Gilda's Egg

Rainbow Dash preparing the weather for the day, as was her morning routine, when she noticed an all too familiar figure gliding towards her.

" This ought to be interesting." She mumbled to herself as Gilda slowed to a stop, landing on the nearest cloud.

"Ummm...uh..Hi Dash.. How are you?" Gilda was more nervous than she had anticipated, but she tried to be as friendly as possible.

"What are you doing here." Rainbow was stunned. Why in Equestria would Gilda come back after everything that went down at Pinkie's party.

"Well... uh... I wanted to.. er.. Make amends. I-I'm sorry Dash. I'm so sorry." Gilda was weeping now.

"G oh my gosh what happened. Don't cry it's-it's O.K.! Come with me." Rainbow's ire melted away, after all the spirit of loyalty was a forgiving pony when it came down to it. She flew towards her house in Cloudsdale, and when she looked back to make sure Gilda followed her, she noticed for the first time the bundle she held to her chest.

"Umm G what's that, and why are you whispering to it?" Dash's eyes widened when a small yawn erupted from the tiniest beak she had ever seen.

"This is Gwynneth.... My hatchling." Gilda stared warmly into the forest green eyes of the sleepy baby.

"I came to Ponyville the first time to see if I could settle here, and raise my baby in a real home, instead of a drafty nest. I was mean to Pinkie Pie because I was so embarrassed. I didn't want to say this in front of her. My special some one left me, I was going to lay an egg, and I had been banished from Eagleland. Dash I'm so so so sorry that I treated your friends so rudely. Please say something." Gilda looked up at her one and only friend pleadingly, tears flowing unbidden down her face.

"Oh Gilda, I wish you'd have just told me from the beginning, but I don't blame you. I'm so sorry for everything that you have been through, but it's over now. You and Gwynneth can stay at my place until I can gather a team to help shape a cloud home for you. In the mean time welcome to Ponyville." Rainbow Dash embraced her oldest friend warmly. Gilda could not hide the surprise on her face as she was reunited with the pony she had thought that she would never see again. She was home.