Love in Dimensions

One bright day at the Ponyvile train station the train had just arrived and aborted it is a Pegasus pony named Light Striker and on his back stood a brave looking Phoenix named Scorchwing.

"Well, I guess were hear Scorhwing. Ponyville, the place for all kinds of ponies could live."

The Phoenix rolled his eyes as if he didn't care.

"Hay don't be like that, this is going to be our new home, as soon as I find the... huh...what's this," said Striker as he had stepped down the two stairs of the train station and had stopped to observe a strange flower. It was one he had never seen before, and he seen pretty much every other flower in the world. This flowers weren’t colorful like any other flower. Instead, the pedals of this flower was black with a brown stem. At first, Striker thought it was die, but it couldn't be. The flower standing strong and there was no shriveling.  "What do you think? Does it look like it could help us out with a cure?" asked the light gray Pegasus to his hot feathered friend.

Once again, Scorchwing ignored him and rolled his eyes. However, Striker took that as a yes and carefully dug up the plant and put it in a jar.

"Anyway, like I was saying before, we need to find Town Hall," said the Pegasus as he trotted through the town, "This place must be having a Farmers Market. This place is full with... OOF!'  Striker had walked right in to a certain pink Earth pony with balloons for a cutie mark.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I really need to watch where I'm walking," said Striker as he got and help the pink pony, "Hey, do you know where town hall is?"

"HHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUU," inhaled the pink pony as she dashed off in a hurry, nearly knocking Striker off his hooves.

"Um... what was that about?" asked Striker, not noticing the orange Earth pony walking up behind him.

"I'm guessing your new in town partner," said the orange pony, startling Striker.

"Um yeah I am, mind helping me out?"

"With what just happened with Pink Pie or with helping with where Town Hall?" asked the orange Earth pony in a joking manner.

"Pinkie Pie? Wait she represents one of the Elements of Harmony. And correct me if I'm wrong but are you Applejack?" asked Striker.

"Yup. And if you’re wondering about town hall, its over there," said Applejack as she pointed.

"Thanks, I'll be seeing you," said Striker as he smiled away towards Town Hall.

"Ok Scorchwing you could go and fly around a bit while I'm in hear."

With a Phoenix scream, Scorhwing flew off to see the town from above. Striker walked in and asked the accountant where is so that he could rent his new home. She kindly took him to the major of Ponyvile. That is where became rented the large house next to The Princess of Friendship's castle. Striker made is way out the door. But when he came out a pony he knew had bumped into him on his right side.

"Ahh, what is with me and bumping into pony's today?" asked Striker to himself as the yellow and pink colored mane had said, "Oh I'm so sorry, It's that I'm just in a hurry and..."

"Fluttershy? Is it really you?" asked Striker as he help Fluttershy off the ground.

"Striker? Oh my goodness, it's you," said Fluttershy.

"Oh my gosh! It's been so long since I've seen you. Ever since final year of high school."

"Wow! I can't believe it's you. But what are you doing here?" asked Fluttershy in over static voice.

"Well I'm gone be living here while I'm working on..." said Striker as he got interrupted by Fluttershy.

"Wait, you’re the new pony in Ponyville? Oh my goodness. Pinkie told me that somepony was going to move in and was going to have a party for them when they had arrived at the home near the castle, but would have never would have guessed it was you," Fluttershy explained herself.

"Pinkie? I just had met her a half an hour ago, how did she knew where I were I was going to live?" asked Striker in a surprised manner.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it. I can't wait till Rainbow Dash sees that your moving into Ponyville," Fluttershy said with a smile as she closed her eyes in joy.

"Wait Rainbow LIVES HERE! OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH!" Striker jumped as if he was hyper little foul on ten pounds of sugar.

"Oh I almost forgot, that little crush that you had on her (chuckle)" she smiled as she had his eyes half opened when she said it.

Striker then stopped mid-jump and slowly had gone down to surface. He then put his tale between his hind legs, started to rub his right front leg with his left hoof, and his light gray fur glowed red on his cheeks.

"Well...ahh....you.... see...uumm. Please don't tell her. Unless you already told her over the years," said Striker in embarrassment.

"My lips has been sealed ever seen high school and I promise that I'm not going to tell her now" said Fluttershy with another cute chuckle.

