The New Pegasus In Town

by Scarlet Wonder

Who Is He?

It was peaceful day in the land of Equestria; nothing could go wrong on such a fine day. A gentle breeze flowed through the grassy fields and the skies were clearer than ever. A blue Pegasus who was covered by a dark cloak was walking along a dirt path headed towards the town of Ponyville carrying a saddle bag. He removed the hood of his cloak to allow the gentle breeze to blow through his mane as he walked along his path; he opened his wings to let the air breeze through his feathers. He enjoyed the feeling of the wind more than anypony he knew, not the wind you get from flying at great speeds, but the gentle wind that came from nature itself. He took in a deep breath as he closed his eyes, and then exhaled while opening them back up.

"There it is, Ponyville. My new home." he said as he lowered his hood.

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Everypony in town was outside enjoying the day, but nopony was enjoying it more than Rainbow Dash. Today she had the day off from weather patrol and it was clear skies which made it perfect for some flight practice. She had been practicing her new moves for days in hopes of impressing the Wonderbolts. Occasionally she would drift off in the middle of practice and imagine herself as the captain of the Wonderbolts with Spitfire and Soarin flying right by her side. She had Fluttershy watch her since she was the only one not busy enough to watch Rainbow practice. Rainbow attempted to perform the Buccaneer Blitz as a finishing move for her routine, but she began to lose herself in another one of her fantasies and ended up crashing head first into the ground.

Fluttershy walked over and watched as Rainbow pushed against the ground, "Good job Rainbow Dash! That was wonderful! Um, are you alright?"

Rainbow finally managed to pry her head out of the dirt, "Yeah, I totally meant to do that! I was thinking of changing my landing techniques a bit though. How about we go into town for a quick break?"

"That sounds nice; you have been working on your routine for a long time now." Fluttershy said as they began walking into town.

"Well yeah," Rainbow began, "If I'm going to be part of the Wonderbolts then I'm going to have to really show them my stuff! I can't afford any slip ups or I'll never get in!"

"I'm sure you'll be just fine Rainbow. We all believe in you after all." said Fluttershy with a warm smile.

Rainbow looked over at her, "Thanks Fluttershy, it helps when you know that others believe in you as well." Rainbow looked forward to see a strange looking pony, "Huh? Who's this guy? I've never seen him before."

Rainbow stared at this pony that was covered in some sort of cloak so you couldn't see his face. He kept on walking by as other ponies stopped by to look at him, but he didn't look back or say anything to them. He just kept going as Rainbow and Fluttershy made their way into town to get something to eat. Rainbow couldn't help but look back at him as she walked away; she wondered why he was wearing such strange clothing. Suddenly out of nowhere they heard a scream come from across town.

"Help me! Somepony please help me!" shouted the voice of a pony who was hanging onto her balcony that was about to break at any moment.

Rainbow took to the skies looking for where the cries for help were coming from. Finally she spotted the pony and began flying towards her as fast as she could, "Hang on!" she shouted. As she dived toward the balcony her mane and tail began to create a rainbow of colors that followed her as she flew.

The balcony had suddenly snapped in two causing the pony to fall and Rainbow began to pick up her speed. Oh no! I'm not going to make it! She thought. Then before she could even blink, a rainbow of blue colors flew right by her at incredible speeds. It dashed by and caught the falling pony before she could hit the ground. The cheers of many ponies filled the town as the ponies savior began to float back gently onto the ground. The Pegasus who saved her ended up being the same one that Rainbow had just seen not too long ago.

"T-t-thank you." said the pony as she let go of her hero.

The Pegasus' hood had come off during his flight, revealing his face to the ponies who were standing nearby. "No problem, I'm glad I could help." He was a blue Pegasus, his mane and tail were like rainbows that consisted of several shades of blue.

"Who are you?" asked the pony.

"I am no one." he answered as he covered his face once again, "Please forget about me and what I did today." He turned around and began walking away. Rainbow noticed something fall out of his saddle bag and landed near it to pick it up.

"This badge...No way! Hey you!" she called out. The blue Pegasus turned his head back to look at who was calling him. "You dropped this!" she said as she held up a badge.

