Family and Love

by WildStallion

Rating: everyone
Tags: Romance, Comedy, Slice of Life
Length: 5529

Soarin was going to spend a week with his marefriend Rainbow Dash, but a surprise comes up for him and her.

Soarin and Rainbow Dash have been together for almost a year now, and Soarin decided to surprise Dash with something on her birthday. But as soon as he arrives, a surprise comes along that would throw him in a loop: Rainbow's dad is visiting.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-05-02 22:29:27 UTC

Chapter 1: First Meeting

Chapter 1: First Meeting

Soarin was waiting at the Canterlot train station for hours it seems.  At first he thought he was early or that the train was late.  He wondered if he should just fly to Ponyville and see Rainbow Dash until he hears the sound of the train coming in.  As soon as the train arrived, he got on and was going to take a seat when he sees a pony with a rainbow mane reading a newspaper.  At first he thought it was some other pony until he sees the color of his coat is a pale blue.  He just shrugs it off and sat down on one of the benches near the rear end and pulled out a Daring Do book with the title Daring Do and the Temple of Chaos that Rainbow lent him.

(**)

About an hour later, Soarin hears "We will be ariving at Ponyville soon, next stop Manehatten."

"Rainbow was right, this story can be entertainning."  He was finishing a chapter where Daring Do was just helping some high up snob of a stallion that reminded him of Blueblood.  He then puts the book into his saddle pack and walks off towards the exit while at the same time he sees that same stallion stand up and heads off towards another exit.  He was confused at first and when he looks outside, he sees Rainbow Dash there and wondered whats she is doing there.  He decided to not worry about it and walked outside and off the train.

He sees Dash there and was about to walk up to her until he sees that same stallion walk up to her and they doth hugged each other which made Soarin confused and when he walks up to them and as soon as Dash sees him she says with much excitment in her voice "Soarin!  Your here as well."

"Of course, I'm here to see my marefriend when it's so near her birthday."

Dash then ran up to him and both of them hugged and locked lips together.  They stayed that way until a voice says "So Dashie, care to introduce us."

Dash then let go of Soarin and says "Oh Soarin, this here is my father Spectrum and dad, this is my coltfriend Soarin."

Spectrum then walked up to Soarin and says "Its a pleasure to meet you Soarin."

All Soarin could do is stammer out "Of-of course sir."

Spectrum laughs and says "Come on Soarin, we are family here."

Before he could say anything else, a pink energetic pony came out of nowhere and says "Oh my gosh!  Dashie's dad is here to visit!  This is so exciting and it's nearing her birthday we should thorw a welcome party for him first and then" but a cyan hoof was on her lips and Dash says "Pinkie, how about we have my birthday as his welcome to Ponyville party ok"

As soon as she let go Pinkie says "Well now, time to make the party twice as fun." she then bounced off and Spectrum then says "so I'm guessing she is like that."

"Yeah dad, she can be a handful at some times." Before Soarin could say anything Rainbow says "Hey dad, how about I introduce my other friends to you."

Spectrum smiled and says "Alright then."

As soon as they walked a bit from the train station they hear a soft patter of wings until they see a young pony on a scooter heading towards them,  They then hear her shout "Rainbow!"  she then skidded to a complete stop and said "Hey Dash, are you able to teach me to fly yet?"

"Not yet squirt, I'm showing my dad around Ponyville."

Scootaloo then looked to the stallion standing next to Dash and sees him smiling and say "Hi there, my name is Spectrum and you are?"

"Scootaloo sir." Replied Scootaloo with a bit of wonder in her eyes

Spectrum then says "Well its a pleasure to meet you Scootaloo."

Scootaloo then sees Soarin and says "Hi there Soarin."

"Hi Scootaloo."

"Hey Scootaloo," said Rainbow "Where are your friends sisters."

"They are all over at Twilights place."

"Thanks Scoots."

After Scootaloo left they went on towards the local library and on there way there many mares that are on the streets took notice of the stallion that is walking alongside Dash and Soarin and Soarin could almost hear some of them say

"Who is that stallion?"

"Some newcomer."

"He sure is handsome."

"Almost as handsome as Big Mac."

