A/N:
Sorry for the late update, work and stuff.
Yeah, Celestia and Luna were out of character, but I think I explained that at the start of chapter ten.
Also, it was rushed a little. I'm sorry, please accept my apologies?
But you can't really expect a first time writer to get everything right on his first go..
My next fanfic will be better, but for now, put aside their characters and see them for who they have been portrayed as. Please?
Chapter Eleven: I-dee-ah!
A few days had passed and Nurse Redheart and I had gotten closer. She knew that I was deeply inlove with Luna, but that didn't stop her from liking me. "Emotions can't be forced to go away" I reassured her as she cried in my arms. She had confessed how she felt and thought she was a terrible pony for doing so. "I'm honoured that a pony as nice as you would like me. But we have to stay friends. If it makes you feel any better, I would be trying to win your heart over if I was not with Luna"
She looked up at me and wiped her tears away "You really mean that?"
"Ofcourse I do" I replied.
I was finally able to move around. I had tried to walk, but it hurt too much. Red had to push me around in a wheelchair. She told me that it will take atleast two weeks for my leg and chest injuries to heal, and atleast another three ontop of those for my arm to completely heal.
I was to remain at the hospital until I could walk on my own, which ment more time to spend with my new friends, Redheart and the squirrel.
"I think you should name him Carver" Nurse Redheart suggested, and the squirrel seemed to nod and jumped onto her back, before running up ontop of her head and hugging her ear.
"He likes you" I smiled, and Reheart blushed. "Carver is a good name"
Carver was affectionate and took kindly to his name.
We sat there talking and laughing as Carver bounced around the room.
An hour later, It was nearing lunchtime and my stomach growled loudly.
"How about I take you up on that offer to take me to lunch?" She chuckled.
"That would be great!" I replied.
Redheart pushed me through the town, and everypony was looking at me with sad eyes. We arrived at a small resturant, nothing fancy like Chef Ali'vous's, but it was cosy, and it definatly was not the type of resturant that you needed to book in advance.
Red had pushed me through the front door, and went to speak with a waiter to arrange a table.
Within five minutes, we were placed at a small table for two, along with two menus.
"The menu was much different, and much easier to read than the last resturant I was at.
In the 'Lunch' section, there were many tasty meals, but one stood out. "Curried Egg sandwhiches, with fried chips" I said outloud "Sounds good, I'll have one of those thanks" I smiled at the waiteress, who then smiled back at me. Redheart poked out her tounge in disgust.
"I don't like curry" She told me "I'll just have the daisy and sunflower sandwhich, thanks" She told the waitress, who wrote it down and scurried away to the kitchen.
"I saw you had a guitar with you when you were brought in" The nurse started "Do you play?"
"No, I don't I carry a guitar around for other people to play" I said with extreme sarcasm.
"Oh, thats very interesting" She started, not picking up on my sarcasm "I used to play bass with my filly friends back when I was in school. I was the only earth pony in my class to be able to levitate objects. Then I had to do work experience at the hospital to pass, and as I did so, my cutie mark appeared and I've been a nurse ever since"
Then I had an awesome idea.
"Well, I was being sarcastic with what I said" I confessed "I do play guitar, and I'm teaching Luna" I smiled "I have a bass guitar at Vinyl's if you'd ever want to come and play?" I offered.
Redheart blushed "Well it's been a long time.." she said as she trailed off "But i'd love too" "Great, well once I clear things up with Celestia, we'll get right to it" I replied as I remembered how broken my guitar was. My face dropped it's recently happy expression.
"What is it?" asked Redheart.
"My guitar, It was broken when I found it, and on my way here it became even more so" I nearly cried, but didn't remembering I was in a public place.
"Well" The nurse replied with a cheerful smirk on her face "When you were brought in, You wouldn't let go of it. I saw how much it ment to you and had it sent off for repair before you even came to"
I couldn't believe what I had heard. "Thankyou so much!" tears were welling in my eyes, but they didn't drop "How ever can I repay you?"
Red lifted a dismissive hoof "No need Jackson" she smiled "Just you being my friend is enough"
"Thankyou" I replied as she trotted over and hugged me. 'I am going to repay her anyway I can' I thought to myself.
Soon enough, the food came out on two plates, which unlike Ali'vous's, did not come covered.
Redheart bent her neck down and started to take small, cute bites out of her sandwhich as I inhaled one half of the two on my plate.
