Absolutely Dash-ing

by Mlws

Rating: everyone
Tags: Romance, Spike, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Daring Do, Twilight Sparkle, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 5985

Rainbow Dash must choose between Pinkie or Daring, while Twilight and Spike fight their own issues.

Daring Do has risen from the pages of Twilight's book series due to another of Spike's failures/wins to impress Twilight. The rules were, she could stay there as long as she wanted and be put back whenever she wanted to be put back, as long as she never fell in love, otherwise her placement in Ponyville would be permanent. Later, she falls in love with Rainbow Dash upon first sight. Dash is suddenly struck with the love bugs as well, but she already had a very special somepony; Pinkie Pie. Rainbow Dash is suddenly conflicted with the decision of staying with Pinkie Pie, or taking the risk and leaping for Daring Do. Meanwhile, Twilight discovers new feelings for Spike and their relationship starts to build. But will this building relationship stay together?

Published 2012-02-23 03:34:02 UTC
Last updated 2012-03-01 03:26:05 UTC

Prologue

Twilight was out for the night at Rarity’s to have fun and relieve the stress of her studying at six o’ clock, in order to give her lots of time to goof off and watch scary movies at her first sleepover at somepony else’s house. Twilight put Spike and Owlowiscious in charge of the house for the night, as Twilight could study the power of “Sleepovers” and lay back and relax a little while with her friend. Spike took this opportunity as a chance to impress Twilight, whom he had secretly had a crush on for years. His passionate, burning love for her fueled his will to assist her. He thought up all of the things he could do for her to make her know she’s special to him, and to welcome her home from her first sleepover out. He had never really been away from her for long amounts of time, so he needed something to keep him busy, and of flatter her as well. He chose to pick flowers and put them in a nice vase, make her a card, and buy her something nice. But first, he decided he would clean the house from head to toe, and make everything utterly spotless.

After hours of scrubbing, mopping, wiping, dusting, and overall cleaning, he walked over to Twilight’s desk and rested his arm on it. He wiped the sweat from his face and sighed, exhausted. He only now realized what time it was as he looked at the clock. The big arrow pointed to the big six, and the small arrow pointed to the five. He yawned loudly, and started to tip over until finally… he hit the ground.

Later, he awoke groggy. He rubbed his eyes and sat up, trying to make everything look clear again. He stared straight ahead at something awfully scary. The clock said it was 9:30 a.m.! Twilight would be home at noon and he still had to get the flowers and card! He decided he would run out and buy it as quick as possible. “But who will watch the house while I’m gone?” He thought to himself aloud. “Oh! Owlowiscious is home! He can watch the library for me! And if I lock up, that’ll be no big dea-“ he cut himself off with sadness. His owl friend was sitting upon his post, asleep. Spike had no hope. But he decided he’d go out anyway. If he locked up, he doubted anything would even happen. He walked away from the house and slammed the door shut, and locked it. He heard a smash, but completely disregarded it, which was the most stupid thing he could have ever done.

Inside Twilight’s home, a bottle had crashed. And it wasn’t the bottle that was important. It was its contents that mattered. Inside the bottle, a fuming potion made by Zecora stayed safe. But when the bottle was smashed, the fumes spread, spread to the books. This potion made inanimate characters come alive. Twilight planned to use this for her research, bringing certain smart ponies out of books to talk to her, and quickly shoving them back into the book afterwards using the reversal potion. The potion that had spilled was not supposed to be opened until much later, when the reversal potion had been created. But the reversal potion’s recipe was still unmade. There were many rules for this potion, and one of them was; you must return the character back into the story before they fall in love, otherwise, their placement is permanent. The gasses from the potion hit a bookshelf, particularly, a certain set of books. The Daring Do series. And as soon as you could say “The Quest for the Sapphire Stone”, Daring Do laid hoof in Ponyville, and ran off from Twilight’s house, looking for adventure.

(Author's Note: For those of you who may be thinking "Well, this is a bit short!", It's a prologue. It's not supposed to be SUPER long. And other chapters will be much longer, for those who know my other story, The Past Life Of Pinkamena Diane Pie (which you can read here, if you wish; http://www.fimfiction.net/story/8150/The-Past-Life-of-Pinkamena-Diane-Pie) which had many short chapters at the beginning. I'm working on chapters this very minute, but I don't see updates being very, uhh... how shall I say.. quick., and I do apologize for that.)

