Ten Years Later

When I went out of the front door of the hospital, the front doors were vandalized. The glass was broken, but I decided to push it open instead. I let my marefriend pass through first, since she was the only joy I had left in the world.

I let myself pass, when Lightning Dust shouted, Wait!.

I looked at Lightning Dust. So did Fluttershy, but I dont think she would even know who was Lightning Dust. Back then, she didnt mind who was the pony I was faced against. She just didn`t give a damn who I was against. She gave a damn on whether or not I was going to get hurt. And, that was a pony who cared.

Lightning Dust speeded out of the hospital. I assumed quickly that she was going to another case, at another time.

For some of you, a decade is a very long time. I walked with Fluttershy down towards one of the main streets. The first stand was selling oranges. I presumed that was the orange family selling them. The Orange family was like the Apple family, except that instead of selling and harvesting apples, they harvested oranges. I didn’t get to quite know them as much, but Applejack always told me to “stay the hay away from them.” I honeslty did not know why, but that was because she told me that nopony knows what they are really doing in the Orange family.

I thought the Apple family had some grudge against the Orange family. But, what happened to Applejack? She was the latest one to be killed. One day, she was applebucking in Sweet Apple Acres, when all of a sudden, her family called her down back. The family told her that there was a problem. Several apples were tested to be poisionous. Applejack, being stubborn ate one of them, because she wasen’t sure. She fell asleep, and never woke up again.

The Apple family was no stranger to death. They encountered death before; Applejack’s parents were killed in a shooting in Manehatten, Applejack once told Fluttershy. She had always wondered whether or not it would have been prevented.

That was the saddest part for me, due to the fact that now, I should have saved the four friends that are dead now.

I looked at Fluttershy. I had been walking with her ever since we got out of the hospital. She then stopped, and looked at something. I questioned what she was looking at.

“What are you looking at, dear?”

She pointed her hoove to a building. That building used to be the Flower Shop, but nowadays since nopony buys flowers for anypony anymore they went bankrupt. Now its owned by the Prancing Pony, but I looked at it, like Fluttershy pointed to me.

I heard gunshots in the building. The Ponyville Mafia were at it again. This time they were busting a newspaper building. But I had to question my marefriend again.

“Why did you point at it?”

She replied, “U-um, there were som-somepony who entered the b-building w-with guns…”

I quickly realized but there was a thought that resurrected from the dead.

You swear one more time and I will beat the shit out of ya.

I wanted to get out of here. The Mafia weren’t nice people. I heard from a former Mafia don that here was a guy usually in the Mafia that was a bit of a loose cannon.

“Let’s get the buc--”

My sentence was interrupted by a explosion that seemed so close. Fluttershy was startled and scared, nearly to tears. I looked around, and said,

“What the buck was that?”

Fluttershy hugged me, in obvious distress. I on the other hand saw smoke coming out and then I realized that the hospital really had a bomb that was going to be detonated. I also hugged Fluttershy, and said,

“We really need to get out of here.”

I saw the mafia going somewhere. They didn’t seem to mind about this. They flew back to where their home base were. I read that they were located in Manehatten.

Breaking from our embrace, we had to somehow run. I told Fluttershy that we had to run, and so we did. We ran until our muscles were burning up. We were at the front door when we stopped.

There were no animals, no birds chirping, and most of the animal’s habitats were in terrible desolate condition. That raises the question, whatb happened to the animals?

Well, for one thing, Fluttershy’s animals were in big trouble after the terrorist attacks started to happen. So, trusting her own instinct, she donated all of her animals (that includes that bunny which always drove me nuts) to the Equestrian Humane Society. But, instead of taking care of them, they killed them. I couldn’t believe it, when they killed them, but what made ME enraged is why they killed the animals.

They killed the animals because they were under terrible care, they said. What the actual buck? Why the buck would they say that they were under terrible care when my wife did her best! Buck you, Equestrian Humane Society!

