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// The Truth Revealed 
// Story: Continuing the Dream 
// by Blue Breeze 
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Fluttershy started making her way back to her cottage, me lying unconscious on her back. I was too heavy for Fluttershy to carry on her own for long, so she had some her animal friends come and help carry me(these are some strong woodland creatures).

After getting me inside, patching me up, and putting me in bed, Fluttershy went off to tell the others what had happened.

Half an hour later. 

"Okay, Fluttershy. Slowly tell us what happened." Twilight says. Fluttershy had returned and brought all the girls back with her, bringing them up to the room I was sleeping in.

She looks down at her hooves nervously as she tries to recount all of the events that happened leading up to now. "Well, um, I was outside feeding my chickens as I always do around this time of night. When suddenly, I saw somepony come out of the Everfree Forest. They looked hurt, so I ran over to see if they needed help. When I got there, I found Blue Breeze lying on the ground. He was hurt, so I brought him in here to get him some help."

"What in tarnation was that boy doin' near the forest?" Applejack questions. 

"I'm not sure. All I knew was that he needed help." 

"Does anypony know why Blue might have gone to the forest?" Twilight questions, looking at everypony in the room. 

All the girls remain silent, until Rainbow Dash steps up. "Yeah, I do." she says a bit nervously.

"Well, what is it? Why did he go in there?"  Twilight pushes on forcefully.

"He told me it was his dream to be the first pony to figure out why the forest has naturally occurring weather. He even told me he was planning on going there tonight."

"And you just let him go in?! Why didn't you try to stop him?!" 

"I can't tell you."  she responds, hanging her head a bit.

"Why not?" 

"Because, I made a promise, and I'd never break a promise." 

"Rainbow, if you know something that could help Blue, you need to tell us." 

"Sorry, Twilight. But I'm not gonna break my promise." 

Just as Twilight wis about to say something, I wake up. "Wh-What happened?" I ask dizzily. I grab at my head as it throbs in pain. "Oh, my head."

Fluttershy comes up to my bedside to explain. "I found you outside the Everfree Forest. You were hurt, so I brought you back here. You fell asleep on the way over."

I look myself over to see that I now have bandages wrapped around my torso, under my wings as to not restrain them. I bring a hoof to my left cheek and wince as I feel a bruise there. 

"Thanks for that, Fluttershy. I owe you a lot for that." I say.

She blushes. "Oh, it was nothing, Blue. I'm just glad I could help a friend." 

"Blue! You told me you were gonna be careful!" Dash yells at me. 

"I was careful. Me not being careful would mean me being dead right now." 

"Blue, Rainbow Dash told us you went into the forest to study its weather." Twilight says in a bit of a hurry.

"Did she tell you anything else?" I ask worriedly. 

"No." 

I wipe my forehead in relief. "Phew. That's good."

"But, why? Why did you willingly go into the forest by yourself? What is it you don't want Rainbow Dash to tell us?"

I think about it for a moment before bring my head down but still leaving my eyes on them. "*sigh* If I tell you girls the truth, you gotta promise me you won't tell anypony."

"Why?" 

"Because, if other ponies find this out, it could lead to me getting a lot of unwanted attention, and I REALLY don't need that happening."

All they look to each other and nod. "We promise." they all say in unison.  Does that happen a lot? Whatever.

"Especially you, Pinkie." I tell the eccentric mare with a stern voice. 

"Cross my heart and hope to fly. Stick a cupcake in my eye." she says, doing matching gestures.

"What was that?" 

"That was my Pinkie Pie promise. It's the most important kind of promise a pony can make."

"Okay... Anyway, it started when I was just a colt..." I start explaining. Here we go again.

Another long explanation later. 

"...Since then, I've learned to control my powers. Becoming stronger and more determined to study the forest's weather." I finish explaining yet again.

All the girls except Rainbow Dash were just sitting there, completely in shock by what I had told them.

"Good heavens!" 

"Land sakes!" 

"Oh... my." 

"OHMYGOSHTHATISSOCOOL!" 

"Amazing." Twilight says. "I had read about non-unicorns being born with magical powers before, but I thought it was just an old pony tail."

"So did I." I say. "But I'm living proof that it's not." 

"This would make you the first of your kind in over one thousand years." 

"What happened in the forest for you to get your injuries?" Fluttershy asks, very concerned.

"I fought a pack of nine timberwolves. I didn't get a scratch on me until the last one, though."

Everypony is now just sitting there in silence, until Dash speaks up again. "Blue, with your injuries, I think you should take a few days off from work."

"Don't worry about me, Dash. I'll be fine." as I try to get up, I feel a huge, stinging pain in my back and grab I it in pain.

She narrows her eyes at me. "Blue, as your boss, I DEMAND that you stay home from work and get better!" 

I sigh again. "Alright, fine. But what else am I going to do without work?" 

"Ah've got an idea." says Applejack. "Why don't ya come on down to Sweet Apple Acres tomorrow and meet the rest of my family? Ah'm sure they'd love to meet ya."

I think about it before shrugging. "Sounds good to me." 

"And I think you should stay here for a few days so that I can take care of you." says Fluttershy.

"If you say so, Fluttershy, I guess I'll stay. The rest of you should be getting home now. It's pretty late."

They all nod in agreement and walk off, saying bye and that they hope I get better soon.

"Well, I think I'll be going to bed now, too. Good night, Blue." Fluttershy says warmly.

"Okay, good night, Fluttershy." I then close my eyes and drift off to sleep.