Make Your Echo Create A Wave

Even if an Echo meets another or a wave meets a wave

Pain and distrust may lead to a difficult relationship to save

CHAPTER 3: MORE INTRODUCTIONS

Waking from a dead sleep, I slowly hopped out of bed, opening my door and heading into Rarity's room. I tried to be subtle but she was still awake with a devious smile across her face. She grabbed me before I was able to make a sound, pushing me to my back and tracing a hoof up my hip, resting it on my midsection. I only moaned in desperate pleasure as my panting grew heavy and I wrapped my front hoofs around her, pulling her into a deep embrace. She only uttered one thing as I began kissing her neck.

"Darling, wake up"

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Opening my eyes quickly I saw eyes peering at me as the room filled with light. I jolted up out of my bed quickly, startling Rarity as I gasped and howl in pain as my wings slammed the wall next to the bed. I opened my mouth to yell more but only air escaped as I fell back down, my wings still in crippling pain as I whimpered quietly, looking up at the unicorn in pain.

"My dear house guest, I'm so sorry I caused this Jacob..." She fumbled as she straightens the bed, her way of making up for the abrupt awakening. As the pain ceased I leaned up as she tries to fix my pillow and held her hoof in mine.

"I forgive you...could you...help me out of bed, Rarity?" She instantly locked up at my touch, a deep blush across her face as she cleared her through to buy time.

"Y...yes, of course Jacob" she stutters out as she helps me to my hoofs. She offered to walk me downstairs, and, out of forgiveness I let her, leaning close to her as we descend the stairs. As we reached the bottom of the staircase, I was suddenly knocked forward and almost lost my footing, looking back to see a small white pony about as tall as Spike sitting at the bottom of the steps where I was just a second ago (I'm implying she tripped me). Her hair was like the color of cotton candy, a mix of purple and pink arranged in thick vertical stripes of the alternating colors.

"Oh my...I'm so sorry Mr..erm...Rarity? Who is this pony?" As she finished her sentence, she's met with a furious faced Rarity.

"SWEETIE BELLE, how could you! I try to nurse a poor, injured pony to health, and you barge down the stairs like a glorified  bull; have you no honor or class?" After such words, poor Sweetie Belle could only sniffle and look up to me. I knew she didn't deserve that.

"Um...Sweetie Belle? It's alright, I forgive you." I added a smile after my words to hopefully comfort her. Maybe it worked too well, because she turned tail and galloped up the stairs crying."Rarity...did I...do something wrong?"

"No dear, she simply isn't used to making a bad first impression...nor does she take it well when things go wrong" Rarity points out. "Listen...go meet the rest of mine and Twilight's friends...I'll stay here and fix this. Maybe we could even make a few outfits together for when your...more properly healed." To this I gave a nod and wide smile, hoping I would be able to spend time getting to know this pony.

I had no idea why I would be interested in a pony in the first place, but I was one, and how could I find my own species unattractive. I'm going to be a pony for a long time, it seemed, so I might as well get used to it. Even though it's only the second day here in... was it Ponyville? Yea...Fluttershy called this place Ponyville when she left to get Twilight the first time we met. Guess nothing to do but get used to it. I enjoyed the atmosphere of the area, and if the other ponies were as nice as these few have been, how could I be upset?

I slowly opened the door to leave as I felt a hoof stopping the door. I turned and was met with Rarity blinking lightly, blushing deeply as she pushed me to the wall and kisses me lightly. After a few seconds of this, she pulled back, blushing deeper than ever as she turned tail and headed up the stairs quickly. "I...I trust you'll be fine...have a good day Jacob" she said as her voice faded, leaving me wide-eyed and slightly slack-jawed.

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Heading out and through town, I slowly made my way to a large house, seemingly made out of a large tree. Not bothering to waste time contemplating the obvious flaws it's design structure, I headed in and was met with Twilight and Spike reading up heavily on alicorns. It was a library of sorts, with books all up the walls in large shelves. They turned there head to give an affirmative nod before turning back to their studies. While cold, I could admire their intent on wanting to learn up more on me if I was to be staying here a while. Spike was the first one up and headed to see me. Having been the assistant, he wasn't doing much of the reading, except for reading off sections of different books for Twilight to listen too while she flipped through pages with her magic.

"Hey Jacob, how are the wings and horn" he asked curiously, hoping to find any reason on avoiding more reading. Twilight was quick to bounce up and greet me, smiling wide as she stepped over any and all clutter of books left around.

"If it isn't hurting any more, we could advance the spell to phase 2 if you would like."

"And...what would that do?"

"Well, the first stage was mending any heavy damage and realigning your wings, so the second phase is hypo-dermal, working on mending any problems that are small enough to be over looked by the heavy hitting spell." She smiled at her own ability to remember as she looked at me."We could remove the bandages and and splints Fluttershy put you into, and get working on fixing that horn and those wings." She seemed overzealous in her tone as she described the process, so for nothing elts, me accepting the offer would help her as well as me.

