(Hi guys. Welcome to my next chapter. I hope you enjoy what I got in store this time.)
~Cody's POV~
Ok so let me recap what's been happening as of now. Me and my friends Jeremy and Sabrina were all set to have the best summer of our lives. But when we went out for a ride on our vespas we got caught in some freaky storm, and ended up flying off the road. The next thing we we knew we in the cottage of some shy Pegasus named Fluttershy who told us she and her friend Applejack found us unconscious in a place known as the Everfree Forest. So now we're trapped in some land known as Equestria with no way of how to get home or how we got here. Naturally we panicked, until Fluttershy and her five close friends promised us they'd help us find a way home. You'd think we'd feel a bit skeptical, but these six made us feel like we could trust them. So until we find a way to get home we're gonna do what we planned on doing, we're gonna have fun because it's summer!
~Normal POV~
The sun rose up over Ponyville, and at Golden Oaks library Twilight and Spike were up and prepping the library up for the day. They heard footsteps descending from the stairs and saw Cody, Jeremy, and Sabrina coming down fully clothed, while rubbing sleep out of their eyes, "Morning." Cody yawned.
"Good morning, guys," Twilight greeted them, "How'd ya sleep?"
"Well it was all right, but the beds here are a bit small for our sizes." Cody admitted.
"Yeah. I had to curl into the fetal position so my legs didn't hang off." Sabrina added.
Twilight smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, but the beds sold here weren't exactly made for others of your heights."
"No kidding." Jeremy replied, with a roll of his eyes.
"Come on. You three will feel better after a good meal." Twilight said, as they took a seat at a table, as Spike served them some warm bowls of oatmeal.
"Here you go, guys. Eat up." Spike said, as the three took spoonfuls of their oatmeal and ate it.
"Mm, delicious." Cody admitted, while Sabrina and Jeremy nodded in agreement, and continued eating.
When they finished, Spike did the dishes, and the three humans looked around the library with Twilight, "Wow. Organizing all these books sounds like a big job." Jeremy stated.
"It's not that hard once you get used to it." Twilight admitted, as she used her magic to levitate some books off the shelves and put some back on it.
"Bet that levitation magic comes in handy a lot for you, huh?" Cody asked while crossing his arms.
Twilight looked sheepishly, "Well it has a lot of perks."
"So Twilight, I was wondering something," Cody began, "How is it you knew we were humans?"
"Yeah. Didn't you say humans weren't native to this land?" Sabrina asked.
"They aren't. I met humans before in another world possibly like your own." she explained.
"You what?" Jeremy asked.
"Well ya see some time ago I lost my element of harmony that went through a portal into a world like yours. I had to go to that world and retrieve it. In that world I became a human and walked among your own kind." she explained.
"Where'd you end up? Chicago, New York, Cleveland..." Jeremy listed places.
"Nowhere like that," Twilight answered, "I think it was actually a humanized version of Equestria, because just about everypony I knew from Ponyville was there as a human."
"Whoa. If we ended up there I think we would've fit in better." Jeremy noted to his friends.
"Probably, but this is where you wound up." Twilight reminded him.
"Right." Cody nodded.
"So Cody, what do you think we should do today?" Sabrina asked the fearless leader.
Cody pondered, before speaking, "Why don't we take a walk? It's a nice day after all."
"That sounds good to me," Twilight spoke, "I mean I know you three want to spend summer vacation by having fun, but who says you have to go crazy to have fun?"
"I thought that going crazy was the only way to have fun." Jeremy replied.
"If that were the only way to have fun, I'd go crazy non stop." Spike answered, only for Twilight to give him an awkward look. Spike shrugged his shoulders sheepishly.
The three humans chuckled, as Cody spoke, "Well then let's go." they left the library.
So the princess, her assistant, and the three humans were walking around Ponyville, enjoying the nice day, "Now this is summer weather." Sabrina said, as she stretched her arms above her head.
"I'll say. It's gorgeous." Cody agreed.
"Well the pegasi in Cloudsdale do their part to make sure the weather is just right for the day." Twilight explained.
The three turned to her as Jeremy spoke up, "What do you mean by that?"
"Oh right. You don't know," Twilight realized, "Well you know from watching me and Rarity unicorns have the ability to use magic through our horns," the three nodded, "Well Pegasi not only have the ability to fly, but they can also control the weather as well. They make sure certain parts of Equestria and all get the proper weather they need and make sure nasty weather doesn't come around."
"Get out! You're serious?!" Jeremy gasped, as Twilight nodded, "How cool would that be, guys? The ability to control weather. If we could do that we could make the day feel the way we want. If we want rain we'd make rain, if we want snow we'd make snow."
Twilight spoke up, "The weather isn't something to toy with, Jeremy."
"She's right," Sabrina agreed, "You know tampering with the weather can be bad for nature."
"Yeah global warming's already ruining the arctic." Cody noted.
"I know." Jeremy replied.
As they continued walking, they greeted the many ponies who greeted them first. It had been one day since they mysteriously arrived in Equestria, and already the residents of Ponyville were starting to warm up to them and treat them as one of their own. Cody looked up ahead and gasped, "Hey guys check that out!"
They looked ahead seeing a music and instrument shop, "A music shop?" Sabrina asked in astonishment.
"Sweet!" Jeremy cheered.
Cody turned the the alicorn, "Hey Twilight, can we check the place out?"
"I don't see why not." Twilight answered.
"All right!" Jeremy pumped a fist up, as they went to the shop.
