Broken Tune
Chapter 2: Foal again.
Previous ChapterOctavia looked down at the small foal, with concerned eyes. She walked up to her, and gently sat down so her eye vision was on the same height of the filly, who was glancing around curiously and nervously. ''Familiar Tune, do you want to take a bath? There is some snow on you. I can run you a bath to warm you up.''
''...W-whaw's a bawh?''
''You don't even know what a bath is?'' asked Vinyl, walking over. ''Well, a bath is a small collection of water in a tub.....it can be either warm and cold, but considering it's winter, you'll need a warm one.''
''Otay...'' mumbled the filly.
Octavia smiled, and walked out of the room. ''Come along.'' Fami nodded and followed Octavia. ''Vinyl, make sure that Rhythm falls to sleep. I'll trust you this time because we need to care of Familiar Tune.''
Vinyl sighed and nodded. Octavia grimaced, as she left the nursery. Fami looked at her curiously and asked. ''Um...w-whw dow't woo truwt twat uniworn?''
Octavia sighed, looking down. ''It's not that I don't trust her, she's my wife after all. It's just...a few years ago, long before the birth of our little Rhythm, we had a son by the name of the Beat Drums. He was only a few months old when Vinyl decided to give him the wrong food, under the idea that it was perfectly safe. He became very sick and then later on died thanks to it. Because of that, I became terrified to have another foal, in case of a similar thing happening. But Vinyl convinced me to keep little Rhythm.''
Fami looked at her, sadly. ''Fawi unwerstand...''
''...Wait... 'Fami'?''
''....Um...Yea....Fawi......niwkname?'' mumbled the little filly, unable to remember some words. 'It's nickname....right, Fami?'
''I see. I might as well introduce myself, my name is Octavia Melody. The unicorn, who's putting Rhythm away, is called Vinyl Scratch, or her DJ name is DJ-pon3.''
''DJ?''
''Yeah, Disk ponies. They usually are seen at discos or pop-bands. They are a great help when it comes to the need to do dubstep music, which is Vinyl's favorite.''
Fami gently nodded, as they reached a door that hand a name tag on it, saying 'bathroom' and underneath that was another sign saying 'No pony inside, you can go in'. Octavia looked at the sigh and tilted it over to say 'Do not enter, busy pony inside'. Fami watched, curiously as she was unable to read what the name tags said.
''..Um...Octawi?'' mumbled the filly.
Octavia looked at the filly, figuring that her name might be hard for the small filly. ''Fami, if my name is too hard for you to say. Call me what you find easier.''
''...M-mommy?''
Octavia blinked for a moment, trying to comprehend what the filly just called her. It took her a minute or two to figure it out. ''Okay, I guess that works. I'm mommy.''
''Twen....Viwy...is daddy.''
Octavia smiled a little, as she lead to the filly into the bathroom. ''Okay, sweetie. I need you to climb into the tub. You see that white and clear thing over there, I need you to climb into it.''
Fami nodded, mumbling. ''Otay, mommy.'' She stumbled over to the bathtub, staring at her reflection that appeared in the brightly polished side. She then stumbled to grip hold of the side of the tub, she then glanced at her horn. 'If I can repeat what daddy used, then I can get in without mommy's help'
She attempted to get her horn to glow, but the chipped off bit made the spell fail. She sighed, figuring that it might as well not work. The chip off bit had disabled her magic, and she somehow knew it. She jumped up and managed to pull herself into the tub. Octavia, who had been getting a sponge and cloth out of the cupboard, saw the filly managed to make it into the tub after failing to use her magic. 'Her magic didn't work, that normally doesn't happen to unicorns....could it be that chipped bit...disabling her magic? I will need to get her to the doctors soon if that's true.'
''Fami, can you stay still as the water collects in the tub.'' said Octavia, as she trotted over and turned the tap on, after placing the plug in the tub.
''Otay, mommy.''
The water slowly collected into the tub, as Octavia watched it. As soon as it covered the filly's flanks, she turned it off. She then slowly began washing the filly, who delighted in the warmth of the water. As Octavia washed the filly's mane, she noticed some specks of red in the amazing magenta. Blood. 'How is there blood in this filly's mane....I know she has scars on her cheek and chest...but it's still concerning.'''
''Fami, does you head hurt anywhere?'' She asked, gently.
''Weww....um....a biw of the tow of my heaw...huwts....juwt bewind my hown.''
Octavia nodded, as she helped the filly out of the tub as the water drained. She dried the small filly out and grabbed a brush off the crystal white sink. She brushed through the filly's mane, straightening it out and styling it so that it could fly in the wind. She smiled and decided it was time to tuck the small filly into bed. ''Do you want to sleep with me and daddy, Fami? Or in your own bed.''
''...Um...wiwh woo and daddy....if twats otay?''
''Of course it's alright. Come on, lets take you to bed. We'll be up soon so don't worry.'' Octavia smiled, leading the filly to her's and Vinyl's bedroom. She gently helped the filly into the bed, and tucked her in. ''Now go to sleep, we'll be up shortly so don't you worry. I just need to chat with your daddy about a few things.''
Octavia walked away to the door, as the filly settled down. She smiled, and flicked the light off. She then walked into the hallway and saw Vinyl just outside of the nursery. The unicorn walked over and asked, quietly. ''You put her to bed, didn't you?
''Yeah, but I need to talk to you downstairs, Vinyl. About what she decided to call us, and about her amnesia.''
Vinyl, at first looked confused, but nodded and walked downstairs with her wife. They sat in the living room, Octavia held her head in her hoof and sighed. She glanced at Vinyl, who looked at her worriedly and said. ''Octi, what did she call us? You seem concerned about it.''
''She called me 'mommy', Vinyl. And you 'daddy'. That's what's concerning me. If she has parents out there, she can't keep calling us that. It wouldn't feel right.''
Vinyl nodded, and sighed. ''But at least for the time being, while we look for her parents. We should let her call us mommy and daddy, just to make her fell safe. She's a small filly, with no memories and limited speech, Octi. She needs support.''
''...I know...she's like a baby...her speech is that of a toddler and she can't remember anything. It's like she been regressed into a infant again.''
''Yeah, but we need to find her parents. We both have jobs that happen at random, so they'll be a problem. The babysitter only agreed to look after Rhythm, so we'll need to explain to him about Familiar Tune.''
''Oh...Vinyl, she told me that she has a nickname. Fami.''
''I see.'' said the unicorn, with a sigh. ''It's a problem but we need to find her parents as soon as possible. Their probably worried about her at this point in time. We'll begin our search in the morning, but for tonight, let's just go to bed and settle down. We can discover more later on, I would rather find out after a good night's sleep.''
Octavia nodded, agreeing with her wife. ''Alright.''
They walked up to bed, and curled up with the small filly, who snuggled into Octavia's side. Octavia looked at her, smiling a little but inside she knew that she couldn't let herself get too close to the little filly. She gently laid down, glancing at Vinyl, who had hugged Fami as she fell to sleep. Octavia sighed, and went to sleep as well.