Is this...Equestria?

by Silver Shine

Day 4: Reuinted

When I woke up, Fluttershy was awake and feeding some animals outside. It isn’t hard to hear that kind of thing you know. Just then, I heard a voice call to her from a short distance. “Fluttershy!” whoever it was called out. It sounded like…Oh no. I quickly hid under the couch, and I heard a conversation, but I couldn’t tell what they were saying. Soon enough, Fluttershy walked back inside. I heard the sound of a Pegasus taking off, so maybe it was just Rainbow Dash. I got up and out from under the couch and looked at her. She looked at me and said, “Is something wrong?”

“No, no. It’s nothing. Well…Nothing important, anyway.”

“Alright then.” She walked over to me and sat down. “So, I thought you were staying with Twilight.”

“I am. I just wanted to walk, and I…You know, got lost. Just like I said last night.”

“Well alright, then next time try not to do something like that in the dark.” I was about to respond, but there was a knocking on the door. Fluttershy walked over and opened. “Oh, hey Twilight.” Twilight looked around inside, probably trying to find me. I quickly hid under the couch. “Can I come in?...Well, can we come in, I mean.” We? She must’ve brought somepony with her. “Sure.” I heard two ponies walk inside, one obviously Twilight, and then one was orange, but I could only see their hooves from under the couch. Orange? It wasn’t Applejack’s orange though, so was it a friend…A friend of mine? Just then, I heard a familiar voice call out. “So listen, we know you came here. Back home this was the place you said you’d want to stay most.” She said. Then it hit me. She was my friend. From my world. I thought about going out from under the couch, but decided maybe they’d give up and wait for me. Twilight then said, “Amber Lily told me she’s from your world too, Rapid. Come on, we know you’re here.” I lifted my head to try to hear better, but hit the couch by accident. Twilight lifted it quickly with her magic, gently setting it down next to me. “I told you he’d be here, Twilight.”

“You just had to do it, didn’t you…Amber?” I have to admit, that was hard to say. I’m sure I’ll get used to that. She just face-hoofed. “Yeah I did. See, Twilight told me about the three days you’ve been here once I told her I was from a different world. She explained our new name and everything, and asked if I knew where you’d have gone. If you weren’t here, we’d have been searching for you.”

“Well you at least could’ve let me come back on my own.”

“It’s almost noon, Rapid.” Twilight replied. I rolled my eyes. “Um…Hey Amber, how about you just…Uh…I dunno, do stuff. Rapid and I need to talk.” Twilight said. Amber nodded and walked outside, and began her way towards Ponyville. Twilight grabbed my hoof and brought me outside. I didn’t let her begin as I said to her, “How many times do I have to tell you you’re not my mom? I just wanted to go for a walk, and ended up here.”

“That’s why Amber Lily knew you’d be here?”

“I don’t know how she got here, but if she arrived when I did, I would’ve known, alright?”

“Fine. But you can’t do this again.”

“And if I do?”

“You don’t.” She just looked at me in a way that just kind of made me…Just give up. “Fine…” I replied. “Great!” She replied. “Let’s go back to Ponyville and have you meet one last pony.” The two of us walked towards Ponyville, and eventually we arrived. ‘This isn’t good.’ I thought, as Twilight knocked on the door of Rarity’s house. Rarity opened the door, and noticed I was with Twilight. “Hello there, Twilight. And who is this new pony you’ve brought with you?”

“This is Rapid Approach, and he’s-“

“Well, first let’s fix that mane of his.” She went to bring me inside, but I stepped back, and she fell over. “I…I have it like this for…Um…Reasons.” I don’t know why, but I like it the way it was when I arrived. “Fine. Well anyway, was there anything you needed?” Twilight and I looked at each other, and then back to Rarity. Twilight replied, “Not unless you need help…Aside from doing manes and stuff, that is.” Rarity nodded and closed the door. “You should know she did that to me when I first met her. Guess you just weren’t off-guard.” We began walking to the library.

