Braveheart ran up ahead to be next to Twilight.
"Hey, I'm sorry ok. I never should've done that race with Rainbow Dash. I knew I couldn't fly yet. I just..." Braveheart whispered so the other ponies wouldn't hear.
"Braveheart, don't worry about it. If Princess Celestia finds out, I'm sure she'll understand. If she doesn't I'll take the consequences." Twilight whispered back.
"But it's not your fault. It's mine."
"Braveheart, it's ok, really."
Braveheart sighed. They continued down the path towards the library. After the events of earlier, Fluttershy had to call of the sleepover, so the fillies were right behind Fluttershy, well, almost all of them. Scootaloo had trailed off all the way in the back to avoid eye contact with Braveheart. After she embarrassed herself today, she didn't know what Braveheart would think of her.
"Hey Scootaloo." a voice said.
Scootaloo snapped out of her mind and saw that Applebloom and Sweetie Belle stopped to wait for her.
"Oh, h-hey." she said.
"What's the matter? You seem kinda down." Sweetie Belle asked.
"Huh? Oh, uh, nothing." Scootaloo said nervously.
"Is this about what happened earlier today?" Applebloom asked.
"What? No! Why would I care about that? Why would I care what Braveheart thinks of me? Heh, heh."
Applebloom and Sweetie Belle looked at each other and giggled.
"W-what is it?" Scootaloo asked.
"We see what's going on?" Sweetie Belle said.
"You have a crush on Braveheart, don't you?" Applebloom said.
Scootaloo's face turned rose red.
"What? Don't be ridiculous. How could I like him? I mean, that mane is just...ugh. And those pesky wings, c'mon. And those eyes are just...just....beautiful. And that wicked awesome cutie mark." She then noticed that they were both staring at her, smiling. "I mean, I.....I don't like him." Scootaloo pulled forward to be ahead of them. She didn't want to talk about this anymore. She heard Applebloom and Sweetie Belle laugh. She walked on, and blushed the whole way.
"So..." somepony said behind Braveheart.
He turned and saw Rainbow Dash coming up beside him.
"So what?" Braveheart asked.
"How did you do that back there? You know, stand up against me. I mean, you don't even know that filly, barely know me, but you did it anyway, why?" she asked.
Braveheart thought about that for a while. How did he do that? How did he have that much courage to stand up for something that wasn't his business. In fact, he did the same thing when that robber stole Applejack's grandmother's purse.
"I've been thinking about that too, and I don't know where all that courage came from. Maybe it's just that if somepony is in danger, and nopony else is going to do anything, it has to be me to put a stop to it." Braveheart said.
"Gotta say, it takes a lot of guts to stand up for something, even when you don't know how the results will be. You're pretty brave, I like that."
They both smiled at each other.
"I guess I should say I'm sorry to. I shouldn't have yelled at you." Braveheart said.
"Don't worry about it, the way I acted, I would've yelled at me too." Rainbow Dash said. "But hey, if you can't fly, and you don't have a flying instructor, I could probably help you out with that."
"You could, that would be..." Braveheart stopped himself. "Wait, I have to make sure its ok with Twilight first. After what happened today, I don't think she'll be letting me make my own decisions for a while."
"It's cool, just let me know what she says after you ask her." Rainbow said.
"Will do."
They finally reached the library. By then, all the ponies had gone home. Rainbow Dash stayed behind with Twilight and Braveheart.
"Hey Twilight, hold up." Rainbow Dash said before they went in.
Twilight turned and said, "What is it?"
Braveheart and Rainbow looked at each other.
"Me and Braveheart were wondering, well, since he doesn't know how to fly, I figured I could teach him."
Twilight thought about it for a moment.
"Please Twilight, this could be our only chance." Braveheart said.
Twilight was silent for a few seconds. Then she finally said, "If I here anything of you two causing trouble..."
"You won't, I promise." Braveheart promised her.
"Then it's all right with me."
"Yes!" Braveheart and Rainbow both said together.