The blue Pegasus then quickly began checking his saddle bags, "When did that fall out?! Give it back right now!" he shouted as he began running up to Rainbow.

"This is a badge that belongs only to the captain of the Wonderbolts! Where did you get this?!" she asked.

The blue Pegasus swiped it from her hoof and put it back into his bag. "It's mine, now leave me alone!" he said as he walked away.

Fluttershy had finally caught up to Rainbow dash and landed right by her, "Oh my goodness! What happened Rainbow, is everypony okay?!"

Rainbow turned to face her, "I'm not sure, somepony was falling and that guy over there saved her before I could even reach her. He's really fast."

"Who is he?" asked Fluttershy.

"I don't know, but I plan on finding out!" she said with a smirk. "C'mon! Let's follow him!"

"Oh, I don't know Rainbow. I need to get back to my animals, it's almost feeding time." said Fluttershy.

"That's okay; I'll follow him by myself then." She said as she began to follow the mysterious Pegasus.

Rainbow Dash spent about thirty minutes following the mysterious pony until the Pegasus stopped and took out a small box from his bag. He opened it and a small cloud came out, as it raised itself to the sky the mysterious Pegasus began to fly circles around it. His flying caused the cloud to expand across the sky morphing it into what Rainbow Dash believed to be his home. He can compress clouds into such small sizes?! I've never heard of a pony that could fly fast enough to do that! She continued to watch as the Pegasus as he flew back down to get his box and flew back up into his home. Rainbow took this chance to follow him up and say hello.

"You know you're not very good at following ponies." said the blue Pegasus as he removed his hood.

Rainbows jaw dropped, "You knew?! How did you find out I was following you?!"

He turned to open his door, "The wind told me."

"The wind?" said Rainbow, "What do you mean?"

He turned around and looked at Rainbow, "Why did you follow me?"

"Oh yeah!" said Rainbow, "I want to know why you have a badge that belongs to Spitfire! You know, the captain of the Wonderbolts!"

The blue colt turned his face toward the ground, "That's because the badge belongs to me, the ex-captain of the Wonderbolts."

Rainbow was shocked to hear this, "You were captain of the Wonderbolts?! What are you doing here?"

He turned to face his door, "Simple, I quit the Wonderbolts some time ago. Now I'm here to start a new life for myself."

"Quit the Wonderbolts?!" shouted Rainbow, "Why would you want to quit being captain of Equestria's greatest flying team?!"

"I told you what you wanted to know, now leave me alone." he said as he began walking into his home.

"Not so fast!" said Rainbow as she flew by him, blocking him from the entrance to his house.

"You're pretty fast," said the blue Pegasus, "But not that fast." Suddenly he disappeared and Rainbow felt a breeze go past her. She turned around to see him already inside the house. "You've got a lot to learn if you want to become a Wonderbolt."

"But...how did you do that?" she asked as she looked back and forth. "And how did you know that I want to become a Wonderbolt?"

"Simple, the wind told me when you flew by me. You are Rainbow Dash, a young novice who dreams of one day becoming captain of the Wonderbolts." he said with a smug look on his face. "At the rate you're going you'll never make captain."

"Did you just call me a novice?! I'll show you novice, let's have a race right now and I'll show you who's a novice!" she shouted. "If I win then you tell me everything I want to know! If you win then I'll never bother you again!"

"A race?" he said, "Where's the starting point?"

"Right here!" shouted Rainbow as she made a line in the cloud, "First one to reach the top of that mountain wins!"

He walked up to the starting line as Rainbow prepared herself. Then Fluttershy popped her head up and looked around, "Oh there you are Rainbow, I've been looking for you! I was worried that something might have happened to you!"

"Nope!" shouted Rainbow, "Hey Fluttershy, can you do a count down for us? We're about to have a race!"

"Oh, uh, okay." said Fluttershy as she got into position, "Uh, three, two, one, go!"

"Aw yeah!" shouted Rainbow as she darted of the cloud.

Fluttershy turned around to see the blue Pegasus still standing there, "Aren't you going too?" she asked.

He turned to face her, "I never said I was going to race her, she decided that on her own. Would you like to come in for a cup of tea while you wait for her to come back?"

