I opened my eyes and looked around...yep, still in Equestria, still a pony, and still going out with Rainbow Dash. I got out of bed and went downstairs. I looked at the clock,- which I made sure to set right-and I had an hour to work. Looks like I woke up a little early. Oh well, that gives me time to work on the sketch for my costume for when I go to the Gala. I looked around for some paper (I'm going to hurt a small animal if I have to write on cloud) and something to write with. After a few moments of searching, I found what I was looking for(lucky for that small animal it was real paper and pencil), and I got to work.
As it turns out, drawing using your mouth is pretty damn difficult, but I got the important stuff down somehow. I grabbed my saddlebag that I bought two days ago and put the sketch in and headed out the door. Rainbow knew I would be at work, then go to Rarity's today to drop off my sketch. Hopefully that was it, and nothing...'interesting' would happen. Knowing my luck, something would. I flew over to the bar, and got to work. At lunch I (painfully) trained with Thunder. When I finished, I went to have a word with Barry.
"Are you going to support me at the Young Flier Competition?"
"Yeah, I'll be there, as long as Twilight can perform that spell to allow non-pegasi the ability to walk on clouds."
"So do you know what you're going as for the Gala?"
"I do, but if you're not telling, I'm not either."
"Okay, if we tell each other, we won't tell anyone else, deal?"
"Deal."
"So who are you going as?"
"None of the ponies will get it, but I'm going as Slash."
"HAHAHAHA! You like nothing like that guy! Not to mention you're nowhere near as good!"
"Maybe that's because I'm a fucking pony? So who are you going as Mr. Smartass?"
"Pffff, I'm not telling you."
"...It's my own fault for not seeing this coming..."
"Yes it is. Now if you will excuse me, I need to get this sketch to Rarity after I go train with Thunder again."
"Don't talk to me."
"Don't act butt hurt, like you said, it's your own fault for not seeing this coming. Anyways, later."
After yet another painful training session with Thunder, I trotted off to the Carousel Boutique to turn my sketch in. I walked in the door and rang the bell at the desk. "Just one moment!" Rarity called from a room in the back.
She trotted out and smiled. "Ah, good to see you Shadow, do you have that sketch with you?"
I held it up. "Right here."
She looked at it carefully. "This is incredible! How did you come up with this?"
"Oh, I have my sources."
"You certainly do. Now if you'll follow me to the back, I need to take some measurements."
"Lead the way." I said pointing my hoof towards the back.
After Rarity took her measurements, she lead me back to the front.
"You're costume will be ready the day before the Gala, and I look forward to this challenge."
"Thank you, Rarity. I guess I'll head back to Rainbow's now."
"Goodbye Shadow."
I nodded and trotted out of the door. This day went off perfectly! That's a pleasant surprise for m-just then, a pegasus that looked like he was middle- aged with the exact opposite color-scheme as me landed in front of me. Where I had a black coat, his was solid white. Where my mane and tail were black, and outlined with crimson, his were crimson, and outlined by black. Oh, and he had not fucking cutie mark to top it off. "Have you seen my son?" he asked
Fuck, I just HAD to fucking jinx it didn't I? "Uhh, depends, what's your son's name?"
"Now this may sound strange lad, but I'm from a different world. After I died, I requested to be sent to the same world as my son, I should have known he picked this one. And my son's name is Landon Flash."
No...nonononononononononono FUCK NO! "DAD?"
"Junior? Is that really you?"
"What the hell are you doing here?"
"That's no way to greet your father boy."
"WHAT. THE. HELL. ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
"Looking for you, of course. I thought you would have been happy to see me after all of these years."
"First off, it's only been a few days for me. Second I came here because it was the place I thought you would never come to. Third, you never once cared about me! All you ever did was keep me in your shadow!"
"Shadow, are you okay?" Rainbow Dash said as she flew towards me.
Oh no, not now. Please not now...
"And who is this Landon?" my dad said
"Who is Landon? This is Shadow." she replied
"Wait, gimmie a-" I started to say
"I'm pretty sure I remember my own son's name, thank you."
"This is your dad Shadow? And why is he calling you Landon?"
"I am his father, and that's because that's his name of course." my dad answered
"Wait, you're dad doesn't have a cutie mark either...and neither does Mint, and you act like you've known Mint for a long time...who are you?"
"Rainbow, let me explain, I-" I said, extending my hoof
"Get away from me!" she yelled and swatted my hoof away. She spread her wings and flew away to Twilight's.
"She acts like she loves you or something. But something like that could never happen. Let's go Junior."
"Don't. Fucking. Touch me."
He recoiled in shock
"Do you have any idea what you just fucking did? You just single-handedly ruined my life for a second time! Because of you, you just chased away the only mare I love! No, I'm not letting you win this time! I'm going after her whether you like it or fucking not!" I shouted as I flew off towards Rainbow.
I landed outside of the library, and knocked on the door. Twilight answered it. "What?"
"Twilight, give me and Barry a chance to explain."
"And why should I? You two lied to us!"
"If you give us just one chance to explain, we will never bother you again. Just please, if it's going to end for us, let us end it with a clean conscience."
She thought about it for a moment, then nodded. "Alright, you two get one chance to explain yourselves, then we're through."
"That's all I'm asking."
"Come in then, I'll send for Mint."
I trotted in, and found Rainbow on the couch, with her head in her hooves, crying.
"Rainbow, I'm-"
"Don't talk to me!" she snapped
"I know, I'm sorry Rainbow, when Mint gets here, we'll explain everything. I know I don't deserve to be trusted right now, but that's the truth."
