The Assistant

RainbowDash moved the last cloud in place over sweet apple acres. Her body ached all over, and she was in desperate need of a nap. Last night had been fun, but exhausting. First they flew to cloudsdale so fast that she almost made a sonic rainboom. After the dinner they had to fly back, slower, but they were tired from dinner. Once they got home, they decided that the climax of night would be held there, several times. She had finally gotten to sleep at about 2:00, and then she had gotten up at 8:00 to move all the clouds over ponyville to sweet apple acres. She hoped Red Mist was a slow flyer, so she could take a nap while he cleared all the clouds. She heard hooves trotting on the ground bellow, and upon looking down she saw that it was Red Mist. She fluffed part of the starting cloud, turning it into a pillow.

"Yo, Red,"She shouted down to him,"Up here, I got work for you!"

"Yes Mam! On my way!"Red Mist shouted back, flying up to meet her.

"Alright,"RainbowDash started with a yawn,"I spent all morning moving these clouds here so I can see what kind of skill you have."

"Yes mam."Red mist replied, getting in take off position.

"Alright,"RainbowDash said, raising a stopwatch,"3, 2, 1, GO!"

Red Mist's take off almost knocked RainbowDash off the cloud. She tried to find him, instead she only saw a stream of red zooming around through clouds faster than her eyes could follow. he zoomed here and there, leaving no cloud behind. in just a few seconds, he was speeding back towards her. She jumped out of the way to avoid being hit. The stopwatch fell to the ground, shattering as it made impact with the earth. She didn't need it though. He was incredibly fast, maybe even faster than her.

She looked at him and took in his appearance for the first time. He was slightly taller than her, a little over four foot. his mane was dark grey, making his red mane, tail, and wings stand out drastically. His eyes were a deep blue that seemed to move like water. His cutie mark was by far the most eye catching feature of him.It resembled a flower with just pedals, each of the six a different color, all surrounded by a white outline. She realized that she had a massive wing-boner, and quickly shot her wings down.

"Holy Shit!"RainbowDash exclaimed, her wings shooting back up.

"I know, sorry,"Red mist said apolitically,"too hard of a landing, I know, I'm sorry ma'am, it won't happen again."

"What?"RainbowDash said,very confused,"No, no, that's not what I'm talking talking about."

"Then why did you scream 'holy shit'?"Red Mist asked, equally confused.

"You flew so fast!"RainbowDash screamed,"You cleared the whole sky in like, five seconds!"

"Oh, that,"Red Mist said shyly,"That's nothing, really."

"What do you mean, 'that's nothing'?"RainbowDash screamed, even more confused,"That was amazing!"

"No, it was nothing, really,"Red Mist insisted, growing quieter with every word.

"Ok, Listen,"RainbowDash said strictly,"As your boss, I demand you accept the fact that your flying is awesome."

"Ok,"Red Mist said barely audible,"Um, thank you."

"Your welcome,"RainbowDash said,"Now come here, I have an idea."

As per RainbowDash's plan, whenever the forecast was cloudy or clearer, Red Mist took the skies. Otherwise, RainbowDash was in charge. Since this gave her alot of spare time to hang out with Thunderlane and her friends, she decided to split the pay with Red Mist, 75-25 her, of course. For the next couple weeks things went smoothly, everypony was happy, and she was having more fun than ever before. Her love life improved, the other residents of ponyville got to spend more time in the sun, and best of all, she got a raise. Then, one day, Red Mist approached her.

"Hey there boss,"He announced as he approached her wearing a small saddle bag.

"Oh, Hi Red,"RainbowDash replied,"Whats in the bag?"

"Here, take one,"Red Mist said.He gave her one of the envelopes,"It's an invitation to my house warming party, I've been waiting to have one until I was settled in, and now that i have I'm throwing one.

"Who's going to be there?"RainbowDash asked. As far as she knew, Red Mist only came outside of his house to do the weather, and that only took him a few seconds each day. Nopony ever visited him, and now that she thought about it, he probably didn't have any friends outside of, wherever he was from.

"I'm inviting everypony in ponyville, and a few friends from out of town too,"Red Mist said proudly,"Will you come?"

"Sure, is it alright if I bring a date?"RainbowDash asked.

"No problem,"Red Mist answered.

"Alright then, count me in!"RainbowDash said happily,"When is it?"

"Tonight at dusk,"Red Mist replied.

"I'll be there,"RainbowDash said. She was curious on what kind of party he could throw, and what his friends were like. He was obviously rich, he could afford six unicorns just to carry his mass of luggage, so she assumed at first that his friends would be snotty and stuck up. Then again, he flew faster than anypony she'd ever seen, beside herself of course, so he was at least a little awesome and so his friends might be to. After reading the invitation she was relived to see that it said dress casual. She flew home to tell Thunderlane about it.

"Thunderlane!"She screamed upon entering her kick-ass cloud mansion.

"Yeah Dash?"Thunderlane replied as he came walking down the stairs.

"Do you want to go to Red Mist's house warming party tonight at 10:00?"She asked.

