Part Two: Knowing Each Other
20 minutes later....
The end credits started to roll and the theme started playing, I closed the video window and rotated my chair towards Rainbow Dash's chair. She had a concerning look in her eyes, I couldn't tell what she was going to do next. I waited for her to make sense of what she just saw.
"Wait, so you've been spying on us?" she asked more aggressively.
I thought to myself. "I better explain this to her or we're gonna have a situation".
"No, this may sound weird...." I stuttered to tell the truth. "But in my world, you and your friends are fictional characters in a childrens TV show."
"What? Fictional? But I'm here aren't I?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Yes, you are here, as I said before I am James, I live on Earth; you come from Equestria" I said to her "As to why I have paintings of you, I am an artist, I paint pictures of certain things. Why I paint you, is because you look.... cool and awesome."
"Cool and awesome? You're right there, James. Hey, since you're an artist, you mind painting the real me? I'll make it cooler, infact 20% cooler!" Rainbow Dash said enthusiastically with a smile on her face.
"Sure, I'll paint you, let me get my tools." I said while getting up "Follow me, my artroom is just up the hall!"
She flapped her wings and flew past me, ending up near my artroom down the hall.
"You have an odd way of walking" she chuckled as I walked down the hall.
"I'm human, a native species to Earth; we walk differently. You're more quicker than I thought, Rainbow".
"I'm quick alright, I'm the best flyer in Equestria!" she boasted and did the robot thing she did in "The Mysterious Mare Do Well".
I walked to the door labelled "Art Room" and opened it, I walked inside and turned on the light. The light revealed all of the room: hanging from the walls were my many artpieces from countryside backgrounds to protraits of artistic people that inspired me.
"Wow, for an artist, you got a lot of art." Rainbow Dash said as she walked in, brushing my leg as she did.
"It's a hobby, and it keeps me calm and pays well too." I responded as I sat down near my ansel and whistled.
She walked in after me and sat down on a spare chair near me. I got up and walked towards a container filled with my paint and other tools. I opened it and brought out a small wooden box filled with paint-tubes, brushes and paint trays, I walked back to the ansel and sat down; picking out several paint tubes and brushes.
"Well?" she asked
"Ok, wait a second. Art takes patience. Lets see here, cyan, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple" I said as I picked out the corresponding coloured tubes.
"Huh? Why did you say all those colours?" she asked inquisitively
"I can't paint you without the proper colours, cyan for your base colour and the rest for your mane and tail" I explained to her as I got some brushes and a palette.
"Why do you really paint me?" She asked
"Well, Earth isn't as colourful as Equestria. For example: Ponyville's buildings are brightly coloured, Earth's however are not, why I paint you, you're my favourite pony in the show."
""Thats cool with me, James" Rainbow Dash said, she blushed slighty
"You're welcome, now what do you want me to paint of you?" I asked her
She took her time deciding, but I didn't mind. My favourite pony in my world... However I had to remain proffesional and not go all brony over her. I set up the ansel with a fresh portrait and added all the paint-tube paint on the palette and took several brushes of different sizes. She spoke up and told me her painting idea.
"Sounds difficult, but I can handle anything!" I said boastfully
I heard a slight rumble in the room, knowing I ate before I knew she must be hungry. I turned to her and said "I know that sound, you hungry?" I asked her
"Yeah, you got any cupcakes? Rainbow Dash asked me
"I do infact, wait here I'll get some" I said to her
I walked into the kitchen and baked some cupcakes. I walked back and tossed her one. "Catch!" I yelled. She caught it and took a bite out of it. "You're reflexes are astonishing too" I added as we ate. We finished eating and I propped up the portrait again.
"Right, now lets paint!" I said to her. She had a smile on her face. I started painting
End of Part Two
Part Three: Hobbies and Games
I had finished the painting. It looked as beautiful as Rainbow Dash herself.
"Ok, I'm done, you can stop posing now." I said to Rainbow Dash
"Cool, let me see it" She said as she got down from the pedestal and walked toward me.
