((now im going to go ahead and warn the haters who Emailed me about the last story, i purposely built up Star's drama too fast. so don't comment about it plz and Arcane, no time skips =) in fact, time went too slow!))
Starlight dashed around in the sky, his brother watching him from the park bench. As starlight attempted to smash through another cloud, He tumbled out the other side and landed infront of his closest older brother, Forest fire. "Hello there, starlight."
"Hey, sorry for disturbing your..." glances behind his brother "Nothing...?"
Forest smiled "It's alright. im glad to have somepony to talk to." He gestured to the other side of the bench
"Well," he plopped down "Whaddya wanna talk about?"
His tone sounded more like a dare. "Whatever intrests you."
"Well i SOMEHOW" he said sarcastically and rolled his eyes "Didn't make this teams weather te..." *shakes head* "Weather team."
*squints eyes* "Im sorry to hear that..."
"Hah... REEAL funnnn..." Oh celestia, is she looking at me?
"Something up, starlight? what are you looking at."
"That rainbow maned pony over there..." he began blushing madly. WELL! there goes my secret.
Forest smirks at his younger brother "You like her?"
"N...no! even if i did she's too hot for me... and i just gave myself away even more."
He leans over to his brother to whisper to him "I can see why"
"Wait... you like her too?"
"What? no! i mean she's cute and all, but i know why YOU like her."
"Which? The looks or the skill?"
"3 things. The things you said and... something else. 1. skill 2. looks 3. flank."
Starlight's eyes twitched at 'flank' "Flank...?"
"Cmon starlight! you KNOW that'll be your goal one day."
He blushed worse "N...no! i... i just... I thought you are supposed to keep those thoughts OUT of your little brother's head! bleah!"
Forest patted his revolted brother's shoulder "trust me. if you don't learn about this now, it'll only be more confusing later on."
"Oh come ON forest! im gonna be lucky to even get to first bast with this filly! and if i'm not one of the luckiest colts ever... no dough."
Forest shrugged. "You never know when luck is on your side."
Starlight glanced over his shoulder "Haven't been having alot of luck with clouds." he mumbled.
"You know, if you REALLY want to be a better flyer... nah, your probably not up to it. unless... you think you can." he challenged
"What is it?" he tried not to sound too excited.
"Something i had to do in flight academy..."
"WHATISITWHATISITWHATISIT?!?!" he couldn't hold it back HE WAS LEARNING SOMETHING FROM FLIGHT ACADEMY!
"follow me." He pushes around a few clouds and storm clouds then lands on a rather... far and... tiny cloud. "You are going to fly to this while I-" dashes to the closest stormcloud will 'monitor' you" he explained with more challenge in his voice
"Wait... what if i get hurt?"
"dont worry. if my aim hasn't gotten better, you'll be FINE"
"Okay... i trust you."
"And once you reach the halfway mark i'll begin" he bounces and some lightning shoots down "The hard part"
"Um... i'm going to die arent i?"
Forest glided down and hugged Starlight "I won't let it happen"
"Okay... 3... 2... 1..." Starlight shot off and gulped when the halfway mark came within reach
Lightning slammed down to the left of starlight "To the right! the right!" He sighed with relief as starlight glided right "glide left!"
Starlight only glided slightly left. if he didnt, only his wing-tip would be grazed. and the next one, he dodges to the right. His heart sank when his reactions didn't change as he heard "This one'll be infront of you!" He moved slightly right, and the joint connecting his wing to his body started burning. the last thing he remembered before the world going black was spiraling downwards.
He expected to see starlight panting on the other side of the cloud. When he didn't, he glanced under and saw him aim downwards "Starlight!" he dived after his elevation losing brother. He grabbed onto his back and aimed upwards, attempting to stop both their speeding bodies. I swear to celestia i won't let go! Then he felt someone pulling HIM up.
"Ugh... Hang on!" came a voice above "Im here to help!"
Forest thought it was a few months before his hooves touched the clouds. He completeley forgot about the pony who had saved his and his brother's lives. "Starlight? Starlight! wake up!"
