Chapter Two: Life Change
Life isn’t only dreams, or a beautiful garden. Sometimes it needs have a change here or there, but we must keep it going.
When I made 12 years, I reached my majority, so I can leave the orphanage and have a life, a job. I started working in a small book store, by time passes, I met Octavia and Lyra, and they asked me if wanted to make part of the small Ponyville's Orchestra. I accepted. In a few months, I had my own house in Ponyville, and with Twilight arrival, I've started to intermediate the books' arrives from others places of Equestria. In two or three weeks, I already had an “employee”, a mare gray unicorn, who has helped me when I left the book store, taking care of it, every time I went to a presentation, or vacations.
Play the violin has turned more a hobby than a job. I know, I used to play in the orchestra, but sometimes I went to a hill, outside Ponyville, just to play, or when I wanted to be alone for a while, usually when I was sad or when my bad memories came from the depths of my mind. One day, I decided to go there, just to be alone, and see the skies, like every time I went there, but in that day I was so sad, if I was dead, it doesn't matter for me. I sat there and started crying. I cried like never before. The tears dripped down so painfully in my face, and my heart was beating so intense and painfully, thing that I couldn't support. At that same time, memories appeared when I was a colt, and when the other ponies bullied me.
A sound picked my attention. I was eyes closed, and the sound of wings beating in the air, made the memories disappear, and inside my mind was nothing, just the sound. I opened my eyes, and I saw her. Rainbow dash was on front of me, a few meters, hovering in the air, staring at me, worried about what was wrong with me.
–Hey, what’s the matter? – She said coming near me. That moment was the worst to talk with my crush, but I couldn’t run away now. I was reactionless; she suddenly appeared in front of me and started to talk. –May I sit here? – She asked, and I nodded. With my hoof I tried to clean the tears in my face. She sat in my front, and said to me:
–First, take a deep breath, and say to me your name…
– F-Flying… Fi-Fiddler… – I said between sobs.
–Why you are crying Flying Fiddler?
–Please… call me on-only Fi-Fiddler…
–Why? – Dashie asked.
So I told her my story. About my colthood, the bullies, about my problem with my wings. Everything . And she was there, listening carefully every I word I said, or I tried to (when I started talk about, I started cry and sob again). When I finished, Rainbow Dash pick my head with her hooves, and made me look inside her eyes. Her beauty red-pink eyes.
–So… Fiddler, I know have saw me flying trough the skies before, aren’t you? Well I, the best flyer in all Equestria, will teach you everything you need to know to fly like me, but since now I warn you: you can be the 2nd best flyer, because I’m the 1st! Ok? Together we will make a pair of unbeaten flying!
Those words cheered me up a bit. My life love was worrying about me and my problems. My dreams were coming true!
We arranged to meet in the same place next day, after the lunch. When I was going to there, I was thinking to myself: “well… I guess she won’t come…but, what we will lose?”. When I arrived the place, I saw her, sitting on a cloud, waiting for me.
–A bit late Fiddler – She said giggling.
–I had some costumers in my library, and my assistant, Lady Gray Magic, wasn’t there, so I apologize for being late – I said, continuing with the joke.
She started to train me. She started with some wings stretching, and some exercises for they. Every day was a new “class”. A day was about fly theories, another some exercises. And day after day she was more interested in help me, in the problem with flying and about my shyness, and this made me love Dashie more and more. After two weeks, ours meeting became more usual, and we were meeting not only for my training, but to hang out, to walk around Ponyville, or admire the sunset. Sometimes she placed a cloud near the hill, to I climb it and she “drive” us to a distant place, just to lie down, look to sky, and talk. Talk about many things, about how she loves the Wonderbolts, and how she wanted to be one of they; about how I love the classical music, but I never told her my feelings.
Sometimes when we were in Ponyville’s Park, Pinkie suddenly appears near us, saying:
–Rainbow Dash is dating! Rainbow Dash is dating! With Flying Fiddler!
Every time, Dashie just got blushed, and she said:
–No Pinkie! We are just… just friends!
And every time that happens, I just laughed. By the time passes, she started to “don't care” about the situation. We both know the truth, so what's the big deal?
We were together since 5 or 4 years, and I was completely fallen in love with Dashie, this feeling was so strong inside me, that I decided to compose a song to her, and tell everything about what my feelings.
We set to meet at the hill, in a beautiful day, after the lunch, like always. I arrived a half hour earlier than the combined, to set up my stuff, and to encourage myself.
