Starting Over 2: Returning Home

Rainbow couldn't smile any wider then she did when Spectra said those words.

"YES! YES YES YES YES A MILLION TIMES YES!"

Rainbow tackled Spectra too the ground in a grip of death and kissed him continuously. She couldn't be any happier at that moment. When she finally got off Spectra, he hoofed her the ring, which she placed on her hoof. The Galaxy Diamond in the ring was beautiful. Spectra had to pay quite a lot for it, considering Rarity still had a huge rock of the stuff.

But when you're rich and in deep love, money is no object.

Rainbow just stared at the ring for a while before she even said anything.

"I'm going to be Mrs.Rainbow Speed. Oh, Spectra!"

She re-grips him in another hug-o-death.

"Rainbow, I understand that you're happy an all, but you're crushing my lungs!"

Rainbow released her deathly grip and just gave Spectra a kiss.

"You've made me so happy right now."

Vinyl was still on stage, bawling her eyes out.

"T-that w-was beautiful!"

The couple walk out the doors to the club, but not before hearing some conversation coming from the stage.

"Hey, Octavia *sniff* why can't WE be married?"

"Vinyl! Honestly, we've only been dating for two months!"

"That's two months too long!"

Spectra and Rainbow were flying home down the streets of Ponyville with huge smiles on their faces. When they got home, the couple just crawled into bed and fell asleep.

-----Spectra's Perspective, Cloud House, Midnight-----

Spectra woke up from another nightmare. He had them his whole time in Cloudsdale, but whenever he was with Rainbow, the nightmares were meant to stop.

'Wow, I thought you only had nightmares when you weren't with Rainbow Dash.'

Spectra responds to Discord in whispers.

"Yeah, I know. This is strange. I need some fresh air."

Spectra flies out the window and lands on a soft cloud. He closes his eyes and takes deep breaths.

"Hello, Spectra Speed."

Spectra shoots up at the sound of a new voice. He turns to his right to see an alicorn, with a dark blue coat, and a cutie mark of the moon. Her mane and tail looked like the night sky.

"My name, is Princess Luna. I need to have a talk with you. About your nightmares."

Spectra looked confused.

"How do you know about my nightmares?"

"I can see into the dreams of others. I see your dreams the most, because out of anypony in Ponyville, yours are the most saddening."

Spectra looks to the princess with a sad look.

"So, what do we need to talk about?"

Luna leans in closer.

"I know about Discord being in your head to."

'Oh buck.'

'Oh buck'

"Oh buck"

Luna chuckles.

"Do not worry, I won't punish you. It's not your fault he's there. Although, your dreams are the major issue here."

Spectra sighs. "So, I guess you've never heard of the infamous Speeds of Canterlot before?"

Luna laughs. "I was trapped on the moon for a millennia. Unless their a thousand years old, I wouldn't know them."

Spectra takes a deep breath. "The Speeds were the outcast's of Canterlot. Although, we didn't care if they didn't like us."

Luna raises and eyebrow. "Go on."

Spectra sighs. "One day, we were going on a family walk through the palace maze. We got up to the Discord statue, and that's when my mother got a knife held to her throat. She got killed and so did my father. The pony, Double Edge was his name, didn't want to kill me because he didn't want to be a monster. That's when two guards found me and got Princess Celestia. They decided to take me to Manehatten. They didn't want to explain to Canterlot what happened, so they said we all died. But, the princess moving me to Manehatten was the worst decision she could've made."

Luna looks perplexed. "My sister saved you and you're saying that it was the worst decision?"

Spectra nodded. "The family she gave me to hated me. They never treated me right, they gave me the worst food and they occasionally beat me. I ran away at age 13 and lived on my own for a while. When I turned 17, I got offered a job as a drug dealer, so me being young and stupid, I took the job. I lived for 11 years in Manehatten selling drugs and not having any friends."

Luna looked sad. Almost....sympathetic.

"I moved into Ponyville, and got smashed into the ground by the best thing to happen to me."

Spectra turned his head towards the cloud house.

"Rainbow Dash then took me in. after I lost a bet and sang for her. A few days past, then I did something stupid. I ran away into the Everfree Forest and got attacked by a manticore. When I awoke, I was in hospital. Rainbow was next to me crying. She did something I never expected. She kissed me."

Luna was listening with great interest.

"After that, we became marefriend and coltfriend. We hung out with friends...."

Spectra twitched.

"....damnnit. I hoped that stopped. Ah well. Anyway-"

"Why did you flinch when you said 'friend'?"

Spectra twitched again. "I never had any, so I'm not used to it."

Luna wrapped a foreleg around Spectra and looked him in his eyes. "Consider me your friend."

Spectra didn't twitch. He just smiled and nodded. "Thank you , princess."

Luna laughed. "Please call me Luna."

Spectra smiled even wider. "Anyway, after a while of being with her, I got a job offer for Cloudsdale Cloud Factory CEO."

Luna gasped. "That's the best paying job for a pegasus!"

