Starting Over 3: Return Of Spectra

Spectra was lying in the bed of Twilight's guest bedroom, in Nitro's bed, still unconscious from when he lost control. Everypony was downstairs brain storming. Everypony except the Hunter's. They were trying to find places to live. Although, Brain Teaser adamantly said he would stay behind and help the others. Nopony know's why, though. Nitro and Brain were in the  middle of a large circle of their friends talking to each other about what could be done about Dark-Red.

"Didn't Luna once say it was incurable?"

Brain rubbed his temples. "We have to think of something. Maybe we have to transfer Dark-Red into some other pony?"

Nitro shook his head. "No bucking way. For one thing, DR isn't another personality. He is all Spectra, but a bit insane. He's just another one of Spectra's emotions but greatly empowered."

Nitro took off his glasses and began cleaning them. "And besides, putting him in another pony? That's sick. Just passing on someponies problem onto another?"

Brain sighed. "Sorry."

Nitro placed his glasses back on his face and frowned. "Why do you care about Spectra, anyway?"

Rainbow nodded in agreement. "Yeah? He isn't your friend."

Brain blushed and looked over to Twilight, who was reading 2 books at once. Nitro looked from Brain to Twilight then chuckled.

"Ol' Brain has a crush on our fair Twilight, eh?"

Brain's blush grew deeper and his ears folded against his head. "Uuumm...."

Nitro patted him on the back with a smug smile.

"Hey, mate. Go talk to her. The rest of us will figure something out."

Brain smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Nitro."

Brain got up and walked over to where Twilight was. Nitro looked to the group. Discord, Rainbow, Luna, Himself and Sparks were present. They began brainstorming ideas but none seemed to work. After a few minutes, the Hunter named Charger walked in with Fluttershy next to him. On his back he was carrying a pack of bunny rabbits. He wore a massive grin the entire time.

"Brain! Brain! Look at the cute bunnies! This pretty pegasus has lot of cute little bunnies!"

Fluttershy blushed furiously with a small smile. Brain waved a hoof at Charger. He was reading the book with Twilight at a fast pace.

"That's nice, Charger. Go play with the pretty pegasus and the bunnies."

Charger smiled and walked out with Fluttershy, who was still blushing. Shadow and Aeb walked in a few seconds later soaked to the bone.

"We had to help the serpent get back into the water. It was wet. Apparently his name is Steven. It's weird, never asked him for a name all these years."

Shadow and Aeb sat in the circle and began discussing ways of getting rid of Dark-Red. After 10 minutes of failed idea's, everypony heard a noise from upstairs.

"Rainbow? Shadow? Aeb? Anypony?"

Rainbow turned around with a smile.

"Down here, Spectra!"

She heard hoofsteps and everypony looked to the stair's to see the blue pegasus. When he got down, everypony gasped and had shocked faces. Spectra gave them a puzzled look.

"What's wrong? Something in my teeth?"

Rainbow was terrified.

"Twilight! Get Spectra a mirror!"

Twilight and Brain looked up from their reading and looked to Spectra. Both had faces of shock as well. Twilight levitated a mirror over to Spectra and held it in front of him. Spectra looked at himself and gasped.

The pupil and iris of his right eye were dark red, whilst the other eye was the normal blood red.

"What the living buck is wrong with my eye!?"

Nitro walked up to him and checked him over. He got to his flank and gasped.

"Your cutie mark! It changed!"

Twilight levitated the mirror over to his flank to let Spectra get a look. The black side of his Yin Yang symbol was dark red now, the white remained untouched.

"What the buck is wrong with me?"

Nitro put a hoof to his chin and shook his head.

"I think the red part of your cutie mark represents Dark-Red, as does your red eye, and the white represents you. Which means..."

Spectra shook his head. "That means that Dark-Red and I are in harmony?"

Nitro nodded and smiled. "Try controlling him."

Spectra nodded and tried invoking Dark-Red. When he was invoked, only Spectra's red eye was glowing.

"So now I can control him?"

Nitro laughed and put a hoof on the back of his neck.

"Dark-Red and you were always the same person. Just...Dark-Red is the embodiment of your anger and hatred."

Spectra's red eye stopped glowing. "What? I don't hate anypony."