Love at First Sight

Daring Do ran throughout the temple, trying not to get smashed by huge debris falling from the sky. As she tried to protect herself, the orange-tan hued pegasus held her right wing as close to her body as possible. This wing was her broken wing, but as she was Daring Do, Equestria’s bravest adventurer, it had the urge to refuse its injury and help her escape the castle with her treasure. She nearly got away, before a huge rumble boomed into her ears. She jumped in shock, and stepped backwards from the monstrous avalanche that fell before her and the exit. She was trapped! There was absolutely nothing she could do. The poor mare was doomed! Suddenly, all of the falling rocks stood still, and formed back into regular walls. The colorful glowing told her each of the rocks had been held by magic. The walls formed back to normal, and Daring sighed calmly. Someone had come to help! She heard somepony scream “STEP BACK!” and soon she found out who this lovely pony was.

A pegasus burst through the pile of rocks that formed from the avalanche that caved her in, and Daring Do couldn’t help but stare in awe at the most beautiful mare she had ever laid eyes upon. Her heart beat even faster than it did while she was being chased by falling rocks. She finally understood what love-at-first-sight really meant because now that it had happened to her, it all made sense. It was no longer a silly little thing two love-birds would go on and on about. It was real. The cyan pony glistened in the sunlight and made Daring Do drop her jaw in amazement. This pony seemed tough and brave, which was basically everything Daring Do ever wanted. She also had a bit of style. Her hair was made up of many rainbow streaks, and it showed Daring Do that this pony was bold and didn’t care so much about what others thought. Daring finally snapped out of her love-gaze, and pushed her hair out of her eyes, hoping she looked nice for somepony who had just been tripping over her own feet in the middle of a falling temple. This rainbow-maned pegasus shrieked in utter joy and in a somewhat chaotic fan-girl reaction.

Daring Do was shocked at this reaction “May I help you?”

“Hey! I think I was the one helping you! I’m Rainbow Dash, but nevermind that! Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh you’re Daring Do! I’m your biggest fan! I really hope the Wonderbolts don’t hear me, but you are my favorite character ever!” The newly recognized pegasus hopped around so excited, that Pinkie Pie, who was standing behind her blowing balloons and setting up a mini party as she jumped around, seemed sophisticated compared to her.

Daring laughed, she liked this new pony, and her attitude. But what was she talking about? “Character”? “Biggest Fan”? She couldn’t wrap it around her head. Was she popular or something? She had no clue. She decided she’d worry about it later.

She couldn’t neglect the other ponies, so she went to let them into the conversation. She looked at the others with a bit of curiosity “Are you guys the Mane 6? I think I’ve heard of you guys somewhere!”

Rainbow Dash grinned “Someone probably told you about my awesome tricks, and that’s where you heard of me.”

Daring Do smiled and found Rainbow’s enormous ego adorable “I never heard of anyone in particular, but the group itself. I’m sure you are wonderful Rainbow Dash. Maybe you’re even better than me!”

Rainbow Dash squeaked with glee and blushed like crazy.

A light yellow colored pegasus stared at the ground with her soft, pink mane covering her eyes mumbled softly (as always) “I.. uh.. I didn’t know we were.. uh… known.”

A purple unicorn suddenly became part of the conversation, “Since when were we called ‘The Mane 6’? I’ve never heard this term. I guess it’s just another thing I need to study. Spike! Add it to my list! I think that one comes right after ‘The Internet’.”

Daring recognized her as the element of magic from this book she read a while back, but couldn’t remember her name, and decided she would partially answer the unicorn’s question “Don’t worry, you’ll find about The Mane 6 on the Internet if you do the Internet first. The Internet is a very useful device for studying information, and many other things. You might like to buy a computer, Miss… uh.. Sorry, I don’t think I caught your name.”

