Another Sappy HiE Fic

by exsnaggerwes


Implying Implications

“Hey! What in Tartarus' name do you think you're doing, newbie? You can't leave me like this!”

“Grbelskej”

“What? I can't understand you, speak up.”

A ton of bricks rested quite contentedly upon my chest and some mystical force bound my limbs to the soft floor. I felt like I was sleeping on a cloud, and blissfully unaware of the torrent of freezing water that was to come when the agitated mare returned.

“Come on kid, we just slept. You can't honestly say you're still tired.”

“...”

“Tartarus, you're so lazy!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed on her way into the hall. More insults and complaints were grumbled, but still light years away from my conscious mind. I could feel myself floating and my whole head was swimming in delight. I knew I had only been this way twice in my life. The first time I had ever felt so at peace and exhausted was after my first kiss. The second was when I had been strangled until I fainted. The observers of both scenes could probably tell anyone that they weren't pretty sights to see, but you couldn't have paid me enough to care. Part of my brain reminded me of the many times people have tried to wake me up in the past, but it wasn't a choice at that point. I could have died happy right there on the shower floor.

A begrudged voice approached from outside, raising in volume as it neared my body. “...all the same, this is why I don't like entertaining stallions.” Before finishing the thought, she flapped into the room, struggling at the door, and knelt down to whisper in my ear. “This is your last chance, lazy colt.”

I almost stirred. I wanted to stir, and tease and nuzzle, but instead I said, “pffbbtt.”

“Bad move.”

*crash*

I thanked Celestia that Rainbow Dash had good aim because if the bolt of electricity had gotten even a centimeter closer, I would have been toasted. My thanks was short lived as her portable storm cloud unleashed its fury of freezing rain.

“I'm awake!” I shouted.

“Not fast enough, slowpoke. Where do you get off turning mares on and not finishing what you started?” Her eyes were shooting daggers, and the stinging I felt in my ribcage was real. I was torn between being in love with her enraged face and being frightened for my life. I lost all spirit and pep, feeling her own variation of Fluttershy's stare cut to the center of my heart. I didn't plan on ever getting so far with a woman in my life, and here I stood, shivering and cold as a result of my hesitation. Thinking back to all the times in my life I've been burned when displaying my affection had made me reluctant to trust anyone with my feelings, and I should have known that right there with Rainbow Dash would be different. Ponies weren't shy or modest at all with their physical affection, and if I was going to exploit that the way I did, I should have at least done what she said and finished what I started. I felt strong pangs of guilt for letting her down, but her scent told me it wasn't too late.

Her expression faded almost as fast as mine did. She seemed genuinely concerned that she had done something wrong. Thankfully, I wasn't crying, but I was pretty close to looking like a scared puppy. “Oh crap, I'm sorry, are you okay? Did the lightning hit you? I swear, I only meant for it to graze you.”

My mouth opened to let out a response, but nothing came.

“Oh Celestia, did I get your brain? Can you still talk at all? …. Can you even hear what I'm saying?”

It was true that she was a bit difficult to hear, but that was mostly because of the persistent ring in my ears. Almost nothing in my life could compare to the volume thunder produced when the lightning was withing a hair's range. I didn't have much to say, so I just recited an inside joke from right before I came to Equestria. “That's not my name,” I quipped.

“What? I know it's not your name. Of course it's not your name. How many feathers am I holding up?” All nervousness gone, and even more confused about my condition, she held up four primary feathers, bending a few more down. I had no idea such a feat was possible, and wanting to try it out myself, I extended my left wing to mirror her movements. I peered over to observe my work without really paying attention to the dopey face I was no doubt wearing. My argument for sanity was losing with every moment I didn't give Rainbow a straight answer. Surprisingly, I was able to mimic her movements, holding out five digits and tucking two in the other direction. Wings didn't feel like hands, but they sure acted like it. It would be a fairly simple task to grasp things in my wings instead of my mouth, and it would probably be at the same difficulty due to my lack of dexterity in my mouth being equal to that of my other limbs.

“Four.”

“Well you're actually holding up five, but you said it right so that's good enough for me. Now dry up and get out of my bathroom.”

“Wait.”

She sighed, “What is it?”

“I'm sorry about all that. I didn't mean to pass out on you.”

