The Story of Moonlit Guardian

At the Other End of the Rainbow

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The life of one,

Is the death of another.

To bring joy to one,

Brings sadness to the other.
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It was a beautiful day in Ponyville as Equestrias Greatest Flyer was practicing some tricks around an open field. As she landed on the ground after a day's worth of practicing she saw a mysterious Alicorn Colt hovering clumsily towards Ponyville.

"Hey, You There!" said Rainbow Dash as she started Dashing towards the Colt as she continued to say "You need some help?"

The Colt just answered "N-No Thanks, I can handle flying myself." as he clumsily hovered his way into Ponyville, but then Rainbow Dash went in front of him and stopped him.

"So, what's your name?, I haven't seen you around here." asked Rainbow Dash as she landed on the ground in front of the Colt.

"Oh uh... my name's Moonlit Guardian, and you?" asked Moonlit Guardian

Rainbow Dash answered "My names Rainbow Dash! The Fastest Flyer in all of Equestria!" and then she began to fly high into the sky, then she flew downward at high velocities as she began to do loops and helixes in the air and a bunch of other tricks.

"Woah Cool!" shouted Moonlit Guardian as he landed on the ground and applauded Rainbow Dash.

As Rainbow Dash landed on the ground after her masterful showcase of tricks Moonlit Guardian said "That was awesome!"

"Yeah, that's what a lot of ponies say." boasted Rainbow Dash as she hovered in the air and did a 360 degree helix turn.

Moonlit Guardian said "I can't really fly as well since my right wing keeps on moving a lot of faster than my left wing, making me un-balanced." and then Moonlit Guardian tried hovering in the air but his right wing had un-balanced him and he fall onto his left side.

Rainbow Dash asked "Woah Moonlit, anything wrong with your wing on the right side?" as she walked up and started inspecting it.

"N-no!, there's nothing wrong with that wing... it's just... I don't really have full control over it." said Moonlit in a shy tone.

Rainbow Dash kept on inspecting Moonlits right wing and poking it with her hoof.

When Rainbow Dash poked Moonlit Guardian's right wing with her hoof his wing had extended and then contracted in a time span of 3 seconds.

Moonlit shook as this happened and Dash couldn't figure out the reason of why his wing is doing that.

"Hey Moon, try hovering like this." said Rainbow Dash as she started hovering in the air with her wings moving properly.

Moonlit nodded as he started to ascend into the air and hovering on the spot, but then a few seconds later his right wing had started to move even faster and then he once again, fell onto his side.

"AAAGH!" screamed Moonlit as his wing freaked out, but a few seconds later he got back up and blushed a bit. "Yeah... I can't tell what's wrong" said Moonlit as he looked at his wing.

Rainbow Dash giggled lightly and said "Maybe we should get Twi to check out your wing there." and then Dash started hovering.

"Wait who's this... 'Twi'?" asked Moonlit and Rainbow Dash answered, "Just follow me to her place." And then she slowly hovered her way to Twilight Sparkles place so that Moonlit Guardian is able to follow.

Moonlit Guardian followed closely and looked side to side and saw some of the ponyfolk in Ponyville just staring at him. He kept walking on close to Rainbow Dash, towards the humble abode of Twilight Sparkle.

They were halfway there until a certain pink earth pony somehow appeared out of nowhere infront of Moonlit and spooked him. "Ooo!I'veneverseenyoubefore!Cool,youranalicorn!MynamesPinkiePieandwhat'syourname?" and Pinkie Pie smiled in front of Moonlit Guardian and continued, "You know what this calls for? A Par-" but a hoof from Rainbow Dash stopped her from continuing.

"Ugh, Pinkie Pie... don't act all ballistic on him." said Rainbow Dash as she saw Moonlit Guardian smiling awkwardly, "His names Moonlit Guardian and I was just taking him to Twilights library to get his wing check out."

Pinkie Pie turned quickly to Rainbow Dash and said "Well why don't you go to a doctor? You Silly Filly~" and Dash responded "I don't think a Doctor would be able to figure out what's wrong with his wing."

