Vinyl Scratch and The Guitar
(A/N: In celebration for the "Equestria Girls" movie, I'm releasing this chapter.)
Chapter 3: So it begins...
Vinyl tip-toed down the stairs in the fluffiest socks she had to drown out noise. She was levitating her guitar down the stairs ever so carefully. Vinyl was hooked on her new instrument. She just couldn't stop thinking about her 'guitar'. She was so hooked, she was up right now just to play it. One problem, though. It's 3:39 in the morning. She stayed up reading the book, hoping to learn some more goodness. She mostly skimmed through the pages looking for chord charts. She picked up a few notes of a song in the book. The song was called "No More Sorrow". Well, the intro at least. She cycled the order of the notes over and over in her head. 6th string, 2nd fret. 6th string, 4th fret. 6th string, 5th fret. 6th string, 9th fret. 6th string, 7th fret. 6th string, 9th fret. 6th string, 10 fret. 6th string, 9th fret. C'mon Vinyl, you can do this. she encouraged herself. She made it down the stairs as she finished her thought for the 8th time. It was dark. REALLY DARK. Luckily, Vinyl remembered her light spell and used her horn as a make-shift flashlight.
"I never really liked how big this darn living room is." said a somewhat annoyed Vinyl as she made it to the light switch it and flipped it to 'On'.
She covered her eyes when the lights flipped on. It was like lava was being poured into her eyes using a funnel to get every single drop in. She thought that by no, she would be used to flashing, bright lights. Parties can take tolls on your eyes. After the she cooled off her eyes, Vinyl made her way to her speakers. She opened her case and removed her guitar. She plugged in the cord and turned on the speakers. But because she didn't want to wake up the rest of Ponyville, especially Tavi, she plugged in her wireless headphones so the only noise would be heard through the headphones. 6th string, 2nd fret. First note down. 6th string, 4th fret. Good progress. 6th string, 5th fret. She's getting the hang of it. 6th string, 9th fret. Almost there. 6th string, 7th fret. Just a few more notes. 6th string, 9th fret. C'mon, Vinyl, almost there. 6th string, 10 fret. One more. 6th string, 9th fret. And finished. She smiled to two things. She liked how bucking amazing the part sounded and the fact she didn't buck up.
"Good Job, Vinyl." said Octavia from the top of the stairwell in her bathrobe.
"What the? How'd you know when I was up?" questioned Vinyl.
"You might wanna check your speakers" replied the grey mare.
Vinyl walked over to the speakers to see what Tavi was talking about. After investigating for a minute she noticed the problem. The headphones weren't plugged in. They were wireless, but the sending module still needed to be plugged into the headphone jack on the speakers. Having no response, she simply face-hoofed.
"Just, turn it down or plug those headphones in." stated Octavia before walking back to her room.
"Ugh, I'm such an idiot." said Vinyl to herself, still face-hoofing.
Still thinking about her buck-up, she realized it did seem too loud for headphones. And it did sound a bit fuzzy, something her headphones never sound like. And when she was going to plug the headphones in, this time for real, she noticed they weren't even on.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The Next Morning XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"That is funny, Lyra." replied Tavi to her friend, Lyra.
"Yeah, yeah. And then, SHE GOT A BRAINFREEZE. She was rolling all around the floor. It was so funny." said Lyra, continuing her story.
Vinyl walked down the stairs in her bathrobe. The morning was one of the only times Vinyl ever took her glasses off. Just one thing, it was 1:46 in the afternoon. Vinyl never usually overslept. Despite being at all night parties, she never overslept. Vinyl is definitely a card.
"Mornin' Tavi. Hey Lyra." greeted Vinyl in a drowsy tone.
Vinyl went in to the kitchen to make herself some tea. Vinyl liked tea. She wasn't really a fan of coffee. She prefered a sweeter taste to a boiling hot hot coaco want-to-be. Her favorite flavor of tea was "Exotic Bliss". It has exotic ingredients from the Equestrian and Giffon rainforests. It had things like sugar hay and sweetening tulips. The're things you just don't find in markets. After she walked out of the kitchen, tea in the air, she took a seat next to Lyra. Vinyl had always liked Lyra. She was just... different. She was a 'more controlled Pinkie Pie'. That's the term Vinyl used to describe Lyra. She was energetic, funny, always had something interesting going on, and occasionally... creepy. And also the fact that she is also a musician and was Vinyl and Octavia's roommate at the Academy. Yep, she liked Lyra. At points, she liked her too much. Vinyl always denied the truth when Lyra brought the event back up. Vinyl hope Lyra won't bring the event up, today of all days. Vinyl was going to perform with her guitar, aside from her normal equipment, at her show today.
"So, Vinyl, how long did you stay up 'till?" asked Octavia
"Until 4:30." responded the snow white unicorn.
"Really, just for that...thing?" questioned Octavia.
"HEY! It's not just a thing. You know I love my guitar, Tavi. I've never insulted your cello... a lot, but you have no right to disrespect my guitar." snapped Vinyl.
"What's a guitar?" asked Lyra.