I am still enraged at how they said that Fluttershy didn’t take care of her animals properly. She did. She motherbucking did. I did not know how to take care of animals, and when I did, I sucked. But, she? Well, she really took care of her animals. She was the element of kindness, so why the hell kill every animal she took care of?! WHY?

As of a result, she became very depressed. She had just lost so many animals that she was trying to take care of. She usually was crying. She coudn’t even stand the pain of losing several of her animals.

I wanted to sue the Humane Society for unnecessary loss of life, but something was there that wouldn't let me sue the Humane Society. I saw something in the Humane Society’s legalwork that prevented lawsuits.

Rule 76: No person shall sue the Humane Society for the loss of animals that the “person” took care of. The “person” still takes care of the animals if they are in the Humane Society.

Fluttershy opened the door, but stopped, then asked, “You...um...want to stay with me?”

“Sure, Fluttershy.” I said, passively. I coudn’t comprehend why, but, I just said it passively. Call me an idiot, but I just did.

I went into her house. She had been cleaning it up, like some perfect masterpiece. Masterpiece’s nowadays aren’t going to live forever, like some alicorn. Masterpiece’s then were having some conviction in it. This house had something that made it a masterpiece. I wondered mostly if Fluttershy wanted that house actually.

I followed her to my room. My room was the only thing that I really had now; my house got burned down some hours that I have lost track of ago. There were some very old Wonderbolt posters, and a computer -- which I moved it in some months after Rarity died.

I rarel went on the computer due to the fact that Equestria shut down their Internet a year ago. Someday I do go on -- but it was just for the nostalgia. I always considered on getting rid of my computer, since there was no purpose. Just no purpose.

Fluttershy also went somewhere, maybe to get something to eat. I also wanted to eat something, or drink something. I colsed the door, and I started to think what just happened.

I got the shit beat out of me, when Dusk Shadow used police brutality on me for not preventing a incident on my house, the doctor that was taking care of me had been shot pretty brutally, and I didn’t prevent a bombing...wait, Fluttershy was right, I did not prevent a bomb from being defused in the hospital, and could have saved lives…

I hit my bed. “Buck you, Rainbow Dash.” I uttered to myself. My heart sunk, as I suddently felt sorry for the several lives that already were in danger. Their families would get the terrible news that their relatives, sons, daughters, mothers and/or fathers has just had their lives ended.

“You dumb buck, Rainbow Dash. You could have saved the lives of so many ponies, and yet, you decided not to. DECIDED.” I told myself. I was guilty of allowing it to happen. “You made too many bucking mistakes, Rainbow.”

What saddened me the most is that I was responsible for allowing it. I was responsible for allowing a bomb to explode, essentially killing nearly everyone in the hospital. I wondered who was alive, managed to get out of the hospital.

Tears somehow manage dto come out of my eyes. I was responsible for not preventing an incident that killed ponies that were in healing. Healing after certain irrevelant events.

I then lied down onto the bed, crying myself to sleep.

I dreamed a trance, of some kind. Grey. I don’t know why. Chills went straight down my body, despite something snuggling next to me. I assumed it would be Fluttershy, I mean she was my wife that I was legally married to.

The grey trance quickly then evaporated into bodies, stacked up next to some building. I honestly do not know what building it was. THen, I heard some gunshots, that I thought were real. Then I saw the mafia ponies (the same that came out of the newspaper building that got busted by them) toss the bodies onto the stacks. Most of them were bloody, mainly with gunshots to the head.

Then I heard one of them say, “We need to bucking get the buck out of here. The police will bucking bust us for it.”

One of them was worried, “Well, how? We have three international manhunts coming in on us, Loose Gun.”

“Shut up, Ray. We will not get bucking caught. Follow me.”

They drew out their guns and started to follow the leader. All of a sudden, they noticed something.

“Wait,” said Ray as he started to look for any survivors. He spotted one. “One of them is still bucking alive!”

“Who?” shouted Loose Gun. “Who the slimy little bucktard survived? WHO?!”

“Loose, let’s get him.”

“Right behind ya, J.C.”

They pointed their guns at a pony. That pony was a colt in black with red eyes and hair. I didn’t really know him. All three of the mafia fired their guns. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang and more bang.

