Starstruck chapter 1: her knight in shiny armor

Rainbow Dash was at the custom party. She was wearing a blue and purple dress with a little bit of white on it. Her hair and tail was nicely comb and behind her ears were little white balls. She was at the food table, waiting for her boyfriend. She looked at her watch and rolled her eyes. She walked out to the balcony and looked up at the stars.

Rainbow: Where are you?

Sonic: He's still not here?

She turned to see a boy with blue fur, green eyes, wearing a golden suit of armor with a blue cape in the back and a sword on his right side.

Rainbow: Hey Sonic. No. He's still not here.

Sonic: Man. What's taking him so long?

Rainbow: Don't know. I hope he's okay.

Sonic: Yeah…sign…Dashie; I have to tell you something.

Rainbow: What is it?

Sonic: I saw Sorain with Spitfire.

Rainbow: What?

Sonic: I saw them kiss.

Rainbow: What?!

Sonic: I'm sorry Dashie. If I didn't tell you, I knew you were going to get hurt.

Rainbow: S-Sonic…

Boy: Sorry I'm late.

They turned to see a boy with light blue fur, dark blue hair and tail, green eyes, and was wearing a police outfit.

Sonic: Sorain…

Sorain: Thanks for keeping my babe company.

Sonic: Yeah. No problem. See ya later Dash.

Rainbow: See ya…

She watched as he left and watch as he got closer.

Sorain: So…where were we?

Rainbow: …Where Spitfire?

Sorain: She couldn't make it.

Rainbow: Oh? Did you…give her a good bye kiss?

Sorain: What?

Rainbow: Sonic told me he saw you kiss her. True?

Sorain: I…look. She was feeling down, so, yes. I kissed her. But it was a small kiss on the cheek.

Rainbow: Oh. That's nice to hear. I'll be right back.

Sorain: I'll be waiting.

She walked back inside and poured herself some punch.

Girl: Hi Rainbow Dash.

She turned to see a girl with yellow fur, orange hair and tail, darker orange eyes, and was wearing a fire color dress.

Rainbow: Spitfire? What're you doing here?

Spitfire: I came to party!

Rainbow: Sprain said you couldn't make it.

Spitfire: He did?

Rainbow: Yeah.

Spitfire: Oh…well…here I am! (jazz hands)

Rainbow: Yep. Um…call me over protective, but did you kiss Sorain?

Spitfire: Whaaaat? No.

Rainbow: sign. That's what I was thinking.

Spitfire: Right…but if I did, would you kill me?

Rainbow: No. why?

Spitfire: No reason…sign…yes…

Rainbow: …What?

Spitfire: He kissed me.

Rainbow: I know. He said you were feeling down.

Spitfire: I wasn't. He was hitting on me.

Rainbow: What? (drops glass)

Spitfire: You're going to have to pay for that.

Rainbow: I know. What do you mean he was hitting on you?

Spitfire: He came up and began talking about our future, touching my tail, and when I asked about you, he acted like he didn't know you.

Rainbow: No…

Spitfire: I'm so sorry Dash.

Rainbow: Why would he do this to me?

Spitfire: I don't know.

Rainbow: I…I can't do this…I just… (begins to run away)

Spitfire: Rainbow Dash! Where're you going?

Rainbow: Anywhere but here.

She turned and ran out of the doors. She just kept running till she reached an edge. She looked up to see the stars and watched them shine. She began to remember what her grandmother told her.

-FLASHBACK-

Little Rainbow Dash was on a cloud with an older woman with white fur, hair, tail, wings, dark blue eyes, and was wearing a gray dress. She and little Rainbow Dash was looking at the sky. The stars were shiny.

Rainbow: Grandma? Can you tell me about the stars?

Grandma: Well, let's see. Stars have the power to grant wishes if you try hard enough.

Rainbow: So…I can wish for anything? I can wish for mama and dada to come home?

Grandma: …Dear. They're powerful, but they can't cross the line between life and death.

Rainbow: Oh…can I wish for love?

Grandma: Well…kinda. You can wish to find love. But I don't think you should. One day, you're knight in shiny armor will come for you and take you away to a faraway world.

Rainbow: Oh…then…what should I wish for?

Grandma: Well…what do you wish?

She thought for a moment. When she had her wish, she stood up, clapped her hands together, and closed her eyes.

Rainbow: Star light, so bright, the first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, to one day, be reunited with my parents. Until then, take care of them.

She opened her eyes and sat down next to her grandmother.

Grandma: That was very sweet.

Rainbow: Now it's your turn.

Grandma: That's okay. I already got my wish. To have a sweet little girl like you.

Rainbow: Hm…do you think my parents heard me?

Grandma: I know they did…

They returned their gazed and looked up to the sky.

-FLASHBACK OVER-

Rainbow Dash was looking up to the night sky. She knew what she had to do.

