____*Stalliongrad, The north district market, 1:21 PM*____

Scootaloo walked with Rainbow along the streets, they had already visited a few shops, and were now going around, they had eaten at a restaurant that served some truly unique food.

As they walked, Scootaloo could tell that Rainbow was bothered by something, she decided to ask. "What's wrong?" She asked.

Rainbow looked around a little, but it was clear that she was on watch for something. "I don't know, I just have a bad feeling for some reason.

Scootaloo halfway nodded. "Paranoia?" She offered.

"Yea, lets go with with that." Rainbow said as she walked.

They walked a while longer, and Scootaloo soon saw some interesting fruit, she dragged Rainbow over to it.

Scootaloo gazed curiously at the fruit, it was white and had a strange resemblance to a pear but had the feel of a peach, she then looked at the seller. "What is it?" She asked.

The vendor, who was a gray stallion without hair, he chuckled. "Its an Artic Pear, Imported all the way from The Tundra." He answered easily.

Rainbow decided to buy two pears, one for her, and one for Scootaloo, but as she did, she remembered something from her past.

____*Years ago, Cloudsdale, 12:20 PM*____

Rainbow walked around the city, she looked around and saw that most of the shops were bustling, she sighed and looked down at her list. 'All that's left to get is the apples......god I sound like dad right now.' She laughed at her internal joke.

She eventually found an apple stall that wasn't completely crowded, she waited in line patiently as it went on, she was of course irritated by the line taking forever due to a stubborn old lady trying to convince the vendor that the price was inaccurate, but as she looked around, she couldn't help but see something odd.

A young colt, barely the age of seven by the looks of it, swiped an apple and ran off to the alley, which nopony seemed to notice, she raised an eyebrow at this, but seeing as nopony else was acting on it, the lady and the vendor didn't seem to be going anywhere with their argument, she left the line and headed for the alley.

As she entered the alley, she continued down it and eventually saw the colt sitting in a corner eating the apple, she approached the colt but didn't get too close. "Why did you steal it?" She asked.

The colt froze, he seemed to be shaking and was covered in dirt, but the discolored dark blood red fur was still visible, he gulped and looked at Rainbow. "I....I, I had to eat." He said shakily.

Rainbow blinked and knelt down slowly. "Where are your family?" She asked quietly.

The colt cringed and looked away, Rainbow's heart dropped, she understood the message. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked, but still, stealing isn't a good thing to do." She said calmly.

The colt shivered and looked at Rainbow from the corner of his eye. "I......you wont turn me in will you?" He asked, fear plain in his voice.

Rainbow found herself in a conundrum, on one hoof, it was her civic duty to turn the colt in to foal services, on the other, she couldn't bear the look of fear on the colt's face, for now, she decided to get something simple. "My name is Rainbow Dash, you?" She asked.

The colt blinked but did not move. "S....Storm, Blitz." He answered.

____*Stalliongrad, The East side.*____

Storm sat on top of the building looking down at the streets, he watched as they went about their paranoid lives, never getting close to one another, it was a jumbled mess.

He chuckled and looked forward. "So, how is the sergeant?" He asked.

The gray mare from before walked up next to Storm. "Doing well......Storm, we heard about what happened, and you know why I'm here." she said calmly.

Storm smirked. "Go ahead and arrest me, it won't matter." He said with a grin.

The mare knelt down next to Storm. "It isn't about that, eye witness reports state that the guy picked that fight, no, I'm here about the I.e.r." She said calmly.

Storm shook his head. "As I've said before, I'm leaving it in, I'm not dealing with this shit anymore." He replied firmly.

The mare sighed and looked at him. "You can't keep hiding this, it's unlike you, the sooner you accept this, the better." She said.

Storm said nothing as the mare left, he simply looked down and a small smile crossed his face. "Soon enough, I wont even need it removed." He said before flying off, a memory coming back to him, or more accurately, an image.

A smile, a face, two beautiful eyes, he couldn't help but smile, even a sad one.

Author's Note

It's been a while since I've rewritten a chapter, but here's another one for you guys/girls, this should be more streamlined and readable than before, it might be too big a change, but its a necessary one.

Back to the story, the mystery mare makes a return, Rainbow gets some nostalgia, and Storm has more backstory now, more coming in future chapters.

Ps. Yes, I know the name of the implant changed from the original, but this makes more sense.