Second Wind

The day was actually quite boring. Nothing interesting occurred between you and Rainbow Dash, not even at night. She did lay on top of you again. You had no qualms regarding that.

You knew you were going to have another flashback. You always do. You wonder how many more are coming, how many more memories lie in wait for you to relive. You put your arms around Rainbow Dash as you did the previous night, and hold her close to you. She smelled just as great as she did the previous day, as well. You close your eyes, and soon see the memory taking shape.

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What was once 10 men, was now 4. This memory was unlike the others. It was almost like a montage,

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Deep in the ocean, dead and cast away

Where innocence is burned in flames

A million mile from home, I'm walking ahead

I'm frozen to the bones, I am...

A soldier on my own, I don't know the way

I'm riding up the heights of shame

I'm waiting for the call, the hand on the chest

I'm ready for the fight, and fate

The sound of iron shocks is stuck in my head,

The thunder of the drums dictates

The rhythm of the falls, the number of dead's

The rising of the horns, ahead

From the dawn of time to the end of days

I will have to run, away

I want to feel the pain and the bitter taste

Of the blood on my lips, again

This deadly burst of snow is burning my hands,

I'm frozen to the bones, I am

A million mile from home, I'm walking away

I can't remind your eyes, your face

You had split the Pathfinders into two squads. All of the men in your squad had been killed, and you had been shot just above your left elbow and once in your shoulder. You pick yourself up off the snow covered ground, and looked around you. Through the blizzard, you could make out more shapes moving in the forest. There were more coming. Your radio buzzed.

"Captain! Are you alright?" You cringe as you move your left arm to reach for it, and reach with your right arm instead. You hold it up to your mouth.

"They're all dead. It's just me." After a period of silence, you hear Max respond.

"We've lost two."

"We will grieve later. Collect their tags, and keep moving. They died attempting to escape with us. They would want us to carry on."

"Yes sir. I assume we're still set to meet at the cottage?"

"Yes."

"Gotcha. Over and out." You walk to the bodies of your fallen comrades, collect their tags, and quickly limp into the forest. You watch as soldiers clad in white armor with orange goggles examine the bodies with their flashlights. Your rifle was completely out of ammunition. You needed a gun.

You prowled ahead towards the rendezvous point. Finally, you found one of the soldiers by himself, leaning against a tree, attempting to smoke a cigarette in the blizzard. You snuck up on him.

Before he could react, you slid your rifle around the tree, and yanked backwards, choking him between the tree and cold steel of your rifle. You pulled with what little might you had left, watching as he thrashed and gagged, his hands up at his neck, attempting to free himself. You only pulled harder. He gurgled and scratched at the rifle at your harder choke. Eventually, he stopped struggling, and fell lifeless. You let him fall to the snow. You search his body, taking his rifle and his handgun. He also had a small box of ammunition in a pouch on his waist. You continue your limp through the forest.

Your black duster was completely white with snow. Your scalp felt frozen. You stopped feeling your fingers several hours ago. You could see the cottage in the clearing of the forest. You also noticed a familiar IMO solider, peering out of the second floor window. Max. With renewed hope, you limped inside of the cottage.

Maybe you would escape, after all.

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You open your eyes, and turn towards the clock. It was 9 AM. Seems to be a reasonable time to start your patrol. With some almost impossible maneuvering of your body, you manage to slither out from underneath of Rainbow Dash. She clung to the nearest pillow, obviously missing you. It made you smile.

As you put on your armor, you ponder the job of being a Guardsman. Make your own hours, but always be available in the event of an emergency. This is the first job you've ever had that's anything like that. You liked it quite a bit, actually. Maybe it was the extreme freedom of the position, or maybe it was the idea that you were a local paragon, but you think you'll really enjoy your little stint as a Guardsman.

You walk downstairs, and open the front door, when you remember you're standing on a house in the clouds. You walk over to the edge, and peer over.

You sigh.

"God damn it..."

You were really about to do this. You could see one cloud floating very close to the ground. Very close. You wouldn't dare wake up Rainbow Dash. To disturb such cuteness should be a crime. You made sure your sword was properly sheathed; no need to kill yourself before you even hit the ground. You lean over the edge, and take another look. It was, AT LEAST, a 6 story fall you were risking. You couldn't imagine what it would be like missing that cloud. It was certainly big enough to land on safely, all you had to do was steer correctly. And by steer, you meant fall hopelessly.

