Give me a smidge of Confidence
"Oh, a good day for a small dosage of chaos in Boringville." Discord flew over the Everfree Forest that beautiful Wednesday morning. "Now just to choose a good victim and start the fun!"
He hardly knew where to begin. He could play some pranks on the market, or perhaps reveal Time Turner secret identity for everypony. A little game trading cards that Derpy carefully delivered every morning ... Wait, what was that huge black spot around there? Oh, it was just a natural cloud coming from the Everfree Forest. Wait longer, what was that colored dot on top of the cloud? If Rainbow Dash was trying to hide from someone, she was doing a terrible job.
Rainbow Dash, the queen of pranks. If she did not want to join him, he could have some fun with her. Yes, Rainbow would be the perfect victim. Because as a master prankster, she had to learn to accept a good joke, even if it was with her.
"Oh, and there is little rainbow of Equestria. Good Morning, Rainbow Smash. Or was it Crash? I do not know."
Silence.
"It is very uneducated not respond to a good morning, Rainbow Smash. Now be a good girl and give me a good morning."
Silence again.
"Uh, it's a silent competition? You know, I was silent for over a thousand years, I can beat you easy shmeasy. "
He heard the rustle of leaves.
"You're good at it, get your trophy. You beat me."
He conjured a bucket of sticky confetti and prepared to throw in her when he noticed something. Rainbow Dash's eyes were closed.
"The day has just begun and you're having a nap? ANSWER ME! "
More silence.
"ARGH! OKAY, YOU WIN, I WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE! FOR A PONY CONSIDERS YOURSELF COOL YOU ARE NOT FUN, LADY! "
No reaction, no minimum reaction. He wanted her to explode in anger and told him to go harass someone else. He wanted her to stand up that cloud and shout to him as usual.
First, why was she there? It was a beautiful day and had lots of fluffy white clouds much more inviting for a nap. How long would she be there? And why suddenly he was worrying about her? She never trusted him, she had flown away when he was faking be sick. Why the hell was he worrying about Rainbow Dash? She was gross and selfish, at least as he saw. Second, why was he still there? If she wanted to nap and be boring, great, he was going to town. And third, why the hell the voice of Celestia talking about friendship for Luna over a thousand years ago was echoing in his head?
"A friend is someone who really cares about each other, regardless of how he or she is. That's why I'm giving a fourth chance to Sombra. We may have started a bad way, it can be ambitious and a little bad, but I still care about him. I'm worried about what he is studying. Care for, protect, fun together, learn to give. That is true friendship, my sister. "
A friend is someone who really cares about the other ... regardless of how it is. Rainbow Dash could be a brute and insensitive pony, she could not trust him, but he was really concerned with all that silence.
"Rainbow Dash, are you okay? Something is feeling? Stomachache, tiredness ... Just answer. Oh, come on! I can not help if you do not cooperate."
Then he took her in his paws. She was very hot and her sweat was cold. The trail of tears streaked her cyan face.
"You're scalding with fever! How long have you been here, Rainbow Dash? Do not worry, I'll take you home and take care of you, even though I do not know why I'm doing this."
He did not use the teleporter, he did not know if it was safe for the sick pony. Some ponyvillians could see his silhouette flying through the city towards the eastern mountains. He never had care to anyone sick before, but for the feeling that he was feeling, he would try.
As he approached the cloud house, he heard a hum of a propeller. It was a flying turtle? There was a flying tortoise. Probably Rainbow Dash’s pet. Ironically, thought the draconequus, the slower animal to the fastest pony.
For the first time in his life, he considered using in the door of someone's house. He opened the door slowly and entered the house what was most a mansion than a house, the draconequus considered. Rainbow Dash really knows how to live well.
Or knew if he was not faster. He had no trouble finding the bedroom of Pegasus, slightly surprised by this not be full of posters or Wonderbolt plushes as the rest of the house. He laid her gently on the bed, hearing only the sound of her breathing, low and weak.
"Oh, please, Rainbow Dash, do not die now ..." Unwittingly, he let a tear escape.
She gave a small cough, opening his eyes slowly magenta. Her eyes recognized her bedroom and then closed. Discord despaired, he had a life in his paws, the life of a bearer of the elements of harmony. The life of a friend.
He opened the closet doors, looking for a towel. Found a white towel that seemed appropriate and wet towel on the bathroom sink next door, carefully folding and putting on her forehead.
The next step was to find a remedy for the fever and verify that Rainbow Dash had no cuts or injuries. Ponies used to store your medications in the bathroom cabinet, he thought returning to the bathroom. He opened the closet door looking for a bottle of medicine against fever and mirror inside revealed something he had not noticed before. It was a letter.
He took the letter and read its contents. Every line he read, he was more shocked. The letter was signed by the commander of the Wonderbolts, Iron Wings.
Tears stained the parchment and a little bit the whimsical letter from Commander Wings. Especially the part where he said that they could not accept her in the team. How dare that pony? Rainbow Dash beat any existing pegasus in terms of flight, elegance, style, awesomeness and especially effort.
