My Little RockStar

*Thanks again to all you readers as well as my editor MyInnerWeirdo!*

Rainbow Dash frantically ran out of the hospital, with a remarkably large pack of angry nurses hot on her tail. Fortunately, it was all just a game to Rainbow. Those stuffy doctors had nothing on her amazing speed, even if she was running and not flying. Rainbow continued to let the hospital staff gain on her only to sprint ahead a few meters and let them catch back up. With one last laugh Rainbow turned around only to get slammed to the ground by a less than amused Doctor Whooves.

“Agh.....um....you win.” Rainbow looked up at her doctor with a wide forgiving grin trying to make herself look as innocent as possible.

Doctor Whooves was beyond upset. He picked Rainbow up and yelled. “Cut the crap and for gods sake wipe that shit eating grin off you face. Do you have any idea how reckless you just acted!?” Rainbow was shocked, she had never seen the normally easy going doctor look so angry. Rainbow wouldn't admit, but she was scared. Really scared.

“Um....um.....Doctor, please I can explain.” Rainbow pleaded with tears in her eyes. Doctor Whooves looked down at Rainbow with fire still in his eyes. Just as Rainbow thought she was about to get torn to pieces Doctor Whooves fell on his back and burst into a fit of hysterical laughter.

Rainbow was torn, she didn’t know if he was pulling some horrible joke, or if he had gone crazy with power. “Um…Doctor,” Rainbow asked with hesitation. “Are you feeling ok?”

Doctor Whooves got back off of the ground and began to simmer down his laughter attack. “Yes Rainbow, I am more than fine, I just figured that after you gave my nurses and I so much trouble the least I could do is poke a little fun back.” Rainbow couldn't help smile. She loved a good practical joke as much as the next pony.

“Yeah you really got me,” Rainbow chuckled. “Sorry doc, but I’m really in a rush, I have to fix something. Can you please me release me from the hospital?”

Doctor Whooves smiled and replied, “After that little stunt, I suppose your healthy enough to be released.” Rainbow shrieked and gave her doctor a hug. After hearing Doctor Whooves laugh at Rainbow’s sudden burst of affection she immediately broke the embrace with the doctor.

“Thanks again, doc,” Rainbow smiled, “and if you ever tell a single pony about that hug I gave you, you’re going to need a doctor!” Whooves just laughed and waved as his former patient run off toward Ponyville.

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Rainbow Dash stood in front of the Ponyville library debating how she would apologize to her friends. “Man,” Rainbow thought to herself. “You would have thought that I would have a better idea of what to say to my friends after thinking about them for the past month.” Rainbow shrugged and knocked on the door.

“Just one moment!” Twilight yelled from the far end of the library. Just hearing her friends voice again made Rainbow Dash take a huge sigh of relief. Twilight opened the door and froze on the spot. Rainbow didn’t even hesitate. She threw herself on top of Twilight and hugged so tight that Twilight had to beg for her to let go.

“Rainbow, what the hay is wrong with you!?” Rainbow was on her knees crying like a baby looking up at Twilight.

“I’m just so sorry Twilight!” the crying just got worse and worse as Rainbow continued her apology, Twilight on the other hoof just looking back at her rainbow maned friend with a very somber face.

“I still am, and forever will be kicking myself for how I treated you girls that day in the hospital. I just had so much emotion built up inside of me that I had to get it out. Sadly you were the closest thing to vent on. You know that I would never prefer to be dead over a pair of measly wings.”

Twilight’s poker face began to crack as even she had tears flowing down her face. Twilight picked Rainbow up and returned the vice grip of a hug that she had received moments ago.

“I forgive you Dashie, there is nothing, no matter how awful that you could do that would completely drive your friends away forever. Rainbow sniffled and continued to hug Twilight as she heard a quick laugh from behind the bookcases.

“What the hay was that?” Rainbow looked at Twilight. “Oh shucks Twilight laughed, so much for the surprise. Come on out girls.”

Rainbow looked up to her other four friends as they came out behind from behind the shelves of books, each one with tears in their eyes. Applejack was the first one to give Rainbow Dash a hug.

