A/N: Next stop.

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"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

It was a groggy morning in Manehatten as the dock workers were starting to start their morning shift as they notice a large ship coming into port. Looking beaten and battered from an old style wooden ship is expected, but never this much. As the ship was anchored to the port passengers started departing and sailors were unloading cargo as the Captain sees off a large earth pony and a unicorn who departed the ship.

The unicorn looks around the area with one eye glowing blue from under his blacken hood and mask. Unfortunately for anypony looking they can't tell what his coat or mane looks like under all the clothing. Wearing many padded leather armor that overlapped each other as they hugged his body to act as a sound reducer. A black cloak hung around his neck area and on his back which waved slightly in the wind. Blackened leather boots wrapped tightly around his legs, while a belt of tools hung on his sides. A metallic folded bow hung on his back under the cloak which has a quiver along with it.

The Earth pony besides him is also looking around. A red coat and brown mane adorned him as the loose pants fluttered slightly in the breeze. "That whole trip reminded me why I hate traveling by sea." The earth pony says to the unicorn.

"I hear ya Alexander. I was feeling slightly sick, but I got used to it. Comes with my profession." Apollo told Alexander.

"Yeah, now if only we can find him I would like to sample some of Equestrian cuisine." Alexander says drooling slightly.

"I could go for some food as well and there he is." Apollo says seeing a waving Nikolai.

Alexander rubs his hooves together. "Alright let's go, I'm starving." He said bounding off.

Apollo shakes his head and follows soon after. "Hey Nikolai, great to see you again." Apollo greeted.

"Apollo, Alexander, I see you two made it across the sea without trouble." Nikolai says.

Alexander stares at and then turns to the boat. "Actually I ended up with seasickness."

"I didn't." Apollo quipped.

"Nopony cares." Alexander shot back.

Nikolai sighs and shakes his head. "Oh, how much I miss you guys. Come with me you two, let's get you some food." Nikolai says.

Alexander pumps a hoof in the air. "Finally, I'm starving."

Later at a cafe

"So you both got the message?" Nikolai asks after checking if anypony was listening.

Apollo pulls down his mask and starts to take a sip of the tea. "Why did you think we came here?"

"You ready to deal a pre-emptive blow?" Nikolai asks as he showed them a hidden dagger.

Apollo smirks. "I'm an archer, always ready."

Alexander smiles and shakes one of his leg, making a metallic sound. "Of course, I'm not leaving this guy alone. He's gets into more trouble than it's worth."

"Good, after this we'll head to Ponyville, we can easily get Lightning Bolt to give you both board." Nikolai says.

Apollo looks intrigued. "Ponyville, couldn't they come up with a better name? Something of an old language."

"Different country Apollo. By the way what's the word from Zebracus?" Nikolai asks.

"I'm glad to report that Zebracus is ready to fight and more tribes are joining them and subsequently the alliance." Apollo says.

"Good, now let's finish up and get this over with." Nikolai said finishing up his meal.

"Oh, this should be interesting." Alexander says with a smirk.

Nikolai smiles. "Doesn't everything we do?"

A few days later

"So Rainbow how are you?" Lightning asks hoofing her a cup of hot coco as they laid next to the fireplace.

Rainbow drinks some coco before responding. "Never better really, but it's good to finally relax and live with life."

"Yeah, so Rainbow I was wondering if we could..." Lightning was interrupted by a knock on the door. "Now who could that be? I'll be right back." Lightning says getting up to answer the door.

Walking over he opens the door to find Nikolai, Alexander, and Apollo. "Hey guys. Welcome to Ponyville." Lightning greets.

Apollo pushes past him and into the kitchen. "Yeah, yeah, where's the fridge?"

"Hey, I have a guest here." Lightning says.

Apollo looks to Rainbow. "Hey, nice to see you." He then turns back to Lightning. "Fridge?"

Lightning just covers his face and points to the kitchen. Apollo looks in the direction and starts to go for the raid. While Alexander just facehooves and heavily sighs. "Why me? Why did I get saddled with this stallion?"

"Guys I'm happy to see you but I currently have a guest, an important guest." Lightning says exasperated.

Alexander sighs and looks to him. "Sorry, but we barely ate and drink on the way here."

