//------------------------------// // A House in the Skies // Story: Braveheart // by BraveheartStudios //------------------------------// Twilight was just coming out of the library when Braveheart came up to her. "Hey, where ya headed?" he asked when he got to her. "Princess Celestia wants to talk to me about something, its probably about the star and how you're doing, but what are you doing here. Is practice over already?" she asked. "Um, we didn't have practice today." Braveheart answered. "Why's that?" Braveheart explained to her about how his back has been hurting because of sleeping on the floor. "So, Rainbow asked me if I wanted to stay with her. She has a couch I could sleep on. I thought it was a good idea, but I wanted to see what you would say first." "Oh." Twilight said. She looked down after she said it. "Is...something the matter?" Braveheart asked. "N-no, its nothing. It's just....I think its a good idea." Twilight said. "So...you're ok with it?" Twilight nodded. "Sweet! Thank you Twilight. I promise I'll come visit you. Maybe we can hang out at Sugarcube Corner tomorrow." Braveheart said. "That'd be fine." Twilight said. "Ok, well I'm gonna go find Rainbow Dash. See ya!" As Braveheart ran off Twilight had a weird feeling in her. It almost felt like her heart was breaking, but why was she feeling this way? She didn't like Braveheart, she knew that much. Then what was it? While she was walking through Canterlot Castle, and during the train ride, she still felt the same. Ponies waved at her when she was traveling through Canterlot, but she ignored them, hardly noticed them. Her ears drooped down as she entered the throne room. "Why hello Twilight, so good it is to..." Princess Celestia started, but she stopped herself when she realized that Twilight was looking real sad. "Why, whatever is the matter, Twilight?" she asked. "I...I don't know. I mean...I..." she felt a tear run down her cheek. "Twilight..." Princess Celestia took her hoof and wiped the tear away. "Please, you can tell me anything." Twilight sighed. "Before I left to come here, Braveheart came to me and said that he wanted to move out and live with Rainbow Dash." Twilight started. "Why would he want to do that?" Princess Celestia asked. "Because I didn't have anywhere for him to sleep. He told me that his back was hurting before him and Rainbow Dash started practicing his flying. Rainbow said he could stay with her since she has a couch he could sleep on. That doesn't bother me, I don't want him to be in pain when he's flying. I truly thought it was for the best, but I don't understand why I feel so heartbroken." "Do you...maybe have feelings for him?" "I thought that myself, but I don't. I only think of him as a friend, nothing more, nothing less." Twilight said. "Well if you don't like him, then, Twilight, you miss him." Celestia said. Twilight looked up at her, surprised. "Wh-why would I miss him?" "Maybe it's because you've grown to him. You've been watching over him ever since you found him. He's stayed with you for a long time, and now that he's leaving, well...you know the rest." Celestia said. Twilight couldn't believe what she was hearing, but Princess Celestia may be right. It does make perfect sense. Twilight had loved having Braveheart stay with her. It seemed like Braveheart was a brother to her. And now that he's gone... Another tear ran down her face. Then, multiple tears came out. Princess Celestia put her hoof behind Twilight's back and slid her so that she could hug her. "It's ok Twilight. Moving doesn't mean gone. He will still be around, and I'm sure he'll come and visit you many times, but you have to let him go. He's not the same pony he was a few weeks ago. He'll be safe, I promise you that." Celestia said. Twilight knew everything the Princess had said was true. She didn't know what to do now, but accept the fact that Braveheart has grown up. Braveheart turned away from Twilight, and took off to find Rainbow Dash. He was hoping she would still be at the field. He couldn't believe how easy that was to get Twilight to let him do this. He just hoped she would be ok without him there. Twilight wouldn't lie to him, would she? It didn't take long to get to the field. Braveheart has memorized this path since he'd been coming here almost everyday. Sure enough, Rainbow Dash was still there, waiting for him. She noticed him before he got to her. She met him halfway and once she got to him she asked, "So?" "She said it's alright." he answered. "Yes! That's so