You look back over your shoulder one last time, just in case Rainbow Dash had woke up.

Nope.

You take a deep breath, and let your feet carry you. As you hit the edge of the clouds, you spread your arms, and fall.

Falling.

Falling.

Still falling.

You feel your organs shift to your back, tickling you in a macabre way. The sound of falling was completely deafening. At least you were on course with hitting the cloud. You thought. The air rushing against your eyes made it extremely painful to keep them open. Finally, you hit the cloud with a loud POOMF. You come to your knees, and make yourself stand up on the cloud. You peek over the side. It was only about a 10 foot fall. You were breathing rapidly.

"Shit. Alright..." You gently dangle your legs off of the side of the cloud, and let yourself fall. When you hit the ground, you feel your ankles rattle and shake in pain, and you let out a grunt of discomfort.

Rainbow Dash needs an elevator. Or ladder. Or something.

You test your feet by pressing them gently against the ground. No pain, you could still walk without any problems. You look back up to Rainbow Dash's house. You jumped from that. You laughed.

You weren't exactly sure how to patrol Ponyville. Was it really as simple as walking around the town? Surely there had to be more to it than just that.

Guess I'll found out.

You trek into town, and sure enough, all is calm. Ponies walk about the town, going about their business. You catch a few eyes here and there, nothing too bad. A few fillies decide they want to ask you a bunch of questions, but you don't mind it in the least.

After explaining how you walk on two legs, and signing a few autographs for the fillies, they skitter off in pure joy. You were now in the marketplace.

Easiest job I've ever had.

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You have wandered the damn desert for well over a year now, going from oasis to oasis. You have no idea how you got here. You have no recollection of anything prior to appearing. You have no idea how you were surviving on a diet of fruit and vegetables, nor how you were keeping your sanity. The only thing you knew was your name, which was printed on a lamented card you found in your pocket.

You sat under the shade of a palm tree, scooping water from the oasis with your hands. The sun was extremely hot, and this desert was like none you had ever heard of. It was completely flat. You could see other oases in the distance, at least 4-5 miles away, but they were still there. You fill your canteen with water, soak your clothes in water, and begin your trek across the desert.

Your boots sink slightly into the sand with each step, making a loud crunching sound. The heat was not altered with any wind or moisture in the air. Just dry, burning heat. As you begin to near the oasis, you see something. It looks like two horses standing at the oasis you were heading to.

My ticket outta here.

After about 2 hours, you finally reached the Oasis. Sure enough, two horses were drinking from the water. As you neared them, one turned around, and jumped.

"AH!" It shouted. "Mala, what is that?"

These horses were talking. Talking horses. Maybe you were finally loosing your mind. The other horse turned around.

"By the Goddess. Speak, creature. What are you?" You hold your hands up, trying to show you were unarmed and meant no harm.

"A human? What are you?" You ask. The two horses look at each other.

"We are Horses, of course. Merchants from Saddle Arabia. Creature, where do you come from?" You shrug.

"If I knew, I'd tell ya." You decided that you truly had lost your mind, and you choose to just give in to it, rather than resist. At least you'll be entertained. The two horses look at each other. After a long period of silence, one spoke up.

"Are you lost, Mr...?" You pull out your card with your name on it.

"Adam Howard. And you have no idea."

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It was getting late. The sun was beginning it's descent. You were almost positive that crime never happened in Ponyville. And that was fine by you. You walk to Rainbow Dash's house, clunking the entire way there. As you walk, you try to come up with an idea for getting back up to her house, when, sure enough, you see a cloud pillar now touching the ground, with a ladder braced to it. You laugh to yourself, and begin your climb up. The higher you get, the better you can Rainbow Dash's house. You notice the ladder is taking you right up to the window of her room.

After about 10 minutes of climbing, you are about 15 rungs away from reaching the window. You hear music, and can smell lavender, and a lot of it.

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You recognize the song as the cover of "Over My Head" by The Fray. Rainbow Dash would probably like this version, being as it was heavier. You climbed over the edge of the window, and looked inside.

