The three ponies, Octavia, Vinyl, and Joseph’s ponysona, Fiery, had been sitting at the dining room table, talking about themselves to get to know one another better after they had finished lunch. “It was around that time that I had left the rock farm in search of my talent. Luckily, my parents were supportive enough to send me to school here in Ponyville where I ended up meeting Vinyl.” Octavia said with a smile.

“That sounds really interesting Ms. Pie.”

“Please Fiery, we’re going to be roommates. Just call me Octavia.”

Joseph nodded and smiled. “Alright, Octavia.”

“And call me Vinyl, or Vinny if you like.” Vinyl added as she continued her grin from earlier.

“Alright, Vinyl sounds good.” Joseph responded when he looked down at his plate and smiled. “You know, I never really had food like this before.”

“You mean you’ve never had a Lettuce, Tomato, and Daisy sandwich?” Octavia asked, and Joseph shook his head. “Well, was it alright?”

Joseph nodded. “It was much better than I first expected it to be.” He looked back up at Octavia. “But anyways, what happened after that?” He asked, trying to change subjects.

“Oh, well, Vinyl and I had gone to the same school for many years, and ended up graduating together. After that, I ended up going to Canterlot to continue my talent of playing the cello, using the one that I had gotten from my grandfather, while Vinyl here went off to Manehatten trying to get her DJing career started.”

“And it worked too!” Vinyl commented.

Octavia rolled her eyes. “Yes, yes, it worked Vinyl. You got a record deal but then found out that it was a sham.”

“It wasn’t a sham! He just happened to go bankrupt after I gave him a thousand bits to start the recording deal!”

“Sounds like a sham to me.” Joseph said as he looked over at Vinyl.

Vinyl lost her grin while Octavia giggled some. “See Vinyl? Even Fiery agrees with me that it was a sham. Anyways though, after that had happened, Vinyl had come to Canterlot trying to seek me out so that I would take care of her in her time of need. Being the caring mare I am, I gladly allowed Vinyl to live with me….”

There was silence for a few seconds then, confusing Joseph. “So… what happened then?” Joseph asked.

Octavia sighed and continued. “She got us evicted from our apartment for disturbing the other residents, and we were forced to come back here to Ponyville. That’s where Shady comes into the picture.”

“Shady?”

“Ah, yes, forgive me Fiery for not explaining properly. You remember the old roommate we told you about?”

Joseph nodded. “I assume that’s who Shady was?”

Octavia nodded to the question. “Yes, and like we said before, he was able to get us this house, despite us not knowing how he did it. Anyways, one day when we were wondering the streets looking for possible jobs, Shady had come up to us with a deal for a business. This time I did the negotiating-“ Octavia said as she glared at Vinyl, before she took a deep breath to calm herself down and continue. “Anyways, as I was saying. I was the one who negotiated with Shady, and because of him, we were able to start this business, 33% of the profits going every way. Shortly after that, the band of classical players I’m in right now had come up to me asking if I was interested in the position of playing cello for them.”

“Wait, if you took the job, then how are you still-“ Joseph began, but was cut off.

“I was just getting to that. You see, again, I was able to negotiate with the band, and we all agreed that the money I was to receive would be paid to the company, rather than to myself, as I’m not the sort of pony who would take the money and forget about my friends.”

“So you gave up your paychecks to Shady and Vinyl?” Joseph asked, and Octavia nodded, making Joseph smile. “Well, that’s quite a good quality you got there Octavia. Giving up your hard earned money for the good of your friends.”

Octavia blushed a little at the comment and responded. “T-Thank you Fiery, t-that’s quite a-a kind thing t-to say.” She quickly took the plates that were still on the table into her hooves, and got off of her seat. “Um, i-if you’ll excu-use me.” She then quickly walked into the kitchen, plates carefully stacked on her back, without saying another word.

“…. What was that about?” Joseph asked out loud as he watched the grey mare leave the room in a hurry. Vinyl simply shrugged. “Well okay then…. Anyways, you said there was going to be a party later?”

Vinyl nodded and answered. “You met ‘Tavi’s sister on your way into town, right?”

“Pinkie, right?”

Vinyl nodded once more. “That’s right. And remember when ‘Tavi said that she was a party animal?” This time it was Joseph’s turn to nod. “Well, typically Pinkie throws a welcome party for anypony who comes into town. Usually it’s a really good time.”

