Dash flew up to her house, with the Scout, having given up escaping from Dash's grasp, hanging from her arms like a ragdoll. Rainbow lowered, and was getting ready to drop Scout on the cloud, when suddenly he flailed.
"Whoawhoawhoa, wait! That's just a cloud!"
"Yeah, it's a cloud! It just so happens to be my HOME TOO!" Retorted Dash, taking it as an insult. She dropped him rather carelessly, to realise the actual reason why he was yelling only moments later.
He had fallen straight through the cloud.
She facehoofed. How could I forget that?!, she thought. The cyan pegasus darted down to catch the horrified Scout by his legs. She took him and dropped him off once she had flown close enough to the ground. She sighed, wiped her forehead, and looked at the Scout.
"Wh-What the hell was that crap?! You tryin' t' kill me?!" Yelled the scout, now in a stage of panic.
"No, I just forgot something. Your kicking and whining on the flight up there distracted me!"
"Okay, Ms. Skittlehair. Well, whadowedo now, that I'm not falling to my death?"
"...Skittlehair?"
"...Oh, yeah, right. Ponies don't got skittles, do they?"
"...Doesn't matter. We gotta go talk to egghead later and get some sorta spell cast on you. Unless you want to stay with somepony else. And the only one I can think of is--"
"OOOH! Rainbow! Who's this?! Is he new? I don't recogni--" The pink pony who had just randomly appeared behind the two let out a large gasp, jumped up int he air, and darted (Quite possibly faster than Rainbow Dash) bacl to Sugarcube Corner.
"...Pinkie Pie." Rainbow dash muttered, soon followed by another facehoof.
"...What just happened?" Said the very, very confused Scout, having seen Pinkie defly two or three laws of physics in the brief moment he saw her.
"Look, I can't explain. Most of what she does is explained by saying "It's just Pinkie" around here. Not even Twilight can figure out how she does things!"
"...Twilight. Who's Twilight."
"Egghead? The one with the giant book?"
"Oh, yeah. Her."
"She lives in a library, is a student of the Princess, and has a -ton- of lists. She has lists to list her lists!"
"Princess?"
"Oh, for the love of Pete, if we keep going like this, it will take -forever- to get to town. Now, let's just get back to Eggy's library and we can get this whole thing sorted out. Hopefully. ...Try not to be seen, alright? Just in case somepony's around?"
The Scout chuckled at the word 'somepony'. "...Yeah, yeah, I got it.
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Twilight was searching through her books in hopes of finding something that could help with the pickle she was currently in. While she was searching, Spike was still asleep, and Rhonin remained quiet on Twilight's sofa. The room was in almost complete scilence, with the exception of the occasional page-turning of Twilight and Spike rolling over in his sleep. This scolence was broken by a loud knock on the door.
"Twilight! It's Rainbow!"
The unicorn let out a deep sigh in annoyance, and trotted over to the door. She opened it and stepped aside to let both Rainbow and the Scout inside.
"...What now, Rainbow?'
"Scrawny here can't walk on clouds."
The Scout protested, but decided he would get Rainbow later and calmed down.
"Oh, that's right. I have to cast the spell. Uh... Mr...?" Twilight said as she awaited a title from the Scout.
"Jus' call me Scout."
"...Alright, er, Scout. I need to cast a spell on your feet. Have you had something like this done before?"
"Uh, no."
"Well, don't panic. Nothing bad will happen to you. Now, hold still so I can do this..."
She lowered her horn to the Scout's feet. It glowed slightly as Twilight was casting, and the Scout watched, still a bit uneasy. A violet glow radiated from the Scout's sneakers until Twilight pulled away, nodding to show she was done.
"That should do the trick!" She said. She looked up at the Scout with a not-so sincere smile on her face.
The Scout looked at his feet. "...I don't feel anythin'."
"You're not supposed to, Scout. It's not physical."
He looked down at the purple unicorn, still a bit confused. "...Uh, 'kay."
"...Ready to go back to my place?" Asked Rainbow, who had been hovering there with her forelegs folded in front of her chest the whole time.
"I guess." The Scout said, lacking enthusiasm
"Alright. Let's go. Thanks, E--Twilight!"
