Chapter 5
Talk about a harsh morning.
I find myself on a barren wasteland on one knee and bleeding out. "Damn you..metal... you bastar-!" Metal cut me off as he grabbed me by my neck,"How can you
live with yourself, knowing that you're just some cheap imitation of a hero. The curse that you carry, what do you hope to do with it? Save people, make them love
you, make them see you as a hero?" He just lets out a small chuckle as his free hand turns into a knife he knee'd me in my gut and threw me to the ground."Damn
you, worthless pile of scra-" I cough up blood and try to put pressure on my side wound."I'll see you in hell, wanna be."He was about to slit my throat, but I woke up
right before he could.I pant frantically and wipe off the sweat that formed on my head,"Damn...I thought I was gonna die for sure that time." These nightmares I
keep having,it all points to the day I first met Metal... That mechanized monster sent to destroy me.I can never forget that day for as long as I live. I look next to me
to find Rarity still asleep with a smile.I check the clock to see that it was 7:15am,"Damn it's early...Better kill some time."I get off the sofa and head into the kitchen
to cook up breakfast. After 45 min I finished making chocolate chip waffles, eggs,fresh-baked cinnamon buns and fresh pineapple mango juice,"Thank god they have
fruit here, otherwise I'd go insane." Yea, I always eat mostly fruit and drink fruit juices so I don't get sick, other people say it's for "other reasons" but whatever. As
soon as I finish setting the table I hear hoof steps,"Morning Princess." I say with a smirk. She walks in with a somewhat devious look on her face,"Morning
handsome." As she jumped on me,"Boy someones rowdy this morning." She just laughed in my arms,"It's only because you're here." We both move in to kiss each
other before I let her out of my grasp so we can eat.I escort her to her spot at the table and get her situated then i got myself seated and started to eat."Did you
make this all by yourself?" She asked in amazment."Yup, hope it isn't too much, do you like it?" Though I really didn't need an answer see how she was drooling a
bit before she started eating. I let out a small chuckle and call Lance and Lucian down so they can eat. Lance can to my side asap, Lucain was dragging a very un-
happy cat,"Lucian, whats up with the cat?" suddenly the cat jumps out of Lucian's grasp and onto my face clinging to it,"AHHHH! GET THIS FRIGGIN CAT OFFA MY
FACE!" I try to pry the cat off but it just wouldn't come off,"Now my dear Opal, can you please get off of my friend?" Without much the cat just let go and pranced to
her water bowl,"Sorry about Opal Strider, she tends to be a handful." I just shrug shoulders and continue eating my food and think to myself,"That damn feline
monster." I shake my head and go back to eating again. After I had finished and took care of the dishes I checked the clock to see that it was only 8:25am."Still
pretty early, wonder what I should do?" I walk out into the living room to see Rarity folding the blanket we shared. I feel my face get a bit warm as I get lost in her
eyes.I think to myself,"Get it together dude... It could never work out,you're only kidding yourself if you think that YOU can bring her happiness." My smile fades and
I walk into the living room."So I'm guessin breakfast was good?" she nearly jumped out of her skin, guess I still got my "ninja skills","It was delicious Strider, I really
appreciate the gesture." She walks up to me and tries to kiss me but I retreat. She looks at me for a bit with a small frown,"Is something wrong Strider?" "I'm
struggling on my words, do I tell her what I feel, if I do what do I say; I'm scared it's not gonna work, ignore her, what do?" I try to gather my thoughts but no
dice,"I'm sorry Rarity, but I don't want to deny you the experience of caring for someone."She gives me a puzzled look,"What do you mean?" I just look down to the
ground and my voice gets a bit harsh,"Why would you waste your time on a fake like me, instead of that somepony of your dreams. I don't wanna take that away
from him, or you...I want you to be happy Rarity." I just walk out the door after that with the chao behind me. "Damn...I can't believe what I just did." I just pull out
the map Spike gave me and head to the trail not wasting anytime. I zoom past ponyville in less than a minute and I wind up on this country road, no houses, not
fences, just open wilderness and a few clouds in the sky. I race across the area only to notice that I see a rainbow-colored streak head towards me. I break only to
find that its one of the ponies I met at the party, the only one I didn't introduce myself too, man I'm a jerk."So you think you're fast there hot shot?" The cyan
colored pony said."To a certain extent, why do you ask? You wanna get smoked in a race or something?" Her face turned red,"Oh IT"S ON BUDDY!" We go over the
rules of the race, first one to the entrance of the everfree forest is the winner, and seeing as I still had about a few hours to kill I figures why not. We blast off the
starting gate and she takes a huge lead,"Heh well aren't we a fast one." I pickup the pace and hit mach 5, passing her easily."Hah well didn't think I'd have to use
this but time for the SONIC RAINBOOM!" Dang that's the brightest and colorful sonic boom I've seen. I think I can still top that though. I use my Sound Cutter
technique to break the sound barrier a few other times thus bringing me to mach 8, two levels under her,"SONIC BREAKER!" Time seems to stop as I my speed
increases to mach 20 thus overpowering the pegasus. I apply my breaks and wait for her. She arrives with her mouth hung open,"...woah...that...was...AWESOME!"
She hugs me tightly,"That was the most amazing race ever. But I don't even know your name, I'm Rainbow Dash by the way." As she let's go I chuckle a bit,"My
names Strider." Her eyes opened wide,"Strider as in Fluttershy's girlfriend Strider?" I look at her for a few seconds,"Since when was I dating Fluttershy?" She then
looked at me sternly,"Since you decided to sleep with her, I swear if you make her cry, I WILL DESTROY YOU!" Yikes, but we weren't sleeping together, and I needed
her to understand that so to avoid a pointless squabble I just decide to ask Fluttershy whats goin on, thank god her house it ten feet away.