"Come to my show tonight and you'll see." responded Vinyl.
Vinyl got up from her seat, levitated Lyra, and walked to the door and opened it.
"HEY, what are you doing, Vinyl" snapped Lyra.
"Sorry, Dude. I'd love for you to stay, but I gotta practice" replied Vinyl.
"Wha-" tried Lyra
"Bye." cut Vinyl.
Lyra walked back to her seat, slamming down some tea on the trip back. She picked up her guitar and set it up. She just couldn't take any interruptions
"That was cold, Lyra." stated Octavia.
"Sorry, Tavi, but I gotta practice." defended Vinyl.
"Well, if you're gonna practice, you're not doing it in here." advised Octavia.
"What do you mean by that, Tavi?" questioned Vinyl.
"I mean, you're not practicing here." answered Octavia.
"Fine then. But where am I going to practice?" pondered Vinyl.
"You decide." replied Octavia.
"I got nothin', dude." concluded Vinyl.
"Well... there's always R-" started Octavia before getting cut off by Vinyl.
"NO! Don't you finish that. I'll go anywhere except there." cut Vinyl.
"What is it with you and your cousin? You guys almost never talk, and whenever you do, it's either a fight or an argument." reminded Octavia.
"Just... because. It's complicated, Tavi. Me and Rarity... we just don't harmonize, you know? She doesn't like my style and I don't like hers. For me, she's way too uptight. For her, I'm way too uncivilized. We're just opposites. We were never compatible when we were foals, and we still don't. Look, I'll just go over to Rainbow's. I heard she's staying here in Ponyville in her ground home." explained Vinyl.
Oh... OK, then." responded Octavia as Vinyl walked out the door with Her guitar and equipment.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 35 Minutes Later XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Vinyl hated living in the outskirts of Ponyville. She hated the fact that she was walking from the east outskirts to the west ones even more. But after what seemed like an eternity, Vinyl began to arrive at Rainbow's Ponyville home. The place was pretty big. Although it wasn't as her Cloudsdale home. She made it to the doorstep, hardly, and knocked. Vinyl was about to drop dead if she carries the equipment for another minute, she weight was just too much for a long period of time. But luckily for Vinyl, Rainbow Dash opened the door.
"Hey Vinyl, what's u-" started Rainbow before Vinyl sprinted past her and onto the couch where she threw her stuff and herself on. Rainbow walked over to the couch and took a seat next to Vinyl. She wondered what Vinyl brought over.
"So, what's up?" asked Rainbow.
"I... need... to... practice... here." replied Vinyl in between breaths.
"Don't you have your studio over at your house?" questioned Rainbow.
"I need to practice something else." stated Vinyl.
"What do you need to practice?" wondered Rainbow.
"Let me show you." answered Vinyl.
Vinyl walked over to her stuff and took them to where Rainbow had her drum set and speakers. Yeah, Rainbow played drums. And she's good at it as well. Vinyl took out her guitar and set it up.
"Whoa. What is that dude?" asked an astonished Rainbow.
Rainbow played the "No More Sorrow" entry without any flaws. She amazed Rainbow after she stopped.
"It's called a guitar, dude." stated Vinyl.
"Well that thing's awesome." declared Rainbow.
Vinyl started looking at her book, looking for some parts. She saw something interesting in the "No More Sorrow" section. A drum part.
"Hey Rainbow, come check this out." ordered Vinyl.
"Whoa, is that what I think it is?" asked Rainbow after inspecting the page.
"Yep, a drum part. Here, try it." commanded Vinyl as she passed the book to the Rainbow.
"Okay, just let me sight-read this." explained Rainbow as she examined the part for a few minutes.
It seemed simple enough.
"Okay, let's gove this a go" said Rainbow as she coclude her sight-reading.
Vinyl began her opening while Rainbow waited for her's. After about 15 seconds, Rainbow came in. 7 eighth-notes on the snare drum. She waited a few seconds to repeat the 7 notes as Vinyl still played the intro. After a few repeats, the 7 notes changed to about 18 eighth notes, with a beat of rest after the 7th note. They stopped at the 45 mark of the session.
"That was amazing!" exclaimed Rainbow.
"I know, you did great!" replied Vinyl with the same tone of voice as Rainbow.
They repeated the session a few more times before packing things up to just hang out.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 10 Minutes Later XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"So you had to translate the book?" asked Rainbow.
"Yeah, it was hard though. It was difficult for a translation." replied Vinyl.
"Yeah... So, I have a crazy proposition." began Rainbow.
"What's that Rainbow?" wondered Vinyl.
"I know it seems a bit sudden, but, maybe we should... start a band?" proposed Rainbow.
Vinyl almost spat out the tea she was drinking. Of course she wanted to! She was just trying to sort out details of what to do.
"OF COURSE! Just one thing... a singer. We need a singer. We can't have a band without a singer." stated Vinyl.
"That's true. But, where will we find one?" asked Rainbow
"That's the fun part. Let's go to the 'Karaoke Bar'." ordered Vinyl.
They were going to go find a singer, hopefully. They were really excited about this whole band thing. So it begins...