//------------------------------// // Chapter 14: Heading Back // Story: Silver's New Beginning // by Silver The Hedgepony //------------------------------// Silver stretched his arms and legs as he woke up. He hadn't slept that well since his first arrival to Equestria. He scratched his head and got up to go wash up. He smelled himself. "Ugh... I smell horrible... I better go wash up.." He said to himself as just jumped out of bed and fixed it up. I can't wait to get back... Silver thought to himself. Spending time with the princesses was great. But I just want to settle down FINALLY. As he happily started to run the shower. It was pretty early in the day as Silver flew out his door to the train station as he saw both Luna and Celestia waiting for him. "Glad you managed to get your sleep." Luna said smiling. "We are sad to see you go Silver but do hope you come to visit us when you can." She said as the three of the group hugged. "I'll try my best. and I cannot thank you enough you two. I really am thankful you helped me." "It was the least we could do." Celestia said. "Go ahead and try to figure out more spells yourself. I guarantee you might be able to make your own spell one day. We expect great things of you Silver the Pony." Silver again couldn't help but smile as he walked onto the train and waved at the two sisters from the window until they were out of sight and the train was spiraling down a huge mountain. Silver knew that the train would take almost half the day to get to Ponyville so he took the time to lay his head on the wall and close his eyes as he slowly fell asleep. "Hahahahahahaha!" A menacing laugh was heard as the mane six were down and bleeding. Silver only watched in horror as everything was in flames. The buildings were set on fire and Celestia and Luna... They were gone. He swore to himself he was going to protect them no matter what. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? YOU'RE A MONSTER!" He shouted as loudly as he could at the horrible serpent behind it all. "A monster? No not at all... In fact... I was only able to accomplish this because of one person... Hahahahaha......" He said as the wrapped Silver in his tail and pulled him closer. He was already bruised and in pain and the pressure on his body nearly made him pass out. However when he was being raised he saw a peculiar purple smoke behind the evil purple serpent. "Silver... Oh how I missed you..." It spoke in a low menacing voice. "You haven't changed a bit.. Still so naive and easy to trick.... And just when you thought things were running smoothly for you... Mwahahahaha!" Silver who was still being strangled was able to mutter out a single question. "M-M...... Mephiles?" He said as he dropped his head in agony. Silver quickly jolted his head as the trains horn went off signaling all passengers who lived in Ponyville that they had arrived. He grabbed his head and shook it quickly What was.... What was that....? He thought as he stepped off. He appeared to be the only one who was getting off the train as it closed it's doors and left. Ponyville was very quiet today. In fact. There was no one around. Not a single pony in sight. He flew up and looked around. Not a single pegasus in the sky. Odd.... Where is everyone? Silver decided to go see Twilight to see if she was home. No one. He then flew off to Fluttershy's cottage. Empty besides a few animals eating in the back. Silver went off to see Pinkie. No one either. Silver went to Rarities and it was empty as well. What the hell....? He thought as he flew off to see Applejack. No one was working as he flew closer. But he thought he heard a loud thump from inside the house. This made him a little interested as he flew down to the front door. He put his ear to the door but heard nothing from inside. "Hey Applejack? Are you in there?" He shouted as he slowly began to open the door. As soon as he did so there was a flash of white light as all the lights suddenly turned on and there was a ton of ponies who shouted "SURPRISE!" Silver hardly expected everyone to be able to fit in this house. Then again he never took the time to see how large the house really was. He smiled at this gesture set by all the ponies as the mane six had all ran up to hug Silver. "Welcome back sugercube! Glad to see you again!" Applejack shouted. "We missed you a lot more than I think we should have." Said Rainbow Dash. "W-we missed you a lot... Even if it was only for just a day..." Fluttershy added. "Oh boy I felt really weird with a pony not here. I dunno why but It's nice to finally have you back Silvy! Here have a cupcake!" Pinkie said as she shoved her whole hoof into Silver's mouth which held a cupcake as he just swallowed it. "Oh Pinkie no need to make him so filthy already!" Rarity said using her magic to hand over a napkin to Silver. Twilight giggled as she walked up to Silver offering him punch. "Here you can wash that down with this. It's good to finally have you back Silver. I hope everything with the princesses went alright and that you learned a