TimeLooper
Chapter 4: Lessons with Rainbow: Secondary Skills
By: RD-RAINBOOMS-YOU
"What's the news?" we all asked in unison.
"I FOUND MY NAME!" Sean yelled.
"Really, what is it?" Circuit asked.
"My name is Velvet Beat, but you can just call me beat." he said grinning.
The news from yesterday was great. Beat had finally found his name, so there was no worry about fitting into Equestria. There was only one thing that annoyed Circuit: Beat seemed to have had his magical skill the moment they arrived, while Circuit had to get lessons in flying, and then magic when he was done, it was like somepony had designed everything this way so there was more of him to focus on... Nah, he was just being paranoid.
"So Beat, how did the Princess manage to help figure out your name?" Circuit asked.
"Simple. She used my magical signature." Beat replied, shrugging.
"Interesting, I didn't know that was even possible." Twilight said.
"Yeah, neither did I." Beat responded.
"Well it's a good thing you found out; otherwise you wouldn't have fit in very well here."
"Yeah."
So the trio of ponies and Spike, arrived back in Ponyville later that day after the long train ride. Circuit had been thinking the whole time of how he was supposed to hold up his end of the deal. He had a feeling that him becoming an alicorn was to make him more powerful, seeing as he was only supposed to be a pegasus when he came here. He needed to finish all of his lessons so he was able to be useful in this world, he had to remember his part of the deal to stay in Equestria.
"Hey what do you say we turn in early today? I for one have a long day tomorrow. I arranged another lesson with Dash, it should be the last one if I've improved enough." Circuit explained.
"Sounds good." Twilight replied.
So they all walked back to the library to get some rest; it had been a long day for them after all. After getting inside Twilight and Spike went upstairs to get some rest for the night. Circuits ears drooped and he had a frown on his face after they left the room. Beat was curious what was bothering him so he went to confront his friend.
"Hey bro, what's wrong?" he asked.
"Our deal, I was only supposed to be a pegasus when we arrived, but I'm an alicorn." Circuit responded flickering his yellow aura to emphasize.
"Yeah, maybe it's supposed to represent your extra power for the errands you're gonna have to make."
"I want a way around that. Doesn't sound like fun to me."
"Well one of the things I've read about was the magical being who created the elements... he is known as Harmony... Thousands of years ago he created the elements as a response to all of the evil in the world, and left them in the care of the Princesses... Our only hope would be to ask the Princesses." His ears drooping when Circuit responded
"Let's do that soon."
"Yeah, but for now let's get some sleep."
"Sounds good!" Circuit's face perked up after that
Circuit went to sleep in the loft they shared in the library, and as he fell asleep Luna came to visit him in his dreams. He assumed she came to help or give him advice, that was the only reason she ever came to visit him. Circuit began to wonder why she cared so much about somepony not even from this dimension, but he was glad she was there nonetheless.
"Hello Princess Luna."
"Hello. Do you know why we have come?"
"No clue."
"You spoke of Harmony earlier, we could sense it."
"Yeah, what about him."
"We would like to help thou."
"And how will you do that?"
"We can bring thou to Harmony, but only if you have found a reason to need his help, hold your deal for a while longer and we shall make sure to help."
"Thank you Luna."
"Of course Circuit, we would love to help thou with their curse. It may also help to stabilize the connection between our worlds, and that would make staying here easier for you both."
So as Circuit began to wake he was glad that there was no need to worry about finding Harmony; he would be able to focus on his lessons. Speaking of instruction, he needed to find Dash for today's coaching. Hopefully it would be his last. So he went to the park to meet with Dash, and saw her sitting there waiting, on time. He shrugged, while her being on time was strange, it made his life easier in the end.
"Hey Dash!" he called.
"Hey Circuit! Sup?"
"Here for my lessons."
"Sweet! Let's get going then. First off you need to control the pitch of your wings: try that."
She put her hoof on his wing and helped him learn to tilt it for movement in the air. He was in heaven. The mare of his dreams was holding his wing, he caught himself blushing and his ears drooped. Dash noticed this and grinned at him mischievously. They continued the lesson going through pitch, tilt and yaw exercises for his wings. After that, they continued on to strafing in the air, barrel rolls, and other tricks, as well as learning right himself midair. When they finished with their final lesson, Rainbow and Circuit went for a fly around the small town.