"Oh, um, I guess a cup of tea wouldn't hurt." she said as she followed him inside.

Three Hours Later

Fluttershy and the new colt sat across from each other and waited for Rainbow to come back. The mysterious colt refilled Fluttershy's tea cup whenever she needed, occasionally he offered her a snack if she felt hungry but she declined. After about thirty more minutes he decided to make dinner for them and set the plates on the table. Fluttershy offered to help with the cooking but he insisted that he do it himself. Finally after he finished preparing dinner, Rainbow Dash opened the door with a grumpy look on her face.

"Where were you?!" she shouted, "I waited for like three hours!"

"Sit down, I just finished making dinner. I hope you like spaghetti." he said with a smile.

"What about the race?!" she screamed. "You didn't even try did you?!"

"Of course not." he said with a chuckle, "I never said I was going to race you, I only walked up to the starting line to see if I could trick you into actually going through with it. Honestly, you're such a novice. Now sit down and eat, I'm sure you've built up quite the appetite from all the flying you did today."

Rainbow did as instructed since she really was hungry. "So then," she began, "Are you going to tell us your name or what?"

He wiped his mouth with a napkin before he spoke, "Nope, the less you know about me the better."

"Fluttershy, have you tried asking him his name yet?" she whispered.

Fluttershy put her hoof onto her chin, "No, I don't think so."

Rainbow put her hooves on Fluttershy's shoulders and began lightly shaking to her, "Try it! Maybe he'll tell us if you ask him!"

Fluttershy tried to recover from all the shaking and began to see straight again, "Oh okay then, um, if you don't mind sir. Would you tell me your name?"

The blue Pegasus once again wiped his mouth of any sauce that might have gotten stuck on his face, "My name? Certainly, since you asked so nicely it's Plasma, Plasma Burner."

"Plasma Burner?" repeated Rainbow, "How strange, I've never of you before."

"Of course you wouldn't, I had erased all traces of me from the Wonderbolts." he said as he continued eating. "It's like I was never even a part of the Wonderbolts to begin with."

"Say what?! Why?!" shouted Rainbow.

"Look," he said as he stopped eating, "Being captain of the Wonderbolts was great, I never felt happier then when I was flying for crowds of ponies as they cheered for me and my incredible team. I had Soarin and Spitfire by my side; we felt that nothing could go wrong. We had the whole world to admire us; it was the best time of our lives."

"So then what happened?" asked Rainbow.

"Sorry, but I've already told you that the less you know about me the better. And I think I've told you enough already." he said as he began picking up the plates, "Now it's getting late, and I'm sure you two need to get home now."

Rainbow and Fluttershy thanked him for the meal and left his home. On their way back to their own homes, Rainbow couldn't help but feel confused by his story. If he loved being a Wonderbolt more than anything, then why did he give it up? She thought. When Rainbow got home she quickly went through her old archives of the Wonderbolts. She had studied the Wonderbolts for years and had kept everything she learned about them in a book that she had in her room. Sure enough, she found no information about Plasma Burner. That night she wondered to herself. There's no way he could be the ex-captain of the Wonderbolts, could he? I know! I'll send a letter to Spitfire about him and she'll clear everything up!

As everypony slept in Ponyville, Plasma Burner was still awake looking through his old photo album. He began to remember the days he spent with his team and all of the laughs that they had shared back then. He looked over to his closet and stared at his old uniform, it hadn't changed at all since the day he quit the Wonderbolts. His eyes began to tear up and he quickly looked away and headed towards his bed. He lay on his bed and stared up at the ceiling, I was too slow back then, but not anymore. He thought, I won't ever forgive myself for being too slow. He closed his eyes and rested up for the next day when his new life in Ponyville will have officially begun.

Author's Note:

I've been working on this for a long while now and I figured, why not finish it up today? This came to me a while ago and I've added to it little by little while working on my main story. I hope you all like it! Feedback is greatly appreciated!

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[Gaegent]

Rainbows jaw dropped, "You knew?! How did you find out I was following you?!"
He turned to open his door, "The wind told me."

Hello, Leon XD