//------------------------------// // Red In The Head // Story: Road to love // by Mes Amis //------------------------------// A/N: I'm sorry this chapter is a bit shorter than my usual but I'm very busy with all my work at the moment so it'll be a while for the next few chapters. Sorry for the wait. -Mes Amis. _____________________________________________________________________________ After leaving Dante's home, Reda and Scarlet continued through town, and from what Reda could tell it was about 9 am. 'Scarlet has been awfully quiet, I hope there's nothing wrong. Maybe she's worried about Marcy.' Reda then turned his head to see that Scarlet had a disturbed frown on her face. 'I guess she is worried.' 'He hasn't said anything about my hair, maybe have hasn't noticed. Or maybe... Maybe he isn't interested in me because I'm Dante's sister. He did sound worried about Dante finding out that we slept in the same bed, but it's not like we did anything. Wait but why does it matter if Dante were to find out? It's none of his business if I like Reda, so why is it even a problem?' Scarlet thought to herself. 'I have every right to want to ask Reda out, so why don't I just do it already? But then there is always the possibility he doesn't even like me. No, I can't think like that! I'll ask Reda out, and I'll do it in front of Dante.' "Scarlet, is everything okay?" Reda asked out of the blue. "Huh? Oh, no everything's fine. Why do you ask?" "You looked like you were in deep thought, so I thought something might be wrong." "Nonononononono, everything is okay. I-I was just thinking about Marcy, that's all." 'How could I be so easy to read?' "Okay. Well I think we should head back to my place so we can get Marcy and some breakfast." "That sounds like a great idea." "Okay then let's get going." _____________________________________________________________________________ Like he said in the note he left for Scarlet, Dante hadn't gone to Fluttershy's cottage the night prior but was on his way until a very clumsy mailmare landed behind him with a thud. Dante turned around to find Ditsy Doo behind him, picking herself off the ground. "Uh, oh there you are Dante, I've been looking for you all morning. I checked your house but you weren't there." the mailmare said as she began digging through her bag. "Ditzy, look can this wait? I have something important to do at the moment." "I wish I could but my boss said it was important to give you this." she said hoofing him an envelope. "Okay, well I guess I should be saying thanks." "It's not a problem, and again I'm sorry for bothering you." "It's not a problem and again thanks." and with that the mailmare return to her duties. 'This can wait until later, I have to talk to Fluttershy.' _____________________________________________________________________________ When Reda and Scarlet got back to Reda's, they noticed something out of the ordinary. Reda's front door was open wide, yet the window blinds were shut. Then both of them heard a loud shriek come from inside. "Marcy!" Scarlet yelled running inside. "Scarlet, wait!" Reda shouted, running after her. Reda and Scarlet ran up the stairs to Reda's room. From outside the door they could hear somepony crying. Scarlet threw the door open and ran to her sister. "Don't worry Marcy, I'm here now." Scarlet said hugging her crying sibling. "B-big s-sis, I w-was so s-scared. I-I t-thought t-they were g-gonna h-hurt m-me." Marcy said, still crying on her sister's shoulder. "Who did this!?" Reda shouted, enraged that somepony close to him was attacked and traumatized. Out of nowhere there was a sudden banging. "What was that?" Scarlet asked, still holding Marcy. "I locked them in the basement." Marcy muttered, now calm but still very scared. "I'll go down stairs to see who would dare do such a thing." Reda said, obviously still angry. Reda made his way down stairs to the basement entrance. He used his magic to unlock the door and slowly opened it. Within a microsecond, Reda was flat on his back. "Uh, I thought I'd never get out of there!" said the voice of whoever was on top of Reda. The voice was feminine, a voice Reda could remember in a line up of voices. It was Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow Dash, what the hay are you doing in my basement!" Reda shouted, causing the mare to jump. "Ah! Reda, what are you doing scaring me like that!?" "I'm still wondering why you were in my basement and almost giving poor little Marcy a heartattack." "Well I came by to ask you where Dante is, then I hear somepony running inside so I let myself in. Next thing I know a little filly is running past me and locks me down there." Dash pointed to the basement. "Reda, who is it?" Scarlet called from the bottom of the stairs. "Everything is alright, it seems Rainbow Dash was the one that scared Marcy." "D-did you say Rainbow Dash?" Scarlet asked. "Yeah, she just wanted..." Reda was cut off by a red blur shooting past him and colliding with Rainbow Dash. "You bitch! How dare you come here after what you did to my brother and my family!" Scarlet yelled as she repeatedly assaulted Rainbow Dash. "Scarlet stop it!" Reda shouted as he pulled the mares away from each other. "What is wrong with you!" "It's all her fault! She's the reason all of this has happened to my family!" Scarlet responded. "If you never spied on my brother, none of this would have happened!" "Scarlet that's enough! Go take care of Marcy while I handle this." Reda commanded. Scarlet angrily agreed and returned upstairs. "Are you okay Rainbow Dash?" "I've been better." Dash replied. "I'm sorry but Scarlet has been through a lot lately. I never expected she would attack you." "I don't blame her, she is right its all my fault." "Don't say that. You know Dante doesn't blame you and I know he tried his best to explain everything to his father." "That doesn't mean Scarlet is wrong." "Right or wrong, she didn't have to do what she did. I think it would be a good idea if you left while I talk to her." "Okay, I guess I'll go look for Dante." Dash said as she walked towards the door. "Wait, what do you want to tell him anyways." Reda asked. "Well, my talk with Fluttershy didn't go good and that he should be careful if he's gonna see her." _____________________________________________________________________ It took longer than he thought but Dante finally made it to Fluttershy's cottage. 'I hope Rainbow Dash explained everything to her.' Dante thought. He made his way to the door which was strangely unlocked. As he made his way in, Dante saw that Fluttershy's home was a mess. Furniture overturned, food scattered all around the kitchen, and when he reach Fluttershy's room there was a puddle of red outside the door. "Oh Celestia, Fluttershy!"