They flew for a few hours, no words being exchanged until the sun started to set, when they both went to sit on a hill and watch as Celestia's sun set for the night so Luna's moon could shine. Rainbow and Circuit looked at each other as the sun went down. They both blushed and looked towards the ground. When Circuit looked back at the sky Dash took her chances and rested her head on his shoulder. He looked at her and he smiled. She had her eyes closed and was humming: something he never imagined the athletic pony to do. He assumed it would be the other way around, but either way this was the best night of his life, so far.
They sat in silence for what felt like hours, but only turned out to be a few minutes. The unspoken words held more than friendship between the two ponies. For the first time Rainbow Dash had felt love and Circuit was finally able to display his feelings to her. He smiled as he wrapped a foreleg around her, pulling her closer. She sighed as the sun continued to set in the world outside of their own. For them, all that existed was the other pony in the embrace. As the moon began to rise they looked into each other’s eyes. Words were unable to display the mutual feeling of true love on this unintentionally romantic night. Circuit and Rainbow closed their eyes and kissed, there was no other way to show their feelings in that moment. The kiss lasted for minutes as they moon rose high in the sky. There was no feeling of lust in the kiss; it was just a kiss of true love between two ponies.
After about five minutes of their kiss, Rainbow and Circuit parted and were finally able to speak again. All that could have been said was displayed just a few seconds earlier, but they still continued to sit there. They knew each would always be there for the other, and that this was meant to be. No force on the planet could break the true love between these two as they sat in silence. Nothing needing to be said as they looked into the midnight sky, they both smiled as Circuit tightened his hold on Rainbow, never wanting to let go. They were in love, and nopony could stop that. Completely unlike him, Circuit was the first to speak to his new marefriend.
"Dash?" he said looking at her.
"Hmm... Yeah Circuit?" she asked, looking into his eyes again, he was hers, and she was his, and she knew that now.
"I know I don't need to say it anymore, but I love you... I-I always have." Circuit blushed as he said that.
Dash sighed as he said this, "I love you too Circuit."
"So... Are you my marefriend now?" Circuit asked, being the awkward teenager he was in his world instead of the mature stallion of this one.
Rainbow started giggling profusely "OF COURSE, CIRCUIT!" she said playfully punching him in the arm.
Both of them began to laugh at his awkwardness in the situation. They sat for another half an hour just happy to be together. They held each other, watched the stars, and occasionally kissed as they sat together through the night. There was no need to rush anything, they would be together until one of them passed on, and both of them knew that at this point. And Circuit began to feel guilty. When she died, he would never be there for her in the afterlife. He didn't know how this worked. Did everything reset, or would all his lives exist as alternate timelines to the same ending? He would find out and make sure to make things right. Circuit wanted to spend the rest of eternity with Dash; he would give anything to do that. After another half hour of sitting there enjoying each others company, Circuit finally spoke once again.
"I guess we should head home Dash..." Circuit said, his ears drooping as he broke the silence.
"Yeah, goodnight Circuit." Dash said.
"Goodnight Dash, I... I love you..." she had flown off already, leaving him alone on the hill to ponder what had happened, until he headed back to the library.
Circuit walked back to the library. No, his home, to go and think everything over, and he was very peaceful and deep in thought until...
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" Twilight yelled.
Circuit jumped and his ear drooped and eyes grew big; he had never seen her angry before, "I was with Rainbow Dash..." he said so quietly he could compare to Fluttershy.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have yelled. How was your night then?" she asked grinning.
"We um... We started dating..."
"That's great! We have to tell everyone soon, but maybe refrain from telling Pinkie for a while."
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Anyway, goodnight. I'm tired." Circuit said as he walked upstairs to go to sleep.
Princess Luna smiled, she was right, they were meant to be, and she was glad to have witnessed it herself. It was so cute when they hugged, or kissed, or even just looked into each other’s eyes. She was glad to have given them the courage to make a move. A pony's dreams never lie; they were in love from the moment they met. They just needed a little push to get rolling, and now they were! She would make sure to visit Circuit in his dreams to help out, and she would always have to be there for one of her precious ponies. She would have to contact Harmony, he had to help them. It hurt her heart to see them separate, and she couldn't imaging Dash living an eternity without him in her afterlife. She would talk to Circuit tomorrow about all of this, but for now she let him sleep. He just had the best day of his life and was going to have the worst week sometime soon when he had to perform his first errand for his deal. Until that day, let him be happy, he deserves at least that much, if not more. And she would make sure he got that, it made her happy to see her subjects happy, and he was no exception, even if he was never meant to be here, he still deserved happiness, and happiness is what he would have.