Painting our Life - 6 Colors

*Unfortunately, the last chapter aroused some confusion on why Celestia jumped in, for those questions to be answered please read the Intermission and stop hating on a newtime author. As I've said, this is my first fic EVER. I apologize to those who read the intermission and are annoyed of these messages.*

   I wake up with a groan. The room is darkened. I remember from last night, I was at a wicked concert with my friends. I must've fallen asleep, and they must've ditched me to spend the night in the hall beside the stage room. I'll really let them have it later. Standing up, I open the door, and find the exit of the River Run Center. My car is parked where I left it last night. Climbing in, I drive home.

   My house is outside of Guelph. I have no idea why I chose it to be there. There's a forest beside it, just stupid. The land is too big for just the one of me. I unlock the front door, my girlfriend, Klo, welcomes me with a warm smile.

   "So where'd you go last night?" She questions.

   "I passed out at the River Run Center, that's a first," I reply.

   "And you friends just left you there? Tsk, tsk, Kyle, I keep telling you, those friends you have are no good," She nags. I ignore her, "Well, you ready to go to work? My waiter boy." She always calls me that because I work as waiter and she works as waitress at a five star restuarant, I think it's sort of sweet.

   On the drive to work, I ask Klo something, I honestly am clueless why I did. "Klo? Did you feel the last few years of our life, was sort of empty?"

   "Are you breaking up with me?" She sounds worried.

   "No, no, I just, have no idea where I was for the past few years of life," She places a kiss on my cheek as I reel in to the staff parking lot of Roy's Five Star Restuarant.

   "Well, you're with me now." She smiles.

   The work day drags on slowly. During the lunch break, Klo and I exchange gossip on the workers here.

   "Chef Kinney has such a big mustache," Klo whispers, "Some of the waitresses say he cuts off his own hair and glues it under his nose. He does have a bald stuff, it's visible when he takes off his hat." I laugh, nearly choking on my sandwich. She loves making jokes and talking behind people's backs. Most of the times, it's so outrageous I burst out laughing. Everybody says I'm the luckiest person on Earth to be with her. I agree with all of them. We finish the rest of our lunch.

   "I'll see you later?" Klo asks.

   "Yeah, good luck on surviving the rest of our shift," We both chuckle. My jokes are really bad, which make them funny. I leave the employee lounge and return to the front desk, where people are seated. It gets terribly boring waiting for more hungry customers to come in. The restuarant is most busy around the lunch and dinner hours. I stare at the fancy decorations. A dark rainbow flowing across a light blue sky. I crinkle my eyes, something in my head clicks, it feels like I hurt my brain, as if a little shock just ignited inside my head. I shake off the feeling. Potted plants hang from the ceiling. I swear, one of these days, I'm gonna get my skull cracked by one of them. I sigh. Why can't the day be over already?

   "Ahem," Someone clears his throat, I look up. A man and two children stand infront of the desk. "One adult and two kids," He says.

   "Right this way, sir," I gently motion for them to follow. I search through the tables and point at a table with four seats in the corner. They say their thanks and sit down to order from the menus. Klo walks over their table and deliver a jug of iced water. I return to my station. No one new walks through. I hope it stays that way for the rest of my shift. I don't really feel like working today. I take a glance out the clock. Four hours before quitting. I whip out my iPhone, hoping nobody sees, I load up Angry Birds and spend the rest of the afternoon shooting birds at green pigs when not seating people.

   Klo's parents picked her up from work. Sometimes she spends the night at my house, sometimes she sleeps at her house. I had waved to her earlier before she left, she kissed me on the cheek and climbed into her mom's vehicle. I'm glad she's going to stay at her house for a little while. There was something that was bothering me all day. I want to visit my old house.

   Pulling up to my old street, I look around. Kids play frisbee in their yard and some adult males clean up the yard while their wives plant flowers. This place hasn't changed much. I park my car infront of my old house. There's another family living in there now. I look up to the sky, as if expecting a bird or something to be hovering above. I remember I used to fumble around with stones. I see a white, smooth stone a few yards away from me. Unable to resist the temptation, I walk over and pick it up. It's very cold to the touch, like snow. A raindrop plops on my nose. Crap, it's starting to rain. I run back to the car and get inside. Starting the engine, I scratch my head. I just noticed I had brought the stone in with me. I set it on the passenger seat beside me, and return my hands to the steering wheel. The drive home is in silence, normally I would turn on the radio, but I'm not in the mood for it now. I had mentioned to Klo that I forgot a blur of my life from the past few years. It's true. I feel as if there's a part of me missing, I just, just have that feeling I forgot to do something. I can't imagine what it was I forgot if it's nagging at me so much right now. I'm happy, I have Klo, a good life, a good income, everything a man could want. Yet, there's that empty feeling inside me, I'm not complete. I notice I'm pulled up in my driveway already. I get out of the car, the raindrops pelt my hair. I make a run for the front door, with the keys in my hand. I unlock the door and enter. The house is dim, I turn the lights on.

