My book of stories
Chapter 8:Friendship shines through hardships
Previous ChapterNext ChapterPrism walked over to the playground with Cumulus and felt the fur on her neck tingle. She looked behind her and saw Winter coming up to her.
"Hey Cue, can you go on by yourself, I need to talk with somepony." Cumulus nodded and left.
"So."
"So."
"Well, I wanted to talk to you. I kinda don't know if we should secretly be friends anymore. I was just surprised at the time and I thought it over a couple hours ago. I never thought that you'd actually accept my friendship."
"So you dont care if ponies see us together in public?" Winter nodded and smiled.
"Come on then you big doof. My sister is expecting me back." They approached Cumulus.
"Hey Prism, is this a flower or a weed." Prism rolled her eyes, Cumulus loved collecting flowers during the spring time.
"It's a flower Cumulus." Cumulus growled and nearly pounced at Winter had Prism not blocked her.
"You dirty little brute, stay away from my little sister!" Prism pinned Cumulus down,
"Cumulus! Listen, it's okay he's my friend. Now stop acting like a maniac and lower your voice." Cumulus relaxed and nodded. She still sent glares at Winter though.
Smiling, Prism and Winter played with Cumulus, although her mood ruined most of the fun. When the bell rang the three children raced inside. Cumulus didn't like the fact that Winter sat next to Prism. Miss Cheerilee continued telling them about the life cycle of butterflies.
After an hour or two the bell rang, but it wasn't even 2:00. Miss Cheerilee told every pony to evacuate. Flames spread across the room. The children grabbed their saddle bags and raced out the door. Cumulus got stuck in the middle of the flames. Prism saw this and went through the flames burning herself, she freed Cumulus and went on their way.
Cumulus escaped but didn't realize that her sister wasn't out yet, she just raced out of the schoolhouse yard towards the class and Miss Cheerilee.
Inside the schoolhouse Prism was choking on the smoke trying to get out, but the flames surrounded her. She changed into her mother and flew up. She flew up as fast as she could breaking threw the wall, only to run into the bell. She turned back into herself and fell back towards the flames. Some pony grabbed her and she went out like a light.
Prism woke up to an unbearable pain in her head. Looking up she saw the concerned faces of her friends and family. Prism saw one face in particular, it was Winter's face. He smiled with relief and worry.
"Oh your awake," said Twilight. Prism nodded only to become dizzy.
"I was so worried when your friend," Cumulus growled as she heard her mother say friend,"here come up to me with you on his back," Rainbow finished and cautiously looked at Cumulus who was still glaring at the colt.
"I suppose that you want to hear the story," Winter said, Prism nodded," well here it goes,
Winter caught Prism as she fell. He glanced around the room. Winter slowly and carefully went through the hole that Prism made and avoided the bell. He got out into open air and tore through the air. Spotting a Rainbow mane he flew as fast as he could over to it.
"Mrs.Dash!" he yelled catching her attention," Prism blacked out in the fire at school! She needs help!" Rainbow nodded and grabbed Prism. Zipping through the air as fast as they could they burst through the doors of the hospital. Before either of them were able to yell Prism was put on a stretcher and taken to a room. The doctor came back an hour or two later,
"Is she alright?!" Winter said shooting out of his seat.
"Yes, she only suffered a minor concussion and a few first and second degree burns. She will make a full recovery if she wakes up remembering what happened before she was knocked out." Rainbow's smile faltered when he said that if she remembered. Seeing her face Winter answered,
"After she saved Cumulus she was trapped in a ring of fire that Cumulus didn't notice. She started to suffocate and changed into you and flew as fast as she knew and broke a hole in the ceiling. After breaking the hole she hit the school bell and was knocked out." When he finished Rainbow was in tears,
"Thank you for helping her! Oh! I almost forgot to ask, what is your name?"
"My name is Winter Wind, and I'm just as glad that I happened to hear her hacks." Rainbow mumbled,
"Sounds like Midnight when I met him."
"What was that Mrs.Dash?"
"N-nothing." Shrugging the awkwardness off he asked the doctor if he could see Prism.
Prism was glad that she was told what happened, but she never thought that Winter would save her life. She smiled and hugged him as he walked up. Blushing he hugged her back. Rainbow cleared her throat and the children pulled apart. Rainbow raised an eyebrow and let the topic go,
"Wow already back in the hospital. Well at least you didn't break my record of 325 visits to a hospital in a year." Prism rolled her eyes and continued to talk with them.
That night while every pony except him and the Dash's were there he snuck out while they were asleep. Winter wandered out of the hospital and onto the Ponyville roads. Wandering at night time was dangerous even by Ponyville standards, but it was for Prism. He looked at a tall fancy house that stood in front of him. He flew to the roof and went through the secret entrance to his room. Landing on the polished tile floor he walked over to the space under the bed.
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