“Is there going to be any alcohol there?”

“Wouldn’t be a party without it.” Vinyl answered while grinning once more.

“Well that’s good to know…. Hey Vinyl?”

“Yeah Fifi?”

“Could you possibly show me the way to the room I’ll be staying in? You know, so I could get ready for the party and such?” Joseph asked, but the truth was that he needed a cigarette real bad, as he could feel himself shaking for the past half hour, but tried to keep it under control the best he could.

Before Vinyl had a chance to answer Joseph’s question, Octavia interrupted the two. “I’ll be the one to show you to your room Fiery.”

“Oh, um, thank you.” Joseph responded. Vinyl rolled her eyes, despite that nopony could see her do it because of her shades being in the way.

The three had finally made it to the second floor and stopped at the first door on their left. “Here we are. I’m sorry if it’s a little messy.” Octavia said as she opened the door. As Joseph walked into the room, he became amazed.

“This is awesome!” Joseph let out as he walked over to the bed, setting his guitar down next to the end table, and jump onto the bed. “I can’t believe how spacious it is!”

Octavia smiled a bit and continued. “I’m glad you like it. As you can see, it has 15’ x 17’ bathroom fit with your own shower, sink, toilet, and anything else you need in there. This room also has a 36” x 42” kings size double bed, along with it is a dresser for any clothes you would want, that is if you have a certain image you wish to keep or such, as well as two end tables next your bed with drawers for anything you would want to keep in there. Next is the closet, 24 square feet, as Shady apparently like it keep a lot of things in there, but we weren’t sure what. And lastly is the television.” Octavia said as she pointed to a giant HD television hung up on the wall. “Shady was kind enough to leave this before he left for Manehatten trying to make it big. It’s a 50” HD television, fitted with all channels, including the pay-per-view ones in case, well, we’re all adults here, in case you wish to view… porn.” Octavia said, blushing afterwards. “I-Is there a-anything else y-you need?”

Joseph looked at Octavia and shook his head. “No, everything seems great! Oh! Wait a minute.”

“Hmm?”

“Do you know where I could get a toothbrush and such?”

Octavia nodded. “In the bathroom there should be a brand new one above the sink in cupboard that’s behind your mirror. If you can’t find one there, there should be one in the room across from yours, as it’s where we keep things such as our towels and other bathroom necessities.”

“Alright then, thanks Octavia…. If you don’t mind though, I’d like to get ready for the party.”

Octavia began to blush once more, this time out of embarrassment. “Oh! O-Of course Fiery, forgive me for not noticing. Come along Vinyl, as we should probably get ready as well.”

“Aw, but I wanted to watch!” Vinyl complained.

“NOW Vinyl!”

With that, Vinyl did as she was commanded and left Joseph to himself in his room. After the door had been shut, Joseph rushed over to the balcony area that Octavia had forgotten to mention about and opened the screen door that was there. As he got outside he quickly pulled out the cigarettes from his pocket and began to fumble them in his hooves, trying to get one out. “Come on, come on, you son of a bitch! Daddy needs a puff!” Joseph said to himself as he finally got a cigarette out and put it in his mouth. It was right there and then that Joseph had finally realized what he was missing.

A lighter.

“Fuck!” Joseph nearly screamed as he took the cigarette from his mouth and almost threw it on the ground when he heard a voice from behind him.

“Is something the matter Fiery?”

Joseph hid the cigarettes and turned around, seeing Octavia out on her balcony as well. “O-Oh, um, no, nothing’s the matter.” Joseph explained as he put on a fake smile.

“Really? I thought I heard yell out… well… something obscene….” She replied as she began to blush again.

“Uh…. No! I didn’t do anything like that, really! I just wanted to get some fresh air, that’s all.” Again, keeping the same fake smile on.

“Well, alright then. I also forgot to mention that the party usually starts around seven in the evening, so you’ll have some time before then to do anything you would want to do.”

Joseph nodded. “Alright then, I’ll keep that in mind.” And Octavia began to go back into her room when Joseph called out to her. “Octavia?”

Octavia poked her head out of her room. “Yes Fiery?”

“Do… Do you have a lighter I could borrow?”

“Lighter? What’s that?” She asked with a confused look on her face.

‘Oh you have got to be kidding me.’ “Uh, nothing, forget I said anything.”

