Author's Notes:

Warning: there is a curse in the beginning of this chapter that those of strong faith might find offensive. I do not mean to offend anyone, I am just merely trying to evoke the character's feelings. Sorry ahead of time if I did offend you.

"Is she okay? What's wrong with her? I do hope she'll be alright."

"It's complicated Octavia but long story short, I need you to come with me. As soon as you can. Then we might be able to help her."

Octavia grimaced at the sulking Vinyl, who was using me as a crutch and throwing up right next to me rather violently. I then went over all the details of what we had to do, from getting the magic sunglasses to going back to Earth. Of course, in doing that, I faced a paradox that could end all time as we know it. But I left that bit of information out of my recap, knowing it would only hinder my attempts of redemption.

"Well I say well thought plan but I must inquire, where are the sunglasses?"

"At my study. Come on!"

Octavia nodded and we started heading over to my study as quick as we could, carrying Vinyl upon our backs as we trotted over there. As we made our way over to the study, Vinyl started mumbling incoherently, and I looked over to Octavia when she did so. Octavia grimaced at me, understanding how really dire the situation was. I could not believe the irony of Octavia feeling that way but I shrugged it off my guilt, focusing on the situation at hoof.

"Look Octavia, right over there on the right-hoof side! By the fountain and statue of Celestia"

"Oh I see it! Okay!" Octavia replied.

We grunted with effort as we continued to trot, ignoring all of the ponies whom looked upon us as we took a right and made our way by the fountain. There was one filly who trotted along with us and attempted to help.

"Hey! I can help!" pleaded the small purple colored filly.

"It's okay, we grown-ups have it but thanks" I told the little filly, whom then nodded and trotted away in disappointment.

Octavia and I eventually reached the study and I used my magic to open the door. We entered as fast as we could, careful not to bump Vinyl into the doorway. Once inside, I instructed Octavia to help me place Vinyl on the couch. We set her down on the couch & Octavia covered her with a blanket she found. It wasn't necessarily the action that caught my attention but the affection she had behind the action. However I could not dwell on what I had seen and I trotted around the study, searching for the glasses.

"Where are they? Where are they?" I kept thinking to myself as I frantically looked around.

"Are you looking for these Twilight?" Octavia asked, holding the sunglasses in her hoof.

"Yes! We can start now!" I exclaimed to her.

She smiled at me with slight reassurance and gave me the sunglasses. I used my magic and levitated the glasses over to Vinyl, making sure they were covering her eyes.

"Okay, here goes everything" I thought to myself.

I looked over to Octavia and back to Vinyl, exhaling to let out the stress building up inside me. I started reciting a spell of teleportation and I instructed Octavia to hold my hoof. We held hooves and I told her to hold Vinyl's hoof as well. As I continued reciting the spell, my horn glowed and cast its light purple hew over the three of us. I felt Octavia's grip get tighter as we felt the instantaneous teleportation going underway, bringing us to Earth in almost an instant.
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September 3rd, 1995

"Dammit Jesus! God dammit Jesus! They took everything...everything!" a woman shouted out loud at first but soon started sobbing afterwards.

There was a man standing by her and he approached her, hugging her with comfort.

"It's okay Sandra, it's okay. We're gonna be just fine, I know it."

Sandra looked up to Jesus with her eyes stained red and make-up running down her face.

"How do you know that for sure Jesus? How are you so sure?"

Jesus smiled at Sandra and placed his hands softly under her jaw, cupping her face with his hands lovingly.

"Sometimes belief is all we got. We have to believe things will be alright Sandra, for little David."

Sandra nodded and rested her head on his wide chest and he comforted her, shielding her with his strong arms.
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"Huh!? Wha? Where-Where am I?" Vinyl asked groggily, seeing two forms materialize by her side.

She noticed right away at how feeble she was and tried to get up from wherever she was at but failed to do so, eventually passing out again.
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March 24th, 2000

"David you know how much I love you right?"

"With all of your heart Mommy?"

"Yes David, with all of my heart and then some. I love you sweetie. Te amo mucho!"

Sandra smiled at her son and passed her hand over his hair. He smiled at her and kissed her on the cheek.

"I love you too momma bear!"

Sandra's throat tightened a little but she managed to suppress her immensely proud emotions. She kissed him back on the cheek and ran her hand over his head again.

"Have a good day honey! Be Mommy's strong little man!"

David slightly blushed and nodded and exited the car, giving his mommy one more goodbye but with a wave this time. Sandra wanted to cry in happiness and joy but she kept it in, waving goodbye back to him. David smiled again, tipped-toed a little as he normally does when he is happy and turned around, walking to the school with a wide smile.
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"Ssh! Get down. They'll see us Octavia" echoed a voice in Vinyl's mind.

