Starting Over

Rainbow and Spectra were walking down Mane Street. Dash was walking to the library, where she told all her friends to meet up at, to introduce them to Spectra. Although, she hasn't told either him or her friends this. She knew he can be shy and didn't want him rejecting the offer to see her friends. She didn't tell her friends because she wanted it to be a surprise!

After a few minutes they finally reach the library. Rainbow turns to Spectra. "You go in first." Spectra just shrugs and walks in. Inside the library, were 5 mares.

One of them was a unicorn, she had a purple coat, a purple mane and tail with a pink streak going through it, and a star burst for a cutie mark.

'What in the name of Celestia can her special talent be?'

The one next to her was an earth pony, with a pink coat, pink mane and tail and had 3 balloons for a cutie mark. She was bouncing up and down with a huge smile on her face.

'Attention HQ, we have a hyper-active pony. Orders? Over.

This is HQ we suggest staying away from that one. Over.

I happily agree HQ. Over and out.'

The next one was another unicorn with a white coat, a beautifully styled purple mane and tail along with 3 diamonds as a cutie mark.

'She must be a jeweler or something'

Spectra couldn't see the face of the next one, she was a pegasus, like Spectra and Dash, she had her pink mane in front of her face. She had a yellow coat along with 3 butterflies as a cutie mark.

'150 bits says this one is Fluttershy.'

The next one Spectra already had the pleasure of meeting, Applejack. Rainbow flew next to Spectra and landed next to him."Girls, I would like you to meet Spectra."

"Uh..Hey everypo-" He was cut off when a pink blur tackled him. 'Huh. 2 tackles in one week? That's an academy record.'

"OhmygoshyoumustbenewherebecuaseIknoweverponyandifIdon'tknowyouthatmustmeanthatyournewhereomygoshwehavetohaveaWelcomeToPonyvillepartybecauseyournewherea-"

She was cut off when Rainbow put a hoof in her mouth. "Pinkie, calm down! He's been here for 3 days! Give him some breathing room."

'Attention HQ. We have failed to avoid pink pony. Orders? Over.

This is HQ. We now suggest getting the buck out. Over.

Roger, HQ. Over and out.'

As Pinkie gets off Spectra, he turns to the door. "Well, this was fun and all, but I forgot to turn off my washing machine."

He makes a mad dash to the door, only to have Rainbow hold him by his tail. Rainbow lets go so Spectra can get back up. He turns back around to face the ponies in the library.

'HQ We have failed once again. Orders? Over.

This is HQ. We now suggest going along with it. Over.

*sigh* Roger that. Over and out.'

"My name is Spectra Speed." The purple unicorn steps forward. "Hi Spectra. My name is Twilight Sparkle. So, where did you come from?"

"Manehatten. But I don't wanna talk about that place."

Twilight cocks her head to the side. "Um, why not?"

Rainbow intervenes. "Twilight, trust me. Leave him alone about that place. It has a dark history with Spectra." Spectra turns to Rainbow and mouths 'Thank you'.

Rainbow winks back at him. Twilight takes a step back. "Oh, I'm sorry. I won't ask any further."

"It's Ok. So what do you do Twilight?"

She smiles. "I'm in charge of the library here. I am the student of Princess Celestia and I have been sent here to study the magic of friendship."

Spectra was shocked. 'Princess Celestia's Student!?'

"Well, I hope you do a good job, Twilight."

She steps back. "Thanks, Spectra."

Then suddenly, Pinkie was inches from his face.

"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! I work at Sugarcube Corner! I make cupcakes! Wanna try one?"

Out of nowhere, she pulls a cupcake out and hoofs it to Spectra.

Spectra wasn't as shocked as you think he might of been. He met some strange ponies when he was a drug dealer. Not many of them compare to Pinkie, but some were stranger.

He grabs the cupcake."Thanks Pinkie." He takes a bite. The cupcake was strawberry flavoured, Spectra loved strawberry! It wasn't long before he shoved the whole thing in his mouth and swallowed it whole.

"Pinkie Pie you just gained a life time customer." Spectra said with a huge grin.

"YAY! I like making new friends! Come by later and I'll set up a party just for you! It will be called "Welcome To Ponyville Party!"

Spectra nods. "Sure, Pinkie. I'll come by!" She hops away.

'These ponies love making friends. Huh. Better get used to it I suppose.'

The white unicorn steps forward. "Hello, darling. My name, is Rarity." She finishes the sentence by flicking her mane up and holding out her hoof.

'WARNING WARNING WARNING! HQ WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE FANCY TYPES! ORDERS! OVER!

THIS IS HQ! WE STRONGLY SUGGEST ABORTING! OVER!

GOT IT HQ! OVER AND OUT!'

Spectra brohoofs her. He tries to end the conversation as fast as he could. "Hello, my name is Spectra. Nice to meet you."

Rarity then walks off, but not before saying "Come by the Carousel Boutique if you need any clothing! First one is free!"

Spectra is glad ponies don't wear clothing all the time.

