"I always had a bad habit of biting off more than I can chew. Not that it's really biting me back, but it's tough being in the superhero gig. Having to juggle the problems of the ponies of Equestria along with my own personal problems. That sort of thing always confused me, and often makes me wonder if donning the costume for the first time was such a good idea. If trying to make a young filly's final wish come true was worth a full-time job like this. But then I remember that a hero doesn't regret choosing the hard way. Doing the right thing, for the greater good, that is all it ever takes to be a hero..
...And a hero is all I ever wanted to be.." -Captain Equestria, unknown date.
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It was a bright summer day in Equestria, with little to no clouds in the sky as the sun was shining all over the grassy hills. The sunny-yellow pegasus stallion stared out the window, gazing out into what few clouds there were in the sky with his golden eyes. He began to reminisce about the hot summer days where he'd just fly about with no worries. Soaring through the clear skies as his wings baked in the sun, where he could get away from everypony else and just spend an hour or so during the day to just unwind. The hissing of steam broke the stallion from his nostalgia-induced trance as the train he was sitting in began to move, the rattling of the rails against the wheels mixing with the huffing of the engine as the locomotive picked up speed. Opening the window, the yellow stallion poked his head out to look back at his former home, Manehattan.
"Sol? Solar Chaser, dearie...It's gon' be ok." a mare's voice called, prompting the pegasus stallion to bring himself back into the train cart, closing the window before looking at the earth mare. She was sitting across from him with light red fur, a wavy maroon mane and wearing a dark brown cow-filly hat along with a tan flack jacket. "I promise, ya gonna love Ponyville mighty fine." she added reassuringly with a heavy southern drawl, and the stallion sighed, stretching a bit as he yawned.
"I believe you, Ma, I really do...but I'm still gonna miss Manehattan..." he replied in a lighter southern tone before he slipped into a more northern tone. "I'll still miss my dad..." he added before catching himself. "My pa.." he corrected himself, an approving smile on his mother's face as he sighed. "I know why you chose to part ways with Pa, ya had the right reasons and were right to do so...but that was an impossible choice you gave me last week.." he stated, earning an incredulous look from the red mare.
"Impossible? T'was a simple 'one or the other' choice. Besides, you were able to make the choice, weren't you?" his mother tried to defend, but the yellow stallion shook his head with a soft dismissive chuckle.
"Yeah the choice was able to be made alright, but t'was impossible in the sense that no matter what I did, no matter what decision I made, I'd be hurting somepony.." he started, soon looking out the window as the hills began to roll by. "Since I chose to go with you, Ma, Pa is in some run-down apartment all by his lonesome." he started before looking up at the clouds. "If I chose to remain in Manehattan with Pa, life would be mighty cold without you and you'd be heartbroken while you were in Ponyville." he explained and looked back at his mother with a reassuring smile. "Not that I regret choosing to go with ya, not by the slightest, but I wanted to make clear that it was not an easy choice to make..." he finished, and the mare simply nudged him gently with her hoof.
"And I'm mighty grateful ya chose to come with me, din' want to be alone in Ponyville when I see your Aunt Breeze Runner. Your lil'cousin will sure be glad to see you to after five years." she smiled softly, and Solar Chaser smiled softly. "I reckon she'd love to read some o'them fancy magazines wit ya." she added, and her son thought for a moment.
"Magazines? Oh, you must be talking 'bout those comic books she keeps mailing me 'bout. I think I still got the a few of the ones he sent me in the luggage. Nevar got 'round to readin' em myself." he mused, looking up at the suitcase that rested up on the rack above them. "Summen 'bout a mare dressed like a bat, fighting baddies in a dark city. Only looked at the cover of that one, so I wouldn't know. Quite personally, I favor the one of the flying earth stallion with the large shield on his chest. T'was a bit more fantastic in my eyes." he added with soft chuckle. However, as the train came to a start, Solar Chaser's suitcase ended up falling off the rack, nailing the stallion in the face. His mother couldn't help but giggle at the sight, regardless of how bad it was to laugh at her own son's misfortune.
The train had begun to speed up, the mother and son continued conversing about what Ponyville would be like. It took about an hour, but soon the train had started to slow down.
"All passengers for Ponyville may now exit the train!" the conductor called down the halls as Solar Chaser's mother got her luggage on her back, smiling as her son picked up his suitcase, holding the handle with his mouth. Having noticed his uncertain look, the red mare sighed softly, brushing up against her son with a smile.
"Dun' worry, Sol." She started to reassure her son as the began to disembark the train, looking at Ponyville from the station and smiled as the train began to depart, leaving the two in-front Ponyville to start their new life. "It's all for the best..." she finished as the two began to walk into Ponyville, trying to put their woes behind them.
~To be continued~