//------------------------------// // chapter 3 // Story: Rainbow Origins // by Darklex46 //------------------------------// Rainbow origins: chapter 3 "Well, don't hold out on me Twilight! I need to know!" Rainbow exclaimed as she violently shook Twilight. "As soon as you stop shaking me, sure!" "Sorry, continue" Twilight cleared her throat as she began her explination. "As of recently, I have been practicing magic that pertains to the mind and it's memories. I think I know a spell that just might help this situation." Rainbow frowned. "Um, I hate to burst your bubble Twi, but I don't remember anything about her. If I did, we wouldn't be in this mess." "I never said I was going to use it on you. I was planning on your father. He may not want to tell you about your mother, but that doesn't mean we can't take a look for ourselves." "Twi, ah don' think ya should be pokin' round in other pony's thoughts." Applejack stated. "It's their buisness, not yers." "Relax, AJ, I wasn't planning on doing anything without her father's consent." The purple unicorn replied. "Alright, Let's head over to Cloudsdale!" Rainbow quickly took off but stopped before she really got anywhere. She was then pulled back to the ground by a purple aura. "You know, I hate it when you do that." The pegasus said to Twilight. "She wouldn't have to if you didn't fly off every five seconds dear." Rarity replied. "Besides, I have to prepare for an endevour such as this and so does Rarity. "You're absolutely right. Wait, What!" Rarity exclaimed. "What do I have to do with this?" "The spell requires two unicorns for it to work. One to cast the actual memory spell and one to cast a sleep spell so the pony's other thoughts don't interfere with the one's we're searching for." "But, i've never tried a spell like that before." "That's why you're going to be practicing so we'll be ready to do this next week." "Next week!" Rainbow yelled. "I can't wait a week for answeres. I'll probably die of boredom, or anxiety, or something!" "Oh, stop worryn', sugercube. Ya'll just gotta find somethin' that'll keep ya busy. Applejack said, nudging Rainbow in her side. "And if you don't, you can always hang out with your good friend, Pinkie!" The party pony cheered. "In the mean time, we should fix and re-organize all these records." Twilight said as she levitaded the bookshelves into place. "That's going to take a while isn't it?" Fluttershy asked. "No it won't." Pinkie said. "Cue time skip!" The week was passing by pretty quickly much to Rainbow Dash's surprise. she spent Saturday on the train back to Ponyville, her Sunday she spent with Applejack, helping the farm pony sell her goods at the market. Tuesday, she and Pinkie went around town pranking anypony they could. Both Wednsday and Thursday she was kept busy managing a major thunderstorm that needed to pushed over Ponyville. The entire ordeal left the pegasus drained of energy on Friady. She was out and about with Fluttershy during that afternoon, who was keeping her company so she didn't think about her mother. As the yellow and pink pegasus rambled on about her animals, Rainbow let out a loud yawn, catching her attention. "Oh, I'm sorry. Am I boring you?" Fluttershy asked quietly. "Huh? Oh, no. I'm just tired." Rainbow explained. "That storm the other day really took a lot out of me. I should be heading home so I can hit the hay. Gotta big day ahead of me tomorrow." Okay, see you tomorrow." Rainbow watched her friend trot of sight before heading back to her own home in the sky. A short walk later, she arrived on the outskirts of town at her home. Quickly flying up, Rainbow Dash made her way inside and collapsed on the couch. *** A much younger Rainbow Dash awakened to see that she was in her foalhood room. She yawned and scratched her now scruffy mane, before hopping out of bed and making her way down the hall. As she walked down the hall, Rainbow began to hear two voices. One was obviously her father's, but she couldn't tell who the other voice belonged to. Rainbow looked down the stairs and saw her father sitting on the couch with a completly whiter mare. She couldn't see the mare's face, but her mane and tail flowed elegantly in the still air. The pegasus tried to listen in on their conversation, but could barely make out what they were saying. However, a phrase from Sonic Blitz did catch her attention. "You're my wife, and no matter what you do