What Path to Choose

8 Years earlier….

“Wake up sleepy head or I’ll send mom up to wake you up instead.” Said Drako’s tinny filly sister Scootaloo

He smiled at her as he opened his eyes stretching some as he got out of bed. He then swept Scoot up in his wing and pulled her toward him into a tight hug “Hey there Loo why is it you always are up before me?”

She squirmed and pushed her way out of his grip landing on the soft cloud floor of his bedroom. She shook herself and beamed up at him “Hey I told you not to do that to me anymore I’m starting a new school today you know I’m not a kid anymore.”

“Well you’re really shrimpy for an adult maybe you have a growth problem or something.” Teased her older brother

“I’m not that little. I’m the second biggest in my class.” Said Scoot

“You mean you were at your old school now you’re in a new one.”

“So I’ll still be bigger.”

“I’m sure you will Loo.”

She beamed up at him and giggled “I love you Drake. Oh and by the way mom wants you up. It’s your first day of school today remember.”

Drako had remembered but he wanted to forget. It was his first day of Flight School, which in Cloudsdale was High School. He really wasn’t looking forward to starting another year as the only pony in his class who still didn’t have his Cutie Mark. It was the most embarrassing thing in the world to him.

But he knew that his sister looked up to him and if he just went back to bed and tried to hide from this torment it would only make her feel differently about going to her new school too. So with a smile and a grown he got up out of bed and said “Well then I guess we should go get our breakfast before we head out then.”

“Yay…I’ll race you down.” Said Scoot running down the stairs.

Drako laughed and flapped his wings following his little sister. He could have beaten her but he lets her win as always. It made his day to see her happy and smiling. She was just so cute he couldn’t help himself. He flapped over to his mother a tall beautiful orange pony with a dark black main much like his own, and kissed her cheek “Morning Mom.”

“Hello sweetie glad to see you got up in time. I was afraid you would sleep and try to fight having to go to school.” Said his mother with a wide smile that matched Scoot’s

“I wanted too but Scoot woke me up and…well I just can’t say no to that face.”

“I know, that is why I sent her up to wake you.”

He sighed and looked over to Scootaloo who was giggling then back to his mother “You really are a mean mother you know that.”

“Oh am I now…well I guess if I am so mean I just won’t let you have the yummy breakfast I made for you. What do you think Scoot do you want Drake’s Breakfast.” Said his mother

“yes…oh boy yes.” She said giggling cutely

“haha you're sooooo funny.” Said Drako taking his plate and sitting down starting to eat.

“So are you sure you’ll be ok today Drake.” Said his mother as she sat down with her own breakfast

“I’ll be fine I guess I just wish I wasn’t the only pony that didn’t have a cutie mark.” He said moping

“What about your friend Rainbow Dash. She doesn’t have one yet and same for Fluttershy the shy mare who lives next door.”

“Dash got hers last week on the last day of Junior Flight Camp. As for Fluttershy well she fell to the ground and her parents say she got hers too. Even if she hadn’t she doesn’t feel like coming back to Cloudsdale and her parents are letting her go to Ponyville High now.” Said Drako

“Oh well honey I’m sure you’ll get yours soon enough it takes time to know what you’re really good at.” Said his mother

“This coming from the Mare who got her cutie mark when she was around Scootaloo’s age” said his father who was walking in now

“Morning dad.” Said Scoot and Drako at the same time

“I just knew I was meant to be a cop when I was a kid that was all dear. I always liked to help ponies and I knew I wanted to keep them safe from bad guys. Then boom there it was.” Said his mother looking back at her flanks where there was a police badge

“Well son just remember I was a bit older too when I got my cutie mark and I’m happy I was in the end. I just knew being a lawyer and helping people who had been convicted of a crime they didn’t commit was my calling.” Said his dad looking at his own cutie mark of a law book and Gavel.

“Yeah because a cutie mark is what decides your career right?”

