//------------------------------// // chapter 2: injured // Story: Grey and Yellow // by PressStart //------------------------------// It was just three days after Grey was discovered by the three fillies. They have had picnics everyday now, at the same location where they met him. Applebloom, which is the first to appear, had finally arrived. "Sorry I'm late everypony. Ma big sis won't leave me alone about were I keap disappearing to all day." Applebloom said finally taking a seat on the cloth that Sweetie Bell always brings. "You know I don't want them to get the wrong idea, like I'm some kind of foalcon. I even don't want them to worry about you." Grey said while about to take a bite out of a apple that Applebloom brought. Applebloom frowned "Ya don't like our company?" She started to cry, which made Grey panic "No it isn't that. I enjoy your company." "I knew ya liked us!" Applebloom said quickly changing her emotion and smiled largely. Grey slapped his hoof on his head realizing what just happened. Sweetie Bell and Applebloom giggled at him while Scootaloo just plain out laughed at him. "What's a foalcon?" Sweetie Bell asked tilting her head. Grey panicked at was he said. "It's not a good thing, let's leave it at that." Grey said worried that they will ask their elders what a foalcon is, "just don't ask your elders what a foalcon is, okay?" The girls simply nodded their heads and Grey sighed in relief. The girls listened to him talk about his life, since he listened to them talk about their lives on the previous day's. He talked about his home, about his family, and even Gem Dress. When he talked about her the girls realized why he was hiding. He mentioned his pal Al and his butler more than he needed to. It seemed like Al and his butler were his only friends, until he said "And then that was when I saw this purple unicorn standing alone. I remember that I was still just a colt at the time. I walked up to her and I asked are you waiting for your friends? She looked at me and said I don't have any friends. So after she said that I did what anypony with a heart would do. I said I'm Wolf Grey and what is your name? She then had this surprised look on her face. Finally she said I'm Twilight Sparkle and are we now friends?" He said then bit into another apple. The girls dropped their mouths open at the fact that they are talking to a pony that knew Twilight Sparkle before them. "When was the last time you saw her?" Applebloom asked without mentioning that Twilight Sparkle now lives in Ponyville. "Lets see... that would have to be when she was excepted as Princess Celestia's personal student. Al and I went to congratulate her personally, but her parents said that she left at day's break to be early. I tried to see her multiple times, except I kept missing her. Eventually I gave up. Some time later Al told me she left, but I never got the location of where she went." He drank more lemonade Scootaloo brought and layed back. "Well Twilight Sparkle is living in ponyville right now." Sweetie Bell said smiling. Grey sat back up and said firmly "What?" "Twilight-Sparkle-is-living-in-ponyville-right-now." Scootaloo said just to annoy him. "You want us to take you there?" Sweetie Bell said still smiling. Grey had a stern look on his face, he was not amused, "your pulling my hoof?" "No we ain't. We can take you there in lickity split." Applebloom said with a serious look in her eyes. Grey sighed and then smiled taking up their offer. About fifteen minutes later the three fillies snuck Grey about halfway to Twilight's house though the alleys. "We're almost there, so don't worry." Sweetie Bell said smiling again. Grey smiled back and said "it's fine, I'm not worrying." After Grey said that, Applebloom said "I just remembered that I had to pick something up for Granny Smith. Can you wait a moment, it ain't gonna take long." Grey nodded and Applebloom went to get the thing. As Applebloom came back she heard a noise and turned to see that it was a runaway old wagon. Grey apparently saw it too, cause he started to yell "Applebloom get out of the way! Applebloom!" She just stood there terrified, so Grey decided to run out to save her. He didn't have enough time to move her out of the way, so he jumped on her to shield her from the impact. He then got up and backed away a little from Applebloom. "You okay?" Grey could barely utter a word he was in so much in pain. Applebloom nodded, but held back the tears. She blamed herself that Grey was hurt. "Good, that's good." After he said that Grey pasted out. Applebloom couldn't hold back the tears now as she shook him and yelled "GREY! GREY! WAKE UP GREY! GREY!" Grey must have been out for a while cause not only that he is in a hospital, but his side didn't hurt as much as when he was hit by the wagon. He looked to his right to see Applebloom curled up on a chair sleeping soundly. Grey just smiled and thought one word, cute. Suddenly the door opened up and a earth pony mare entered the room. Grey pressed his hoof to his mouth and then pointed to the sleeping Applebloom. The mare had a yellow mane tied with a red band and had a orange coat. She even wore a hat and she smelled like the apple's Applebloom always brings. Her cutie mark was of three red apples. Grey assumed that she was Applebloom's older sister Applejack. "Sugarcube must have tuckered herself out waiting for ya to wake up. She blamed herself for not moving, she decided to not leave this room cause of what happened. She really wanted to see ya wake up and walk ya back herself. Names Applejack by the way, nice to meet ya." She whispered holding a hoof out. Grey shook her hoof and whispered "I'm Wolf Grey, but I go by Grey. Applebloom has told me a lot about you." She just smiled and whispered back "nothin' bad I hope." Grey let out a soft chuckle, "don't worry about that." Applebloom then yawned and rubbed her eyes. She looked at the smiling Grey, and stared for a couple seconds. Tears started to form in her eyes as she pounced on Grey whimpering, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" Grey instantly hugged Applebloom and said softly "It isn't your fault Applebloom. I'm just glad that you're okay." He let her cry till she was ready to walk him out. As they entered the market Grey accidentally bumped into a mare and made her squeal. He didn't even know that he will see something so beautiful in all his life. The mare was a pegasus with a light pink mane and a yellow coat. Her cutie mark was three butterflies. Applebloom waved a hoof in front of Grey's face and said "Equestria to Grey, come in Grey." The mare seemed to notice Applebloom and quickly responded "Oh Applebloom. I'm glad that you finally left that hospital room. I was going to see you after I went shopping. Are you the pony that saved Applebloom?" All Grey could muster was a hourse "yeah." He never heard of a more angelic voice. She smiled and the said goodbye leaving Grey to stand a couple of minutes before asking Applebloom "Who is she?" Applebloom tilted her head and replied "Ya mean Fluttershy? She a good friend of ma big sis an' Twilight." Fluttershy was the name of his angel, the name he will surely not forget.