//------------------------------// // Telling a Terrible Past and Night Spectrum's Coming For you... // Story: Protecting a Soaring Rainbow // by Aurora Steel //------------------------------// Soarin and Rainbow Dash arrived at Rainbow's room, the double doors had her Cutie Mark in the middle and her entails 'RD' on either side. Soarin opened the door and they went in. Soarin turned around and said to Rainbow, "Rainbow why don't you go and take a quick shower?" She simply nodded, went into the bathroom and closed the door. Soarin sat down on the bed and looked around the room, there were medals and trophies on various shelves. Wonderbolt posters were on one of the walls, on her bedside table there was a couple of pictures; the first one was a picture of her and her friends sitting in the Friendship Castle, the next was one of her and Soarin presumed her mother and the last one was of her and Soarin after her first Air Show. Soarin remembered that day, it was the first performance that included a Sonic Rainboom. Soarin shook his head and looked at the clock, it had been twenty minutes since Rainbow had gone to get a shower. Soarin hopped off the bed and knocked on the bathroom door, "Rainbow are you ok? Rainbow?" Soarin waited for a minute and got no response. He knocked again, "Rainbow?" still no response. Soarin turned the handle and slowly opened the door. He walked in and rushed over to Rainbow in the shower. Soarin walked into the shower and saw Rainbow curled up in a ball against the wall under the steaming hot water crying. Her back was red from the water and her wings drooped down by her side. Soarin stook his hoof under the water and immediately pulled it back. He leaned over and turned down the hot tap and turned up the cold tap slightly. Rainbow started to shiver so Soarin stretched a wing over her to protect her from the hot water. Rainbow felt no more water on her back, she looked up to see an icy wing over her protecting her from the water. She whispered, "S-Soar-Soarin?" "Shhh, Rainbow its ok." Soarin lifted her up and pulled her into a hug. He asked after a minute, "Rainbow why were you crying?" She looked up at him, "I-I wa-wasn't cry-ing!" "Rainbow you don't have to put on a tough act around me, your my Marefriend I just want to see the real you. Were you crying about what your Father did to you?" All Rainbow could do was nod. Soarin said again looking through to the bedroom, "Rainbow how about we get out and dry off?" Rainbow nodded again and shakily stood up, Soarin followed and stepped out of the shower. He grabbed a towel off the rack and quickly dried himself off. Soarin took another towel off the rack and started to carefully started drying Rainbow off. He stopped when he patted her back with the towel and she moaned. He carefully pushed some of her fur apart and saw red skin. Soarin gasped slightly, "Rainbow your back is burned from the water." "I know." Was all Rainbow said as she lowered her head in shame. Soarin put the towel on the side and said, "I'll go and get a FirstAid kit from the Medical Bay. I'll be right back." She nodded as Soarin left the room. Soarin came back a minute later with a kit in his mouth, "Ah ot te it." He put it on the floor and pulled out some burn cream. Soarin carefully dried her back and rubbed in the cream. Next he padded her back and finally he put a bandage over padded back. "All done." Soarin closed the kit and put it on the side. Rainbow Dash stood up and walked into her bedroom. Soarin walked over to her closet and pulled out two blankets. Rainbow sat down and Soarin followed, "Here Rainbow." He handed her a blanket. "Could you tell me what your Father did to you?" She sighed, "Ok so when I was filly my Mum died in protecting me when thieves broke into our house. My Dad blamed me for her death, and soon after he started hitting me and yelling at me for no reason. He had started heavily drinking since my Mum's death. One day about ten years ago he came home and started beating me up, he pulled out lots of different knives. He cut me down my side, across my leg and think on my stomach." Soarin was shocked at Rainbow showed him the scars. "Anyway, he broke my wing, started abusing me and you know..." She stopped for a second and then continued, "I passed out from heavy bleeding and the pain. Spitfire and Fluttershy walked in, they took one look at me and my Dad. They rang for the Guards and Paramedics. My Father was arrested but he escaped and strangled Spitfire, she managed to knock him out but she also had to be taken to the Hospital." Rainbow finished and started to shake. "Ohh Rainbow..." Soarin pulled Rainbow Dash into a pegasus hug. "Soarin c-can you stay h-here tonight?" She looked up at him. "Sure Rainbow. Of course I will stay." Soarin smiled and Rainbow let go and crawled under the covers. Soarin hopped off the bed and walked over to the other side. He slipped under the sheets and wrapped his wings around Rainbow, their hooves interlocked. Soarin kissed her forehead and drifted off into sleep. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spectral Night snuck into Cloudsdale and he found a bush with dark green berries. He crushed some up and put it in his mane and tail. He covered his lightning bolt cutie mark so it was just a green flame. Spectrum walked down the streets looking around, he happened to see a grey mail mare delivering some late night mail. He flew over to her and asked, "Excuse me Miss but could you tell me where the Wonderbolts HQ is?" "Sure, keep heading down this street until you get to the Coliseum, then turn right and walk down that street. You will see the HQ at the end of the road, its a huge building so its hard to miss." Derpy smiled and then she asked, "Why do you want to go to the HQ at this hour?" Spectral Night dangerously smiled, "My Daughter is the newest member and I have some business to finish with her." Derpy realised who he was, "Wait your S-Spectral Ni-Night!" She tried to fly away but Spectral Night was too fast. "No one can know who I am!" He punched her in the face and broke both her wings. He chucked her down to the ground, staining the pavement crimson red. Her muzzle was bleeding and her wing was bleeding, Derpy passed out from the pain. Spectral Night arrived at the Wonderbolt HQ, he flew around the building looking for the bedrooms. Along the way he found Spitfire working in her office, he remembered her the filly who knocked him out. He thought to himself, "Spitfire your next after Rainbow Dash." Two female Wonderbolt's talking in the gardens and three male Wonderbolt's in the lounge room arm wrestling. Finally he found the bedrooms, Rainbow's room was in the middle. He found a small cloud and flew down, Night hid himself in the cloud looking into Rainbow's room. He thought, "Rainbow Dash you will pay for what you did to her. Who's that sleeping next to her? Must be her Coltfriend, he shouldn't be too much trouble to take care of." He laughed quietly to himself, "Watch out Rainbow Miriam Dashery I'm coming for you..."