My Little Pony: The Acceptance of Friendship
Chapter 11
Rarity's Hero
The next morning, Neo got up and sat up at the side of his bed, he remembered his birthday party yesterday and he had a wonderful time at the party, he'll never forget the group hug from the ponies, it was the most wonderful moment of his life and he'll cherish it for the rest of his life.
Neo's white makeup had finally come off, but he didn't mind, he quickly put on the new shoes he got from Rainbow Dash, he went downstairs and saw Spike doing his regular chores, Spike saw Neo run out of the house in kind of hurry, he wondered why Neo was in a hurry, but he went back to doing his chores, Neo walked down the road playing a song (Clockwork Orange March), he walked to the field where he took his night flight, when he got to the field, he played another song (Techno Syndrome 7'' Mix by the Immortals), and he started doing Mortal Kombat moves. Neo pulled out a butterfly knife and threw it (like Kano's blade toss in Mortal Kombat 3), he did Liu Kang's bicycle kick and fireball, he shot a spear out of his hand like Scorpion, he did a shadow kick like Johnny Cage, he threw a fan like Kitana, he did a tele-stomp like Quan Chi, he did a freeze blast like Sub-Zero, he shot a fireball blast out of his head like Kabal, and he when his song ended, he finished his exercise a Ninja move.
Then Neo left the field, singing another song (Udan Liris by female sundanese singer with batjapi player) and another song (Sorban Palid by female sundanese singer, batjapi player and violinist) as he walked, he found a big rock laying on the ground. Neo could tell there was something special about the rock, and the rock felt like it had something inside of it. Neo cracked the rock opened and inside the rock was a silver diamond, Neo examined the diamond and said to himself, "I think I might know somepony who might want this." Neo put the diamond in his pocket and headed towards Ponyville.
Neo came to Rarity's house, she saw that she was not home, but the door was unlocked, he went inside and looked around the room, he went through some drawers and found what he was looking for, he put on a green mohawk wig, a choker, spiked wrist bands, and a motorcycle vest, he was dressed like a Punk Rocker, he looked in the mirror and loved how he looked in the outfit, then Neo performed a song and danced like a Punk Rocker (La Bastringue by Alan Mills and Jean Carignan), he danced like a Punk Rocker all around the room, as he was performing, the mane 6 ponies came trotting the road, Rarity heard the music from her house, she went to see what was going and the others followed her. Rarity opened the door a crack and looked inside, she saw Neo dancing and wearing the Punk Rock clothes, despite the fact that he was in her house when she wasn't there, she just smiled and watched him perform, the ponies opened the door wider to see and saw him perform as well, they watched him dance with amazement, they were impressed by his performance.
When Neo ended his song, the ponies came in clapping and cheering, Neo was surprised, he didn't know they had been watching him perform, Applejack said to him, "Mah, sugarcube, those were some mighty fine moves." Rarity said, "That was a marvelous performance." Neo was speechless and kind of embarrassed, his face turned bright red, Rarity said, "Oh Neo darling, don't be embarrassed because we saw you, we loved your dancing, it was charming and simply wonderful," Neo said, "Oh Rarity, thank you, you're so wonderful." Rarity blushed and giggled, Pinkie Pie said, "Nice outfit Neo, you look wild." Neo said, "Thanks Pinkie." Pinkie Pie said to Neo," Would you sing a song for us, pleasepleaseplease?" Neo wasn't sure about it, but then Rarity said, "Go ahead Neo, sing a song just for us," the ponies all smiled at Neo, wanting him to sing for them, then Neo said, "Alright, I will, just for you girls, this song kind of describes my former life, plus it goes with my outfit." Neo performed his song (Punk Rock Love by The Casualties), Neo danced like a punk rocker and did his best, the ponies thought the song was unusual and kind of sad, but when Neo finished his song, they cheered for him, Rarity said, "Oh Neo, you're a wonderful singer." Applejack said, "Yup, that's the best song I've ever heard." Pinkie Pie said, "That was absolutely amazing, you're the best Neo." Rainbow Dash said, "Yeah, and with that outfit, you are 20% cooler."
