Z woke to a cyan pony's back hunched in his direction; her head was resting in her hoofs, tear droplets collecting on the underside of her hoofs. There was mud and dirt stains covering her coat and wings. Z tried to prop himself up, there was a sharp pain in Z's back he didn't suspect any less when he pulled the stunt he knew that he would feel this for a good time after but he was more worried about rainbow then himself.

"Rainbow you ok" he asked placing a hoof on the pony's back

The pony's head rose from its resting place she flung herself round and rapped her arms around Z's neck, the cyan tear stain pony's face rubbed into Z's shoulder. He returned the hug with one arm will the other propped himself up "I'll take that as a yes then" Z said with a smile on his face he rested his head on rainbow's before she moved it away and look him in the eyes with tears running down her face.

"You're an idiot you know that right, what got into your head that you should risk your life for me?" Rainbow poked her hoof into Z's chest tears still running down her face; she then collapsed back into Z's chest.

Z didn't know how to say what he wanted he pondered over the word in his head selecting the ones that described what he felt. all he really wanted to say is *you're the most important thing to me*. however he knew that it would sound crazy, he's only met her today "I guess for some reason I care about you more than my own safety, but your all fine so that's all that matter. So don't worry about me" He had lied down now with the mare still flung around his neck he rubbed her back to sooth the tears.

"well thanks" she whispered into Z's chest softly

They hadn't been lying there for long before rainbow returned to her normal self. she rose from the floor and looked up to see the position of the sun "looks like we've got plenty on the day left and I don't think we are that far form twilights house would could probably make it there in about half an hour to an hour" she looked down at Z "roll over I want to see how bad your back is"

"It's fine trust me there is nothing to worry about" he knew it felt bad but to be honest with himself, he didn't want to know how bad it was.

"How would you be able to tell you can't even see it, now roll over before I make you"

Z complied unwillingly and rolled onto his back, there was some blood but nothing bad a couple wounds were branches had cut him open nothing deep but most of it was bruising. And then something amazing happened a white glow appeared around the worst of the wound covering them from sight with an intense white light, thick white lines extended from the glow always in straight lines never at angles and then the light dissipated a long with the lines. Z shouted with his face to the ground "what are you doing back there"

"I'm doing nothing! What are you doing" she slowly backed away from him

"What do you mean, lm laying here with my face to the ground. What's going on?" Z insisted trying to look over his shoulder at his back

"Yo…you were bleeding on your back there were cuts and bruises and now…nothing, you're all healed" she had to force the words out as the sight of such a think had shocked her so much "there are some miracles in this world but I have no way of explaining what just happened"

"Well it doesn't sound like anything bad, if anything it sounds good"

"Ye I guess it is" rainbow had her hoof on her chin and was looking at Z's back intensely as if it was going to unlock all its secrets "You're not even a unicorn this doesn't make sense"

"How about this we agree it's weird because I don't want to lay her on my stomach all day, we can just add it to the list of things to ask twilight about"

"Fine if anyone has the answer then it will be her, she is such a book worm" she chuckled to herself at mocking her friend "alright then get on your hoofs let's get going, you'll be able to meet everyone else too. They should all be there waiting for Twi to get back from the princess"

They really weren't far from Ponyville, as soon as they left through a clearing in the trees they could see it in the distant it would be about a 10 minute flight. It could have been done faster but neither of them wanted another incident so they decided to take it slow.

They both flew parallel to each other rainbow would side check every so often and just smile will looking at Z, he knew she was looking but he kind of liked it so he didn't mind.

she may had just found someone who enjoys flying as much as her and maybe even found something else, he was definitely cute in her eyes and if she didn't grab him then rarity would try. The mix of feeling swirled around in her head. She had never liked anyone before it was a whole new idea to her. *well if you're gonna try rainbow then you gotta give it your all*

"ehm Z where are you staying tonight?"

"Well probably fluttershy's again until I can find a place of my own"

"Oh eh I see" she stuttered and looked down with a slight look of disappoint

"What's up rainbow? You seem a bit upset"

"I'm not upset; I just was hoping maybe you could stay with me"

Z looked at her with a puzzled look "Why's that?"

"oh no reason I was just hoping to show you around and you seem to like flying so it would give me something to do, also it really gets lonely in my house when your alone" she said will putting a smile on her face to hide the little lie. *well of course it lonely when you're along, idiot* she thought to herself.

"Rainbow I would love to stay with you. makes me feel much better that you want me there too. I'll feel like I'm not just some moocher."

Rainbow did a loop around Z "that's great!" she had a "oh my gosh" smile on.

They soon arrived at the great tree that was the library, it looked like everypony of rainbow and fluttershy's friends where there except them. Spike was sat on the window ledge and saw Rainbow and Z coming "hey guys there here!" you could hear shouted from a distance. They both landed outside the house only kicking up a slight amount of dust, as everyone was leaving though the door to meet them.

"Howdy there looks like you've finally arrived, I hope rainbow wasn't slowing ya down" apple jack said already trying to start a friendly bickering with rainbow, she was about to make a witty reply before rarity interrupted her.

"Oh my you must be this Z character we have heard so much about, fluttershy said you were big but never mentioned handsome too" she said this while performing a small trot around him giving him a full checkout

Rainbow quickly put an arm around Z "he sure is, he's pretty awesome too. Not as awesome as me however" she said leaning into him and smiling up at him

Z was blushing heavily by now "well thanks, I should probably introduce myself, my friends call me Z so you may all do the same"

"Well Z fluttershy has told us all about you and I'm very interested in you, especially now with what the princess has told me. How about we get inside, and I'll tell you what princess told me"

"You make it sound like he's an experiment Twi" apple jack said will walking into the home

"Don't put it past her apple jack; she'd do it if she got just a bit smarter" rainbow pitch in on the joke. They both snickered to themselves.

