The Man with the Hidden Past

Author's Note: Thanks to my friend on steam ϟWonderboltsϟ - Chrysalis™ I have had some advise on what to do, and what to write next. I would like to say Thank You to him, and those who support this story and the few people who commentedon this story. And those who gave it a Thumbs Up. I still have no idea why you did so.

Rainbow Dash's point of view.

I woke up to somepony screeming outside. I hurryed outside to see what had happened and saw the pony who had screemed.

"Of course it would be Rarity. Nopony else can screem that loud." I said.

I heared a large boom and saw a black trail with red lines flowing through streak across the sky. I quickly remembered that it was somepony breaking the sound barrier.

"That must be that Paul guy! I'm sure I can take him down and show everypony that he isn't as bad as he acts." I said as I quickly took to the air after him. I noticed a cone forming around me after a while. I smiled as soon as I broke through it and took off. I was still going alot slower than him.

"HEY! WAIT UP!" I yelled after him. He must have heard me somehow because he turned on his back and looked back at me. He gave me a quick one handed wave and dived straight down. When he was close to the ground he made a 90 degree turn and went straight into the old Diamon Dog's caves. I slowed down and followed him. I didn't expect to see what I saw in there. I found dead bodies of Diamond Dogs and a body of a Manticore. I could look right into the belly of the beast and see the heart and intestines.

"Ah yes, I have yet to remove those. Don't worry, the stomach and liver and other relating intestines where quicky and easily removed. Thing barely put up a fight before it died. Makes a nice bed though." He said.

Thats when I noticed what he was wearing. He was whereing the Manticore's skull as a healmet and tail plating as arm and leg armour. I also noticed the Manticore's paws inside his jacket pockets. The jacket looked like some sort of skin. After seeing all these things, I felt like throwing up.

"Hey! No throwing up in here. It's still airing out from this thing. I named him Freddy. I think it suits him. He loved his claws by the way he kept them." He said pointing his thumb at the Manticore.

"Here, use this if your going to throw up." He said as he took some weird shaped thing off the cave wall. I quickly grabbed it and threw up into it. Three times to be exact.

"Thanks, what is this anyway?" I asked him.

"Freddy's stomach."

I threw up into it a couple more times.

"If it disgusts you, why do you keep throwing up into it? Not that I'm saying to use the floor or anything. If you want, you can used a dog's body, I think I still have one lieing around here somewhere."

"H-how could you do all this?" I asked him shakily. I didn't think I would like the answer.

"Easily really. I read the letter, and you probably did too. So I felt no guilt, and I did it quick and scilently. Exept for the dogs. They didn't do anything wrong, but I decided to let some anger out on them for you and your friends for leaving me. I guess that's my punishment for trusting again eh?" He said finishing with a small chuckle.

"Hey, you don't need to remind me. I felt bad for it in the first place. And we don't hate you if that's what you think."

"Oh really? Then why where you making a map to use to hide from me?" He ask.

"That was to find places to hide you! Twilight thought it would be best to hide you from the rest of Ponyville!" I yelled.

"Well shit. I still can't return though. But feel free to let the other's no that I have no intentions to harm any of you. Exept the gaurds. Two are already dead." he said leaning his side on the wall.

"Yeah, I noticed. Wait, two? I only saw the head of that one."

"You'll fine the other later, it's by the library." he said. He yawned like he was bored.

"I'm sorry, am I boring you?" I asked. "Not that I can bore anyone! That's practicly impossible!" I thought.

"Yes." He said. I looked at him like he was crazy. "He probably is." I thought.

"Your just standing there talking to me. Now, if you want to continue this conversation, go ahead. I'm gonna take all this stuff off." He said. He started to untie the rope that held all his armour on. He then slipped out of his jacket. He had on a shirt with the words "US Army" on it.

"What does that mean?" I said pointing to the words with my hoof.

"It's my job. Erm, was my job. I quit after something had happened." He said as he stopped leaning on the wall and walked over to me.

"So why did you follow me here?" He ask me.

"I-i thought I could convince you to come back with me and show everypony that your not that bad." I sayed looking down at my hooves.

"Sure, I'll go with ya. I would be happy to actually. But being able to convice others I'm not a bad guy is going to be near impossible even without the gaurds. So I would suggest taking me at night, or letting me kill them. I'm fine with both." He said as he sat down by the manticore and leaned back.

"How can you be so relaxed like this?" I asked him.

