The Roommate

-The Roommate

From that very point on, the rest of the day was horrible as Rainbow predicted it would be. Everywhere she went everypony would cackle or call out to her mockingly. Some of them were ponies that weren't even in any of her classes! Apparently word got around fast here and for Rainbow this was not good, not good at all.

She struggled through the remaining part of the day. Dragging slowly behind everypony to her classes, and trying to stay hidden as possible between those times. Lunch was probably the worst of it though. There was no where for her to go, and when she finally found a nice place that was secluded from everypony else, others began to pile in on that table after her just so they could torture her even more.

The first day was not going well at all, however, she couldn't help but feel that soon enough, her problems would start to fade away. Soon everypony would eventually get bored with her and find something else to pick on, but Rainbow just wanted that day to come here as fast as possible, but for the time being, she would have to get by as much as she possibly could without completely loosing it.

It was only the first day. Maybe it was always like this at Flight School. Maybe the first day was always hell for certain newbies that stood out. That must be it. Rainbow Dash lifted her head from her classroom desk slightly. It must have been her mane! It stood out so much here that nopony would be able to miss her! That must be why she is the one that everypony seems to want to attack. Rainbow slowly let her head drop down again. She had finally figured it out. She stood out with all of her awesome glory, and a few ponies just got jealous. It wouldn't be the first time somepony envied Rainbow. She began to grin with content now.

As soon as somepony realizes they can't be like Rainbow Dash, they will leave her alone, and then everypony would follow. All she has to do now is just prove how impossible it is to be an equal with her!

She let her eyes slowly close as she laid her head back on top of her desk. Maybe school wouldn't suck so bad after all.

It was the best thing that had happened to Rainbow Dash all day...classes were over for the day. When she heard those words, and they were all dismissed, Rainbow excitedly jumped up and jolted out of the room before any of her classmates. She knew it probably wasn't a good idea to do that considering she was already their main target, but still, she was just so happy!

Rainbow pranced through the hall as she made her way back to the dorm hallways. She had her head up high. Since she knew it was jealousy that was making everypony hate her, she might as well prove to them that no matter how awesome she was, they couldn't hate her forever. Soon, they would want to be her friend so they could be cool like her.

Rainbow snickered at her own thoughts. Nopony would be able to be cool like Rainbow. Nopony.

She slowly turned the corner. Her legs were still prancing and her heart was skipping. She was right about everything. Flight School was only bad for a little while, but now, she already felt like she was the one running the show around here.

With a smile she closed her eyes. She knew everything would turn out perfectly fine! She was destined for greatness after all!

She slowly opened her eyes back up. At first, she was a bit scared by what she saw, but then she remembered....it was her that was running this place. She was the boss now!

She stopped in her tracks by the colt who was standing straight in front of her path way.

"Um, excuse me. You're blocking my way!" Rainbow snarled with a tone of somepony in charge. She lifted her head high with her pride and looked down at the three ponies that were now standing before her.

The orange-brown colt grinned as his buddies next to him began to snicker together. None of them moved like Rainbow had ordered. She turned her ears down a bit, but she still tried to keep her head up high. She wasn't going to let them get the best of her, not anymore!

"Well, well, well....it looks like somepony doesn't know her place yet." The colt turned his head to a brown pony beside him.

Rainbow took a step back. For some reason all of her pride was starting to evaporate with every word they said to her. She wasn't able to tell herself anything right now. She wasn't able to reassure herself that she was the better one here. She couldn't think of anything except how terrified she was starting to feel again.

"I....just...want to get to my room." Rainbow was hesitant to say, but she was able to choke it out somehow.

"Ya here that? Rainbow Crash wants to get to her room!" The brown colts voice rung low as the trio began to slowly get closer to the filly.

"I don't think that's going to happen."

Rainbow was trying to walk backwards now as they approached her closer than her comfort zone. Her mind was turning and spinning in thousands of directions. What were they going to do to her?!