"I would not, maybe a couple of blood samples that's all" twilight said this trying to humour the joke

They had got into the library now and sat down on couches that lined a wall, two couches and an arm chair to the side

"Hey has anyone seen pinkie pie?" twilight asked looking around

"Oh she ran off when I said they were coming" spike answered

"Well if its pink pie it was probably to do with a party, well she will hopefully be back soon. Anyway the princess wanted me so she could tell me about a very old legacy one older then the mare in the moon; it's all really about a single pony and so far Z your situation is a lot like this pony's so I believe you maybe him but first let me tell you the story. You see this pony also appeared in equestria out of nowhere. Except he was not discovered however for some time after he arrived, his appearance was made when discord appeared for the first time when discord battled the princess and luna. You see the princesses and lunas battle against discord had not ended discord, in all real truth they lost their fight and discord was to rule the plain. until a mysteries pony and paired his body was covered in many white glowing markings" rainbow dashes ears had perked up at this point as she remember what had happened in the forest, twilight continued "This pony had no horn but wings yet somehow he was able to fight discord in an epic battle of magic, and that's really it the pony was gone as soon as everything returned to normal, he would reappear when he was needed until he seemed to just disappear entirely. No pony knows where he went or if he ever truly disappeared. Now Z I must ask you when you said my friends call me Z do you mean that Z is a nickname of sorts"

"Well actually kind of, you see when I fell it wasn't for the first time. Often I find myself in strange places but my memories are too mixed to get a straight picture of what happened so I use a name that is easy to remember. However a name that sticks in my mind is Oracle I've had dreams where it's shouted in the distance but when I get close to where the noise is coming from my dream just dissipates into white"

"Oh come on twi, how come noponys knows of these stories. You can't expect us to believe it" applejack questioned the story that had been told and for good reasons.

"Well the only pony's that have him are the princesses and he always seemed to leave in time for it to seem that they saved the world, it's as if he never wanted credit."

"Twilight dear I don't think anypony here believes you; I think you may have been caught up in you books a bit too much" rarity said and many of here friend nodded except rainbow

"I think I do believe it" rainbow protested to the group

"Dear what are you talking about, look at him he may be a gentle colt but he is not a legacy born pony"

"Rarity you weren't in the forest, when I was flying with Z we had a crash and he saved me from a deadly fall he saved my life. He took the blows for me and when I looked at his back to see his wounds he…well he did exactly what twilight said his back began to glow and those marking appeared then all his cuts and bruises where gone just like that"

"Well if ma friend rainbow dash believes it, then so do I, but I would like some truth" applejack said still not sure about the assumptions being made.

"Z is this true?"

"Well yeh it is, I'm really not sure about this if it's true then I'm supposed to have some powered or something and I don't have a clue about how magic works" while this all seemed to work out that he was a legacy born pony he didn't know what to think suddenly he's gone from some guy that's fallen out of sky's to an all-powerful pony's it just didn't sit well with him.

"We could always just cut him and see" spike whispered from behind twilight

"Spike!" twilight shouted in disgust at the baby dragon

"It's true" trying to weave his way out of it like a child. The group turned to look at Z in a way of asking permission

"You're kidding right?" Z looked uneasy with the pony's surrounding him

Rainbow bust out laugh and rolled on her back "you should have seen your face!" the rest of the group join in a collective laugh

The door swung open to a pink mare throwing streamers and confetti over the room, a line of pony's followed her some carting in food others jumping and dancing . Vinyl scratch wheeled in the music and his turn table. While they all set up pinkie jump forward planting a hood on Z's head

"Hey there silly you must be the new guy, well this party is for you we always have a party for new people" she spoke a hundred words a minuet

"Pinkie pie this really isn't the time" twilight rose form her seat

"What are you talking about silly, there is always time for a part" pinkie pie was looking at twilight with one of her signature upside down heads, the pink mare then grabbed Z by the hoof to drag him into the party the pony all gathered around him cheering and dancing

"eeerm twilight?" Z looked around for the purple unicorn she still sat in her chair

"don't worry about it enjoy you're self we will talk after" twilight said getting up with the rest of her friends to join the party she waved a hoof at Z telling him to enjoy himself and not to worry about it. At that vinyl put on one of his heavy beets and the party got started, it went on late into the night with many pony games with pinkie pie of course leading them all.

Sometime into the night the group of friends realized that Z wasn't present in the games he couldn't be seen at the whole party "I'll go look for him he couldn't have gone far" the group of friends shrugged at each other when rainbow left but carried on enjoying the party.

She flew out on to the balcony that extended off the back of twilights house she could the outline of a colt sat on a cloud in the sky, half illuminated by the moon casting on his body, it caused a white outline on half of his body. She went and landed next to him and sat down silently, it stayed like this for a moment or two.

"It's strange what life throws at you some time it's a straight throw other times it's a curve ball" Z rubbed his temples before continuing "thank you" he softly said

"What for?"

"for coming up here I couldn't want anyone else" rainbow shivered it wasn't one of the warmest night Z shifted closer and put a wing around her "thank you" he said again whispering into her ear and kissing here gently on the cheek. Rarity, twilight and applejack had come out onto the balcony now

"What does she have that I don't" rarity insisted

"It's what he's looking for not what you are" twilight said smirking at the two in the cloud

"Come on yawl lets giv'em some privacy" applejack said turning the girls around to send them back into the house

Fluttershy was looking up at couple from a lower windowed she whispered to herself "just what I hoped"

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