Flare of Love

Ponyville, 11:47 P.M., April 17th, 2012

Ever since they got the news from Celestia that they would have to wait to deal with Nightmare Moon, Rainbow Dash had been with Midnight constantly, sometimes their days could end up being more tiring than she was used to, which was the case tonight, and after returning home with Midnight, she fell into a deep sleep.

Her dream began in Cloudsdale, at the Cloudsdale Colosseum; the stands were filled with spectators. Midnight was in the stands among them, looking at her. She looked down into the arena; there were obstacles and trick setups, all waiting for her. She tugged on her tight blue uniform with the yellow lightning bolt details, and slid her goggles down over her eyes. Dropping into the arena, she leveled out and shot through cloud rings and darted around columns. It felt amazing, better than any flying she had done recently. The dream flashed to the after party, all the Wonderbolts were there, congratulating her. Midnight was there too, wearing a suit. He looked great. She trotted over to him and they left the party together. They flew out to a cloud and looked back at the lights of the stadium. After a minute they took off again, the side winds pushing her tail and mane around as they flew.

Rainbow Dash had woken up feeling something touching her in between her legs. She realized that Midnight was trying to do things to her in her sleep. “Midnight, are you trying to get a little fun time outta me while I’m asleep?”

“Um, I might’ve...” He looked more than a little guilty.

“It’s okay. I actually want you to.”

“Oh, well I um...” Even with his jet-black coat, she could tell he was blushing. Maybe he just needed a little encouragement.

“Come on Midnight. My body is ready,” she said, smiling mischievously. It was then that her bedroom door burst open, slamming into the wall. A furious looking black maned mare stood in the doorway, her eyes fixed on them. By the shocked look in Midnight’s eyes, she could see that he knew her.

Midnight sat up in the bed, “Oh shit! Zero, what are you doing here?!” Zero glanced between the two of them several times, and then looked at Midnight for a moment, with a questioning expression, as if the answer was obvious. A moment later, she delivered her brief ultimatum.

“You’re, going, to love me!” Without a second of hesitation, she charged directly at Rainbow Dash, the force of her charge carried them both crashing through the cloudy walls of her house, and bringing Rainbow Dash to the ground. The pony glanced at Midnight for a moment before she raised a hoof to strike Rainbow Dash where she lay, pinned beneath her.

“Shit! I’m on my way Rainbow Dash!” Midnight flew through the hole and to the ground. Rainbow Dash threw Zero off from on top of her as Midnight had landed down next to the two ponies. “Zero, what are you doing?!”

“Don’t worry Midnight. I’ll deal with her.”

“What?”

“This is my fight.” Rainbow Dash was determined to do this on her own, she wanted this fight for herself.

“But she came here because of me. I don’t want you to get involved in anything you don’t need to.”

“Midnight, for as long as we’ve known each other, you’ve always done the fighting for me. You’ve always stood up for me. But now, I want to prove that I can stand up for myself. So please Midnight, just let me do this.”

Midnight looked into her eyes. He looked unsure at first. She patiently waited for Midnight to respond to her request. “Alright, I trust you. But please be careful.” He stepped back a few steps to give the two room.

“Don’t worry Midnight, I’ll be fine.” She turned around to face Zero, ready to fight. The two ponies readied themselves and saw the anticipation in each other’s eyes.

“You better be ready to prove that you’re the better choice for him, Rainbow Dash. I’m obviously the greatest pony who’s ever lived. He belongs to me and you know it. so just give up now or I’m going to beat the living hell out of you to prove it.”

“I don’t know what made you think that, but I don’t think I’ll need to worry about beating you.” Rainbow Dash charged at Zero who had began spinning around as she tried kicking. Rainbow Dash had ducked under Zero’s kick and headbutted her in the stomach. Zero had flown threw the air and landed in a bush. Rainbow Dash followed her through the air and began a kicking motion. As she got back on her hooves, Rainbow Dash had twirled herself around and kicked Zero in the face sending her flying a few feet again. “See, no problem beating you. You’re all bark and no bite.” She said as she dropped her back hooves back to the ground. “Where did you learn to fight? The Egghead’s Guide to Hoof to Hoof?” She continued to berate her, feeling confident she’s already won.

“Grrrrrr! No, fuck off, he’s mine!” Zero lunged back at Rainbow Dash, knocking her to the ground. Zero had Rainbow Dash pinned down to the ground as she brought her hooves down, continuously punched Rainbow Dash in the face. Dash brought her front hooves up to block the punches coming down at her. The pain in her front legs was strong but wasn’t as bad as being hit in the face. She reached up and grabbed Zero to try and pull her off to get out from under her, but Zero grabbed on as well to Rainbow Dash. The two ponies began rolling as they both tried to stop as the pony on top.

The two stopped rolling as Rainbow Dash came out on top of Zero, pinning her to the ground. “I’ll never let you have Midnight! What makes you think you deserve him anymore then I do?!”

“It’s simple, I’m the greatest pony who’s ever lived! Plus, he had suddenly left you when he admitted he loved you! Why weren’t you furious with him?!”

“Why would I be? I’ve known him long enough for me to know that he’d come back. On the other hoof, didn’t he leave you for me when you admitted you loved him?”

“Grrrrr, just shut up! Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!” Zero pushed Rainbow Dash off and jumped on top of her. She angrily began thrashing her hooves down into Rainbow Dash’s face. Her anger fueled her punches, driving harder and harder with each blow, savagely beating her. Rainbow Dash tried her hardest to block Zero’s attacks, but Zero wasn’t ready to give up. Rainbow Dash’s front legs soon gave out from the pain and Zero began unloading her anger through her punches into Rainbow Dash’s face.

Rainbow Dash began fading out as the pain in her face began to go numb. She took one look over to Midnight. The look on his face said he was scared. It said he was worrying about Rainbow Dash. “Midnight...I’m sorry.” She whispered. “Please forgive me.” She slowly began closing her eyes as she felt the blood coming from her wounds, and felt that the punching slowly stop.