Chapter 5
It had been two hours since we had made it back to pony Ville and Dashie nor her friends had shown up yet, and I was getting worried. Rainbow and I never really talked much but I loved her as if she were my own and nothing would stop that. But now that there is that large possibility that I will loose her, I may never smile again no matter how adorable Mareilyn got, it would just never happen.
“Hey guys look!” lifting my ears, and then my head I couldn’t believe it. In walked Princes Celestia and 5 other ponies, non of them Rainbow Dash. I could feel the tears swelling in my eye lids realizing what had happened.
“She’s dead” I cried soft enough that no pony would hear. I could no longer hold back the tears that I kept hidden away, letting them fall I stood and started to walk away.
“Who’s dead?” I heard a familiar voice say.
As I was turning around to see who had over heard my self comment, I had tried my hardest to hide the tears once more so I could blow them off and say that it was nothing. But as soon as I seen who it was I froze in place. There standing in front of me was Dashie, that was it the tears fell once more but harder and in more quantities, I rushed over to her and hugged her so tight I heard her gasp for air. “Rainbow your alive I was so scared,” I said pulling away from the hug just enough so that I could see her face, “when you didn’t come to my house for our picnic I went to look outside for you. But when I seen that it was still dark out I didn’t know what had gone wrong. But you’re here and your alive and that’s all that matters right now” I said in what seemed like one breath and then went back to hugging her tight again.
“Nope still here…” she said letting out another gasp, “but I might not make it through this hug with how tight it is!” realizing that I was hugging a little tight, I backed off and let out a little blush.
“Sorry Dash I was just so worried” bowing my head I felt like crying again, but this time tears of joy.
“I know that you were but you don’t need to worry I did make you the promise that I wouldn’t die didn’t I?” she said laughing, and I laughed too. witch caught Rainbow Dash’s eye. And as well as Mareilyn’s witch caused her to laugh her childish laugh, knowing I was happy again.
“Your smiling….” Looking onto my back, “and who might this be?” she said.
“OH! I almost forgot, Rainbow this here... is Mareilyn” I said looking at Rainbow waiting for her reaction. Instead of the response that I was expecting, she had broke down into tears, and all the while she held a smile.
“Wow, she really does resemble her doesn’t she.” By that time I had undone her from the harness on my back and held her out for Dashie to hold, “where did she come from… is she a relatives?” she said as she took Mareilyn into her arms.
“No, actually she showed up on my doorstep. Somepony had put her there with a note and her bottle, the note said it was from her mother but she never said her name nor little Mareilyn’s. And I named her what I did because she reminded so much of…” letting out a sad sigh “Mary.”
“Aw, poor little Mareilyn” she said looking into the eyes of the filly, “Are you going to keep her?” she asked.
“Well I figured that I was going to give her to the flight school you went to because of how good you said they were to you but…” smiling at the giggly pony in Dash’s arms, “she made me smile so I just couldn’t give her away like I wanted to anymore, it felt almost as if she was ment to be in my care.” Looking back at Dash who was making faces at Mary making her giggle, more than pink pony that literally hopped in city hall before the others. “She feels almost a part of me, and it makes me oh so happy for once.”
Laughing as Mary found fascination in her hair, “well I can see why, she such a little bund of joy” she said as she was rubbing her nose against the filly’s. “Oh hey, since I couldn’t make it to the picnic we had planed would you like to find something here to eat?” she said suddenly realizing it with a blush, “ sorry about that.”
“That’s alright Dashie,” I said letting out a laugh, “ well I’m still not really comfortable here maybe we can pick some stuff up here and then go to where we planed…” rubbing Mary’s mane, “plus I don’t have anything for little Mary to eat.”
“Sure that will work” she said giggling, “You know I’m really going to have to get use to you laughing.” Giving Mary back to me she said as she started walking towards her friends. “HEY!” she yelled, “You wanna meat my friends? They’ll love you!”
“Umm…I really don” I tried to say but Rainbow interrupted me by grabbing my hoof and dragging me towards where her friends where at. “Um Dashie I really don’t think…” to late, we’re already here.
“HI! IM PINKIE PIE!! WHATS YOUR NAME?” sai…yelled the very pink pony, who seemed to be overly filled with excitement, “Hey! Are you knew here? I don’t think that I’ve ever seen you before” she again yelled, or I guess said in here normal voice judging by the way that no pony jumped but me.
‘Well no I’m not new, as a matter of fact I’ve probably been here since before you were a filly” I said to Pinkie.
“HHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHH? How come I’ve never seen you here? Why haven’t I seen you at all? Are you married,…” and that was something that touched me. Married, ha I was… I miss her so. The pain of that thought was so painful I couldn’t hide it, but this overly exited pony continued talking as if she didn’t notice, “Please mister! I know EVERYPONY but you anHMMHMMMMHHHHHHMHMHMHHMMH…GRR!”
