Okay, guys. After much debate, I've decided to have a little fun with this chapter. In this chapter, Bass is gonna finally start to get familiar with one of the ponies, and she quickly figures out his secret. The song Ricochet belongs to Shiny Toy Guns. It probably won't be the last STG song I use, either.

It had been three days since Deep Bass had arrived in Ponyille, and he was relieved to have finally finished arranging his things to his liking. He had dyed his mane and tail completely black, so nopony could easily associate him with Lunar Black, which is kind of what he wanted. Nopony had come to visit him, and he didn't mind, since it gave him some time to relax, and listen to his favorite music. He had his guitar, his bass, and an amp set up in his living room, and hadn't even bothered going down into the basement, yet. In all honesty, he didn't even know he had one. His bedroom was set up with only the bare essentials. He had put his sheets on, and had folded his blanket neatly at the foot of the bed. He hung pictures of his family throughout the house, and in the master bedroom, he had hung all the pictures he had taken with all the famous ponies he had met in his career. He had a picture with Sapphire Shores, one with Hoity Toity, and even one with the princesses, as well as numerous other well known ponies. Amongst all these treasured stills of times long past, were three that were dear to his heart. The first being his father, his sister, and himself on the day of their fifth birthday. His father was standing over him as he held his father's old bass guitar, and his sister staring, her eyes wide. The second was of him and his band, after their first show in some small bar outside Phillydelphia. They were dressed up in the most rediculous outfits. Mostly because they thought it was cool at the time. And the third was sitting on the nightstand next to Bass's bed. It was a picture of himself and Rythm as foals, Bass having quickly placed a kiss on Rythm's cheek just before the flash went off, and Rythm's cheeks glowing red. Bass decided to walk around, and look at all the pictures, while he listened to his record collection, stopping at the picture on his nightstand, and smiling, a single tear coming to his eye. Then, something snapped him from his thoughts. Somepony was knocking at the door.

Bass slowly trotted to the door, and pulled it open, hoping it wasn't the pink pony he'd tried to avoid. As he creeped the door open, he saw a tail colored three shades of blue, and a musical note cutie mark on white fur. Knowing it was safe, he pulled the door open the rest of the way, revealing the white unicorn that he had seen just a few days before. She grinned at him, and spoke in the kind of voice he normally used when he was Lunar Black. "Well hey there, neighbor! I just decided to swing by, and introduce myself. Saw you the other day, and decided I'd give you time to get yourself comfortable before I graced you with my presence."

Bass smiled, quite happy to meet somepony who didn't seem completely crazy to him. "Sweet. Glad you did. I was starting to get bored."

"Well, then the fun train has arrived!" The unicorn laughed, and extended a hoof to Bass, which he politely shook. "The name's Vinyl Scratch, but you can call me Vinyl... or Scratch. Doesn't really matter to me. I'm the resident DJ, and sexy beast, so don't go tryin' to take that title." Both ponies laughed. "And you are..."

Bass looked at the unicorn, and smiled. "Deep Bass, but you can call me Bass. Everypony does. Wanna come in?"

Vinyl nodded, never dropping her signature grin. "Sounds killer, Bass!" Bass then moved aside as the unicorn trotted into the living room, looking around. Her jaw dropped when her eyes landed on the solid white bass guitar in the corner of the living room. "No buckin' way! A vintage Clydesdale Jazz Bass? Those things are extremely rare and expensive! Not to mention that one of those is played by the greatest rockpony of all time! How did you get that thing?"

Bass smiled as he saw the shock and awe in what he could see of the unicorn's face. "Well, my father gave me that about thirteen years ago when I was just a young colt. It's my most prized possession, really."

Vinyl looked at Bass, and her grin returned. "Groovy." Vinyl shot one last glance at the bass, and the two continued the tour.

Bass pushed open the door to what was supposed to be a spare bedroom, but had been converted into Bass's personal listening room. There were bookshelves all along the walls, each bookshelf filled with either records or sheet music. Vinyl's jaw dropped again. "I... I think I found paradise..."

Bass chuckled. "No, you just found my listening room." This is where I keep all my records, and the lyrics and sheet music for the songs I've written."

The two continued on, and the next stop was the master bedroom. Vinyl walked in, here jaw still dropped. She looked at every picture of the famous ponies Bass had met. "Wow, Bass, you knew some famous ponies." Then she spotted a picture that made her gasp up a storm. "No... bucking... way!" Her eyes were locked on the picture of Fasthor5 at their first show.

Bass smiled a bit. "Like it? It's me and my friends on Nightmare Night," he lied. He had been trying to come up with some kind of valid lie to disguise the truth of the picture, and apparently he found a good one. Even though Vinyl didn't buy it.

