I opened my eyes and noticed I was in a grass field. I also felt I had a massive headache. "Ugh, I drank too much again, what, whats that? Ahhhh fuc-" Was all I got off before a cow decided shit right on my face and getting some in my mouth.

"Oops, didn't see ya there dearie." She said.

I didn't respond, I was to busy vomiting. When I finished I wiped my face all over the ground to get the shit off. It worked well enough. Where was I anyways? I know I'm in a pasture or something, but where specifically is the question. I trotted up to the cow that shit on me.

"Where am I?"

"Oh you're in a pasture just outside of Manehattan you are."

"Thanks, wait WHAT?!"

"Manehattan dearie."

I nodded and trotted away. "Well fuck me."

I pulled out a map from my saddlebag. Here I am, just north of Manehattan. I put the map back in my-"Wait, what's this?" I said aloud as I pulled out something else from my bag. It was a pair of some really nice shades. Huh, when did I get these?

"Well if I'm going to get some answers, I guess I'll start with Manehattan."

I took flight towards Manehattan. I was only about five minutes from it. This place was even bigger than Canterlot! How the hell am I going to find some answers here? Oh well, I gotta start somewhere. I flew into the middle of the city and landed. I started trotting around to hopefully find some answers. Every now and then I would get a strange look from some ponies. I shook it off and kept on going. I eventually came across a large apartment building that I guessed was for rich ponies. There were a few police officers outside of it.

I trotted up to one of them. "Excuse me, but what's going on here?"

"Somepony stole something very precious from one of our favorite residents, thats what."

"Really? What happened?"

"All we know is that somepony stole Vinyl Scratch's famous shades."

Oh boy.

"Why would anypony want to do that?"

"Money probably. Those things would probably sell for over a million bits."

Holy shit thats a lot of money. Maybe I should-no, I can't do that. These belongs to Vinyl Scratch and I need to return them.

"Where is she now?"

"Vinyl Scratch? She's up in her apartment. If you have any information on the shades, report it to us immediately."

"Will do."

I trotted inside the building and went up to the receptionist. "Excuse me, but which apartment does Vinyl Scratch live in?"

"I'm sorry sir, but we're not allowed to- wait, I know you!"

Fuck.

"You do?" I asked nervously.

"Yeah, you're the pony who won the Young Fliers' Competition and got a tryout for the Wonderbolts!"

I'm coming way too close to having heart failure nowadays.

I smiled. "Yeah, that's me."

"Since you're famous and all that, she's probably expecting you. Go on up, her apartment is on the 18th floor. Her name is on the door, so you can't miss it."

I'm a star now? "Thanks."

"Anytime Mr. Shadow."

I headed up to the 18th floor, and found the door with Vinyl Scratch's name on it, just like the receptionist told me.

I knocked on the door. "Who is it?" Somepony called out.

"My name is Shadow Flash, and-" The door opened, and Vinyl ran to me and gave me a hug.

Wat.

"I'm glad it's you Shadow, please, come in."

"Uhh, okay."

I trotted inside and she closed the door. Since she didn't have her shades on, I could see her moderate cerise colored eyes.

"I thought you were going back to Ponyville. I'm glad you came back."

"Uhh, right."

"Yeah, it was a pretty big bummer. I'm glad you're here though. I just need somepony to talk to."

"Uhh, this might sound a little strange, but I don't remember you at all."

"What do you mean?" she asked

"I was kinda wasted last night, and I have no idea what happened after 6:00 PM. I woke up in a field north of Manehattan only to have a cow lay a turd on my face."

"Wow, I know I get wasted sometimes, but not that badly. Why did you drink that much?"

"I almost died."

"That's reason enough I guess."

"Could you tell me what happened last night?"

"I'll tell you everything I know then."

"Thanks." I responded

"Okay, well you see..."