“Sorry about that sugar cube,” said an orange-ish pony with beautiful blond hair, while she put her hoof in Pinky’s mouth (she must be from the apple orchard not to far from the house… I wonder if granny smith is still there), “she can get to be a little… talkative at times, so what your name fella?” she said with a big smile.
“Um… well I’m Raindrop… Clover” I said having to think about it since it had been so long from the last time I told somepony, “its nice to meat you… um?”
“AppleJack” she said with so much pride, “and its nice to meat you.”
“You too, uh… if you don’t mind me asking are you from the apple orchard in Pony Ville?” I said hopping that my assumption was right and that I wouldn’t offend her by saying that if she wasn’t.
“I sure am, darling!” she said, “and we have some of the greatest apples here!” ha-ha well at least I was right. “By the way, where do you live, I don’t recon I’ve ever seen you around these parts.”
“Well I live just two miles the west of your farm really,” I said with a shy smile, “I use to go there to visit granny smith a lot.” That shocked her.
“Hang on are you that pony that use to come by with Mareilyn? I loved that pony hows she? Do you think maybe she can come back to the farm soon?”
That did. This time not only was I not able to hide the pain but I wasn’t able to hide the tear that fallowed. “Apple I thought you were familiar… Hun she’s not coming back” I said as I looked over to Rainbow who was also shedding tears as well.
“Oh, I didn’t know… I’m sorry she was an amazing girl” she said, bowing her head, “I didn’t mean to.”
“shhhh i..its ok” haha there was that little filly’s voice talking for a second time, “shhh it ok….d….da” she tried to say something else but I couldn’t make it out.
“Yes everything’s ok I promise” I said and she let out a giggle, I turned to take her off my back and turned back with her in my arms only to come face to face with a Pink haired pony.
“Oh she’s just lo…lovely,” backing away just a little I could see that she had come from behind Pinkie, or at least that’s what I’m thinking from the way that she looking all around with a confused look on her face. “what’s her name?”
“Her name is Mareilyn” I could see Applejack cringe a little, but I ignored that. “Would you like to hold her?” I said holding her out for her to take.
“Can I!? I promise to be extra careful!” she said taking Mary from my arms with a gentleness only a mother coul… no more than a mother could ever dream of, “ oh your so adorable.”
“I don’t think I caught you name ether” I said to the pony.
“Oh” she whispered with a blush “sorry… I’m Fluttershy” so she’s a shy pony I’m guessing, I mean not like the whispering and well pure shyness wasn’t enough to give that away.
“Well I’m very happy to meat you Fluttershy” I said with a smile. Now this mare I remember, I do believe Dashie brought her over once or twice so Mary could teach her to fly… but of coarse she shied away. It’s been a while I don’t think she remembers me.
I was still staring at Fluttershy and Mary when all of a sudden… “Hi there, I’m Rarity” said a snobby sounding pony, yeah I don’t think Ill like her much… but yet I guess I don’t know her yet so I guess I can accept her for now, “hug what in the world is that ghastly thing around your neck?” yup im not going to like her one bit.
“Rainbow…” I whispered to Dashie, who looked at me with great apologies. Sighing I looked back at the snob, “well this “GHASTLY” thing around my neck happens to be the most priced possessions I have, and I’m never taking it off so get over it.” A little harsh but well disserved.
“Ok lets not fight about this” said a pony, who obviously knew the pony with a stick up there flank well enough to know there was an argument coming from her, “hi I’m Twilight Sparkle” she said holding out her hoof.
“Hi I’m sure you heard my name” I said as I took her hoof and shook it.
“I did and if you don’t mind me asking but how do you know Rainbow Dash, I’ve never seen her this calm around somepony before” she said looking over at Dash.
“Well that’s a long story actually… um I don’t know where to start or how to shorten it” I said as I was picking my brain on a shorter way to tell the story but had no luck.
“I know why don’t you guys come with me and him to our picnic, he can tell you all about it there!” Rainbow said looking over at me, “that is if its alright with you?”
“No that’s fine its been a while since I had company” I said smiling to the group of ponies and then over at the filly in Fluttershy’s arms, “but that means that well have to get more food than planed it’s a good thing we’ve got extra hooves to help carry things back to my house.”
Everypony smiled (even the snob, witch kinda bugged me) “Well? What are we waiting for lets go!” said Pinkie Pie, we all laughed.
“Wait Pinkie!” said Rainbow Dash still laughing, “we cant leave until sunrise remember, the princes wants to thank us for saving the day” she said with pride.
“Oh yeah!” Pinkie said, “we’ll I guess well have to wait for just a minute.”
Once again everypony laughed, and they all began telling me how they saved the day till they had to leave for the princes’ thanks. After all the fuss we all joined back up together and left for our picnic.