I leaned back as I store at my masterpiece, it had been better than any other Rainbow Dash picture I had painted. Maybe she was right, she made it 20% cooler. I chuckled as I thought about that. Rainbow Dash had reached where I was sitting during my daydreaming.
She looked at it in amazement, she turned towards me and said "Are you sure you painted this, because this is AWESOME!!!"
"I'm glad you like it, Dashie" I said as I smiled.
"Like it? I LOVE it!" She looked back at me "You called me Dashie there..."
"Is that alright with you? I can call you by-" I said before she cut me off
"That's alright, James. Y'know I've been trying to make your name sound cooler...."
I thought to myself "20% cooler, I bet"
"What have you come up with?" I asked her
"Lightning..." She told me
"Lightning? It has a good ring to it...." I suprisingly said
"Glad you think so, Lightning" She said
"Hey since it's still sunny outside, wanna play some horseshoes? I asked as I looked out my window
"Awesome idea, let me warn you though, I'm pretty good at it" She said to me
I felt her competitive side take over, same with me. I don't mind a bit of competition....
"I was about to say the same thing to you!" I said competitively
"You're on!" She spat in her hoof and held it aloft, I did the same and shook her hoof....
"Race you outside?" I challenged her
"Heh heh heh, I'll be outside by the time you get up!" She said mockingly
"We'll see about that" I responded
Rainbow Dash was fast, but I had a few tricks up my sleeve too, something to even the odds against her incredible speed when she was flying. We both shot off down the hallway, her speed picked up, we reached the living room. All she had to do was fly out the door, there was a table in my way. At the same speed, Rainbow Dash shot over the table and out the door, I vaulted over the table and sprinted out the door, grabbing a cyan hoodie as I came out. She was mockingly showing off when I was outside, still the hoodie in my hand.
"You're quick Thunder, that's for sure. But not quick enough to beat me..." She said, basking in victory
I looked up at her, floating stationary in the air, her cyan wings flapping to keep her afloat.
"Thanks, you're not bad yourself, Dashie" I said, breathing heavily "I guess Best Young Flier actually means something"
"Yeah, I could fly circles around the fastest thing alive" She said boastfully
I tossed her a horseshoe "You gonna stop bragging or we gonna settle this two for two" I said, twirling a horseshoe around my finger
"You go first, Lightning" she said
I tossed the horseshoe at the metal stake, it hits it dead-centre and spins around, stopping hanging around the stake.
I couldn't help showing off "And the crowd goes wild!" I yelled, and imitated a cheering crowd
"Alright, cool your jets" She said as she threw the horseshoe
Her horseshoe landed on top of mine, hooked onto the stake.
"Good shot, Dashie" I said enthusiastically
She responded immediatly "You're not bad yourself"
I sat down on a lawn-chair, Rainbow Dash followed suit and also did the same thing. I store up at the sky "Man, I wish I could fly like you, Dashie...." I left out a sigh....
"Why can't you, Thunder?" She asked me, wondering at why I couldn't fly....
"Humans don't have wings, artificial or not. But we do have jets that at least do half the speed of you, Dashie" I answered her question
"Jets?" Rainbow Dash asked me
"They're like large metal dragons that allow us to travel at high speeds" I tried to explain as simply as I could
I put on my cyan hoodie and sat up
"What's your goal, Dashie?" I asked "Joining the Wonderbolts?"
"Yeah, they're my idols, What about you? Rainbow Dash said
"Being the quickest being alive." I said
"Well, you're on your way there, only you need to beat me to do it" She said
"I know" I said
I thought to myself "I may not be able to beat you on foot, but on my bike, you're in the dust Rainbow Dash. I'll show her my bike tommorow and challenge her to a race down the old circuit, no-one goes there anymore, it'll be perfect for a friendly race" I sat up and looked at her
She sat up aswell and saw me in the cyan hoodie with a rainbow streak running down the back of the head.
"Lightning? You look like me..." she giggled as she saw me.
"I do, don't I?" I jeered
"You look cooler though" she added.