“Alright…. I guess I’ll see you downstairs in a couple of hours then.” Octavia said before going back into her room and closing her own screen door shut.

‘Fuck, what the hell am I suppose to do now?’ Joseph thought to himself as he sat on the ground, shaking uncontrollably now. He decided to give up and went back into the room, and went on the bed, feeling exhausted. Before he went to sleep though, he opened one of the drawers of the end tables, thinking he could hide his cigarettes and Iphone there, when something caught his eye. Something he desperately needed right now.

A lighter.

“How…. You know what? Fuck it, just be happy that it’s there Joseph.” He said to himself as he pulled the lighter out of the drawer and smiled at it, almost as if it was alive or such. He went back outside, this time much more collected now knowing he had a lighter and he could calm down in just a few seconds. Again, he pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and began to inhale the toxic smoke in.

As he was smoking the cigarette, Joseph had looked back down to the package and saw that there were only nine left. “Fuck me….” He said quietly as he took another drag of the cigarette. After he was finally finished with it, he had put it out on the ledge and threw it over into the woods below the house.

Again, Joseph had gone back inside the room, this time closing the screen and glass door behind him, and began to put the lighter and cigarettes back into the drawer he had originally found the lighter in, even putting his Iphone in there as well, when he began to wonder. ‘It’s obvious that Octavia had no idea what a lighter was, so wouldn’t that mean that there are none here in, what was it? Equestria? Anyways, if that’s the case, then what was one doing in my drawer? It was obviously left by Shady…. Just who the hell was he?’

As he let his mind wander, Joseph had gone into the bathroom to clean up. After he was done showering, which had taken some time for him to do since he was just getting used to being a pony, and trying to get all the vital areas when you don’t even know what areas you should be washing tends to get hard, he began to brush his teeth with a toothbrush he had found in the cupboard just as Octavia had said. It was then he had noticed something odd again. Toothpaste specifically meant for odors such as tobacco and alcohol. ‘Okay, now I’m starting to get worried. I mean, Shady had to be a drug lord of some kind, right? It would make sense, right?’

After he had brushed his teeth, Joseph had finally calmed down enough that he went over to the bed and passed out, completely exhausted of the day that had drained him so much.

Nearly two hours had passed since Joseph had fallen asleep on his bed, when he heard a knocking. “Fiery? Are you awake Fiery?” A voice called out to him.

‘Fiery?’ Joseph tiredly thought. ‘What? Is something on fire?’

Again, the voice called out to him. “Fiery? Are you awake Fiery?”

Finally Joseph realized what it was. ‘Shit, that’s right, I’m still a pony, aren’t I? Fuck, why did this have to be the shittiest day of my life?’ Joseph began to mumble a response to the question. “Mmyeam, I’mm mup.” He called out, obviously tired.

“We have to get going pretty soon Fiery.” The voice replied to him.

“Mmyeam, Malr*yawn*ight.” Joseph called back as he got out of bed very slowly. It was as if he was waking up any other day, just a lot less cranky. He walked over to the door and opened it to reveal a dressed up Octavia.

“O-Oh, so you are awake, good. Um, we should get going soon, so if you could meet us downstairs….”

Joseph motioned for the steps. “Right behind you Octavia.” The two went down the steps where Vinyl was waiting and left the house, heading for the town’s library, where the party was being held at.

As they finally reached what seemed to be a giant tree, they stopped. “We’re here.” Vinyl announced.

“Here? But it’s just a giant tree.”

“Yep.”

“…. Somepony lives inside a giant tree?”

“Indubitably.” Vinyl said with her grin on.

Joseph sighed. “Alright, let’s find the door and-“

“Found it!” Vinyl announced as she had her hoof on the handle.

Joseph and Octavia walked up next to Vinyl, and as she opened the door, all three went inside, only to find it completely dark. “Why is it-“ Joseph began, but had the surprise of his life (quite literally).

“SURPISE!” A room filled to the brim with ponies yelled as they turned on the lights.

‘Jesus fucking Christ!’ “Jesus Christ!” Joseph yelled in shock.

“Who?” Octavia asked with a confused look on her face.

“Ah… nothing. Anyways, good job you guys, you really got me!” Joseph said to the crowd as he began to laugh nervously. ‘Assholes nearly killed me giving me a heart attack!’

