Today is the day. Rainbow thought. Today is the day I finally prove to everyone that I am the best! Ever since Speed came to Equestria and fought against her, she remembered that brief moment where right before she crashed into him, he made his own Sonic Boom at the start of his run before colliding into her and knocking them both unconscious. She became furious at the fact that someone was able to not only match her speed but also able to knock her out? That's why, when no one was around, she would train each day to get faster and faster. Now she believes that the day has come.
"Speed the Hedgehog, I hope you're ready. Because I'm about to blow you away!"
Speed was taking a casual stroll in Ponyville. After the recent events, he felt like he needed a day off. So he left before Twilight or Spike woke up and just walked. And as much as he liked hanging out with his friends he did his best avoiding them. He just felt that if he interacted with them that somehow he was going to have some trouble. Luckily, due to his time here in Equestria he knew everyone's schedule so he was able to avoid them. The schedule he didn't know was Rainbow's, but seeing as how she's either doing her job as a weather pony, showing off, or just relaxing that he didn't need to know her schedule. At least, that's what he thought. Until...
"Speed the Hedgehog!"
Speed immediately froze in place. As did all the other ponies. Then something crashed down in front of him. It was none other than Rainbow herself. She glared Speed in the eye. As soon as he saw her eyes, he knew that his day of,"relaxation", was over.
"Speed..." Rainbow growled. Speed smiled nervously.
"H-Hey Rainbow. I-Is there something I can do for you?" he asked nervously. She then gained a sinister smile which caused Speed to step back.
"You. Me. At sundown." she simply stated.
"Sundown? What are we doing at sundown?" Speed questioned.
"We are going to race! Tonight, we'll all finally see who is the fastest! And,spoiler alert, it's gonna be me. So you better not chicken out, got it?" she asked. Speed slowly shook his head. "Good. Well I'm gonna go practice my victory speech. If I were you, I would practice my loser speech. See you there!" she called out before flying away while performing tricks, wowing the crowd.
"Hanngghh...I knew it was too good to be true." Speed said.
Seconds later...
"What am I gonna do Wind? I mean sure I don't mind racing, but I don't want to race about this! I mean, our friendship is already pretty shaky ever since that day I arrived in Equestria but now with this, it might become even worst!" Speed said to his timberwolf. The wolf simply looked at him before barking.
"What? Forfeit? No,you don't understand. If I forfeit, Rainbow will not only tease me about it but she'll have my head!" Speed explained. Wind barked again. "No, I can't make up an excuse, otherwise she'll grab AJ and use her to see if I'm lying or not." Wind then just barked and walked over to Speed. Then, in an almost human fashion, just patted Speed's back and walked back to his original spot. And Speed could've sworn that he saw Wind smirk.
"Huh...I'll just have to think of something later. See ya around Wind." Speed said before walking back into town with Wind taking off into the forest. However, the two had failed to notice the dozen pairs of bright, green eyes staring at them from the darkness.
Minutes before sundown...
Rainbow trotted around impatiently near the edge of Ponyville. The rest of the town was there as well. They murmured amongst themselves in excitement and anticipation.
Do you think he'll show? I don't know. He's better off not showing up. No one is as fast as Rainbow. We can't blame him for not showing. But then he'll look like a wimp! Yeah, well at least he won't be embarrassed and left in the dust.
"Grrrrrrr...where is he? He's gonna be late! I swear if he dropped out..." Rainbow said. Applejack trotted over to her.
"Don't worry sugarcube! I'm sure he'll be here any second now." Applejack encouraged. Rainbow sent a glare at her, causing the earth pony to back up.
"Oh, I'm not worried. I'm gonna be pissed if he doesn't-"
LOOK!
Every pony turned their attention towards where the pony was pointing. They Then started to cheer as a familiar silhouette drew closer.
"Heheh...good." Rainbow said.
"Sorry i'm late every pony!" Speed apologised.
