Chapter 2- Strange

Rainbow's P.O.V

I spread my blue wings and flew into action. Shade was falling fast out of the sky.

I don't understand what went wrong, one minute she was flying fine and the next she just...dropped.

In a flash I swooped down and caught her on my back. I heard a loud cracking sound but I ignored it.

I flew up again towards the castle window that my friends were now looking out of. They moved out of the way as I landed on the edge and trotted over to a blanket laying on the ground.

"Is she okay?" Fluttershy's voice asked next to me as I set Princess Luna's daughter down.

"I heard a really loud cracking noise when I caught her. I think I broke some of her ribs." I said looking at Shade's face. She looked exhausted and scared, she looked as if she had never seen the sunlight from the way her dark grey fur looked.

Her wings laid on her body as if to protect her and her eyes were rolled in the back of her head.

Twilight stepped forward "Is there any blood?" she asked looking at Shade with disgust.

Red liquid ran down her back, covering the cutie mark I hadn't noticed before.

It was of fire and water together, the water looked as if it was just blue fire but it pressed up against the orange and red fire with trust that it wouldn't put it out.

"Yeah." I replied Twilight still looking at Shade's strange cutie mark.

Applejack came to my side "You okay sugar cube? You look like your going to be sick or somthin." she said with worry in her southern accented voice.

"Look at her cutie mark. It's so strange...what do you think it means?" I asked looking at AJ.

She looked at Shade's mark and crinkled up her eyebrow's "Ah dunno Dash. Maybe it's because her parents are good and bad, like the fire represents her father and the water represents her mother and how they are so different but they bonded to create this pony." she guessed.

Rarity shook her head "That can't be it! Maybe it's because she has the power of two evils in her. The power of Nightmare moon and King Sombra." she said.

I shook my head "She said she was the daughter of Luna not Nightmare moon. They are two different ponies, that just so happen to share one body." I said with a eye roll.

Pinkie looked at us all "I don't know what it means but maybe she likes to party!" she exclaimed with a smile.

I couldn't help but smile "Yeah Pinkie maybe." I muttered.

"It symbolizes trust." A voice said.

I looked over to see Shade looking at me, she was awake and her eyes were full of pain

"What?" I asked looking in her deep blue eyes.

"My cutie mark. It symbolizes trust." she said.

We all stared at her in confusion and curiosity.

She sighed but winced at the big breath "I tend to put a lot of trust into ponies. Like how I trusted you guy's with knowing who I am and where I came from. Auntie Celestia says it is a good trait to have. I think that it is just a flaw ." she explained.

I nodded it finally making sense "So the fire and water trust each other not put the other out." I said.

Shade nodded "It also symbolizes what Applejack said, the evil and good that made me and that is also inside of me." She added looking away. "I should be going...before the guards find me. I don't want you ponies to get in trouble." she whispered and tried to get up. She yelped in pain and fell back to the ground gripping her chest, a rib was sticking out of her skin and blood was oozing down her body.

Twilight advanced "You need to go to a hospital." she said looking Shade over. She shook her head "I can't. The guards with hear and come get me." she exclaimed.

"But you have to!" Applejack explained.

Fluttershy stepped forward "No she doesn't. She can stay with me and I can take care of her." she said.

I was shocked

"Are you sure Fluttershy?" I asked. She nodded and looked at Twilight

"Fine but on one condition." she said looking at Shade again "You have to tell us everything."