"Why don't you use your magic to eat the sandwhich?" I asked her as politely as I could after swallowing the food in my mouth.
"It's very rare for an earth pony to use his or her magic like I do" she said softly "I don't want it to seem like i'm showing off by using it"
"Nonsense" I replied to her words "I think everypony will love you even more"
With my words, she looked at the sandwhich, which flew up to her houth and she started eating again. "Better?" she asked.
"Perfect" I said, which made her blush.
Half an hour had passed and Redheart started walking me back to the hospital.
"Nurse? Can we go to Vinyl Scratch's house please?" I asked.
"Sure, but i've never met her before, and I dont know where she lives" Red confessed "I don't get out much"
"Turn left here and continue down to the end of the road" I instructed "And don't worry, I didn't know anypony when I came here" I comforted the nurse. I looked up at her to see that she was smiling, and she pushed me the rest of the way to Vinyl's house.
When we arrived, I lifted my arm to knock on the door. As I did, Redheart slapped my hand away with her hoof.
"You need to rest!" She scolded,
I saw the anger in her eyes and retracted my arm back to my body. "Sorry" I said, wincing at the red mark left on my hand.
Her eyes then drooped, before she picked up my hand and kissed it, saying sorry over and over again.
I chuckled "It's alright Red, you know whats best for me, and knocking on doors is not something I should be doing".
Redheart stopped kissing my hand and stoop up properly. She was still apologising when Vinyl had opened the door.
"Whats all th-" She asked before her voice changed to that of worry and hurt "JACKSON!" She screamed before she literally jumped on me, being careful where she placed her forelegs and hugged me.
"I got thrown out of the palace by Celestia, and I am no longer a prince, which doesn't really bother me because it ment nothing to me. It was just a title" I told her.
Vinyl nuzzled me. You're very welcome to stay here as long as you'd like Jackson" She said "But I'd like you to see something before we do anything" her voice contained a hint of excitement.
"Lead the way" I instructed curiously. A wide grin appeared on Vinyl's face as she turned and walked back through her door.
I looked up to Nurse Redheart, who wore an uneasy expression, while looking at Vinyl. She wasn't just looking at the DJ, she was LOOKING at the DJ.
"She really is something isn't she?" I teased.
"Yeah" she said. She seemed to snap out of her daze, and started blushing "Oh! Um.. pretend you didn't hear that" she said quickly.
"Red and Vinyl sitting in a tree" I started to say, I made sure Vinyl couldn't hear me. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G".
Behind her bright red face, I could see her cold stare. "Shuttup" she mumbled and I let out a small laugh.
We entered Vinyl's studio and we saw her jump up to her swivel chair and span around on it to face us. She turned to face Redheart, who instantly started blushing. "Do you need some water or something?" Vinyl asked, oblivious to the real reason that the white earth pony was blushing. Redheart nodded and Vinyl left the room.
"Just relax Red" I smiled. Redheart let out a nervous laugh before blushing even more.
Vinyl quickly returned with a glass of water wrapped in her magical aura. Redheart concentrated on the glass, and her aura overlapped the stunned DJ's.
"Wha-how?" She asked. The infamous DJ seemed to have lost her cool, and I was there to witness it. Obviously she had felt the same tingle that Luna and I had felt on one of my many magic lessons.
There was a long awkward silence.
"Lets j-just say I-I'm a very t-talented earth p-pony" Redheart managed to say, despite her situation she handled it pretty well.
Impressed, Vinyl introduced herself to the white earth pony "Names' Vinyl" She said as she extended a hoof and smiled "Great to meet'cha!"
At first, Red was hesitant, but soon her muscles seemed to relax and she smiled back, shaking the DJ's hood with her own "I'm Redheart".
Another awkward silence fell over the room, was there more to be said?
I started to hum the tune of the song I was teasing Redheart with earlier. She shot back an embarrassed but stern look. I started to laugh loudly, and Vinyl looked at us both "Am I missing something?" she asked.
"Yes!" I managed to say between my laughing.
"NO!" Redheart covered up my answer as soon as it was said, which only made me laugh harder. There was a pain rising up my sides and chest. I remembered how bruised I was, maybe laughing wasn't such a good idea.
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" I said, giggling but slowly stopping.