Vinyl could tell she was conscious but could not tell exactly how conscious she was. All she could see through her roaming eyes were two silhouettes and voices echoing in her head before she slipped away back into the darkness.
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June 11th, 2003

"Look honey, they're beautiful aren't they?" A young woman asked the little boy right next to her.

The two of them were looking up to the night sky, watching the distant twinkling stars.

"Yeah Mommy...they're cool...I wonder what's out there though."

The young mother looked over to her son and pursed her lips.

"That's a good question honey. I wonder what's out there too."

"Do you think there's people in the stars like us Mommy?"

"Hmm..I don't know honey. Your daddy would know. He's into that kind of stuff."

"I know Mommy. Daddy's silly. He says the people in the stars are not really people but they're ponies who eat the ground and that they sit upside down. He also says that the ponies in the stars have space mommies that talk too much."

"Oh he did, did he? Well maybe he ought to speak to one of these "space mommies" and see what they'll say about it."

David started giggling and looked over to his mom in delight, who returned the same expression towards him. The two of them giggled for some time but eventually ceased the giggling as they caught their breaths.

"Mommy..?" David began.

"Yes darling?" Sandra replied.

David looked over to his mommy and took a breath before speaking.

"When will Daddy come home?" he asked, taking Sandra off guard.

Sandra searched for an answer and found one, holding David's hands while doing so.

"Soon darling. He's making sure we're safe. Your daddy is a hero and everyday he fights bad guys because he is a good guy. Heroes never stop doing the right thing, right?"

"Right." David nodded, half-smiling at his mom but feeling a little sad.

"Well come on honey, let's get back into the car. It's getting pretty late. I bet you can't beat me to the car" Sandra said, hoping David's spirits would be lifted.

"Yes I can! Hehe!" David excitedly said with his spirits now lifted.

David squealed with delight as him and Sandra raced to the family car. However David slowed down and let his mommy win, much to her surprise.

"Honey, what happened? I thought you actually had me there." Sandra asked, chuckling slightly.

"Nothing Mommy. Ladies are first, always."

Sandra smiled widely at David and rested a hand on his shoulder while kneeling down.

"Awh, you're such a gentleman. You're just like your daddy honey. A true gentleman, my little gentleman."

David blushed, looking at the ground shyly and back to his mommy and smiled at her again.

"Come on kiddo, let's go home. We can eat your favorite, mangoes!"

"Okay Mommish!" David exclaimed happily.

David and his mommy headed into the car, fashioning on their seat-belts as the car exited the park onto the road back home.
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December 24th, 2005

A man and a child stood by a Christmas tree in the living room of a house and the both of them observed at how beautiful it looked. The Christmas tree itself was decorated with numerous lights and ornaments complete with candy canes on its branches. The child stepped forward and grabbed one ornament from the tree, and showed it to the man right next to him.

"That's a music note David." the man said, smiling at the child.

The small boy smiled and put the music note shaped ornament back onto the tree.

"It's cool looking Tio" the boy told the man.

The man smiled and beckoned for the boy to follow him.

"Come on David, let me show you somethin' really cool."

The boy nodded and the two of them left the Christmas tree and headed into an adjacent room. Once there, the man showed the boy what was in the room right away.

"This," the man said proudly, pointing at the object in the center of the room, "is a turn-table."

David looked at the turn-table with curiosity and noticed that it was only a head shorter than himself. The turn-table had a dark color to it; almost as black as night, and was trimmed with moonlight silver. He walked closer to the turn-table and touched the smooth surface, grazing his finger just slightly above the switches of the turn-table.

Remember who you are. Remember where you come from.

David looked up to his uncle in sudden realization and with a look of sheer confidence.

"These are my memories because..I'm..David Caballo!" he articulated and at the same time remembering.

David's uncle smiled, walked to the other side of the room and picked up a vinyl record.

"Remember who you are. Remember where you come from" his uncle said, echoing the words in David's mind with his voice.

He then set the record down on the turn-table and connected it to the nearby wall. Next, he grabbed a par of headphones that were nearby on a shelf and plugged them into the device. Finally, he looked back to David and stretched out his arms, holding the headphones carefully in his hands. David gulped and for some reason knew this is what he had to do, to save himself. He walked over to his uncle and grabbed the headphones, putting it on his head. Almost immediately he felt a surge of power rushing through his body as his hands and feet became hooves and his face extended outwards, becoming the face of a female pony. David's naturally black hair turned into blue and cyan while growing out wildly, exceeding past the headphones on her head. She closed her eyes in euphoria as not only she aged to her true age but her horn now started to emerge, protruding out of her forehead, making her a true unicorn. She opened her eyes again, revealing her now sparkling purple eyes.