--"arlight! wake up!" Starlight didn't dare open his eyes. he couldn't feel anything except the pain in his left wing
"Oh bro! are you okay?"
"If by okay, you mean i can't feel ANYTHING then yes..." he stretched open his eyes and blinked -he refused to count that fast- many times. "Oh... what happened... oh my gosh" his voice dropped to a whisper "She's RIGHT behind you!"
Forest's eyes shot open "Who?"
"R...ra...rain...rainbow...dash" He spoke at his normal volume "Hi rainbow... Thank you for saving me"
"I know where this is going, and i know. i've KNOWN. you aren't very good at hiding it. and i just wanted to say that i don--"
Starlight didn't need to hear the rest. he flew off away from his crush and Forest, wincing at every flap. When they were almost out of sight, he buried his face and screamed his frustration out.
Forest landed at his cloud and decided NOT to point out what he heard of that and what he wanted to scold him for saying. "Starlight... are you alright?"
He swung his tear covered face towards his brother, the second to last person he didn't want to see right now. "If you hadn't dared me to do that... thing back there, i might still have had a chance with her! now she not only knows i like her, but that i SUCK at flying! you RUINED MY CHANCE!"
Forest sighed, remaining calm as he was very good at it. "Starlight, i dared you BECAUSE she was watching. And she looked impressed."
Starlight turned away and glanced down for a few moments, untill forest could hear him crying. "Forest" *sniff* "I didn't do this to be a better flier. I just wanted to be like you!" He smiled through his tears.
"You just wanted to be like your older brother? well, remembering my first time, i think you did pretty good."
Starlight turned and hugged his brother "Im sorry i yelled at you forest! Im sorry! i just... i..."
"here. i'll make it up to you. Why don't we go meet your OTHER brother."
"WAIT, WHAT?!"
Forest looked at his excited brother. "I haven't told you yet?"
"Err... No... not that i remember!"
"Oh well.. lets go!"
"OH YEAH!"
The two pegasi trotted up to the door. "This is gonna be so COOL! what's he like? is he nice? is he cool like you? can he fly well? is he even a PEGASUS?"
"Well... come find out!" Forest knocks on the door and a gray earth pony with a brown mane and tail opens the door.
"Oh hey forest! how are--" His gaze flicks towards Starlight. "Oh hello. who are you?"
"Im your other brother Starlight? Whats your name?" He pipes up.
The earth pony looked at forest confused. "Little brother? last time i checked, i only had one brother..."
Starlight's ears droop. "You really haven't even heard about me?"
"No... im really sorry but i don't. But it's nice to meet my little brother. Im tyler."
"Yay! i have another brother!" He flutters his wings excitedly and winces immediately. "Ow..."
Forest spoke again "Lets get you some ice for that..."
Starlight applied the ice and relaxed. "Okay, that's SOO much better." He looks behind him. "You two catch up... i have to apologize to a certain attractive filly.
Tyler looked at his brother with amusement and gave Forest a questioning look.
"Like Starlight said... we have things to catch up on."
Starlight opened the door to his new home and trotted past forest, his head turned away from him. "Oh... hey forest... how are you?"
"Hey star. How are you today?"
Starlight turned towards his brother to reveal a black eye. "Reeeally bad."
Forest glanced at his eye. "What happened?"
"Well... i was apologizing to Ranbow, and we got into a conversation and when i was about to leave i might have... kinda sorta... subtly but out in the open... asked her out."
Forest shook his head. "You can't just ask a mare out, first you have to warm her up."
"That's not exactly why she hit me... she was shocked and all but i... tried to... kiss her..."
"Wait... you tried to kiss her?"
"I just... i mean i... She's beautiful! Im sorry... i couldn't resist! both of us... sitting on a cloud all alone... my mind took over."
Forest placed a hoof on his shoulder to comfort his brother. "I understand. Just couldn't fight the temptation, huh?"
"Yeah and now my EYE regrets it..." He plopped himself onto the couch. "What am i gonna do now? There's NO WAY that she'll like me after that..."
