To Live Again

Rainbow made her way back to her place. Of course I couldn’t really argue but I didn’t care. Her body you know? I didn’t want to get in depth about me or them because I frankly lost interest in Rainbow’s friends half way through the conversation.

To be honest you can tell what their character was like just by looking at them. So that’s why I was so rushed in ending the conversation and getting the main points.

“Hey Greymane.”

‘Yea?’

“Can you do that thing with my dreams again and show me the sun.”

‘No.’

“What? Why not?”

‘Because I want to show you the planet of midnight.’

“The what?”

‘wait hold on.’ I noticed Rainbow’s stomach hadn’t grumbled for a while now. ‘why aren’t you hungry?’

“Oh Twilight and a few other unicorns found a spell that got ponies to need to eat less. Something about the stomach and energy using and stuff that I really don’t get.”

Her house was in sight.

“There it is. So want to practice your magic or something.”

‘Or something.’

“Hey what happened to you on our way here? You seem…depressed.”

‘sorry I’m like that.’

“Are…are you bipolar?”

‘No. I’m just a little bored.’

She landed at her front door. And opened it up. All the candles she had that were on when we were here are out.

“Oh pony feathers not again! It took me ages to get a flame up here without the wind blowing it out!”

I didn’t like it one bit. This is usually a bad sign.

‘Rainbow give me control NOW!’

“What? Why?”

‘I feel we’re in danger.’

Immediately I found myself having to balance Rainbow’s body and I quickly trotted forward. I tried something I had a theory about. Night vision. Maybe I can do it. But all I managed to do was give Rainbow the human eye thing. It would do since now I can make out shapes in the dark. I saw a pony nearing the door quietly approaching me. He couldn’t see but he was listening to my hoof steps on the cloud. It made a small poof every time I stepped.

‘Who’s that?’ Came Rainbow’s voice in my head.

‘dunno let me take care of him.’

I tip hoofed away while he slowly advanced on my previous position. I took up position behind him and readied myself for when he makes his move. He didn’t appear to have noticed I moved and believed I was still in front of him. Then he lifted his hoof. He had some blunt item in his grasp. He swung it down and completely missed me.

Then I tried to get Rainbow to glow again. I took the candles that were scattered around the room and brought them around me. ‘oh this will be fun.’ I thought to myself and Rainbow. He spun around and looked at me with surprise and fear.

The candles orbited Rainbow and she had a stoic face.

“Well well well. It seems to me that a new era has arrived where my meat comes to my door.”

‘Dude that’s cuel.’

‘Shh’

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” He shot off out the door and flew away.

‘How do you like that?’

‘Well now I don’t need to light the candles.’

I looked at the candles and their ghostly grey glow did light the room better than a regular candle. I stopped glowing and gave Rainbow control but still held onto the candles. I placed them around the room where they returned to their original places.

“Sweet. You know I might just keep you.”

‘Thank you I would love to be a part of you.’

“Hey wait! Now that I have light and your eye stuff…maybe I can get back to reading Daring Doo.”

‘Who?’

Rainbow flew up to her room with vigor and fell onto her bed back first. She reached over to a book on the side of her bed and opened it up to chapter 3. She couldn’t see it because it was too dark.

‘Hmm still too dark.’

She got up and flew downstairs to grab a candle. We both noticed that no matter what speed we were going the candle stayed lit. She almost ran into the wall from looking at the phenomenon.

‘Careful Dash. Your body is being shared now.’

‘yea. He he.’

She did the same dive thing into her bed. Only now she was just feeling hungry. She cursed herself for being so forgetful. She rushed downstairs and opened up a refrigerator. How they got that thing on a cloud I would never know. Hold on I can ask.

‘How did you get a refrigerator on a cloud?’

‘its made of cloud.’

‘of course.’

She looked through the fridge. I was stunned. SO MANY MUSHROOMS.

‘OH GOD RAINBOW YOU’RE GROWING SHROOMS!’

‘It’s the only food we have…Shrooms? What do you mean by shrooms?’

‘…never mind.’ I really want to try shroom vodka.

She grabbed three out of the fridge and began nibbling on them.

‘Ugh I never want to see another mushroom again.’

She hastily finished the mushrooms which were terrible and made her way back to her room. Picking up the Daring Doo book again she tried to read.

‘Still not enough light.’

‘Why don’t I try something new.’

‘What do you mean?’

I concentrated on making a ball of energy out of the surrounding untamed energy of the world. I’m still not sure exactly what that energy flow really is but I soon was able to form it into a ball of energy. Rainbow was mesmerized by the spectacle and her eyes never left the ball. That’s good for me because I like to see exactly what I’m doing. I then figured out how to make it glow. It light up the room like a flashlight.

Flashlight?

‘Rainbow does this world have flashlights?’

“Yea why?”

‘Why don’t you have one to use to read?’

“Because it would fall through the floor.”

Seems legit.

‘Wait what about the candles? Shouldn’t they fall through the floor?’

“They’re made of clouds and string.”

‘You fucking kidding me?’

“No. Oh hey thanks for the light!”