"We should head inside soon" I said
"Cool" she said
4:30pm
"Other than painting, what else do you do? Rainbow Dash asked
"Well I'm a musician...."
"Like Vinyl Scratch?" She asked enthusiastically, her eyes lit up
Vinyl Scratch.... I searched my memory to remember who that was... I remembered, Vinyl Scratch was the DJ-Pony who lived with Octavia, a chellsit player.
"Yeah I spin decks too, I also play the chello like Octavia" I responded "Want me to play some music?"
"Sure, that'd be awesome" She said calmy, trying not to squeal
"Follow me, it's in my room" I said
I slowly walked toward my room, I opened the door and unzipped my hoodie. I took my hoodie off and walked to my Turntables, I sat down and saw Rainbow Dash sit on my bed. I picked up a few dubstep tracks I had tranferred to records. I put a CD labeled "RainbowStep" into my CD player. I hit play and turned on the turntable. Music blared out behind me in my speakers as I played to the tune of "RainbowStep" I noticed Rainbow Dash was dancing to my beats. A few minutes later I stopped playing and sat down in my bed where Rainbow Dash was.
"What do you think of my DJing skills?" I asked her
"So awesome!" She smiled at me
"Not too bad after a couple of months" I added
We were in my bedroom talking for, what? An hour now.... I broke the silence
"It's getting late, and I'm guessing you need a place to sleep?" I asked Rainbow Dash, staring at her beautiful rose eyes
"Yeah, I guess so, we were having so much fun we lost track of time" Rainbow Dash said.
"Hey, if I were like you. I think I know what my cutie-mark would be" I said
"What's that?" she said, briefly looking at her cutie-mark: a cloud with a rainbow coloured lightning bolt
"Probably a record or a paint brush or a flamed wheel" I continued
"Seems possible, but.... wait. You said flamed wheel? She said, her eyes flared up
"Yeah, I'm not only an artist and DJ, I'm a motorcycle racer too!"
"Motorcycle racer?" She inquired
"Think Scootaloo's motorscooter, but bigger and quicker"
"Oh" She said
"I'll introduce you to her tommorow" I said
"You can bunk with me tonight" I said as I laid down on the bed and put my head on my pillow.
"That'd be cool" she said, I got her a pillow and put it next to mine.
She laid down next to me on her pillow and closed her eyes.
"Goodnight, Dashie" I said as I pulled a doona over both of us
"Goodnight, Lightning" she said quietly
I spent a mintue staring at Rainbow Dash. I shut my eyes and drifted off to sleep........
End of Part 3
I was still sleeping, Rainbow Dash got up from the bed and said quietly "Lightning is still sleeping, I wonder if he has any Daring Do books around?"
She looked around my room and found my bookcase, she hovered up quietly as to not wake me. She found a similar book to Daring Do called "Indiana Jones", she flew over to my desk-chair and sat down. She opened the book and started reading:
"Indiana Jones trekked through the perilous jungle along with other treasure hunters and his side-kick, Satipo. Satipo was startled by a crow noise, thinking it was the native hunters about to ambush them. Indiana led the group, clutching a map of the area; Satipo spotted a poison dart stuck to a tree as they progressed further in the jungle, A native appeared in the shrub in front of them and shot a dart at Indiana, not paying attention to anything but the map; he swerved from it and hit another treasure hunter in the chest. No-one noticed the dead tresure hunter and they continued on....." She stopped reading as she heard me get up. She peered up from her book and saw me looking in her direction.
"Don't stop because of me, keep going" I said
She looked at me with concern "Is reading an egghead thing on Earth?"
"No, it isn't; I may not be extremely smart like your friend Twilight, but reading is something anyone can do, so continue if you want...." I said back
"This Indiana Jones guy reminds me of Daring Do back in Equestria" I said what she thought
"Yeah, Indiana Jones is the human version of Daring Do" I said
"Well, Daring Do had a broken wing, what was broken of Indiana's?" She asked
"His plane broke down...." I said plainly
"I'm going to keep reading this for a few chapters, what are you going to do in the mean time?" She said as she looked back down into the book
"I'm probably going to tune my bike for a bit" I said, answering her question "Good book isn't it?"