All Soarin could do is smile thinking they are talking about the stallion next to him and Dash.  All three of them continued walking towards the library.  As soon as they arrived, Dash knocked on the door to which some patter of feet and when the door opened, Spike was standing there and says "Hey there Dash, Pinkie is holding some sort of a party about some ponies dad is here."

"That's right Spike, and here he is."

She then pointed to another stallion that is to the right of her to which he says "Hi there, I'm Rainbows dad."

Before Spike could say anything, a pink blur knocked him to the side and says with excitement in her voice "Welcome Rainbows dad!"

Spectrum laughed under his breath and says "Please, call me Spectrum."

"Ok, Specks!"

She then went inside the library and Spectrum gets a confused look and says "Specks?"

"Don't worry dad," said Rainbow "That's just Pinkie being Pinkie."

"So you said in your letter."

Both of them laugh to which Soarin smiles and thinks "Glad to see both of them having a good time, this is going good so far."

He then patted a certain spot that resembles a small box that is in his bag and afterwards he followed them inside to join the party.

Chapter 2: Party Time

Chapter 2:Party Time

As soon as Spectrum walks in, he sees streamers and some confetti on the floor,  and along the bookshelves and a banner that is being hung between two bookshelves that says "Welcome to Ponyville Spectrum" to which he just smiles and says "We'll now this is a nice turn out."  Also some ponies that seem to be from around town

Dash then walks up to Pinkie and says "Pinkie, I thought we were going to have this on my birthday."

I know Dashie," said Pinkie with excitement in her voice "but then I thought that we should hold it today and have an even bigger party on your birthday."

All Dash could do then is shake her head and say "Ok Pinkie, that would be alright."

Pinkie then bounced away towards a table that has some food on it.  Afterwards, Dash led her dad to four other ponies that also came up to him and says "Hey dad, these are my friends Twilight."

"Pleasure sir." said a purple unicorn

"Applejack."

"Howdy." replied a orange pony that is wearing a Stetson hat

"Rarity."

"Charmed I'm sure." said a white unicorn

"And Fluttershy whom you already know."

"Hi there." said Fluttershy calmly

"How do you know him?" said Twilight with a surprised look

"Twi, me and her are from Cloudsdale and we were friends since we were little?"

Soarin then came in and says "Hi there all."

"Soarin, hello again." replied Applejack

After they were all introduced, Pinkie then shouts with excitement in her voice "Ok then, lets get this party started!"

So then after all that was done, Spectrum was shown to many other ponies that are there.  Along with some mares that went up to him just to get a close look at him to which Rainbow tried to shoo them away to little avail.  Soarin on the other hoof is trying his best to stick close to Dash but he seems to have a tough time so he went off to a table which seems to have some punch to which he poured some in and took a sip until a voice behind him that he regonized says "Hey Soarin, can I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure Spectrum."

Both of them then went to one side of the house and Spectrum stopped him and says with a serious tone in his voice "Listen Soarin, I hope you've been taking good care of my daughter ever since you met her."

"Of course sir, I've been a gentle colt to her all the time."

"That's good."

There was hardly any word said until Soarin says "Sir, I was hoping to ask you something."

"What would that be?"

Soarin then leaned into his ear and said something that was barely heard but Spectrum got a look on his face that might confuse any ponies that are near by.  He then smiled and says "If you want to of course you can."

Soarin then sighed with a smile and thanked Spectrum and went off to find Rainbow Dash.  He then spots her talking to some of her friends and as soon as he walks up to her, she sees him and hugged him and says "So, what did my did want with you?"

"Just a little father to son in law talk." replied Soarin

Dash then laughed at this and says "Well then, hope he approved of you."

"I think he does." said Soarin with a smile

"Good, then let's enjoy the party and have a amazing time."

So then the party went on for a few more hours with some games and food going around until it is time for Dash's friends to go home.

"Well, its been fun but I've got to get on back to the farm." said Applejack

"Yes, I have some orders to fill out for a customer." said Rarity

And one by one, they all said goodbye and went there separate ways.

As soon as they went outside, Spectrum says "Well, I better head off to a hotel now."

"No dad, you can stay with us at my house." said Dash suddenly

"No, I don't want to impose on you two and I'm sure you two want to have some alone time between yourselves." Spectrum says with a sly grin

Dash then gets a confused look but before she could say anything else Soarin then says "Don't worry Spectrum, I'm sure you'll be not imposing on us and she does have a guest room in it."

