These thoughts... Burn a hole in my heart... These thoughts... will keep me feeling...
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"Your pathetic, Nightmare boy. Even all that strength won't make up for your insolent mind!"
Frowny opened his eyes.
"*sigh*... Another reason why I shouldn't sleep, these dreams are getting worse each night." Frowny whispered to himself.
From the bed he was sleeping in Frowny could see out of the window on the east side of the room. It was already morning, around 10 o' clock Frowny estimated. The sun was still low and around the trees mist was still visible. The window was opened and invited a small breeze about every 10 minutes.
"My gosh... Even dawning mornings surprise me. 20 years is way too long to be stuck in The Deeper Parts." Frowny thought while turning around.
when he turned around he saw that Fluttershy had already left the bedroom so Frowny went out of the nicely set up bed and left the room as well.
"Good morning Frowny! Did you sleep well?" Fluttershy said to Frowny.
Frowny yawned and then answered with a still tired sounding voice.
"I slept really well. It's been a while that I actually slept anyway. I like the bed, it's very comfortable"
Fluttershy seemed happy to hear but she was also a little confused:
"What do you mean it's been a while?"
Frowny realized he never told anypony about his training methods before.
"When I lived in the deeper parts my standard training method was to sleep at least once a month so that I will get stronger and build up great amounts of stamina."
Fluttershy then walked to the table in the room.
"I prepared some breakfast for you. I'm going to do my rounds for taking care of the animals now I'll be back in a bit."
Fluttershy then picked up a basket containing some food and then flew out the door to do her job. Frowny sat down near the table and ate.
"hm... nice. I always liked these."
Frowny enjoyed the food and when he was done. he carefully moved the dish to the sink which was in a different room. Frowny noticed that Fluttershy's been at work in the kitchen for a while.
"It must have taken a long time preparing."
Frowny left the kitchen and headed for his bag that he left beside his bed. Frowny picked up a couple of pebbles with words on them. He broke the pebbles on the ground and suddenly some crafting tools and some materials appeared in the room. Frowny sat down on some pillows and started working the materials which looked like steel and a strangely colored piece of wood. Frowny crafted the steel with his magic to smelt it into a black, tube shaped pin. He then wrote an enchantment on the inside of the tube near its lower edge.
"Now if I just make the enchanting like fowl summoning I may be able to project some wings with my aura from the tubes."
Frowny continued making the tubes and then he started crafting some small needles from the wood. Frowny intends to attach these to his nerve system so he can move the wings. When he was done Frowny gathered the lot and turned the remaining materials and tools back into pebbles and returned them in his bag.
"I won't be able to attach these to my back alone. Maybe Fluttershy can help, I'll call her then."
Frowny headed for the door.
then Fluttershy came in faintly shouting: "I'm done now!"
Fluttershy entered the house and dropped of the basket which was now empty on the table.
"Did you enjoy the breakfast I made?"
Frowny lightened up and reminded himself.
"Oh yes it was delicious!"
Once again Fluttershy looked like she was glad to hear that.
"Fluttershy I need your help with something." Frowny asked.
"What is it Frowny?"
"I need you to help me attach these tubes to my back with these wooden pins I made while you were working. These pins need to go directly through some nerves which I marked in advance for you."
Frowny showed Fluttershy the two tubes and the wooden pins and needles he made and pointed with his hoof to his back which had some red dots on his back showing where the pins are supposed to go. Fluttershy doubted for a second and said:
"I-I don't know if I can do that."
Frowny looked up at Fluttershy and answered:
"Nonsense you just have to attach these tubes to my back! It'll be fine!"
Fluttershy then answered again:
"B-but I don't know if it's a good idea Frowny. I don't really feel comfortable sticking these in your back you know."
Frowny thought about it for a second and then answered again:
"There's nothing you need to worry about. It's just part of a spell I developed. And I really can't do this without you Fluttershy."
Fluttershy then knew Frowny was serious about this and picked the tubes up and carefully pinned the wooden needles through the tubes ends and then pushed them through Frowny's skin into his back precisely on the marked dots.
"OK. I put them in"
Frowny checked the tubes out for a moment and then flexed them.
"Wow I can move these up and down just as planned"
Frowny thought,
"Funny... It didn't hurt at all... I guess I don't feel much pain anymore."
Fluttershy watched frowny as he checked out and flexed the black tubes.
"Well did it work?"
Fluttershy asked with a quiet voice. Frowny concentrated for a moment and then suddenly two huge red wings appeared from the black tubes. Frowny looked excited and happy and said:
"They're working just fine! Now let's go meet up with Rainbow Dash in Cloudsdale shall we?"
Frowny then started floating in the air and flapped with his newfound wings a few times to adjust to the flying. Fluttershy watched Frowny as he circled around the room for a second and then asked Frowny:
"Cloudsdale? Normally Rainbow is just working the sky around Ponyville. you'll have to look for him there. But why do you want me to come with you?"
Frowny landed on the floor again and said:
"Well I still have to train you remember? I figured I could just train the both of you at once since you're both pegasi."
"W-well okay then."
