Eye of the Storm
Chapter 33: Chapter 32 - Friendship is Magic
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"So if you're really from another world, tell me what it's like." Rainbow said, sitting down on the cloud sofa, facing you with anticipation. This topic must interest her quite a bit, as it was pretty uncommon for her to stop flying and actually sit still for a prolonged period of time.
You wanted to tell her everything about your past life, as you had never truly opened up to anypony about it. Not even Twilight.
While Twilight knew most of the important things from you previous life, such as your 'death' and the Friendship is Magic TV show, nopony knew too much about your world.
The only problem was that you were struggling to remember quite a few things. You couldn't remember the town you had grew up in. You couldn't remember your friends. Any trace of your family had been wiped clean from your memory.
Different aspects from your life had been ripped from your mind. More specifically, memories of your childhood. Honestly, it didn't bother you too much, as without any memory of them, did they really even happen?
Despite this, there was still quite a lot that felt burned into your memory. Events and locations that felt like they could never be forgotten, or you were always intended to remember.
Your apartment was one. It had shown up plenty of times in your dreams, in the midst of strange visions and hallucinations.
Another was your supposed death. The pain you experienced felt so unreal that it would always be real.
You didn't want to start the conversation with something like that though, so you thought it best to start on happy things that you hadn't yet forgotten.
"Well, my home world was called Earth, and on Earth we all walked on two legs." you explained, seeming to confuse Rainbow a little.
"How is that even possible?" Rainbow asked, getting up the sofa and attempting to walk on her hind legs. Despite her best efforts, she failed and collapsed backwards, saving herself with her wings.
The only pony you had successfully seen stand on two legs for a prolonged period of time was Applejack, and even then, you had no idea how she did it.
"Trust me, a lot is possible. Back where I'm from, magic is the stuff of legends." you said, recalling stories like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Back then, things like magic and flight seemed like impossible feats, yet here you were, successfully able to fly.
"And if you couldn't fly, how did you get around?" Rainbow asked, seeming genuinely curious about your means of transport. Thinking back to it, not being able to fly after being used to it for so long would have been a curse.
"We used something similar to carriages. They were called cars." you explained, deciding to leave out the technicalities.
"Well could they atleast fly?" she asked, sounding a little disappointed at the lack of flight in your previous world.
"Kinda. We had different things that could fly." you said, quite clearly referring to planes. Thankfully, Rainbow didn't inquire anymore about the ways you got around. You really didn't want to go into detail about planes, as you knew little to nothing about them.
"That sounds kinda lame." she exclaimed, sitting back on her cloud couch once again before taking a sip from her bottle of apple cider. It was nice to see her making use of Applejack's gift.
Now that you thought back, your world was a lot more... dull than Equestria. Every day seemed the same. Wake up, go to work, come home, sleep, rinse, repeat. Nothing exciting ever happened.
But here, everyday was different. Not once on Earth had you ever had a life threatening encounter with a giant stone Golem.
"It... was kinda lame," you admired, getting a slight snicker out of her, "But there was something on my homeworld that I wanted to talk to you about."
Intending to tell her about the TV show she unknowingly starred in, you didn't really want to talk her about it. More so, you wanted to know what she thought about it. Whether it would creep her out, or give her a big unneeded ego boost you weren't sure, but nevertheless it would make for an interesting conversation.
"Sure, but make it sound interesting this time!" she joked, persuaded that your world was nothing more than a bore. Despite this, the idea of another world was undeniably awesome.
You weren't sure there was a way to make a TV show starring the pony you were currently talking to sound boring, but then again TV didn't exist here. Well, not as far as you knew, anyway.
"On Earth we have these... moving picture called TV shows," you explained, seeming to catch little of Rainbow's interest, "And you're in one of them."
Suddenly, Rainbow shot up from the cloud couch, hovering above you.
"So you mean... I'm famous?" she exclaimed. That seemed more like something Rarity would be concerned about, but Rainbow was always worried about her popularity.
"Well, kinda? I mean, everypony from around here is in it, including your friends," you explained, seeming to deflate her a little. You didn't want to be mean, but you also didn't want to boost her ego, "Except for me..."
And at that moment a dozen thoughts entered your head. All of this could just be dream, and you would never know. Surely if this was real, you would've been in an episode, right?
Then again, maybe the cartoon was just a window into a fabricated version of this world. That was what you originally thought, you were going to stick with it.