"Thanks Flutters, I want to tell her one day, but I'm just afraid of her answer."

Strikers smile had faded as thought of the results.

"Don't worry Striker, I'm sure that it would be fine when it does happen," said Fluttershy as she rubbed Striker's back.

Striker lifted his head up and said, "Thanks Flutters but I'm pretty sure the she won't settle for an 'egghead' like me."

All of a sudden they heard a bird call. It was Scorhwing who flew in and rested on Striker's head.

"Hey buddy, how was the flight around town?" asked Striker.

The stubborn Phoenix just stood on Striker's head and didn't pay much attention to what Striker was saying.

"(sigh) Would it kill you to show just a little bit attention to me? Flutters, I would like you to meet Scorhwing," said Striker.

"Wow! How did you come across of becoming friends with a Phoenix? I only other pony that I know that would have a Phoenix is Celestia," questioned Fluttershy.

"I found him while I was traveling with the dragons during their migration. I was trying to ask the dragons about themselves since so many ponies have no idea how they. I found Scorching’s egg in an empty nest with no other eggs or no parent there. I figured it was abandon so I decided to take care of it. And that's how me and Scorhwing and I meet," explained Striker.

"Oh my gosh," Fluttershy said.

"What's the matter?" asked Striker.

"It's just that, you going to travel with the dragons during the migration. It takes a lot of gut to even to get close to one dragon and you traveled with an entire pack of hundreds. It seems so fantastic that you had done it without being hurt," explained Fluttershy.

"While I made sure that I stayed with a dragon name Mariah. She was help to help with what was trying to accomplish. She had also was the one who had told me everything about all the different types of dragon and the way they all leave. As it turns out, dragons are mostly harmless. All they wanted to do was to be left alone and that no one touches their gems."

"That is fascinating. I know somepony and dragon would want to know all about," said Fluttershy in a cheerful manner.

"A dragon lives here? Cool, I would really like to meet them," said Striker in an even more cheerful manner.

"Well you could, at your party. If I know Pinkie, she probably invited everyone in town," said Flutters.

"Wow, I guess we should get over there," said Striker as he started to run to the direction of his new home, nearly having Scorhwing fly right off his head.

"Oh, wait for me," said Fluttershy as a thought ran through her mind.

While she cased after Striker, she noticed that the Striker she met today, was not anything compared to her classmate friend. She remembered that Striker was more like herself in their school year. He was a shy pony like her and didn't really find himself to want to anything dangerous. However, what he had talked about, traveling during the migration with that many dragons were something she wouldn’t have expected from Striker. She had stopped thinking about it as they got closer to the new home of her old friend, but still couldn't help but wonder what could have changed Striker over the years.

"Where here," said Striker which snapped Fluttershy's out of her house.

They enter into the home where it seemed all the lights were shut off. Striker had turned the nearby light and was surprised to the sounds of ponies saying surprise. Even if he was told about this it still gave him a little shock.

"Aaahh!" yelled Striker surprised.

"Wow, Striker you’re the pony moving in? That is so AWESOME!" shouted a certain cyan colored Pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail with a rainbow lightning bolt and cloud for a cutie mark.

"Dash! It's...so good to see you again!" said Striker trying his very hardest to keep his blush from showing.

Fluttershy saw this and couldn't help but smile.

"While, there's one thing that hasn't changed about Striker," Fluttershy thought.

"Listen up everypony!" shouted Dash, “This isn't just a party for a new Ponyvillean, but a good old egghead friend, Light Striker."

The large group of ponies started clap and cheer to know that the pony was friends with the amazing Dash.

"WOW! I knew that the new pony moving in was going to be someone special, but I wasn't expecting that he was going to be one of your old friends Dashie," said the pinkie pony from before.

"Yeah, me and Striker meet a flight school and we had been friends ever since. However, we kind of lost touch after the final year of high school," said to Pinkie Pie.

"So what I heard from a pony named Applejack, your Pinkie Pie and I want to thank you for this cool party," said Striker.

"Oh it was nothing, I'm always in the mood to throw a party for a pony I don't know, only find out that they were actually old friends of one of my friends," said Pinkie as she pulled over the Princess of Friendship over to her, "It reminds me of when me and Twilight meet."

