As we reached ponyville, I heard three mares calling out for the girls.
"Sweetie?!" I heard the White mare say.
"Applebloom!" The cowmare said.
"Scootaloo!?" The rainbow one called.
"We're over here!" They called attracting their attention. Seconds later the three mares were in front of us and hugged them.
"Where were you, girls? We were looking everywhere for you!" The cowmare asked
"Um... We went hang gliding." Sweetie Belle said.
"Yeah, but a breeze hit us the wrong way and sent us into the Everfree forest." Scootaloo continued.
"The Everfree Forest?!" All three yelled
"What were you thinking? The Everfree is filled with dangerous creatures!" The white mare said
"We learned that the hard way." Applebloom looks down, and the other two soon followed.
"What do you mean?" The cowmare asked again.
"We were attacked, by a manticore," Scootaloo said.
"What?" They yelled again.
"Are you alright?" the white mare asked
"How did you escape?" The Rainbow one asked.
"Yeah, we're alright. Thanks to silent." Scootaloo said and the other two nod.
"Silent?" They ask as they look at him.
"That's his name. He saved us from the manticore. We're alright. Really Rarity." sweetie belle said as the white mare hugged her. He could only assume that rarity was her name.
"And how did he do that?" She asked, not letting go of her sister.
"With his sword." All three answered at the same time.
"SWORD?!?" They turn to Silent and he moved the red splotched jacket to show the sword on the inside.
"B-but... Huh?" Rainbow was having trouble flying.
"Why do you have a sword?" The cowmare asked. Those three were about to answer when he stopped them with his hoof. Silent looked at the three and said this.
"I have this sword to protect myself. I've been living out in that forest for a total of 5 years. looking for a town to stay in." They recoiled at his voice.
"W-what happened to your voice?" The rainbow one's wings completely gave out and she landed on the ground.
"I don't know. But that's beside the point. Right now, I saved your sisters from a manticore. The said manticore is still alive. And they warned me that more would be coming for me. I will deal with them myself. So if manticores come to town, bring me to them. this is not up for debate." Silent growls and leaves for the orphanage. It was getting late. He groaned as he opened the door and lay on my bed. He took off his coat and felt around his body. He winces a bit as he hit certain areas that had not fully healed over from the combat Silent had before he came here. Just then the door opened up and scootaloo came in. She looked at Silent and she saw all of the wounds he had.
"Whoa... That's what happened to you when the manticore was fighting you?"
"Did you see it hit me?" Silent deadpanned
"Well... No. So what are those?"
"wounds from past battles. I'm lucky I got out of that manticore fight without a scratch. well.... from the manticore I didn't get any scratches."
"Wait... you're saying you protected us even when you were already hurt?"
"pretty much. It wasn't that impressive." But he didn't get much further than that before scootaloo bounded up and hugged him tightly.
"OW!!! (BEEP)!!!!" Silent yelled.
"Whoops. sorry. But that was amazing that you saved us even though you were already hurt. Thank you." She smiled brightly at him
"Oh.... well thanks." He smiled. "But right now I better have a shower and clean these wounds. Hopefully, they'll heal by tomorrow."
"Why tomorrow?"
"Because I doubt that the teacher is going to allow me to wear my coat a second time while I'm in the school. Especially since she knows I hold a concealed weapon with it."
"Yeah, I guess that's true. Anyway, I'm going to bed. I'll see you in the morning?" She said smiling.
"Duh. We're in the same class." He smirks an infinitesimal amount.
Later silent take a shower and lays in bed. He slowly closes his eyes and falls asleep. Waking up the next morning to put on his coat. He shakes scootaloo awake.
"Huh, wha?" She looks around and sees silent. "Oh, it's you." She smiles. "You woke me up?"
"Yeah. Come on. You don't want to be late for school, do you? There's gonna be some good drama."
"How do you know?"
"It's me." Silent rolls his eyes.
"That logic checks out." She laughs. Her laugh just made Silent's heart feel weird. He shook a bit.
"What's wrong?" She asked me.
"It's nothing." He shrugs as he pulls the hood up. "Let's go." So they left for the school. All the while, neither of them knew they were being looked at by lightningman. As they entered the schoolyard Everyone moved away from him. Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom come up to them.
"Hey, you two." Scootaloo smiles and hugs them both. They hug her back.
"Hey, you two. Listen silently. Thanks about yesterday." Apple Bloom says. Silent shrugs and writes down. "It's no problem." At that moment a voice was heard from behind them. Silent got into a defensive position and looked at the creature that had spoken. It was something he had never seen before. It stood on two legs and looked like it had a costume and mask on. The creature spoke again.
"Um... Why are they hiding behind you?" He was looking behind Silent. He looks and sees the three fillies hiding behind him. He frowns at the creature underneath my hood. He took out a notebook and wrote down. "Who are you?" I handed it to him.
"Oh, right, sorry. My name is Lightningman."