Nightflight

Rainbow Dash twisted and turned in her bed, but couldn't find a comfortable position. It was late in the night, and she couldn't go to sleep.

Rainbow groaned and suddenly tought about her past. It was a pretty scary past, and she shook it out of her mind with butterflys in her belly.Maybe i should do something else to clear my mind, she tought to herself.

Rainbow Dash crawled out of bed to find something else to do. She scanned the bookshelf to see if it were anything intresting, but she didn't feel like reading.

Instead, she walked over to the window and looked up in the dark night sky. It was so empty, but still full of life because of the stars that twinkled like they were dancing. When she were younger, her mother always used to tell her about the stars, that they were the spirits of ponies that had meant much to Equestria. Rainbow Dash sighed. A small smile fell on her lips. Every night before Rainbow had to go to bed, her mother said;

"When it's your turn, one new star will be born. The most shining stars of them all. And I know it, because you are going to be the most important pony in Equestrias history. You can do anything you set your mind to, Dashie. I just know."

Rainbow Dash felt tears forming in her eyes, and quickly wiped them away. She looked up in the sky once more. Sky. The pegasi territory and her second nature. Suddenly, she wanted to fly more than anything. Not holding back, she flew out of the window and let the wind catch her. A small wind soared trough her mane and wings and she let out a small cheer, not louder than Fluttershy's. Rainbow Dash chuckled at the tought. But she tried to not do as much noise as usual because she didn't want
to awake anypony.

Rainbow Dash did a few loops and other stuff she had practiced for her dream of becoming a wonderbolt.
She smiled while she flew across the sky. I could really get used to this, it's so sweet having the sky on my own, she tought.

Rainbow scanned Ponyville to see if any of her friends were awake,and fortunetly one lavender alicorn was. She dashed to The Golden Oak library and flew through an open window at the bottom floor. There she found her friend trotting in a circle with a worried look on her face.

" Hi Twilight! I tought you promised Spike no more midnight pacing?" Rainbow said with a playful look on her face.

" Oh! Hello Rainbow Dash! And yes, but Spike is in Canterlot doing some errands for Celestia. I think he's out snoring right now." Twilight responded with a light giggle.

Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle both laughed at the joke, and when they stopped both had tears in their eyes.

" Why are you up now anyways?" Rainbow asked.

" Well, I was thinking about the box with the six locks, you know, at the Tree of Harmony? I mean, what if something bad happens when we open it? What if we can't stop it because we can't use the Elements of Harmony? What if we can't find the keys at all and never get to open it? What if...

Rainbow dash had put a hoof in Twilights mouth and shook her head.

" Calm down Twi! Those what if is never good, and even if something bad happens, we will always be there and kick whatever it is in it's ass. Relax OK?"

Rainbow Dash lowed her hoof and waited for Twilight to say anything.

She didn't have to wait long.

" Thanks Rainbow, Twilight sighed, I guess I got a little too worried. Do you want something to drink? You look thirsty."

" Do you have some apple cider? Please?"

" I think so.I'll go check."

Twilight walked out to the kitchen and came back with to full cups. They drank their cider and talked a little about the new Daring Do books that were coming in some months. But Twilight couldn't stop looking at Rainbow Dash's face with an worried expression, and at last it got Rainbow so annoyed so she just have to ask about it.

" Hey! World to Twilight Sparkle! Why are you looking at me like I am going to turn into a ghost?!"

" Well, I was just lost in tought I guess. I was thinking about that fact that we don't hang out with eatchother so mutch more than the flying lessons and, you know, when we are celebrating and saving the world. For example, I don't even know your parents."

" Yeah, I guess that's right. We haven't been hanging out so much" Rainbow Dash said, utterly worried for a reason that Twilight Sparkle couldn't tell.

" Where are your parents now anyways? I'm not sure I've seen them around." Twilight said. This queston gave a worried look to Rainbows face, and it surprised Twilight.

" I - I've... uh...oh my, Is it so late? Gotta dash! I've got a lot to do tomorrow, uh... today!" Rainbow said. She managed to fly out, but Twilight reacted quickly and captured Rainbow Dash with her magic.

" Rainbow Dash! Don't try to run away! I want to help you, but then you have to tell me the truth." Twilight said, she sounded far more sure and determined than she were. She realesed her magic and Rainbow Dash fell to the floor,
sighing deafetedly.

" I-I can't tell you , Twi. Not yet." Rainbow said, and to Twilights surprise Rainbow looked down to her wings with pain in her eyes, such pain that Twilight tought she wuld never see in Rainbow Dash's eyes.

I guess it's true, that the eyes of a pony is a mirror to their soul and darkest secrets. Oh, I hope Rainbow Dash is alright!, Twilight tought, getting more and more worried for her friend every second.

Tears have started to form in Rainbows eyes, and it caught Twilight off guard. Rainbow Dash hardly cries, and that makes the times she does very, well, sensitive and embarrasing.

" R- Rainbow? Can you... at least tell me their names? It's all I ask for." Twilight sat quiet, waiting for a respond, and suddenly Rainbow started to speak.

" Firefly and Rainbow Spectrum." Rainbow Dash said, and Twilight heard how she struggled to sound as normal as possible.

" Thanks. Do you want a new cup cider?" Twilight was unsure what to say, so she had just asked the most simple question in the world.

" No thanks, Twi. I'd rather go home now." Rainbow said, also pretty unsure.

" Oh, okay then. Good night!" Twilight felt a little dumb, just sitting there felt wrong. Tough, doing something also felt wrong. So she were simply waiting for a respond or for Rainbow to go.

" Y- yeah, good night." Rainbow Dash said and then she flew off.

Twilight saw Rainbow fly off and then she grabbed a quill and parchment to write on. She were going to find Rainbows parents, or at least more information, if that would be the last thing she would do!