Flashback to last night. By the way, when Shadow gets drunk, he doesn't act stupid. He'll actually be acting very cool, and just pretend when he does get drunk, he'll somehow forget various things, but remember others. This is how he will act when he gets drunk. This is also going to be told in 1st person from Vinyl's perspective, so don't get confused.

"One more drink, then I'm out of here." I told the bartender.

"Sure thing Miss Scratch." The bartender said as he handed me another drink.

I was about halfway done with it when a very cute pegasus with a pitch black coat, and pitch black mane and tail with a crimson outline trotted in. He trotted over and took a seat next to me.

"I'll take a Colt Lite." He said.

The bartender nodded and handed him his beer.

He turned to me. "Hey, what's up?" He said.

"Nothing much, just drinking my last beverage before leaving." I responded

"That's too bad."

"Why's that?"

"Because it's always nice talking to a cute girl."

I blushed a little. "You don't look so bad yourself."

"Thanks. Do you mind if I buy you another drink?"

"I'd appreciate it." Meh, why not? It's not often I can have a normal conversation anymore.

He waved the bartender for another drink and handed it to me. "Thanks."

"No problem."

"So where are you from?" He asked.

"Born and raised here. What about you?"

"That's a little complicated."

"What's so complicated about where you're from?"

"Lets just say I'm not from around here."

Weird. "Okay. Where do you live then?"

"I live in Ponyville."

"I've been to Ponyville once. It's a pretty cool town, very laid back."

"Yeah, it's pretty nice. What's your name?"

Here we go, as soon as I tell him, it's going to be all about wanting an autograph. Oh well. "It's Vinyl Scratch."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Shadow Flash." He responded.

I knew it-wait, what did he say? "You're not going to beg me for a picture or an autograph or something?"

"Wasn't planning on it. You don't look like you could use that annoyance anyways."

"So you know who I am?"

"Of course. You're the world-famous DJ-PON3, but just because you're famous, it doesn't mean you can't get tired or anything from the same shit every day."

"...Thank you."

"Hm?"

"Thank you."

"For what? All I did was say you probably didn't feel like being harassed by a fan."

"Yeah, but you're one of the first ponies who have actually understood that."

"It wasn't that hard to figure out. I can tell you're tired."

"You know, this place is about to close, why don't you come back to my place?"

"Sure, I got nothing better to do."

I smiled. "This way then." I said as I got off of the stool. He followed me out of the door and we headed for my apartment in the massive rainstorm outside.

We were almost there when a pony holding a knife jumped out in front of us. "All I want is your money, play along and nopony has to die."

I was about to give him the money when Shadow trotted in front of me. "What are you doing Shadow? Just give him the money and he'll leave us alone!"

He ignored me. He trotted up to the pony with a knife. "Leave."

"What did you say?!"

"I said leave. I don't want to hurt you, but I will if you threaten me, and that goes double if you threaten a beautiful mare. Last chance, walk away."

"Wrong choice pal!" The thief with a knife yelled as he lunged at Shadow.

I cringed. I finally meet a pony that understands me, and now he's going to die.

Shadow destroyed that thought as he caught the knife with his teeth. He yanked it away and spat it out. "I warned you."

Shadow headbutted the pony and gave him a powerful punch in the throat. The thief fell to the ground gasping for breath. It all happened in a single, loud roar of thunder.

Shadow turned to me. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." I looked at the thief. "Is he going to die?"

"Nothing so drastic. All I did was stop his breathing for a few seconds. He'll be like that for a few more seconds, but this will knock him out long enough for the police to show up."

Shadow trotted over to the thief and applebucked him in the face, knocking him out.

"Thanks for helping me out there."

"Don't mention it. Nopony has a good reason to threaten others."

This guy is amazing. "Uhh, right. Well my apartment is this way." I said as I starting heading to my apartment again. "We're getting soaked too, so we should hurry."

I started walking and noticed the rain had stopped, wait, that's not right, it just stopped raining on me. I looked beside me and saw that Shadow had one of his wings over me.