“Since you know we are The Elements of Harmony, I might as well have us introduce ourselves properly,” she paused mid-sentence to breathe before stating “I am Twilight Sparkle. I own a local library in Ponyville. I have a little dragon named Spike, who helps me with my studying. That reminds me to tell you that I am a student under Princess Celestia, and I am studying the meaning of friendship in order to report back to my royal teacher. I am the Element of Magic.” Twilight said, feeling funny. She thought Daring Do books were entirely fictional. She brushed it off, and decided to research it later. Her hair was a big mess, considering she had ran straight from the sleepover to see what was up, because, well, duty calls! Celestia would send letters no matter what time of day. She was sent by the princess to see what was going on and the whole crew came with and realized the adventurous, gray-maned pony was inside, and decided to save her before she was doomed.

Daring Do replied “Well it’s very nice to meet you, Twilight. I am Daring Do, as you heard before.”
Spike stood up and giggled, after he had thought about just earlier. He had wiped up the smashed bottle and threw it in the garbage out back, hoping Twilight wouldn’t go looking for it. She still had yet to see his surprise, and he didn’t want it to get ruined any way possible. The little green-spiked, purple dragon ran up to Daring Do and said “Trust me! She knows your name! She owns every last one of your books! Your collection is on the third shelf in section 3! Twilight is a huge fan of yours! She even has a little hat like yours! And she once dyed her hair to look like you for Hallowee-“

He was interrupted by Twilight, as she blushed brightly and brought him away from Daring Do. “That’s Spike, my dragon,” she introduced him briefly “now AJ, introduce yourself while Pinkie sets up the rest of the party.”

The pink, party pony chuckled at the mention of her name and threw random colored streamers into nearby trees to the large, pyramid-shaped temple.

An orange colored country pony stepped forward from the group “My name is Applejack. I am part of the Apple family. My family owns Sweet Apple Acres, and I live there with my granny, sister, and my brother Big Macintosh. I have a dog named Winona and I absolutely love apples. I am the Element of Honesty.”

Daring Do put out a hoof to shake Applejack’s. They shook hooves and smiled at each other. They both exchanged a smile and an “It’s very nice to meet you!”

Applejack turned to the shy, pale-yellow pegasus to have her introduce herself, but the pegasus shrieked and shivered. They decided she would go last. Applejack then turned to the pink earth pony, who had set up a full-blown party while the group had been talking. It was the party girl’s turn to introduce herself.

“My name is Pinkie Pie! I work at Sugarcube Corner, and I live upstairs from the sweet little shop! I like to sing, but I also throw parties for ponies, just like this one,” She pointed to her “Congradulations! You didn’t die in the temple!” banner that hung between trees, “and I love to laugh, considering I am the Element of Laughter!”

Rainbow Dash smiled at her adorable marefriend. They had been together for a while, but Dash was starting to think about Dare a little more than she was comfortable with. She shook it off for a while to kiss Pinkie on the cheek and put her arm around the earth pony that she loved dearly. Rainbow Dash had never known love until she met Pinkie, and she was deeper in love than the Grand Candyon that Pinkie was always talking about.

Daring Do’s heart sunk. She was taken. Maybe somehow she could change her mind, and steal Rainbow away from the crazy pony, but she wasn’t sure. She decided she might as well try, and pushed all pessimistic thoughts away from her. She made new friends today. Heck, she never even remembered making friends in the first place. She didn’t remember a good half of her life! She would talk to the doctor when she got nearer to a hospital about all of this amnesia.

Pinkie Pie chortled at the kiss mark on her cheek and invited the whole brigade over for sweets, but Twilight stopped her “We still have more introductions!”

Daring Do was flattered by her new friends for this party, and she smiled as she said “Who can’t eat cake while introducing? Let me see a show of hooves. Anypony? No? Then let’s chow down!”

Everypony laughed and galloped over to a picnic table that somehow appeared. Who knows? Pinkie is weird. Pinkie smiled and passed out cake as Rainbow Dash needed to formally address herself.

“My name is Rainbow Dash, as I said before. I am a flier. I am crazy awesome and I love the Wonderbolts! I represent the Element of Loyalty! And yet again, I am your biggest fan.”

Daring Do was impressed and smiled before saying “Well, it’s very nice to meet you formally, Rainbow.”

Rainbow’s heart fluttered and she shook it off before staring at the fashionable white unicorn, sending a message of “Hey! It’s your turn!” with her eyes.