awesome!" Rainbow Dash shouted. Out of nowhere, she hugged him. Braveheart was so happy that he hugged her back. They both realized what just happened and pulled away from each other. They both laughed nervously. "Um, anyways. Let's get you to your new home." Rainbow Dash said. Rainbow Dash's home looked like a tower on a cloud. The tower itself was the same color as a cloud, and...was that a rainbow coming out of the top? Rainbow Dash noticed him staring at it and laughed. "You like it?" she asked. "Like it? I love it!" Braveheart answered. "Well c'mon, I'll give you the house tour." Rainbow Dash started to fly up to her home when she realized that Braveheart wasn't next to her. She looked down and saw that he was still standing there. She floated back down and said, "Oh yea, I forgot, your back." "So if I can't fly, then how am I suppose to get up there?" Braveheart asked. "Hm." Rainbow Dash said. It took about 20 minutes, but Rainbow Dash finally pulled Braveheart up onto the cloud. She collapsed on the ground once she got him up. "You ok?" Braveheart asked. "Yea, just give me a minute. It's not easy pulling a full grown stallion up on a cloud." Rainbow answered. "Well I hope my back will be better by tomorrow so I can fly on my own." Braveheart turned toward the house and his jaw dropped. It looked even better than when they were on the ground. Rainbow Dash stood back up and said, "Ok, now we can have the house tour. Lets go ahead and go inside." They first walked into the living room. "There's the couch you'll be sleeping on." Rainbow Dash said as she pointed to a couch in the middle of the room. The couch was a light blue. On the back of it was a picture of a cloud. "Anyways, the kitchen is through there and my bedroom is upstairs. There's not much in here as outside, but its worth living in." Rainbow said. Braveheart looked around. "It's perfect. Thanks for letting me stay here by the way." he said. "Oh it's no big deal really, don't want you to be hurting when you're flying, do we?" They were both silent for a minute. They seemed to be doing that a lot lately. "Oh! Wait here. There's someone I want you to meet." Rainbow soared up the stairs to her bedroom to get something. Braveheart didn't really see the need for stairs when they could just fly up them, but oh well. Rainbow came back down with something in her hooves. She set it down in front of him and knocked on the thing, which looked like a shell. Suddenly, a head popped out of the hole in the front of the shell. It...it was a turtle. "You...have a turtle?" Braveheart asked. "Actually, this is a tortious, and he's my pet. His name is Tank. Tank, this is Braveheart. He's gonna be staying with us from now on." Rainbow said. The tortious slowly moved his head towards Braveheart. "Hang on, let go get his thing." Rainbow said as she flew back up the stairs. Braveheart looked at the tortious, and it looked at him. "Hey, how's it going?" he asked it. Rainbow flew back down with something else. She put it on Tank's head and Tank started floating off the ground. "He can fly?" Braveheart said shocked. "Well not without that. I gave him that so he can fly with me." Rainbow said. "Oh watch out!" Suddenly, Tank slammed into Braveheart's head. "Ow!" he screamed. Rainbow laughed. "That means he likes you." she said. "Does it?" "I don't know, but he does that a lot. Anyways, we should be getting on to bed. I'll go get you a blanket. You can go ahead and get settled in." Rainbow flew upstairs again while Braveheart sat on the couch. He wondered what they would be doing tomorrow, but then he remembered that he was suppose to meet Twilight at Sugarcube Corner. Rainbow flew back down with a blanket and a pillow. "Here ya go. Anything else ya need?" she asked. "Not now, but hey, I'm meeting Twilight tomorrow at Sugarcube Corner. Is that alright with you?" "Yea of course. I'm sure we can all hang out, I can ask the others if they..." Rainbow started. "Um, no offense or anything Rainbow, but I kinda wanna be alone with Twilight one more time. You know, kinda like a goodbye thing." Braveheart said. "Oh, ok. I understand." "You're not mad?" "Of course not. You need to be alone with Twilight. I'm sure she'll like that since she's been with you for a while." "Thanks for this. I'll bring you something home tomorrow if you want." Braveheart said. "That'd be awesome." Rainbow said. She flew over to the light switch and said, "Goodnight." "Goodnight." Braveheart said back. She turned off the light and flew upstairs.