“Good to have you back Sugarcube, I was starting to get worried that I had lost my best friend.” Rainbow smiled back and with the most sincerity that any of the five girls have ever, heard Rainbow began to speak.

“My actions were inexcusable, and I know that if I had said those awful things to anypony other than you girls, that I would have driven them off forever. You girls are the only thing that are keeping me attached to the single shred of insanity I still have. If it weren't for you, I would be dead, and I plan on repaying that debt in full.”

Rainbow ended her speech with one large group hug with all of her friends. Pinkie Pie was the first to break the pleasant embrace and jumped on top of Twilights desk.

“Well a moment like this can only have one outcome!” Pinkie Pie shouted to her friends.

Rarity laughed and replied, “um, a party?”

“Nope,” Pinkie Pie replied. The girls all gasped. Pinkie not throwing a party? It was absolutely unheard of.

“A great moment like this one calls for something much more special than a simple party,” Pinkie announced.

“Well, what do you got then?” Applejack asked in a slightly frightened tone.

Pinkie Pie shot up in the air and screamed “SLUMBER PARTY!” The girls all just laughed at Pinkie as she crashed on the floor on the library.

“Slumber party it is then!” Rainbow laughed. “Uh, oh, um girls, there’s a slight problem. All of my stuff including my sleeping bag is at my house, and that’s sort of on a could, and I can’t really fly anymore.” Rainbow sighed.

Not wanting the party to die before it even started Twilight walked up to Rainbow Dash and said, “Don’t worry about anything, Dash, you can use one of my bags.”

“Thanks Twi, I really appreciate it,” Rainbow replied. “Um, where is it exactly?” Twi pointed a hoof toward her upstairs closet, and Rainbow Dash nodded to show that she understood.

The party had already gotten underway as Rainbow dug through Twilight’s massive pile of crap. “Agh, finally! Here it is,” Rainbow sighed grabbing the purple bag from the corner of the closet.

She froze in place in front of the door looking down at something in Twi’s closet that was unmistakable. A small cheap Purple nylon acoustic guitar. Rainbow took a few steps back. She hadn't seen a guitar since that fateful day over a decade ago.

Grabbing the small instrument Rainbow sat down on Twilight’s bed and strummed a quick chord. The poor thing was horribly out of tune. Rainbow smiled as she twisted each knob at the head of the guitar plucking each string one by one. It had been twelve years but she still knew the exact tone of each note by heart.

After the guitar was tuned, Rainbow began to play. Not a specific song, just random notes that began to flow through her heart and into her hoofs, then into the small instrument. The beat was slow and very relaxing. Before she knew it Rainbow had begun to cry as she played. Each strum felt like it released a heavy burden off of her chest.

Rainbow didn’t know it but she had been playing for over forty five minutes alone in Twilight’s room. Each of her friends were standing on the stairs spying on their cyan friend as she poured her heart and soul into that tiny little guitar.

Pinkie Pie couldn't stand it anymore, she walked up to Rainbow Dash and just sat down beside the former pegasus. Pinkie’s hair was still poofey, but there was no bouncing. No screaming. No poking. Pinkie just rocked back and fourth on the bed as Rainbow continued to play. The other four girls also walked up with mouths agape, but no words were spoken. The five girls just sat in awe as Rainbow played away.

After what felt like hours of peace and tranquility Rainbow stopped to rest. She set the guitar down on the ground and let out a giant sigh. Releasing the last bit of energy that she had in her body.

Pinkie approached Rainbow and asked in a very mellow tone. “I have never heard that kind of music before, why did it sound so…sad?”

Rainbow smiled back at the tamed pink pony, “It’s called the Blues, Pinkie, and I actually have never been a fan of it, but holding that guitar in my hands again, I just felt like the music came to me and my heart told my hoofs what to do.”

All of Rainbow’s friends had begun to shed some tears, but they were tears of happiness. It was nice to see their cyan friend who was normally so wound up to look so tranquil.