Pinkie Pie rolled her eyes, "Well oki doki loki! I'll see you later then Dashie... and Moooooony~" she said and smiled as she felt proud of how she thought of a new nickname for the new colt that she had recently met.

Pinkie Pie merrily hopped away like a bunny and let Rainbow Dash and Moonlit Guardian continue their short trek to Twilights home.

It took a few minutes and they finally arrived there, Rainbow Dash knocked on the door and waited patiently for the door to swing open and she counted down "Three... Two... One..." and the door swung open and a Purple Pony stood infront of them.

"Oh, Hey Dash!" said Twilight Sparkle as she saw the hovering cyan colored Pegasus and as she turned her head to the side she saw this alicorn colt she had never seen before.

Twilight looked at him carefully and Rainbow Dash said "Hey Twi, this is Moonlit Guardian. I brought him here to see if you can check out what's wrong with his right wing." And Twilight responded, "Shouldn't you have brought him to a doctor?" in a serious tone.

"I don't think they'd know what's wrong." answered Rainbow Dash as she landed lightly on the ground. Twilight said "This is strange though... how is he and Alicorn if there's only two in existence?"

"I don't know about him at all, he just showed up near where I was training which was on an open field. A Mysterious colt he is, you think you can find something on him later when you fix his wing?" responded Rainbow Dash as she stood on the right side of Moonlit Guardian.

Twilight inspected the mysterious colts right wing and lifted it up, seeing a large, large burn mark under the joint of the wing to the body. "There's your problem, he must've been in a fire or something." said Twilight, "Just let him get some rest, give him some analgesic put some water on it, clean it of any infection, Wrap the burn lightly with a clean dry gauze, It doesn't look like a major burn, but just keep watch on him for awhile.

"Uh... I guess I should go home then?" asked Moonlit Guardian in a shy tone but Rainbow Dash responded, "You're staying with me, I don't know who you are... but you're in no condition to get back home."

Twilight was already inside the library sifting through some family archives but couldn't locate anything about 'Moonlit Guardian'. She walked back to where Moonlit Guardian and Rainbow Dash are standing and handed Dash some medical supplies.

"I already told you what to do with these supplies so get him some rest and patch up that burn of his." said Twilight Sparkle as she turned around and walked back into the library with the door closing behind her.

"Time to head off then, hold onto my hoof and I'll help you fly up to my home" said Rainbow Dash as she held out her hoof. Moonlit Guardian had grab hold of her hoof and they both flew off into the skies.

Moonlit Guardian held onto Rainbows hoof very tightly as they flew across the sky towards the home of Rainbow Dash. When they landed he sighed, smiled at her and said, "You have a nice home."

Rainbow Dash smiled and opened the door, the home was completely made of cloud so it was very soft like a pillow. She walked to another room and Moonlit Guardian followed her and then Rainbow Dash said, "Here's where you'll be sleeping." and in the room was a bedroom made of cloud, it was as soft as the rest of the house but the bed was even softer than the home.

Quickly, she used her speed to put water over his burn and wrap it in the gauze. Moonlit Guardian felt only a slight pain but not much from that and he fell onto the bed. His eyes closed as he felt a shock of memory flood against him and he cried unnoticeably. Rainbow Dash was already out of the room and outside, clearing the skies to finish her job for today.

A Few Hours Passed as Moonlit Guardian was asleep in the soft, cloud bed but terrible memories invaded his dreams and he kept on remembering...

Rainbow Dash was laying on a cloud just outside of her home and she took a short nap, she too has terrible memories invading her dreams, she has always tried to change and move them but to no avail.

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"Where am I?" said Rainbow Dash as she walked along the trail of dirt inside the deep forest she was in. She looked around and surveyed her surroundings, as she kept on walking she saw blood, a familiar sight in her eyes and she smelt the smell of smoke.

She quickly jumped up into the air and flew towards the source of the smell of smoke and saw a burning house... it was her old home when she was younger, the place her parents had died...

Rainbow Dash wanted to get inside the house and save her parents from burning to death, but an invisible force stopped her.

