Red Nose and a Rainbow

By Spoonlol

Years ago when Rainbow Dash was about five or six

The cold nights of winter was the worst thing about Cloudsdale. When Luna's great moon started to shine in the dark sky, the night were so cold and dark a pegasus could almost feel every individual feather freeze up. If you weren't in a worm house by the time the moon started to show itself, you were doomed.

Luckily for this little filly, she had good hard working parents who loved her very much. Who by the way where standing at her door watching her sleep. Her mother was a pink pegasus with a blue main, who went by the name of Firefly, her daughter too after her adventurous and daredevil like ways. She got everything else from her father. Same coat, same mane, even their cutie marks were similar, except her father's lacked the cloud. They only saw it fit to name their first daughter after him sense they looked so alike, but they changed the second name of Blitz to Dash to make it sound more like a girl's name.

The couple were muttering amongst themselves, before they had enough fun talking and decided to go have some more fun in the bedroom, wink wink nudge nudge. Rainbow Dash wasn't fully asleep, because like all fillies and colts her age she wanted to stay up to see if the stories were true. If a giant came down her chimney and put presents under her tree. She wondered like all fillies and Colts that if the legends were true, or just some old mares tale like the monsters in the moon or a pool of water that could make copies of ones self.

The young fillies thoughts were interrupted when she heard a thud from downstairs. It could have been her parents, or could it be.....

Did this filly dare look? Of course. Because for Rainbow Dash, the most awesome pony in the whole of Equestria besides her mum and dad, hearing a noise from downstairs was just another daring trick that she would master on her way to become the captain of the Wonderbolts.

The blue filly got out of her Wonderbolt limited addition bed, walk past her bedside table which held a Wonderbolt lamp and a picture of the current leader of the Wonderbolt, Sky Blue... Maybe she liked them a little too much thinking about it... Nah. She slowly open the door and tiptoed to the end of her stair, being a silent as a jewelry thief about to steal her big score. She slowly moves to the end of the stairs, slowly lowered her hoof to the first step...

Before she realized that she had wings and decided to fly down. What she expect to see was a giant minotaur with a large white beard, who looked like he had eaten too many puddings. What she saw was a stallion, laying on his flanks with what looked like a small brown sack on his head. He was sitting near the family's newly decorated tree and there cloud proof fireplace that still had a blazing red and orange fire sitting on top of some logs.

Rainbow approached the strange figure, who looked like he was having some trouble with the bag on his head. She then taped him lightly on the should, which made the pony instantly stop what he was going. It looked like he final decided to use his magic to lift the sack off of its head. Now Dash knew it wasn't a pony in there living room but a reindeer...what, it had the antlers.

They stare at each other for a moment before one of them final spoke final spoke up. "So...um hi." The reindeer spoke first, seeming to be a little nervous.

"Hi" Rainbow replied, just as nervous

"You must be Rainbow Dash. Santa's has told me all about you." This made Dash smile uncontrollably

"Really? You know Santa?" the nervousness was gone from this conversation completely.

"Yep, and he's told me that you've been a really good filly helping out your friend with thoughts bullies this year." He said while poking her lightly in the chest.

"Yeah, well...no pony messes with my friends" She sounded a little bolder this time with he front hooves cross, with the tiniest bit of aggression in her voice. Before they could continue with whatever it was they were about to start talking about, they heard a voice come from the door frame that lead them into the main living room that they were in, from the stairs that Dash had just come down.

"Dash what are you doing down here, I don't think Santa has come ye..." Firefly started but stopped when she saw who was standing there. Both parents where standing in the doorway looking at the out of place creature. "Dash...why is there a reindeer in our living room? And what's wrong with his nose." Before she could answer the Reindeer stepped in.

"OK, now this is going to sound a bit strange, and you may not believe me at first but.... were cousins" this only got him a stern look from both parents.

"Now why in Equestria should I believe that." She shot at the reindeer

"Look. I said you probable wouldn't believe me and frankly I was just hoping to up these presents down and be on my way."

"Your stealing our Christmas gifts?" Rainbow Blitz stepped in. "Dash get away from from him" he quickly told to his daughter .

"What, no. I wanted to deliver them to you guys because your family, so I asked Santa if I could..." once again, another sentence interrupted, but this time by the smallest of the group.

"How do with know you know Santa..." Dash quickly change to her meaner interrogator mode. "How do we know your telling the truth or making all up this manure?" She said to him face to face before being pulled back a little by her tail by her mother.

"Dash, mind your language." Firefly couldn't help her motherly ways, but she didn't expect the reindeer to defend her.

"Let the kid say what she wants. She's been good enough this year to get away with one or two bad words." the reindeer interrupted.

"And what give you the right to defend my daughter in this kind of subject." Blitz once again interrupted, stepping in front of his wife for the first time sense they had been down stairs.

"The fact that I'm her second cousin, maybe." he responded

"And how is that. How could we be cousins if were different species."