"Sure Twilight, lets do it."

"REALLY? Great,lets do it now!" Spike poked his ears up from the kitchen and threw Twilight a look before shrugging his shoulders. She quickly rushed back and opened the scroll, casting with exited movements as her horn sparked to life and zapped me with a similar aura of magic, cascading down from the air as it left her horn, arched, then splashed onto the shield of magic already outlining my form.

The magic made my wings spread as the dressings drop. I was amazed as I looked back, watching them spread to almost twice my body length,perfectly straight and beautiful. "My gosh...they...there fixed...their beautiful."

As the magic dissipated, Twilight smiled so hard I thought the corners of her mouth would wrap around her face and connect. "Yea,since Pegasus are known for more durable bones and cartilage, they must have fared well in the fall. Your horn, however, won't work well without a full repair, which will take a lot of time to heal." Slowly the smile faded as she began thinking. "Well,i suppose we should meet Dash first...she's a bit of a hot head, but she will warm up fast...compliments help." She grinned as she rolled her eyes, opening the door as I shut my eyes hard and heard my wings collapse and fold in towards me as I made my way outside.

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A loud whistle caught me off guard as I looked back at Spike, about to growl at him as I turned toward the sound of wings flapping lightly to the ground. My jaw almost dropped as I looked at the pony attached to to those wings. A cyan blue coat covered her body as she swooped down, landing light as air as she smiled at me, her rose colored eyes gleaming gently in the light as she shook her head, pushing her hair into form. Her hair was arranged like a rainbow,her tail having the same pattern, almost covering one of her eyes as she smiled lightly to Twilight. My heart skipped many a beat as I got right next to Twilight for a better view of the Pegasus.

"Jacob...this is Rainbow Dash" Twilight said as she smiled to me, pointing her hoof to the winged pony who abruptly struck a pose. "...and she is going to teach you how to fly." My eyes lit up as a smile wore wide on my face.

"I'm gonna do what now? Can't he fly by himself? He is a alicorn...is he like...slow or something?" The last comment hurt as I shrunk back and sat,my tail curled around as I looked down and let my spiked hair dip low, the neon violet tip dipped over my eyes. Twilight immediately yanked her over and whispered at her for over five minutes. After which she walked over and laid a hoof on my shoulder. "Hey...um...I don't like saying this but...I'm sorry. I didn't know you hadn't ever flown before, let alone didn't know anything past the fall. I would love ta help you...and we're gonna start right now...come on." She grabbed my front hoofs and wrapped them around her neck,lifting me into the air with ease as she flew off into the sky, Twilight's objection echoing off and going silent.

She brought me to a high up cloud with a large house made of a similar cloud texture. The cloud was high above the others and huge as she flew up to it and dropped me. It was so sudden I didn't even yell out as I landed onto the puffy substance. I couldn't see through the bottom of the cloud I was now ontop of, and it had the texture you would think a could would have. It was wispy and light, soft to the touch as i gained my footing. Since there was alot of the cloud, I assumed it was so if i couldn't fly, I had a place to land. The house nearby was a two story living space, similar to what a normal home should look like, except it was purely made of clouds. Rainbow Dash dropped behind me with the same lightness as she watched me look around.

"Alright Jacob, first rule...keep a clear mind. Unless you know how to multitask, you'r mind should be consistent and straightforward. One thing should be on your mind, flying. I don't want to see you daydreaming, you're not ready to let your wings run on cruise control. The only reason you can stay upright on this cloud is your natural Pegasus instincts. Your bones are lighter than a normal pony, and stronger too. This DOESN'T mean to pick a fight with others, unless you know you'll win"

"Second rule, to extend your wings naturally you need to order your wings out. Same with putting them away, control and you will rule the sky. Fail to do so, and you drop like a box of cupcakes...a metal box...with metal cupcakes...SHUTUP." I couldn't help but smile as she gets flustered.

She taught me basic state-of-mind strategies and how to propel myself up and forward, then took me to the edge of the cloud and told me to do it. My heart raced faster than I'd like as I gulped and closed my eyes, ordering my wings open, and stepping off and dropping as I leave the cloud. No amount of concentration helped as my wings clung to my sides. My mind fills instantly with visions of those I've met since I've been here, and I smile lightly as I remember that the last person I was was Rainbow Dash. My vision goes blank as I hear a sonic boom, followed by a flowing of color around me as I'm lifted and brought to a safe area of ground. I'm turned over and look into Rainbow Dash's eyes as I slip into unconsciousness from the rapid altitude change. The last image stained into the back of my mind as I see Dash looking at me biting her lower lip and checking my pulse with one of her wings. Those eyes looking at me as I slipped into a deep sleep.