After I toss Storm into a tree I start to walk towards him, flaring my magic along the way. Man... he's going to need a lot of basic training before we even get to the really important stuff. Then again, we do get to skip all of the fire arms training, so there's that. I suddenly lift up and slam face first into the ground.

"What the..."

"MILES!" I look back to see Twilight glaring at me as she holds me down with her magic.

"Twilight? When did you get here?"

"Just as you slammed Storm into a tree!"

"Oh... well you can hold me down here or you can let go of me so I can fix him up, your call." She slams me into the ground again before she lets go of me and runs to Storm's side. I get up and walk up to him, noting the others waiting behind. I kneel down and get to work fixing him up. "Sorry about that Twilight... it was a part of the training."

"*sigh* this better make him into the best fighter possible."

"It will. So... who’s the dame with the guards?"

"That would be his mother, Rain Cloud."

"H-his mother" I'm fucked. "You found his mother.... why didn't you tell me you were looking for his mother!"

"We only found out about her after you left. We didn't get a chance to."

"Grah! Well... I'll have to postpone training so he can catch up with her... oh well, this will give me time to make his new armor at least."

"I've been meaning to ask about that. What happened to his old armor? Why didn't he have it at Canterlot?"

"When they fired him they took it. He only had his sword because I put it with my stuff. They must have thought it was mine." I finish working on him and shut off my magic. He's still asleep, hmm... I bring my mouth to his ear and whisper "pancakes"

"Where!" He yells as he jolts up. He looks around a bit before he gets up, rubbing his face along the way. "Aw man, how long was I out?"

"Just a few seconds, Storm we'll have to post pone training for a while." I say as I stand up.

"What!? Why?" I point behind him, making him turn around. Rain Cloud begins to walk up to Storm, looking him over intensely, visibly shaking as she gets closer.

"Your eyes...your blue eyes.... your mane...Snow's mane..." she says in a shaky voice as she looks him over, stopping in front of him and looking deeply into his eyes. "Who are you?"

"Uh... my name is Storm Cloud.... who are you?"

"I-I am your mother." Storm takes a few steps back and looks her over a bit before Rain Cloud runs up to him and wraps him up in a hug. "Storm...my little Storm.... look how big you got! You're a stallion now! Oh... my Storm..." Storm just stands there with a look of disbelief as she holds onto him and cries out into his shoulder. She almost falls to the ground but is caught by Storm as he takes her into his hooves and holds onto her, still looking dumb founded. They hold onto each other for almost an hour before one of the guard ponies in black coughs, getting them to start to get back up. I look over to Twilight and see her wiping her tears away with a hoof. I nudge her with my leg and motion to her to join them, which she does slowly. She walks up beside Storm and gently nuzzles his side, getting both of their attention.

"Twilight, I thought you were just going to talk with some employees or something..."

"Once I heard that they might still be alive, I went straight for them to bring her to you."

"Twilight, thank you so much for doing this. I'm sorry I doubted you before" she says as she gives Twilight a light hug.

"Ahem" I say getting all of their attention, "why don't we move this inside? I'm sure there is much you all wish to discuss right now." They all nod and head into the house, the two guards staying outside and walking the perimeter. We walk to the living room where Storm, Twilight and Rain Cloud take up the couch, Storm being in the middle. I take a seat on one of the recliners as Rainbow and Fluttershy walk out the front door, saying their goodbyes.

"There's so much I want to ask..." Rain Cloud starts.

"I really only have one question" Storm says, silencing Rain, "how long?"

"How long..."

"How long did you look for me!? How long before you gave up and decided I wasn't worth looking for!" Storm yells as he tears up a little.

"Storm... we looked. We looked every day for three long and painful years..."

"What happened! Why don't I know you! Or my past? Why is my earliest memory being scared and alone, on the verge of death in for some god forsaken forest! Why..."

"I'm sorry," Rain Cloud says through her tears, "Breaker told us you were attacked by some creatures and we looked for you... but we only found blood... I was so scared... I truly believed that you had died..."

"What about Breaker! How could I have been dead and he come out just fine!?"

"He said that you sacrificed yourself so he could escape.... we had no idea that..."

"That what! That he was the one who attacked me, left me for dead, tried to live his life as me? How long has he been doing that without you knowing!? How..."

"Storm!" I yell, getting him to stop his tirade. "Upstairs... now." I stand and walk to the stairs and let him walk up before me. I look back to see Twilight trying to comfort Rain as she sobs into her hooves. We walk up to his room where I shut the door behind me and lean against the door while Storm paces back and forth, fuming with rage. I let him fume some more before I can see him begin to calm down. "Well... that could have gone better."

"I knew it wouldn't have... I didn't want to see her; I should have told Twilight..."

"Well... we can't change that. She is here, and you need to go back down there and talk to her..."

"I can't! I-I... I just can't..."

"Yes you can, and you want to know how I know you can?" He stops pacing around and looks up to me, "because as mad as you are about what happened, you'll never be able to forgive yourself if you don't fix things right now. I know it's going to be tough, but you have to do this, if not for yourself, then for Twilight." He looks away for a bit, thinking deeply about what I said before he walks up to me.