Twilight walked up next. “Wow, I have never heard anypony play the guitar so well in my whole life. To be honest I had forgotten that I even owned that little thing.” Rainbow grinned back looking at the purple guitar lying on the floor.

“Twilight,” Rainbow asked. “How come you never told me you played guitar?”

“That’s the thing,” Twilight replied. “I don’t, I always wanted to, but my life was just so busy being Celestia’s pupil, that I never had the time to learn. Now that I think about it, the fact I’m no longer in school would actually give me some time to learn how to play, I just forgot that I owned it.” Twilight paused and looked back to Dash. With a grin, she asked, “The better question Dashie, is when did YOU learn to play the guitar, and why did you never tell us?”

The rest of the girls nodded agreeing with what Twilight had asked. Rainbow sighed and looked at all of her friends. “I have never told anypony this before.”

Applejack smiled back at Rainbow Dash and told her, “You don’t have nothing to hide darlin, just get everything off of your chest.” Rainbow looked back at her friends and took a deep breath.

“Ok, get ready this might take a while.”

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“When I was a filly, my parents left me. Just got up and left, I don’t even know their names, but I hate them. If I could go back in time and tell them anything…“ She paused to think what she would really tell them. “I would say don’t change a thing, because their awful choices made my life so much better. At least I think so. Anyway, when they left they dumped my on the doorstep of the Cloudsdale flight school. It took a few hours but finally sompony came and got me. The instructors showed a lot of interest in me at first. All in all I think it was all because of my unique colors. They thought I was going to be a natural talent. To some extent they were right, but I had one big problem growing up.” Rainbow gulped, this next part of her story was something she had never told a single soul.

“The truth is, that while most pegasus can fly at birth, my wings were different, they were fragile, therefore I couldn't fly until I was ten. In an all pegasus city, not being able to fly was extremely frowned upon. My adopted parents, bless their souls, even got death threats from some of the other pegasus. They realized that this was no safe environment for a mere filly, so we moved. We moved the last place you girls would have thought I would ever live--the city of Manehattan. It was really hard at first, but I got used to the bustling streets and busy ponies.

“I was the only pegasus pony in a city full of earth and unicorn ponies no needles to say I never had any friends.” Rainbow looked back up at her friends and gave them a smile, just to remember herself that her awful childhood didn’t matter anymore. Now she had real friends, all of which looked at her with tears in their eyes.

Rarity, with a very chocked voice asked, “Rainbow, please continue.”

Rainbow took a deep breath and began again.

“My parents knew that I was getting depressed. They tried everything to get me to smile, but nothing would work. Finally one day they made me pick up piano. I couldn't stand it. I hated all that classical music junk, and I was forced to practice hours everyday. I was good, but what’s the point of being good at something if you hate it? This just made my parents even sadder. They loved me so much, but hated seeing me in such a rotten mood all the time.

“One afternoon when I was walking back from my piano rehearsal I decided to take a new route home. Now that I look back on it, I’m lucky that I didn’t get jumped or worse; I was in the worst part of town. Something caught my eye though. There was a bright cyan building with a rainbow pattern painted around the windows. You could see why such a building would spark my curiosity. Going against everything I had been taught I walked in the small store.”

“WELL WHAT WAS IN THERE!” Pinkie Pie yelled as she sat on the edge of her seat with more tears pouring down her face.

“Calm down Pinkie!” Rarity snapped, also with tears in her eyes. “I am sure that if we all just shut up for a moment that Rainbow will continue.”

“Thank you Rarity,” Rainbow laughed. “Yeah, where was I? Oh, right. So I walked in the small shop and heard the most amazing sound that has ever filled my ears. It was the guitar solo from the song Black Dog by Led Zeppelin. The sound was just so pure, yet so untamed and rough. I knew that from that moment on, I would have to learn how to play such an instrument.”

