Starting Over

Rainbow was woken up in the middle of the night. There were screams coming from Spectra's room!

She bolts out of her bed, zooms into the hallway, smashes Spectra's door down to find him...

Sleeping. He was screaming and sleeping at the same time.

Rainbow flies over to Spectra's bed and starts shaking the hay out of him.

"SPECTRA! WAKE UP!" Spectra's eyes snap open, and look over to Rainbow.

"......I was screaming, wasn't I?"

Rainbow nods her head. "Yeah, that must've been some nightmare. Wanna talk about it?"

Spectra shakes his head. "Not really. It won't help them go away."

Rainbow sits down on the bed next to him. "Well, sometimes talking to a friend can really help."

Spectra hesitates at the word "friend". He turns his head towards her. She had a worried look on her face.

He lies back on the bed, and closes his eyes.

"When I was 2 years old, my parents were murdered in front of me. The nightmares I have are those memories resurfacing. In the nightmare I see my mothers face, screaming my name covered in blood. And I also remember a deep laugh. I've been to doctors to seek help but they never work."

He sits up, with his eyes still closed. After a few seconds, he opens them and looks at Rainbow. She had tears in her eyes. She wasn't crying, she was feeling sad for Spectra.

Spectra turns away, he couldn't stand to see her like this, otherwise he will start bawling his eyes out. He was going to lie back down, until he felt something around his chest. He looks, to see that Rainbow was hugging him around his chest with her forelegs.

Spectra was surprised. Even with his foster family (who hated his guts), Spectra has never been hugged. Ever. When she lets go after a few seconds, he turns around to face her.

He stares into her eyes for a few seconds, before wrapping his forelegs around her. He was crying heavily. Rainbow just patted his back. "It's ok. Shhhh. It's ok."

After about a minute or 2 of crying, he pulls away. He looks into her eyes. No more tears, just a happy face.

At this, Spectra smiles, and gives her a quick hug. "Thanks Rainbow, I needed that."

She flies up. "No problem. Like I said, anything for a friend!"

And with that, she flies back into her room. Spectra didn't hesitate at her saying "friend" this time.

With a grin on his face, he lies back onto his bed, and falls asleep.

But this time, there was no nightmare. He was dreaming about soaring the skies, with Rainbow Dash by his side. Racing each other, having fun.

-----Rainbow Dashes Home, 10:24 am-----

Spectra was woken by the smell of pancakes. 'Must...eat....PANCAKES!'

He flies outta bed, and zooms into the kitchen. He see's Rainbow putting plates of pancakes on to the table.

She looks over to him. "Oh! Morning! I would ask if you slept well, but..."

Spectra waves a hoof. "Actually, after you calmed me down, I had the best sleep for the first time in 20 years."

Rainbow grinned at him. "You're welcome! Anyways, its time to chow down!"

Spectra takes a seat, and starts gobbling down pancakes.

After they both stop eating, Rainbow speaks up. "OK! Its time for you to start your new job!"

Spectra gets excited. "Cool! It will be better then my last job for sure!"

Rainbow cocks her head to the left. "What was your last job, anyway?"

Spectra's grin turns into a frown. He looks left and right. "Promise not to tell anypony?"

Rainbow nods. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" and while she said that, she made a cross over her heart and stuck her hoof in her eye.

It took about a minute for Spectra to process what just happened, but he shrugged it off.

"Ok, my last job was a dug dealer. Jobs were hard to find in Manehatten. It was the only way I could live."

Rainbows expression never changed during the talk. But then she giggles. 'What's so funny? I sold illegal drugs!'

"Thats it? Seriously, I would be more shocked if you came out of Manehatten as a business pony! Manehatten is full of crime, Spectra. And before you ask, it doesn't change my opinion of you. That was the past. This is now."

Spectra thought those words over in his head for a few seconds. 'She is right! My new life is now!'

Spectra nods. "Ok then. Lets get to work!"

Rainbow nods as well. "Ok, we have to go to Town Hall. Lets head over now."

-----Town Hall, 10:58am-----

Besides Spectra and Rainbow Dash, only 1 other pegasus was present at Town Hall. She had a grey coat, a blonde mane, and bubbles for a cutie mark. Spectra quickly took notice of 1 other thing. Her eyes. They were....well....crossed.

Spectra didn't mention them, he respects others privacy.

Rainbow and Spectra land in front of her. Rainbow puffs out her chest. "OK! Everypony is here! Lets start off today with an introduction!"

She exhales and her chest goes back down. "Derpy, meet Spectra!" Derpy raises a hoof to Spectra.

"It's nice to meet you, Spectra!" Spectra brohoofs her. "Same here, Derpy."

"Ok, now that's out of the way..." Derpy and Spectra both look up to Rainbow, who was hovering above. "...here's the weather today, Spectra has to go make it rain over Sweet Apple Acres."

She hoofs Spectra a map of Ponyville and points to Sweet Apple Acres. "Derpy, you have to make it sunny over Fluttershy's cottage." Spectra put a hoof to his chin.

'Fluttershy? I bet myself 50 bits she will hide from me IF we ever meet.'

He lowers his hoof. "And I will be making it cloudy over Ponyville. Everypony understand their jobs?"

Derpy and Spectra nod at the same time. "Great! Let's get started!"

-----Sweet Apple Acres, 11:13am-----

Spectra was busy putting the last rain cloud over Sweet Apple Acres, when he suddenly hears a voice calling out.

(Authors Note - Forgive me if I get AJ's voice dialogue wrong. Also don't expect Zecora in this story. I suck at rhymes.)

"Hey! Hey there! Over here!" Spectra looks down to see a pony with an Orange coat, a blonde mane put into a ponytail, and a cowpony hat. When he flies down he notices that she has 3 apples as a cutie mark.

"Howdy there, partner! Mah names Applejack! Ah've never seen ya 'round here! What's yer name?"

Spectra lands down onto the ground in front of her. "My names Spectra. I rode in from Manehatten. Rainbow gave me a job on the weather team."

Applejack nods her head with a smile. "Well, since ya know Rainbow, I'm sure ya must be a nice pony! Catch ya later!"

Spectra flies off. "See you!" Spectra flies towards Town Hall. A good days work done. He was happy he wasn't selling drugs any more.

-----Town Hall, 11:26am-----

Spectra flies over to Town Hall, when he notices that Rainbow and Derpy were talking to 3 stallions.

When he flies closer, he hears some conversation.

"...So Derpy here told me that you told her that you crashed into a random stallion from Manehatten, raced him, won and let him sleep at your place? Wow. That my boys, is what you call desperate! How many times have you screwed him? Twice?"

Rainbow was holding back the tears. "NO! I-I-Its nothing like that!"

The stallion just laughed. "Well, Rainbow Crash, I hope you used protection! Don't litter Equestria with your sick and stupid foals! I mean, who in there right min-!"

He was cut off when Spectra landed in front of him, knocking everypony to their flanks. When the stallion looked up, Spectra had the most furious look that would make even Celestia break her calm look at once.

"Now, boys..." Spectra spoke, without any emotion. "....I want you 3, to leave town, and go far away, understand?"

The stallion looked to his friends, and started laughing. When he turns to tell Spectra to take a hike, Spectra had already smashed his right hoof into his lower jaw, knocking him out cold.

Spectra turns to face the other 2. "Pick him up and leave. NOW!" They both do as they're told, pick up their friend, and race off with him on the back of one of them.

Spectra calms down, puts a cheeky grin on his face and turns to Rainbow Dash. She to, wore a massive smile. She walks over to him, and gives him a hug.

"Thank you, Spectra." Spectra hugs her even tighter. "Hey, what are friends for?"