Then both Frowny and Fluttershy walked out of the cottage and headed for Ponyville. After a bit of walking the two ponies flew up in the sky and started looking around to see if they could find Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow Dash was cheerfully racing around and moving clouds around at the same time while she sang a small catchy song in herself. Then she suddenly did some nice looking tricks she was thinking about practicing for. Then suddenly she heard a voice coming from several hoof below her. (feet=hoof :3) It was Frowny and Fluttershy who were calling for Rainbow Dash. Rainbow couldn't hear them and gestured to them that she couldn't. Frowny's hoof then started glowing and he pushed his hoof to his throat and called for Rainbow Dash again but surprisingly louder this time. Fluttershy was also surprised by how his voice suddenly got way louder then before. Rainbow dash then descended down to the two ponies and noticed that Frowny had wings!
"Huh!? Frowny!? How come you suddenly got yourself wings!?"
Frowny looked at the wings made from his aura and answered:
"I made these and Fluttershy helped me attach them to the nerves in my back so that I could use them."
Rainbow dash was still a little confused but then started talking:
"So I figure you wanted to train us or something?"
Frowny smiled and answered: "Exactly. I wanted to train you. Rainbow, I'm going to see if I can raise your speed a bit so that you are faster in combat and that you're able to get away in a chase. And I need Fluttershy to carefully watch what you're doing so that I'll be able to raise her speed as well."
Rainbow then answered: "Do you really think you can do that? Me faster? That would be incredible"
Frowny got a little more serious: "Oh but its not gonna be easy! To show that I want you to try out a sonic rainboom while flying upwards!"
"UPWARDS!?" Rainbow dash and Fluttershy said at the same time.
"Is that even possible?"
Frowny thought his statement through and answered: "You see up until now you have gotten help from gravity to break the sound barrier. I want you to now try a rainboom while flying upwards because gravity will then not be on your side anymore and if you succeed I bet theres a chance your speed might improve."
Rainbow dash answered again: "What you say is true... But the problem is I cant really fly too fast while flying upwards. But I'll try though!"
Thats when Rainbow Dash descended all the way to the ground and prepared for takeoff. Frowny found himself a cloud and settled down to see how she would do. Fluttershy went and sat next to him. Rainbow dash then suddenly flew up with incredible speed. She was gaining momentum with each second passing.
"Well... if she keeps this up it might work."
Frowny thought. Rainbow dash was still flying up and she noticed that she had indeed gained speed since the last time she tried. And then when she had almost done it, she bounced back and fell down very very fast.
"Oh no! I have to catch her!"
Frowny said. Frowny teleported swiftly several hoof lower where Rainbow Dash was and set up a few elastic barriers below him. Frowny caught Rainbow Dash and the two were slowed down by the barriers that Frowny set up.
"Aw man! I almost had it there!"
Frowny sighed and said "Well then it's time for us to train your wings thoroughly." Frowny teleported back to Fluttershy while still holding Rainbow and then let go of her.
"Lets go down to the ground."
Then Frowny teleported to the ground and Fluttershy and Rainbow quickly followed him.
"Alright. See these two huge boulders over here? You are going to lift these boulders with your wings Rainbow and I want you to stay like that for a whole hour."
Rainbow dash glanced at the two boulders with a doubt on her face and said:
"I don't know Frowny. I don't think I can lift these."
Frowny understood what she meant and quickly resized them to a smaller size.
"Then start with these. I'll gradually enlarge them."
Rainbow dash approached the smaller version of the boulders and spread her wings. Frowny placed the boulders on them and said:
"Okay while your doing that I'll watch you... By the way don't even think about breaks. Because your gonna be doing this a lot."
In the meantime that Rainbow Dash was busy training. Frowny needed to find a way to pass time. So he tried starting a conversation with Fluttershy.
"So what exactly is your job around here Fluttershy?"
"It's not really a job... I just take care of a bunch of animals in and near my house." Fluttershy answered.
"Do you get paid for that?" Frowny asked again.
"Not really..."
...
"So where do you get your food from then?" Frowny asked.
"From my farm... Whatever I harvest everyday will become my breakfast, lunch and dinner. The rest goes into storage." Fluttershy answered.
"Storage?"
"You know... Like a basement?"
Rainbow Dash witnessed the both of them talking. She found it weird though, Fluttershy isn't that much of a talker pony. Frankly nobody even notices her being around much.
Frowny then quickly glanced at Rainbow Dash and his horn began glowing red again.
"It's time for phase 2 Rainbow Dash."
Thats when the rocks became twice as big and twice as heavy. Rainbow Dash almost lost her balance there but refused to give up. It was heavy, especially since wings normally aren't meant for carrying things. But she has something to look forward to. The thought of Rainbow Dash being even faster then before sped through her mind and gave her more confidence. Which was the main goal of Frowny's training, strengthening her element. Loyalty has a lot to do with confidence. As much as kindness having a lot to do with unionism. Which reminded Frowny to ask Fluttershy something.
"Fluttershy, how much do you value your friendship with the other ponies you know?"
Fluttershy was surprised about the question. She needed a moment to think about it.
