Silver Blaze stepped hoof in the large, enchanting town of Ponyville. His glistening green eyes surveying the unfamiliar settled landscape as he slowly took in his surroundings with great awe. He began to move forward, moving his head side to side every so often to glance at all the wonders the town had to offer.
Everypony looked so cheerful and happy, doing their everyday activities, whether it was simply working, shopping or playing, they all seemed to be enjoying themselves. That was a luxury that he didn’t have where he came from; Cloudsdale, the heart of weather control in Equestria and home to thousands of flyers, ranging from pegasi to griffons.
Life there was dull, their entire way of doing things was simply based around flying, and that was something that he wasn’t interested in investing his entire life into. So he packed up and left with what little items he owned and made his way to Ponyville, where he stood now.
Silver Blaze was a male Pegasus, covered in light, cyan blue fur, similar to Rainbow Dash. His mane and tail were an oaky brown and his cutie mark resembled a flaming comet soaring through the sky. Although his name was Silver Blaze he preferred to just be known as Blaze, as it was a name he had learned to respond to more naturally than Silver throughout his teenage years, and that trait carried over with him to adulthood.
He had come to Ponyville in hopes of find somepony, and that somepony was known as none other than Rainbow Dash: the infamous weather pony and wannabe Wonderbolt.
He and Rainbow knew each other since they were both foals. They met at Summer Flight Camp where Rainbow performed the Sonic Rainboom for the very first time. In fact, they met only moments after her impressive performance, when she failed to stop in time and crashed into him. Unfortunately that ended Blaze up with a broken hind-leg and good two weeks in hospital.
Although it wasn’t all bad. Rainbow had felt bad for him and visited him nearly everyday. It was there that Blaze learned of Rainbow's passion for high speeds, and not too long after that they became good friends, nearly inseparable at times.
During their teenage years, Blaze probably would have asked Rainbow out on a date if she hadn't moved away to Ponyville first. But it wasn’t like they ceased contact straight after that. They had sent letter to each other every week, then every two weeks, then maybe once a month. Soon, it was a miracle if either of them got a letter on their birthdays. They lost contact with each other and soon their friendship died down after that, but Blaze planned on changing that, even though it was a good few years or so afterwards.
He could have gone anywhere, but instead he arrived in Ponyville to re-kindle their friendship once more, and as corny as this may sound, Rainbow was one of the only ponies that were able to make him smile. And not just smile, but beam, beam with pure joy. He wasn’t ashamed to admit that he had loved spending time with her. He only hoped that the Rainbow he knew back then was the same Rainbow he was going to know now.
He continued to walk through Ponyville, occasionally asking ponies he came across if they knew where Rainbow was, although none had known as no pony had seen her today. This was sort of understandable as it hadn’t even hit noon yet but he thought she would have woken up by now. Rainbow always was a late sleeper and it seemed that she hadn't changed. In any case, he figured he would keep an eye on the sky in case he caught a glimpse of her.
After a few hours passed he still hadn’t found her. He guessed that maybe she had dozed off on a cloud somewhere or she was flying too fast for him to see. But he was getting hungry now, the rumbling of his stomach reminded him that he hadn't eaten since he left home the night prior. With that, he decided to head somewhere to get a bite to eat.
He wandered the streets again, looking for something else time, a place to eat, anywhere really. Eventually, he arrived at a bakery of sorts, he glanced up and looked at the sign. He read ‘Sugarcube Corner’, his eyes widened and he entered without hesitation. He had heard great things about this place and couldn’t wait to taste some of their apple pies. Which is what he ordered and, of course, is what he ate.
His judgement was not misplaced, as he absolutely loved the explosion of taste that filled his mouth and delighted his taste buds. The entire pie was gone within a few minutes. He waved thanks to the bakers and stayed seated, digesting his lunch.
It was then that he saw what he was looking for. Past the window walked the cyan-blue, rainbow-maned mare that he had travelled all the way from Cloudsdale for. Without hesitation he shot up and rushed out of the bakery, halting right in front of her, stopping her in her tracks.
She shot him a suspicious look, asking sharply, “Who are you?”
His ears dropped, replying miserably, “You don’t remember me, Rainbow?”
She raised an eyebrow, speaking again, “How do you know my name? Wait. Is it from my daring duties I've done to help this town or perhaps winning the Best Young Flyer's Competition. I'm sure a pegasus like yourself would've been awed by my awesomeness!”
"Uhh... I do know you from those, but that's not how I met you," he answered.
"Oh? So how do you know me then? Huh?" she pressured, "I run this town so you better answer me!" she drilled.
“Wouldn’t the mayor run the town?” he replied nervously.
“Well maybe I am the mayor! Who’s to say I'm not?”
“Me." he rebutted simply, "You’re Rainbow Dash, the weather pony. Not the mayor.”
The two of them stood in silence, staring at each other of a few moments. Rainbow shooting him hostile looks of suspicion and Blaze giving her a friendly smile. Then Rainbow broke the silence to begin another round of interrogation.
“You didn’t answer my question. Who are you and why are you here, I know you’re new?” She demanded.
“I’m honestly surprised you don’t remember me. We did after all spend an entire childhood together,” he sighed and held his head up for her to get a good look at him, “I’m Blaze. Silver Blaze. Does that ring a bell?”
Rainbow stood their a while more throwing his name back and forth throughout her mind, before finally it popped up. “Blaze!” … “Yeah. I knew it was you all along,” she bluffed.
Blaze gave her a look of disbelief and replied simply with, “Sure.”
Rainbow laughed nervously and scratched the back of her head. “Uhh... "Sorry about that.”
Blaze laughed. “It's alright Rainbow. I forgive you, “he smiled and looked at her, then frowned a little. There was something wrong with her. Something definitely was not right. His brow furled as he tried to figure out what it was. Then it came to him. It was her wings. They were broken.
“What’s wrong, Blaze. Did I interrogate you too hard?” she joked.
“No. Of course not," he paused for a moment to glance at her wings once more, “It’s just. You’re wings. They’re broken, what happened?”
Rainbow laughed nervously again and gave him a fretful smile, “It’s, umm… a long story,” She replied quickly. “But they’re getting better, don’t worry. I’ll be back in action in no time!” she added confidently.
“Well that’s good. I’m glad it's not for too much longer,” … “Even if you won’t tell me how it happened,” he muttered that last part to himself.
“What was that?!” She asked hastily.
“Nothing,” he replied equally as quickly.
Rainbow squinted her eyes and said “You’ve changed a lot since I saw you last. I was under the impression that we weren’t going to see each other again. Speaking of which, why are you here anyway?”
He hesitated and gulped, getting nervous about what he was going to say next, he knew that his reason was extremely corny and lame, both of those aspects that Rainbow wasn’t a huge fan of. “Well umm…” he began, “I sort of, uhh, came here… for…" He took a deep breath to gather his courage before blurting out, "You."