Chapter 4: But who will save you?

Heart's Vision sat in bed after waking up. 'What time is it?' He looked out the window between his bed and Flash's. The sun was high in the sky. Flash was not in his bed. His covers had been throw off the bed. The bedroom door was wide open. Heart closed his eyes trying to fall back asleep. 'This feels wrong. Was I suppose to do something today?' Three knocks echoed down the hallway from the front door. Heart made his way down the hallway. Rose's bedroom door was open. She lay in bed sleeping. Heart opened the front door.

Scootaloo stood on the steps smiling. "Hey HV. We wanted to know if your ready to go crusading."

Heart had a questioning look. "We?"

Apple Bloom leaned to the right from behind Scootaloo. Sweetie Belle leaned to left in the same way.

Heart nodded. "I see. I guess we can but I need to tell my mom."

"Ok we will be waiting."

Heart closed the door. He couldn't find any paper so her wrote on a paper towel. He said he would be with friends and would be back later. He left one note on the fridge and one in his bed. The colt headed outside with his friends. "What are we doing first?"

Sweetie Belle got in Heart's face "We're going to get our cutie marks in roof painting."

Heart leaned back. "How are we going to do that and are you supposed to paint roofs?"

"There is a house not far from here. The owner agreed to let us do it as long we don't charge her. She is letting us paint hers so I guess your supposed to."

"Well if she wants it painted I guess we can."

The four of them arrived at the home. The walls were painted a bright yellow with a dark brown tiling on the roof. It had two floors. Apple Bloom and Scootaloo disappeared behind the home as Sweetie Belle explained what the two where doing. "They are going to get the paint and the ladder. We need to get up there and paint all of it."

Heart looked at the home. "We have to go all the way up there?"

"Of course silly. How would we paint the roof if we don't get on it?"

He hadn't thought about it. He was just happy to spend time with his friends. "I wasn't thinking about it."

Scootaloo came from behind the house. "Are you coming? We set up the ladder and need help getting the paint up."

Sweetie Belle turned to Scootaloo. "You were suppose to bring the ladder up here."

"That thing is heavy. I didn't want to carry it all the way up here."

"Let's go then. The sooner we do this the sooner we get our cutie marks."

Sweetie Belle and Heart's Vision followed Scootaloo to the back yard. The tall ladder leaned on the home leading up to the roof. Three buckets of pink paint laid at the foot of the ladder.

Scootaloo walked up to the buckets and tapped the top of one. "We need to get these up there." She pointed to the roof.

Apple Bloom peered over the roof's ledge. "It would be easier if Scootaloo would FLY."

"I already told you that I can't fly. And I wouldn't need to if Sweetie could use her magic and do that weird floaty thingy."

Sweetie defended herself. "It is really difficult. It isn't something you learn in a day. And it is called levitation."

Scootaloo rolled her eyes. "There you are again with your fancy smancy dictionary words."

"It isn't fancy. That is what it is called."

Sweetie and Scootaloo kept going back and fourth. Giving Heart time to think to himself. 'This is easy. I will levitate them up there.' Heart was about to step forward and use his magic. 'Wait, what would they think of me? If Scootaloo can't fly and Sweetie doesn't know magic will they think badly of me for using my skill?' Heart zoned out and let his imagination run wild.

Heart stepped forward and levitated the paint onto the roof. Scootaloo and Sweetie looked at Heart then the roof. Then back to Heart. Sweetie Belle made an ugly face. "What was that about?"

Heart responded a little smugly. "I simple saved us some trouble."

Scootaloo had an maddened expression. "No you just wanted to show off. Why you want to do something like that?"

Heart wasn't expected the harsh reaction. "What? No I wanted save us from unnecessary work."

Sweetie Belle got in Heart's face. "You are a worthless show off. Leave now. We don't want you as a crusader."

Heart cowered and answered in a pitiful tone. "What? But I just wanted to help."

Apple Bloom responded from the roof. "And we just want you to LEAVE."

"But. But we were going to…"

Apple Bloom cut him off. "I said leave!" She kicked the paint buckets down. They landed on Heart's head knocking him out.

"Hey! Is any pony home?" Scootaloo waved her right foreleg in front of Heart's face.

"Huh?"

"You kind of zoned out there. Did you here the plan?"

"No. What is the plan."

"One of us will stay down here and tie a rope that Apple Bloom throws down to the buckets. We will pull the paint up from the roof once they are tied. Can either of you tie the rope to the buckets?"