She could only watch as the building collapsed and her parents died right in front of her... she couldn't do anything to stop it...

"No…"
"NO…"
"NOOOOOOO!"
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Rainbow Dash was rolling about and screaming on her small cloud and almost fell off, but she woke up from her nightmare just in time to start hovering.

She was crying terribly hard and she walked back into the home to check up on Moonlit Guardian. When she got into his room he was still asleep, but rolling around a bit like he was having a nightmare.

"I guess I'll just stay with him" said Rainbow Dash to herself in a tired tone as she layed on the soft floor of her cloud home and fell asleep once again.

The Hours passed as the next day began and Rainbow Dash woke up, "Another Nightmare..." she said to herself as she got up. She looked over at her sleeping friend to see he was still asleep, but he wasn't rolling all over much anymore.

She shrugged and walked outside to fly out and get something to eat. Pinkie Pie was walking around and saw Rainbow Dash flying through the skies and so she followed and said, "Hey Rainbow Dash!"

"Ugh... I'm too tired for this Pinkie..." Rainbow Dash said to herself as she stopped and hovered down to Pinkie Pie and said, "What is it?"

Pinkie Pie smiled and replied, "You seem hungry, why not bring you and your friend to Sugarcube Corner?" and then she took a breath and continued, "I'll bake you both some cupcakes, on the house!"

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes as she said "Fine Pinkie Pie, but there better not be any party there." and then Pinkie Pie tilted her head and said "Why would I do that? You already told me not to!" and she merrily hopped away into Sugarcube Corner.

Rainbow Dash flew back into her home and woke up Moonlit Guardian. He woke up hazily and said "H-huh? What is it Rainbow Dash?" and she replied "Pinkie Pie is going to bake us some cupcakes, come on."

Rainbow Dash held out her hoof again and Moonlit held onto her hoof, they both started soaring through the sky and landed in front of Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie Pie opened the door and said "Oh hey, you two made it! Come on in, I've already baked you both a bunch of cupcakes!"

Moonlit Guardian looked away shyly and Rainbow Dash pulled him into the building. There was a table set up for them and they both sat down at the table, Pinkie Pie walked up and said "Heya there again Dashie and Moony! I made your table especially for you two!"

Pinkie Pie gave them some freshly baked cupcakes made perfectly by Ponyvilles favorite Party Pony. Rainbow Dash proceeded in eating her cupcake but Moonlit Guardian was perplexed at what a 'cupcake' was.

He sniffed the cupcake and took a small nibble out of it, "Mmm~" he said as he started biting even more of the cupcake. When he finished it he smiled and said "Delicous." and smiled.

Pinkie Pie smiled back and said "I very, very glad you like it Moony!" and Rainbow Dash giggled and said "Have you ever eaten a cupcake before?"

Moonlit Guardian smiled and responded, "This is the first cupcake I've ever eaten... the first real meal I've eaten in years."

Both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were confused by his sentence and Rainbow Dash asked "in years? How old are you?" and Pinkie Pie said, "Just by looking, I can tell he's about the same age as us"

Moonlit Guardian said, "Uhm anyways... can we go back home now Dash? I feel like getting some more rest." and Rainbow Dash replied "Fine, come on." and so Rainbow Dash walked outside with Moonlit Guardian following her.

Rainbow Dash held out her hoof again and Moonlit Guardian smiled and held onto her hoof tightly. They both took off into the sky and back to Rainbow Dashes Home, once they landed, Moonlit Guardian went off into the room which was presumably now his and he jumped back onto his bed.

Rainbow Dash giggled as she saw him jump onto the bed and she exited the room. She proceeded back onto her regular duties to clear some of the clouds in the skies to make the day clearer.

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A Terrible Memory can never be forgotten,
but always remembered,
it can be changed and moved,
but will never go away.
Remember that no one can forget,
but all can forgive,
Look out for others,
and always love them.
The Bright Sun kisses all with happiness,
The Dark Moon whispers to you of sorrow and forgiveness.
I will never forget,
Sadness will never take over...

-The Story of Moonlit Guardian Pt.1 (AOER)-