Her heart dropped as she felt a solid wall behind her. She looked around, but now she was cornered, and there was no way out. Two were standing by her sides and one was standing straight in front of her. Rainbow could feel herself slouching down the wall now. She had no more courage.

"Scaredy pony! Can't take it can you?" The colt got all in Rainbow's face. She could almost smell his disgusting breath lingering in her nostrils.

She searched her mind for something. She needed to do something. She had to do something!

Without thinking Rainbow spat in his face. It only took a few seconds for her to feel the consequences.

He lunged at her with his hoof. She felt the contact immediately on her nose and her head jerked back suddenly. She clenched her eyes shut as she felt it repeat. He was now continuously pounding her with his hooves while the others were kicking at her sides. She curled up on the ground and covered her face. There was nothing she could do, but lay here and take it. She couldn't even cry. She just laid there, did nothing, said nothing. The only emotion that Rainbow could feel right now....was pure anger.

Not even fear was inside of her body now. All she could feel was the anger inside of her, burning up in her chest as they continued to beat on her.

Rainbow could feel blood trickling from her face now. She wasn't even sure where it was coming from, but she tasted it as it ran across her lips.

This was it. This was all she could take. She couldn't continue to lay here anymore. She had had enough!

Rainbow opened her eyes quickly. She jumped up as she readied herself to attack back, but before she could even look them in the eye, the orange colt fell over and began to scream in pain.

The other two looked at Rainbow Dash in fear now. They quickly ran away from her and left their friend on the ground as he still cried out in agony.

Rainbow didn't do this. She didn't even know what happened to him. She had not touched him let alone put him in this kind of pain. This wasn't her doing!

She looked back down to the colt. His eyes met hers. Tears were running down his face as he cried out for help now.

She knew that she didn't do this to him even though they all thought she did, but....she couldn't help but feel good. He was crying, screaming, in pain, right before her very eyes. All she could do was tower above him with a deranged smile on her broken and bloody face.

The colt flinched as she grinned back at him. Her smile was getting wider and wider with every scream, every cry for somepony to rescue him. Rainbow never wanted to leave this spot at this moment in time. She had never felt so good all day. This was the best thing that had ever happened to her.

"Can't take it can you?"

Even though Rainbow knew she had nothing to do with his pain, she couldn't help but continue to let him believe that she did.

With one kick to the side, the colt squealed louder. Her smile only grew.

"Tell anypony that I was here, and I will make sure this won't be the last time you hurt." Rainbow smiled at the colt with evil eyes, and with one nod of the colts head, Rainbow dashed off for her room.

Her priorities had to be set straight. She was here at Flight School after all to learn. That was first. Getting caught with that screaming colt like that, was not in her best interest if she wanted to stay here another moment. Rainbow needed to make sure that nopony ever found out that she was involved, if they did, they would all assume that she started it and she was the one that put him in that kind of pain. They would never believe her side of the story. Even...she didn't really believe it.

As Rainbow finally turned on the dorm hallway, she slowed down her pace and tried to cover her face just in case somepony was around. She knew that she probably look horrible right now, and for somepony to see her like this would not be good.

Rainbow kept low as she slowly walked down the hallway.

Her mind wondered back again to that very moment when he had fell over. What had caused that anyways? If it wasn't her, then what else could have sent him into that kind of pain? There was nothing, or nopony around to have done that to him, so....how......?

Rainbow slowly came closer to her room. She turned to the door and opened it as quietly as possible and slipped in before anypony could notice. She didn't need anypony knowing which room was hers just in case they decided to give her a visit. She needed to keep a low profile right now, and having ponies knocking on her door would not really be good for her and her education.

Rainbow turned to her side of the room. It was so dark and lonely in here. She sat down and looked over to the other side that was making this room so empty.

Her roommate still hadn't showed up. Maybe Rainbow wasn't going to be getting one now. Maybe they heard who they were rooming with so they decided to sneak into their friends room instead. Rainbow sighed in disappointment. That was really her only chance at making a friend here, and now...her chance was gone.

