//------------------------------// // Strange Love-Part 1 // Story: Draco and Ratchet // by RatchetFlash //------------------------------// “Hahahah! S-Star! T-That was priceless!” The white pegasus laughed as he rolled around on the ground, her unicorn friend drenched in water. “Ratchet….” The dark blue unicorn looked down at the snow white pegasus with a glare and a snort. “Never. Do. That. Again.” The unicorn grumbled as the pegasus known as Ratchet Flash rolled around on the ground. Ratchet managed to stop laughing and look up at her friend. “Pfffft. All I did was pull a little prank on you. So what I drenched you and made your mane all poofy. All I did was jump on a water filled cloud that happened to be above your head. No harm done.” The pegasus held back a chuckle as she stood up. “Ratchet… Ugh…. I hate you sometimes…” The unicorn known as Stardust Shot grumbled as she turned away from her friend and started to walk toward the center of Ponyville. Stardust had a dark blue coat, a black mane with a red tint that was always up in a ponytail and a black tail. Her flank was covered in a green camera, representing her talent of photography. Ratchet Flash was a snow white pegasus with a brown mane and tail that had a streak of dark brown running through it. She had a pair of mechanical feather wings on her back. Her cutie mark was a hashtag on the left, exclamation point point on the right and right in the middle below these two symbols was a atmark. This cutie mark was meant to show her talent for coming up with insults, being random and having fun. “Stardust! Don’t be such a loser. Come on.” Ratchet nudged the unicorn softly as Stardust let out a sigh. “I’ll buy you a new camera!” Ratchet muttered in her ear. “No! Ratchet…. Just leave me alone. I have to get cleaned up and then maybe we can talk…. Why don’t you go do, whatever it is you do in your free time. Study Discord or something…. I know you can’t get enough of a draconequus. Just leave me alone so I can get some pictures for my shop.” And with that the dark blue unicorn trotted off, leaving the snow white pegasus to have her fun. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A few hours later the Mayor of Ponyville had requested that all of the ponies in the town were to report to the center of the town by 5. Ratchet had nothing better to do, so why not. She glided down from the cloud she was on until her hooves touched the ground. She trotted over to Stardust’s shop and she walked inside. “Hey Star! Are you happy to see me?” The white pony said with confidence as she galloped over to her friend. Stardust looked at Ratchet with a glare. “Ratchet…. Yes… I am but I need to work. Who knows what the mayor has to say? All I know is that the both of the Princess’ and Discord are gonna be there. I want to show Luna my pictures of her wonderful moon.” She smiled a bit before going back to work on her films. Ratchet’s wings popped right up as a huge grin came over her face. “D-D-Discord? The Draconequus?” The white pony squeed in excitement. “Oh I have so many questions for him! Where did he come from? Is he the last of his kind? How old is he?” She went on and on until a hoof pushed up on her mouth. “Ratchet. Calm. Yourself. Now, we have to go see what all this fuss is about.” The unicorn took her hoof away from the pegasus pony’s mouth slowly. She levitated her book full of pictures of various stars and the moon and she placed it on her back and then strapped it on. “Are you ready to goooo now Star?” The impatient pony grumbled as she tapped her hoof on the wooden floor of the shop. Stardust nodded and Ratchet went flying out the door towards the center of the town, forgetting about the blue unicorn. “So much for walking together… Eh Flash?” The unicorn mumbled under her breath. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ratchet beat her mechanical wings as she quickly flew towards the center of the town. A wide smile was plastered upon her snout as she felt the wind through her mane. When the snow white pegasus finally reached the middle of the town where everypony from Ponyville was gathered. She pushed through the crowd of ponies, earning herself a few glares. But she didn’t care. “Come on come on!!!! Hurry up I wanna see Discord now!” She spoke to herself as she patted her hooves on the ground in a rhythm. She looked around nervously as Mayor Mare stepped out onto the stage. “Attention! Attention everypony! Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, along with Discord and a very special guest are here to give you all a announcement.” The Mayor pony spoke into the crowd. Ratchet bit her lip to hold back screams of joy. Finally! She gets to see Discord. The Princess’ stepped out, their manes waving slowly and swiftly. They stepped to the side and Discord walked out. “Hello everypony! Did you miss me Ponyville?” He shouted down into the crowd as Ratchet raised her hoof. “I missed you Discord!” She shouted before a deep red blush appeared on her cheeks. Ratchet let out nervous giggles as she crouched down onto the ground, waiting for the Draconequus to take his place. Once Discord was sitting on a Cotton Candy cloud above Luna, he began to speak. “Alright everypony. Your Princess told me I have to be serious, that is utterly boring but oh well. The second known living Draconequus, Draco. And he will be staying here in Ponyville.”And with those words, Ratchet let out a squee. “Ohmygoshohmygoshh!!!” The pony mumbled to herself as she tried not to explode and scream in happiness. Stardust Shot walked up next to her. “Calm yourself Flash.” She murmured to the excited mare. “I’m trying Star! Oh I just want to see this Draco!” Ratchet says as she keeps her eyes on the stage. A figure, with the same shape as Discord but slightly shorter steps out. Draco had a spiky mane, his goat horn and deer antler were both broken leaving spikes on the stubs of his horns, at the end of his grey pony head was two dark blue, pegasus wings. Below his wings was his arms tiger arms. Down his brown body sits a blue lizard leg and a tiger leg. Below his legs starts a red snake-like tail that is lined on the top with spikes. His long red tail ends in a black mace with grey spikes. Ratchet let out a squee, again. “H-Hiiiii Draco!” She shouted up towards the Draconequus, her unicorn friend nudging her. “Flash… Stop…” Star mutters in her ear. “Stop wha?” The pegasus murmurs to her friend before she beats her metal wings and takes off into the air. The unicorn rolls her eyes the draconequus loving pony hovers above. “Ponyville has been chosen to house Draco. We expect that everypony will treat Draco just like everypony is treated. Now, we must go. There is a moon that needs to be risen soon, and we must make it back to Canterlot in time.” The moon Princess says in her royal Canterlot voice. And with that, Discord, Celestia and Luna fly into their carriages and the Pegasi guards take off, towards Canterlot. A few Pegasus guards bring Draco to where he will be staying, and everypony goes back to their daily lives. Everypony, but one pony. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “This is where I am staying?” Draco said as the guards let him inside his new house. The two white guards nodded. Draco smiled as he looked around his new, small house. “Oh it is wonderful! Thank you so much.” The guards gave a nod and left the Draconequus to do whatever it is he will do in his new home. The draconequus sat down in a chair, enjoying the peace. The peace doesn’t stay for long before there is a knock at his door. “Oh, who could that possibly be? I just got here for goodness sake.” The draconequus grumbles as he stands up and walks to the door opening it. In the doorway stands a white pegasus with mechanical wings. His eyes widen at her and his wings pop out straight. “H-Hi. ” He mumbles as he looks down at the mare. Before he could say another word the pegasus jumps up and tackles him. “Hi! My name is Ratchet Flash! I loveee Discord! And he is a Draconequus like you! I have studied your kind for a longgg time and I just love any Draconequus!” She ignores the blush on her cheeks. “H-Hi Ratchet Flash… My name is Draco…..” He mutters shyly as he tries to get the mare off his chest, careful not to hit her with his maced tail. He stands up and looks down at the mare. “Oh you silly, I already know your name! I need facts! Are you immortal? How old are you? Who are you parents? Where did you come from? Why is your tail so spikey? Why are you so adorable.. hehe uh.. Nevermind that.” Ratchet giggles nervously as she tries to hide her blush with her hoof. “I-I.. I am not immortal… I don’t remember my exact age.. I don-Wait… Why are you asking me all these questions?” He said as he leaned down and got face to face with the blushing pony “Hehe… Uh… I dunno…. Even after all my studying I don’t know that much about your kind. No pony does.” Ratchet gave a innocent smile up at the Draconequus. “Ah well… Truth be told, I don’t remember much about