"...Er, yeah, um... Thanks?"
Twilight nodded at the two. "Any time!"
They closed the door behind them as Rainbow grabbed the Scout and flew off.
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The Scout chuckled to himself. He was having fun walking on Rainbow's cloud. He ran around, almost in circles, giggling to himself harder than he did when he clotheslined the BLU medic with his baseball bat and made him do a backflip.
Rainbow finally stopped him, saying they needed to get inside before other pegasi saw him. "...What's a pegasign?" Asked the Scout after hearing Ranbow.
"...Uh, what do yo think?! Look at me!" She flapped her wings, half struttung them.
"Oh. So a horse that yells too much?"
"...No, smart one. Wings!"
He chuckled, Rainbow only prooving his point more. Rainbow finally said "Come on already! Let's go inside!" They both walked in the large cloud house, the Scout almost in awe at it.
Rainbow proceeded to give the Scout a small tour, showing him all the awards Rainbow had won at previous competitions and such. The only room she skipped was her bedrooom (Which she never uses). The Scout asked why, and Rainbow said she would explain later. The scout could only guess. He thought to himself; ...Do these ponies have some sorta version of Playboy? I guess it would be PlayColt or something...
Rainbow pointed to a small, fluffy white couch in the living room. "You'll be sleeping HERE. Try not to touch much, alright? There's alot of valuable stuff in the living room." Rainbow said, trying to sound dominant.
"Alright, alright, I get it! You don't want me touchin' none of yo stuff! Quit yappin' at me, ya harp! Just 'cause my mother's in Boston don't mean you gotta take 'er place!"
"Watch it! I'm the one letting you stay here!"
The Scout grumbled. She had a point. "...Can y' at least tone it down a notch or two? It feels like I'm gettin' lectured by Soldier again."
"Soldier?"
"...He was on the RED team back where I was. Rocket-launchin', shovel-swingin' nutjob if y' ask me."
"Team? Team of what?"
"Reliable Excavation and Digging. We were fightin' for -our- land that the BLU team tried to steal!"
"...You sayin' you fought eachother over... Over land?"
"Yeah, we did. Where do you think this came from?" The Scout took his scattergun off of his belt.
"Is that a gun?!"
"Yeah."
"Why would you -shoot- eachother?!"
"'Cause it's OUR land! ...Oh, and trust me, we did alot more than shootin'."
"Do I even wanna know?"
"Depends. How fond are you of fire?"
"Not really."
"Pro'ly not, then."
"...You curned eachother?!" Rainbow screamed.
"Yeah, we got some masked maniac with a flamethrower. So do they. ...Look, I ain't talkin' 'bout that freak no more than what I just said, alright?"
Rainbow levitated there, half in shock. She thought to herself; How could they burn eachother? Cooked alive?!
"...A-Alright, er, er S-Scout."
The Scout simple nodded, throwing himself onto the couch and making himself comfy. There was a hint of awkwardness in the air, and the Scout decided to break it. "...So, What'd you say yer name was again? Rainbow somethin'?"
Rainbow snapped back to reality to respond to the Scout's comment. "...Uh, yeah. Rainbow Dash."
"...That jus' a nickname?"
"No. That's my actual name."
"Why do ponies got such weird names? They're all like... Colors 'r somethin'."
"Uh, yeah! Pro'ly because we're colored that way!"
"Why don't you got any real names like John or Megan?"
"Uh, because those aren't real names?"
"...Ponies 're confusin'."
"So are... Whatever you are."
"I'm a human, sis. A man t' be specific."
"Man... Colt?"
"...Uh, yeah."
"...Great." She muttered hunder her breath. "Well, awesome. You're still confusin'. How do you walk on two legs like that?"
"'Cause I was born that way."
"I couldn't imagine walkin' on two!"
"Ain't that hard, really. Just gotta get some more meat on your legs, that's all..." The Scout said, trying to make it sound like he was tough.
Rainbow responded to the boast. "Well, I bet you can't go half as fast with those things, can you?"
The Scout laughed so hard he couldn't breathe for a good three minutes.