Dashie arrived flying like always, with a happy smile in her face. I was afraid that she didn't like my song, because she didn't like so much the classical music, – but she started to like since she met me, I guess the reason is because I talk so much about it when we were together – but I had to do it. She landed on ground, and said to me:
– Hi Fih! How you're doing?
– Fine Dashie! And you?
– I'm fine too... I'm curious to know what you want to show me!
– Amm.. Yeah!... Of course... – I said embarrassed – Well... I was working hard on this... I hope you like...
I picked up my violin, look on my sheets, and I started to play. My heart was beating hard, and I was looking to her. She was in front of me, listening carefully. I decided to close my eyes, and I left my arms play for me. The music was going so deep, romantic and melodic, that I could listen the nature around us singing with my violin.
When I finished, my legs were a bit shaky, and Dashie was looking at me. I was waiting for the worst thing, when she said:
– Fiddler... You know I don't like so much this kinda music, but... it was beautiful. I... I don't have words to say how I'm feeling right now...
– Well Dashie... I made this... to... say something to you...
– Yes...? – She said curious.
–Well... since five years you are, well... taking care about me... worrying with my problems... –“Come on!” I thought with myself “You have 17 years! Doesn't matter her answer, just do it!” –And these years were the best five years of my life... So… I want ask you...
–Yes?! – She looked into my eyes. She was on front of me, raised, with the wings open, very closer to me. Her spiky mane was touching my face. In that moment, my face became so hot, that I could fry an egg in it. My heart was beating quickly and irregularly, and I was breathless.
–Well... Do you...–I were gagging– Want to be... to be mine...
She didn't let me finish. She just kissed my lips for a while, and then looked at me, with a loving expression, and said slowly:
–Yes... Is that the answer you were waiting?
–Amm... Is... – In that moment I my face was hotter than before, my heart was looking like a train, and my wings were open. – Is... better Dashie... I-I just donno what say now... I just want... want do a thing!
Before Dashie say a word, my heart taken the control of my body, and I ran to the ledge of the hill, and I jumped. I knew it was madness, but a part of me was confident that everything will be fine. I was with my eyes closed, but I felt something moving at the both sides of me. I part of me was moving frantically. I opened my eyes, and I saw my wings beating. I was a few meters of the ledge, floating in the air.
– Fiddler! Never scare me like this again! – Dashie said a bit nervous.
–Dashie! I flew! I finally flew! – I said happily while I was trying to go nearby her – I flew! Did you saw this?
–Yeah... I saw Fih... – She laughed.
We hugged, and kissed again (this time was a bit longer), and then we went to a “happy trip”, giggling trough the skies. I wasn’t flying so well, sometimes Dashie needed to help me, and we decided do lie down on a far away cloud.
Our “dating” was a bit hidden; because we didn’t want everypony knows about… Dashie never liked to talk about her feelings, I don’t know why, I guess because she consider this a weak or something, and I don’t like when everypony knows about my particular life. But we couldn’t hold it so longer, we knew that, but we just prefer to let it just between us. And we kept that way about it. Sometimes we went to Cloudsdale, to go to a pub, or to "fly" around, and I sometimes I used to sleep in her house, and she in mine, in Ponyville.
Day after day we were closer to each other, I never thought that would be like this… When I was colt, this “love story” appeared to be so far from me, a distant dream, like fly. And I was flying better, by the way.
Was Hearth's Warming night.Twilight invited her friends to the celebration at the library. She told to her 5 friends that “you can bring friends! Let’s celebrate”, and Dashie invited me, Spike invited Rarity, and her, him. Apllejack didn’t brought nopony, so I decided to call Autumn Prince to go with her; Fluttershy went with Angel, Twilight already had her best friends there, and Pinkie invited a lot of ponies to party there.
Since 10 months I and Dashie were together, in our “secret date”, but this last 2 months, we suspected that everypony knows the truth about us.
The party was going so sweet… Was snowing, so Spike lighted up the fireplace, the Cakes brought some candies, Twilight found a book of old shanties, and we singed them… There were games, music, fun… I played some with my violin, and after the diner everypony was talking to each other, drinking something or telling jokes, while we were waiting for share the gifts at midnight. I was talking with Dashie, we were seated around the room, and were talking about a lot of things, and then I said:
–I’m really happy because everypony is celebrating together…
–Well… I’m happy because… because you are here! – She said “booping” my nose. I blushed.
–I… I love you Rainbow Dash!
–I love you too Fiddler!
When she said that, mistletoe appeared above us, being held by a purple magic spell, and I saw Twilight and the others back on the room, looking to us, smiling and giggling happily.
