Glory On The Side

It was a sunny day in Equestria. Rainbow Dash had cleared the sky early for good reason. Twilight was calling her five friends for a meeting. Something weird was going on with Dash and she wanted to know if her friends knew anything about it. They quickly filed into the library. Dash, a sorrowful look on her face, walked in slowly. Twilight saw how sad she looked and wanted to investigate.

   “Dash, what’s wrong? You look like somepony died.” Dash froze.

  “Nothing’s wrong, Twilight. I just-”

  “There’s something wrong.” Dash looked up at the now frustrated unicorn.

“How-”

  “Because you NEVER call me by my actual name. Now what’s wrong?” Dash shrunk back.

  “Well, uh…you know that tan stallion that just so happens to be around when something bad happens?” Twilight nodded. Dash looked around the room. “It’s not coincidence.” A knock on the door startled the two, hinting to Spike that he was going to be the one to get it. The small dragon walked up to the door almost twice his size and paused before opening it.

  “Hello my good man! Oh, wait…Hello my good stallion! Is Rainbow Dash here?” Spike, unphased, pointed to the colorfully maned mare. The tan stallion trotted nicely over to his target. “Good morning, Dashie! Want to go adventurin` again? I got my fez!” Twilight growled under her breath. The enthusiastic stallion froze in his tracks. “Oh, um…Hello Flashlight!” He stretched a smile a little too far.

  “For once in you life, GET MY NAME RIGHT!!” He cowered behind Rainbow, shivering in fear like she had attacked a foal and not a full grown stallion.

  “Ugh! What is wrong with you, Doctor!?” Twilight froze, Rainbow shouldn’t know his name… “And I told you not to call me Dashie!!!” The Doctor squeaked as Rainbow grabbed his bowtie and dragged him outside.

“Ow, Ow, Ow! Alright! Alright!” Rainbow let go, dropping him to the ground. The Doctor stood up and dusted himself off. “So as I was saying, do you want to go on an adventure?” He offered a hoof and smiled. Rainbow could feel her blush.

  “Uh…I don’t know…I mean last time I went with you I almost died!” The Doctor blinked repeatedly.

  “That’s what makes it so fun! You never know WHAT’S gonna happen!” He enthused.

Rainbow stepped into the mysterious blue box, lifting her tail over the small step. The Doctor was flipping switches and turning knobs. He looked up to see the cyan mare right across from him, and sighed.

  “Look, if you don’t want to go on the adventure I completely… Why are you staring at me like that?” Rainbow had a smirk. “Why wouldn’t I want to go on an adventure?” The Doctor stumbled on his words.

“I-But-You-COME ON!” Rainbow burst out laughing.

“So Doctor, where are we going?” She asked, sagging into a chair. The Doctor tapped his chin.

“Where do you want to go?” Dash shrugged before laying down in her chair.

“Somewhere exciting.”

“I can show you exciting!” The Doctor spun around to face the hallway, where there was a dark blue stallion.

“JACK! I thought I told you to stay in your room!” The stallion groaned.

“COME ON, Doctor! I need to have some fun!” The Doctor rolled his eyes, returning to the TARDIS control panel. Rainbow was now out of the chair and directly in front of Jack. He smiled. “Hello there, I’m Jack Harness. And you are?” Rainbow studied the stallion from top to bottom. “You must be Rainbow Dash?” He said slightly confused.

Rainbow Dash stepped back. “Yeah, how’d you know?” Jack had a cheesy grin that didn’t amuse Dash in the slightest.

“Derpy used to talk about you ALL the time! How you preformed a sonic rainboom, twice I should mention.”

Rainbow blushed. “Well, it was actually three times.” The Doctor was obviously annoyed by Jack’s presence.

“EUREKA!” Jack jumped a bit as The Doctor yelled out. Rainbow ‘dashed’ over.

“What!?” The Doctor harrumphed at Jack’s disappointed expression. “How about we go to the Dragon Empire?” Rainbow remained silent. “They’ve got dragons!” He said happily. Rainbow rolled her eyes.

“I see a dragon almost every day.” She responded, obviously mentioning Spike.

“Pfft! Big deal! They also have deer!” Jack stated.

“What! No way!” Rainbow exclaimed. The Doctor smiled.

“Dragon Empire it is then!” The TARDIS whirred and buzzed. Jack opened the door revealing a completely different area. “Here we are!” The Doctor sang. Rainbow stepped out into the fresh air. There was a slight stench of smoke. She screamed as her eyes got used to the two suns. There was a huge deep red dragon standing in front of her.