Starting Over 2: Returning Home

Rainbow jumped off Spectra and allowed him to get up. When he did, he turned to his trailer and pulled out a box bearing Rainbow's cutie mark. Spectra hoofs it to Rainbow.

"I got you a little something from Cloudsdale."

Rainbow grabs the box and opens it. She pulls a necklace out from the box. The chain links were gold, and there were 2 gems hanging off the chains. One of them was Yin and Yang, the other was a lightning bolt. Each gem was made of diamond. Rainbow stared at the necklace for a few seconds before putting it on. She looks to Spectra and wraps him in a hug.

"I missed you so much."

Spectra hugs back tighter.

"So did I."

Rainbow lets go and gives Spectra another kiss. When they pulled away, Spectra looked to the group of mares. All of them were on the brink of tears, except for Pinkie Pie, who was already crying like a sprinkler. Spectra walked over to the pink party mare and put his hoof on her shoulder.

"Aw, Pinkie. Don't cry. Wouldn't you say, that this calls for a party?"

Pinkie sits up and instantly stops crying, and wears a big smile on her face.

"Omygosh! YES! We can call it the Welcome Home party! I'll go get it ready!"

Pinkie was gone in a cloud of smoke. Twilight walks up to Spectra.

"Didn't you say that you had 2 presents for Rainbow Dash?"

Spectra puts a hoof to his chin for a few seconds, then waves it.

"Now's not the time to show her."

Twilight nods. "Okay then. Have a nice day you two!"

Twilight walks away and heads home towards her tree library.

Applejack walks up to Spectra. "Thank ya fer the hat, Applebloom loves it. She wants ta meetcha and thank ya herself so watch out. Bye, Spectra."

Applejack turns and starts walking to Sweet Apple Acres. Fluttershy walks up to Spectra and gives him a gentle hug.

"Thank you for the Lightning Wing, Spectra! He's amazing! I think I'll call him Sparks. Good bye Spectra!"

Fluttershy heads home to her cottage full of animals. Rarity starts walking up to Spectra, but Rainbow quickly intervenes in front of her.

"See!? I told you he would come back!"

Rarity suddenly looks embarrassed. "Darling, I'm ever so sorry for even thinking the thought! I promise you Rainbow, I will make it up to you!"

Rarity starts running home to her boutique. Spectra didn't know what that was all about, but as long as Rarity was willing to make up for it, I guess all was fine. Rainbow turns around and walks up to Spectra. She looked just as beautiful as she did two years ago. Spectra couldn't help himself. He grabbed Rainbow in a hug and gave her the biggest kiss he could muster. She returned the hug and the couple just stayed there for a moment before Spectra let go. Rainbow grew a smug smile.

"So I guess you missed me, huh?"

Spectra chuckles.

"You have no idea."

Rainbow flies up into the air above Spectra.

"Welcome home, hot shot."

Spectra turns around and pulls a massive chest out from his trailer. He turns to Rainbow, who had a shocked look on her face.

"What's in that thing, Spectra?"

Spectra unlocks the chest with a lightning bolt shaped key, and opened the lid of the chest. Rainbow was speechless. The chest was filled with bits. Millions of bits filled the chest. Easily, the chest contained roughly 30 Million bits. Spectra was one of the richest pegasi in Equestria. Rainbow looked to her coltfriend.

"How did you gain this much?"

Spectra winks. "A lot of hard work and late nights. And it's all ours. I had to cut back and make a very tight budget to get enough money quickly, but it was worth it. Now, we can live in luxury."

Rainbow grabbed her coltfriend into another hug. "I can't believe you would do all this just for us."

When she let go, Spectra reloaded the chest onto the trailer and hooked himself up to it. He looked up to Rainbow Dash, who was up in the air.

"Let's go home."

He flies up with his trailer and starts following Rainbow up to her cloud house and places his trailer on a cloud and shoves it next to the house. He follows Rainbow inside the house and looks around. Not much has changed in the past 2 years. He looks outside to see it was getting dark.

"Rainbow, I'm kinda tired from the trip here, so I'm gunna go to bed. Night."

Rainbow walks into the kitchen and starts making herself a sandwich. She turns to her coltfriend and gives him a wave and a smile.

"Night Spectra!"

Spectra waves back and walks towards the guest room, and flops down onto the bed. He was slowly going to sleep, until he felt a poke at his side. He looks to see Rainbow poking him with a grin.

"You do know that you can sleep with me in my bed, right? Don't you remember?"

Spectra sits up and starts walking towards Rainbow's room.

"Right, sorry. I kinda forgot."

He lies down on Rainbow's bed and starts falling asleep, until he feels the bed shake and snaps his eyes open. He sees Rainbow standing above him with a big smile.

"Ya know,we haven't done it in years, and all that energy just builds up over time. All the energy, all the needs all the..."

She leans down and kisses Spectra passionately. She pulls away and stares into his eyes.

