An Unexpected Life

by alejin


Chapter 28, More than Friendship

The next days, Bright decided to spend all the time in the castle, he really wasn’t in the mood to deal with Canterlot Ponies, he spent some time with Twilight, Spike and Flying Hope, he even sometimes spared with Shining Armor and Luna, not using powers or magic of course, after a few days, every pony needed to go back to Ponyville, Twilight was very reluctant of leaving but didn’t have any other choice, her library needed her and Spike, after some farewells and promises to come back as soon as possible, everypony returned to their town.

Once everypony was gone, Flying hope started to spend more time with Bright, showing him what they used to do in the castle when they were little, she even brought some photo albums from Manehattan, even though she thought he was dead, she kept all those memories with her, the best she had to be honest, it helped Bright a lot to remember more things about living in Canterlot and not only that, he started to feel more close to Flying Hope, just by looking the good state of the albums told him she kept them with care, she really treasured their friendship as kids.

Flying also told Bright everything she did after he was gone, she just turned 18 years old a few weeks ago, she lived in Manehatan, her plan was never return to Canterlot, claiming that without him there, Canterlot didn’t worth a visit, Bright blushed hard after hearing that, Flying didn’t hesitate to express her feelings, he admired that part of her, she also told him how one day, a fashionista offered her to be a model, she admitted it wasn’t exactly what she had planned for her life but before she noticed, she started to enjoy and even love her new job, sometime later, many magazines wanted her to model their clothes lines, Bright wasn’t that surprised, Flying had an amazing body, her face was like an angel, who would not want to have a photo or poster of her in his room’s wall. . .what? Why was he thinking so much about Flying . . . could it be? . . . was it possible? Nah! It couldn’t be possible, he had just met her again . . .there was no way he liked her like that . . .right? that crap about love at first sight wasn’t real right?. . . he meant really. . . it wasn’t like he wanted to hug and touch that amazing body. . .or smell that silky mane and he definitely didn’t want to kiss those beautiful lips. . .oh. . . crap!

Realization came immediately. . . He liked Flying Hope.

Bright decided to leave the whole matter alone, even if he liked her, there was no way Flying wouldn’t have a colt friend already.

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Some days later, Bright finally decided to have a little walk and try to socialize with the ponies, Celestia offered him some guards to protect him but he declined, claiming the citizens would feel intimidated for their presence, he asked Flying Hope to be his guide, she accepted gladly, even though she was out of his league . . .at least he wanted to spend the most time he could with her before she’d leave Canterlot.
The reaction in the city was the expected, many ponies looked at him, but also many of them were looking at his companion.

“Hey. . .isn’t she?”

“Yes! she is! You think she will give us her autograph?”

“Oh Sweet Celestia! It’s Flying Hope!”

“She is even more beautiful in person!”

“Maybe. . .but what is more important, what is she doing next to. . .that thing?”

“Sheeeeeee, keep your voice down, didn’t you pay attention yesterday? He is. . . “

“As if I will accept him as my prince, It’s more like Princess Celestia took him as a pet”

“Yeah you are right, and I believe lady Flying Hope is with him just for she feels bad for him, she is so sweet and pretty, just like a princess”

Flying Hope was burning in anger, these ponies weren’t doing any good job keeping their voices low, she looked at Bright and was shocked to see he wasn’t showing any signs of anger or discomfort, in fact. He looked so relaxed as if he wasn´t hearing any of those ponies but it was obvious he could heard them. . . he just kept walking and asked:

“Wow. . . you really are a celebrity Flying!”

Flying Hope blushed.

“w. . . well, I wouldn’t say I’m a celebrity. . I told you I’m just model back in Manehattan, nothing impressive. . hehehehe”

“Ohhhhh, is that so? Flying don’t sell yourself short, you are amazingly pretty” Bright side looking away and blushing.

“You. . .you think I’m pretty?”

“Yeah, I mean, have you looked at you at the mirror? I think it’s obvious you are pretty”

“Tha.. . thank you, you don’t know how happy it made me hearing you say that!”

“Nice to hear that, now, where is the first stop?”

Flying Hope squee and proceeded to take Bright to all her favorite places she used to visit as a filly, many of them didn’t exist anymore but some were still there, she showed him her favorite Ice cream shop, the school she used to attend, many fillies present looked at Bright with wondered eyes, he greeted them and so they did, he was glad at least the children still have that open mind the adults lacked, after that, they visited her old house, of course now other ponies were living there, after that they had a little breakfast, Bright invited her of course. The staff was a little scared by his presence but they also recognized Flying and relaxed a bit. Even so they were having a nice time, Flying was a little pissed.

