Falling For a Star: Heroes

Arc IV - Equestrias Greatest Secret

Anon's POV:

"W-w-wait one second here, you're telling me that while I was trudging through Tartarus on my hands and knees you girls were burying an exact copy of me?" You don't even let the ponies answer the question as you continue. "No, don't answer that, take me to the body. I need to see this in order to believe it myself."

"That's the thing we can't. While I was lowering the coffin into the ground it felt awfully light; considering you were in it." Applejack states.

"Hay!" You snap back looking down at your stomach.

This gets the rest of the mane six to let out a small chuckle. Nevertheless Applejack continues on with her story. "Anyhow, once everypony was gone and ah was left to fill in the hole. Ah couldn't help but check out if you were still in there m'ah self. I'm glad ah did because when ah opened 'er up ah was shocked ta see it was completely empty."

The statement makes you seriously doubt that this even happened. The possibility of an exact copy of you running around is highly unlikely. "Sorry to say this Applejack, but I can't just trust your word on this. It's just to... surreal." You comment truthfully.

"Ah'm the element o' honesty, I'm pretty sure you can trust m'ah words Anon. The only thing I can show yah is where we buried you." It's these kinds of statements back on earth that would tell you if someone was lying, then again you're not on earth.

"Well if that's the best you can do, then show me." You claim crossing your arms.

"Alright, if you say so." Applejack replies to you then turns around to look towards Twilight. "Can ya take us to the cemetery?" She asks making you a bit confused, but soon it hits you.

Jumping to action you jolt up from the couch. "No, no, no I prefer to walk." You state just in time as Twilights horn was already starting to glow white. "I don't think there's anything left in my stomach to throw up, other than the stomach itself."

Twilights face adorns a disgusted expression while Applejack seems unfazed. "Oh, right."

"I don't think that might be a good idea Anon." Rainbow Dash comments. "The ponies of Ponyville might have gotten the wrong message when you reappeared in the middle of my party."

"What do you mean 'they might of gotten the wrong idea'?" You question Rainbow Dash.

"Well from another ponies perspective it might of looked like you did this on purpose as some kind of cruel joke. I know that's what I was thinking when you re-appeared. I just think that if you go out now, there are some ponies that won't hesitate to run you out of town."

"Then how am I supposed to do anything without enraged ponies coming after me?" You ask only to get silence in response.

"I think it would be best if yah stayed here at Twilights for a day or two, while the rest of us try to settle them down. The only other option is teleportation and like you said, I don't think you can take another trip." The only response Applejack gets is a slow nod.

It would be nice just laying low for a while. It'll give you time to skim through your thoughts and relax with a clear mind. "Alright but just for a day or two, after that I am out of here to see that grave for myself." You make sure to give Applejack a stern look.

Applejacks response is to simply turn around towards Twilight. "So yah still going to see the grave?" She asks Twilight, who is contemplating whether or not to stay or go herself. You can't really blame her too, if she stays she can question you about your journey. However if she goes she can investigate this site herself and draw a conclusion to what really happened.

"I would like to go if it's alright with you Anon? I would hate to leave you here alone on your first day back." Twilight replies, her expression is one of sympathy showing you that what she stated was true.

"Don't sweat it Twilight, back on Earth you get used to being alone." You claim getting the rest of the mane six to wince. Seeing this you quickly react "But I'm here now, and for that I am grateful even if I had to let go of my past life."

Before you had the chance to let in a quick breath a pink blur latches onto you. You weren't allowed to react as a blue blur does the same along with many other colors. "And that is the reason we'll never stop being your friends!" Pinkie states as you try and squirm out of the spontaneous group hug.

"You ponies and your affection is going to be the death of me one day." You state jokingly.

"We all know you love it Anon, the only one you're fooling is yourself." Rainbow Dash states with a smile upon her face.

Seconds soon passed and all the ponies that were once hugging you tightly are now slowly recomposing themselves. "It truly means a lot to us Anon that you're powering through this rather rough time." Rarity comments as she uses her magic to straighten her hair from the group hug.