Then Rainbow Dash mentioned that she was going to compete in an event called "The Best Young Flyer Competition," she told Neo that she's always dreamed of joining her heroes known as, "The Wonderbolts," who were a squad of 6 Pegasus ponies who perform aerial acrobatics and demonstrations, Neo thought that was an amazing dream and he would be supporting her all the way, then just to keep the conversation going, Rainbow dashed said to Neo, "So Neo, what about you, what are your dreams?" Neo said, "I guess just being a singer like I've been doing, performing in concerts, making music and even starring in and directing movies, that's what I'm good at and that's what I like to do." Rainbow Dash said, "Well, that sounds like amazing dream just like mine, and I'll support you as well." and so for the next few days, Rainbow Dash practiced for the competition with her friends always there to support her and cheer her.
On the day of the competition, the ponies and Neo were getting ready to go to the event, since they didn't know about Neo's ability to fly except Twilight and Spike, the ponies wanted Neo to be able to fly with them so he could cheer for Rainbow Dash. Twilight knew a spell that could temporarily make a pony fly and walk on clouds, but she found out later that the spell would not work on Neo, so they decided that Neo would ride in her hot air balloon along with Spike. When they went to Cloudsdale where the competition was taking place, Rainbow Dash was nervous but she kept her spirit high, when Rarity showed up, she had some wings on her that looked like delicate butterfly wings that Twilight made for her, sadly Twilight told Rainbow Dash that Neo wasn't going to be able to cheer for her because she couldn't get the spell to work on him (and she promised Neo that she wouldn't tell anybody about his secret ability to fly). Rainbow Dash didn't understand why the spell wouldn't work on Neo, she felt bad for leaving him, but she had to let it go, she had to believe in herself so she could win the competition.
Neo and Spike were riding in Twilight's hot air balloon, hovering over Cloudsdale, Neo sang a song as they hung out (Ho Lo by Pham Duy). Neo decided to stay with Spike so he wouldn't get bored, Neo and Spike did a fist tap and said, "Best friends for life." As they looked around at the sites of Cloudsdale, Neo said to Spike, "You're in love with Rarity, aren't you?" Spike gasped and said, "How did you know?" Neo said, "I've seen how you look at her, plus you're always saying oh my beautiful Rarity," Spike blushed and said, "I said that?" Neo said, "You should tell her how you feel, she'll be happy to know you find her beautiful and attractive, besides, you'd better tell her before she finds some other pony to fall in love with." Spike said, "I will, but the time has to right, oh look, the competition is starting."
Neo sang his song again as the competition started, a group of pegasus ponies flew out in the sky including Rainbow Dash and Rarity, Rainbow Dash was extremely nervous but she heard Neo shouting at her, "Come on Rainbow, you can do it, do it for me, believe in yourself, you're the best flyer in all of Equestria, prove it to me." and Neo sang his song louder to cheer for her, Rainbow Dash felt so happy, she was going to give everything she's got to win the competition.
During the competition, Rarity flew in front of the sun, she spread her wings out, the sun's rays shined through her wings, causing them to catch fire, she started to fall down out of the sky. Spike shouted, "RARITY!" 3 pegasus ponies bolted down the sky, they were the Wonderbolts that Rainbow Dash told Neo about, they attempted to rescue Rarity, but as they got close to her, she panicked because of her falling and kicked them with her hooves, knocking them unconscious, now the Wonderbolts are falling as well along with Rarity, both in need of being saved. Neo knew that since she's not an actual pegasus, she won't be able to walk on clouds.