“Not at all it’s just most ponies find what they are good at is what they want to do for work.” Said his father. He was tall but a bit nerdy looking. He had a dark blue coat and Bright Green eyes like Drako’s with a black and purple mane.

“Well as much as I love this talk we are having, Loo and I have to go before we are late for school. I’ll walk Scoot and pick her up from school and yes I know you two will be working late as always.” Said Drako getting up “Come on Loo.”

“Ok coming.” Said his sister jumping up and following

He walked out his front door then started to head down the road. It didn’t take long for a flash of Rainbow color to fly by him then he found himself looking right into Rainbow Dash’s purple pink eyes. She smiled at him and said “Sup Drake, and hey there kid.”

“Hey Dash how you been?”

“Great I still can’t believe I did a Sonic Rainboom. I just wish my father was there to see it the lazy dork.” Said Rainbow

“Well what can I say parents aren’t really the best for being there when you need them.”

“What do you mean Drako…your mom and dad are always at your stuff. My mom shows up and falls asleep and when dad shows up he always finds ways to say how much I have to learn if I want to be a great flying and get into the wonder bolts Just like him.”

Drako laughed and hoofed her in the arm saying “What can I say I am just a lucky stallion. Speaking of lucky I hear you been seen with a really cute mare lately and here I thought you were a Stallion kind of gall even if you are a tom pony.”

“Oh give me a break you know I like both and also the mare you said I been seen with is just a new friend I made a couple of days ago. She gets made fun of a lot and I thought I would be her friend. She looked like she needed one. She is starting school for the first time with us today. Her parent’s home schooled her before now.” Said Dash

“Oh yeah that is kind of cool…why was she home schooled and why is she made fun of…is she a dork or something?” asked Drako

“I bet she is.” Said Scoot

“Hey now Kid don’t go being a jerk like your big bro now. And no she is really kind of a smart pony but she is a klutz and well she doesn’t look to smart too. But trust me she really is and she’s a super nice pony. I think you’ll like her a lot Drako.”

“How many times do I have to tell you to stop trying to set me up with every pony you meet?”

“After this time I’ll stop but I don’t think you’ll need me to anyway. She’s right up your ally.” Said Dash

“If you say so.”

They dropped Scoot off at her school then made their way down the road to their own. As Drako walked with his child hood friend he couldn’t help but think about the cutie mark and this new mare she was making him meet. Not only did he have to put up with the jokes again but he would also have to be stressed about meeting a new pony.

Soon they walked into the hall of the Cloudsdale Flight School. A light grey pony ran up to Rainbow and hugged her tight. She had shaggy blond hair, and bright golden eyes one of which wasn’t looking in the same direction as the other. Drako jumped at that for a moment.

“Drako meet Derpy Hooves she is the mare I was telling you about.” Said Dash

“Hi there Drako nice to meet you.” Said Derpy holding out a hoof

Drako shook his head then looked her over again. After the first shock of seeing her eyes he could see that she was really a beautiful mare. He took her hoof and shook it saying “You have the most interesting and beautiful eyes I have ever seen Derpy.”

“DRAKO!” started Dash

Derpy only blushed some then said “Thank you…and its ok Rainbow he was only be nice. I’m used to people not liking my eyes at least he was nice enough to lie to me about them.”

Drako looked a little taken aback as he said “No I really mean it.”

Dash laughed and fell on her back rolling around on the floor “You should see your face Drake.”

“What?” the two grey ponies said at the same time looking at their blue friend

“Oh it’s just he has on his serious face is all Derpy. Take that as a good thing, it means what he said was true.”

“Really…you think my eyes are Beautiful?”

“Yes I really do…I also kind of like that you don’t have a cutie mark too. I thought I would be the only one in the school.”

“Oh yeah I just really haven’t found out what is special about myself yet. I don’t mind though I look forward to when it comes but at the same time I don’t want to rush it.” Said Derpy smiling at him

And with that the two smiled and was the start of their friendship. Of cores Drako and Derpy had their share of people who made fun of them. Derpy for her blank flank and her eyes and her klutziness, Drako for being friends with Dash and Derpy, also for his blank flank. But it was ok it was the best time he had ever had. He found that Derpy, Dash and he got along great and it gave them plenty of time to get closer as friends.

