Waking Eyes

After one minute had passed, Flare nodded at Arrow. They didn't know what was going to happen to them, considering they were given strict orders not to be late. Flare arose from his sitting position first, Arrow did the same. Flare put his hoof on Arrow's shoulder.

"Arrow, whatever happens in there," Flare paused for dramatic effect "I need you know something, I love..." Flare paused again, it was really hard to say it. But, he knew he had to say it, Arrow needed to know. "muffins..."

"We all do Flare," Arrow replied, "We all love muffins, it is something we can't control... Wait what are we doing?" Arrow looked at Flare, who grinned. Flare walked up to the door and pushed it open, Arrow quickly followed. It was dark, but only for a second.

"Welcome!" Every pony in Sugarcube Corner yelled, making both Flare and Arrow jump. That, and the fact they were shot with confetti and streamers from a big blue cannon. The lights were all of sudden on, Flare didn't notice till a second afterward. Pinkie Pie then appeared from behind the cannon. She dashed over to Flare, giving him a crushing hug.

"Hey... Pinkie... How you... been?" Flare asked the best he could. He couldn't breathe, but he made the mistake of asking Pinkie how she was before asking her to let go. Flare couldn't do anything, or at least thing of anything to do.

"I'm great," Pinkie said letting go just to time to spare Flare. "But, Flare, you exactly one minute and six seconds late to my parity! I was so worried that you wouldn't come. But then you walked in, and I was glad glad we didn't waste a perfectly good party." Flare looked up at Pinkie from the ground still regaining his breath.He thought to himself, could Pinkie be stronger than Flare and Arrow together?

"Well, I'm sorry Pinkie, I didn't realize you got so worried about my absence." Flare apologized, he stood then continued. "Anyway Pinkie, this is my brother, Arrow." Flare motioned towards Arrow, Pinkie grinned. "Pinkie, be sure not to crush or hurt him, he is probably as sore as I am cut." Pinkie looked over to Flare and finally noticed all the bandages and patches.

"What happened to you, Flare?" Pinkie asked looking at all the patches, "Did some pony do this to you?" Before Pinkie could just go crazy with questions, or accusing any pony else, Flare shook his head.

"I was being stupid, like always." Flare told her, "No other pony caused any pain to me." Flare flat out lied about that one. Every pony around seemed to accept that answer, except for Pinkie. "Pinkie I was being careless in the Everfree Forest." When Flare said that, he heard many murmurs in the crowd of ponies.

Pinkie gasped, "Why were you in the Everfree forest?" Pinkie asked, she sounded like she needed to know or her life wouldn't be complete. Every pony in Sugarcube Corner awaited Flare's answer. Flare began to hate every pony looking at him.

"That is where I have been sleeping, anywhere dry in the Everfree." Flare replied, this shocked every pony even more. Now, Pinkie can we get started?" Flare asked, he was desperate.

"No," Pinkie marched over to Arrow, "My name is Pinkie Pie, and I have heard your new to Ponyville." Pinkie didn't hear anything, she knew.

"Yep, my name is Arrow. Flare is my brother, we both just happen to cross paths here again." Pinkie Pie smiled, and looked towards Flare, then back at Arrow.

"Now with two new ponies, we have successfully doubled the fun1" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, then he eyes lit up. "Maybe we could have double the parties!" Flare didn't like this idea, nor Arrow.

"Pinkie, I know you want to, but I really do not need a party to feel welcome." Arrow explained "Look we can still have double the fun for this one party, Flare can share the welcoming with me." Pinkie looked at Flare.

"Yeah, Let's make this our welcome party, Arrow!" Flare said trying to get Pinkie on board. "You don't mind, do you Pinkie?" Flare looked into the pink pony's eyes, they were no longer lit up. Flare thought she didn't like the idea, until another Pinkie hug attacked Flare.

"It's so nice of you to share with your brother, Flare!" Pinkie said, at this point Flare didn't know if she knew she did this or not.Flare was released a second later, only to be pulled close by Pinkie, along with Arrow on the other side. "Come on, you guys need to meet every pony else!" The crowd had begin separating, and Pinkie began to show the two all the other ponies.

