//------------------------------// // 17.- A normal day // Story: I am a cloudbender [Pegasus] // by Flash point //------------------------------// Four days ... four days were the ones I lost being sick, days I could have used to get a moment of imagination and discover another way to use my pegasus magic, something that no one else can. At first, I could bear to do anything with my time with the visits of Scootaloo and Twilight, obviously preferring the visit of Scoots than Twilight who only caused me problems because of her inability to accept my abilities. We still can't understand why these phenomena occurred while I was sick, but Twilight has many problems facing problems that go against what her books teach her, that's why she suffers a lot with relationships... because they are complex and rare sometimes... 99% experiences with Pinkie Pie confirm this fact. So the first day I was able to get away from my bed that had become my prison, I spread my wings and gave free rein to my desire to fly again. For a whole day and a half, I was almost constantly in the air doing something, I intensified my training to make up for lost time... bad idea, but the intention was so I continued with the plan no matter how painful it was. Rainbow took little detours to come and observe how I am now and as for Derpy... her voice is different now and also other little things because of being clean of the regressive effects of the medications/drugs she was taking, she had a whole chest full of these drugs for several years, all with false expiration dates. The first novelty with Derpy, was her greater concentration losing her strange clumsy behavior, she is still a little clumsy, but not as much as before and her voice became less thick, she no longer gave that feeling of slowness that she had, but returned to the bubbly and energetic that was as a filly. Now in her prime, Derpy has managed to get her job done right in much less time than before and now has time to spend however she wants, whether it's eating Muffins or hanging out with Dr. Hooves, a bit weird the stallion, but always keeps a smile on Derpy whenever I see them together. The boy is madly in love and the town knows it, but Derpy ... is she dense? she just doesn't see the signals, which would be the subtle tail movements, as they jog together at the same pace with Cutie Mark with Cutie Mark and other little things, I would have intervened in a different situation, but Rainbow and Pinkie Pie are following them up, this possible couple... I must not forget Rarity, if there is a rumor in the town, she knows it. Well, getting back to work-life, it wasn't a difficult thing, the weather girls only took care of the clouds near Sweet Apple Acres as this is where there is the most conflict with the Everfree weather affecting their surroundings. No pony dares venture into the Everfree... well, my six exotic friends could, they are way out of the common pony mold with their eccentric personalities. "Look Flash! I can already do what you do with your feathers!" While I'm lost in fleeting thoughts, Scoots comes trotting up from somewhere in Ponyville and shows me her wings with her feathers outstretched, controlling them to fluff or sharpen them, something I do to move more air. "Ehh, you have a talented filly, but can you do this?" I stretch a wing towards my saddlebags and take out a Daring Doo book, with simple but trained movements as if they were my hands, I spread my book on the ground on the page where I left the bookmark to continue reading. I showed Scoots a trick that every adult Pegasus knows, using their wings instead of their mouth or hoof, something we can do, but I don't like to do because it ruins my primary feathers that I take so much care of to maintain my masterful control over my flights, a piece of advice well known to every self-respecting Pegasus. "HUMM... it's uncomfortable and itchy," Scoots complained, and the more she tried, the messier her feathers became from unfamiliarity. "Easy~ You're on a good pace with how fast you're learning" I stopped flying and landed next to Scoots while I gave her a small show of affection by shaking her head with one of my wings. "Now that you finally left your room, you can train me personally and I can see you fly again every morning that makes my days 10 times better than the last four days... even though I liked going to visit you" Scoots murmured the last part while moving all energetic with joy. "Keep coming if you want, my doors will be open, just let your aunts know, I don't want to get in trouble for not telling them" Scoots watched me intensely for a few seconds until she let out a shriek of excitement. "Hyaaa !! YES!" Scoots shook her little hoof in victory. "I do not understand why so much celebration, maybe if you want to spend the night, I have a guest room, just let me clean it since it does not have much use ... well, lately it has had it with the visits of Rainbow" I scratched my cheeks remembering the outgoing mare who invited herself to my house these last few days. "YOU ARE THE SPECIAL PONY OF RAINBOW DASH !!" Scoots in her fantasy world screamed joyously as her crazy child/puberty imagination made her come up with crazy ideas. "Hey ~ Wake up, we're just friends or best friends according to how you see it, but no more" I reassured Scoots with a hug before she tells a lie to the middle of town. "So ... you don't like her? HOW can't you like her, we are talking about Rainbow Dash?!!" Scoots do not seem to want to abandon her fantasy... I think she have already entered the stage that every girl has these fantasies of famous people being a couple with someone she likes. I pinched the bridge of my nose when thinking about how to explain... better to be honest. "Scoots, it's not a thing that I like or not, I just never stopped to think if someone I would like to be more than friends, I am more focused and excited about what I can do and achieve, as my mother will say, I am so focused on my goals that I'm lost” I felt a little nostalgic when talking about my mother, I directed my gaze to heaven for a moment. "Hmm, well you better teach me more tricks !!" Scoots returned to her bubbly personality when she asked me for more advice when she can fly, takeing me out of my mind. So I spent the rest of my day with her, talking about my accidents to show her that I was not always what I am now, apart from that I has always been my enjoyment to see others laugh. At some point, the sky was tinted an orange color indicating that it is time to retire and consider the day completed. I carried Scoots on my back that she had fallen asleep while she was telling me about her adventures or the ones she wishes she had. Soon Flash's life got back on track with the same rhythm that he had been having, only now he had more frequent visits and surprises from his friends. Sometimes Flash would arrive tired from a busy day training and when he entered his house, he would find one of his friends hanging out at his house while waiting for him, or talking to someone else, it was a weird thing for Flash, but he let it pass, there were no bad intentions and it was a good joyful surprise for his day, even if he was tired. Like another day, Flash found Rainbow using her couch to read Daring Doo ... or that's the facade since from his place Flash can see that the content has nothing to do with an epic adventure of adrenaline and action, at this moment Rainbow is reading about the romance of a Valkyrie mare and an adventurous commoner stallion according to what Flash heard from Rainbow's whispers that she tends to read aloud. "HEY! FLASH !! YOU WERE EARLY TODAY!" Rainbow overreacted when she slammed the book shut and her ears and eyes were fully alert to any reaction or action from Flash. Accustomed to her exemplary behavior and Pinkie Pie's follies that have only escalated more lately, Flash didn't react and acted normal as he left his forges on the entrance table. "It is a calm day, there are not many clouds and Everfree seems to have its interest in its mountains, possibly for tomorrow there will be three or there will not be any" Flash was silent as he stayed trying to predict what the unpredictable Everfree will do. "Hoo! Well, I was just reading DARING DOO the Quest for the Sapphire Stone, a super exciting book with a lot of adrenaline and villains to humiliate" Rainbow nodded her head trying to fool herself with her lie, Flash just followed her game, messing with Rainbow's soft side is a big NO that he understands well, that Rainbow doesn't want to show to others because of a lack of confidence. "Then you tell me your opinion on the book, I finished it a long time ago and it is interesting to hear what others think" The relaxed response of Flash inadvertently triggered Rainbow's Fanaticism for the adventures of Daring Doo, turning his visit to his house from an aperitif to a two-hour stay in which Rainbow explained in detail how Daring Doo should be a Wonderbolt.