Neo knew he had to do something to save her, he wasn't about to lose another one of his best friends. Neo stood on the edge of the basket of the hot air balloon, Spike got worried and said, "Neo, what are you doing?" then Neo jumped off and Spike shouted, "NEO!" Then Neo started flying over to Rarity, Neo caught Rarity and carried her in his arms, he was flying through the air like Superman (Neo played the Superman theme as he flew and he made the Superman symbol appear in the sky for a few seconds), the ponies couldn't believe what they were seeing, Neo was flying, even Twilight couldn't believe he was flying in front of everypony. Rarity looked around and saw that she was in Neo's arms and he was flying, she was in shock, she just couldn't believe Neo was actually flying, although Neo had rescued Rarity, he wasn't gonna have time to save the Wonderbolts, suddenly, Rainbow Dash flew like a bat out of hell at top speed towards the Wonderbolts, as she flew, a long steak of pure rainbow appeared behind her, she quickly caught 2 of the Wonderbolts, she gently put them on the ground and she caught the other one just in time when he was just about to hit the ground. She was so proud of herself, she had performed the Sonic Rainbow, and Neo was proud of her as well, Neo put Rarity in the hot air balloon and flew to the ground, a crowd of ponies came over to Rainbow Dash, cheering for her, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie jumped up and down on the clouds for her, a group of bystander pegasus ponies came over to carry off the unconscious Wonderbolts, Rainbow Dash was so proud of herself, it was the best day of her life.
When the competition ended, no winners were announced, in fact some ponies considered that the competition had been canceled, the 5 ponies gathered at the hot air balloon which had Rarity in the basket along with Neo and Spike, Rarity said to her friends, "I want to apologize to all of you for getting so carried away about my... beautiful wings, I guess I just lost my head." She made a sad look on her face, everypony just shook it off with sympathy in their eyes, all that mattered was that Rarity was safe, then Rarity looked at Neo and said, "Neo dear, you saved my life, I don't know how you were able to fly like you did, but you still risked your life to save mine, I am forever in your debt, thank you." she smiled sweetly at him, Rainbow Dash said, "Yeah, you're an amazing boy Neo, I had no idea you could fly, I'm impressed." then Rarity said, "Neo dear, why didn't you tell us you could fly?" Neo turned his face away and said, "I didn't want to girls to know that, Twilight was the only one who knew about it."
The ponies looked at Twilight with surprised looks, Rainbow Dash said, "You knew Neo could fly and you didn't tell us?" Twilight nodded, she told them that a few nights ago, Neo sneaked out of the house and she and Spike followed him and she watched him fly, but when Neo found out she saw him fly, he made her promise not to tell anypony, even her friends." Then the ponies looked back at Neo with concerned looks on their faces, Rarity said, "Neo dear, you shouldn't keep secrets from us, we're your friends, you can tell us anything, we don't like it when you keep secrets from us, you shouldn't be afraid to tell us anything, why didn't you tell us?" Neo said, "Because no other human can fly, I didn't want you and any other pony to think every human could fly because they can't, plus, flying attracts too much attention and I will not use my flying ability for showing off or other's amusement." Rarity understood and said, "Oh I see, I understand, but once again, don't be afraid to talk to us, we're your friends, and if you want to keep a secret, at least tell us, if you don't want anypony else to know about a secret, we'll keep it for you, please remember, we're here for you, and you can tell us anything."
Then Neo thought for a second, there was another secret he had been keeping from them that he hasn't told anypony, he couldn't show it to them, but he thought he should go ahead and tell them about it, he said, "Girls, there's another secret I've been keeping from you." Rarity said, "What is it, tell us?" Neo was quiet for a second, he couldn't show them his secret yet, Rarity said, "Please tell us, we won't tell anypony else." Neo said, "I'm afraid I can't tell you now, I can't prove my secret to you." Applejack said, "Neo, go on and tell us your secret, and don't lie to us." Neo played with his fingers and said, "It's about my face." Rarity said, "What's wrong with you face, you have a lovely face." Neo said, "I know, but this is not how I really look." The ponies just stared at Neo in a confused way, Twilight said, "Neo, what are you trying to tell us?" Neo said, "I was brutally attacked a long time ago and my face was severely wounded, you can't see it right now because I'm wearing makeup over it," at first they thought he was lying, he didn't look like he was wearing makeup, his face looked perfectly normal, then Neo continued, "You see, the makeup I'm wearing is a special kind of makeup, you know that mask I had the other day, well, I used to have to wear that mask all the time just to cover up my wounds, but then I got this makeup from a old friend of mine, I put it over the wounds on my face, and it makes my face look normal, I can't even feel it on me, and it supposed to last for up to 3 months." The ponies were really getting into his story, they were listening very carefully, Neo said, "But sooner or later, my makeup is going to expire and starting fading, when that happens, you will be able to see my true face, I just hope you girls won't be horrified by my face." The ponies understood him, Applejack said, "He's telling the truth girls, I can see it in his eyes." Applejack was all about honesty, she could easily tell if somepony was lying, Rarity said, "We understand Neo, and we believe you, we will wait for the time to come, and when it does, promise us that you will show us your face." Neo said, "Don't worry I will." Rarity said, "Thank you for telling us your secret."