The little pegasus turned away from the empty space and began to situate herself under the covers on her cold, solid bed. She hadn't noticed how depressing it was in here until this very moment.

Her smile from her earlier excitement had now faded away, and now that she was able to think clearly, there was really nothing to smile about in the first place.

She had just gotten mauled by a bunch of brutish colts and one of them fell over in sudden agony that was still left a mystery. Sure, she knew he did deserve it, but why was she smiling so much about it?

Memories from that previous event were running through her mind. She remembered how she towered above him while he screamed. His eyes were blood-shot and his face was completely terrified. He was afraid of Rainbow Dash. His squeals were piercing and crude, yet she towered above him and smiled. When she thought about it, she probably look completely and totally evil, especially to that colt. At that moment when it was all happening, that was a good thing. Rainbow wanted him to be terrified of her, but now....was it really....good at all?

No....

This incident was definitely bad for her future here at Flight School.

Rainbow Dash looked up to the dark ceiling. She could barely make it out because of how dark her room was, but she was able to see enough of it.

What would tomorrow be like for her? Would it be better? Would it be worse?

Either way, Rainbow Dash knew that this afternoons accident would affect what will be happening later. Whether that be a good thing or a bad thing, Rainbow had to let time tell as she slowly closed her eyes and tried to drift off to sleep. She couldn't let this worry her too much when she wasn't even sure about what was to come. Maybe this would end up good for her after all. Maybe....this really was the best thing that would ever happen to her......

Except the fact that......it wasn't.......

Rainbow quivered as a noise rung through her ears. She tossed over onto her other side and hid herself under her pillow. It helped slightly, but she could still hear the echoing sound that was running through her room. She slowly turned onto her back and lifted the pillow from her face.

She tried to open her tired eyes, but they were too heavy to lift. She brought her hooves to her face and began to rub on her pink eyes in an attempt to wake them up a little bit, enough to open them.

She set her hooves down and then began to groggily open them once more. This time, she was met with the familiar darkness of her familiar room.

She lay there for a few more moments as she tried to remember why she had waken in the first place. She could feel that her body was aching all over and she felt as if ever bone in her little body was broken or bruised.

Rainbow groaned a bit as she tried to move her muscles. She was unable to even move an inch without feeling the affects from yesterdays incident. Rainbow gave up with moving and let her body relax again. This time, her ear twitched, and she finally remembered why she was awake in the first place.

She turned her head slightly to the empty side of the room. The noise was still rattling. It sounded as if something was trying to quietly look through some sort of box or something.

Rainbow tried to strain her eyes in the darkness a bit more to see better. It was no use. The room had no windows after all, and there still wasn't any light from under the door. It must be either really late at night, or really early in the morning. Rainbow needed her sleep and she couldn't get that sleep if that noise wouldn't stop. Did she have rats in here or something?!

Rainbow tried to move onto her side. It took her a few moments, but she was able to as she tried to better her vision. She was now able to see the outline of the empty bed on the empty side of the room.

The noise continued.

Rainbow tried to move her head closer off the side of the bed when her own bed creaked under her weight and sent a loud screech throughout the room.

The noise stopped.

Rainbow found this to be a bit odd. Did her bed scare the rat?

She stayed still without making another noise of herself.

The noise began again.

Rainbow was starting to get a bit worried now. Whatever it was making that sound, it wasn't a rat. She knew it couldn't be a rat. It was too loud and noisy to be a rat, but it also was quiet at the same time as if it were trying to not wake Rainbow Dash. Whatever it was, it had to know what it was doing....and it wanted to be secret about it.

Rainbow Dash let her eyes sink as her heart began to pound. This was totally not cool. Somepony was in her room! It definitely had to be a pony! But what in the world of Equestria were they doing in here this late, or early?!

Rainbow felt herself stiffen as the noise continued to ring through her ears. What was she going to do?! Should she...say something?!

