Rainbow Dash’s Point of View.
I read the note and realized what it meant. Damyon had seen us. I looked into the trees and saw a flash of red. We were cornered on this. The only way out would be to tell our friends about us or to let Damyon tell them. And if we did either of those then our friends would ask why they kept this secret from them. I was extremely worried. We had no idea what kind of person he was, but from what I knew he was extremely secluded and secretive. We don’t know if that’s just because he’s in a new place, or if he was like that back at his home. All I knew was that he had a strong hold on Me and Twilight and that could not stand. I decided to think of an idea during the rest of the day. I turned to Twilight
“Um... I’ll talk to you soon, ok?” I said as I opened my wings and began flying to my house. I saw Twilight heading to her house as well.
Damyon’s point of view
I already knew that I had screwed up when I saw Rainbow Dash spot me. I didn’t want to blackmail them. But I had no choice. I didn’t know what they were chasing me for, but I figured it wasn’t for anything good. It was a habit of mine. Always assume the worst. It helps if you're a superhero. I sighed gently and laid down in my tent. I was exhausted, but I had yet to open the book I borrowed. I opened my backpack and saw it. I dug through my backpack and took it out. I then began reading for about an hour or three. I don’t know what time I went to sleep, but the next thing I knew I was laid down on the grass of a field that I recognized immediately. It was where I always used to walk my dog, and where I got my powers. I got up and noticed that I had my street clothes on. I looked around and saw the storm that was going to give me my powers. I then saw my dog with someone walking behind him. I hurried and got a closer look. It was..... Me?
I was amazed and thought that this must be my memory of getting my powers. Only why was it in third person? I began looking around more and noticed something. It was my dad, Only younger. He was coming to get me. I widened my eyes in realization. He had seen me get my powers. But why show me this now? And why didn’t my dad confront me about this before? I saw myself get struck by lightning, only this time I collapsed in a heap of unconscious, fried muscle, and flesh. I saw my dad rush to my side. I then looked and saw something that almost made me pass out. No, not almost, I did pass out but as I was already asleep I got up again. My dad had glowing hands and he healed me. He then rushed to a nearby tree to hide. I soon got up and you know what happened from there.
This left me with so many questions. How did my dad get powers? Was he the cause of me getting powers? Was the storm truly an accident? Why didn’t I get this dream before now? When I sat back down, my surroundings changed again. I was at Fluttershy’s cottage. I cried out in shock but nobody seemed to hear me. I looked through the window and noticed that all of the animals were sleeping. I then heard somebody mumble my name. It came from the upstairs bedroom. I climbed the wall and looked through the window and saw that Fluttershy was crying. I wanted to comfort her, but I didn’t want to reveal I was there.
“She won’t know your there. Go ahead.” said a voice behind me. I nearly let go of the wall in shock. I looked behind me and saw Princess Luna hovering
“Oh. Hi, Princess. Um.... I would bow, but I would be very awkward on this wall.” I said quietly “She really won’t notice me?” I asked
“No. This is your dream,” she said understanding I jumped through the window softly and sat down beside Fluttershy. I started petting her mane. It was soft to the touch, but she really didn’t notice anything. Luna then came in through the window and said
“Something is bothering you.” She said is more like a statement than a question.
“Am I that obvious?” I gently laughed
“Yes, now what is it?” she asked as she sat down with us.
“I just figured more about my origin and how I got my powers,” I said with a sad sigh.
“Really? Please explain.”
“I just found out that my dad has powers as well. In fact, after I got struck by lightning, he healed me.”
“And you have no recollection of this before?” she asked with a hint of worry in her voice.
“No. In fact, I always thought that once I was struck by lightning I was completely unharmed besides from a few sudden scars and partial hair loss.” I said looking at her directly.
“Hmm..... Well, as I have no previous history with the powers of humans, I have no idea of what is happening with you.”
“And I wouldn’t expect you too,” I said. I then realized what I said seemed a bit more offensive than I had intended. “Sorry.”
“No apology is necessary.”
I sighed as I stopped petting Fluttershy’s mane. She has stopped crying and was now starting to go to sleep. “Is this happening in real time right now? Because when I was being chased it seemed like she had been crying.”
“Yes, this is in real time. In fact, she just started dreaming now,” she said smiling
I smiled down at her happily and said without thinking “She sure looks cute.” I then clapped my hand to my mouth realizing what I had just said. But Luna seemed happy as she looked at me.
“It’s alright. It’s understandable to have feelings toward somepony,” she said
“That’s just the problem. I’m human and she’s a pony. How would that work?” I said as I put my hand back down at my side.
“I don’t know,” she said as she looked at her.
I thought for a few seconds before turning to Luna and saying “May I have a request?”
“What is it?” she said confused
“I’d like to be able to see what she is dreaming about right now. I won’t interact with anything in the dream, I just want to see.” I said as Luna widened her eyes.
She pursed her lips for a second before saying in carefully measured words. “I have never done this for somepony before.”