The ponies were proud of Neo for telling them his secret that he hated hiding from them, but he finally told them and he felt better, but he was still worried about how they will react when he shows them his true face after the makeup expires, then Neo remembered something and said, "Oh Rarity, I have something for you." Rarity focused her attention on Neo. Neo pulled something out of his pocket, he opened his hand and held out the silver diamond he found earlier that day, Rarity's eyes sparkled at the diamond, she took it and stared at it, she loved it, she said to Neo, "Oh thank you Neo darling, that's very sweet of you, this is a wonderful gift." Then Rarity gave Neo a hug, the ponies awed at the sweet moment.
When the balloon landed, the Wonderbolts came over to thank Rainbow Dash personally for saving them, Rainbow Dash acted all crazy when she saw them, she finally got to meet her idols.
Then Princess Celestia came up from behind them with 2 guards, everypony except Neo bowed to her, Neo just stared at her with happiness in his eyes, he was happy to see her. As she approached them, she said, "Hello Twilight, and hello to all your friends." Her voice sounded like an angel, Rarity said to Celestia, "Princess Celestia, I'm sorry for ruining the competition, Rainbow Dash is the best flyer in all of Equestria, and Neo saved my life while risking his own, and he did the most amazing thing, he flew, he actually flew, and he doesn't even have wings." Neo was kind of upset, Rarity just told the princess about his flying ability, he thought to himself, "Oh great, now I gotta tell her how I can fly, thanks a lot Rarity." Princess Celestia smiled and said, "I know she is my dear, and for her act of bravery and her spectacular Sonic Rainboom performance, I am presenting this year's grand prize for the best year's young flyer, Ms. Rainbow Dash." Celestia gave Rainbow Dash a golden crown with wings on the side, the ponies cheered for her and she was so proud of herself.
Then Princess Celestia looked over at Neo, she walked over to him with a warm smile on her face, she said to him, "And you Neo, thank you for saving Rarity, risking your own life to save her's, you are indeed an amazing boy." Neo blushed and said, "Thank you Princess, I vowed to protect my friends." Princess Celestia was still holding her warm smile, she tilted her head with curiosity, she said, "Now that I would like to hear." All the ponies turned their attention to Neo, Neo said, "You are the most wonderful friends I've ever had, I swear that I will protect you all with all my power and strength, and I will not allow any harm to come to you, may God bless you all." and Neo made a cross symbol with his hand across his chest like Catholics do. Princess Celestia smiled sweetly and said, "That's a wonderful vow and that's very sweet of you to bless us, I know you will keep your promise."
Rainbow Dash flew over to Neo and said, "I want to thank you too for supporting me." Princess Celestia said, "Neo, I am very curious, I understand it's not common for humans to have the ability to fly, how is it you are able to fly?" The ponies turned their attention as well with curiosity, Neo said, "It's just an ability my father gave me years ago, he gave me lots of special abilities, he even gave me the ability to play music with my mind like I've been doing," Celestia smiled and said, "I see, you truly are a special boy." Rainbow Dash said, "Hey Neo, wanna fly with me?" Neo thought for a second, Princess Celestia said in a sweet voice, "Go ahead Neo, I would like to see you fly."
Neo turned around and counted to himself, when he counted 3, he played the Superman theme with his mind and began flying, the ponies watching in amazement as Neo flew in the air like Superman, Rainbow Dash flew beside Neo and challenged him to a race, the 2 raced each other, Celestia watched Neo fly with a smile on her face, she said to herself, "He's an amazing boy." As Neo flew, he said to himself, "I want to stay here forever and ever, this land is where I belong."
End of chapter 11, chapter 12 coming soon.