak picked out a random disk and popped it into the stereo system. It started off pretty soft but soon a beat picked up. He recognized dubstep. His favorite artist played dubstep like no other could. The song began to pick up and was changing in tone. The one cool thing about this kind of music was the wide selection of beats one could put in a song.
The mare came back but this time she had on some large purple shades. Oak facehoofed. 'Why didn't I recognize her before!' "You're DJ Pon-3!" She nodded and hooved him a glass with some bourban in it. Oak loved bourban. Not just a little like a fancy time drink but purely LOVED it. "How did you know my favorite drink was burban?" She shrugged. Setting her cup down she began to bob her head to the music as the beat began to pick up and change. When the song ended she removed the shades and set them on the small coffee table.
"Like I said I'm really sorry I dragged you into this... He just won't leave me alone. He thinks I'm his one and only... I don't think so..." She sighed. "Thanks for helping me out... By the way, do you always take that road?" Oak gave a curt nod before taking a sip. "Good, because from now on you are going to be my life line when I need help..."
"Okay... Thanks for having me over... I was glad to help, but I got a cake in the oven... Tomorrow is my mother's birthday and she wouldn't let me bring a cake from the Cakes' at Sugarcube Corner."
Vinyl laughed at that. "Do you mind... Never mind that would be asking way too much..."
"Hmmmm...?"
"Well, would you mind if I tagged along? I really can't stand Honeysuckle..." Oak thought about it for a minute. 'A day with the one and only Vinyl scratch?!'
"Sure, I'll pick you up say about nine-ish?" Vinyl was okay with this. She gave him a quick hug before locking the door behind him as he left the house.
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True to his word Oak showed up at nine in the morning. Vinyl took the cake from him and helped him pack it. She placed her gift on top of the covered cake. "Ready?" He asked. She nodded and followed him out and into the town. They traveled a while before finally ending up in front of an old house. "This used to be my Great Grand Papi's old house..." Well come on every pony is probably waiting on us!" Vinyl agreed and approached the door behind Oak.
An older mare answered the door and let them in. She was definitly related to Oak. Her coat was the same brown as Oak's and instead of a deep black mane hers was a light gray. The rest of his family was all sorts of colors and hues but what was a real stand out was the two brown mares. The older one standing next to Vinyl and the younger one with a 'Happy Birthday!' hat on her head. 'She must be Oak's mother...' Vinyl thought back to her mom. She had always been nice even when she couldn't handle the strees life threw her way. Vinyl never really knew her father, he was just never there. Mom had always told her that he was on 'vacation' when she was little. When she grew older though she found out her mother had been raped.
"Hey Vinyl... Hello.... Equestria to Vinyl..." Vinyl snapped out of her thoughts and smiled.
"Hello every pony..." She was answered with a very loud. "Hi!" from every pony in the room. There was a good thirty voices blaring in her ear! She had been used to loud music all her life but there was just something about so many ponies in a small room that just seemed so much louder than her beautiful music.
The party picked up and every pony chatted. Vinyl sat on the couch and talked with a few of Oak's relatives. It was always the same questions 'How did ya meet? How long you two been dating?' and of course 'Could you play us a song?' She didn't mind the first two but grew rather embbarrased at the last. She couldn't, she didn't have any equipment.
She had however brought a CD as a gift. They wouldn't get to hear it until Mrs. Wood opened it up. The time came to open her gifts and when Viynal's was opened they all gasped. It was a one of a kind gold plated record that Vinyl had gotten sponsored on.
"You wouldn't mind would you?" She asked pointing to the little stereo system. Every pony shook their head and waited for the master to show them what real music sounded like. Vinyl liked being known for her music. She had put a lot of time and effort into it when she learned that it was her special talent. The record dropped onto the player and with a well trained hoof Vinyl pressed play after setting the volume to the max. She didn't think her music sounded as good when played on CD but it was always a treat to any pony within listening distance.
The whole room grew quiet as the track began to play. It may have been an earlier work but she thought it was her best. Every pony listened intently. With every beat and note you could hear Vinyl's very heart and soul. Each kick of the base was her heart punding in her chest. Each change of that beat and the othes was how her soul felt at the moment. There was no way to stop the family fro listening. They were enthralled in the very essence of Vinyl's music.
After the record stopped she was met with a loud applause. She blushed and sat down after putting the disk back into the silver case she had brought it in. The party continued as normal but every now and then a pony would walk by and say a complement about her amazing music
When everything was done and over with Oak led Vinyl home. It was a quiet walk but there wasn't much to talk about. When they arrived at Vinyl's door Oak drew lines in the dirt with the tip of his hoof.
