//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: First Day In Class And A Coffee? // Story: The Love Of Two Musicians // by BigMic //------------------------------// It was a bright morning, the birds were chirping, there was classical music playing in the back followed by the sound of a certain pony snoring on his roomate's bed. There was the smell of peanut butter in the air, the smell slowly drifted its ways over to the sleeping pony which caused him to snort and snap awake," I DIDNT DO IT!" He looked at his surroundings a bit confused," Where am I again..." He began to think to himself. Was he at the bar? No there werent any hot mares. Was he at a club? Nah his ears werent thumping from his own mad beats. "Oh! Now i remember! Im at my dorm room!" He said putting his hoof ontop of the other. He got down on the floor and sniffed at the air," oh wow...what is that smellllll..." He was practically drooling. He trotted off towards the smell not paying any attention to his surroundings. He finally made his way to the kitchen where he found a white stallion placing a plate on the counter with a peanut butter and hay sandwich on it. "Oh! Good morning DJ." Lightning said with a bright smile," i suppose you slept well?" "Huh? Oh yeah..yeah.." He couldnt take his eyes off that sandwich, he was starving. The young stallion noticed DJ's drooling," um...would you like this sandwich?" DJ gasped and looked at him with wide eyes and a tear welling up,"t-thank you!" He ran up to lightning and gave him a quick hug and picked up the sandwich with his magic eating it slowly," soooooo...gooodddd.." "Heh. Its no problem. Its just a sandwich. Nothing special." "WRONG!!! When you are given food from someone else it ALWAYS tastes better." DJ said with his mouth full and still chewing it to peices. "Hmm...thats an intriguing notion..in its own way. Any who, have you signed up for any classes yet?" Lightning said reaching into the pantry pulling out another jar of peanut butter. "Mnghh..Yeah!" He swallowed the rest of his sandwich and reach up on his head to make sure his glasses hadn't fallen off,"Im taking Music History, DJ 101 and 102. Plus i am taking a classical music class on the side." The stallion looked at him with a knife in his mouth covered in peanut butter and a bit of hay. He put the knife in the sink," You are taking classical music? Why?" "Well. As awesome as my rad beats are i have to learn how to play an instrument incase push comes to shove." DJ said pulling his glasses over his eyes. "Hm. So its a fall back plan?" He asked taking a bite out of his own sandwich. "Exactly!" The excited unicorn pointed his hoof at him. "Well if thats the case." He swallowed," Your classical music class starts in ten minutes in building two. Lucky for you its right across from here." "WHAT?!" He ran to the front door," IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU! SEE YOU AFTER SCHOOL!! CLASS!!!" He slammed it with his magic and practically stampeded his way out of the dorms and spotted building two. He booked it. As he ran, he pulled out a piece of paper from his pouch," okay...its in room...239." He stuffed it back in his trusty pouch. He wondered when he put it on, then it dawned on him. He never took it off. He bursted through the doors knocking a plant off of its stand, luckily it was fake. He ran through the halls and had found his way to room 239." Nice! One minute to spare." He opened the door slowly peaking in, he saw the front of the classroom which had the board and the teacher's desk...and the teacher. "Can i help you?" A male british voice said. DJ stepped in the room," is this classical music class?" "Yes. Now please go and take a seat we'll be starting shortly." The professor had motioned to the seats before him. The seats went up in the room elevating so everyone had a view of the classroom. He walked up the steps and looked down the aisles. Most of the students seemed...snooty and pompous, but DJ lived by a philosophy dont judge a book by its cover. He scanned a bit more and spotted a familiar face. It was octavia. She had her snout pressed into a book, and lucky for him there was an open seat. He trotted over to her and sat on the seat," hey octi!" She picked her head to see who was talking to her," Hello- oh celestia its you..." She face-hooved," What are you doing here?" "This my classroom!" He said throwing his hooves up. "Correction! This is my classroom." The teacher said smirking at DJ," Now that you have your hooves up why dont you come to the front of the class room." "Oh sure thing teach~." He said happily and whispered over to octavia," heh. Im already