"Serves you right" Redheart laughed before attending to my bruises to make sure I hadn't done anymore damage or opened any wounds. "Laughing is a good remedy for getting better, but too much of it and it will make your wounds worse" She said as she poked one of my small bruises in my useable arm. She smirked as I winced in pain. She wasn't being mean, just getting me back for what I had done.
"Sooo.." Vinyl said, reminding us that she was still here "Can I show you what I wanted to now?" she asked. Her mood seemed to go from good, to even better with our reply.
"Yes" Red and I said in unison.
"That was creepy, but anywho!" She said as she span around on her chair to face the mixboard. She pressed a button and music started puring through the speakers.
Atfirst, Red was startled and jumped and I let out a small chuckled, before she nudged be with her flank.
The music was amazing. It started off slow, but then the beat dropped and started making cool noises.
Vinyl's voice was overlapping the music. She was singing, or saying, in the song, and her voice was extremely good.
'Pump the brakes, you're a red-flag, red light
Holdin' up for stop signs. I'll never be sloppy seconds
Go ahead, take them back, your one, two, three minutes
All you do is take, take, takin' off the little
Got More goin' on I'd rather be eating glass, stick hot needles in my eyes, go ahead and tap that ass
Draw them up, yeah like there's candy
Girl I ain't tryin'a connect or paint a picture I'm not in it, never will be
You can't be me, get your freak on, you can suck it, they've all seen it
And you liked it, now who wants it?
Cotton candy sugar high
Break your bones when you come down
You're a one trick, my trick pony who's next to hop on
Ride, ride, ride...
Bout to bring a blood spill
We've both been there, what's the next stop? I won't sit still
Back to bring up what's real
We've both been there, what's the next stop? I won't sit still'
There was an 'instrumental' part which went for a minute or so and then the singing started again.
'Pump the brakes, you're a red-flag, red light
Holdin' up for stop signs. I'll never be sloppy seconds
Go ahead, take them back, your one, two, three minutes
All you do is take, take, takin' off the little
Got More goin' on I'd rather be eating glass, stick hot needles in my eyes, go ahead and tap that ass
Draw them up, yeah like there's candy
Girl I ain't tryin'a connect or paint a picture I'm not in it, never will be
You can't be me, get your freak on, you can suck it, they've all seen it
And you liked it, now who wants it?
Cotton candy sugar high
Break your bones when you come down
You're a one trick, my trick pony who's next to hop on
Ride, ride, ride...
Bout to bring a blood spill
We've both been there, what's the next stop? I won't sit still
Back to bring up what's real
We've both been there, what's the next stop? I won't sit still'
There was another 'instumental' part to the song before it soon ended.
Red stood there, and I sat there in my wheelchair, stunned.
We were like that for a few minutes before Vinyl spoke up.
"So was it good? or.." She asked as her voice trailed off.
"That was amazing!" Redheart screamed. "I knew you were good, but i'd never heard your music"
Vinyl blushed "Thanks" She smiled towards the white earth mare "What about you?" she asked me "What do you think of it?"
"I thought it was terrible" I said, and Redheart nearly slapped me before I continued "terribly awesome!" I laughed.
Vinyl sighed with a relief "You got me" She said as she slumped down on her chair letting her hair fall over her eyes before she brushed it back up. I looked over at Red, who at a slight blush showing on her face. I knew what she was thinking. I thought the same thing when I had first seen the DJ do it, but not in the same way that Red was thinking it.
"So, who's thirsty?" Vinyl asked with a grin on her face as she levitated up three shot glasses and a bottle of half finished Wild Pegasus.
Her face changed to one of glee as I nodded, but her eyes lit up as she saw Red nod. I knew what Vinyl was going to do, people did it in my world. Vinyl poured the three small glasses full with the yellow liquid. I must admit I did like this whiskey.
Vinyl and I both drank our shots at same time and we waited for Red to finish hers.
"I-I don't drink much" She confessed.
"Nothing bad is gonna happen" Said Vinyl with a smile on her face which started to blush "I'll be here if anything goes wrong, and so will Jackson".
With Vinyl's reassuring words, Redheart downed the whiskey in her glass. Her eyes went wide as she could feel the burn down her throat.
"That was intesnse" She said as she slammed the glass down on the table "Another round?" She asked with pleading eyes.
Vinyl complied, she complied for the next four shots, over a total of one hour. Red and Vinyl were smashed, drunk as anything and I was just starting to feel the effects of the alcohol. 'Although I guess they are smaller than me' I thought to myself.