“Yes, but you're not doing it for somepony. You’re doing it for somebody.” I said with a slight smile
she gently laughed before saying “You do have a way with words. But this is the only time, ok?” I nodded and Luna’s horn began to glow. I felt my surroundings being changed again and when I opened my eyes I saw the hospital that I had left earlier today. I saw Fluttershy was crying at the foot of my bed and it still had me in it. I also saw a second Fluttershy standing near my head. I immediately hid behind a cabinet and watched events unfold. The rest of the mane 6 were sitting around the first Fluttershy trying to comfort her.
“He’ll be ok, Fluttershy. He’s getting really good healthcare right now.” Rarity said.
“I- I know that. But why did he smash into that tree?” Fluttershy said with a barely steadied voice.
“I think your overreacting, Fluttershy. He’s just unconscious. He’ll be up before you know it!” Rainbow said
“How would you react to someone you care about being like this?” Fluttershy said. I saw Rainbow’s eyes flash toward Twilight before saying “I guess your right.”
“She cares about me?” I thought I then looked at Fluttershy and saw that she had noticed Rainbow’s eyes. She was just about to notice me before I hid behind the cabinet again. I waited for a bit before looking around the corner again. I had my mask off and Fluttershy was putting her hoof on my hair. Suddenly I realized that she really did care about me. Why else would she come back to this specific moment? Not only was it the first time that she would ever see my face. But it was the time that I was at my weakest.
As I thought that I noticed that my past self hands were beginning to glow with power. The nurse then came in and said
“Sorry girls, but we need to get this spare energy out of him. Why don’t you get some food and you can come back soon.”
“Can’t I stay here?” Fluttershy asked
“Sorry, but the past few times we got the energy out of him, it was violent,” she said.
“Ok.” Fluttershy sighed as she left the room. The room suddenly got black and I awoke.
I got up widened my eyes in shock. I sighed.
“Well. I guess I need to go talk to them.” I got up. I got out of my tent and stretched. I then thought that I might as well change my clothes. These were getting really dirty. I changed my clothes to my street clothes. I pulled my hood up and put my backpack on. I packed everything up and set off towards Twilight’s house. I still had my mask on.
I finally got to Twilight’s house and I was about to knock before I was tackled hard.
“OOOOF!!!” I groaned. I looked at what had tackled me and noticed that Rainbow Dash was on top of me.
“Whoa! Rainbow before you start hitting me, I just wanted to explain myself to you two!” I covered my face with my arms to stop Rainbow from getting a clear shot at my head.
“You don’t need to explain yourself! You blackmailed us!” She hissed at me quietly so that no one heard.
“I didn’t want too! But I had no choice!” I said to her.
“What? What do you mean?” She asked
“I figured that you wanted to capture me or something. That’s an instinct of mine. Whenever someone chases me, I immediately assume the worst.” I said to her. She looked at me angrily for a second before getting off.
“I just want you to know that you.....” She was cut off midsentence by me finishing her sentence
“Broke Fluttershy’s, heart?” I asked as I looked at her. She seemed stunned.
“You knew?” She asked me quietly.
“I just found out last night, Thanks to Luna,” I said as I went and knocked on Twilight’s door.
“Luna? You mean Princess Luna?” she asked as she was amazed.
“That’s her. We talked twice so far.” I started to stretch as I waited for someone to answer the door. Soon enough Twilight answered the door and her eyes were red and puffy. She saw me and went to slam the door on me but I stuck my foot in between the door and the frame. It hurt, surprisingly, a lot.
“Twilight, Rainbow is right here. I just want to talk to you both.” I said as I looked through the crack of the door that I left open.
“You blackmailed us! Why do we care what you have to say?” she asked quietly. We weren’t attracting much attention surprisingly.
“Because I had no choice,” I said to her.
“What?” She asked me. I sighed and told her what I told Rainbow Dash. She sighed and let us inside. I ducked my head and went inside of the house. This was the first time I had been in here yet. It was larger than I had imagined.
“You can sit down if you like,” Twilight said. I sat down on the floor. I kept my hood up in case anybody decided to look through the window.
“Now. How did you find out about us?” Rainbow asked me.
“Remember when I borrowed that book about the history of Equestria? Well, I was heading back to my home when I saw you two kissing through the window.” I said
“But..... the only window shining into this room is up there.” Twilight pointed to a window that was near the roof.
“Exactly. I saw you through the window.” I got up and jumped to prove I could jump up to there.
“Oh...” Twilight said sheepishly. She then looked like she had a sudden thought and said “You know that you...” I cut her off midsentence and said
“Broke Fluttershy’s, heart? Yeah, I found out last night.” I said and chuckled at the look on Twilight’s face.
“How did you know?”
“Luna came to visit my dream last night and I asked if she could connect our dreams. Fluttershy doesn’t know that I was there.” I said as I looked at my feet. I sat back down and sighed deeply and sadly.
“Well... Um... What was she dreaming about?” Rainbow asked.
“If I tell you, do you promise not to tease Fluttershy about it?” I asked
“We promise.” Said Twilight
“She.... She was dreaming about when I was at the hospital. It was the memory of her crying at my side. And her dream self was near my head.”
“You saw that?!?!” Someone said scared. My heart stopped for a second as I looked behind myself and saw Fluttershy standing in the doorway.