Colors of a Rainbow - Chapter 4

>”Did you see that?! That was awesome!” Rainbro exclaims, thrusting her hoof into the air, before falling back into the couch.
>For many hours the two of you have watched movie, after movie, after movie… and the stack of movies you had stockpiled to watch didn’t show hardly a dent in the pile made.
>…And it had already been six hours. It’s nearly three in the morning.
“Hey bro, how ‘bout we call it a night after this one? It’s pretty late and I’m about to crash…”
>Her eyes hover over to you, and she nods. “Eh, alright… but there’s still a storm outside…” she says, looking out. “Don’t know if I’ll be able to fly through it all…”
>She’s had a lot of cider; that statement’s probably truer than you want to admit.
“Alright, why don’t you stay here tonight? I’ve got more than enough room.”
>She smiles up at you. “Really? Aw dude, thanks a bunch!” she exclaims, bumping your shoulder with her hoof.
>You smile back at her, nodding.
“No prob; can’t let a bro go without a place to crash for the night. Besides, it’s just one night, can’t hurt.”
>”Haha, it’ll be just like a sleepover!” she exclaims, pumping her hoof into the air. “Man, we haven’t done anything like that in years, haven’t we?”
>Yeah, come to think of it, she’s right… the last time the two of you had a sleepover was when the two of you were still young, Rainbro came down and spent the night with you…
>…And Fluttershy…
>Ugh, damn it Anon, stop dwelling on that!
>That’s it; you’re going to Fluttershy’s house tomorrow to try and patch things up.
>First things first, though; sleepover with Rainbro.
>Yeah… this is gonna be awesome.

>Last night was awesome. Cider and movies as long as your bodies could last before crashing on the couch.
>You awaken to the bright light shining directly through the window onto your eyelids, piercing through them and into the retina of your eyes.
>Damn, it was like every receptor inside was screaming out at you to move out of the light, but your brain couldn’t form the correct function command to the right muscles.
>Ah, there we go… time to move!
>WAIT NO, NOT YOUR EYELIDS YOU FUCKTARD!
>The sun, it burns us!
>You struggle a bit, flailing your arms around helplessly before falling off the sofa and onto the hard floor, smacking the back of your head against it.
“Ow…”
>That’s when you hear it.
>The sound of hooves clopping along the floor.
>”Heh! Finally awake, huh?” you hear Rainbro’s voice as she trots casually over to you, peering down from above you.
>You don’t respond.
>”…Yo, Anon… you alright?”
>She taps your forehead lightly with her hoof.
>Now is the time to strike.
>You reach up quickly, taking hold of her hoof, and pull her out from under her hooves, causing her to almost fall to the ground.
>Almost.
>She anticipated your strike this time, and flapped her wings, allowing her to levitate above the ground without falling victim to your clever ruse.
>”Heh, saw that one comin’. You’ll have to do better than that, Anon,” she grins down at you.
>Oh, that sly little…
“Forgot about one thing.”
>You continue to have a grip of her hoof.
>…
>”Uh oh.”
“‘Uh oh’ is right.”
>You grin up at her, before rolling over and getting to your feet, keeping hold on her hoof as you once again repeat the process from the night before, slamming her down once again onto the couch, pinning her.
>She gasps, squirming around a bit like the night before, but this time you were prepared; she is unable to break free of your grip this time around.
>”Haha, c’mon Anon, cut it out!” she laughs, continuing to wriggle around, trying her best to get out from under you. “It’s nearly mid-day, c’mon dude!”
“Mmm… nope.”
>You grin down at her, and immediately her eyes widen and her pupils shrink to the size of pinpricks. “No… No, not that…”
“Mmm… yep.”