They could not accept her simply because she already be too famous? She had not asked to be a hero of Equestria, Equestria is that will need her. The fact that she done not one, but three Sonic Rainbooms should be an immediate passport for joining the Wonderbolts and not something regarded as "selfish and show off".
Fluttershy told him that Rainbow had saved three Wonderbolts and Rarity with a Sonic Rainboom. Commander Wings did not recognize neither that? Rainbow Dash saved the life of Soarin before the qualification of Equestria Games, it also did not count? Fuck that commander.
Discord crumpled the letter with one paw. That stupid pony had no idea of the consequences of what he had done. He could go to the Wonderbolts Academy and give a good lesson in that idiot, but he had something more important to do.
With a determined expression, he continued looking for the medicine. Minutes later he found the bottle and returned to the bedroom.
He opened her mouth and put the medicine inside with a sufficient amount of water. The temperature of her body had already lowered a bit.
Something solid hit him. It was the flying tortoise and he was trying to caress Discord. Discord returned the gesture.
"Hungry, boy? Rainbow Dash needs some rest. "
The tortoise affirmed slowly (very slowly) with the head. Discord went down the stairs towards the kitchen, looking for food and animal bowl to put it. Found the food at the last door of the balcony and the bowl on the floor beside the table. He put a bit of food in the bowl.
"Ok, now enjoy your meal, nice tortoise. I need to take care of Rainbow Dash."
Coming back to the bedroom, he found RD peacefully asleep, her breathing was normal, although she made some grimaces. Probably a nightmare involving the letter and the pathetic commander. He conjured a sofa made of clouds and sat next to her bed, touching her paw. The temperature was also normal now so he took the towel from her head.
The towel had a huge red stain. It was blood. He lifted her mane just to find a deep cut on her forehead camouflaged by red and orange strands of her mane. He wiped the court patiently and closed with his magic.
Now was wait ...
She could wake up panicked and needed someone to be there to calm her, maybe she wanted a shoulder to vent. No matter what she thought of him, he was there for her as she would for everypony.
She opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was Discord. Her eyes widened in panic and she hid under the covers. The draconequus sighed.
"Everything is okay, Rainbow Dash. It's just me, Discord, no Commander Wings. "
The pegasus came out from under the covers a bit embarrassed and embarrassment was replaced by a frown.
"What are you doing here? How do you know about mine.. I mean, Commander Wings? "
Naturally, he expected it. But Rainbow Dash not intimidated him as she thought she did.
"I found the letter while I was looking for some medicine for your fever. Now I want you to tell me what you were doing in that cloud of Everfree Forest."
"I do not want to talk about this with anypony, especially with a certain draconequus."
"A certain draconequus who saved your life, I'd say. But I'm not charging anything in return, I just want to tell me what you were doing there. "
Rainbow Dash sighed, it would be easier to count the things now than having to write a report friendship after.
"I. .. I failed. "
Unexpectedly, the draconequus started laughing and that angered the pony so much.
"If you save me just to make fun of me later I suggest you get out of here right now. This is not funny, fail is not funny!" She demanded.
"I'm not laughing about this, Rainbow Dash." His expression turned serious. "I'm laughing because you're thinking that you failed when actually the failure is of another pony. Now let me guess, you have not had the courage to commit brutal suicide so you tried a slower and less visible suicide. That idiot commander worth so much to you? What about your friends? You do not see the impact your suicide would cause in them? Luckily I was there to save you."
"Thank you." She lowered her head in shame.
"Wait, what did you say?"
"I said thank you. Thanks for saving my life, Discord. And for making me return to reason. I guess I was wrong about you all this time. Maybe you're not a really bad and uncool creature."
"Yeah, I think we started off on the wrong hoof, is not it? Friends? "He reached out a paw.
"Yeah, friends." She hit the hoof in his paw, doing a friendly brohoof.
"They say the first brohoof you never forget, I think it's true. So you feel better? "
"Yeah, maybe so ..."
"Still about the letter? Dash, I think you should not care so much about what that gray and muscular pegasus think about you. You are a great flyer, the best I've ever met, and I recognize that before be your friend. How many pegasi are the spirit of the element of loyalty? "
"Only me."
"How many pegasi lives in Ponyville, working in the weather team, practice every day to make his dream come true and still have time for friends."
"Only me."
"How many pegasi had the honor to hear from the mouth of Princessa Celestia herself that is the best flyer in all of Equestria?"
"Only me? I'm not sure. "
"Ok, let's try again. How pegasi have done a Sonic Rainboom until today? "
"Only me!"
"So let me guess, you're Rainbow Dash."
"The one and only!"
"And what the opinion of the Commander Wings worth to you?"
"Absolutely nothing!"
Unexpectedly, Rainbow hugged Discord. He had never felt anything as good as the embrace of a true friendship. And who would have thought this all started just because he was willing to pranked someone.