"Pinkie!" shouted Twilight, “You should ask before pulling me over to you, and I'm not going to even asked how did you got me from all the way from across the room.

"Oops, sorry Twi, I just thought that you would want to Striker as soon as possible."

   "Of course I would of, just the fact that you can bring me here so quickly from all the way from across the room seems to always surprises me," explained Twilight.

"Oops, (chuckle) sorry Twilight," said Pinkie.

"Huh... It's ok, at least you made it easier to meet Striker, what an epic sounding name," said Twilight.

"Thanks Princess, that's so kind of you," said Striker.

"Your welcome, but, you don't have to call me princess, just call me Twilight," said Twilight.

"Darling you do have a pretty good sense of fashion, it surprising that he's friends with you, Rainbow," said a somepony behind them.

"Oh yeah guess I Striker does have a sense of fashion wearing that jacket," Rainbow Dash.

Striker turn around to see a white pony, with a purple, elegant looking with three diamond as a cutie mark. Right behind her was a small, light purple dragon with green fins running from the top of his head to his tail arranging from biggest to smallest.

"He sure does. That jacket seems it was made of cotton all the way from Los Pegasus!" said Rarity with a cheerful tone in her voice.

"That's right... how did you know?" asked Striker .

"Well I'm the pony that runs Carousel Boutique, I must know what is in fashion and what you are wearing darling is made of some of the greatest material from Los Pegasus. Your most likely find anyone from here to be wear it around here," explained Rarity.

"Huh, I wondered why it was so expensive we I got it," said Striker.

"You've been to Los Pegasus, Striker?" asked Fluttershy.

"Well I've had been pretty much every in Equestria, but..." said Striker as is smile turned into a frown.

"But what, Sugar cube?" said Applejack who had just came from the punch table.

"Oh hey Applejack, uumm, it’s that my visits there wasn't to have fun, I was there on business, and it wasn't a pleasant thing to do or rather see, “said Striker.

"What is it? What's wrong?" asked Rainbow her upset friend.

"I don't think right now is the best time to tell you guys yet, let's wait until after the party."

So they waited until the party was over and cleaned up. Then all of them (Striker, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Applejack, Twilight, Spike, Rarity, and Pinkie) gathered around the table while Striker was pulling something out of his saddle bag.

"So what's the problem?" asked Twilight.

"Well, take a look," said Striker as he put some pictures from his saddle bag and put them on the table.

Pictures showed a bunch of ponies with corrupted cutie marks. Their cutie marks were being blackened. The gang started to pick up a few pics in their hooves.

"Oh my gosh what is happening to these pony’s cutie marks," said Fluttershy.

Striker signed and responded," That's the thing, I don't know and it gets worse."

"In what terms do you mean by is worst," asked Applejack.

"Those who have their cutie mark completely blacked out, they...." said Striker with a small tear running on one side of his face, "they soon past away."

"What?!?" shouted the gang.

"And you have been staying close to them?" asked Rarity as she grabbed some cleaning spray and sprayed the air around her.

"Don't worry, it's not contagious, actually, it has been only targeting the ponies that had some anger problem," said Striker.

"So what exactly is it? A disease? Some poison?" asked Twilight.

"Like I said, I don't know what it is; all I know is that the other princesses want me to find a cure for it or find some way to get rid of it," said Striker as he looked out his window.

"The other princesses? That's who sent you here?" asked Pinkie.

"Yes, they had told me that a good place to start was here in Ponyville. They said that many crazy things happen here, and believe me, it is crazy hard to find a cure for this sickness. Having cancer would be better than this. It literally drains there soul out of there body. The princesses told me that lots of things happen here, so maybe the cure is hidden here, and I believe their right," explained Striker.

"What makes you say that?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"This," said Striker as he took out the flower he found at the train station before.

"Whoa, What kind of flower is that, it's none I ever seen," said Twilight.

"I haven't seen it before Twilight, I don't even think it's foreign. That why I think it might be the cure to whatever is blackening those pony’s cutie marks, taking their life energy, and eventually ending them. And maybe having new friend would help me to know not to give up hope," said Striker as he looked at the black flower and then to his new and old friends.