Hey, this is an older story I wrote for someone. I hope you enjoy it. I don't own anything except the OCs, Riptie, Remix, and Glowstick.
- Equestria's Unexpected Heroes Chapter: 1
Riptie, a blue pony with fiery red colored mane and tail looked out from the DJ stand as his employees scrambled around to prepare the rave. He couldn't help but laugh at how pathetic as they were. They fumbled, dropped and broke some of the lighting, hoping the Riptie had not seen them. "Riptie sir." Riptie turned his head to see his three DJs walk thru the door.
One of them was Epic Remix he was a black pony that was covered in neon red stripes. He was Riptie's favorite and his second best DJ. Riptie enjoyed his boldness, bravery and his favorite trait, the need to be the best. Beside him stood an almost identical looking stallion named Glowstick.
Glowstick was all black and the only difference between him and Remix was his neon green stripes and he was a Pegasus while Remix was a unicorn. He was still training but was getting better every time he and Riptie had crossed paths.
And the last but certainly not least was Vinyl Scratch, A snow white pony with a short blue mane and red shaded glasses. She was Riptie's best DJ and Riptie constantly sent her to represent his music studio.
"What's the matter Remix?" Riptie asked turning to him. Riptie didn't like the looks of concern on their faces.
"Well, we all talked about it and we think we should-" Remix paused for a moment and Glowstick nudged him so that he would finish. "Cancel." Remix stated quickly. Riptie frowned.
"And why is that?" Riptie asked as he began pacing the room. Remix backed a few steps behind Glowstick and he frowned back at him.
"Well you see," Glowstick said, "Vinyl had the radio playing as we set up and the news came on and reported that one of Celestia's armored carriages have been broken into, and they say that the criminal is very dangerous."
Riptie stopped and turned his back to them and began observing the setup again. "And why is that our problem, Glowstick?" Riptie asked. Glowstick swallowed hard. Riptie struck a hard fear into all of the ponies that he had crossed. Glowstick shared a glance with Vinyl before he answered.
"Well, they are clearing the streets and other ponies are supposed to stay inside." Riptie slammed his hoof on the ground in anger. 'Of course they are.' He thought. Then he smiled and let a small laugh escape his throat. The three DJs looked at each other in confusion. The look on Riptie's face seemed to claim that he had finally lost his blooming mind.
"If ponies were coming to an illegal rave, do you think that a small incident such as this would keep them from the party?" Riptie asked and before the ponies could answer he continued, "No, they wouldn't. Prepare the speakers and the turntables, we are going thru with this." Glowstick opened his mouth to try to talk some sense into his boss but Riptie cut him off. "And whoever disagrees with me is fired."
Remix left the room and Vinyl pulled Glowstick out of the room. "Come on Glowstick." She whispered.
When eleven o'clock came around Remix stood in front of the turntable, looking over the empty floor. He was first up and was practicing a couple new moves before the typical fashionably late crowd showed up. They always had to schedule the rave fifteen minutes before the time they actually wanted to start.
Underneath the floor where the DJ stood was a small room that Glowstick and Vinyl waited for their turn and also watched the surveillance camera for their ravers and also the police. Glowstick stared blankly at the screen wondering who this criminal was and what was in the carriage and what kind of pony could break into a royal armored carriage.
"What do you think was in it?" Vinyl asked as if she read his mind.
"I don't know..." Glowstick said. "Maybe bits…. A lot of bits." Vinyl looked over towards him.
"Glowstick!" Glowstick shook off his dazed thinking and looked around the room quickly. "Are you even paying attention? Look there is a crowd coming!" Glowstick looked at his screen.
"Oops." He pressed a button on the desk. "Riptie, crowd approaching." He said lifting his hoof off the button. He looked over to Vinyl, "It's only a matter of time before Riptie brags about-"
"See what did I tell all of you?" Riptie's voice came thru the microphone in a muffled voice. The next line Glowstick was ready for and made a stupid face and moved his lips as Riptie spoke again, "And that's why I'm the boss." Glowstick rolled his eyes and Vinyl snickered.
The crowed wasn't that big but bug enough to make the room look full. Remix did his job almost flawlessly as Glowstick heard a few mistakes. Remix walked into the room. "Your turn princess." He told Vinyl as he took a bite of Glowstick's apple he had sitting on the desk.
"Hey!" Glowstick cried. Vinyl smiled back at them as she walked to the door.
"See you guys later." She said walking out the door. Glowstick listened as the crowd went wild as Vinyl entered the DJ room. First she did her signature intro which she performed flawlessly and then a small pause with no music. A small smile spread across Glowstick's face as a loud bass thump boomed thru his body. The bass was so strong it seemed to influence his heart to beat with the booms. He closed his eyes and began bobbing his head to the beat.
