Falling For a Star: Heroes

Anon's POV:

A large crackle is heard throughout the brisk evening air, a sound so loud that it made you turn around curiously. Sadly what ever made the sound left as you now stare into the empty castle hallway behind you. Chalking it up to magic you shrug and turn back around towards the train station. This magic thing is really going to take some getting used to. You claim mentally as complete the turn and come face-to-face with a large white unicorn.

"Sweet baby Jesus!" You stumble back yelling. This was the first time any pony came close to mirroring your size. Looking over the unicorn you note that it not only has a horn, but wings as well. Memories start to fill your mind of the time the voice spoke to you. Given enough time you would be certain you would of solved the mystery of the mares name.

But as things tend to happen around you, you are cut from your thinking. "Anonymous! You have a lot of explaining to do!" The white unicorn's voice booms out for all to hear, however it did not contain any hint of anger. If this were back on earth you would of just ran away, but sadly here on Equss they have magic. An ability that not even the slipperiest of humans can escape.

"H-How do you know my name?" Is the first thing to escape your mouth. You don't trust this unicorn anymore then you do a complete stranger, so you keep your distance. Not like it would really do anything if she were to unleash her magic upon your fragile body. If you were any good at math you would be playing the possibilities throughout your mind.

The pure white mare looks at you with rock hard stare. It's as if she expects you to answer the question yourself. When she fails to speak up you're left to move onto another question. "Okay if you won't answer that one at least tell me who the heck you are."

The question seems to spark something within the unicorns mind. Her face changes to one of sympathy, completely catching you off guard. Geez this mare needs to pick one emotion and stick with it. This is getting really hard to follow. You tell yourself as you wait for the mare to respond to the question you asked.

After a couple of seconds the mare recomposes herself a states with a regal tone. "I'm Princess Celestia, ruler of equestrian." This makes you step back from the mare. Anypony with this height can claim to be a princess so you don't buy into it. It wouldn't be the first time you made that mistake if you fell for it.

"Yeah and I can make pigs fly, but in all seriousness who are you and why do you know my name." You figure leaving out asking why she was mad at you for now. Who knows maybe she is a real princess and the reason you died was because you stole something from her and was sentence to death. A highly unlikely possibility, but you played '9:05' the text based adventure game back on earth and you're not taking any chances.

The so called princess looks around the area. Ponies of all shapes and colors stood around you two watching patiently. "I will tell you but it would be best if we talk somewhere more private." She replies, her voice no longer booming out.

"Sorry but I got a train to catch and I can't miss it just to talk to a mare that claims to be a princess." You lecture the truth. This train ride is a chance to meet this so called 'Rainbow Dash' you vaguely remember. If a chance to jog your memory presents its self your dam sure you're going to take it.

"While I accept your reasoning for not trusting me, I have to relay this information to you. Guards!" You filch at the mares command, but that's all it took as multiple gold armored ponies with spears fell from the heavens. The way they executed the maneuver while staying in formation made you put on an impressed expression.

Once again you found yourself in another one of your signature problems. No way of escape and little to no chance of survival if you follow through. It amazes you that you're still alive. "Well it looks like I have no choice but to follow you now." You state walking up to one of the guard ponies that circle you.

Celestia looks at you with a smile upon her face. "You haven't changed one bit Anon." You're so tempted to say 'so have you' but since you don't even know the mare you keep your mouth shut. Once she notices your lack of a response her horn lights up a bright yellow and soon all you can see is white.

Another crackle is heard and your stomach starts to turn. The feeling like your stomach is in the middle of an evacuation process states its presents as you fall to your knees. That is not the only thing that changes, the chilling nip from outside is no longer there and is now replaced by a nice warm breeze. So this is what teleportation must feel like. You claim to yourself as you stagger back to your feet.

"Sorry about that but I need us both to be in a private location." Celestia states as you rub your eyes, attempting to focus them. Just like a electronic camera your vision starts to focus and you look around the new room you find yourself in. The floors were checkered light purple and white, while the wall were coated a nice dark purple.

Turning around you notice a nice king sized bed with a mahogany dresser and bedside table accompanying it. Bellow the bed ran a soothing turquoise rug that circled most of the room. You yourself stood on the rug and it felt softer then the sheets on your bed. The thing that made the room look stunning was the placement of the windows. Every inch of the room was covered by pure sunlight, you could see no shadows whatsoever.

