With Rainbow Hair: Chapter One - The Fight by BlackWidower, literature
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With Rainbow Hair: Chapter One - The Fight
Twilight Sparkle ran through the stone hallways under the Marjave Citadel. Levitating in front of her, in her magical grip, was a large obsidian stone in the shape of a cylinder. It was jet black and almost featureless, save for the gold accents at either end, each featuring a single amethyst gemstone set within.
The unicorn emerged in a small room, dominated by a spiral staircase spinning upward. She quickly ran up the stairs. At her rapid pace, she arrived at the top in no time at all, and leaped through the broken frame of the formerly hidden doorway.
The shining blue hallways glowed as Twilight galloped through. She passed painting
With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Two - The Loss by BlackWidower, literature
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With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Two - The Loss
Scootaloo perched herself on the edge of a white fluffy cloud. She looked down at the ground below and saw three small blobs of colour directly below her, silently cheering her on.
She tipped forward and plummeted to the ground. Spinning in a spiral, she recalled on all the techniques Rainbow Dash taught her.
On the grassy field, Sweetie Belle screamed, "Oh! I can't watch!" and covered her eyes. But subtly peeked out between her hooves.
"Come on Scootaloo, you can do it!" Apple Bloom exclaimed.
"Of course she can," Rainbow explained. "She had me as a teacher."
The orange blur continued to plummet, down, further and further.
"Is she gonn
With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Three - The Secret by BlackWidower, literature
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With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Three - The Secret
Rainbow sat at the dinner table. It was sparkling and smooth, much like her entire home. One would not expect Rainbow Dash to keep such a clean house, but there were times Rainbow found that cleaning would work just as well as any protective mantra.
She took a bite of her sandwich, and as the young mare masticated, her mind was quite busy.
She swallowed and frowned, saying, "I'm not sure that's a good idea, Rainbow."
Her mind buzzed. Why not!? Didn't you tell me, dad told you for the same reason? Rainbow asked her mother.
"Well, not really," her eyes drifted up. "I mean..."
Memories leaked into her consciousness.
Tears flowed from Rainb
With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Four - The Exodus by BlackWidower, literature
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With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Four - The Exodus
The sun was bright, the sky was clear. And one orange earth pony cursed its betrayal. The cheery weather was counter to her own outlook. One which she thought she shared with her best friend, Rainbow Dash. It appeared that even the director of the local weather service could not alter the weather schedule at the last-minute.
Applejack trotted through downtown Ponyville. Her mind was on the events of the previous day. Her best friend had lost her brother. She was still having trouble processing it. Applejack thought for a minute: What if she lost her brother? She couldn't take it, and quickly wiped the thought from her mind.
But to Twilight
With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Five - The Call by BlackWidower, literature
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With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Five - The Call
"Mom?"
Rainbow Dash tilted her head toward the voice. A young, dark blue, earth pony colt stood in the entrance to the wood-panelled room. Moonlight shone through the windows, as the flickering candlelight cast an eerie orange glow.
She released a deep sigh. "Yes Cotton?"
"Um... well..." he responded nervously.
"Is it important?"
"No-it's... um... nevermind." The colt started to leave.
She dropped the quill that was held in her hoof and turned around to say, "Wait!"
Cotton stopped in his tracks, and turned to face her.
"I already lost my train of thought," Rainbow said, removing her glasses.
"I-I'm sorry."
"No-" she waved a hoof in
With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Six - The History by BlackWidower, literature
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With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Six - The History
Scootaloo's room was not special. The stark yellow walls confirmed this. It was a cookie cutter remake of every other bedroom in the orphanage. Everypony else had a room just like hers. With the exception of the babies who resided in the nursery, and Administrator Button Clip.
As such, she always wanted to bring life to her sleeping quarters in any way she could. Her humble wooden dresser was covered with all sorts of knickknacks and trinkets. A snowglobe from the Crystal Empire, A hoof-carved figurine from Vanhoover, various small toys from the local toy store. Whatever she could find, she put there, so they'd stay in sight.
There was even
With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Seven - The Reveal by BlackWidower, literature
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With Rainbow Hair: Chapter Seven - The Reveal
"Slaves?" Rarity asked, slightly perplexed.
Rainbow nodded.
"I... I don't understand. You can talk to the dead, and you were a slave?"
"Well, no, not me," she responded, slightly annoyed. "I wasn't a slave, my ancestors were."
The unicorn suddenly found herself lost in confusion. She started to walk away before quickly turning around and asking a simple question. "When?"
Rainbow put a hoof to her chin. "I think it was... eight... nine hundred years ago?"
"That's it?"
"What?"
"Nine hundred years ago there were slaves? How come I never heard about this before?"
"Why were they slaves?" Spike asked.
"How do you talk to the dead?" a sque