//------------------------------// // chapter 6 // Story: One Mistake Can Lead To Pain // by NightGlider Shimmer //------------------------------// Rainbow was tossing and turning in bed, a million thoughts were going through her head. She was out of shock now and was starting to worry about things. Rainbow started thinking to herself; questions that started with what if. "What if I'm bullied at school even more than I already am? What if Gilda or Lightning Dust try to humiliate me again? What they did to me the first time was humiliating enough. What if Spitfire did something to her? What if the twins don't turn out right? What if they are teased at school for being accidents. What's going to be my punishment? I still haven't gotten one, what if........ what if Soarin leave's me, what if.... he runs of with some other girl? What if i have to take care of the kids myself? What if i have to give them away?" Rainbow thought. Soarin turned over and opened his eyes, he noticed Rainbow was still awake, he put a hand on her face and smiled. "Dashie what's wrong?" Soarin said, putting the goofiest grin on his face, but nontheless Rainbow was still sad. "Soarin, I know you said you wouldn't but, you won't leave me, will you? You won't run off with some other girl. You wouldn't hurt me right?" Rainbow asked, tears filling her eyes as she started hugging Soarin. "Dashie, I promised you and your mom that I wouldn't leave you, and even if I wanted to, I would be scared for my life cus I'm pretty sure your dad would come after me," Soarin said, earning a chuckle from Dash. "I'm just scared Soarin. What if we aren't good parents? What if we don't pass 12th grade because we focus too much on the baby and not enough on school work? What if you and I are bullied cus of what happened? what if we-" Rainbow was cut off by Soarins lips meeting with hers in a kiss. Rainbow was taken aback at first but then she accepted the kiss. "Dashie, it will be okay, we just started 12th grade like over a month ago, and if anyone bullies you I will make sure they stop," Soarin said as he put a reassuring smile on his face, Rainbow smiled for a second but then it went away. "What about Gilda and Lightning Dust? What if they try to embarrass me again? What they did when they got to Canterlot High was bad enough, I don't want to be a laughing stock again," Rainbow said with more tears welling up in her eyes, and then she broke down and cried into Soarin's chest. "I'm just so scared Soarin," Rainbow said. "I know Dash, I am too," Soarin said stroking Rainbow's head and rubbing her back as she cried into his shirt, getting it wet with tears. For the rest of the night Soarin held Dash and made sure she had a restful sleep. It had been 2 hours since Dash fell asleep when Soarin looked over at Dashes alarm clock; it read 3:18 in the morning, Soarin realized how long he had been laying with Dash and thought, "Man i have to go to the bathroom." Soarin got up and went into Dashes bathroom, it was surprisingly clean; for a girl who liked things dirty she sure liked having her bathroom clean. Once Soarin was done he looked at himself in the mirror and thought, "What if Dash is right, What if I'm not a good father? What if we cant afford to keep the kids?" Soarin asked himself. All of a sudden he herd the sound of a window opening, he got out of the bathroom and looked towards the window, it was open. He then looked towards Dash and what he saw made his heart skip a beat, a man was towering over Dash running his fingers through her hair. "Such pretty hair, don't you think?" the man said. The man had dark colors, his skin was gray and he had black hair and what looked like purple eyes. "Your- your the escaped criminal, aren't you? How did you get in here? The windows were locked," Soarin asked, his tone very worried, like he was afraid that this man was going to hurt Rainbow. "You got a sharp eye kid, Name's Shadow Night, but you didn't answer my question. Don't you think she has pretty hair?" Shadow asked, still running his fingers through her hair. "Yeah sure, her hair is beautiful, the most magnificent I've ever seen," Soarin said truthfully but still fear in his voice. "But you didn't answer my question ether, how did you get in?" "I have my ways, didn't you ever wonder how I got out of prison?" Shadow said. "Yeah and that's exactly where your going once this is over" Soarin said as he clinched his fists and started to move but was stopped by the shine of blade. "Na ah ah, not so fast, you take one step closer and you can say good by to your little girlfriend here, and your unborn twins," Shadow said pointing the blade towards Rainbows abdomen. Soarin's eyes filed with fear as he unclenched his hands and took a step back. "How did you know it was twins?" Soarin asked a little surprised. "Like I said I have my ways" Shadow said. Soarin was shaking to the bone, he