As they entered, they looked around seeing the whole place filled with records, turntables, amps, instruments ranging from classic types to rock and roll types. The three humans looked around with wide eyes and their jaws hung open, "Rapture." Sabrina gasped.
"Oh now this is what I'm talking about." Cody chuckled, as he started looking around at the guitars.
"Do you guys play?" Spike asked them.
"We sure do." Jeremy nodded.
"We actually have an amateur band of just us three," Cody noted, "We were hoping to have our first gig at one of our favorite hangouts back in Aurora."
"But as you can see we've lost that chance." Sabrina added.
"And we were looking forward to it." Jeremy sighed.
"I'm really sorry to hear that." Twilight said, seeing how much they appeared to have looked forward to such a chance.
"Well hopefully if we get back home there will be other opportunities." Cody said.
"Right. Well let's see if any of these can handle the awesomeness of us." Jeremy said as they started checking out some of the instruments.
Sabrina approached an electronic piano keyboard, and ran a finger through one key all the way across hearing the clear tune each key gave, "Amazing."
Jeremy was checking out a Flying V guitar, admiring the detail, and Cody was inspecting an electric guitar. Suddenly a voice spoke up, taking the three by surprise, "Beauties aren't they?"
They looked and saw a unicorn with a yellowish white coat, and her mane was a mix of cobalt blue and brilliant cyan. Her cutie mark was a backwards double quaver. But her most noticeable feature was her dark purple tinted glasses. Cody spoke up, "They sure are."
"Hey I recognize you," Sabrina began, as she looked at the unicorn, "You're that DJ from Pinkie Pie's party."
"That's right. I'm DJ Pon-3, but everypony calls me Vinyl Scratch." she introduced herself.
"Girl, I have to tell you the way you worked that turntable was like an art." Jeremy stated.
"Well thanks uh, Jeremy was it?" she asked.
"That's me." Jeremy confirmed.
"I'm Cody, and this is Sabrina." Cody introduced them.
"A pleasure." Sabrina greeted the unicorn.
"Likewise." Vinyl replied.
"So you own this shop?" Cody asked.
"Yeah that's right. I'm here whenever I'm not being a DJ." she explained.
"Vinyl's hired to perform at just about all the best parties in Ponyville and Canterlot." Twilight explained.
"Neat." the three admitted.
"So what brings you in here, are ya looking to buy?" Vinyl wondered.
"Not exactly. We were just looking." Cody admitted.
"Do you three play?" Vinyl asked.
"Oh yeah. We play all the time." Jeremy answered.
"Hmm, show me what you got." Vinyl said.
The three did a double take, "Huh?" they asked.
"I wanna see what you three can do." she answered.
"Here and now?" Sabrina asked, and Vinyl nodded.
"Well ok, but we should warn you, we're not professionals." Cody warned her.
"Yeah, we're just an amateur band." Jeremy added.
"Even amateurs can prove to be more than what they're worth." Vinyl replied.
"Well, ok." Cody said, as the three took the instruments they were inspecting and went to a clearing.
After hooking their instruments up to some amps, the three took position with their respective instrument. Twilight, Spike, and Vinyl, sat back wondering how the three really were. After turning the guitars up, Cody and Jeremy were ready. Soon they started jamming, and Sabrina using what Cody referred to as magic fingers was playing the keyboard as if the notes just came to her. Their three member audience watched in amusement seeing how perfectly they were syncing their tunes together to create an amazing rocking beat. As they rocked, the three were really getting into it as if they really were getting their first gig like they wanted.
When they finished, they posed and looked at their audience. They were wide eyed at first until they started applauding, much to the three human's surprise, "That was amazing!" Twilight gasped.
"That's how you rock!" Spike cheered.
"Guys, I know amateur bands, and you three are no amateurs." Vinyl told them.
"You give us way too much credit." Sabrina said, being modest.
"Yeah. We can't compare to real players in our world." Cody added.
"I don't think you three give yourselves enough credit," Vinyl spoke up, "But I think that was some amazing stuff. I think all sorts of ponies would wanna hear that."
"You do?" Jeremy asked.
"You got that right," Vinyl nodded, "Listen there's a new club opening up in Ponyville tomorrow that I'm to DJ at. I want you three to come and perform as well."
"You mean it?" Cody gasped, as Sabrina and Jeremy looked just as interested.
"Uh-huh. And tell you what how about you three keep those instruments, and you can pay me back by playing at the club?" she offered.
Cody looked to his friends before huddling them up so they can talk. As Twilight, Spike, and Vinyl waited for them to reach their decision, they broke their huddle, "Vinyl Scratch, we accept the offer." he offered her his hand.
"Then let's do business." Vinyl replied, as she raised her hoof, and Cody shook it.
Cody turned to his friends with a smile, "Well you two, looks like we'll be getting ourselves a gig after all."
"Oh yeah, Summer Fun's making it's debut!" Jeremy cheered as the three high five.
"But there's so much to do." Sabrina reminded them.
"You're right, we better get to practicing and come up with some material." Cody realized.
"Take it easy you guys," Twilight calmed them, "What you three need is scheduling and organizing. Fortunately I can help you with that."
"Believe me, she can." Spike assured them.
"Thanks, Twilight." Sabrina smiled.
"My pleasure. Now why don't we get these instruments someplace for you three to practice?" she suggested.
"Works for me." Jeremy replied as the five took the instruments out of the shop and left, feeling ready to practice.
(And there's the chapter. The three have a potential first gig that they hope will be a hit. Will they be able to practice enough before tomorrow without any interruptions? Wait and see.)