Author's Note

Hello all! With great happiness I'm glad to say this story is coming off hiatus! And what better way to celebrate then by posting the cheesiest chapter of all time? I hope you enjoy it anyways.

And yes, this once E rated story is now T rated for the use of language and potential gore.

Time for Air

"What's happening to me?"

Twilight stared in shock as she took in her daughters appearance. After a few seconds she sighed, and shook her head.

"I don't know how to explain this, Ruby." Twilight stated as she looked down at her hooves. "This is new for all of us."

"What do you mean?" Ruby asked as her voice shook in complete fear.

"I suppose I should just tell you..." Twilight said, looking up at her daughter, "Ruby, your body is a vessel for a diety..." Twilight stated, deciding to just lay it down as it was."I won't sugar coat this, Ruby. Your body has a powerful type of magic inside of it. It's commonly referred to as diety Magic. This type of Magic was the reason you didn't get your horn and wings when Luna preformed the ascension spell. Even so, when the diety Magic denied you of your horn and wings it began to slowly fuse with the alicorn Magic provided by Luna. This is the reason why you have your wings."

Twilight expected Ruby to be relieved at this information. Instead Ruby looked downright scared, her eyes darting this way and that, as if to look for an escape route. Then she turned her eyes back to her mother.

"M... Mom" Ruby stuttered, now shaking in terror. "S- stop joking a... Around... This isn't funny you know."

"She's not joking, Ruby." Celestia said as she attempted to place a hoof on Ruby's shoulder.

Ruby pulled away as she shook in fear.

"I... I..." Ruby glanced around frantically like she expected Nightmare Moon to jump from behind something. "I've gotta go." She muttered as she bolted around her mother and into the hall.

"Ruby!" Twilight cried as she turned to follow her daughter.

Before she could follow her daughter a hoof rested on her shoulder. Turning around to see who stopped her Twilight's gaze fell upon Applejack.

"Let'er go, Twi." Applejack said as she looked at her friend. "She needs to process this just as much as you do."

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Ruby ran.

That was all she wanted to do. Run until she reached the end of Equestria. Her vision blurred as tears started to form in her eyes and ran down her face. She didn't want to believe her mother. She couldn't believe her mother. However, after all of the events that had taken place today all the signs pointed in the same direction.

I suppose it's true... Ruby thought to herself as she walked over to a stream, the peaceful sound of the stream calming her. Looking down at her reflection in the water she noticed her wings. Darn things. Ruby closed her eyes, trying to will them away. She neared a crackle, much like that of a lightning bolt. Opening her eyes she noticed her wings were gone.

"What the hay?" Ruby asked out loud. Okay... Ruby reflected in her head. So I willed them away and they vanished... Ruby tried to bring her wings back. In a flash of red light they were back. Well... Now they aren't half as annoying, seeing as I can cover them up. But still... Ruby looked back to her reflection in the stream. Wings or not... I'm a complete freak. She began to cry again, the feeling of isolation for what she was came roaring up to the surface. She didn't know how long she would live, she didn't know how other ponies would react if they found out about her. I don't know anything...

"Excuse me miss... Are you alright?"

Ruby gasped, quickly making her wings disappear as she turned around. There behind her was a yellow stallion with a brown mane.

"Can I help you?" Ruby inquired, still staring at the other pony.

"Oh... Uhhhh... Not really. Heh, heh." The stallion awkwardly chuckled.

"Okay then..." Ruby said as she got up, eager to get away from this pony as soon as possible.

"Where are you going, miss?" The stallion asked, a hint of fear in his voice.

"Away from you." Ruby said, deciding not to lie.

"No! Wait! Miss, please!" The stallion yelled as he ran after her. "What's your cutie mark?!"

What's my CUTIE MARK?! Ruby screamed in her head as she ran as fast as she could away from the stallion. Why would he want to know something like that?!

"Go away and leave me alone!!!" Ruby yelled as she willed her wings into existence.

"It's her!" The stallion behind her yelled, still running after Ruby. "Metal Blade! Grey Cloud! Stop her!"

Looking ahead, Ruby noticed a silver unicorn teleport in Front of her. She guessed this was Metal Blade for after a second or two a grey Pegasus came swooping down to land beside the unicorn.