"Remember your Uncle Flash who took a trip to the north for a couple of months. Well guess who he banged up there." the reindeer almost yield. Then there was silents. He almost regretted saying that, as it got two shocked faces from Firefly and Blitz, while getting a, what the hell are you all talking about face from Dash. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't of taken it that far, and I wish you found out a different way." He say sadly hanging his head a bit. "I'll just leave."

This, for some strange reason, made Dash feel a little sad inside. She wanted to protest, she wanted him to stay a little longer for some reason...and he did, because as he approached the fire place. They could hear something coming down the chimney.

"Rudolph. What in blazes is taking you so long?" came a voice from a shadow that was coming down the chimney. The voice sounded old but also as if it's owner projected their voice to large crowds a lot of the time. The fire suddenly went out and as soon as it did, a large figure stood in it's place. It was large, wearing a large red coat, and as it stepped out while turning to face Rudolph, he showed off a large white beard. The family of three couldn't help but stare in wonder at the giant. Dash could almost be heard saying "wow" under her breath. It was then that Santa notice the family, not fast asleep like they should be. This was met with him facepalming. "I let you do one house...one house."

"Look I came explain" Rudolph said back in a really....relaxed sort of way. "I had a little trouble with the bag and then Dash came down..." He wasn't aloud to continue his list.

"O, don't worry Santa, it will be no problem. Just let me do this one house, please... pretty please." Santa mocked in a high pitched voice.

"Hay I do not sound like that. And stop getting your beard in a twist, we still have hours to finish take gifts to the rest of the world and this family doesn't believe me anyway." He explained, like how a relaxed teen would say to their parents when they are asked to take out the trash.

"I didn't bring that up, but sense you did, you've wasted about twelve minutes doing this, and we still have to get to the other side of the world before the sun rises over this side."

"Are you really Santa" a little voice was heard in the mist of the chatter. The pare looked down to the small figure. It was them that Santa put on a smile and then knelt down on one knee to try get at better height with the filly, but he still towered over her.

"Yes I am child, and this is my ash flyer Rudolph." They looked to the reindeer behind them, giving them a 'look at me' kind of smile. "And I know who you are, Rainbow Dash." this got a smile from the small figure. The happiness was once again interrupted.

"This much be a joke, every pony knows that Santa isn't real." Blitz shot out, the stern face once again appeared on this face. It took him a second before he relished what he had just ask in front of his child. Santa looked over to them and responded.

"O, and what about that pair of weather goggles you wanted for Christmas." This did get a surprised look from Blitz and his Wife. But he wasn't finished yet. "And what about you Firefly, still want another foal for Christmas." That was the turning point for them.

It was as if this minotaur had just told them there how life story. It was one of the those moments when you think about whats in front of you, and that not matter how many times you've been told that the thing your looking at isn't there, you know that at that moment they were wrong. Like when Hans Lippershey, used his telescope and found out that the world moves around the sun, but everyone told him that it wasn't true, but no matter what they said to him...he knew they weren't true.

Firefly stepped forward.

"Yo...you are the real Santa." She stuttered. "I'm sorry, we didn't think that..."

"It's OK." Santa tried to protest.

"No it's not. Not a lot of adults believe you excited, we have to tell them." She was about to turn tail for the door and scream to the rest of Cloudsdale. Before she could however, a brown blur cut her off.

"You can't, that would break that magic... oops" Rudolph stuffed his front hoofs in of his mouth at the shock of what he had just said.

"Whats the magic." Blitz asked.

"I can't say what it is. It much be discovered. Only them can I reveal myself to the world." Santa seemed to get a little down from this subject "Not many ponies believe in that kind of magic anymore though. But I must still wait for them to believe in it once more, even if it takes till the end of time." He said with his head held high, fully standing now.

It was then that Dash noticed that Rudolph and her mother were next to each other, which brought the question to her head.

"Wait a second. Does this mean that I'm really second cousins with your lead Reindeer." She ask.

"Well yes. Yes you are." He explained looking down at the filly. "And he fits into your family's tree very well. He's fast, smart, a bit cocky."

"Not to mention handsome, awesome and the bestest flier you've ever had the pleasure of pulling your slay." Rudolph interrupted

"Don't push it" this was meat by a quick and quick "Sorry" for the reindeer

"So...my uncle flash really did..."

"Maybe I'll tell you the details when Dash is asleep." Rudolph quickly responded.

DING

DONG

It was then that they looked at the old grandfather clock sitting in the room and noticed what the time was. "Holy smocks. It's midnight, and we still need to get all these present to everyone before sun rise." It was then at Santa had a plan, not to get the present delivered on time, but to make a bond. One that he knew Rudolph needed. So he knelt down to the Rainbow maned filly once more. "Rainbow Dash, I'm going to need your help to deliver the rest of the presents on time."

"Really?" She asked with giant eyes, like she had just been accepted into the Wonderbolts, made Captain and got married in the same day...Wait, cut that last one, Dash is a one woman show.

