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// Sometimes, Help is Needed 
// Story: Trading a Rainbow for Black 
// by beckyyyyy 
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For a moment, all T could do was stare at the trembling hoof in the air, waiting for him. 

Then, he walked closer to Anthea's side and wrapped a wing around her entire body. 

Anthea shivered in both fear and relief and shifted closer to T and his reassuring presence.

T tightened his wing around her and led her back to her mother's house while Anthea's newly acquired wings were tightly tucked against her flanks.

~TIme Skip~

Soon, Anthea, with the help of T, arrived at the foot of the hill where Fluttershy's cottage made its residence.

In her soft, gentle voice, Anthea thanked T, "Thanks for helping me, T....see you tomorrow at the usual time?"

T nodded while gazing at the mare in concern, "Yeah."

Anthea smiled at him, taking a breath of air and a dose of courage along with a look of determination in her pale eyes, shrugged off T's wing and took a step up. She wobbled, as this was a entirely new experience. Slowly making her way up while T watched her progress, she was at the bridge over the river when things started to take a turn for the worse. Unstable, and a bit startled at the sudden change of texture beneath her hooves, she tripped. Being that she was on a bridge, there was limited space around her and she started to fall into the stream beneath the bridge.

T gasped and opened his wings, quickly winging his way up  and steadied Anthea.

"I think...I should help you to your room, at least."

Anthea blushed, a lovely rose-pink coloring her white cheeks, "Uhm yeah...thank you."

"No problem."

When Anthea got to the door, Anthea reached up and knocked. Regardless of the fact if she had her color blobs or not, a familiar gesture (such as reaching up and knocking on a door) didn't need sight.

A moment later, clops could be heard getting closer and closer to the door. A second later, the door opened and Fluttershy with her pink mane pulled up into a bun was revealed.

"Hello, Turquoise and Anthea."

Turquoise smiled at Anthea's mom, "Hello, Fluttershy. Just walking back with Annie," as he revealed Anthea under his wing.

Anthea blushed again, "Hello, Mom," by then, T had fully taken off his wing of Anthea and with nothing covering up her new appendages, her white wings were revealed to her mother.

Fluttershy gasped softly. Spreading open her pale yellow wings, she fluttered [no pun intended] over to her daughter's side. Taking her wing with a hoof, Fluttershy, with the expertise that came with the care of animals, observed and fussed over the wings. 

As she twisted back feathers into place then brushing it out, T stood awkwardly to the side. 

"Uhm, Fluttershy? Anthea's a little tired so can I -uhm- lead her back to her room? And -uhm- stay with her for a while?"

"Hmm? Oh yes! You may. Thank you for taking care of my daughter, again, T."

"No problem. Happy to help."

"Then, please if you may." Fluttershy finished her inspection and sighed in relief. Magically given, like her friend Twilight, it was in perfect condition, though she felt a little sad that in less than 23 hours it will disappear. Regardless of that, she was proud of her adopted daughter's generosity. A pony always giving and putting her friends and her coltfriend above herself, Rarity would be proud.




After guiding Anthea into her colorful bedroom, Anthea rested on her bed with T. Tired after the day's events, she became drowsy and began to, unconsciously, lean onto T before closing her eyes and giving in to her fatigue.

T started, as he had been in deep thinking, and looked over to where Anthea laid. On top of his wing, Anthea slept with her chest going up and down. T smiled at her serene state, knowing she was now in a land full of clear, sharp colors. Pulling his wing out slowly so to not awaken her from her slumber, T then wrapped that wing around Annie to which she snuggled closer to for the heat that T always emitted. Later, after T informed his mom that he'll be at Fluttershy's house [to which Rarity teased him about Anthea and him, in response, T spluttered at her tease], he close his eyes and slept. 

Fluttershy, checking up on her daughter, noticed the couple sleeping together on the bed. Smiling a gentle smile, she fluttered into the room, searching for a blanket. Finding  a aquamarine-colored quilt given to Anthea from Applejack when she was 5, Fluttershy laid it across them, even though she knew well enough that T's warmth was more than enough.



While Anthea and T took a afternoon nap, Star was bursting with excitement at the fact she now has a horn. No longer shunted to the side, she now has a opportunity to connect with her mother. To be honest, she had more than one angst moment whenever she intruded upon Nightlight's or Annie's magic lessons.

Just then, the train screeched to a stop in front of Camelot's station.

"Camelot's train station!"

Star exited the train and ran for her home. Shoving open the doors, she raced towards the library. Opening it, Twilight was with Nightlight, giving exercises for him to refine his concentration needed for the teleportation spell.

Hearing the noise, Twilight turned toward the intruder.  The intruder turned out to be her eldest mare, Starburst. It had only been an hour since Star left for training, but this time, this Star had a horn. A prominent, orange horn poked out of her forehead that parted her bangs into two.

Nightlight, noticing his older sister, asked the same question that was circulating in Princess Twilight's mind, "Star? Why ya have a horn on your head?"