Remembering each other.

SugarSong woke up, still having her hooves wrapped around RainFlash in a hug. RainFlash was still asleep, and he probably would be for at least one more hour. She had been here for... was it 29 days now? Closing her eyes again and thought what they had done. The first days, they didn’t really say much to each other. After about 40 minutes she decided to make some breakfast, she started preparing some pancakes but then she heard a few knock on the door, she opened the door and saw a grey coated wall-eyed mare with a blonde mane.

“Hi.” The mare said. ”I just wanted to let you know that the train-tracks have been fixed.”

“Oh.” SugarSong said, trying to hide her disappointment.

“That was all, bye!” The mare said, and took of.

SugarSong closed the door. Well, I guess this will be my last day here. She thought to herself. She was almost out of bits, so she couldn’t really buy anything fancy, and she would need a few for the train. I could give him breakfast on the bed, that is the least I could do for him. SugarSong thought, and went back to the kitchen, to make some of those delicious pancakes. She was done after just a few minutes, and RainFlash should wake up any minute now. She took the plate with the pancakes and headed towards the bedroom.

RainFlash woke up, and the first thing he saw was SugarSong lying in front of him with a plate that had a bunch of pancakes on it.

“Good morning.” She said, with a bright smile.

“Good morning.” RainFlash said, still not fully awake yet.

“I made some pancakes...” SugarSong said, struggling with that to say next.

“The train-tracks is fixed, aren’t they?” RainFlash said, with a small smile on his face,

“Um... yeah, how did you know?”

“The pancakes.” He said, and pointed at the pile of pancakes.

“Maybe I just wanted to be nice?” She said.

“Ok ok, you win.” RainFlash said, laughing to himself quietly.

“So... I guess I’ll take the night train, it’s a long trip home and sitting on a train for seven hours... not really what I wanna do today.” SugarSong said, and looked down at the already empty plate.

“Ok, any idea of what we can do then?” RainFlash asked.

“Maybe... go for a picnic?” She responded.”But first I’ll need to get myself some breakfast.” She said and walked back to the kitchen.

RainFlash got out of bed and walked into the kitchen, and sat down by the table. He glanced over at the clock. nine AM. Work starts in about 1 hour or so so I should get going soon.

“I have some work to do today, but I’ll be back before three PM so we still have time for that picnic.” RainFlash said.

“Oh... ok.” SugarSong said, a little bit disappointed.

RainFlash watched as SugarSong ate her breakfast.

RainFlash had left the house about one hour ago, she was done packing the picnic basket and sat down on the couch. Didn’t he have a violin? She thought. She looked around the house, and found it immediately. She was a bit out of practise but she could still play a few songs. But she still couldn’t play and sign the lyrics at the same time, but she tried and after a while, she both sang the song and played on the violin at the same time. She kept on playing and soon, she lost the track of time.

RainFlash was on his way back home, but when he was just about to open the door, he heard somepony play on a violin, and sang a song that he couldn’t remember last time he heard. He opened the door and found SugarSong, playing on the violin and singing.

“Nothing will break me cause I found a friend in you! And you found the magic in me.” She sang, with a beautiful voice.

“There were times. That I felt alone. Though there was a crow. Strangers were many. But my ears, heard a familiar sound, the sound of a girl, who sang my melody.” RainFlash continued, hoping he got that part right. SugarSong had stopped playing and just stared at him.

“Ready for the picnic?” he said with a weak smile.

“Um... sure.” SugarSong started. Still a bit shocked over what just happened.”Can I bring the violin, I’m gonna play at a theatre in a few days, and I need some practice.”

“Sure, why not?” RainFlash responded. but that song, there as something about it, nah, probably nothing. He thought to himself.

The two ponies left the house, and started walking towards the park, when they found a good spot under a tree to have their picnic at, they packed up and sat down on the carpet they brought.

“So... when did you get that violin?” SugarSong asked, and took a bite of a very tasty sandwich.

“Oh that was a long time ago, I used to play allot before I got a work in the weatherteam, and I guess I just stopped playing after a while.” RainFlash said.

“When did you move into Ponyville then?” SugarSong asked.

“Well, all I can remember was waking up in an old hut in a big forest, I was just a filly and got bored pretty quickly and I took a walk and suddenly I was in the middle of Ponyville, I didn’t really know anypony, but after some time wondering around Pinkie Pie just appeared  out of nowhere and she helped me, then she told me that the weatherteam where looking for more ponies so I got there and did a few tests, they said it would take a few weeks to see if I could get the job, I got good scores but the right wing didn’t really give a good first expression. And when I was waiting I spent my free time on learning how to play the violin.  then I meet you.” RainFlash said, hoping he didn’t forget anything.

