Kentarvos awoke at the hour he had taken to arising, dawn, and slid off  his bed, accidentally dragging the covers along with him. He glanced over his shoulder at the offending article. Kent glared at the covers for a second, then turned away, telling himself that he would get them later.

He never did.

Kent walked over to the vanity and studied his reflection briefly, now familiar with his equine shape. He had discovered he occasionally had problems moving about indoors, given that he had a larger build than other ponies. He managed most of the time, and was fairly pleased with his new form.

After giving his silvery mane a quick once over, still finding it odd that it moved on it's own occasionally, as is stirred by a slight breeze. Kent turned and trotted down the steps. However, he never made it to the bottom. he tripped,  again, halfway down. He instinctively flared his wings to stop himself, and the resulting reverse pressure unbalanced him, sending him toppling off the side of the staircase. The floor rushed up to meet Kent, and, with a loud thump, meet him it did. Needless to say, Kent wasn't as glad to see the floor as it was to see him. Groaning and rubbing his head, Kent slowly stood, taking stock of himself. Finding only his pride to be injured, he headed towards his door.

“Oh, wait, I forgot to grab those books from last night. Jeez, maybe my memory really is starting to go again.” Kent said to himself, and gazed up at his alcove. A short moment later, a stack of books floated out from it, enveloped in Kent's aura. He trotted towards the door, opening it ahead of him in a soft silvery glow. As he entered the main room, he found Spike and Twilight already awake and eating breakfast. “Mornin' you two.” Kent said, joining them at the table, sliding a bowl of oats towards himself. “Twi, I can understand you being up this early, but Spike?” Twilight giggled, and Spike pouted, upset at this accusation.

“I can getup at any time I want!” Spike said petulantly, crossing his arms.

“Yeah, you can. It's staying awake that's the real trick.” Kent said, barely containing laughter.  The look of complete disbelief on Spike's face sent Kent into a gale of mirth.

“Can you believe him? I mean, seriously! Here we are, letting him stay out of the goodness of our hearts, and he goes around insulting me? Sheesh.” Spike vented at Twilight, who was also giggling. “Oh, not you too!”

“Calm down Spike, it was just some friendly chatter.” Twilight said, nudging Spike. She then turned to Kent. “What was that crash earlier?”

“Erm... It was... I mean... I tripped again.” Kent said, pawing at the ground embarrasedly. “Off the side of the stairs.” Spike was the one laughing now, laying on the floor and clutching his sides as he shook with mirth.

“Oh Kent, again? You're not hurt are you?” Twilight said, both amused and concerned.

“Only my pride, and possibly several of Spikes ribs if he doesn't stop laughing. I mean, laughing is a good thing, but too much of a good thing can hurt ya.” Kent said, then hurriedly added “I'm not threatening him or anything, I swear.” As Twilight had shot Kent a dangerous glance. "Eh... yeah, so I'll be headed into town if you guys need me, bye!" Kent called over his shoulder as he dashed out the front door, closing it behind him with his magic.

Kent slowed to a trot after a few meters and glanced around himself, paying close attention to his surroundings for future reference. The dirt road crunched beneath his hooves as Kent trotted through the picturesque village, noticing that most of the buildings surrounding him were nearly identical. 'Must be in a housing district.' Kent thought to himself, then came to a sudden halt, having reached a semi-solid wall of ponies. Kent craned his neck to see what had attracted the crowd, which wasn't that difficult due to his taller-than-average stature, and saw that he had reached the Ponyville Marketplace.

It seemed much like a crowded thoroughfare with vendors selling their wares along its sides, calling out to passerby and promoting their goods. As Kent continued to scan the Marketplace, he noticed a pair of familiar faces. He dove into the stream of ponies, hurrying through them to the far side of the Marketplace thoroughfare, reaching it fairly easily.

"Apple Jack! Rainbow Dash! Hey girls!" Kent called out as he neared the duo.

"Hiya Kent" Rainbow Dash said, relaxing in the shade of Apple Jack's cart and sipping from a flagon of apple cider.

