One Pony Amongst Many People

Rainbow Dash woke up to a knock on the front door. Her hooves hit the ground as she trotted, staggering from side to side due to still being tired, down the hallway. Once she was at the door, she reached with a wing, turning the knob and pulling back, opening the door. A tall figure, certainly not a pony, stood before her. It did not have fur, but still did have hair on its head. It was wearing a black cloak. The vest under it had a wolf's head embroidered into it. Rainbow spoke first. "Hello. Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

The creature replied, "I am Jon Snow. I am here to take you to Castle Black."

"Castle Black? Never heard of it."

Jon turned around and pointed toward the mountains. "You see the mountains? Beyond that is The Wall, built to keep wildlings and creatures like you away."

Rainbow furrowed her brows. "Hey, what're you calling creature?! You're the only strange creature!"

"We are called humans. You all are called?"

"Ponies like me are called pegasus ponies. My friend, Rarity, is a unicorn, and my marefriend, Pinkie Pie, is an earth pony. My other friend, Princess Twilight Sparkle, is an alicorn. Satisfied?"

"Anyway, I am hunting for food. If you don't come with, we will both be in trouble."

"Uh-huh," Rainbow Dash said in a sarcastic tone. "And how will I be in trouble?"

"If I come back empty-handed, every man in Castle Black will hunt this far away as well. If they figure out that there are ponies here, they'll stop at nothing to make sure that every pony in this place is killed and eaten. Got it?"

Rainbow pondered this for a moment. "Fine."

Jon reached out with a leash, but Rainbow slapped his hand away. "Just don't treat me like a pet, okay?"

Jon didn't reply. He put the leash back and beckoned for her to follow. Rainbow flew his way and stopped beside him. "So, how long will it take to get there?"

"Took me a day, so it should be the same amount of time, if you don't slow me down."

"Are you kidding me?! I just might speed you up! My mother didn't name me Rainbow Dash for nothing, you know."

Jon didn't say anything. He seemed to be deep in thought. Finally, he spoke. "I never met my real mother."

"Why not?"

"I am a bastard. That means I was born without my parents being married."

"Didn't your dad already have a wife?"

"Yes."

"Then why would he do that?"

"I don't know."

"That's considered illegal in Equestria."

"Do you have any sisters or brothers?"

"I have a brother. His name is Spectrum Sprint. You?"

"I have no full siblings, but I have five half siblings. Being a bastard, they have different last names from mine. Snow is the last name that all bastards have. Their names were Robb, Sansa, Branden, Arya, and Rickon, oldest to youngest. Robb was killed at a wedding, Sansa left Castle Black a few days ago, and I don't know anything about the rest."

Rainbow looked at him sympathetically. "And your parents?"

"My half mother was killed at the same wedding of Robb's death, and my father got beheaded for treason."

"Wow, your family members are dropping like flies."

Jon looked down at the ground. Rainbow spoke in a slightly nervous voice, "Oh, sorry. Not helping much, am I?"

Jon didn't say anything, but nodded. After a moment's thought, Dash began to fly ahead, but stopped to see if Jon could keep up, and he did. He was sprinting after her without panting, which was surprising. She kept flying, a breeze blowing in her mane. Soon enough, they both reached the bottom of the mountain. Rainbow sat down on a rock, stretching her wings in case she wanted to fly some more. The sun was beginning to set. Jon stopped to catch his breath. Rainbow Dash chuckled. "You're pretty fast, for a human."

"I'm just as fast as everybody else."

"Well, you'll have to be pretty fast to outrun a pegasus, and you came pretty close to doing just that." Dash looked over to Jon. He glanced back at her and smiled. Then, Rainbow heard voices. They didn't sound like anybody she'd met before. Jon reached into his cloak and wielded a sword. He got up and started creeping around the corner. "Don't move," he whispered.

Rainbow Dash ignored his orders and glided ahead. A minty unicorn and a cream-colored earth pony trotted along the base of the mountain, but stopped dead in their tracks, eyeing Jon Snow with their mouths agape.

They both screamed and cantered in the other direction. Jon sighed. She looked back at him to see him looking down at his vest. The wolf head. Rainbow sat beside him. "Who made that?"

"Sansa, one of my half sisters."

"Why'd she make a wolf?"

"The direwolf is the Stark sichel."

"Huh. You guys must be die hard fans."

"We're not fans. We are the Starks."

Rainbow nodded. By habit, she took to the skies and set hoof on the top of the mountain within a few minutes. Jon glanced up, then took out two pick axes, driving one onto the stone as if it were plastic. One after the other, he climbed the mountain, hanging on to the axes for dear life as he did so. Within two hours, he set foot on the highest point. Rainbow laid back, gazing at the stars above. Jon did not do that, though. He slid across the surface of the hill toward the bottom.

Rainbow spread her wings and glided along the snowy mountain, soon catching up with him. Jon's feet drove into the snow at the base of the giant stone as he skidded to a stop. About another ten miles worth of walking and they would be climbing The Wall. The cyan pegasus walked up from behind Jon, wrapped her hooves around his waist, and began to fly. She never knew how easy carrying a human could be.

Jon yelped at the sudden takeoff, then slowly slid from her embrace. She let him go. He thought that she was trying to kill him right before Rainbow's hooves embraced his hands and left him dangling from her strong hold. She pulled him up slightly, then jerked him upwards, flipping him onto her back. Rainbow sped up, almost able to feel the sound barrier pulling at her body. Jon was breathing heavily, his heart thumping so loudly that it caused ringing in his ears. Just as the sun was about to rise-

BOOM!

A rainbow circled the world as Rainbow Dash broke the sound barrier. Jon had never seen anything like it. He was sure that it was a sonic boom, but with a lot more... "Rainbow" to it.