A/N: well, I finally got around to starting this story, I apologize for the wait, school is a pain in the rear end, but now, I have some free time, here you go, hope you enjoy.

Sound of the Beat: prologue

(Manehatten, Manehatten times newspaper office)

A young unicorn sat at his desk in his office, looking through a folder of papers, he worked for the manehatten times, a very popular newspaper, which was distributed all across the kingdom, he worked as a reporter, he was known to be one of the best, but he was now facing his biggest assignment.

He sat looking through the folder, of his next interview, he had been asked to interview the famous DJ-pon3, he had done many interviews before, but this was different, he usually knew a thing or two about the pony, but he knew nothing about her, he didn't even know what she looked like, he had never heard of her, all he knew was that she was a very popular DJ in Canterlot, and other cities.

As he looked through her other interviews, he had a feeling she would be a tough job, but he had been at this for years, he felt he could do this.

Just as he continued looking, he heard a knock at the door, he looked up and then cleared his throat, "yes, come in" he said as the door opened, and in walked one of his close friends, "hey Starfall, I got the files you wanted" he said, he smiled and his friend placed them on the table, his friend walked behind him, "I still can't believe you have never heard of DJ-pon3, she very popular" he said with a smile, Starfall continued looking through the papers, but he stopped and turned to him, with a chuckle.

"well, music was never really my thing, not since I was younger, if I spent my time listening to music and fooling around, I'd still be in the mailroom" he said with a laugh, and his friend joined in, "yeah well, you work too hard, you've got to relax more, live a little, your one of the best reporters we have, a lot of ponies still think, your too young to have this position, but yet, the boss thinks your great, I'll bet that when he retires, he'll give the editor-in-chief job to you" he said, and they both laughed, but then they stopped and Starfall turned to him.

"Maybe you can help me, what do you know about her?" he asked referencing to his next interview, his friend looked at him and then to the pile of papers on his desk, he shrugged his shoulders, "well, I've been to her club in Canterlot, she a great musician, she really has a passion for it, but I heard she doesn't enjoy interviews that well" he said with a smirk, he just thought for a minute, "okay, aside from that, what else do you know, does she ever use a real name, or does anypony even know it?" he asked, his friend thought for a minute, "I'm not sure, she rarely uses it, but I think it starts with a V" he said thinking, bringing his hoof up to his chin, and thought for a moment, until he smiled.

"ah yes, I think her name is Vinyl or something like that, that's all I know really" he said as he made his way to the door, Starfall's eyes opened wide at the mention of the name, and he froze, his friend noticed this, "hey you okay, you really need to go home, and get some sleep, you've been here late enough as it is" he said, Starfall shook his head, and turned to him, "no I'm fine, it's just that…I used to know a mare by that name, but it can't be, it's probably a coincidence" he said as he grabbed the other file and opened it, it contained pictures of her, so he could get an idea of what she looked like, as he looked through the pictures, he couldn't help but fell like he knew her, she had a white coat and a striped blue mane, her eyes were covered by a pair of glasses, but he couldn't help but find her familiar, he kept looking the pictures, he looked up at his friend.

"Are you sure these pictures are right?" he asked skimming through them, his friend had a confused look on his face, "um yeah, that's her, why do you ask?" he said, Starfall just stared at the photos, he could have sworn he had seen her, he felt like he knew her, but he was sure it couldn't be, he shook off his confusion and looked up at his friend.

"I'm not sure, but it feels like I know her, she looks really familiar, almost like I know her, I used to know a mare, who looked very similar to her, almost identical, just younger, but I haven't seen her in years" he said, looking down at the pictures again, his friend gave him a confused look, "okay then, you should really go home, the boss wants you to take the morning train to Canterlot, she performs at her club almost every night, you might be able to catch her" he said as he walked out of the room.

Starfall sighed and sat up; he levitated all the papers into his bag, and made his way out of the room.

He later stepped on to the street; it was well into the night, most of the ponies had gone home, the street was nearly empty, aside from those who enjoy the night life, luckily for him he didn't live far, only a couple of blocks.

He reached his house not long later, despite having a well-paying job, he was raised to live a modest life, his house was big enough for him, he never wanted to have all the things that rich celebrities had, he was fine with what he had, living a bachelors life, luckily for him he had the place to himself, no wife, no marefriend, just himself, he had tried dating a few times, but never found the right mare, but he wasn't in any rush, he was still young, and had his whole life ahead of him, he had plenty of time to find the right girl, and settle down.

He opened his door and slicked on a few lights, making his way to his study, he switched on the desk light, went to the rack filled with bottles of wine, and poured himself a glass, he placed it on the desk, and walked up to his shelf of books, he slid them all to the side, and used his magic to pull out an older book, covered in dust.

He blew on it, making the dust fly everywhere, and made his way to his desk, he opened the book, revealing it to be, an old photo album, as well as open the folder with the pictures, and placed them on the desk.

He turned to the album, and began flipping through the pages, it was an album given to him by his parents, and he began flipping through them, until he came to the desired page, filled with pictures of him with his old marefriend, he smiled as he flipped through the pages, their first date, first dance, first kiss, he felt a single tear fall down his cheeks, he looked from the album pictures to the photos of the pony he was to interview, they did look extremely familiar.

The mare in the album photos, had a white coat, and a striped blue mane, her eyes were bright red, it was a picture of them on a date, he remembered that all times they had together, were the best of his life, they were perfect for each other, but fate separated them, she was forced to leave, but they had promised that they would be together again one day, but that day, still had yet to come.

He looked back between the pictures, he examined them both, they were definitely similar, he felt his heart beat against his chest, this could be the day he was waiting for, but he had to make sure, before he made a huge mistake, he yawned and remembered that it was late, he closed the book and turned off the light, and slowly made his way to his bedroom, despite having a drink, he crawled into bed, and closed his eyes, and drifted off into a sleep.

Tomorrow was going to be an interesting day.

A/N: well, there you have it, tell me what you think, and I hope you enjoyed, there will be more soon, see you all then, peace.