(Night time)
Rainbow Dash is locking her Cloudominium doors. She has let her friends know that she's going to be busy, so they won't look for her while she's with Adorabella. Rainbow Dash is carrying a blue rucksack with her cutie mark on it, filled with everything she needs to take with her. Rainbow Dash feels bad, because she took a lot longer than she should have.
"Off somewhere?" Rainbow Dash turns around and sees a pegasus stallion. He has light lime green irises for his eyes, a grey nose and light cyan fur. His legs have 2 ice blue strips on them, and dark grey hooves. His mane has a fringe over his eyes, that's a darker shade of cyan. His tail has a much brighter ice blue colour. This stallion is around the same size as Big Mac, just that this 'Big Mac' has big muscular wings. He has a lot of visible leg and body muscle. The stallion is very muscular.
"Yeah I am Ralph, I'm gonna meet with a friend. I'm staying over at theirs tonight," Rainbow Dash nodded.
"Alright no worries, we won't need to go inside. The repairs that need doing are on the outside. You go and enjoy your sleepover," Ralph nods back and extends his right forehoof, which Rainbow Dash grabs with her left forehoof and shakes.
"Thanks Ralph, my place could so with a... few repairs," Said Rainbow Dash.
"No worries, that's what I'm here for. Now, go and enioy the rest of the night with your friend," Ralph reassured.
"Awesome, but I need to get going now, I'll see you around," Rainbow Dash said as she flaps her wings and takes off.
"Right, see you," Ralph waves off Rainbow Dash.
Adorabella had been waiting by her door for many minutes now. She has her cloak and her necklace on. She hears the knocks on the door and without thinking she pulls her hood down and eagerly pulls the door open, excited to see Rainbow Dash. But outside isn't Rainbow Dash. She gasps, takes many steps back and screams.
Outside are 2 stallions, one being a unicorn and another being an earth pony. The earth pony is yellow and has green irises for his eyes, and a poofy dark brown mane and tail. The unicorn is light grey and has a mane and tail that's a mixture of dark cyan and turquoise colours, and the irises for his eyes are red.
"Long time no see... Adorabella," The unicorn said as he and the earth pony steps into the shack. Adorabella gets pressed against the back of the wall by the earth pony, at the opposite side of the door. Adorabella is struck frozen by fear. She doesn't know how to react. How did these stallions find her? Adorabella whimpers and closes her eyes in fear, as she gets forced to stand on her rear hooves, her forehooves being pinned by the earth pony's forehooves.
"Wondered who lived in this lame old place since the trip a decade ago. No wonder you were never seen for so long. That moat won't stop us lol," The earth pony said as he breathes over the frightened mare's face, making her cough.
"Now how about we have some... fun-"
"HEY! You leave her alone!" A female voice screamed.
The 2 stallions turn around and before they could react they get kicked down to the floor. Rainbow Dash returned, and with her wings extended gets in front of Adorabella. The light blue pegasus immediately goes into protective mode. The 2 stallions got up and they take a step back. Rainbow Dash is scraping the floor with her forehooves like an enraged bison protecting their own, growling and frowning.
"Leave while you still can!" Rainbow Dash growled aloud, bluffing a charge, making the 2 stallions flinch and take another step back.
"Well, now we have two mares," The unicorn chuckled. The 2 stallions then took a few steps closer, trying to tower over the 2 mares.
"You're getting no pony!" Rainbow Dash angrily screamed as she instantaneously swings round and kicked the unicorn stallion in the face with both rear hooves, making blood shoot out of his nostrils. Then in quick succession, Rainbow Dash swings around and using the momentum lands her right forehoof into the earth pony's left eye, making it immediately go swollen as well as fracturing his left eye socket.
"Last warning! Or I won't hesitate to break every bone in both of your bodies! LEAVE!" Rainbow Dash roared and does another bluff charge, this time making the 2 stallions flee. They jump into the moat and climb out onto the path on the other side, then runs.