Scented candles were spread throughout the room, the lights completely off. There was a sheet of paper with what looked like a stick figure taking it's clothes off taped to the wall, with a large red "X" taped on the ground. You never pained Rainbow Dash as a romantic, but were willing to give her a chance.

She could have picked a better song...

You begin unstrapping your armor, and you let it fall to the floor, each piece dinging as it did. In mere moments, you now stood shirtless, about to untie your greaves and boots, when you hear a voice.

"Nuh uh." It says. "I'm doing those." You turn, and see Rainbow Dash strolling in the room.

"You sure? I mean, it's kinda heavy." You laugh.

"Dude, I've thought about this all day. Nothings's ruining this for me." You hold your hands up, showing your surrender. She walks behind you, and begins fumbling with the straps. With a clink, the front greave plate of your left and right legs fall. Then the back plate. Then you step out of your boots. Rainbow knocks them all aside, and jumps onto you, kissing you as deeply as she possibly could. The grape taste began to arouse you. She pulled back, and whispered in your ear.

"I'm sorry about the other night, I got scared. And while I still kinda am, I can do you a favor." She then licked your ear, and went back to kissing you.

At least she isn't being AS shy.

She then breaks the kiss again, hovers in the air in front of you, and with a gentle push, knocks you on your back, making you land on the cloud bed. You look up at the ceiling, a stupid grin on your face as you feel her removing your underwear. She wasted absolutely no time.

She immediately took you into her mouth, and began sliding her head up and down. You gripped the clouds with your hands as hard as you could.

"Jesus Christ..." You mumbled. You could feel every inch of her tongue. You could feel how warm and velvety her mouth was. You could feel how eager she was to do this. The music was starting to loop, but you had far bigger things on your mind. You put your hands on the back of her head, and stroked her mane.

"Ah..." You almost squeak. You then feel a vibration in her mouth.

Was she giggling?

Sure enough, you hear her laugh through her nose.

Oh God. Yeah. She is.

You decide to be brave, and look down, see what exactly she was doing. She notices this, and slows down, looking back up at you, your eyes meeting. Her eyes never looked magical before this moment, but making eye contact during a moment like this, it made her eyes indescribable in beauty and wonder. She took her hooves, and gently started working you up and down, using her tongue to lick here and there.

"You like, BIG guy?" You laugh, and bite your lip. You were close. Very close. You grip the clouds even harder.

"Dash..." You start. She puts a hoof over your mouth, and whispers to you.

"Do it." You look up at the ceiling. Just as you were about to say something, she put you right back inside of her mouth again, and started moving faster than ever before.

Well. She really doesn't have a gag reflex.

You begin to feel a tickling building up inside of you, which grows stronger and stronger with every thrust of her head, with every flick of her tongue. Pleasure swept over you, elevating you to a plane of existence of nothing but pure ecstasy. You feel yourself pump into her throat several times. She doesn't seem to mind. She even seems to enjoy it, moaning as she feels it hit her tongue. She flops you out of her mouth, and crawls up beside you. Thankfully, the music had stopped. She cuddled up next to you, pulling the cloud blanket up over both of you.

"Aaden. I love you." You pull her close to you.

"I think...I love you too, Rainbow Dash."

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"Yes, my Queen." You said. Your new chitinous armor looked ghastly. It was pitch black and covered in spikes. The Queen looked you in the eyes.

"I am unsure how you arrived here so long ago. But I have taken you in, my child. The least you could do to repay your debt, is to become a Dreadguard. You nod your head.

"Yes, my Queen." She smiles, revealing many pointed teeth.

"Excellent. Then it is all set. I already have a mission for you, as well. Would you like to hear it now?"

"Yes, my Queen."

"The enemy, the oppressors, they have a new Honor Guard. Apparently, he is very tough. This could cause problems for us. You can handle it, I'm sure. He is merely a pony or gryphon. You are...different. I trust you will eliminate this guard, my child."

"Yes, my Queen." As you turn to walk away, she calls to you.

"And Alan?"

"Yes, my Queen?"

"Welcome to the Dreadguard."

"Thank you, my Queen." You smile.