A Color Divided

Chapters

Chapter 1 - The clues we hide.
Chapter 2 - Admirer's Curse
Chapter 3 - The Sacrifice and the Savoir
Chapter 4 - Emotions of a Hero
Chapter 5 - Sunlight Kiss
Chapter 6 - The Emotional Truth
Chapter 8 - Once in a Lifetime
Author Notes.
Chapter 7 - The two mares of Ponyville

Chapter 1 - The clues we hide.

The blue cyan pegasus awoke from her deep sleep, to see that she was lying beside one of her dearest friends. The orange coated earth pony was still sleeping, blissfully. The cyan pegasus got up to see that she where she was, only to notice she was sleeping in a barn.

The pegasus noted to herself of what she was doing in the barn, laying beside her friend… Applejack. She remembered of the night before hand only to know how deep her feelings were for her friend, she wanted Applejack to stay as a friend. She got up off of her sleeping position and walked over to a small table in the barn, trying not to wake Applejack.

She wrote a note that said, “To Applejack, I had to leave you… I need time to think, it’s nothing about you… it’s me, please understand. Don’t look for me.”
~~~ Rainbow Dash.”

Rainbow frowned and shuddered as she read the note back. She knew what she was doing, it felt wrong, but Rainbow needed time… or help. She placed the note carefully beside Applejack, trying not to disturb her sleep. Remembering just before she flew off to the morning sky, she took off the Stetson style hat and put it back on Applejack, who was still in a beautiful, deep slumber.

Rainbow studied her while she slept for several seconds. Applejack was elegant and she had a really nice shine to her because of the small light coming from through the window above. Rainbow knew that leaving Applejack alone was wrong, but she forced herself to leave, knowing Applejack was going to wake up soon.

Rainbow took off, looking behind her… knowing where she would go.

-1 week earlier-

It was an amazing morning, almost stunning. Rainbow Dash woke up from a rough night of flying. Slowly edging out of bed while stretching, Rainbow remembered that she decided she would visit Twilight yesterday, to see if there were any more books to catch up on. As Rainbow got out of bed, out of the corner of her eye, she saw that she slept a lot longer than she intended to.

She gasped “I promised Twilight I would visit her early!” she then grew a smile and waved her hoof “She won't mind me being late, she knows me… although I was wanting to get some training done this morning” She put her hoof on her chin and walked towards the door.

Rainbow flew calmly to admire the beautiful day, she never usually caught eye on the sky. She flew down as she reached the apple orchards, nabbing a couple of apples as she flew overhead.

Rainbow stopped as she heard a familiar voice call out her name.

“Rainbow! I thought I told ya to ask before you took my apples!”

“Or what?” Rainbow felt confident in herself.

Just as Rainbow talked, a long rope was hauled over her chest, she dropped all the Apples she picked up and she was taken out of flight and pulled towards the orange coated earth pony.

Applejack had a concerning look, as if she was expecting Rainbow to get caught in her lasso. “Or that” she said with a small smirk on her face.

Rainbow let of a long hesitated sigh as she was getting the lasso taken off of her. “Fine… can I have some apples?”

Applejack never spoke for a while. Rainbow analysed her for a while… carefully. She had an elegant, outstanding orange coat, with a sleek blonde mane. Rainbow looked into her eyes; they were shining with a great colour of emerald green…

“Uh… Rainbow? You alright?” Applejack said, looking confused while her friend was in some sort of trance.

“What? Oh yeah… I’m fine, so…” she continued to stare at Applejack.

“Rainbow, you can take ma apples… but you hafta ask first!” Applejack never intended her last sentence to sound so angry.

“So can I take some of your apples then?” Applejack gave a slight nod as she trotted away.

Rainbow gathered up the apples that she dropped after being forced to the ground by Applejack’s lasso before she took flight and headed for Sugarcube Corner.

Rainbow flew swiftly towards the middle of Ponyville, eating most of the apples on her way. She landed just outside of Sugarcube Corner, slowly edging the door open. Then all of a sudden she was knocked on her back by a pink earth pony who appeared as if out of nowhere.

“Dashie! Oh it’s so good to see you, you want to plan a party? You want to have a cupcake? I have plenty of cupcakes! So what can I do you for… maybe a muffin, or a cake! You want a-“Pinkie was cut off by Rainbow.

“No Pinkie, I’m just here to pick up Twilight's order for the party” Rainbow walked through the door slowly and Pinkie came up from behind the counter.

