Rainbow Maned Guardian (Redux)

As Rainbow Dash and Drake walked back to his house, they made a short conversation, which was mostly about themselves. Rainbow talked about Daring Do books, whilst Drake talked about how he wasn't that big of a fan of school. Something that they both mostly agreed with.

"Yeah, I was never that big of a fan of school either," Rainbow replied, feeling like Drake was getting more comfortable around her. "But, my friend Twilight says that school is important, which I guess I can kind of agree with." Drake let out a sigh.

"Yeah," He replied. "It's just boring to me and I don't like the people there..." Rainbow was about to ask why he didn't like them, but before she could, he cut her off. "We're here." He pointed forward and what Rainbow saw made her face turn into confusion.

"So... This is your house?" Rainbow asked, looking up at the place Drake said he lived at. The house looked old, dirty, had a lot of broken windows. The house barely looked like it wasn't in any condition to live in at all.

"Yeah... It's really not that great." Drake admitted. This made Rainbow Dash go uneasy.

A dad that isn't too nice, living in a house like this...... There is something going on, I'm going to find out what. Rainbow thought to herself. She looked down at Drake, who was trying to get the door opened. Rainbow didn't know why, but she felt like she needed to protect this child somehow.

Why is his father "Mean" to him and why does this house look unstable. What if there's something going on here. If there is... and if he is in danger, I wonder if he would like to come back to Equestria... Rainbow thought to herself, before quickly shaking those thoughts away. He would probably just want to stay here anyway. Besides, I just met the kid not even an hour ago. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard the sound of the door clicking open.

"Finally, sometimes this thing doesn't want to open...." Drake said as he looked at the door, with an annoyed look. Rainbow hovered next to him.

"Are you sure it's alright if I stay here, kid?" Rainbow asked, and Drake nodded.

"Of course it is... My dad would probably get mad, but you could just hide when he gets back," Drake replied, as they both walked into the house. Rainbow was still uneasy. She tried to shrug it off, but it was too hard to do so.

"Wow...." Was all that Rainbow could manage. The house was a complete wreck. Beer bottles were scattered all over the place, the furniture was broken, there was broken glass on the floor, along with a frame of a picture. She picked up the picture, and saw a man, with a girl. They both looked happy.

"Are these your parents?" Rainbow asked, and Drake nodded.

"Yeah, that's when my dad was happy..." Drake said. He remembered that one night. His first birthday. His father told him that his mother couldn't handle giving birth to him and because of that, she had passed on.

"Kid is it just you and your dad....?" Rainbow asked, even though she already had a feeling what the answer was.

"Yeah, why do you ask?" Drake asked, and Rainbow shrugged.

"Just curious, I guess," Rainbow replied. Her stomach then let out a small growl, indicating that she was hungry, and needed food. Rainbow blushed with embarrassment. "Sorry, I guess I'm a little hungry." Drake nodded.

"Want me to make you some nachos?" Drake asked, and Rainbow gave him a confused look.

"Sure." Rainbow Dash said.

"Well, I can make some for you, if you want...." Drake said, with a warm smile. Rainbow thought about it. She was hungry. It might be good for her.

"Sure, kid," Rainbow said simply. Drake smiled, as he went into the kitchen, and got out the small bag of chips. He got a bag of some cheese, what little was left, he only had the bowl kind. He opened the ziplock bag, but before he did anything with it, he dumped some of the chips on the back, before sprinkling the cheese on them. He put it in the microwave for forty seconds.

Once done, he grabbed the bowl and brought it over to Rainbow, who was now sitting at the kitchen table. She stared at him, with shock in her eyes. He was really good at cooking.

"Wow, this looks good," Rainbow commented, as she started to the cheesy nachos. Drake just smiled, thanking her for the compliment. She picked up a piece of the meal, before taking a tase

"Kid, this is one of the most awesome things I have ever eaten!" Rainbow said, with a huge smile present on her face.

"I'm really glad you like it," Drake said, with another smile. Dash took another bite, then another, then another, until it was all gone. Rainbow looked down at her chest and saw she had gotten some crumbs on herself.

"Sorry, I guess I've gotten some on myself," Rainbow said, with an embarrassed smile. "Do you have a restroom that I can use?" Drake nodded and pointed to the third door on the right. "Thanks," Rainbow said, as she dashed off to the door. When she stood in front of the door, she felt something under her hooves.

"Is this mold...?" Rainbow asked herself, disgust filled her as she flapped her wings so she wouldn't have to stand on it. This made her nervous to see what was inside the bathroom. But once she was inside she was shocked.

The bathroom wasn't a complete mess, in fact, it was really clean.

"Wow, this is a..." Rainbows voice trailed off, once she looked at the mirror. There was a giant crack in it, with some dry blood on it. Rainbow let out a little gasp, before having a determined look on her face. "I'm going to have a little "Talk" with Drakes father," Rainbow said. Even she knew this was no conditions for a child, even if he was a different species.

Meanwhile, Drake was waiting in the kitchen, when he heard a noise that he feared every day. His dad's pickup truck. He looked at the door, with horror in his eyes, as his father burst the door open. Rainbow heard the burst and looked at the source. She couldn't see it, but she could tell that it was a door being forced open by someone.

"There you are..." The voice of a middle-aged male said.

"Dad..." Drake said before Rainbow heard a sudden smack and a thud.

"I thought I told you to clean this damn house, but as usual, I see you were being lazy again," He shouted. Rainbow peeked her head out of the bathroom, seeing Drake's father, with Drake who was holding his cheek. He noticed that his "Date" wasn't with him. This must have ticked him off.

"How do you expect me to clean this entire house?!" Drake asked. "Even I can see that this place is falling apart-"

"Shut up!" His father replied, cutting him off. Rainbow could just only stand there in shock. She's never seen anything like this before. His father went to the table and grabbed a pair of scissors. "I don't care how much I'll have to clean up after this, at least you won't be here anymore." Rainbow felt red flags in her. Then his father used the scissors to slash his face. Then Rainbow felt a wave of flaring anger in her.

"HEY!" She shouted, grabbing his attention. He didn't have time to react, as he was suddenly punched square in the face by Rainbow. He fell back, with shock clear on his face. He looked up and saw an enraged Rainbow Dash.

"What the-" He didn't have time to finish, as he was punched again, making him fall back once more.

"You sick disgust! How could you do that to your own son?!" Rainbow asked, looking at him, with a glare saying that she would have no problem killing him there. As she got closer, Drakes Father became more panicked. He looked at the small table that was next to him and saw the plate that he left there the previous night. He picked it up and smashed it against Rainbows head.

She fell back, with pain emanating from the side of her head. Drakes father got on her and began to choke her. Rainbow, still stunned by the plate, couldn't do anything about it. Drake saw this and looked at the floor. He only saw one thing that was useful. The pair of scissors

"I must have drunk too much, that doesn't matter though, I'll still kill you!" Drake father said. Rainbow was getting some of her strength back, but suddenly, she heard a noise and felt his grip loosen. She looked up and saw a look of horror, and pain on his face. Rainbow then noticed that Drake was behind him, and she noticed the scissors in his hands.

His father fell back, as the injury to his lower back caused great pain. However, that did not stop trying to get up again. Rainbow, knowing that she had to get out of there, quickly went up to Drake.

"Kid, get on my back." She said. Drake did as she said, and got on her back, as she flew out of the house, Drake still had the weapon he used to stab his father with.