It took a while for SugarSong to proses everything he said, what surprised her the most was that he didn’t really know where he really came from.

“So... how about singing that song again?” RainFlash said, breaking the silence.

“Um... sure.” SugarSong said, and picked up the violin, and started playing the same song she had been playing when RainFlash got back from work, and when the song was over, she could hear a group ponies clapping their hooves and cheering for them. She looked at RainFlash, who was just as surprised as her.

They kept on playing different songs for about an hour, and when they were done, there was at least 20 ponies around them cheering, but after a few minutes they all left, and left RainFlash and SugarSong alone again. They had got so caught up in the songs that they barley had started their picnic  yet.

RainFlash leaned back at the tree, and closed his eyes and took a bite of his sandwich.

“So, you are a artist, right?” RainFlash asked, trying to get a conversation going.

“Yeah, I’ve been playing on a few theatres but nothing fancy.”SugarSong said.

Should I ask? They both thought at the same time.

“I was wonderi...” They both said at the same time.

“You go first.” RainFlash said.

“No, it’s nothing, you can go first.” SugarSong said, and gave him a small smile.

“Alright, I was wondering if we could stay in touch? You know, letters, maybe see each other from time to time.” RainFlash said.

“Oh of course!” SugarSong said and wrapped her hooves around RainFlash, who returned the hug. She leaned her head against his shoulder and grabbed the last sandwich.

They both sat there, looking at the clouds and just enjoyed each others company for what seemed like just a few minutes but probably was at least over an hour. But it was getting dark and SugarSong had a train to catch, so after a while, they both started walking back to RainFlash’s house. And when SugarSong was done packing, she would have just enough time to say goodbye and still be able to catch the train.

“I guess we won’t see each other for a while now.” RainFlash said with a touch of sadness in his voice.

“It won’t be that long, just a few weeks.” SugarSong said and gave RainFlash a weak smile.

“So I guess this is goodbye for now.” RainFlash said still trying to stay calm.

“I’ll send one letter every week, I promise.” SugarSong said, trying to have a serious look on her face.

“Can you really promise me that? What if you forget the address? ” RainFlash said with a smile on his face.

“Don’t worry, I won’t forget the address.” SugarSong said and gave RainFlash a hug, who returned the hug. But after a minute she broke the hug, and waved goodbye as she headed for the train station.

RainFlash watched as SugarSong walked away, only now able to say the few words he had been trying to say for a long time now.

“I love you.” He said quietly. But she was to far away to hear him. He closed the door and sat down on the couch, he leaned his head on the pillow closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

SugarSong was on her way to the train, it wasn’t a long walk, but it took a good 20 minutes. But when she saw the train station, she just stopped. No, I can’t leave without telling him. She thought to herself turned around and started running back, but suddenly she saw a shadow, she turned around.

RainFlash woke up with a hitch, wide awake he ran to the door opened it and took of, heading for the train station.

SugarSong looked at seven pegasi stallions, she recognized three of them.

“Well well well, what do we have here! All out on your own?” The bright brown stallion said, his black mane was nearly visible in the dark.

But before SugarSong had time to say anything, she saw a flash of red, and just a moment later, one of the stallions who stood next to the bright brown stallion collapsed, knocked out of a single kick in the face, and barley visible, a black coated stallion, with a red mane stood there.

“Leave. Her. Alone.” RainFlash said, his eyes burning with hate. He looked around and the remaining 6 stallions.

“What is wrong with you? Seriously? We are six, you are one.”The bright brown stallion said.

RainFlash took of and hovered in the air, four of the other stallions followed and the other two stayed on the ground, cheering for their friends. He started flying towards one of the stallions, when he was just a few inches away he could see one of them flying towards him, without any warning, he took a quick turn to the right and kicked the stallion in the back and watched as the stallion fell down on the ground. Two down, five more to go. He thought to himself.

SugarSong saw one of the two stallions, who had just been cheering for his friends, took of to help his three friends leaving the last one alone. He didn’t even notice her, she just went up to him and punched him in the stomach with her forehoov so he lost his breath, then  finished him by kicking him in the face so hard that he fainted immediately.

RainFlash saw the stallion, who just had been cheering for his friends fall to the ground. Two of the stallions, who had been keeping an eye on him started flying towards her.

