Chapter 16
Day 3: Part 4 the Truth
Twilight and the others along with Dinky waited outside as the sky began to darken. The six pairs of eyes scanned the sky for any sign of Clay or Rainbow. Twilight was the first to spot something on the horizon.
“Girls I see something!” She pointed to the sky and the others looked to where she was pointing to see a yellow Pegasus colt heading in their direction.
“It’s Clay!” Twilight and the others sighed in relief as he Clay lowered himself to the ground.
“Clay, oh thank heavens you’re safe!” Rarity exclaimed.
“Oh, you’re bleeding!” Fluttershy said panicking.
“I’m fine Aunt Fluttershy really. Just a few cuts and bruises that’s all.”
Once the panic had died down the five mares started to remember that their nephew had grown wings.
“So Dinky was telling the truth. You do have wings.” Applejack said in disbelief.
“I must say Clay they are simply gorgeous. Look how they shine in the moonlight!” Rarity said her eyes absorbing every detail of Clay’s wings.
“They’re so beautiful.” Fluttershy cooed.
“Yeah they’re fine ah guess.” Applejack said uncertainly.
“Are you crazy Applejack? Those are the most super-duper amazingly shiniest most perfect wings ever!” Pinkie Pie shouted bouncing excitedly.
“Wow…I didn’t think my wings would get this much positive attention…thanks.” Clay rubbed the back of his head.
“Yeah, yeah real happy for yah.” Applejack said unenthusiastically.
“Applejack what is the matter with you?” Twilight asked.
“Nothing! Congratulations Clay yah finally got what yah wanted. Now you can go off and do crazy stunts and taunt all us regular ponies.” Clay looked at Applejack startled by her statement.
“Aunt Applejack I wouldn’t taunt you or any others because they can’t fly.” Applejack simply scoffed and started walking back to sweet apple acres.
“Now what was that all about?” Twilight asked puzzled.
“Never mind her Clay. The rest of us love your wings!” said Rarity.
“Thanks…uh listen if you guys don’t mind it’s been a long day and mom should be back soon so I’d like to get home.”
“We understand Clay we’re…we’re just glad you’re safe.” Fluttershy whispered as she gave him a loving hug.
Clay said goodnight to his aunts and trotted back home exhaustion threatening to overcome him. He hoped that his mother would save the lecture for tomorrow. As he walked he saw Dinky looking at him worriedly. She could tell from the sadness in his eyes and his cuts and bruises that things went the worst possible way with telling the truth to Firefly. She trotted up to him and gave him a small hug which he returned as best he could. They then let go and said a silent goodbye as they walked to their homes.
After what felt like hours Clay had made his way home and entered slowly and silently. As he entered his home Clay emitted a loud sigh and collapsed on the couch. Clay ached all over from his fight with Sky, but the worst pain he was experiencing was his heart. The fact that Firefly never wanted to see him again had left him hurt, angry, and devastated. Clay thought back to when she had yelled at him and a tear fell down his muzzle. Clay lay down and rested his head on a pillow. His eyes grew heavy and before he realized it. He had fallen asleep.
Clay awoke to find himself in a forest. It was dark and he didn’t recognize his surroundings. Clay slowly got up and looked around.
“Hello! Is anypony around?” The only answer was the wind through the trees. Clay began to grow nervous when he heard a childish giggle. He spun around to see a unicorn filly.
“Dinky?” Clay asked the filly. The filly giggled again and ran into the trees “Come back!” Clay ran after the filly trying not to lose track of her.
As Clay ran the trees began to get thicker and larger. He was starting to lose sight of the filly when suddenly he came into a clearing. The filly had stopped and was standing in a ray of moon light. Now that Clay could see her he could see that it wasn’t Dinky. The unicorn filly looked around six years old, her coat was white and her mane and tail were beautiful silver. The most outstanding feature about the filly was her eyes. They were a brilliant blood red that could be seen even in the dark.
Clay stood motionless as he looked into the filly’s eyes. Then she started to approach him. Clay wasn’t sure what to do and she was slowly drawing closer. His heart pounded in his chest afraid of the unicorn’s intent. Finally the filly was inches away from Clay as he held his breath. The filly looked into his brown eyes with her red ones; then to his surprise she brought her head closer to Clay’s legs and began nuzzling them like he did with his mother when he was her age. Clay remained silent as the unicorn gave soft hums while nuzzling his leg.
“Who are you?” Clay asked suddenly. Before the filly could answer there was a bright green flash. The filly looked at him in horror. She quickly ran behind him and began cowering and whimpering “What’s going on? What was that light?” Clay asked looking to the filly.
The little unicorn said nothing and began trembling tears running down her face. Clay looked ahead of him and saw a figure approach. Judging from the filly's reaction it was clear that who ever this pony was wanted her.
“Who are you? What do you want with her?” Clay shouted. The figure continued to approach and then began to emanate a green light from its forehead. Before Clay could react the light shot forward and hit him square in the chest, and Clay found himself collapsing to the ground.
Clay awoke startled and saw that he was back in his house. Clay shook his head trying to make sense of what he had just dreamt and his mind flashed to the filly unicorn.