Spectrum then thinks for a bit until he finally says "Alright then, I'll stay at your house."

Dash then smiled and says "Alright then."

All three of them then went on towards Dash's house and as soon as they arrived, Dash showed her dad where he was sleeping which is on the first floor of the house and afterwards, Soarin and Dash then went up to there room and as soon as they went in Dash then jumped onto her bed and spread her hooves all over the bed.  Soarin laughs and says "Wow Dash, is there room for your coltfriend?"

Dash then laughs and says "Of course there is." she then made room for Soarin whom then crawls into the bed and suddenly Dash wraps her hooves around him and Soarin did the same thing and kissed her on the forehead and says "So then Dash, your dad seems to be awesome."

"He is, he was the one whom showed me how to fly and took me to my first Wonderbolt show."

"Nice." said Soarin with a smile until it turns into a look of concern and says "What about your mother?"

Dash herself then gets a sad look and says "Well, my mom died when I was very young from some rare disease that hits one Pegasus out of a thousand a year."

"Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about that."

"It's alright, at least she was there for me.  She was there when I got my cutie mark, and when I started to learn how to fly."

Dash then gets up and reaches under her bed and pulls out something that looks like a scrap book and opens it up to the first page and Soarin sees three ponies two whom he recognizes as Dash and Spectrum and the third pony is a pink colored pony with a blue mane and tail and a couple of blue lightning bolts as her cutie mark.

After he sees it he says "I assume that's her?"

"Yep, her name was Firefly.  She was amazing from what my dad tells me and how they met is a bit of a funny story."

"Tell me."

"Alright, my dad was a hoofball player and my mother was a cheerleader for the team.  While one day at practice, a ball was thrown and a receiver missed and was heading towards where the cheerleaders was and my dad flew as fast as he can and tackled the one that the ball was heading to and no she wasn't hurt just surprised."

"Let me guess, this cheerpony was your mother?"

Dash laughs and says "Yep, at first it was awkward when they finally got a good look at each other and they fell for each other then and there."

"Wow, your dad was pretty awesome."

"Yep, from what he remembered, him and my mom were voted for best couple in high school and most likely to get married."

Soarin then looks into the book and sees a picture of her mom and dad together wearing a suit and a dress at what he assumes to be the Pegasus prom dance that the Cloudsdale High School holds every year.  There was even a picture he sees when they are getting married and one where they are in the hospital with a baby Rainbow Dash.

"Is there anything about your mother that you loved about her?"

Dash then brings a hoof to her chin and says "Well, dad always says I take after my mom with her personality."

Soarin the smiles and closes the book and puts it back and says "Well then Dash, we better get to bed."

Dash then grabs Soarin and pulls him into bed with her and says "Alright big colt, but first, can we hold each other?"

Soarin then wraps his hooves around her and says "Of course my little Dashie."

Dash then laughs and Soarin says "What's so funny?"

"My mom and dad called me that when I was younger."

"So you want me to stop?"

Dash then pulls Soarin closer and says "No, please call me any time you want."

"Alright, my little Dashie." he said when he kissed her on the forehead and then her lips.

Chapter 3: Date Night

Chapter 3: Date Night

It is nearing the time for Soarin to pick up Dash for there date night and he still can't find a tie to wear with his black suit.  So far he went through about ten ties and bow ties and he is having difficulty choosing between a red bow tie and a black tie.  He is standing in front of a mirror in Dash's home while Dash is at Rarity's getting a dress ready for her.

After some time he finally decided to go with the bow tie and after he put down the tie he then uses his wings to put on the tie.  After about ten minutes of tying and retying the tie, he finally got it right until he hears a laugh from the doorway and when he turned towards it, he notices that Spectrum is standing there and says "What's so funny sir?"

Spectrum then walked in and says "No need for the sir, you can call me dad and you trying on that tie is funny, I remember on some of my dates with Firefly I always have trouble trying on a suit and she ends up helping me."

"That sounds nice."

"And don't worry about it, I'm sure Dash will be happy to see you."

Soarin and Spectrum both then laugh until Soarin checked the time and realized that he has only five minutes until he has to go meet Dash. "Oh my, I need to get going.  Goodbye sir I mean dad I mean sir."