Flare could remember only a few, since they had about fifteen seconds to meet each of them. Pinkie then dragged them to Derpy. "Hello again, Derpy!" Flare said with a smile. Derpy looked at the two.

"Hi, Flare! Hi, Arrow! isn't this gonna be a great party?" Derpy asked, Arrow just nodded, but Flare had to answer verbally.

"I sure hope so," Flare began, also he began to run short on words and blushed. Thankfully Pinkie pulled the two away, leaving Flare to just wave at Derpy. Derpy waved back. Pinkie pulled Flare towards the other Elements. "Hey guys," Flare said realizing he met all of them already too. "Oh sorry, girls, this is my brother Arrow, AJ you met him earlier right?"

"Yep, I sure did." AJ said tipping her hat towards the two. Twilight approached Arrow.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle, I run the local library her in Ponyville." She began, Arrow stuck out a hoof to shake, and Twilight did shake it. "If you ever need a book, tell me." Rarity then made her way towards Arrow, but as Twilight began to move Flare had a quiet question to ask.

"Will you be at the library after this party? I really need a book." Flare said quietly hoping only Twilight could hear. Twilight just nodded and walked past.

"My name is Rarity, I am happy to make your acquaintance." Rarity said, Arrow slightly took a bow. Arrow seemed to notice that she was a bit more fancy then anything else.

"Thank you." Arrow said. Flare looked at Arrow who then mouthed the words 'my lady' as treating her as royalty. Flare laughed at this, Arrow smiled and was glad some pony caught that. Rarity looked over at Flare, who then stopped laughing, and attempted to put his hoof behind his head. His shoulder cut had stopped him from doing so though.

Rainbow Dash then took Arrow's hoof and staked it. "My name is Rainbow Dash, we just met outside." She said, Arrow looked liked he got lost in thought for a second. Flare knew Arrow was trying to be funny.

"Did we really? I don't recall, anyway my name is Arrow." Arrow said, Flare tried again not to laugh. Dash just shook her head and smiled, she understood what he was doing. Sarcasm was one thing that Rainbow Dash used a lot, so she knew it when she saw it.

That left Fluttershy, Flare was going to have to help her meet Arrow. Flare lowered his voice to make it a bit easier for Fluttershy. "Fluttershy," Flare said softly and quiet-like. Fluttershy looked at him for a second. "Would you like to meet my brother? He is really nice, I promise." Flare got silent and waited for her response.

"Okay..." She said finally, and looked up at Arrow, who wasn't looking directly at her. Flare gave Arrow a quick glance, then Fluttershy took a step towards Arrow. "Hello... My name is... Fluttershy." Everyone looked at Arrow.

"That's a wonderful name, mine is Arrow." Arrow didn't use the same tactics as Flare, but whatever worked, worked. Arrow decided to back off, as did Fluttershy. After awhile she would open up and be okay with the two, at least Flare hoped she would.

"Good!" Pinkie Pie said, "Now just a few more to meet a few more ponies then we can start the party1" Pinkie took Arrow and Flare and dragged them towards a white unicorn with a dark green mane. Her mane went off to one side and completely covered that eye, a bit like Fluttershy's. Her mane went straight down and covered almost half her face, and it looked like a single spike. Her eyes were a ocean blue, Flare noticed this as they got close. "This is Clouded Sun, she is a unicorn!"

Thanks Pinkie," Flare said, then turned to Clouded Sun. "My name is Flare, and this is Arrow." Flare said and looked at the unicorn. For a second, she seemed to be lost in thought, but she then realized she was staring and answered.

"Oh, Sorry. My name is Clouded Sun." She smiled and held out a hoof, but as soon as Flare shook it, she seemed to lose herself at the sight of Flare. Flare knew something was bothering her, was it his fault?

"Is there something wrong?" Flare needed to know if he was causing this. Flare never liked causing any problem, and every time there was a problem he was always blaming himself first. Flare could never tell if this was really a good or a bad thing.

"Oh no, not really, I'm just thinking. You look really hurt, are you okay?" Clouded had asked, Flare wondered why she cared, but felt good that she did.

