Tale of a hunter

The music suddenly comes to a stop as all the ponies stare at Jonny in either awe or confusion due to them not knowing what happened to him. Thinking fast, he pulls a small box out of his jacket and hands it to Scootaloo saying

“Every year, I would buy a present that I knew you would love, hoping Iwould be able to find you and give it to you. Looks like it’ll finally happen.”

She hesitantly takes the package and finds inside it, a little metal box with what seems to be a remote controller,a headset and a booklet. She is about to say that it’s stupid until she sees the title on the book. It is an instruction book on how to use a servant drone, that will do anything you tell it. She hugs him and says thank you Jonny! This makes up for everything! While having a tender moment, a cyan mare walks up to Jonny with Derpy and says

“It is not all right now! How could he leave you here to think he was dead for eleven years? That isn’t what a big brother does, a real big brother would have tried to make his way back to ponyville or the nearest town to try and find his younger sister!”

This strikes a nerve with Jonny and when he gets a good look at her, he feels like he should know her from somewhere, but he can’t quite place it. He asks the strange mare

“And who are you, to be telling me the proper way to live my life. Especially without knowing the circumstances?”

“I’m Scootaloo’s honorary big sister Rainbow Dash, fastest flier in equestria and the only pony to ever pull off a sonic rainboom, and I genuinely care about Scootaloo’s life.”

Jonny is speechless as he realizes who she is. What she did. He says to her

“I get it, I know why you care about Scootaloo’s wellbeing now. After all, you are the reason we’re in this situation to begin with.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Miss Dash, eleven years ago today, a rock slide claimed three things that were and still are very important to me. The most important thing I lost, was my sister, because I wasn’t able to grow up alongside her and now we are like strangers. The next most important thing I lost was my parents, who aren’t able to be there for us when we need them to be and turned a day of celebration, into a day of mourning. The last thing I lost, well, you can probably figure that out if you know the whole story.”

“Really, and what could be almost as important as your parents kid? Money? toys? A book?”

“No miss dash, but think about it. Here’s a clue: I used to be just like my parents and Scootaloo, but now, I will never be the same.”

“That’s a stupid clue! What could you possibly have lost in the rockslide that Scootaloo and your parents didn’t. I feel like you’re lying to me now!”

“The clue may be stupid, but it obviously isn’t as stupid as you! Then again, I expected as much from a high school dropout!”

Rainbow is furious at this insult to her intelligence and rushes straight at him, missing him by centimeters. Jonny speaks again

“You really want to know what I lost? Here let me show you!”

He shouts as he removes his jacket and drops it to the floor, revealing the two little stubs where his wings should be. Many ponies in the room feel their lunch in their throat and a few faint due to how disturbing the thought of losing one’s wings was. Even rainbow dash became unnerved at the sight of him.

“When I went over the cliff, the rock that hit me landed on my wings. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to use them afterwards anyway and needed to find help quickly so, I grabbed a sharp piece of obsidian and started hacking away at my wings. I felt little to no pain from my wings, since all the nerves had died when the rock crushed them. After that I walk towards what I thought was home until I passed out. I ended up in a traveling showmare’s wagon and once I left them I started the path of survival.”

At this point Rainbow’s jaw has hit the ground, but then she asks

“Wait, how is this my fault?”

“Because miss Dash, your first rainboom caused the rockslide with the shockwave it made. If it wasn’t for that, then I would still have my wings, family and childhood.”

At this Scootaloo realizes what her brother said and starts to cry, sobbing out

“Why did it have to happen? Why?"