"So I guess I will see you tomorrow? I hope you won't be running from Honey again..." Oak said in a hushed tone. He was just a bit scared on how she would answer. He had practially been embarrased by his whole family when she had played her most valued record then given it to his mother as a gift.
"Where do you work?" Vinyl asked softly.
"The carpentry store next to the hardware store..." Oak' voice was barely a whisper now and his cheeks had grown rosy red. Vinyl was his personal hero. He had got a few dreams about meeting her but after spending the day with her. He felt like he knew more about her than any other pony in Equestria.
"Okay... Well I'll see you when you get off then." Se kissed him lightly on the cheek and walked into her house with a small wave before shutting and locking the door. Oak smiled as he walked off down the dirt path. He had been kissed by her before but something about that one seemed so special.
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Oak walked into Vinyl's house. She had it locked as always but that couldn't stop the key she had given to him. It had been close to six months since his mom's birthday party. Oak and Vinyl had grown close but they still really weren't a couple, which was okay with Oak as long as he got to hang out with her every now and then. He visited each and every party Vinyl went to DJ at.
He walked in and noticed Vinyl sitting on the love seat. Something was on her mind. Oak shrugged it off and walked into the kitchen. On the counter was a sandwhich as always when he came over. Vinyl began making him a sandwhich when he told her he needed a snack after work. After a few days she actually had one ready for him when he walked into the house. He smiled as he reached out.
Vinyl ran up under Oak's foreleg and propped herself under Oak. He looked down at her in this suggestive position. Her tail began to wrap around Oak's thigh. He looked down at her and frowned. A tear ran down her cheek. Oak got off of her and stepped aside. She ran right back under him and made him mount her.
"Will you just mate with me please?" her voice was broken by sobs. She was seriously upset about something. Oak hadn't seen her in a few days. Something must have happened to her.
"Look, I know you want some comfort but you know we mate for life right?" She nodded and tried to wipe the tears from her eyes. "I just can't... Tell me what's wrong I'll try my best to comfort you..." Vinyl sniffled and sighed.
"You remember back when we first met?" Oak thought back to their first meeting. He nodded, Oak remembered all to well. "The night before Honey had raped me... I managed to get away... It was to late for me though..." Vinyl broke out into tears again. Oak used a hoof and wiped a few off of her face.
"Are you pregnant?" Vinyl shook her head rapidly.
"I hadn't seen him since you drove him off the second time... He followed us home you know? That is why I invited you in... I was scared that he might..." She broke out into a wail. Oak cuddled her up against her chest after dismounting her again. "I saw him again two days ago... He... He..." She just couldn't stop the tears any longer. Oak didn't need to here the last word to know what she meant. "He keeps calling me his... His and his only like he owns me... I don't want him... I want a stallion who is kind and charming and is willing to help me out... I need a stallion I can trust and love..." She paused.
Oak leaned down and kissed her gently at first testing her. It was their first true kiss. She lifted a hoof up and pulled him deeper into her embrace.
"I don't love you... I will come around to it eventually... I want you though...." Oak kissed her again. She rolled onto her stomach and Oak climbed on top of her.
"Are you sure?" He was answered with another, more forceful, kiss. He couldn't focus on anything but her lips. She wrapped her hooves around his out streched forelegs and slowly pulled him into her. She clenched at the first sign of penetration. Oak broke the kiss. "Let me take over..." He locked lips again but now he was working her. Vinyl stopped him.
"Hold on..." She was scared. It hurt at first but she knew it wouldn't last to long. She rushed over to the stereo system and popped a very bass heavy track into the machine. Rushing back over to her new lover on the floor she toppled him onto his back.
"Hey now..." They laughed a bit lightening the mood. Vinyl pulled him back onto her back. He began to pump slowly making sure Vinyl didn't wince like earlier. She did but it was hardly noticable. Oak lowered his head close to hers. She took the oportunity to turn slightly and kiss him. She was practically sucking on his lips. Oak soon was right on beat with the music playing in the back. Vinyl seemed to enjoy this. Their hearts beat along with the deep rythems of the bass. Every so often when the beat changed he would miss and it seemed to accent each and every second they shared.
Vinyl and Oak were lost in the heat of the moment. Oak had a perfect pace but Vinyl was the more aggressive one. She was now trying to bite off Oak's lips. Oak stopped the kiss and lowered his muzzle a little further and rubbed up against hers. She pressed back only harder. She felt guilty for forcing him into this. She felt she need to prove herself to him any way she could.
