Trotting through the campus of "Las Pegasus Musical Academy" his saddle bag bouncing on his sides,” Wow!! This place looks amazing! Cant wait to play some major tracks!” He chuckled happily as he began to trot with a bit of a skip in his step.
This excited pony’s name is DJ, he’s an amateur DJ. He places small gigs at multiple places such as, Club Pony, Pony Rock, and he even did a recording session with Neon Lights! Neon is a well-known pony through the music industry. After the single he did with DJ, Neon Lights was impressed and gave DJ a 100,000 bits scholarship. Of course DJ was completely ecstatic.
He pulled out a slip of paper with his magic and brought it to his face. He lifted his glasses up and peered at the room number written on the piece of paper,” Let’s see…my room number is…241…Rock on!” He put the paper back in his bag and trotted off towards what he thought was the stallion’s dorm rooms, but instead was the cafeteria.
He busted into the door,” AWWW YEAH!!!” He got a few strange glances from several ponies and furious lunch ladies. When he slammed the doors open that had caused them to spill the 2 week old pea soup they were going to serve for Monday’s Special. He looked around at the large room,” Hey wait a minute this isn’t the dorm room. It looks more like a cafeteria.”
“What gave you that idea?” A female voice said angrily.
“Well… the tables, um...the food! The trays, the angry lunch ladies who hate their jobs-“
“ I WAS BEING RHETORICAL!!” The female was now in his view, along with the barbeque sauce that was in her mane and the pea soup all over her face,” By the way! You owe me 20 bits!”
“For what????” He said astonished at the pony’s sudden ask for a ridiculous amount of money.
“You spilled my lunch!!! Why would they let a clumsy pony like you in this school?!”
“Cause I’m AWESOME!!!” He said striking an obnoxious pose.
“You!!!” She flared her nostrils furiously,” COME WITH ME.”
“Ohhh? You wanna piece of the great DJ huh? Sorry toots, but dinner and movie first.”
She bit his tail and started dragging him out of the cafeteria.
“HEY?! Where we going?” He asked confused,” There’s fooooddddd.” He could stop her but he found her dragging him to be hilarious.
“To the dean’s office!!! To get you expelled!”
“EXPELLED?!” He yanked his tail from the upset pony’s mouth, “I can’t get expelled!!! My bro just got me this scholarship!”
“Your bro?” She asked.
“Yeah, my homedog, homie, friend, pal. I promised him that when I graduated, that I would be the best DJ pony in the world!!! Well I mean better then I already am cause obviously I am.”
“No you are not, Neon Lights is.” She stated sternly.
DJ lifted his purple tinted glasses. He finally got a good look at the fair mare. She wasn’t anything to sneeze at, she was HOT. Her black mane was flowing from the top of her head, and went over her shoulder, her tail just as long but it looked like it was raising itself up. Her violet eyes were staring at him angrily but they still twinkled just a smidge. He then noticed her clef note cutie mark,” YOU know something about Neon Lights?”
“Of course. He’s an important client of my father’s.”
“What’s your name girlie?”
“Octavia the third!” She said proudly.
“Hmmm…how about Octi for short?”
“HEY! Only my friends can nick name me.”
“We’re friends aren’t we?” He said smiling goofily
“Friends?! We are not even acquaintances. I don’t know even know your name!!”
“Well my name’s DJ! Now you know the greatest DJ. No no, I don’t do autographs. Okay maybe just one.” He said smiling smugly.
She faced hooved,” You are hopelessly lost. Aren’t you?” She had been thinking about it in the back of her head. A random pony busting into the room and thinking that this was his dorm room was very odd. She didn’t know who this pony was but there was the possibility that he was important. So she wasn’t going to miss out on the opportunity to help him out.
He looked down at the ground in despair, “Yes….i lost my way right when I got here…”
She sighed heavily,” Come on. I’ll help you find your dorm room.”
He looked up at her confused,” Wait a minute. Just a few minutes ago you were going to drag me to the dean’s office. Now you’re going to help me?”
“I have to admit that dragging you by the tail was a bit rude and out of character for me. I do apologize.” She sounded sincere but there was a bit of malice in her words but DJ didn’t notice.
“It’s fine,” He said laughing a bit,” I’m sorry for spilling your pea soup and….BBQ sauce? What would you do with those-“
“Let’s get moving shall we? The male dorms are on the other side of campus.”