A moment later, Barry trotted in. He looked like he knew what was happening. He sat on the couch next to me, while Rainbow got up and walked next to Twilight.
"Start talking. Now." Twilight said
Me and Barry looked at each other, and I nodded.
"What we say may sound absurd, but it's the absolute truth. Me, and who you know as Mint, aren't from this world. We are originally from a different world called Earth. There, my name was Landon Flash, and his was Barry Johnson. And, well- we died."
I got the expected reaction from the two, which was disbelief mixed with shock. I continued.
"I was involved in an accident where I was crushed, and Barry here got murdered in a shooting. After dying, I received the chance to start a new life in this world. I jumped at the opportunity. Two days later, or ten years later in my world, Barry was murdered and he too received the chance to come here. As soon as we arrived, we instantly fell in love with you two. But about an hour ago, my dad came here and ruined everything...we would have told you eventually, but it didn't see like the right time, and for that we are truly sorry. I know it's too late for apologies, but you should still know, we are. Come on Barry, let's go." Barry nodded and followed me.
We left the library without a word of goodbye, because we knew we didn't deserve it from them. We walked to the Silver Thunder Bar and trotted in. We headed to the bar and took a seat. Silver walked over to us.
"You guys look like hell, what happened to you two?"
I'm being lazy again, sorry.
I started to explain what happened, and when I got to the part about being dead, and he called Thunder over. After he showed up, I restarted my story for him. When I finished he looked at me with a calm expression.
"Either you boys are on the strongest drug ever found, or you're telling the truth. Because you two aren't the type to do drugs or lie about something like that. I can help you out, but you're gonna have to come in an hour early for the next two weeks, excluding your vacations to Cloudsdale and the Gala."
Our ears perked up. "How could we possibly get them back after what we did?" Barry asked
"It's going to take some creativeness, but I think we can pull it off. I'm still calling you Shadow by the way, but Shadow, can you sing well?"
"I took choir for a while in high school."
"Good enough. Silver, can you still drum?"
"Sure can."
"Where are you going with this Thunder?" I asked
"Nothing says sorry like playing a song right? And you must have all kinds of music that say that where you come from."
"Thunder, that's- that's brilliant (obviously)! But wait, how could we get the girls here, and how would Silver know how to play a song he's never heard?"
"While I get the girls here, you show Mint and Silver the song you're talking about and rehearse it a couple of times."
"Got it."
"And Shadow?"
"Yeah?"
"Don't screw up your life again." Thunder said as he walked out the door.
I immediately knew the song I wanted to play. I told Barry, who agreed, and we practiced for a while with Silver until Thunder got back.
"Okay, the girls are on their way, I told them that you two morons were drowning in booze and they had to come pick you up."
"You couldn't have made up a better story than that?" I yelled.
"You can't have expected this plan to be perfect." he replied
About ten minutes later, Rainbow and Twilight walked in. Thunder closed the door behind them, and stood in the way.
"What do you think you're doing? Let us out!" Twilight yelled
"Not until you listen." he replied
"Listen to what?"
Tonight we drink to youth
And holding fast to truth
(I don't want to lose what I had as a boy.)
My heart still has a beat
But love is now a feat.
Sometimes when I'm alone, I wonder
Is there a spell I'm under
Keeping me from seeing the real thing?
Love hurts...
But sometimes it's a good hurt
And it feels like I'm alive
Love sings,
When it transcends the bad things,
Have a heart and try with me,
'cause without love I won't survive.
I'm fettered and abused,
I stand naked and accused
(Should I surface this one buck submarine?)
I only want the truth
So tonight we drink to youth!
(I'll never lose what I had as a boy.)
Sometimes when I'm alone I wonder,
Is there a spell that I'm under
Keeping me from seeing the real thing?
Love hurts...
But sometimes it's a good hurt
And it feels like I'm alive.
Love sings,
When it transcends the bad things,
Have a heart and try with me,
'cause without love I won't survive.
We finished the song, and Rainbow and Twilight were stunned. Me and Barry walked off of the stage and up to them.
"We know we did you girls wrong, but we want to make it up to you. If you give us another chance we will never betray you again."
They looked at each other, then gave us a hug. We hugged for about a minute before Thunder cleared his throat.
"Right, lets go back home. Twilight and Barry, I'll see you tomorrow."
They nodded as me and Rainbow flew back home.
"I'm sorry Lando-Shadow...I should have tried to understand more. I never thought about how much you were hurting."
"You have nothing to apologize for Rainbow, I should have told you from the start who I was. I was just so worried that you would reject me and call me insane."
We arrived home and walked upstairs.
"No, I do have to apologize. I should have been more understanding, I should hav-mmf"
I silenced her with a kiss. She closed her eyes and kissed me back. For about three minutes we just kissed, then we got under the covers.
And Ima stop it right there :D. For 2 reasons: 1, this isn't a clop-fic. 2. I wouldn't know how to write one, nor want to.(Nothing against cloppers, it's just not my thing.) Also, this is going to be one of few serious chapters. I won't do a lot, but there will be some. Next chapter will be funnier, I Pinkie Pie promise.(By the way, that song was Love Hurts by Incubus). One more thing, I'm going to be changing my screen name on here. It's going to be Shadow Brony something like that. Anyways, I'll leave you guys with the famous comic-relief of the quote of the day!(Review or be destroyed)
Quote of the day: "You think they'll sign my tits?"- Me to my friend when discussing the possibility of backstage passes to a concert.