"I'm fine, I was just being stupid, I got what I deserved." Flare said, and then he looked for Arrow. he was sitting there minding his own business. It would appear as he didn't care about meeting any other ponies. "Well, is that all that was bothering you?" Flare asked.

"It wasn't really bothering me, I was just a bit worried."  Clouded said, "Those cuts can become something major, if not treated properly." Flare was surprised at the last part. He had been bitten, beaten and thrown out windows, and this mare was saying that these cut were major.

"Well onto the next pony!" Pinkie said and started dragging them away. Flare waved, and Clouded did the same. Flare met all the other ponies, then the party had officially started. Pinkie grabbed the party cannon and shot it again. Flare wondered when did she reload that?

All the ponies began to do as they wanted, except for Flare and Arrow. They just looked around, and wondered what to do. "Just like old times," Arrow said, "right?" Flare didn't answer. "Flare?"

"Oh! Yeah, just like our last party, except we know every pony here." Flare stated. "So that makes it easier to go and do things." Flare still had to think what he wanted to do. He spotted Derpy, and he turned to Arrow..

"Go," Arrow said, "I'll find something else to do." Flare nodded and headed off towards Derpy.. She had two muffins, and she looked like she wanted help.

"Hey Derpy," Flare said, "Need any pony's help?" Derpy turned to Flare and gasped. She then made him sit down and she did the same.

"You'll play with me, right Flare?" Derpy asked, and Flare nodded. "Good! Now balance this on the tip of nose," Derpy placed one muffin on the tip and held it there. She did the same for her. "Now when I let go, we gotta balance the muffin for as long as we can. First to fall, loses and eats the floor fallen muffin." Flare got ready as Derpy began to count down. "Three, Two, One... Go!" Derpy said letting go of both muffins.

Flare had the muffin balanced for about one second, Derpy's hadn't moved since she let go. Flare's began to fall towards the floor. He tried to to catch it, but only succeeded in hitting it into the air. Flare was going to catch this muffin, so he jumped for it. This made Flare's shoulder's hurt really bad, in mid-air. Flare tensed up and watched himself and the muffin fall. He closed his eyes when he hit the ground, it hurt a little. When he reopened them, the muffin was no where to be found, nor was Derpy.

Derpy reappeared above him, flying with a muffin in her hoof, and another on her nose. She was amazing at this game. She landed and bounced the muffin from her nose and into her other hoof. "Here, you go Flare." She handed him his muffin. Flare took the muffin from her, and sat up.

"Thanks," Flare said, a little embarrassed, was he ever going to catch a muffin in need? "You are too good at this Derpy." Flare commented, and Derpy ate her muffin. Flare pulled the wrapping off his.

"I'm not that good," Derpy stated after finishing her muffin. "It is hard to beat Pinkie Pie with her cupcake balancing skills. She can balance a cupcake for about two hours with no problems." Flare was surprised to hear this.

"Okay then," Flare said, "That was fun, but I think I need some fresh air. See you later Derpy!" Flare waved and began his way outside. When he reached the door however, he got interrupt by three fillies in a wagon and one of a scooter. The one on the scooter came through the door at surprising speeds. Flare was right in the doorway, this caused a head on collision.

This caused the three fillies in the wagon to go flying. The one on the scooter flew off and hit Flare, they flew back another foot. There Flare was again, on the floor. "Are you okay?" Flare asked, he looked at the orange filly. It was a pegasus, but it's wing were to weak to fly, Flare felt it's pain.

"Oh, yeah." The filly said "I'm fine, I'm sorry I didn't see you there, are you okay?" Flare also felt pain in his shoulder, he felt it. The patch was damp, he was bleeding. He hid it from the small filly.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I just need some fresh air." Flare said getting up, still not showing many other ponies he was bleeding. Arrow saw this immediately, and so did Clouded. Flare got up and made his way outside. He took the patch off, and saw it was true. Arrow came out, he was levitating a cloth with his magic.

"Let me see it," Arrow said, Flare just sat down. Arrow began to get the blood off and around the cut. "I would usually call you stupid or something for reopening a cut. But no pony expected to get run over by a filly on a scooter. You didn't expect that, did you?" Arrow wasn't joking, Flare had seen stuff coming like this before.

