Chapter 35: catching up

RAINBOW DASH'S HOUSE

Clayton was sleeping in the bed as he was relaxing. He had really missed this, having to lay his head on a nice warm bed while he was in the void for six weeks. As the sun then came in through the window and hit clayton's eye as he winced as he felt the light, as he opened his eye he then looked over to see a cyan pony holding him tightly and smiling as she snuggled her head into his chest.

Clayton missed this more than anything and that was to be with his sweet and loving rainbow dash. He then raised his right arm and held onto her and kissed her head as he then saw a hue of pink come onto rainbow dash's face, he smiled as then looked at the time to see that it was nine in the morning.

He sighed he really wanted to start the day but he didn't want to get out of bed and not stop holding rainbow dash. He then gently moved his hand from rainbow dash's body as he then got up and walked into the bathroom and closed the door, he then turned on the water and splashed some water onto his face and looked into the mirror to see his face.

He then placed his hand on his face gently and pinched himself hard, he winced a bit but smiled as he saw that he was still in the bathroom. He sighed "yup. I'm still here. Hehe...it's funny. It's as if I didn't even die" he said to himself as he then took off his shirt and looked at his chest and saw that the hole that Richard had put in him was nowhere to be seen.

"thank god" he thought as he then walked out of the bathroom and walked back into the bedroom to seem rainbow dash stare at him with a huge smile on her face and bedroom eyes.

Clayton only smiled at her as he walked over to the bed and sat down as he placed his hand on her head and stroked her hair slowly.

"morning dashie".

"morning Clayton".

He then leaned down to her and kissed her lips softly as he held her cheek, there kiss lasted for a few minutes until they broke apart and stared at each other smiling. Clayton then got up from the bed started to get ready for the day, he had on the same clothes that he died in but was missing two well really three things: his brooklyn express jacket, his Yamato katana, and his black kamina sunglasses which he remembered were destroyed when Richard killed him.

Clayton tapped his foot rapidly as he then shrugged it off as he looked back at rainbow dash who had half of her face covered with her hair, "Clayton what's wrong?" she asked him.

Clayton only raised his hand "oh it's nothing dashie really. I guess I just feel really out of place without my jacket and katana on me I guess".

Rainbow dash then smiled at him as she then stretched her body and flew over to him and held his cheeks with her hoofs "well. I think that you look cute just the way you are" she said as she then laid her head on his, Clayton could only blush as he then pressed his nose up to hers and Eskimo kissed her making rainbow dash blush madly as she turned her head away from him.

He then whispered into her ear "I'm so proud of you. My little wonderbolt".

Rainbow dash then turned to him and looked at him with a large smile on her face.

"thanks".

"your very welcome".

She then pressed her lips onto his cheek as she held onto him smiling as a small tear came down her cheek, Clayton then whipped the tear from her face "don't worry. I'm not going anywhere. And I mean it this time".

She looked at him and stared into his eyes "I know. I know that you will keep true to your words" she said as she then let go of him and turned her back.

"it's just...when you were gone...I...I f-felt so alone. So weak...I felt as if somepony had taken my heart and destroyed it. I tried to be strong I really did. But...whenever you came up inside my mind or if anypony brought you up. I cried...because all I could think about was you. I missed you so much during those six weeks...and the only thing that I wanted more in the world was to be near you again. I tried so hard to be like my old self but it never worked". She then turns around and faces Clayton "but now that your hear with me...I can finally be happy again".

Clayton was touched by her words never once had he thought that he mattered so much to a girl before, he then held her close to his chest and placed his lips onto hers deeply as the two held onto each other. As they broke there kiss Clayton then sat on the bed still holding rainbow dash in his arms "well then dashie. We still have some time to stay in the bed a little while longer" he said.

Rainbow dash nodded "yea we do. Besides it's only nine ten anyway".

He smiled as he then laid her on her back as he then took off his shirt and threw it on the floor, he then took off his pants and laid them on the floor as well as he then towered over rainbow dash who was bitting her lower lip and looking at his naked body with bedroom eyes. Clayton then leaned down to her face "well then. Let me give back six weeks of my love to you" he said in a seducing tone

Rainbow dash then licked her lips as the two then had a very romantic morning, one that rainbow dash would never forget.

PONYVILLE

It was twelve in the afternoon as Clayton was walking down the streets of ponyville. He smelled the fresh clean air and heard the other ponies around him enjoy themselves, he then had a small blush on his face as he remembered what he and rainbow dash did "man dashie is something else. To be able to keep going for four hours long" he thought as he then ran into dillon.

"bro!" he shouts as hugs him tightly.

"ahaha! Hey man what's up?".

Dillon let's go of him "oh nothing much man. Just been enjoying my time here in ponyville" he said, Clayton smiled at him "that's good bro. I see that you have been working out" he said as he pointed to his right arm.

