Chapter 1

Rise of Skye Braveheart

It was a stormy night, and the Equestrian Flying Ace, Skye Braveheart, was never closer to his lifelong enemy and former marefriend, The Red Baroness. She flew in her Fokker DR 1 triplane, and Skye in his Sopwith Camel. He fired a couple of shots at her, missing.

"What's the matter, Skye?", she taunted, "Can't bear to shoot me? Just like I killed Emily?"

"You lied to me! You killed our daughter! Why?", Skye shouted, firing more shots, before he realized she was behind him. He performed some basic evasive maneuvers, it didn't work...she hit his tail, and his wings, slowing him down. She then did a barrel roll over his head and turned around shooting his engine. He started smoking, plummeting to the ground.

"Skye! What are ya doing?", Applejack asked, walking into Skye's room in the guest shack they had recently built for him on Sweet Apple Acres, complete with a hangar for his Sopwith Camel biplane, Emily. He was a farmhand who watered the trees, not a Equestrian Flying Ace, although he was the best pilot in Equestria, besides his ex girlfriend, The Red Baroness.

Skye looked up from his typewriter, he was a chocolate colored earth pony, with a silver mane, even though he was only 24, and a typewriter cutie mark, and he had sky blue eyes, hence the name, "Nothing much. Just starting on my autobiography. Did you need something?"

"Yeah, Sugarcube...The trees need watering, I figured you and Emily could handle it.", Applejack smiled, as she kissed his nose, she really liked Skye, he was funny.

"Me and Emily can handle anything!", he grinned, grabbing his red scarf, and his cap and goggles as he kissed her back. He went to the hangar, got in Emily, while Applejack spun the propeller.

"Contact!", she shouted, running out of the way.

"Contact!", he shouted back, turning on the engine, going down the runway, he took off through the sky, with the water tanks full.

"Did I miss anything?", Applebloom exclaimed, she loved watching Skye and Emily soar through the sky, he even gave her a ride every now and then.

"Nope, he just now took of! And I used to pegasai and alicorns were the only ponies who could fly!", Applejack smiled dreamily, watching Skye water the orchard, she really had a thing for him, ever since he crashed on the west end of the orchard from a dogfight with the Red Baroness, she had nursed him to health, as he had sustained several broken bones, and help him fix Emily. In return, he decided to stay and work as a farmhand. They had started dating a year ago. Rarity was extremely jealous, but got over it once she found out about "Emily". She said he was too much in love with planes if he has a plane named Emily, but Applejack knew Skye would never let anything interrupt their relationship, not even his plane.

Twilight walked up, carrying a package with her magic, "Hey, AJ! Watching Skye water the trees? I've got that new V8 engine Skye asked for, crafted with iron pistons, a silver crankshaft, and a rust proof water pump! Crafted in the Canterlot's greatest workshop!"

"Wow, that sounds really big, is he sure Emily can take that?", Applejack asked with concern, she hated to see Skye unhappy.

"Skye's seemed pretty sure, he said Emily's V7 engine needed to be replaced, and this is the latest model, so it should work.", Twilight reassured, as Skye came in for a landing.

"I did it! They shouldn't have to be watered for a week!", he smiled as he hopped out of Emily in the hangar, as he turned on the turntable. Emily slowed turned on the turntable to face the door.

"That was awesome, Skye! Can we go for a ride?", Applebloom exclaimed.

"Maybe tomorrow, I got to replace Emily's engine right now. Applejack, my toolbox is in my room, under the bed, could you go get it, please? Thanks Twilight, I really appreciate it!", Skye answered, taking the engine from Twilight, and lifting Emily's hood.

Applejack went to his room, and looked at the typewriter. Normally, she didn't nose around Skye's stuff, but she was curious. She read what he had typed out and gasped.

"Skye?", she said, bringing his toolbox, "When did you have a daughter named Emily?"

Skye sighed, "Before I met you, I was in love with Mandy Von Richandtop, or The Red Baroness, we had a kid together, her name was Emily.", he chuckled a bit, "She was the most adorable thing...then, Mandy got jealous, because I was spending more time with Emily than her. So one night, she took Emily, and threw her in sea. I woke up the next morning to find my little treasure gone! It was then I knew what happened. It was then...", tears started to fill his eyes, "That I swore to avenge her."

He sat down before looking to the sky and shaking his hoof screaming, "Curse you, Red Baroness!"