((I'm bored, so I just thought I'd do an introductory post.))
2 bits. A whole day of busking, and Rocky Reverb only had 2 bits.
It had been 2 months since the Antivenom Serpents 'disbanded'. Rocky, being an orphan after his parents' recent deaths, had nowhere to go after he was evicted from his apartment. Once the gig money had stopped coming in, that was it. 'Beatz', as he was once called, was no more.
2 bits, although a measly amount, meant a lot now.
Mjölnir was selling candles. He was unpleasantly surprised at how few ponies needed candles. Still, he got the occasional customer, and any business was business. The unpleasant conditions he lived in alone were enough to dampen his already low spirits. He hoped in vain that things would get better. He always told himself that things got better. But they rarely did.
That band was Mjölnir's way out of poverty; his ticket to fame. But he learned the first rule of fame soon enough. What goes up must come down.
"ARPEGGIO!!! Come here now!" Augmented Arpeggio's short-tempered father screamed at the top of his voice. Hoofsteps could be heard, before a ginger-maned brown pony poked his head into the doorway.
"...Dad?"
"You left your CDs lying around the room AGAIN!!!"
"...Sorry, Dad." "Why can't you listen to classical music like the rest of your family!?"
"You used to love it" said arpeggio's mum from the other side of the room.
It was true... but Arpeggio had to form a rock band. Then they broke up, and he was forced to go crawling back to his boring old classical-music-loving parents.
*Cough! Cough!*
Ozone's cold had been getting worse. After the band broke up, he could no longer support his parents, so he resorted to delivering papers. It was tedious work, and payed very little. His parents were rarely happy with his efforts, and always said he should have become a teacher. Shortly after he had finished private school, his father was fired from work, and his parents depended on Ozone's band for money.
*Cough-cough-cough!*
Wait a minute. Ozone stared at the paper he was holding, eyes wide.
Soon, the 4 old friends met in the same place that they had on the same day 2 years ago.
"So, it's decided?"
"Yep. We move to this new town."
"*Cough cough* And my parents?"
"I guess so."
And it was then that the 4 resolved to become a part of this new town. A fresh start in a new land.
Soon, they were on their way to Canterlot.