"Alex get down!" I yell as the projectiles begin flying at us.

"Oh shit!" Alex yells as he falls backwards to avoid the paint ball.

"We got two to the left, and three to the right, and it's just you and me... What do you suggest?" I say to Alex as I pull out my pistol.

"Run and gun?"

"Yeah! Run and gun!" We sprint out from our hiding and fire blindly at the other team. I manage to take out two before I'm shot in the chest several times. Alex goes down soon after.

"Well that was fun." Alex says as we exit the facility. I decided it had been a while since I had hung out with Alex, so I decided to play a few games of paintball with him.

"Yeah, you know you had fun when you walk out with bruises on parts of your body that you didn't know you had."

"So what now?"

"Xbox at my place?"

"Hell yeah! I want to meet that thing that landed in your yard."

"Rainbow? Nah, not gonna happen today man."

"What? Why not!? Skyler said that EVERYONE was talking about you in school yesterday, I so want to meet that creature."

"Again, it's Rainbow, and you can't see her because she isn't even home right now."

"Really? Where'd she go? The way the news showed you protect her made it look like you were her bodyguard."

"Well, I am... in a way. Anyway, my mother, Emily, and Rainbow are having a 'Girl's Day Out'..." I say the last part with air quotes. "I think they went to the beach."

"Oh, okay. Anyway I hear that Xbox calling us, let's go!" Alex says as we hop into my truck.

As I start the engine, my phone goes off in my pocket. I sigh and pull it out, only to see that the call is from my mom. I decide I should probably answer, considering that she never calls unless it's an emergency.

"Sup?" I say casually.

"Matt? I don't mean to interrupt your day with Alex, but I need you to do me a favor."

"And what would that be?"

"It's Rainbow..."

"What!? What happened mom?"

"She was showing off some trick to a group of her 'fans' when she crashed and injured her little wing, bless her."

"Oh man... What do you need me to do?"

"Could you please take her to the hospital? My car won't start and I know you wouldn't want me to send her alone in an ambulance."

"Um..." I say glancing over at Alex who is just giving me a curious stare. "Sure... I can do that."

"Oh, Thank you honey! We're at the beach over by your school."

"On my way." I say as I hang up and toss the phone into the back seat.

"What was that about?" Alex says as he buckles his belt.

*Sigh* "Rainbow fucked herself up and now I have to deal with it."

"Gees, What are you doing about it?" Alex mumbles as we pull out onto the street.

"My mom wants me to take her to the hospital, but I don't think I'm gonna go that..."

"What? Why not?"

"I don't want her to be on any kind of records, not yet anyway."

"Makes sense... I guess."

We sit in silence as I drive down the highway towards the beach. When we arrive, I jump out of the truck and hurry down towards the water. I spot a large group of people gathered around my mother and Emily, who are trying to help Rainbow on the ground.

"Son of a bitch..." I mumble to myself as I push through the crowd. "Well well well, if it isn't the technicolor pony that tries her best to make my life harder than it already is." I say with a smirk as I kneel next to Rainbow.

"Shut up Matt... And I'm fine... really." Rainbow says as she tried to stand up, but only yelps in pain as her wing crumbles up next to her when she tries to move.

"Come on..." I say as I pick her up slowly. "Stop struggling or it'll only hurt more!"

"I can't help it! I can't get comfortable."

"Alex, can you stay here with my mom and Emily? I don't want them to be alone without a working car."

"Oh uh, yeah I guess so." Alex says as he looks at Rainbow in my arms. "You two have fun."

"It's not that fun from my perspective!" Rainbow yells as she continues to try to get comfortable in my arms.

"I said it before, and I'll say it again... You are a heavy little guy aren't you?" I tease Rainbow as I walk back to my truck.

"I'm not heavy and I'm not a guy..." She mumbles in defeat. I place her gently onto the passenger seat and close the door behind her. I hop into the truck on the drivers side, and start up the engine.

"So you're taking me to the hospital now?" Rainbow asks, gripping her injured wing in her front legs.

"Hell no, I'm taking you home."

"But... my wing!"

"Hey, I took highschool Biology, I think I can fix up a little wing.

"That doesn't sound like a good idea..."

"Don't worry! I got this!"

I drive as fast as I can back into town, hoping to get home before Rainbow starts whining again.

"I bet you cried." I tease Rainbow as we pull into my neighborhood.

"What? No way! I never cry!"

"Bullshit, that's all you did on your first day here."

"That was different!"

"I suppose it was... Sorry"

I pull into the driveway and kill the engine. I pick Rainbow up from the passenger seat, but she squeaks when I try to move her side with the injured wing. I manage to get the front door open with one hand, and I head for the stairs. I make my way to the bathroom where I hope I can fix her wing on my own.

"Okay... hold still for a second." I say as I place Rainbow on the bathroom floor.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm gonna find out what's wrong, then I'll fix it! Simple!"

"Matt, you aren't a doctor..."

"Hey! Don't underestimate my medical skills." I get down on one knee and prepare Rainbow for what I know will be a painful experience.

"Alright... I'm going to pull your wing out now okay? It'll hurt but I need to find out what's wrong."

"Okay... I trust you..."

I pull out her wing slowly, but when I reach a certain point, Rainbow lets out a loud yelp. Luckily, she doesn't retract the wing, only stiffens it. I being feeling around the different bones and joints until I find what's wrong. At one point, I squeeze a joint and Rainbow lets out a loud gasp. The joint feels different than the ones around it, and I identify it as a dislocated joint.