"It really was nothing-" Is all you could say before the yellow pony interrupts you making the rest of the mane six look at her with a confused expression.

"Maybe for you Anon, but I don't think there is a pony in Ponyville that would go through what you had gone through. It takes true dedication to do what you did, especially since you had no memory of why you were here." The yellow Pegasus retreats the moment she realizes that she's the center of attention and everypony in the room is staring at her.

Shaking it off, Twilight was the first to break the silence that befell the room after the shy ponies surprise statement. "Fluttershy is right Anon, I don't think I would be able to leave my family and friends and go on living." Aha! Her name is Fluttershy! I really need to spend some time with the rest of the group. You state to yourself.

"Thanks again; you ponies make the sacrifice all worth it. However on more important matters don't you all have a grave to be checking out?" You ask looking around the room at the various colored ponies.

Twilight once again is the first one to break the silence. "Right! You girls coming?" Twilight asks, and you can see it in her eyes that she rather not go alone to a gloomy old cemetery to dig up your own coffin, that may or may not be empty.

"Ah got tah head back to the farm. With winter coming ah have to put in extra hours to get the fields ready. Not to mention I have to collect as much apples as I can, so mah family can make it through the winter." Applejack claims already getting ready to leave. You have no doubt that she's telling the truth. You had grandparents back on earth that worked on a farm and you know how hard this time of year can be.

With Applejack being the only one to voice her reasoning the rest of the mane six all agree to accompany her. "Alright everypony we got Anon's grave to defile!" Twilight states with a happy tone bringing confused expressions all around. "What? It's not every day you get to say that without offending somepony." Twilight continues.

As the mane six all walk towards the front door you notice that Rainbow Dash has yet to move from her spot. It seems that you were not the only one to have noticed this. "Rainbow Dash aren't you coming with us?" Twilight states opening the door reveling the night sky, thus allowing a swift chilling breeze to whip by your feet.

"I'm going to stay here with Anon." Rainbow Dash states flying up next to you. "After what happened back on Earth I ain't letting him out of my sights." She replies giving you a little nudge with her hoof.

"Can't argue with that." Twilight comments as she and the rest of the mane six leave the library and head off in the direction you assume the cemetery would be. Well most of the mane six, Applejack trailed off the main group heading to her farm.

The two of you are left there in silence until the front door shuts closed. Slowly you turn towards Rainbow Dash with a smile. Without any warning you jump towards her and grab her in a tight hug. "Miss me you multi colored excuse of a pony." You claim giving her a nuggy in the process. It's acts like these that you only share with your best friends.

"Hay stop it!" Rainbow Dash yells out as you proceed to commence the well feared ruffle.

"Just couldn't stand being away from me to visit the cemetery huh? Had to spend some quality time with your good old friend Anon." You comment ruffling her mane till it's well ruffled and indistinguishable from its former glory. As much as you wanted the moment to continue, you by mistake let your hold on her loosen, an error that could cost you dearly.

As expected the cyan Pegasus uses the weakness to her advantage and manages to wiggle free. "At least I don't smell like I rolled around in shit for the better half of my day." Rainbow Dash is quick to react causing you to smile.

"I don't smell that bad. Do I?" You claim lifting up your arm and taking a quick sniff of your armpit. "Oh lord!" You comment stepping back out from instinct. "Okay maybe you're right, but in my defence I just crawled out of Tartarus."

"Well now that you have some time on your hands I think you should take a shower." Rainbow Dash replies with a scrunch and a hoof over her nose.

"Yeah your probably right." You state as you look around the library. "So which way to the bathroom?" You ask Rainbow.

"Up the stairs the first door on your right." Rainbow recite with ease. "Don't use up all the hot water, after a hug like that I think I need one to." Her only response is a low grunt of approval.

Twilight's POV:

Why is it that every time somepony goes to visit the cemetery in a movie or book that it so happens to be night time. Not to mention a storm that is on its way; You can thank Rainbow for setting that one up. It were these thoughts that flowed through your mind as you stood in front of two rather large black iron gates.