This fashionista smiled and said boldly “I am Rarity. I work with gems, and I make dresses in my dress boutique in Ponyville. I am a lady of sophistication as you can see, and I am the Element of Generosity. Maybe someday I can stitch together a dress for you, Darling.”

Daring did the normal “Thanks, and nice to meet you” even though she really wasn’t interested in a dress (She wasn’t the “formalwear” type), and smiled, waiting for the last pony’s introduction.

Her head hung low and she stared at her cake. This last pony was a very meek pony. She seemed oblivious to everything that was happening.

“Fluttershy, don’t be a scaredy-pony! She doesn’t bite!” called Rainbow

The little yellow pegasus jumped at the sound of her name. “I… uh… My name is… Fluttershy…”

Daring Do smiled at Fluttershy’s attempt to introduce herself “What are you like, Dearie? What’s your element?”

“I.. Uh... I represent the Element of Kindness. I like animals…”

Daring Do gave her a big welcoming smile and said “You sound pretty cool, Fluttershy! I wish you would just open up a bit more.”

“Thank you… I.. Uh… Sorry…” answered Fluttershy

“It’s no problem! I just want to know you better. I want to know all of you better!”
Rainbow thought to herself secretly “Yeah, I want to know you better too, Daring Do.”

They all had a nice afternoon outside the temple. Everypony seemed to get along nicely. Some more than others, but no one was fighting, or even being upset. Everything was happy. And that was the way that they all wanted it to stay. As new friends unite, sometimes, others struggle to stay together and slowly drift apart.

Changing Her Mind

The Elements of Harmony took them to their beloved home of Ponyville. Being as Daring had got an injury in the temple, they took her straight to the hospital to get fixed up. It was only a few days, because her wound was minor. She took this as an advantage to get to know the other girls, but she still craved danger and adrenaline “A few days?! It might as well be a few months, or a few years!”

The girls were sure to come and visit her the next day, and the Nurse Redheart told Daring that there was no big deal about them staying overnight tomorrow if they wanted. Daring Do could only wait. Her arm ached from the scratches of rough temple bricks, but she couldn’t feel it. She was too excited. She thought of all the ponies she had met the day before. None of them really had connected with her the way she and Dash had, and she was just starting to think about the pegasus as being beautiful, daring, sweet, absolutely dash-ing, and everything I could have ever dreamed of.

So she waited for what seemed like years, but it was only a few hours before Rainbow Dash showed up. Rainbow Dash had felt a spark earlier at the party, and she really just hoped Daring Do would have the same feelings for her. Dash thought of Dare as the receptionist told her to sit and wait awhile until she was brought into Dare’s room. She was only now really thinking about her qualities. She’s fast, gorgeous, risk-taking, smart, and everything I could have ever dreamed of.

The nurse opened the door and allowed Dash to enter.

Rainbow Dash walked into the room with a big smile on her face “Hey! How’re you feeling, Dare?”

Daring Do recognized her new nickname and blushed “I’m okay, my arm is still a little sore, but I am pretty cool otherwise!”

“That’s cool! I’m glad you aren’t too seriously hurt. But from your stories, I can tell you’re a pretty tough cookie.” She grinned and winked.
“Hehe, yeah I guess so! Wait... what? Nevermind. I'll worry about it later.” Dare’s face went from a soft sunset-orange color, to a cherry-red color. She was so flattered and embarrassed.

“So… Tell me more about yourself, Dashie.” Dare piped up again so there wouldn’t be any awkward silence.

“Dashie” blushed at the sound of her nickname. This name was once given to her by her best friend, a friend she had grown very close to; Pinkie Pie. Their relationship flashed before her eyes, she and Pinkie had become very close, and she wasn’t sure what to do. Should she drop everything for Dare, or should she stay back, and continue on in her blooming love for Pinkie? Rainbow knew that she was attracted to Dare, but she still just wasn’t sure about it. She’d known Pinkie forever! They knew each other so well, and there was not a thing that could separate them. But Dare.. She’s so… adventurous. She was everything Rainbow would want that she didn’t already have. But would she take the risk of jumping into something new or would she stay in the relationship she was already in, and play it safe?

She couldn’t decide. This would be too tough of a decision to make so quickly. She would need some time to think it over. She decided she would stay neutral on Dare’s side until she really knew what she wanted to do.