"I-I don't know... I kind of can't tell but... Every time that I'm around my friends I feel stronger. As if I'm able to do anything as long as I have my friends..."
Frowny could now conclude that Fluttershy is the kind of pony that relies on other ponies. Especially the ones she's familiar with.
"And what if a scenario comes up where your alone? Would you still be able to do 'anything'?" Frowny asked.
Fluttershy felt a little uneasy with the idea. She always handled things on her own but the thought of having no one around made her feel uneasy.
"I don't know" Fluttershy answered quietly.
A couple of hours of enlarging boulders and lifting later. Rainbow Dash was extremely tired.
"How long have I been carrying these boulders!"
Frowny was talking with Fluttershy about some stuff when Rainbow said that. Frowny quickly glanced at Rainbow and said:
"You're almost done for today I'm gonna enlarge them one more time."
And so he did. In the process of training the muscles in Rainbows wings certainly got bigger and you could see clearly that she'd gotten stronger. After a while Frowny said to Rainbow:
"OK Rainbow Dash your done, you can drop the boulders now."
"FINALLY!!!"
And with a big boom the boulders dropped to the ground and the earth shook for a second.
"Whoa did I really carry boulders that heavy!?"
Frowny nodded and invited her to a race:
"Well what'd ya say, wanna race to try out your improvements?"
Rainbow dash looked excited and seemed to get all her energy back.
"Why didn't you say so in the first place!"
Frowny then quickly grabbed some kind of fruit out of his bag.
"OK then take a bite out of this, it will give you your lost strength back. It will feel like you waking up from a long nice sleep."
Rainbow Dash hesitated for a moment and then took the fruit and ate it.
"Hey your right these things are pretty darn delicious and on top of that I'm pumped!"
Rainbow Dash flew up and was surprised at how high she got by just flapping her wings only once. Frowny followed her with his own wings and said:
"OK, from here to that small forest over there and then back here."
In the meantime Fluttershy moved around a cloud and sat down to see the spectacle. Frowny quickly formed a timer with his magic and it started counting down.
"When its on zero, we start racing!"
Frowny then decided he might wanna go on foot instead and used his artificial road spell to prepare:
"What are you doing?"
Rainbow dash suddenly asked. Frowny answers:
"I'm going to do this on foot. I figure it's gonna be too exhausting for me to fly this fast right off the bat."
Frowny looked determined. But so did Rainbow Dash. When the magical timer hit zero the two ponies started speeding towards the small group of trees. To Rainbow's surprise she had gotten noticeably faster and crossed the distance in mere seconds. However Frowny's specialty was racing on foot and it was like his legs weren't even there he ran so fast. The both of them tied when Frowny's speed suddenly build up and it looked as if Frowny has three of himself running behind him as afterimages of some sort. Rainbow dash then decided she'd better bring up the tension and started flying as fast as she could when a blurry rainbow surrounded her body and the sound barrier broke:
"A SONIC RAINBOOM AAAAAAW YEEEEEEAAAH!!!"
Rainbow shouted as she passed Frowny with blinding speed. When the two arrived at the group of trees Rainbow bounced back in the other direction in a perfect 360 degree turn. Frowny flash teleported to turn around and decided he'd better step it up in order to still make some chance and he powered up his speed to prepare for a series of multiple flash teleports. Images of himself started to appear all around him and gathered to his original body. the images represent him only going incredibly fast. when they gathered its as if his body thinned up and he dashed towards Rainbow dash to pass her leaving a trail of fire behind. A finish line appeared in front of the both of them. The two racing ponies crossed the line almost at the same time. Frowny halted Rainbow Dash and himself with more elastic barriers.
"That was so awesome! how can you two just go so incredibly fast like that!"
Fluttershy blurted out those words at the moment they were done with the race. Rainbow Dash, Frowny and Fluttershy laughed at each other and settled down to the ground.
"I didn't know that you were this quick on feet Frowny!"
Frowny glanced at Rainbow and answered: "Oh you don't know the half of it, I held back I swear!"
Rainbow dash laughed in unbelief and when they arrived back on the ground. Frowny turned to Fluttershy:
"I know that you can't get as fast as this Fluttershy BUT... are you at least able to fight for your own beliefs?"
Frowny said that with an uncannily serious look in his face and Fluttershy quickly answered:
"Well of course I can. But I fight my own way you'll see!"
Both Rainbow Dash and Frowny were surprised with the answer they got.
Later at nighttime Frowny and Fluttershy greeted Rainbow Dash and set off back to Fluttershy's cottage.
"I wonder... Fluttershy? Do you care for some dinner?"
Fluttershy realized she actually was pretty hungry and they didn't eat since before Rainbow Dash started her training.
"Well actually I still have some food at home if you want. I can prepare some if you want."
Frowny turned his head to Fluttershy and happily answered:
"Of course I want some I'm staaaarving!"
Fluttershy smirked a little at Frowny's answer and when the two arrived at the cottage Fluttershy quickly finished up her nighttime rounds with the animals and then prepared some dinner for Frowny and herself. which afterwards they settle down for the night and went back to sleep.
END OF CHAPTER