The Ponyville cemetery unlike other cemeteries across Equestria was barely used. In fact Anon's body was the twelfth on to be put into its cold grounds. "Is anypony else suddenly getting the feeling like this wasn't such a wise thing to do without Applejack or Rainbow Dash?" You ask pushing one of the demonic black gates open.

As if to delay you even more your mind comes up with more questions. Why was it that the architects for cemeteries always insist on putting gloomy and evil looking decorations around places meant for resting and peace. The only good thing that came from the questions was the distraction and for that you silently thanked them.

"I did but probably in a different way." Rarity replies breaking you out of your mental thinking. You watch as she delicately manoeuvres around multiple mud puddles attempting to keep her hooves as clean as possible. "This is so uncouth for a lady like me to be doing."

"No one is forcing you Rarity." You reply with an emotionless tone. "You can leave at anytime, but something is telling me you already knew that." You comment looking back over your withers to look at her.

"Alas, it is true! My curiosity will not let me simply walk away." Rarity states as she once again stops to walk around a particularly large puddle. "Why can't the ponies that maintain this place do a better job." She once again whines.

"Come on Rarity! This is exciting, we're like grave robbers!" Pinkie states zooming around from tombstone to tombstone with a shovel and lantern in hoof. "Nope, not Anon, negative..." She continues till she's about a good kilometer away. "FOUND IT!" She yells out.

Sighing, you, Fluttershy and Rarity all continue your walk towards Pinkie Pie. You know you gave up on figuring her out a while ago, but you can't help that every time she does something like this your right eye twitches. The sooner I see the coffin and perform my spells the sooner I can relax. You mentally calm yourself, however another thought shoots through your mind. And the sooner I can question Anon and Rainbow Dash about their trip.

With trans-dimensional knowledge in mind you quickly trot on over to where Pinkie stood. "Alright this will just take a second." Standing back you concentrate on a spell to remove the dirt out of the way. To any other ordinary pony it would seem like a simple task, but separating the dirt from the ground is actually quite advance. Especially if you don't want the dirt around it to cave in.

Nevertheless you pride yourself in doing tasks like this with ease, so in turn within a couple of seconds the dirt was out of the way and neatly placed beside the grave.

Moving to get this done as fast as possible, you walk to the edge of the hole and look down to see the wooden coffin. Its black wood was not helping your nerves, it almost feels like it's staring right back at you. Gulping down a good chunk of air you perform a basic levitation spell to open the lid of the coffin.

*Rumble* *CRACK!* *BANG!*

As the lid opened the ground subtly shook and lighting struck off in the distance. It's bright light and loud crack causing you and the rest of the mane four to jump back.

"EEP!" Fluttershy yelped as she ran behind Rarity, who stood still from shock.

Quickly recomposing yourself you go back over to the hole to see that there was nothing in the coffin, just as AJ stated. "Girls you can relax nothing is in here. Well at least nothing I can see." You claim glancing back at Fluttershy and the rest.

"Then what made the ground shake?" Rarity questions as she walks over to the edge to see for herself.

"It was probably the ground reacting to my spell that removed the dirt. But we're not done yet, I still need to scan this coffin to see what happened to the body that we saw. If I find what I want to find then we will be out of here in no time." You claim getting ready to cast another spell.

*RUMBLE* *RUMBLE*

Once again the ground shook this time so violently that it forced you to abort the scan spell. "Okay, now that wasn't my spell." You claim as you back away from the grave. "It seems like whenever I start to cast a spell on the coffin the world reacts." You ponder out loud. "Whatever magical information this coffin is hiding, it seems contempt with keeping it that way."

"Maybe you should leave the coffin alone darling." Rarity comments.

Being the stubborn pony you are you ignore Rarity's advice and walk back over to the hole in the ground. "Get ready girls I'm getting to the bottom of this one way or another!" You yell out partially from determination and partially from anger as you charge up another scan spell.

*RUMBLE* *RUMBLE*

Ignoring the violent shaking you complete the spell and cast it on the coffin. The information that you got back made you yell out in frustration; Mostly because your scanning spell came up dry. "Whatever was in this coffin is gone now. If only I stayed strong my first time!" You say as you once again scan the coffin, this time no shaking and no magical signature followed.