After he grabbed some bits and left, Spectrum was about to leave when he sees a booklet underneath the bed which he grabs and sits down on the bed and opened it and sees pictures of him, Dash and his wife Firefly which for some reasons brought a tear to his eye and thought "Well Firefly, Dash has grown up to a nice beautiful mare and she even has a stallion whom I know you'll like."

(**)

Soarin was racing towards the Boutique thinking "Ponyfeathers, hope I'm not late."

Soarin then sees the Boutique and he then took a quick look at the clock tower and he sees he is only a few minutes left until he remembered "Oh no!  Flowers, I need flowers."

He then did a nosedive and landed in front of a rose stand very suddenly which caused some of the flowers to be blow away.  Soarin then looked up and sees the cream colored pony and says "Sorry, I need some flowers."

"Alright, since you seem to be in a hurry, you can have six flowers for twelve bits."

After she got some flowers Soairn then give her the twelve bits and says "Thanks Roseluck."

He then went off leaving Roseluck standing at her stand wishing she had a stallion whom cared and gave her flowers.  Until some stallion come up to her.

(**)

Soarin then finally landed in front of the Boutique with some of the flowers in a mess.  He doesn't notice it though but he doesn't care and instead knocked on the door.  But instead of Dash, her friend Rarity answers who says "Well, at least you made it even though you're a minute late but I know Dash and she may not mine so come on in."

Soarin then went inside and the first thing he sees that the inside of the boutique is clean and nice but no sign of Rainbow Dash.  He was about to ask Rarity where she is until he hears hoofsteps coming from the stairs which caused him to turn towards there and what he sees made his jaw dropped.

Rainbow Dash is wearing the same headdress that she wore at the Gals and he was wearing some gold hoofwear, also her trail that leads over her flank is in the color of the rainbow with some trimming that resembles clouds.  In fact the dress looked almost like her dress that she wore at that one time at the Gala and she seems to be wearing some makeup.

"Hey there, better close your mouth or it would stay that way."

Hearing her voice brought him out of his shock which caused him to hand her the flowers and say "Here, these are for you."

Dash then went up to him and took the flowers and says "Thanks Soarin, these are nice." She then leaned in and kissed him on the cheek which caused his wings to stick out and make him blush a bit.

They then heard a giggle which they find out is Rarity which she said "Alright you two lovebirds, how about you save some more later on your date."

All three of them then laugh and Dash says "Alright, come on Soarin."

Soarin then follows her and Rarity is watching them which caused her to sigh and say "Young love."

(**)

"So Soarin, where are we going?"

"Well, I heard it is a small restaurant that opened some time ago."

"Sweet, let's go."

Both of them then went off to the new café and as soon as they arrive, they see a small line at the front entrance and as soon as they land, they went to the front door and were greeted by a pony in a black tie that says "Hello, do you have a reservation?"

"Yes we do it is under Soarin."

The pony is then looking through the list until he finally finds it and says "Soarin, here you are you may go in and we will have a waitress take you to your table and serve you."

They then went inside and what they see is that it is half full and on the right is a bar that they see Berry Punch behind and serving some ponies that are sitting there.  And to the left is many tables and straight ahead seems to be a stage that seems to have no pony for now except for some instruments.  Soarin and Dash were then greated by a white coated and blue mane and tail who greeted them and says "Hello, I'm Rene and I'll be your server.  Please follow me and I'll show you to your table."

Soarin nodded his head and both he and Dash followed there waiter and were shown to there table which was near window that was facing town hall.  After they sat down the waiter gives them each a menu and says "All right then here are your menus and can I get you anything to drink?"

"Sure, do you have apple cider?" said Soarin

"Yes we do."

"Well then two glasses of your finest apple cider please."

The waiter then nods her head and heads off.  Soarin then looks down at the table set up and sees a small rack that holds salt, pepper, and sugar and in front of him is some forks and a napkin.  He was looking at it until he hears Dash says "So, how was your time away from me I'm sure you missed me."

Soarin laughs and says "Of course I miss you."

"Well then, how was your time away?"

Soarin thinks for a bit then says "Well, I had to show some new recruits at the Wonderbolt Academy because Spitfire was sick for a week with the feather flu and let me tell you, it was very tough."

