Flyte

( A/N:Chekov's gun is about to go off in a few chapters so look out!)

Obsidian watched Nightshade as he danced with the staff in the early morning sunlight. The child was mourning the passing of his father the only way he could, through training. The dragon watched from his ethereal place in the boy's physique as he danced on his hind legs, letting the staff dance around him like a partner, ducking weaving and twisting in an intricate dance. Obsidian felt a longing in his heart.

It's been so long since he was at peace. He thought as the colt finished his dance by sweeping the stick out in a wide arc in front of him, then holding in in front of him vertically. He stood there for a moment before gently laying it down and bowing to it. The gesture struck a place in his heart as he watched the colt a little longer before slipping out of subconscious, there were forces brewing and everypony and creature would need all the peace they could get.

The dragon metaphysically into the house, in the physical world he took the form of a black mist. He slithered quietly up the stairs and into the bedroom Night had previously occupied, the second denizen was still asleep snoring like a bulldozer. He entered her mind to find Ralus, the spiritual guardian of the little filly standing there, obviously expecting him.

Obsidian! Good your here! I think it's about time we made our way to the meeting, we're already behind schedule as it is! Said the agitated Griffon.

Why are you so jumpy Ralus? It's just a yearly meeting, you know how it goes, checking up on how good a job we as the guardian spirits are doing. Said the massive dragon, amused at the Griffon's anxious state.

No! I'm not scared of the meeting! Of course not! Why would I be? Asked the griffon defensively. Because you haven't exactly, 'done a good job'. Said the dragon flatly. The Griffon sighed but shook his head. Sidian, I'm not worried about the meeting, gods know that the Elders are going to have a field day with my performance. What's starting to worry me is your ward. He said conjuring an image of Nightshade.

The dragon raised an eyebrow. You've seen plenty of hybrids in your day! Why are you so worried about this one? Asked the dragon genuinely perplexed and a bit worried. When Ralus got a bad feeling you ran, no questions asked.

What's wrong with him? Asked the dragon growing more and more concerned by the minute. The Griffon paused,

Did his father ever teach him how to the flow?

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Now, before we continue, let me explain YET another thing. There are two types of supernatural forces that rule over the lands of Equestria. There is magic, and there is the flow. Magic is power flowing through certain subspecies. It is inner chi focused through will and study of different spells.

The flow is raw natural power that flows through every being. Since most of you already have your own definitions of magic, I'm going to just skip describing it and try describing the flow. The flow is.....it is the serenity that you feel when staring at a wide expanse of ocean for the first time. It is peace within the soul and awe and power. My father taught me how to shape the flow and channel it through sheer force of will. Thanks to this, I could basically do any and everything a unicorn could do and more.

For example, I could summon anything at will. All I had to do was concentrate on the image and mutter gibberish. That's the problem about the flow, it was a metaphysical river of power. To access it though, one must speak it into the physical plain. I have learned from experience NEVER to do it in public, you WILL get strange stares and be sent to a mental hospital, don't ask how I know this just...don't do it.

After I was done practicing, with weapons I decided to practice my mind. I sat down and looked at the staff for a moment and closed my eyes.

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Scootaloo got up much earlier than she had wanted, glancing at the nearby clock, she groaned as it flashed 7:30. She threw off the sheets and went over to the window, she looked at the sunrise with a smile. A sudden movement in her peripheral vision caught her attention. She gazed down to see the fudge brown colt turned black against the start practicing with a large stick about twice his height. She watched him twist it and turn it, spinning it behind his back, around his neck and in between his wings. He was on his hindlegs, using his enormous black wings to balance his weight. She lost track of time watching him spin and smack invisible enemies, he slowed down and brought the pole up vertically like a knight holding his sword and he stuck it into the cloud, bowing to it.

She made her way downstairs to meet up with him when she yet another sight that astounded her. During the time she took to get downstairs, he had sat down and was going something that probably would have exploded Twilight's head. He was muttering in complete gibberish, the next thing she knew the stick was flying through the air swinging and turning. Finally it settled on the top of his head and started to spin. She watched in complete silence for a few minutes before they were both interrupted by a fillish squeal.

"OH MY GOSH! You know how to do neigh-jutsu?!?" Asked an excited Rainbow Dash appearing right at the edge of the cloud lawn. The colt lost his concentration and the stick went flying straight up, still spinning in a helicopter like fashion. Scootaloo started laughing at the colt's surprise. Rainbow however, was not going to her in peace. She turned and the magenta ring around her eyes all but disappeared as the they widened.

"SCOOTALOO! YOUR FACE!" Shouted Rainbow Dash tackling her. The colt started snickering at the scene in front of him. "When did you- how did you-." Said Rainbow tearing up. She suddenly dragged both Scootaloo and Nightshade over to one spot on the lawn and held both their faces.