"Well howdy there Kent, fancy meeting ya here. How ya doin'?" Apple Jack inquired happily.

"I'm great, just out  exploring Ponyville for the day. How 'bout you Apple Jack?" Kent replied, crossing the small distance from the crowd to Apple Jack's cart.

"Ahm doin' pretty darn well Kent, sales are up today." Apple Jack grinned.

"Yeah, and their cider is as good as ever!" Rainbow Dash put in, holding up the flagon. "Oh yeah, there was something I wanted to show ya Kent. C'mon, lets go!" Rainbow Dash set the emptied flagon on Apple Jack's cart, flipping her a few bits. She turned into the crowd. "Thanks for the cider Apple Jack!" She called over her shoulder as she and Kent delved into the crowd once more.

"Anytime sugarcube! Come on back whenever you feel like it, ya'hear?" Apple Jack responded, waving after them.

Kent and Rainbow Dash maneuvered their way through the throng, quickly winding over to the end of the Marketplace. As they emerged from the press, Rainbow Dash quickly cantered off down a side street, calling out "Race ya to the park!" Kent gritted his teeth and galloped after her, attempting to catch her. He had no luck however, due to the fact that Rainbow Dash was not only faster than him, but knew the streets of Ponyville much better than him. It came as no surprise to Kent when he reached the park that Rainbow Dash was already there.

"Haha! Not even an Alicorn can best Rainbow Dash in a contest of speed!" She boasted as Kent neared her.

"Wasn't there something you wanted to show me?" Kent said, deliberately changing the subject.

"Oh yea. Slipped my mind. C'mon, it's up here." Rainbow Dash said, and took off into the skies, landing on a cloud as Kent remained on the ground. "What are you doing Kent? Cat got your wings?"

"Eh... well... I can't fly." Kent said reluctantly. Rainbow Dash glided down next to him.

"What was that?"

"I can't fly."

"For the love of-" Rainbow Dash put a hoof to her forehead. "Fine. I'll teach you then. I know a good place as any to do this." She said, headed into the park. Kent followed her to a tall, steep sloped hill covered in a soft, springy moss. "Here we go. Now you won't get too badly scraped up when you fall." Rainbow Dash commented dryly.

"Too badly? Right. Well, what first?" Kent said, now slightly concerned for his health.

"First off, we need to take care of the boring stuff, teaching you how to move your wings right. So, lets start by having you spread your wings." Kent did as instructed, spreading his wings out parallel to the ground, noting that they were longer than any of the pegasus's that he had seen. "Good. Now flap them. Slowly." Rainbow Dash said, slightly uninterestedly. Kent did so, flapping his wings in slow motion. Kent found it slightly ridiculous, standing there flapping his wings with Rainbow Dash circling him, occasionally adjusting  something or demonstrating proper 'flapping technique'.

Eventually, Rainbow Dash was satisfied with Kent's flapping, and had him stop. "Alrighty, that's good... enough. we'll try a first flight and see how you do. Try and jump off the side of the hill for some extra hangtime, and I'll grab a cloud to try and catch you with it." Ranbow Dash said. Kent nodded, not trusting himself to speak just then. He backed up to the edge of the hill as Rainbow Dash zipped up into the clouds and returned with a Kent-sized one.

Kent took a deep breath, released it, then rushed to the beginning of the slope, jumping off the side and thrusting himself into empty space. Kent snapped out his wings and flapped, praying they caught air. They did, for about five seconds. The wind blew, pushing Kent to the side and out of the sky, right past Rainbow's cloud, and into the ground. Rainbow Dash peered over the edge of her cloud.

"Whoops, sorry, my bad." She said, sniggering as Kent picked himself up off the ground and made sure nothing was unduly damaged.Everything seemed to be fine, but his right foreleg twinged slightly whenever he put weight on it.