Derpy liked a lot of the same stuff that Dash and Drako did so they never ran out of things to do or had to worry about one not liking something else. Also she was a fast flier almost as fast as Dash and maybe even Drako. He thought if it wasn’t for her Klutziness she would have been the fastest of them all. But he would never know.

Drako found he loved spending more and more time with Derpy as the months at school progressed. He was always by her side at school or when he was walking her home, even when Dash joined in and they would do flight runs. He also protected her from the bullies at the school who made fun of her. It caused a few fights and once he went home with a black eye that made his mom really mad.

It was worth it though just to see her smile at him every day. As the months went on and a year had gone by since they met and started at the school Derpy and he had started their own little routine. Drako would sneak out of his house at night and fly to a really tall hill not far from Cloudsdale where he would meet up with her. They would sit and talk for an hour or more looking up at the moon as it went across the night sky counting the stars or whatever made them happy.

By this time Dash was dating some mare who was kind of a bitch to them. Dash was still their best friend but they both could tell she liked this girl so instead of fighting with her on who to choose they just let Dash and her Marefriend have their time and they had theirs. The three of them still hung out every day though if they had the chance.

This is how life was for the three of them for two years. There were times when they would bring Scoot with them to hang out since she really liked hanging out with Rainbow Dash but most of the time Drako had to leave her home because she still didn’t have the power to fly yet. It was something to do with her smaller wings. She was born a month early and her wings were developing at a slow rate and the doctor said it would take her years before she would have enough power to fly.

“Just remember Loo when you are ready I’ll be here to teach you I promise. And don’t you let anyone else teach you ok. I want it to be something between you and me.” He said to her one night when he found her crying in her room

She smiled at him and said “Ok big brother. I promise.”

He smiled at her then walked out of the door. It was now mid spring of his third year of Flight school. Soon he would be in his last year of school and then off to whatever he felt like doing. He just wished he knew what it was. He sighed and made his way to his room then after making sure his door was locked he flew out of his window and headed toward the hill he liked to spend time with Derpy.

They hadn’t planned on meeting tonight but sometimes he liked to go there and think when he was feeling down. As he arrived he wasn’t to shocked to see Derpy already there sitting in her normal spot looking up at the sky. It was clear and the air was crisp. The moon was in a crescent tonight but the light it gave off was still bright. But something was different tonight and Drako wasn’t sure what it was.

He landed next to Derpy and said “Hey there you. I didn’t expect to find you here tonight. Didn’t you have dinner plans in Canterlot with your Folks.”

“They told me to stay home they think I’ll embarrass them again.” Said Derpy holding back tears

“Awww Derp don’t cry. I’m sure they had a better reason than that.”

“No it’s what they said to me. They didn’t want me to make a fool out of myself and them again by doing something klutzy. Princess Celestia is going to be there tonight they said and they can’t have me messing things up.” She started to sob a little

“Well they are fools then to leave you behind. I’m sure the princess would have loved to meet you.” Said Drako putting his front leg around her

She nuzzled into her chest sobbing slowly. He patted her back and brushed her sweat smelling mane. It reminded him of the pine’s that grew in the forest not far away. He loved the smell and the feel of her on his chest. He knew he had feelings that were more than just that of a friend. But he never acted on them do to how much he cherished their friendship.

But tonight felt different, and he thought he knew what it was as he looked at Derpy in the light of the moon. This was their spot, a place where he felt safe, under the moon and in the crisp night air. It was the best place in the world where no one would bother you. They were all busy sleeping or doing something else inside. But not him and Derpy no, they sat here on this hill side under the beautiful moon. And it was there that he knew he wanted nothing more than to protect her from anything. From the pain she felt at being made fun of just because of who she was, to protect her from anything that would harm her, to protect not just her but his family and friends. It was all because of the moon light hitting this beautiful mare’s face that he realized that it was what he had been doing all alone. He had been protecting everyone he knew in any way he could, by fighting for them, or by being there when that friend needed a person to talk to, or by just letting them cry on his shoulder.

