Starting Over

Spectra and Rainbow Dash were flying around their cloud house. Racing each other, performing stunts and tricks, basic flight training for Rainbow Dash.

Spectra had never done any training in his life. Spectra just was naturally fast. He can catch up to Rainbow in a race with ease, but not before she flies faster, then he catches up again. Spectra theorized he got so fast from having to escape trouble back in Manehatten. But even before he arrived in Manehatten, Spectra was fast. Rainbow figured if she could train Spectra hard enough, not only would he be faster then the Wonderbolts, he would be able to do the Sonic Rainboom soon enough.

She watched as Spectra flew from the other side of Ponyville and back, trying harder each time to break his record.

As Spectra was finishing his 7th lap (with a time of 5:39 (MM:SS), Rainbow began thinking.

'We have been dating for a week now and we haven't gone out anywhere...'

As Spectra comes back (Time of 5:41), Rainbow looked sad about something.

Spectra flies up to her. "Hey, what's wrong? I'm trying my hardest, I swear."

Rainbow shakes her head. "No, Spectra. It's nothing to do with your training. Which is going great, by the way. It's just that we haven't gone out on a date once."

Spectra puts a hoof to his chin. "Well, how about tonight? I'm free."

Rainbow thinks it over. "Same here. Where should we go?"

Spectra shakes his head. "Ah, ah ah! It's a secret. Just sit back and relax, and I'll deal with the details."

Rainbow giggles. "Ok then. What time are you picking me up?"

Spectra thinks it over. "I'll pick you up at 7, sound good?"

Rainbow nods. Spectra claps his hooves together. "Great! Now I'll go get everything sorted!"

Spectra zooms off to Ponyville. Rainbow can hardly wait for tonight! She smiles and flies back up to her house.

-----Spectra's Perspective, Ponyville Library-----

Spectra knocks on the door to the library. "Coming!"

Spectra does a double take.

'Ok, that did not sound like Twilight.'

The door opens to reveal, a small dragon.

"AAAAH! A dragon?!"

The dragon faceclaws. "Hi, I'm Spike. I'm Twilights assistant."

Spectra has been terrified of dragons for a few years. Long story short, if your a drug dealer in Manehatten and you don't have any cocaine for a dragon, you'd better grab some bandages and some burn ointment.

Spectra holds out a hoof. "Hey, I'm Spectra. Nice to meet you Spike."

Spike broclaw/hoofs Spectra.

Spectra looks behind him. "Hey, is Twilight home? I need to ask her something."

Spike nods. "Yeah, she's home. I'll go get her."

Spike walks back inside the library, and comes back with Twilight by his side. "Here ya go."

"Hey, Twilight. I need to know if there's any good restaurants in Ponyville."

Twilight puts a hoof to her chin. "Sure, there's a restaurant I can suggest, but why do you need to know where a good restaurant is?"

Spectra smiles. "I'm taking Rainbow out on a date, so I needed somewhere nice to take her."

Twilights eyes suddenly grow wide. Spectra was confused at first, but then he realized something.

'Oh ponyfeathers! I forgot to tell Rainbow's friends about us!'

"That's great! I'm so happy for the both of you! You make the cutest couple!"

Spectra nods. "Thanks Twilight. So, where is this restaurant your talking about?"

-----Rainbow Dash's Perspective, Cloud Home-----

Rainbow was thinking of what she could do to impress Spectra while they were on their date.

Rainbow starts pacing in the air. "Hmmmm.....what should I do? I know! I'll go ask Rarity to make me a dress!"

(Authors Note: Writing that bit reminded me of the fanfic 'Rarity's New Dress'. *Shudder* Do NOT read that.)

Rainbow flew out her door and within moments she was standing outside the Carousel Boutique.

She walks up to the doors and knocks.

"Just a minute, darling!" Rarity poked her head out the door a few seconds later.

"Oh, hello Rainbow Dash. Do you need something?"

Rainbow nods. "Yeah, Rarity. I need a dress. Spectra's taking me out on a date and I want to impress him."

Rarity's eyes grew wide. 'What's she so....OH HORSEAPPLES! I forgot to tell my friends me and Spectra were dating!'

Rarity recomposes herself. "Why, darling, that is wonderful news! When I saw how you 2 got along I knew that something like this would happen! Oh come in, darling! We must use our time wisely!"

Rarity nudges Rainbow into the building and closes the doors.

-----Spectra's Perspective, Cloud House, 7:03pm-----

Spectra was waiting at the front of Rainbow's home. Waiting for her to walk out the door. She asked Spectra to step outside and that she had a surprise for him.

"Come on Rainbow! What have you got to show me that takes so long to get ready?!"