"You better be! What took you so long?" Rainbow asked.
"Oh I was making an entrance is all." Speed said.
"Well now that you're here, I think it's time." Rainbow said. Then, the two speedsters stood at the starting point which was at the edge of Ponyville. The race would be short and simple. Through the Everfree Forest, around the old Castle of the Two Sisters, back into Ponyville, around Twilight's house and back to the starting line.
"Got it? Good." she said without confirming. They got set at the starting line. "Ready to get left in the dust?" Rainbow taunted but Speed didn't reply to her taunt. "Ah I see, focusing eh? Wow, such a tryhard." Rarity walked to the line with a white cloth.
"Are you two ready?" Rarity asked the two.
"Buck yeah!" Rainbow said excitedly. Speed just simply gave her a thumbs up.
"Well then, let's begin on go." she said.
3! Rainbow tightened her muscles.
2! Speed crouched down.
1! Both of them narrowed their eyes.
G-!
Growl..
Suddenly, all of Ponyville froze at the sound of something growling in the woods. Then, something began to emerge from the forest. Everyone instantly recognised it as a timberwolf.
"Ughh...really? Don't worry every pony. I'll take care of-" no sooner than those words left Rainbow's mouth did eleven more poor out of the woods. All of the ponies panicked and ran away save the Mane 6. Well 5 since Fluttershy was hiding somewhere. "Ok, so there's more of ya. No big problem, I bet I can take you all in by myself!" Rainbow taunted. However, what she failed to notice was that while she was boasting, a timberwolf approached from behind her.
"Rainbow look out!" Pinkie cried out. But Rainbow turned around too slow. The wolf was already in the air inches away from pouncing on Rainbow. She closed her eyes as as she expected the wolf to tear her to shreds.
Air Slash!
The wolf still in midair was hit with a green wave of air. Then it just burst into pieces. The ponies and the wolves looked over to see where that came from. They all saw Speed with his sword raised high. He then calmly walked over to where Rainbow was at. She looked at him and simply 'hmphed' at him. Speed sighed and nodded his head. Then the rest of the pack charged at them. The duo got ready and then charged as well.
Play Falls Apart-Thousand Foot Krutch
Speed took the lead in the charge and used his air powers to push back some of the wolves and staggered them. Rainbow dealt blow after blow to them. Then Speed pulled out his sword and began to hack away at them. However, even though the two were dealing a good amount of damage, it wasn't enough to wipe out even one.
"Darn it! How are we supposed to beat these things?" Rainbow asked. Speed thought for a second before pulling out his yellow lightning emerald. He then began to power up until the emerald went inside of him. A yellow aura surrounded him until a bright flash occurred. When it died down, Spark stood in Speed's place.
"Ok, that's good and all but how are you gonna help?" Rainbow questioned. Spark smiled before charging his hands with electricity. Suddenly, lightning was landing all around them. Then 2 large lightning bolts struck Spark's hands causing smoke to block him out. When it finally disappeared, Spark was still standing, but with something in each of his hands. It appeared to be daggers of sorts. The blade was yellow and was lightning shaped and the hilt was black so it looked like a storm cloud releasing lightning.
"Woah..." Rainbow said in awe. Spark smirked at her before looking back at the wolves. He charged his daggers with electricity before he started spinning in a circle. The Mane 6 looked on in confusion. He kept spinning until he looked like a ring. Then he suddenly stopped. Then he swung his daggers at the wolves and shouted...
Thunder Wave!
Which sent a large wave of electricity towards the wolves. The smarter ones got out of the way of the attack, but three of them were hit with it and were electrocuted before breaking into pieces. Then he charged towards them again. Two wolves tried to pounce on him but he dodged them and stabbed their stomachs. With the daggers still in there he charged them with electricity, electrocuting them from the inside out. They fell to the ground in pieces. He turned towards the remaining seven wolves. Rainbow then appeared right beside him.
