The Lost Soldier

Hi guys sorry for the last chapter, cause it was probably pretty bad, but I was even more
tired than when I finished chapter four, but that’s still no excuse so I might go and try to
salvage what I can after I finish a few more chapters for you guys.

Ray awoke to the sound of a door creaking shut. He lay still and kept his eyes close while
he tried to remember where he was, and then remembered the events of the last day. The next
sound that Ray heard was a voice.

“Let’s see what he brought with him here…” said a very familiar voice.

The sound of a drawer opening filled the room as Ray eased himself silently out of the
bed and making no sound crept up on a cyan Pegasus looking through his stuff. He exploded
forward and grabbed Rainbow Dash’s muzzle with his good arm and struggled to subdue her.

“Shhhh try not to wake Twilight up, it’s quite early isn’t it” Ray said in a hushed voice.

Rainbow Dash slowly calmed down and shot a cold glance at Ray.

“So do you normally look through a new comer’s stuff the first night they spend here in
Ponyville?” Ray teased.

“No! And how did you know it was early anyways?” Rainbow Dash hissed back.

“Lucky guess” was Ray’s honest answer.

“Ok whatever”

“Well let’s go see if the ruckus you made woke up Twilight” Ray said in a normal
volume.

“What do you mean ‘ruckus’? I thought I was pretty quiet when I came in here”

“Well to me it was ridiculously loud; here let me show you how to do it”

Rainbow Dash watched as Ray found a slim sturdy piece of wood and inserted it under
the door below the hinges and lifted up. Ray tried the door and it moved without a sound.

“How did you do that?” asked Rainbow Dash incredulously.

“Well you see the squeak is from the part of the hinge that holds the part attached to the
door and the frame” Ray pointed out the part of the hinge he was talking about “if you apply
pressure from the bottom of the door towards the top, it relieves pressure from the hinges so it
doesn’t squeak anymore”

“Wow” Rainbow Dash said, momentarily impressed “Oh great now you can sneak
around Ponyville silently” she quickly realized.

Ray was about to say something but decided that he wouldn’t be able to win Rainbow
Dash’s trust by arguing with her. By her initial reaction he also figured he would be earning her
trust through acts and not words. As the saying goes ‘actions speak louder than words’.

“Oh you’re awake”

“Whoa hi Twilight I didn’t expect to see you up this early” Ray replied.

“Well I wanted to do some research on humans and I guess I got a little carried away”

“I see”

“Well I think I’ll get a little rest before the day starts. And Rainbow Dash, do you mind
showing Ray around Ponyville seeing as your up” Twilight asked.

“Well I don’t know I’m sorta busy right now…”

“Really? Then why were you snooping around my stuff when you woke me up?”

“Well I… uh… grr fine”

Ray looked out the window and saw the sun hadn’t even risen yet.

“Hold on, let me get something” Ray walked back to his drawer and opened the third of
four drawers and took out one of the non-lethal pieces of equipment he had: an AN/PVS 21, or
night vision goggles.

He returned to the main part of the library with the NVGs strapped to his head.

“What the hay is that?” inquired Rainbow Dash

“They’re called night vision goggles, they allow me to see in the dark because they take
the existing light and amplifies it making it seem brighter than it really is”

“Ok then let’s go”

Ray figured that Rainbow Dash could navigate Ponyville in the dark and he figured it
was worth the battery power. Besides, one of the pieces of equipment he was testing was a
designed to recharge the batteries of his equipment and detonate explosives with an electrical
charge so he could always just recharge the NVGs.

They exited the library and Ray flipped down the NVGs and activated them. The town
was lit up with a green hue as Ray started following Rainbow Dash who set a brisk pace. Ray
was accustomed to walking at these paces for long distances from his training and easily kept up.
Rainbow Dash showed him important places around Ponyville like the Carousel Boutique and
Sugarcube Corner. They even managed to have time to visit Sweet Apple Acres.

“And that’s about it, we have seen all there is to see here in Ponyville.” Rainbow Dash
said when they finished the tour.

“Well the sun’s rising, let’s go see if Twilight’s up”

“Ok, you can go I have to start working on the weather”

“Ok see you later”

Ray made his way back to the library as the town started to awaken. He admired the
sunrise as he opened the door to the library and went inside.

“Good morning Twilight”

“Oh Ray your back” Twilight replied.

“Is there anything I can help with?” Ray inquired.

“Oh no not really, I can do it all, I mean with your arm and all I thought you should rest”

“Oh yeah” Ray said as he looked at the sling “I forgot about this. Wait, can’t you just use
magic to fix my arm or something?” Ray asked.

“Well I could try but I don’t know if it will work”

“It’s worth a shot isn’t it?” Ray replied

“Ok if you’re fine with it I’ll try it, can you find where the break is?”

Ray lightly felt his arm for the break “Ok its right here” Ray pointed to an area about mid-
way up his forearm.

Twilight pointes her horn at the spot and it began to glow and a purple spark leaped into
Ray’s arm. If Ray had to put the pain he felt on a scale of 1 to 10 it would be around 20 making
it achieve one of the top 15 most painful things he had ever experienced. When he could think
again he was on all fours and his left arm was successfully supporting his weight.

“Omigosh are you ok?” asked a concerned Twilight “I’m sorry, I didn’t know it would

“No it’s fine, I’ve felt worse. Besides I can use my arm now!” Ray reassured her.

“HELP HELP” two voices said in tandem.

“Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, what’s wrong?” asked Twilight

“There’s a forest fire at the place where the Running of the Leaves takes place!” Sweetie

Belle exclaimed.

“I’m sure everything will be fine, the fire ponies should be able to take care of it” replied
Twilight.

“You don’t understand” Applebloom shot back.

Ray didn’t know these two fillies but he knew the filly they would soon mention.

“Scootaloo’s in the forest!”

Hi all of my faithful readers Akkura here just wanting to say thanks again for all of
you who are sticking with my story and as always I am accepting ideas for subplots if you
want to have some credit for helping me out with this story, I have received none so far so
I’m wide open for suggestions.