Shortly after they had entered the library, various mares began to huddle around Joseph. “So where are you from?” “Do you have a marefriend?” “What type of foods do you like?” And the like, when suddenly, Vinyl had stepped between the mares and Joseph.

“Hey now! This one’s mine first! You girls can have him after I’m done!” She announced to the crowd, and they all began to ‘Aww’ and walk away.

“Uh, thanks Vinyl.”

Vinyl turned around and grinned. “No problem Fifi.”

‘I don’t know which is more disturbing, the fact that Vinyl made that joke (At least I hope it was), or that the female ponies seem to be depressed about not being able to talk to me…’ “Uh, so what should we do?” Joseph asked the two, and Octavia spoke up.

“Perhaps we should go get something to drink.”

“Good idea ‘Tavi, I’ll be right back with the drinks!” Vinyl announced, and began to squeeze herself through the crowd. Meanwhile, Joseph and Octavia began to small talk.

“So…. You said you played cello for a living?”

Octavia nodded. “Yes, I’ve been playing it ever since I was a young foal. I truly don’t know what would have happened if I had never learned to play.”

“I’m sure you would have figured something out.” Joseph assured her, getting a small smile in return.

“Thank you Fiery, and I suppose you’re right…. But enough about me, what about you? What did you do? You never really told us about yourself back at the house.”

Joseph sighed and began. “Well, I-“

“OCTI!” Somepony yelled as they bounced their way over to Octavia and Joseph.

“Oh no.” Octavia slapped her forehead with her hoof in embarrassment.

“Octi! I’m so glad you were able to make it! Hi Fifi!” Pinkie Pie said to the two as she had finally bounced her way through the crowd to right in front of them. “What are you guys up to?”

Octavia sighed. “Hi Pinkie. Well, if you really must know, we were actually getting to know each other better as we didn’t have much time to talk back at the house.” She then turned to Joseph. “Right Fiery?”

“Uh, y-yeah, what Octavia said.”

“Oooh, mind if I listen?”

“Aren’t your friends here Pinkie? Shouldn’t you be helping them with the cake or something?”

“Oh my gosh! You’re right Octi! Bye Octi! Bye Fifi!” Pinkie exclaimed as she bounced her way back through the crowd, presumably back into the kitchen. Joseph looked at Octavia with a confused look.

“That was a little harsh, don’t you think?” Joseph asked, and got a scowling look from Octavia.

“Look, you don’t know what it’s like trying to make yourself and be well-known when ponies constantly bring up the fact that your siblings with… that.” Octavia said as she glared in the direction that Pinkie had bounced away in.

“Still, you shouldn’t really be so harsh. I mean, she is your sister, right?”

Octavia turned her glare from the kitchen to Joseph. “And what would you know about growing up with a sibling as annoying as her?”

“Well, I-“ But once again, Joseph was interrupted as Vinyl had finally returned with the drinks.

“Hey you two, what’s up?” Vinyl asked as she carried the drinks with her magic. Almost immediately when she had returned, Octavia had taken one of the cups and began to drink it, until every last drop was gone. “Whoa, slow down there ‘Tavi! You don’t want to drown in the stuff, do you?”

Octavia glared at Vinyl as she threw the empty cup away and grabbed another.

“…. Did I miss something?” Vinyl asked Joseph as Octavia began to drink the second cup.

“Uh… I might have said something that pissed her off.” Joseph admitted.

“Like what?”

“Like saying she was wrong for treating her sister so harshly.”

“And you are wrong!” Octavia said out loud, getting the attention of the ponies around them as she pointed at Joseph with her other hoof, balancing herself on her back legs.

“H-Hey now ‘Tavi, calm down.” Vinyl tried pleading, but it got nowhere.

“Don’t tell me to calm down Vinyl! You’re almost as bad as her!” Octavia exclaimed as she continued to drink the second cup, throwing it away when she was done and grabbing the third.

“I’m, uh, I’m going to get some more booze.” Joseph announced as he began to walk away from the two, knowing by staying there he would have just made it worse.

Hours had passed since the Octavia had complained, as she had finally calmed down enough. Vinyl was sitting with Octavia on the couch, drinking the punch as they watched Joseph having fun, or at least what they thought was fun. Meanwhile, Joseph was at the punch bowl, getting drunk off his ass.