There was a flash of light from near his flanks and he jump along with Derpy. He looked down in amazement as he saw the Crescent moon with a Sword going through it on his flank. He felt tears welling up in his eyes as he looked at his Cutie mark. It had finally come.

Derpy sniffed and smiled “Looks like one of us can finally not be made fun of for being blank flanked. I’m so happy for you Drako.”

“You know that is one thing I love about you Derpy no matter how sad you are you always find a way to smile and be happy for others. You don’t let life get you down. You have such a bubbly personality it makes you do different from any pony I know.”

“Thank you…and you know your right my personality does make me different…” she said then with a flash of light her own cutie mark showed up in the form of bubbles

She laughed and blushed “Well look at that…who would have thought that the one thing I am good at is being me.”

Seeing her smile like that with tears still on the edges of her beautiful eyes he couldn’t help himself let alone stop himself. He moved forward and kissed Derpy’s lips. He held the kiss for a long time, longer than he thought he would. He found Derpy closing her eyes and wrapping her front legs around him pulling him into her kissing him back.

His head was racing as he felt her tongue press against his lips. He opened his mouth letting it in sucking on it for a moment before letting his own wonder into her mouth. The two of them then started a small war of their tongues trying to overpower the others. As they did this they both started to moan, his hooves starting to explore the grey mares body. He really had no idea what he was doing but Dash had told him different things on this kind of thing and he took her advice.

He dove his hoof down to her legs then up finding her moist wet hole. He felt her kiss him harder as he did this and he started to rub slowly feeling hot fluid flowing over his hoof. She started to buck herself up a bit rubbing her hot slit over his front leg and hoof letting the kiss brake as she started to moan deeply.

She fell back as he rubbed more pulling him with her so he ended up on top of her. He could tell she liked this so he kept at it rubbing slowly. He moved his head down as he did and tried something else Dash had told him about, he nibbled on the edge of her ear. He felt her jerk her hips up into him as he did this her moaning growing louder. He smiled and did it again this time getting her to say his name through the moan.

“mmm…D…Drako…”

He moved his mouth down to her neck and started to nibble on it slowly working his way down her body. He was going off of everything Dash had told him hoping she hadn’t lied on any of this as some kind of prank. It would be like her to do something like that. As he moved down getting closer to her hot folds he could smell a sweet smell that he liked a lot. It put him in some kind of daze and he moved his hoof away and pressed his face between her legs licking slowly up her folds.

She screamed and pressed a hoof to his head pressing him in deeper. He welcomed it finding he loved the taste of her soft wet sex more than anything he had ever tasted before. He pressed his tongue in deep letting his teeth rub over her soft clit. Her screaming moans filled the night are as he worked lapping up at her sweet juices as it flowed over his nose, chin, and tongue.

Her hoof never left his head as he worked on her lapping up more and more and nipping her from time to time just to tease a little as Dash called it. Soon he found his tongue being squeezed by her hot folds. She pressed down harder on his head making it so he could barley breath through her juices and flesh. Then he heard her scream one last time.

“Drako…one…last…one…”

He pressed in deeper and sucked on her a bit one last time then felt her orgasm hit him like a rush of water. Only it tasted a hundred times better. He opened his mouth as he felt the hot liquid flow from her and onto his face. He took as much in as he could in the short time it came. Then as fast as it had started she was done. He pulled his tongue out of her and looked up into her now open beautiful eyes. She was looking at him panting heavily as small smile on her face.

“I…I’m sorry I don’t know what came over me.” He said trying to get up but she still had his head in her hooves

She pulled him up to her and kissed him one last time long and deep. Then she pulled away from him and smiled “What took you so long you block head…”