"Wait on a second." Blitz interrupted "You think that were going to let our daughter go off with someone she has only just met, even if it is the real Santa." This was met with a frown my Santa. Of course they wouldn't, what was I thinking. At the same time though, a smile crept onto Rudolph's face. For it was his turn to make a plan.

"Of course not." It was then that he teleported behind them in a puff of green magic. "That's why your coming with us." He started to push them lightly, trying not to hurt them with his antlers. This was meat by the pair shouting "what" in unison. And all Dash wanted to say was...

"This... is.... so.... AWESOME"

The couple had taken a place at the back of the giant golden and red sled. It looked like it was made from any kind of ordinary metal, but really it was a mixture of magical cloud mixed with steel, giving it's power to float, the same stuff that the rainbow factory was made out because if it was made out of normal cloud then the rainbows would just fall right through the floor. The sled was being pulled by Rudolph and his co-workers. There was Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blixem, with Rudolph at the front using his red noise to light most of the way. Rainbow was helping pull the sled with a junior practice harness next to Rudolph, which was still too big for her, but she didn't care.

Those moments in the air were just amazing. It wasn't about racing or winning, which is what Dash loves but it was the fastest that dash had ever gone. They were going so fast she was sure she couldn't breathe for a small section of the trip. Thankfully the Junior harness was magic and kept her from loosing her breathe. If she ever fall a little behind Rudolph would give her a little nudge forward to keep up.

It was amazing to see Santa do his stuff. He usually took three to five seconds with each house, depending on how big the family was. The pegasus family amused that it much have been magic some how, but with how long it took that their house, they had no idea.

After they had finished Cloudsdale they all went back to the roof of the families home, so that they could bid their farewells. Dash was starting to look very sleepy and she need her energy for the next day when she got to open all of her presents that Rudolph had left under the tree.

"Thanks for your help Dash, I owe you one." Santa said in the happy tone you would expect from a man like him. Wow, Santa owed Dash one, imagine that. Of course he didn't really owe her one, he was just being friendly to the child.

"It was nothing, really. Or you can keep the IOU and just make me a Wonderbolt already." She asked with a cheesy smile.

"haha, yep. Your defiantly related to Rudolph." He said with a smile, but you could still here a "I heard that" from the red noise reindeer's direction. He was talking to Firefly and Blitz near the sled, before Dash went up to him and ask.

"Will I see you next year?" which made Rudolph think. He wanted to see them again, to know how this part of the family were getting on and then they could have a proper catch up on what happen over the years that they never even knew about each other. But he still had his job to do, and his responsibility to Santa and the rest of the world. He looked to the other Reindeer, who just gave him confused faces, this whole time they had had not idea who that family was or why they knew about them but really....they didn't seem to care. Rudolph then look up at Santa, and he could see it. With a small nod coming from his boss, Rudolph answered ...

"Yes, every year."

And he did. He stopped by on the 24th of December every year. The family talked and played games until he had to go and help pull Santa's sled again, before he returned to the arctic north. Dash grew closer and closer to him every time they met. Dash only every told one friend because she knew Fluttershy wouldn't tell a living soul, and she was moving to a place called Ponyville later that year so she didn't have to worry about that conversation every coming up again.

As Dash grow older, it became less about the gifts and more about seeing Rudolph again. She even got to see him a couple of times when it wasn't winter, he had to drink a lot of water though and put on some sunblock most of the time. He would always be there at her best races, getting her flying graduation, and at the toughest of times.

The first time she was in her new place she was terrified that he wouldn't know where to find her, or that he wouldn't come at the risk of being seen by any of the other foals, but he still came every year all the same. That year was the hardest for Rainbow, but when she was at her neighbors that night while the authorities decided what would happen to her, he was right there beside her the whole time, and held her as she began to cried in his chest. He hadn't seen her that unset before, but what else would you except from somepony who's just been through something like loosing there parents.

Until the day Dash moved out of the home she was staying at and found a place for herself. Setting up residence in Ponyville where her old friend Fluttershy had gone to live. The first time she wasn't sure if he new where to find her, but he new about it when she moved the last time, so why not this time.

She waited all night until her eyes couldn't take being open any more. Sometimes it felt like magic was forcing her to sleep. One time she was going to stay awake all night and she had taken serial long napes that day to make sure she was going to stay awake, but she never managed to stay up all night. She would always wake up with presents under her tree, with the Snow Glob that Rudolph had given her one year, clenched tightly between her hooves. This started to happen year, after year...after year, until she got fed up of waiting.

And until the day she made him come to Ponyville, she hadn't seen him for five years, give or take.

End of part 3

Author's Note

I had fun writing this chapter but I'm still not shore what to think about it. Hope you all enjoy.
Now I wanted to finish this story before Christmas or whatever it is you celebrate, but as you can see that's probable not going to happen. So in the mean time, have a Merry Christmas, and I'll try finish it before new years.