Nightshade had grown a spot of scales on his face during the night, not much but enough to make him look awesome. Scootaloo's face had elongated a bit further and she had grown a little bit as well. In addition to that her miniature claws were developing nicely, they were already sharp as Scootaloo dug into Rainbow's flesh trying to get away. It was like getting pricked with a rounded rock, it hurt but it wouldn't pierce. The cobalt mare started crying in a loud messy fashion.

"They [sniff] they grow up so fast!" She said to nopony in particular. Scootaloo spoke up, "well we are being raised by the world's fastest pony!" She said, this drew a hearty chuckle from Nightshade and further wailing from Rainbow Dash. Scootaloo felt Rainbow tighten her grip on the two as she cried even more so. Scoots looked over to see Nightshade trying and failing to get rid of her. She didn't want to know how a pony with enough strength to throw somepony across a hallway couldn't break out of his own mother's grip.

"Rainbow that's enough! Need air!" He shouted, his face turning purple. She quickly let go and started apologizing.  Scootaloo was snickering quietly while he regained his breath. In the middle of Rainbow's apology her stomach boomed, drowning out all noise. Nightshade just face hoofed. "What? I get hungry when I apologize!" Said Dash defensively, this drew laughter from Nightshade and harder laughter from Scootaloo. "Well then shouldn't we make our way inside?" He asked pointing his hooves at the door. Scootaloo nodded while Rainbow flew in at top speak shouting "dibs on food!" Scootaloo and Nightshade made her way next to her "sometimes It feels like I'm raising her!" He said while face hoofing.

Scootaloo snickered, family life definitely was interesting.

Inside, Night started cooking up some grilled apricot with a spritz of mint when suddenly he heard a gasp come from the dining room where Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo were seated.

"OH MY GOSH! I JUST REMEMBERED THAT TODAY IS SATURDAY! I HAVE GOT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY FRIENDS!" She shouted as Night levitated their food into the dining room. "Now Rainbow, eat your veggies then we can go." He said sternly, inside he was laughing at the strange turn of events.

Rainbow pouted "Aww! Can't I just eat while I fly?" She asked, her voice growing whiney. Scootaloo couldn't help it, she started snickering a bit. Night just lowered his eyes in a deadpan stare. "No buts young lady finish your food and then we go!" He said shoving the plate in front of her. She turned her head away snorting. "No! You can't make me!" He said in her whiney foalish voice.

Night had a look of disbelief on his face. "Are you serious??" Was all he said. Rainbow stuck her tongue out at him and started flying around the house shouting "you'll have to catch me first!" She had severely underestimated Night's agility as he turned on a dime and ran full tilt right into her, pinning her on the ground. She tried getting up but she had also underestimated his strength as he held her down.

"You will eat your fruits!" He said levitating a piece of apricot on a fork over to her. She struggled more and started shaking her head left to right shouting "no! No no no no!" Like a little foal. He sighed as he shoved the piece into her mouth. She tried spitting it back out but the fork blocked her from doing so she started chewing. Her eyes grew wide at the flavor and in a new burst of strength, she threw night off and raced over to her plate, finishing it in 10 seconds flat.

Scootaloo was now pounding the table as her she laughed so hard her vocals cords ceased to work. She was silent laughing for at least 10 minutes before pulling herself together. "Y-y-you two are a comedy goldmine!" She said whipping multiple tears from both eyes.  NIght rolled his eyes as he finished his fruit. Rainbow pipped up from her place at the table.

"Now that we're all done eating can we PLEASE get going?" She asked impatiently. Night let out a huge sigh as he followed her out the door.

"First stop is Applejack! Last one to get there is a rotten dragon's egg!" She shouted taking flight. Scootaloo soon followed, not too fond of being called a rotten dragon for the next week and a half.

Night just watched them fly for a moment before silently ticking down from 10.

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He took off at one, a cocky grin on his face.

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Scootaloo raced hard to keep up with Rainbow Dash, they were both pushing the sound barrier as they raced towards Sweet Apple Acres; home of the Apple family and subsequently, the home of their business. As they saw the first Apple trees on the horizon, they heard a boom from behind them. The two mares turned to see Night race past them, twin contrails of white and black fire trailing behind him. In turn, this prompted Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo to push and break the sound barriers as well. Rainbow Dash had her trademark rainbow following her while Scootaloo had a trail of pure sunlight. The two eventually caught up with Night and the family made their way through towards the first stop of the day.

A beautiful mixture of Rainbow, Fire, and Gold paving the azure blue sky.

Applejack looked up from her work as she heard the tell-tale roaring of Rainbow Dash overhead. Tilting her Texas 10 gallon, she looked up to see the three landing or in this case crash landing into a tree not 10 feet from her. She pulled her hat down to cover her eyes from the resulting debris. She heard laughter as the three shook the dirt and leaves off of their manes.