"Yeah, it's good" She said
"You want to move into the lounge-room?, there isn't much light in here...." I asked, peering out the window "After I tune Shade, I'll make us some breakfast"
"Alright, I'll be there after chapter three" She said as she walked into the living room and sat down
"Ok, I'll be back in five minutes" I said as I started to walk out the back-door
She stopped me as I was almost out the door "You mentioned a Shade? Who's that? She asked as she cocked her eye up at me
"Shade is what I called my bike" Answering her question I walked outside to the backyard.
I opened the garage and light spilled in the room as the sun hit the floor. I walked over to my bike, Shade. I had made her customised to my liking: several inhibitors to speed up the acceleration and a custom paint job- midnight black with a golden lightning bolt painted down the sides. I wheeled Shade out in the sunlight, it reflected off the paint and gleamed as bright as day; I pulled out a black tool suit-case and carried it to my bike. Rainbow Dash had finished the three chapters of the book and was inspecting my bike. I sat the case down beside Shade.
"Shade looks pretty impressive, the paint-job looks good too" Rainboww Dash said to me
"Thanks, been racing it for ages" I said as I ran my hand over the bike's paint
"I've been thinking, since there is an old circuit track down the street. I've haven't ridden Shade in a while, she deserves a good run once in a while. What say you we have a race, me on Shade and you can fly? No speed limits, go as fast as you can go; Best of 4 laps." I explained to her
"I thought you'd never ask, you're pretty quick on foot. But on your bike, you're more than a worthy challenge to me" She said competitively
"On one condition...." I added
"Shoot" she said
"No complaining if I beat you, you've never seen how fast Shade really is" I said proudly, running my hand over Shade
"Deal, but I think I can top whatever speed you're going" She said competitively, she eyes flaring up
"I made breakfast while you were reading, lets eat, ey? I changed the subject as I finished tuning Shade
"Yeah, I'm hungry... like real bad" She said, her stomach grumbling
We both headed back inside, she sat down on a chair near the dining table, I walked into the kitchen and got the two apple pies I had made earlier. I put one in front of Rainbow Dash and put mine where I was going to sit.
"You want some apple cider?" I asked Rainbow Dash as I poured a mug of cider
"Sure, but humans have cider too?" She said as she ate her apple pie
"Yeah, some food and drink you have in Equestria exists here too" I said to her, passing her the mug as I did"
"Ever heard of the Blue Angels?" I asked her, drinking my OJ after I did
"Blue Angels? Who are they?" She asked inquisitively
"The Blue Angels are human jet-figher pilots, much like your Wonderbolts, they leave behind smoke and fire as they fly" I said to her
I ate my apple pie, listening to Rainbow Dash as I did
"Yeah, what about it?" She asked oddly
"Think about it, our worlds are somehow intertwined, we share things in our own worlds, like Indiana Jones and Daring Do for instance." I explained
"Yeah I agree, but I leave that intertwining-world-to-world portal stuff to Twilight" She said
We finished eating and decided to go to the circuit for that race I mentioned earlier. I loaded Shade onto the back of my pick-up truck, Dashie got into the passenger seat. I secured the bike with straps and tied them down, after that I got into my truck and noticed Dashie was already there. I put my keys in the ignition and turned them, the truck's engine came to life. Rainbow got startled from the noise.
"Relax, it's just the truck... you'll hear that same thing from my bike in our race" I comforted her
"Yeah, I just got surprised that's all..."She added in her defence
I put the truck into gear and drove down to the circuit track, we were silent during the ride. I started daydreaming about our race to come. After five minutes I had parked into the lot, I unhooked Shade and wheeled it down from the truck, I put on the parking stand and turned off the truck. Rainbow Dash got out and stand near my bike, I locked the truck door and took out my racing gear out of the back. I walked back over to Rainbow Dash and wheeled Shade through the competitors entrance, Rainbow Dash followed behind me. We got onto the main track and I put Shade on the white line and laid out my racing gear on the seat. I looked back at Rainbow Dash, she was curious as to what I was doing.