Spectra nodded. "Exactly. I took the job and stayed in Cloudsdale for two years. I promised Rainbow I would return, and I did a few days ago. I got roughly around 30 Million bits inside a chest."

Luna gasped once again. "Woah."

Spectra nods. "Yeah. And just tonight I proposed to Rainbow Dash. She said yes and thanks to my massive fortune, we're set for life."

Luna clopped her hooves together. "Congratulations! You know, I only came here to learn about why your nightmares are so vicious, but instead I gained a friend and learnt stuff about him! Thank you, Spectra. Shall I visit tommorow night as well?"

Spectra nods. "I would appreciate the company, Luna. Thank you."

Luna starts flying up towards Canterlot, before she turns back to Spectra.

"I shall give you the best wedding present I can find! And, again, congratulations!"

And with that, the keeper of the night flew off towards Canterlot. Spectra sighs and flies back into Rainbow's.....No. Their cloud house. He crawled into bed next to Rainbow and fell asleep.

-----Spectra And Rainbow's Cloud House, The Next Day-----

Spectra woke up in Rainbow's bed. He looked to his sides and doesn't find his cyan fiancée. He gets up and flies out the window. He looks around and doesn't see her. He was about to go back inside when he heard voices. He looks down to see Rainbow with her friends. He flies a bit closer and hides in a cloud so he can listen to what they're saying.

"Rainbow, darling, he's only been back from Cloudsdale for a few days! Surely you wouldn't just up and accept a proposal from him!"

"Rainbow, Ah hafta agree with Rare. It jus' seems a little rushed, dontcha think?"

"Rainbow, you HAVE to let me host the wedding! It will be the best party- I mean wedding I've ever hosted!"

"Congratulations, Rainbow. I'll have to tell Angel this."

"Rainbow, this is going too fast! Just, tell him that you should wait for the right time!"

Rainbow was having the most difficult time holding back her rage.

"Listen to me, all of you! I won't back away from this! We know what we're doing! Just, back off!"

AJ steps forward. "Rainbow, why are ya so insistent on this?"

"Because I love him!"

Spectra gasped, as did all 5 of Rainbows friends.

"Darling, you can't mean-"

"I love him with all my heart! I want to live the rest of my life with that stallion and, if he wants to, grow a family and live happy lives! And none of you can say otherwise!"

Rainbow flies up towards her cloud house, but she knocks the cloud Spectra was hiding in, making him fall out and land on the ground with an audible thud.

Rainbow turns around and sees him on the ground. She flies down to him.

"Spectra, how much of that did you hear?"

Spectra pulls Rainbow in for a kiss then gives her a hug.

"Rainbow, I love you with all my heart. I want to be with you and grow a family of our own and live happily."

Rainbow cries tears of joy. She couldn't possibly be any happier then she was now.

"Darling, I still think this is going too fa-"

"Can it, Rarity."

Rainbow shocked all of her friends with that remark. She turns to them with an angry look.

"If none of you support me and Spectra being together, go away."

Only Rarity walks off. The other four have smiles on their faces. AJ steps forward and walks up to the couple.

"This isn't our decision, Rainbow. We're all happy for ya."

AJ turns around and heads home to Sweet Apple Acres, until a small, yellow blur flies past her and smashes into Spectra, knocking him back a few feet. The yellow blur turned out to be Applebloom, who was jumping up and down on the pegasus.

"Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!"

"Applebloom! That's starting to hurt!"

When Applebloom jumps off Spectra, he stands up and notices something.

"I see you like that hat I got your sister, huh?"

Applebloom nods furiously. "I LOVE it! Thank you!"

Applebloom runs into Spectra and gives him a hug.

"You're welcome, Applebloom."

Applebloom walks back to AJ and heads home. Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy all head home as well. Rainbow Dash turns to her soon-to-be husband and kisses him on the cheek.

"So, when's the wedding?"

Spectra thinks for a moment. "How about in 2 months time? On your birthday?"

Rainbow grew a massive smile and hugged him.

"Perfect! So, what do you wanna do now?"

Spectra thinks for a while before coming up with an idea.

"How about we just sleep today? I'm still tired and I have nothin' to do."

Rainbow nods. "Same here. Let's go, hot shot."

-----Spectra And Rainbow's Cloud House, Midnight-----

Spectra was once again woken up by his nightmares.

"Ah, well. At least I have Luna to keep me company."

Spectra flies outside the window and spots the night princess lying on a cloud. She speaks to him without moving her head.

"How do you think I did with my night sky tonight, Spectra?"

Spectra flies up and lands on the cloud next to her.

"Each of your nights are beautiful, Luna. You do a magnificent job. Every night in Cloudsdale, I used to look up at the night sky, marvelling in its beauty, before heading to bed."

Luna sits up. She was blushing.

"Why, thank you Spectra."

"Your welcome, Luna."

There was mild silence for a moment. Spectra closes his eyes and enjoys the night air caressing his body.

"I want to give you something, Spectra."

Spectra responds without opening his eyes.

"Sure. What is it-"

Spectra's eyes snapped open. The dark blue alicorn's face was inches away from his.

Luna was kissing him.