thing or two." "Oh you bet I did. I was really disappointed that I had to go but they said I should visit them more often." he nodded as he took the punch and drank some of it. "Well I'm really anxious to hear about-" "Well what are we doing talking for? IT'S TIME TO PARTY!!!!" Pinkie butted in shouting and dancing in the middle of the living room as Silver looked over and saw Vinyl Scratch blasting music at her turn tables. He saw an 11 on one of those amps and hoped it wouldn't go anywhere near that loud as he scratched his head and raised his glass in the air. to signal that the party is going to take off finally. They had partied almost the whole morning and it was dark out by the time things had kinda settled down. Everyone was still having loads of fun. Silver had seen that everyone had too much Sarsaparilla and were parting like crazy. Especially Pinkie and Fluttershy. Boy were they able to party. Never thought Fluttershy could be a party animal Silver laughed as he took another swig of his own bottle and jumped into the dancing tournament. Most of the ponies cheered for Silver has he managed to get his blue aura to leave behind blue streaks behind him as he danced and made everyone gasp and ooh and ahh. After that was over he had talked some to Twilight about his time with the princesses and they new things he was able to learn. He even had a racing competition with Rainbow Dash. Sadly Silver had lost as Rainbow Dash finished the competition with a Sonic Rainboom. Although his defeat was bad He couldn't help but laugh. As he saw the rainbow an Idea hit him. He followed the rainbow as he wind in circles around it leaving behind a blue funnel over the rainbow as he finished off A lot of ponies cheered as he was not being a poor sport. Even Dash found herself amused as she high hoofed Silver afterwards. Finally things had settled down. Vinyl had finished packing up her things and most of the ponies had left for home. The mane 6 had all stayed to help clean up. Except Dash who had a bit too much to drink. She was talking to a mirror asking her how tough she thought she was. They all couldn't help but laugh at the silliness. "Well i guess that's everything done and done. We should all get our rest now." Twilight said as everyone talked in agreement. "But what about Dashie?" Pinkie said looking at Dash who was cuddling a flower pot playing with it's leaves as though trying to seduce it. "Uhh.. Silver of Fluttershy. Can either of you two take her home and make sure she gets there safely?" Applejack said as she threw some trash away.. "I guess we can both go." Silver said as he threw Dash on his back. He had to force the pot out of her hand as she had a grip on it. "Common Dash let's take ya home." Silver said as Fluttershy and him walked outside and began flying to Cloudsdale. It was already pretty late when the got Rainbow Dash to her home. Fluttershy opened the door as Silver walked up the stairs and took Dash to her bed and laid her down before he started to walk away. "Wait Silver..." Dash called to him. "What Dash? You gotta get your sleep... We all do." Silver replied as his sleep deprivation was getting to him. "Come here real quick.. I wanna tell you something...." She said as she stood up waiting for Silver to approach her. He sighed and walked towards her. "What is it?" He said She had grabbed his face with both her hooves and looked him in the eyes. "I didn't tell anypony your secret!" She shouted quite loud. "Ok ok!" Silver said trying to hush her down. "Thank you..." He said trying to take her hooves off his cheeks. "Silver? Is Dash alright?" Fluttershy called from downstairs. "Yea she's fine!" He shouted back. "I'm just trying to get her to sleep!" Dash then leaned closer to him and locked her lips onto his biting on his lip and pushing him to the ground as she laid on top of him. "Don't leave Silver...." She said muffled. "mmf!" Silver said trying to get Dash off of him. As she closed her eyes and played with his ear. At this Silver lost control. He felt his body at ease as she played with his ear and started to give into the kiss nearly closing his eyes. "Silv-EEP!" Silver heard at he shot his ears up and opened his eyes quickly looking at the door. "Fluttershy... I..." He said trying to get Dash off of him as she hugged him tightly. "I was only...." He tried to think of something to saw as Flutters stood there wish a look of shock. He saw her eyes start to well up and she let out another eep as she started to cry and run back downstairs. "Fluttershy!" Silver yelled out as he heard the door close as he lay there unsure what to do. "what have I done!...." He said slapping his hooves to his face his tiredness finally getting to him. Dash seemed to have finally fallen asleep on him sleeping soundly. Silver felt his heart sink. He had to think of something. He actually liked Fluttershy. He didn't mean for that to happen. I'm such an idiot! he thought to himself as he closed his eyes. I.... Need... To... Fix this.... He said as he closed his eyes and slowly drifted off.