Fluttershy's old friend

"Roses are red
blood is too
you might not be dead
but you will be soon..." -Dante

"Who's that?" Twilight asked "He's my brother, haven't seen him in awhile, just wanted to catch up.". Twilight replied "no, never heard of him, whats he look like?". "Well, he has black fur, and a red mane and tail with burgundy stripes through them, and his mark is an antique stopwatch, he also has a crush on somepony, I don't know why he had to pick the hardest-to-get mare in Ponyville to chase after, but I guess the fast ones are his style.". Twilight, after taking all that information in, asks "so who does he like?" "I don't know, I think she's a cyan color, and has a multi colored mane and tail.".

Twilight got wide eyed, "he likes Rainbow Dash?!" Dante looked at her with a little chuckle, "so thats the mares name, suits her.". Pinkie Pie added "and she's the fastest pony in equestria!". Dante gave a smirk, "you sure about that?" Twilight told him about the sonic rainboom that she can do, and that it was past the speed of sound. Dante looking in a somewhat impressed look asked "so she can reach and pass mach 1, is that correct?" Twilight replied in a questioning tone, "yes, why?". Dante chuckled in a somewhat evil grin, "well you see thats where I'm right, she isn't the fastest." Twilight looked at him baffled, "what do you mean?" Dante's evil grin grew wider, "My bro, he can hit mach 3.". Twilight grew wide "WHAT! So what you're trying to tell me is that your brother Red Flash can go 3 times the speed of sound?!" Dante, happy by this reaction, said "I'm just messin with ya!"

Twilight sighed, then finally realized something, "ummm Fluttershy...why are you still hugging Dante like that?!" Fluttershy immediately blushed realizing herself that was still on top of Dante on the couch. She jumped off, saying sorry. Dante, blushing himself a little, said "I-it's fine! Nothing to worry about!" Dante looking at the lavender pony, thinking about the word lavender scared him for a sec, he started to mumble "Lavender...." Twilight, looking confused at the light grey pony sitting up on the couch, asked, "huh, is it my color or something?". Dante stopped himself "never mind, just a place I never want to see again...". Twilight, still puzzled, decided to drop it, "so, shall we look for Red Flash?" Dante got up, not hurting that bad anymore, replied "sure, lets go!" Dante still felt a sharp pain on his side, but he didn't want to alert Fluttershy, so he left it.

......Outside, Walking through town......

Twilight asked "where do you think he'll be?" Dante replied "I dont know maybe watching Rainbow Dash fly around again!" They start to head where they last saw Rainbow. When they find her they ask her if she has seen such a pony, "nope, nopony with that description." So they started to look around again. They look through town, seeming like an eternity, they almost gave up. Then Dante noticed an odd looking pony, he wore an oldish looking brown trench coat suit, a pair of World War 2 looking goggles resting on his head, and on the goggles straps seemed to be a few gears and an antique stopwatch that was set to the right time. Then he noticed the color of his fur and mane. "Red Flash?!" Dante called out, the Steampunk pony turned around and looked at him, "Dante! Bro whats up!!!". Dante hugged his old friend and brother, then asked him "what's up with the Steampunk get-up?" Red chuckled "I don't know, I just seemed to like it!". He lifted up his wings to reveal they were covered in brass, a gear connecting them on his back, Dante looked at them for a second, studying them, "pretty cool-" "Your brother's a Steampunk?!" Pinkie yelled. "Yes I am... what's your name pinky?". Pinkie chuckled, "that's it silly! my names Pinkie Pie! Nice to meet ya!", Red laughing on how he guessed that right, said "nice to meet you too, Pinkie Pie!"

Twilight came over to them after finally noticing they were gone. "Hey everypony! Who's this?" she stared at the Steampunk pony for a few seconds until she finally remembered what Red was supposed to look like. "Red Flash? That you?" He chuckled, "The one and only!" She stared at him again, examining him. "Before you ask, yes, I love everything to do with Steampunk! I mean heck my gear on my back is worth a lot of bits!" She took a closer look at it, "why? It looks like a normal gear to me." Red looked at it, "ya, it was from an old mansion, the last guy to use it was some wizard guy I think?" Twilight stared at him in disbelief, "you mean that gear was owned by starswirl the bearded?!" "Oh ya that's it! Forgot his name somehow, oh well!" Dante got their attention, "I think we should head back to Flyshy's house." They all agreed and started to head off towards Fluttershy's house.

......At Fluttershy's house......

"Sooo, I heard that you have a crush on somepony Red!" Twilight said in a teasing way. Red said in a somewhat whispery growling tone "Dante, what did you tell them?!" Dante chuckled with a slight evil tone "Oh you know, just your name, eye color, fur and mane color, your crush, ya know the essentials!" Red starts to kind of get annoyed, but lets it go. Pinkie gets back from whatever she was doing outside, turns out she was getting somepony, "Hey everypony! Look who I brang!" The multi colored mare walks into the room. "Hey guys! What up?" Red try's to say hi, but can't do it. Everypony else says hi. Dante moved everyone to where the only seat left was a spot on the couch next to Red. She sat down, not thinking twice about it. Red slightly blushes when her wing rubs against him. Dante and Twilight converse about magic and whatnot, so Red try's to strike a conversation with Rainbow Dash. "Hey Rain, h-how are you?" Rainbow answer's almost immediately "fine! how about you?" Red blushes a little, "I-I'm fine!" She starts to check him out, he starts to get nervous. "Hey Red, what you're wearing right now, it's so cool!" And thats how their conversation started...