>”N-no, stop!” she yelps out, unable to control her laughter.
“Say it!”
>You snicker, before once again pressing your lips against her belly, blowing hard and causing her to squirm around helplessly.
>”Ack! C’mon Anon, quit it!” she manages to get out between uncontrolled guffaws.
“Say it, and I’ll stop!”
>You repeat it, and this time she finally cracks under the pressure. “A-Alright, fine! I’ll say it…”
>She looks you square in the eye, with the most serious expression you’ve seen on her in days. “Anon…” she begins, before muttering something inaudible to you.
“Oh, I’m sorry… what was that?”
>You smirk, before blowing on her belly again, causing her to yelp out again.
>”Anon got the jump on me and he’s the best-most-awesomest-bro-in-all-of-Equestria now let me go!” she quickly exclaims, wriggling around, trying to get free.
“Haha! Now you have to tell all of the people you work with.”
>”What?! No way!” she exclaims, her eyes widening. “That wasn’t part of the deal!”
“I have altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it further…”
>You grin, speaking in the deepest, grittiest voice possible. For some reason, it seemed fitting…
>”F-fine…” she mutters in defeat, sighing. “Now will ya let me go?”
>You laugh, before letting her go.
“Alright, so it’s…”
>You turn and look at the clock.
“Two in the afternoon. Probably should be getting up right about now.”
>She snickers and nods, pushing herself up off of the couch and into the air. “And dude? You should really get a shower,” she laughs, pressing her hoof to her nose.
>You sigh, chuckling a bit.
“Alright, fair enough. I’ll be back in a little bit.”
>She nods. “I’ll see if you have any food I can eat.”
>You smirk before heading up the stairs. Knowing her, she’s gonna empty your fridge.
>You close the door to your bathroom, and slip out of your clothes.
>The bathroom itself is fairly small; they only built it a few years ago, before you had your growth spurt of nearly a foot and a half. Now, you can barely move around in the shower without smacking your elbow or head on a wall or the shower nozzle.
>You stretch, grinning before walking inside the small shower area, closing the sliding glass door behind you. Ponies, despite being a different species, had very good craftsmanship, and managed to create a fully-operable shower system for you.
>You flip a lever and turn a knob to the desired heat that you would like, and stand for a few seconds in there before the warm water began spraying down from the shower nozzle. It was relaxing, especially after the events of the night before. You don’t think you’ve ever had so much Applejack Daniels before…
>Your relaxing moment in the shower was short-lived, though; you remembered that Rainbro was still in your kitchen, which meant you had to move quickly.
>You quickly wash up, making sure to get behind your ears. You’re not entirely sure why, though; it’s as if it had been drilled into your head for as long as you can remember, and maybe even before that.
>You weren’t from Equestria, after all; you knew that much. You’d not seen another one of your kind before, and the closest resemblance they had were minotaur, and even then you didn’t have any horns or hooves for feet.
>Nonetheless, you’ve not allowed this to hold you back; thanks to your bro, you managed to get a position in the Rainbow Factory, which was essential for the pegasi to create the weather all around Equestria.
>They would bring the ingredients in, which they called “sources”, and they’d announce the color. You’d push the corresponding button to said color, pull the lever, and voila; color would run down the chutes into a vat of what they called “Spectra”, which would power the rest of the weather devices all around Cloudsdale.
>In your eyes, you had the most important job in all of Cloudsdale. No, in all of Equestria; without you behind the wheels at the Factory, the ponies wouldn’t be able to control the weather, which would mean crops wouldn’t grow, which meant ponies would have no food.
>You were the one providing for all of them. Everything kept going because of you working the Machine.
>You grin proudly as you get dressed; because of your having a job, you were able to buy your own clothes from Rarity’s Boutique. She was such a generous unicorn, and swore that she’d let you take as many clothes as you’d like as long as you did modeling for her. You did, on occasion, but you preferred being able to earn your own clothes through your own hard work.
>She was actually the one that modified the ponies’ lab coat for your measurements; there wasn’t any other pegasi that was quite as large as you were, so the longer lab outfit definitely gave you a lot more class than you had expected. She even split the back a bit so the bottom wouldn’t get in the way if you were moving quickly.
>You looked at yourself in the glass mirror for a few moments, checking your face. You were starting to get a bit of shadow going on down your jaw and chin, but you didn’t mind. You’d shave it tomorrow morning. Today was your day off, time to chill out.
>You speed down the stairs and leap over the railing at around halfway down, landing on your feet with a loud thudding noise.
“Hey bro, you’d better not have eaten all my stuff!”
>You laugh as you head into the kitchen, and sure enough, Rainbro’s got roughly three days worth of food stacked up onto the table. She turns and looks at you with a grin. “I was wondering when you’d get here; I didn’t want to eat all of this by myself.”
>You smirk, walking over and scraggling her mane before sitting down across from her, the two of you scarfing down food left and right. You were starving after last night, and the food set out before you was more than appetizing for your tastes.
“So hey, I was thinking we could stop by Fluttershy’s place today, see how she’s doing.”
>Rainbro’s eyes widen, and she looks up at you, swallowing the bite she was chewing on. “You sure, Anon? I mean, you two haven’t exactly been talking to each other lately, have you?”
>You shake your head, sitting up in your chair.
“No, we haven’t. But I feel like we can put aside our differences for the time being and really start to get to know each other after all this time. Reconnect, y’know?”
>She hesitates for a moment, then nods. “Yeah, I can see that,” she says, smiling at you. “Hey, why don’t I come with ya, too? I’ve not seen Flutters in a while. It’d probably be good for both of us.”
>She hops out of her chair as soon as she finishes her plate, and floats over to you. “Think of me being your wingpony,” she winks at you, and you grin back, scratching her head again before finishing up your plate as well, bringing both over to the sink.
“Alright, let’s head out.”