didn't know what to do, if he took any steps closer to Rainbow then Shadow would kill her and the babies, if he yelled out for help Shadow would probably kill him and Rainbow and the babies. Rainbow opened her eyes slowly and saw Soarin was scared. She felt someone touch her head and immediately became uncomfortable. She didn't like anyone touching her, except her friends, Soarin and her parents. She looked down and saw a blade being pressed against her abdomen and got scared very quickly but did her best to keep quiet so she could get a little bit of distance away from the blade. Rainbow then felt the soft touch of cloth, and apparently Shadow didn't notice Rainbow had moved, she took her elbow and jabbed Shadow in the side. "AAAAUUUUUUURRRRRRRRGGGG, why you little-" Shadow was about to stab Rainbow but she screamed and a picture frame had hit him in the head. Shadow was a little dizzy but was able to get out of Rainbows room before her parents came in. Soarin ran over to Rainbow and pulled her in to a hug as she started crying very heavily as she was almost killed. Spectrum burst through the door, Firefly shortly behind him. They both ran over, Firefly hugging Rainbow as Spectrum put a hand on both Soarin's and Rainbow arms. "What happened?" Spectrum asked with worry in his voice. "The escaped criminal, he-he broke into Rainbows room while I was in the bathroom and threatened to kill her if i did anything, then Rainbow woke up and jabbed him in the side with her elbow and I threw a picture frame at him to keep him from stabbing Dash, and then he ran out the window" Soarin said tears running down his face. "Did he say his name?" Firefly said, tears flowing freely down her cheeks. "He said his name *hic* was Shadow night *hic* he had gray skin and *hic* black hair and what *hic* looked like purple eyes," Soarin said sobbing. "Shadow Night!" Spectrum said, surprise in his voice. "You know him?" Soarin asked. "Yeah, I do. I knew him in high school," Spectrum said, anger in his voice. Firefly closed the window and went back to the two, Soarin had calmed down a little and stopped crying. "You two should go back to sleep," Firefly said as she kissed her daughters forehead and hugged Soarin. "Yeah we should" Soarin said as he looked back at Dashes alarm clock 3:34 a.m., Spectrum and Firefly had left their daughters room so the two lovers could lay down and go back to sleep. "You knew Shadow Night, and you didn't tell me" Firefly said in a half angry tone. "I didn't want you to worry. I mean I knew he was dangerous but at the time i didn't think he would kill someone, in fact I'm the one who snitched on him and told the police, but before I could tell the police I found out you were pregnant with Dash. And if I told the police and he managed to escape, I just knew he was going to hurt you and i couldn't take that chance, so i waited till after Dash was born" Spectrum said in an attempt to explain everything. "What difference would it have made?!" Firefly shouted at him, they were both in their room by now so they had the option of yelling but Spectrum didn't want to. "I didn't want to lose two of my girls, if you were killed when you were pregnant with Dash it would have killed her too. Does that make sense?" Spectrum asked with worry in his voice. "I guess" Firefly said. The two went to bed, Firefly fell asleep in minuets but Spectrum just couldn't stop thinking about Shadow. "What if he comes back and tries to hurt Firefly, or Rainbow, or Soarin; I don't care much for the kid but I know Rainbow cares about him," Spectrum thought with worry in his mind, "I have to do everything I can to keep them safe," Spectrum thought as a single tear ran down his face and he fell asleep. The next day came along and Soarin was the one to get up first, he and Rainbow made a deal that whoever got up first got to shower first. Once Soarin was done he started putting some clothes on but woke Rainbow up in the process. "Good morning my love," Soarin said with a sound of calmness in his voice. Rainbow got up and looked at him and she didn't look too happy. "Shut up Soarin," Rainbow said with no emotion behind it at all. "Wow, I was just saying good morning. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Soarin said trying to be funny but failing. Rainbow went to the shower without giving him another glance, once Rainbow got out of the shower she started getting ready for school. She was still in a bad mood, she bumped into her dad this morning without even saying sorry. Once the two were down stairs Rainbow got a bowl of cereal and sat down at the table still in a bad mood. "Hey Rainbow, are you okay? Cus last night was pretty scary and-" Soarin was cut of by Rainbow glaring at him. "Do you think I want to talk about last night Soarin? Are you crazy?" Rainbow shouted as she took her bowl to the sink and rinsed it out and went to the couch and turned on the TV and watched the news. Soarin turned to Firefly, "What do you think is wrong with her today?" Soarin asked. "Oh sweetie, there is nothing wrong with her it's just her mood swings kicking in," Firefly said with a giggle. "Mood swings. Well what should I expect with all these mood swings?" Soarin asked. "Well, she will have these mood swings a lot and they can happen at any time, one mood swing is the one she is having now- anger, these usually last for half of the day-" Firefly was cut of by her husband. "And a pain to deal with," Spectrum said earning a chuckle from Soarin. "As I was saying, the other mood swings are sadness, and being way to picky," Firefly said. "And the picky one is just a living hell of being annoyed," Spectrum said. "So her mood swings, when would I expect them to appear?" Soarin asked. "Almost everyday" Firefly said. "Wow," was all Soarin could say. "Hey you singed up for this when you two didn't use a condom," Firefly said in an annoyed tone. "Hey I'm sorry she was a little drunk and she got me to have sex. I had condoms, I just forgot to use them" Soarin said in an annoyed tone. Soarin was grabbed by his shirt and dragged to the door by Dash. "School bus, now!" Rainbow said in an angry tone. "I have to deal with this all day?" Soarin asked Firefly. "Pretty much," Firefly said giggling as Rainbow dragged him out the door. The two were both outside now, Rainbow was still dragging him to the corner, "You know you can stop pulling on my shirt moody Mc anger issues," Soarin said as Rainbow let go of his shirt and glared at him. "Call me that again, go ahead, i dare you," Rainbow said giving Soarin the sharpest glare she had ever given someone. "......" "That's what I thought," Rainbow said, making Soarin even more scared of her by the minute. Once the two got to the corner the bus arrived to take them to school. Rainbow went to the back of the bus and sat down, all her friends greeted her but she didn't say a word. "Wow, someones in a bad mood today" Twilight said. "HA, you should have seen her this morning, I said good morning to her but she-" Soarin stopped when he met Rainbows glare. "No, no go ahead tell them, and then you can see what you nose looks like after you do," Rainbow said as she started looking at her nails. "Uh he he never mind" Soarin said, Rainbow had gotten out her phone and stared texting someone. "Who are you texting?" Soarin asked. "Hoops," Rainbow said. "Why are you texting Hoops?" Soarin asked, a little bit of anger in his voice. "Soarin think about it for a minute. I play soccer and Hoops is the back up player. I'm pregnant, do you really think they are going to make me play while I am 8 weeks pregnant," Rainbow said a little mad at Soarin for being stupid. "Oh yeah, I forgot about that" Soarin said will rubing the back of his head. "Well off of that topic, how did you two sleep last night darling" Rarity asked. "Are you kidding me? I slept for 2 hours and last night some guy broke into Rainbow's room threatening to kill her and the babies," Soarin said with so much anger in his voice. "Babies?" Twilight asked putting more emphasis on the 's'. "Oh yeah, we're having twins," Soarin said doing his best to put a smile on his face. "FORGET THAT TOPIC SOMEONE TRIED TO KILL DASHIE!" Pinkie shouted getting the attention of many of the kids on the bus. "Yeah" Soarin said his face flushing red from embarrassment. "CANTERLOT HIGH!" the bus drier shouted. Everyone got off the bus. The girls and Soarin said thank you to the bus driver and got off the bus. "Well, well, well, look who we have here Lightning Dust, Rainbow slut," Gilda said as she walked up to the girls and Soarin. "Soarin why are you hanging out with these losers when you can be hanging with us?" Gilda asked in a voice that sounded kind of calm. "Well for one, one of these 'losers' is my pregnant girlfriend, so I don't think you're in the right position to question me, Gilda," Soarin said. "Oh come on, look at her, she is just holding you back," Gilda said in a way that would give Shadow chills. Gilda's necklace started glowing a dark red and Soarin was staring right at it as his eyes turned red. Soarin shook out of the trance and looked at Gilda with anger. "I'm staying with my girlfriend and nothing you will say will change my my mind!" Soarin shouted at Gilda. "That's your choice, but when you go back on it be sure to come to me," Gilda said putting her hand under Soarins chin. "What a bitch," Soarin said. "RAINBOW, RAINBOW, Rainbow, I got your message. What did you want to talk about?" Hoops called. "Oh, I need you to take my place for the rest of the season," Rainbow said. "Okay I will" Hoops said and ran off. "So Twilight where did that boyfriend of yours run off to," Rainbow asked in a devilish tone. "That's non of your business Rainbow Dash," Twilight said in an annoyed tone. "Ohhhhhh