//------------------------------// // Blood // Story: Answers // by MIKEANTHONY321 //------------------------------// Flash stuttered in shock. “W…wha…what? Where’d she go?” He exclaimed. He walked over to the edge of the porch and looked down. He saw no signs of her anywhere. He took a deep breath, relieving himself of any impulse to panic. She’s probably visiting one of her friends to calm down or something. It’s not like something happened to her. He turned around to walk inside and saw her foal hovering in his face. “WAH!!!” He yelled. He breathed heavily a few times. “You…you scared me!” He grabbed the foal, and took him to the couch to watch TV. He went to set the foal down, and saw that he wasn’t in his hooves anymore. “What the-?” He stammered. He looked around a little bit, and saw the foal hovering above the kitchen table, giggling. “Man, you’re getting good with your wings!” Flash mused. The foal closed his eyes, and his horn began to glow. With a sudden brush of magic, Flash’s wings had disappeared. The foal was laughing uncontrollably now. “What? What’s so funny?” Flash asked. Suddenly, he could feel that the limbs on his back weren’t there. That’s when he knew his wings had been stolen. “Wow, now I know what it feels like to be an earth pony.” He chuckled, then stopped suddenly. “Wait…that would mean…” Realizing too late, Flash suddenly fell through the floor of his home. What used to be his living room became a large horizon of ground many thousands of feet below him as he fell at an alarming rate. “AAHHH!!! HELP ME!!” He screamed as loud as he could. Right when it seemed like his fate would be sealed, a supersonic slur of rainbow flew underneath him, suddenly stopping his descent. Confused, he looked down to identify his rescuer, which was Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow, where were you?” He asked. Rainbow scoffed. “A simple ‘thank you’ would have done just fine.” “Hey, you didn’t thank me when I saved your flank a couple days ago.” Flash snapped. “You kept making fun of me for hanging on to you after you landed. I think I gave my thanks.” Rainbow responded. She began to lift Flash back up to their house. On the way there, she noticed something. “Flash, where are your wings?!” She exclaimed in surprise. Flash sighed. “Your dead foal used his magic to take them from me. That’s why I fell through the house.” Rainbow gasped. “My foal is dead?!?!?!” She cried out. “No, but he’s going to be.” Flash answered. …………………………………… Rainbow Dash flew up to the house and opened the front door. She had to carry Flash inside, because dropping him would result in having to save him again. When she turned to the kitchen, she saw her foal still sitting there, literally holding Flash’s severed (yet not bloody) wings in his hooves. Rainbow spoke to her foal in a scolding and dominant tone. “Jet! Return your father’s wings, now!” The foal, defeated, made his horn glow. Flash’s wings magically appeared back on his body. Flash leaped out of Rainbow’s grasp, and flapped his wings a couple times to get used to them again. “Man, I’ll never take these things for granted again!” He squealed. Rainbow picked up Jet, and carried him off to his room. Once she placed him there and closed the door, she walked back to the living room, where they stood completely alone. “You named your foal Jet?” Flash asked. “Yeah. Soarin suggested it.” Rainbow responded. “Wait…Soarin? You went to see Soarin?” “Yeah. I wanted to explain the whole ‘soul mate’ thing to him.” “Rainbow, you left without telling me. And for a second, I kind of panicked. I assumed you were at one of your friends’ place, and if I had known you were going to Soarin’s, I wouldn’t have approved.” “What? What do you have against Soarin?” “I had nothing against Soarin, until Jet came along. Now I’m kind of uneasy. Especially with ‘fate’ apparently telling you you were meant for him.” “Since when did you become my father? You can’t tell me that I can’t hang out with Soarin!” “But Rainbow, look what happened the last time you hung out with Soarin? I just don’t want you to leave me, or get pregnant again!” Rainbow got in Flash’s face. “I have one word for you. IN-TOX-I-CATED. How many times do I have to keep telling you that?” “You kept telling me that everything was going to be okay when you left for that party. I trusted you, and it all went down the drain. I’m not saying that you lie, I’m just saying that I’m not sure what could happen.” “I’m not a foal anymore, Flash! I think I can handle my life without your protection!” “Okay, let’s not get carried away-“ “I can’t believe you think that I can’t be near Soarin without something bad happening! I’m not stupid, you know!” Flash’s voice began to rise. “Rainbow, I never said that!” “Everything you said kind of sums up to that! Maybe the Elements of Harmony were right! Maybe Soarin is right for me!” “NO! Don’t do this again!!!” Flash yelled. Without thinking, he gave Rainbow a good hard slap across the face. Rainbow quickly put a hoof up to her cheek where she had been struck. Flash gasped, immediately realizing what he had done. “Oh gosh, Rainbow. I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean-“ Before he could finish, Rainbow growled loudly, reeled back, and gave him a powerful punch in the nose. Flash went flying backwards, and slid along the floor. He put his hooves up to his nose in pain. Flash watched in agony as Rainbow walked over and stared down at him. “Are you done yet?” She asked him. Flash took his hooves off his nose, exposing a river of blood flowing from it. Grunting loudly, he tried to get back up. Once he regained his balance, Rainbow was still staring at him angrily. “Now you know not to mess with-“ Before she could finish, Flash screamed at the top of his lungs, and performed a powerful uppercut to Rainbow’s stomach. Rainbow clutched her abdomen in extreme pain. Not giving her a chance to recover, Flash delivered a painful combo of punches and kicks, preventing her from defending herself. Rainbow had been given a horrible black eye, and was bruised and bloody all over. She wobbled awkwardly in place, efficiently drained of her energy. Flash gave her another uppercut to the ribs, and a hard punch to her mouth, and she fell unconscious. Flash stared down at the beaten and broken pegasus lying half-dead in front of him. There was an alarming amount of blood all over the floor. Flash panted heavily. “Don’t mess with YOU? We’ll see about that.” To be Continued… Author Notes: I’m just going to be quiet and let the story sink in a little bit. Yes, it is still me writing this story. I had to change the story-status to Teen because of this chapter! By the way, there's a song by Maroon 5 called "One More Night" that I think goes really well with Rainbow Dash's emotions following the events of this chapter. The link to the song is here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwK7ggA3-bU Just listen closely to the song, and see how it relates to the current situation!