Glancing back at the princess you realize that her mane is colored; blue , pink, and green. As if the colors were not beautiful enough it blew in an eternal breeze. You really wonder how you managed to miss such a feature when you first met her, maybe it was the fact that she teleported right in front of you scaring the living daylights out of you.

"So what is it that you need to tell me?" You ask leaving out your arrogant tone. For now that you see her true power, you have no problem believing that she is what she says she is. That and the way she called upon the guards like it was nothing.

"This might be hard for you to take in at first, but you have seemed to have lost a bit of your memory." Celestia states making you almost burst into laughter. Once she sees your reaction to her statement she adorns a confused expression, one that suites her as much as it did Shadow.

"You came two days too late." You claim to the princess. "I noticed that the moment I was sent to Tartarus. Which by the way is very, very poorly guarded. I got out of there without so much as a scratch on my back." You lie recalling the time when you were in the heated floor room, and the dog and dragon that attempted to kill you as you escaped.

Celestia's mouth hangs a bit open. If you weren't looking for it you would never of seen it. "You escaped Tartarus? This explains a lot." She states pondering over ideas in her mind. You for one are a bit curious of what goes on in a princesses mind.

"Yup that's right. I assumed I had to of died to be sent to a place like that, but no matter how hard I try, I cannot remember how it happened. The only thing I remember is the name 'Rainbow Dash' which from what I hear is the name of a pony in Ponyville."

Celestia smiles at the information you relayed. "Ah Anon, even in such a state you cannot forget such a name and too find her just proves my suspicions wrong." You really wish you knew what she was talking about but it seems like she knows a lot about your passed, maybe she did execute you. You just hopped you said something catchy when you died.

"You seem to know a lot about me. You know how I died?" You ask curiously. Just like the last phrase you hope that you died doing something amazing, like sacrificing yourself to keep the world from blowing up. Sadly ponies would of told you by now if you did such a heroic act, so you throw that idea with the wind.

"Sadly, I cannot tell you. For I am not the one that should tell you." This freaking mare with her cryptic words. Sometimes you wish it was as easy as asking, but that's never the case is it. Sighing you look over the princess again, this time checking out her flank tattoo.

Doing so sparks a question within your mind. "Hay I always wanted to know, is it true that you can move celestial objects such as the sun? Because back where I come from if a person claimed to have such powers they would be tossed into the loony bin." This gets the mare to chuckle.

"While I would love to answer your many questions, I believe that some other mare is looking to meet you. For if she knew I was hogging you all to myself she might just hurt somepony." Once again you're confused. You don't think this princess can speak normally without wise words, you were never the one for solving riddles.

"The only mares I know are Diamond and Longshot, last time I left them they said their goodbyes. Who would want to see me that badly?" Celestia smiles once again and its starting to become a thing of hers. Maybe that can be your next question, 'why do ponies smile so god dam much' sure the world here is perfect but even some ponies must have bad days.

"That is for me to know and you to find out." Celestia states making you grown in response. Did she really just say that to me. You tell yourself as her horn begins to glow. Wait glow! You state to yourself, but it's too late as your vision is already colored a pure white. Without so much as a word the bright white light fades and your left standing in the middle of a crowd of ponies.

As your vision starts to come back you notice that all the ponies are stomping their hooves to the beat. All of the ponies are too into the concert that is happening right in front of them that they pay no attention to the human that just teleported in. Listening to the beat you start to realize you know this song all too well, a song that was created back on earth.

You can't help but sway to the sound of the saxophones melody and the pianos notes. Since you were taller than all the other ponies you were able to see the ponies that were playing it live. A minty green pony was on the stage with her saxophone hitting every note dead on, while a white mare was at a pair of turn tables.

The music was so moving you couldn't help but yell out over all the other ponies "This is mah JAM!" As if a light switched was flicked all of the ponies stop what they were doing and stare straight at you. Most of them are looking at you with awed expressions while others are simply speechless. It was so quite you could hear a pin drop.

Rainbow Dashes POV:

One month ago.