The pony collapsed, bloodied. He was shot in the stomach so many times to the point where he was dead.

I woke up with Fluttershy’s mane in my face. I turned around, to the front and started to hug her. Fluttershy was looking at me. “Rainbow…”

“What is it?”I asked.

“You were crying. I heard you.” said Fluttershy quietly. She was hugging me, there like a pony who actually gave a damn about me. Nobody gave a damn for me nowadays, with the exception of Fluttershy and probably Lightning Dust.

“Yeah, I kn--”

I was interrupted. “Shhhh, Rainbow. I know that you blamed yourself for all of this. I want to tell you this.”

“I don’t want any excuses. It was my fault for personally not telling the hospital that there was a bomb there.” I explained. I was for some reason still shaken by the bombings.

It was still the night. I thought however that I was knocked out for 10 hours.

“It’s not your fault, Rainbow Dash.” Fluttershy said, standing up for myself.

“No, it was.” I said. “I didn’t tell th--”

“Seriously, Rainbow. It’s not your fault, it will never be, so quit blaming yourself.”

It started to dawn on me. It wasen’t my fault that I could have prevented the incident and I didn’t. It wasen’t my fault that the hospital was gone. It wasen’t my fault.

I realized that Fluttershy’s word’s were really true. It was those sick motherbuckers who keep on obeying what their fascist leader told them to do. And what Tempest Malevolence did, was going to be condemned for the 145th time.

I broke down in tears. Tears were literally dropping from my eyes and they were getting covered by Fluttershy.

“Shhh...it’s okay...I still love you.”

I stopped crying. Fluttershy had a somewhat impressive effect at being brutally kind to me. She then broke away from me and then she grabbed my head and dragged me into a passionate kiss.

I closed my eyes as I was tasting oats. Then after a few minutes, or what seemed forever, I broke away from the kiss.

“I love you so much, Fluttershy.” I whispered. “Your the only joy I have left in this world.”

I closed my eyes, as I went to sleep. Fluttershy was snuggling me from behind.

I loved Fluttershy ever since I was a filly. She had been shy, and at first it really pissed me off, but eventually I had to tolerate it. But, we both were picked on by bullies, and when it was revealed in a rumor sent by somepony (I think it was Red) that I was dating Fluttershy, I was called a fillyfoolers all the time, and no, it wasn't nice.

But, I always wondered to myself, why are they saying that being a fillyfooler was bad? Why do several ponies in Canterlot oppose the inclusion of coltcuddlers and fillyfoolers into society? Why does Equestria hold the notion that fillyfoolers are a “threat to society”, quoted from Prince Blueblood’s speech to Equestria nearly 4 years ago, when fillyfoolers did nothing wrong?

I never really got the point in all of this bullshit against fillyfooling and coltcuddling. Let them do what they want to do. Let the chips fall where they may be.

I was dreaming of something. It was like that flashback I had earlier.

“F...fl--fluttershy,” the pony whispered.

I got annoyed. Usually, I would have ponies greeting me like I was part of them, but her? Well, she wasen’t. So instead of snapping, I decided to tell her to talk a bit louder..

“Louder.” I said, as I didn’t really catch that. “I didn’t really catch that.”

“Fl...Fluttershy.” the pony said, a bit louder but still seemed a bit quiet. “Fluttershy.”

“Ok, seriously, you really need to talk louder.”

“Fluttershy.” the pony finally said in a audible tone that I could finally comprehend.

“There. That’s better! What took you so long to answer in a proper tone?” I said to her, kinda confronting her.

“Um…” Fluttershy answered, shyly.

My question still hung in the air, but it was quickly rushed away. I walked into the room, and explained, “I think you are my roommate?”

Fluttershy nodded. I did think she didn’t want to talk about stuff, and I did think she was very shy. Hmm, it kinda reminded me of Red when he registered for Flight School.

“Well, it might be a bit hard to get used to, considering how shy you are. Name’s Rainbow.”

