The Artist and the Musician

Moving through Ponyville was a great experience, the new people to meet, the sites to see, and the beautiful day that enclosed the deal. I had met a wondrous stallion and now I would get to see my sister, who I hadn’t seen in some time. The day couldn’t get any better than it already was!

I soon arrived at the doorstep of my sister’s residence. Taking it all in, I knocked on the door and waited with a welcoming smile. The door flung open as a unicorn with a frazzled, messy blue and white mane answered the door quite irritated.

“Who are you? Probably another adoring fan of mine, look, no autographs today kid!” The mare quickly said with a tone of anger in her voice.

“Actually, I’m looking for my sister, her name is Octavia. You wouldn’t know where she is, would you?” I asked.

“Oh! ‘Tavi told me her sis would be staying with us. Yo, ‘Tavi, your sis is here!” The mare shouted down the hallway.

And as soon as it was said, my sister ran to door, knocking over the unicorn. Panting after her short, yet hard sprint to the door, she finally caught her breath.

“Hello… Elegy… how are… you?” she said in-between breaths.

“Oh Octavia! It’s been so long since you left Canterlot. I was hoping to catch up with you when I got here.” Then the elephant in the room hit me, knocked over on the couch. “So, who’s your friend?”

Feeling better, Octavia responded “That’s Vinyl on the couch there. We live here together, but don’t worry, we still have space for another guest.”

Vinyl, now awake from her dazed state smoothly said “ ‘Sup kid?” and crashed once again into the couch.

“Don’t mind her, she had a concert last night and is still sobering up from a hangover.” Octavia quickly explained.

“Hmm, living together eh? Never took you for that type of mare sis.” I slyly said before breaking out into a laughing fit.

Octavia blushing at the comment wanted to interject, but found she couldn’t stop herself from joining in the giggle fest.

“Would you two shut it just for a minute. I need some sleep, and your talking is taking me away from that.” Vinyl exclaimed.

“Fine then. Elegy, how about you and me go for a night on the town? Dinner, a tour, we can catch up as we go about our night.” Octavia said.

Vinyl sprung up at the offer “Whoa! Sleep can wait, let’s take to the town ladies!”

“Perfect, how about I just unpack quickly and we can leave right away?” I said to the both of them.

They both agreed to that, and then I was shown my room. Nice and spacious for all my things I brought along. I unpacked quickly and ran to the door, eagerly waiting to leave.

“Okay, Elegy, Vinyl. First stop, The Mare and Griffon, the finest establishment in Ponyville.” Octavia said through her joyous smile, happy to spend the night with me.

And with that, we were off to venture through the town.

We arrived at the restaurant just around eight. We got a table large enough for the three of us and placed our orders. With the time I had until dinner came around, I decided to pick up the conversation.

“So, Octavia, how’s life been since you left Canterlot?” I asked.

“Quite nice actually. Peaceful, friendly, and quiet, say for the odd threat to Equestria.” Octavia said. “ I forgot to ask earlier, but how was the train to get here?”

“You know just a regular train ride on the regular tracks, but now that you mention it, I met somepony at the station. Quite a nice stallion he was, we’re meeting for coffee tomorrow.” I explained.

“Look like somepony is wubbing hard here.” Vinyl jokingly added in.

“Oh Vinyl. Don’t be so hard on her, and anyways, the way you are around Neon leaves nothing to the imagination.” Octavia shot the remark to the DJ as she wore a sly smile.

Vinyl, blushing from being found out, wanted to object, but to no avail. After a moment of awkward silence, she finally asked “So, what’s he like, I mean the stallion you met at the station?”

“His name is Shade. He’s an artist from Canterlot who just moved to Ponyville. He is such a gentlecolt, a conversationalist, and a handsome colt to tie it all together.  We really hit it off when we met, and I get to see him again tomorrow!” I cheerfully said.

“Well, I think it’s great that you found yourself a pony that’s just right for you. Now if I could only find one for me!” Octavia said before we began to burst out laughing.

“You said it sister!” hollered Vinyl as she nearly flung herself away from the booth as we continued to giggle like little fillies.

As we calmed down and relaxed ourselves, dinner came and so did the wine. Octavia poured each of us a glass and made a toast.

“To new beginnings and friendship!” she said. We clinked our glasses together and ate our amazingly prepared meals.

After a night on the town, we returned home to end the night. And what a night it was! Dinner, shopping, and a couple of drinks at a local jazz club really made my night. I was ready to relinquish myself to my bed, and so were Octy and Vinyl. I gave them my thanks for the night and awkwardly moved towards my room. I graced myself in the beauty that was my bed and turned in for the night. I was the happiest mare in all of Equestria right now and nothing could bring me down, especially because of my date tomorrow. I quickly nodded off to sleep to prepare for my day tomorrow.