//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: This is the way I see // Story: Blind Trust // by danail24 //------------------------------// Chapter 2 “This is the way I see” “Whaaaa?” Rainbow Dash was absolutely stricken by this. She honestly did not see it coming. “I said yes. I can’t see! I’ve only come to rely on my senses of hearing and smell. My caretakers also said I’m very smart for a 6 year old girl. As I mentioned, I only know what the color black is.” The little girl demonstrated her intelligence with her rich vocabulary. “YOU’RE SIX?” the athlete of the sky could not help but feel even more astonished. But then something else clicked in her mind “Caretakers?” “Yes… you see, I’m an orphan.” Kelly’s face darkened a bit by her statement. “Oh… that’s… so not cool! What happened?” the cloud-clearing mare stopped hovering, dropping on the ground with a clop and got closer to the misfortunate little dear. “My Mommy died of a sickness and before that my Daddy left for somewhere. One time when she was still alive I heard my mommy crying and she told me that he didn’t love us anymore. Nobody wanted me after I lost them both so I was taken to the orphanage.” A couple of tears fell down on the dirt from our rainbow colored protagonist. This child! She had such a cruel fate! “Don’t worry! I’ll help you! You can count on me!” The brave pony stood proud, sticking her chest out, and wrapping her forehoof around the youngster’s neck. Just then Kelly’s hand wrapped itself across the heel of Dash’s hoof, gently caressing it. “What are you doing?” the cyan equine felt puzzled. “May I touch your face? That’s how I can get to know what things look like. The way, I see!” “Uuum… sure!” the Wonderbolt fan helped the girl’s hand by lifting it up to her own face with the help of the bulb of her hoof. Now with both hands on the pony’s face, Kelly started running them across it. She felt the deep chin, moving up to the snout, feeling the filly’s warm breath. The miss was surprised when she got to the eyelids and ears, realizing how big they were. Then came the soft silky mane. It was kinda shaggy and wild, which explained a bit about this equine’s boyish nature. Rainbow enjoyed the smooth touch of these soft leathery appendages. That is until she nearly got choked by an immense hug that came right after: “YOU REALLY ARE A TALKING HORSIIIIIE!” the female alien rejoiced, full of pleasant surprise “Oh, I wasn’t sure of it until I touched your face!” “Klyuuk! Yeah, but I’m a pony, not a horsy!” The weather patrol mare in charge specified. “In fact I’m a Pegasus!” “That’s so great, though the last pony I touched didn’t have such big eyes and ears…nor did it talk.” The girl thought about it a bit then just suddenly snapped in surprise “Did you just say Pegasus?” “Yeah! Wanna touch my wings?” The Pegasus in question spread her plumage proudly. “Oh…Myyyy!” the lass’s fingers trembled as she felt how real they were “You’re like the real thing! When my mom was alive she used to tell me stories about your kind! I thought you were only fictional!” “That’s probably how things work back at your world! But things here in Equestria are different!” “E-ques-tria?” the little lady tilted her head, befuddled. “Yeah! That’s where you are Kelly!” Rainbow Dash confirmed with a nod. “I’m… in another world?” miss Sombermayer took some seconds to process this through “That’s… so… Awesome! Sweet Miracle of miracles! Not only do I wake up in another place but I make a new friend who’s like an Angel pony and this whole land is full of ponies like her! It’s like Magic!” The overexcited kid hoped and pranced around gaily. The sporty mare blushed a little from being called “an Angel” but then continued: “Maybe I should take you to a place a bit more… private!” the tomboy looked around, seeing some of the citizens that were hiding out, taking glances out their semi-opened shutters and gossiping about the strange couple that was conversing in the open. “Where will we go?” Hmmm… Sugar Cube corner is the closest destination but Pinkie Pie would flip out with her hyper anthics, not to mention that the Cakes wouldn’t let a bizarre alien set foot in their bakery. Rarity might freak out by her appearance and slam the door right in front of our noses… the others are too far. I doubt she can walk on clouds so… I guess that leaves Twilight! She’s the kind of egghead who loves to examine new species, plus she will definitely wanna hear all about this kid’s story. The multicolored stunt-pony reflected on possible scenarios after which she put her hoof down “I’m gonna take you to my friend Twilight! She might let you hang at her place for the day until we clear things up!” “That sounds wonderful! Is she a Pegasus like you? Where does she live?” the cheery girl beamed. “No, she’s a unicorn! And she kinda lives in a library that happens to be a hollow tree!” “A Real Live Unicorn! Wow! I can’t wait to meet her! And she lives in the stem of a tree!” “Yeah, yeah, it might sound cool but she’s not all That! Wanna experience something really awesome?” Rainbow Dash struck a low and daring pose with her trademark confidence face. “Do I!” “Okay, get on my back then! You’re gonna experience flying for the first time!” “Yay!” Kelly clapped her hands in sheer bliss of the fact that all these whimsical things were happening to her of all people. The highflying speedster positioned herself from under between the legs of the out-worldish child and lifted her up on her back. The alien girl was really light and with her excellent expertise, Rainbow could guess she was 43 pounds. “I won’t fall off will I?” a slight sign of concern appeared on the lass’s face. “Don’t worry! They don’t call me the Element of Loyalty for nothin! Now just hang on my neck but don’t squeeze too tight! You're gonna have to have some Blind Trust in me!” And with that Rainbow Dash trotted off a few feet and took off with her newly made friend with a final destination: Twilight Sparkle’s Library! Stay Tuned for the next Chapter… (Btw, I’m making the chapters real short, on purpose, lolol)