It's all or nothing now. Ruby thought as she flapped her wings as hard as she could. She felt her hooves leave the ground as she soared to the top of the tree line. What the-? Ruby asked herself as she continued to fly higher. How did I fly on my first try? It took Scootaloo years before she got it dow-! Her thoughts were interrupted as Grey Cloud hit her in the ribs.

"Gotcha!" Grey Cloud yelled as Ruby fell down to earth. "Stun her now, Metal Blade!"

Ruby looked up to see the Metal Blade leering down at her, horn glowing.

"And now..." Metal Blade hissed down at her, leer still adorning her features. "Your ours."

Ruby willed her wings away hoping that Metal Blade was aiming for one of her wings. Fourtunately for Ruby that's what Metal Blade was doing at the time. Metal Blade's stun spell hit the ground where Ruby's wing had just been.

"What the-!" Metal Blade screamed as she charged up another spell.

Well that worked. Ruby said to herself as she slammed herself into Metal Blade.

"Oomf!" Metal Blade exclaimed as she staggered back.

Not wasting a moment, Ruby turned around and bucked Metal Blade in the ribs as hard as she could.

"Gyaah!!!" Metal Blade screamed in agony as her rib cage shattered.

"Impudant bitch!" The stallion roared at Ruby. "Grey Cloud!"

"On it!" Grey Cloud yelled from above.

However, before Grey Cloud could do so much as change her position in the sky, a rainbow blur shot pass, hitting the base of Grey Cloud's wing.

"Aargh!" Grey Cloud yelled as her wing came clean off, causing her to drop from the sky.

"Rainbow Dash!" Ruby happily yelled as the blur in the sky changed course and came back to where Ruby stood.

"Foolish!"

Turning to the source of the voice Ruby saw a yellow hoof coming at her face... Then all went black.

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"Ruby!" Rainbow screamed as she watched the stallion punch Ruby square in the face, sending Ruby to the ground like a rag doll.

"You bastard!" Rainbow screamed at the stallion as she shot towards the stallion as fast as she could.

Rainbow's hoof came into direct contact with the stallions head, and Rainbow could feel his skull shattering.

He didn't even make a sound as his life left him.

Looking around, Rainbow's eyes fell on Grey Cloud with an expression of pure hate. Grey Cloud's eyes widened at the sight.

Whimpering, Grey Cloud turned tail and fled into the woods in pure terror of the cyan Pegasus, leaving behind a trail of warm, fresh blood. Rainbow then turned to Metal Blade, who has passed out from her injury.

"Rainbow!"

Turning to the source of the voice Rainbow's gaze fell upon Twilight, Fluttershy, and Luna.

"Did you find Ruby?" Luna asked as Twilight frantically searched the area for her daughter.

"Ruby!" Twilight shrieked as she spotted her daughter's unconscious body.

"Oh, please be alive, please be alive." Twilight whispered as she embraced her daughter, tears now rolling down her face.

"This one is dead." Luna proclaimed as she searched the stallions body for any sings of life. "His skull was bashed in."

Luna removed her gaze from the corpse to look at Rainbow. "I take it you killed him?" Luna inquired.

Rainbow nodded in response, her eyes not meeting Luna's.

Sighing Luna looked towards Twilight, who was still hugging her daughter, still muttering 'please be alive, please be alive.'

Deciding to put Twilight's mind at ease Luna scanned a Ruby for any signs of life.

"She's fine, Twilight." Luna said once she finished scanning Ruby. "Just unconscious."

"That's good to know..." Twilight whispered, still not looking away from her daughter. "I guess."

"What about her?" Fluttershy asked, pointing to Metal Blade.

Luna trotted over to Metal Blade, performing the spell for a third time.

"She's alive." Luna declared, still scanning Metal Blade. "However her rib cage is completely shattered."

Fluttershy gasped at this news. "Oh, no! We'd better get her to a hospital!"

"But Fluttershy!" Rainbow groaned, "She might have been helping in the attack on Ruby!"

"While Rainbow Dash has a point," Luna began, eying Metal Blade as she did so, "we can't just leave her here. If she was assisting in the attack on Ruby perhaps we can find out why she did so."

"... Fine." Rainbow relented after a pause.

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"Sir!"

"What, lieutenant?"

"I have just received word from Grey Cloud! According to her the attempt failed!"

"What?!"

"She claims that Metal Blade missed when she preformed her spell!"

"She what?! I swear, if I ever- no... When I get my hooves on her...!"

"Uhhhh... Sir?"

"No matter... You are dismissed, Thunderlane!"