He groaned loudly,” THE OTHER SIDE!!!!?” He had already walked to one side of the campus, now he had to walk to the other side. Which meant he was going to walk twice the amount he already had.
“Yes, this is the female side of the campus.”
“Oh….” He blushed hard which was easily noticeable on his white coat,” Well let’s get out of here before I really do get expelled!” He said starting to trot off.
“It’s the other way.”
“Pfft. I knew that.” He turned around and started walking in the right direction.
Octavia trotted up next to him,” So DJ was it? How did you end up on this side of the campus?”
“I just told you. I got lost. I’m really bad with directions.” He said pulling a piece of paper out of his bag with his magic and showed Octavia where he was staying,” See it says I need to be in the dorm house: Rocket and my room number is 241”
“241? Oh so you’ll be staying with Lightning Bolt.”
“Lightning Bolt huh? Sounds like this guy knows how to PARTY!!!”
“Well he is a strange pony, he keeps going on about how he’s a time lord and an alien. None of it makes any sense to me. Aliens? Time Lords? It’s all a bunch of-“
“AWWWWWWW YEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I have an alien as a roommate!!!” DJ said trotting in place.
“You do realize he is probably lying? OR he’s a quack.”
“A duck?”
“Never-mind.” Octavia led DJ across the border line of the campus. She was now in stallion territory.
“Wow!!!” he said looking around at the large campus.
She waved a hoof in front of her snout,” ughh…this campus smells AWFUL!! It reeks of sweat and musk.”
He sniffed at the air,” NOPE!!! That’s the smell of sweaty jerseys!!!”
She gave him a quizzical look, “Jerseys? Never mind…” She began to walk towards large houses that looked like apartment complexes. “Okay…let’s see…Jersey dorm…Stallion dorm...Ah! Here we are the rocket dorms.”
“Hmm…it doesn’t look like a space ship to me!” DJ said upset.
“Well each dorm states how you got into the college. For instance. Those who got in to do acting, got in along with the help of their good looks. So they would be in the Stallion Dorm. Or those who got here on a sports scholarship, they would be in the jersey dorm. As for the rocket dorms, I believe it’s for outstanding students with amazing talents.”
“Well only seems right that I was placed in the Rocket dorms then.” He said smugly.
“The only thing outstanding about you is your stench. You should take a shower when you get to your dorm.” She led him in to the rocket dorm, they went up to the second floor.
“Okay.” Octavia said as she began to pass the rooms. There was music coming from every room, they varied from, Hip Hop, Rock, Jazz, Opera you name it! There wasn’t one music genre that neither Octavia nor DJ couldn’t name. “239…240…241! Ah here it is.”
“Hey! Awesome thanks octi!” He said giving her a hug.
She pushed him away,” For the last time it is OCTAVIA. I hope you have a good stay.” With a flick of her tail she trotted away.
“That girl is something.”
He busted into his room,” AWWWW YEAH!!! MY NAME’S DJ AND IM YO-“He looked inside of the room and spotted what seemed to be his roommate.
Except his roommate was talking to a police box that seemed to be disappearing.
“Thank you doctor! That tea was spot on!” The white pony said. He smiled and turned around to see an astonished pony looking straight at him,” Oh…um hello there. My name’s Lighting Bolt! It’s a pleasure-“
“You’re….you’re..an alien….”
“Yes well… you weren’t supposed to see that. Well there’s no point in hiding it anymore. I am an alien, a timelord in fact on his second regeneration I might add. Got shot in the chest with an arrow it hurt something fierce. Anywho enough about me what’s your name?”
“YOU’RE AN ALIEN!!”
“ Yes we’ve gone-“
“AWESOMEEEEE!!!!!” DJ shouted as he hopped around the room,” THAT IS AMAZING!!”
“ Well I suppose it is.” Lightning Bolt said rubbing the back of his head brushing his brown mane slightly.
“My name’s DJ!” He said coming to a stop in front of the pony. The inquisitive pony looked at the time lord pony’s flank,” Blank? But...you’re a full grown pony.”
“Well I don’t have my cutie mark, due to my recent regeneration, which the physics of is way to complicated to go into, so I gathered that if I went to college I could find it out there…err here!” He said feeling that his plan was full proof.