"Time for you to go back home, sobrina" her uncle now said, smiling at her.

"But, I don't want to forget you guys. Ever." she said sadly, frowning at her uncle.

Her uncle smiled at her and put his hands in his pockets.

"You won't sobrina. We'll always be in your heart. Always"

Vinyl Scratch smiled at her uncle and nodded her head. As soon as she did, the rest of her family came by the doorway and smiled at her, encouraging her to spin the record. Vinyl gulped but knew what she had to do. She placed one hoof on the record and the other on the start button.

"Adios mi familia" Vinyl softly said to her family.

She then hit the button and started scratching the record, noticing that the music was coming from the turn-table and not just her headphone. As the song picked up volume and tempo, she saw parts of the room start to disappear, flaking off and falling to the ground.

"I am David! I am Vinyl!" She yelled out loud, continuing to scratch.

Tears started building up at her eyes, starting to obscure her vision but she pressed on. As she continued scratching, the wall itself continued flaking off as well, dissolving into nothing only to reveal a divine brightness where it once stood. Her family remained by the door way and slowly started to disappear but not in a flaking manner. Instead, one by one, her family slowly faded into the divine brightness until it was only her parents and baby sister.

"We'll always love you Vinyl. Always." her parents lovingly said, tears in both of their eyes.

Slowly but surely the divine brightness engulfed their outlines, soaking and bathing them in a light so bright it blinded Vinyl, causing her to shield her eyes. But when she looked back, only a fight silhouette of where they once were remained. Several tears rolled down Vinyl's cheeks but she did not whimper. She kept her emotions in and continued to scratch while increasing the tempo of the song. Then, with all of her might, she put two hooves on the record and scratched it as fast and as strong as she could, causing the divine brightness that surrounded her to crack with every jerk of the record.

RIK RAK RICKTY RAK
CRAACK!

"I AM VINYL SCRATCCCHHH!!!" Vinyl hollered at the top of her lungs with all of her might, causing her body to shake from the intensity of it.

Vinyl's horn lit up and she casted a powerful burst from it, blasting at the divine brightness.

CRAAAACCCCKKKKK!

"AHHH! AHHHHH!"

BLOOM! BLOOOMMM!

CRRRAAACCCKKKKKK!

Vinyl's hooves were going so fast she spinned the record off of the turn-table and broke it in two, causing a wave to emanate from it and pulse towards the divine brightness.

BLONG!

The wave proved to be the final push the divine brightness needed as it collided into the brightness and as a result caused the divine brightness to shatter to pieces, revealing Ponyville underneath it. Vinyl also saw the residents of Ponyville standing in front of her but there was a certain grey-colored pony that stuck out and caught her eye immediately.

"Octavia?" Vinyl asked.
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"Her mane...It's going back to normal! That's good right Twilight?"

I nodded but didn't respond verbally. We just stood there for what seemed like forever and we looked at each other in anxiousness, awaiting for Vinyl to gain consciousness. Suddenly Vinyl's body started moving with slight spasms, and her head jerked a little as well. Then her mouth opened and she started mumbling, speaking of random names and events from what I could gather. Her body continued to spasm slightly until Octavia spoke again.

"Vinyl? Are you alright?" Octavia asked the unconscious Vinyl.

Vinyl's body stopped spazzing abruptly, and she gasped, waking up all of the sudden.

"Octavia?" Vinyl called out as she started to get up slowly.

Octavia smiled and got closer to Vinyl, and even held her hoof in a careful manner. Octavia looked down to Vinyl and Vinyl looked back to her and I could not help but to notice that Octavia's eyes were filled with love, not compassion but unfiltered love for Vinyl. She cared for Vinyl and she loved her, more then any other pony in that moment. Was it cursed love? Or was it love meant to be? The two of them both braved their tragedies, both braved their lost realities and both were broken hearts. But yet they found each other at last, despite Octavia being lost for several years. Like pieces of a puzzle, the two of them found one another and fit into one another, becoming one whole, something I would normally not be able to comprehend for the next couple of years after what had caused Vinyl's rescue but I understood it right away once I kept watching the two interact. It was their love for one another and their friendship that was able to fix my wrong. As an element of harmony I should've known that friendship really is magic, and quite often magic can solve problems that might be unsolvable. Love itself is an amazing property that any sentient being is able to posses and I was able to witness first hoof the power it really does have. And so as the two of them embraced one another, I realized that I had accomplished my goal; I had saved David.

"Hey Twi! Get in here! You need a hug!" Vinyl joked to me while smiling.

I laughed and I hugged Vinyl and Octavia and we stayed hugging for a while. The joy I felt in that moment was indescribable, the euphoria that I felt not only for myself but for them. We all then took seats on the couch and comforted Vinyl, chatting with one another well into the evening....