That next day after school, the girls offered to meet me at a local cafe called the... Sugarcube Cafe.
Once I left the school I saw Fluttershy about to leave, but I stopped her, "Hey... uh... Fluttershy?"
"Oh, hello Orion. Are you heading to the Sugarcube Cafe?"
"Yeah, and I was wondering if you'd like to ride on my motorcycle with me."
She blushed, and looked away from me shyly, causing my heart to nearly jump out of my chest, "A-Are you... sure?"
"Y-Yeah, but I mean you don't have to... i-if you don't want to..."
"O-Oh, I'd love to...," Geez, is this a competition of who can stutter the most?
"O-Oh, cool. Uh, I only have one helmet because I didn't expect you to agree with it, so you can use mine. Might want to put your hair in a bun though," She nodded in response as she started to do so, "I'll wait for you outside."
I walked outside, somewhat happy Fluttershy agreed to ride with me. She has that type of beauty that many girls from Earth seem to lack. Not to mention her unrelenting kindness.
A natural beauty like hers is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Rarity has her upsides, but Fluttershy... I just can't seem to stop thinking about her unparalleled, natural beauty.
I soon saw Fluttershy walk out of the school, her hair in a neat bun as she stepped up to me, "Alright, I'm ready to go," I stared at her for a good second before snapping out of my trance to lead her to my motorcycle.
"It's rather warm right now, huh?"
"Yeah, but it'll get colder in a few weeks. So taking your motorcycle will kind of be..."
"Hard to ride from the freezing temperatures?"
"Yeah, exactly. But now, it's fine. The cool breeze, and the birds that'll land on your-."
"It's think it'll be hard for a bird to land on my motorcycle when I'm going at blistering speeds down the road."
"Oh, have you ever considered cruising down the road?"
"No, but I feel like I should if I'm to enjoy this ride with you," Fluttershy smiled at me as she put my helmet on. I knocked on the helmet, earning a small, yet cute yelp from her, "Sorry..."
"No, it's fine, just didn't expect you to do that."
"Yeah, just making sure that it was tight. Sorry for startling you."
"No, it's fine. Let's get going. We shouldn't keep our friends waiting."
I nodded, and we both hopped on the motorcycle, "If you wanna hang on tight, just hold on to my jacket if you need to. I don't want you to slam into my back when I brake. And when I turn, keep your body straight. Don't lean the opposite way to prevent falling off. If you hang on tight, you definitely won't fall of. If you can, wrap your hands around the front and grip my jacket, alright?"
"Y-Yeah...," She did as I told her, and I lifted the peg from the ground. I began stepping back as I looked at her.
"Ready?"
"Y-Yeah..."
I slowly turned so that she could get used to it. I stopped fora second, and started driving off, "By the way, can you lead me to the cafe?! I forgot to put it on a gps. Or more, don't know how!"
"Okay!" We pulled at a stop light that was either a left turn, or a straight away, "From here, keep straight and you'll come across two more stoplights! Keep straight on both of them! After that, you should get down town, and I'll tell you where to go from there!"
"Alright, sounds like a plan."
And about 10 extra minutes of wrong turns, and traffic, we finally made it to the cafe.
I parked my motorcycle, and we both leaned forward to sigh, "Well that was more trouble than expected. If you weren't here with me, I don't think I would've never found it."
"Glad I could be of help, but let's see if we can teach you how to use your gps on your phone."
"Point taken..., but did you have a great time?"
"Yeah, it was great. I wouldn't riding with you more often," My heart skipped a beat as she handed me my helmet.
"Y-Yeah maybe I could... take you home myself..."
"Y-Yeah...," She stammered, a light pink blush spread across her bright-yellow face. She looked extremely adorable this way, "I would like that..."
At both stated at each other deeply, only for it to be interrupted by Rarity, "There you two are. Come on!"
"O-Oh... right...," We both turned away from each other, blushing from our previous actions.
We followed Rarity inside for me to see a unique cafe. It felt calm, and welcoming. But I realized since of the girls were missing, "Uh, where are the others?"
"Rainbow had a track meet, and Applejack left a few minutes ago to help out on her farm, and Pinkie is-."
"Right here!" Pinkie appeared from the back of my jacket, causing me to jump in shock again, "Did I startle ya'?"
"Yeah, you did. How do you do that?" I looked a the others, and they just shrugged their shoulders. I then asked, "Where's Sunset?"
"She's in the bathroom. She'll be out soon."
"Alright, well, shall we have a seat?" They all nodded, and I signalled Pinkie to hop out of my jacket, for which she did.
"So, this our first outing with our new friend Orion. And I did see that Orion brought Fluttershy with him on his motorcycle. How romantic...," Rarity said in a somewhat seductive voice, "How was it?"
Fluttershy chuckled and twirled her hair, "Well, we cruised on the by so that I could get used to it. We also got lost, but it was alright in my eyes..."
"Oh, it sounded like the two of you are getting along quite nicely."
We soon saw Sunset meet us at the table fixing her hair as she did so, "Hey everyone, so what did I miss?"
"Oh, just how Orion romantically drove Fluttershy here on his motorcycle."
"Now I wouldn't say it was romantic," I say in an attempt to correct her, but Rarity continued on.
"So Orion, when will I get a turn?"
"Oh, well, uh..."
"Ooo, I've never been on a motorcycle before! Can I be next Orion?!" Pinkie replied next.
"I've driven a scooter before, but a motorcycle sounds cool. Can you take me put for a spin too?" And then Sunset
Each of them, with the exception of Fluttershy, all tried to ride with me on my motorcycle.
"Come on Orion darling," Rarity scooted closer to me, and began to caress my chest, and traced her finger down my abdomen, "I would love to ride with you."