DJ went over to his room inside of the room, it was really big! It surprised him that it was bigger on the inside,” Wow. I didn’t think that these rooms were that big.”
“Well they are. I was surprised as well. I thought I was in the doctor’s tardis again.”
DJ shrugged and yawned loudly,” Well… im beat. I’m gonna hit the hay.” With that last remark the tired unicorn laid sprawled out on his bed passing out in an instant leaving his new roommate a bit confused.
Chapter 2: First Day In Class And A Coffee?
It was a bright morning, the birds were chirping, there was classical music playing in the back followed by the sound of a certain pony snoring on his roomate's bed. There was the smell of peanut butter in the air, the smell slowly drifted its ways over to the sleeping pony which caused him to snort and snap awake," I DIDNT DO IT!" He looked at his surroundings a bit confused," Where am I again..." He began to think to himself. Was he at the bar? No there werent any hot mares. Was he at a club? Nah his ears werent thumping from his own mad beats.
"Oh! Now i remember! Im at my dorm room!" He said putting his hoof ontop of the other.
He got down on the floor and sniffed at the air," oh wow...what is that smellllll..." He was practically drooling.
He trotted off towards the smell not paying any attention to his surroundings. He finally made his way to the kitchen where he found a white stallion placing a plate on the counter with a peanut butter and hay sandwich on it.
"Oh! Good morning DJ." Lightning said with a bright smile," i suppose you slept well?"
"Huh? Oh yeah..yeah.." He couldnt take his eyes off that sandwich, he was starving.
The young stallion noticed DJ's drooling," um...would you like this sandwich?"
DJ gasped and looked at him with wide eyes and a tear welling up,"t-thank you!" He ran up to lightning and gave him a quick hug and picked up the sandwich with his magic eating it slowly," soooooo...gooodddd.."
"Heh. Its no problem. Its just a sandwich. Nothing special."
"WRONG!!! When you are given food from someone else it ALWAYS tastes better." DJ said with his mouth full and still chewing it to peices.
"Hmm...thats an intriguing notion..in its own way. Any who, have you signed up for any classes yet?" Lightning said reaching into the pantry pulling out another jar of peanut butter.
"Mnghh..Yeah!" He swallowed the rest of his sandwich and reach up on his head to make sure his glasses hadn't fallen off,"Im taking Music History, DJ 101 and 102. Plus i am taking a classical music class on the side."
The stallion looked at him with a knife in his mouth covered in peanut butter and a bit of hay. He put the knife in the sink," You are taking classical music? Why?"
"Well. As awesome as my rad beats are i have to learn how to play an instrument incase push comes to shove." DJ said pulling his glasses over his eyes.
"Hm. So its a fall back plan?" He asked taking a bite out of his own sandwich.
"Exactly!" The excited unicorn pointed his hoof at him.
"Well if thats the case." He swallowed," Your classical music class starts in ten minutes in building two. Lucky for you its right across from here."
"WHAT?!" He ran to the front door," IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU! SEE YOU AFTER SCHOOL!! CLASS!!!" He slammed it with his magic and practically stampeded his way out of the dorms and spotted building two. He booked it.
As he ran, he pulled out a piece of paper from his pouch," okay...its in room...239." He stuffed it back in his trusty pouch. He wondered when he put it on, then it dawned on him. He never took it off.
He bursted through the doors knocking a plant off of its stand, luckily it was fake. He ran through the halls and had found his way to room 239." Nice! One minute to spare."
He opened the door slowly peaking in, he saw the front of the classroom which had the board and the teacher's desk...and the teacher.
"Can i help you?" A male british voice said.
DJ stepped in the room," is this classical music class?"
"Yes. Now please go and take a seat we'll be starting shortly." The professor had motioned to the seats before him. The seats went up in the room elevating so everyone had a view of the classroom.
He walked up the steps and looked down the aisles. Most of the students seemed...snooty and pompous, but DJ lived by a philosophy dont judge a book by its cover.
He scanned a bit more and spotted a familiar face. It was octavia. She had her snout pressed into a book, and lucky for him there was an open seat.
He trotted over to her and sat on the seat," hey octi!"
She picked her head to see who was talking to her," Hello- oh celestia its you..." She face-hooved," What are you doing here?"
"This my classroom!" He said throwing his hooves up.
"Correction! This is my classroom." The teacher said smirking at DJ," Now that you have your hooves up why dont you come to the front of the class room."