She cleared her throat softly as if to get the ponies attention, but it was too soft to be heard. Rainbow Dash gulped down hard now. It was either she say something, or this would continue all night long until morning time. She couldn't have that....she needed to sleep, but she couldn't sleep knowing somepony un-welcomed was here!

Her heart picked up speed as she tried to gain courage to speak.

"H--Hello??" Rainbow could hear her own voice shaking as she spoke out. She was quiet, yet she was apparently loud enough to be heard by the mysterious pony.

The noise now stopped completely. Rainbow was left in complete silence.

"Hello!?" Rainbow could feel herself becoming much braver now. Who ever was here, they didn't want to be caught, but they already were.

Rainbow could fell herself getting up from her bed. She stood in front of it as she walked closer to the empty side of the room. She could feel her heart pounding against her chest, but at the same time, she no longer felt afraid.

"Who's there?!" Rainbow's voice got louder as she got closer to the intruder.

She lifted her head a bit to see over the empty bed. She could see that there was a tiny space between the bed and the wall. It was big enough for somepony to fit behind, at least somepony small like her. There was definitely somepony behind there and Rainbow was determined now to find out.

"Come out. I already know you're there!" Rainbow stood over the bed of her non-existing roommate. She could feel herself becoming encouraged now. She knew she was higher and mightier than anypony at this place. Nothing could intrude into her room and get away with it! Nothing!

Rainbow could hear the noise slowly start back up again. This pony was completely stupid. They were already caught, so why continue this?!

"That's it! I have had enough!" Rainbow felt herself lunge forward onto the bed and look down between the space. She was expecting to see a little colt or filly, but all she saw was the empty space. Nopony was there. No box or anything for that matter that could have made that noise. Was she just hearing things? Was it just the air duct?!

Rainbow felt her heart slow down now. She couldn't believe she had been so foolish. She let a small smile fade across her face as she laughed at her own stupidity. Of course nopony was there. It was all just her imagination or something. She was being too paranoid.

The filly lowered herself from the bed with her wings and began to turn around so she could return to her own bed for the remainder of the night, but instead of her bed before her eyes, a little filly stood there in front of her.

Rainbow could nearly feel herself falling backwards in disbelief. Her heart was racing as she looked into the fillies eyes. She had never seen a filly so terrifying before.

She had deep dark aqua eyes that seemed to go on forever. Dark circles hung under them as her mane fell over most of her face, creating a black shadow over her. Rainbow couldn't really tell because of the darkness of the room, but she seemed to be yellow coated. Creamy almost. She had no cutie mark just like her, and of course, she was a pegasus herself.

This filly was terrifying, but at the same time, Rainbow couldn't help but think that she was also very attractive. She just had this look about her that kept Rainbow from looking away, but it was mostly the deep, sad look that was plastered upon her dark, shadowy face.

Rainbow noticed that she was much taller than her. The fillies legs were long and slender. She didn't even look like she was the same age, actually, she looked much...much older than Rainbow. Why was an older filly here in her room like this?!

"H-hello.....?" Rainbow tried to make out, but her voice cracked. She hadn't really realized how afraid she was until that moment.

The filly said nothing. She didn't move. She just stared back at Rainbow Dash with the saddest, most depressing look that Rainbow had ever witnessed in her life. The filly almost looked as if she had just seen some traumatic accident that had stunned her into this state.

"A-are....you okay....?" Rainbow was now starting to feel less afraid, and more pity than anything. Maybe this filly was just confused and scared, just like Rainbow was yesterday.

The cyan pegasus got up from where she lay and began to slowly move towards the yellow filly before her. She could see that the pegasus slowly backed up in fear.

"No...don't....it's okay....nothings going to happen....." Rainbow felt like she was talking to a foal. She wasn't sure why she was acting this way towards this filly that she had never once before seen in her life. She was treating this filly better than she had ever treated her own family. What was happening? Did she really feel this bad for her, or was something else happening?

"I......."

Rainbow could barely make out that the filly had even tried to speak, however, she could hear a small tiny voice escaping her pale lips.