Sweetie belle hopped forward. "I can. Rarity lets me tie bows to her dresses all the time."

Scootaloo started climbing the ladder. "Looks like we are climbing HV."

Heart held the ladder making sure it didn't fall while the Pegasus climbed the ladder. She reached the top.

"Come on HV I will hold the ladder."

The colt climbed up the ladder. He reached a little over half way up and The orange filly keeping him safe decided she had something to say.

"Sweetie looks tiny from up here."

Heart looked down. The ground looked distorted to him. Fear rushed through his veins. 'Oh Celestia I am high up.'

"Hurry up HV. We don't have all day."

Heart continued climbing wanting to be on stable ground again. He reached the roof. Apple Bloom had the rope under her left fore hoof making sure it didn't go off the edge. "When Sweetie finishes tying this to the bucket I am goin to need one of yall to help me pull it up."

Scootaloo offered her help. "I'll do it."

Sweetie's voice called from the ground. "It is ready. Pull it up when you are."

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo took the rope in their mouths and steadily backed up pulling the paint closer to the roof. Once it hit the ledge Heart went to the edge and placed it. Sweetie had tied the rope into a bow on the paint's handle.

Scootaloo saw the bow and leaned over the edge of the roof to talk to the unicorn on the ground. "Really Sweetie Belle, a bow?"

Sweetie looked at the Pegasus. "It makes it look pretty."

"I doesn't need to be pretty. You need to stop hanging around Rarity so much. Before to long you will try to make me a dress. Then you and I are going to have some problems."

"Send the rope back down so I can tie the next one."

"Is it untied Apple Bloom?"

The earth pony finished pulling the rope from around the handle. "Yep."

Scootaloo kicked the rope down to Sweetie. She looked at the sealed container of paint. "How are we going to open this?" Every pony looked around for something to pry the lid with but they had brought nothing to do it with.

Heart had an idea pop up in his mind. "I know." He stuck his head down and tried to pull the metal lid off with his horn. After a few seconds of positioning and prying the lid popped off. "Ha!" The paint inside was pink. "Pink?"

Apple Bloom shrugged. "This is the paint that she gave us."

"This house is going to look like a very big cupcake."

Scootaloo butted in. "I wish I had a cupcake."

The fillies and colt continued their processes of transferring paint from the ground to the roof. After all three cans had been brought up Sweetie Belle made her way up to the roof. The four young ponies each took a brush and started painting the part of the roof opposite from the ladder. Scootaloo and heart had to share a paint bucket. After hours of painting they finished most of it. A small square of unpainted brown surrounded the ladder.

Scootaloo spit the paint brush out of her mouth. "That is it. We ran out of paint."

Apple Bloom followed Scootaloo's lead. "Does that mean we're done."

"I guess."

Sweetie Belle spit her brush out. "Do we have our cutie marks." She looked at her flank smiling until she realized it was blank. The other fillies did as her and as she did became disappointed.

Heart knew he didn't get his and consoled his friends. "It is ok. We can get our cutie marks another day. As long as we have each other it will be ok."

Sweetie said what the others thought. "Your right. I don't think I would want a cutie mark for painting roofs any way."

Scootaloo agreed as well as Apple Bloom. They had to get down and Sweetie Belle was the closest to the ladder and started her decent. Scootaloo held the ladder. Heart was to Scootaloo's left and Apple Bloom to her right watching Sweetie descend. Scootaloo shook the ladder to mess with Sweetie.

Sweetie stopped only a few rungs down and looked up at the playful Pegasus. "Don't do that."

Apple Bloom hit Scootaloo in the shoulder for messing with Sweetie. She hit too hard though and Scootaloo lost her grip on the ladder. It leaned and started falling. Sweetie flew off it. She was going to hit the ground and get hurt. Heart saw what was happening. "NO!" Without thinking he grabbed Sweetie Belle with his magic. She levitated five feet from the ground. He gently put her on the ground.

Scootaloo turned her attention from the horrible accident that almost happened to the pony who stopped it. "Did you just use magic?"

Heart cowered believing his vision would come true. "Y-yeah. Don't be mad at me. I promise I wasn't trying to show off or anything."

Apple Bloom Came closer to the frightened pony. "We know you aren't trying to show off. You just saved Sweetie Belle. It is a good thing you know magic."

Scootaloo bumped Apple Bloom to the side. "It is really cool."