"Oh sure thing teach~." He said happily and whispered over to octavia," heh. Im already the teacher's favorite." The white stallion trotted down the steps and stood before his professor.
The professor had a light brown coat and a brown mane, with light blue eyes," what is your name?"
"My name's DJ!" He said smiling rather proudly," whats your name!?" He pointed to his professor.
"My name? My name is john smith." He smiled at his student.
"Okay...whats.....your name!!!"
He pointed to a random blue pony in the audience," me-me? My name is Moonlight."
"Well Moonlight you are one fine looking pony~." He said smiling winking at the mare.
She blushed a bit, her cutie mark was a rose with vines wrapped around it.
DJ began to point to everyone in the audience getting their names, cutie marks, anything they felt like sharing.
"Well that was very informative Mr.DJ. Sense you seem to be in such a talkative mood why don't you tell us what you think music is." By this time the professor was sitting on his chair his back hooves resting on top of his desk. His class had about 20 minutes left. He was wasn't going to go over anything big just regular syllabus stuff.
"I thought you would never ask!!!" He cleared his throat when he heard a heavy sigh. It was coming from a very annoyed pony in the back, it was octavia.
"Please! What do you know about music." She said scoffing a bit.
"Plenty!"
"Ms. Octavia would you come down here and let us here what you think then?" The teacher said speaking up.
"I would be happy to." She trotted down with a bit of a skip in her step.
She cleared her throats looking up at all of her fellow students," My fellow colleagues what is music? Music is the collaboration of multiple notes and tones. There is rhythm required to keep the song from derailing. That is what music is." She turned and smirked at DJ.
"Well octi-"
"OCTAVIA."
"Well octavia. You're right."
She smiled," of course i-"
"Partially."
"Partially? What do you mean?!"
"Music isn't only notes, it isn't just something you play on a track or on an instrument. Music is something you feel! You put your emotions into music! You can pull words out of your butt and throw a song together and make it sound great! But it wont mean anything if you don't put FEELING into it!" DJ was staring at Octavia threw his purple tinted, not glaring at her but had a very stern look. He didn’t like it when someone simple stated music as notes. No if it was gonna be defined It was gonna be defined right.
Octavia was shocked as was the rest of the class. She didn't expect this kinda thesis from a pony like DJ. This ignorant, self asbored, pony had an actual idea. His thoughts didn’t consist of just mixes and CD’s, he actually had an idea.
The professor smiled a bit as he looked at the blank stare on Octavia’s face,” Well now Ms. Octavia, do you have anymore questions?”
The grey pony shook her head and regain her composure,” Ahem…n-no. Im fine. I’ll go back t-“ The bell rang, it seemed that the class was over.
“Well okay class that will be all. I’ll see you all NEXT WEEK!!!” The pony professor smiled widely as his class began to leave the room. Some ponies left the room through the skyroof, the Pegasus mainly, some ponies just teleported out, those were the unicorns, and some ponies got out the old fashion way, they walked out the door.
DJ smiled triumphantly,” AW YEAH!!! First day and everyone loves me!!!!”
John Smith tapped the over confident pony on the shoulder with his fore hoof,” Well… not…everyone. If I were you I would watch my self son. Good luck.” He smiled and trotted off.
Now all who was left in the room was, Octavia and DJ. DJ’s mood was happy and Octavia’s was…well… a mix of emotions. Angry, sad, confused, and had murderous intent.
“HOW DARE YOU!” Octavia said shouting at DJ,” You made me look like a fool!”
DJ trotted up the steps to go and get his things. He put the syllabus in side his saddle bag and threw it over his shoulder,” Listen. I did nothing to make a fool outta you. Infact the whole class made themselves look rather silly. With their gaping mouths and such.” He chuckled remembering seeing all the ponies, if he remember correctly some of them were drooling.
“My reputation is ruined…” She fell to the ground and sat on her bum, her ears drooping down.
“Don’t worry. Im positive you can pick it right back up! But you need to fix that rotten attitude of yours. I mean really, the whole world doesn’t just bend to your word. If you tried being for once? Maybe offer to buy someone a coffee, or take someone out to eat.” He said trotting towards the door.
She sat there, she began to think,’ could he be right? Am I really spoiled.’
He opened the door and started to walk out but…
“DJ…would you fancy a coffee?