“Oh you mean the order she placed three days ago? Yeah I got it right here, so how’s the party planning going, you want my help?” Pinkie took a long gasp “I could make it the best party ever by adding balloons and stuff like-” Pinkie was cut off by Rainbow, who was getting a bit impatient at Pinkie’s constant rambling.

“Pinkie, I’m just here to pick up the order! We need nothing else, I’ll let you know if we do” Just then Pinkie went behind the counter and pulled out a medium sized box with string wrapped around it.

“Okie dokie lokie!” Pinkie said excitedly, Rainbow grabbed the package and walked out of Sugar Cube Corner, feeling relived that she wouldn’t have to sit there with Pinkie. Rainbow enjoyed Pinkie’s company, but when she was hyper, it would just give Rainbow a headache.

It took a small ten minutes to reach the library. Just as she reached the door, it slammed wide open, Spike flew across Rainbow’s face as she was trying to see what was going on.

“Twilight, what was that for?!” Spike shouted as he was trying to regain his balance.

“You ate the gem I was studying!” Twilight walked out the library with a small frown on her face, she then caught eye of Rainbow who was standing, waiting for Twilight and Spike to finish arguing.

“Rainbow… you were too late, spike ate the gem!” Twilight looked over at Spike, who was getting up.

“Hey, if you didn’t want me to eat it, why did you leave it out in the open?!” Spike put on an enraged look and crossed his arms, tapping his foot.

“So I could study it in the morning! Now I need to find a new one” Spike shrugged and walked into the library. “So, Rainbow… you are a bit… late, even if Spikes appetite never got hold of him, I would have finished my study by now”

Twilight motioned for Rainbow to walk into the library with her, they walked through the door and Rainbow looked at all the books that were lying on the floor. Spike was picking them up and putting them back into place.

When Rainbow entered the library, she felt comfortable, warm and secure. The library always had a great feel to it, even though Rainbow never intended on going anywhere near one for any other reason than asking Twilight for the next book in the Daring Doo series.

“I see you picked up my order from Sugar Cube Corner, any trouble?” Rainbow placed the box on the table beside her and walked towards Twilight.

“Oh you know, Pinkie Pie” Rainbow giggled as Twilight rolled her eyes, knowing what Rainbow meant.

“Well, thanks anyway. So is there anything I could do for you?” Twilight walked towards her study desk, placing a marker in her book then closing it.

“No, not really. I just wanted to stop by and see if you wanted to continue our research on Flight aerodynamics” Rainbow walked around the library looking for the book they were reading yesterday.

“With this mess on the floor, we can’t do much can we?” Twilight using her magic to lift up the books to put them back into order, Twilight never noticed that she picked up a book that Spike was holding on to.

“Twilight, let me down, I got the book here!” Twilight released her spell, causing Spike to fall to the ground. Rainbow and Twilight giggled at the baby Dragon’s misfortune.

“Ha-ha, very funny… Anyway here’s the book” Spike handed the book over to Rainbow who grasped it in her mouth and sat on the nearby couch, opening it up, skimming through the pages to get to the one she ended at yesterday.

“Ah here we go, Reversed Flight Patterns” Twilight walked up to Rainbow and sat next to her, Twilight only knew that there would be words that Rainbow wouldn’t understand.

It was late in the evening when they finished reading the book about aerodynamics. Rainbow closed the book and placed it on the table, only noticing now that Spike cleaned up the mess that was on the floor.

Twilight stretched “So what are you going to do now Rainbow?” Twilight asked with a gazed look on her face.

“I might just head home, I feel tired” Rainbow let out a yawn that caused Twilight to giggle. Slowly getting off the couch, Rainbow started walking towards the door as Twilight gathered her thoughts.

“Why don’t you help me organise the party for tomorrow, it would be great getting your opinions on how well it’s going to turn out” Twilight smiled slightly, looking over at Rainbow.

“I think I should get heading Twi… but I’ll be there for the party tomorrow” Rainbow put on an innocent smile as she trotted towards the door. Twilight did not mind her friend leaving early, it would give her time to study and concentrate on what she was planning to do this morning… she looked over at Spike who was walking around in circles.

“Spike, what are you doing? I didn’t upset you did I?” She frowned slightly as Spike looked over at her.

“No Twilight, it’s just… why do you always over react when I do something wrong... Come on… it was a gem, did you expect me to leave it alone?” Again, Spike put on his serious face and crossed his arms.