"I.....I....live here....." The yellow filly backed away shyly and lowered her dark eyes from Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow couldn't believe what she just heard....was this really....her roommate.....?

"You....you do? Well....so do I." Rainbow felt herself smile a bit. She hadn't been this happy since she first arrived here. Was it just that she had just learned that she really did have a roommate after all, or was it the fact that it was this certain filly....?

Silence....

"Why didn't you come yesterday?" Rainbow tried to make small talk as she wanted to get a little closer to her new friend. She needed to be able to get along with this filly considering she would be living with her.

"I.....I did....."

"But, I didn't see you. I went to sleep and woke up and you were never there." Rainbow was starting to feel a bit confused by this filly. There was something odd about her, but she just couldn't place it.

"I was there....just not when you were awake...."

Rainbow stopped for a moment. This was getting a bit.....creepy.....

"W-what do you mean?" Rainbow tried to chuckle a bit, but she only let out a dry cough.

"Well....I was ....afraid to meet you so....I waited until you were asleep to come....and then I got up before you did in the morning and left for my classes...."

Rainbow stopped once again to think things through. So this pony wasn't really creepy, she was just....really shy! That was it! This whole situation wasn't creepy it was just.....awkward!

"Oh! Well you don't have to be afraid of me. I won't bite." Rainbow smiled at the filly who only looked away from her eyes.

Rainbow paused and then leaned out one hoof.

"I'm Rainbow Dash! But everypony already seems....to know that...." Rainbow lowered her hoof as her thoughts began to run through again. Maybe this pony was just messing with her and she really was one of those bullies. She was probably just here to pick on her and then tell her friends about everything Rainbow did.

"Oh...you must be popular....I'm...."

"What is that suppose to mean?!" Rainbow could feel herself becoming offensive now.

"I...just...thought....maybe....."

"You just thought what? Huh?! Well, you can go tell your friends that your plan is already over! I ain't fallin' for that!" Rainbow growled as she approached the filly who was now crouching lower onto the floor.

"I....wh-what...."

"You can quit the act!" Rainbow pushed her muzzle against the filly who was now on the floor with her hooves over her head.

Rainbow was't really sure what it was, but something seemed to have suddenly snapped her back to reality. She was now starting to notice, that this fillies actions were beginning to seem more and more sincere. This wasn't an act after all! This was really an awkwardly shy pony that was Rainbow's new roommate, and she was scaring her half to death!

Rainbow backed away quickly. What was she doing?! She really was starting to become paranoid!

"I....I'm so sorry! I just...had a bad first day and....well....I just thought...."

"I-it's okay.....I already know...."

Rainbow stopped and then lowered her eyes.

"Of course you do....everypony does."

"I....am so sorry.....about it.....about it all...."

"Yeah....me too..."

Rainbow's name was completely ruined. Everypony, even this shy filly knew about her other name. She was probably already a complete laughing stock.

"Well....I guess you know who I am so i really don't have to introduce myself anymore." Rainbow walked back over to her bed as she passed the yellow pegasus that was standing in the middle of the room. Her face still looked sad.

"Oh....well....Rainbow Dash....I am Fluttershy...." The filly looked over to the pegasus who was already covering herself back up inside of her bed sheets.

"What was that?" Rainbow lifted her head from under her covers.

"Fluttershy...."

"Oh....Fluttershy....." Rainbow looked over into the eyes of the filly. She noticed something different now. Her face was still sad and depressing, but....she was smiling.

"Fluttershy....." Rainbow repeated much softer this time.

The filly was still smiling, but her eyes were heavy and weary.

"Well....good night Fluttershy." Rainbow turned from the pegasus and covered her face.

"Good night.....Rainbow Dash....."

Rainbow held her blankets over her face as she heard the pegasus walk over to her own bed and get inside.

The rainbow filly felt her heart was still pounding inside of her chest. Something....felt wrong.....something wasn't right.....but at the same time.....Rainbow Dash found herself repeating that name over and over inside of her head until she finally fell back to sleep.