“Horse apples, these ponies are so thick headed”

“Easy Flying. . .they are just scared, it shouldn’t surprise you”

“But. . .you mother officially presented you to all of them, they already know you are not dangerous still. . .ahg!”

Bright stroked her mane much to her pleasure.

“Don’t worry, I know what I was getting myself into when I decided to stay in Equestria, to be honest with you, If I it were only for me, I would have returned to Minus since the first day but. . .look, I’m doing this for my mother, I will try to fit. . For her and my family, and I know it will take it’s time”

Flying Hope let some tears to come out and hugged Bright, not minding everypony looking at her.

“You are amazing, you are making me fall for you even m. . .!” - Flying realized what she was going to say and covered her mouth fast.

“What were you going to say?” Bright asked confused.

“Nothing! Nothing! Hehehehe”

With their stomachs full, both of them proceeded to visit the park, many families were there, the day was good to be there after all, many ponies saw them and once again ignored them, him to be more precisely, they sat in a bench, some fillies and mares approached to them to ask Flying her autograph, keeping their distance of him of course, Bright chuckled at this, she said she wasn’t that impressive but it was so obvious she was well known for her job and she was amazing with the kids, and not only that, many fillies were looking at her as some kind of role model but that wasn’t the best part. . .her smile. . .was amazing, he could watch that smile all day.

Once again, he found himself blushing, he managed to hide it from her who was busy signing papers and some photos of her in them, when she finished signing the last one from a unicorn stallion, he was happy and seemed nice until he said something not very pleasant.

“Thank you Miss Hope. . . and thank you for keeping an eye on this thing!”

“. . . Excuse me?”

“Yeah, we all saw you since you came here accompanied by this. . .creature, only Celestia and Luna know what he would do if you weren’t here. . .still I think you should put him a lea. . .”

The stallion was interrupted by a slap in his cheek, given by no other than Flying, her face was red for anger, everypony and Bright were shocked, too shocked to notice Bright’s ring was shining at that moment, he was going to summon his axe when Flying decided to act.

“HOW. . . HOW DARE YOU SPEAK LIKE THAT ABOUT MY FRIEND!!”

She immediately snatched the signed photo from the unicorn’s hoof and cut it to pieces.

“Miss Hope . . . why?”

“I DON’T NEED A FAN LIKE YOU, ONE WHO INSULTS MY DEAR VERY FIRST FRIEND!”

“That. . .that thing is your fr. . . “

(another slap)

“THAT “THING” HAS A NAME, ITS PRINCE BRIGHT STEEL AND IN CASE YOU FORGOT, HE IS PRINCESS CELESTIA’S SON! I DON’T THINK SHE WILL TAKE IT VERY KINDLY KNOWING YOU ARE SPEAKING TRASH ABOUT HIM!”

“I . . . I. . .”

Flying was going to say more but was stopped by Bright holding her shoulder, she took a deep breath and turned again to the pony:

“(sigh) Just get out of here and think about this better, when you are ready to apologize, I will be ready to listen”

The stallion huffed and turned around to walk away but when he was a few meters away and thought he was at a safe distance, he screamed:

“LIKE IF I EVER APOLOGIZE TO THAT THING AND HIS WHORE KEEPER!”

He then started to run while laughing, Flying was in shocked and started to cry but it didn’t last long since she felt an strong breeze next to her, when she noticed, Bright was no longer next to her, The stallion only give some steps before finding the human in front of him with electricity surrounding all his body.

“What?! how did you. . .”

Once again he couldn’t finish his sentence for he received a strong hit from Bright’s fist in the nose, sending him to some trash cans; he landed there and covered his nose with his hooves.

“OH SWEET CELESTIA, MY NOOOOOSE! YOU BROKE MY NOSE!”

Bright once again fast as a lightning, stood in front of him.

“Stop crying like a little baby and be happy you still have your head attached to your body!”

He then grabbed the stallion from horn and dragged him to where Flying was standing.

“Apologize to the lady!”

“Nev. . .aghhhhh!”

The stallion received a powerful shock wave, not enough to make him lost conscious but it hurt a lot.

“Let’s try again, APOLOGIZE!”

“I. . .I’m sorry. . .I’m sorry Miss Hope”

“Better! – he let his horn go – NOW! GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE I DECIDE STOP BEING NICE”

The stallion ran away almost peeing himself, everypony who saw what happened backed off as well, he really didn’t care, he approached to Flying and said:

“Hey pretty, are you ok?”

She still surprised just nodded, he noticed it immediately.

“Oh yes. . . I think we never told you or your mother about my. . . new abilities, come”

Bright extended her hand to her, she grabbed it while blushing; they then started to walk away when. . .

