Anniversaries

by twinn

Rating: teen
Tags: Romance, Pinkie Pie, Slice of Life, Sad, Main 6, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rainbow Dash
Length: 2394

Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash's six-month anniversary is next week. This should be a happy time for them, so why is Dashie avoiding her?

Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash's six-month anniversary is in a few days. This should be a happy time for them, so why is Dashie avoiding her? Every time Pinkie tries to get close, Rainbow Dash makes up a excuse and flies away. Why is that?

Published 2013-12-19 23:20:11 UTC
Last updated 2013-12-24 18:01:21 UTC

Chapter 1

I'm so excited! Me and Dashie's anniversary is in less than a week! That's four days, or ninety-six hours, or five thousand, seven hundred and sixty minutes or...I don't even know how many seconds! I can't believe that it's already so close to half a year! It fells like it was only a couple of days. Time does fly when your having fun,after all.

The party is going to so much fun! I haven't even started on it yet, but I just know that it's gonna be amazing! There's gonna a giant cake, tons of balloons,, and all of our friends are going to be there! I even saved some of that cider that Dashie loves so much. It's probably gonna be one of the biggest parties that I have ever thrown, ever!

Okay, maybe not my biggest party ever, that was the wedding reception, but it's still going to be big! Well maybe it should be a little smaller. Mrs. Cake told me that anniversaries are supposed to be private.... I can work with that! It could be a really small party and I'll just invite the girls. Or maybe it could just be me and Dashie, something romantic.

I don't really know how to do romantic things, and Dashie doesn't like the "sappy" stuff either, but I can make it work.. May be I could ask Rarity for help! She knows all about fancy, romantic stuff. I should go over to the boutique today and ask for some tips. It may turn out to be a little too soft for Dashie, but I'm sure that she'll love it.

Speaking of Dashie, I haven't seen her at all this morning. I went over to her cloud house this morning and she wasn't there. At first, I thought that she was outside doing weather work, but the skies were clear and she should have been done already. I'm sure that it's nothing to worry about, though! she's Probably practicing her tricks or napping at Applejack's. I would go and check, but I have to finish my shift at Sugar cube corner, and after that I have to go see Rarity. I'm sure that she'll come see me later, anyway.

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Okay, this was a little odd. Dashie usually comes by at around noon and keeps me company until my shift ends. Now it was around three and I hadn't seen her. I didn't really worry about it. There have been times where she was to busy to come over, but she usually finds the time to tell me.

My shift was about was about to end so I asked Mrs. Cake to leave a bit earlier than usual. I wanted to get a head start on that anniversary party, and that meant heading over to Rarity's as soon as possible. Maybe I would see Dashie on the way there!

Once Mrs. Cake let me go, the trip to the boutique began. When I got there almost all of the lights were off. Was she closed? Did I get here late? No, that couldn't be it. Even if I said hi to everypony I passed by , It would've only taken me thirty minutes to get here. Is something going on inside? Maybe if I look into one of the windows.

When I pressed my face to the glass I saw Rarity and....Dashie? What was she doing here? She never goes to the boutique without a reason. They looked like they were talking about something. Were they telling secrets? secrets are fun! But what kind of secrets were they telling? Was Dashie telling her about that one time in the forest? I made her Pinkie promise not to tell anyone about that! And she told Rarity of all people!? It's going to be all around town by tomorrow! If anyone confronts me about that tomorrow, Dashie won't-.

Were they hugging? That's okay. Friends hug friends all the time. Well at least I know that they're not telling secrets. Ponies don't hug each other when telling secrets. So what were they talking about? Maybe I could hear if I found a way to get inside. I opened the window just enough to crawl inside. I made sure to keep quiet until I got into earshot.

"I'm flattered that you chose me over the others, Rainbow Dash," Rarity told her.

"Well, you are the most experienced," Dashie replied.

Rarity giggled, "Oh, you make me blush." They both started laughing.

Dashie stopped laughing abruptly and said, "She can't know a thing about this."

"Who can't know about what?" I asked. They both screamed and jumped back a few feet. I don't know why they were scared. I mean, I was standing there for a while.

Once Dashie recovered from the shock, she asked, "Pinkie, how did you get here?"

"The window," I replied.

It was Rarity's turn to speak. "How much did you hear?"

"Only the part about somepony who's not supposed to know about this." I said. "What is "this" anyway? Is it a secret? I can keep secrets! If you tell me I-"

Dashie put her wing around me and got me to shut up. "Easy there Pinks," she chided. "It's nothing you have to worry about."

I nuzzled her wing. "Okay, Dashie,"

We stayed like that for a minute or to until Dashie eventually took her wing away. "I got some stuff to take care of,so I'll see ya later, okay Pinks?"

"Okay," I said reluctantly. I didn't want to her leave just yet, but if she had work to do, there was nothing that I could do to stop her. She gave me a kiss and then flew off. As I watched her fly away, I kept thinking that I was forgetting about something.

"Rarity!" I said aloud. I had forgotten that I was at her house!

"Yes, darling?" She asked.

"I need your help with a party."

She glanced around nervously. "I would love to help you, Pinkie, really," she began. "But...But I have a lot of work to do! I took on a big order that will take ages to complete. You know how it is."

We said our goodbyes and I made my way back to the bakery. On my way home, I began wonder about what Dashie was doing. She said that she was busy, but she never said exactly what she was doing.

"She's cheating on you."

Oh don't be silly! She would never do that! Besides, I thought I said that I was never going to listen to you ever again. You remember what happened on my birthday.

"Fine. Don't listen to me. You'll see things my way eventually."

No, I won't! I trust Dashie completely. And she would never do anything to hurt me.

"Are you sure?"