"Okay I know what's wrong, and I think I know how to fix it. You have a dislocated joint that needs to be put back into place. It'll hurt really bad at first, but it'll feel much better when I'm done."

"O-Okay... Do it." Rainbow mumbles, biting her lip.

"Okay on the count of three..." I say as I grip the end of her wing. When I pull down on it, the joint should pop into place. "One... Two... THREE!" I pull down as hard as I can on Rainbow's wing, and I feel a satisfying pop. Rainbow lets out the most high pitched scream I've ever heard, but quickly calms down as the pain quickly dissipates.

"It... You did it! Oh Celestia, thank you Matt!" Rainbow says as she moves her wing around. She jumps up and wraps her legs around my neck and squeezes me into her chest.

"Can't... Breathe..." I gasp as my face is crushed into her neck.

"Oh, sorry, sorry!" She says with a sheepish smile.

"No problem... Here." I say as I pull out a roll of gauze. "This will help keep the joint in place. Don't fly for a few days and you should be fine."

"Got it doc!" Rainbow says with a salute that makes me chuckle.

"Sooo what now? You kinda interrupted my day, and it's getting late and I doubt Alex will be coming over. Maybe we coul-" I cut myself off when I turn around and see what Rainbow is doing.

"Rainbow!" I yell as I turn and put my hand over my eyes. "Are you serious?" Rainbow somehow managed to turn the shower on and is bent over the side of the tub with her ass in the air, showing me more than I wished to see.

"Wha- OH!" She yells as she realizes what she was doing. Her tail quickly dashes between her legs and her face turns a deep red.

"Why? Just why?"

"I'm still covered in sand! I didn't think that would happen..."

"Whatever, just take your shower, I'll be in my room."

I close the bathroom door behind me and head for my room, laughing to myself at the situation and how stupid it was. I plop down on my bed and pull out my laptop, deciding to browse the web for a while.

"Is that me?" I mumble as I see a picture of myself on Google. "What the hell?" I just searched my name into Google to see if there was any news about me or Rainbow, and I found what looks like a cartoon version on myself standing next to Rainbow.

"What're you doing?" Rainbow says as she pops into my room. She jumps onto my bed and shakes like a dog, getting water all over me.

"Jesus, Rainbow! You're soaked!"

"You didn't leave me a towel!"

"...Fair enough. Anyway I found this picture of us on the internet, but it was obviously drawn, not taken by a camera."

"Internet?"

"Ugh... It's like a giant library of information in one place. I can ask any question and get an answer in a matter of seconds. You can put videos and pictures on here too that anybody in the world can see."

"Whoa that's so cool! Show me." Rainbow says as she presses up into my shoulder to look at the laptop, getting my shirt wet in the process.

I click on the link connected to the picture and it leads to a website that has a bunch of fan art from different shows and such drawn by a bunch of different users. A lot of the comments under the picture consist of people saying that there's no way Rainbow was actually real, and that the picture was dumb because of the fact that I was in it.

"Is that us?" Rainbow says, pointing a hoof at the screen

"No! It's some other rainbow haired pony and some other guy with shaggy brown hair that just so happen to be exact copies of us!" I say sarcastically. "Of course it's us... but who the fuck would draw art of us?"

I type 'Matthew Green' into the search bar of the website, and dozens of pictures pop up. Almost all of them consist of both me and Rainbow together. Some pictures had comments on them that made me cringe inwardly. One comment on a picture of me and Rainbow from the news report said, "I totally ship them!" I decided to not explain what that means to Rainbow.

I type 'Rainbow Dash' into the search bar and immediately regret my decision. Some of the pictures show... parts of Rainbow that shouldn't be shown. Some even have her making out with other characters from the show!

"What is this!?" Rainbow yells as she pulls the laptop off my lap. Why are there pictures of my..." She doesn't get to finish before I slam the laptop shut and toss it onto a bean-bag chair across the room.

"That's enough internet for today..." I say with a blank expression as I stare at my reflection in the TV.

"Agreed!" Rainbow yells as she eyes the laptop.

Eventually my father returns home from work, and my mom comes home after having her car fixed. I tell them about my day, leaving out the parts about what I found online.

"Popcorn's ready!" I whisper loudly as I walk into my dark room. It's almost midnight, but neither Rainbow nor myself can sleep, so I decided we should watch a movie.

"Ah, nice!" Rainbow says as she shifts under the covers of my bed. I sit down on top of the sheets next to her and start the movie on my Xbox. We had argued about what movie to watch, but we decided to watch a comedy that I had actually been wanting to see for a while. Two bags of popcorn, and a couple of hours later, the movie ended and it was time to hit the hay.

Rainbow's been asleep for a few minutes before I finally lay back on my pillow and give out a sigh. I'm beginning to close my eyes when Rainbow shifts into my side and curls a leg around my arm in her sleep. I would pull away as it's uncomfortable for me, but that would wake her up, and I don't feel like trying to get her to go back to sleep.

Being out with Rainbow yesterday, and her going to the beach today, makes me wonder what school will be like for me. Will I get a lot of unwanted attention? And if I do, will it be positive or negative? Will Skyler and Alex accept her into our little group of friends?

The questions begin to fade as I slowly drift off to sleep, Rainbow wrapped up under my arm.

Author's Notes:

If this chapter seems a little rushed and jumbled, it's because I was so tired while I was writing it that I couldn't even think straight.

If it doesn't seem any different than my other chapters then... Yay? I guess?

Anyway hope you enjoyed!