Dillon's smile then faded "oh...well bro..I h-have something to show you" he said in a small upset tone, Clayton looked at him with a puzzled look as dillon then rolled up his right sleeve showing his cousin his fullmetal arm. Clayton was in shock and awe at his cousins arm "dude! What happened to your arm!?" he asked.

"my father".

"your fa-. Oh wait don't tell me. You and him saw each other?".

Dillon nodded "yea we did. He tried to patch up the broken bond that we had between us. We talked and it got bad. And then he goes and insults fluttershy and I kindly kicked his ass. But he proved a bit too strong for me. And nearly killed me. So after a few weeks in the hospital I got better and I got this sweet new arm". He finished.

Clayton hugged his cousin as hard as he could as he had tears come down his face, they both hugged each other for a while until they broke apart smiling at each other with tears coming down there faces.

"man. You extremely lucky man. If I was there I would never leave your side man until you got well again" Clayton said as he whipped away his tears smiling at him, dillon smiled back at him "yea bro. I guess I would have been joining you if I hadn't survived that week".

Clayton nodded as he and dillon then did a fist bump as they walked down the street. "oh yea bro that reminds me. I got something for you when I went to back to earth that day", Clayton raised an eyebrow at him "oh. And what would that be?" he asked him.

Dillon then ran past him over to a tree that was away from town, he then leaned down to a hole in the tree and pulled out his cousins jacket and Yamato katana. Clayton smiled as dillon brought over his older cousins stuff "dude! How did you get my stuff?".

Dillon smiled at him "I got your things when I was on earth. I teleported your things here".

"wow. Thanks dillon" Clayton said as he took his jacket and katana, "meh it's ok. I also upgraded your bike as well".

"you did?".

"yup. Can you say fenrir".

Clayton's jaw almost dropped "y-you. You customized my bike into fenrir?" he asked, dillon nodded at him "yup. I did for you man. I knew that it was something that you wanted when you were little", Clayton placed his hand on his shoulder "your the best dillon".

"thanks bro".

Clayton then put on his jacket on and his katana on his back, he finally felt like his old self again and it felt great. The boys then decided to walk over to rarity's house so Clayton could get a new pair of sunglasses.

CAROUSEL BOUTIQUE

Corey was reading a book on art and fashion in the corner as rarity was busy making orders that she had gotten from canderlot. Rarity was whipping away a inches of sweat from her forehead as she then felt a cloth on her head go past her head, she looked over to see that it was Corey.

Rarity smiled at him "thank you darling" she said.

"your very welcome love" Corey said making rarity blush at him, they both then heard a knock on the front door as Corey stood up from rarity as he walked downstairs. As he reached the front door and opened it he saw that it was Clayton and dillon standing in front of him, "hey guys. What's up?" he asked.

"oh nothing much. Were just here to get a new pair of sunglasses" dillon said as he pointed over to Clayton. Corey nodded as he let them in as the two followed him upstairs into rarity's work room and over to the work table.

"rarity Hun" Corey said.

"yes darling?".

"were do you keep your parts for making sunglasses?".

"there in the bottom dresser under the work table" she said.

Corey then pulled out the parts from under the table as he looked through the containers to find the right parts that he was looking for, rarity finished making her 14th dress as she whipped her head and turned around to see dillon and Clayton.

"boys how are you both doing?" she asked them.

"were ok" Clayton said.

Rarity smiled as she hugged him "I'm so happy to see your face again back in ponyville Clayton" rarity said, Clayton petted her mane as he looked at her "yea. It's good to be back". The three of them sat down on the floor as rarity took off her glasses and placed them on her work satiation, she then turned to the boys "so I take it that rainbow dash is doing well now that your here?" she asked.

Clayton smirked "oh yea. She's doing much better".

"oh? How so?".

"well let's just say that. We had a few minutes to spare today alone".

Rarity then got what he had said as a hue of red came across her face, as she giggled a bit "hehe. Oh my. It seems like you two had a very good time this morning I see".

Clayton could only pull his hood down over his head and hid his blush as he smiled under his hood. He then felt a tap on his shoulder as he then took his hood from over his head and saw that it was Corey, Corey smiled at him as he then moved his hands from behind him "surprise" he said as he gave Clayton a new pair of his black kamina sunglasses.

"wow thanks man" Clayton said.

"no problem. Besides you kinda out of place without them" he finished with a sinker, Clayton then put on the new pair of sunglasses as he then cracked a smiled across his face.

"oh yea. It feels so good to be back" he said.

"yup. Now the main eleven are now the main twelve again" dillon said with joy. Clayton then put his arm around his cousins neck "damn right. Just who the hay do you think we are".

Dillon, Corey, and rarity all smiled when they heard Clayton say his favorite quote, they had missed him so much and now that he was back they couldn't be happier.