"Ok fine, but Apollo watch out for..." Lightning was cut off by a yell. "The ghost of commander Hurricane."

Apollo jumps back into the living room with his bow drawn. "What the heck in Tartarus…!" He yells out.

"No shooting your bow in the house." Lightning yells.

Apollo looks to him with a glare. "Lightning I have faced down psychopathic patients over at an asylum with me being hunted by a ghost along the way, but why do you have this one here?!"

"Meet my ancestor, Commander Hurricane." Lightning says sighing. Both the newcomers turn their head to Lightning, eyebrows raised. "I found her in a ruin of the first city around these parts. And now she's living with me."

Hurricane snickers. "Oh come on grandson, you sound like you hate it."

This just bought more raised eyebrows. Apollo puts his bow away as it folded into itself and looks to Rainbow. "Do you deal with this every day?"

Rainbow sighs and takes a drink before turning to the fire. "And every prank."

"Yeah but it's good to have family around. Oh and Nikolai how is your job going?" Lightning asks trying to change the subject.

Nikolai subconsciously rubs his ears. "Other than a muffled ear from the heavy beats she plays at night, going fine."

"Oh, then you need to go and have your ear cleaned out." Apollo says.

Nikolai still rubs at his ears. "Nah, it's not being clogged, it's trying to get use to the music she plays. Hassle."

"Are you sure?" Alexander asks as Lightning and Rainbow sneak out the window.

Nikolai glares at him. "Stay with her for a night and check your ears in the morning."

"What do you think Lightn…?" Apollo stops seeing Lightning gone with the mare. He looks around and sees an open window. "Huh, just like me when the guards are chasing."

"Where did he go?" Alexander asks.

Apollo sighs and heads to the kitchen. "Probably to enjoy his marefriend. Want to join me for a drink Commander?"

"I wish I could, but sadly can't drink." Commander Hurricane says sadly.

Apollo then smirks. "But you must know some recipes of the finest and hardest drinks."

"Ah, no, I never been in the kitchen except when I snuck in to get an extra helping when I was a private." Commander Hurricane says embarrassed.

Apollo raises an eyebrow. "Really, even after you married and had a foal, you never went into the kitchen?"

"I had several servants to do that because I was so busy." Commander Hurricane clarified.

Apollo then smiles. "Well come follow me and I'll teach you."

"Not much use remember a ghost." Commander Hurricane says.

Apollo huffs. "I was hunted by a ghost that made herself tangible."

"You what?" Commander Hurricane asks.

Lightning sighs after seeing they weren't following. "They are my friends, but they can be so annoying when in the same room together, sorry Rainbow."

"Friends of yours I assume?" Rainbow asks.

"Didn't I just say that?" Lightning quipped back.

"No you just said you know them." Rainbow says with a playful smirk.

Lightning smile back. "Grounded."

Rainbow frowns, but then smiles. "Flapper."

"Only for you." Lightning teased getting a blush out of Rainbow.

Rainbow turns in front of them. "Perv."

"Once again only for you. But I'm sorry about that, now you want to go do something fun?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow looks ahead of them. "What's there to do?"

"We could race for a bit." Lightning suggests.

Rainbows smiles and then quickly takes off in the air. "Hey!" Lightning shouted.

Nikolai was sitting at the table with the two other stallions. "So what are you two going to do for work in the mean time?" He asks

Apollo shrugs. "Don't know, but your job sounds a little good."

"Yeah my job is full but I may know somepony who could help get you two jobs." Nikolai says getting up. "See you Commander." He called to the now tangible ghost who was having the time of her afterlife, eating.

She waves showing she acknowledged this before going back to eating.

"Now you two follow me and be on your best behavior." Nikolai says emphasizing the last part with an all too familiar glare to them.

They snapped to attention. "Sir."

"Good." Nikolai says leading them away.

After a short walk they came to the apple family's farm where they saw four foals playing together.

"Here we are. The Apple Farm." Nikolai told them as they walked up to the door. "Hey Applebloom." Nikolai calls.

"Hey there Nikolai." She called back before going back to play.

"Is your sister home?" Nikolai asks.

"Should be." Applebloom turns and calls back.