"You can exercise for the race for a bit, I got to put on my gear..." I said to her as I put on a boot
"Ok, but your gear?" She responded
"On the slight chance I crash my bike, I want to make sure I am protected. Not in the hospital, all broken up like you were when you discovered reading was cool" I said to her, strapping on my full-length vest
"Yeah, good idea..." She said as she started doing push-ups
"Unlike ponies, humans have a longer healing rate, I could be in there for months" I added, putting on my gauntlets
"Ok, you focus on your gear first, then we'll race" She smirked, still doing push-ups
I secured my gauntlets and got my helmet, I put it on and lifted the visor up. I rotated my wrists a few times, making sure my reflexes were up to speed. I needed every factor to work with me to beat Rainbow Dash. I looked towards Shade, I knew it could put enough speed out to match and probably surpass Rainbow.
"You ready?" Rainbow Dash asked
"I'm ready, let's do this" I said, my competitive side kicked in, I knocked my visor down and got on Shade.
I looked towards Rainbow Dash, she was in her starting position. I turned my bike on and revved Shade
"Ok Shade, let's do this" I said to myself, I looked over at Rainbow Dash "On one, we race..."
"Three.....two......one... Go!" I yelled and pulled the handle and kicked Shade into gear. Rainbow Dash sped off, Shade responded to my controls and shot off, I caught up to Rainbow Dash quickly, I sped past her and came to a corner, I pulled Shade into a slide and slid around the corner. I looked back for a split second and saw Rainbow Dash gaining on me, I still had plenty of tricks up my sleeve. I hit a button on Shade; hitting the nitrous lever, it kicked into gear and blue flames spewed out the exhaust pipe. I shot off even faster than before, putting losts of distance between us. She gave it her all and caught up to me, we rounded the corner as my nitrous tank had emptied. We were on a straight when I glanced to my right and saw Rainbow Dash beside me.
"How you doing there, Lightning?" She mocked as she passed, her distraction threw me off guard and I lost speed for a moment. I remembered that pegasi can control weather, Rainbow Dash better not pull any storms on me. I throttled my handlebar and rounded the corner, sped past the finish line. Time to focus.....
3rd lap, if I can gain speed and stay in front for a lap and a half. I'll be home-free, I accelerated and pushed where Rainbow Dash was out of my mind, surprisingly I had matched Rainbow Dash's speed and caught up. I gave her a quick glance....
"Surprised to see me?" I mockingly asked as I kept on her level. We hit the finish line, 4th lap. I accelerated more and pushed Shade to it's limits, Rainbow Dash was quick but not quick enough to keep up with Shade, I slid around the corner and victory was in sigh, right now I was a blur of gold and black, like a black and gold pattern was trailing behind me. I throttled the handle even more..... then *crash*
Somehting had happened as I flailed head over heels, passing the finish line and blacking out with Shade on top of me.....
Total blackness, the last thing I saw was Rainbow Dash running over to where I had crashed.... she wouldn't use the weather to her advantage just to win, she was innocent....
"Lightning...." I heard Rainbow Dash as she shook my motionless body.
"Rainbow Dash? What happened?" I said as I came to, Shade was intact as I looked around
"You were about to finish the race, a black and gold pattern behind you, then a lightning bolt hit Shade and you tumbled on the ground onconscious" She worried as she saw my gear
"Are you alright?" she asked
I crawled over to Shade and took off my helmet, it was shredded to the base. "My armour is shredded, help me...." I said weakly
The next five minutes was Rainbow Dash and I prying off my gear, I looked at the gear "Man, I hadn't worn that, I would've been killed" I said weakly
"Talk about a close call" Was all I heard before I passed out again, little to my known mind. Rainbow Dash had dragged me to my truck
I woke up, in my living-room; did Rainbow Dash carry me back home? My back hurt, like a brand had been pressed on it. I headed slowly to the bathroom, I took off my shirt and spun around to see what had hurt me. To my surprise, a cloud with a black and gold lightning bolt shooting down from it had been tattooed on my back.