"Yeah, your bad!" Kent called up to her as he  climbed the hill again. This process repeated itself many times that day, though Rainbow Dash managed to catch Kentarvos every time after that. The flights were infrequent and short when they came, Kentarvos needing to be caught most of the time when he jumped. Eventually though, Kentarvos managed to get the hang of it, finding that there were certain adjustments that needed to be made due to his larger wingspan.

The sun was beginning to set as Kent readied himself for one last flight. He backed up to the side once more, and launched himself into the air. Kent held out his wings and, instead of rapidly flapping, he attempted to glide, catching the updrafts caused by a day of warm sun. Kent let out a shout as he soared, making his way once, twice, three times around the hill before losing the updraft and beginning the familiar plummet to the ground. Rainbow Dash was too far away to get to Kent in time, and Kent realized, too late, that he was too far from the hill to land on its soft moss, so he angled himself towards a nearby tree. The tree greeted him with scratching twigs and bruising branches, scraping at him and thwacking into his flesh. Eventually, he hit a particularly sturdy branch and came to an abrupt halt, legs wrapped around the branch to prevent his falling off. Kent slowly took stock of himself as he settled at the joint where the branch met the trunk. He had collected a variety of bruises, and a bad cut below his right eye, staining his white coat with the blood that was oozing from it.

Rainbow Dash flew over, alighting carefully on the branch. "You okay Kent? You got some blood on your face." She commented, pointing to where it was.

"Ah, thanks. I'll be fine, just some scrapes and bruises is all." Kent said, wiping what blood he could off his face. "That was actually a pretty good flight until I lost the updraft."

"Yeah, for a novice, it was." Rainbow Dash agreed, nodding. "Now c'mon, you see if you can reach that cloud over there and I'll show you what I originally wanted to." She said, hopping off the branch and winging her way over to said cloud. Kent jumped from the branch and extended his wings, alternately flapping his wings and gliding, depending on the situation. he reached the cloud without incident. "Okay, you just sit tight and watch the coolest pegasus in all Equestria do her thing!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Who? Where is she?" Kent said, feigning ignorance. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and jumped off the edge of the cloud. She streaked downwards, then leveled out as she reached the ground. she zigzagged between a row of trees, zipping along at a breakneck pace. As she reached the end of the row of trees, she blazed up into the sky, spinning around several clouds and making them turn themselves. Rainbow Dash paused for a moment, watching them, then rocketed higher, flying straight upwards. When there was hardly enough air to support her weight, she angled herself towards the earth, speeding downwards. Kent watched in amazement as she dove earthward, a faint barrier forming ahead of her. The barrier began to grow, and as Rainbow Dash neared the ground sharpened into a funnel. Seconds before she slammed into a sudden death, there was an explosion of sound and color that rattled Kent to his very core, and Rainbow Dash streaked skyward, trailing a magnificent rainbow. She arced up and around, eventually alighting on the cloud once more.

"Pretty awesome..., huh?" Rainbow Dash asked Kent, panting.

"Pretty awesome. Pretty. Awesome? That was amazing! you broke the sound barrier! I mean, that should've killed you, but it didn't, and you're fine and... Woah." Kent spouted, dumbstruck by this  display of speed and skill.

"I know right? No other pony in Equestria can top that move, the Sonic Rainboom." Rainbow Dash said, grinning at Kent's reaction. "Alright, now that that's out of the way, I've got one more thing planned...."

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There was only a sliver of Celestia's burning star left as Kent and Rainbow Dash perched, hidden, among the leaves above the entrance to the Library. Kent glanced over at Rainbow Dash. "So, Dash, what's the plan?" Kent asked.

"Keep it simple. The ol' bucket of water on the head trick." Rainbow Dash responded, bringing out a pail of scummy pondwater. "With my own personal touch, of course" She added, sniggering. She fell silent as Twilight came into view, humming a lively tune. "Here's how it's gonna go. Twi's gonna come up to the door, and you're gonna use your magic to levitate the water out over her. Then splash! Soaked Twilight!" Rainbow Dash whispered to Kent, who chuckled quietly. The devious duo waited patiently as Twilight approached, Kent waiting until Twilight was almost directly below them to quickly levitate the pail above her and overturn its putrid contents onto Twilight's head.She gasped in shock as the cold and scummy water hit her, and Kent and Rainbow Dash cracked up.