Nitro frowned. "Foster parents, Queen Chrysalis, King Cruor, Queen Crystal-"

Spectra put a hoof in his mouth and had an annoyed look on his face.

"Okay, fine. I hate a lot of ponies. But what are we going to do about my eye? Everypony will be afraid of me lookin' like this."

Rainbow flew up to him and gave him a hug. "Since when should we care what others think? Your still my Spectra."

Spectra smiled and returned the hug. He faced Nitro with a concerned look.

"But what concerns me is WHY we are in harmony now. It doesn't make any sense."

Nitro pondered for a moment.

"Maybe unleashing Dark-Red's true power like you did sort of unlocked something?"

Spectra shrugged. "Works for me."

"DADDY!"

Rose suddenly rammed into Spectra and made him fall on his back. Pinkie walked into the library with her happy smile.

"Me and Rose kept talking about Spectra while I was taking care of her and the twins and she wanted to know where you were."

Spectra got up seeing stars.

"That's nice. How are you, sweetheart?"

Rose was on the ground staring at Spectra.

"Daddy, what's wrong with your eye?"

Spectra frowned. "Nothing, Rose. Don't even worry about it."

Rose gave him a confused look that quickly turned into a smile.

"Okay!"

She happily hopped away and out the library. Spectra smiles and shook his head.

"She is a strange one."

Nitro laughed. "Indeed. I better find a new place to stay."

Spectra gives him a weird look. "Um, why?"

Nitro nods his head in the direction of Brain and Twilight. Spectra winked at him.

"Right. Wanna stay at my place?"

Nitro laughed. "Thanks, but I'll buy my own place. I just need to get some of my bits from Canterlot over here and I'm good. Take care, Speed."

Nitro walked out the door of the library and headed down the street. Spectra turns to Rainbow.

"Suppose we better get home, right?"

Luna and Discord also stand up.

"We best get back to Canterlot. Bye, Spectra. Bye everypony."

Discord snapped his fingers and the two were gone in a flash of bright light.

-----That Night, Cloud House-----

Spectra stood in front of the mirror in his bathroom, staring at his dark red eye. It creeped him out, but he was happy that he had mastered the use of Dark-Red. He knew he would never use Dark-Red again, however. Not after what he did to Cruor.

"You okay?"

Spectra turned to the doorway to the bathroom and saw Rainbow leaning against the door frame with a concerned look. Spectra nodded and cleared his throat.

"Um..Yeah. I'm fine. Just a bit creeped out by my eye and cutie mark..."

Rainbow walked up to him and gave him a small kiss on the cheek.

"If you don't like it I'm sure we can find a way to hide it."

Spectra smiled and kissed Rainbow back on her cheek.

"Thanks, Rainbow. Don't know what I'd do without you."

Rainbow giggled and punched him softly in his shoulder.

"You wouldn't be here, that's for sure."

Spectra grinned and looked back into the mirror. He looked into Rainbow's eyes through the mirror.

"I'm so glad you crashed into me 7 years ago."

Rainbow smiled and walked towards the door.

"Come on. It's late and we haven't done it in years."

As she said that, she swished her tail side to side and exited the room. Spectra looked back into the mirror and wore a smug grin.

"Gunna get laid."

He quickly raced out of the bathroom and into his bedroom to where his wife was waiting for him.

-----The Next Day-----

Spectra, Sparks, Rainbow and Rose were walking through Ponyville, enjoying a nice walk. On the way through town, Spectra got scared looks from ponies he passed by. His red eye was still around. He actually hoped that when he woke up it would be gone. But alas, it's still there. He sighed when he saw Lyra gasp at his eye.

"Rainbow, I want to get rid of my eye. Any ideas?"

Rainbow look up to the sky, trying to think of something.

"I know! Have an eye patch!"

Out of nowhere, Pinkie Pie appeared and threw an eye patch over Spectra's red eye.

"Pinkie, where did you come from?"

Pinkie smiled and began talking in a sort of tone you would use to talk to foals.

"When a mommy and a daddy love each other very much-"

Spectra put a hoof in her mouth before she could continue.

"Pinkie I know how that works. I do have a daughter."

Pinkie backed up, removing the hoof from her mouth.

"Oh. Right. But at least ponies can't see your red eye any more!"