"Howdy y'all! What brings ya here to the Acres?" She asked after the dust cloud from their coats had settled. Rainbow Dash spoke first, "hey Applejack! I just wanted you two meet my two kids!" She said, beaming as she pointed to where Scootaloo and Nightshade who at the moment was shaking his head in a disapproving manor. Applejack laughed at the site. "Now I wonder who's raising who." She said jokingly, the two foals started laughing and soon Applejack joined in. "Hey! That's not funny!" Said a very cross Rainbow Dash, "sorry sugarcube it's just that I never ever thought I'd see the day you'd have kids." Said Applejack still getting over her laughing fit. Rainbow visibly brightened.

"Well I saw him flying through the air and I thought to myself, oh my gosh! Rainbow that Colt is so awesome you just gotta have him! And so I decided to adopt him!" She said, Nightshade facehoofed so hard he left and indent. Scootaloo however was crying a bit, her voice quavered "what about me?" she said in a small voice. Rainbow probably did the most motherly and completely non-Rainbow Dash thing right then. She trotted over to Scootaloo and hugged her.

"I adopted you because I saw you sleeping on the park bench. Scoots why didn't you tell me earlier? I could have adopted you before!" She said nuzzling the still smaller albeit growing filly. "Aww that's might nice of you Rainbow." Said Applejack tearing a bit at the scene in front of her. She decided to change the subject before it got too emotional. "So then, I do believe I owe you an thanks for saving Applebloom. I had no idea this was going on, that boy deserves more of a flank whopping than he got." Said Applejack tilting her hat towards Night who was waving his hoof and smiling sheepishly. "Aww it was nothing, wouldn't anypony have done the same thing?" He asked trying to take attention off of himself. Applejack's expression turned to stone at that. "No, not everypony would have done it, I recon your a mighty fine feller for a colt." She said, switching back to her warm self.

"Alrighty then! Last one to the Library is a squash!" shouted Rainbow, taking off and leaving everypony in the dust...literally and figuratively. Scootaloo whooped and jumped into the air after her mother. "RAINBOW! SCOOTALOO! GET BACK HERE OR I WILL GROUND YOU BOTH TILL NEXT HEARTH WARMING!" He called after the two figures who were just dots in the sky now. Night sighed, "sorry for that Applejack, I hope I'll get to see you soon!" He called taking to the air in three powerful strokes of his wings. "Mighty nice meeting you!" Shouted Applejack back as she watched the colt catch up to the rest of his family. She chuckled as she saw a black dot bump a spectral dot, sending it spiraling downwards for a bit before it regained it's bearings. "Never thought I'd see the day a grown mare had less sense than a colt." She muttered to herself while walking back to her work.

Twilight smiled to herself as she sorting the lat of the new books she ordered from New Mare City. Suddenly she heard yelling and grunting right outside the library. Curious, she opened the door to find an odd sight; It was Rainbow Dash straining to fly straight up while a dark brown colt was holding her tail with his teeth, he was levitating off the ground a couple feet and Scootaloo was holding his midsection as they both had a tug of war with the cerulean mare. Suddenly he flared his wings outward and down. Twilight gasped as she saw his wings, they were black, veiny and devoid of feathers exactly like a dragons. The sudden sound must have startled the trio because the colt let go and stumbled backwards, toppling both himself and Scootaloo. Rainbow Dash shot straight up in the air and did an almost 90 degree turn into Twilight's bedroom via balcony window. Scootaloo was the first to untangle herself from the pile, rubbing the back of her head with a fore hoof. "Ugh, Rainbow come out this instant young lady!" Called the almost black colt, his voice like booming thunder.

"Umm, excuse me may I help you two?" Asked Twilight in an almost Fluttershy like fashion. A familiar voice behind her squeaked. "Sorry miss, we just need to get our mom back." He said, opening his eyes and stunning Twilight further.

"Umm...Twilight? Are you okay?" Asked a small voice behind her, snapping her attention back to the present. Just then, Rainbow appeared behind both Twilight and Fluttershy "hey guys! c'mon in!" She said to the two who were still standing outside.

The colt sighed, "we have to wait for permission! Rainbow where are you manners?" He asked genuinely perplexed and a bit incredulous. "Never had em." She responded with a mischievous smirk. This just drew a bigger sigh, "sorry miss but, may we come in?" He asked, right at that instance, Twilight heard a familiar Royal Voice gasp and a clatter of armor as they were surrounded by Royal Guards

"Put you hooves where we can see them!" Shouted a royal guard stallion, pointing a shoulder lance at the smaller colt's neck.

The colt only sighed and said; "here we go again".