Heart Dust

There was about thirty minutes of Rainbow Dash being able to do nothing but watch Lightning Dust cry and sob over and over. She rubbed her bad and hoof trying to calm her down and within time the tears stopped flowing.

“Did you have a bad dream?” Rainbow Dash asked. Lighting Dust nodded her head and sniffled a bit.

“Was it about what happened to you?” Lightning Dust paused for a second and she felt tears coming back as she knew she’d now finally have to tell Rainbow Dash.

“What happed? You can tell me.” Rainbow Dash pleaded. Lightning Dust took a deep breath and finally let it allow spew out. She told her from the events of being kicked out of the academy to being thrown out of her best friends house. It took over two hours due to long pauses of sobbing.

Finally she told Rainbow Dash up to the current day and looked at her with fear. Rainbow Dash looked away at the bed for a while and stared hard.

“I don’t know what to say. That’s just awful.” She muttered. Lightning Dust sat there exhausted from spilling out all of her emotional struggle and lack of sleep. Yet Rainbow Dash said something that completely caught her off guard.

“And all of that, was because of me.”

“What?” Lighting Dust exclaimed.

“You wouldn’t have had to go through all of that if I didn’t get you kicked out of the Wonderbolts Academy. You probably would have been picked up if you stayed.” Lightning Dust was in shock and could barely form words at such an accusation.

“No- Rainbow Dash- you didn’t do anything! It was all me, from the very start. I was cocky and big headed and I let my ego to me. I forced you to do the whirlwind and whatever came after that was solely by my own bad choices.” Rainbow Dash still looked down guiltily.

“Still if I didn’t talk to Spit Fire she wouldn’t have thought anything of it.” She said.

“Please Rainbow Dash don’t say things like that. You’ve already done so much for me, and I don’t know how on earth I’m going to pay you back, but I’ll figure out something.” Rainbow Dash looked at her concerned.

“No I feel like this is the least I can do for basically forcing you into this situation. Don’t worry about it. I won’t be kicking you out any time soon.” Oh no, Lighting Dust thought. There it was, now she would be putting up with me just out of obligation.

Her lip began to quiver and she felt extremely dizzy. Just as she felt she was about to fall back onto the bed, she felt a warm embrace from her friend. Rainbow Dash hugged her tight and nuzzled her nose into Lightning Dust’s neck.

She rubbed her back softly and felt so warm. Lightning Dust couldn’t describe the feeling of her hug. It felt as if everything wasn’t over, it was comforting and tender something that no one had been able to make her feel in a very long time. She held her for an extended period of time, and then once she let go she guided her against the pillow again and rubbed her hoof along her face.

Lighting Dust reached out and grabbed her other hoof and held it tightly. She was afraid if she let go, she’d loose Rainbow Dash and would be forced back into her dark world.

“Rainbow Dash?”

“Yeah?” she responded.

“Can you hold my hand until I go to sleep?”

“Sure, not a problem.” She whispered. Lightning Dust dug into the bed and for once wanted herself to drift asleep. There was somewhat of a weight lifted up off of her shoulders.

In the following weeks Rainbow Dash continued going back to work at the weather control of Ponyville and Lightning Dust could be left by herself as her sight came back and she walked around with crutches.

Twilight would stop by now and again and Lighting Dust enjoyed their visits as she found her big brain fun to listen to. She would go on for hours about how pollen count in the air can affect the allergies and how if pegasi could use their wind power, they could control the direction and budding of flowers in the spring.

She was an incredible nerd, but she liked it anyways. Not being able to go out and exercise or anything her science made for decent entertainment. Lighting Dust began to worry though as the days went on.

She knew she was recovering faster and when she was completely well that would begin the countdown to her and Rainbow Dash’s ending friendship like what had happen with the others. Rainbow Dash came home one day exhausted from a days work.

“How was your day?” Lightning Dust asked.

“Freaking rough, the ponies at the cloud factory had a renegade machine that made it cloudy all day and with every cloud I got rid of two came in it’s place, it was a giant mess and took forever to fix.” She plopped down on the couch and laid her head back.

“Do you want some juice or tea or something?” Lightning Dust said walking up to Rainbow Dash.

“Sure some carrot juice would be good.” Lighting Dust got up and went into the fridge to get her juice.

“Then some of the other pegasi were freaking out because the clouds had some rain water mixed in and every time they kicked them lightning would crack.” Lightning Dust smiled and walked back over to Rainbow Dash handing her the glass.

Lightning Dust knelt down beside her on the floor next to the couch. She rested her head on the couch and watched Rainbow Dash. She gulped down half of her glass of juices and slammed it back on the table, and then she threw her head back once again and closed her eyes. Lightning Dust smiled as she watched her breathing and relaxing.