"Sure I heard that it was going to be pretty cool."He replied,"Do you know if he really hired Vinyl Scratch?"

"I don't know, I just heard about it,"She replied,"I guess we'll find out when we get there."

"Well, if it starts at 10:00, it'll probably last all night,"Thunderlane said seductively,"How about we go upstairs and have a little fun before the party?"

"Race ya!"She replied, dashing to her bedroom.

Many orgasms later, they left the house and went to the party. They were only half an hour late, but the party was in full swing. Vinyl Scratch was indeed DJing, and tons of ponies were dancing and conversing, a few pegasi were having a race on a track made of clouds over the entire party.

"You want to join the race?"Thunderlane asked.

"In a sec,"RainbowDash replied as her stomach emitted a thundering growl,"I'm gonna see if they have anything to eat around this place.

"Alright, see you on the track,"Thunderlane replied, speeding off to the track.

She flew down and entered the house. It was beautiful inside, and all the ponies inside were dancing to the dubstyle blasting throughout the building. She found the kitchen, and almost exploded from want. The central table was covered in delicious looking food, most of which she couldn't name. She started making a plate, but something caught her eye. A group of seven ponies, led by Red Mist, was making its way to through the party, paying no attention to the ponies around them. She figured these were some of the friends Red Mist had told her about, but the last pony in line proved her wrong. None other than Twilight Sparkle brought up the rear, leaving RainbowDash extremely confused. She walked toward the posse, forgetting her hunger.

"Hey Twilight!"She said when she caught up with them."Great party, huh?"

"Oh!"Twilight jumped as she heard her name,"Hi Dash, Albert sure does know how to throw one."

"Albert? Oh, you mean Red Mist,"RainbowDash replied, temporarily forgetting his real name,"Speaking of which, where are you guys going?"

"Oh, no where in particular,"Twilight said.

"You mean like a tour?"RainbowDash replied, detecting the lie,"Can I come?"

"Well, um..."Twilight tried to think of an excuse.

"Miss Sparkle,"Red Mist shouted from the front of the pack,"This way please."

"Coming Mister Jordenson!"Twilight shouted back, trotting to catch up.

"Mister Jordenson?"RainbowDash said questioningly flying next to Twilight,"Whats going on here?"

"Dammit, Dash!"Twilight exclaimed, stopping to face her friend,"Your going to get me in trouble! Hold still!"

Twilight's horn glowed, and then RainbowDash felt the spell hit her. She tried to ask what Twilight had done, but she found herself unable to make a sound. She looked at her hooves, but saw only air.

"Nopony can see or hear you now,"Twilight explained,"Stick close, and don't touch anything or anypony, and try not to fly to much, you make a breeze."

RainbowDash landed and galloped silently next to Twilight. The Group was headed towards a door on the other side of the entrance hall. Two unicorns stood leaning against the wall on either side of the door. They walked through, RainbowDash barely making it through before the door closed. They all walked down a small flight of stairs, at the bottom of which was a small room with just one metal door with no knob. Red Mist walked up to the a panel next to the door, holding his knee up to it. A moment later, the door opened and Red Mist led the group through. This door shut so abruptly that she had to jump slightly to make it through, even so her tail got snipped slightly. She looked around the room, and what she saw made her more confused than ever before.

The room was a firing range, the other side barely being visible in the darkness. There was a wall set up, turning the room into a twenty by twenty square. In the middle of the room there was a huge machine. It was at least eight feet tall, and twice as long. it looked like a giant mechanical coffin with some sort of satellite dish and a tube of some sorts on it. The ponies organized themselves around the room, Red Mist and Twilight standing on either side of the device. the rest of the ponies organized them selves along the walls, leaving RainbowDash to stand next to the glass wall that seperated there portion of the room with the down range.

"Filly's and Gentlecolts,"Red Mist began to say in presentation type voice,"I Present to you the weapon you've all been waiting for, the Electra-Magic Laser-500, or EML-500 for short. This weapon has a long enough range to hit any thing it can see and enough power to destroy the target. Though it is currently in its prototype stages and cannot  fire above 20% power, it is still a force to be reckoned with. I will now demonstrate the Electric power only mode at 5% power."

Red Mist turned around and started pushed a series of buttons. The EML started to glow and hum, make low but powerful vibrations that she could feel. Red Mist moved a lever slightly upward, and stopped with it just off the starting point. The humming was so intense she thought her coat might just pop off. Red Mist pushed one more button, causing a laser beam that was all of the colors of the rainbow at once. It's light illuminated the rest of the range, reveling a pony shaped gel figure. A second later the dummy was on fire, both its chest and backside left black from the heat. the laser had shot straight through and left a small red spot on the wall.

"Now, that was only at 5% with no magical energy."Red Mist started again,"If we add the same amount of magical energy to the beam it becomes much more powerful. Miss Sparkle, if you would."