“Dashie… You there?” Dare titled her head at Rainbow Dash in curiosity. “Anybody home?” she tried again, not getting an answer.
“Oh! I’m sorry. I was in deep thought. I was just wondering when my other friends would get here. They said they’d be visiting today. But in the meantime, I’m sorry I hadn’t answered. I am a weather patrol, and sure that sounds lame, but I am the best at it! I am super fast, and I have succeeded in performing the sonic rainboom twice. I am always up for a good harmless prank. I never leave my friends hanging, because they’re at least 20% cooler than any other offers out there, and, well, I am the Element of Loyalty, you know.” Rainbow Dash answered as quickly as she could so that she wouldn’t look as derpy.

“I sure hope they aren’t 20% cooler than me!” Dare replied with a wink.

“You can’t put me in this sort of decision! I’ve only just met you, Dare. I can’t say you’re better than my friends until you prove it. But I refuse to say you aren’t until I get to know you.”

Daring Do’s grin spread from ear to ear “I’ll just have to show you what I’ve got!”

Rainbow Dash smiled and sighed comfortably.

Dare remembered yesterday with the whole “biggest fan” thing and decided to ask about it “I have a question for you. How are you my ‘biggest fan’? Am I popular or something? How did you know about me? What did you mean 'stories'?”

“You don’t know? You are a character in my favorite book series!” Rainbow exclaimed.

“What!? What are you talking about!? Who’s writing books about me!?”

“I’m pretty sure the author’s name is Georgia Lukas. She made movies about you as well.” Dash suddenly felt embarrassed and rude.

“I demand to speak to this mare as soon as possible,” she sat up in bed fiercely “this is not fair! I deserve credit!”

“I don’t know, Dare… She’s really famous. You ought to wait a while. You need to wait at least until you’re healthy again, okay?” Dashie seemed worried.

"That's my point! If she's famous, I should be getting some of that fame!" Dare yelled.

"Dare, c'mon. Calm down. Chill out."

Dare rolled her eyes and said “Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever you say, Rainbow.”

Dash suddenly felt like she was happy with her first marefriend and didn’t want to look at Dare at all. Dash excused herself to the restroom to talk to herself. Nurse Redheart lead her to the bathroom down the hallway, and Dash took the “family” bathroom. She stared into the mirror before talking to herself “Did she just ‘whatever’ you?”

She pointed to herself “You were the one that saved her, if she doesn’t recall! She doesn’t deserve you! You have Pinkie, and Pinkie is all you need. Daring Do is just another pony, and you shouldn’t have any feelings for her.”

She shook off any discomfort and threw herself back into the hospital room before saying “Hey, when are they coming?”

Daring Do shrugged “I have no idea. I think Twilight said she had to go back to Rarity’s and round up her stuff to bring it home, and then she’d come to see us.”

Rainbow sighed. This meant that they would have to stay in awkward silence for a while. Rainbow just wanted to feel the warmth of Pinkie’s soft coat as soon as possible. She knew this was really the only thing that could shake away her discomfort entirely.

A New Love

Meanwhile at Twilight’s house, Spike was getting her ready to see the surprise. He quickly checked it all through a crack in the door, to see nothing was missing other than a fallen book off the bookshelf. He wondered how this had happened, but he quickly guessed that Owlowiscious had simply knocked it over while he was out. He giggled and said “I can’t wait to see your face!” as he smiled and leaned against the door. Twilight was frightened, but Spike knew she would get over it. He kept smiling at her as he slowly opened the door behind him as his back was still turned, and slid into the house. Through a sliver of the door, he told Twilight to stay outside for a moment while he fixed the problem, and she did as she was asked.

She stood outside and tapped her hoof in the dirt and stared at the little filthy clouds that puffed away from her it. She wondered what he had in store for her, and what he had done wrong to need fixing. She thought about how excited he had been when they first got home. What could he have possibly done while she had been gone? She sure didn’t know. All she knew was that it was something big. But why would he do it? She, yet again, had no clue as to what was going on. This being said, she couldn’t predict what it could be, so she just worried and stared at the ground.