The yellow pegasus steps forward, still hiding behind her mane. "Umm...hello. My name is-"

Spectra cuts her off.

"Fluttershy, right?"

Fluttershy looks shocked.

"H-h-how d-did you k-k-know?"

'Well, cause you're shy. By the way, thanks for making me lose 150 bits.'

Spectra shrugged. "I guessed."

Fluttershy, still hiding behind her mane, gets a smile.

"Umm...Do you like animals?"

Spectra grew his own smile. "I love animals! Although, I can never get a pet. Too much responsibility for my taste."

Fluttershy came out from behind her mane with a huge smile. "Oh! I have many animals at my cottage! You can come over whenever you want....um....if thats ok with you."

Spectra is grinning ear to ear. "Yeah I'd love to come over!"

Fluttershy steps back, still holding that smile.

Applejack steps forward and holds out a hoof. "Well Howdy Spectra. You already know what mah name is."

Spectra grabs her hoof. "Yeah Applejack right? How are yo-"

Applejack shakes his hoof very fast, causing Spectra's brain to be scrambled after she stops.

Spectra's eyes were spinning in their sockets. When they stopped, he looked at Applejack.

"I'll take it your doing good then?"

Applejack grins. "Ah'm doing alright. Come by the farm when ya can, alright?"

Spectra smiles. "Sure, AJ."

Applejack steps back. Rainbow steps forward in front of Spectra, facing the 5 mares.

"Girls, Spectra saved my flank from these stallion who were teasing me. You should've seen it! He just smashed the guy in the mouth, he knocked him out in 1 hit!"

The others looked shocked, except for AJ, who was staring at Spectra.

"If'n ya can do that, sugarcube, come on down to the farm! We could use a stallion as strong as ya!"

Spectra shrugs. "I only get strong when I'm angry. Like this one time, I got mugged and this guy wa-"

He put a hoof to his mouth, realizing what he just said.

Twilight was shocked. "WHAT!? Why were you mugged?!"

Spectra backed away. "I'd rather not talk about it..."

Twilight stepped forward. "What could you possibly have that would make somepony mug you?!"

Spectra was getting annoyed, and it showed. He stood his ground and glared at her. "Twilight, I don't wanna talk about it!"

Twilight was about to ask him again, but Rainbow flew in between the 2. "Twilight back off!"

Twilight was surprised Rainbow was taking Spectra's side.

"But why in Celestia would he be mugged?! Did he have 1 million bits or something?!"

"Yeah, you could say that." Spectra mumbled, hoping it would go unheard, but Twilight heard.

"What do you mean by that?! Are you rich!? If you were, why would you-"

Spectra had it.. He saw that she wouldn't stop. So he went to tell her the truth, but he was pissed.

He moved past Rainbow Dash and walked up to Twilight. His eyes full of rage.

Twilight looked scared. She tried backing away but failed to do so with Spectra advancing towards her.

"Do you wanna know why he was mugging me?! He saw me selling drugs to a pony and thought 'Hey, this kid has some drugs! Guess I'll mug him!' so he walks up to me, pulls a knife out and demands that I hand them over! Do you know what I did?! I grabbed the knife off him and snapped his neck!"

Spectra turned away, and left the library.

'Arrrghh! I just screwed my friendship over with Dash! Damn it...I'll just go pack and get out of her life. I'll find somewhere else to stay...'

-----Rainbow Dash's Perspective, Library-----

Rainbow just saw her newest friend go off at Twilight and left. Twilight was crying. Everypony else was angry. AJ looked furious.

"He sold drugs?! And he made Twilight cry?! That does it! He ain't gettin' any where near mah farm!"

Rainbow turned to face them. "Girls! Hang on! Yeah he went a bit too far, but I can explain why!" Everypony sat down, Twilight got up and sat next to AJ. Twilight had tears in her eyes, but she looked serious.

"We're listening."

Rainbow started. "Well, ya see when he was about 2 years old...."

-----One Extremely Long Explanation Later-----

"...and he came to Ponyville to forget all that."

All the girls had calmed down. They were shocked at all the things Spectra had to go through.

Twilight stood up, no tears were in her eyes. But worry was all over her face.

"We have to go find him! Where does he live?"

"He lives with me."

Twilight nodded. "OK girls! Lets go!"

-----Rainbow Dash's Home, 3:46pm-----

The 6 friends were on the hill that resides below Rainbow's cloud house.

Rainbow flew up and went through the doors.

"SPECTRA!? SPECTRA! We want to talk to you!"

No answer. She flew into his room to find all his bags were gone and a note on the bed.

'Oh no...'

She picked up the note;

Dear Rainbow Dash,

I understand if you now don't want me to live with you anymore. Don't worry. I've already left. I decided to go to that forest I saw near Ponyville. Please don't come looking for me. Don't let your friends come and find me to kill me or something.

From, Spectra

Rainbow re-read it. She couldn't believe he was gone. But she flew down to the others and hoofed them the note.

"He went to the Everfree Forest."