Twilight noticed that Rainbow already left… she looked over at Spike with a small smile on her face. “Because sometime you deserve it, I may have over reacted at you this morning, but I’m just trying to keep you in line. You should have known better than to eat a gem that you knew I was studying”

Spike put on a sad face and walked up the long, wooden stairs that lead to his bed. “Fine, I deserved it, but can you blame me?” Spike looked over at Twilight who was opening the book that she marked this morning.

“Yes… yes I can” Twilight put on a smile and looked over to Spike who was already more than half way up the stairs “Where you going Spike?” Twilight put a worried tone into her voice as she said that, not sure if she wanted to.

“I’m going to lie down for a bit, I’m kind of tired” Twilight never stopped him and just carried on with her studies.

Three hours later, Twilight decided that she studied enough for today. She walked up the stairs to her bed only to notice that her window was open, she sprung across her bed to peak out her window.

“Spike!” Twilight shouted, only concerned where the dragon went to. She decided to go out and search for him; she knew Spike would not leave the bounds of Ponyville.

Twilight raced out her front door, shutting and locking it with her glowing horn, she decided she would walk around Ponyville to see if she could find Spike anywhere.

Twilight was walking mindlessly as she stumbled over a yellow Pegasus and a small white bunny who was riding on the Pegasus. “Oh, Fluttershy… and Angel, I’m sorry I bumped into you, are you okay”

The tone in the Pegasus’ voice was smooth, silent and calming. “Oh yes, I’m quite alright. Why are you dashing around Ponyville at this hour?” The curious Pegasus asked.

Twilight put on a worried frown while answering Fluttershy’s question, “Spike ran away again, I may have hurt his feelings and I’m trying to see if I can catch him before he goes any further” The sentence was rushed but Fluttershy understood.

Fluttershy putting her hoof on her chin as she thought for a moment, a sudden thumping sound came from behind Fluttershy… both Twilight and Fluttershy noticed that Angel was tapping Fluttershy’s back while looking impatient. “Oh sorry Angel, I’ll be with you in a second”

“Twilight, I saw Spike not moments ago. He was leaving Sugar Cube Corner as I was going out for a late night walk with Angel” Twilight liked Fluttershy’s confidence; she stood there waiting for Twilight to answer, or at least acknowledge her.

“So I can still find him if I’m fast enough! Thank you Fluttershy, I better be going now” Twilight ran past Fluttershy who caught eye on Angel.

“I’m sure Spike will be fine Angel” Fluttershy claimed as Angel gave her a reassuring nod.

Twilight galloped across Ponyville to find any sign of where Spike would have lead to. She stopped and thought to herself… I should ask the Cakes at Sugar Cube Corner.

Not moments later she ran through the door of Sugar Cube Corner, which was all but empty beside a Pink coated earth pony beside a couple filly’s “Were sorry Pinkie, we never meant to ruin the cake” Claimed an orange filly with a purple mane.

“Scootaloo, Pinkie… have you seen Spike? I’m looking for him, he wondered off after we had an argument” Pinkie looked round at Twilight and smiled, she pointed towards Sweet Apple Acers.

“Spike said he was going over to visit Applejack… Twilight you want anything like a… Cupcake or muffin?!” Pinkie was always enthusiastic and always acted positively, Twilight liked that but she had better things to do than sit and eat a cupcake with one of her friends.

“No Pinkie, but thanks to the offer, I just need to try and find Spike. I’m getting really worried about him” Twilight put a saddened look on her face as Pinkie nodded in return.

“Okie Dokie Lokie!” Pinkie said with a bit too much happiness in it. Twilight walked off as she heard Scootaloo saying something to Pinkie, Twilight couldn’t make it out and she didn’t bother to try.

Galloping towards Sweet Apple Acers, Twilight caught eye on Applejack who was standing outside her barn, staring at Rainbow Dash’s cloud home. “Applejack?”

“Huh… what in tarnation? Oh hey Twi… how ya doing?” Applejack was in some sort of concentration, or dream as she was staring at Rainbow’s cloud home.

Twilight ran up to Applejack, gasping for air. “Spike… has gone… missing” Catching her breath, she continued her sentence. “I need help to try and find him”

“You don’t need to try and find me Twilight!” came a voice from inside the barn. Twilight looked over at Applejack who seemed just as confused as she was.

“Spike? Can you come outta’ there” Applejack said in a serious tone… the both heard Spike mumble as he opened the barn door. With a sleepy look on his face, Spike walked over to the two and stood there… expecting Twilight to give him a lecture about things he couldn’t even understand.

“Spike! You know better than to run off without my permission! Why did you leave anyway” Twilight turned from worried to angry in a sudden gaze. Spike was wobbling and was losing balance… he was exhausted, Twilight could see it.