"Not this time, Arrow." Flare said. Clouded also walked out of Sugarcube Corner. She has a very concerned look on her.

"Please let me see your wound." Clouded begged, Flare nods and Arrow steps aside."It looks like this hurt terribly at the time, here I will fix it for you." Her unicorn horn begin to light up with a light green aura, and the cut soon follows. Flare then feels a stinging feeling, almost as bad as Arrow's knife.

After a second, Flare felt for the wound. It was completely gone. "What did you just do?" Flare was amazed he didn't know magic like that existed.

"I told you I would fix it." Clouded said, and smiled. That smile then became something serious. "Let me see the rest of your wounds." This time she sounded demanding. Arrow looked at Flare, did Flare trust her? Flare then began to take off the patches and bandages. Clouded begins to examine all the wounds. "Flare, who did this to you?"

"What do you mean?" Flare asked, was it that obvious that some other pony did this? She looked him in the eye Flare hid his worry, just in time. Clouded didn't by it though.

"I mean these are from some other pony trying to hurt you." Clouded explained, "I have spent years of my life studying wounds, healing magics, and everything like that. I can tell that some other pony did this to you!" Flare hung his head, she knew this wasn't natural.

"It was me," Arrow said, "I did this to him." Flare and Clouded looked over. Clouded had more of a surprised and confused face, Flare had a worried face. Flare would have to explain.

"He was making sure I was okay." Flare told Clouded, she went to talk and Flare hushed her. "I'll explain, Arrow is not really my blood related brother, but the closest thing I have to family anymore. My parents died when I was really young, you see and-"

"How did they die?" Clouded interrupted "Please tell me, If you don't mind."

"I don't, they were murdered right in front of me when I was really young. I escaped and ran away for a few days. At one point, I fell into a ditch, and decided my life was going to end there. I cried and cried remembering everything. I was cold, tired, and hungry, I was going to die. Arrow heard me and came to see what was wrong." Flare looked at Arrow, who nodded. "He had a little food for me, since I wasted all of mine in the first day or so. I told him my story and he told me his. We were going through the same things, except Arrow's had lost his a year earlier." Clouded looked up at Arrow, then back at Flare. "He taught me how to take care of myself, and then one day we split up, but he promised he would return. He did and he fought me to see if I was still holding strong. We have done this multiple times now, last time this happened was last night."

"I don't really understand why you guys would do that." Clouded said, "But you seem to be holding on tight, so why stop. Would you like me to heel the rest of these? It isn't a problem at all" Clouded offered to heal Flare all the way.

"If you want to, I don't care." Flare said, and Clouded began to heal all his wounds.It didn't seem to affect her one bit, casting that spell for a few minutes steady. Behind this little mare's figure, would lie a very strong magical source. "Thank you, Clouded." Flare said.

She just nodded, and the three trotted back inside. Flare spotted Derpy, with what would appear like Dinky. He headed towards that way. Arrow spotted the refreshments and headed that way. Clouded headed into a corner of the room.She glanced at Flare, her thoughts began to take over again.

"Hey Derpy," Flare said as he walked over "Is this the legendary Dinky, I have heard of?" Dinky looked up, surprised to hear her name then smiled. Dinky know that Derpy told Flare about her, that made Dinky happy.

"Yeah," Derpy stated proudly, "This is my little muffin." Dinky smiled at Derpy calling her that. "I caught Dinky, when she went flying earlier."

"Did you now? That's great," Flare looked at Dinky, "Hey Dinky," Dinky looked at Flare with confusion. "I'm sorry I flipped you and your friends out of that wagon, I didn't see you guys coming. Oh, I should tell you my name. My name is Flare."

Dinky smiled,"It's okay, Flare. Besides mommy caught me before I hit the ground." Flare enjoyed Dinky's happy attitude, and the fact he was forgiven easily. Maybe she knew it would probably never happen again. Then Flare saw Arrow by the refreshments, he needed to check this out.

"Thanks, Dinky. I have to go find something out now. I'll see you two later though." Flare waved to them and started heading towards the refreshment table.

