As the sweat dripped down my face, i thought about the events that had occurred that night. Jubilees face, the moment Melody hit the wall, the fear as I watched the heart monitor beep along steadily. The feelings of guilt welled up inside me, making me push myself even harder. I sprinted around the track, and as I neared the entrance to the track, I noticed a familiar pony standing there, waiting for me. She smiled as I stopped in front of her, panting.
"Feather, you have to stop pushing yourself so hard. You're going to hurt yourself." Melody told me.
"I always work this hard! It's not bad actually. Once your hooves stop hurting, you can pretty much run forever." I said to her.
"Alright, that's it. Come with me."
"But I'm not done trai-"
"Now!"
"Yes ma'am!" I said in surprise.
After the incident at the Gala, Spitfire had told us that all three remaining teams had a kind of break for a while. I had planned to go to ponyville to visit everypony and participate in the Running of the Leaves. Mom said shed have a surprise waiting for me when I got home and, being the impatient stallion I was, I was leaving the next day. As we neared the dorm complex, I realized something.
"Melody, what are you doing over break?" I asked her. She was still recovering from a severe concussion, so I was worried.
"I actually don't have anything planned. Why?" She said as I held the door open for her.
"Cause I told my mom you were coming with me in my last letter to her!" I started running down the hall, laughing.
"Feather! Get back here!" I heard her running after me.
I stopped in front of the room we now shared and waited for Melody to catch up. She was the only one with a key, so I kinda had no choice. She rounded the corner at the end of the hall and ran towards me, laughing and smiling. I grinned, but that faded when I noticed she wasn't slowing down. She charged full speed into my chest, sending us both flying. I landed on my stomach and watched as Melody flipped herself to look at me. She moved herself closer and closer until we were touching noses.
"I'd love to come!" She said. She kissed me real quick, and stood. She pulled the key out of a little bag I hadn't noticed her wearing, and unlocked the door. I sped past her and jumped onto her bed.
"Get off before you get it all wet with your sweat!" She yelled at me. I began rolling back and forth on the bed, and Melody couldn't help but laugh. She flopped down next to me and we just sat there for a while.
"Well if you're coming, what do you need to pack?" I asked her. We took the next five minutes putting a few things of hers in a pack and before we knew it, it was dark outside. I flew up into my bed and as I pulled the blanket over me, I heard her flop into bed. A few minutes passed in silence.
"Feather?" Melody asked.
"Yeah?"
"Would you maybe want to go on a walk or something? I can't sleep."
"How about something else?"
"What?"
I flew down off my bed and poked her side.
"Move over." I told her.
As she slid closer to the wall I lied down next to her. She pulled the blanket over us, and within minutes, I heard her steady breathing as she slept.
Note: I'm sorry for taking so long on starting part four! I lost motivation for a while and no one is sending plot ideas. Send plot ideas to me people! I need to figure out how to make the chapters longer but it's really hard. Also, I started a Facebook page called FeatherDash, so like it to see updates and special previews of future chapters.
~FeatherDash