You sit there by Anon's side looking at his motionless body. Your last words never got the chance to touch his ears. Pain and guilt is all you're able to feel at a moment like this. To make it worse no pony is around to help you with Anon. Which is strange because the place you found yourself, was in Twilights library.

It's dark surrounding telling you that either she is sleeping or is out of the house. The later one proving to be the most likely seeing as light is pouring through the windows. Come on Dash we have to get him to the hospital! There still might be a chance that he will make it through. You lecture yourself as you get under Anon and lift him up.

You didn't care that his blood now dripped onto your mane and coat. All you wanted to do was to get him to the hospital, however no matter how strong you were Anon was still just as heavy as he was when you lifted him up to the cloud. Now that you were mentally and physically drained from the day's events you had to put ever ounce of energy into carrying him.

Kicking open Twilights front door you're greeted by the chilling dusk air. It's cold touch is welcomed as it helps cool you down, pushing you even harder. The hospital was across the town and you would continue until you passed out or till you got there. For his life is completely in your hooves, an event you wished never happened.

As you step into the Ponyville streets ponies everywhere stared. They all knew how hard it was for you to carry the human but none of them helped. All of them no doubt somewhat happy that the 'big monster' is no more. The thought of them thinking that way boiled up your rage to a point where even you couldn't with hold it.

All you wanted to do is to yell at all of them, but that in turn would of used up precious energy that you needed to carry him into the hospital. By the time you're done thinking about other ponies thoughts you have the hospital in sight and still nopony to lend a helping hoof.

The seconds pass by and you can feel more of Anon's blood soaking into you fur. His breathing has gone down so much that you question if he is alive anymore. Nevertheless you push on and enter the hospital. Almost immediately the nurse rushes up to you with a wide eyes. "Miss Dash! What happened!"

"It was an accident! Can you help me?" You ask the nurse on the verge of conciseness. The nurse nods and trots off to a nearby stretcher. With lightning fast reflexes she grabs it with her mouth and rolls it over to you. With the nurses help you both manage to get Anon onto the stretcher, and without any warning the nurse pushes the Stretcher away leaving you behind. Being to week to continue you pass out on the floor of the hospital.

One week later.

So it turns out that Twilight and the rest of the girls were out in Canterlot for the day trying to find a way to get you back. Once they got word from Ponyville that you have returned they rushed back home, skipping the train and using mass teleportation or something like that.

When they arrived you were still waiting in the hospital. The doctors and nurses refused to let you in to the operating room no matter how hard you tried. Something that is a feat even in its self, not much can stand in your way, but today they proved you wrong.

When the time came you were reluctant you had your friends nearby. The doctor opened the light green doors and gave you a grim expression. His saddened look was all you needed to know, but out of hope you waited for what he had to say.

"I'm afraid Mr Anonymous did not make it through the operation." The doctor simply stated. The emotions that you had bottled up the entire the entire stay busted open and you started to feel drops of water roll down your cheek. Memories of what he did to keep you safe and happy rolled through your mind. Memories of what he left just so he could stay with you in Equestria.

You were not the only one that was feeling this way as you looked to see that most of your friends were taking it hard as well. Within seconds you succumbed to the group hug that followed shortly after.

Two week later.

The funeral was one of the hardest things to go through. Celestia, Luna and the rest of the girls were all present. Each one wearing an article of clothing that was colored black, a normal tradition on earth but not in Equestria. You felt that he at least deserves a proper funeral from his own kind.

When the time came to say the speech you walked up to the podium and looked out amongst the ponies and the coffin. You could hear the light pitter-patter of the rain tapping against its doors in a never-ending knock. You wanted to go through with this unprepared so you could say your last words to Anon from the heart.

"Anon was one of my best friends. Since his arrival in Equestria he had done nothing but try to gain the trust of the ponies around him. Sadly he was met with hardship and cold shoulders, but Anon was not the man to give up...no. He kept trying up until the day he died. I know that you all think poorly of Anon, but I just want you to know what he gave up coming here." You state to the crowd of ponies that are gathered around.

"Before his death, Anon showed me his world. It was plagued with violence but also beauty. Anon was not some monster as some of you claimed. He had a family and friends, he was no different than me or you. Even if he was forced to come here, I don't think any of us would of been as strong as he was. The reason I'm going to miss him the most, is because even through it all he managed to brighten my day and make me smile..." You trail off stepping down from the podium.

