It was a lovely afternoon in the village of Ponyville; ponies were walking all around, talking to their friends, shopping, or working. A purple pony by the name of Twilight Sparkle was walking calmly through town, as she picked up a few things for dinner that evening.
"Hmm, I think that's everything I will need." Twilight said as she looked in her saddle bags to make sure, but the hot sun was beating down on her as it was the middle of the summer. She looked around, and saw she was near the Sugarcube Corner. "Oh, a shake would be really nice right about now!" Twilight thought as she trotted into the sweet looking building. Once inside, she saw that there were a few ponies, sitting and relaxing away from the hot sun as well. Twilight walked up to the counter and was quite typically greeted by her hyperactive friend, Pinkie Pie.
"Hey, Twilight, one of my bestest best friendies in like everywhere, what'cha doing today here at Sugarcube Corner?" The party pony asked as she smiled at her bookworm friend.
"Oh, just getting a shake for such a hot day." Twilight said casually answering her friend's question.
"Okey-dokey lokie, coming right up, that'll be two bits from you friend." Pinkie said as she went to a blender and began to make a daisy and chocolate milk shake. Twilight was suspicious of getting special treatment until remembering everypony was Pinkie's friend. As the shake was being made however, both mares heard an upset voice from across the room.
"No, no just no. By Celestia, how do the two most musical mares in Equestria sound this terrible," said the voice. Both Twilight and Pinkie looked toward the speaker and saw the famous pony DJ Pon-3 also known as Vinyl Scratch. The unicorn with a white coat, two-toned blue mane and tail, with her signature purple colored sunglasses; she was sitting at a table, hanging her head down and sighing very deeply.
"What's with her?" Twilight asked as she looked from the sad pony and turned back the Pinkie.
"I'm just not sure; she's been doing that for an hour now. She won't talk to me about it." Pinkie answered in her normal tone as she placed a cherry on top the whip cream covered shake. Twilight used her magic to pick up the drink, and carried it with her as she walked over to the dj pony's table.
"Hey, you okay Vinyl Scratch?" Twilight asked as she came to the table.
"Huh?" Vinyl asked as she looked up and saw Twilight standing there. She would have told her to leave then and there, but figured telling off Celestia's prized student might be bad. So she put on a polite smile as she said, "Oh, hello...Twilight is it?"
"Yep, though I did not expect you to know me, now what seems to be the matter?" Twilight asked as she sipped from her shake. Vinyl thought for a brief moment, and then decided she'd just show her. She pushed over a cd player and used her magic to levitate some headphones to Twilight.
"Here, just listen." she said. Twilight shrugged as she placed the shake on the table, and then used her magic to place the headphones in her ears. She nearly shrieked as the music, if it could be called that, was sounding like Spike's claws against Tom while wheezing through a head cold. In just a short minute, she removed the assault from her ears and then shivered as if cold.
"Um? What the feather was that exactly?" Twilight asked in the nicest tone she could muster.
"Octavia and I wanted to write a song together, but all of them just sound awful," Vinyl said as she hung her head back down in sadness. Twilight thought for a second as she was wondering how she could help, then she had an idea.
"What if you have more ponies help make it?" Twilight asked as she finished her shake and placed it on the table.
"All of Octavia's friends are away, and I don't know any pony else that could help." Vinyl said as she looked at the purple pony.
