This Chapter is from Featherwing's POV.
Chapter 14: Wing-Shaped Heart!
I didn't think much of today when I woke up; I never thought much of today. I stretched the stress away from my shoulders that usually clung onto me each night. I'm sure it's because I sleep on the couch, and one would believe it would be comfortable to sleep on a cloud-couch. Not the case, actually. I glanced outside the window and saw the beautiful blue skies. It was always a nice day in Ponyville. The sun would always greet the grass and shine brightly among the whole town. It was something I had to get used to at first since my days were once always rainy.
As I stared outside, I noticed a few clouds drifting across the sky. I let out a small sigh; well, those clouds are the reason I'm here. I wonder why Rainbow Dash hadn't cleared the skies yet; she's been awake before me recently. Sometimes I could see her multi-colored tail dashing across the window, and it always made me smile. She's so fast and full of energy, just like dubstep. But I didn't see her fast pace speed rush across the window this morning, so I'm assuming she overslept. Well, looks like it's time for me to get started.
Once I rose from the couch, I stretched out my wings to ready myself for the day. I let out a heavy yawn to let out any more stress from my body. I then grabbed my tiny winged earplugs and my PonyPod. After that, I flapped my wings and flew right out of the door. I was flying towards the few clouds I saw from the window when a light cerulean-coated Pegasus bumped right into me.
"GAH!" I heard both of us say at impact.
Once Rainbow Dash was a few hooves away from me, I could see her attempting to hide her smile.
"Pfft! S-sorry about that, Featherwing!" she said behind her chuckling.
"It's alright, Rainbow Dash. Just please be careful next time." I politely scolded her.
Even so, she still managed to burst into laughter. I narrowed my eyebrows as I watched her land on a fluffy cloud and laugh her mane off. She kicked her hooves a few times like a foal as she laughed. What was it about other pony's faults that tickled her?
"Are you done?" I asked with one eyebrow raised.
After another minute, Rainbow Dash's hysteria's began to ease down into her trying to catch her breath. Finally, she sat up, her laughter over, and smiled at me.
"So, you're finally awake, huh?" she asked.
"Indeed I am. And you're an early bird as usual." I smirked.
Rainbow Dash laughed. "Early bird! Ha! Good one, Featherwing!"
"It wasn't that funny." I assured.
"Sure it was! What makes you think it wasn't?"
Rainbow Dash is so frank, so blunt. She never seemed to give a second thought of what she was about to say or do; she just let it happen and deal with the consequences later. In some ways I find that rude, and in another I envy that.
I let out a sigh and began to fly towards those few clouds again.
"W-wait! Where're you going?" Rainbow Dash asked me, hastily.
"To clear these clouds you missed." I replied.
"Oh, no! I can do that! Don't worry your little ebony head!" Rainbow Dash flew right passed me and kicked the clouds right out of existence.
"Uh…Well, okay then." I shrugged.
"Why don't you go down to Sugarcube Corner and go grab something to eat!" Rainbow Dash smiled brightly after the sky was all clear.
"H-huh?" Well that caught me off guard.
Rainbow Dash pressed her hooves against my back and started pushing me towards the direction of Sugarcube Corner.
"Yeah! Go! You work mighty hard, so I think you should take a load off today! Especially and only today!" she said as she pushed me.
"W-well, uh….okay. But—"
"Great! See ya!" She shoved me one good time before dashing off into the distance.
There was no arguing with her; I guess my best bet was to go to Sugarcube Corner. As I flew over to the delicious scented bakery, I noticed a beautiful grayish rose-mane pony struggling to carry a small bag. I could feel my cheeks burning as I watched her; even as she struggled, she was so graceful. Oh, Fluttershy, how you capture my small heart. Wait, what was I doing?! I can't just sit here and watch her struggle. I have to help!
With that in mind, I placed my earplugs into my ear, raised the volume of my PonyPod to maximum, and flew towards Fluttershy with dubstep blasting in my ears. I bobbed my head as I flew closer to her, determination rushing through my veins. I'm coming to save you, Fluttershy!
And just like that, I kissed a tree. I guess I didn't realize how fast I was going until I was face to face with a really hard and tall tree. It knocked my tiny wing-shaped earplugs right out of my ears! Gravity helped me slide down from the tree and onto the soft grass.
"Ouch." I muttered to myself.