Rainbow Dash looks as the 2 stallions leg it. Once she no longer sees them, she turns around to check on Adorabella. The white pegasus is awake, she isn't hurt.
"Who were they Adorabella? Did they hurt you?" Rainbow Dash gently asked. Adorabella is unresponsive and is intensely shaking, rapidly breathing, her eyes wide open. Rainbow Dash didn't know what to do. She slowly walks to her and starts down next to her on the left. Adorabella leans into Rainbow Dash. The light blue pegasus can feel the white pegasus' intense vibration and shaking. Rainbow Dash puts both forehooves around Adorabella, who didn't react, but she did start to shake less.
"I'm so sorry I was so late in coming back I'm so sorry..." Rainbow Dash feels it's her fault. She took too long and Adorabella almost got hurt.
"A- are th- th- th- they... g- g- gone?" Adorabella stuttered in a very low tone, whimpering.
"Yeah them scumbags are gone. Who were they?" Rainbow Dash asked, trying to get to the bottom of this.
"C- can we g- g- go somewhere e- else!? I n- no longer f- feel safe here!" Adorabella stuttered, crying.
"We can go to my place. There are ponies working on doing a few repairs. But yeah, any place is better than here. Plus, the ponies doing the repairs are really chill and nice," Rainbow Dash proposed the idea.
"O- okay... b- but I need to gather some things..." Adorabella stuttered as she struggles to get up because of her shaking. Rainbow Dash helps and pulls her up.
"What do you need?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"A- around the shack... there's these sh- shards..." Adorabella vaguely replied.
"Oh, is it like a uh... like a charm of sorts, to you?" Rainbow Dash further inquired. Adorabella instantly nods, not revealing the actual properties of the shards.
"Okay, you go and get the shards while I'll keep a look out for any other creeps," Said Rainbow Dash. She exits the shack with Adorabella. Rainbow Dash looks ahead as she has her wings extended, ready to lunge at anypony who dares in trying to harm her new friend. She becomes very sensitive to any other noise.
When she heard rustling, she immediately looks in the direction where it came from. Same witg any other noises in the forest that isn't her or Adorabella. Rainbow Dash stays put, watching out for anything, she won't let anything harm her friend.
"I- I got them all..." Adorabella walks up to Rainbow Dash. Adorabella has a black backpack on her back.
"We should probably get going," Rainbow Dash stated. Adorabella nods. Both pegasus flap their wings and start to hover up. Rainbow Dash helps Adorabella get through the thick roof of leaves before leading her back to the Cloudominium.
Ralph is just finishing packing away his tools into a black box with a red clip-on lid. As he turned around, he sees Rainbow Dash and another pony wearing a dark cloak.
"Oh, why are you back so soon? I thought you went to stay at a friend's," Ralph inquired.
"She is my friend, and there was an incident earlier. So I brought her to my place," Rainbow Dash explained, not giving much detail away so she can protect Adorabella.
"Hello there, name's Ralph," Ralph introduces himself to the cloaked pegasus, who flinches and steps back as the pegasus stallion got close to shake their forehoof.
"She's quite shy, so just uh... keep your distance," Rainbow Dash requested. Ralph nods and steps back.
"I'm sorry about that. So, what's your name?" Ralph asked, looking at the pegasus.
"A- Ad- Adorabella..." Adorabella cowers back, taking a few steps back and looks away.
"Nice name, I like it, I really do," Ralph complemented as he steps further back, seeing the cloaked pegasus needs more space from him.
"Th- thank you..." Adorabella stuttered.
"So... How's everything getting on?" Rainbow Dash asked Ralph.
"Right, what me and my mates done is we patched up any parts of your residence that has any chips and bumps. Straight forward, patched it up with bits of cloud with the same density, scraped off the bumps, and there we go. My mates left for the day while I'm just finishing up. Everything should be done by tomorrow, just need to do some recolouring and other minor fixes," Ralph explained, going into some detail on what he did.