"That's a good thing right darling?" Rarity claims.

"I can't say for sure. Best case scenario, it was just some anomaly that in the end fixed itself. Worst case scenario, we triggered something we weren't supposed to trigger." With this thought you go back to casting spells on the coffin, hoping that you can at least salvage something, anything, from this failed attempt.

Anon's POV:

Stepping out of the washroom you're greeted by what felt like a large earthquake. "What the hell is going on here!" You yell out as you attempt to walk down the stairs only to be thrown off your feet by one of the shakes. You don't have to be a genius to guess what happened next.

Reaching the bottom of the stairs in a rather painful way you groan into the wood floor. "You okay there Anon?" Rainbow Dash asks landing in front of you.

"Just peachy." You mumble as you slowly tear your face away from the ground. "Now like I said before, what the hell was that!?"

Rainbow Dash just shrugs. "Knowing Twilight, its probably her doing. She did after all go out to check on your grave. If anything she's probably doing a whole bunch of experiments. I wouldn't be surprised if this continues for the rest of the day."

"Well in that case the showers all yours." You reply as you walk on over to the kitchen. Last time you ate was in Canterlot and with all the teleportation's happening you think it's safe to say that your dinner there is no longer in your stomach. Who knows maybe Twilight will have something other than flowers and hay to eat.

Arriving in the kitchen you can hear the shower upstairs turn on. The kitchen is arranged like the last time you saw it. One refrigerator, One large table in the middle for eating, cupboards along the walls as well as a stove and a sink. The room itself was curved to fit the tree and had two lamps dangling from the bare ceiling, no doubt being powered by some sort of magic.

If living in Equestria has taught you anything, it's that if something defies all reasoning and logic  its magic. Throwing that thought with the wind you come up to the first cupboard. All right let's see what Twilight has. You ponder to yourself. You also make a mental note to pay her back when you get the bits. A task that will prove to be quite difficult seeing as the last time you were here you got fired from your job.

I wonder if the mayor is still holding my house for me. You say to yourself as you open the wooden door revealing various flowers and neatly stacked piles of hay. Should of seen that one coming. You claim moving over to the next cupboard. Sadly the only thing in there that could be used for anything that you can eat is some powdered flour.

You sigh as your stomach growls as well you close the cupboard and head to the last one. Unlike the other two cupboards this one held different types of spices, salts, sugars and herbs. Still nothing edible. You say to yourself as you once again close the cupboard and head on over to the fridge.

Opening the door you do a quick scan through of the items that lay within. Milk, butter, eggs, some berries and what do you know more hay! Why do ponies even refrigerate hay? letting out a large breath you close the fridge only to open it back up again. Wait one second here! Milk, eggs, flour, salt, sugar, butter! A smile soon finds its way upon your face as well as a little bit of drool that you quickly swipe away.

Grabbing the milk, butter and eggs from the fridge you place them onto the counter. Next up sugar and salt! You say opening up the spice cupboard and quickly taking out some salt and sugar. Now all we need is some flour and a bowl to put it all in.

Moving around the kitchen you open up various cupboards to find any form of mixing bowl. As expected with your luck it so happens that the bowl of your desire is in the last cupboard you open. Nonetheless you place the bowl down and start the process of making some delicious Finnish pancakes.

Let's hope I remember this correctly. You say to yourself as you crack 2 eggs and place the innards into the bowl. Tossing the shells aside for now, you pour in what you would assume is 3 cups of milk.

Out here in pony land you don't know if they have any measuring cups. Even if they did, you don't know if the measurements carry over.

With the milk now in, you place 1 teaspoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of sugar. You can practically smell the pancakes as you slowly mix all the ingredients together while slowly tossing in 1 and a half cups of flour.

After about 2 minutes of mixing, the batter starts to looks like it's supposed to. Setting down the wooden spoon you make your way over to the stove. Now how the heck does this thing work? You question as you look at the stove.