There were a few nights where she would wake up in the middle of the night and watch Rainbow Dash resting just for a minute as she longed to stroke her mane or face. Without thinking about it Lightning Dust started to stroke her legs that she had resting on the coffee table. Rainbow Dash smiled and shuffled a bit in her seat because it tickled.

Lightning Dust was excited that Rainbow Dash was letting her touch her. It was the first time that she did anything affectionate towards her and she wanted to do so much more. Lightning Dust rested her hoof on Rainbow Dashes thigh and thought to herself for a minute. She had never a steady boyfriend or went on very many dates before so it’s not like she had a complete stance on her sexuality.

General attraction appeared here and there to some colts and she found other mares to be pretty. However Rainbow Dash was completely different. She was her own protector and every time she was around she didn’t think about the pain.

To Rainbow Dash she was just simply taking care of Lightning Dust and doing what she needed, but to Lightning Dust she felt the love and care put into her time and energy. It evolved and the more she put in the bigger her love grew. She really did love Rainbow Dash and at times like this found her sexy and beautiful even.

She was even embarrassed to admit she found herself attracted to Twilight as well. Both physically and emotionally, as there was just something about her vast knowledge and deep concern for her friends that was irreplaceable.

Then again Lightning Dust thought maybe there was something wrong with her. Rainbow Dash would probably never even think about being with another mare, and Twilight? The thought of relationships or intimacy probably doesn’t even register on her spectrum.

“Rainbow Dash?” Lightning Dust asked.

“Mhm,” she hummed still having her eyes closed.

“I think we should talk about how I’m going to pay you back and stop piggybacking you.” Rainbow Dash opened her eyes and looked down at Lightning Dust.

“Why would we do that? I told you, you don’t need to pay me back for anything. I consider it my fault-”

“Rainbow Dash please! I know you’re heart is in the right place, but I can’t keep mooching off of you like I am. I’m almost completely recovered and if I don’t put myself to work somehow you’ll start to become annoyed with me.”

“No I wouldn’t-” Rainbow Dash began, but was cut off again.

“Everypony’s patient runs out eventually. It’s only a matter of time and I don’t want to loose the very last friend-” Lightning Dust stopped and looked down. Rainbow Dash didn’t say anything for a bit and Lightning Dust saw that she had spilled juice on the table after plopping it down.

She grabbed a tissue nearby and wiped it up. She got up to throw it away when Rainbow Dash said, “Well what were you thinking?” Lightning Dust opened the trashcan and threw the tissue into it. That’s where Rainbow Dash got her.

She had taken many an odd job, but through most of them she ended up getting fired. There had to be something else that she could do that she couldn’t think of. Like a switch something clicked into her mind and thought maybe it could work.

“Wait, what if I was like a servant to you?” Rainbow Dash was taken aback and looked curiously at Rainbow Dash.

“Huh? Like a maid or something?”

“Basically, you know someone to clean around the house do whatever it is you need me to do or whatever you want me to do.” Lightning Dusts heart began to race now and she felt her breaths becoming steeper.

Part of her desire was just so that she would be tied to Rainbow Dash in some form and the other was for her to have control over her. She owed her, her life and the only was she thought she could make up for it would be to do her bidding.

Rainbow Dash’s face contorted a bit and she responded. “Would you really want to be some sort of cleaning mare looking after me?”

“Sure why not? I mean you looked after me for nearly two months and it would a fitting way to pay you back.” Rainbow Dash thought again for a minute raising her hoof to her chin.

“Well, it would be nice and you’re right it would be fitting, but think about it. It’s only you and me living here and I don’t live in a mansion or anything. Cleaning and cooking would be pretty easy just between us. You’d end up more like a house wife than a maid.”

Lightning Dust felt sweat form at the peak of her head now. Rainbow Dash comparing her to that got fantasy thoughts racing through her mind, but she had to block them out and think of something else.

“Hmm,” Lightning Dust said. Then another idea struck, “What if I also help your friends?”
“Like how?” Rainbow Dash asked now more interested.

“Well I can go over to their houses and help them clean and cook if needed and live here. I won’t have to get any money since it’ll be like I’m paying for the food and space I use here.” Now Rainbow Dash thought hard again.

“Well, I guess between seven mares and six different houses it would offer more work to keep you busy. I’ll talk to Twilight and the rest of them to see what they say.” Lightning Dust was chipper now and she walked back over to Rainbow Dashes side at the couch. She gave her a smile and Rainbow Dash responded with a smile back.

“But you know, I’d still be your-uh I mean as a servant- maid uh to help you mostly, heh.” Lighting Dust stuttered and put her head on the couch in embarrassment. Her face got hot and she knew she was blushing, she felt a hoof comb through her hair and it made her smile.

Although she could not see it Rainbow Dash was smiling too.