Throughout the entire party, multiple mares had come up to Joseph, asking if he was going back home alone that night, but he had turned all of them down. It was then that six final mares would approach him and quite possibly regret it for a very long time.

Twilight Sparkle and her friends, also known as the Elements of Harmony, walked up Joseph with smiles on their faces, except for one pegasus who was always nervous and tried to hide behind her pegasus friend. Twilight was in front of the group and addressed Joseph first. “Hello Fiery, my name is Twilight Sparkle.” Joseph simply looked at Twilight, confused. “I’d like to introduce you to my friends.” Twilight continued, then pointed her hoof towards another unicorn. “This is Rarity.”

“Charmed.” Rarity greeted Joseph in a well-behaved manner.

Joseph didn’t greet Rarity back, but rather began to insult them inside his head. ‘The snooty stuck-up bitch, check.’

Next, Twilight pointed to a colorful looking pegasus, the one who wasn’t trying to hide. “This is Rainbow Dash.”

“’Sup” Rainbow greeted.

‘The tomboy lesbian…. Wait, is she even a lesbian? Eh, who gives a shit, as long as I can insult them.’

Twilight pointed to a pony that Joseph recognized. “You already know Pinkie Pie.”

“Heya Fiery! I’m glad that you and my sister could make it tonight!”

Next up was another earth pony. “This is Applejack.”

“Howdy partner! Glad ta’ have ya in our community.”

‘The incestuous hick who’s named after an alcoholic beverage, check.’

“And finally we have Fluttershy.” Twilight said as she pointed at the final pony, who was the pegasus that was trying to hide earlier. Fluttershy squeaked something incomprehensible. “Come on Fluttershy, it’s okay, just say hi.” Twilight said as she tried to make the pegasus feel better.

“Um… H-H-Hello, m-my n-n-name i-is F-F-Fluttershy.” She squeaked once more and hid behind Rainbow Dash again after she was done.

After they had finally introduced themselves, Joseph hadn’t said a word. Becoming nervous, Twilight decided to try to stir up a conversation. “So…. What brings you to Ponyville Fiery?”

Without even saying a word, Joseph took another cup of punch and walked away, leaving the others confused. For a while it seemed to be silent as the mares tried to process what had just happened, when Rarity finally spoke up. “Well I never! How could he just walk like that? Didn’t his mother teach him any manners?”

“Manners or not, it doesn’t concern me none. Ah’m gonna go and see wha’ Big Macintosh is up to.” Applejack said as she began to walk away.

“Let me go with you Applejack.” Rainbow called out to her friend and began to follow, when they were both stopped by Twilight.

“Now hold on you two. The Princess told us that we need to help this stallion. She also said that it would be hard to get him to open up, so that means we just need to keep trying!”

Rainbow Dash groaned. “Come on Twilight! He obviously doesn’t want anything to do with us, so why bother?” Rainbow complained.

Applejack sighed. “Now hold on sugarcube, Twi’ is right. Just ‘cause he ain’t accept us this time don’t mean he won’t accept us eventually.”

“Weren’t you just walking away to see what Big Mac was up to?” Rarity asked.

“O-Of course Ah was! A-Ah just think we ought ta’ talk ta’ that Fiery feller first, that’s all!”

Twilight rolled her eyes. “Well come on you five, let’s go.” She said as she began to walk over to the brown stallion.

Joseph had been talking to two mares, trying to get any enjoyment from the party, but sadly wasn’t. The mares, a minty green unicorn with a lyre for a Cutie Mark, and a blue unicorn with a mane that looked like toothpaste, and a time piece for a Cutie Mark. “So Fiery-“ The blue unicorn began. “What brings you to Ponyville?”

“In all honesty, I don’t really know.” Joseph replied. “This morning I woke up in the middle of the forest, when last night I had passed out in a small, oh, what do you call them? Ah never mind. Anyways, I guess what I’m saying is that I suppose what brings me here is that I’m just trying to survive until I can find a way back home.” He then took another sip of his drink.

“Wow, bummer.” The minty green unicorn said as she looked over in a corner where she saw a certain cream colored earth pony dancing, completely smashed. The unicorn sighed. “I guess I gotta get going you guys, Bon-Bon’s had too much to drink again.”

“Alright, see ya later Lyra.” The blue unicorn responded as Lyra walked away, then turned her focus back on Joseph. “So if you didn’t come here by choice, you mind telling me what your old home was like?” The unicorn asked with a smile.