What the hell was with this weird personality change? She's trying to seduce me!
"Oh Rarity, stop trying to seduce him."
"Oh I wouldn't mind if he'd rough me up a little...," Wait, that last bit sounded a little... distorted...
"Rarity...," Everyone groaned in response as if she didn't sound off. I looked on in a little fear and confusion. They seem to have caught on to this.
"Orion, are you alright?" Sunset asked in concern, "You look like you had just seen a ghost..."
"S-Sorry, I just heard something out of the ordinary..."
"Oh...," Sunset raised an eyebrow as I rubbed my forehead to forget what I had just heard, "Well, if there's any problems, be sure come to us for any help, okay?"
"Yeah, thank you Sunset."
"Anytime Orion...," Sunset shot a look of relief, and concern all at the same time.
I smiled and looked at the girls once more before leaning back in the booth we were in, "By the way Orion, Rarity told us that you were an orphan. Is that true?"
"Yeah, I've been a orphan for the last 18 years."
"You were just adopted?"
I nodded, "Yeah, I was adopted a few weeks back, hence why I'm here at this time in the school year."
"Do you like your family?"
"Well, it's only me, and my adoptive mom. My mom doesn't have a husband, boyfriend, or any other kids at her home. It's just me and her."
"Well, I think that would be easy for her. She only has one person to look after. And you don't seem to look like a handful, so she has an easier job than she thought."
"Well, I try to help out at the house as much as I can since she works late."
"Where does she work?"
"She's a nurse at the hospital. So she usually works a double shift to pay for the both of us. While she's gone, I make dinner for her when she comes back, and do any chores so that she doesn't have to do them herself."
"Wow Orion. There would be so many mothers out there that would love to have you as their son."
"Well, I tried my best to be the perfect son, but it took 18 years to do so..."
"Oh Orion..."
I didn't want it sound sappy, but I guess it just happened. I don't like talking about my past, or really, I never got used to talking about it since I had no one to talk about it with.
When I ran away, I had no one. I was alone...
Alone...
Alone...
Alone...
I soon felt a hand grab mind to snap me out of my depressed state. It was Fluttershy's, and she had just shot me the warmest smile anyone could ever give to me. I looked around at the table, and so did everyone else.
Rarity, Sunset, Pinkie, and Fluttershy...
If Rainbow and Applejack were here, I'm sure they would have shown me the same warm smile.
I took a deep breath before sending a smile back at them. If this is what happiness is suppose to feel like... then I'll gladly greet it with open arms.
As the hours passed, we had forgotten about keeping time, and it was already 8:00, "Oh my, would you look at the time. It's 8 already. Huh, I guess we can call it a day here, hm?" Rarity said as she stood up.
We all nodded in response as we all stood up from our booth, and began heading out the door, "Thanks for inviting me out with all of you. I really appreciate the gratitude you have shown me today."
"That's what friends are for, right?" Rarity asked as she shot a warm smile at me.
"Yeah, I guess so. I feel like this will definitely change my life for the better."
"Hasn't it already?"
I chuckled at this as I stared into the starry night sky, "The sky looks amazing. It never looked this amazing when I was at the orphanage."
"Oh dear, well, I have an idea. How about we go stargazing one day. I bet it'll be a fun experience for us to enjoy."
"Stargazing, I've never done that before. Sure, why not."
"Great!"
"I'll bring the cupcakes!" Pinkie yelled as she pulled two cupcakes from her... hair, and began eating them.
"I'll bring a blanket for us to lay down on," Fluttershy offered.
"I can bring a telescope for us to see some of the constellations."
"Uh... I can bring uh...," I didn't know what to bring. I've never gone stargazing before, so I don't know what to expect or bring, "What else do we need?"
"Hm, well, we could certainly need someone to make some drinks to wash down the cupcakes. Do you know any drink concoctions that would be great for us?"
"Well, I know a few, so quite possibly. Alright, I guess I'll bring the drinks."
"Great, we'll talk about this with Rainbow and Applejack. So it's plan, right? When should we do this?"
"How about next week?" I suggested.
"Why not. Sounds like a plan!"
The girls started to converse amongst themselves before I started feeling drowsy. I felt my knees weaken from under me, and Rarity caught a glimpse of this.
"Orion?" I soon felt my body go limp..., and all I heard last was, "Orion...!"
I woke up in the clouds once again, and I called out to the goddess, "Goddess? Are you here?" No answer...
"Uh, goddess? Can you hear me?" Still no answer, "What's going on here?" I decided to lay down on the clouds, and just stare up at the sky, "I guess this may only be my dreamscape. It's pretty boring here. Nothing to really do here..."
I then heard a faint piano in the background. It was light, and elegant. I sat up, and tried to place the sound. However, it sounded like it was surrounding me. It never got louder, but it sped up as I kept standing. Once I was up right, it was at a blistering tempo.
I started walking in an attempt to find the source, but as I walked around the clouds soon turned blood red, along with the sky they were in. The piano playing started to sound distorted, and deafening. It soon started to sound backwards along with the distortion.
I just wasn't used to such a horrible sound. The piano sounded nice at first, but now... I just wanted out of this hellish world, "What is this!"
"You're mine...," A deep voice answered before I finally woke up. I woke up in my mom's bed, to see all the girls sleeping around on my mother's room. I turned to see my mom sleeping beside me, and Rarity sleeping along my leg.
I didn't want to go back to sleep. That world... is something I never want to see again. However, I felt the need to sleep once again, so I just glanced at Rarity, and began stroking her luscious hair before looking at my mother, and falling asleep once again.
I didn't see the clouds again, nor that hell that I had just left. I didn't talk to the goddess that say. However, I just wanted to never see such a hellish place ever again...