"Thank you." Nikolai calls as Apple Bloom is dog piled by the other three laughing. He walks up to the door and knocks. "You two are going to like these jobs, but I recommend some other clothing." He said while looking to Apollo.

Applejack opens the door. "Hi Applejack." Nikolai greets as Apollo starts to look over himself.

Applejack looks behind him and sees the other two stallions. "Hey Nikolai, who and what are they here for?"

"Well you see these two stallions are old friends who need help finding a job and I was wondering if you could use some extra help." Nikolai says.

Applejack smiles. "Well it just so happens that we do. I need somepony to handle the animals and another to help with the bucking." She looks at the two stallions carefully. She first speaks to Apollo. "You look like you have a good for details, but that also helps with hoof eye coordination. You're on the bucking." She then looks to Alexander. "You look a little high society, but still have that rugged look. You're on the animal caretaking. Both of you will start tomorrow and we will see how it goes."

"Thanks Applejack, I owe you one for this." Nikolai says gratefully.

Applejack just waves a hoof at him. "It was nothin, but remember, if these two can't keep up then it's back to finding some jobs. No promise if I can give again."

"Oh they work and if they get lazy let me know." Nikolai give them a crazy look that made them shiver.

"Uh, yeah we will do good job, right Apollo?" Alexander said stressing out the last part.

Apollo starts to sweat under his hood. "Uh, yeah, we will do a good job, as we always do." He forced out with an extreme smile.

"That's good. Just don't mess this up, because I doubt that I could find you guys another job." Nikolai says with a smile.

They both nod frantically as more sweat started to fall. Applejack looks on in amusement as the stallions started to really act pleased. "Well, now like I said, come back tomorrow before six in the morning and we'll get you started."

"Oh and feel free to work them into the ground, they could use the exercise." Nikolai says smirking at the corner of his mouth.

The two stallions stop and whimper from the pain they will endure. 'What did I get myself into? This is worse than that time I broke into the bank to steal that necklace, which was lousy, too much dogs. I hate dogs.' Apollo thinks to himself.

'Oh, boy. This is going to be a lousy work life now. I wonder what Lightning does, because he looks well off and too much free time. Didn't even look tired. I loath you Lighting Bolt.' Alexander thought.

"Sorry to leave you with them Applejack, but I have to get to my own work." Nikolai says.

Applejack smirks. "Surrrrrrre, work."

Nikolai looks confused. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Applejack giggles into her hoof. "Nothing, nothing. Best be going now." Nikolai nods and heads out, leaving the two doomed stallions behind. "As for you two." A silent yelp came from them. "Time to show you where you work and how."

Nikolai lands in front of Vinyl Scratch and Octavia's house and knocks on the door. Vinyl quickly opens the door and jumps into his hooves. "What's up N?!" She shouts over the loud bass.

"Vinyl this is when I always come in to work and you seem more eager to see me than usual." Nikolai says a little confused.

Vinyl laughs deeply while head banging to the music. "Just enjoying my number one employee. I thought you could use some fun time after all the hard work you did! So come on in and enjoy the house party!" Vinyl yells while getting off and heading back inside.

"I'm scared to ask if Octavia is here." Nikolai says.

"Oh don't worry your pretty little head, Octy isn't here she is in Canterlot right now!" Vinyl ensured Nikolai

Nikolai raises an eyebrow. "Might I ask why?!" He said as he walks inside.

Vinyl finally turns down the volume so they can talk normally. "Something about finding another concert place for her quartet...band…I don't what she called it. I usually just zone out." Vinyl said having her trademark smile.

"Ok, first its ensemble, second this is why ponies say your marriage is on the rocks." Nikolai jokes on the last part.

Vinyl fakes gasp. "I don't believe you Nikolai, trying to gain a mare while that mare is married. How dare you?" She spoke in a Canterlot voice and a hoof to her head, which was downright fake.

"Oh, but Vinyl, you know you're a shameless flirt and came onto me while Octavia was drunk." Nikolai jokes back.

Vinyl grins. "Yeah, but keyword drunk. Meaning she doesn't remember. Plus it kinda spices things up."

"Oh, yes I remembered when she suggested a three way. Oh, how scandalous for her group." Nikolai says mimicking her Canterlot accent.

