Flare of Love

Ponyville, 8:39 P.M., March 20th, 2012

“I couldn’t believe that place was still open, after the park, I didn’t know what to expect.”

“Well I’m glad it was, you even finished your ice cream this time. I’m still thinking about our first visit”

“I remember it all too well...” Rainbow Dash muttered, the traces of her memory of that day’s brain freeze still lingering.

“So how did you like the flight there? You seemed a bit nervous starting off.”

“I... I was at the beginning, but once we got up in the air, I kinda liked it.” She hadn’t been so sure about flying without being able to see what was in front of her, but she trusted Midnight. If she would have let anyone do that, it was him. She looked him in the eyes as she spoke. She could see he was just as happy as she was.

“I’m glad, you did good.”

“Of course I did! I’m the best flier to come out of Cloudsdale, after all!” she said proudly, but with a bit of a joking tone. She knew Midnight was an expert flier as well.

“You sure are. That was some race on the way huh?”

“Maybe for you, slowpoke. I had it won from the beginning. Did you see the way I went through that cloud? I’m an ace!”

Midnight cracked a smile.

“What’s so funny?”

“Nothing, nothing. I was just thinking about the races we used to have together. We’ve certainly both improved since flight school.”

“Yeah.” Rainbow Dash smiled at the thought of the old days. Today was a good one, bringing back a lot of good memories. The amusement park, the ice cream, as well as some new experiences she would definitely remember. She was glad Midnight convinced her to come.

The trip back to Ponyville had been much more relaxed; both of them were a little spent from their race and the trip around Cloudsdale. They had glided most of the way back, landing just outside of town a few minutes ago. “I’m glad you took me to see all that again, I haven’t been back there like that in so long.”

Midnight just smiled. He didn’t say anything for a few minutes. They just walked for a while enjoying the night. The smile remained on his face the whole time. Then he stopped, like he’s just reached a decision on some important issue.

Midnight’s happy expression suddenly turned into a frown. “Midnight? Is there something wrong?”

“*sigh* I have no other choice. Rainbow Dash, can I talk to you about something very important?”

“Sure, what seems to be your problem?”

“Please, don’t talk, just listen. Like I told you, when I left 1 year ago, I trained in the Haymalayan Mountains and lived in New Fillhi. Just a few days into living there, the entire city was attacked by diamond dogs. Do you know what those are?”

“Yeah of course. A few of them kidnapped my friend Rarity because she can use her magic to find gems.”

“Okay, so I don’t really need to explain them. Anyway, I also told you Nightmare Moon is still inside of me. I heard her tell me to use her power. She said she would help me save the city from the diamond dogs. I foolishly listened to her. Although it did drive the diamond dogs out of the city, I lost all control of myself. She then started to attack innocent ponies. She would’ve killed everyone in New Fillhi if it weren’t for one brave little pony. Her name...was Zero. She stepped up and tried to fight me. The look in her eyes, it was just like yours. The memories of you suddenly came back to me. I tried my hardest and I finally pushed Nightmare back. Zero and I talked a bit and we became good friends. She agreed to help me train so I could control my fire. We trained everyday. I got used to the usual schedule of training, everything else cleared out of my mind. After a year I realized what day it was and why it was important. I’m sorry, I forgot that I promised you I would return.”

“What?! Midnight, how could you forget about me?!”

“Please, don’t be mad at me. I didn’t mean to. I told Zero about you. In fact, this was just this morning. I told her I still loved you, and I need to go back to Ponyville to find you. I didn’t know if you would’ve forgiven me when I came back. I just had to know if you still loved me or not. I was really happy to see that you still did. But things turned out for the worst when she admitted to me that she loved me. She wanted me to stay there with her. I just couldn’t. Don’t you see? I wanted to be with you. I’m sorry I kept you waiting for so long, and I feel really guilty for not telling you about her. Please, can you forgive me?”

“Why should I forgive you?! What did you do with this girl that I don’t know about?! Why couldn’t you just tell me about Zero in the first place?!”

“Please, I did nothing with her. We were just friends. I didn’t know if I should’ve told you or not because I didn’t know if you’d understand or not. I finally manned up and told you because I couldn’t keep anything from you.”

“Oh yeah, I should totally believe that. Just admit it, you were in love with this girl!”

“Please don’t be like this. This is the very reason I didn’t want to tell you. I even asked your friends what I should do. They said I should tell you on my own. It would be much better then you somehow finding out on your own. You would never trust me again. I’m having problems believing you’ll even ever trust me again now.”

“Why should I trust you?!” She began to tear up, “I-just, I-I. Just leave me alone. I don’t wanna be with a guy who I can’t trust.” She turned around and flew away from him heading towards Whitetail Woods.

“Rainbow Dash, wait!” But she just kept running.

“I knew it. I just knew he wasn’t telling me everything. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to trust him again. I wonder what those two did together. They probably made out every day up in the Haymalayan Mountains. I can’t believe him! How could he do this to me?! I thought we had something!”

“Rainbow Dash wait!” Midnight was following close behind her.

“I thought I told you to leave me alone!” She sped up trying to pull away from him. Midnight slowly caught back up to her.

“I keep telling you, I didn’t do anything with Zero!”

“Why should I believe that?! You said she was just like me! What did you think she was better then me?! Or did you come back because 1 pony wasn’t enough?!”

“Why can’t you just hear me out?! I keep telling you, I came back because I wanted to be with you!”

“Oh yeah, and that’s why you left for an entire year!”

“I was gone for an entire year because I didn’t know if you wanted me back or not! And I thought you did! You have no idea how relieved I was after you kissed me in that bush.”

“Why should I believe anything you say?! You were gone for a whole year and I don’t even know what even happened there! Your entire story could be a lie, and I wouldn’t even know it! Maybe you spent an entire year with Zero and got bored with her so you just came back to me!”

“Rainbow Dash, just please, stop and listen to me.”

“*sigh* Fine!” She dug her hooves into the ground as she came to a halting stop. Midnight stopped just a few feet behind her. The two stood in a field in the middle of the forest. The small field was the top of a tiny hill. The light of the full moon and stars shined down on them as they stood looking at each other.

“Rainbow Dash, just, please, hear me out. I have been your friend since we started Flight school together. We struggled for 5 years to break Nightmare Moon’s control over me. You’ve known me for long enough. I would never cheat on you, ever. I love you and I want to show you it, but you don’t seem to want me to. I’ve tried my hardest for you to understand, but you don’t want to seem to believe that I’m not cheating on you. If you don’t want to see me anymore, if you don’t want to give me another chance, if you really think I shouldn’t be with you, then I will stay out of your life forever.” Midnight turned around, and started walking away. “Oh yeah, tell Twilight and Fluttershy that I went back to Cloudsdale.”

“Oh crap.” She thought, “What did I just do? What if he wasn’t lying? If he leaves now I’ll never know.”

“Alright.”

Midnight stopped and turned around. “What?”

“I’ll give you another chance.”

“Why the sudden change of heart?”

“I began wondering how bad I would feel if you left, and you weren’t lying. So prove it to me. Prove to me you still love me.”

Midnight walked back up to her. “Alright, how do you want me to prove it?”

“Why can’t you just do something to show me?”

“Because, I could think of a bunch of different things to prove it, but after that, I don’t know how I even could prove it.”

“I could get anything I want from him right now.” She thought, “I think I’ve got a way.”

“Well? Do you have something?”

Rainbow Dash looked back up at Midnight, “Fuck me. Right here, right now.”