me. I must have hit my head….. That would explain my missing horns…” Draco mumbled the last part to himself. “Oh… Okay… What was that last part? Can you say it again?” The white pony gave a smile at the towering draconequus. “I-It was nothing….” He murmurs as he turns around, being careful about his maced tail. Draco walks into the living room of his small house, the white pony trotting close behind his mace. “You still have to answer my questions!” The pegasus urged as he stood in front of him. “Ah… Not right now Ratchet.. But can I uh… Call you flash?” He gives a small smile as he yawned. “Well, uh. of course!!” She gave him a big grin. “I’d love it if you call me Flash!” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The two new friends talked late into the night, until Ratchet passed out. She was curled up in a tiny ball in a chair, snoring softly, her messy tail wrapping around her body as she shivers. Draco smiled as he stands up and lays a blanket over the sleeping pony. She snuggles into it’s warmth slightly. “She is so beautiful…” He mumbles to himself as he sits on the couch across from her and he watches her sleep. “Her white coat shimmers in the light of the moon…” He says to himself as he looks at the light of the moon shine in through the window and onto her coat. The beautiful mare’s coat. There was something about this certain mare. Was it her cutie mark? No…. He didn’t know what it was but he wanted this mare to be his. Ideas started to shoot through his head of how he can gain her trust. “I could… No.. That would never work…” He mumbles to himself as he started to pace around. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He continued to pace until the darkness was swept away by the sun of Celestia. “Oh! I’ll make her a big plate of pancakes! Oh that will make her happy, I know it will!” Draco says to himself as he walks off into his kitchen and looks around on his pre-setup counter. The draconequus grabbed some pancake batter dumped it into the bowl and then he added some water. He wrapped his paws around a spoon and he started to stir the batter into a smooth state. Soon enough he was flipping pancakes in and out of a pan. Just when he finished making pancakes, a tired looking Pegasus had followed the smell of pancakes into the Kitchen. She accidently walked into his leg and fell back onto her rump. “Oh… Hai..” She showed a tired smile as she wobbled back and forth tiredly. “O-Oh! H-Hi Flash. I was just about to go and wake you up. I make you pancakes, and I made a lot.” He smiled as he walked over to the table and sat down, waiting for the wonderful mare to join him. Ratchet Lazily walked over to the table and climbed into the chair “It looks wonderful Draco.” She yawns as she begins to eat the first pancake, picking it up with her hoof and taking a bite from it. “Is it good? Do you like it?” His ear twitched as he waited for her answer, taking a bite from his own pancakes. “O yea dis wander foal!” She says as she shoves the last pancake in her mouth. Draco lets out a chuckle as he eats his last pancake as well. “I am glad you li-” His words were cut off by a knocking at the door. “Oo! I’ll go get it!” Ratchet flies over to the door and opens it. When she sees who is standing in the doorway she frowns. “What are YOU three doing here?” “Ah! Ratchet. We expected you to be here… Seeing as how you are obsessed with Discord.” The red pegasus known as Fireball spoke. Ratchet glared up into his purple eyes. “Why did you have to bring your stupid friends?” She said he kicked his leg front leg. “We are not stupid!” The unicorn, Green Spark and the Earth Pony, Shining Blade said at the same time. “Oh yes you f**king are!” Ratchet said as she jumped towards them, a furry arm grabbing her and stopping her. “Flash… Come on…” Draco said as the white mare struggled around in his arm. “Let me go Draco! I gotta beat them up!” She gave up after a few seconds and let out a sigh. “Oh look! The big old Draconequus standing up for the stupidest mare in all of Ponyville! She is even stupider than Derpy!” Shining Blade chuckled at his words. “Shut up, midget..” Ratchet grumbled as the draconequus put her down. She let out a sigh as she walked into the living room of the house. “I’m not a midget…” Shining Blade mumbled as Draco pushed them away. “Hehe… I wonder how happy Flash’s father would be if he found out she was friends with a draconequus!” Green Spark said to his friends. “You are a genius, Spark.” Fire Ball chuckled as he spoke.