Rainbow: Hi stars. I know it's been a while since I made a wish, but I need your help. There's this boy, who I thought liked me. But, he doesn't love me. So, I'm asking, if you could, I don't know, help me? I…I wish, I hope, I dream, I pray. That I'll find the boy of my dreams. Please. I…(begins to cry)…I just want to be loved. I don't want to feel pain anymore. Mom. Dad. If you can hear me, please. Help me. Please…

She cried for a few minutes before stopping. She turned to her right side and began to walk home. She heard a noise coming from behind her. She turned her head to see three men wearing black. One of them had a crowbar, the other was cracking his fist, and the last one had a gun. There was only one thing she could do. Fly away. She was outnumbered, and unarmed. She was ripping through the air as fast as her wings could carry her. She looked in front of her to see the party. She stopped herself and flew towards the forest. It wasn't because she didn't want to see Sorain again, but she didn't want to put people in danger. She was doing her best to dodge the trees, and so far, she was doing okay, that is, until the man with the gun shot her wing. She screamed in pain and fell to the ground. He fired again, but not at her, at the tree. She looked up to see the tree was falling down towards her. It landed on her feet, making her scream in pain even louder. She tried to push it off, but she was too weak. She looked to her right to see the three men were coming towards her. The man with the crowbar came up to her, with an evil smile on his face.

Man 1: Say goodbye, Rainbow Dash…

Boy: NO! GET AWAY FROM HER!

They looked forward to see Sonic on a white sword.

Grandma: One day, your knight in shiny armor will come for you…

Rainbow: Sonic…

Man 1: Lookie here boys. We have a hero. Why don't we show him our stuff?

Sonic: Well then. (gets off horse and pulls out sword) Let me show you, what happens when you mess with my friends.

The man with the crowbar came running at him. He swung, but Sonic blocked his attacked. He pushed him back and kicked his chest. Because he was in armor, he was down with no problem. The man using his fists came up and tried to punch him. When he hit the armor, he squeaked in pain. He smiled and punched him back.

Man 3: Not so fast…

He turned to see the man with the gun was pointing at Rainbow Dash's head.

Sonic: Leave her out of this…

Man 3: Dropped the sword, and back away to the horse.

He held his sword and pointed at him. He looked at Rainbow Dash, who had tears in her eyes. His face soften. He threw the sword down and backed away till he was right beside the horse.

Man 3: You must really love her…too bad.

Sonic: NO!

Before he could pull the trigger, Rainbow Dash bit his hand. He yelled in pain and held his hand. This gave Sonic the chance to strike. He ran up and trusted his body on to his. He was thrown to the tree and before he could slide down, Sonic ran up and gripped his neck.

Sonic: Listen, and listen good…

He turned and opened his hand up. The sword began to move, after a bit, it flew to Sonic's hand. He then brought the sword to his neck.

Sonic: Ever come near her again, you'll answer to me. Got it?

Man 3: Got it…

Sonic: Good.

He threw him to the ground, close to his friends.

Man 2: This is not worth $50,000! I'm out of here!

Man 1: This is crazy!

Man 3: I'm too young to die!

Sonic smile, but turned his attention to Rainbow Dash, who was trying to get the tree off of her. Sonic ran up and cut the tree to a smaller shape. Sonic was able to get it off of her and held her close to him.

Sonic: Are you okay?

Rainbow: Fine. GAK! I'm not. My legs. I can't feel my legs…

She began to shake, but Sonic took her hand.

Sonic: Hey, easy there. You're okay. I'm here…let's get you home.

The next thing she knew was, she was in Sonic's arms. He was carrying her to the horse.

Rainbow: Sonic…you don't have to do this…I must weight a ton…

Sonic: Hey, don't worry about it; I'm going to help you.

Rainbow: Huh. I though he was going to kid and say I weight a lot, but he didn't. Why?

He helped her on to the horse, and he got on to.

Sonic: Hang on.

Rainbow: R-Right…

He made a clicking noise, and the horse began to walk. The silence between them was growing stronger. Sonic finally broke the silence.

Sonic: Spitfire told me everything.

Rainbow: Great…

Sonic: I'm so sorry.

Rainbow: I'm such an idiot!

Sonic: Hey! You are not an idiot! If anything, he's the idiot. He has no idea on how great of a girl you are. I swear, when I get my hands on him, he's going to pay for hurting you.

Rainbow: Sonic…

All of the sudden, a rat came running out of the bushes, scaring the horse. Not wanting to fall off, Rainbow Dash threw her arms around him. When the horse finally calmed down, Sonic looked over his shoulder to look at Rainbow Dash. He flashed her a smile.

Sonic: Told you to hang on.

Rainbow: Right… (blushing)

He made that clicking noise and the horse began to walk. After a while, Sonic felt a drop on his nose. He stopped the horse and looked up to see rain clouds forming. After a bit, rain began to pour. Hard. Sonic took off his cape and wrapped it around Rainbow Dash, which made her face go entirely red.

Rainbow: Sonic, what about you?

Sonic: Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. We have to hurry home. Hang on tight.

He slapped the reins and the horse ran. Rainbow Dash threw her arms around him again. He smiled. This was kinda nice. When they reached home, Sonic got down and helped Rainbow Dash get down.

Sonic: Just slide down.

Rainbow: What?

Sonic: Don't worry. I'll catch you. I promise.

She let out a small gulp and slid down. Sonic caught her in his arms again. He walked inside and took her to her room. He sent her down on to her bed.

Sonic: I'll be right back. I have something important to do.

Rainbow: You're not going to beat Sorain up, are you?

Sonic: No. I got to go return the horse.

Rainbow: You borrowed him?

Sonic: Borrowed? Yeah…that's what I did…I gotta go.

He left and Rainbow Dash looked out the window.

Rainbow: Grandma, I don't know if you can hear me, but you were right. My knight in shiny armor came. He's amazingly kind. His name…is Sonic. I hope you two meet someday. Stars, thank you. I don't know if you were the ones who did this, but thank you. For being there for me. Good night.

She slowly got in her covers and fell asleep.

To be continued…