The crowd was silent as Anon's casket was lowered into the ground. They all knew that you rarely said mushy stuff in public. For you to do so showed to them how much Anon really meant to you, and how wrong they really were.

One week later.

Days passed by without you noticing. The world just felt so much more empty without him. With Anon there would rarely be a day where you would do nothing. That was most of the reason you hanged out with him so much. Now that he's gone it feels like you can't move forward with your life.

As the third day passed you heard a quite knocking at your door. Your mind wanted you to answer it but your body refused. Turning over you look out of the window where you first saw Anon fall from the sky. You would really hate to admit it to him face to face, but you think he had a real chance at beating you with his jet.

The knocking ceases and you let out a large sigh. You know you have to move on one day but it hurts to much to think about it. As you lay their gazing out of the window you notice the sound of flapping. Sitting up in your bed you walk over to the window, the flapping getting louder and louder.

Finally the source of the sound shows herself as she flies up to your window. "Fluttershy? what the hay are you doing here?" You ask as you look at her with a stern expression. You live pretty far from Ponyville so it's rare that any pony comes up here.

Fluttershy lets out a little 'eep' as you caught her off guard. "Well... um... we were thinking that you would want to come down and talk with us for a bit." Us? You think to yourself as you poke your head out of the window to look down. Sure enough all of the girls were down there waving to you. The thought was heart warming that they wanted to see if they could help you in anyway, so you accepted Fluttershy's offer.

After a couple of seconds you open your door and glide down to the tip of the hill where the rest of the mane six sat. They all looked at you with sympathetic expressions as they sat down on a picnic blanket. "I know what you girls are going to say. I just need a bit more time to get over it." You claim walking up to the picnic blanket and sit down with them.

"We know darling, but you have been in your house for over a week. If you do not come to terms with the loss of Anon then you might follow in his steps." Rarity states with a serious tone. You don't think you have ever seen her this serious outside of work.

"Rarity's right Rainbow. You can stay up in your house all day, it's not healthy." Twilight supports Rarity. The other girls seem to nod at their statements. You know they're all right you really do, however you get this feeling like he's still alive somewhere. Sadly it's just a feeling and feelings are not always true.

The next to speak up is pinkie pie. "Well I know you feeling super sad right now, so I think Anon would of wanted you to have this right about now." Pinkie states hoofing you over a large black duffle bag as well as Anon's backpack. A nostalgic feeling overcomes you as you look over the two bags that Anon always had with him. You already knew what was in the backpack, but the black duffle back remained a mystery.

As you rummage through the backpack pinkie speak up. "So what in the bag?" She states trying to peak over your shoulder. Even at times like these you can be mad at pinkie she's just to... fun.

"I know that it had held all of Anon's valuables. I'm just making sure everything is in here." You state as you reach your hoof in and pull out Anon's gun. Twilight looks at the gun with wide eyes, no doubt thinking of the scientific possibilities. Something that Anon would of teased her about.

Reaching in further into the bag your hoof makes contact with an box. Never recalling a moment where Anon pulled out a box you grab it and pull it out. The box is wrapped in a newspaper and tied with some wool string, and a little card was jammed where the knout was tied. Being intrigued you pull off the card and flip it over.

"What does it say sugar-cube?" Applejack states tilting her Stetson up so she can get a look of the box that lay in your hooves. "Is that another one of Anon's contraptions?" She ponders as she to gets up and walks closer to you.

Clearing your throat you read out the little card. "To: Dash, From: Anon." You say a bit surprised you never knew Anon bought a gift for you. You were starting to go off the assumption that he never gave gifts or bought anything for anyone. Then again he was in Equestria a place where he has no money. "I hope I can be there when EQUESTRIAS FASTEST FLYER opens this up. You're face is going to be priceless." You state out loud chuckling at his choice of words.

"So what is it...?" Fluttershy asks.

"I don't know yet it's a present, I have to open it first." You state rolling your eyes to Fluttershy. "But whatever it is it's from earth, Anon had no money here on Equestria so that's the only possibility." Once again Twilights ears perk up like a dog when he hears the word 'walk'. As expected Twilight stands up and walks over to the package much more interested.

