Chapter 2 – The adventure Begins
Twilight heard the door open and a pink fluff-ball of a pony bounced in "Hello Pinkie"
"Oh, hi Twilight I need you to try this cake I made for the party, it's a new recipe and I need somepony to try it, can you try it, can you, can you? Please"
"Um Pinkie I am studying and ... mph" But Twilight couldn't finish her answer before Pinkie force fed her a piece of cake. "Pinkie this is really good"
"Really Twilight, I am always trying new recipes for new cakes and while many of them are really, really good I occasionally make one that is not so good and just icky"
"Okay Pinkie" said Twilight.
"Okie-Dokie-Loki, goodby Twilight" said Pinkie as she bounced towards the door.
"Um, Pinkie"
"Yeah?" said as she stopped where she was
"Rainbow will be unable to attend your party" Twilight said worried how the excitable Pinkie would take it
"Awww," Pinkie said sadly. And then in an excited voice "Why?"
"She left to find who her true parents are"
A sudden change came over Pinkie. Her face went blank and her eyes started glowing.
"Pinkie are you okay?" Twilight asked worried
Then pinkie spoke in a voice that sent chills down Twilight's spine
"The daughter of Rainbow and Sky
has the power to decide
whether Olympus falls
or rises to conquer all
Whether she takes the Might
to protect those in fright
or if she gives the power
to those that are sour"
Pinkie then fell exhausted to the ground
"Pinkie are you okay" Twilight said in a worried tone.
Pinkie jumped to her feet "Why would I not be okay, Twilight. It's okay that Rainbow Dash is missing the party because this means I can throw her a party when she gets back, I have always wanted to throw a return-from-an-epic-quest-to-find-your-parents-party and it will be so much more interesting than the welcome-to-Ponyville parties I get to throw for everypony"
"What about what just happened to you Pinkie, the strange voice?" Twilight questioned
"Oh, silly, what are you talking about? I just was so happy that I lost my balance and fell down"
"Sure" Twilight said rolling her eyes.
After Pinkie left Twilight started pulling books of the shelves and said to herself "Whatever that was, it was important"
Rainbow Dash had flown a fast pace on her way to Cloudsdale and had made it there in good time. She landed in the outskirts of the city and walked the rest of the way on hoof. It took her an hour to find the house she was looking for.
Rainbow knocked in the door and it was opened by a middle aged orange pegasus stallion with a long mane or red, yellow and orange with a cutie mark of a flame. He asked "Rainbow Dash I haven't seen you in awhile, what brings you here?"
"Hello Firewing I have come to talk about my parents. I want to know who they are."
Firewing hesitated then said "Okay Rainbow. Why don't you come in and have a seat?"
When they were both sitting Firewing said "Rainbow, I wish you had sent me a letter indicating you were coming, then I could have cleaned up a bit"
"How do you know I didn't send a letter, I flew here faster then any letter could, even sent using express" She said jokingly "anyways I have seen this house in much worse condition than this"
"I guess you're right" He laughed a bit "however most of the time that the house was in the 'much worse condition' it was your hoofwork"
"Firewing, you raised me, you must at least have an impression of who my parents are"
"Unfortunately, I don't have a clue; however I will help you as much as I can" He said "The day that I found you I remember well. I was young and passionate working for the Pegasus Weather Control Team in and around Cloudsdale. One day I saw a rainbow in the sky that had not been scheduled. I decided to ask several of my colleagues about it only to get blank stares as if they didn't even see it. One day I flew out to find it knowing that it was important. When I finally got to the end of the rainbow I found a little foal with the cutest rainbow mane"
"Hmph, cute, really?" Rainbow scoffed with a roll of the eyes
"Well you were. Anyways I found you in a basket with two letters. The first was addressed to me and it told me to name you Rainbow Dash and to raise you as my own, it also told me to give you the second letter when you were ready for it. I think that time is now``
Firewing got up out of his cloud chair and exited the room leaving Rainbow to think. Why would anypony leave their baby foal in the middle of nowhere.
"I have your letter here" Firewing said as he re-entered the room holding a stark white envelope. He walked up to where Rainbow was sitting and handed here the envelope and a thin short knife that Rainbow instantly recognized as Firewing's letter opener. Rainbow opened the envelope and took out a piece of white paper with multicoloured hoofwriting on it and started to read
Dear Rainbow Dash, my daughter,
I have written this letter to you to tell you several things. The first is that I love you with all my heart and it is for that reason that parting with you was so difficult. However it is for that same reason that the parting was so necessary. It would have been too dangerous for you if I had decided against reason and raised you myself. I will have been watching over you every day watching you grow into the mare you are today and been protecting you without the knowledge of anypony. With this I come to the second point. I realize that you will wonder who I am and you will try to find me, however I hope you will not act on these desires for your own safety. I could not stand to see you even close to the dangers that permeate the world I live in. So I plead to you Rainbow Dash, do not search for me and be happy that I exist and watch over you for it would be much to dangerous for you to do otherwise. I could not stand to loose you
Your loving mother
"Thank you so much Firewing but I must go home now, I have much to think about"
"Then you go Rainbow Dash" He replied "I wish I could have done more"
"You have done more than enough" Rainbow said shocking Firewing with a hug.