//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: Busted // Story: Martin's Unreal Life // by CrypticMetaphor //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash was standing in the living room with a look that was both nervous and shocked as she stared at the very un-amused faces of her friends. The tension was so thick that it could be cut with a knife, Dash was even afraid to take a breath under the suspicion she might screw things up worse than they already were. Rainbow finally spoke after three minutes of the awkward silence subsided, “Okay, ummmm….would you believe that I am really good at drawing” Her bag was wrenched from her back by Twilight’s magic as Rarity soon levitated the contents from it and revealed them to all who were present. Rarity examined each one of the articles of clothing with a skeptical eye as Martin shook his head in disbelief. After she was done, Rarity placed the costume on the table, “Before we start, I must say that this costume was a fine piece of work Rainbow, it seems you took a few pages from my book as it were” Rainbow chuckled slightly, “Yeah, I picked up a few things watching you work on your various “projects” whenever I was in the shop…or if I was REALLY bored” Rarity was about to say a rebuttal when Martin stopped her and spoke, “Could you tell us exactly what you were thinking when you decided to fabricate this persona of yours?” Rainbow took on an annoyed look, “I was thinking that maybe your world needs a hero, and also the fact I was bored out of my mind” Martin stood up immediately, “Do you know what could have happened to you if something went wrong?” Rainbow just rolled her eyes, “Um hello, I have super speed”, and in a blink of an eye Martin was pantsed by Rainbow Dash before she continued, “Plus I was too fast for any of them” Martin quickly pulled up his pants as he heard giggling behind him, “So you DID encounter people tonight” Rainbow blinked a few times, “Horsefeathers” Martin continued his lecture, “I hate to burst your bubble Dash, but many people here don’t overly like vigilante’s, especially the local law enforcement” Dash looked a tad confused at this, “won’t they appreciate the help?” Martin sighed, “They don’t mind people helping they just don’t like people taking the law into their own hands due to the fact that the people in question could cause more harm than good, which is the exact reason why they made vigilantism ILLEGAL” Rainbow just stared at Martin as he rubbed the bridge of his nose, “until I figure out how to approach this, there will be no going out by yourself, no use of your super speed, and absolutely NO more crime fighting” When Martin finished talking, Dash just pointed at him, “You may be my friend, but you are NOT the boss of me” Martin just narrowed his eyes, “I am not trying to be the boss of you, I just care about your wellbeing, something you obviously ignore on a daily bases” Everypony behind him gasped as a look of anger appeared on her face, she got right up to Martin and looked him straight in the eye, “Who in the HAY do you think you are?!” Martin responded with an equal tone of voice, “I am your friend and I think what you’re doing is stupid and reckless!” Rainbow then stood back with a smirk as she crossed her arms, “Wait a minute; I see what’s happening here” Martin raised an eyebrow as she continued, “Your jealous” Martin looked at the rainbow haired girl, “Excuse me?” Rainbow Dash spoke in a know it all tone that Twilight sometimes used, “Since we are the ones with power, you still want to be good old heroic Martin even though you have nothing” Martin got annoyed at this, “That’s irrelevant right now” Rainbow shook her head, “Nuh uh, you’ve been avoiding this subject for two days now, even though you say you don’t mind it, your jealous beyond belief” Martin shook his head as his anger started to rise, “You don’t know anything” Rainbow just pointed, “See right there, your angry because you know I’m telling the truth and your trying to avoid it, you know full well we are bar none here, and your just regular old Martin Fairbridges” Martin’s anger finally boiled over and he said something that caused everypony to immediately fall silent, “AND YOU ARE A LAZY GOOD FOR NOTHING SPORTS FREAK WHO IS NOTHING MORE THEN A GROWN CHILD!” Martin and Rainbow’s eyes widened in shock at the words that left his mouth, Rainbow then walked right up to Martin and raised her fist. Martin shut his eyes as he waited for the well-deserved blow, but what followed was a sniff. Martin opened his eyes as he looked at the teary eyes of the rainbow haired girl, Martin was about to say something, but he was treated with a blur and a gust of wind. Martin just looked at the six who had a mixture of shock and sadness on their faces; he then sank onto the couch and put his face in his hands, “What have I done…” (Pegasister’s & Brony’s, the remainder of this arc shall be focused on Rainbow Dash and Alan Washington, why you might ask? I guess you shall have to wait and see) Alan was currently sitting in his room looking over a few things on his computer, he had gotten home a few hours after the movie had ended and had decided to read some of his favorite fan fictions off of FiMfiction. Currently he was starting to read his favorite fic when he heard a knock on his door, he looked away from his browser which had the cover image of a filly Rainbow Dash in a cardboard box and walked to the door. He opened it and stared straight at an elderly woman who lived down the hall from him and she had a very saddened rainbow haired girl beside her, “Excuse me dear, this young lady says she knows you” Alan looked at the girl first, and then at the old woman in concern, “where did you find her?” The old woman looked back at him with equal concern, “she was sitting on the curb four blocks down and asked if I knew how to find Alan Washington, I told her I lived in the same apartment building as you, is it true that she knows you” Alan nodded, “Yeah, she’s a friend of mine, thank you for helping her” The woman nodded as she took her leave, “Rainbow what are you doing here”, Dash didn’t respond, “Is everything alright?” Rainbow Dash then hugged Alan in response and trembled slightly as she sniffled into his shoulder, Alan slowly raised his arms and hugged her back, “Let’s just sit down for a second and talk about this okay?” For the next twenty minutes Rainbow Dash retold all that had transpired, she gradually began to calm down with each spoken word. After she finished with her tale, she looked at Alan; his reaction had changed from a concerned one to a relaxed and understanding one as he leaned back and looked at the ceiling. Rainbow rubbed the back of her head nervously as Alan looked at her once more, “You know he didn’t mean what he said right, the insult I mean” Dash nodded slightly, “Yeah I know, although I kind of deserved it” Alan just gave a half smirk, “No doubt, but his anger wasn’t from the insults” Rainbow looked up surprised, “Really?” Alan crossed the room and placed a hand on her shoulder, “He’s really worried about you Dash, he got mad because you practically told him to…”, he thought for a second, “…to buck off and that you didn’t care” Dash immediately looked at the floor, “Horsefeathers, I’m such an idiot!” Alan shook his head, “No you’re not, everypony makes mistakes Dashie, even the most awesome of us all,” she then stood up and stared at him, “but we all learn from them” Alan was once more looking into the rainbow haired girl’s eyes, the red like eyes looking into his own dark blue ones, unknown to either of them they were both starting to lean closer to each other at a snail’s pace. Dash then spoke with a slight blush, “you… never told me who your favorite pony was” Alan was nervous and had a slight blush as well, “Well…uh…my favorite is…” All of a sudden a blaring sound of his cellphone ringer cut through the silence and brought them back to reality, both of them backed up in unison and mirrored the exact same gesture of scratching the back of their heads. Alan walked over to his cell as he checked the caller ID, he chuckled slightly as he hit the answer button. Alan placed the phone to his ear, “Hey dude, yeah, she’s here” Rainbow looked at Alan as he turned around, “Martin wants to talk to you” Dash nodded, “Okay”