//------------------------------// // Blitz's Memory // Story: Orphan // by AshuraZXexianGlitch //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash: Dad and I went to my place. Fluttershy went with Twilight back to her cottage. The Princess continued her royal duties. Once we were inside and I stopped being so giddy dad and I had a chance to talk. "Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! I can't believe you're here! It's a mess! Close your eyes!" Okay, so I hadn't quite calmed down. I had two arms full of clothes and trash and threw them in a nearby room. "Ah don't go in there." "Hon, you don't have to clean for my expense, my house isn't any better looking." He said with a chuckle. It felt good to have him here. I ran up to him and embraced him in a tight hug. "I love you daddy." I said with the feeling of crying setting in. "I love you too Dashie." he said tightening his hold. We were like that for a while before our hug ended. "Hungry?" I asked him. I was trying to be hospitable. But it truth I was worried if he would say yes. I wasn't the greatest cook. "Well I don't know, do you have things for Mac & Cheese?" he asked with a smile. I smiled back at him, he knew me so well, even after all this time. "Oh, I most certainly do." I said confidently as I walked into the kitchen. Mac & Cheese was the first and only thing that I successfully cooked on my own, when I was a filly. When I walked into the kitchen I had tripped on my way to the stove. Dad started laughing at me, I felt so stupid and embarrassed. I looked at what tripped me and it was my clothes and trash that I threw in here. "Are you alright Dashie?" He asked helping me up. He was still chuckling, and my face felt hot. I was flushed with embarrassment. "I think so." I said in a muffle. I felt so stupid, I looked at him and the feeling of embarrassment melt away. He wasn't laughing at me, he was laughing about the memories he was having. I felt so old seeing him much older from when I was a filly. "Lets make some Mac & Cheese." "Sounds lovely Dashie." I starting making and, first thing was simple. Fill water into a pot and set it on the stove, and wait for it to boil. Easy as one two three, or in Pinkie Pie's way One two cheese! I guess it was a good thing I was using cheese too. "What did you do this whole time after you had to left?" I asked, it kind of slipped out, but as well I wanted to know. I wanted know about my father again, it was just something I think I needed to know. It had been so long since I last saw him. I just didn't know him anymore. "I watched you and your friends. At least when I was in Ponyville. Other times I lead the weather control in Canterlot." He said sitting down near me. "Well that explains the feeling of being watched once in a while. But I thought they used magic to control the weather in Canterlot." I asked waiting for the water to heat up. So far it was taking it's sweet time, I looked away from it because of something Twilight told me one time. 'Water will not boil as you watch it.' "Oh they do, but they need someone to analyze the sky and ground to determine the weather. That's where my team and I come in." He said happily, he was proud of himself and it made me happy to see him like that. The water started to boil, I added the noodles and set the timer. I went over to the fridge and got the milk, butter and cheese out. "You must be wondrous at hiding." I said cutting up the cheese into nice little square pieces. Reminded me of building blocks I had when I was very little. "Not really, none of you expected to see me. You out of everyone would have been even less observant of me appearing out of nowhere." He said a little hardness in his voice. He still felt horrible about abandoning me. I looked at my dad who was staring at the ground. I could see how much it hurt him to leave, and I hated him ever since he left. I felt like the most horrible pony in all of Equestria. I looked at the little boxes of cheese, they made me chuckle for no real reason. "Daddy, I do not blame you for leaving. I know now you had little choice, and if you didn't do what you did I wouldn't have the life I have now. I wouldn't have the friends I have, and I wouldn't have this moment I am having with you right now. I think we are very lucky." I said trying to lift his mood. He looked at me with a slight happy smile, but his eyes were very sad. "That's something your mother would have said to me." He said, his smile faded and so did my good feeling. It had been a very long times ice I last heard anything about my mother. "Wha...what was she like?" I asked looking at the pot of shuffling noodles and boiling water. "She was wonderful Dashie, nice and sweet. Always put another pony before herself, very proud of herself. I see a lot of her in you Dash." He said drifting off, it hurt him obviously to remember her. "How did she die?" I asked stirring the noodles a bit. "That is something you will find out later on honey. I'm sorry but I just can't tell you now." He said sternly, but it was clear he just didn't want to talk about it at the moment. The timer went off and I strained the noodles. The meat and sauce were ready, all I had to do was mix the two. "It's alright daddy, I know it hurts." I mixed the two and went to get silverware and plates. We ate in silence, things were still tense between us. Twilight Sparkle: I was in my library when somepony walked in. I heard their hoof steps as they got closer to me, usually I wouldn't pay it no never mind cause it was usually one of my friends. But the presence of this pony felt odd, I looked away from my studies. It's was Rainbow's father. "Hello Twilight." He said kindly, he looked very tired. "Are you alright sir?" I asked him a little worried. He looked very ill. "Where is Rainbow Dash?" "She's working, clearing out the sky. She is such a great flyer, reminds me of myself in my youth." He looked sad, very sad like he just lost someone. "You didn't answer my question sir. Are you feeling alright?" I asked again going over to him. "No, I am not Twilight Sparkle. I don't feel alright at all, there is a lot of things that need to be done. So little time to spend with my little girl." He said bowing his head in sadness. "What do you mean things that need to be done and so little time." I asked him trying to figure him out. "I don't have a lot of time Twilight, I'm old, that's all I mean. I've watched you six fillies grow up to be fantastic mares. You have all grown so much, I guess I'm just feeling old." He said giving me a smile. I gave him a smile back, I didn't quite know how to talk to him. "You're only as old as you feel sir." I said with a chuckle. "Seeing all of you makes me feel old. But, I suppose it's a good thing isn't it. Things go on, life moves forward, great things happen. Who know what might happen in the future, but this old stallion won't see it all." He said looking at the ceiling like he was looking at the sky. I couldn't figure him out, I was getting a very odd feeling from him. "Glass half full or half empty?" I asked him. He looked at me with a small smile. He started to laugh. "Insight my dear Twilight, you are very brilliant." He said heading toward the door. "I will see you later my dear." "Bye sir." I said offering a friendly smile. Rainbow Dash: I cleared the sky in no time flat, I'm just awesome like that. I was flying around trying to find my dad. When I spotted him he was coming out of Twilight's Library. I flew down to him as fast as i could. He was looking the other way and I had the perfect chance to surprise him. "Hello Dashie." He said just before I got to him. I stopped dead in my tracks. "But, how, but, how, but, but, but you were looking...." I was shocked, no one had ever seen me coming. "Calm down Dashie, I saw you when I came out. I just waited, you are just like your mother. She tried the exact same thing to me." He said laughing. I landed on the ground near him and smiled at my dad. "So what do you want to do. Oh! How about a father-daughter race! Or daring tricks and dangerous stunts!" I said excited, I was flying around frantically with my dad smiling and chuckling at me. "Dashie, I can't do any of that. I'm too old." He said, I landed near him and felt stupid. Of course he couldn't do any of that, I even had to slow down when we going to my house. "I'm sorry Dash." "Don't be, I know how it is." I said giving him a hug. Rainbow Blitz: It was good to see my daughter again. So young and happy, it made me happy to see her with all of her friends. "They will all die!" I watched Dashie fly into the sky, she was very talented. She was able to do what I couldn't, to perform the Rain-boom. "Their deaths will be on you!" She twirled in the sky, making figures in the sky out of the clouds she had. It was like watching my wife. "The End is coming!"