the teacher's favorite." The white stallion trotted down the steps and stood before his professor. The professor had a light brown coat and a brown mane, with light blue eyes," what is your name?" "My name's DJ!" He said smiling rather proudly," whats your name!?" He pointed to his professor. "My name? My name is john smith." He smiled at his student. "Okay...whats.....your name!!!" He pointed to a random blue pony in the audience," me-me? My name is Moonlight." "Well Moonlight you are one fine looking pony~." He said smiling winking at the mare. She blushed a bit, her cutie mark was a rose with vines wrapped around it. DJ began to point to everyone in the audience getting their names, cutie marks, anything they felt like sharing. "Well that was very informative Mr.DJ. Sense you seem to be in such a talkative mood why don't you tell us what you think music is." By this time the professor was sitting on his chair his back hooves resting on top of his desk. His class had about 20 minutes left. He was wasn't going to go over anything big just regular syllabus stuff. "I thought you would never ask!!!" He cleared his throat when he heard a heavy sigh. It was coming from a very annoyed pony in the back, it was octavia. "Please! What do you know about music." She said scoffing a bit. "Plenty!" "Ms. Octavia would you come down here and let us here what you think then?" The teacher said speaking up. "I would be happy to." She trotted down with a bit of a skip in her step. She cleared her throats looking up at all of her fellow students," My fellow colleagues what is music? Music is the collaboration of multiple notes and tones. There is rhythm required to keep the song from derailing. That is what music is." She turned and smirked at DJ. "Well octi-" "OCTAVIA." "Well octavia. You're right." She smiled," of course i-" "Partially." "Partially? What do you mean?!" "Music isn't only notes, it isn't just something you play on a track or on an instrument. Music is something you feel! You put your emotions into music! You can pull words out of your butt and throw a song together and make it sound great! But it wont mean anything if you don't put FEELING into it!" DJ was staring at Octavia threw his purple tinted, not glaring at her but had a very stern look. He didn’t like it when someone simple stated music as notes. No if it was gonna be defined It was gonna be defined right. Octavia was shocked as was the rest of the class. She didn't expect this kinda thesis from a pony like DJ. This ignorant, self asbored, pony had an actual idea. His thoughts didn’t consist of just mixes and CD’s, he actually had an idea. The professor smiled a bit as he looked at the blank stare on Octavia’s face,” Well now Ms. Octavia, do you have anymore questions?” The grey pony shook her head and regain her composure,” Ahem…n-no. Im fine. I’ll go back t-“ The bell rang, it seemed that the class was over. “Well okay class that will be all. I’ll see you all NEXT WEEK!!!” The pony professor smiled widely as his class began to leave the room. Some ponies left the room through the skyroof, the Pegasus mainly, some ponies just teleported out, those were the unicorns, and some ponies got out the old fashion way, they walked out the door. DJ smiled triumphantly,” AW YEAH!!! First day and everyone loves me!!!!” John Smith tapped the over confident pony on the shoulder with his fore hoof,” Well… not…everyone. If I were you I would watch my self son. Good luck.” He smiled and trotted off. Now all who was left in the room was, Octavia and DJ. DJ’s mood was happy and Octavia’s was…well… a mix of emotions. Angry, sad, confused, and had murderous intent. “HOW DARE YOU!” Octavia said shouting at DJ,” You made me look like a fool!” DJ trotted up the steps to go and get his things. He put the syllabus in side his saddle bag and threw it over his shoulder,” Listen. I did nothing to make a fool outta you. Infact the whole class made themselves look rather silly. With their gaping mouths and such.” He chuckled remembering seeing all the ponies, if he remember correctly some of them were drooling. “My reputation is ruined…” She fell to the ground and sat on her bum, her ears drooping down. “Don’t worry. Im positive you can pick it right back up! But you need to fix that rotten attitude of yours. I mean really, the whole world doesn’t just bend to your word. If you tried being for once? Maybe offer to buy someone a coffee, or take someone out to eat.” He said trotting towards the door. She sat there, she began to think,’ could he be right? Am I really spoiled.’ He opened the door and started to walk out but… “DJ…would you fancy a coffee?