"Awesome," Rainbow Dash nodded.
"Right, I'll see you tomorrow," Ralph said back as he flaps his wings, about to take off.
"W- wait," Adorabella squeaked. Ralph turns to the cloaked pegasus.
"Y- y- y- your box..." Adorabella stammered. Ralph almost forgot his toolbox.
"Oh crud! You got sharp spotting Adorabella. Wished I had your memory, ah ha," Ralph lightheartedly thanks the cloaked pegasus as he grabs his toolbox with his left forehoof.
"I uh um- I... th- thanks?" Adorabella stuttered. Ralph nods back. Adorabella doesn't know how else to respond. Ralph isn't like other males she encountered. This stallion is respecting her space. Before, Adorabella would've not gone anywhere near Ralph or anypony for that matter. But she's slowly understanding how to trust others. She can at the very least least remotely trust Ralph will not do anything to her.
Then Rainbow Dash and Adorabella waves to Ralph as he flies off. The 2 mares are now alone.
"Do you wanna talk about what happened or not really?" Rainbow Dash asked as she opens the door and walks in.
"O- once settled in..." Adorabella replied, walking in and closing the door behind her.
Again I- I thank you... really... I really do... I don't know how I can uh, do something in return... I'm so grateful and I don't know how to show it..." Adorabella sighed. Rainbow Dash lightly pulls Adorabella closer to her.
"Just seeing you happy... and knowing that I helped somepony... that's enough for me, really," Rainbow Dash reassured. Adorabella tries pulling away, so Rainbow Dash let's go. The white pegasus now takes a look at the inside surroundings.
Adorabella sees she's inside a circular foyer. On the opposite side of the door are a slight of stairs going up, diagonally left, connected to the wall. Then there is a room on the right, which is the living room. There is a chair, then to the right is a large sofa, and behind the sofa are windows, where anypony can have a good view of Cloudsdale. As well as a glass table in the middle of the living room, on a cylinder. There's another of these tables to the right of the sofa. Adorabella walks to that room with Rainbow Dash. Adorabella goes to the sofa whilst shaking off her cloak and backpack, which she puts on the table next to the sofa. Then she drops onto the sofa, mentally exhausted. Rainbow Dash walks over to her and sits down by her.
"Who were those stallions back there?" Rainbow Dash gently asked.
"The unicorn is C- Catch... and the earth pony is R- R- Rock..." Adorabella stuttered. She greatly fears those 2 ponies the most, even more so than her parents do.
"When we were foals... they went to the same sc- school and... they kept t- touching me and harassing me... and they'd just taunt about how I looked and... I don't wanna continue talking about them... they make me un- un- uncomfortable..."
"I see... and you probably don't wanna go back to your place anytime soon as... well, they know where you are," Rainbow Dash responded, feeling bad for everything her new friend was and still is going through. Rainbow Dash had been feeling bad since she first meet Adorabella.
"You can... you can stay with me for now. I don't mean this horribly... but I don't want you to rely on me all the time. Sometimes I may not be able to help or I may be too busy... you understand that I don't mean that in a mean way, right?" Said Rainbow Dash.
"I understand..." Adorabella nodded as she slowly drops her head and slowly closes her eyes. Rainbow Dash takes her rucksack off and tips all it's contents out. There's an 8 by 8 board of black and white squares, chess pieces, checkers pieces, a light blue sleeping bag and a darker blue coloured blanket with the Wonderbolt symbol. She gently places the blanket over Adorabella. Rainbow Dash puts her sleeping bag by the sofa and gets in it, and she too starts to fall asleep.
(Morning)
Adorabella has been awake for a few hours, just staring up to the ceiling. She pushes the Wonderbolt blanket off of her and gets up. She yawns as she stretches out her legs whilst flapping her wings. She looks down at the floor and sees Rainbow Dash is still asleep. Adorabella does what she usually does when awake, be on alert, having her wings extended, ready to fly off at any moment. She is a bit more relaxed though, knowing that she has her backpack with the shards in them, as well as Rainbow Dash nearby.
