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As I finished telling my story, Celestia just nodded and smiled.
"You obviously have been through quite the ordeal then Mark." She said her motherly voice, no matter how much I heard her talk, she always put me at ease. For some strange reason her voice almost made all my suffering worth it.
"Yeah, that's one way to put it." I said looking out the nearby window at the evening sky, the sky was a crimson red and slowly setting over the mountains. It made me think back to when I'd color as a kid and I never could get the color of the sun just right, and when I looked at it now, it was just the right color.
"So what are you going to do with me?" I asked her.
She gave a soft chuckle "What do you mean?" She said calmly. "Aren't you going to send me back, or jail me or something?" I asked
"Not unless that is what you want." She said while slowly heading away from me. "Hell no" I replied quickly. "Then it is settled, just pretend we never had this talk." She started to walk out of the room.
I suddenly remembered Applejack and Rainbow Dash.
"Wait Princess! What happened to Applejack and Rainbow Dash?" I asked panicked
She smiled softly "Applejack is fine, I sent her home three days ago, she refused to leave your side, at that point you were completely bandaged up, so she no idea that you're up and around, so I would suggest going to see her right away. She really does care for you." She finished. I nodded with a smile
Celestia continued "Rainbow is up and around, she was only knocked unconscious with a few scrapes and bruises, she should be in bed rest but knowing her she's probably up and about. Storm Cloud on the other hand." Clestia then magically open the door and Cloud fell in, it was pretty obvious that he tried to listen in. "Cloud, stayed here in Canterlot the whole time you were out."
The whole time? "How long was I out" I asked her.
"About six days." Cloud chimed in. Damn, that's a record for me, next time I should try a whole week.
"Okay, well we obviously have some catching up to do. Princess what's the fastest way to get back to Ponyville from here?" I asked
"Oh, probably this." She said with a smile. Before I could ask her what she meant her horn glowed a soft yellow and the world went white. When I looked again we were standing in the middle of Ponyville.
"No matter how many times she does that to me, I will never get used to it." Cloud said while rubbing his eyes.
"Okay, well I need to go see Applejack." I told him. He stopped me. "Whoa, won't she be a little freaked out by all of…this?" he says gesturing to my scars and bandages.
"You're probably right, okay, Rarity's it is. I'll see you later Cloud." I gingerly made my way to the tall white building that was the boutique.
I knocked twice and entered and found Rarity quietly singing to herself while sewing some material together. I walked up to her and said hi. She nearly jumped through the ceiling.
"Don't scare me like that sweetie, you nearly gave me a heart attack." She lightly slapped me on the shoulder. After she saw me wince in pain she quickly apologized. "Oh sweetie I'm so sorry, what can I do for you?" she asked with friendly smile.
"Well I need some clothing to cover up all…this." I said copying Cloud's gestures. "Maybe a hoodie or a coat or something." I added
"A hoodie would be marvelous, and I just got this brilliant white fabric!" she took off to work taking measurements, cutting fabric, and sewing it all together. Soon I was wearing a bright white hoodie with a long hood big enough to cover the scars on my cheek.
"This is perfect Rarity!" I said with excitement. "What do I owe you?"
"Oh just come back sometime and help with some chores and we'll call it even." She said with a smile. "Absolutely! Well I have an orange pony to visit, I'll see you later and thanks again!" I said while quickly making my way out of her store and off to Sweet Apple Acres.
[CLOUD'S POV]
Spark headed off towards Rarity's and I decided it was probably a good time to find Dash. There was no way she was going to be at her house, she hated being stuck in one place to long, half the time she didn't even sleep at home anyway.
I took to the skies and looked for any sign of a rainbow trail, or a sonic rainboom, or anything that screamed 'I am the best flier in all of Equestria!' Unfortunately, nothing of that nature showed up.
Finally I decided to wait at her house for her to show up. When I landed the front door was unlocked and I made my way inside. It was dimly lit but I was able to make out Dash's shape rolling around in her cloud bed on the far side of the house.
She noticed me standing there and quickly ducked her head under the cloud pillow. I walked to the right side of the bed.
"Hey Dash." I said softly. She didn't reply "Are you okay? Can I get you anything?" I asked softly again. She turned to me with big tearing eyes.
"Why did you leave me? Why did you leave me at flight school all alone? How come whenever I needed you, you were never there?" she was practically screaming at the end. I crawled into bed next to her and just held her and she cried.
"I'm so sorry Rainbow." I softly kissed her forehead and held her tightly. "I'm so sorry I left, I didn't know how much I hurt you, and I promise you, I'm not going anywhere."
She looked up with watery eyes. "You promise?" she said in almost a squeak.
"I promise." I told her and kissed her.
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