Rainbow Dash trotted away quietly and kept the bird things mouth closed with one hoof, to keep it from squawking. Once she was a couple of feet from the alley she quickly galloped away from the two. Rainbow was no idiot, she knew what they were planning, and she had to tell her family. A couple feet from her house she just realized she still had the gross bird looking thing in her hooves. She looked at the poor thing and suddenly grew sympathetic for it. "Alright little guy, I gotta keep ya hidden for a while. My parents would flip if they you," Rainbow said putting the bird under her wing. She went inside her house and quickly tried running up to her room.

"Rainbow's back from detention! So ya learn your lesson or are you gonna keep being stupid?" Spectrum teased her five minute younger sister. Rainbow didn't have time for this she had to hide her bird friend and warn her parents and sisters about the guy planning to burn their house. Rainbow rolled her eyes at Spectrum as Polychrome waved, and quickly ran upstairs. She set the little bird down on her dresser and starred at it.

"So, uh, what the heck are you?" Rainbow asked curiously. Squawk. "Oh that's right, bird thing. Maybe my mom has a book on your type, she knows everything about animals," Rainbow said while trotting over to a book shelf. She scanned the shelf to find a book and soon picked one out. "Birds of Equestria," Dash read. She flipped through a few pages saying no at them then stopped. "A duck with cancer?" she said. The bird shook his head with his eyes closed. "Tucan? Nah. Hey this one looks pretty cool! A phoenix, magical bird that lives on for millenniums and can only die from attacks to the heart. It's tears can heal anything in ten seconds flat and-" Rainbow paused. "Ten seconds flat, that sounds pretty cool don't ya think?" The bird shrugged. "Whatever. Well, the picture of this bird looks nothing like you so I guess that's a no," Rainbow said moving on. The bird squawked again, but Rainbow paid no mind. She continued to flip through pages continuously saying no. She reached he last page and sighed. "Okay, I guess you're some unknown type of bird. What should I call you? Hmm, its gotta be something awesome. Synonyms uh... Striking? Yeah! Majestic! Majesty Strike!" The bird raised a brow at his new name. "What? Its awesome, and I can call you Majesty or Strike for short!" The bird gave a small sigh then pointed at the picture of the phoenix in the book. "Uh, I'm pretty sure you're not a phoenix... Oh the fire of the phoenix! That's right the fire! Thanks Majesty," Rainbow thanked. Strike slapped his face with a wing but then just nodded.

"Hey Dash, who ya talking to?" a voice called from downstairs. Rainbow always knew that stupid voice, it sounded just like her's. She had no time to think, Spectrum was the fastest of the three and the only one who knew how to fly. Before she knew it, both her sisters were staring dead at the animal she allowed into their abode.

"Oh my, is that a ph-"

"Ohhhh Dash brought a stray into the house!" Spectrum quickly cut off Polychrome. "I'm sooo telling mom when she gets back and you'll be in sooo much trouble!"

"No I found him on the street and he showed me something that I-" Rainbow tried defending herself.

"Uh-uh, I'm not listening you liar. Its not "cool" to bring strays in and think that they tell you stuff okay!" Flash screamed back. She was always the controlling one just because she was a few minutes older than the other two.

"No, I'm not kidding these two guys they were-"

"Me neither Dash," Flash said quickly as she heard the front door open. "Looks like mom is back, and you might get into some more trouble." She smirked.

"No please don't tell, he was the one that showed me the alley with the two guys and-"

"There is no alley so stop trying to make up stories! You have until tomorrow when you get back from detention to get rid of that-that thing!" Spectrum yelled. "Or I'm telling." With that, Rainbow and Polychrome where left in the room. Polychrome looked at Rainbow and excused herself after seeing the look on her face. Dash's emotions were mixed at the moment. Full of hatred for her controlling sister, yet sorrow for being yelled at. She shook her head vigorously and focused on what she was supposed to do. The fire was the only thing on her mind and she was determined to tell her mother.

Rainbow dashed down stairs and through the hallways until she almost ran into her mom. She stopped almost on a dime and was already panting when the two's rose eyes met.
"M-mom, two guys! They wanna burn the h-house down and and, they were planning, in-in a alley and they were uh..." Rainbow blabbered between breathes. Her mom stared down at the filly and blink. She didn't know if Rainbow was playing a prank or if she'd gone crazy. She never actually thought of Rainbow to be "less intelligent" just because she was born last, but this time she decided to play along.

"Um, okay dear, I'll be sure to warn your father when he gets back," Prism said casually.

"Really?" Rainbow asked doubtfully.

"Really," her mother reassured as she roughened up Rainbow's mane with her hoof. Usually Dash kept faith in her mom knowing that she was the nicer one. Now that she thought about it, both her parents were really nice and she wondered how she and Flash got to be the way they were. Either way, this time she couldn't believe her mom believed her one hundred percent. However, she trusted her and let that be that.