She looked at Bass, with a smirk replacing her signature grin. "Deep Bass, you're a horrible liar. I took this picture the first time I went to Phillydelphia. I have the exact same picture in my house. It's only a copy, but there should only be two of them in the world. And the only other person who should have the other one is Lunar Black."

Bass's face turned to shock, as he let out a scared gulp. How did she figure it out so easily? He then tried to think of another lie, but stumbled over his words.

"It's okay, Bass. Your secret's safe with me." Vinyl grinned as she spoke to the nervous rockpony.  "However, I've always wanted to work with the mastermind behind Fasthor5. I'm having a bit of trouble with a track I'm working on, and I think you could help me with it. It would be an honor."

Bass's face maintained its shocked look, staring at the pony with wide eyes. "Uh... sure. Sounds cool, Vinyl."

And with that, the two ponies left for Vinyl's house, and Bass plopped down on the couch in her messy living room. Vinyl headed down to her basement studio. "Just make yourself at home, Bass." She called from the basement.

Bass simply nodded, and turned on the radio, and his eyes grew wide at what he heard. "Good morning, Equestria! This is Rock Roll on 107.5 K-PNE! Your number one source for music all over Equestria! Up next is a hot new track from two up and coming artists! Silver Sky featuring Soft Treble! And this track is called 'Ice!'" Bass listened to the track, his jaw dropped, and his eyes wide. He never knew his sister had such talent, but then again, he was always so busy with his own band he never took the time to notice. He listened intently to the track on the radio when he heard Vinyl call out from the basement.

"Alright Bass, come on down!" She had finally finished getting the track worked up for Bass to listen to it, and put in his two bits.

"One second," he called back. "I have to go grab something." And on that note, Bass ran out the door and back to his house, where he grabbed an unbroken pair of his signature amber aviators, and ran back, hiding them under his wing till he got back to Vinyl's house, where he quickly put them on, and walked downstairs to the basement studio. "Alright, Vinyl. Let's see what you have."

Vinyl nodded, and set a record on her turntable, her magic setting the needle down. The song started off with a few chirps, then turned to a slow bassline, then stopped. "Aaaaaand that's all I've got so far. It's something new that I wanted to try, and so far, it's just thrown me in a loop. I was wondering if you could help." She then looked up, and saw the aviators, and threw up her signature grin once more.

Bass simply nodded. "Sure thing, Vinyl. Tomorrow morning, come on over, and we'll work out some cool stuff for it."

Vinyl dropped her signature grin, and replaced it with a genuine smile. "Thank you, Bass! Thank you thank you thank you!" She then did something that surprised both of them. She jumped up, and hugged him.

He was shocked for a minute, but then smiled, returning the hug. "It's not a problem, Vinyl. Music is my thing."

Then Bass returned home, fixing himself dinner, and falling asleep on the couch. He couldn't think of much besides that bassline. Or maybe that's just what he was trying to make himself think. Maybe he was really thinking about the mare next door. She was pretty much everything he could've ever wanted in a mare, but could never find. He woke up the next morning to a rythmic knock on his door, and quickly jumped up to answer it, leaving his glasses on the coffee table.

He opened the door, surprised to see Vinyl, her mane done up perfectly, almost as if she was trying to impress somepony. "Good morning, Bass." She smiled, her glasses still well in place. "Are you ready to get to work?"

Bass nodded, and smiled, his cheeks a slight red as he eyed the relatively gussied up mare from hoof to horn. "Come on. I've got my stuff set up in here. He then reached under his wing, and pulled out a rolled up piece of paper. "Also, I took the liberty of digging through the songs I've written and found one that I think would fit perfectly with your riff."

Vinyl practically lit up in delight, knowing that the song would soon be perfect. She followed Bass into the living room, where the bass guitar, guitar, and amps had been set up the night before. Vinyl looked at the guitar, her eyes sparkling under her glasses, realizing her greatest fantasy was about to come to life. She was going to play with Lunar Black.

Bass slipped the bass guitar over his neck, and plugged it in, smiling at the awestruck Vinyl. "Well, let's begin, shall we?" Vinyl nodded, the guitar being levitated by her magic, and she slipped the strap over her neck. She had played guitar before, but she wasn't the best. Fortunately for her, she didn't have to be to play Bass's creation. "Alright, Vinyl. Go ahead and look at your lyric sheet. The guitar line is basicly the bassline, but on the guitar. You wrote the bassline, so it shouldn't be hard for you to do." Vinyl nodded, and looked intently at the lyric sheet while Bass began on the bassline. After a few measures, Vinyl began her part. Surprising Bass with her voice, and bobbing her shoulder to the rhythm of the bassline.

"Welcome back to

Where I'm gonna have you

Shell shock, fall back

Anypony I see through

Watch your head spin

Like a mesocyclone

Bouncing off the walls

Now there's nowhere to run

Like a bullet, meant to be shot

You're the target, dead on the spot

When I focus, I never miss

It starts with a kiss"

Then Bass began the chorus, while Vinyl strummed the chorus riff.

