Starting Over 3: Return Of Spectra

Star Burst shook his head and put a hoof to his forehead.

"Uuuh. What happened?"

Luna was crying tears of joy. He coltfriend was back.

"You died, remember? You reincarnated yourself into a friend of mine. But now you're back!"

Star was staring at his hoof.

"What? I'm in a different body?"

He looked himself over and sighed.

"Where's my awesome body?"

Luna giggled. "Like I said, you're using a friend of mines body."

Star looked up to Luna with a sad look. "Well, where is he?"

Luna was about to answer but stopped herself. She just realized what she had done.

"I-I-I don't know. I don't know where he is."

Luna sat down on the cloud and held her head in her hooves and began crying.

"What have I done!? I have no idea where he is!"

Star sighed and put a hoof on Luna's shoulder.

"Let's explain it to his friends in the morning. Does he have family?"

Luna cried harder when she realized again what she had done.

"Y-Y-Yes. H-He has a daughter and a wife."

Star shook his head. "No way. You didn't. That's horrible, Luna."

Luna nodded. "I-I-I know. Telling them w-what I have done w-will be hard."

Star nodded and removed his hoof from her.

"You bet it'll be hard. But for now, I suggest sleep. It looks to be midnight. We'll sleep here for the night."

Luna nodded and curled up on the cloud. Star looked to her and shook his head. He lied down and fell asleep.

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

Star woke up and looked to his side. Luna wasn't there. He looked around him and saw her through the window of the cloud house looking at him. She gave him a weak smile.

"You're awake. Now comes the difficult part."

Star nodded. "The very hard part."

He flew in through the window and landed next to Luna. In front of them was Rainbow and Rose. Rainbow stepped towards Star.

"Spectra, Luna says you have something to tell me?"

Star nodded. "Yeah. First off, I'm not Spectra any more. The name is Star Burst."

Rainbow gasped. She glared at Luna. "What did you do to my husband?"

Luna looked down to the ground in shame.

"I was selfish. I found a spell that removes Spectra from his body and allows Star Burst to gain control."

Rainbow flew up to Luna's face.

"Where is my husband!?"

Luna shook her head. "I'll tell you honestly. I have no idea."

Rainbow balled her hoof in a ball and yelled in frustration as she smashed Luna across her face. Luna fell to the cloud floor with blood dripping down her face. Star flew in front of Rainbow with his arms stretched out. His eyes were faintly glowing dark blue.

"Don't hurt my Lulu!"

Luna grabbed Star from behind and pulled him back. Star gave Luna a weird look. Luna shook her head.

"No. I deserve that and much more. We must work to get Spectra back."

Star nodded. "You bet we do. I don't want to be intruding on another ponies family."

Rose walked up to Star.

"Daddy?"

Star looked to the filly and shook his head.

"I'm sorry. I'm not your father. My name is Star Burst. Don't worry. I'll be getting your dad back."

Rose gave him a sad look and walked slowly into her room. The sight nearly made Star cry. He looked to Luna.

"Lets get to work. If I remember correctly, Kaor should still be alive. Bein' immortal and all."

Luna nodded. "Yes. He found a host and now lives in the Everfree Forest inside your old home."

Star's eyes grew wide. "Glad somepony found use for that old run down cave."

Luna smiled. "He's fixed the place up. We may need his help."

Star nodded. "I'll go get 'im."

Star ran up to the window and flew out at a great velocity and was flying through the air at high speeds. He looked around and saw the forest. He zoomed towards it heading to his home. The location was burned into his memory.

Luna and Rainbow stared at each other in the house for a few minutes before Luna sighed.

"Rainbow, I'm very sorry about what I did."

Rainbow gave her another glare. "Sorry doesn't bring my husband back to me."

Luna gave her a sad look. "I know. But I will get him back I promise."

Rainbow walked up to where she was lying and went right up to her face.

"And what if you can't get him back?"

Luna was about to answer, but stopped herself. She didn't know. She looked back up to Rainbow.

"I will get him back even if it means my life."

"LUNAAAAAAAAA!"

Discord appeared in the room with the angriest glare he has ever worn.

"I cannot believe you did that! You better hope when Spectra comes back he doesn't go Dark-Red on you!"

Luna gave Discord a hopeful look. "Can you bring him back?"

Discord shook his head. "I'm not sure. I will however try and bring him back. He needs his family as much as they need him. I hope your happy with yourself."

Discord snapped his fingers and a pile of books appeared on the floor next to Luna. He points to the books.

"Start reading!"

Star was flying through the Everfree Forest searching for his home. When he found it he knocked on the door.

"Hang on!"

Star realized her never had a door. The door was surrounded in a pitch black aura. When the door opened it revealed Shadow and Aeb sitting on the couch.

"Ah, Spectra! Come on in!"

Star shook his head. "Luna removed Spectra from his body. I am Star Burst. Which one of you is Kaor?"

Shadow pointed at himself but gave Star a weird look.

"I have Kaor inside me. I'm Shadow and this is Aeb. What did Lu-"

Shadow suddenly had a spasm. When he recovered he glared at Star.

"Star! What do you mean Luna removed Spectra?"