Now that you on the topic of the TV show, you could also finally answer a question that had been on your mind for some time.
"Also, I've got a question for you." you said, faster than she could respond to your previous statement.
"Sure!" Rainbow replied. Now you had to think of the most memorable event, or maybe even villain, that you could remember from the show.
The first ever episode was pretty memorable. Nightmare Moon was the first villain, so surely if it really happened, Rainbow could never forget her.
Then again, Queen Chrysalis was quite an iconic villain. She had almost taken over Canterlot from the shadows, only barely being discovered by Twilight.
But the villain that stood out the most to you was King Sombra. Each pony had to do their part to keep him at bay, and stop him from invading the Crystal Empire. If that really happened, then nopony was ever going to forget it.
"King Sombra. Was he real?" you asked, seeming a little more serious than you did prior.
"Heck, yeah, he was real! And he almost enslaved the Crystal Empire twice! But thankfully I stopped him!" Rainbow bragged, relishing her own accomplishment.
"You mean you and your friends stopped him?" you corrected her. Defeating King Sombra, or any other villain for that matter, was no easy task, but ultimately it was friendship that had beaten them all. The show was called Friendship is Magic after all.
If it wasn't for that friendship, who knows what could happen.
Well... You did know. Seeing the show in its entirety was essentially seeing into the future. But who knows? Maybe this worlds future was set to be different all on its own.
Maybe in this timeline the future was altered, meaning the Golden Oak Library was never going to be destroyed, Celestia and Luna would never retire, and who knows what else. You already knew for a fact that this was a different timeline, as Rainbow didn't teach Twilight to fly, but you could only hope.
It was hard fighting the urge to tell Rainbow Dash about all the events that unfold in the future, but you didn't want to worry her with a future that wasn't even set in stone.
"Ok, I may have had some help." she admitted, seeming a little nervous about maintaining her image, but still sounding grateful for her friends.
"Thanks for talking about this. All of this is still so confusing." you said, thanking her.
"No problem! Not gonna lie, I think it's kinda cool that you're from another world!" Rainbow replied, slightly boosting your confidence in yourself.
"You think it's cool?" you asked, a little surprised by her opinion. You were expecting her to think it was weird, or at the very least not even believe you.
"Sure! I mean, it's not everyday I meet somepony from another world!" she explained. She did have a point. If you met someone, or somepony from another world, you would think it was cool too.
Lost in the conversation, you had completely forgotten about your work. You usually didn't need to rush to get there, but right now you had no idea what the time was.
"I guess, but I've really gotta go to work now." you said, trying to hide your urgency.
"Well don't work too hard because I've got something planned for you tomorrow!" Rainbow said, giving you a mischievous smirk.
You weren't sure what she meant by that, but typically you would assume that it meant something dangerous.
"Can you tell me now?" you asked, the urgency in your voice suddenly becoming apparent.
"Nope! You're gonna be late for work!" Rainbow mocked, maintaining her mischievous smile. You gave her a suspicious stare, too which Rainbow responded with an even more mischievous smirk.
Either way, you weren't gonna find out what she had planned until tomorrow, so there was no point in stalling. At this point, you really were gonna be late.
"Ok, seriously, you're gonna be late, dude." Rainbow said, dropping her smile completely.
"Ok, yeah, bye." you said, turning and heading out of the door with slight embarrassment. Quite honestly, you didn't want to leave. While the entirety of Equestria made you much happier than Earth ever could, the presence of Rainbow Dash amplified that feeling even more.
And whatever she had planned for you was hopefully going to give you even more time to spend with her. Either that, or it would kill you.
Either way, you still had a whole day before she was going to unveil whatever she had planned. It was time to get working once again.
Next Chapter: Chapter 33 - Elements Estimated time remaining: 5 Hours, 43 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Another shorter chapter. I didn't even know whether this chapter was going to exist, but I wanted a chapter where Rainbow and Storm talk more about his past in more detail than with Twilight. I probably could've left this chapter, but in the end Rainbow is a more important character in this story than Twilight, so I felt it was necessary.
I'm not sure what the next chapter is going to be yet. I'm not sure whether to go straight to what Rainbow Dash has planned for Storm, or have something in between with a side character. I was thinking either the Cutie Mark Crusaders again, or maybe a chapter about the dreams again. I'll give it some more thought, as that would be another chapter that wouldn't necessarily be needed.