The Colt from Kilkally

Rainbow Dash woke up in her bed, the sun peering inside from her window and warming her body. Her eyes groggily opened up, magenta irises scanned the wall for her clock, and she saw it was close to twelve. With a huff she fell back onto her pillow, a small moan leaving her mouth as she wished herself back to sleep.

Only her body sent signals she needed to get up, first and foremost.

“Bathroom.” She groaned tiredly, getting up and flopping onto her floor. Her wings were extended and painfully stiff, she also became aware her feathers needed a good preening, and her teeth tasted of yesterday’s lunch. Hayburgers and cider, the thought of cider made Rainbow thirsty. She pushed those thoughts away as she entered her bathroom, and got to work.

After relieving her bladder, she walked over and turned on the shower, the water ice cold before warming to a more appropriate temperature. With a sigh she stepped inside, and under the warm water with a moan. The water ran down her neck and withers, cascading down her body and waking her up. She stood under the torrent for sometime before getting to work, scrubbing away the morning and cleaning her body.

As she showered, she thought of what she was going to do today. I could always bother Applejack. She figured, the apple mare being one of her friends, perhaps they could hoofwrestle later in the day? She didn’t exactly have any plans for today, the only thing she thought of doing was sleeping all day. As of now she had a month off from the Wonderbolts, and Spitfire didn’t need her for anything. The map hadn’t any problems for them to solve, it’s been pretty lax this time around for the elements.

She sighed, running a hoof through her mane, the prismatic mop of hair falling down the side of her face. She leaned back, her snout held towards the running water. She opened her mouth, gathering up some of the rainwater before gargling and spitting it out and letting the water run down her face. Her eyes were closed, and she was content to sit back and enjoy the shower.

These were one of her favorite moments, just being alone in the rain. Yeah it was a shower, but it used rainwater, so it was pretty much the same thing. Being a Pegasus, she enjoyed the rain far more than some ponies did. And she loved to stand in it, letting the rain run down her body and wings.

Once Rainbow was satisfied, she turned her shower off and stepped out, still dripping wet as she made her way to her room and started down the stairs. Her walls and floor were decorated in a theme reminiscent of olden Roam, banners and flags of the Wonderbolts hung from the rafters and walls, pictures of her and her mother and father hung nearby on the stairs. Ones she fondly looked at every day.

After reaching the floor, she opened her front door and spread her wings before taking flight. Nothing like a good morning flight to work out the kinks and dry off. Rainbow thought as she flew high into the air, the crisp wind running over her body as she casually flew around her home, doing loops and dives. Her mane and tail were drying off, and her coat soon followed suit.

A happy smile made its way onto her muzzle as she landed on her front door, she shook her mane, while still a bit damp it was good enough. Her ears wiggled as she heard the sounds of flapping, and craning her head she spotted Derpy Hooves flying to her house. The grey Pegasus landed on her front step near her, smiling her ditzy smile. “Hiya Rainbow Dash!” She greeted, waving her wing.

“Hey Derpy,” Rainbow nodded. “Got mail for me?”

Derpy nodded back, reaching into her mailbag and rustling around for a letter, or a package, Rainbow didn’t know. After a bit, Derpy made an “Aha!” of triumph and pulled out with a letter in her teeth. “Fo ou!” She cried, spitting out the letter at Rainbow’s hooves. “Gotta fly!” The pony giggled before taking off, flying down to Ponyville.

Rainbow shook her head as she picked up the letter, looking it over. She saw her dad’s signature on the front. “Dad?” She ripped the letter open with her teeth, tearing off the top and pulling out the letter.

“Dear Rainbow Dash

How have you been kid? I haven’t seen you since you came over to show me your Element of Harmony five years ago, I miss you Dashie.

Anyway, I’m hoping you’ll be coming to visit this time around, cause guess what? Your Uncle’s coming over for a visit, you remember him right? He was always somepony you loved to listen to.”

Rainbow’s eyes widened as she kept reading.

“I’m not sure why he’s coming over or for how long, but I know he’ll want to see you, so I hope you come on over, I’ll be ordering takeout if he doesn’t want to cook, you know how bad I am at cooking.”

Rainbow giggled, her thoughts turning to her father’s cooking. It was pretty bad.

“So, I’ll see you, hopefully soon Dashie.

Much love, your father

Rainbow Blitz.”

A smile graced Rainbow’s face, her uncle was coming over. She held the letter close as she flew back into the house as fast as she could. She flew up to her room, folding the letter back up and putting it in her drawer with the rest of the letters she had gotten from her dad, which was a small but moderately sized collection she had gotten over the years.

After placing the letter down, she picked up a sheet of parchment and a quill, and got to writing.

“Dear Dad.

I honestly can’t believe he’s coming back after so many years, I won’t lie when I tell you I’ve missed him a lot. And to hear he’s coming for a visit, I am really happy right now.

So yeah dad, you can expect me to pop up at some point, maybe tomorrow. So prepare yourself daddy…

Your little girl’s coming home.”

End of Chapter One