“RUN! DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME! I’LL BE FINE! RainFlash shouted, then he felt a pain in his back as one of the stallions kicked him.”AHH!” He shouted, as he fell down and crashed on the ground.

SugarSong just watched as two of the stallions started flying towards her, but when she heard RainFlash screaming, it hit her. In a split second, all the memories she had been trying to oppress for years came back, the forest, the timberwolves. And the scream. No, she would not do the same mistake again.

RainFlash tried to get up, but as soon as he stood up, he felt a kick in the stomach and he collapsed. He opened his eyes and saw one of the stallions receive a well placed kick in the face. Then he saw the other stallion grab her, and took of. That was it, in a split second he took of, doing a quick turn and kicked the bright brown stallion, who had just had been kicking him right in the face, as he did the stallion fell to the ground holding his forehooves in front of his face. He turned around, and saw SugarSong punching the stallion who just had been holding her on the chin, he dropped her and she started falling to the ground.

“NightChaser!” SugarSong screamed, now remembering the name of the stallion who she had been living with for the past month.

That name. And it all came back, the timberwolves chasing them. He had tried to lead them away from SugarSong. RUN! DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME! I’LL BE FINE! He had shouted, and right after that, a massive pain in his right wing, he had managed to fly away, after a few minutes he crashed into a hut, and he passed out. snapping out of his thoughts, he took of, and started flying towards SugarSong as fast as he could manage.

SugarSong closed her eyes, but she didn’t land on the ground, something grabbed her. She opened her eyes and saw NightChaser trying to slow down the fall.

He couldn’t do it, it was to close to the ground and he didn’t have time to stop the fall, he wrapped his hooves around SugarSong closed his eyes and got ready to meet the ground.  And the moment, they crashed.

SugarSong opened her eyes, she looked around, all the stallions who had been there before was either gone or lying on the ground. She looked down and saw NightChaser, slowly opening his eyes and he looked at her.

“By the way, you still owe me that apple.” He said with a weak smile before he passed out.

NightChaser woke up in a bed, he looked around and saw both of his wings and his left forehoov in bandage, and on his right forehoov he found a sleeping SugarSong. For long have I been here? How did I get here? he thought to himself. Then, without any warning, SugarSong looked up at him, she had been crying, he could see that.

“Oh thank god you are ok.” SugarSong said, giving NightChaser a warm hug, he pulled her a little bit closer with his right forehoov, only now able to say those words, he had been wanting to say for so long now.

“I love you.” He whispered, and a tear found its way down his cheek.

“I love you to.” SugarSong whispered back, hugging him even harder. ”How did you get away from those timberwolves?” She asked, still holding him in a tight hug, as they would come back and take him if she didn’t.

“I just... didn’t stop flying. I crashed into a old swamp hut and got help with the wing. That zebra saved my life.” He said.

SugarSong broke the hug for a moment, then she leaned forward and kissed him. And just a split second later, NightChaser kissed back. What felt like seconds could have been minutes, but after a while SugarSong broke the kiss, gave him a quick hug.

“I love you.” She whispered.

“I love you to.” NightChaser whispered back and felt a tear running down his cheek.

“By the way, when you was unconscious, one of the guards just wanted to let you know that there is a job as the captain of the guards here in Ponyville, and... if you want to it’s yours.” SugarSong said with a weak smile.

“I... I don’t know what to say, honestly.” NightChaser said, still trying to process everything.

“Say yes?” SugarSong said, and gave him that adorable grin.

“Can I at least think about it?” NightChaser said  gave her a funny smile.

“Nope.” She said and kissed him on the nose.

“What do you do if I say no?” NightChaser said.

“I would question where you got that cutie mark from.” SugarSong said.

NightChaser looked down at the right side of his flank, and there it was. A black dark purple shield, but there was something else in it. When you looked close, you could see a small bird singing, it looked like the shield was transparent and behind it... ”Is that... that looks just like your cutiemark. ” NightChaser said.

SugarSong looked a bit closer, it felt, awkward to be staring at a flank like this but he was right, behind that obsidian shield, there was a singing bird.

“We need to celebrate this.” NightChaser said.

“What you need is to wait until your wounds have healed, and when they have healed.” SugarSong said.

“Oh... right.“ He said.

“Now, I will go and get those invitations done, you will just sit here and do... nothing.” SugarSong said and kissed NightChaser one more time before she left.

He leaned his head back on the pillow and closed his eyes. What did I ever do to deserve this mare? He thought to himself slowly drifting away into sleep.