I woke up in the middle of the night. I kinda slept for several hours. How I knew it was the middle of the night was when I got up and looked at the window. Once again, the stars were polluting the atmosphere.

There was something about stars that I wanted to understand. I always ask myself if there was some extra terrestrial life on these very stars. The extra-terrestrial life that might live like ourselves, but in a different way. I always wondered that ideal made by our scientists.

I then focused on the moon. The moon always had a piercing thought of pain on me, because I kind of felt sorry for Luna. You already have heard this, but over a thousand years ago, all kinds of shit happened. King Sombra got overthrown, Discord was overthrown and then came the real deal. Luna refused to lower the moon for the sun to come up. So, she turned into a being named Nightmare Moon and decided to usher in eternal night. As of a result, Celestia used the Elements of Harmony and banished Nightmare Moon towards the moon where she would spend 1,000 years.

However, what carried with Nightmare Moon (I think) was Luna. Luna did nothing wrong, she wanted ponies to know what night felt like. I beleive Celestia intentionally wantede Luna to be perfect. I think with her being imperfect, she was banished, in a embodiment of Nightmare Moon.

The more I remember the story, the more I feel sorry for Luna. With all this shit happening to F/F and M/M couples that are legally married, I feel that Luna, even if she wanted eternal night would also bring some responsible government into Equestria. She would have started to crack down on these terrorists...but then again, is cracking down really easy?

I looked at Fluttershy. She was sleeping calmly and very quietly. I then grabbed a piece of paper, and wrote,

“Gone to see the wreckage of my last house. Will be back in a couple of hours.” --- Love, Rainbow Dash

That’s right. I was going to see what kind of damage was done to my house. I went out of Fluttershy’s house, and flew. I spreaded out my wings and flew up. I looked down, seeing where was my former house, and then I found it.

I landed near the wreckage. It was burned up, like a mine that was exhausted. The house was part of Cloudsdale, and I disconnected the house from the rest myself. I was alone in that house, always thinking of what would happen if I didn’t get into the Wonderbolts? I was so alone in that house to the point where the thoughts that I had were like somepony was talking to me.

I didn’t really mind it, until, I saw blood. There was some blood near the wreckage, and then I realized that the blood was mine. That blood was the same blood that came out of me when I was beaten the shit out of, I realized. It baffled me how the investigation had not went there and cleaned it up.

I decided to go back home. I didn’t have anymore time for this bullshit, and there was nothing special about my house being wrecked. I flew up, once more and decided to fly back to Fluttershy’s house. I landed at her door, and opened it.

Then I went upstairs and went back to sleep with Fluttershy.

When the next morning came it felt like I was asleep for just a few seconds. I got up myself and began heading down the stairs towards the living room. I saw Fluttershy here, drinking her cup of tea. I decided to sit down with her.

“Where did you go?” she asked me, handing me the note which I wrote some moments ago.

The words hang in the air. I was going to answer the question truthfully, so to quell the words justifiably like someone assigned to do a job for good.

“Went to the wreckage of my old house. Found some blood.” I answered her.

Fluttershy put on a worried face. I assumed quickly that she was thinking about me actually being in the house when it went down, but I wasen’t. In fact, I was trying to save it, but then I was stopped by Dusk Shadow.

You swear one more time and I will beat the shit out of ya.

That thought once again penetrated my mind. These words for some reason I coudn’t forget, especially when I refer to Dusk Shadow.

You swear one more time and I will beat the shit out of ya.

“Oh…” Fluttershy said, as I saw her realized what happened.

“What is it, Fluttershy?” I told her, as I started to wonder what Fluttershy was really thinking.

“Y-You were on the g-ground and then so-somepony be-beat you up…” Fluttershy said shyly.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t deny the fact that I was beaten up by Dusk Shadow, who forced the house that I was living in to not be saved (even though I was trying to save it). So after I sipped up a cup of tea (which really didn’t taste well, but who gave a buck), I decided to go where Fluttershy was sitting and decided to hug her for bit. I then let go of the embrace after a few solid moments, because now I had to go for work, and tea was I think usually enough to keep me energized.