Cloudsdale, the Untold Story

Outside of Ponyville, 8:43 P.M., March 19th, 2011, Present

The two ponies flew up into the sky, “Hey, Rainbow Dash. How do we plan on getting close?”

“No plan, we’re winging it.”

“Um, what?”

“Do you have any better ideas? We don’t have much time. If we don’t hurry, Midnight could easily burn down Ponyville!”

“I guess you’re right. Let’s just go get Midnight back.”

“Princess Celestia! We need to get Midnight to the ground!”

“We’ll get him down there!” Princess Celestia never took her eyes off of Midnight. She didn’t want to give him any kind of opening, “Just go rejoin your friends. He’s too dangerous!”

“Got it! Come on Fluttershy!”

“No! I can’t let them win!” Midnight shot a flame off in between the princesses. The flame came straight at Fluttershy. She froze up in her fear.

“Oh, my goodness!” She thought, “What do I do?” Rainbow Dash quickly pushed her out of the way. The flames barely caught onto her tail.

“Rainbow Dash! Are you okay?”

“I’m fine, Fluttershy. He just got my tail. Come on, we need to get going, now!” They flew down to the ground as fast as they could, “They’ll be down here soon enough. We need to get ourselves ready for them to come to the ground so we can deliver the final blow.”

The princesses had Midnight in front of them as they pushed him down, crashing into the ground. A crater formed right before the feet of the six ponies. A dust cloud poured from the crater as they crashed down. As the cloud cleared, Fluttershy could see the princesses standing over Midnight, who was laying in the middle of the crater, “Do it!” Luna shouted out, “Do it now! We don’t have much time!”

“Got it!” The six channeled there energy to the Elements of Harmony. A light shined from the center of them slowly turning into a towering rainbow, “Don’t worry Midnight, we’ll get you back to your normal self. I promise.” The rainbow came crashing down at Midnight, circling around him.

“No! You can’t beat me! Nooooooo!” The rainbow swirling around him, spinning faster and faster, until he was completely engulfed in the rainbow. A wave of energy bursted from where Midnight stood, pushing every pony back.

Outside of Ponyville, 12:00 A.M., March 19th, 2011, Present

Fluttershy was the first to stand up as the others stood up as well, “Ow, my head.”They walked over to the crater to see Princess Celestia and Princess Luna blasting Midnight with bright white lights. Fluttershy could see that Midnight looked different. He looked like he did before the incident at the pegasus race, except he looked like he had aged. His left wing was still gone, and his black coat was bloodstained. Midnight was screaming in pain as the princesses slowly healed him.

Rainbow Dash walked up next to them “Wow, did my sonic rainboom really do that much damage to him? Wow, that’s amazing.”

“Rainbow Dash?!” Twilight yelled out, “How can you be so insensitive?! This is the friend you’ve been trying to save for 5 years!”

“Right, I’m sorry.” They all looked back down to the bottom of the crater. Midnight’s wounds were slowly healing, his wing was slowly growing back, and the blood was slowly depleting. But he was still shaking and screaming in pain. He looked at Rainbow Dash who was staring right back at him. His expression suddenly changed and he was surprisingly smiling. His wing has fully returned as he screamed directly into the air. The light around him burst through the air, and spread out blinding every pony. Fluttershy, who could barely see, looked back down at Midnight. He was lying in the bottom of the crater, wing returned, cuts healed, blood gone, flames still burning, but he wouldn’t move. He just lied in the middle of the crater, “No, he-he can’t be... he can’t be dead.” Rainbow Dash began to cry, “He can’t die! Not now, not after all we’ve been through! You can’t die on us!” She fell to the ground and buried her head into her front legs, “Damn it, he can’t die, he just can’t.”

Suddenly, Midnight began to slowly move. He began to stand up as he slowly swirved back and forth, “Oh my goodness.” Fluttershy pushed on the side of her crying friend, “Ra-rainbow Dash, I think you might wanna see this.”

Rainbow Dash looked up at her,  “What is it now Fluttershy.”

“Ow, my head.” Midnight said while shaking his head.

Rainbow Dash quickly looked at him, “Midnight! You’re alive!”

“Yep and I’ve never felt better.” He flew up next to them, “Why, were you worried about me?”

“Um, no. I mean, I knew you’d be fine, seeing as how I was one of the ponies who helped you.”

“Ha, arrogant and self loving as always I see. That’s the way you’ve always been and the way I’ve always loved it.”

“What do yah mean by that Midnight?”

“Hah, it’s nothing. Don’t worry about it. So Fluttershy, how have you been? I think it’s been 5 years since I’ve seen you last.”

“I’m fine, I’ve just lived here in Ponyville for the last 5 years. Nothing too special except all of the adventures the six of us have been on.”

“Well, I’m sure you’ll have plenty of time to tell me all about it.” He looked over at Rainbow Dash, and frowned, “ *sigh* Rainbow Dash, I’ve been trying to find the strength to say this to you ever since the day I first met you to say this to you. Rainbow Dash, I love you, you’re the only pony I’ve ever met who’s ever made me feel complete. You’re beautiful and I wouldn’t want to be with any other pony.” He reached down, closed his eyes, and locked his lips with Rainbow Dash’s.

“Well isn’t that nice.” Fluttershy said as she smiled at them.

“Awww, they’re so cute together!” Pinkie Pie said as she bounced up and down.

The two pulled away from each other as they slowly opened there eyes, “I’ve gotta say Rainbow Dash, I’ve never been happier in my entire life.” He smiled at her but suddenly, his face became shocked as he cringed in slight pain, “I-I’m sorry, I can’t stay here.”

“What?! But we just got you back! You just kissed me! How can you leave?!”

He cringed in slight pain again, “I know, I’m sorry. I’ve gotta take care of something. This needs to be done.” He slowly backed away from Rainbow Dash, “Don’t worry, I can guarantee you we’ll see each other again.” He turned around and flew off into the distance, into the bright light of the full moon.

“Don’t worry sugar cube, I’m sure y’all will see him again sometime.”

“I sure hope so Applejack.”

“Aww come on, let me take you to Sugar Cube Corner and turn that frown upside down.”

“Thanks Pinkie Pie, that would be nice.”