//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 *edit* // Story: A Dash of Hope // by gunmanforever //------------------------------// "Fuck..........morning....." I said out-loud as I woke up to the sun in my face. Even though I was sleeping on a bed that was to small for me, I didn't want to leave it, until I heard the door creek and hoofs clopping on the floor. "You awake?" She asked. "No." I said. I heard a sigh, then the whole damn bed tipped to the side and I fell straight on my ass. "OK, I'm awake now." I said after a groan. Twilight giggled and walked out the door. I got up off the ground and looked myself in the mirror. "Damn, I need a shower." I said out-loud, and started to look around for the bathroom. When I found it, I was surprised that I could easily fit into it and clean myself. 'Whats this stuff?' I thought as I looked at her shampoo. It smelt fine, but looked like glider mixed with a white slime. I decided to try it out. It felt fine, but then I got out and looked in the mirror. "What. The. Fuck." Was all I said. My hair looked like a damn rainbow. I quickly grabbed the bottle and looked at the warnings. "Warning, maybe cause hair to change to multi-color if used in large qualities." I read out-loud. I just stared at the mirror for a couple moments before letting out a flood of cuses. After about 5 minutes, I decided to go down staires and see if Twilight could change it back. I walked down the stares and stood against the wall. "Twilight, you there?" I asked. "Yeah, im in the kitchen, whats up?" She asked me. "You know that shampoo you have in your bathroom?" I asked. "Oh yeah, dont use that stuff. I was going to tell you that this morning but i forgot to, why?" She said. "Well, that warning would have helped a while ago." I said then walked into the kitchen, and was greeted by laughing from both her and Spike. "Yeah yeah, laugh it up. Can you change it?" I asked hoping she could. "I would, but I think that you should meet somepony first." She said with a grin. Almost on cue, there was a knock on the door. "In fact, that's here right now." She said and went to the door, I followed her out to the library. "Hi Rainbow Dash." I heard Twilight say. When she came into view, my breath was taken away. She was the same size as Twilight, but maybe a little more muscular. Her fur was a cyan, and she even had wings. That wasnt the strange part, her mane was literally a rainbow, like my hair. "Hi." I said awkwardly. "Hey, my name is Rainbow Dash, fastest Pegasus in all of Equestria." She said in a tomboyish voice, with her chest sticking out. Twilight told Rainbow my whole story about my amnesia and eyes. Before I knew it, she was hovering right in-front of me, looking into my eyes. "Wow, their turning pink." She said with a grin, I could tell Twilight was trying really hard not to laugh at the scene unfolding in-front of her. "Well, isn't that cute." Twilight said after recovering from her giggle fits. I looked over at Rainbow, who was blushing like crazy. "What?" I asked clueless. "You and Rainbow, apparently, shes already taking a liking to you." She said with a grin. "Oh Celestia, shut up Twi." She said, still red with embarrassment. Twilight gave her a wink and went back to the kitchen. "You guys hungry?" We heard her ask from the kitchen. Rainbow looked at me and nodded. "Yeah we are." I said back. We then ate a breakfast of sandwiches and some good apple juice. "So Rainbow, do you have to work today?" Twilight asked. "No, the weather is suppose to be clear for the rest of the day." She said. "So wait, you guys can control the weather?" I asked. "Yeah, us pegasi can manipulate the clouds into what weather we want." She said. "I even live in a giant cloud house, its awesome." "Wow." I said with a grin. After we finished breakfast, we walked into Ponyville. Twilight said something that pony from the market, I think her name was Applejack, and another with the name of Fluttershy. I was getting some funny looks as we walked into town. 'Its either my hair, or the fact that they have never seen anything like me.' I though, then chuckled at my comment. "Howdy Twi, Howdy Dash." I heard a southern accented pony say. "Hi Aj." Dash and Twi said at the same time. Aj nodded at me, which I just smiled at waved. From what I heard, Applejack's family owns a farm, apparently an apple farm. "So you want to come with us to Fluttershy's?" Twilight finally asked her. "Yeah, sure." She replied with a smile. We took left for Fluttershys about noon, Twilight didn't want to go to lunch without her I guess. About half way to her house, Dash landed next to me. "Good luck." She said. "Why would I need luck?" I asked her. "Fluttershy is a bit.......shy when it comes to strangers." She stated. "Oh, i'm sure she isn't that shy." Dash was going to make me eat those words......................