–Now… we need… –Dashie said, looking at me, with the same romantic expression that she made, in our first kiss.
I involved her in my arms, closed my eyes,and I kissed her. Kissed with all my love, my passion. I just didn’t care if there was somepony looking, or not. Our kiss was long, romantic. I wasn't hearing anything, just ours heartbeats. The two hearts beating quickly, showing that was the most pure love.
When we opened our eyes everypony was cheering, some was crying, because that moment was so emotional, but everypony was happy about us. After the party is all over, me and Dashie went to my house. And that night was one of the better of my life.
The next day we woke up late, around 10 AM, and I went to make the breakfast (should I say lunch?). I was so happy, that was silly, and I started to sing, something about the best day of my life, when she walked downstairs. She was so pretty, and cute. Wearing a light pink robe, with a messy mane.
–Mornin’ honey– She said happily and sleepy
–Morning Dashie! I’m almost done the breakfast…
When I finished, I put the things on the table, and I heard I knock on the door. I went answer it and I saw a little box in the doorstep, with a small card in it. In that was written:
“So, we have a new couple here? Looks like somepony received a great gift last night… I wish you two have a great life together! This is for your life, you’ll need it.
From your brother, A.P.”
I opened the box. Inside was some money, that Autumn gave to me. I wasn’t the richest stallion in Ponyville; he knew I need some to start something more serious with Rainbow.
Months have passed, and when we made a year of date, we decided to marry. Dashie asked to Rarity make her dress and my tuxedo. When she did the dress, it was beautiful. A white long dress, with some colored flowers, and rainbow strips in the long tail. The chest had a golden embroidery, a heart, and inside it there was my and her cutiemark, and in and the head was a beautiful tiara, adorned with a light blue veil, and six flowers, one with one of her mane’s colors. It’s a pity Dashie thought that dress was flashy, and she asked to Rarity take out some details. My tuxedo was simple: black, with a bowtie. In my pocket I had a red carnation. We did our marriage in the small Ponyville’s church. Everypony was there. Neither me or Dashie have blood brothers, I just had Autumn as a “Brother in Hoof”, so he and Applejack were my groomsmen, and Dashie chose some relatives for it, cousins I guess. Pinkie made a great party to us, so long that it ended in the morning of the next day.
Twilight got a honeymoon for us in the Canterlot’s castle, and Princess Celestia sent a royal carriage pick us. We passed a week in the castle. In the first night Princess Celestia and Luna received us with a great “welcome diner”, some other ponies was there, but I didn’t knew who was they; I think they were more students, or some member of a magical clan, or whatever like this, because the most were unicorns or alicorns. There was around a 10 or 12 ponies, except me, Dashie and the princesses.
The room where we stayed was in one of the towers of the castle that had a beautiful view or Canterlot, with a big and comfortable bed, with glass on the ceiling, that makes you see the stars at night, when you go to sleep.
This week on the castle was so magic and romantic… We just did what we wanted to do… Someday we decided to walk through the beautiful gardens, in another we decided to go to the royal pool and to the spa in Canterlot… Was unforgettable.
Chapter Four: Married life
When we back to Ponyville, Rainbow friends were waiting us at the train station and everypony wanted to know how was the week in the castle, so we went to the Sugarcube Corner to eat something and put the news on time.
I and Rainbow were living in my house in Ponyville, it was easier to me go work at the bookstore, but in the holydays we used to go to the Dashie’s house in Cloudsdale. Octavia and our orchestra were invited to stay in Canterlot, instead of Ponyville. I didn’t accept. Ponyville was my home, where I grew up, where I met the love of my life; I couldn’t leave the village forever.
With my work at the bookstore we were able to have a good life, we weren’t rich, but we could pay all the taxes and stuff. Rainbow started to train in the Wonderbolt Academy two years ago, and she passed in all the trainings, and soon she got a good rank in the Wonderbolts that her salary could pay everything in our lives, so I sold the bookstore to Gray Magic (the mare who helped me). I used to stay in home, or help anypony else with some kind homework, or help pinkie with parties when Dashie wasn’t with me, I did that because didn’t wanted feel alone, and to have something to do.
In Dashie’s 1st mission far away from me, she was a bit nervous, and in the day she had to go in this errand, I flew with her and Tank to the Wonderbolts Air Base, in a distant cloud near Cloudsdale. When we arrived, we had to farewell. There was a big crowd of pegasi waiting for their lovely Wonderbolts go in this mission.