"Sweet, so who are the new recruits."

"Well, Lightning Dust was one, and I forget the others."

Dash then got a surprised look and says "Wait Lighting, she's came back?"

"Yeah, she came back but she was better and became a better team player and between you and me, I think my twin brother Wave Chill took a liking to her."

Dash laughs but then she stops and says "Well, at least she is better."

Before he could say anything else there waitress came back with there drinks and says "Here are your drinks and are you two ready to order?"

Both of them then picked up there menus and Dash says "Well, I'll have the veggie salad with some cheese bread."

"Ok and for you sir?"

"Well, I'll have the same."

The waitress then nods her head and after jotting them down on a notepad she then walks off and left them to continue talking.

"So how did you find about Wave Chill and Lighting being together?"

"Well both of them have been dating for almost a month and one time I found them kissing each other in the mess hall at the academy.  It was pretty funny neither of us knew which one of us was more shocked me or them."

Dash then giggled for a bit and says "Hey Soarin, I'm wondering, I know that you and Spitfire were once together right?"

Soarin just nods and Dash continued "Well, how does she feel about me and you?"

"She's cool with it, actually she is seeing another stallion that's on the team named Fire Streak."

"Wait, Isn't he her brother?"

"No, that's Rapidfire and he is with Fleetfoot."

"When did that happen?"

"It was after a race that they had and well, they just hit it off right there and then."

Both of them then sat there for a while until Soarin says "I'm curious Dash, you told me very little about Scootaloo, do you know anything else about her?"

"Well to be honest, she is an orphan and we barely know anything about her parents."

"Oh, I'm very sorry to hear about that."

Dash just grunts and says "It's ok at least the orphanage she was at is nice."

"Wait was?"

"Oh her teacher, Ms. Cheerilee was nice enough to adopt her, but me and her hang out a lot."

"That was nice of her."

"Yep and want to know what's strange, her and Big Mac are together."

Soarin laughs a little and Dash joined him.  Both of them then continued to talk until the waitress comes along with there food which the dug into.

After they are done, they start to hear music and when they looked towards the stage they see a grey mare on a cello and a brown stallion on a piano also some couples going up to dance and Soarin says "Dash, may I have this dance?"  While extending a hoof to Dash.

"Sure Soarin."

Both of them then joined the other couples on the dance floor.  The music was a slow and sounded romantic.  They were dancing until they hear a pony say "Hey! Watch where your going!"

They then look towards the commotion and noticed some random stallion yelling at a young mare whom Dash recognized "Hey, that's Ditzy."

Before the stallion could yell at her some more a brown stallion with a hourglass as a cutie mark came up to him and says "Hey, leave her alone."

"Why?  Who are you to tell me that?"

"I'm her coltfriend and why don't you leave before you make a scene and embarrass yourself in front of your date!"

The stallion then looked around and stomped off with his date and the stallion then took Ditzy and left and payed for there evening."

"Wow, good thing she has a stallion with her." said Saorin

"That would be Time Turner, he actually met her a couple of months ago."

"Well the mood seem to be gone how about I take you home?"

"Ok."

After they went to the front and payed for there dinner, they then went on home and as soon as they got there, they then went on inside and Dash says "Well, I guess Dad is in bed."

Soarin then wraps his hooves around her and his head on her shoulder and says "I guess we should head to bed also."

Dash then put a hoof on his cheek and says "I guess we should."

Both of them then went on into there room and after they undress they then went into bed holding each other.

Chapter 2: Father and Son in Law

Chapter 2: Father and Son in Law

Soarin woke up with Celestias sun hitting his face when he opened his eyes and then he suddenly shut them.  He moved his hoof to his side expecting Dash to be there but when he felt nothing but the bedsheets he moved his head towards there and he then sees that there is a note there.  He then reaches for it and starts to read it,

Dear Soarin,

Sorry for not waking you up but I needed to get to work and my dad wanted to talk to you so, hope you to have fun.  See you later.

Love, Dash

P.S. Thanks for coming.  I missed you a lot and what we did last night was amazing.