"He is nice, mom." Flare heard Dinky say that, he smiled and continued towards Arrow. When he reached Arrow he had begin to he a cupcake.

"Hey, Arrow," Flare said, "How is that cupcake?" He waited to try and smell alcohol on Arrow's breath. Arrow turned to him, and smiled.

"Hey Flare!" Arrow said, "These cupcakes are really good. No, I'm not lying these are really good!" Flare smelled for alcohol, and smelt none. Arrow had been keeping his promise. Flare took a cupcake and bit it, and it was good.

"Your right, Arrow, this is really good!" Flare said after swallowing, making sure there was no crazy aftertaste.There was no aftertaste, that was good thing mostly. He finished and smiled. "That was really good, now time for something else." Flare began to walk away when three fillies appeared in front of him. One of them was the scooter filly, the others were in the wagon.

"Hey, I just came to say sorry for running you over earlier." The pegasus started, Flare shook his head.

"Guys, It's okay, I'm fine, no need to say sorry again." Flare said stopping them from continuing. "I was the one who caused you guys to go flying, I'm sorry about that. Anyway my name is Flare, and you are?"

"My name is Scootaloo!" The orange one stated. "I'm Sweetie Belle" The filly unicorn answered. She was almost pure white, but Flare noticed a hint of gray. "and I'm Applebloom!" The yellow skinned, red maned Earth-pony said. "And together, we are the Cutie Mark Crusaders!" The three announced together.

"Well that is nice, I just got my mark last night. I could have gotten it a lot sooner, but I didn't notice until some pony said something." Flare told them, Flare didn't realize that he messed up. The Cutie mark Crusaders looked at his mark.

"That looks really cool! What does it mean?" Scootaloo asked.

"I can read dreams better than most, if it is meaningful. Ponies say you can control all dreams, but you can't control them all, some mean really important stuff." Flare told the three, "I can usually tell what it is saying."

"Oh, so like, once I had a dream that I was surrounded pony eating apples, and they tried to eat me. Does that mean anything?" Applebloom asked.

Flare thought for a second. "You are getting tired of apples, you are related to Applejack aren't you?" Flare asked.

"Yes, I am, AJ's little sister, and I am getting tired of apples, now that I think of it." Applebloom seemed surprisingly happy with Flare's answer. "You are really good at telling what dreams mean."

"Can you tell me what one of my dreams meant now?" Sweetie Belle asked, and gave the puppy eyes.

"There is no need for puppy eyes, I'll tell you each one right now. Scootaloo you don't mind being last, do you?" Flare said, and Scootaloo shook her head and began thinking of a dream to tell Flare.

"Okay, once I had a dream where, we were flying over the Everfree Forest, in a hot air balloon.We were trying to get our cutie marks. Suddenly, It popped and we went down into the forest, and it was really scary. We hit the ground and just ran, screaming! after about five minutes we ended up back in Ponyville where we started. Then I woke up."

"I'm guessing you guys try many thing to get your cutie marks?" Flare asked, and the crusaders all nodded. "Well, no offense but you guys don't seem to ever get them. What I see from this dream, is that you are worried you won't ever get your cutie marks.The balloon going down represents hope of getting one, and the Everfree Forest represents fear of never getting a mark. Ending up back in Ponyville, possibly means that you seem to always end up where you started after you guys try whatever it is your trying." Flare was surprised he saw this dream like this, Sweetie Belle probably saw it as a nightmare. "Arriving back at Ponyville, might also be saying to keep trying, maybe both. Does it make sense to you?"

"Yes, it makes a lot of sense when you put it that way. Thanks, Flare!" Sweetie Belle said, seemingly quite happy, it didn't seem like a nightmare anymore.

"Not a problem, Scootaloo, do you have your dream?" Flare asked softly.

"I once had a dream where I was soaring through the air." Scootaloo said, "I was hopping on clouds and having the time of my life. I began to zoom around really fast, and it felt like I was flying in empty space, it felt so good. I flew high and low, but then all of a sudden, I fell. My wings wouldn't work and I fell. Right before I hit the ground, I wake up, confused of what went wrong."