Rainbow shouts from inside the house. "Ok, I'm coming out now!"

When she steps outside, Spectra's jaw had dropped to the cloud floor.

She looks amazing.

She grins. "My head is up here."

Spectra breaks out of his trance.

"Sorry that what I'm wearing doesn't look as great as your dress"

Spectra was wearing a simple tuxedo. He got the tux from someone in Manehatten, but that's a story for another time.

Spectra holds out his foreleg. "Ready?"

Rainbow grabs his foreleg. "I was born ready."

-----Le Cheval Hunfry, 7:28pm-----

Spectra had chosen a table at the back of the restaurant. Spectra doesn't know why, but whenever went out to eat, he always went to the back.

Rainbow and Spectra had taken their orders, a salad for Spectra, and a dandelion and tulip soup for Rainbow.

(Authors Note: I forgot if tulips were poisonous or not. Or was that dandelion? Ah, well. It doesn't matter. Magical talking ponies are 70% anti-venom and 30% adorable.)

"So, Rainbow, I've told you about my past. Wanna talk about yours?"

Rainbow nodded. "Ok, seems fair enough. But only if you play some music in front of our friends."

Spectra flinched a bit at the word 'friends'.

Rainbow noticed this. "Are you alright?"

Spectra nods. "Y-Yeah. It's gunna take a while, maybe even years, until I get used to having friends."

He flinches again.

"It's gunna take even more time to be able to say it without having a spasm."

Rainbow giggles. "You have the rest of your life to get used to it."

Spectra smiles. "I guess. Alright. It's a deal. So let me hear it."

Rainbow smiles. "Ok. I grew up in Cloudsdale and attended flight school for a few years....."

-----Mane Street, 8:23pm------

"....I still find it hard to believe you of all ponies got kicked out of flight school."

Rainbow shrugs. "It wasn't my style."

Spectra chuckles. He was so lucky to have somepony like her.

The couple were on their way home after a nice night out at a restaurant.

"Well, well, well boys. Look what we got here."

3 stallions walked out in front of Spectra and Rainbow, the both of them instantly recognizes the 3.

The one who spoke had a light brown coat, a slightly darker brown for his mane and tail, and his cutie mark was a weight.

Another was grey with a black mane, and a left punching glove for a cutie mark. The last one was red coated with a light yellow mane, and a right punching glove for a cutie mark.

"Didn't I knock you out in one hit?" Spectra asks with a smug grin.

The stallion looked angry at Spectra.

"You and I have unfinished business."

Spectra looks at Rainbow, he had a very serious looking face. "Run. Get out of here and go home. I'll take care of these clowns."

Rainbow doesn't move. "I'm not leaving you here!"

Spectra grabs her in a tight hug. "If anything ever happened to you, I don't know what I would do."

Rainbow hugs back tighter, she whispers into Spectra's ear. "I love you.."

Spectra takes a moment for this new information to sink in, before he realizes something.

"I love you to." Rainbow breaks the hug, kisses him on the cheek, and flies off.

Spectra takes a deep breath, closes his eyes, and exhales.

"Alright, boys..." Spectra opens his eyes and turns to face the leader. (Look we will call him Hop to make things easier on both you and me.)

".....show me what you got."

The other  2 stallions (Ugh. Thing 1 and Thing 2 are these guys names.) charge at Spectra, but Spectra merely side-steps, making them miss and fall over.

Spectra turns to face Hop, only to find himself punched in the mouth. He staggered back and looked up at Hop.

"Oh I will enjoy this..."

Spectra nods. "Not as much as I will enjoy it."

Spectra turns around and bucks Hop in the face, making him fall back on his flank. Spectra felt something smash into his side. He looks to see Thing 1 running into him. Spectra raises his hooves, and smashes them against the sides of Thing 1's head.

"1 down, 2 to go." Spectra is suddenly smashed in his right hind leg, making him fall down.

Thing 2 walks up from behind him and stomps his hoof on Spectra's face.

After the slight dizziness wears off, Spectra jumps back up and punches Thing 2 in the muzzle very hard, knocking him out.

"That just leaves you and me, buddy..." Spectra turns around and see's Hop, standing about a metre away.

Spectra and Hop stare at each other for a few seconds. Spectra and Hop both charge forward at the same time, when they made contact, Spectra had smashed his hoof into Hop's forehead, while Spectra only got hit in the side. They stood still for a few seconds, before both combatants fall over.

Spectra was slowly slipping away into darkness, but not before hearing a voice call out his name.

"Spectra!"

It was Rainbow, she never left him, she was hiding and watching from a distance.

She looked so worried, she walks up right next to him. "Don't worry! I'll go get help! Wait here!"

She gallops off, and Spectra faints from exhaustion.