"Rainbow Dash!!!!" I weakly yelled
Rainbow Dash flew to the bathroom near my mirror "You're up already? You took a nasty fall..."
"Can you explain what this is?" I asked her, pointing to the tattoo
"Cool, it looks just like mine, but do humans get cutie-marks?" She said
"No, we don't. But how? Was it the lightning or something else.....?" I said "I know it wasn't you, you wouldn't stoop that low to win"
"Yeah, I'm not that much of a sore loser" She said
"But maybe, what if I'm becoming a pony?" I asked "Is that possible?"
"You? Becoming a pony? I suppose, if I go back to Equestria, maybe you can come with me as a pony" She said excitedly
"Sorry if I'm not all enthusiastic about it, but listen..... are we friends?" I said awkwardly
"Of course, Lightning" she said
"I....like you" I stuttered
"Same here, Lightning" she blushed
I heard a knock at the door, I went to answer it. I opened it to find Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rarity, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna standing in my doorway.
"Hello, can I help you?" I asked politely
Twilight stepped forward and said "Hi, we're looking for Rainbow Dash, have you seen her?"
"Hang on a second" I said to her "Rainbow Dash, some friends want to see you!"
"Friends?" she said as she walked in and saw her pony friends
"Rainbow Dash!, we missed you!" The five yelled and hugged Rainbow Dash
"You're Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, right?" I asked them both
"Yes, we are" Princess Celestia said
"Can you explain this?" I said as I showed them the tattoo of the cloud and lightning bolt on my back
"He has a cutie-mark" Princess Luna said "But humans do not have cuite-marks!"
"Well....." Princess Celestia started
"James or "Lightning" as Rainbow Dash called me" I interupted
"Lightning?" The other five asked Rainbow Dash
"He's quick, he almost beat me in the circuit race when... that happened" She explained as she pointed at my "Cutie-mark"
"Well, James it seems that you have a choice here...." said Princess Celestia "You can stay here or you can come to Equestria and live there"
"Isn't that cool?, Lightning you get to come with me back to Equestria" Rainbow Dash said excitedly
"I'm human though, unless you have a spell that will turn me into a pony..." I said
Twilight chimed in "We have.... infact"
Princess Luna said "Well , human what's your choice"
"If I come with you, what about this place, my things?" I asked
"They will remain with you" Princess Celestia said
"I choose...... Equestria" I said after I thought long and hard about it
"If that is what you wish, human" Princess Luna said
"Cool, Lightning you can stay with me until you make your house" Rainbow Dash said
"Make my house? How do I know I'll be a pegasus like you or Fluttershy?" I asked
"You'll have to be, you like being fast and competitive like me" She added
"True, let's do this then" I said
Twlight Sparkle, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna charged magic into their horns, creating a orb of light . it moved forward and engulfed me. My fingers, toes , feet and hands closed into round shapes creating hoofs. My form changed into a pony and my once pale skin turned into midnight black fur, two bones sprouted from my back and grew into wings. My black hair turned into a yellow and black mohawk mane and a tail grew and coloured yellow. The cutie-mark I had got appeared on both my flanks and my eyes turned rose coloured. I appeared out of the orb and looked at Rainbow Dash. I had also shrunk to the size of Rainbow Dash
"Woah you look cool, Lightning" Rainbow Dash said "And you're a pegasus too"
I looked at my new self "Wow, this is cool"
"You can't use James anymore as a name" Princess Celestia said
"Lightning Bolt, my name is Lightning Bolt" I said to her
"When we get there, I'll introduce you to the others, Lightning" Rainbow Dash put her hoof on me and I did the same.
"Let us go" Princess Luna said opening a portal
"Come on, let's go, Lightning" Rainbow Dash jeered me
We all walked into the portal and entered Equestria..... it was beautiful......
End of Two Worlds Intertwined