"Now c'mon, it's almost completely dark out, we should get inside." Twilight said.
She opened the door with her magic and left Rainbow and Braveheart out there alone.
"So, we can start tomorrow if you'd like." Rainbow said.
"Yea, that'd be great." Braveheart said back.
They both stood there in silence for a few seconds, making the moment really awkward.
"Well uhh...it was really nice meeting you." Braveheart said, breaking the silence.
"You too." Rainbow said.
Braveheart turned and walked through the door while Rainbow Dash took off. He closed the door and locked it. He climbed the stairs to the bedroom. Twilight had already climbed into her bed. Braveheart did the same. He layed down in his bed and closed his eyes.
"They really like you." Twilight said.
"What?" Braveheart asked.
"My, or, our friends, they really like you. They think you're a really nice pony, even if you are suppose to be human. And I do too."
Braveheart didn't know what to say. Even though he's human, he's been accepted amount these ponies. And now, there his friends. Braveheart couldn't ask for anything more. And on that note, he closed his eyes and drifted off into sleep.
The sun was shining the next day, perfect to learn how to fly. Rainbow Dash took Braveheart to an open field so that they could be alone and that there would be no interruptions. She first showed him the basics. Getting off the ground, but Braveheart already knew how to do that. His hooves came off the ground. Braveheart felt proud of himself, until he kept on going straight up. Luckily, he had Rainbow there with him to keep him on the ground.
"Relax. Try and focus your energy into your wings." Rainbow told him.
Braveheart nodded, closed is eyes, and breathed in and out a few times. Once he felt like he was ready, he started to flap his wings. He opened his eyes and realized he was only a few feet off the ground, and he stayed where he was.
"There ya go! That's how its done!" Rainbow cheered.
"And its all thanks to you, Rainbow." Braveheart said.
They were both silent for a few seconds.
"Well, anyways, get back down here, we still have work to do."
Two weeks have gone by since Braveheart got to Ponyville, and he really thinks he's starting to fit in. He's been leaning a lot about the ponies, much more than he already did. He's been spending more time with his friends. They usually like to hang out at Sugarcube Corner, but it didn't matter to him as long as they would be together, that and the food there is absolutely delicious. He got to learn a lot more about his friends. He's still going to flying lessons with Rainbow Dash, which he has really improved on. He can get off the ground and not go to space easily. He can make turns in any direction. Rainbow Dash told him that she would try to find a stretch of land for him to fly on to see how fast he can go, but she hasn't found any luck. One day, Rainbow decided to teach Braveheart how to do flips in air, but when he spread out his wings...
"Ow!" he screamed. His wings went back down.
"What is it?" Rainbow asked.
"I don't know, but when I spread my wings my back just started hurting."
He slowly raised his wings, but instantly put them down when he felt pain. He could only get his wings half way up.
"Why would your back be hurting?" Rainbow asked.
"Maybe because I've been sleeping on the floor in Twilight's house." Braveheart guessed.
"Why in Equestria are you sleeping on the floor?" Rainbow asked shocked.
"Because there isn't anywhere else for me to sleep. She doesn't have a couch or anything." Braveheart explained.
"Oh..." Rainbow said.
She looked down at the ground. Braveheart noticed that she was looking nervous.
"Well, do you wanna stay with me? I have a couch you could sleep on. It's not much, but it sure does beat the floor." she said.
Braveheart's eyes widened.
"Me? Stay with you?"
She nodded.
"Of course I wanna...!" he stopped himself. He didn't want to sound to excited. "I mean, I have to tell Twilight first."
"Well lets go ask her now." Rainbow suggested.
"Ok lets go."
They started back to the library when Rainbow said, "You sure did sound excited about staying with me."
"Oh well...I uhh.....was excited about the couch." he said nervously.
"Uh huh." she said.
Braveheart looked at her, but she turned away. Maybe because she didn't want him to know she was blushing, but it didn't matter to Braveheart, because he was blushing too.