Wedding Crashers Part 2
Nails walked around the wedding while Rainbow Dash walked right next to him. Although he had not been invited to this wedding he was making the best of his time as a guest. He had talked to Shining Armor since their last conversation and had been told he could stay. As long as no more members of the Royal Guard quit or he didn't threaten anypony. To be honest he didn't know why he was walking around, he knew where the ponies he knew were at. He knew he wouldn't meet anypony considering that even though Princess Celestia had allowed him to store his weapons in a storage locker for the guard he knew that nopony would approach him. He could see it in the eyes of everypony around him.
"Did you see my Sonic Rainboom?" asked Rainbow Dash excitedly.
"Ya," said Nails, "I saw it while I was having trouble with the guard. It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen."
"Aww, thanks." Said Rainbow Dash, "To be honest I was thinking of you when I did it."
"Really? What were you thinking about me for?" asked Nails.
"Well, I thought you were still in Forshan so I wanted to make it as big as possible in case you could see it." Rainbow Dash said with a slight blush.
"I see you doing that." Nails said.
"Please don't tell my friends. You don't want to embarrass me do you?" said Rainbow Dash with a hint of hostility in her voice.
"Of course not," said Nails, "besides, blackmailing is much more effective." Nails said as he quickly tensed up. As expected a hoof found its way into his side, but since he had flexed the muscle had completely absorbed the blow and he barely felt anything. He started to laugh but it was too late before he realized his mistake. His laughing caused him to relax his muscles and he felt a hoof make its way into his side. "Ooof!" he exclaimed as the wind got knocked out of him. "Wasn't ready for that one." He said in a raspy voice.
"Sorry! Did I hit you too hard?" asked Rainbow Dash who was suddenly worried about what she could have done. Nails shook his head.
"No, just knocked the wind out of me." He said, "Give me a few seconds to catch my breath." Nails took a few deep breaths before finally letting some air out. "That's better." He said as his voice returned to normal. Rainbow Dash started laughing and it wasn't long until Nails joined her. A few ponies turned to stare, wondering what the two could be laughing at. When they finally finished laughing Rainbow Dash turned to Nails.
"Why don't we head back to find the others?" suggested Rainbow Dash.
"Good idea." Said Nails. The two made their way out of the room they were in to try and locate the rest of their friends. They talked about different things on the way with Nails asking most of the questions. He was curious to find out how much had changed since his last time in Ponyville. Rainbow Dash tried to convince him that not much had changed, after all a month wasn't that long, but Nails kept saying that a month was a long time. He said that he had completely eliminated the threats to Equestria within a month so surely in a town that always has something going wrong such as Ponyville had to have gone through some changes while he was gone. Rainbow Dash finally did remember that there had been talk that a training gym was being planned in Ponyville but it was only a rumor.
"A training gym?" Nails asked, "Even if it doesn't happen that gives me a few ideas about things I can do once I get the workshop up and running again. I can still remember a few of the designs we had for weights in our training that were very good for you to do lifts with. Who knows? Maybe the idea would take off and Ponyville would end up with a gym anyway." Rainbow Dash shook her head. "What?" he asked.
"I never saw you as the kind of pony that would do that sort of thing you know? Plan out a business, I thought you would be more of the type who would just do things as they come." Said Rainbow Dash.
"Rainbow Dash, you've been with me to Forshan twice, you've been a part of my secrets twice. You should know by now that I always plan everything out." Nails said, "Hell, I know where I'm going to suggest we take a break on our walk home."
"Walk?" asked Rainbow Dash, "Aren't you going to take the train with us?"
"Son of a bitch." Nails said. "I forgot about that damn train. Well, never been on the side of engines, at least not since what happened in Forshan."
"What happened in Forshan?" asked Rainbow Dash unsure if she really wanted to know.
"Some idiots named Flim and Flam sold plans for an engine to Forshan spies. They could have cost us the entire war because of that mistake." Said Nails. Rainbow Dash's jaw dropped after he had said this. "What did I say this time?" asked Nails.
"Flim and Flam came to Ponyville and almost ran Applejack and her family out of business!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash.
"You're kidding." Nails said, "You mean to say that I have more than one reason to kill them if I ever see them? My day just keeps getting better and better."
"There they are." Said Rainbow Dash as their friends came into view. Rarity seemed to be missing though. "I wonder where Rarity is at?" she thought out loud.
"I bet you twenty bits that she's flirting with some of the richer families that attended." Said Nails.
"I am not going to take that bet because that is probably where she's at." Rainbow Dash said with a slight chuckle.
"Smart." Nails said as they approached the others.
"Well, if it ain't Nails and Rainbow." Applejack said being the first one to notice the two, "Where have you two been?" she asked.
"Oh, just walking around." Responded Rainbow Dash, "Talking mostly."
"Sure, talking." Applejack said sarcastically.