Someone misses her boyfriend," Rarity said. Twilight was blushing madly, her face turning redder by the second. "Shut up," Twilight said even more annoyed. "Hey, Twilight," a voice belonging to a boy called. "Flash whats up?" Twilight said giving him a peek on the cheek. "You uh left your book at my house so I thought you would want it back," Flash said. "Oh, thanks," Twilight said grabbing the book from Flashes hands. "No problem, I gotta get to practice," Flash said. "Ok, see you in 3rd hour," Twilight said. "Soarin," A voice that belonged to a firey girl said, "Where have you been? Practice started an hour ago," Spitfire said trying to pull Soarin to practice for their rollerblading tournament. "Woah woah woah, Spitfire I saw on the calender that practice was canceled today dew to the weather," Soarin said pointing up at the clouds in the sky. "Oh well uh I-I uh" Spitfire stuttered. "SPITFIRE, you will never get Soarin, so just back off, and leave us alone," Rainbow shouted with an angry tone. "Oh please he deserves so much better. he doesn't need to follow a slut around all day," Spitfire said with a smirk, Rainbow sank a little when Spitfire said that, did everyone see her that way. "How dare you speak to her that way," a girl with red and yellow hair and yellow skin approached in raged at what her friend was just called. Spitfire turned around giving Sunset Shimmer a bad look,"What did you just say?" Spitfire said in a way that would make the schools trouble maker, Discord shiver. "I said how dare you speak to her that way," Sunset said "Two very firey girls, who do you think will win?" Twilight asked. "Sunset" the girls all said in unison. "Get out of here before I call one of the teachers over and tell them what you just said. I will also tell them what you have been doing with Wave Chill for the past 4 weeks," Sunset threatened. Whatever Sunset did it sure spooked Spitfire. "Hey, Rainbow Dash you okay?" Sunset asked in concern of her friend. "..........." "Dashie, you okay," Soarin asked. "Is that what everyone sees me as, a slut?" Rainbow asked tears welling in her eyes. "Oh baby, none of us see you that way. Those girls are probably sluts themselves," Soarin said in an attempt to comfort his girlfriend. Rainbow lay her head on Soarin's chest and let some tears fall from her cheeks and onto Soarin shirt. Soarin gently stroked Rainbows head and kissed her forehead. "Oh get a room you two. That's getting really gross you know," a boy said as he appeared out of nowhere. He was wearing some sort of mishmash of clothes; one shoe was green the other was brown and the sleaves of his shirt were yellow and tan. He had half of his shirt blue and the other a blueish black and he had some facial hair but not too much, "Oh, and hello my dear Fluttershy, how are this morning?" The boy asked. "Oh hello Discord, I'm great this morning, thank you for asking," Fluttershy said. "Oh my dear Fluttershy you are more beautiful than the sunset," Discord said giving Fluttershy a kiss on the cheek. "And you said we need to get a room," Rainbow said. "Humm a little snippy today, aren't we Rainbow Dash?" Discord said. "I wouldn't annoy me today Discord" Rainbow said. "Oh yes that's right, you have mood swings and I don't want you to kill me," Discord said. "We should really be getting to class, and don't you and Soarin have to change some schedules so that you can be in the same classes?" Applejack asked. "Oh yeah, we better go do that" Rainbow said. "Well we will see you guys later," Soarin said as the two ran into the school, The two walked through the hallways and saw that a lot of others where staring at them, they knew exactly why. "UFF, uurggggggggg, hey watch where your going," Rainbow said as she got of the ground. "Well i was gonna say sorry but know im having second thoughts,......Rainbow Crash " a boy said. "URGGGG Dumbbell, of all people I had to bump into you," Rainbow said in an annoyed tone. "Oh come on it's not the end of the world besides I think you have some other things to deal with dontcha slut" Dunbbell said in a way that sounded that it was ment to annoy her. "DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Rainbow shouted, grabbing the attention of even more people. "Come on Rainbow just ignore him," Soarin said grabbing Rainbows arm and pulling her away from Dumbbell. The two continued to walk down the hallway. Once they got to Vice-principle Luna's office, Soarin knocked on the door and waited for an answer. "Enter" Luna said. Soarin opened the door and saw Luna doing some paper work. "Ah yes Soarin and Rainbow Dash, here for your new schedules I presume" Luna said. "Yeah, we are," Soarin said. "Well I have them right here," Luna said. "Thanks" Rainbow said. Luna nodded and handed the two papers to the couple. "All right our first class is math, lets go," Rainbow said, and the two walked to class.