"Scootaloo, you can't fly yet can you?" Flare asked, she hung her head and shook it, nope. "Don't worry, here is what I'm getting at. You want to fly really bad, other then trying to get cutie marks this is a passion. You feel like if you flew, you could do anything. You hop on clouds, to represent the joy it would bring to you. You fly low and you fly high, because once you can fly your going to wanna go everywhere you can, just cause you can. Then you start to zoom off, because you would want to be fast. But I have a feeling it isn't for the Wonderbolts. Scootaloo, do you look up to Rainbow Dash?" Flare asking this made Scootaloo so surprised. She nodded, and Flare continued. "You want to be like her, is why that happens. And your sudden plummet, is to say  that your not ready to fly yet." Scootaloo's face saddened. "You waking up, says you will be ready some day." Scootaloo still was a little upset.

"Oh, at least I know what it's trying to tell me now." She said, Flare could feel her sadness.

"Scootaloo, don't feel down. At least you wake up." Flare said softly and Scootaloo looked up confused. "If I had that dream, I'd hit the ground. You see Scootaloo, I can't fly." All the crusaders gasped. "I have a really rare medical condition that make my wings unusable for flight." Flare said this with a smile, trying to cheer Scootaloo up. "There is nothing I can do about it, I was born this way. Trust me, Scootaloo, I know how you feel, I want the feel all the joy and everything else up there. But, for me there is no chance, so I wish you good luck. Tell me how it is when you get to feel it."

"Did you give up on flying?" Applebloom asked, she was worried. Scootaloo seemed to feel sorry for Flare, not knowing it didn't effect him as much as other things did. Sweetie Belle sat there, quietly, lost in thought.

"My mother told me when I was young, really young. I took it pretty hard." Flare explained, "Even after I heard I had this condition, I tried to fly for two more years, before accepting my fate." Scootaloo suddenly looked worried. "This is not the case with you, you are far past that point that I am halted at." Flare said, comforting Scootaloo.

"So you did quit?" Sweetie Belle said. Flare didn't really quit in his mind, but had accepted what happened, It was getting harder to explain. Suddenly, Dinky appeared.

"He didn't quit," Dinky said, had Dinky heard it all? "It is just what he is born with, you can't blame him for stopping." Dinky also understood it. "It took him two years to get over that fact, and feeling sorry isn't gonna help now. This happened years before we were born." Flare saw that Dinky was incredibly smart.

"Thanks, Dinky. Guys, I'ma do some other things okay? If you ever want help crusading for your marks, I'll do my best to help." Flare smiled as he stated that. "See you later."

"Bye!" All three crusaders said, Dinky just smiled and nodded. Flare headed off, and again found Derpy. She was at the refreshment table. Flare approached her, and Derpy saw him coming.

"Your daughter just saved me." Flare said and Derpy looked at him. "Your daughter really knows her stuff, doesn't she? She understood me perfectly, and knew how to explain it to all the Cutie Mark Crusaders." Derpy smiled.

"She has always been very understanding." Derpy told Flare, "She always understood, even when I told her, that I wasn't her real mother." Flare looked up.

"But, you raised her perfectly." Flare commented. "You know, you're her mother Derpy, Dinky and I also know this. She loves you with all her heart and you do the same for her. It's the way Arrow and I work, and the way Dinky and you work. That is how it should be." Flare didn't know he was talking to Derpy, or at least the mother side of her.

"Thanks, Flare," Derpy said and gave him a hug. Flare blushed and was a bit embarrassed, even more when he turned and saw Dinky, looking right at them. Deciding it, would be great if Dinky didn't hate Flare, he decided to break the hug.

"No problem, Derpy." Flare said with a smile, and a pretty well hid blush. "That is just what I see." Derpy just gave him a goofy grin, and she also spotted Dinky.

"I have to tell Dinky that this party will be over in a couple of minutes." Derpy said, Flare looked at a clock on the wall, it was ten minutes until it technical ended. Derpy then left Flare at the refreshment table. He sat down, and spotted a bottle of wine, and he took a small cup. Flare poured the wine until the cup was at it's halfway mark. Flare didn't see it half empty, or half full, it was just half. Flare was going o get lost in thought, when Scootaloo saved him.