“Because I knew it was coming. Anyway, we should head back. Oh, and by the way…” As I finished, Twilight stopped. I decided to just stop when she did. “Where’s Amber staying here in Ponyville?” Twilight just looked at me for a minute, wondering why I was wondering. She must’ve just stopped thinking about it, because she had a quick answer of, “She said she found somepony to live with. Not sure who…Maybe it was Applejack, since I hear they’re getting along nicely.” We continued our walk back, and we had soon arrived back at the library. Twilight passed a book to me. Not a book about learning spells or flight, but a regular book. “Hey, what is this?”

“A little something I think you’ll like.” I read the title after her response. “Breaking Down? I’ve never hear of that before.”

“It’s a book about somepony who finds herself surrounded by challenges, but pushes through to the end, no matter what life throws at her.” She just looked at me. I opened the book. There was a picture of a Pegasus, but it wasn’t in color. She seemed to look kind of like the type of hero you see during this kind of book. I turned to the first page. Something about that book really caught me, because Twilight had to stop me from reading after an hour or so.

So, she decided to give me the day off from practicing magic, and just skip to flight. Rainbow Dash came over, and went over basic stuff again, before we finally decided to try flying. We found a spot high enough to take off, but low enough that it shouldn’t hurt if I mess up. I followed her lead, and took off, but fell after a few seconds. “Man, this is harder than you make it look.” I said. She helped me up and replied, “It really isn’t that hard once you get used to it. Then again, you’re not even from this world.”

“How did you find out?”

“Twilight told me.” I turned around and stared angrily at Twilight. “I could’ve just told you to live with somepony else, you know.”

“Why do you always do this?”

“Because you don’t try to stop me.” I just turned back to face Rainbow Dash again. She just said to me, “Well, I think we’re done for today. Looks like you two have to…Uh…Talk or something.” With those words, she flew away, leaving Twilight and I alone. Shortly after, Amber came over to the library. When Twilight and I saw her waiting, I told her to stay back for a minute. “Hey there. I thought you said you had a place to stay.”

“And I thought you knew that I don’t sleep much.” She replied. I just motioned for Twilight to come over. I was about to say something, but she then started, “So, Amber Lily, what brings you here so late?”

“I just wanted to know if you knew where I was staying.”

“Sorry, we never found that out.”

“Alright. I’ll keep it that way for now.” She walked away, and Twilight and I went inside. I went upstairs and climbed into the bed, and was soon asleep.

Comments

[Jelly Bean]

Dear lord, all these deleted comments.

Anyway, this needs a lot of work. You can fix it, though. I'm not going to specify things. Instead, get a proofreader to help you out.

Best of luck.

Jelly Bean

[Amber lily]

YAY!!!!i was in this one my guest apperets was awesome orange hooves never failed me once
also i am good at finding things!

good job! :)

[The Guardian and Friends]

Rest in peace, comments. Let angels sing thee to thy sleep.

[Elric of Melnipony]

I have an opinion about this story.

[SCP049]

You need help dude...and ALOTTT of storytelling training. Also, you need to be able to take constructive criticism and use it.

[Blackguard]

Here's the thing, never delete comments unless they're really insulting or something. Just doing so because they hurt your feelings or something is not good enough. People will see the thumbs down, they'll see the deleted comments and if anything will be more inclined to be harsh. You'll attract more negative attention this way than if you just wrote a bad story.

[Sauron]

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I do too, but... this story's been dead since January, so I decided not to leave mine.

[DAMN HAMSTER]

Comment graveyard...self-insert alicorn OC...Plan 9 and Rage Reviews...not looking good. Not looking good at all.

[lawefawdawdfsawadsa]

"Reuinted" If this was actually supposed to be reunited, then where was the part where Rapid was separated?
*ding*

[lawefawdawdfsawadsa]

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Probably because I'm blind to the fact that most of the comments here are really old. Haha.