The top had four panels for the pan to sit on like a normal stove, but the controls were way different. Instead of normal switches they were spheres. When in doubt try random shit. You claim as you roll the sphere all the way to the right. Nothing notable happens and you attempted to roll the sphere the other way. Once again you are greeted by silence. Dam these ponies making basic shit like this complicated! You curse.

Nevertheless you don't give up there and roll the sphere upwards; still no dice. Maybe it's like a gas stoves? You think as you press the sphere inwards.

With a loud *Fwoosh!* a flame ignites. The flame is so large that if your instincts didn't kick in to lower the temperature you're pretty sure you would of burned the tree to the ground. When would you ever need that size of a flame! Why is this even an option!? You say to yourself as you place a nearby pan onto the heated panel.

Okay, back to cooking. You state cutting a piece off of a butter stick and tossing it onto the now heated pan. That was one thing you liked about gas or in this case magic stoves, it doesn't take long for the pan to heat up.

As the butter melts on the pan you make sure to move it around. The more surface area you cover the easier it will be to flip the pancakes. Soon the last piece of butter has melted allowing you to pour on the first pancake.

Your mouth waters as the batter sizzles upon impact with the pan. The aroma wafting by your nose was so good you would consider it intoxicating.

Having the stove set to an unknown temperature you flip the pancake over early just to make sure you don't burn it. Your planning ahead is paid off when you take sight of the golden brown color.

While the pancake bakes you open up a cupboard and take out a plate to rest the finished products on. Hehe 'finished'. Placing the plate next to the stove you take a moment to look out of the window over the stove. Looks like it's going to rain. You guess before turning back to the pancake on the stove.

One done! Nine more to go! You state pulling out a pot and setting it on another burner before laying down the next pancake on the pan. Look at me, Anon master chef! You chuckle to yourself.

With the pancake now cooking you take out the strawberries and place them into the pot. By the time you have all the strawberries in the pot the second pancake is done. Sliding the pancake onto the plate you place some more butter onto the pan.

Once again the butter melts giving you time to wash and crush the strawberries. Once that is done you pour the third pancake onto the pan and go back to making your jam. Almost instantly you pour some sugar into the pot and start to heat up the burner. Okay that will take some time... so back to the pancakes.

It takes some TLC but after your eighth pancake the jam has reached its boiling point. A smile comes upon your face as you continue to mix the jam as it cools down. It has been so long since I ate a home cooked meal like this. This is going to be SO AWESOME! You state lifting the pot to another burner that is not currently on.

Another couple of minutes pass by and soon all ten Finnish pancakes are done and sitting on a nice plate. You watch as the steam slowly rises from the expertly created crapes. Leaving the pan where it is to cool you grab another bowl and place the lukewarm strawberry jam inside.

With both pan and pot cooling off you place the plate of pancakes onto the table as well as the jam. Turning back around to grab the sugar you hear the shower upstairs stop. It doesn't take long before you hear the clip-clopping of hoofs heading down the stairs.

"What smells so good?" Rainbow Dash claims with her eyes fluttering as she enters the kitchen her nose held up high. It seems like she has perfect timing as you just finished placing the sugar on top the table.

"Take a look for yourself." You claim pointing to the finished, Finnish pancakes along with the homemade jam.

Rainbow Dashes eyes grow wide. "No way! I never knew you could cook!" She states wasting no time grabbing a plate for herself.

"Never underestimate a human Dash." You claim chuckling. "You see since we have no cutie marks back on earth we have to guess what our talent is. Luckily enough before I became a pilot I took up some cooking classes. You know as a plane B."

That being said you to grab a plate from one of the cupboards and slide a pancake upon it. Now if you're going to eat a Finnish pancake you're going to do it the right way, well your family way. Grabbing some of your homemade jam you place a good portion on top the crape after your take a bit of sugar and sprinkle it on top.

Now time for the best part! You claim as you roll the pancake into a tub folding the bottom so it won't spill out when you eat it. You make sure to give your masterpiece a good look before you respectfully chow down on it. Sweet baby Jesus is this good! You state to yourself as you let out a sigh of relief.