"Is that better?" He asked.

I blushed. "Uhh, yeah. Thanks."

He nodded and we continued walking. We eventually reached my apartment building and went up to my place.

I went to grab a bottle of water. When I came back, I noticed that Shadow was looking at my awards.

"These are very cool."

"Thanks."

I was trotting up behind him when he turned around, leaving our faces only inches apart.

"Sorry, that was an acc-" His eyes went wide as I silenced him with a long kiss.

When we broke the kiss, I led him to my bed. We got on it and started making out.

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"That was amazing." I said.

He smiled. "Yes it was. Thank you for the night Vinyl, but I need to get back to Ponyville." He said as he got out of the bed.

"Wait! I want you to have something before you go."

"What's that?"

I pulled my shades out. "I want you to have my shades."

"I couldn't take something like this from you."

"Please. I want you to have them to remember me by."

"I see. Well thank you in that case, thank you."

I smiled. "You're welcome." I gave him a hug. "And thank you."

He returned the hug. When we finished he just trotted out without another word.

End current flashback.

"We had sex?!"

She nodded. "We sure did, and it was the best."

I started trotting back and forth. "Nononononono, this isn't good. Fuuuck."

"What, what's so bad?"

"You don't understand. I'm engaged, I can't have sex with other ponies!"

She frowned. "Oh. I see."

"I'm so fucked! What am I going to do?!"

"That's up to you Shadow. You either tell her or you don't."

"I can't just lie to her!"

"Then tell the truth. If she loves you, she'll keep you. You were drunk after all."

"Wait, you're right. If I was drunk, it didn't mean anything!"

"Yeah...it didn't mean anything..."

Fuck me and my stupid ass mouth. "I'm so sorry Vinyl, you really are amazing, but I'm engaged. Please don't be angry with me."

"I'm not angry with you Shadow. I understand last night wan't intentional, no matter how much I want it to be."

I pulled out the shades. "Here, these are your's."

She smiled. "Keep them. I meant what I said. Hold on to them and don't forget about me."

"I guess this is it then." I said as I trotted into the hallway just outside the door.

"Wait, before you go." She said as she went up to me.

I was expecting a hug, but was surprised when I got a kiss.

"I just needed one more. Goodbye Shadow." She said before closing the door.

Well, I certainly feel like shit right now. If I had met Vinyl first, I probably would have fell in love with her instead of Rainbow. Vinyl is amazing and everything, but Rainbow is the one I love in this world. That still doesn't prevent me from feeling bad for Vinyl though. I know I can't make up for breaking her heart, but I could at least give her free tickets to any Wonderbolts show.

Well recent drama aside, I need to get back home to Rainbow. I have some explaining to do. I went downstairs and out of the building. I looked at my map and from the looks of things, it would be a one and a half hour flight back. "Well, better get started." I said to myself as I took off.

I really don't think singing a song is going to make up for this one.

When I finally got back home, I went inside.

"Rainbow, you home?" I called out.

She raced down the stairs and wrapped me up in a hug. "Where were you? You disappeared last night.

I sighed. "Alright, here's the truth."

I'm too lazy to write all of that again.

"And she gave me her shades as a parting gift. I know being drunk isn't an excuse, and saying sorry won't do anything. But know I am, and I'll never do it again."

"I think you should stay the night somewhere else Shadow."

"I understand. I'll see you tomorrow at the Wonderbolt tryout though. I love you." I finished as I trotted out. I flew on the opposite side of town and found a cloud to go to sleep on. Troubled dreams await.

And there's a hangover chapter, except not as funny and more serious. And writing this chapter left me a little conflicted. I created a poll so you guys could help me out. Head on over to my page to answer it. The question is who Shadow should be in a relationship with. Any answers in the comments I won't count. You have to use the poll.

Quote of the Day: "Ahhh, the fires of Mount Doom are erupting from my bowels!"- My friend screaming from the bathroom after having some very spicy food.