“You passed out under me, but I guess I can accept your apology. What were you even doing today that's got you so exhausted? You've been acting like you've never showered before too.”

“I uh,” I hesitated, “I usually shower alone.”

“Really? How?”

“Well, I have a pipe leading into my bathroom that shoots water out-”

“No,” she cut me off, “I mean how do you shower alone? You can't even hold a bar of soap. Did you grow up in a castle or something? Because I already have a friend from Canterlot and she's a handful. Not nearly as bad as Rarity, but still pretty bad. I wonder if it's a unicorn thing.” She emphasized her rhetoric with a hoof scratching her chin. I started shaking the water off of my body and then dabbed around with the towel.

“I used to be human. Didn't I tell you that before? I'm new to Equestria, and I just worked on a farm before coming here.”

“I was wondering why you smelled like horse. So like, do you have a place to stay around here? 'Cuz you can stay here if you want. That is, if you don't mind taking care of a little problem,” she gestured downward. I was dry enough to re-purpose the towel as a cover for my own region in embarrassment.

“I'm actually staying with Princess Twilight, but she won't care if I show up late. She always stays awake for a while anyway, right?”


“You sure you're up for this, newbie?”

“Absolutely. I've been dreaming of this my entire life. I've never been so close before.”

“Promise you won't complain about your wings being sore the whole time.”

“I promise. It can't be that far, can it?”

“Looks can be deceiving Mr. Ambitious.”

I stared at the captivating expanse of night as the daylight star descended beyond the horizon to our left. From the height of Rainbow Dash's home, one could see the nearly the entire town of Ponyville. She could easily spy on at least two of her friends from her bedroom window if she wanted to. From what I had seen, her bedroom window faced the Apples' orchard, the schoolhouse, and Fluttershy's cottage. The three places were nowhere near each other, and more could obviously be seen, but those were the only locations I could manage to identify with what little working knowledge of the town I had to go by.

From the height Rainbow Dash and I were hovering, however, we could see half of Equestria. I was beginning to freeze and my wings were growing stiff already, groaning with each flap. I ignored them in favor of the sight to behold before us. To the northeast I could see a castle embedded into the side of a mountain. I wished I had seen more of the castle, but from what little I was able to explore, I knew that at least half of the castle was carved from the inside of the mountain. It reminded me of Buddhist temples I was supposed to learn about in one of my college art classes, but never bothered to actually pay attention. The difference between the structures was that Canterlot Castle had possessed far greater detail and more masterful craftsmanship, not to mention that the castle could easily be fifty times larger than the tiny halls we studied.

Further in the distance to the northwest, a mass of brightly lit clouds filled at least a third of the horizon. The distance would be physically impossible to clear on foot for more than a few reasons. It was an intimidating size, looking about the relative size of Canterlot to the eye. That meant that it would have had to be significantly bigger than that up close to match the distance which dwarfed it. I hoped that the trip would warm my wings, or at least my body, but for the time at hand, I was freezing. I could see my own breath as I exhaled, but Rainbow was completely un-phazed. I should have known that the pleasant breeze on the ground was just a facade to my new body. Pegasi obviously had to have a higher tolerance to the cold, but I underestimated just how cold it actually got that high. Miniature flakes of snow floated around us between the two cloud layers.

“I can handle it. Let's just go, I'm freezing up here.”

“How can you possibly be cold right now? I've been roasting my flank off down there and now it feels great. Don't be such a wus.” Cloudsdale was still higher than where we waited. That was our destination. I had somehow convinced Rainbow Dash after our fooling around earlier to take me to Cloudsdale. At the time she thought I wanted to go another round, and I had to tell her that I wasn't trying to 'get fresh' with her, and she was more than willing to take me to her old stomping grounds.

My thoughts flickered back to Canterlot from earlier that day. I had run into one of my new friends there, and been invited to knock back a couple drinks with him. Rainbow Dash probably wouldn't mind stopping in Canterlot, and would be overjoyed to meet another winged friend who would most likely be up for adventure. I just hoped he would be off duty for the night when we got there. I was just about to propose we go there when I suddenly heard a familiar voice calling my name in the distance.


“Hey Wes, is that you? Wait up!”

“Huh?” I turned around to find myself face to face with glowing eyes and fangs.