“Come here Spike, I’ll get you into bed” Twilight said as she pulled Spike onto her back with her teeth, Twilight then caught eye on Applejack who was focusing on Rainbow’s cloud home again.

“Applejack, why are you so… interested in Rainbow’s house all of a sudden?” Applejack looked round fast at Twilight only with a saddened look on her face.

“Uhh… it is um… nothing, I just really…” She paused to look at it again, then she turned back to Twilight again with an unconvincing smile on her face “I really like her house”

Twilight looked over at the house before walked away from Applejack, nodding and making gestures to explain she had to get going. Applejack just waved good bye and sat on the grass, staring at the house again.

Twilight opened the library door and closed it quietly. She trotted up the stairs and she put Spike into his bed, expecting to get answers the next day. Twilight moved slowly into her bed, falling asleep under the moon’s vivid, luscious light… Luna must have been happy today, she thought as she fell silently asleep.

Chapter 2 - Admirer's Curse

-What if she doesn’t like me… should I ask her?...I don’t know what to do!-

In a sudden gasp, Applejack woke up the next morning… thinking about Rainbow. “What in the name of golden apples has gotten into me? All I can think about is Rainbow… I need to see Twilight about this, I’m mighty sure she’ll know why I’m beginning to have all o’ these strong feelings for Rainbow…”Applejack looked in the mirror and shook her head, causing her mane to fall back into its normal place.

Applejack walked out the door and decided she would try and see Twilight; she was getting worried at the fact that she was caring for someone so much. It was a shock for Applejack when she was beginning to have thoughts she never have had before.

Just then, a toned voice came from behind Applejack “Hey Applejack?” She turned round to notice the one thing she wanted to avoid till she saw Twilight.

“Rainbow… uh… what you doing here?” Applejack tried to hide her discomfort around Rainbow Dash.

“Oh you know, just came to say that the party is almost ready. You know, the one Twilight was planning for Pinkie Pie” Applejack forgot and realised that she wouldn’t get any alone time with Twilight if this party lasted all day… and knowing Pinkie Pie will be there, it would last the entire day.

“Oh… yeah, the party… don’t worry I’ll… I’ll be there” Rainbow noticed that Applejack was uncomfortable, despite Applejacks attempt to hide it. Rainbow could read her like a book.

“Applejack, are you… okay? You seem a bit jumpy today” Applejack knew Rainbow found out. Applejack just gave an unconvincing nod and tipped her hat, as if to say goodbye to Rainbow.

Rainbow just flew off, allowing Applejack to give out a hesitated relived sign. “I have to go see if I can get Twilight before the party starts” She galloped towards the library. Applejack got to the door, she heard Twilight talking to Spike, it must have been something to do with Spike’s midnight trip.

Applejack knocked on the door three times… The door opened with a purple aura around it, she walked in only to see Spike sitting on the floor with Twilight overhead.

“Spike, why did you do that? It got me so worried!” Twilight was upset that Spike went out at night without her permission; Applejack could see it in Twilights expression.

Spike rose from his sitting stance and pointed at Twilight; he had an angry yet tired tone In his voice. “Because I’m not a baby any more, I can go out whenever I want and you ranting at me wasn’t helping!”

Immediately, Spike felt sorry for what he said as Twilights ears flopped down and she had a saddened look on her face.

“I’m sorry Spike, but please tell me next time!” Applejack felt even more emotionally sick, not just from her feelings for Rainbow, but now for how sorry she felt for Twilight.

“Uh… Twilight? Can I talk to you in private about something” Applejack tried to be as gentle as she could with what she said, she didn’t want to upset Twilight more than she already was from the dragon showing authority to her.

“Oh hey Applejack, sure… I have plenty of time before the party starts and I wouldn’t mind having a chat with you” Twilight’s sad and uncomfortable look quickly turned into the normal happy mare she usually was, it was amazing how quickly she could get over something.

Spike walked upstairs again and Twilight motioned to Applejack to head into the room next to her. They entered the room and Twilight shut the door behind them, quietly. “So Applejack, what do you want to talk to me about?”

Applejack froze and thought about what she was going to tell her… -Should I tell her the whole thing? Should I tell her how I feel? Should I even be here?!-

“Uh… Twilight, can you keep this a secret for me? Just you and me.” Twilight gave a happy nod with glee, Applejack knew Twilight wanted to know the secret because of how cheerful she was acting.

