Stepping inside the library, Twilight's five wonderful friends all murmured to themselves. Rainbow Dash was the last to enter, she lazily stepped inside, not completely awake quite yet. It was still early in the morning, only being 8 am, her violet eyes were mostly hidden by her heavy eyelids.

Stopping to yawn, Rainbow Dash rubbed her eyes slowly, and when she removed her hooves, she saw that her friends' jaws were slammed on the ground. Her vision was still blurry, but after a few blinks, she saw the strangest monster she has ever seen. Her once heavy eyes, were lighter than one of her feathers as she gleamed into its eyes.

"Whoa...." She said. "I'm seeing things..." She said, rubbing her eyes more.

"Rainbow, ah I don' think you ain't seein things...Cus' I see it too." Apple Jack said, shaking her head.

"I'm glad you girls are here." Twilight said walking in, handing the creature a glass of water. As it drank, Twilight continued with the greetings. "This is Salas Strike, he's our new project." She almost smiled at the thought, almost. "It's our job to help him reform."

The Salas glared at Twilight, though her magical energy was almost as strong as Celestia's, all the ponies in the room were giving off the same power as the tree he slept near in a cave.

"So...what is it?"

"I'm male...I don't like being called a it, when I am a he." He groaned taking a few gulps of water.

"T-tw-Twilight...I-is he...s-saf-safe?" Fluttershy asked, hiding behind her gloriously long pink mane. Salas nearly died of cuteness.

"Oh!" He yelped tripping as he approached her. "Y-you are so cute..." He awed at her. Rainbow Dash blushed, jumping in between the mare and Salas. "Why you gotta scare her bub!?"

The smell of raw emotion, and magical fused, causing him to cough from the lack of balance in the area. He fell over, coughing, each time he inhaled, a loud exhale of forced air escaped his mouth every few seconds. Fluttershy, ignoring her fears, ran to aid him. She grabbed the glass of water, and lifted his neck above his body as she gently poured the clear liquid down his throat.

After the coughing had long subsided, Fluttershy smiled at him. "Are you okay now Salas?" She asked him softly, her voice was like the non-physical form of pillows hitting your face so gently you couldn't get hurt by it. No, her voice was like the myth of angels using their voices to heal with their mystical melodies.

He rubbed his neck for a moment, then nodded, looking at Rainbow Dash, who's face was beginning to look like a straw berry.

"A-alright Shy, I think he's fine." She said, hiding her blush by looking away from the butter yellow mare and the rest of the group. "You can let go of him..."

Salas, seeing the oblivious situation arise, mixed with the emotions and magic of a very strong friendship that would be so boldly known as kingship, he got up on his own to get to the other side of the library floor. He sat down slowly, still rubbing his neck.

"Such a pity a dike loves a fem like her."

If Rainbow Dash was a twig, you could hear the snap. Everypony gasped in shock as they all had their wide eyes looking at Rainbow Dash while Fluttershy was blushing ferociously red, as if all the blood in her body went to her beautiful yellow cheeks.

"What did you just call me bud?" She stepped to him, it was as though she was leaving burns in the floor as she walked. Her wings were unfolded over her back, sticking straight up.

"I think I called you a d-i-k-e...relationships like that aren't allowed you foolish pegasus, but I'll keep that a secret between us." He winked. "Of course, I can't say the same for your friends here."

"Um, I think you should run deary." Rairty said, fanning herself with her hoof. "I don't like blood, makes me ill to heart."

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Rainbow Dash shouted with ungodly rage. She shot forward towards Salas, but the Vikrin used his body to wive around her with ease.

"I like games, if you catch me I won't tell!" He laughed, rushing out the door. Ponies screamed in horror as they saw him bolt out of the library. "Good luck!" His once small wings expanded to the size of him on each wing, and he bolted forwards towards the forest.

From behind him Salas heard a violent boom!. He turned his head, still keeping his course, and saw wave of energy in multitude of colors. Shooting from it was Rainbow Dash, blasting at amazing speeds with a look of utter hate across her faces as she bolted after Salas.