"Glowstick what is that?" He heard Remix ask, who was actually doing his job. Glowstick looked over at the screen. He squinted first just to make sure he was seeing this right. There was something moving around outside… it sort of looked like tentacles. Then it vanished. "Dude, I am like freaked." Remix stated his eyes wide with fear.
Glowstick was speechless and only five words came to mind. "Let's go check it out." He said. He didn't even mean to say it out loud but he did want to go see what was out there.
"Uh, I'm all in for that but you're up next, bro."
"What's the matter? Scared?" Glowstick laughed. "It's probably just a little moth of something that flew into the lenses of the camera."
"I don't know." Remix said. "Let's check it out after we leave here tonight." Glowstick smiled and a small spark of excitement lit in his eyes.
"Definitely." Glowstick said, taking his seat again. A sudden thought struck his mind and fear and concern filled his mind. What if that is the thief? Or worse, what if it was what was inside the carriage.
Since Glowstick was still in the learning process Riptie only allowed him to play one song. It kind of stunk since he was now a more experienced player than most of the DJs he knew, but at least one was better than none. With his one song Glowstick put his soul and heart into and this time Glowstick even heard some of the crowd chanting his name when he had entered the stage.
When his song was over and the crowd cleared out Riptie had given small signs of compliments before he left them. He never really hung out for the after show get together that the DJs did. "I'm going to get my stuff guys." Remix said leaving the room. Glowstick and Vinyl both caught each other in a stare. And Vinyl seemed to blush. Does she like me? Glowstick thought.
Glowstick had never really noticed her show any interest in him and Glowstick looked up to her as more of a close friend. But Glowstick couldn't deny every so often flirting with her as she blazed the disks on the turntable. "So Glowstick." She said looking to the ground. "It could be dangerous out there." She glanced up at the ceiling.
"Yeah." Glowstick said thinking about the camera.
"You want to walk me home?" She asked. "I mean you don't have to if you don't want to." She shrugged picking up her turntable case. Vinyl did need someone to walk her home. Glowstick thought. If something happened to her the night she asked him to walk her home he would never let himself live it down. He opened his mouth to answer but Remix put his hoof around his shoulder.
"Sorry Vinyl me and Glowstick have some investigating to do." Glowstick frowned at him but he simply ignored it. That was the third time tonight that someone cut him off.
"Whatever." Vinyl said heading for the door. "See you guys later." She said and Glowstick and Remix both called, bye after her.
"You suck." Glowstick said pulling himself out from under Remix's hoof.
"What?"
"Never mind." Glowstick said. "Let's just go." He said. Remix looked confused but followed Glowstick out the door. The two walked around the building.
"There is the camera." Remix said pointing up to the blinking red camera. "So that means it was right around here." Remix walked over to an ally that was close to the building. Glowstick watched him and was about to follow him when he saw something shine behind the building. Glowstick looked over to Remix who was still checking out the ally. Glowstick began to approach the shine vanished behind the building.
"Remix over here!" Glowstick called, galloping to the back of the building. Remix was soon on his heels he didn't question Glowstick as the turned behind the building. Glowstick stopped and looked around careful to make sure that he didn't overlook anything strange.
"What is that!?" Remix gasped. Glowstick turned his head to see something coming towards them at full speed. He couldn't really tell what it was but it was certainly not pony. "Duck!" Remix called. Glowstick didn't think it was a duck either but then Glowstick realized Remix meant get down. He ducked just in time before something hit him. Glowstick quickly got to his feet and tackled the creature. He heard a loud yelp and Glowstick looked hard into the darkness to try and see what it was.
Before Glowstick got a good look he felt his body being wrapped in something and he realized that this was the thing they saw on the camera. Glowstick was lifted off the ground and thrown into the building next to Remix.
Glowstick fell to the ground. "Are you okay?" Remix asked.
"I'm fine!" Glowstick said standing up. "Where did it go?" He asked as his eyes darted around the ally.
"Over there!" Remix said pointing. Glowstick had barely caught a glimpse of it before it had disappeared over a building. Glowstick stood staring up at the building, seething with anger. "We need to have a little chat with Celestia." Glowstick said.
"Why? She wouldn't have anything to do with this."
"I have a feeling that this was no ordinary carriage packing bits." Remix looked from Glowstick back up to the building. Glowstick had just hoped that Vinyl had gotten home safely.
Next chapter will be uploaded soon, hope you enjoyed it! Have a great day.