Heart smiled. "You really think so?"

Sweetie called from the ground. "YEAH!"

Heart set the ladder back up so Apple Bloom and Scootaloo could get down. But after Apple Bloom went down Scootaloo hesitated. "What's wrong Scootaloo?"

Scootaloo looked at heart. "Nothing is wrong. I just wanted to know if… If you…"

"If I would what?"

"I wanted know if you would float me down."

Heart looked confused. "Why do you want me to do that?"

Scootaloo looked away. "Forget it I will take the ladder."

The colt stopped her. "Whoa hold up. Just tell why you want me to and I will do it."

Scootaloo talked low enough so that the others wouldn't hear her. "I want you to float me down so I can know how it feels to fly."

Heart gave her a warm smile. "Of course I will."

"Thank you."

Heart surrounded her in magic and lifted her into the air. He moved her in a fashion that mimicked the way a Pegasus flies. He moved her in zigzag motions on her way down. She spread her wings so that it felt real to her. The grin on her face was priceless to Heart. Her mane whipped as the air passed by her. As a finally he made her do a loop before setting her on the ground. He wasn't sure if he had ever seen a pony so happy with something he gave them. The entire time his smile had only grown. 'I don't think anything can ruin this day.'

The CMC were tired after painting the roof and split up for the day. Heart headed home. He walked into the living room. He looked on the couch for Rose Spade but she wasn't there. He went to her room. She wasn't there either. He walked back into the living room. He noticed a note that wasn't his on the fridge. "Going grocery shopping. Will be back in a little while." 'Wonder if bubba is home.' He went to his room. Fire Flash was laying on the bed counting his bits. "Hey bubba. Do you want to do something?"

Fire Flash didn't look at Heart's Vision. "No. Go away."

Heart walked closed and sat right next to the bed. "Come on. We haven't done anything in a long time."

"Because there is nothing to do and you annoy me."

Heart rocked his brother back and forth with his fore hooves. "Please bubba. I want to do something."

"I said NO!" He pushed Heart off of him. "Now go away."

Heart grabbed his ball off his bed. "We can play with my ball. Come on catch." Heart tossed the ball at Flash. I was supposed to land softly in front of him but hit his face. It bounced off his face and scattered his bits all of the floor.

Fire Flash grew furious instantly. He jumped off his bed to right in front of Heart. He raised his hoof and hit Heart above his left eye. Heart flew back onto his bed and landed on his back. He was disoriented and didn't get up right away. Fire Flash proceeded to get on top of Heart and pressed his fore hooves onto Heart's throat.

Heart felt the pressure on his wind pipe. Fire Flash pressed harder. The unicorn wasn't getting any air in. "Bubba stop. I can't breath." Flash didn't stop. Heart gasped for air but none could make it to his lungs. His eyes started to roll back into his head. He was moments from passing out.

At the last second Fire Flash backed off. "Now leave me ALONE!"

Heart took a deep breath. Once he had gotten enough oxygen to move he went to the bathroom. He had some cuts above his eye where Fire hit him. He washed away the small amount of blood then went and laid down on the couch. Heart laid on the couch for twenty minutes before Rose Spade came home. Once she came home she noticed Heart on the couch.

"Why are you on the couch sweetie?"

Heart shrugged. "I don't know. I just felt like laying on the couch."

Rose looked closer and noticed that his eye was swollen and he had marks above it. "Did your brother hit you!?"

Heart didn't want his brother to get in trouble. "No. He didn't do this. When I was out crusading I wasn't paying attention and I ran into a wall."

Rose stood for a minute examining him. "If you say so."

Heart looked for the groceries she was suppose to be getting. She had a saddle bag on but it was nowhere near big enough for groceries. "Where are the groceries?"

Rose checked her back. "I went to the market but when I got there I realized that I forgot my bits so I couldn't get any. I will get them tomorrow honey."

Heart looked disappointed. He was looking forward to having food. "Oh, ok."

Rose set her saddlebag down and sat next to her son. She noticed the marks on his neck but thought it was better to let it be.

Heart looked up at her. "Can we play a game?"

"I am sorry sweetie but I have to take my medicine soon."

Heart once again lost any hope he had gained.

A/N: This is the first chapter with a worry vision. I will be putting more in here but they will most likely not be as vivid as in "When A Rainbow Cries" but they will exist. I hope everyone enjoys this chapter. Have a good day/night. Don't forget to review J