The music was reaching its climax and so were the two coupling on the floor. Oak fixed his position making it easier to pound at the white mare under him. She moaned in pleasure when he found just the right spot. The beat grew heavier and faster. Oak didn't skip a beat now he as lost in the music and in Vinyl.
He seemed to know this beat by heart. It was Vinyl at her best, being herself. She let out a whimper as a gush of hot liquid hit Oak's thighs. Oak let out a grunt at just the same moment letting his own load inside of her. He panted a little and tried to pull out but was stuck. Viynal had him locked in tight. He felt pulses run from the base of his shaft to the very head. Vinyl was getting all of the juices out of him like milking a cow.
She collapsed, sprawling her legs this way and that. Oak picked her up and carried her up the stairs and into the bedroom. Laying her down on the plush bed he fell right in next to her and rooled over onto his back. Vinyl snuggled onto Oak's chest burying her snout into his soft brown fur.
"I'm yours forever now Oak..." She drifted off to sleep in Oak's warm embrace. Oak ran a hoof up and down Vinyl's back before he too fell into the darkness of sleep.
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Honeysuckle backed away from the window in shock. He had watched the whole scene unfurl before his very eyes. He soon grew enraged that she had given herself to another stallion. "SHE'S MINE!" He screamed as he stormed off into the darkness. He had some work to do.
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The next week went by pretty smoothly. The couple had never really left the house other than to pick up the paper that landed on Vinyl's doorstep. Other than that it has been nothing but rutting on the floor or on the love seat and occasionally in bed. Oak opened the pantry and noticed that there was almost no food. He talked to Viynal and she gave him some money and a list of items she needed.
Oak walked out the door and took a deep breath. It was a beautiful day nothing could go wrong in his mind. He walked towards the market with a beaming smile on his face. He never noticed the shadow at a safe distance away. Oak counted his bits one last time before he entered the market. He ran the list once more just to make sure he wouldn't forget anything.
As he walked through the market he noticed that there wasn't that many ponies shopping for goods or supplies. He stood next to a wall and waited in line for a few of the 'necessary' items on the list. Oak chuckled to himself. He looked up and saw the line was a little far away. He wondered how long he had sat there running over his lists and thoughts. He walked up and was struck in the side by something heavy.
He landed with a hard *THUD* on the ground next to a trash can. He opened his eyes and looked around. No pony was there. He tried to stand up but was knocked back on his rump with another stern blow. This time when he opened his eyes Honey stood towering over him.
"You think you can take MY mare!?" Honey yelled in Oak's face.
"She doesn't love you or even want you!" Oak spat back. He was met with a hefty blow to the face.
"SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!" He paused taking a deep breath and sighing. "I'm going to teach you a lesson... You don't take other stallion's mares..." He began to punch Oak repeatedly. Each blow was in a different spot but always painful. Oak couldn't recover fast enough to fight back let alone block a single punch that was flying towards him. He felt multiple ribs crack and break along with a few in his face. The beating seemed to go on and on and on.
Finally Honey stopped to catch his breath. Oak opened his glued shut eyes to see Honey holding a broken beer bottle. "You know it's a wonder how deep cuts can be and how little blod can be spilled from a so called cut." With a hard swipe down came the bottle and hit him squarely in the stomach. Oak gasped as the bottle dug into him.
Honey yanked the bottle out and smashed it above Oak's head knocking him out. Honey smiled at his little deed. He hauled the stallion to his hooves before picking him up and throwing him on his back. He began to haul tail out of the market.
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Vinyl heard the phone ring and idlely walked over to it. She hummed a song while she had cleaned the house. She wanted to have a nice clean floor to have some fun on. She reached out to the phone and stopped humming.
"Hello, Scratch residents', Vinyl speaking." Vinyl listened to the mare on the phone and face dropped as she heard the news. She dropped the phone and ran out the door slamming it behind her. She ran as fast as she could out to the hospital. She had to see Oak.
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Vinyl busted through the doors and demanded to see Oak. Nurse Redheart led her to his room before leaving to check on the other patients. Nurse Redheart had a very very busy schedule when it came to the hospital.
Vinyl walked through the door and began to cry at the sight before her. Oak was patched this way and that. He didn't have anywhere on his body that wasn't bleeding, broken, or bruised. She ran to his side and gave a weak smile. She leaned over him and kissed his lips. Oak's eyes opened weakly.
"Hey babe..." She hugged him making him groan in pain. Vinyl let go and apologized for hugging so hard. She was glad to see he was okay and still alive. He got his ass handed to him.
"What happened?" Vinyl asked desperately. Oak lifted a hoof up in response. Viynal turned to see Honey standing right behind her.