It was now six o'clock. I decided I'd go to bed.
"Goodnight girls!" I said in a half drunken slur.
"Night" The both giggled.
I stumbled into the guest room, and slumped down on the red silk bed. I forgot entirely about my wheelchair, the alcohol took the pain of walked away.
I soon fell unconcious, and was awoken by a slam of a door and more giggling. It sounded like it was coming from behind the mirror that Vinyl told Luna and I not to explore.
There was a glow from what I thought was a light coming from beneath the mirror.
I got up off the bed and stumbled to the mirror, which I opened the teeniest bit and looked through. Inside I could see Vinyl and Redheart drinking more alcohol, but it wasn't whiskey. They were sitting at a table, next to a bed.
Vinyl disappeared from my sight, but quickly returned with a suitcase. She opened it and pulled out a large black box. A grin appeared on her face. I'd never seen a grin like this on anypony before.
"This is going to be so fun" Vinyl slurred towards the drunken Redheart. The sight was incredibly cute, until Vinyl opened the black box.
There were two fluffy, pink hoof cuffs levitating out of the box. As much as I wanted to watch I knew, even in my half asleep/half drunken state that it was wrong to spy on their intimate session.
A closed the mirror door which shut with a loud clunk.
"Jackson!" I heard Redheart and Vinyl call out in unison.
I ran for the door, and bolted down the hallway. Behind me I could hear the two ponies calling my name but I still ran.
I made my way to the soundproof room and picked up a guitar. I had to get my mind off of what I had just seen.
I started strumming as Vinyl and Redheart walked in, following the sound of the music.
"There you are!" Vinyl said with an embarrassed look on her face, Redheart's expression was more than embarrassed. They seemed to be able to talk well enough for me to understand. "We are so sorry. We didn't mean to wake you" She said.
"Redheart was more drunk than Vinyl. She started to giggle "We were going to invite you to join, but Vinyl said you were with Luna. It would have been fun"
"Stop!" I yelled, their ears dropping back "Please. I haven't thought of Luna or anypony like that. It's going to be a while before I do. The species difference is too weird for me right now" I said in a more calm voice. I was still playing the guitar. I really wanted my one back. "Now you two go have fun, I'll just sleep in here tonight"
Vinyl and Redheart looked at eachother and then back at me.
"You're my guest, and I'm not letting you sleep in here" Vinyl said, even though she was drunk she was still a good host "Let alone that you're one of my good friends. Now with that out there, I think I can speak for Reddy and I that we don't have to do anything. We just got carried away, and now that you know whats in that room, you can't tell anypony okay?" Redheart blushed at the name that Vinyl had given her. They were only with eachother for four or so hours and she had already been given a pet name.
"I won't tell anyone, don't worry" I reassured "But I don't want you both to not.. do.. what you were just about to do because of me".
"Jackson" Redheart said "Where's your wheelchair?" She changed subject deliberately, It was obvious that she didn't like talking about this.
I honestly had no idea where I had left my wheelchair. I remember in how much pain I should have been in, and My arm started to hurt. I looked down and remembered that my arm was broken and in a sling. Playing guitar was not good for it.
"Um" I started "It might be in the room we were drinking in" I said not remembering the name on the room.
Vinyl turned and walked out, and left Redheart and I together in the soundproof room.
"So" I started "Where was I? Oh yes!"
I started playing a tune which was familiar to Red's ears.
"Vinyl and Redheart sitting in a tree" I sang and the nurses face went red as she started to hit me.
"K-I-S-S-I-N-G" Vinyl said as she came back into the room, wheeling my chair through the door.
I felt my face going red, Vinyl had heard.
"She walked up to the ever reddening Redheart, and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"I KNEW IT" I exclaimed "But you're not in a tree.." Red nuzzled Vinyl's neck and they both started laughing.
I concentrated on my leg, and stood up. Vinyl helped me and her magic wrapped around my own, and we embraced eachother's magic.
A third aura wrapped around both our magic, but this aura was around my whole body.
I was lifted up into the air and placed on the wheelchair. I looked to Redheart, but she shook her head and pointed towards the doorway.
There in the doorway, was Luna.
Luna was back.
A/N:
The lyrics used belong to Deadmau5 - One Trick Pony. I do not own the song, nor does Vinyl. Do not sue me.
Is T the right rating for this story?
