The Usual Life of an Unusual Pony

        Knight watched the sun arise from the trees. It got up fully then he heard Twilight. "Knight!" She called out.

        "Ah!" He tripped on a branch getting up. "Here! Up here!" She was at the door she looked up.

        "I didn't know it was that bad in here!" She joked. He flew down ungracefully, lost balance fell a couple of feet in the air and hit the ground, hard. All he heard twilight gasp.

        "Is he dead?" He heard a voice.

        "He's not dead, he only looks that way." Came another.

        "Good job Twilight, killing the new pony." Came the same voice.

        "I sure hope he's not dead that would be terrifying." Came a soft voice.

        "Looks better dead." Came a stern voice.

        "Rarity!" All the voices shouted.

        "I'm darn right confused who is this pony if he even is one?" Came a country accented voice. Remembering where he was his head and body flung upward.

        "AHH!" All the ponies surrounding him yelled.

        "Ugh, I'm fine guys thanks for asking." Where the first words he spoke in a while. He recognized them all except two, there was Rainbow, Twilight, Rarity and the two. One had a light yellow coat with a light pink mane that had curls at the end. The other was an orange coat with white freckles and a light yellow mane. The only thing that stuck out was her brown hat.

        "Girls, this is knight, he's from Canterlot." Twilight said then Rainbow butted in.

        "Not just that he knows the Wonder Bolts!" Rainbow flew up excited then back down.

        "How ya doing? I'm Applejack." Said the orange pony. He waited for the yellow one to speak, she didn't. "This is Fluttershy, the kindest pony around. I think you’d win an award if you find a nicer pony." Applejack looked at her, then at Knight for her to speak. She still didn't, she just tried to hide behind her mane.

        "C'mon Flutters, he doesn't bite." Rainbow said.

        "Even though he looks like he would." Rarity added. Rainbow got behind Fluttershy and pushed her forward. Fluttershy made a distressed noise as she got shoved forward.

        "H-Hi." She said then quickly went to hide behind Applejack’s flank.

        "Hello, the both of you." He spoke smiling toward Fluttershy she ducked down behind Applejack. "So, what did I miss?" He rubbed his head with his hoof and sat up.

        "Well..." Twilight began. "I had Applejack and Fluttershy over to introduce them to you." They smiled at him. He barely saw Fluttershy’s smile behind her mane. "Then Rainbow came to ask you something." Rainbow smiled, excited. "And Rarity... Why are you here, Rarity?" She asked Rarity.

        "I was wondering if you any fabric for one of my designs I'm working on?" Rarity said.

        "I might it's a very limited collection. If you could call it a collection." Twilight said leaving the room with Rarity.

        "So Rainbow, what's up?" Knight asked Rainbow who was watching him.

        "Well, you’re the new 'pegasus' and I was wondering if you'd like to race?" She smiled at him.

        "You do this with all the new pegasi?" He asked her.

        "No, I'm just interested in your ability that's all." She told him.

        "Sure, I'll do it. A warning though, I can't slow down, I won't be waiting for you." He laughed as he got up fully.

        "Ooh, I like the look on a cocky pony's face when I beat them." She retorted. "You guys wanna come watch?" She asked Applejack and Fluttershy.

        "I would love too, but I need to get back to the farm. It was nice meeting ya." Applejack said and turned to leave exposing Fluttershy.

        "What about you Flutters?" She asked Fluttershy who had fearful look on her face.

        "Uh... I... I'd like to it's just that Angel has been sick and I'd like to be with him." Fluttershy swallowed heavily.

        "Fluttershy." Rainbow said to her catching her lie. "I was just at your house Angel is  fine. You won't watch me, or uh, us?" She asked.

        "Well..." Fluttershy said feeling remorse. "I suppose I could."

        "Good it's always fun with spectators. Come on Knight, I've found the best place." She, Fluttershy, and Knight flew out a nearby window and onto a nearby cloud. "We go to the town hall." She pointed to a building in the center of the town. "Ok, Futters you count, on three we go." Rainbow said.