Taking a quick glance up you can see that Rainbow Dash is thinking the same thing as she reaches for a second one. "Good huh?" You state after you swallow what's left of the pancake. Following in her hoof steps you grab a second one as well. At this pace they won't last long.

"There dolishosh." Dash comments with her mouth full of food. You can't help but smile at the sight. At least someone likes my cooking. You say to yourself as you both continue to eat and exchange small talk along the way.

Twilight's POV:

"no, No, NO, NO, NO!" You yell out. It has been nearly three hours since you have arrived at this godforsaken cemetery and you have yet to get any form of reading on this coffin.

Now if you found the coffin like this with no magical signature to begin with this would be a different story; But no! This coffin just had to teas you with a little sneak peak of what it's hiding and you're going to get to the bottom of this.

"Twilight..." Fluttershy spoke out in a volume just above a whisper.

"Not now Fluttershy! I'm on the edge of this mystery, any minute now and we will know what happened to the body that we saw." You retort.

"You said that an hour ago. You really expect us to believe you this time?" Rarity adds in her two cents.

"Yes!" You snap back a bit too loudly.

"Oh is this a yelling game! I love yelling games!" Pinkie Pie states keeping true to what she suggested. Luckily you were to wrapped into your work to care about the pain in your ears right now.

"Well if you don't mind I have to get back to work. I have already delayed my new line of clothing for far too long." Your only response is a grunt and with that Rarity made her leave.

"Oh that reminds me I have a party to plan!" Pinkie yelled out once again. With that she was nowhere to be found.

Lastly Fluttershy was the one to speak up. "If it's okay with you Twilight I would like to head home as well. I have my animals waiting for me and if I don't feed them soon they might get a bit reckless."

You nod in response and as the phrase goes 'and then there was one'. Now with complete isolation your mind roamed free. How can a coffin have a magical reading one second and then the next not! You question. In order for an event like that to happen the coffin had to of used it in some way or another. When you use magic it leaves behind residue like a hoof print in a crime scene, however after your tenth time scanning you came up with absolutely nothing.

To be honest this was getting rather frustrating if this kept up you might just call it quits. After all you have done every scanning or probing spell you know on this hunk of wood. The only other option you can think about is if the coffin was connected to another magical being.

Having it linked would mean that the other creature could pull back there magic. It would be like if after the crime the criminal sterilized the entire scene. The only way to find out who it was would be to look at other clues at other places they have been. The hospital! I can ask to see if they have any blood samples from when Rainbow Dash took the body there!

With the blood you could perform a basic spell along with the coffin to figure out what the body was, if it had any magical abilities, and lastly if you're lucky where it went. A large smile started to creep upon your face as you dropped your current spell and darted off to the hospital.

Anon's POV:

The pancakes didn't stand a chance with you and Dash on the scene. There was only two more left and they were already being eaten. Of course Rainbow Dash being the competitive one finished first Tartarus can that mare eat! You chuckle to yourself.

"What so funny?" Said mare questions.

"Oh nothing. Just that it took you literally half a second to scarf down that crape." You reply taking another bite out of your own.

"It's kinda hard not to eat that fast when there this good!" Rainbow Dash voices her complement.

"Well I'm glad you liked it." You state.

Silence soon filled the room. The only noise that could be heard was the ever so delicate chewing. While you do love Finish pancakes you don't plow through them, you like to take your time and enjoy the rewards of your efforts.

"So you took my death pretty hard huh?" You state in-between bites.

Rainbow Dash suddenly becomes aware how amazing the floor looks as she shuffles in her chair. "Yeah... it didn't help that I was the cause of it to." She claims fidgeting with her hooves on the table.

"You know that I don't blame you for what you did." You reply finishing off your crape and pushing the plate aside.

Rainbow keeps her gaze glued to the floor. "I know... it's just... I couldn't find it in myself to move forward. The look on your face when I pulled the trigger, I couldn't get it out of my head. In my dreams it would continue to play over and over again and there was no way of stopping it." She says with her voice shaking a bit.

She finally breaks her staring competition with the ground and looks up towards you. What you saw almost broke your heart. Dash looked like she was on the verge of tears. "I... I... I need to get some fresh air." She states shooting up from her seat trying to cover up her face in the process as she heads over to the door.