Vinyl couldn't hold it anymore and started to laugh along with Nikolai following after a while. "Oh boy, you sir have always been A-Okay in my book." She then puts a hoof to her chin to think. "Then again, my booking is pretty filled."

"Oh, ho, Octavia having you work overtime? How many scandalous things will she do?" Nikolai joked.

Vinyl now just smiles. "Nah, I got a lot places over at the dance club at the edge of town, then the last few over in Canterlot. It's going to be pretty tough without my number one employee on stage with me."

Nikolai pops his neck. "Then said employee best get to work then." He says stretching his wings.

Vinyl raises a hoof. "Just one more thing." Nikolai waits patiently. Vinyl then takes off her glasses to show her red eyes. "I just want to say thanks with helping out everything, even with Octavia on her work. I really meant it when I said you're my number one."

"Thanks Vinyl and to tell the truth it doesn't seem like work to me cause you make everything fun." Nikolai says with a sincere voice.

Vinyl turns the volume up without looking and gives him a slight kiss on the cheek leaving him bright red. "Then let's get to work!" There's the Vinyl he knows, though he doesn't know what to think with his mind being blank.

"Y-yes mam." Nikolai says starting to lift the needed equipment.

Vinyl snickers as she puts the glasses back on and starts to edit her soundtrack. While Nikolai tries even harder than usual to get the equipment moved to the right spot for transport.

Meanwhile Alexander and Apollo were hard at work. "They sure are working hard." Applebloom says carrying baskets of apples on her sides.

"Yup." Big Mac says with a hay twig in his mouth.

"Oh, this is horrible." They heard Alexander shout.

Applejack snickers some more into her hoof. That was the third time he said that. "Bet ya that he quits by the next day or few hours." She said to Big Mac.

"What's the bet this time?" Big Mac asks.

She smirks. "The loser has to clean up all the poo from all the animals with their hooves. No shovel. And they must handle them from picking up to compost by hoof."

"You're on." Big mac says shaking his hoof with hers.

"I want in." Applebloom spoke up.

They both look to the little filly with resentment. "Uh, you're not old enough to make bets." Applejack said trying to steer her away from the silly bet.

Applebloom then pouts. "Me and my friends makes bets all the time."

"That's different."

"How?"

"This is a bet just between us and last time we did this Big Mac hurt his back. So I went with something that harmless." Applejack remembered and then thinks. "Well maybe not completely harmless. Twilight did tell me that poo does have something else other than good fertilizer and it's not good."

Apollo's ears perk up at that. He smiles subtly and continues bucking apples.

Meanwhile, Alexander continues to clean the biggest and fattest pig he had ever laid eyes on. "By gods, what do they feed you?" The pig just rolls in the mud some more away from, making his job even harder. He sighs and looks around at the other pigs. "Great, at this rate I'll never get this done."

Applejack smiles. "Looks like he's giving up now." She then sees something that surprised her and the rest of the siblings. Alexander actually takes some of the feed and lays out a trail near a large pool he used to clean the brush. As each pig went on the stairs he pushes them into the belly deep water, pig height of course, and takes out the brush.

"Now I can clean."

Big Mac sent a smirk at Applejack. "Looks like you better get some perfumes from Rarity, young sis."

Applejack starts to worry at this. She hadn't felt this worried since she didn't win a single blue ribbon at that rodeo competition. "Oh no."

While this was going on Apollo takes a look around the farm as he turns to buck the tree. 'Nice open area, lots of shadow opportunities, great place to train. Yeah, I think I'll stay in this town.' He then looks to the three siblings watching them. 'Lightning I now know why you choose to come here.'

"Darn pigs!" Apollo heard Alexander yell. He turns to see Alexander chasing the small pigs that jumped out of the pool. He then looks to the siblings and sees Applejack wiping the sweat from her forehead and giving a smirk to her brother.

'Oh, all fear the mighty Alexander who is defeated by mere piglets.' Apollo joked in his head. 'This would be a great story to tell his kids, but who would want him now that he can't get pigs to stay still.' He laughed to himself then his muzzle forms an evil smirk.

Later as the mood was completely overhead Vinyl was still rocking out in a club as Nikolai went to get drinks for them. "Two Vodka Specials." Nikolai orders.