"....all the lust. It just grows."

Spectra caught on to what she was talking about the whole time. He grows a massive smile.

"Yeah, the same was happening to me."

Rainbow leans into his ear.

"Then lets satisfy each other."

-----The Next Morning, Rainbow's Cloud House-----

Spectra woke up in Rainbow's bed with Rainbow Dash herself lying on top of his chest. It took him a while to remember what happened last night, but when he remembered it all, he grew a massive grin.

'Good to be home.'

'I still liked Cloudsdale better.'

Spectra rolled his eyes. 'Then you should've made Cloudsdale Chaos Capital of the World, right?'

Spectra heard Discord chuckle. 'Touché.'

Spectra felt movement and saw Rainbow lift her head from his chest.

Spectra smiled. "Mornin', beautiful."

Rainbow smiled back. "Mornin', hot shot."

She climbed off Spectra and walked out of the room. Spectra got up and followed her. She walked into the lounge room and sat down on the couch. Spectra smiled and opened the front door. Rainbow sat up.

"Where're you going?"

Spectra grins. "We haven't been on a date in a while. I'm gunna go set one up."

And with that, Spectra flies out the door. Rainbow leans back in her couch.

"Trust me, Spectra. You being here is good enough for me."

Spectra was flying through town trying to find a certain white unicorn. When he found her, he dropped down to the ground in front of her.

"Hey, Spectra! What's up?"

"Not much. Vinyl, I need to ask you for a favour."

Vinyl Scratch steps forward. "Sure! What'd ya want?"

"I was wondering if I could borrow some equipment possibly tonight at your club. Me and Rainbow are gunna have a date. And I have a surprise for her."

Vinyl lowers her shades and looks at Spectra expectantly.

"What kind of surprise?"

Spectra waves his hoof. "Ah, ah, ah! It's a secret. You'll see it tonight."

Vinyl groans in defeat. "Ok. And sure! Your always welcome to use my equipment! Just come by whenever."

Spectra nods and takes off to the air. "See ya tonight, Vinyl!"

Spectra was speeding down the street looking for a place they could go to.

"Spectra! Spectra! Down here!"

Spectra looked down to see Rarity looking up at him.

'Perfect! She can make what I need!'

Spectra flies down to Rarity. "What's up, Rare?"

"Spectra, I apologize for what I said to Rainbow the other day. And I wish to make it up to you in any way."

"Wait what did you say? Oh, it doesn't matter. As long as you're sorry. Now, I need you to make me two things, is that ok?"

Rarity nods. "Yes, yes! Of course it's okay! Now, what did you have in mind?"

Spectra looks left and right, then leans in to Rarity's ear and whispers something. Rarity suddenly looked surprised.

"Oh...oh my! That's wonderful! Alright! I'll have it sorted out by tonight for you, Spectra!"

Rarity makes a mad dash towards her boutique. Spectra turns around and starts looking for a decent restaurant to spend the night with Rainbow with.

-----Cloud House, 9pm-----

Rainbow Dash was wearing her Gala dress and was sitting on her couch looking excited. She and Spectra were going on a date tonight, and she was so happy that she could spend time with him. The front door opened and revealed Spectra wearing a sharp looking tuxedo adorned with multiple gems.

"Hello, my good lady. Shall we go?"

He held out his hoof, like he did on their first date. Rainbow giggled and grabbed his hoof.

"Sure. Let's go."

They flew to a fancy looking restaurant that resides on the edge of Ponyville. It was massive! Spectra picked a table at the back. Old habits die hard. Spectra ordered a rose petal sandwich, while Rainbow got the violet salad. The couple were happily eating and enjoying each others company.

"Hey, Spectra? Can you tell me of the things you did in Cloudsdale?"

Spectra looked up at her and pondered what to tell her.

"Sure, as long as you tell me what you did here at Ponyville."

Rainbow nodded. "Deal."

Spectra clears his throat. "Gather round, my children. To hear the story of Spectra Speed, the lone wolf stallion who travelled to Cloudsdale. Now...."

-----Cloudsdale, 1 Year Ago-----

Spectra Speed was lying in his bed sleeping. It was the morning of his birthday. He woke up and yawned. He got out of bed, brushed his teeth, had breakfast and sat on his couch with Melody next to him. He was writing the lyrics to the song he would sing for Rainbow Dash when he returned home.

Suddenly, somepony knocked on the door. Spectra was confused at this.

'I don't have any friends in Cloudsdale. That's weird.'

He opens the door to reveal about 50 mares.

"Uuuhhh....Hi?"

One mare steps forward with a seductive smile.

"Hello, handsome. You know...you're kinda cute."

'Hang on, I've never met this mare before. And she is acting very suspiciously.'

Spectra suddenly realizes what's happening.

"Uh-oh."

'Not again.'

Spectra slams the door shut and runs back up to his room.