"Well what are you waiting for Dash open it." Twilight state looking a bit more exited then you are at the moment.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm opening it." You claim as you undo the knout making sure to take as much time as possible. Teasing Twilight like this always brightens your day. With the wool string now untied the newspaper coverings fall to the grass. Not surprisingly Twilight picks up the wrapping with her magic as it too is from earth.

Once the newspaper is out of the way you look down to see a nice clean white box. Sliding the top of the box off you look down to see another cover. "Do all humans pack their gifts like this?" Twilight states on the edge of her metaphorical seat.

"I think Anon did this solely to piss you off Twi." Twilight winces at your response, but you nevertheless continue to open up the package. Pulling up the little paper cover the real present is revealed. You almost drop the box right then and there when you take sight upon a phone resembling Anon's.

"I-Is that Anon's 'Phone'?" Twilight states however this time you're the one more surprised than she is. All you do is nod in response the feeling of guilt returning. You were the cause of Anon's death and even in his eternal slumber he still manages to make you smile. Taking the phone out of its slot you take sight on a little note that lay at the back.

Holding back your tears you read the note. "Have a wonderful birthday Rainbow Dash. I have no idea how you're going to charge it, but I'm sure we'll find a way." With that you can no longer hold back the tears, seeing your state the rest of the girls pile in for a group hug.

While it was a nice gift, you read it three days to early...

Three days later.

Today unlike any other day is your one and only birthday. With that being said you make sure to look around every corner for pinkie pie. If there's one thing that pinkie is known for its her parties, and even more worldly know is her ability to spring one up when you least expect it.

With Anon's gift pushing you to move on, you feel like you can finally let loose and relax. After further investigation you realized that Anon loaded the phone up with some 'apps' that suite your personality. On top of it all he had all of his songs copied over, which you may or may not of gloated about to the rest of the girls. You were the sole owner of extraterrestrial music.

However you think that you might have gloated to much as Twilight snatched the phone when you weren't looking. She gave it back but not without taking some data from it. You knew that she would eventually attempt to take it, but you never knew she would succeed.

Peaking around another corner you sigh in relief when no pony is there. "HAY DASHIE!" Pinkie pies voice yells out from behind you. You achieve so much air that if you were an earth pony you would be able to enter the Equestrian games.

"Pinkie what did I tell you about sneaking up on ponies like that." You scold pinkie pie that doesn't seem to be even slightly phased by your tone. She knew all too well that you hate being sneaked up on the only reason she would do such a thing is for your birthday party.

"Come on Dashie I have something I want to show you! I know you're going to love it!" pinkie pie lectures as she bounces off to the center of Ponyville. Having nothing better to do you follow in toe. Each step you take you think about Anon. You would of loved for him to attend a party with you. Pushing the sad thoughts out of your mind you follow pinkie to the town hall where hundreds of ponies stood waiting.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" They all shout out. No matter how obvious it was you still manage to jump back at the sheer sound of all the ponies shouting. Nevertheless Pinkie is not done with her surprises as there is a buffet of sweets and drinks. Walking over you notice that Lyra and Vinyl are setting up for some sort of show.

Grabbing a plate of cake you sit back and watch the two ponies setup. You have never seen Lyra and Vinyl play a gig together, you always thought they hated each other. Shrugging it off you take a bight of your cake and wait for the music to start.

Minutes pass until Vinyl announces to the crowd. "All right Ponyville! You ready to party!" The roar and stomping is so loud that you almost cover your ears. "You better be, I'm about to lay down some new beats for all of you." The roar and stomping gets louder and you take another bight of your cake. You will always love pinkies cooking.

As soon as she stops talking Vinyl starts the melody to a song that is literally out of this world. All you can do is have your mind blown as she copies the song note for note. This was one of your favorite songs that you listened to that was on Anon's phone. You liked the 'AC-DC' album on his phone more but the abundance of this 'electronic' music on his phone told you that he liked this type of music more.

The music plays on and you walk up to the girls that were talking to each other by the punch bowl. "How do you like the party Dashie!" Pinkie states with a huge grin plastered on her face. She knew that the music would blow you away and she was just milking you for complements. Complements that were well deserved on her part.