You know that Dash's pride means a lot to her, but if this isn't solved soon then you fear that more damage will be done. So as she passed by you to get to the door you pull her into another hug. "I'm here now Dash, what you did means nothing now." You claim.

Rainbow just looks up towards you, her flood gates about to give in any second now. "Let it all out Dash, I won't judge you." You comment truthfully.

With those words she willingly let the gates open. Tears now streaming down freely like they should. No pony should bottle up their feelings and you know that Dash has been doing just that since you both got reunited at her party. On her birthday to... You say to yourself as you slowly guide Dash over to the living room couch.

Sitting down with Dash on your lap you look down towards her. "You want to talk about it more? or leave it to another day?" You ask the rainbow mare. "I'm not going to force you to talk about anything you don't want to."

Rainbow Dash nods as she picks her hoof up to wipe away the tears. "It's not just you Anon. I killed those people back on earth. They all probably had friends and family just like us and I ended it."

So she's still tied up about her actions back in Iran. You state to yourself. You will admit that there was a lot of blood.

"Dash," You say pulling her chin up so she's now looking you in the eyes. "They knew what they were getting into. They were the ones that attacked us. If they didn't want to die then they wouldn't of engaged us like that.

Even if we were in the wrong I am the one to blame not you. I was the one that brought you to earth, you were my responsibility." You say looking into her magenta colored eyes. You can see the pain slowly fading away. "You still want that fresh air? Even though the girls told me to stay inside, I'm pretty sure a mare such as yourself can protect me from rampaging ponies."

This gets the rainbow mare to let out a little chuckle before nodding. Letting a small smile touch your face you get up and off of the couch with Rainbow Dash in tow. "I'm not usually this sappy." She claims wiping her eyes once again.

"Neither am I." You claim letting out a well needed laugh. With that out of the way you open the door and step out into the night air. Looks like Rainbow Dash wasn't the only one that needed some fresh air. You claim letting out a breath of fresh air. Looking back you can see that Rainbow Dash followed you.

Shooting her a smile as she catches up to you. Not knowing as much of Ponyville as you would like to, you let Rainbow Dash lead the way. What surprises you is that she takes you on a trial that leads out of Ponyville and into the grassy plains.

"I always like to come out here when I'm feeling down. The open fields allow me to fly freely without much thought, enabling me to think about different things." You raise an eye brow. You never thought Rainbow Dash was the one to take strolls by herself.

You both continue down the path until it ends, yet Dash keeps gliding forwards. It amazes you that even in a relaxed state she still pulls off little corkscrews in the air as well as loops. Each one is done slowly and ever so gracefully.

Seconds turn into minutes as you both continue across the plains. To you, you didn't even notice the time pass-by. If it weren't for Dash landing next to you, you probably would of kept going forever. "So what about you?" She asks brushing along the side of your leg.

"What about me?" You ask looking down at the mare with a confused expression.

"What are you going to do now that you're back in Ponyville. You don't really have a job anymore and last I heard somepony else bought your house." Rainbow Dash claims.

"Awh man really! Well I guess I should of seen it coming with me being away for nearly six months." You claim kicking a rock forwards. "Then I guess that is a good question. I might have to sleep on the streets till I get another job."

"Well I heard there's an opening at sofa's and quill's." Rainbow Dash claims looking up to you with a serious expression. You look back down to her with an equally serious expression. It doesn't take long before you both burst out into laughter. "I can just picture it now, you working at sofa's and quill's."

The laughter is soon halted when you feel the light tap of rain. Giving the stone one last good kick you are rewarded by a large *Sploosh*. Wait what? You say to yourself as you look up to see the river that you crashed into during your first day here in Equestria.

Glancing over the river as the rain pours down on it you take notice of a piece of black metal sticking out of the water. As soon as you saw the piece of metal your smile grew.

Rainbow Dash seems to have caught sight of your smile. "What's on your mind?" is her simple statement.

Slowly you turn to face Dash. "I think I found out my next job."

"Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand." ~ Neil Armstrong