I was so mentally fucked over that I didn’t notice I finished the orb of light that light up the whole room.

“Wow it’s pretty bright…like the sun.”

‘Oh this again.’ I deadpanned.

“Hey let’s see you go eight months without the sun!”

‘My only complaint would be the lack of food.’

“Well yea that’s the thing that hit the hardest. No sun is livable but no apples is just…torture.”

‘You like apples?’

“Yea…”

‘Steak for me. That or pork.’

“What’s that?”

‘Meat.’

…

…

“I HAVE A CARNIVORE IN MY HEAD!?!?”

‘Omnivore. I eat plants too but I prefer meat over plants. More protein to build muscle.’

“I feel uncomfortable with you in my head now.”

‘Why is that?’

“I’m meat.”

‘So am I. I don’t see your point.’

“No…well year you’re right but. Ah fine I’ll just drop it for now!”

‘Let’s get back to reading that book of yours.’

“Yea yea.”

She looked at the front page of the book and I read it off to myself.

“Daring Doo and the Mysterious Mythril Amulet”

Sounds interesting enough.

“All right…I haven’t been able to read Daring Doo for a while now. I really appreciate what your doing.”

‘Shut up and read.’

“Hey dude I’m giving you a compliment.”

‘As long as I’m in your body it’s more of a job that I assist you and be as useful as I can.’

“Doesn’t make it wrong to snap at me when I thank you for it.”

Now that I think of it why did I snap at her like that…maybe me being without a body is making me a bit pissy. I should watch out for that.

‘Yea you’re right. I’m just being a jerk but I really don’t know why.’

“I’ll say.”

Daring Doo looks over the bow at the rushing waves that crash against the side of boat. The boat rises and falls according to the ocean surf in an endless belay. Daring Doo was unaware of such philosophical thoughts because she was not as enthusiastic about the sea as her new companion Tidal Wave.

“Are we there yet?” Said Daring Doo impatiently.

“Don’t be hasty miss Doo. Enjoy the ride while it lasts. After all the sea is a very wondrous place.” Said Tidal Wave.

Daring Doo knew flying across an ocean this large wouldn’t be an option. It was untamed so the clouds would likely zap her if she stopped to rest. Not only that but there usually aren’t any clouds at all. So there was a good chance she would have lost energy and found herself in a watery grave. She reluctantly asked a sailor to get her across the ocean. However most boats are cargo vessels and have no interest in adventuring. All except for one ocean explorer Tidal Wave. Unlike the other ships Tidal Wave was the only crew. Which meant paying him would be easy. He was an elderly blue stallion who was in his fifties. Daring Doo would have considered dating him if it weren’t for this fact alone.

Also his breathe smells.

He was a lot like Daring Doo. Wanting to explore the ocean and discover new islands. He alone found twenty land masses. If anypony were to find the Isle of the Amulet it was him. Three days of sailing and they’ve almost run out of stories to tell each other. Almost.

They still find time to talk to each other about their own mortal enemies and how they escape from them. What worried Daring Doo the most is when Tidal Wave’s mortal enemy was the Cracken.

It was a good two days in a half into their adventure and they’ve become anxious to make landfall.

“Land HO!” Shouted Tidal Wave.

“Where?” Said Daring Doo excitedly with wide anxious eyes and a grin so wide it threatened to cut her head in half. (“Wow that’s pretty grim thinking author. Being an ass and writing down things that imply death so early on in the FUCKING story.” I thought to myself when Dash read off that passage.)

Daring Doo spread her wings ready to take flight before being interrupted.

“Hoooo! What are you doing lass? Aint no reason to take flight.”

“But the island is right over here!”

“And this boat is headen straight for it.”

“I don’t like waiting for adventure.” Daring Doo grumbled to herself. Somehow Tidal Wave heard her.

“But we’re heading right for the adventure. Just stay on the boat and conserve your energy. Never know when you’ll need to use those wings in a survival situation. Best to keep as much energy as you can get in an untamed environment.”

Daring Doo understood exactly what he meant. There were times when Daring Doo was out of energy and surrounded by cats. Usually when she was too…well daring she often slips up. But she knows a good adventurer needs to be one at the peak of their potential at all times. That was something Tidal Wave mastered already and Daring Doo was only barely good at.

It felt like months until the humidity of the jungle island reached the ship and warmed the deck. The boat found itself near shallow waters and dropped anchor.

“I’ll see you on the island miss Doo.” Said Tidal Wave.

Daring Doo spread her wings and took flight. She felt the rush of another adventure about to being the moment she set foot on the beach. She anxiously put her first hoof on the island and took in the humid air.

“Ahh smells like adventure.” She was about to start walking into the jungle and start said adventure before a voice cut off her thoughts.

“Hold it miss Doo! I’m coming with you!”

“…Wait why?” She looked back to see Tidal Wave in a life boat paddling over to the shore.

“You don’t think I know how large each island is without exploring it first do you?” He said with a wide grin.

“Ugh fine let’s go.” Tidal Wave made landfall and he brought the boat into the woods and covered it with leaves.

“All righty let’s get a move on!”