>As you walk outside, you take notice of how sunny it was compared to the night before. Looks like the pegasi managed to clear the skies for today.
>Perfect, just what you needed.
“You didn’t arrange for a beautiful sky like this, did you?”
>You turn to Rainbro, and she gives you a sly grin. “I may have had some word in it…”
>This fucking mare, dude. This mare right here. She’s always got your back.
“Let’s go.”
>You stretch a bit, before sprinting off towards Fluttershy’s cottage, your bro flying alongside you, a rainbow streak trailing behind her as she speeds off past you.
>Oh no she doesn’t.
>You pick up your speed, and eventually the two of you are neck and neck once again.
>Just like your childhood days. Man, this brings you back…
>…And with you distracted from nostalgia, Rainbro manages to speed off once again, closing the distance between her and Fluttershy’s cottage even faster than before.
>Just as she’s about to make it to the cottage, however, you hear a whistle sound from above.
>Rainbro immediately stops, and turns her head to the sky.
>You take this opportunity to speed past her and claim your flawless victory as first to reach the cottage.
“Hah! I win, I-”
>You turn, and see Rainbro talking with a masked pony in a lab coat. He hands her a package and nods, saluting to her with his hoof before speeding off towards Cloudsdale.
>You already knew that some ponies at the Factory would wear strange outfits, but you’ve never seen an outfit like that before.
>After a few moments of staring at the package, she walks up to you.
“Hey, what was that all about?”
>She seems a bit distant for a moment, but then snaps back to reality. “O-oh! Sorry, nothing,” she says, looking up at you.
“Who was that? I don’t think I’ve seen a pony dressed like that before.”
>”Oh, he’s one of Dr. Atmosphere’s employees. They work on fixing the machine in case any problems happen, so they’re always wearing those masks to protect themselves,” she says, smiling at you.
>Huh. Seems legit.
>Back to re-befriending Fluttershy, Anon!
>You walk up to the door, and knock three times, just like you always did while growing up. That should get her attention. Hopefully…
>You wait a few moments, before knocking again. Still, no answer.
“Fluttershy? You there?”
>As you wait, Rainbro starts opening the package. Inside, there’s a book.
>Huh. Didn’t know she read.
“What’s it called?”
>She looks at both covers, shrugs, and opens it. “Dunno yet. Guess I’ve gotta read to find out.”
>While the two of you wait outside Fluttershy’s cottage, she begins reading the story. After around three minutes, her eyes widen.
“Hm? What happened?”
>She shoots her eyes up at you, then back to the book, then repeats the process two more times, before looking side to side, her wings shooting up.
>…Oh boy. You knew what that meant.
>You’d seen and heard about it while in the break room.
>You had a keyword for it that you never shared with anyone; wingboner. And it was perfectly fitting for the situation.
>”Um… I uh… I gotta go,” she says, speeding off into the distance, towards Cloudsdale, carrying the book with her. As she flies away, you can’t help but unwillingly catch a glimpse of her nethers as she flies off.
>Well, suppose she has to take care of it one way or another.
>She’s your bro, so you don’t mind her heading off to take care of some pent-up stress. The two of you had an understanding.
>”Is… is that you, Anon?”
>…Oh yeah. The reason you came here.
>You turn to the door, and on the inside you’re horrified, but you manage to keep your composure on the outside, and even smile.
“Hey Fluttershy, long time no see.”
>Her long, pink mane is completely disheveled, and her body seems a bit frailer than you remembered her being.
>What could have happened?
>”It’s so good to see you, Anon…”

>End Chapter 4