"Rainbow! Kent! Where are you two!?" Twilight shouted, looking up to where the laughter was emanating. Eventually, Kent and Rainbow Dash emerged from the leaves and glided down next to Twilight, containing laughter. "Rainbow, did you really have to go in for the pond water?" She asked, poking her head inside the Library to levitate a towel out and dry herself off.

"Of course! It just wouldn't be the same Twi'." Rainbow Dash said. "No harm done, see you're already dry, and the towel can be washed."

"Come on Twilight, you gotta admit that it was a good setup." Kent jibed.

"Yeah, you two did have a good plan, I'll admit that. I just hope this doesn't become a trend with you though Kent." Twilight said grudgingly.

"Yes mawma" Kent said, mimicking Apple Jacks accent. Rainbow Dash laughed.

"That's actually a pretty good impression, Kent!" She said, then collapsed into laughter again. Twilight merely rolled her eyes.

"Well, I'm going inside to do some studying. I'll see you later Rainbow Dash." Twilight said, then did so.

"Ooh, man... good times." Rainbow Dash sighed, wiping a tear of mirth from her eye. "We should do this again sometime Kent."

"Yeah, sure thing! The expression on Twi's face when the water hit;" Kent mimicked it. "Was priceless!"

Rainbow Dash giggled at the expression. "Yeah, she makes some weird faces. I'll see ya around Kent!" she said as she flew off, headed for her cloudy home. Kent grinned, then headed inside, closing the door with a push of his hind hooves. He stretched, spreading his wings, then wincing as all the bruises he had amassed that day protested, along with his wings.

'Right, I'd better get that cut on my face patched up.'  Kent thought as he felt it twinge while he yawned. He trotted up the steps and knocked on Twilight's door.

"Yes Kent?" Twilight answered from inside.

"Uh, do you have any bandages? I kinda had a not-so-pleasant meeting with a tree earlier while Dash was teaching me how to fly." Kent said. The door opened with a violet glow.

"Second drawer, third row." Twilight said absentmindedly, already absorbed in her books. Kent wandered over to the said drawer and opened it with a quick flash of silver. He retrieved a bandage in his mouth, then left Twilight's room. He looked down the steps, then opened his wings and jumped off the side, ignoring their protests as the glided down to his door, which he nudged open. Simply walking up the steps this time, he soon reached his alcove. He lifted the bandage form his mouth with magic, and going before the vanity so that he could see what he was doing, placed it on the cut below his eye. Satisfied with his patch-up, Kent stretched his sore muscles once more and meandered over to his desk, where he wrote his journal entry for the day.

Having finished writing his journal, Kent turned to head to  bed, but stopped as a splitting headache tore through his skull. Kent gasped, and sank to the ground. There was something superimposed over his sight which, after a couple of blinks, resolved itself into the two people from his memories, both very young. The girl, Selena was soaking wet, and judging by the bucket the boy, Seth, was holding, had just suffered a similar prank to what Kent had just pulled.

"Seth, come on! I just got finished drying these!" Selena said, crossing her arms petulantly.

"Relax Selena, they're just clothes." Seth said, unconcerned.

"Yeah, you can always dry them. Again." Kent heard, rather than actually said, himself say.

"You two are impossible!" Selena exclaimed, then stomped off into the room behind her Seth and Kent looked at each other and shrugged, then the vision dissipated, leaving Kent with unobstructed sight once more.

"That was weird." Kent said, shaking his head and standing shakily. "At least I didn't go comatose again. Maybe only major memories do that? I dunno... I'm to tired for this." he shook his head again, then flopped down on his bed, falling almost instantly to sleep due to the days activities.

His sleep was far from peaceful though...