Octavia prodded the ground with her hoof, all the other fillies and colts were playing different games like tag or hide n' seek. She had no one to play with, then again how could she. She's never been to Canterlot in her life, therefore making it improbable to even know anyone here. She just wanted to go back to Baltimare and be with her friends, but that couldn't happen. Her only friend is her own shadow which was only created by the afternoon sun. She sighed.

"What are you doing?" Said an unfamiliar voice.

Octavia looked up to find a small unicorn filly standing over her.

"Absolutely nothing." Octavia Solemnly answered.

"You sound funny!" Said the unknown foal.

Octavia stood up and looked the filly in the eyes, which shimmered yellow.

"I do not!" Said Octavia flustered.

"Do too!" teased the stranger once again.

Octavia let out a growl before slumping back down. "Oh, nevermind."

"What's your name?" Asked the yellow eyed, seafoam green filly.

"Octavia." Said once again, in a solemn tone.

"Cool! My name is Lyra! Lyra Heartstrings for....long."

Octavia perked her ears up. Was this quirky filly trying to be her friend? If so, why?

"Wanna be friends?" Asked the filly.

"Friends with me?" Octavia said pointing towards her own chest.

"Yes, silly!" Said Lyra Giggling.

For the first time in days, Octavia smiled.

~Fifteen Years Later~

Octavia opened her eyes weakly. She looked to the right of her bed to find sunlight peeking through her dark violet curtains. She said.

"Alright, alright Celestia, I'm up!" She said to herself as she crawled out of the covers and walked over to the bathroom. She did her usual routine that morning. Get up, brush her teeth, bath, eat breakfast, and went to practice with Lyra, her best friend. This morning however was diverse from the others. She tied her signature bow tie around her neck and opened the door just to be greeted by a stranger.

"Uh, 'sup, I was her 'bout your 'Room for Rent' sign out here and I was just wanting to know how many bits monthly." Said a strange mare standing on her porch.

Octavia nearly forgot about that sign. She sized up the mare. She had a sleek, pale body with a light blue-themed dual colored mane like Lyra's only longer and more spiked at the end. She also wore violet shades that were guided by a black and grey rim, though she couldn't see her eye color due to the glass in her shades being too opaque.

"Uh, lady? Please stop staring at me like that." Said the mare.

Octavia shake her head. "Oh right, my apologies, come in." Octavia apologized, gesturing her to come in.

"Alright." The mare agreed.

Octavia guided her to the living room, which is fitted with two arm chairs, one love seat, a couch, and a glass coffee table in the middle, along with a fireplace fitted in the wall made from darkened bricks to fit the mood of the room. The mare sat plopped down on the loveseat.

"So about the price-" She began, but was cut off by Octavia who sat properly down with a try of assorted danish bagels and hot sweetened tea.

"The priced monthly is about fifty bits per month which would ultimately equal up to six-hundred bits per year, are you interested?" Asked the grey mare.

"Uh, yeah-" Agreed the pale mare.

"But before we have a deal I need to know more about you." Said Octavia smiled slightly. "Agreed?"

"Oh yeah, totally." Said the mare putting her shades on her hair revealing dark purple eyes.

"The name's Vinyl Scratch, I'mma freelance DJ and I love to party. I've been kicked out of my home and now I've been lookin' for a new one. My favorite colors are blue and purple and I like Key Lime Pie! So is that enough?"

Octavia pondered on the subject. She was clearly the opposite of herself but she also dabbles in music as well. It would be a fun experience, but a hard time on Octavia as well. She made her decision.

"Sure bu-"

"Epic! Here's six months pay! Now where do I sleep...?" She said throwing a heavy bag of bits on her lap.

Octavia looked over her shoulder watching Vinyl Scratch walk down the hallway opening doors. She began to look into the bag of bits thrown at her.

"Three hundred twenty-one bits." She said in awe. Octavia was having money problems and this was a big help.

Octavia heard jingling from the other side of the front door and the door opened slowly. Lyra walked in with groceries.

"Oh hey, you're awake. What's up?" She asked going to the kitchen.

"Oh nothing, we get the spare room rented out." Octavia said.

"Really? To whom?" Lyra asked, intrigued

"Some DJ, go say hello, she's in the spare room." Octavia answered as she sipped her tea

"Alright" Said Lyra as she walked down the narrow hallway where most of the rooms were.

Octavia took another sip of her tea before jumping out of her seat due to a loud noise coming from the spare from followed by Lyra cursing out the new mare. Octavia got up and rushed to the room to find a dumbfounded look on Vinyl's face as she levitated a saucepan and Lyra with a pained look on her face, holding her head.

"Tell me what's going on here!" Octavia demanded.

Vinyl put down the saucepan. "I thought she was a burglar!"

Lyra looked up and yelled. "OH, BULL SHI-"

Octavia cut off Lyra. "Enough! Not even five minutes of you living here, and you getting home, and there's already problems!"

Vinyl looked away and mumbled. "she started it"

Lyra looked up with a look of anger. "You hit me with a damned saucepan and I started it?!"

"ENOUGH!"