The bartender takes out a large white bottle and starts to pour it into two shot glasses and then place an olive in each. "Fifty." He simply said.

Nikolai hoofs over the bits before taking the drinks and moving with them backstage and coming up behind Vinyl. He hoofs over the shot glass to Vinyl who lets the system play in auto. "To us Nikolai. May we swim in bits." And with that she prepares to drink in one go.

Nikolai laughs. "Yes, to us. Both of us something weird and fun." With that they drown their shots, olive and all.

"Thanks now, I'll get back to… Is that Tavi in the crowd waving at me?" Vinyl asks shocked as she stood over the set.

Sure enough Octavia is in the crowd. Nikolai quickly leaves from the stage and heads for her to get backstage. Going through the crowd was tough, especially since everypony was sweaty from their party night. Once he reaches her he looks back and sees how far he went. He then turns back to Octavia who had a slight smile on her face. "Before you ask, let's get over there!" She yelled over the music and crowd.

"You got it boss." Nikolai says as they start making their way through the crowd.

Once backstage Nikolai led Octavia to where Vinyl was stationed. Vinyl looks to over to them and then back to the crowd. "Alright everypony, this is going to be one of the last few songs for tonight. So I ask for one thing. Party hard!" A cheer rose from the crowd as the new song came into play. Vinyl then hits the auto switch and heads for her roommates. "What are you doing here Octy?" She asks.

"My ensemble and I finished up early and I decided to come see you." Octavia says.

Vinyl trademark smirk appears. "Aww, you did miss me didn't you honey?"

"More like making sure you were working and not just messing with...Nikolam...Nikolie." Octavia says having trouble with her roommate's name.

"Nikolai, boss." Nikolai said to her.

"I'm sorry I just have a hard time pronouncing foreign names." Octavia says.

"I think it's kind of cute." Vinyl added.

Nikolai blushes red from his boss calling him cute. "It's nothing, really." He said as he rubs the back of neck.

"I was talking about Tavi's pronouncement of your name but that too." Vinyl says with a smirk. This didn't help with the blush any better.

"I gotta go…check the wires...yeah, check the wires." Nikolai said looking around frantically and then rushing off.

"Your cruel you know that?" Octavia asks.

Vinyl smirks. "I know."

Octavia groans and facehooves. "Why did I ended up living with you?"

Vinyl then slided up by her side. "Cause you love me." She said hugging her.

"Just be sure your back in time to get enough sleep for our radio show in the morning." Octavia says with a huff.

"Heh, heh. You got it Octy." She then sauntered off to her set.

"Stop calling me that!" Octavia yells.

"Not happening Octy!" Vinyl calls back.

The next morning as Apollo and Alexander were working they hear the radio from the porch nearby. "Hello listeners and welcome to the Vinyl Scratch. I'm your host the turntable temptress herself DJ-PON3." Vinyl Scratch says.

"And I'm her co-host Octavia." Octavia wistfully said.

"Well listeners we have an interesting new development. The Princess Celestia has felt that we could use a more pegasus point of view so meet our newest co-co-host Nikolai." Vinyl Scratch says.

"Um, hey guys great to see you...well talk to you...even though I can't see you...I'm no good at this. How did you convince me to do this again?" Nikolai's voice said over the radio.

"A simple kiss just like when you came over to start working." Vinyl said to him.

"I think Octavia is still mad about when you forced her to kiss me." Nikolai says sounding a little scared.

"Heh, heh, yeah she sure does look steamed." A pause followed. "Oh, she completely red in the face. Does this mean we got love in the room?"

"Don't even go there." Nikolai and Octavia said at the same time.

"Oh looks like they are already a couple." Vinyl says.

"Keep going like this Vinyl and I may have to quit." Nikolai declared.

"You can't do that, I have you under contract." Vinyl said inflamed.

"Wait, what?" Nikolai and Octavia ask in near unison.

A large pause followed. "What?" Vinyl said.

"Since when do you know about contracts?" Octavia asks.

"Since we started this." Vinyl says.

"I'll admit I'm both surprised and impressed." Nikolai says

"You coming on to me Nikolai?" Vinyl said sultry like.