–Don’t worry Dashie… everything should be fine, and you’ll be soon at home … – I said pulling her in a hug
–But Fih… You… – She was trying to figure out she weren’t nervous, and I felt a small tear drop in my shoulder – You will not be with me… I’ll miss you…
–Yeah darling I’ll miss you too… – I put her in front of me, and I placed my hoof in her chest. She was breathless, and her heart was beating quickly. – No matter what, I’ll be always in your heart. –I kissed her, and I said – I love you.
–I love you too Fiddler.
–Attention all the Wonderbolts of the 3rd regiment, we are leaving in five minutes! – Said a stallion voice.
–I have to go now… –Rainbow said while she was going to where all the others Wonderbolts were – I’ll see you soon Fiddler!
I waited with Tank until the regiment go in a beautiful formation… There was around 30 pegasi in the regiment, and I tried to find Dashie there, but I couldn’t.
–Yeah Tank, it’s only me and you now…
The small tortoise looked to me, how it wanted to say “I know my friend…” We flew back to home in a sad flight. The trip to the base was a bit happy because me and Dashie went talking about random stuff, until we arrived there, but in the way back it was only me and Tank, and he was a tortoise, and tortoises doesn’t speak. The only things that a listened was the sound of my wings, Tank’s propeller, the wind lightly hitting my face and some birds and voices in the ground. For the first time in months I felt alone again, and decided to go to another place, not to home, but to my hill. That hill where I played alone years ago, where I cried away from everypony, and where I and Dashie kissed for the first time. It was around 18 o’clock, a calm evening, without clouds in the sky. I sat there, Tank at my side, and I started to think. Think about my whole life. “It’s like a dream” I said to myself “I married the mare of my dreams; I have a good home in my village, with nice friends… I thought that was impossible… but now my dreams are true”. I can’t remember how much time I passed there thinking, I went home late o’ night, around midnight.
The time I wasn’t with Dashie, I wasn’t the same. I was a bit lifeless, “without colors”, and something was strange, I knew it… For the first time I compared my life with the other’s… Mine was so strange… Some thoughts in my mind bothered me… They were saying that: “I’m different than the others… I shouldn’t be from ‘here’” or “so strange my story, isn’t?”… That almost made me crazy. I used to hangout with somepony else to forget those thoughts… Sometimes I invited Autumn Prince to go with me to Cloudsdale pub, or to go to somewhere. With two weeks without Dashie, I received a letter from her:
Dear Flying Fiddler
Our mission in the borders of the Cristal Empire is near to end. I can’t give more details because some security reasons. I’m alright here, some bad griffons are messing around here, and I hope everything is okay there too… Our commandant says we’ll back in a week or two…
With all my love
R.D.
That letter cheered me up a bit, and since when it came, the days started to pass slowly than the usual.
Chapter One: Flying Fiddler
Chapter One: Flying Fiddler
I’m a Pegasus pony called Flying Fiddler, but I like be called only Fiddler. Why not use my full name? I’ll tell you. I have a deficiency, my wing are bigger than the normal size for a normal pegasus, and because that, I can’t learn how to fly when I was a small colt. Other ponies just point at me and laugh saying:
–Look! A Pegasus who can’t fly! Look how dumb he is!
Since I know myself as a Pegasus, I lived in a orphanage, and for my shyness or for fear to be hurt one more time, I didn’t made many friends, actually, my friend were Autumn Prince, a Pegasus who I liked to call “brother in hoof”; he was a bit taller than me, his fur is a little bit orange (a transition between yellow and orange), his mane and tail is red, and his cutie mark is an dry leaf. My another friend was the mare who took care of the ponies in the orphanage, Sweetie Honey, or how we called her, Aunt Honny.
And since I was a little colt, I really loved to listen classical music, mainly, the ones with violin. When I had 5 years old, I've got, in my birthday, a violin, and when I took it from the box, I decided try play it, and without any class or a teacher, I started to play “happy birthday”, and I felt something. I felt that was my destiny. Music. The music is what I born for, not to take care about the weather or do something in the air, but stay in the ground and play.
–Hey you got your cutie mark! – Autumn Prince said to me, so I looked to my flank, and there was: my brand new cutie mark. The drawing is the F-holes and two musical notes.
Me and Autumn Prince always like to talk about the life outside the orphanage, and near my 9-10 year, mostly about the fillies. I always had a crush on Rainbow Dash, and Prince on Dash’s best friend, Applejack. I always thought to myself “Dashie never gonna date me… there are a lot of awesome pegasus… Pegasus who know how to fly at least”.
Well… I was wrong.
