Chapter 5: The storm and it's results

Flamingsteel's home, Equestria
Local time: 1200
Six days since arrival

The storm was bad, and by bad I mean fucking insane. When I woke up everything was fine, I went on a run and did some push ups, then in an instant the situation went from fine to FUBAR. I was literally ten feet from my house when the storm started and by the time I got inside I was soaked. I used one of my blankets to keep the rain from coming in the window, it wasn't really helping. The roof had more leaks than could be counted. If I had to describe it I would say it was like trying put water into a mesh bag. I was using the other blanket to try and keep myself and my stuff dry. My saddlebag is supposed to be water proof, but I highly doubt it is flood proof.

"Fucking weather, I knew I should have found out what Rainbow dash was trying to say last night." I thought. The storm had been going on for about five hours now. I knew it was not going to end soon. "This is great. I'll be lucky if I don't catch a cold from this. Not to mention the condition my stuff will be when it's over, god could things get any worse?" As if on cue Murphy's Law kicked in. The blanket covering the window was blown away by a large gust of wind. The rain was now easily 20% worse. "Well that's just fucking perfect."

Five and a half hours later…

By this time the storm had ended however I knew I was in trouble. About three hours ago I noticed I had the first signs of hypothermia and as time passed it only got worse. By now I was in it's final stages, since I live in a tree and the field around the tree was now a swamp there was no way to make a fire, which means I have no possible way to keep my self warm. Needless to say I was fucked.

"This is just fucking perfect, I'm going to fucking die! Why, why did I have to be sent here? I would have been fine just enjoying the afterlife but no god just had to send me here. Now instead of bleeding to death I now get to freeze to death." With noting else to do now that I'm freezing and my training ground is now a swamp I decided to check the status of my stuff. Most of it was fine, the saddlebag was ice cold and soaked on the outside but everything on the inside was dry and intact. It was starting to get dark so I pulled my drenched blanket over me in an attempt to save what little body heat I have left. With almost no hope left I did something I never thought I'd do, I prayed. "God please tell me you're just being a troll and this will all be fine in the morning."

POV change: Twilight

Field south of Ponyville
Local time: 0900
Seven days since arrival

I couldn't help but think about what Rainbow Dash said at Steel's party. After the storm half the town was flooded and most ponies had trouble moving around town. I decided to visit Steel and check on him. Just looking at the field around the tree his house was I could tell the storm hit this place hard. "Steel, are you in there?" There was no response. Normally I would have just assumed that he went out, but there were two problems with that theory. One, Steel doesn't usually leave his house and two there were no hoofprints in the mud, indicating that he hadn't left. "Steel, are you in there?" Still no response, defiantly not good. "Steel if you can hear me I'm coming in." When I entered I could tell something was wrong. Steel was lying on the ground, his breathing was sporadic and shallow. As I got closer I noticed the color had drained from his body and when I put a hoof on him he felt cold. "Steel, are you ok? Do you need help?" I knew they were dumb questions, he was clearly not ok and he had trouble focusing on me when he looked at me.

"I'm fine I just need to sleep. Go home all I need is rest." I was surprised to say the least. We both knew he wasn't fine but he was rejecting my offer to help him. "Steel you're not fine you and I both know it and you are getting help one way or another." He just grunted in response and made no effort to get up. "Looks like we're doing this the hard way." I thought. I placed my hoof on him and teleported us to the library. I moved him towards the fire got some blankets from upstairs and was about to remove the wet one he had on when he stopped me. "No leave it on, it's trapping what little body heat I have left. Just get some more blankets, please."
"Fine but later I'm getting a doctor." He looked at me with surprise and alarm. "No! No doctor, I don't care how much you beg to see one or how much you complain, no doctor." *sigh* I left and got some more blankets. By the time I got back he had removed his blanket and covered himself with the ones I brought before. "He's hiding something, it would explain why he didn't remove that wet blanket until I left the room. What ever it is it's clearly something he wants to keep a secret." I thought.

POV change: Flamingsteel

I was starting to warm up which was a good sign that I would live. But I was in Twilight's house which was a bigger problem than hypothermia. "I needed to get out of here and back to my house, the longer I stay here the bigger chance she would learn my secret." I thought. "I doubt she would care that I'm a blank flank. But being an alicorn would defiantly be a problem. If she doesn't immediately tell the princesses or have me arrested for making a mockery of royalty, or something like that, she would ask questions that I don't want to answer and that would be a problem." I needed to get out of there. Once I could stand and my blanket was dry I decided it was time to go. I put my blanket back on and started folding hers when she left the room. When she got back she noticed me folding her blankets and stared at me with a face that said 'what are you doing'. "Well Twilight thanks for the hospitality but I should probably get out of your way. So I'm just going to head home." I started walking toward the door, but half way there I was lifted in the air and covered in a violet glow. All I could think was 'damn magic'.

"Oh no, you are not going anywhere, you are staying here tonight. I don't care if I have to watch you all night you are not going back to your house in this condition. The way you are now you'll never last the night, I mean you were almost frozen when I found you before." Great she's in overprotective mode just like my mom. "You are going to stay in the guest room and that's final." I could see it in her eyes she would do everything in her power to keep me here. All I could do is sigh in defeat. I followed her to the guest room, she left to get something and I got into the bed. She returned with a chair and true to her word she sat down and just watched me. "So your really going to sit there and keep my from leaving aren't you?" She just smirked and nodded her head. Now not only did I have to worry about her discovering my secret but now I had to try and sleep with her watching me. "This could qualify as the most awkward time in my life. This is even worse than that time me and the guys decided… not going to think about that, I don't think I'll ever be able to forget that night. God it was horrible the whip cream, the blowtorch, and then we had to explain it all to the cops and our parents." As I started to fall asleep all I could think about was that night and how I hoped I would relive it in my dreams.

Authors Note: Next chapter you'll see what happened that night, hope you're ready for it. Review if you want the story to be better. Also Flamingsteel and Twilight will NOT have a romantic relationship, I have somepony else in mind for that.