"What's so funny?" Rainbow asked.
"...You... You think I'm slow...! That's cute..."
"Well, everyone's slow compated to me!"
"...That a challenge?" The Scout stopped laughing almost immediately, and stood up to look at Rainbow with a smug grin on his face.
"You want it to be?!" Raiinbow said, glaring and pushing her nuzzle against the Scout's face.
The Scout pushed back, growling a little. "You're on! Where and what time?!"
"I'll arrange something when you'll be able to go out in Public! So I can embarass you in front of the entire town of Ponyville!"
Both of them were pushing harder and harder againset eachother's heads, glaring into eachother's eyes. "Embarass me? Hah! You're the one that's going to be eatin' dust, Rainbow Crash!"
"OOOH! Rainbow Crash! How freakin' origonal!"
"So this ain't the first time you'll bite the dust?!"
"What dust?! All you'll see is a blue blip in the distance!"
"In the rear view mirror!"
The argument kept intensifying. They both seemed to like the competition, them both smiling from it. It was competition, it seemed, and not so much hostility. Just when Scout was about to yell, there was a knock on the door.
The both drew back their heads, looked at the door, and then back at eachother with wide eyes. Scout ran upstairs to get out of sight. Rainbow yelled "Just a minute!" And began to walk up to the door.
She opened it, and to her suprise, the lazy-eyed pony Derpy Hooves was there. She held a giant leather bag. "You got mail, Ms. Dash! It's heavy, so be careful!" She dropped it in front of Dash, with a few metallic clangs being heard inside.
"O-Oh! Thanks, Derpy!" Derpy was waving goodbye as Dash slammed the door on her and flew the bag over into her living room to open it. She wasn't expecting mail. She opened it to find two dozen yellow and red cans.
The Scout came downstairs to see all of his Bonk! Atomic Punch int he bag. "...Yes!" He sprinted over to look at all 24 of his precious cans.
Rainbow looked at the Scout, confused. "...What's this?"
"My favorite punch."
"...And Derpy just delivered it to us?"
"I'm sorry, what did you just call me?"
"I didn't call you anything."
"I heard the word 'Derpy'."
"Uh, yeah. Derpy is the mailmare. Derpy Hooves."
"...The mailman--I mean, mailmare's name is Derpy?"
"Yeah."
"...Oh.. Heh..."
"On't laugh at Derpy! She's the nicest pony I know!"
Scout felt a little guilt, and nodded. "Alright, alright. Well, tell 'er thanks for th' punch if y' see 'er again."
"Will do. ...That stuff any good?"
The Scout looked at it, and realised he would have to show her -after- the scheduled race, if ever. "...Yeah, but these are cold. It's flavor literally changes when it's cold. That, 'n' it's hard to cool. Has to stay in th' fridge for a few days." He said, trying to avoid giving Dash one.
"Ah, alright. Well, I got a li'l extra room in there if y' can jam 'em in there. If I get one when they're ready."
"...Will do." He picked up the bag and walked over to what he thought was Dash's fridge, and began to pile them in there.
Rainbow noticed the Scout had left his scattergun on the floor beside the couch. She walked over to it to look at it, and soon after picked it up. She couldn't work the trigger with her hooves; the hole was too small. She kept observing the device until the Scout came back. Rainbow gasped as she saw him walk up, thinking he would be mad if he saw her messing with it.
"...Don't be messin' with that thing." He said, reaching over to grab it. "You'll blow yer damn face off in an instant if you don't know how to--"
As he was taking it away from Dash, the gun fired. Neither of them were hurt, but the door and wall were both peppered with bulletholes. "...Ah, crap." The Scout said, not seeming to care as much. This had clearly happened before.
Dash had backed up into the corner, so afraid of the thing the Scout was holding. "G-Get that thing away from me!" She said, cowering in the corner.
Scout felt bad, and walked over to the door. He threw it outside and off of the cloud. He walked back to Dash.
"...Yo, Dash, y' alright? Need a hand?" He held out his right hand.
Dash took the hand, and they both pulled her up. She walked shakily up to her room. "...I'm... I'm going to bed now, Scout. Uhm, see ya."
"Peace."