"She ricochets

And you don't notice

She's in your head

And you just don't notice

She ricochets

And you don't notice

She's in your head

And you just don't notice

Notice, notice, notice, notice

Notice, notice, notice, notice

Notice, notice, notice, notice

Notice"

Then, the chorus stopped, and Bass returned to the original bassline, and Vinyl started the next verse.

"Let the sweat fall

Find me in the back stall

Let it snow down

Now we're gonna deck halls

I hit the bullseye

Making all the colts cry

I hit the main line

Breaking through the night sky

Like a bullet, meant to be shot

You're the target, dead on the spot

When I focus, I never miss

It starts with a kiss"

This time, Bass screamed the chorus, Vinyl smiling widely at how awesome it sounded to her, as she played the guitar line.

"She ricochets

And you don't notice

She's in your head

And you just don't notice

She ricochets

And you don't notice

She's in your head

And you just don't notice

Notice, notice, notice, notice

Notice, notice, notice, notice

Notice, notice, notice, notice

Notice, notice, notice, notice

Notice, notice, notice, notice

Notice"

Then the two musicians hit one last note, letting them ring out, and Bass clapped his hooves together for Vinyl. "You did very well on tha-" Bass was interrupted unexpectedly, when the white mare wrapped her front legs around him, and kissed him. His cheeks turned a deep red as he was taken by surprise, yet he enjoyed it. She then pulled away from him, smiling. "Thank you, Bass." She then grinned as she reached over, and flipped out the lights.

Meanwhile, at Sugarcube Corner, six familar ponies were sitting in a booth, conversing amongst themselves, talking about all the happenings around Ponyville, and reminiscing on their past adventures. "So, what do you think of the new pegasus in town? I think his name was Deep Bass, or something like that," said Twilght.

Rainbow Dash sank in her seat, smiling, not saying a word. Then Applejack piped up. "Ah don't rightly know. The only time I saw 'em, he was passed out. Ah reckon you're the only one who actually talked to 'em, Twi." This brought Rainbow to blushing, which drew the attention of the orange earth pony. "Ya got somethin' ta say, Rainbow?"

Rainbow instantly perked up in her seat, and shook her head, causing Applejack to raise an eyebrow. Then a soft voice came from the other side of the booth. "Oh, he must be really clumsy. He flew straight into one of Applejack's apple trees. Poor dear. But he must have been going really fast, because he left a pretty good dent in that tree."

Twilight laughed, and looked at Rainbow. "Hay, he may even be as fast as you, Dash."

This caused Rainbow to glare at Twilight, speaking in a grumble. "Nopony's as fast as I am."

The next morning, Bass awoke to a sleeping mare next to him. As his eyes focused, he realized it was Vinyl. He smiled, as he noticed her glasses weren't on her face, but on the floor near the door. As he was recollecting the events from the night before, he was once again taken from his thoughts when he heard Vinyl's voice. "Good morning, Bass," she said with a smile, keeping her eyes closed.

He then kissed her on the forehead, careful to avoid the horn. "Good morning, V." Vinyl opened her eyes, exposing beautiful red irises, staring into Bass's deep teal eyes. Somehow, Bass was happy. He didn't know how, but, for the first time in a long time, he was. "Well, what should we do, now?"

Vinyl smiled. "I'm kind of hungry. We used up quite a bit of energy last night."

Bass chuckled softly. "That we did. Well, then let's go get some food. I'm sure you know a place." He then stood, and put his glasses on, and tossed Vinyl hers, which she promptly put on her face, then shook her head, causing her hair to fall back to the way it normally was, and they walked out the door, toward town, side by side.

As the two trotted into town, a certain purple unicorn spotted them, and smiled, as she was walking through town with Applejack. "Well, apparently somepony's already made a new friend. I'm glad to see he's adjusting well."

"Me too," laughed Applejack. "But ah don't see what he could possibly see in that... that... Vinyl Scratch."

Twilight raised an eyebrow at Applejack. "Is that... jealousy, AJ?Honestly, I never thought I'd see you crushing over a city pony like Bass. Besides, it's about time Vinyl found somepony."

Twilight barely had time to let out a giggle before she felt a hoof somewhat forcefully strike the back of her head. "Ow! What was that for?"

"Don't EVER accuse me of crushin' on a cityslicker, Twilight."

((Post-read.)) Okay, honestly, I was gonna throw in a clopscene, but I'm sitting in public, and I honestly don't need any more attention right now. I've already been playing on the pony creator for about twenty minutes creating the image for Bass after he dyed his hair, so yeah. Maybe next chapter. But I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and hopefully I'll get the next one out soon. Next Chapter: Chapter 6: Unexpectancy Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 3 Minutes