"Fine... I'll give her another chance, but just this one!"

"Wow that worked? I mean, that's the spirit! Let’s go down there and have a word with your mother" I say as I open the door for Storm. I can't believe that actually worked. I honestly thought he would fight with me some more. We make our way down stairs where we find Twilight holding Rain as she lightly cries into her shoulder. With a sigh Storm walks up to them and motions for Twilight to let him by. She gives him a look before she complies. Rain rubs her eyes as she sits up and looks down to Storm, who just stands there, avoiding her gaze.

"*sigh* I'm sorry I snapped. I didn't mean to yell... it's just... life wasn't easy for me, growing up on my own. I had always thought that my parents had abandoned me, so I always was on my own."

"I swear we looked for you... we looked for three long years... but we never found you... I'm so sorry, we should have looked harder..."

"No, I'm sure you did everything within your power to find me..." Rain jumps down and wraps Storm up in another hug, only this time Storm returns the hug. They hold each other for almost an hour before Storm finally let’s go of her and takes a seat next to Twilight on the couch. After Rain takes the seat next to him we spend the next hour talking about Storm's life. From being found by some farmers and taken to an orphanage, to becoming a weather pony for Detrot, his ordeal with his ex and how she died, him being in the royal guard and everything that's happened since my arrival.

"Oh my... you've been through so much..." Rain says as she rubs his back.

"Yeah... but it wasn't all bad" He says as he looks to Twilight, who nuzzles his cheek a bit.

"I think now would be the best time for you to explain what happened to Storm Breaker," I say bluntly, getting looks from everyone.

"Well... I think I have an idea as to what he's done." Rain says as she straightens up. "When Snow died, he had changed his will at the last moment. He gave all of his inheritance to Storm Cloud, leaving Breaker out completely. If by the time I passed, and you were never found, it would all go to charity. He must be trying to become you so he can collect it."

"What could he have done to make his father resent him so much?" Twilight asks.

"*sigh* he... he demanded your birth rights."

"I don't get" I say as I lean forward. "What's a birth right?"

"Well, Storm Cloud was born first, so he gets rights to things, like the inheritance, before Breaker."

"What kind of inheritance are we talking about here?" I ask, getting looks from Twilight and Storm. "What? I've never heard of something like this before, cut me some slack here."

"Well, he now owns the house, thirty percent of the Cloud factory stocks, and...*mumble mumble*" she says as she looks away and plays with her hair a bit.

"I'm sorry, what was that last part?" Storm says as he leans closer to her.

"And the money... some sixty million, before taxes that is."

"Si-si-sixty million tha- the- huh...*THUD*." Storm says before he faints and falls to the ground. Twilight and I just stare at Rain, mouths agape, trying to wrap our minds around the idea of Storm being.... well... loaded.

"Well... I wasn't expecting that... so, Miles, care to tell me why you slammed my son into a tree and knocked him out?"

"I-I-I... uh... he wanted training..."

"So you threw him into a tree?"

"Yeah.... we should wake him up..."

"He can wait, what gives you the right to train him in such a manner?"

"It's just a part of Spartan training...."

"What's a Spartan? Or better yet, what are you?" I spend a half hour explaining to her my past. From my people to the war and how I got here today, only telling her what she needs to know. She asks a few questions, but I answer them giving as little information as possible. I think Twilight has noticed my deception, but hasn't called me out on it yet. By the time I finish, Storm has gotten back up and tries to calm himself down.

"So you’re that creature everypony has been buzzing about in the tabloids... I must say, you're quiet different then they depict you."

"Thank you... I think...so what happens now?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well I assume you want to spend time with Storm now, plus you still have to discuss somethings about Breaker..."

"That's all true, but what about his training? I doubt you want to just put it on hold."

"Actually, today was just a skill check, the actual training won't start for a while, I need to get somethings set up. Plus, this will give me some time to make his armor. What do you say Storm?"

"Si-si-si-si-six million..." he repeats as he sits there, frozen from the idea of wealth.

"O...K... I'll take that as a yes. Twilight, why don't you go with him, keep him company." I say, making her freeze up as well.

"What... I mean... uh..."

"It's settled then. Storm and Twilight will spend..." Rain says.

"Four days."

"Right, the next four days with me in Cloudsdale while you prepare for his training. " She says happily. I like this woman; she seems to think like me... he's doomed.

"Alright, well I won’t keep you, it is getting pretty late, why don't you get a move on and I'll get to work." Rain Cloud nods and claps her hooves, making the two guards run inside and salute her. She instructs them to take them to Twilight's balloon and to set a course for her home. They salute and carry the frozen Storm and Twilight away. I bid Rain Cloud goodbye and watch as they fly off into the sunset. I turn back and go to my closet, where I pull out the left over metal from Gary and put it onto the table... where did I put those gems... right, in the upstairs closet. I run up to my room and go to open the door, only to have it open before me.

"Hello Miles, I'm ready for our date."

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