This New Rhythm

Story 5

Chapter 6: Make This Your Dance Floor

By: FluttersIsAwesome

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I stared into Vinyl's mesmerizing scarlet eyes. She had me captivated, and I had a feeling I did the same to her.

"Do you mean that?"

Kissing her neck softly appeared to be an acceptable form of "yes". "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course."

I gazed at her with a soft smile. "I want you right in front of the stage tonight. I've planned a special show just for you, and I want you to hear my new song personally."

My marefriend nodded slowly. "Of course. What time?"

Winking at her, I patted her flank. "Ten minutes from now. Did you notice how late it actually is?"

Feeling the bed rock quickly after she saw the clock that said 7:15 P.M., I assumed she was pretty shocked. "Already? How long were we-"

"We talked outside a decent bit. And then this..." I ran my hoof along her side tenderly. She was not only gorgeous, but amazing in bed, too.

After a moment of hesitation, she finally looked back at me. "Of course I'll be there."

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Showtime came so soon. I already had a set plan: in times when I didn't plan on using my guitar, I simply used magic to transfer music from my memories or thoughts to a record. As I waited behind the curtains of the stage, I heard loud chattering and various conversations.

Among them, I began hearing Via and Vinyl's voices, and that was my que. "WHAT'S UP HOMIES, MY NAME IS SLYCOLT, HERE TO BRING YOU A SPECIAL SHOW! THE SONG I'M GONNA PERFORM HAS NOT YET BEEN HEARD BY ANYPONY, SO YOU ALL WILL BE ITS DEBUT!" The roar from the crowd was enough to let me know it was time to start. As I stepped out from behind the curtain, I thrust my hoof forward and pointed to Vinyl. "This one is dedicated to Vinyl Scratch, or more commonly known as the famous DJ PON3!"

It took a bit of restraint to hold back the laughter as everypony's head turned. Vinyl didn't need the extra attention, so I decided it was time to start.

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Thankfully, I heard the music start up before anypony could start asking me questions.

"Well well well, this is quite a surprise. A special shout out just for you, dear friend. What exactly did you two do?"

I turned to Octavia, and the grin she was sporting made me want to crawl in a hole and hide. "N-nothing... I did nothing!"

"Then why are you blushing?"

I lost my composure completely. "I-I-"

"YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Saved by the opening lyrics, I thought. Everypony was silent as Beat began singing.

"It's disappointing

When you don't wanna dance dance dance

To this new music!

Kick off your shoes and let's dance!

Shimmy right, shimmy left 'till the end of day!

Shimmy right shimmy left, this is what I say!

Shimmy right shimmy left, make this your dance floo~r"

I listened intently as I watched him; every time he turned in my direction, his eyes were fixed on me. We took the opportunity given by his pause in lyrics to speak.  "Wow..."

I heard a sigh from beside me. "He may have admitted I was better with instruments, but I could never be as good of a singer as he is."

"I see you groovin'

Now that you like to dance dance dance

To this new music!

Now everypony dance!

Shimmy right, shimmy left 'till the end of day!

Shimmy right, shimmy left, this is what I say!

Shimmy right, shimmy left, make this your dance floor!

Shimmy right, shimmy left 'till the end of day!

Shimmy right, shimmy left, this is what I say!

Shimmy right, shimmy left, make this your dance floor!"

My eyes widened as the music entered into a guitar solo. Turning to Octavia quickly, I saw that her devious, sly grin had transformed into an excited one.

"Vinyl, isn't that your entry in an electric guitar form?"

"He really did like it!" As I turned back to the stage, he began a simple repetition of the word "Go!" in conjunction with his rather wild spins, flips, and various slides along the floor of the stage.

"GO! Make this your dance floor!

GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! GO! Make this your dance floor!

Shimmy right, shimmy left, 'till the end of day...

Shimmy right, shimmy left, this is what I say...

Shimmy right shimmy left, make this your dance

(floo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)

shimmy right, shimmy left, make this your dance

(floo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)

shimmy right, shimmy left, make this your dance

(floo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)

shimmy right, shimmy left, make this your dance floor

OOOOOOOOOOH OH!"

The entire crowd screamed and clapped as Beat watched over them all.

"Beat, you've outdone yourself, and I concede defeat." Octavia let out a long sigh as she turned to me. "Well, has he won your heart?"

"Octavia... he already had it. He had it long before we even met... I just wish I had realized it."

I flinched a bit as her lips met my cheek softly. "It's kind of saddening for me, but I know he'll be good to you."

Octavia and I did date for a decent while, but after thinking about myself night after night, I realized that I was only clinging to her because she liked me. However, since I became famous, I kind of drifted away from being clingy at all, seeing as how everypony liked me.

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"And that, Homies, was all thanks to your very own DJ PON3! Let's give her a round of applause too!"

Despite everypony starting to clap, all was silent when a voice all too familiar to my ears was heard.

"Magnificent show, Darling, as ALWAYS!"

Every head turned as Sapphire Shores, one of the most annoying ponies I've ever met, approached the stage with a grin. She leaned up against me like I had seen Fleur do to FancyPants a number of times and kissed my cheek. "Amazing show, sweetheart, amazing show. As always, you never fail to impress."

After shooting her the universal "I don't care" look, I pushed her away. "Ready for another mind-blower?" I took a step forward before following up. "I'm taken."

The look on Sapphire Shores' face; priceless. "What?! Who is she? Tell me who she is."

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I could barely even speak as his arms wrapped around my neck after his off-stage jump.

"A filly with beauty and talent matched by nopony else. This filly right here: Vinyl Scratch."