Chapter 1: an unexpected guest

"Pinkie!"

rainbow shouted out as she woke up. she was looking around, the room was filled with the warm and bright light of the dawn of the day. like a golden river the light broke through the windows and flood every corner of the room. " again that nightmare" she said to herself as she got out of her bed. she walked around in her room, looking at old photos of her friends and especially pinkie pie. at the breakfast table she took a cup of coffee and drank it out just as she was about to bite in a slice of toast, it knocked on the door.

"im on my way" said Rainbow Dash while she went to open the door.

as she opened the door, all of her friends stood infront of her.

"good morning rainbow" twilight said,

"good morning guys" rainbow answered, still a bit tired but happy

"what are you all doing here?" rainbow asked.

"dont you remember? we wanted to look for a suitable place for a Nightmare Night party together" rarity said.

"a party..." rainbow whispered to herself while the happyness in her face and voice faded away.

" yes, come with us it sure will be fun" fluttershy engaged.

"fun huh" rainbow said with an empty expression on her face more and more diving into her own thoughts.

"rainbow?... rainbow... Rainbow!" applejack called out, pulling her out if her thoughts

"uh what" rainbow said as she suddenly got out of her trance.

" whats the matter with you sugarcube? it seems like you aint be yourself today" applejack asked.

"its nothing really" rainbow said in a depressive voice looking at the photos on the wall out of the corner of her eye.

"you had those nightmares again had you?" twilight asked.

rainbow turned around, not saying any word and looked out of the window.

"we want to help you darling but you need to talk with us about it" rarity said.

"was it really necessary?" rainbow asked

"what?" twilight coutered

"was it really necessary to kill her? did we do the right thing? wasnt there just another way to stop her doing those horrible things?" rainbow asked rapidly while turning half around, falling more and more into a desperatly voice.

"rainbow,you said for yourself tha-"

"i know what i said!" rainbow interrupted twilight, yelling at her "i know... its just...since that day we killed her a whole year passed and since that day, in the moment she fell on the ground i had the feeling that we made a terrible mistake. i was possessed, possessed by rage and revenge. i didnt thought about what we were about to do.

over the time the feeling got worse and worse... i tried to hide it from you... tried to pretend that im happy... but

today i can barely live with it" rainbow explaind while still looking out of the window and silence filled the room.

"i know its hard and we all regret the loss of pinkie but i dont want to imagine what could have happened if we didnt stopped her, and how manny others would have suffered under her torgues" twilight broke the silence.

"but was it really the only way?" rainbow continued

"i had my doubts about it but i didnt really saw another option back then"twilight said.

"i just wish that i could undo this..."rainbow said distressed.

"...rainbow we-" fluttershy started but got held back by applejack who shook her head and said

"i think we should go now, she needs some time for herself"

and with that word they left the room and closed the door.

later the day, rainbow dash was sitting on the roof watching the clouds passing by getting more and more a dark attitude.

"if i only could undo it" she said to herself in a depressive voice, recalling old memories of the time with pinkie fooling around and putting up pranks. suddenly a slight sound of thunder was to hear and lightning was flashing off in the distance.

just as rainbow was about to leave the roof, she noticed a small, black stripe coming out of the clouds, moveing towarts the ground.

she took a closer look and saw a pegasus mare falling out of the clouds speeding up more and more while falling towarts the ground "why isnt she flying up?" rainbow wondered as she realized "dont tell me shes not able to fly anymore!".

rapidly she took off from the roof, flying at highspeed in the direction of the pegasus who was getting closer and closer to the ground.

"i wont make it if i dont speed up more!" rainbow noticed.

rainbow put all the power she had into her wings and with a enormous explosive sound she doubled her speed and left behind a sonic rainboom.

flying at sonic speed she got closer to the pegasus rapidly which was about to hit the ground. just a few meters from the ground rainbow catched her. she had a grey coat with a blue and purple colored mane and tail but without a cutiemark "phew that was a close one" rainbow said "i almost missed her" and took the pegasus to her room.

a few hours later back in rainbows room the pegasus woke up, opened slightly her purple eyes, comeing more and more back to her senses as rainbow looked into her face

"ah good you are awake again" she said

the pegasus looked around and asked

"where am i" with a tired voice as she tried to get up but stopped due she felt a pain in her left wing

"please stay down you need some rest" rainbow advised her "you are at my home i brought you here since you fell unconscious out of the clouds" she continued. the pegasus looked at her wing

"were you treating my wounds?" she asked

"no i called a doctor he was here just a few minutes ago he said that its nothing serious, you would just need some bedtime. but who are you anyway?" rainbow asked.

"i am..." she started but stopped her sentence, thinking about the question "i am... i... i dont know..." the pegasus answered.

"you dont remember who you are?" rainbow encounered

"no... the last thing i recall is a flashing bright light that came out of nowhere" said the pegasus.

"you almost got hit by a lightning bolt. it seems like it only striped your left wing but still its a miracle that nothing worse happened to you" rainbow said.

"how do you know that?" the pegasus wondered

"i talked with the doctor about what happened" rainbow said "he guessed it because of the burn injuries on your left wing". "and...may i ask who you are?" the pegasus asked.

rainbow dash looked at her with a wondering expression on her face, as she noticed that she didnt introduced herself

"oh im sorry i completely forgot about that, my name is Rainbow Dash but my friends call me Rainbow or just RD most of the time" rainbow explained

"thank you Rainbow Dash, i dont know what would have happened to me without you" the pegasus said smiling.

"well you probably would have crashed into the ground and...uhh sorry" rainbow stopped the sentence, noticed that it was quite unfitting in this situation.

the pegasus giggled "no its alright i mean its true isnt it?" she said

"yeah its true" rainbow said in a slight happy voice as it suddenly knocked rapidly on the door "yeah yeah im coming why so unpationed?" rainbow asked a bit nerved.

she opened the door and twilight stood exthausted and out of breath infront of her. "twilight? whats the ma-"

"i need to talk to you rainbow" twilight interrupted rainbow "i was in pinkie's basement again, i found something really important considering the murders,the torgues,pinkie just everything and..." twilights view fell on the pegasus on rainbows bed and she ended her sentence "ow..youve got a guest?" twilight noticed

"well i was on the roof as she suddenly fell unconscious from the sky. i catched her and brought her back to my room it seems like her left wing got hit by a lightning bolt also she cant remember anything not even her name" rainbow explained

"i see..." twilight encountered "anyway i need to talk to you as i said but i think we shouldnt drag her into this" she suggested.

"so where should we go then?" rainbow asked

"i think we should meet up with the others. how about applejacks farm?" answered twilight

"alright ill leave and call the others and you stay in bed as long as im gone okay?" rainbow advised the pegasus

"yes, will do" she answered with a smile on her face and rainbow left the room with twilight.