Star grinned a tiny bit. "Nice to see you to, Kaor."

Kaor shook his head and looked at Aeb.

"You wanna get involved in this?"

Aeb nodded. "Of course! Spectra's my friend as well!"

Kaor nodded and looked to Star.

"Lets get going then!"

Luna had been reading for a few minutes and found nothing. Rainbow was reading as fast as she could. Discord was floating books in front of him and reading as they passed by his field of vision.

"Luna!"

Everypony looked up at each other then down at the ground through the window. They saw Star jumping up and down with Kaor and Aeb by his side. They flew down to the ground with books in hoof. When Star saw Discord he took a battle stance. Kaor put a hoof on his shoulder.

"He's on our side. Don't worry. He's here to help."

Star dropped his stance. Discord cleared his throat and gave everypony books.

"Look for a way to get our friend back."

"Rainbow! Luna! Discord!"

Everypony looked towards the new voice and everyponies faces looked shocked at what they were seeing.

Star Burst's body was walking towards them. It was badly damaged and had cuts and blood everywhere. When he stopped he was panting. He pointed to Star.

"Give me back my body!"

-----A While Ago, Spectra's Perspective------

Spectra woke up somewhere near a waterfall. He looked around and saw that he was in the Everfree Forest. He got up and rubbed his head.

"Ugggh. What am I doin-"

He looked to his hoof and nearly screamed. He was in another ponies body. He held his head and began hyperventilating.

"Calm down, Spectra. Just calm down. You can easily fly home and-"

Memories of the night before rushed into his mind. He grew an angry face.

"Luna. I swear. When I get there..."

He got up and tried flying off but fell down. He looked to his wings. They were badly damaged and bent in the wrong ways.

"Celestia damnnit! Fine. I'll have to walk. I'll go to Shadow's place and he can guide me home."

Spectra started walking towards where he thought Shadow's place would be. After a long time, he arrived at the unicorns house. But nopony was home. Spectra silently cursed.

"Alright. Fine. Let's see if I can find the way on my own."

Spectra walked on for a while, before he saw the exit to the forest. He sighed and smiled.

"Oh, thank Celestia."

He kept walking on, before a Timberwolf jumped in front of him. He staggered back a bit at the beast. He tried invoking Dark-Red or Dark-Star or whoever he could but failed. The beast was getting closer. It was about to leap before an angering memory came back to him. He recalled what the Changelings did to his wife. His eyes glowed dark blue. The Timberwolf started backing away in fear. Dark-Star laughed.

"NOT SO FAST, PUPPY!"

Dark-Star launched a ball of fire at the beast, burning it up into ashes with blue flames. He reverted back to normal and continued on his way to the exit. He made it through and began his trek home. When he got there, he saw Discord, Rainbow and Luna. He waved a hoof.

"Rainbow! Luna! Discord!"

He saw everypony look at him in shock. When he got close enough he pointed at his old body.

"Give me back my body!"

Star shook his head. "This is weird."

Spectra looked at his old body and nodded in agreement.

"You're telling me."

Rainbow walked up to Spectra.

"Good. Now that we found you, we have to try and put you back in your old body!"

Discord nodded. "By the look of it, that body will not last long. We must hurry. Luna, is there some kind of Mind-Switching spell?"

She shook her head. "Not that I know of..."

"I believe I can be of some service."

Everypony looked to the newcomer. He was a unicorn and wore a hooded cape and had an emerald coat. His mane was yellow and his cutie mark was a drop of red water.

"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is King Cruor. I have a spell that could help you."

Luna stomped her hoof. "How can you be a king? Me and my sister's rule this land."

Cruor laughed and bowed. "I am King Cruor of the Darkane."

Spectra's eyes grew wide when he realized his cutie mark wasn't a drop of red water. It was a drop of blood.

Spectra gulped. "Well then, help us out. Use the spell."

The king laughed and got up. "Ooooh, but I want a price. I wish to sample the blood of Spectra Speed, the most powerful being in all of Equestria."

Spectra shook his head. "No. I'm not. Dark-Red is."

The king chuckled. "Okay, then. I understand that. But the price is all the same. Your blood."

Spectra looked to Rainbow. She was looking at Spectra weirdly. Spectra put a hoof to his mouth.

"I'll explain later."

Spectra turned back to the king.

"You have a deal. Now switch our minds."

The king nodded and used his magic. His aura was red. Spectra felt funny around his head and within mere moments his vision changed. He looked around and saw Star Burst's body. He was so happy to be back in his old body.

"Now..."

Spectra looked to the voice and found the king a few centimetre's way from his face. Before Spectra could react, the king opened his mouth and sunk his teeth into Spectra's shoulder and began drinking. He pulled away and sighed.

"I don't wish to kill you, yet."

Spectra looked at him while holding his shoulder.

"What do you mean?"

The king smiled. "I have an army. We will take Equestria. I will drink all of your blood, giving me your powers. I shall rule with an iron hoof."

He smiled at Spectra's shocked expression. "Take care, Speed."

Within a flash of red light, he was gone. Spectra stood still for a second before falling over. He lost a lot of blood. The last thing he saw before slipping away into darkness was Rainbow looking worried beyond all belief.