Chapter 2: New Friends

"Could you please tell me what you mean?" asked Berry.

"Well...we'll get to that part in a bit." Vinyl replied.

"Anyway..." Octavia started.

"Oh darling! What ever happened to you!?" said Rarity, using her magic to levitate a towel and dry off Octavia.

"Base cannon happened." Octavia replied.

"Base cannon?" Rarity asked.

"Yes, it's a long story. Thank you for the towel, Ms...?" Octavia didn't know her name.

"Rarity. Pleased to meet you." Rarity said, holding out a hoof which Octavia shook. "I have time to listen to your story later today if you want. I'll be in my boutique" She walked away while Octavia dried herself off with the towel. Maybe she would stop by later.

"Yeah, yeah. Enough about you." said Vinyl.

"It seems there's still tension between you two, am I right?" Berry asked.

"Yeah, but friends always fight, don't they?" Vinyl asked, looking at Octavia.

Octavia was deep in thought but she looked up when she noticed Vinyl was talking to her. "Oh, um... quite."

Vinyl Scratch left her exploded base cannon at the flooded house and took a walk. It would help get some things off her mind. Suddenly, CRASH! A blue pegasus came crashing in from nowhere. "Heh heh, sorry about that! Name's Rainbow Dash!" she said.

"I'm Vinyl Scratch, though, you may have heard of me as DJ PON-3" Vinyl shook some mud off her face and put her glasses on.

Rainbow Dash fell back in amazement. "I-it really is you! I'm a huge fan! You're awesome!"

"Heh heh, thanks. Though Octavia doesn't really seem to think so." Vinyl replied.

"Who's Octavia?" Rainbow asked.

"She's part of the Canterlot Orchestra and plays at big social events like the Grand Galloping Gala" Vinyl said.

"Pfft, orchestra you say? She probably wouldn't know good music if you shoved it right in her face!" Rainbow ridiculed.

"Yeah, you sure got that right!" Vinyl Scratch joined in.

There was a pause and Vinyl looked straight as Rainbow Dash. "You know, I always thought that fans were these rabid little ponies who attacked the musician for their clothes! But you're pretty cool! You wanna hang out later?" she asked.

"Would I!?" Rainbow yelled.

"So how did the whole switch happen?" Berry asked ad in unison, Vinyl and Octavia replied:

"We'll get to it!"