A Rainbow of Personality

Chapter 1

Rainbow Dash’s day started as normally as any other day. Weather patrol, sleeping, practicing her latest tricks, sleeping, and various other tasks around Ponyville. After reading a couple chapters of the latest Daring Do book, she headed over to the cafe for some lunch. As she started to eat her sandwich, she noticed Twilight Sparkle walking by.

“Hey, Twilight!” She yelled, getting the unicorn’s attention.

“Oh hi, Rainbow Dash!” Twilight replied, walking over, “Mind if I join you?”

“Go ahead,” Rainbow replied, gesturing toward the other side of the table.

“Thanks,” Twilight said, sitting down.

“Would you mind coming by the library?” Twilight asked after they had both finished their lunches, “I have a spell I’ve been wanting to try, and you seem to be the bravest of our friends.”

“What about Spike, you usually try spells on him,” Dash inquired.

“He’s too busy running errands for me,” Twilight replied, “I promise, it’ll only take a couple minutes, and it won’t even affect you. It’s just a simple spell.”

“Well, okay,” Dash said, “But make it fast, I have to practice some new tricks.”

When they arrived at the library, Twilight pulled out a couple books, opened them, and set them down on a table.

“If I’m correct, this spell should allow me to see your personality in depth,” Twilight explained. “You see, everypony has a couple personalities which make them up. If done right, this spell will allow me to see which ones make up you.”

“Isn’t that an invasion of privacy?” Dash asked.

“Not if you agree to it!” Twilight said happily.

“Oh well,” Dash sighed, “Let’s just get this over with.

Twilight’s horn began to glow and a wind picked up in the library, fluttering papers around. Her horn glowed brighter and brighter until the light exploded out in a blinding flash accompanied by a loud bang, knocking Rainbow Dash unconscious.

“Rainbow?” Twilight’s voice echoed in Dash’s head. “Rainbow Dash? Are you okay?”

“Ugh, my head...” Dash groaned, holding a hoof to her head. “What happened?”

“Well,” Twilight said, hesitating, “The spell didn’t quite work as I previously thought it would.”

“What do you mean?” Dash asked. “It was actually a concussion spell instead of a personality-sight-thing spell?”

“Not quite,” Twilight said, “You might want to look around you...”

Dash looked around to find 6 other ponies that looked just like her, except each one was a different color. Twilight handed her a mirror.

“What’s this for?” Dash asked, in shock.

“Just look in it,” Twilight said, hiding her face.

Dash looked to find herself, but completely white staring back at her.

“What the heck?!” Dash exclaimed. “What did you do to me?”

“I’m sorry,” Twilight said, “I don’t know what happened. The spell was called ‘Personality Prism’, but I didn’t think it was literally a prism. I’ll find a way to reverse this, I promise.”

“So all these other mes are my different personalities?” Dash asked.

“Yes, I assume,” Twilight replied, “We’ll find out when they wake up, anyway.”

They heard a groan from behind them.

“What’s going on? Hey! Who are you?!” The voice yelled.

Dash and Twilight whipped around to find the red Rainbow Dash looking at them with fury in her eyes.

“I’m you - I mean you’re me!” Rainbow Dash said.

“I know who I am, and there’s only one of me, and that’s me!” The red Dash yelled back.

“What’s going on, who are all these ponies?” They heard a fearful voice say.

They found the blue Rainbow Dash looking around, scared.

“Oh great, another one?” Red Dash exclaimed, annoyed. “How many mes are there?”

“Um, about 7 including you. You know, you could be more polite,” The yellow Rainbow Dash said.

“Ugh, who is this snob?” The green Rainbow Dash said, also annoyed. “You know, you could always just sleep instead of being so polite. Sleep is always good.”

“Who can sleep when there are so many things to do!?” The orange dash said excitedly as she flew around the library. “I mean, we could be doing tricks, or flying, or adventuring, or, or, or-!”

“Dear Celestia, shut her up!” The red Dash yelled. “I don’t care if she’s technically me, I’m gonna punch her if she doesn’t relax!”

“But she’s so cute!” A voice exclaimed.

Everypony turned toward the voice to find the purple Dash awake.

“I mean, she’s just so adorable!” She said excitedly. “I just want to give her a hug!”

“Um, I’ll pass,” The Orange dash said awkwardly.

"But you're SO CUTE!" The purple Dash exclaimed, leaping toward Orange Dash.

"Gah!" The orange Dash yelled, flying away quickly, closely avoiding a high-speed hug, and accidentally causing Purple Dash to smash into the wall and fall unconscious.

"Thank Celestia for that," Red Dash said. "I don't think I would have been able to stand another minute of that foal."

"So what part of you is that personality?" Twilight asked with a smirk, causing Rainbow Dash to hide her blushing face.

“So, we’ve got anger, fear, laziness, your good side, your braveness, and your... romantic side, I guess?” Twilight said, gesturing to each Dash in turn.

“Good side?” Red Dash said. “More like annoying side.”

“Was that really necessary?” Yellow Dash said, offended. “Well, what did I really expect from a brute like yourself?”

“I ought to punch you along with the purple one over there,” Red Dash said.

“Calm down everypony!” Twilight yelled, in a desperate attempt to stop all the talking.

“I know, right?” Green Dash said. “Everybody needs to just chill.”

“We should probably listen-” Blue Dash timidly said amongst the loud talking.

“SHUT UP MES!” Rainbow Dash yelled, causing the library to become silent. “So, explain what happened, and how we can fix it.”