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// Family Reunion And Some Violence 
// Story: The Long Lost Rainbow 
// by Ribe_FireRain 
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'I said, where is Rainbow Strike?! This is the last time I'll ask 'nicely'!' The stallion demanded as he continued to scream at Rainbow Dash who shown no fear towards his threats.

'I told you once, and I will only say it once: I don't know anypony called Rainbow Strike!' Rainbow shouted back, but to no avail, she just made him even angrier.

'Don't make me use this!' He snarled as he pulled out a lasso with a bundle of extra, small whips on the end of it, whacking it on the floor that created an ear-aching crack in the air.

Rainbow narrowed her eyes at the stallion as she slammed her hoof on the floor. 'You wouldn't dare!'

'Wouldn't I?!' He shouted back as he raised the large whip in the air, ready to strike Rainbow in the face but stopped as another stallion shouted at him from the side.

'Hey! Leave her alone!' Rainbow Strike yelled at the top of his lungs as he trotted toward the stallion with an angry expression.

The stallions mouth dropped, as did Rainbow's as she saw his bravery. 'Well, well, well. There you are, Rainbow Strike. I've been looking for you.' He snarled angrily.

'Nice to see you too, Whipper. How's your sad, little life been?' Strike said sourly as he met Whipper's golden eyes.

'You know, I expected better from you. Picking on a lady for little ol' me. Your pathetic.'

Whipper took off his sunglasses and put them in the pocket of his hunting vest. 'Pathetic? You always were a stallion of stupid vocabulary. Especially since you are the pathetic one for leaving your old life of crime and running off, not taking punishment like a good gentlemen should.'

'Seriously? You call me pathetic for running off from the gang to go back to my original life after you personally killed my marefriend?' Rainbow Strike began. 'Well, its about time I got you back for you little 'deed'.'

Strike raised his hoof and slammed it into Whipper's muzzle, causing it to create a sickening crunch and groan of pain from Whipper as blood ran from his nostrils.

'You mother bucker!' Whipper shouted as he raised his whip and cracked it at Rainbow Strike's face, barely missing it as he dodged the incoming cluster of small extra whips, giving Strike the chance to smack him under his eye, instantly bruising it in a dark black and blue shade, fazing Whipper a little bit.

'Urgh...! Good to see you still have a strong and fast reflex...not bad for a murderer!' Whipper grunted.

Strike growled back at him with a sharp look in his eyes. 'I'M. NOT. A. MURDERER!.'

Strike bucked Whipper in the chest, cutting off his wind and grabbed his whip then slashed him in the side, causing him to scream in agony worse than before and blood dripping from the cut.

'Argh! You bucker!' 'Fine! I'll leave your little marefriend alone, but I'll be back for you with the rest of the gang, just you wait!'

Strike tossed the whip back to Whipper who picked it up and gave one last angry growl before running off out of town, leaving Rainbow Dash and Rainbow Strike on their own with each other.

'That's it, run ya faggot!' Strike yelled at Whipper as he retreated and then looked at Rainbow Dash.

'You okay? Do you mind telling me what all that was about?' He calmly asked her as he looked at her beautiful magenta eyes.

She sighed through her nostrils, trying to find her voice. 'He comes up to me asking if I knew a pony called Rainbow Strike and I told him 'No.' but he thinks I was lying so the bucker tried to beat me!' 'But, hey, I gotta say, I've never seen another pony stand up to a pony tougher than that before. Thanks.'

Rainbow smiled thankfully at Rainbow Strike who was looking at the floor with his ears down flat on his head along with a tear dripping out his eye that didn't go unnoticed by Rainbow's sharp eyes.

'Hey, what's wrong? You okay?' She trotted up to Strike and placed a hoof on his back.

'He's one of the guys who I used to hang around with...the one who killed my marefriend a few years back. I'm never going to forget what he'd done.'

'He's gone now. You'll be okay, he can't do any harm to you anymore.' Rainbow Dash said reassuringly as Rainbow Strike raised his head to face the cyan mare's eyes.

'Who are you anyway? I'm Rainbow Strike.' He gave a weak grin, to which Rainbow returned. 'Rainbow Dash. Why? You heard of me?' She was now fully smiling at the stallion who was smiling back at her.

'Actually, I have. You're my sister.' Strike spoke quietly but happily.

'Wait, WHAT?!' She beamed at him. 'I don't have a brother!'

'Well, actually, you do. You never knew me until now because I left long before you were born. I was told about you from a mail pony. I have no idea how he got my address or anything, but he handed me a letter and when I opened it, I saw it was from an anonymous source and I recognized the names at the top: Fire Fly and Spectrum Streak, and then your name, Rainbow Dash.'

'It was a notification about your birth as far as I know, so I came back after all those years to finally meet you, but like usual, chaos finds me first before I find it.'

Rainbow's jaw dropped. How could it be possible?! How come she never heard of this? Why? It looked like their parents had some explanation to tell her.

'How come I never heard of any of this, Strike? Its hard to believe that you came out of nowhere and tell me that your my brother. Mum and Dad never told me about a brother. It was just me!' 

Rainbow Strike sighed again. 'Rainbow...you must understand. I've been gone for 13 years. That's long before you were born, so you never knew me and I never knew about you until I got that letter from about 4 years ago.'

Rainbow Dash stared at him in disbelief at what she was hearing, not knowing what to say, let alone not knowing all of this.

'Rainbow, we should go back home so our parents can tell you about it. I'm sure you'll understand.' Rainbow Strike smiled at her. 'Do they still live in Cloudsdale? You do know don't you?'

Dash looked into his green eyes. 'Can you fly? Because they are in Cloudsdale.' She said with a raised brow.

Rainbow streak looked back at the floor and sighed once more. 'No, unfortunately. My left wing broke when I crash landed at Sweet Apple Acres. I won't be flying again for a few weeks.' He rolled his eyes.

Rainbow looked slightly worried about him. Wondering what would happen if he was crippled temporarily and if that stallion called Whipper comes back for him with his friends. They would most likely either drag him off after beating him severely or just kill him.

'Look, I'm sure I could carry you to my place outside of Cloudsdale and Ponyville, but you better get your wing fixed sooner than later. Who knows what would happen to you if that guy comes back with his buddies for you?'