//------------------------------// // When Death is your Friend // Story: Red Star's new Adventure // by Red_Star //------------------------------// Red Star looks at the ramp leading to the ground. "Scoots I'm not sure if I trust this thing." "Fine Red! Then use your wings!" "What these? I don't know how wings even work!" "It's just like your legs. Now try to move them." Red extends his wings and notices they are bigger than Scootaloo's. "Why are my wings so big?" "They aren't" "What? Then why are yours so small?" "I was born like this okay? Please just don't talk about it." Red flaps his wings and he slowly rises into the air. "Look at me! How do I go forward?" Scootaloo sighs, "you have to lean forward and extend your forelegs forward." Red slightly leans forward and he loses Balance and falls on his face. "Ow! Could anyone teach me to fly?" "We could ask Rainbow Dash! She's an amazing flier!" They agree and walk down the ramp. They walk into ponyville and Red gets hit by a flying pony, And falls to the ground, dead. A silver maned, night-sky black pony turns around and looks in horror at his actions, "Oh Celestia! No! Hold on, let me get Mr. Book!" He rummages through his bag and pulls out a talking book, "yes Aero? What do you need?" "Uuhh I just killed somepony can you help?" When Scootaloo hears the word 'killed', she runs toward Red's body and starts crying while she hugs it. The Book says, "Yes Aero! You have a horn! You can put his soul back! You are the Reaper!" "Aw yea." His horn glows and Red gasps for air then starts crying. Scootaloo looks at Aero with a sad, confused look, "Why would you do that? Do you know who he is?" Aero starts flipping through Mr. Book. "Hhmmmmm actually neither me, nor Mr. Book knows who he is! Mr. Book knows Everypony! As soon as a new pony is born, their name goes into Mr. Book! How is his name not in here?" "What? I don't know! His name is Red Star!" She cuddles me similar to what she did 10 mins ago, "Wow the world does not like you, Red!" "Whyyyyy?!" "Look at me," she forces Red's head so that he looks her in the eyes, "I know what will cheer you up!" She leans down and kisses Red on the lips. Red is shocked at first, but then He just stop and enjoy it. She breaks the kiss and He feels a lot better. Aero looks shocked at them and nervously says, "uuhhh aren't you guys a little young for that?" "We're dating! We can do what we want!" Aero looks even more shocked, "you're DATING?!" Scootaloo gets mad. "Yes we are dating, and you shouldn't decide what we do with our lives!" Aero looks at Red softly, and Red takes notice to his combination of a bone on his forehead and wings. "What is that?" Red walks over and hits the bone on his forehead. Aero shrieks in pain and shouts, "Ow why did you do that? You know what this is dont you?" "Not exactly." Red looks at the ground. Aero sighs. "It's called a horn, I can do magic with it, like, watch!" Aero's horn glows a deep red and an apple lifts off the ground, then explodes. "Woah that was awesome! How do I get a horn?" "You're born with it." Red quickly becomes sad. "Aaawwww I want one!" Aero looks at him Sternly "Well too bad! You were born a Pegasus and you should stay that way!" Red gets sad and gives up, "fine, but what happened?" "I uhh I killed you-" Aero gets interrupted by Red "I DIED?! Why?" "It was an accident I swear! Look, your back and I'm now in trouble for killing a foal less than half my age, so just be quiet about it okay?" "Fine, but do you want to hang out sometime? You seem really cool!" Aero shrugs and says, "Why not? Sure we can hangout sometime!" "Okay Red! Lets get going! I want you to meet somepony!" "Alright scoots, Bye Aero!" They wave to each other and Scootaloo pulls Red along.after a bit of a walk, they reach a cloud with a stringy rainbow pouring off the side. It's not moving. "Rainbow!" The rainbow moves revealing a cyan pony with a rainbow mane and tail. "What's up scoot?" She jumps off the cloud and lands next to me. "And who's this? A new pony in town?" "He's new, Rainbow, can you do me a favor?" "Sure Scoot, shoot." "Can you teach Red here how to use his wings?" "You mean he doesn't know?" "No like I said he's new so be easy on him okay?" "Okay Scoot!" She picks red up and quickly flies to a cloud and puts him down. Red Star looks at the cloud in horror as he remembers that he cannot stand on clouds as a human. Rainbow Dash rolls her eyes and puts Red on the cloud. As his hooves touch the cloud he feels a sturdy platform underneath him. He rushes towards the edge an looks over the side. After doing so he returns to the center of the cloud and sits down, waiting for Rainbow's instructions. "Okay first you have to know how to use your wings! Just move them okay?" Red proceeds to open his wings and stretch them a little. "Good now move them up and down like this." Rainbow them flaps her wings slowly, and Red does the same. "Now faster!" Red flaps his wings until he leaves the cloud. Rainbow Dash follows. "Good now point your front hooves forward and lean like this!" She shows him how to fly straight. On his first try, he gets it, leaving Rainbow slightly impressed. "Now just follow me, and tell me if I'm going too fast!" She starts flying away and Red follows. He gets to the point he's going so fast for his first flight, that he closes his eyes. He has a really bad crash into a house.