"I am a heavy thinker, I almost always know of a way to handle a situation. But in order for me to think, I need to be relaxed. If I don't think, I'll do absolutly whatever. Kinda like your friend umm... Pinkie Pie. Little retard defies the laws of physics, but she looks like she's the one who boosts the spirit around here. So... if she boost moral, then if I am able to gain her trust first, all I have to is show up a couple times by her and people should warm up to me faster than if it was one of the others. There, I already have a plan for being accepted." He said.

"Wow, you whern't kidding when you said you where a heavy thinker. I'm suprised Twilight doesn't like you." I said. I was totally suprised a guy that's as awesome as him could be a heavy thinker.

"I can understand that. Most people don't. I'm a jerk. And I can easily admit to it." he sayed with a smirk.

"But why do you bring yourself down like that?" I asked him.

"Because, in my opinion, it brings out the good things about me." He answered. He had on this strange smile, it was calming, but it made me want to run at the same time.

"What's with the smile?" I asked.

"Oh this? Nothin. Just happens when I'm near someone. People say it almost talks to them. Those who like me, think it calming. Those who hate me, think it taunts them. And even people who fear me have thoughts on what it says."

"What?" I asked. I really wanted to know.

"Run for your life." He said grimly.

"Oh." I said. "Well that answers what my feelings about it where." I thought.

"Hey. You consider me your, friend right?" He suddenly asked as he stood up.

"W-what?" I asked. His question totally threw me off.

"You're my friend right? Yes, or no."

"Y-yeah! Of course!"

"Ok, good. I thought Fluttershy would be the only one. No offence to her, but she's a little too shy. Oh, and the next time you see her, compliment her on her haircut."

"She got a haircut? When?" I asked.

"About half an hour before you started to follow me. You should really go faster. I was barly trying."

I looked at him with eyes full of shock, admiration, and jelousy. "How could you break the sound barrier and not try?!"

"The fuck should I know? I just can." was his answer.

"You're a jerk." I said.

"I know." He said with this really funny face. I burst out laughing. He gave a small chuckle and walked over beside me.

"I always had a thing for animals. Horses and reptilians especialy. But hey, I guess this place is a place where I can relax. There's horses, erm. Ponies even though I don't know the difference, here I should loosen up some." He said as he sat next to me. His hand was resting on my head while scratching behind my ears.

"See? This is the side of you I want to show everypony! Just not this close to everypony though. But I'm not gonna lie, I'm kinda enjoying being with you." I said. He stopped scratching behind my ears and looked at me with a face of shock. He sighed and looked down.

"Listen. I know about your feelings just by your eyes. And just now your words confirmed it. It would be best if you found somebody else. I'm a murderer. A monster." He said as he slow started to cry scilently.

I sat up and put my hooves around him and brought him into a hug. My legs barly went past his wide shoulders, but its the thought that count right? Soon, I felt hisarms wrap around me and pulled me close to him with a force that could crush boulders. I let out a small gasp and I felt him relax his arms some.

"S-sorry. I'm never like th-this. I... I just don't k-know what came over me." He said through his crying. I pulled back some to look at his face. His face looked almost the same. The only differences where his eyes where red, and they looked like they where looking right through me.

"H-hey. Don't cry, I hate to see my friends like this. Listen, we should probably get some rest. It's been a tiring day. You have an extra bed around here that I can use?" I ask.

His face seemed to brighten up some. Then get sad again. "No. I never expected someone to come in here and live to stay... I never had a chance to make a bed. I only left yesterday remember?"

"Oh, yeah... Hehe." I said blushing slightly. He looked around some and sighed. He looked back at be again.

"Listen. I have a feeling you don't want to sleep in Freddy. And my jacket is probably the softest thing in here besides me, Freddy, and you. So unless you want to sleep in Freddy, or on top of me, your better off using the jacket." he said.

"What's your jacket made of anyway?" I asked.

"Leather."

"What's that?"

"Cow skin. It's durable, water-proof, and it keeps in heat while keeping out the cold."

"I'll just sleep by you." I said after hearing that.

"I figured as much. But I don't have any blankets."

"It's fine!" I said. I walked over to him and waited for him to lie down. I then climbed under his shirt and popped out by his head. He sighed and looked at me.

"I'm not even going to say anything about this. Just a warning though. You better wake up before me."

"And what happens if I don't?" I teased.

"I'll take off my shirt and put it in Freddy with you inside it." he answered with a smirk.

"You're kidding right?" I asked. I seriously didn't want to go in there.

"Yeah, lets just go with that for now." he said as he put his arms behind his head and closed his eyes.

"So you where just kidding right? RIGHT?!