Knock knock knock...
Adorabella flinches and starts shaking in fear. Did Rock and Catch find them, and have a spell that let's them walk on clouds? She jumps over the sofa and hides behind it.
Rainbow Dash instantly woke up at hearing the door go. She gets out of the sleeping bag and flaps her wings, hovering out of the front room to the foyer, to the door, then opens it. Outside is the rest of the mane 6 and Spike, none of them having very impressed faces.
"Rainbow? What happened yesterday?" Spike questioned.
"What do you mean?" Rainbow Dash asked, raising her left eyebrow.
"There was two stallions Spike talked to, a unicorn and an earth pony. One had a broken nose and the other had a badly bruised eye," Twilight clarified the situation.
"And Spike said these stallions stated you hurt them," Rarity added onto Twilight.
"Them, they deserved it after seeing what they were trying to do," Rainbow Dash knew what Twilight and Rarity was talking about.
"N' ya resortin' ta violence was your answer?" Applejack frowned.
"They were trying to assault my new friend!" Rainbow Dash snapped at Applejack. The others now understand why Rainbow Dash resorted to violence. Rainbow Dash gets very protective of her friends when they're in danger.
"Oooooo a new friend!? Can I meet them can I meet them!?" Pinkie Pie requested while bouncing with excitement.
"Oh um... if Rainbow's talking about the pony I think she's talking about... the pony needs her space..." Fluttershy noted. She knows who Rainbow Dash is talking about.
"Yeah, it is her," Rainbow Dash nods to Fluttershy.
"Can we meet your new friend!? When can we meet them!? I must meet them!" Pinkie Pie grew more restless, getting more and more eager to meet Rainbow Dash's new friends.
"Ugh... I can try and introduce you all to her, but she's really timid. So keep your distance from her, please," Rainbow Dash requested, sighing in resignation.
"Ah, is it Fluttershy's long lost sister?" Spike laughed a little at his own joke. Fluttershy stares at the purple dragon. The yellow pegasus didn't appreciate the joke.
She turns around, then leads her friends into the foyer and into the living room. Rainbow Dash stops them at the entrance to the living room.
"Uh... where are you?" Rainbow Dash doesn't see where Adorabella is. She looks around the whole room. Then she finds her hiding behind the sofa.
"W- w- will they... h- hurt me..." Adorabella quietly whispered, quivering in fear.
"No they won't hurt you. They're my friends too, and they're all really nice," Rainbow Dash quietly reassured.
"Is your friend behind there?" Twilight asked Rainbow Dash.
"Hey it's alright, they're not here to hurt you," Rainbow Dash reassured to the friend hiding behind the sofa.
Peaking from behind the right side of the sofa is a white head with a pair of eyes with magenta irises. The new pegasus friend is white mare and has 3 faint pink frecks on both checks and slightly above her nose. She also has a very vibrant pink mane. The pegasus then stands up. She's wearing a necklace with a green shard attached. Her pink-coloured map. In the pink map is a purple symbol that looks like a Z. At the top of this Z-looking symbol on the end is a circle. On the bottom of the Z is a line with another 2 circles on the top and on the bottom. On the end at the bottom of the Z is a curve.
"Oh my- you're absolutely... gorgeous!" Rarity complimented, exclaiming the word gorgeous. Sure the mane could do with a bit of a trim but it still looks absolutely fabulous, along with the eyes and especially the faint pink freckles. The white pegasus' cutie mark also looks very unique.
"Hi again... sorry we all um, just came here without warning," Fluttershy apologized.
"Howdy," Applejack said casually.
"Aw, why are you scared? I like throwing surprise parties and welcome parties but not when it makes somepony uncomfortable. I can always do late surprise parties and late welcome parties," Pinkie Pie stated, sounding apologetic, having a sad expression on her face.