       "Ok, ready Knight?" He nodded to her. "Dash?" Rainbow did the same. "1..." They bent down ready. "2..." They unfolded their wings. Rainbow’s feathers and Knight’s thin skin.  "3." Instantly Fluttershy felt the wind of them starting. Knight took lead at first.

       "Sure you don't want to quit now?!" He yelled to her.

       "Acceleration means nothing!" She said flying close then passing him.

       "I was just going slow for you!" He said taking the lead. He got pretty far in front of her "how's it look back there?!" He yelled to her. She mumbled something to herself smirked then, she flew next to him.

       "Could ask you the same!" She then got a substantial lead and crossed the finish, he crossed a couple seconds later. They slowly came to a stop and flew down to the ground. "Nice try there." She extended her hoof he said nothing and shook it. "You're not half bad. Perhaps I could show you a thing or two?" She said.

        "Take me under your wing?" He said. She laughed taking her wing and putting it around him which in turn made him laugh. Just then Fluttershy flew over to them.

        "Wow!" She said quietly. "Great job Dash!" She said but quickly added. "Not that you were bad Knight. I should be getting back to my animals now." She trotted away they waved to her as she left.

        "So, got any plans now?" She asked him.

        "Unless you count going back to Twilight's napping, and reading a plan then no." He smiled.

        "You want to get something to eat?" She asked him.

        "Sure, I didn't get any breakfast, or lunch." He said remembering what happened this morning and by now it was Dinner time. "I haven't really seen anywhere to eat yet."

        "Well, what do you feel like?" She asked.

        "Anything really." He said.

        "Easily satisfied? Well there is that café near by want to go?" She asked him.

        "Sure that'll work." He said she turned and began walking toward it.

        Back at Twilight's house Rarity and Twilight looked through a closet to find some fabric. "I've noticed you don't seem to like Knight very much." Twilight confronted Rarity about him.

        "I don't know what it is! By the way Rainbow talks about him he seems like a nice stallion and all but I tell myself he's not!" She told Twilight.

        "Rainbow talks about him?" Twilight asked interested.

        "Yeah, she told me about his looks and how he didn't scold her for hitting into him." Rarity answered.

        "His looks? Like what?" Twilight asked.

        "Like how 'cool' his wings, and eyes are. She said I would like his mane and tail. She just kept going on and on about him, I really didn't pay attention half the time. I had to focus on my designs." Rarity said.

        "Uh, you know what this means, right?" Twilight said.

        "Uhm, No not really." Rarity said confused why she'd care.

        "I think Rainbow might be in love." Twilight said.

        "With Knight?" Twilight shook her head and Rarity looked disgusted. Twilight was about to comment on her prejudice when she heard spike.

        "What?! Rainbow... In love... With Knight?!" He exclaimed.

        "Spike, shh we don't want the whole town knowing." Twilight said to him. "I suppose I know what Rainbow wanted to ask him now." Twilight told them her thoughts.

        "No," all of a sudden Fluttershy was behind Spike. "Rainbow just wanted to ask if he wanted to race."

        "How long have you been there?" Twilight asked she didn't say. "Well where are they now?" Twilight asked.

        "Going to eat at that café close by. Uh... Not that I was eavesdropping, I just needed to get some food for Angel on the way back." She nervously smiled. Twilight started to walk out.

        "Where are you going?" Spike asked.

        "To check up on them." She said strangely.

        "You mean to spy on them?" Spike said denying her.

        "What harm is it going to do?" Twilight said everyone shrugged.

        "Well, I'll come." Spike said. "Anything to get outta here."

        "Me too..." Rarity paused. "For the food not the make fun of Rainbow for liking a bat."

        "Now Rarity, we're not to mention this to her on any circumstances understand?" Twilight said. "We don't want to embarrass her."

        "Yes, yes of course." Rarity smiling deviously.

        "Fluttershy, coming?" Twilight asked her.

        "That would be rude though." Fluttershy said.

        "What's rude about asking a friend to lunch?" Rarity said.

