sisters

"Hey dash! Check this out!" Firefly called out as she zipped high into the air

"I'm going double inside-out loop!" She yelled over the slight breeze as she dove threw the sky high over sweet apple acres somewhat carelessly as she held her fall at dangerously high speeds,

"Hey firefly! Be careful! that looks dangerous!" Twilight called out.

Firefly simply replied in a daredevilsh tone "DANGER IS MY LIFFFFFFFFFE!" She said as she attempted the double inside-out loop thing but came to close the ground and ran straight into one of applejacks apple crates smashing apples and the crate as the others gasped and ran over. applejack bent down as the pink pegasus looked up and smiled as applejack laughed.

"applesauce anyone?" applejack said as the other busted into laughter. (anyone actually get this reference?) as firefly got up and shook the apple bits off.

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Aren't you just a riot aj." Firefly gave applejack a friendly glare then smiled.

"howdy fire. Been awhile since you stepped yer clumsy little daredevil hoofs on mai' farm now hasn' it?" applejack tipped her hat in greeting towards her old pal.

"Wait.. You guys know each other..? How? When?! Where?!?" Rainbow dash blurted out  obviously as confused as pinkie and twilight. Firefly and applejack simply just looked at each other and fell down in laughter

"Me and Ms. cowpony here met a long, long, LONG, LOOONG, time ago. Back before you were even around"  chuckled firefly

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After firefly met the rest of the group, it was almost night so rainbow and firefly flew back to rainbow cloud house. "Nice friends you got there dash. How much do you pay them to stay your friend?" Firefly smiled as rainbow dash glared and punched her in the foreleg.

Dash and firefly sat on the  cloud porch and watched all of the twinkling fireflies down below in the small valley on the outskirts of ponyville as firefly sighed.

"Ahh fireflies. Aren't they just beautiful dash? They light up the night sky like Luna's masterpiece..... Dash? You awake over there sis?"

"...Hmm? Oh! Yea! Sorry, kinda zoned out.... Hey firefly.... Can i ask you something?"

firefly turned to her sister with a soft and friendly smile. "Sure! Anything! Ask away!"

Rainbow hesitated at first looking down at the glowing at an blinking soft lights from the fireflies. Giving her enough courage to ask her beloved sister something she wanted to ask her for a long time "Why do you always travel? And never come to the family reunions? And seem to avoid me like the plague most of the time?" rainbow dash asked her older sister with a young soft voice.

Firefly stared at her younger sister with a touch of sympathy knowing how little she sees dash. And how often shes always halfway across Equestria. "Those fireflies are sure beautiful aren't they!" firefly said trying to change the subject as dash trotted over to firefly and sat down close to her.

"Firefly..." she said looking in her eyes.  "Please answer me... You'v been avoiding this question for 8 years now... I need to know." Everything grew silent. not the chirp from a cricket or the sounds of an owl or the bustle from the busy ponyville trying to settle down and go to sleep.

Firefly sighed and dug her forehoofs into the cloud. "Remember when i got out of flight school and... That accident.... happened?" Rainbow nodded slightly and looked at her hoofs sadly.

"Well... i made a promise to travel all over equestria. Just for her. Because it was always her dream to travel and you knew it. I promised her I would take pictures of everything and give them to her. Even if... Even if i couldn't technically give them to her put you know what i mean."

Rainbow looked at her sister with tears forming in her eyes but she quickly blinked them away. "But why do you avoid me so much?"

Firefly grew silent for a full 5 minutes then finally talked to her again. "I was mad at you for a long time dash." Rainbow dash looked at her has if she had 3 eyeballs, which is something only a pinkie could pull off.

"Why?! I sent letters to your house every single month and you never wrote back! Not once! And then you just magically show up at my house unexpected and are like 'Oh well i randomly showed up unexpected i'm gonna spend a few months here i hope you have a room for me to sleep in and blah blah blah blah sisters yay!' And everything else you'v ever done!" Dash got to her hooves. As firefly stood rainbow could start to see anger form in her usually happy friendly dark purple eyes.

"I was with you threw everything as a filly rainbow dash. Remember all those times I stood up for you when those feather-brained stallions picked on you? Or how about whenever you were failing flight school and i would stay up all night with you for DAYS practicing with you. I cooked you dinner when dad was late the factory working! Everything! and you never once said 'Thanks firefly!' No. NOTHING. You would just run along and play with your friend fluttershy or went to your room or whatever!" The two mares the stared at each other in anger for awhile. Rainbow could obviously tell something was unleashed inside of firefly. Something nopony would ever wanna see. But rainbow tried her hardest not to cry and stay strong as she held her ground and unleashed something nopony would wanna see either

"Oh yea? Well fine then! Thanks firefly for ignoring me for 8 years because i thought telling you that you were my idol and telling you that your the best pony ever was enough! What else do you want?! A complementary muffin basket as well?" Rainbow spat out as firefly turned away to mad to even look rainbow in the eye .

"Whatever dash. I'll be leaving tomorrow. Don't even bother writing to me anymore. And by the way, I read every single one of your letters dash. I just was so busy i never had the chance to answer them. Some sister you are. I'll go spend the night at one of your friends houses. And head for Canterlot  the morning." Firefly took off into the night without waiting for rainbow dash to react or without another word . Rainbow almost went after her but quickly folded her wings. She could tell firefly was probably crying.  Dash had started to cry as well.