“Ehh, I really don’t think I should do that, um, Colgate, wasn’t it?”

Colgate nodded at Joseph’s question. “What? Don’t think I could handle the truth?” She asked with a sly smirk.

“In a way, yes.” Joseph answered as bland as possible before taking another sip of his drink.

Before she could have a chance to ask another question though, Colgate saw the Elements of Harmony approaching. ‘Uh oh.’ “Uh, I think I’m going to get some more drinks.”

“What? But we already have drinks.” Joseph commented.

“I know, I just want some extras, that’s all.” She said with a smile, and then began to walk away from Joseph.

“Well that was weird.” Joseph said to himself as he watched the blue pony walk away, when he felt a tap on his backside. He turned to see that it was Twilight once more, smiling as big as possible, making Joseph sigh. “Yeah?” He asked with an annoyed tone.

“Hello Fiery, I just thought that perhaps you hadn’t heard us the first time and-“

“Oh, I heard you, I just didn’t care about you or your friends… Except maybe the yellow one, she’s kinda cute.” Joseph replied quickly and tried to take another sip of his drink, only to realize he was out.

Fluttershy began to blush, her entire face turning bright red, and hid behind Rarity as she began to mutter something incomprehensible once more. Twilight started to get annoyed with Joseph, but still kept her cool. “Well, don’t you think you should give us a chance? I mean, it’s not like we’ve done anything to harm you.”

Joseph began to feel a rumbling in his stomach, but ignored it in order to continue arguing with Twilight. He began to glare at her and spoke. “Listen, I’m going to say this and only once-“ He said as he could feel whatever it was that was in his stomach move upwards. “I couldn’t give a FUCK about you or your friends. So Fuck. Off.”

All of the girls were taken back from the outburst, while Joseph could feel bile moving up into his throat now. That’s when Applejack stepped up. “Now listen here fella! Ah know we jus’ doin’ what ta’ Princess wants, but Ah can’ hav’ ya disrespectin’ may friends like tha’!”

Now the bile had moved into Joseph’s mouth, causing him to puff out his cheeks as he tried his best to contain it. Then there was Rainbow Dash. “Yeah! It’s like Applejack said! Who do you think you are, disrespecting us like that?! Why I outta-“ Then, she was covered in a foul substance as Joseph could no longer hold the contents from his stomach and threw up all over Rainbow Dash’s face and even into her mouth some.

Meanwhile, Vinyl and Octavia had been watching the entire scene unfold from the couch. “’Tavi?”

“Yes Vinyl?”

“Think we should go help him out? He doesn’t look too well.”

“I don’t know, I think-“ *Bleh!* Somepony screamed ‘The horror, the horror!’ in the background. “Okay, yeah, we should help him.”

As all the confusion was going on, Octavia and Vinyl had rushed over to where Joseph was and Vinyl picked him up and placed him on Octavia’s back as he became unconscious from throwing up too much and taking all his energy with it. The two ran out of the library, leaving the party behind and a shock-induced pegasus still covered in vomit without apologizing.

As Octavia and Vinyl walked back to their house, Vinyl began to strike up a conversation. “So…. What do you think made them go in a rage before being puked on?”

Octavia sighed. “I don’t know Vinyl, I really don’t. As much as I don’t want to, perhaps I could get Pinkie to tell me about it tomorrow.”

“…. ‘Tavi?”

“Yeah Vinyl?”

“Why do you hate talking to your sister so much? Is it because of what she and her friends did at your jobs?”

Octavia sighed and nodded. “In a way, yes, it is because of that Vinyl, but another part of me blames her for so much more. For some reason, I’ve always felt as though she’s been nothing but a burden to me and my accomplishments.”

“You know that’s complete fluff!”

“Is it Vinyl? I mean, what about that twelfth grade contest where I almost came in first place for playing my cello so well?”

“Well, I-“

“Exactly, I didn’t get in first place because Pinkie had laced my strings with grape jelly for the final round, thinking it would ‘wow’ the crowd.”

“I still don’t understand how that would work.” Vinyl mumbled under her breath, but Octavia heard her.

“I don’t either Vinyl, but that still doesn’t excuse her for costing me the competition in the final round. It took hours for those judges to get the jelly out of their manes.”