        "Well, you put it that way I'll go." Fluttershy said. They arrived at the café Rainbow and Knight were sitting outside at a table close to the door there were two other tables near by.

        "Ok so Spike and I will take the table on the right you two take the left one." Twilight said.

        "How 'bout Rarity and I take the one on the left you and Fluttershy take the right." Spike said.

        "Ok fine just go." Twilight said and they inconspicuously walked to their tables.

         "So... What happened this morning? I came over and you’re lying unconscious in Twilight's bed." Rainbow asked Knight not noticing Twilight and Fluttershy at a table near them.

         "I have gotten used to being nocturnal. And staying awake for a little over a day is not fun." He said.

        "So you passed out?" She asked him.

        "In mid-air." He added

        "Why were you flying?" She asked.

        "I don't exactly remember last thing I remember is watching the sun arise on Twilight's roof." He said looking at the sun.

        "Twilight," The sound of her name made her look at Dash, "Made you sleep on her roof?" Twilight made an looked angry at her.

        "Really? She thinks I would make him sleep on the roof?!" Twilight said to Fluttershy.

        "I think she's trying to make him feel like she pities him." Flutters tried to explain.

        "And making me look bad? That's not like dash." Twilight said.

        "Love makes ponies do things, Twilight." Fluttershy said.

        "Funny, sounds like something Cadence would say." Twilight said to her. "I wonder what they're talking about." Twilight said looking at spike and Rarity." Fluttershy shrugged and a waiter came to take their order.

        "Twilight made him sleep on the roof?!" Rarity said to spike.

        "Not that I remember, he sat in a chair and read I'm not sure why he was on the roof." Spike said.

        "He didn't have anywhere to sleep?" Rarity asked.

        "We didn't have any for him to, I offered my bed but he didn't want it." Spike said.

        "That's nice of you Spike." Rarity said and he smiled. They then looked back at Rainbow and Knight.

        "She didn't make me sleep on her roof I chose to." He said to Rainbow.

        "You chose to? What made to sleep on the hardwood in the cold?" She asked.

        "Well," He paused, "I saw something last night." He was interrupted by Rainbow.

        "What?" She said playfully. "Read a scary story?" She joked.

        "Unless flying is scary I don't think so." He recalled the book he read. "No, I saw something... Somepony. I tried to go after it but it was too fast." He said as a waiter laid down two sandwiches in front of them.

        "Well you do fly like a snail." He glared at her. "I'm only kidding. Like I said back there you are good perhaps with practice you'd beat me." She said which made him stop and take a bite of his food.

        "If I do fly like a snail then you'd be only a couple paces ahead." They laughed and ate.

        "What?! Something was around my house?!" Twilight wondered what it could've been.

        "Calm Twilight, he could've been seeing things." Fluttershy said.

        "Did you get a glimpse of any of its features?" Rainbow asked. Twilight's ears went up.

        "Of what i saw only a short tail and dark coat." Knight said.

        "Well I don't know many ponies like that. The ones I do aren’t in town." Rainbow said putting her hoof to her chin thinking.

        "I thought I put this all behind me." He said semi-angrily. "Staying up all night, watching, waiting, being bored in the guard." He said remembering what he did.

        "Why are you so angry? At least you kept ponies safe." She said to cheer him up.

        "Yeah and by ponies you mean the princesses. One going stir crazed, the other with me being its least favorite pony now. Then, I think sane family come to mind." He said both joking and serious.

        "The one didn't like you too much? I'm going to assume that was Celestia." He nodded. "Why? She is like the most understanding pony, I think Twilight would agree with me here." She said and Twilight turned to Fluttershy.

        "Rainbow's right." Twilight said quick and Fluttershy nodded in response.

        "That sure is unusual Celestia disliking somepony." Spike said to Rarity.

        "Yeah, the princess just disliking a pony for no reason that's unheard of!" Rarity said.

        "Well... Well..." He stuttered to get words out of his mouth. "She's never been a fan of our kind. It also doesn't help things when her sister takes a liking to one." He hoped she would take it. She did in fact everypony's jaw dropped leaving them speechless. Rainbow was the only one to speak.

