Octavia's life is music.

She spent much of her life honing the raw talent she was born with, and carved herself a place in the Canterlot Classical Orchestra through years of lonely practice, eschewing most simple pleasures to strive for something refined, something pure -- the music she plays.

Everything was under control -- until the wrong someone jostled her on the street.

(Spoilers and warnings under the 'more'.)

(Much thanks to MrJoshy for editing and Avishadow for pre-reading and plotting assistance. Any remaining mistakes or missteps are all by me. :P Gorgeous cover image by imalou, will be removed upon request. Something of an homage to Let The Music Flow, although radically different in overall tone.)

(WARNINGS AND SPOILERS: Mind control as a central plot device. Some graphic sexual stuff. Hints of highly dysfunctional romance.)