"Oh, you offering?" Nikolai asks causing a pause.

"And since when did you become like a common stallion? I thought you would more of a gentlecolt." Octavia spoke up.

There was sound of something hitting wood. "Oh good lord, Vinyl is rubbing off on me." Nikolai says.

"I pray for your life now." Octavia said in sympathy.

"What, I like this flirty side of him." Vinyl says. "Gets me flustered and hot."

"Vinyl there may be some foals listening to this. Celestia told us to keep this show at newspaper level." Octavia warns.

"Oh you mean talk about nothing, but untrue gossip?" Vinyl asks as a drum roll is heard in the background.

"When did you get that?" Nikolai asks.

"The black market." A pause follows. "Kidding. I just got from a buddy of mine from the last gig we did."

"That aside, Vinyl stop corrupting Nikolie." Octavia says.

"Still can't get my name right huh?" Nikolai said.

"Sorry. I'm trying here, but your name is foreign to me." Octavia apologize.

"So is you two to me and that's cause I was born in Stalliongrad." Nikolai said back.

"You hear that listeners. We got a stallion from the toughest place on the planet." Vinyl said to her audience.

"Ah, debatable, there are places that have flowing rivers of lava." Nikolai clarifies.

"Yet, it's still rank on the top of the list. Some ponies just are too lazy to go even further than normal or is that fear?" Vinyl said.

"Though I will admit all the creatures here are nothing compared to some of the creatures over there." Nikolai says.

"Wait, I don't want you two scaring the young ones listening to this. Let's move on." Octavia warns.

"Ok, so what was planned for today's show anyways?" Nikolai asks as paper was shuffled.

"Oh right let's bring in our special guest. You know her you love her my best friend Spitfire." Vinyl introduces.

The sound of a door opening played in the background as hoofsteps were followed after it. "Hey guys and Nikolai great to see you here." Spitfire said.

"Oh, this is awkward. The sister of my best friend is here in the studio." Nikolai says worried.

"Wait, what?!" Vinyl screeches making a squeal sound from the radio.

"Oh, you didn't hear Vinyl? My brother Lightning Bolt is back. You remember him, the little colt you use to mess with." Spitfire says.

"Thanks for the heads up Spitshine." Vinyl says. "But it was actually Nikolai here and his 'best friend' thing."

"You mean you don't remember the ruins?" Nikolai asks.

"Yeah, kinda fuzzy about that trip." Vinyl says.

"Vinyl don't you think it's a little rude to call that to our guest." Octavia spoke up.

"That's my nickname for her though." Vinyl whines a bit.

"Why did I come to work today?" Nikolai said.

"Same reason I did probably." Octavia said following him.

"Because we are all roommates?" Nikolai asks

"That might be one reason." Octavia said. "Though Vinyl has a sick sense of humor."

"Hey Nikolai, how would you like to spend some private time with me after this?" Vinyl asks.

"See what I mean?"

"Unfortunately. Vinyl I think we should focus on the interview." Nikolai says.

"Heh, heh, you guys sure are funny." Spitfire said to them.

"Not as funny as you and your brother. I heard stories of you trying to drown him in a punch bowl at a party recently." Nikolai says.

A pause hits here. "Yeah, but that changed to something serious that I don't want to talk about. It's private." Spitfire told him.

"Ok then, Vinyl any comments from you?" Nikolai asks.

"Got nothing here." A pause hits the radio waves. "What now?"

"Uh miss Spitfire how does it feel to have your brother back?" Octavia asks.

"Feels great and at the same time, annoying." Spitfire informed.

"Really that's a surprise. Cause whenever you came up in a conversation Lightning had nothing but praises to say." Nikolai says.

"That's my little brother. Too proud and crazy." Spitfire said.

"Isn't that for all siblings, the younger looks up to the older?" Nikolai asks.

"Yep, except he tries to get all the mares. Want to hear about one of them?" Spitfire nonchalantly said.

"He has an interest in mares?" Nikolai asks sounding a little surprised.

"What stallion doesn't at his age? He would really go after them. Once he was in the Wonderbolts, oh boy, the janitors we went through." Spitfire said.

"I've never seen Lightning interact with a mare unless it was business in Stalliongrad." Nikolai says.

