Family of Misfits

                 Flash Quake landed in Cloudsdale near his house, Jay Sky was asleep on his back. Flash walked quietly along a sidewalk and smiled up at the sky. When he finally reached his house he heard some yelling from inside. He carefully opened the front door and walked in. He could see Heavy Beat's tail sticking out of a door frame, and he could clearly hear her yelling. Flash slipped into Jay's room and put him in his bed, careful to not tap his injured leg.

"Sleep tight my little pony" He said and kissed Jay's forehead before walking out of the room and closing the door behind him.

Heavy Beat and the pony kept arguing before Heavy kicked the pony out of the house, literally. Flash Quake was happy that is wasn't him fighting with Heavy, he was honestly a little bit afraid of her when she got mad. And he rarely ever made her mad so when she did rage he would always shut up and listen. He thought that it was easier that way.

"Good riddance, damn scam artist..." Heavy Beat grumbled to herself.

"Uh... Hey sweetie." Flash Quake softly waved at her "What was that all about?"

"Flash, you're home!!" Heavy looked surprised, and a bit unsettled. "I didn't even here you come in."

"Yeah, I tried to be quiet. Jay needed to get some rest." He said and looked back at Jay's room.

"What's wrong with him? Is he hurt?!" Heavy started to run to Jay's room before Flash stopped her.

"He's okay, he just twisted his ankle. He'll be up and walking before you know it."

Heavy Beat looked worried, but she nodded slightly and backed up. Flash Quake gave her a little peck on the lips and smiled softly.

"Don't worry, Jay will be okay. He's a strong filly." He said.

"I know he is..." She said before looking at his room again.

"So, did you get the contract?" Flash asked with a bit of curiosity.

Heavy Beat's eyes lit up almost instantly and her mood brightened "We got the contract!"

"Congrats!" Flash Quake smiled.

"And," She continued "We were offered a tour to start us off. Naturally, we accepted it."

"Is that why you were gone for so long?" He asked.

"What? No, the tour doesn't start yet, we have to get everything set up first." Heavy Beat smiled.

"Then where were you this whole time?" Flash looked a bit suspicious.

"We were partying, of course!" She seemed to rush her words a bit.

"I  guess that makes sense..." Flash nodded a bit. "Oh, and I saw some ponies with the same tail color as you, I guess you're more popular than you thought." He chuckled a bit "You've gotta be pretty popular to have fans who want to look like you"

"Yeah, I guess I am pretty popular" Heavy Beat smiled and gave Flash another kiss.

"So where did you go to party?" Flash asked.

"Oh, we went to so many places!" She said. "Rainbow Falls, Canterlot, Saddle Arabia!"

"Wait, why did you go to Saddle Arabia?" He asked with confusion.

"They have better alcohol there," She giggled a bit" way better."

"They do?" He asked. "Did you bring any back?"

"Sadly no, it's too good too good to not drink it all" She smiled sheepishly.

"Well, at least you're not drinking at home." He sighed a bit "Though it would help to actually bring some home."

"I'll try and remember that next time" She playfully headbutt him and walked out to the kitchen.

Flash Quake went to go check on Jay Sky one more time before heading to the living room. Heavy Beat had left something on the coffee table in there, and boy was it fancy looking.

"Woah..." He said. "Is... Is that an album of your band?!"

Heavy Beat walked to him with a huge smile on her face "It sure is! We were going to start making more music tomorrow for a new album. Ponies just can't get enough of us!"

Flash seemed to be a bit sad about that "Oh.... Tomorrow...?"

"Is that a problem...?" She asked.

"Yeah, kind of. I was wondering if you could watch Jay Sky tomorrow since I have a race to fly in..." He looked at her with pleading eyes.

"Oooooh yeah! I totally forgot about that with all the excitment thats been going around." She said "Yeah I can totally watch him."

                "Thanks sweetie" He smiled and looked at the album. "So, how much did you make off this?"

                "So far we've made five hundered bits for each band member" She smiles proudly.

                "Five..... Five hundered?!" He nearly fell to the floor with shock.

                "Yeah, and that's just the beginning!" She laughed and walked into their bedroom. "Come on speed-racer, let's get some sleep."

                "I could go for a good night's rest, the past few hours have been pretty stressful" He yawned a bit and followed her, sleep beginning to find its way to his eyes as he plopped onto their bed.

"Maybe I can help you relieve that stress" She said as she laid down next to him, gently placing a hoof on his chest.

"Sorry dear, but I'm way too tired to do anything like that." He began to close his eyes and got under the covers "And plus, Jay Sky is pretty much right across from us, it would be better to not wake him" He chuckled a bit.

Heavy Beat blushed a bit and crawled under the covers with him "Whatever..." She said.

"Oh come on," Flash put a hoof on her cheek and kissed her "you know I'm just teasing you."

She smiled and kissed him back "I know"

"Good, now lets get some rest" He rested his head on a pillow, it felt as soft as a cloud to him.

Heavy Beat snuggled close to him and rested her head on his chest "Goodnight baby."

"Goodnight..." Flash's voice seemed to trail off as he went into a deep sleep, snoring lightly and hugging Heavy Beat.

Heavy Beat sighed softly with relief and closed her eyes, listening to the steady sound of his heart.

If he knew... She thought and bit her lower lip a bit. It's okay Beat, he won't find out...

And with that, she let sleep find it's way into her mind and drifted off to a deep sleep. The night sky was twinkling in their window. And the Moon cast a pale color on the two ponies, making it seem as if they were an old picture. As both ponies slept quietly, a dark shadow seemed to creep around the house. It was heading towards Jay Sky's room. Jay was sound asleep and trembled a bit as the cold presence of the shadow crept over him.

"This is the pony....?" The shadow's voice was deep and dull, like a silent drone of a single note. "How was he able to free me?" it shook a bit and took the form of a dark, almost pitch black, unicorn. "No matter... He has freed me and I shall be forever in his debt... That is, after I get revenge upon the pony who trapped me for all those years..."

The hoof that Jay used to twist the odd stone in the ground glowed softly with a dark purple gloom as ancient runes etched themselves into his skin and fur. It wrapped all around his hoof and then disappeared from sight, but it did not vanish from existence.

"You may be just the pony that I was meant to serve..." After saying that, the shadow mare slowly disappeared. Leaving no trace of her ever being there. As if it were all an illusion.

Jay turned around a bit in his sleep and mumbled softly, holding his hoof close to his chest and continued to sleep.