CONFLICT

READING RAINBOW

CONFLICT

Three months after Rarity's performance things seemed to slip back to normal for the main six. Well as normal as things could be. Rainbow Dash still had her job as a weather pony, Rarity was still working full time on her fashion designs, Applejack was back on the farm during the days to help her family with applebucking, Fluttershy was tending to her animals still, Pinkie Pie was working at sugarcube corner full time with the cakes, and Twilight was still working as a full time librarian. Yet it could be anything but normal for the six and when the purple unicorn looked back from the first time she set hoof in Ponyville and compared it to how things were now she often found herself wondering how all of this could have possibly come to be.

She never imagined in her wildest days that when she first came here that roughly a year later she would be in a lesbian relationship with the cyan blue Pegasus, Applejack and Rarity a couple, Pinkie Pie in an off and on relationship with Big Macintosh, and her number one assistant a father of two and with Fluttershy to boot. When the purple unicorn attempted to make sense of this chain of events it just made her head hurt, but she found herself doing it non-the-less once again today.

To make matters even more stressful for her she found out all too quickly that her fillyfriend had a sex drive that outmatched hers ten to one. This often lead to tension between the two and Twilight often worried she was not giving her partner enough attention, but she couldn't force herself to do anything either. It simply didn't work that way for her. Not that she hadn't tried though. But she found out all too quickly that if her body said “no!”, she really couldn't make it say “yes!”. Not to mention she was a book worm at heart and loved to read and because Rainbow often wanted to have her way with the unicorn she often had to put the book down, but that was when she was able to get in the mood.

The unicorn had finally managed to shove the thoughts from her head as she opened her book up and began to read it on her balcony when Rainbow Dash was just returning from a long day of weather control and landed next to her giving her an affectionate kiss on the cheek a few moments later. “I take it today went well for you.” Twilight remarked as she continued reading from her book.

“Nothing too bad at least. Derpy nearly sent a thunderstorm over Fillydephia again, I had to spend the majority of today moving those clouds over to Hoofington where they were supposed to be.” Rainbow Dash replied as she sat down next to the unicorn and wrapped her tail around the purple mare's tail. “Don't suppose you can put that book down, come inside, and spend some time with me could you?” Rainbow Dash said after a few minuets of silence running a hoof through Twilight's hair sensually.

“Here we go again...” Twilight thought to herself dismally. “I just picked up this book honey. Can it wait till tomorrow?” Twilight replied in the best tone she could muster.

“Oh come on, you said that yesterday!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed in an annoyed tone.

“We've already been at it three times this week and I’ve put off reading this book just for you. The least you could do is let me read it.” Twilight replied in a mildly annoyed tone.

“How could a book me more interesting than me?” The cyan blue Pegasus asked still looking thoroughly annoyed.

“I didn't say that. Stop putting words in my mouth.” Twilight replied heatedly. The purple unicorn could feel her temper rising quickly and had a bad feeling this might end with Rainbow sleeping in spare bedroom again if she kept this up.

“You might as well have said that. You barely do anything with me anymore. It's like your more interested in books than me!” Rainbow Dash retorted her temper rising as well.

“Well forgive me if my sex drive doesn't run at two hundred miles per hour like yours! Unlike you, most ponies have sex with their partners once or twice a week, not every single day and not to mention all night!” Twilight exclaimed loudly putting her book down now to look at the cyan blue Pegasus with a glare.

“What's wrong with that? It's not like I recall you complaining any! Or should I point out the hoof marks where you dug your hooves into the headboard of our bed?” Rainbow Dash countered with a cocky grin earning a beat red blush from the purple unicorn.

“I'm not saying that you aren't satisfying in bed Rainbow, what I’m saying is that I don't have the energy to keep up with your sex drive. For Celestia's sake, let my body rest. If I cum anymore this week I’m likely to pass out from dehydration!” Twilight retorted still sporting her blush feeling her anger ebb away slowly.

“Fine....” Rainbow Dash replied with a scowl, stood up, and walked into the house muttering the word “egghead” under her breath as she walked away which unfortunately the purple unicorn heard quite well which sent her temper skyrocketing.

“Oh that's rich, feather's for brains!” Twilight retorted with a glare as she stood up abruptly and glared at the cyan blue Pegasus who whirled around with a glare of her own upon hearing this.

“How many times have I told you not to call me, feathers for brains?! You know I don't like being called that!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed angrily.

“And how many times have I asked you not to call me an Egghead?! That's your problem! You don't listen to me!” Twilight exclaimed in retort.

“I do too!” Rainbow Dash retorted.

“Oh really?! When's the last time you actually organized the books I asked you to? Oh that's right, I did!” Twilight exclaimed to which the cyan blue Pegasus could not defend herself to knowing it was true.

“Oh yeah?! Well you never pay attention to me!” Rainbow Dash retorted finally managing to find a retort.

“We've already been over this! I can't keep up with your sex drive!” Twilight retorted loudly.

