Beaten, bullied, cursed

Rainbow pulled up out front of Richards house. She noticed his garage was open, she walked toward the side of the house. She peeked in to see a bike on its kickstand and Richard underneath it. He was tightening some bolts when Rainbow dash tried to get his attention with a cough. His head shot up and he hit it on the bike frame.

"Son of a bitch!" He exclaimed.

"Sorry, I was just going to ask what you were working on." Rainbow said.

"It's alright, and to answer your question I just changed the oil and flushed the coolent. I also gave the bike a carb adjustment so it should sound better." Richard said.

"Well what kind of bike is it?"

"It is a Harley Davidson sportster 48, two people can ride on it. My Honda Magna VF750 over there is a bobber so it only has one seat." Richard pointed to the other bike right next to the one he was working on. Rainbow noticed that they were both painted black.

"Nice color variety." She said sarcastically.

"Nice sarcasm." Richard said. Rainbow stood there for a few seconds while Richard finnished tightening a few bolts.

"Hey Rich? Do you think we could go for a ride on the bike?" Rainbow asked nervously. Richard got out from under the bike, he was wearing a grey, short sleeved T-shirt. He stood up and put his tools away.

"Sure, but your not riding with me on my bike wearing that." Richard pointed to her usual clothes. "Follow me, we're roughly the same size so you should be able to fit in my spare riding clothes." He said. He opened the door leading from the garage to the main house, he signaled for Rainbow to follow. She followed him up his stairs where he grabbed his jacket and tossed it to Her. He pulled out a pair of leather pants, gloves and boots and handed them to her. "That jacket is my lucky jacket, I'm letting you wear it so it can keep you safe. When ever I wear that jacket and get into an accident, I only slide. I don't break anything, I don't get road rash, I just slide after the accident."

"Oh, you don't need to give me your lucky jacket, I'll just use your spare."

"No no, your wearing the lucky jacket. The last thing I want is for you to get injured if we crash, then I would be responsible. Now go Get ready." Rainbow looked around.

"Where?"

"The bathroom is to your right, you can change in there. I'll be with the bike while I'm waiting." He said as he walked down the steps. Rainbow put on the gear that she was given, the only thing that didn't fit perfect was the jacket. It was a little to big for her, she just shrugged and walked down the stairs. As she was zipping up the jacket she noticed the look of the Harley had changed. It was shinnier then before.

"Holy cow! What did you do to it!" She asked with a smile.

"I waxed her and polished her up while you were gone. She was a bit dusty, and I actually had an idea. You could ride the sportster, and I'll ride the Magna. We can use Bluetooth headsets to talk to each other." Rainbow liked the idea. "You do know how to ride a motorcycle don't you?" He asked.

"Yeah i do! And I like the idea! Let's ride!" She said. Rich tossed her a helmet as he put his own helmet on. His helmet was kind of ironic, it had a flaming skull design on it. "Oh the irony." She said to herself.

"Yeah I thought you might like that. Actually, why the fuck am I putting a helmet on? I don't need it." He tossed the helmet aside and started his bike. Rainbow started the Harley and revved the engine a few times. Richard pulled out of the drive way first and Rainbow followed. "His bike is so damn loud!" Rich said with a smile. Rainbow saw him smile and she grew one as well. That was the first time she ever saw him smile, and he didn't stop smiling. They pulled onto the highway and started riding faster.

"Hey! Let's see how fast these babies can go!" Rainbow said.

"Alright!" Richard said, his smile grew as he increased speed. "Oh lord you better hold on! This bitch likes to go! Aaaoooowww! Feel that pull baby!" Richard said with a smile. Rainbow laughed a bit, this was the first time she had ever seen him truly happy.

"that is the first time I've ever seen you smile!" Richard ignored the comment, he was to busy enjoying the Magna.

"I've gotta take this bike out more! I forgot how fuckin awesome this thing is!" They came to a red light so they stopped, Richard pulled out his phone.

"What are you doing?" Rainbow asked.

"Putting on some road music. I think you'll like it." Richard said, he tapped the screen and placed the phone back into his pocket. A song came on through the Bluetooth headsets. It was ozzy ozborn's crazy train. The light turned green right as the tempo of the music increased its speed. The two were jamming out on the bikes, having a good time. Richard made a comment that gave Rainbkw mixed feelings. "I haven't had fun like this in a long time!" Rainbow decided to laugh with Richard. Richard let go of the handle bars and stood up on the foot rests. He was doing an air guitar and the bike seemed to keep steady. He only stopped when he needed to twist the throttle. He sat back down on the bike and they made a U-turn to head back to Canterlot.