"Yes, Mister Jordenson."Twilight replied. She turned to face the satellite dish. Lowering her head so that her horn pointed straight at it, she shot a beam of magical essence into it. RainbowDash expected the device to be partially destroyed, instead it simply absorbed the beam Twilight was shooting at it. It started to glow and hum again, louder and more intense than before. RainbowDash started to get a headache, but the other ponies in the room seemed unaffected. After about a minute of magic absorption, Twilight raised her head and stepped back, looking slightly light headed.

"Thank you, Miss Sparkle,"Red Mist said politely as she stepped back against the wall,"Now, for the EML-500 at 5% on the elctra-magic mode." He pushed a different sequence of buttons, making the humming increase in pitch and volume. Rainbow dash was sure her ears would start bleeding when he raised the lever to the same spot. Then he pushed the button. RainbowDash jumped out of the way, almost bumping into the pegasus next to her. The beam emitted a huge amount of heat, and even more light. When it reached the end of the range the dummy was completely obliterated, not even the smallest piece of charred gel remained. The space where the dummy was charred black, the small red dot doubled onto the floor and was multiplied in size by ten.

"Doesn't seem very effective against armored targets, or large amounts of infantry for that matter," RainbowDash looked at the speaker. It was the pegasus that was standing next to her. She took in his appearance, and came to a very sudden realization that he looked almost exactly like Red Mist. The only difference was the coloration. Red mist had red wings, mane, and tail with blue eyes, where as this pony had blue wings, mane, and tail with red eyes. They had the same build, same coat color, even the same hair style.

"Well, father,"Red Mist started, answering the question that had arisen in Dash's head,"It is still in the prototype stages and that was at very low power. It will be more powerful when it is complete."

"Even so, I feel that you should have made more progress,"Red Mists father stated.

"Oh give the boy a break Albert,"A wizened looking old unicorn said,"He's only been here a month! I for one believe this is spectacular progress."

The ponies around the room nodded there agreement. Red Mist's father, Albert, looked angry, almost as if he might hit the old man for speaking against him. The room was silent for a minute. Red Mist cleared his throat and started speaking again.

"Well,"He said nervously,"I hope you all enjoyed the presentation, feel free to stay for the rest of the party."

The ponies clapped their hooves and then started to file out, Red Mist and Twilight bringing up the rear. As they all left, RainbowDash tried to comprehend what she had just seen. No matter how she thought about it it just didn't make sense. She waited until twilight was separated from the others and tapped her on her back.

"Oh!"Twilight said with a start,"Hello?"

RainbowDash hit her in the forehead with her hoof, slightly harder than she might have under normal circumstances.

"Ow!"Twilight said,"Oh yeah! RainbowDash, follow me."

They went outside and to a puddle a little ways away from the party.

"Stand in the water and don't move, its the only way I'll be able to know for certain where you are,"Twilight explained.

RainbowDash stood in the puddle. Twilight lowered her horn and pointed it right at her. Her horn glowed and a beam shot out. when it was gone Dash looked at her hooves. They were there again, and she immediately used them to hit Twilight in the face, hard.

"OW!"Twilight screamed,"What the hell was that for?"

"Do you want to explain to me what the fuck that was all about?!?!"RainbowDash screamed furiously.

"I will,"Twilight said,"But not here. there are too many untrustworthy ears. I'll tell you tomorrow."

"Fine,"RainbowDash sighed. She knew there was no arguing with the newly made princess about simple matters, and this was obviously a huge thing. She wasn't about to wait hours though. She decided to try and find Red Mist, he should answer her questions.

As she entered the house once more she found even more crowded. She tried to shove her way through, but eventually was forced to take to the air. She looked around, but couldn't find Red anywhere. She started to fly towards the stairs, but was stopped by a sudden tap on her shoulder.

"Enjoying the party?"She turned around and found herself face to face with Red Mist."I didn't spare one bit. Do you like it?"He seemed slightly to happy, almost fake.

"Sure,"She replied,"Listen, I need to talk to you..."

"Were you the one Twilight snuck in?"Red Mist replied,"Did you have any questions about the presentation?"

"Wait,"Dash started, confused,"How did you...?"

"Twilight's spell was a very good one,"He explained,"But when I fired the Electra-Magic beam the light and neat were ever so slightly warped by your presence. Don't worry, I'm the only pony who noticed, your secret is safe with me."

"Ok,"She replied, getting back on topic,"And I do have just one question."

"Yes?"He said.

"What the fuck is going on here?!?!?!?!?"

"Ah,"He said, having guessed the question before hoof,"Alas, you ask the one question I cannot answer right now, for the same reason as Twilight stated earlier."

"Wait, How?"She began,"You know what? I don't give a shit. Explain your self."

"Sorry,"He said, teasingly. She was started to think he was drunk,"I just cant tell you that right now. But tell you what, come by my house at about noon, and I'll give you a much better explanation than Twilight can."

"Hmm"RainbowDash thought about it. Twilight was her friend, and she trusted her, but Red Mist had definitely been in charge down there,"Alright, fine."

"Great!" he yelled. She could smell the alcohol in his breath,"It's a date. Now please, enjoy the party!"He flew off.

She was about to fly after him, but her stomach growled again and she decided to go back to the kitchen.