A pause hits them. "So he was telling the truth." Spitfire said quietly.

"Personally happy to hear that was starting to think he didn't trot that way." Nikolai says.

"Yeah, good thing. I still missed that funny colt." Spitfire said with longing.

"Blah, blah, blah, this isn't a drama show here. It's a talk show and we need exciting stuff." Vinyl said with boredom.

"Vinyl you really need to work on your manners. I'll schedule you with the center after this." Octavia said.

"Didn't they ban Vinyl though?" Nikolai asks.

A pause hits the room. "Shoot."

"How did you even pull that off Vinyl?" Spitfire asks.

"Eh, the doc said that I was untrainable, mutter a few words that I can't say on the air, and then threw the clipboard out the closed window and busted the door open, sorry I meant bucked the door open, and then yelled 'I quit!' to almost everyone in the building and then left." Vinyl told them.

"Wow that is both scary and impressive." Octavia says surprised.

"I'll admit, Vinyl was always a hardhead." Spitfire said.

"Yeah. I sure am." A pause hits then a few snickers came along. "Hey!" A cacophony of laughter came about as both Octavia and Nikolai laughed to their hearts content.

"Hah, hah, very funny you three." Vinyl says.

"Okay this is now something I'm going to do if it means embarrassing Vinyl." Nikolai quipped.

"One more word or anything of the sort and I'll rip the contract." Vinyl shot to him.

"You won't do that. You need me for gigs and 'other things.'" Nikolai shot back.

"N-N-Nikolai that is highly inappropriate!" Octavia yells.

"Octy, I think you just got his name right." Vinyl says surprised.

"I pride myself on making sure that names I get right are for the important ponies in my life." Octavia informed.

"Say it again." Nikolai says.

"Nikoleu." Octavia says

The sound of hoof meeting face sounded through the room. "And we're back to square one." Vinyl said through her hoof.

"At least we made progress." Nikolai says as Spitfire laughs in the background.

"Geez, I thought about coming to talk about my life, but it sounds like you guys don't need me for this radio talk show to work." Spitfire said.

"Still think we need a bear that plays the Tuba." Nikolai says.

"See what I mean. Don't need guests if you're this funny." Spitfire said.

"But then where will I hear embarrassing stories about Lightning Bolt?" Nikolai asks

"Oh yeah, how about the time when Lightning tried to get his first mare during his acceptance into the Wonderbolts, he played the romance book card." Spitfire remembered.

"Oh, do tell." Nikolai says.

"Oh, I remember that." Vinyl says.

"Okay when Lighting was finishing up high school he met this mare that just wanted to get a job and be done with her life. Lighting would try really hard to get her attention using almost every move in a romance novel. I mean, he literally read the romance novels to see what he can do. Though in the end the mare did went with him once, but he came back looking like he saw a ghost or something. Still don't know what caused that. After he stopped chasing them like that forever. Now he uses his real charms and it seemed to have worked with Rainbow."

"I'll have you know Rainbow that I just got upstage by a fillyfooler at that incident."

"Still the funniest things he did to get her was hilarious. Like actually using the clouds to spell out 'Will you go out with me?' It was like he was asking her to marry him." Spitfire finished.

Lightning's face slams on the table. "Just kill me now." His muffled voice says while Rainbow sat by snickering. Her stallionfriend was a romancer? This will be one for the blackmail books.

"When are you going to shape some clouds into words for me?"

Only a muffled yell answered that.

Vinyl was laughing her flank off and almost falling off of her chair, while Nikolai and Octavia were snickering.

"That doesn't sound like him at all with the way I know of." Nikolai said.

"Well this is before you knew him." Spitfire says.

"Oh, well look at the time. Sorry Mare, Stallions, and Foals that is our show for today. I'm Vinyl Scratch." Vinyl says.

"I'm Octavia." Octavia says.

"And I'm Nikolai." Nikolai says.

"See you next time on the Vinyl Scratch." Vinyl said ending the show.

Author's Notes:

This is another chapter from the great duo here and as you can see two more are in play in this grand chess game of war. But for now you get humor.

If anyone can guess what Apollo is based off of you get a free virtual cookie. First one to answer wins.