        "What? That's why you’re here? No offense you're a good pony and friend." She said.

        "That's not exactly what Celestia said but I could tell she knew." He said.

        "So are you and Luna...?" She felt something leave her as she said it. He laughed.

        "Like gossip do you? To answer, no, not at all. Celestia got me out before she could say anything." He said.

        "So you were sent away. What about your family?" She asked.

        "I don't really have one." He said holding back his true feelings.

        "No, parents or anything?" She asked.

        "Well, my father is a pegasus he was a traveling merchant so he was never really around." He started. "My mother was like me, a batpony in the night guard." They finished their meal and a waiter handed him a bill.

        "I never asked this of a mare before but, I don't have any bits on me." He said.

        "I don't see why you don't have a special somepony." Rainbow said sarcastically she paid and they trotted along together. The others did the same moving from shop to shop. "So you spent lots of time at the castle?"

        "Yeah I suppose that's why I became a good candidate for captain. Spent my whole life there." He said.

        "I take it you didn't get it?" She remembered Twilight's brother Shining.

        "Yeah," He sighed, "What ya gunna do? But, I suppose Shining was the best fit." He made Twilight smile. "What about you?" He asked.

        "What about me?" She said as they got to a hill and sat.

        "Well what's your family like?" He rephrased his question.

        "My father was supportive of me to do what I found interesting. He helped me along through troubles. I suppose flying was what I was best at. He actually helped me get a job as a weather pegasus. As for my mother..." She started to tear up. "I never knew her she... She died when I was a filly." A tear fell down her cheek, he hugged her.

        "It's ok don't cry. I'm sure she'd be proud of you." He tried to cheer her up.

        "Wow. I didn't know that about Rainbow." Rarity said everypony else nodded, their heads down. "Perhaps we should go?" Rarity asked them.

        "Yeah, I think we've heard some things today." Twilight agreed they all walked away toward Applejack's farm.

       "Shhh." He said softly trying to calm her. "It's not like it was your fault." She put her head on his shoulder and started to collect herself.

        "You're right." She wiped tears from her face with her hoof. "Ugh, sorry for making your coat wet." She said calmed.

        "It's ok." He felt ashamed for making her think about it. "I'm sorry, I didn't know about that." He put his head down.

        "No, you didn't." She lifted his head up. "I've never told that to anypony there's just something about you." She stopped the sun started to set next to them. "Wow... We spent the whole day together." She said surprised.

        "Well, I wouldn't trade it for anything." They watched the sun lower and she put her head on his shoulder and he leaned his head on hers. They sat there for a little before he spoke. "I suppose I should get going." He said getting up to leave.

        "Wait!" He turned around to see Rainbow in his face. She leaned in and kissed his nose, he blushed.

        "Well... Maybe I can stay for a little." He said.

        "Here, follow." Rainbow said. She took him to Applejack's barn.

        "Rainbow, what are we doing here?" He asked. She kissed him again and lead him inside and closed the door and continued to kiss him.

        "Rainbow... I think you should stop." She didn't listen to him.

        "No, really, I can see in the dark, stop." She still didn't back off.

        "Why? Scared?" She whispered.

        "Yeah," She kissed him one last time, "Of all the ponies in here." Her eyes widened with her lips still attached to his the lights went on.

        "Suppri-!" All the ponies started to shout but stopped when they saw them. She quickly let go of him.

        "Uh..." They both blushed. "You see she took me in here and tripped and that happened." He smiled showing all his teeth.

        "Yeah..." She tried to convey them. "I was lucky he was there." She smiled as well.

        "But I never told you or Knight about the party. What are you doing here?" Twilight said.

        "Hi everypony! I couldn't find them so I figured they were here already." Pinkie began, but Rainbow took Knight's hoof and they Flew fast out of there. "What? Did they not like it?" Pinkie said saddened.

        "Fluttershy, you’re a pegasus maybe you should go talk to them." Twilight suggested and she flew off.

        "Wha? That new pony confuses me I met him today and Rainbow has already taken a likein' to him." Applejack said, confused.