"Oh my gosh! Are you alright?" I heard an angel ask me from above.
I never would of thought I would die today, and especially not like this. I never did get a chance to tell Fluttershy my feelings, but then again, I probably wouldn't have anyway. If it weren't for dubstep playing in my ears, I would have never flew down and try to help Fluttershy. It was so hard to talk to her; I had to play my words right or I would accidently offend her in some way. It wasn't like talking to Rainbow Dash; I could say anything I wanted to her, and she could do the same to me. I didn't need dubstep to give me a boost.
"Featherwing? Are you okay?" the angel continued to ask me.
I think at some point, I felt a soft hoof nudge me gently. But that was impossible; I was dead!
"Hey! Is that critter go'awn be alright? I saw him swooshin' by 'cross the sky!" I heard another angel speaking above me.
That was weird; angels don't usually have strong country accents.
"Oh my! Poor Featherwing! This cannot be good!" spoke a sophisticated angel.
"I hope he can get up before the—" I heard a normal bookwormy angel voice.
"Shh! You don't want to spill the beans, do ya? And I know all about spilling beans! And lemonade! And a lotta other stuff!" A fast talking angel giggled.
"Come on, Featherdude, wake up!" said a husky, yet gentle angel voice.
Okay, now this is getting weird. I am dead, aren't I? If I am, why did all of the angels sound like Fluttershy, Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Gilda, and Pinkie Pie? I managed to pry my eyes open and once my vision wasn't so blurry, I found myself surrounded by a multiple of colors. It gave me a small headache, although I'm surprised hitting that tree didn't give me a concussion.
"Wingy-Wing!" Pinkie Pie was the first to cheer for my miraculous recovery.
"Oh thank heavens, you're alright." Rarity let out a sigh of relief.
"You done gave us quite a scare now, Featherwing." Applejack smiled warmly.
I glanced around at each and every one of my pony friends; they were all here to see if I was okay. Nopony has ever treated me this kindly before, not even one, and especially today, too. It made my heart feel a bit warmer to know that five young ponies and a griffon all care for me. Wait, five?
"Wh-where's Rainbow Dash?" I asked, my voice crackling.
"Oh! Uhm, yes, Rainbow Dash. The whereabouts of Rainbow Dash, yes. Where could she possibly be! Eheh!" Twilight Sparkle knitted her eyebrows and desperately attempted to avert her eyes from mine.
"She's at Sugarcube Corner!" Pinkie Pie answered.
Gilda shoved her claw onto the cotton candy-scented pony. "Pinkie-Winks! Shhh!"
Sugarcube Corner? But that's where Rainbow Dash wanted me to go? Did she want to meet me there or something? Maybe she wanted to race me and she got an extreme head-start! I arched my eyebrows and hesitantly lifted myself up from the ground.
I heard a small snapping sound right under one of my hooves.
"Oh no!" I heard Fluttershy gasp.
"What?" I asked.
When I backed a few hooves away from everyone, I noticed something. I don't know why I looked down, but I did, and I regret it. I accidently stepped on my tiny wing-shaped earplugs and crushed them. I felt my mouth fall ajar at the sight of my favorite things in the whole wide world crushed into little pieces. I knitted my eyebrows, feeling tears welling up behind my eyes.
"Oh, my dear, Featherwing, I am so deeply sorry for your loss of such adorable earplugs." Rarity said sincerely.
"It…It's go'awn be alright, honey." Applejack assured me.
"Yeah! Just go to Sugarcube Corner and see the—" Pinkie Pie was cut off.
"Pinkie!" everypony around me said all together.
I shook away my sorrow and gave my friends a genuine smile. "I'm fine. I'm just going to head to Sugarcube Corner for a bite…" I said before walking towards the bakery.
"Okay! Sounds like a great idea, Wingy-Wing! Yep! Greatest idea I ever heard!" I could hear Pinkie Pie cheering from behind me.
Pinkie Pie never seemed upset about anything, so I could understand why she didn't seem as sympathetic as the rest of the ponies about my sadness. While I walked, I thought about three years ago on this day. How it used to mean so much to me, and how it always made me happy. How I used to get so excited for this day, and wish it would never end. Now I don't really care whether I get out of bed or not on this day. Nothing was ever great about this day, especially now that a piece of me is shattered to bits on the ground.