“Okay then… well…” After a couple minutes of silence, Applejack came out with it, she said it as if it was breaking to get out… “I have feelings for Rainbow!” It sounded rushed, and Applejack blushed slightly with a frown on her face.

Twilight knew what Applejack meant, she knew that Applejack always had deep feelings for Rainbow, but they were never so… impulsive.

“Are you meaning that you… Lov-” She was cut off by Applejacks shout at her.

“Yes! Twilight, I’ve been having dreams about her; I’ve been paying a lot more attention to her… I feel awkward around her now when I never used to!” Twilight put her hoof on her chin in concentration, it took her a while to process what Applejack was feeling.

“I think you're just growing Applejack, your body has decided that its time to find a partner, it seems to have chosen another mare though” Applejack grew a big red blush over her face, only to have Twilight comfort her by putting a hoof on her shoulder.

“So what do I do Twilight? I can’t just sit here” Twilight knew how to respond to this.

“Maybe you should tell her how you feel about her, you know… act out” Applejack downed her head, facing at the ground… she sounded like she was crying, it was noticeable in her voice.

“I can’t Twi… I just cant, how would Rainbow react? She might think I’m weird, then she would hate me an-” She was stopped by Twilights hoof being put over her mouth, lifting her head up. Only to notice Twilight smiling, it was blurry because of the tears in her eyes.

“Rainbow would never judge you because of something so silly, she would understand it.” It made Applejack smile and hug Twilight; it was the kind of hug that was warm, soft… and full of emotions.

“I still can’t though… she wouldn’t feel the same about me” She frowned again, coming out of the hug. Twilight opened the door and stood at the frame.

“You wont know until it happens” It made Applejack comfortable, she dawned a smile and walked out the door with Twilight, who was taking a book off her shelf with her horn.

“Here… read this, it might help you” She put the book on the table, Applejack walked up to it, only to read the cover.

“Emotions and Feelings” Applejack read the title with a soft calm voice.

“Yeah, it helped me with my filly hood, I’m sure it can help you with what you’re going through” Twilight always had that good sense about her, it was reassuring. It made Applejack happy.

“Thanks Twi, how can I repay you?” Applejack wiped the tears from her cheeks and walked over to Twilight, who was analysing a blueprint of Sugar Cube Corner.

“You could help me make sure this party wont be a disaster” Twilight looked back at Applejack, who nodded and walked over to the check list that Twilight pointed to, Applejack would call out something on the list to have Twilight say if it was all setup.

It’s going to turn out to be an amazing party.

The party was only one hour away when Rainbow decided that she should get moving over to Twilight. She flew across the sky, skimming town hall and lowering down to have a talk with one of her friends, who was leaving the Ponyville Post Office.

“Hey Ditsy? How you been doing?” The lazy eyed Pegasus looked over to where the voice came from, only to notice that it was her Winter Wrap Up captain.

“Hi Rainbow Dash!” The voice was slightly muttered… but Rainbow understood her disability and acted as if she never had it.

“So Ditsy, you going to be at Twilights party?” Rainbow seemed happy to talk to someone who she understood so well, unlike Applejack who was acting strange this morning. But Rainbow never thought of it and decided to let it slip by, after all… Applejack was her friend, she could have been tired.

Ditsy pulled out a letter from her saddlebags and handed it over to Rainbow “I’ll try, I need to finish these… uh… Deliveries!” Reading the letter her head, Rainbow never usually got mail or any form of communication from outside Ponyville.

“What’s this Ditsy?” Rainbow asked, concerned if she got the mail mixed up again.

“It’s your mail!” Ditsy always had a happy attitude. Rainbow liked Ditsy for always being positive despite some lonely years and some mockery because of her out swayed eyes.

“I never get mail… who is it from?”

“Its from… uh… I think it was… Celest… Celestia!” Ditsy had the memory of a goldfish, it caused her to forget a lot of things.

Rainbow grew a huge smile on her face as Ditsy told her who it was from “Princess Celestia? It’s from the Princess!?” Rainbow opened the letter as fast as she could, almost tearing the thing apart. She read the letter out loud, for everypony to hear, as if she was bragging.

“Dear Rainbow Dash.

You have been invited to the annual Wonderbolts meet up at the castle in Canterlot. This invitation was sent from Celestia herself. We hope to see you there. The event will start in seven days.

