//------------------------------// // RAINBOW // Story: A Cyborgs life in Equestria // by proudtobeabrony667 //------------------------------// RAINBOW After he left Twilight's I was told to follow him and keep out of sight whilst keeping him out of trouble; which for the most part was easy because he walked back to the crater where we had originally found him. While he was walking there he looked up to the sky multiple times and I thought he noticed me so I hid amongst the clouds. But when I looked back he was gone, I turned around to start searching for him, not paying any attention to what was ahead of me rather I was paying more attention to where he was before. Without realizing it I bumped into something looking up I realized what or more accurately who I ran into. Turns out he did notice me and after I hid he flew up into the clouds and was hovering above a cloud right behind me. I was so startled by this sudden appearance that I lost my balance and started to fall off the cloud I was standing on. Now as an experienced flyer I knew that if you fall off of a cloud backwards It is very hard to regain control and land safely. I with my slightly sprained wing I wouldn't be able to do it so I just fell. But I didn't fall very far because he caught me before I was completely off the cloud. " You should be more careful it's a long way down." he said as he pulled me to within a few inches of his chest. I could feel the blush flowing through my face as I heard his strong heart echo through the air around us. Carefully he carried me to the ground, I asked how he knew I was following him, he just said with a non-convincing tone that he saw my shadow on the forest floor as I passed between clouds. Looking at the path ahead he invited me to walk with him which I thought was quite an enjoyable Idea but I was quite shy and the thought of being beside the boy that saved my life twice now seemed to take the words from my mouth, so I stayed quiet and involuntarily nodded in response. Once we started walking we turned back onto the path to PonyVille. On our way back he started to ask questions about the world that he was now currently stuck on, I answered all the questions; which some seemed better fitted to be answered by Twilight, to the best of my abilities. Much to my surprise he took what I knew without asking to many more questions maybe he knew that I couldn't answer some of those questions or maybe he thought the answers I gave were enough I never did solve that mystery. After about ten minutes of walking (give or take two or three) a huge adult Manticore; roughly three or four feet taller than the boy jumped out of the bushes ahead of us and began running towards us. The boy didn't waist anytime getting me out of the way, he threw me onto his back, and shot into the air. After he dropped me onto a cloud, I watched as he flew down stopped the Manticore in it's tracks, the Manticore was stunned for a moment and just looked at the boy not as a snack but instead as a challenger, the two of them circled each episode other for a few moments before the boy took the first swing making excellent contact. After he dropped the animal to the ground he swiftly moved to back of the Manticore and grabbed it's tail before swinging it around in circles, I'm not sure if he let go or if he slipped either way he caused the Manticore to fly down the path, off a cliff and into a large river. The boy must've felt sympathy or remorse for the beast because not five seconds after I heard the splash he sped over to the cliff jumped into the river after after it. He struggled to catch up to it as the water swept them both away, yet he still managed to grab hold of the drowning manticore and carry it ashore. After he dried the exhausted creature off, he dove back in, five minutes passed and he still hadn't surfaced I started to get worried and glided down to the shoreline to see if I could find him. Another minute passed and he surfaced using his wings to get ashore he walked out of the water with an armful of fish. He dropped in front of the animal and started to pet the creature as it ate, It really must've been hungry then, it explained why it attacked us. After the Manticore ate it's fill it headed back into the woods, after the Manticore was out of sight the boy shook himself off creating a fine mist that looked as if it was grey-ish color as the sun hit it. After that we continued on our way and when we finally got back to Twilight's I told them the whole story as he went upstairs to change and they just looked at me as if I was crazy. I reassured them that it was the truth as the boy went into the shower when he came out twenty minutes later all he had on was his pair of jeans, his socks and his shoes, his hair was still wet and his back and wings were almost as wet as his hair, he gave a quick shake and created the exact same mist as he did before while he was on the shore, but everyone was to busy staring at his scared torso to notice. "See anything you like?" he said jokingly as he put his shirt back on and put his hair back into what he called a ponytail, we all blushed even Celestial was blushing as he turned towards his room. I turned to the rest of the girls and told them that I thought he deserved a name, They all questioned my reasoning, was it because I hadn't stopped wanting to keep an eye on him or was it because he saved my life, I told them it was neither although those reasons were accurate. I told them that it was because of the color of the mist he created, that and I don't think it was appropriate to keep calling him boy. I decided that the name I wanted to call him would be Strife Grey-Mist or Grey for short. The rest of the girls including the princess seemed to think it fit him thus it became official, Princess Celestial would do up the paperwork when she got back to Canterlot. However when I went into his room to tell him he was gone, the window was open so I looked outside to try and see if he was within eyeshot and heard a rustling of leaves from above, Thinking he wanted to be alone I told the girls a lie saying I thought I saw him fly out into the night. The rest of them wondered were he was and while they searched for clues around the house I leisurely glided out the window and lifted myself to the top of the tree were he was sitting on top of the branches staring at the sky, "I wonder if they'll come here trying to find me?" he asked to himself. "Who?" I said startling him "Oh... Just the people I escaped from. They beat on me like some poor excuse for a punching bag, it cost me a whole lot more than my pride." "Your arms and legs... And even your face?" I asked with a worried look "Yeah" He replied with a voice that said he was holding it all in "I hope they don't come here," I replied, "I would hate to watch them tear this whole world apart searching for you." He looked at me a little bit startled to say the least then he said angrily " They wouldn't just tear the world apart they would take all of the ponies in this world, lock them into small cells, they'd use you to do some nasty experiments either to create new weapons or something a lot worse, then they would beat you to find out how long you could last before you died, mapping out your weaknesses." He looked so angry, I could even see a small heat outline starting to form around him, so to make sure that the tree wouldn't catch fire I leaned into the increasing temperature and gave him a long caring embrace. He was so startled by the suddenness of it that his body cooled close to the temperature of ice and unable to find words he just hugged me back, I felt something wet hit my back as well as something running down my cheek, we were both crying although I was unsure why I was crying I wasn't sad or maybe I was. After a few seconds of sitting there I removed myself from his embrace and told him what I came up there to tell him. After thinking about it for a few minutes he looked up and said he actually liked the name and agreed to keep it as something that no one, not even God could take from him.