I'll always love you." Rainbow's jaw hit the floor, but quickly retracted and contorted into a smile. as she realized that the pony next to her father was her mother. the pegasus filly quickly bounced down the stairs, barely able to contain her exitement. "Mommy! Mommy!" The foal squeaked as she ran to the mare. then she felt a sharp burning pain shoot through one of her cheeks as her head jolted to the left. "Don't ever address me as that again!" The mare said, pulling back a hoof from Rainbow's face. "Huh?" Rainbow looked back at the mare. She now noticed that the mare didn't have any facial features. Rainbow also noticed that everything started to fade away and she was now her current age. "Don't you get it? I left for a reason." The mare's voice rang, venom dripping from every word." I didn't want you then and I definetly don't want you now! You disgust me and were nothing more than an unwanted mistake I didn't want!" "B-but, I'm not a mistike." Rainbow felt the tears welling up in her eyes." I missed you so much. I just wanted to find you." The mare walked by Rainbow Dash and muttered. "Well that's too bad, cause I never felt that way about you." The mare disappeared, leaving Rainbow alone. She could no longer hold back her tears. Rainbow curled up into a ball and let them flow. The sound of sobs echoed throughout the cold, black, nothingness. *** Rainbow awakend in a cold sweat, breathing heavily. She looked around the room to gather her bearings, before putting her face in her hooves. "It was only a bad dream." Rainbow Dash sighed. "But why did it seem so real?" The next day, everypony meet at the library to discuss their plan of action. "So when are we leaving, Twilight?" Fluttershy asked. "That's something I wanted to tell you about." Twilight replied. "Only me, Rarity, and Rainbow are going to Cloudsdale." "Then why'd ya'll call us up here. Ya'll should have told us 'fore we came up here." "True, but we still have other things to ask of you." Rarity said. "Pinkie could you be a deer and go get your hot air balloon for us ?" "Well, I don't know how to be a deer, but I can get that balloon." pinkie said bouncing out of the door. "Later!" "Applejack and Fluttershy, in that case that this doesn't work, could you think of some more ideas we could try?" "sure." "No problem sugarcube." Applejack agreed." If ya need us, Ya'll know where tah find us." With that they left to go to their respective homes. Twilight and Rarity trotted over to the window that Rainbow was staring out of. "You must be exited, Rainbow, we're finally going to find your mother!" Twilight said happily, Completly overlooking the obvious nervous expression Rainbow Dash displayed. "Yeah, about that...." the pegasus paused." I think we should call off the search." "Why? you were so ready to find her last week." Rainbow looked back out thw window. "I have my reasons." Rarity put a hoof on Rainbow Dash's shoulder. "Darling, you can tell us. We won't think of you any differently." The pegasus looked between her two unicorn friends and sighed. "Last night, I had a dream that got me thinking. What if we do find my mom, but it turns out that she doesn't want me. That the whole reason she left in the first place was to get away from what she helped to create?" "Rainbow Dash, that idea is absolutely ridiculous!" Twilight exclaimed. Why wouldn't your mother or anypony for that matter not want you? You're the the element of loyalty and the best young flyer in all of equestria! Those are achievements that very few ponies can achieve." "I know Twi, but I'm just... scared." "Ha! Rainbow Dash scared? that'll be the day." Spike laughed as he entered the room. "Spike, this is serious!" Twilight frowned. "I know and I'm being serious! she's done way worse than a simple family search. she's managed to fight a dragon, pull of a sonic rainboom, become Ponyvill's heroine, and helped defeat both DIscord and Nightmare Moon!" Spike encouraged. "She has no reason to be scared now!" "Spike is right. What happened to the brash, overconfident, not-afraid-of-anything Rainbow Dash we all know and love?" "She's still here." Rainbow snapped back. "And you guys are right. I need to face this head on like I do everything else!" "That's right. It's good to see you've had a change of heart, Rainbow." Twilight walked to the door." Now we should get going if we're going to make it to Cloudsdale by the end of the day."