"It's amazing, how did you get the music from my phone?" You ask only to have Twilight cough nonchalantly. You look at her with wide eyes.

"I didn't just take your phone only for the science." Twilight states sheepishly. "And I hope you don't mind but I copied some of the songs for my own personal use. I have come to find that I like this music a lot." You always thought Twilight was into something eggheadish like classical music however she never ceases to amaze you.

"I however find this music garish, but I can see how ponies like it." Rarity states acting all ladylike like she always does. However you can tell that she is enjoying the music as well from her hoof tapping on the ground.

The music switches to another song. As expected the song is once again from Anon's albums. The music moves you but in a different way then it does the other ponies. Instead of making you want to get up and dace the song makes you think about Anon. It has now been one month from his death and it's the first time you feel yourself finally getting over it.

You let a tear fall as you listen to the songs that Vinyl plays. What confuses you is that Lyra just sits there in the corner of the stage. When the next song plays she continues to sit there. She looks very pretty with her mint green dress, yet her expression shows one of pain. All you want to do is go over there and comfort her yet you find yourself staying with your friends.

The music keeps playing in the background and you go back to talking to your friends. "So how long did it take you to set this all up?" You ask attempting to make some conversation. Twilight and Applejack are talking about something while Pinkie and Rarity are arguing about musical taste. Which makes you giggle because pinkie is literally talking about how music tastes.

So in turn Fluttershy speaks up. "Oh it didn't take us that long. With Big Mac's muscles and Twilight's magic it was quite easy. I hope you like it." She claims with her voice lowering with each word.

"Like it! I love it!" You state making Fluttershy squeal. "So what do you think about Anon's music?" you ask Fluttershy.

"It's a bit loud." Is all Fluttershy says in response. Figuring that there is little left to talk about you walk over to Applejack and Twilights. You manage to hear a bit of their conversation before they see you and stop.

"Twi I looked, he's was not in there." Applejack states looking a bit scared. It frightened you a bit to see Applejack scared, she's never frightened. Well other than Zecora walking into town, you still don't know why she got that scared over a simple zebra.

"But that makes no sense I saw -" Is all Twilight can says before she notices you listening in on them. "Oh hi Rainbow!" Twilight states with a sheepish smile. If being with Anon for over a month has taught you something its to see when someone is bullshiting you.

"Hi Twilight, hi Applejack, what you two talking about?" You state in tone that tells them you heard in on their little conversation. Twilight looks over to Applejack but her only response is to tilt her Stetson and walk away to join Pinkie, Rarity and Fluttershy.

"Oh I was just telling Applejack about the stallion stuck in.... in... in the well!" You raise an eyebrow at that. It amazes you that she even tries to lie. You are the only one in the group that can lie and not act suspicious about it. "I was surprised to see that he got out without help." Twilight claims and she starts to visibly sweat.

Trusting Twilight that the reason she is not telling you is for your own good you let it slide. "Well then you liking this party!" You ask gesturing to the crowd of ponies that are dancing in front of the stage. "Because I think that this party is through the roof!"

Twilight sighs in relief as the next song comes on and it just happens to be one of your favorites. You guess Twilight is really thankful that you stopped questioning her about the conversation. "Yes, it took a lot of effort to setup. Well for me it did." Twilight replies gesturing to her horn. "Magic might be helpful at times but is it ever tiring!" You nod in response.

"THIS IS MAH JAM!" A voice yells out from the group of ponies making you roll your eyes.

"Some ponies need to learn when to keep it down so the rest of us can enjoy Anon's music." You claim to Twilight, however instead of saying anything in return she just looks wide eyed. "Hay Twilight, you okay?" You ask waving a hoof in front of her face.

No matter what you try Twilight stays in place looking off towards the crowd of ponies. "What's the matter Twilight you find a stallion you fancy?" You state jokingly and give Twilight a nudge. This seems to snap Twilight out of her state.

"No but I think I found you one." Twilight claims making you put on a confused expression. Without any warning Twilight turns you around in your spot. The cake in your hoof drops to the ground as you stare straight at Anon dancing in the crowd of ponies.

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” ― Rumi