I finally reached Sugarcube Corner when I heard those dreaded two words shouted inside of the bakery.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
All of my pony friends, and even a few ponies I didn't know, all stood in front of me with grand smiles across their faces. Balloons, cake, icecream, punch, candy, games, and all of the things a party needs were inside of the bakery. I stared in awe at the sight of all of this.
"Whoa!" I heard myself say.
"What'cha looking all sad for, Featherwing? It's a party for you!" Rainbow Dash said to me once she flew by my side. Where has she been?
"Rainbow Dash…" I muttered as I lowered my head.
"Come on, Featherwing! Let's go have a good time!" She tried to push me further into Sugarcube Corner, but I didn't budge this time.
"Rainbow Dash, listen. I don't want to celebrate my birthday." I told her.
"Say, what?! But Pinkie Pie planned this all by herself, and we all have presents for you and everything!"
"Listen to me, Rainbow Dash!" my voice was a bit sterner than I anticipated it to be. "I don't like celebrating my birthday; it's the same day that…that the accident happened."
"Accident? What accident?" Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow.
"The accident at the Speedster Fly Camp; the one I told you not even two weeks ago."
"Oh, come on, Featherwing! You gotta let that go!"
I arched my eyebrows in astonishment. And here I thought Rainbow Dash, out of all of my friends, would understand. "Let that go? I hurt my best friend! Would you forgive yourself if you hurt Fluttershy?"
"Of course I would! If I didn't mean to do it, then I would forget about it. I won't let it ruin my whole life!"
I stared at Rainbow Dash as the party ignored us and continued to commence. She glared at me with her burning eyes, and I felt something. She was right; I shouldn't let my past control me. I didn't mean to hurt Wishbeat, after all. So, why should I let it ruin my life, and especially my birthday?
"So, will you stop moping and start having some fun?" She asked me bluntly.
I gave her a warm, genuinely happy smile. "Yeah, I think I will."
And so, I enjoyed my birthday party that Pinkie Pie threw for me, and it was fun. I bobbed for apples, I was given a lightning bolt-shaped hat that Rarity knitted, I ate a delicious cake, I played a lot of pony games, I was given a book about constellations from Twilight Sparkle, and I was given a carrot from Fluttershy's cute rabbit, Angel. The party was so much fun! I wished it would never end.
"Featherwing, come'mere real quick!" Rainbow Dash beckoned me from the present pile.
Once I swallowed a piece of my apple pie, I pranced over to my best friend with a grand smile on my face.
"Looks like somepony has cheered up nicely!" she said.
"It's because of your pep talk before the party. You always seem to know the right things to say, even though you say them wrong." I laughed.
Rainbow Dash gave me a playful shove and laughed with me.
"Here!" she held a present in her maw.
It was in a rainbow colored box with a black ribbon wrapped around it. The black ribbon had a yellow zigzag trail right in the middle. Once she set it on the ground, I opened it eagerly. When the wrapping was gone, I felt my heart drop and my eyebrows knit. I couldn't hold in anything at this moment, which is why a tear or two fell from my eyes.
"I never said this out loud, but your last pair was super lame and small! So I thought I'd get you a bigger, more awesome pair for your birthday! What'dya think?" Rainbow Dash asked.
In front of me was a pair of black headphones with the speakers shaped like white wings. I could tell she made this because of the way the speakers were forcefully carved in a wing shape. My heart felt as light as wings, maybe even shaped like them. I was so happy, so moved by this gift.
"Soooo, do you like them?" Rainbow Dash asked me.
I instantly embraced Rainbow Dash. I don't know why I did it, but I did. I could feel her eyes widening, taken aback by my action.
"Thank you, Rainbow Dash. You honestly have no idea how perfect and meaningful this present is to me." I thanked, even though those words could not begin to explain how much this gift means to me.
"Fe-Featherwing…" Her voice softly and hesitantly said my name, as if she were afraid to say it.
She never seemed caught off guard before, so the feeling must be very new to her. I didn't want to make her uncomfortable, so I let go of her. When I did, I noticed something across her face. Something I had never seen before on her face since the day I met her. It was a—
"FEATHER! WE FINALLY FOUND YOU!" shouted somepony from across the room.
The entire party seemingly stopped and stared at the red-mane and dark blue coated Pegasus unicorn at the entrance of Sugarcube Corner.
Aaaaw snap! Look who's where, everypony! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review, and I shall update very soon!