//------------------------------// // Hangin' out! // Story: A Broken Heart // by ICrackVideoGames //------------------------------// Chapter 2 Honey Voice,The mare that broke Cloud Runner's heart, stands in front of him in a dream." Honey Voice...What're you-?" Cloud Runner said with pain in his voice. " Cloud Runner..." The Mare said. " You... Please... Go Away" Cloud Runner said while holding back his tears. Then she saw Honey Voice hold some thing up... it was... a heart, Cloud Runner's heart. He watched as she ripped it in half, and stepped on it. He Felt a sharp pain in his chest, His Pain woke him up. Applejack was in front of him, looking at the tears running down his face. " Bad dream?" she asked. "Yeah, I..." Cloud Runner went silent. " What was it about?" She asked. " I... I can't tell you that..." He said as tears rolled down his cheek. " Um... Forget I asked. Anyway, it's time for your first day of work." she said. So he took a bath and ate breakfast, then he went out into the field where he saw Applejack and Big Macintosh." Ah, there you are! It's Time for some Apple Buckin'! Applejack shouted. " Look how it's done, will ya?" she added. Then he watched as Applejack and Big Macintosh kicked trees with they're hind legs to make apples fall down. "Ya think you could handle that?" She said. " Heh, that almost sounds like a challenge... I'll see what I could do." He said confidently. He walked up to the tree and kicked as hard as he can and all the apples fell down. " Wow, good fer' a first time." she said. " Thanks, but I bet that you could do better." Cloud runner said. " C'mon! Let's do some more!" she shouted. The Apple Bucking lasted until noon, by that time, everypony smelled like they haven't had a shower in days. "You were good for your first day." she said as she panted heavily. " Thanks... Hey, i'm really tired, can we get a drink?" Cloud Runner said. Few Minutes after some drinks.... "Finally! I'm refreshed!" Cloud Runner said. " Say, Cloud Runner how come I've never seen you fly yet? You ARE a Pegasus, stretch yer' wings." Applejack said. " Um, okay if you say so." Cloud Runner said. He got into a ready stance, he spread his wings, an took off faster than he ever did before. Cloud Runner could see Applejack's and Big Macintosh's faces, their mouths half open and their eyes widened. He flew circles around the Barn and into the apple trees, he then flew up, turned around landed on the table and jokingly posed. "Well I'll be... A Pegasus that can fly almost as fast as Rainbow Dash, Right BigMac?"Applejack said."Eeyup" Big Macintosh agreed. " But you didn't have to pose at the end." she said. " Yeah, I know, but I couldn't resist." Cloud Runner said. " So uh, Could you get off our table now please?" she asked. "Nah let me pose a few more times." Cloud Runner said." NO!",Applejack Shouted. " HA! Just Kiddin'!" Cloud Runner said. " Thank goodness, I thought we would have to suffer some more." Applejack said, purposely insulting Cloud Runner. " Heh, wait, Hey! Applejack and Cloud Runner left the farm and headed for the tree house to hang out with Twilight. " Twilight? You here?" Cloud Runner called as he went in. Then they saw Fluttershy looking into the book case and muttering something about finding a book about how to deal with stubborn bunnies. " Fluttershy? What're you doin'?" Applejack asked. " Huh? Oh, Applejack and, um... Cloud Runner what are you doing here?", she said. " We'd ask you the same thing, Fluttershy." Cloud Runner said. " Um.. well... Twilight said that she had books about animals, so I asked her If I could look for one." Fluttershy said. " So um where IS Twilight?" Applejack said. "She's upstairs,talking to Spike.", Fluttershy said. "Okay, Thanks Fluttershy!" Cloud Runner said. Then they Ran up the staircase. They found Twilight talking to Spike about how it's so important to not sleep too much." Twi? We Botherin' ya?" Applejack Asked. " Applejack! Cloud Runner! No not at all! I'm just talking to Spike about something." Applejack said. " Hm? Who's Spike? Is it that baby dragon over there?" Cloud Runner asked. " Oh Yeah! I just realized that you haven't met Spike yet. Spike introduce yourself." Twilight said. " Um I don't think baby dragons can ta-"Cloud Runner said. " My name is Spike, so your the one that Twilight told me about." Spike said. " Wha- WOAH! A baby dragon that can talk! now that's awesome!"Cloud Runner said."Hey! Don't treat me like a baby!" Spike Shouted. "Oh, sorry, it's just that, I never seen a talking baby dragon before." Cloud Runner said. " That's almost the same thing Fluttershy told me the first time we met." Spike said. "So Twi, You wanna hang out?" Applejack asked. " Sorry, I thought this was only going to be a short visit." Twilight said. " Oh... Okay then, Hey Cloud Runner wanna race back home? The Rule is no wings!"Applejack said. "Alright, let's do it! See ya Twilight!" Cloud Runner shouted. So Applejack raced down the staircase, but Cloud Runner jumped down from the top of the staircase, giving him the advantage. Then they bolted through the door, running as fast as they could.But there was one problem. Cloud Runner felt a sharp pain in his chest, more painful than the one in the dream.He stopped, and fell on the ground while Applejack ran past him, unaware of what just happened. He couldn't take it much longer...he lied there, passed out. He had the same dream again, only it was more painful,like before, the pain woke him up. He awoke to a yellow and pink mare standing in front of him." Huh? Who? Fluttershy?" he said while trying to regain his eyesight. "Cloud Runner... What are you doing on the floor?", Fluttershy asked. " *cough* I don't think I should tell you that, Fluttershy.*cough* ",Cloud Runner said. " Hm... You need to rest... Let's go to my cottage." Fluttershy said. He didn't resist, because he knew Fluttershy was right, he needed to rest. So Fluttershy brought him to her cottage. He rested, and left. But at Fluttershy's doorstep, stands a familiar stallion, A stallion who's one of Cloud Runner's closest friends. " Cloud Runner, I've found you...at last" the stallion said. "Strong Boulder?"