"Well, you ready to do this?"Spark asked. Rainbow smirked at him.
"I dunno are you?" she asked back. Spark chuckled.
"Let's find out." then, the duo,once again, charged toward the remaining seven wolves. One of the wolves foolishly charged back. It tried to pounce on them but Rainbow had stopped it in its tracks by uppercutting it, sending it airborne where Spark sliced it in two. The rest of the wolves stayed together in a pack. Rainbow and Spark dived in between the six and went to town. They each took on their own wolf and watched each other's back. While Spark was cutting up one wolf, Rainbow was smashing another. And when one of them was about to be sneak attacked, the other interfered and saved their partner.
"Watch your back Rainbow!" Spark exclaimed. He sliced up the wolf that was behind her to pieces. She turned around and saw a wolf behind Spark before flying up and smashing its head in.
"I could say the same to you Spark!" she yelled. Then they went back to work. Four wolves still remained and the two were getting worn down. The wolves showed no signs of tiredness. Suddenly, Spark had an idea.
"Rainbow, get down!" he yelled. She, not knowing what was going on, immediately did what she was told and laid down on the ground. Spark then charged his blade with electricity. But instead of holding it, he allowed it to overflow and caused his blades to extend. Then, same as before, he spun around in a circle. Due to his blades extended length, they were able to cut down all the remaining four wolves. After the dust settled, Rainbow looked up and saw that all the wolves were in pieces. She walked over to wolves and poked at their remains to make sure they were finished. She turned to Spark, who now reverted back to Speed, who was panting heavily.
Stop Playing Falls Apart
"Looks like we got em'." Rainbow stated. Speed trudged over to her.
"Yeah*pant*I guess*pant*we did*pant*." he said with difficulty. The two then high fived/hoofed. Then they began to walk past the remains back towards their friends. They were waving at them and thanking them. Speed noticed that Rainbow had stopped.
"What's wrong Rainbow?" Speed asked.
"Hmm? Oh nothing, just thinking." Rainbow answered with a smile. He looked at her for a couple seconds before smiling back at her before continuing his walk towards his friends.
Well, that didn't go exactly as I planned but hey, at least I got to look cool! And I guess Speed wasn't bad either. And he did save me one time. Maybe he isn't all that bad of a hedgehog. Rainbow thought. Suddenly, Rainbow felt herself get pushed to the ground.
"Ow! Hey you need watch where you're-"
Drip.
Rainbow went dead silent as she took in what was in front of her.
Play Persona 4-A Corner of a Memory
Speed was in front of her, cuts spread across his chest, blood seeping out from them, falling to the ground. And a large timber wolf in front of him, claws dripping with blood. Rainbow was shocked at this. She couldn't comprehend what had happened. She couldn't even move or blink.
"S-Speed?" she whimpered shakily. He looked at her slightly before smiling, before pointing his finger at the wolf like a gun.
Aerogun... He whispered. A tiny green orb of air flew from his fingertip and hit the wolf in the wolf in the head. It's head jerked back before it exploded into pieces. Then we he Speed finally hit ground.
"'Bang'..." he whispered.
AN: to anyone who can guess what show this is from, you are truly awesome!
"Speed!" Rainbow shouted, finally coming to her senses. She crawled over to him in a hurry, not caring about the splinters or cuts she was getting. She put her head to his chest to listen for anything.
...Ba-bump...
She sighed in relief and fell on her back. Only then, did she start to cry. Her friends made their way over to them. Twilight picked up Speed while Applejack and Pinkie helped Rainbow up. They then headed over to Twilight's place.
A couple of minutes later...
The Mane 6 were gathered around Speed, along with Nurse Redheart. Her and Twilight were healing Speed up while Rainbow was being comforted by AJ, Pinkie, and Rarity. Fluttershy was sitting next to Speed whimpering.