“Who was she?” Clay thought his mind buzzing with questions. Finally he sighed and decided on being a little delusional from the fight. But even as he rested his head again trying to rest, he couldn’t help but think how real the whole thing had felt.
Rainbow Dash landed outside her home. Her mind was swimming with emotions. Anger at Clay for lying to her and sneaking behind her back. Fear from his injuries, and relief that he was safe at home. She decided to settle on angry and burst through the front door.
“Clay you are so…” She stopped when she saw Clay on the couch out cold. He was sleeping peacefully, but he looked terrible. His body was covered in black and blue bruises, he had a cut on his left ear, and there was even a small bump on his forehead. Surprisingly the only thing that didn’t look damaged at all was his wings. In fact they looked brand new.
Dash looked at his bruise ridden body and walked over to the couch. He looked so hurt and yet so peaceful at the same time.
“I’ll talk to you tomorrow.” She whispered as she grabbed a blanket with her teeth and draped it over his body.
Clay shifted under the blanket causing Dash to smile. She ruffled his mane slightly and then kissed the side of his face before turning off the lights and heading upstairs to her bedroom.
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Last paragraph. Blanked should be blanket, no?
:D
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
You do not know the amount of joy I feel whenever I see an update for this story
"Hmmmm, maybe this chapter will resolve the other cliffhangers"
*Reads*
You're a little bastard, you know that, right?
Can't wait for more
892666 Sorry didnt see that, but its fixed now.
892674 I promise that the next one wont be a cliff hanger. At least I dont think it is.
892699
...Promise?
892721 I'll try not to.
892699 It better not be, or I'm gonna get my wand, find you, and go Harry Potter on your ass.
Like how the story seems to be branching in a new direction.
wow, you update fast. ^^
892807 To be fair the last few chapters havent been that long.
my reaction to every cliffhanger
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892810
they may not have been that long but they sure have been as awesome if not better
What happened to Sky Tearer? I would think Rainbow would mention that, where she was flying from, and how she got someone elses filly admitted to the hospital.
The unicorn filly in his dream is either his long lost sister, future daughter, or another of the Mane 6's future child/ Wonderbolt's child.
PLEASE NO MORE CLIFFHANGERS
892994 I'll try. I'm not making any promises but I will try to get somethings answered.
Yaaa for anouther chapter you are geting good that this clfhangers. Anyways i cant wait to see the next chapter keep up the good work.
Just wondering how many parts are there to 'The Truth'?
893469 That was the last one.
Interesting. A new plot devic- Wait.
Is... Is that unicorn... related to Clay? 
893506
Good. Very good. Now we move onto another chapter name.
Onwards!
Okay... wasn't expecting the filly... Premonition of the future perhaps? Clay's own kid perhaps?
And if my hunch is correct... Changelings get involved... this is going to be interesting either way.
I forgot to add something...
Sky Tearer seemed to be always losing against Clay in a (physical) fight, either on the ground or in the sky. =/
Yeah Clay!
I would like to add that this chapter wasn't as cliffhanger-ish as I've come to known you for, does that make sense? Anyways loved the imagery in this chapter and the vividness of his dream. Thanks for the quick updates as always.
If he keeps the wings... I will be so happy
Another great chapter can't wait for the next.
another cliffhanger COME ON.
Is it me or Clay is remembering his real family ?
More and more cliffhangers,
keep up
Finally the fill was inches away
and did Clay pretend to be asleep when Rainbow Dash got home or was he really sleeping? Since the sequence of events make it seem that he did wake up, and then feint sleep to avoid being yelled at by Rainbow Dash. but whatever, cant wait for the next chapter!!
I think that you need to add a "Y".
Other than that, lovin' the new chapter!!
P:S: I wonder if Applejack is racist slightly towards pegesi since she thinks that Clay will immediately start showing off and doing stunts when he got his wings. I mean, come on, Applejack knew him since he was a foal and the first time he shows that he has wings, she has immediate negative feelings towards him.
894581 I fixed the word.
No Clay was really asleep.
And no Applejack is not racists towards pegasi.
*flips table* another cliffhanger cant wait for the next chapter good one
I just realized that the abbreviation is WFAP.
Okay, half way through and I feel I should say some things.
This story is really sweet, and I like it.
The rest is all constructive criticism.
#1: It is common practice for thoughts to be italicized with no quotation marks. This is just a style thing mostly, but if you are going to continue using quotes, might I suggest single quotes rather than double, to differentiate from speech?
#2: Page breaks. When a scene changes (time gap, dreaming, etc) use something to indicate that the story has moved on to something else. This can be as simple as just hitting enter twice, or you can get fancy and have some dashed lines or something.
#3: I've noticed a fair amount of times when your sentences lack commas. Simple point of note (because this appears to be the only time you don't use them), if there is a pause in the speech, use a comma.
Thank you, and good night.
892920 filly?
Sky's a colt dude.
Great chap. Dude
Whole lot a D'AWWW
It appears Applejack is angry witch in this situation I would go to her console her what's wrong and apologies also she probably going to an ass for the rest of the story but what are you going to do when AJ gets angry nothing because she gets to damn argent to listen a lot of the time but what ever by have a good night