The Painful Truth

Once they were inside Twilight's library, Galaxy opened up. "I'm....not the best with talking about things like this, so I'll try my best. I'm not as gentle as you girls think, where I'm from I got into fights a lot, that's why this", he indicates his nose, which has stopped bleeding by now, "wasn't that big of a deal, I've gotten worse, I've gotten a briused elbow, a concussion, broken bones in multiple areas, the list goes on. I gotten so many injuries from trying to stand up for my friends and it always turns out the same, I get beat up and I end up in trouble the last fight I got into was a few hours ago in my world that's how I got these bruises" he lifts his shirt and shows them the bruises this cause the girls' jaws to drop in sheer horror, they had seen some terrible sights but this topped them all having made a new friend and to see them go through so much of a beating just horrified them. Fluttershy cautiously walked to him as to not frighten him, when he spoke yet again. "You can try to comfort me but it won't heal the bruises." Galaxy spoke in an ashamed tone. He closes his eyes for a momen when he felt the six mares hold him in a group hug. "What happened to you is in the past, you can make a fresh start here" Pinkie Pie cooed. Galaxy wraped his arms around them and held them in his arms silently promising that no matter what happens he will protect them with his life. Later on in his time in Equestria he would be put to the test as to how far he will go to protect those close to him. But for the time being he would try to enjoy his time there. After they were done hugging Twilight said, "you need to wash up if you going to make a good impression here, no offense." Galaxy sniffed himself, "I guess I do kinda smell, say Rarity? Think you can make a pair of pants like the ones I've got on now? Only more stylish." Rarity could hardly believe what she was hearing she immediately thanked him and rushed to the Boutique to work on his outfit. "Well I suppose I should get cleaned up. You wouldn't happen to have a bathroom with a shower would you Twilight?" Galaxy chimed. "Downstairs second door on the right" Twilight replied. "Thanks" he said, he then went downstairs and found the second door on the right. He opened it and shut the door. "Ok, well let's get this over with" he though. He took his clothes off, stepped in the shower, closed the shower curtain, and turned the water on so that it was cool enough so it didn't burn him but warm enough so it didn't make him shiver. He took the soap and washed his arms, then his legs and later his back, neck, and face. He was just about to grab the shampoo when he heard a knock on the door. "Come in, the curtains closed", he said loud enough so he could be heard, but quiet enough so he wasn't mistaken for yelling. Twilight responded, "Oh I don't need to go in, I just wanted to let you know that Rarity has several pairs of pants and shorts and some T-shirts made for you as well. She'll stop by to put some clothes here for you when you finished." Galaxy was astonished at how fast Rarity made the outfits for him. "Ok, thanks Twilight" he said, "You're very welcome" she replied. She trotted back upstairs. Another five minutes or so passed before Galaxy finished his shower, he opened the curtain and grabbed the towel, dried himself off and put on the clothes Rarity dropped off for him, he looked in the mirror to check out the clothes the white unicorn made for him and to his surprise, they were just what he wanted, stylish. He emptied his pokets from his dirty pair of pants and puts his iPod, earbuds, his wallet, and something he thought he would've never guessed was in there, a necklace with a Triune star on it, the star had three crystals that were glowing in six colors, red, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, and white. He put that in his pocket thinking nothing of it. He walked upstairs to join his new friends. When he got upstairs they were nowhere to be seen. "Well that's odd, where are they?", he wondered. The room was dark so he took out his iPod to check the time. "12:00 pm....noon....what could be going on at noon?", he thought. He decided to wander around downstairs and check to see if anything was out of place. He went back to the bathroom, grabbed his old dirty clothes, walked back upstairs and found a medium sized suitcase with a note on it. The note said, "Put you can keep you new clothes in here if you want to, oh and Rarity made the necklace so you think of us whenever we're not around." he looked to see who signed it but he knew who signed it cause it said who made the necklace. Which reminded him, he took the necklace out and put it around his neck which made it glow brighter illuminating the entire room. "Wow" he said, "this is just....stunning", he took out his iPod and recorded the whole thing for about three minutes, when he heard a knock on the door, he shut the iPod off, put it in his pocket, walked to the door opened it. "There your are darling" Rarity chirped, "we were wondering when you were going to join us  for lunch at Surgarcube Corner. You didn't forget did you?" "That's where you girls were. I got caught up in the things you gave me it slipped my mind. I'm sorry Rarity." He responded. Rarity smiled, "It's quite alright dear, we kind of figured you would've taken awhile with your shower but I must say, you look smashing Galaxy." Galaxy couldn't hide his blush. But she didn't seem to mind. They walk to Sugarcube Corner, when they got there Twilight and the others were there waiting for them. "Hi girls, sorry for being late got caught up with my shower", he said. "It's fine Galaxy", they all said simultaneously. He sat down in the chair next to Fluttershy, when Galaxy remembered something, "Say, Rarity, is there anyway I can repay you for the clothes and necklace?" Rarity simply responded with, "Of course not dear, you don't owe me anything, it's just complementary, free of charge, I insist you don't worry about repaying me." he simply shrugs and says, "Alright then, if that's what you want then I'll respect your wishes, but I do have one question." Rarity says to him, "If you're wondering what gems are inside the star, they're very rare crystals that change colors, they also act as a light when it gets so dark you can't see, we all chipped in to make it for you." Galaxy was stunned, "What are the crystals named?", he asked. That's when Pinkie Pie came out with some cupcakes, cookies, and muffins and answered, "We don't know what they're known as so we thought we'd let you come up with the name." Galaxy could hardly think straight, they were gonna let him name the crystals they had picked out for his necklace. After several seconds he finally said, "I'll name the crystals....Pearlescense." They all sat there for a minute or two before Twilight said, "That name's perfect." They all agreed before digging in to eat.