"Applejack!" exclaimed Twilight, "They haven't seen each other in a month! They have a lot of catching up to do so I'm sure they didn't do anything bad."
"I promise we didn't do anything." Nails said.
"Where's Rarity?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"She went to go mingle with the upper class of Canterlot." Applejack said.
"Told ya." Said Nails leaning towards Rainbow Dash.
"I never denied it did I?" Rainbow Dash responded to him.
"So what are you all talking about?" Nails asked.
"We were just talking about those meanie changelings that almost ruined the wedding!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie. Twilight and Applejack glared at her. "What?" she asked the two of them.
"Oh, um… I don't think we were supposed to let Nails know about that because he might overreact." Fluttershy said.
"It's ok." Nails responded, "I already knew about that."
"How?" asked Twilight before her gaze fell on Rainbow Dash. "We never told you that we were keeping it a secret so I bet you told him didn't you! I thought you would have had better common sense than to tell Nails!"
"I didn't tell him anything!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash. "I mean, if he had asked I probably would have but I didn't think to bring it up!"
"I saw them." Nails said trying to take the blame from Rainbow Dash.
"How?" Twilight exclaimed.
"You have to remember Twilight, my senses were designed for altitude, I just lack the means to achieve it." Said Nails as he shook his midsection indicating that he had meant wings.
"Oh, right." Twilight said rubbing her mane, "I sometimes forget that you're-"
"Part griffon? You aren't the first Twilight and I guarantee that you won't be the last. A member from my Special Forces team forgot about that once." Nails said.
"Really?" asked Pinkie Pie, "that's the last pony I would think would forget that you were part griffon. I mean really all they have to do is look at your claw and they can instantly remember. Plus you have that kind of griffony feel to you. Hey that's a fun word to say griffony! I'll have to add that to my list of favorite words! Pickle barrel, Kumquat, and griffony! Maybe I should make a book about fun words to say! Although I guess griffony isn't a real word exactly." Pinkie Pie took a deep breath.
Nails found this the perfect chance to lean in towards Rainbow Dash "Finally stopped talk-"
"Maybe I could get it made into a real word! The princess is here so I bet I could get her to make it a real word. I will be back really soon Bye!" and with that Pinkie Pie was gone in a moment.
Nails could only stare at where Pinkie Pie had just been. "I have seen some crazy shit in my life…. But I think Pinkie Pie takes the cake on the craziest."
"Don't tell her that or she may start talking about cakes." Said Rainbow Dash.
"Point taken and stored at the most prominent point in my mind. Never mention anything to Pinkie Pie that can be used as a weapon against you." Said Nails, "Now how can I talk to her?"
Everypony started laughing at this; they talked for the rest of the night until the wedding started to come to a close. All of them including Nails congratulated Shining Armor one last time before heading out to the train station where they found Rarity already waiting there.
"What happened to you?" asked Twilight.
"Oh, it's just the nerve of some of those Canterlot ponies. They think they are so superior to others." Rarity responded. "I came here after I realized there was no point in staying further figuring you would be here waiting for me. I see that you obviously found a reason to stay longer."
"We started talking about things and we lost track of time." Twilight responded.
"Well, it's no matter. The train shall be leaving soon so we might as well get on. Nails, did you get a ticket?" Rarity asked.
"Nah, I'm going to walk back to Ponyville. I guess you six will get there before me so I may not see you until later."
"Good-bye!" said the five as they walked onto the train. Rainbow Dash stayed behind though. Applejack noticed this and smirked a little.
"Keep it short you two lovebirds." She said as she walked onto the train. Rainbow Dash blushed a little bit.
"Don't worry." Nails told Rainbow Dash, "I promise to come visit you first thing in the morning."
"You Pinkie Pie Swear?" Rainbow Dash asked him expecting him to do it. What he did instead caught her completely off guard. He leaned in and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOO!" came five voices from the train as they watched.
"How's that for a promise?" Nails said smiling.
"Ya,s that should do it." Said Rainbow Dash as she staggered a little bit from surprise. Nails turned to leave.
"See you tomorrow Rainbow Dash." And with that Nails started walking the path back to Ponyville. Rainbow Dash turned around.
"What are you guys staring at?" she said as she climbed onto the train. The engine started up and the six ponies made their way back to Ponyville. Rainbow Dash looked out the window and could see Nails trotting along the path. He looked over right at her and she realized that he could see her so she smiled at him which he responded to with a smile of his own. Rainbow Dash could already tell that he would be keeping his promise to her. "When has he ever lied to you anyway Rainbow?" she said out loud to herself.
"The time he told yah he was gonna die." Said Applejack who was leaning over the seat smiling.
"Not counting that one." Rainbow Dash responded to her. The two talked all the way back to Ponyville. The whole time they talked Rainbow Dash knew that Nails was here to stay.
