Murder I Wrote

Murder I wrote

Chapter 3

Rainbow Dash

The walk was excruciating; the sights I saw were great, though. I saw Ottipaw's parliament building, some cool looking courthouses, and what-not. But, I was more focused on not looking like an idiot when walking, and on seeing Rainbow Dash for the first time. I assume it was about a three hour walk, because the sun is now setting as we reach the hotel that Ferrum is staying at.

"This is the Bluddison Hotel." Ferrum lifts his hoof, pointing upwards to it.

My eyes gaze upon the structure. The building is mostly made of a red-brick material, with many windows surrounding the sides symmetrically. Each window juts out of the building and is surrounded by white bricks, along with a nice pyramid at the top of each vertical set.

The entrance seems very inviting, as well. It has two gold-coloured doors with the name in giant letters above it: 'Bluddison Hotel'. I can't help but smile at the grandeur of the hotel; I notice Ferrum is opening the golden doors to what appears to be a magnificent paradise. I walk in behind him, only to be over encumbered by a fascinating golden stairwell that spirals around directly inside. Alongside that, four marble pillars are in each corner of the room, most likely the main support for it.

I look around a bit more and notice that there are greeter desks on the left and right walls; a greeter stands behind one, wearing a crimson suit jacket with golden buttons traveling down the middle. He has a brown, spiky mane that is slicked back, and a stark-white coat. On his flank, I see his cutie mark: a happy face with a speech bubble.

"Ah, hello, Ferrum. How was your day?" the greeter asks pleasantly.

"Perfect. Just going to head up to my room with my friend here." Ferrum bounces his head over towards me, and the greeter nods.

Ferrum begins the walk to the stairs, going up them at a steady pace. I nearly stumble eight times while trying to keep up. I just hope he doesn't stay at the top floor! I think as we continue to go up, and up, and up.

"Oh, boy..." I sigh.

*

After going up to the very top floor, we finally make it to Ferrum and Dash's room. The door is labelled 308, and seems to be made of a fine mahogany. Ferrum opens the door and lets me walk in first. As I walk in, I notice it's mostly just open space; the room has cream-coloured walls, four couches in the centre surrounding a small table, a bathroom that is clearly not meant for private showering, and a large, king-sized bed.

On the bed lies a cyan blue Pegasus pony. The wings on the pony are spread outwards, and the blankets are in a complete clusterfuck. The pony sprawls out on the bed, its rainbow-coloured tail wrapping around the right leg. As I look at the mane and face of the pony, who seems to be asleep, recognition comes to me.

"Rainbow Dash...?" I quietly question to myself, both surprised and confused.

"One second, I'll wake her up..." Ferrum walks over to her, and pokes Rainbow Dash's flank lightly.

"Mrrmmm...Ferrum...right there..." My eyes widen, and I can see Ferrum blush a little.

He gently shakes her instead, and the eyes of Dash open up slowly, revealing bright, magenta irises. Her head turns, as she looks at Ferrum, with a questionable brow.

"Hey, Ferrum..." I see Rainbow Dash rub her eyes with her hooves quickly, and she speaks again. "...who's that?" She points over at me, and I decide to introduce myself.

"I'm, uhm, Shadowflash." I smile a little, as Rainbow Dash looks at Ferrum.

"I thought I said no threesomes?" I start to laugh, and Ferrum's face turns a beet-red colour.

"What? No, no, he wanted to meet you, and I thought he'd be a pretty cool pony for you to talk to!" Ferrum smiles nervously at me, dark face showing red with embarrassment.

I continue laughing, calming down as I see Rainbow Dash getting up. She trots over to me, and smiles as I hold out a hoof to her. We shake our hooves, and I can't help but smile with her, as well.

"Well, nice to meet you. I'm Rainbow Dash, best flyer in Equestria!" She exclaims and I just grin even more.

"So, let's go eat something. Ferrum, your turn to buy." Rainbow Dash winks over to him, and I can see her flank shake a bit towards him.

I snort in a amusement, and his face goes red once more. He just nods, going over to the bed, lifting it up a bit, and pulling out a bag of bits. I watch him tuck the bits away before looking over at me.

"Don't worry, we've got you covered." Ferrum smiles as he walks over to Dash and gives her a kiss on the cheek.

I can't help but smile at the relationship. I’ve always loved seeing when two people (or ponies, in this case) are happy together, as if they were a perfect match. It makes me wonder, do the other five have colt-friends? I shrug off the question, deciding I’ll might find out later, and follow them out the door.

*

We're walking in near darkness, but the city is well illuminated by the many street lamps. It reminds me of my home, how everything was so bright at night, mostly because I lived in town. I sigh softly, knowing that my parents must be devastated. As much of a dream this must be, I still miss them. I just can't believe Myles did that to me...

I look up, and see Ferrum and Rainbow Dash snuggling their heads against each other, which puts a small smile on my face. But then, a frown creeps up from my mind, as I start thinking about my relationship back home. My girlfriend must be sobbing so hard right now...oh, God, why? Why me...?

I soon start to get the images of my pills in my mind, as well. How they made me feel better. Happy. Joyous. They were my longevity to survival, along with my girlfriend. Without those, I can't see the point of living. This is happening so fast...

I feel something clog my snout, where my nose is. I soon feel a tear leave my eye, and slide down my snout to my mouth. I lick it off, tasting its salty mixture, and just continue to sob. I soon realize that I haven't been keeping up, and that Ferrum and Rainbow Dash are looking at me.

"Hey, Shadowflash, is something wrong?" Ferrum asks. I can tell he’s worried; the tone in his voice is sincere.

"Yeah...I just...I miss my family..." I let out a sigh, and run my hoof across my nose, sniffing as I wipe it quickly.

"Well, you'll see them soon, won't you? You're only on vacation." Ferrum gives a hearty smile, and I shake my head.

"No, I...I lied. I just said that because I had no clue where I was, and what I was doing. I...just...nevermind...I don’t want to talk about it." I look up, and Ferrum nods.

"It’s alright. Maybe you can explain after we have some dinner." Ferrum and Dash walk next to me, and help me up.

Back on my hooves, I start walking between them. They seem to understand what it feels like to be alone, so they're putting me between them...nice of them...

"So, Shadowflash, why don’t you tell me about yourself?" Rainbow Dash asks, and I just smile.

"I will at the restaurant. I'm a bit parched and famished." I say, and Dash just nods.

"A-okay with me! I’m starving!" She laughs, and I join in, Ferrum soon following suit, as well.