All Soairn could do is smile and after he threw away the paper he then took a quick shower and went downstairs to find Spectrum at the table with some pancakes and syrup.  As soon as Spectrum sees Soarin he says "Good morning, Dash just left some time ago even though she wanted you up, I told her that I wanted to spend time with you."

"Yea, I got her note."

Spectrum then gets up and says "Are you hungry?"

"A bit."

"Then help yourself to some of these pancakes."

Soarin then sat down at the table and Spectrum hoofed him a plate and fork and Soarin took a couple of pancakes and syrup while he was eating Spectrum was doing some of the dishes until he says "So, how did you meet my daughter?"

Soarin had a bit of food in his mouth to which he swallows and says "Well I'm sure she told you already."

"In fact she did but I want to hear your version."

"Well, first time we met was at the Best Young Fliers Competition which she won with ease and she saved my life there.  The second time we met was at the Gala, which to me was boring until Dash and her friends arrived and I was so looking forward to hanging out with her but the rich ponies and the paparazzi were there to disrupt us.  And to be honest, that was when I fell for her."

Soarin then looked up to see Spectrum sitting across from him to which he says "Please Soarin don't stop."

"Well, the next time we met was at that one wedding and we danced and finally got to hang out.  And well that was when both of us hit it off for real."

After he was done Spectrum then laughs to which Soarin raised an eyebrow and Spectrum says "Sorry, It's just that is how she described it and to tell the truth, I'm glad she found you."

"What do you mean?"

"When Dash was growing up, she was picked on because she crashes a lot and that she was never good at any relationship."

Soarin then stopped eating and said "What do you mean?"

"Well, one time she brought home a stallion whom we all thought was good for her until we find out that he had another marefriend."

"He did?"

"Yep, when Dash found out, she was so upset that she put on a tough girl look to hide all the pain she felt."

Both of them then sat down in silence until Spectrum says "But I'm wondering, wasn't you and that Spitfire together for some time?"

"Yes we were, but we broke it off because both of us realized that it wasn't going to work out."

Now it was Spectrums turn to raise an eyebrow "How so?"

"Well, if you must know me and her were together for only one month and some reasons we broke it off was the paparazzi ponies spreading rumors like Spitfire having some other stallion somewhere else and that I was only getting to know her to get her spot.  But all of those weren't true but it was getting worse so we broke it off and remained friends."

Both of them sat there again in silence for a few minutes until Soarin says "So, Dash told me about Firefly."

"She did, well if you must know me and Firefly seemed perfect for each other that me and her felt we could take on the whole world."

"How was it like, meeting her for the first time?"

"To be honest, I was either dazzled or shocked to remember but from what my friends told me mine and her noses were touching each other and our faces were so red that is was very embarrassing for the both of us."

Spectrum then laughed and says "Of course we didn't run into each other until a few days later that at first both of us were stammering and you must understand, that every mare at the school were trying to be my marefriend but I didn't care about them until I met Firefly.  She was everything I was looking for, she was smart, funny, beautiful, and was a bit of a tomcolt at the time."

Both Soarin and Spectrum laughed until Spectrum says "Also on our first date I was so nervous that the flowers I got for her didn't do so well."

"Really, how so?"

"Well, I ended up eating it up half of it.  But Firefly was happy that I made it even though I was more nervous through out the rest of the date." Spectrum then sighed until he says "So, how was your and Dash's first date?"

"Well, me and Dash first hung out at Donut Joes, and then we flew around Canterlot and watched the night sky.  And yes I was nervous and I could tell that she was too."

Both of them continued talking until they heard the door open and they see Dash come in and say "Whew, today is a scorcher of a day.  We had to put up some clouds over some areas to keep them cool."

Soarin then got up and walked up to Dash and hugged her and says "Well that comes with the job."

Dash hugged him back and says "I know."

Dash then notices her dad and says "So, how was Soarin dad?"

"Well Dash, I could tell that you like him and he likes you, so I say that he is good for you."

Dash then runs up to her dad and hugged him and says with excitement "Thanks dad, your the best."

They all then sat down for lunch and talked some more until Soarin says "So then Dash, what would you say about me taking you out tonight?"

Dash at first thinks about what he says until "Sure Soarin, I would like that."

"Great, pick you up at six?"

Dash laughs and says "You know that we live here, but alright."

All Spectrum could do is smile and kept in a low chuckle.