The door flew open, and there stood the little dragon. He stood nervous and excited at the same time, and put his arm out to his side, motioning her to walk inside. Inside the house, was the library of course, but there was definitely a different mood set to it. Twilight stepped into the library, which was very dark. All the blinds were shut, and candles lit the room. A row of small candles lead her over to the desk, where something was on it, but it was definitely too dark. It was too dark for her to see most of the things, so he walked over to the candles in front of the desk, and breathed on them with his fire breath. They lit up, suddenly making the desk clearer, and she saw what was there.

Spike said “I shall leave you alone with your thoughts” trying to be sophisticated and romantic, as he swept himself upstairs and hid while she looked at what was on the desk.

At first look at the desk, she saw a theme, and shook her head with sadness. A vase of roses, a card, chocolates, and a present lay on the desk, and she knew what all of these had in common. They were all things you gave to someone to express your love. She always thought he loved Rarity, but now she knew she had been mistaken.

The card read:

Dear Twilight,
This is all I have ever wanted to say to you in a shortened, condensed version. I love you, and always have. Rarity was basically a cover. I love YOU. I didn’t want people to know. That’s how much I love you. I love you so much it’s embarrassing. I have loved you from the day we were placed into a partnership. Whether you love me or not, I will always be your assistant, and I am your loyal, faithful partner. I love you, Twilight Sparkle. And I sure can tell you why. You are the smartest pony out there, you are the most gorgeous mare, and you learn from your mistakes, rather than push them aside. I love that about you. You hatched me. How could I not love you? Open your gift. It’s specially made for you. And I wouldn’t mind if you went and devoured those chocolates like a pig, because I love you unconditionally.

Love,

Spike

Twilight was ready to sob. This is the first time anypony ever really complimented her. She had always dreamed of the day that someone would sweep her off her feet, but she always dreamed of knowing what to do. Right now she was truly touched, and shocked. She wanted to say “Spike, I love you too.” But she knew society, and society would frown upon this whole love between different species. She knew what she was going to do, but first, she’d open her gift. She ripped the ribbon off the top, and undid the wrapping paper, and soon enough she had opened the box.

Inside the box, was a quill and bottle, as shown in the cute little drawing on her card, except for one thing… On the actual bottle, her cutie mark was engraved and painted. It wasn’t painted with regular paint, it was painted with glowing magic paint that she could control. It was sort of like a little light. Not to mention that, but the ink was actually pink, and the feather was the color of her coat. It made her very happy, considering she needed a special quill to write to Celestia on important occasions.

She smiled and placed it back in the box and hugged the box as she squeaked a little bit with joy. She had only now just thought of him as more, and as she thought about it more and more and more, she grew accustomed to the feeling. She liked him. She loved him. She had to declare it to him before anypony else, so she was getting ready to go upstairs, by looking in the mirror nearby, and fixing her hair.

As all of the opening happened, Spike was upstairs in their room nervously twiddling his thumbs. He hadn’t planned it would get this far. He sat in his bed and checked himself in the mirror across the room real quick, getting ready for rejection. He thought about it a while. How would telling her this even help? They couldn’t actually be together. Who knows what Ponyville would say? He just kept thinking, and then he remembered his diary was left out. He used it to think about what to write when he was pulling together the card. He slipped it underneath the sheets in his bed. He would never want Twilight to read that, even if she loved him back. It was full of dirty dreams, confessions to pranks, puberty stories and diary logs about it. A lot of awkward things were in there. He needed to dispose of it soon.

Twilight burst into the room and slammed the door against the wall before yelling “Spike! I love you!”

Spike shook his head quickly to clear his mind and sat up “Say again?”

“I love you!”

Discovering The Truths

At the hospital, Dare and Dash made small talk over the weather and all those sorts of things before everything went silent. They had nothing more to say. Dash decided she’d bring up the whole “Georgia Lukas” thing again later so that she could still keep Dare calm. Dash suddenly found herself confused as she looked at the hospital librarian’s book cart as the mare passed by Dare’s room. Dash excused herself and followed the librarian down the hallway, saying “Hey, hey you! Hey! Pardon me, miss! HEY!” as she tried to catch the mare’s attention.

The librarian kept going down the hallway, completely ignoring Dash, so she decided she had to do what she had to do. Dash flew above the woman and landed in front of the book cart, and held it still “I NEED TO SEE A BOOK, MA’AM.”