I'm going to need to use more energy just running from her, but how long can she fly? Salas asked himself as he tilted his wings down. He shot down into the Everfree, with Rainbow in pursuit, and hot on his tail. He laughed with a cheerful grin on his face, he turned his head back. "I HAVEN'T FLOWN THIS FAST BEFORE!" He shouted, speeding around the trees. His wings had already shrunk down so he wouldn't hurt them. In fact they were hardly visible, using his mother's magic to continue flying much like how Discord would.

Wiving inside a tree that looked like a shack, he crashed into a pony inside. His vision blurred as the mare had shouted, mostly in shock, over her surprise guest. He felt himself slipping into peaceful sleep, if it hadn't been for his rapidly beating heart, he'd passed out by now. However, he couldn't move his head, feeling to exhausted at the amount of energy it took to fly just slightly faster than the cyan mare that was chasing him.

As if on cue, the door slammed open.

"THERE YOU ARE!" She shouted, but before she could land a punch on Salas, Zecora stepped in between them both. "Get out of the way! He has it comin!"

"If I may ask Rainbow Dash, to why you want to attack this creature?" Zecora asked calmly, her voice carried rhythm.

Salas saw a green aura of magic surrounding the place, and he sighed in defeat. Taking deep breaths trying to slow his heart rate, he chuckled. "Earth magic...how calming." He gasped for air, his hands on his chest trying to feel his heart slow.

"It can speak?" Zecora asked, sounding usually calm for the events that had just taken place.

"Yeah, it can, that's why it needs face full of my dike hoof!" She reared up her hoof, but Zecora held her hoof in place. "Stop that!" She barked. "He called me a dike!"

"I know not what a dike is, but I see no issue now. It is clear to even you, that he is more than beaten." She gazed at Salas, who was still trying to move himself. "No, you are in my house are you not? You will not hurt, or name one another until you leave. Is that not fair?" She pointed to her door. "And I'll need somepony to come out here to repair my door." Zecora sighed heavily.

"B-but....ugh! Fine..." Rainbow Dash grunted, crossing her forehooves over one another.

Salas, somehow through his total exhaustion, smiled at the cyan mare not with the intent to mock her failure to punch him, but in defeat. "You...w-win.." He said holding out his hand.

"And for your information bud, the LGBT laws were lifted two hundred years ago." Rainbow Dash huffed, however she returned the offer. They shook one another's arms. "I haven't seen anypony fly that fast before, and how did your wings get that big in the first place?"

Salas grinned devilishly. "I can may any part of my body grow, but only one at a time." He made his middle finger grow to the size of Rainbow's legs. "See?" He chuckled as Zecora brought him a glass of a green liquid.

"Drink it if you wish to regain your energy, and if I may ask, how did you know about the magic that surrounds my house?"

Salas shrugged. "I can see magic. Green is earth, red is fire, black is shadow, blue is water, pink is love, white is light, beige is wind, purple is black magic, and gray-" He pointed to himself. "-is balance. I don't understand my powers, I only had two years to actually learn how they worked before I was bound inside of a cave close by." He sniffed the green liquid before drinking it. "I saw pink when Rainbow Dash tried to get Fluttershy to stop tending to me after I was choking on their combined Harmony magic, which is a mix of White and gray- they come in waves that cross over each other." He chuckled. "It's like glaring into a hypnotic picture."

Zecora began to smile. "And to why you look like the god of chaos?" She asked.

"I'm a Vikrin- half dragon, half pony." He explained, pointing to his hind legs. Suddenly his eyes flashed open. "Wait, what's a Zeborian doing in Equestia? You're a long way from home!"

Zecora shook her head. "This is my home, it is where my heart is." She said. "My old home was dying from lack of food, I came out to Equestia looking for a new home much like how the rest of my tribe as done."

Rainbow Dash sighed, looking at Salas. "I still hate you for calling me a dike...but, we need to get back to the library. Twi doesn't like to be kept waiting."

Salas stood up, finding new found energy to move. He gave a quick bow to Zecora. "I'm sorry for intruding on you. It was wrong of me to find shelter in another's home."

Zecora waved her hoof. "All is well my friend, I forgive you and Rainbow Dash. Please, have a good day."

"Will do, thanks again for the energy drink!" He took off with Rainbow Dash leading the way back to town. Next Chapter: Bonus: Explaining Salas Strike ------- Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 6 Minutes