One Pony Amongst Many People

"Stop! Please! Agggghhhhhh!!!"

Jon wielded his sword again. He charged toward the group and shouted, "Get away from her! What do you think you're doing?!"

"Lord Snow, we're hungry, so we thought that we could carve a sliver o' meat off this pony here," one of the men said, holding up both of the pegasus wings, both of them dripping with blood, the bone that connected with her back sticking out from the wings.

Rainbow laid there, wailing in agony as blood dripped from her stinging sides. Due to the loss of blood, she blacked out.

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"Lord Snow, should we keep her, or throw her from The Wall?"

"I have an idea, in case she wakes."

As the world came to focus, Rainbow Dash pressed a hoof to her back, and felt nothing but stinging agony. No wings, but a few feathers were left behind. From how they felt, Rainbow pictured them being mutilated and covered in dry blood. She seemed to be lying on a wooden table. various men stood in a circle, about ten feet away from her. By the looks on their faces, they seemed to think she was dead. Some of them looked as if they weren't worried at all, such as Jon, who stood in the middle of the large circle.

Everybody was asking him at different times, "Should we eat her if she's dead?"

"I don't know yet."

"What would we do with her if she is?"

"I don't know."

He seemed to be getting more stressed by the second, by how his voice grew louder every time he spoke. Rainbow tried to stretch, but felt agonizing pain in her back. She was already tired of not having wings, let alone not being used to it. She breathed heavily, due to trying not to yell in pain. She rolled off of the bed, her hooves hitting the ground with a soft 'clop'. She winced as the fiery sting in her back got worse. Her hooves hitting the ground caused all of the men to turn their heads in shock. Jon smiled slightly, when nobody was looking.

Rainbow looked up sheepishly. Her legs seemed to have given out from under her as the agony in her back got the best of her. Her eyes filled with tears as she grunted in pain. She felt a pair of arms try to hold her up. Opening her eyes, she could make out, through the blurriness in her eyes, Jon Snow. "Are you alright?"

"No, I just got my wings cut off, but I'm only worried about my back getting infected."

A cold cloth made contact with her fur as it wrapped around her body. It was wrapped tight, but it was more comfortable than having her wounds exposed to the air. "Thanks."

"No problem."

The other men had left the room moments ago. They must have thought that Jon helping Rainbow was "ridiculous". They didn't care, though. Rainbow gazed into Jon's deep brown eyes, a heavy blush crawling across her cheeks. Jon stood up again and turned to leave the infirmary. Dash found it weird that... she didn't want Jon to leave.

Jon shut the door behind him, but didn't walk away. He stayed and stared at the door. He didn't want to leave her. For some reason, he didn't want her to be left alone, he thought she was lonely. He hasn't had this feeling since he had Ygritte. He thought that he may be feeling the same thing for Rainbow Dash that he was feeling for Ygritte, that he loved her. He thought that it was awkward to love someone that wasn't human, but he couldn't help it.

Rainbow Dash thought that it was weird to have an inter-species crush, but, try as she must, she couldn't stop thinking about him.

Won't tell anybody how you turn my world around,

Won't tell anyone how your voice is my favorite sound

A woman with strawberry blonde hair on horseback rode into view. She actually looked as if she were just under eighteen years of age. She had a vest with the same wolf head that Jon had on his. Her eyes seemed to have been bright blue, almost white. It didn't take long for Rainbow to guess that it was one of Jon's half sisters, but she couldn't remember the name. She clenched her eyes shut, pressing a hoof to her head to remember. Soon, she remembered it. "Sansa," she said quietly.

She got up onto her hooves, despite the intense sting that her back felt, and cantered out of the room.

Trotting outside, Rainbow Dash bumped into another person. She looked up and saw Sansa, standing over her, looking down at her with a curious look in her blue eyes. She looked at her half brother. "Am I seeing things?"

Jon hesitated. He shook his head as he spoke, "No, you are not."

"What is it?"

Rainbow looked up. "I'm not a thing," she uttered angrily.

Sansa looked down at Dash and gave a warm smile. While still looking at her, Sansa asked, "Jon, are you going to keep her?"

"She's not my pet. She has no owner. And I don't think she'll need one any time soon."

"How do you know that?"

"When I found her, she had her own home, was living alone, and seemed to be doing just fine without anybody by her side constantly."

Sansa, understanding this, held out a hand for a quick shake. "Very well. Hello, pleased to meet you. I am-"

"I think I know your name from somewhere, Sansa. I'm Rainbow Dash, in case you were going to ask." She shook the other girl's hand and slowly walked away.

Sansa eyed the bandages on Rainbow's back. "Are you wounded, Rainbow Dash?"

"Yeah, but I don't want to talk about it now."

Jon walked up beside his half sister with a frown upon his face. He looked at Rainbow sympathetically before turning to Sansa. "She has been through some really rough times lately. She lost the very thing that named her 'Rainbow Dash' just yesterday."

Sansa cocked an eyebrow. "What is that thing you speak of?"

"Her wings."

"How?"

"Two men worked together. One was on top of her, which prevented her from moving. She struggled, but... only her wings seemed to escape. The other man took his sword and cut them off. If I hadn't walked out at that moment, they would have cut off much more from her than what she's already lost."

"Jon?"

"Yes?"

"You can't seem to take your eyes off of her. Is there something wrong?"

"No. She simply reminds me of somebody."

"Who does she remind you of?"

"An old friend of mine. Her name was Ygritte. She was free spirited, just like her. It's almost as if Rainbow is a sister of hers."

"Did you have a close connection with Ygritte?"

"Of course I did."

Sansa thought about this. She whispered, so that nobody could hear except her half brother, "Do you feel for Rainbow Dash what you felt for Ygritte?"

There was a long, uncomfortable silence. Jon sighed. "Yes."