"Did I miss something?" Scootaloo asked, Flare turned to her, it was only her. "Do you like Derpy?" Scootaloo asked and Flare smiled. Well, Scootaloo found out, too! Flare thought to himself.

"Are you gonna be disgusted if I say yes?" Flare asked, wondering if Scootaloo was a filly that thought love looked disgusting or cute.

"Usually I would, yes." She replied, "But you two seem right together, but I don't know if Dinky agrees. Anyway I have been thinking about you not being able to fly stuff." Flare looked over, I have been thinking too! I think all you fillies are gonna drive me to drink!, Flare chuckled and looked at the glass again.

"What part were you thinking about, Scootaloo?" Flare asked, "Your not still worried about yourself right? Both I and your dreams see that you will fly one day."

"No, It isn't that." Scootaloo said, shaking her head. "Flare, doesn't it bother you? Your a pegasus, that can't fly, that can't feel good seeing all of these other pegasus fly around without any worry."

'Except for you, you are are walking around worried about me, and that shouldn't be." Flare turned to Scootaloo. "I don't feel any negative feeling when pegasi ask me to fly, I feel good, and happy for them. Listen, Scootaloo, I won't be able to fly, that is something that I have to live with. But, when you learn to fly, I'll ask Rainbow Dash, if she can go with you on a flight, sound alright?" Flare asked and the filly's eyes began to light up. "That seems like a yes, now will you stop worrying about me? Please?"

Scootaloo nodded. "Okay, Flare you seem to be fine without flight. Also, thanks for asking Rainbow Dash to fly with me, well you will." Flare nodded, "Well, I have to go do some other crusading, I'll see you later Flare!" Flare said goodbye and waved Pinkie then opened the door and every pony began to leave. The party had ended.A few waved at Flare and Arrow as they left, they waved back. Flare noticed that Clouded was the last to leave, when she did she turned at looked at Flare for a second and smiled, then proceeded with her life.

Flare looked back at the glass of wine he poured, and poured it back into the bottle. He then went up to Arrow. "Hey dude, I'ma help Pinkie clean up around here, You just do whatever, maybe explore the town a little."

"I think I might." Arrow said and began to leave. "Catch up with you later Flare!" Arrow left and Flare turned to Pinkie.

'hey, Pinkie mind, if I have the wine, from the refreshment table?" Flare asked, it felt weird to ask that. Pinkie looked at him.

"If you had fun at the party, and you help me clean up," Pinkie began, "then it is all yours. Flare, I didn't know you drank alcohol." Flare stopped her right there.

"Pinkie, I don't," Flare never had the courage to try it. "I just need it because I feel like I owe some other pony, wine might be a good way to pay them back. Understand? I, myself, do not drink." Pinkie nodded and handed him a broom and dustpan.

"Okay, that makes sense." Pinkie said, "You just sweep up everything  I'll get the rest!" She hopped off and soon returned and began cleaning tables. Flare just sweep up things, he noticed he hated sweeping for one reason. That little line of dirt that never went into the dustpan. Flare began to hate it the more and more it happened. Pinkie Pie just laughed when Flare began to talk to the dirt line.

"Now, we can do this the easy way, or not!" Flare told the dirt, how things were going to be.

After about ten minutes, they were done, and Flare did received the wine, as promised. Flare said goodbye to Pinkie and walked outside, there was Arrow just sitting there. "Hey, Flare, I explored all that I wanted to." Arrow said.

"Of course, you did," Flare said, "Anyway, you didn't drink at all during the party, so here." Flare held out the wine, and Arrow took it.

"Well, Flare," Arrow paused for a second, "This is nice of you, I'll save it for a bit later though. So what do you wanna do the rest of the day?" Flare thought to himself, and came up with the best answer ever!

"I don't know, but I'm guessing you don't either." Flare told Arrow, and suddenly Arrow seemed to have an idea.

"I have something, I'm going back to the Everfree Forest, just to have some fun. Then you can do whatever you want. You can take care of yourself, just don't get arrested okay?" Flare nodded and Arrow waved and headed towards the Everfree Forest. Flare started walking towards the middle of town, when some pony called his name.

"Flare, can I talk to you about something?"