“Oh! I am so terribly sorry! Go ahead!” The librarian stepped back from the cart for a moment and allowed Rainbow Dash to take a look.

There was Sunset by Stefany Miers, a book about some weird planet named Gallifrey by some guy named Doctor Whooves, a comic book titled “Homestuck Volume 1” by Andrew Hussie, and finally the Daring Do series. She grabbed the book and opened up to the first page, where what she was afraid to find was found.

The page read:

“The characters of this story are entirely ficticious and have no basis in reality. Any resemblance to anypony is merely coincidental and should be recognized as such.”

This disclaimer slapped Rainbow Dash in the face with realization. She wasn’t supposed to be here! Somehow she traveled through dimensions and ended up here. She decided she had to tell Twilight as soon as possible. She ran away from the cart as quickly as she could to tell Daring Do that she was leaving for a while.

"I’ll be back!” hollered Dash as she flew past Dare’s room.

“Uh, okay.” Replied Dare, who knew she wouldn’t be heard.

By the time Dare had replied, Rainbow Dash was halfway to Twilight’s. She thought about her issue, and reconsidered it as she slowed down to a light glide. Should she bust Dare, or should she continue on in their relationship? She was unsure still of what to do. She decided that the best way to go about this was to seek advice from her loyal friend Twilight and then bust Dare if need be. She finally reached Twilight’s home after five minutes of thinking and wavering in speed indecisively. She knocked on the door and received no answer. She knocked again; no answer. It was time to burst in. She got herself ready for impact, and ran at the door. Strangely, she felt no impact. The door had been opened and she flew straight into the house over whoever answered. Rainbow Dash realized that the light had been dimmed under candlelight. What had been going on in there? Rainbow Dash was confused. She looked around and finally she reached the pony that answered the door.

Twilight stood still, nervously. The truth was, right before Rainbow Dash knocked on the door, Twilight had shared her first kiss with a little dragon. He gave her his and she gave him hers. They had shared a long passionate kiss that definitely would have lead to more if Rainbow Dash hadn’t interrupted. Twilight’s mane was a mess, and she looked horrified. Spike was smiling and wearing Twilight’s Chapstick all over his body with pride. Rainbow Dash was shocked, and looked even more horrified than Twilight, the pony that was afraid of her friend finding out.

Dash stumbled backwards “Really? You two? I never would have guessed.. I uhh.. I’m sorry I interrupted. I didn’t mean to.. uh…”

Spike suddenly grew upset. He realized that if Rainbow Dash hadn’t interrupted, maybe he and Twilight would have… done more. He had fantasized about it happening, but he shook it away. He’s a dragon. She’s a pony. It would never work out anyways. Rainbow Dash should eat us alive, or something already, thought Spike.
Rainbow Dash sighed and face-hoofed before asking “Why didn’t you just tell me?”

“It’s new” the lovebirds both replied.

“Well, we have a problem, because I think I have a new love, but I need advice. And Spike, I would like it if you left Twilight and I alone for awhile so we can talk.”

The poor baby dragon started to sob and ran upstairs. He thought he did something wrong and that RD was mad.

“So this is new, I guess. But I don’t care. Do what you want to do in your personal life. I just need help. You know Daring Do?” Rainbow Dash suddenly threw everything on Twilight at once.

"Uh, Yeah. I feel like something is awful fishy with her, and how she showed up here in a temple outside of Ponyville. I always thought that those books were fictional!”

“THEY ARE! They are 100% Georgia Lukas created. There is not a single piece of it that is part of reality, according to the 1st page of the book with the warning about fictitious characters blah blah.”

“Well, what could have happened, then?” Twilight asked.

“I don’t know! Maybe Zecora will have some sort of idea on what happened.”

"Speaking of Zecora.. I wonder where my potion is.”

“What potion?”

“This potion I got that can bring characters from books to life.”

“TWILIGHT. OPEN YOUR EYES. PULL IT TOGETHER. REPEAT TO ME WHAT YOU JUST SAID.”

“Oh! How could this have happened? This is horrible! If she falls in love, she’ll be here permanently!”

Rainbow Dash heard this and panicked. She and Dare had connected so much at that party… what if she had fallen in love?

Simultaneously, the mares screamed “SPIIIIKEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” and the mystery unraveled.