   I plop on the couch, and turn on the television. I flick to channel twenty-five. Spongebob is on, I begin to sit back and enjoy the cartoon. I have no idea why, but I want to watch this. I forgo dinner and spend the evening watching cartoons. Getting bored of YTV, I begin to channel search. Big Bang Theory, Myth Hunters, Family Guy, nothing seems to catch my attention. I keep flicking, pass Judge Judy, pass the weather channel, pass My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Click. A shock flashes in my head again. I flip back to the channel showing My Little Pony. It's just starting.

   My Little Pony, My Little Pony.

   (What am I watching?)

   Ah, ah, ah, ah.

   My Little Pony

   (A purple unicorn jumps out of her hot air balloon.)

   I used to wonder what friendship could be.

   (She smiles.)

   Until you all shared it's magic with me.

   (The screen scrolls to five other ponies. A yellow one with a pink mane, a pink one with a pink mane, an orange pony with a blonde mane, a white pony with a purple mane... And a cyan pony with a... rainbow mane.)

   Click. (Goddamn it, what is this.)

   Big adventures,

   (The cyan pony flies off.)

   Click. (I can't take this shock anymore.)

   I slam down on the off button. The tv screen dies down. I'm sweating, my head aches. A storm began to brew outside. I pour myself a cup of water and greedily gulp it down. It quenched my thirst and cools me down. I lie down on the couch. Thunder outside shake the house. The phone rings. I pick it up.

   "Hello? Kyle?" Klo's voice ring through, "Kyle, we need to break up." The words shoot through me like a bullet. "It's not because I don't love you, it's not you, it's not me. It's... my parents." It takes me a second to understand. I was just dumped. Tears roll down my cheeks. This is all so damn sudden. "Kyle? I don't even remember how we met..." I listen for more, but silence tells me she has hung up. I slink down. What's going on with my life? I begin to get these random brain shocks, and all of a sudden, my girlfriend tells me to hit the road. Another piece of me breaks off, driving me insane. Thunder shake the house once more. That's it. I can't handle this anymore. I open the door, and run out without a jacket, towards the forest. It's a suicidal act, but my brain is trying to tell me something, I can't control my own body.

   The sun shines through my cloud made window, creeping through my eyes. Don't bother me now, Mr. Sun. I get up and lick my lips. I want to go back to sleep, but I promised Fluttershy I'd take her to go pick flowers today. I climb out of my fluffy bed. Daring Doo posters sprawl across my wall, I admire them. They're so awesome, I wish I could be in one. I pour myself a bowl of cereal, and wolf it down. Then I stretch my wings, ready to take flight down to Ponyville. Spreading them out, I beat against the air, and dive down off the cloud that holds my house. The wind shakes my mane, tickling my face at points, but I brush it off. The speed increases my heart rate, it feels great. As I near the ground, I pound against the air once again to slow down my falling, again and again, until I gently land on the ground. Ponyville. Pinkie Pie and Rarity trot down the street. I wave to them with a hoof.

   "Hey guys!" I call out. Rarity and Pinkie turn their gaze to me, and give each other a look of concern before coming over to me.

   "Hey Dashie! How're you feeling after ret-" Pinkie starts, but Rarity stuffs a hoof into her mouth.

   "After resting. Yes darling, we both want to know how you feel after you slept last night. Was it not the best sleep you had in ages? Anyways Pinkie Pie and I have to go uh, pick cupcake frosting" Rarity cuts in.

   "Oooh, we do?" Pinkie muffles through the hoof.

   "Yes, we do, and it's such a good day to go frosting picking as well, don't you say Rainbow Dash?" Rarity eyes me.

   "Erm, yeah I guess, anyways, you guys see Fluttershy around? I need to take her flower picking," I ask.

   "Not a clue," Rarity mutters quickly, and gallops off, dragging Pinkie along with her. Weird, Rarity is almost never like this, well, unless she has a dress to make and the due date is nearing. I spy Applejack selling apples in the corner at a booth. I trot over to her.