“Not just that! A week ago I asked you to come with me to spend some time together in the park and you said you didn't want to and to wait a week because you had to organize the books again! You say the same thing every week!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed angrily.

“Of course I do! I'm a librarian! It's my job!” Twilight retorted defending herself.

“I'm your partner! I should come first!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed feeling her anger nearing it's breaking point now.

“News flash Rainbow Dash, Equestria DOES NOT revolve around you!” Twilight exclaimed as she walked past the cyan blue Pegasus stomping her hooves into the floor as she walked inside her home.

“I never said it did!” Rainbow Dash retorted as she followed the purple unicorn inside.

“Well you sure bucking act like it! I love reading books, get used to it!” Twilight exclaimed and went slightly wide eyed realizing that she had just cursed. Twilight was normally the kind tongued of the six but if you pushed her buttons enough she did have a tendency to curse but it took a lot to push her that far and clearly the cyan blue Pegasus was pushing her that far.

“If you love your books so much why don't you date them instead of me!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, ran for the front door, and opened it.

“Maybe I will!” Twilight retorted just before Rainbow Dash had slammed the door behind her loudly.

Twilight then ran to her room, picked up her pillow and screamed as loud as she possibly could into it while at the exact moment Rainbow Dash was doing the same thing to a cloud several feet above Ponyville.

Several hours later as night began to fall on Ponyville Rainbow Dash opened the front door slowly and closed it behind her softly as she walked in to see a puffy-eyed Twilight sitting at her end table . “Listen Twilight, I’m sorry for calling you an egghead and what I said about dating your books. I really can be a featherbrain and today was no exception.” Rainbow Dash said in a soft tone as she walked over and put a wing over the purple unicorn.

“Your not a featherbrain Rainbow.” Twilight replied softly and let out a sigh. “We've been arguing a lot the last few weeks haven't we?” Twilight remarked as she levitated a cup of apple juice over to the cyan blue Pegasus with her magic who took the cup in her hooves once it reached her and took a sip before setting it down in front of her.

“Yeah...” Rainbow Dash replied with a sigh of her own.

“Today was the worst argument we've gotten into yet. We've never gotten so bad that we resort to name calling before. And I’m worried it will only get worse.” Twilight replied softly before taking a sip out of her own cup of apple juice.

“Nah, there's no way it could get any worse.” Rainbow Dash replied as she nuzzled Twilight's cheek affectionately.

“Rainbow, you know I love you, but...” Twilight replied trailing off.

“But what?” Rainbow Dash asked curiously.

“But I think it might be best if we take a break from each other.” Twilight replied softly.

“What do you mean?” The cyan blue Pegasus asked feeling her heart drop into the pit of her stomach.

“I mean, see other ponies. Just for a little while. We both jumped head first into this relationship and I don't think either of us thought about this rationally when the tornado obliterated my home.” Twilight replied nearly unable to believe even what she was suggesting.

“Your breaking up with me?” Rainbow Dash replied taking back by this suggestion removing her wing from over the purple unicorn.

“No,no,no! It's just a break from each other. So we can both think clearly about this relationship of ours. You and I both know we can't think rationally when we are together like this. A month break should be more than enough time for the both of us to decide on whether we should continue with this relationship.” Twilight replied and let out a long sigh.

Rainbow Dash attempted to wrap her brain around this concept as she looked at Twilight as if trying to read her mind. “So in other words, you want to be able to sleep with other ponies and not have to worry about me being hurt. Is that it?” Rainbow Dash asked in a hurt tone.

“No! Well...maybe. That's what this break is all about. To explore the other possibilities we have. I'm not saying I’m going to run off and get laid by the next stallion or mare I see, but if something like that does happen, at least we won't have to worry about each other being hurt by it since we are taking a break from one another.” Twilight replied defensively. This wasn't going nearly as well as she imagined it would in her head when she first thought this though a few hours ago.

The cyan blue Pegasus gave a heavy sigh as she ran a hoof through her mane. “I guess a break wouldn't be that bad of a thing, but your the only pony for me and I doubt any other mare or stallion will be able to catch my eye like you.” Rainbow Dash replied with a soft smile to which Twilight smiled back.

Looking into her lovers eyes and seeing her smile almost made the purple unicorn want to call off the whole thing, but she knew that was the exact reason why she decided a break would be a good idea in the first place. With Rainbow around she could rarely think clearly. Perhaps without her around she could think things through rationally and come to a decent conclusion which would help her decide if this relationship was really going to work out between them.

“I guess I’ll see you around then Twilight.” Rainbow Dash replied as she stood up, turned around, walked over to the front door, opened it, gave one last look at Twilight fighting back tears, walked out the front door, and closed it behind her.

Twilight immediately broke into full blown sobs as she buried her face into a nearby pillow on the floor. It had been less than thirty seconds since the break had begun yet it felt like weeks for her, just how was she going to make it a month?