A Rainbow Colored Heart

“That’s right John, another mysterious blackout has occurred, this time on the property of the Koch family who has since left the premises to escape this winter weather. As you may have guessed this home has its own generator which makes this particular blackout a mystery within itself.”

“Thanks Jackie, now onto other”-

I sat down on the couch next to Applejack, the cell phone still in my hand, Matthew on the other line.

“Another blackout” I stated.

“Another mysterious blackout” he corrected. “Are we going to go check it out?”

“Ya, but we need to wait until it gets dark. Meet me up there at like 7:30.”

“Roger that” he said hanging up.

Placing the phone back in my pocket I turned to see the questioning emerald eyes of Applejack focused on me awaiting an explanation.

“What in tar-nation has got you two so jumpy” she asked

“These blackouts have a sort of connection” I explained. “It’s how we found you. One happens every now and again but with cases like this, it can only mean one thing” I paused hoping she would get what I was getting at.

“One of us got transported here” Rainbow Dash chimed in from behind.

“Exactly” I said.

“So the two of you are going to this house tonight t’ see if somepony just teleported there?” Applejack asked, her face still carrying a hint of confusion.

I nodded.

She fell silent slumping back into the couch and looking back at the TV. I could tell she was as confused as Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were when we explained the situation to them.

I sat there for another moment or two before getting up and walking back over to my room, I figured I might as well get another nap in before I had to go anywhere seeing it was probably going to be a long night.

It was a silent drive to the Koch estate. Much to my protest I found the three ponies riding along with me, apparently, Applejack “didn’t want us hooligans causing damage to things that weren’t ours” which made the situation more complicated, especially if whatever or whoever was hiding inside the house. I looked to Rainbow Dash who was sitting in the passenger seat gazing out the window at the cool night. I smiled at the cyan mare who turned to me and returned the smile.

“Y’all aren’t that subtle I hope you know” Applejack said leaning up in-between the seats causing me to snap my attention back on the road, a burning feeling came over my cheeks as the car fell silent again. Applejack began to chuckle lightly as she leaned back in the seat.

“Um, Applejack, what are you talking about?” I heard Fluttershy faintly ask.

“ShutupShutupShutuShutup” I thought hoping she wouldn’t go on with it.

“Well ya see”-

“Fuck”

“These two lovebirds have decided to take their friendship to the next level…” she paused; I could feel her giving me a smirk.

“Dear God, did she borrow Matthews trolling ability?”

“Is Matthias Rainbows special somepony?” Fluttershy asked

“And if he is?” Rainbow cut in leaning back and to give the two mares a death glare making the two silence almost immediately.

“Gosh Rainbow, didn’t mean to rustle your feathers. Just teasin is all” Applejack stated, her voice carrying an apologetic tone to it.

Rainbow sighed and turned back to face the window.

“Somethin’ wrong sugarcube?” Applejack asked Rainbow.

Rainbow sighed again “I don’t know AJ.” Rainbow said in a frustrated tone.  “It’s just that I don’t know why I like Matthias and that really bugs me!”

“Who said you have to have a reason?”  Applejack responded strongly, I wanted to say something to comfort Rainbow down but I knew that anything I could’ve said would’ve only made the situation worse.

“That’s not the only thing!” Rainbow snapped back, refusing comfort from her friend.  “Is it even right for me to like somepony, I mean someone from another world.  What if Celestia doesn’t approve!”

“Rainbow!” Applejack spoke sternly. “Listen, nopony is going to judge you because you like somepo – er – someone from another world.  Who you like is completely up to you and sometimes you just gotta go with ya gut feeling.”

Rainbow seemed to calm down and think about what AJ had said.  Slowly she turned around to face her friend and gave a small smile.  “Thanks AJ.” She said softly.  “I needed that.”

“Anytime sugarcube” AJ responded.

I looked over at Rainbow and smiled reassuringly.  She smiled back and leant over and nuzzled my arm.  Fluttershy was awfully quite and seemed to be deep in thought.  I wondered whether she liked Matthew in the same way Rainbow did to me.

The rest of the short car ride was spent in silence. I could tell each of them were too deep in thought to say what was on their mind. In the distance I could see Matthews truck parked outside a closed gate, the lights turned off. I pulled up beside the black truck rolling down the passenger window as I came side to side with the other vehicle.

“Looks like we’re walking” Matthew stated, his eyes glued on the metal gate before us.

I looked at the metal gate. Multiple steel bars lined up with a small gap in-between each too small to squeeze through, not to mention a pointed top shaped like a fleur de lis. If we were going to get on the property, it sure wasn’t going to be through the gate or over it for that matter. Turning off the car I got out and walked up to the gate grabbing one of the bars and shaking it creating plenty of noise but left the gate un-opened.

“Fuck” I muttered under my breath giving the gate a final push before returning to the car throwing my arms up in the air.

Rainbow exited the white Acura out the passenger door, looking at the gate before leaping out and flying over the gate levitating at my head height. I returned to the gate watching as she searched for whatever kept the gate shut.

“To bad we don’t have one of those “sonic screwdrivers” eh Matthias” Matthew joked joining me at the gate. “You’re going to need a key Dash” he instructed.

The cyan mare vanished from sight flying towards the house with incredible speed leaving Matthew as well as the rest of us to wait out in the cold.

My feet began to lose feeling from standing in the same place for so long, my fingers way beyond that point were now buried in my pocket but that did little to shield them from the relentless wind. Matthew nudged my arm with his elbow making me turn my focus to the back seat of the car where Fluttershy and Applejack were huddled under a blanket, both shaking even with the heater still on, whatever Rainbow had in mind, she needed to hurry; this cold only seemed to be getting worse with each passing moment.

“You think she’s ok?” I asked

“Let’s hope so, if not there’s no way to get to her to make sure”

“You could always burst through the gat with your truck”

“And risk setting off their high end security system? Fuck that”

As if on cue the metal gate roared to life parting down the middle to create a gap, soon after Rainbow returned, a red wool scarf wrapped around her neck. I let out sigh I must had been holding in for minutes upon seeing her giving her a wary smile which she returned before beckoning us towards the house with her head. Leaving the two cars parked outside the gate we all followed Rainbow Dash towards the house, its lights could be seen in the distance.

“Hey Dash, where’d you get the scarf?” Applejack asked

Dash didn’t answer right away only looked back with a smile, a look of excitement painted across her face. “You’ll see”