“Okay, okay, so she screwed up there. However, I bet you can’t name another-“

“Eleventh grade? When I was asked out to that dance by that handsome stallion in the marching band? Remember what she did then?”

“Oh….”

“Exactly, she made a cake for us which resulted in both of us getting food poisoning mere hours before the dance.”

“F-Fine, but name me-“

“Tenth grade-“

“Alright, alright! You win ‘Tavi.” Vinyl exclaimed before sighing. “She’s screwed up a lot, huh?”

“…. It’s best for both of us if I just stay away from her, and she stays away from me.” Octavia said with a heavy sigh.

“But you got to spend some time together. I mean, what about the holidays? What if you finally decide to get a coltfriend and settle down? Wouldn’t you want her to be there for you in case something happens like-“

“We are NOT talking about that!” Octavia yelled at Vinyl as her attitude did a 180 and became furious all of a sudden.

“O-Okay ‘Tavi, I-I’ll drop it….” Vinyl said, and became quiet for almost the entire trip home, when she began to giggle some before reaching their house.

“What? What’s so funny?” Octavia asked her friend.

“Oh, nothing.” Vinyl replied with her usual grin.

“Nothing my tail! Now what is it?”

“Well…. I was just remembering a couple of times of when Pinkie had embarrassed you some.”

Octavia rolled her eyes and sighed. “I’m going to regret this, but what are you talking about?”

“Remember the time when you had to apologize to the mayor and even Princess Celestia’s right-hoof mare about Pinkie’s antics during Nightmare Night? Where she convinced the entire town that Princess Luna was going to gobble us all up?” Vinyl asked as she giggled some more.

“Ugh, now I remember.” Octavia said with a huff.

“Or what about the time where she did that play for the town with Rainbow Dash?”

“You mean that dreadful story about her making cupcakes out of poor Rainbow’s organs? I don’t know where she could have gotten such an idea! I nearly had to stay indoors for an entire week I was so ashamed of her!”

“Hehe, yeah…. But those did put some smiles on your face, right?”

“No!” Octavia denied right away.

“Oh come on ‘Tavi, not even a little smile?”

“Not even a crack!” Octavia told Vinyl as Vinyl unlocked the door for her friend so they could carry Joseph’s unconscious body inside and upstairs. Vinyl rolled her eyes.

“That’s your problem ‘Tavi, you’re too stuck up! You really need to find a coltfriend to spend some time with.” Vinyl told Octavia as she closed and locked the door once more.

“I’m not stuck up! And besides, what does finding a coltfriend got anything to do with this?”

Again, Vinyl rolled her eyes. “What I’m saying is that you’re lonely and you need to spend some quality time with somepony you love, then perhaps you would loosen up some and treat Pinkie better. I mean, let’s take Fiery for example, wouldn’t he make a good coltfriend?” As if on cue, Joseph let out a belch in his sleep, making Octavia throw him off her back. “Or not.”

“I’d appreciate your concern Vinyl, but I’d be happy if you kept your nose out of my personal love life.”

“Alright, alright, just saying ‘Tavi…. Anyways, what are we going to do with him?” Vinyl asked as she pointed her hoof to Joseph.

“Can’t you use your magic to lift him upstairs? I’ve carried him long enough.” Octavia complained.

“Fine, fine.” Vinyl said as a light glow surrounded Joseph, lifting him into the air. A few minutes later, all three ponies had gone back upstairs into Joseph’s room.

“Make sure to lay him on his side in case he tries… you know.”

“I know, I know…. You know, I’ve probably had to do this more times for you then you have for me.” Vinyl said to Octavia, and got a glare in response. “It was a joke! A joke!”

“Haha.” Octavia said with a tone dripping with sarcasm. “It was so funny I forgot to laugh.”

“But wouldn’t-“

“Just shut up and lay him underneath the covers so we can also go to bed.” Octavia said as she let out a large yawn afterwards.

“Alright, just… hey, do you hear that?” Vinyl asked as she lifted her ear to hear a buzzing noise. “It sounds like it’s coming from the end table.” She said as she pointed her hoof to the end table Joseph had placed his possessions in.

“Yeah, I also hear it. Should we look inside?”

“Of course! That buzzing is annoying!”

Octavia sighed and nodded. She walked over to the end table and opened the drawer, seeing the Iphone and cigarettes immediately. “What the?”