"Well hello ViVi... How about we play a little game?" He asked in a menacing tone. Vinyl shook her head and mashed the 'Nurse' button on the remote next to Oak's bed. Honey grabbed her and forced her to the ground. He pinned her easily just by his sheer mass alone. Nurse Redheart busted through the door and ran towards the would-be rapist. She was met with a heavy slug to the jaw sending her flying back towards the door.
Honey rolled Vinyl over onto her back and mounted her like she was his prize. He had no mercy on her as he pounded away. Vinyl was crying in pain as he forced himself deep into her. She couldn't handle being raped a third time.
It felt like an eternity before Honey's weight lifted off of her. Something was wrong though it had all dissapeared in an instant. Vinyl rooled over and saw Oak staggering towards Honey's body that was ropped up against a wall. He had a bit of blood running from his mouth but other than that he looked ready for a fight. Honey smiled up at Oak.
"Have your little slut... I've had my fun with her..." Oak put the last of his energy into a well aimed blow. Honey's wind pipe crushed under the sudden force. He fell to the ground clutching his throat and gasping for air he would never get.Oak fell down never to him but began to crawl to Vinyl. Vinyl couldn't move. Oak lifted a casted arm up and flung it out.
*THUMP*
Oak pulled with all his might and managed a few inches. He lifted it again and tossed it out towards Viynal.
*THUMP*
Vinyl cried as she watched Oak get closer.
*THUMP*
Blood was left in a trail behind Oak as he closed the gap slowly.
*THUMP*
He was closer now.
*THUMP*
Oak reached up to Vinyl and pulled her mouth close to his. They kissed a deep passionate kiss before Oak went limp with a smile. Vinyl cried out for help. She was weak herself and couldn't move too much. A pair of police ponies barged into the room before Vinyl drifted off into unconsiousness.
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It's been ten years since Oak's death. Vinyl held onto a picture of them together at a carnival he invited her to. Her eyes watered as she remembered all the fun times she shared with Oak. She loved every last second of them She treasured them very much so.
She held the picture close to her chest. She let a tear fall onto her lap as she remember the last memory of him.
Vinyl woke up in a hospital bed. Nurse Redheart was standing next to it and smiled at Viynal when she realize she had awoken.
"Where's Oak?!" Nurse Redheart frowned at the comment.
"Dead I'm afraid..." Vinyl broke down into tears in front of the white nurse. "He probably saved our lives you know...?" Vinyl looked up at the Nurse. Her face was a bit swollen but other than that she seemed okay.
"Really?" Vinyl asked between gasps of air. Nurse Reheart nodded.
"Yes all three of us."
"Three?" Again the nurse nodded. She rested a hoof on Vinyl's stomach.
"You're pregnant..."
"I'M WHAT!?!" Vinyl screamed at the nurse.
"You're pregnant..." The nurse said calmly.
"How long have I been out? How long have I been..." Vinyl said frantically before Redheart rested a hoof on her shoulder.
"You've been out for a few hours... As for the foal... It's his... You're not even a week in..." Vinyl sighed in relief. She rubbed her stomach and smiled. " You will always have something to remind you of him. Trust me..." She smiled at Vinyl giving her tummy one last little pat before walking out of the room.
"Pregnant...? I thought it would be much different..." Vinyl leaned back in the bed and tried to get some sleep. It was very difficult. She was heart broken and only a memory to keep her love alive. She began to cry again. No tears flowed down her face. She never told him the three words he deserved.
"I love you..." She whimpered.
Vinyl hugged the picture tightly now. She sniffled and let the tears free. The door creaked open and a filly bounced in. She was a caramel color with a blue and black mane. Her eyes were a neon red that faded into a deep green from one side to the other. Vinyl smiled she thought those to be the most beautiful eyes in all of Equestria.
"Mom! I'm home!" She yelled tossing her bag by the kitchen counter.
"Over here sweetie..." Vinyl patted the spot next to her letting the little filly sit down. Vinyl set the picture down and pulled her into her arms. "How was your day Primrose?" Vinyl asked wiping the tears away.
"It was great! Ms. Cherliee taught us about chemicals!" Prim's smile faded when she saw the picture. "Can you tell me more abut my dad?" She asked. Vinyl nodded and got up.
"How about over some ice-cream?" Vinyl said with a weak grin.
"Really?!" Prim bounced right out the door with Vinyl close behind. A soft breeze blew by and a small whisper reached her ears. Vinyl smiled and kept on walking.
"I love you..."
Author's Note:
This is my first short fic so don't get mad.
If you liked please let me know and leave some suggestions on what other you would like to see!
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-Dashie