“The shop owner had obviously seen my reaction to the song and approached me. I was terrified that he was going to hurt me somehow seeing as I was an adorable little pegasus pony in the middle of the big city. It turns out that this colt was one of the nicest ponies that ever walked on the face of Equestria. He took the time to explain to me exactly what this whole Rock & Roll thing was. I was absolutely entranced at the information he was telling me. I asked him if I could come back later with some money and buy a record but he wouldn't hear it. He walked into the back of his shop and returned with a single black and blue record in his hoof, and handed it to me. I will never forget the first time I held that record in my hoof. It was Tommy, by the Who. I didn’t know it yet, but that record would save my life. The shop keeper explained to me how it was all about a deaf, dumb, and blind pony that had a love for pinball, but was always told that he would never fulfill his dreams. It reminded me on my struggles of flying, and from that moment on I dedicated my life to three things. Rock & Roll, Guitar, and teaching my self how to be the very best flyer in all of Equestria. The nice Shop keeper closed down the store and escorted me back to my house. My parents were stunned by the generosity of the giant tattoo riddled pony that walked me home. They tried to pay him for the record but he told them to save the money for an electric guitar. That very next day my dad and I walked to the local music store and we bought a Gibson Les Paul. I had no idea at the time that the guitar cost so much or I never would have let my dad spend so much on it, but I was young and foolish. All of my dreams were becoming a reality.”

At this point every pony in the room was in their sleeping bag and it was dark. Each girl had a strong stream of tears going, even Rainbow Dash.

“That story was just absolutely amazing Rainbow Dash,” Rarity sniffled. Rainbow blushed, glad that she could finally share those memories with someone else other than herself.

Twilight spoke next, “Rainbow, I had no idea. Why did you ever stop playing guitar?” Rainbow Dash was even a bit puzzled by the question. “I guess I just lost interest when I finally learned how to fly, and it turned out that I had a chance to make my dream of becoming the best flyer in all of Equestria a reality. It’s just to hard to be the best at two things at the same time” she chuckled. All of her friends laughed at the selfish comment as well.

Rainbow stood up and looked back at the guitar. “I guess it may just be time to break out my old guitar again seeing as I can’t fly. When it comes down to it I will always be upset that my wings are gone, but now I know that if the power of guitar and Rock & Roll kept me alive when I couldn't fly before, I don’t see why it couldn't now.” Rainbow stood up and looked at her friends. “It's time to play again!”

The rest of her friends all stood up and cheered for rainbow. Applejack walked forward first.

“You know Rainbow, I have been told that I am a great singer, maybe, just maybe I could play with you some time?”

Rainbow smiled and said, “AJ, I would love for you to play with me, that would make playing guitar, I don’t know, maybe 20% cooler than it already is!” All the girls burst into laughter at the awesome joke.

Twilight was next to hug Rainbow. “You know Dashie, I may not know how to play now, but I guess its time for me to learn, I want to play guitar too!”

Rainbow chuckled and told Twilight, “Settle down there Twi, I have the guitar covered. Hmmm.... I know! If you still want to learn why don’t you play the bass!” Twilight jumped at the thought.

“That sounds even better!” Rainbow couldn't believe that just a simple crash could bring her friends so close to each other.

Rainbow Dash looked at Pinkie Pie and winked, “You know Pinkie, we still need a drummer if this is going to work.”

Pinkie ran up and hugged Dash, “I thought that you would never ask! We all know that beating the crap out of things with sticks is my specialty!”

Now there was only Fluttershy and Rarity. Rarity finally gave in, “Oh, well I suppose that every great band needs a good manager; my incredible organizational skills should come in handy.”

“Ok then, great Rarity!” Twilight yelled.

Fluttershy after much consideration finally spoke out, “Well I suppose you guys are going to need a biggest fan, so I guess I’m the mare for the job.”

Rainbow pretending to look stunned yelled, “Oh my god Fluttershy! I never would have though of you as a groupie!” All the girls burst in to laughter while Fluttershy was bright red after being the butt of such a crude joke.

“Well then!” Rainbow yelled. “I guess we have a band!”

Applejack looked over to dash and replied,

“Well I reckon we do!”

With that the new band of mares went to sleep of dreams of stardom and fame. Looking forward to their first practice that would take place at AJ’s barn the following morning.