Absolutely.

Author's Note

An Experiment
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Chapter 2

Ooh, this is so great! It's going to be six months in three days! There's so little time left and so much to get done! The party planning is going to be a little tough. I really wanted Rarity to help me with it, but she had some dresses to work on. It's strange that she never told any of us about the order before. She usually tells us when she's going to be busy with something. Maybe she just got caught up in it, fashion is her passion after all.

But then, why wasn't she working when I came over? When she was talking to Dashie, she looked like she had all the time in the world. Why was Dashie there i the first place. She almost never goes to the boutique alone, and when she does there's a really important reason for it.

Were they hiding something from me? Everything seemed to stop when they noticed me. Maybe I'm the one that's not supposed to know about what they're talking about. But what were they talking about, anyway? Is she really...

No no no! I'm just being a silly filly. There's no way that she would be cheating on me. Even if she was, which she isn't, she wouldn't do it with one of my best friends!

"Wouldn't it be smart for her to cheat on you with someone you don't mind her spending time with, like one of the girls?"

Well, maybe you're... No! I'm not going to let you get to me! Not after last time. The girls wouldn't hurt me like that, Dashie wouldn't hurt me like that! Dashie told me that it was nothing to worry about, and I believe her. Rarity being busy is just bad timing on my part. I should have asked her for help a while ago. Everything is just fine, so you can just go away!

"Alright, I'll leave, but I'll be back later."

Now that she was gone, I could finally get some work done. Since Rarity was busy I would have to find someone else to help me out.... Twilight! She knows everything! Even if she doesn't, she probably has a book about planning fancy parties that I could borrow. It's decided! I'm gonna go by the library after work today.

Before I went downstairs, I looked at myself in the mirror. My mane wasn't as curly as it usually was. My fur was a bit darker, too. Oh well, it's probably nothing to worry about.
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Dashie forgot to come over, again. She said that she would when I saw her at Rarity's. Is there something going on, or did she just forget?

"Maybe she's out with Rarity or somepony else,"

Maybe she is... No! Dashie would never do that! She's the element of loyalty for Celestia's sake!

"True, but where do her loyalties lie?"

They lie with me, and the girls, and-...

"And all of Ponyville, Cloudsdale, and even the entirety of Equestria. Don't you see? The element's loyalty belongs to everything that it comes in contact with. How do you know if that tramp's tie with you is stronger than her ties with others?"

Shut up! I don't want to listen to you insult her like that! Dashie is the most trustworthy pony that I know. If she says that there's nothing to worry about, then there's nothing to worry about. If she does something, she has a good reason for it. Nothing you say can make me believe anything else.

"Ooh, such blind faith. I'll leave, but let me say one thing. You don't need her, you don't need anypony. The links are weak and they can easily be broken."

Big meanie... I'm letting her get to me. I think that it's showing, too. All day today ponies have been staring at me, and asking if anything was wrong. I told them that I was fine, but I don't think that they believed me. Some of them tried to figure it out, but they weren't even close.

At the end of the work day I grabbed my saddlebags and made my way over to Twilight's. Her words were still bouncing around in my head, but I tried to ignore them. That big meanie wasn't going to ruin this for me. She was wrong. The girls would never treat me like they did.

When I got close to the library, I saw two ponies standing in front of the door. As I got closer, I was able to make them out. It was Twilight talking with...Dashie? Was she here the entire time? I walked toward them until I got into earshot.

"I'm glad that I was able to help you out, Rainbow Dash," Twilight said. I don't know why you asked me, though,"

"Well you are the best magic user that I know," Dashie replied. "It would be dumb of me not to ask you."

Twilight blushed a little bit before saying, "Oh, I'm sure that I'm not the best."

Dashie put a hoof on her shoulder. "Don't be modest!" She scoded "You're the best and-,"

"Hey Dashie!" I interrupted. "Whatcha' doing?"

She seemed start startled for a second or two. "Hey Pinks," she said. "I just needed Twilight's help with something, but it's fine now,"

"Were you here all day?" I asked.

"Yeah, why?" She stared at me for a few seconds before her eyes went wide. "Oh, shoot! I forgot to come over! You aren't mad are ya?"

"Nope!" I exclaimed. Hearing that made me feel a little better.

"Great!" She said, giving me a hug. "I still have some stuff to do, but I'll see ya tomorrow, okay?"

"Promise?" I asked.

"Promise," And with that, she flew off.

"Twilight!" I shouted. "I need your help with something!"

"With what?"

I took a deep breath. "I wanted to start planning me and Dashie's anniversary party, but then I remembered that its supposed to be all fancy and I'm not all that good with fancy things, so I went to go ask Rarity for help, but she was busy, so I came here to see if you had any on throwing fancy parties! So do ya?"

She paused for a second. "Let me see what we have." She walked towards the tree. I started following her but she stopped me. "No!" She exlaimed. "Don't come in!'

I looked at her, confused. "Why not?"

"Because...uh," Her eyes darted around, nervously. "It's a really big mess in there! Besides it would just be easier if I just went in and got the books myself.' She forced a chuckle.

I looked at her for a second. It looked like there was something weird going on, but it could've just been Twilight being Twilight. "Okie dokie lokie," I replied.

She let out a sigh of relief, smiled at me, and slid into the Library. She came out a few minutes later holding a few books with her magic. "These are all we have," She put them in my saddle bag. "Make sure to return them when you're done.

"Thanks, Twilight!" I waved goodbye and started walking back home. I wonder what she helped Dashie with.

"Probably the same thing Rarity helped her with, if you know what I mean."

I told you that she isn't cheating on me!

"Are you sure?"

O-of course I am.

Author's Note

The experiment continues...
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