"Just give her time. Soon she'll know that you can't resist and she'll fall for you too."
"Yeah but how many black eyes are in-between now and then, huh?"
"What do you expect bro? you tried to kiss her and you aren't even dating."
"True... hey, what's that?" He points to a rainbow fountain in cloudsdale.
"The rainbow factory." ((no foreshadowing intended, just random stuff.))
"Oooh. Hey! can i head into town today? i don't go there often..."
"Sure thing."
"Yes! thank you!" He trotted out the door and headed for Ponyville.
Starlight busts through the door, his mane neater than it was before he left. "i met... somepony... called... rarity... big mistake..." he pants even worse and collapses. Ow...
"Well that's what she's good at."
"No no... LOOK at my mane. Never combed it once and its... i don't even... HOW?!"
"That's what Rarity is skilled at. fashion."
"Uhg. Fashion" I look good enough as is!" He jumped up and did a small loop in the air. "i just HAD to bail when she offered to make me a suit."
"i know. you're not much of a gentlecolt are you?"
"And THAT, my brother, is the truth. except the gentle part. im TOTALLY gentl--" He tripped and knocked a vase over. "i got it!" He dived and caught it.
"Nice catch."
"Yeah... thanks... nevermind gentle. i got fast down though!"
"This is true, assuming you can fly away from me with a zapped wing/" He said with amusement in his voice.
"Whatever... And by the way, i just wanted to know something. What happened to Mom and Dad?"
Forest's mood darkened. "I was hoping you wouldn't ask that..."
"Oh... im sorry i was just... i just wanted to know. You're not mad are you?"
"Its fine, i just didn't want to tell you what... happened."
"What happened." he repeated with question in his voice. "Um... okay."
"Well... when i was a young colt, a bit younger than you are, the town i was raised in caught on fire. when i escaped the house, i couldn't find either of them. So i ran inside to find them and i saw them cornered by the fire. Before i could help them, an elder pulled me out and i haven't seen them since.
"i... i..." was all he could say, than tears began forming in his eyes. "So we... you di..." He hung his head, crying.
A tear rolled down forest's face. "I know its sad bro but..."
"So i really am an orphan."
"Im afraid you are."
Starlight shook his head. "No im not, 'cause i have somepony to take care of me. You." He smiled through his tears.
Forest laughed a bit and they both sat there, blinking out the tears when Forest heard a knock on the door, and he opened it "Boss, your back!"
"Yes i am, so the store is opened. how are you?"
"Glad to be back sir. Oh, and this is my little brother starlight."
Staright spoke from behind Forest. "Hello! Im starlight! Back here!"
"Starlight? you know you can come out, right?"
"Yeah, but this pony is a whole lot taller than me!" Starlight scrambled out from behind him and looked up at Mikao. After greeting the other adult pony, He looked outside and saw 2 familiar pegasi. "Hey! there's some of my friends!" Without waiting for a response, he dashed out the door.
"Well he's a very eccentric fellow. so how've you been?"
"I've been pretty good myself i have been mighty lonely with just me here, so im glad you're back."
"Do you think you could head up to the shop in a few?"
"Uh, sure thing boss."
All of a sudden, a shout comes from outside. "Why don't you jerks ever SHUT UP?!"
"Starlight? what's going on out there?"
Starlight didn't hear, and one of the other colts that showed up spoke. "Why don't YOU shut up, ya little filly!"
"You're gonna have to MAKE ME!" Starlight tackled and began punching the other colt.
Forest ran outside "Starlight what are you..." He see's starlight punching the colt
The colt pushes starlight off.
Staright screams at him again. "Ill do this again if you don't leave me alone next time!"
One of the mares next to him walked up to him and whispered something in his ear.
Forest grabbed his brother and pulled him away. "What is going on Starlight?"
"Well APPERANTLY, everthing i do gives this idiot another reason to make fun of me! i'm kinda GLAD i broke his nose!
"You broke his nose?!"
"He's done worse!"
"Cmon starlight, lets go find something ELSE to do."
"Alright... fine."