"Everypony please keep it down. She's clearly scared of us," Twilight asked of the others. The poor white pegasus is backed up against the wall, shaking, with Rainbow Dash trying to comfort them.
"Hi there..." Twilight spoke awkwardly. She doesn't know how to say hello to this pony. She doesn't want to make the white pegasus more uncomfortable. The interaction has gone awkward as it is.
"So uh... everypony, this is Adorabella... and Adorabella, these are my friends," Rainbow Dash slowly introduces everypony to each other.
"H- h- hi..." Adorabella squeaked.
"Your name and voice is also gorgeous and cute and- ahhhhhhhh!" Rarity screams inside of her own mind and head.
"Well, it's good to meet you Adorabella," Twilight responded in a quieter voice, to not startle her.
"Y- y- you too..." Adorabella stuttered, coming away from the window.
"So how did you two meet?" Spike asked.
"Her wing got dislocated after it collided with a bird, and I saved her," Rainbow Dash replied, which Adorabella nods.
"Oh no- is she alright now?" Rarity gasped, showing great concern.
"Y- y- yeah... I- I'm okay..." Adorabella stuttered while extending her left wing then folding it back. She's starting to understand the rest of the mane 6 aren't here to hurt her.
"You didn't really think we wanted to hurt you, did you?" Pinkie Pie asked, feeling hurt.
"It- it's just... when ponies came to- towards m- me in a big group as a filly... they were m- mean... and they were famous ponies... and you're all famous... and I panicked that you all being here... it would be a repeat of those times..." Adorabella murmured. The rest of the mane 6 at least has an idea why Adorabella was afraid. She associated them to a remotely similar experience that happened in her life. Famous figures in a large group together, it can be intimidating either way.
"Understand'ble. Ya gotta do wha' ya gotta do ta keep yerself safe. No wrong in t'at," Applejack nodded.
"Y- yeah..." Adorabella nodded.
"We're so sorry we've caused such a ruckus Adorabella," Fluttershy apologized on behalf of her friends.
"Now I wouldn't say a ruckus, but okay," Spike responded.
"It- it's fine..." Adorabella quietly and sheepishly responded.
"We c'mere as we 'eard Rainbow gave two stallions a good ol' beatin' n-"
"Were they Rock and Catch?" Adorabella questioned, interrupting Applejack, walking from behind the sofa and over to the rest of the mane 6. Her shyness almost vanishes, being replaced by suspicion.
"Why do those names sound awful- are they the exact stallions I'm thinking of?" Rarity has a hunch whether Rock and Catch are the same Rock and Catch she knew.
"They the two stallions that recently got a restraining order that stated they can't be around females and foals because of 'suspicious' behaviour around certain ponies? Right?" Pinkie Pie asked Rarity.
"Yeah you're right! They crept up on and stalked poor Sweetie Belle! So glad she didn't get hurt!" Rarity exclaimed. It suddenly clicked in her head. Thankfully though Sweetie Belle was never physically hurt.
"Woah woah woah- when was this!?" Rainbow Dash questioned Rarity. It went from questioning about what she did, to meeting her new friend, to now discussing creepy stallions stalking ponied. The rest of the mane 6 are also shaken by this sudden conversation out of the blue. They were told nothing about this.
"Just a few months ago. It was that incident which got them the restraining order. But as there was 'no concrete evidence' the judge didn't give them a prison sentence and dropped the case. So glad that the judge at the time got the sack," Pinkie Pie further explained. She still seeths with anger over the judge's decision.
"What a... corrupt scum of a judge! If it was done properly Rock and Catch would be in prison and wouldn't of been able to try assaulting my friend! Luckily I scared them two off before they gone further..." Rainbow Dash exclaimed, her forehooves tensing in anger, wishing she used them more that she did in that situation.
"I know this is a difficult topic for you Adorabella, but do you know anything else about the two in question? The more information we collect the more likely something will be done," Twilight asked.