   "Hey Applejack, how's the buisiness coming?" I ask. She looks around frantically, as if she doesn't know what to say.

   "It'sa coming great, uh, Rainbow. Can you go, customers a waiting behind you an' I hate for em to be upset." I look behind me, nopony.

   "Yeah, that's just great," I mutter after leaving her apple stand. Where could Fluttershy be? She can't possibly be hiding from her shadow again, last time, she got stuck up a tree and I had to fly up to pull her off. I fly in the direction of her cottage. I knock on the door.

   "Go away! Fluttershy isn't in here!" A tiny voice squeaks. I roll my eyes.

   "It's Rainbow Dash, I'm here to take you to go pick flowers as we planned." I try my best to make sure my voice travels through the wooden door. I knock again.

   "Oh Rainbow, I never promised, please go away, I'm not here, I'M NOT HERE! Please don't come back to search for me either... If... That's ok with you." Fluttershy's voice muffles through the door. I sigh, and fly up the nearest tree. A tear flows down my cheek. What is up with my friends? They all stopped wanting to hang out with my for some reason. We had a perfect game of Pin the tail on the Pony last night! It's as if they all changed overnight. I stand up, and jump off the tree. Fine, if my friends don't want me, I'll go see Zecora.

   The Everfree Forest is creepy enough on its own, even worse when your friends aren't with you. I take a deep breath, and walk in. Zecora better be home right now, or this'll just be a waste of my time. The shadows of the crooked trees look like monsters ready to gobble you up, added with the sounds ofthe wild life, make this walk extremely freightening. Zecora's hut is in site. I grin and jump in into the air, ready to fly the rest of the way. Then I hear a familiar voice.

   "Zecora, I don't know what to do. Rainbow Dash has no memory of where she was for the past 9 years." Twilight, and what does she mean? I peek through a window, Zecora and the indigo unicorn are seated at the table. I stare in, looking at Zecora's different types of decorations. Twilight begins to speak again, "I'm just afraid the world there has left a permanent mark on her brain, that would be just awful, simply dreadful. She's probably asleep right now, but last night, when our friends were gathered at her bed, watching her sleep, she mumbled something, or somepony's name."

   "What is it that she said? I believe it is something that you dread. Fear not, I will do with what I got." Zecora says through rhymes. Honestly, how does she do it, rhyming every phrase you got seems really, really boring and hard. Twilight looks away.

   "She said she missed Kyle. In her sleep." The words finally come out. Zecora opens her mouth to speak. Click. A jolt goes on in my head, throwing me off my hooves and landing down on my flank with a flop. I hold my head, soothing it, that hurt like crazy. What was that!? But the shock is the least of my worries.

   "Rainbow?" Twilight stares at me from the window, the fear in her eyes don't match her friendly attitude, "How long have you been here? How much of that have you heard?" I look away. They're all afraid of me, for something I don't remember or didn't even do. Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie all rushed off from me in a hurry, now Twilight is acting strange. "I SAID, HOW MUCH OF THIS HAVE YOU HEARD?!" She snaps. It takes me by surprise. The anger in her eyes pierce through me. I feel tears whelming up, but I daren't cry. The volume of her voice shocks her a bit too. "Rainbow, I didn't mean to-"

   "Just leave me alone!" I bolt off, deeper into the forest. She jumps out of the window and chases after me.

   "Rainbow! Come back!" She calls after me.

   "Leave me alone! Just leave me alone! All of you!" I shout, not looking back. I take flight, up out of the roof of leaves into the light. I fly over a few trees, knowing Twilight can't follow me. What is going on with my friends? Why are they all afraid of me all of a sudden? What did I do? I fly back down into the forest, and land on a branch of a nearby tree. What do I do now... I slump down against the tree, and listen to the sounds of the forest. A manticore's roar is heard in a distance, bugs I've never seen in my life fly past me. What's the point of living if your friends won't even talk to you? I stare up, trying to see the blue sky through the dark leaves of the forest. Why. I slink down from the tree. Why. A bush rustles behind me. Why. I turn around to see who it is. Stepping out of the bush, is a grey thing. A scream rises, but ledges in my throat. Its eyes are red, its hair or mane is short, and gray. It's quite tall, and stands on the hinds. I back away. Attached to each of its grey hooves are five worm like things. The colorless being walks towards me. It's mouth opens,

   "Why have you forgotten me," it croaks. I turn to run, but in a heartbeat, it lurches towards me with blood crazed eyes and monster speed.