Spectra looked into a shop window and saw a reflection of himself.

"Wow That looks pretty good on me. Thanks, Pink-"

He turned to thank Pinkie, but to see she had disappeared. Spectra heard a giggle and turned to Rose, who was holding a hoof to her mouth suppressing a laugh.

"Daddy, you look like a pirate!"

Spectra grinned and held his hoof up.

"Yarr! Me mateys!"

Rose and Rainbow laughed while Spectra continued the walk talking like a pirate. They reached SugarCube Corner and Rose practically raced through the doors and up to the counter. Mr and Mrs Cake were at the counter with cheery smiles.

"Hello, Rose. How are you?"

Rose was jumping up and down on the spot with a massive smile.

"I'm great! Is the new cupcake in yet?"

Mr. Cake smiled. "Yes, it is. I'll go grab it for you."

Rose's smile grew ever wider. Spectra walked up to the counter and leaned against it smugly.

"So, I take it you can pay for this?"

Rose laughed and poked Spectra in the gut. Spectra chuckled and ruffled her mane.

"Sure. This one's on me."

He turns his attention back to the counter. Mr. Cake brought out a cupcake that was pure white. Spectra pointed at it.

"Um. New cupcake? It's vanilla."

Mr.Cake laughed. "No, Spectra. It's a special kind of cupcake that tastes like the eaters favourite food."

Spectra looked at him weirdly. "Really? In that case grab us another one! I'd love to give it a shot."

Rainbow leaned in between Rose and Spectra with a raised hoof.

"Oh! Oh! Grab me one as well, please!"

Mr. Cake nodded and walked back to where he got the cupcake from. Rose grabbed her's and took a bite.

"It tastes like a peach!"

Spectra laughed at that. "I never had a peach in my life, Rose."

Rose looked to her father with a shocked look. That look quickly turned into a determined look.

"I will go and grab you a peach, daddy! You must taste it's wonder!"

As she said "wonder" she raised a hoof into the air and stomped it back down on the floor. She quickly ate the rest of her cupcake and ran out the door. Mr. Cake returned with 2 cupcakes. Spectra paid for them and walked out of SugarCube corner with Rainbow. She took a bite of hers and her eyes grew wide.

"It tastes like a raw Zap Apple! Man, those things might shock you, but it's worth the taste!"

Spectra smiled and took a chomp of his. He got a fresh taste of watermelon.

"WOW! I love watermelon! It was the-"

He stopped himself and looked to the ground in sadness. He sighed and looked back up to Rainbow.

"It was the first decent food my foster parents gave me besides the horrible food they got me usually."

Rainbow frowned and patted his back, then pulled him in for a hug.

"Hey, you're with us now. Forget about your past."

Spectra smiled warmly and returned the hug.

"Spectra! My man!"

Spectra pulled away from the embrace to come face to face with Ed.

"My man, is this your wife?"

Rainbow looked perplexed at why a random stallion was talking to Spectra. Spectra smiled and held a hoof out to Ed.

"Rainbow, this is Ed. He's a unicorn I knew from Manehatten."

Rainbow looked to Ed and giggled. "Oh well. So much for forgetting the past."

Ed chuckled and bowed. "Pleased to meet you, Rainbow."

"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!"

Spectra turned around and saw Rose holding a fruit in her hooves and holding it out to Spectra.

"I found you a peach! Give it a taste!"

Spectra smiled and ruffled her mane once again.

"Thanks, sweetheart."

Spectra grabbed the fruit and took a bite. It was an explosion of flavours he had never tasted before and he loved it. He swallowed it and wrapped Rose in a hug.

"Thanks, Rose. That tasted great!"

Rose giggled and kissed Spectra on the cheek.

"Anything for my daddy!"

"Woah, man. This your daughter?"

Spectra relinquished his grip and looked to Ed, who was grinning.

"She's cute."

Spectra laughed and winked.

"You know it."

Spectra took another bite of his cupcake to finish it off. What happened surprised him. The cupcake no longer tasted like watermelon.

"It tastes like a peach."

Spectra looked to Rose and smiled. He turned his attention to Ed and started walking towards his home with his family and friend in tow.

"So, how's Vinyl and Octavia treating you?"

Ed scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Well...."