"Why does there always have to be an estrus on my birthday?! Am I cursed!? Estrus is meant to be random! WHY!?"

Spectra stays in his room for a few minutes before he hears a knock come from his bedroom door.

"Heeeeey handsome!"

Spectra looks around his room to find somewhere to hide. The mares start to bash down the door, so Spectra dashes outside through his window and bolts away from his home.

He flies higher and higher until he found a soft cloud to lie on. He sleeps on that cloud for a day, then he flies away from Cloudsdale and goes to one of the mountains that surround the floating city. He finds a cave and stays there for the week. When he comes out, he just flies home and shuts the door, not coming out for a few days. The mares tried to apologize, but he wouldn't listen. Eventually, he came out of his house, and went back to work.

-----Present, Ponyville Restaurant-----

"They tried to get MY stallion?! Well, at least they didn't blackmail you like I did. Heh, sorry about that."

Spectra waved a hoof. "Water under the bridge. Anyway, how did you handle estrus?"

Rainbow suddenly looks embarrassed.

"It....it was difficult without you with me.....I had to lock myself in my house so I wouldn't go off and find another stallion. It was almost painful not having you around...."

Rainbow looked down to the ground. Spectra held her chin and made her look up to him. He was wearing a massive smile.

"Hey, don't worry. Now, you won't have to worry about that."

Rainbow looked at Spectra quizzically. "What'd you mean?"

Spectra pays the bill and motions his head to the door. "Come on and I'll show ya."

She follows him out of the restaurant and flies with him down the streets of Ponyville. When the landed, they were outside Vinyl Scratch's DJ club. Spectra steps in front of Rainbow.

"Come on, I've got some surprises for ya."

She follows him inside. The stage looked the same as always, except the entire club was empty. Spectra jumps up on the stage and looks around.

"Vinyl!? Vinyl! Where are ya?!"

Vinyl opens a door from the left side of the stage and walks in.

"Yeouch. Ya don't hafta shout, Spectra."

Spectra mock moans. "Awww. But I like shouting."

Vinyl glares at Spectra. "What is it?"

Spectra pulls a piece of paper out from one of his saddlebags and gives it to Vinyl. She looks it over and nods.

"Sure, man. Let's do this!"

Vinyl walks up behind her turntable, while Spectra pulls out his guitar case from the storage room that Vinyl was just in. He sits on a stool on stage and props Melody onto his lap. Spectra pulls the microphone stand up to his height.

"I wrote this for a special mare that's in the crowd."

Rainbow blushes. Spectra starts playing a few chords and the lyrics come up;

You see me soaring through the sky

I see you below as you walk on by

I could clear the sky in 10 second flat

How about that (How about that)

I could be sitting here on a cloud

Watching the sun as it starts to go down

the only thing missing

Is you by my side

Rainbow was listening to his beautiful voice and paid attention to each lyric.

Give me a smidge of confidence

Give me a speck of something that makes sense

Give me an idea of dependency

Give me a dash of loyalty (Loyalty)

I could save my lonely soul for you

But the feeling in my heart can't follow through

You can give your broken heart to me

Cause you know that i'll stay with you

That's why they call me loyalty

The sun shines bright, yet the rain pours on

Rainbows here one minute and then they're gone

They remind me ... of me and you

What did you do?

What did I do?

Rainbow was loving it so far. His voice plus the music to back it up was perfect.

Determination in those eyes

Where has it gone? Has it said goodbye?

A lot has happened

But I'll stay by your side

Give me a smidge of confidence

Give me a speck of something that makes sense

Give me an idea of dependency

Give me a dash of loyalty (Loyalty)

I could save my lonely soul for you

But the feeling in my heart can't follow through

You can give your broken heart to me

Cause you know that i'll stay with you

That's why they call me loyalty

Time stands still when you're with me

How can i make you see?

Your crazy antics make me want to scream

Your name so loud till my throat starts to bleed

Then when the solo started up, it showed just how good you can be when self taught how to play a guitar, like Spectra was.

I could save my lonely soul for you

But the feeling in my heart can't follow through

You can give your broken heart to me

Cause you know that I'll stay with you

That's why they call me loyalty

I could save my lonely soul for you

But the feeling in my heart can't follow through

You can give your broken heart to me

Cause you know that I'll stay with you

That's why they call me loyalty

When the song finished, Spectra put his guitar back into his case and walked up to Rainbow.

"So, did you like it? I wrote it for you."

Rainbow grabbed Spectra and kissed him. When she pulled away she embraced him.

"Nothing can top that. That was amazing."

"Oh, don't be so sure."

Rainbow pulls away, confused.

"I have a surprise that I know will beat the song by far."

Spectra kneels down on one leg, and pulls out a small, black box. Rainbow was tearing up. She knew what this meant.

"Rainbow Dash..... "

Spectra opens the box. Inside was a giant Galaxy Diamond ring. The diamond shone with all the colours of the rainbow.

"....will you marry me?"