Happiness, Pain, Brightness, Rain

Happiness, Pain, Brightness, Rain

Written by LOLSTERDarkMoon

The young filly screamed and wailed, fighting against the grasping hold of these stallions. They dragged her out of the house, her home, and guided her onto a chariot. The only thing else on that chariot was what little possessions that she was allowed to keep. No photos, no family papers, just clothes and a single Wonderbolt doll.

She held that doll as the chariot started to move, slowly putting distance between her home and parents. The world outside that fuzzy doll soon disappeared from thought.

After what seemed like hours, the chariot finally arrived at its destination. The filly still refused to acknowledge the world and was picked up by one of the stallions, along with her belongings. She was passed to another pony, one whose touch was soft and caring. The filly took the risk and looked up, and to her she was gazing upon an angel. The mare was young, still in her teen years, her pink mane reaching over her shoulder and tickling the filly’s feet.

Looking past the angel, the filly saw a large sign that made no sense to her. O-R-P-H-A-N-A-G-E; she asked what it meant and she was told.

It was a place where those with no family lived.

She told them they were wrong, she still had a family, a mother and father. The stallions just shook their heads and the mare whispered a heavenly shush. The filly was very tired, and in the hooves of an angel she slept.

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Rainbow woke with a very stiff back and tired muscles. She sat up to find herself on the floor. This was strange because she was not known to sleep walk or fall asleep randomly unless extremely exhausted, and she didn’t remember doing anything over the top the day before.

Slowly, using the table for support, she lifted herself off the floor and stretched the aching from her body. The sun was already about two hours above the horizon, and that meant her routine was mostly scrambled.

‘Speaking of scrambled,’ Rainbow thought, ‘I could go for some eggs about now.’

She headed for the kitchen and flung open the fridge. Before she grabbed the eggs, she noticed what looked like a foals bottle, filled with milk, just sitting there. She would of thought about more, but a sudden screech caused her to jump, slamming her head on the top of the fridge.

“Ow. Dang it! What in Equestria was that?”

Rainbow walked back to her living room, but this time her eyes locked on box sitting on the table. The events of the night before slowly came back to her. The colt with the rainbow mane, trying to find a way to make it stop crying, some baby’s milk powder she had sitting around, the long hours staying close and eventual loss of the battle to stay awake.

The box still cried loudly, shaking, with tiny hooves hanging in the air. Rainbow approached the box until the foal himself came into view, its bright ruby eyes locking on hers. Just standing there seemed to calm the colt down, as if her presence had some familiarity had he could trust.

He raised his tiny hooves and reached towards Rainbow, asking to be held. Rainbow was a bit confused at first but soon got the message.

“Woah, Woah. Umm, sorry kid but I don’t do that kinda thing. Heh, who knows what ponies, would think of me.” She looked at the foal with a light smile.

The foal sat there for a moment longer, still reaching, before realizing that he wasn’t going to be picked up. He then started screaming. Rainbow slammed her hooves into her ears as her whole house seemed to shake.

“Okay! Okay! Fine, I’ll pick you up, but that’s it, Okay?”

He stopped the screaming and looked at Rainbow as she reluctantly reached down and picked him up, his coat showing to be a darker shade of blue then her own. He looked around, feeling strange being off the ground and looked at rainbow, reaching towards to again.

“Oh no kid, that’s as close as you’re getting.” She turned her head away and was about to place him back down. The foal smirked and sped up his wings, sliding up her outstretched hooves and into her chest, grabbing hold with a powerful grip, giggling happily. “H-hey, not cool!”

The foal looked up at Rainbow with big, adorable eyes, and Rainbow could almost feel her heart melting. Then someone knocked on the door.

“Rainbow, darling, are you home? After the terrible incident yesterday I thought I might just pop in and-“ Rarity said as she walked into Rainbows house, using the cloud spell to stay up. The spell almost failed when she saw Rainbow Dash and what she was holding.

“Oh, uh, hi Rarity,” Rainbow said, eyes shifting everywhere, “How are you?”

Rarity had no answer other than stand and stare. The young foal giggled at the new mare.

After a few awkward moments, Rarity slowly backed off, then turned tail and galloped away.

Rainbow just sighed. “Aww, pony feathers.”

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Twilight still had a limp from the day before. She had mostly calmed down and recovered but her anger had left a bit of a burn in her mind. It would be awhile before she even talked to Rainbow again.

The pile of books before her was company enough for today, plus Spike who checked up on her every now and then. The history of the rebellion of battalion Sky forge was amazing. They just stopped fighting for a reason that had been removed from history.

She was almost at the end of the book and ready to make notes when shouting could be heard down stairs.

“Spike! Where is she?! I need to see her now!”

“She’s upstairs Rarity, but she said-“

“Thank you Spike, now out of my way!”

Moments later Rarity came bursting into the room, her mane completely out of shape and eyes unable to focus on anything.

“Twilight, Rainbow, visiting, rainbow, adorable, Foal!”

Rarity collapsed on the floor, unconscious, but Twilight heard all she needed to. What was Rainbow doing now? Stealing peoples foals?

“Spike! Get in here. I’m going to need some help.”

“Yes Twilight?”

“I’m going to Rainbows place, I want you to get Applejack and tell her to meet me there.”

“Okay, can I ask why?”

Twilight looked at her assistant, her eyes full of worry. “I fear Rainbow Dash has done something very stupid. Something that is putting lives in danger.”

Spike held eye contact for a bit, then nodded and headed for Sweet Apple Acres.

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After a few hours of work, Rainbow had finally made a made-shift cot for the foal. He was now fast asleep, making the cutest snoring noises. Rainbow stood over the cot, wondering what to do. She would have to find a home for him, but who would take him? The orphanage was out of the question. Maybe find his parents? The fact it shares the same mane made her think that was possibly not the best idea.

The options were low at the start, but as Rainbow pondered on it, they seemed to drop in number even more. She knew only one mare that would have any real idea how to deal with this, but there was no way Rainbow could talk to her. Then the knock came.

“Who is it this time?” Rainbow groaned and moved to the door. Then the door flung open revealing an unsure Applejack and an angry looking Twilight. “Woah, girls what are you doing here?”

“Where is it Rainbow?” Twilight growled, “We know it’s here somewhere.”

“Where… What… Huh?”

Twilight then picked Rainbow up with magic and forced her against a wall. “I’ve got her, Applejack. Go see what you can find.”

Applejack ran off into the house while Twilight held down the fighting Rainbow Dash.

“How could you Rainbow? I never thought you’d do something like this.”

“How could I what? What are you even talking about?”

“You know full well what I’m talking about! Foals don’t just go missing by themselves.”

“Wait, you mean the foal? You know where its parents are?”

“Well… No, but I’m sure they’re sitting somewhere terribly worried.”

Applejack returned from the deeper part of the house holding the cot.

“Good, let’s get out of here.” Twilight was already walking out the door, but Applejack called her back.

She turned, just wanting to get home, but froze. Applejack was holding the foal, who had just woken up and was gurgling happily. Twilight got closer with her eyes on it the whole time. It looked at her with those ruby orbs and smiled a bit more.

Twilight wasn’t interested in its smile, she was watching its mane, waiting for it change colour due to the angle of light or… something.

It didn’t change. Its name was a rainbow. Applejack kept watching it as well, hardly coming to terms with it herself.

As for Rainbow, she was still being pressed against the wall and her back was starting to regain the ach it had that morning. “Hey, ahh girls, could I get down now?”