"It's all my fault. It's all my fault. It's all my fault." Rainbow kept repeating. Applejack tried to reassure her.
"No it ain't sugarcube. It's no pony's fault that this happened. Right girls?" AJ asked.
"She's right Rainbow darling. You must understand that no one can control a timber wolf." Rarity added.
"I dunno. I mean, she did call for the race, which led them to go near the forest, which lead to the attack, which-mmph!" Pinkie said before AJ interrupted giving her a glare.
"The point is, you couldn't have known this would happen. And besides, at least he's alive. That's a good thing." Applejack reminded her. At that moment, Twilight and Nurse Redheart slumped down and panted heavily.
"So girls, is he going to be ok?" Rainbow asked in concern. Nurse Redheart and Twilight smiled at them.
"Well, we were able to stop the bleeding and disinfect the wound. We also found out that apparently with his abilities that his body can close wounds at a rapid rate. So in other words, yes he is going to be ok." Nurse Redheart stated. All of the girls sighed in relief.
"Thank you for your help Nurse Redheart. We really appreciate it." Twilight thanked.
"No problem. Now as I said before, make sure he gets lots of rest. Even if his body can heal itself, that doesn't mean he'll be fully recovered when he wakes up. So make sure he stays rested for at least a day ok?" Redheart explained. The girls nodded. Redheart then made her way out. That left the Mane 6 all by themselves.
"Well girls, I think we had enough excitement for one day don't you think?" Twilight asked. They all nodded their heads.
"Alright girls. I'm gonna head back on home now. Y'all take care now ya here?" AJ said before making her way to the door.
"I am also going to leave. I will need an extra long beauty sleep after this." Rarity stated. The others also said goodbye in their own manner and departed except for Rainbow. She and Twilight were staring down at Speed.
"Speed, I'm not sure if you can hear me or not but I wanted to say, I'm sorry. If it weren't for me and my stupid jealousy you wouldn't be hurt right now. I'm such and idiot and I'm so sorry for making you like this." Rainbow apologised. She then began to cry again.
"Rainbow, you know Speed isn't mad at you. And you know he is still your friend. He also doesn't blame you for any of this." Twilight assured her. Rainbow looked at her with red puffy eyes.
"Really?" she asked while sniffling. Twilight nodded her head.
"Of course. If he wasn't still your friend, he wouldn't have saved you." Twilight said. Rainbow went silent before smiling slightly.
"Yeah. I guess you're right." she then wiped her face and on a smile. "Thanks Twilight.: she then looks at Speed. "Thank you to Speed." Then she walked out the door and flew home. Twilight then went to pick up Speed with her magic. But we she picked him up, his red emerald fell out. She noticed this and set him on the couch before going over to pick it up. As she held it in her hoof, she noticed that it started to shine bright and got really hot. She yelped as she dropped it and caught it with her magic. She then immediately put in Speed's quills, still having no idea how that works.
"What was that?" Twilight asked herself as she made her way to her room to turn in for the night. Downstairs, a part of Speed's quills glowed red and shined in the dark room.
Another chapter completed folks! I hope you enjoyed another chapter of Element of Freedom! This chapter focused more on Rainbow and Speed's relationship. And it also gave a hint on what's to come. Try to guess if you dare!(just not in the reviews. Keep it to yourself until the reveal so you can say 'HAH! I was right!). Also the season one finale is soon! And I know you're gonna say 'What? But you only have a few chapters! You haven't even gone through most of season one!'. Well I thought of it like this. If I were to do every single episode of season one, all I would be doing is copying and editing 26 or so chapters. And I know,other writers have done this but that's how they wanna run their story. If you don't like it, I'm sorry. In other news, after the season one finale, I'm planning,on starting a new story! You wanna know what it is? Well, you're just gonna wait to find out! *insert troll face here*.So if you enjoyed please favorite, follow and review! And as always...
This is Speed,the Hedgehog...
SIGNING OFF!