"Yes, they went to the same school as me. I even remember the school and exact address, and the teacher that taught us." Adorabella's shyness almost disappeared, replaced by trust and hope. She wants to see karma bite Rock and Catch on the flank.
"Amazing, if you can write down all the details that would be wonderful," Twilight instructed. Adorabella nods. Pinkie Pie pulls out a pencil and a sheet of paper from her mane and passes it to Adorabella. A few minutes pass and she passes the paper back to Twilight with all the information she knew. Twilight is stunned at how detailed the information Adorabella laid out is.
"How do you remember all of this? This is really good," Twilight asked in amazement. Adorabella wrote down the exact address of the city, the school she used to go to, the road name and even the teacher. Every part is in great detail.
"Her cutie mark is based around retaining memories and all that," Rainbow Dash replied. Fluttershy is calming the light blue pegasus down.
"We should just report the incident as soon as and get as many references as we can. For all we know them two creeps could be back to harassing somepony," Rarity suggested. Twilight nods.
"So if we do bring them to court... how will we get Adorabella as well as Sweetie Belle to come to a courtroom as well? Sweetie might manage, but I don't think Adorabella will cope with a crowd very well," Fluttershy inquired. Adorabella shook her head. It is true, she won't deal with a crowd of strangers well at all.
"Sweetie doesn't want to come to a courtroom either," Said Rarity.
"A court can allow both Adorabella and Sweetie Belle to just write a statement which would be read in court without them having to be there themselves," Twilight answered.
"Well... what a very climatic meet up this turned out to be," Spike commented.
"True," Pinkie Pie nodded in strong agreement. Discussing creepy stallions definitely wasn't the reason why the rest if the mane 6 originally came over.
"Well what are we waitin' for? Let's go n get them creeps dealt with pronto," Applejack firmly said. The rest of the mane 6 say their goodbyes and walk out the door and leaves, except for Fluttershy as well as Rainbow Dash of course. Fluttershy wants to stay around to be certain that Adorabella is safe and well. She also wants to make sure Rainbow Dash is okay too.
"So... how are you feeling about all this, Adorabella?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"It's great to know that I no longer have to fear them doing something to me again. I... I just hope that I don't have to go to a courtroom. I do also hope that this Sweetie Belle pony is okay too," Adorabella answered.
"I thought I was happy to be living alone for the rest of my life. But now... after all of this support... I've never been so happy. If I wasn't weak then I would've never got in this mess though," Adorabella murmured, sighing at the end. She is very understandably emotional, given her background, her hardships.
"I don't think you're a weak pony at all. If you ask me Adorabella, I think you're a strong pony... a very strong pony," Fluttershy disagreed, walking over to the white pegasus.
"Strength isn't just about physical strength. You've had a lot thrown at you and yet you're still here. You survived it all, and that's what makes you so strong," Rainbow Dash added onto what Fluttershy said.
"Thank you... I... I can't stop saying thank you. Really... you've changed my situation for the better," Adorabella slightly smiled. Her voice sounds at ease. She isn't feeling uncomfortable. For every new pony she meets, the quicker she seemingly trusts them and the less she stutters. She's slowly working everything out.
"Anything for a friend," Rainbow Dash hugs Adorabella, who in turn, tries pulling Fluttershy in for a hug too, but can't because of her lack of strength. The yellow pegasus gets close though and hugs, all 3 pegasuses having a group hug, all having smug smiles. Everything is going to be okay and things will only get better.
Wow this is gonna be the longest note I've written in a while lol...
I hope you all liked this chapter and seeing a bit of character development from Adorabella :3
Things will only get more positive and interesting from there. Keep a look out for the next chapter. It may give a few hints about future events and things occurring I plan on writing :o (no spoilers though :D)
I'm enjoying writing a different kind of genre like this, compared to the usual dramatic action stuff I usually write. I'm getting there and the hang of it, I'm enjoying it :)
