A Rainbow Colored Heart

Chapter 3

As morning came, the dim light poured into the room waking me from my sleep.  I began to look around realizing I was still in the living room. From where I was I could see the digital clock on the stove which read 6:15 in red numbers. Getting up I carried the blanket with me as I walked towards the window seeing a flat white blanket covering the ground, I looked up at the sky as more snow began falling from the grey sky, it was going to get colder, in turn making my already freezing  apartment into a freezer. I removed my cell phone from my pocket dialing Matthews’s number and putting it to my ear as it began to ring, he picked it after about the third one.

“You know what time it is right?” He asked his voice sounded flustered and stressed out about something.

“Heaters out, and I’m kind of freezing my ass off. Besides, you don’t sound like you’re tired enough to care” I explained walking towards my room, the wooden door closed blocking my view of the bed.

“Duly noted” he said taking a breath of annoyance, I could tell he was busy with something on the other line. “I can pick you up, but it’ll have to be later, I kind of have a small problem over here that’s kind of hard to explain”

“Alright, call me later then” I said in a whisper as I opened the door taking a peek inside, seeing a small lump at the head of the bed. He hung up without another word taking me by surprise, whatever it was, it was stressing him out, but I had problems of my own, how would I explain Rainbow Dash to Matthew, although I had convinced him crazy things in the past, there was no way I could just come out and say “Hey you’ll never guess what made its way into my house” he’d never believe me.

I crept slowly to the side of the bed looking down to see Rainbow Dashes head resting on the pillow halfway covered with the blankets, her eyes closed completely un-aware of my presence. Pulling up the computer chair I sat down as quietly as I could watching as her as she slept, wondering what she dreamt about. Suddenly her eyes opened and she began to survey her surroundings before her eyes fell on me.

“Where am I?” she asked.

“In my bed, I didn’t want you to freeze last night so I let you have it, I slept put on the couch.” I explained watching her sit up as the covers slid down the back of her neck. Realizing how cold it was she quickly rushed back under the covers again.

“Why is it so cold?” she groaned.

“The heaters out thanks to the weather, the apartments going to be cold until somebody can go to fix it” I answered. “You hungry?”

She shook her head by her tone and expression I could tell she was still on shock with her current situation. I gave a slight smile as she just laid there maintaining her blank expression, avoiding my gaze and even turning away from me. I sighed getting up out of the chair leaving her to her thoughts; I knew nothing I could say to her would help her to adapt to the fact she was no longer in her world. Walking out into the kitchen I took an apple from one of the baskets the counter wiping it against my coat before taking a bite from it, since most of the food in the apartment needed to be heated or made on the stove, this was the best I could muster at the time.  Minutes soon turned into an hour as I got down from the counter, I looked at my bedroom door which was cracked open ever so slightly tempted to look inside to see if Rainbow Dash had moved at all since I couldn’t see her from my angle. I walked over to the living room window reaching behind the nearby dresser and grabbing my guitar from the corner and sitting on the small reading chair I had on the other side of the portion of the wall strumming each string once tuning one as I sat down then playing a chord to make sure it sounded fine. Having learned the guitar at a young age from my Uncle I often played it when there was nothing else to do or was just in the mood for it. Adjusting my fingers I began playing the opening chords to Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” humming the words as they came along.  As the song continued I heard the door open as footsteps approached, I didn’t turn to look knowing she was approaching hearing her footsteps get closer with each passing second. I closed my eyes concentrating only on the chords, when suddenly the footsteps stopped just at my feet. Sneaking a peak from a squinting eye I saw her sit down watching my hands in amazement as they played the notes as they came and humming instead of singing. By the time the song had finished and I opened my eyes seeing her lean back onto her back legs and begin to clap her front hooves together in a clapping motion with a slight smile. This was the first time I had seen her in the light, blue fur covered her body while a rainbow colored mane grew from atop her head which matched her long tail, and from the angle I was at I could make out a small rainbow lightning bolt on either side of her flank.

“You like music?” I asked setting the acoustic guitar down against the side of the chair.

She nodded her eyes stayed on the wooden instrument as I set it down leaning against the side of the chair putting my hands in my front coat pockets to keep them warm looking down at Rainbow Dash as she turned and looked up at me a slight smile decorated her face. Suddenly she began to shiver, having not carrying out one of the blankets out with her. Removing the white and black from around my shoulders I reached over and dropped in on her taking her by surprise.

“You’re going to need that for now” I said.

She sat there for a minute then began to adjust the blanket so the blanket covered her head like a makeshift hood. Turning her head she sat down and looked up at me giving me a look of thanks with a grin. Leaning down I made an attempt to get at eye level with her. She remained motionless as I got closer, I had been expecting her to jerk back out of fear but she held strong, her eyes had look of fear to them, I could tell she was nervous of my next move. Trying not to scare her I refrained from making any sudden moves staying where I was and only smiling in order not to scare her any more than she was, only smiling and keeping a calm face, I knew she had to be nervous although her face didn’t show it.

“So, Rainbow Dash is it?” I asked breaking the silence.

“Yes” she said back returning the smile. “And you’re Matthias”

I nodded, I was happy she remembered my name; also she seemed to finally grow accustomed to the situation she was in. But where was she from? Questions began filling my mind; however I couldn’t just pick one to ask her, her face said the same.

“So… where exactly are you from?” I asked.

Suddenly my phone rang before she could answer; we both looked at each other for a moment before I took it out of my pocket. Looking at the screen I saw that Matthew number was on the phone. I flipped open the screen and put it to my ear.

“Ya?” I said.

“I’m here; you said you had something to show me?” He asked, his voice still sounding rushed and in a worried tone.

“Ya, just come on up” I instructed, my view shifting to Rainbow Dash who looked back in confusion.

Without any hesitation the line went dead. I looked around the house, trying to find a place where she could hide until I found a way to explain to Matthew my situation. Eyeing my room I instructed her to go inside and wait until I came in, reluctantly, she went. Not a minute later there was a knock at the door. Taking a breath of courage I walked over to the door and opened it seeing Matthew standing outside dressed in a heavy coat, an orange hat covering his head.

“Well?” he said.

I gestured him to follow me as I let him inside shutting the door behind him. Having shut my door I stopped just in front of it.

“Promise me you won’t freak out” I said.

“Whatever, let’s just hurry, it’s cold as fuck and I have something I need your help with back at the house” he explained.

Slowly I opened the door letting him walk in first. Rainbow Dash was sitting on the bed when she turned to face him. I looked at Matthew who was starring wide-eyed at Rainbow Dash; he didn’t say anything only holding his gaze with her.

“Matthew, this is Rainbow Dash, Rainbow Dash, this is Matthew” I said stepping in-between them.

Suddenly Matthew’s expression changed, from that of shock, to confusion. Walking over he sat in the chair in front of her, she leaned back, confused then looked to me, just as he did.

Running a hand over his hat Matthew turned back to face Rainbow Dash. “Looks, like we have a similar situation” he said.

He took me by surprise, at first I thought I didn’t hear him right, but Rainbow Dash’s expression only confirmed what he had just said her look was that of shock as well as she looked back at me with the same expression I must have had.

“What do you mean?” I asked

Matthew leaned back the turned the chair to face me. “It’s hard to explain, it’d be better if I just showed you… pack your things, I’ll explain what I can on the way.”