He plummeted, unconscious, to the ground far below....
Shadestep always had a traveler's lifestyle, that is, only after he ran away. How he had survived this long remains a mystery, after all, his "gift" could only help so much.
Anyone could call this poor soul's very existence blind luck and for all he knew, it could very well be just that.
Yet everything is finite, it eventually will run out. But blind luck was one of this colt's specialties.
And so far, his luck was holding strong..... if you look at the glass half full anyway.
Wind howled, rain drops fell in the hundreds of millions, soaking anything that even dared to step hoof outside.
Lightning flashed again, as it naturally would. A dark shape continued it's dangerously fast descent from the clouds above.
Despite the cold sheets of rain and the flash and rumble of lightning and thunder, the unconscious form made no move to halt it's fall.
The colt known as shadestep was only about sixty feet above the everfree forest's canopy when his eyes snapped open and he yelped in shock as his gift immediately alerted him of the danger.
"AAAAAAAHH!!!!" shade had snapped his wings open, nearly braking both whilst trying to slow his descent.
He gritted his teeth in pain, he felt the bones in his wings creak as the wind caught a hold of them and did it's best to wrench them from their sockets.
He felt his mane and tail being pulled back from the fierce winds and he decided: maybe if I could just pull up a bit...... He did his best to pull out of his dive, silently swearing as every muscle in his body burned and ached.
Thoughts of hope met his mind as his angle grew less steep. Just a little more.... he almost made it, almost.
His sightless eyes widened in horror, and he used whatever time he had left to curl into a protective ball.
Shade smashed into the canopy of twisted, leafless branches and his head struck the tree trunk. The last thing he felt was fear, fear of the pain gripping him........... fear of death.... but before he could think of anything else, his mind slipped into the cold darkness of unconsciousness.
The storm refused to let up, the celestia forsaken thing must have been left to an inexperienced weather pony for it to even exist now.
Hundreds of pegasi were breaking up clouds so fast to the point where flooding stopped, but even still, the rain and winds refused to let up.
An unnoticed earth pony trotted down the road with a black fedora on his head and a black bass guitar strapped to his back.
"Ponyville shouldn't be too far away," he thought aloud, "damned winds, destroying my house....." he grumbled for a moment.
He was so busy with his grumbling that, when a sudden BOOM! sounded from above, he almost jumped in surprise.
He looked up to the grey sky, careful to hold his hat on and cursed when he noticed a dark pegasus fall towards the tree line of the nearby everfree forest.
The young stallion acted quickly, hiding his guitar and saddlebags behind a boulder (after all, you don't want anyone to chance upon you belongings and taking them, right?) then he rushed into the forest without a second thought.
After nearly half an hour of searching through the dark woodland, the earth pony walked into something hanging from a branch and cursed when he realized it was the pegasus from before.
"Crazy colt, attempting flight in weather like this..." he muttered as he carefully pulled the winged one out of the gnarled tree.
He inspected shade for any broken bones and noticed that, among the various scrapes and cuts, there were several pale scars running along his back and stomach. "Heh, I'm not the only one who's had his fair share of violence" the hat wearing pony chuckled sadly.
After several almost comical attempts, he managed to heave the colt onto his back and then make the slow trip back to the path.
"Guess even the monsters don't like the rain," the stallion thought aloud as he emerged from the treeline. He swiftly made for his stashed belongings, all the while making sure the injured pony on his back didn't fall.
The pegasus slung over his back groaned in pain and the stallion only shook his head.
"I don't know who you are, but sit tight, next town's only a couple minutes away." the earth pony glanced at the colt he carried, shook his head once more, and continued up the cobblestone path.
"I still can't believe a pony his size can take that much damage, but his pulse seems to be normal..." ....Voices...........A mare?
"Has the bleeding stopped?" .................Where am I?.............. "yeah, but would you hoof me clean bandages, we gotta get rid of the old ones..." ..........bandages?.................Lightning, rain, trees.
"Wait, I think he's waking up,"
*Groan* Shade stirred.
He noticed something, another sound, but very faint, like music.... Oh well, I'll worry about that later...... he thought as he tried to sit up and almost cried out in pain. He fell back as a painful burning sensation coursed through his body.
"Oh dear, please try not to move too much, your injuries haven't healed yet" the nice mare's voice returned.
Shade paused, "can you tell me what happened? where am I? who are you?" hmm... maybe this is a hospital of some sort, would make sense with getting struck by lightning and all, but how would I be able to get here? hmm...
The mare seemed to stop and think for a moment, after a few seconds she replied "You were carried in by a big stallion, he said something about you falling out of the sky or something......"
"Another pony?" shade silently chuckled Damn, am I lucky or what!
"Yes, he said his name was deaf tune" shade heard the nurse's hoofsteps move to the other side of the room as she continued, "he seemed pretty concerned, but then again how often do you see a young stallion fall from the clouds?"
The young pegasus listened to her talk as he rubbed his forehead where a small bruise had formed.
"Oh, could you just move your forelegs a bit?" shade cocked his head in confusion at the nurse's request.
"Your bandages dear, I doubt you want those dirty ones to infect your wound," shade couldn't see it, but the nurse's face was a mix of confusion and concern. The grey pegasus just shrugged and did as he was told.
"Good, now just stay still, the blood has dried over the bandages so this may sting a bit".
Shade sighed It's not like I have a choice do I?
Outside, the rain had slowed but the mist remained thick, limiting most visibility.
Deaf chord let the toothpick he'd chewed for the last hour and a half fall to the ground.
The tired stallion stretched and once again spared a glance of the houses around him.
The dirt under his hooves was moist which, to no surprise, didn't bother the jet black stallion. Deaf chord blinked as a rain drop landed on his nose. After brushing the water off his face, he adjusted the fedora on his head and picked his guitar case off of the ground. I should really go check on the runt.
A pair of eyes watched from a window as he skulked away.
"I've never seen him before... he didn't look to happy, I bet a good welcome would cheer him up!".
Well, I'll admit that I'm worried about trying to keep the mane six and the rest of ponyville's citizens in character when I type them. Also, It's okay to comment! in case any of you few readers are holding back..... If you do comment, please show common courtesy, this is a work in progress and I simply dislike being insulted. If you don't like it, don't read it.
I meant to put that up on the first chapter, but it was late and I didn't think of it at the time.
And I should say, I do update fairly slow, sooooo.......uh yeah I think that's it.
Well readers, 'till next time!