“Excuse me young . . . human, can I have a minute of your attention”

Bright sighed and turned around, if it ended to be another asshole, he would just send him away as well, he saw the pony, it was a white stallion with a nice suit and mustache, he also was wearing a monocle and next to him there was a beautiful white unicorn with pink mane and man! She was so hot! Just like Flying but she was a little more. . .elegant, was she some kind of foreign princess? Ignoring that, he turned again to the see the stallion.

“How can I help you sir?”

“I just wanted to congratulate you for what you did, even though I dislike violence I do agree it’s not right what that stallion did but tell me. . .if you really are Princess Celestia’s son, aren’t you afraid of what ponies will say about you and the behavior you just showed?”

“Meh! I really don’t care about my reputation and I didn’t exactly have the best one back when I come from, I was defending my dear friend, no one talk like that to her or my family and gets away unharmed”

“I see, well, that’s an honorable way to think, please let me introduce myself, I am Fancy Pants and this elegant mare besides me is Fleur Diss Lee, my childhood friend”

Bright bowed and said:

“Nice to meet you both, I’m glad to see not every noble here is an ass. . .is not a bad guy, I’m Bright Steel and this is my childhood friend as well, Flying Hope”

“Thank you young man and trust me, Miss Flying Hope doesn’t need presentation, we have been her fans since long ago, by the way Miss Hope, can you please give us your autograph?”

Fancy pants levitated a couple of Flying’s photos, she nodded and signed them immediately.

“Oh thank you Miss Hope, I will treasure it forever!” - Fleur said while hugging her, Bright couldn’t help to like this duo, finally he was able to see the bright side of Canterlot, after that, Fancy Pants invited them to a nice dinner in a restaurant, Bright shared some stories with them, they were marveled and listened every detail, before he noticed, many ponies in the restaurant were listening, most of all the fillies and colts.
“Wow. . .what is happening here?”

“You have to ask? After they saw you defending Miss Hope, many ponies have a better opinion about you, just give them time, they will warm about you”

“That’s nice to hear. . .well Mr Fancy Pants, Miss Fleur diss Lee, it was nice to meet you and I hope we can keep in contact”

“We as well Mr Bright”

“Just Bright is fine or Steel if you like too”

All of them said their farewells and walked away to one more place Flying wanted to show to Bright, she was trotting happily next to him, it was already night when they arrived to the place, it was a large fountain in the middle of the city, colorful candles illuminating it, he had to admit it was impressive, he turned to see his friend and saw her with one of the biggest smile he ever saw.

“You look very happy Flying”

“Why I wouldn’t be? Just remember you . . .my knight in shinning armor coming to my rescue makes me so happy!”

“hehehe, I’m not even close to being one, you give me so much credit”

“No! I don’t give you enough credit! Until now, no pony ever stood for me like you did, when we were little, you always were there for me, when I felt alone or sad, you always were in the castle to make me feel better, listening to me, talking to me. . .hugging me. . . in my heart. . .I always knew you were the ONE!”

“The one?”

Flying Hope approached to him and a few inches from his face she said:

“I love you, always did. . .always will”

She then as fast as him, gave him a kiss in the lips, she expected Bright to back off but got surprised when she saw him pressing his lips against hers and hugging her tightly, she returned the embrace, their tongues were melting with each other, when they finished and separated, they looked to each other, blushing hard, she was going to say something but Bright kissed her back again, she received the kiss gladly, after it was done as well, he said:

“Wow that was. . . WAS AMAZING!”

She started to cry of happiness and answered:

“Yes, my first kiss was AMAZING!”

“your first kiss?

“It was always yours Bright, not to anypony else”

They stared to each other and hugged again, gathering all her will, Flying Hope said the words she thought she would never say in all her life. . .not after losing Bright.

“Bright. . . would you be my very special somepony?”

Bright didn’t need to think about it, it was incredible, Flying liked him back!

“Yes Flying Hope, I’d be honored too”

They sealed the bond with a third kiss, many ponies were looking at them but they didn’t care, all they care is to be with each other, without them noticing, three alicorns were watching everything behind a cloud in the sky.

“It seems you won the bet Luna. . .he choose Flying Hope”

“Haha! I knew it, after all, she was the one who worked the most, no offense sister but it was obvious at first sight he didn´t like Twilight like he likes Flying Hope”

“(sigh) I know Luna, it’s just. . . they looked so close as children. . . I feel so bad for her. . .but I’m glad my little colt found his special somepony and to be honest. . .after Twilight, Flying Hope was always my second best option”

“I can’t deny I’d had like to see him with my favorite unicorn, but. . . Flying Hope is so pretty too and she really loves my cousin, I can feel it, her conviction is strong, I will support their love” – Cadence said.

“yeah yeah! Now, don’t forget what we bet Celestia?”

“I know Luna! My share of cake for one week. . .(Sigh) It’s going to be long one”