~~~ Regards, Spitfire.”

“Oh… my… god…” Rainbow shouted really loud, almost everypony within a mile radius heard her. Or at least that’s what it felt like to Rainbow.

“Congratulations Rainbow Dash!” Ditsy said, after she got over the shock of Rainbow’s sudden shout. Ditsy smacked her hooves together, creating a clop sound. She knew how much Rainbow Dash wanted an opportunity like this.

“Ditsy! I can’t thank you enough!” Rainbow and Ditsy hugged each other while everypony wondered what all the noise was about.

“Ditsy, I better get heading over to Twilight’s… I know how much she wants me to be there before the party” Ditsy let go of Rainbow Dash and nodded politely, making her eyes spin in her head a little.

Pinkie was bouncing around in Carousel Boutique as a white coated Unicorn walked through the door with a bunch of gems in her Saddlebags.

“Oh, Pinkie dear, what are you doing here at my store?” Rarity walked slowly over to Pinkie.

“Ohh Rarity! You're back, you see I was bored, so I decided I should come over to see you, but you were not in. So I thought to myself what a surprise it would be for me to be in your shop for when you come back!” she said, still bouncing around Carousel Boutique.

“Well… thank you I guess, but is there anything I can do for you Pinkie… after all your stunning party is going to be ready in less than an hour” Rarity heard Pinkie do a loud gasp and sprung in front of her, slightly startling her.

“A dress, you could make me a pink dress with glitter, streamers, candy… and Cake!!” Pinkie was bouncing all over the shop as Rarity gave out a sigh.

“Pinkie, I already made you a dress like that… remember? You used it at the Gala!” Rarity looking slightly disappointed at Pinkie who seemed to have forgotten they even went to the Gala.

Floating in mid air, Pinkie put her hoof on her chin in concentration. “Ohhh… that dress, I don’t know where it is Rarity!” Rarity pointed over to the small clothes rack.

“It's right where you left it Pinkie, now please do be careful… I don’t want to have to clean up my shop again after what you did last… time…” Rarity hesitated as she heard a loud bang behind her, and stuff falling. Looking round at Pinkie, who was covered in streamers and glitter, Rarity had an angry face on her.

“Oops, my bad!” Pinkie giggled as she launched herself over to the clothes rack.

“Pinkie! Now I have to clean this up… why are you so… messy?” Rarity got startled again as Pinkie appeared in front of her with icing on her face.

“What was that Rarity?” Pinkie was still chewing on food as Rarity backed away in disgust.

“Pinkie! Eww, clean up first, I don’t want you getting icing in my mane!” Rarity went over to the mirror to see if Pinkie’s sudden appearances caused her hair to have anything in it.

“Okie Dokie Lokie!” And Pinkie vanished, allowing Rarity to breath for a moment.

Fluttershy walked into Sugar Cube Corner, only to see that it was covered in streamers and party decorations. She then remembered that the party was today.

“Hey Fluttershy!” Came a voice from behind the counter, Fluttershy looked over to see that Twilight was standing there.

“Oh Twilight, I forgot that the party was today, I’m sorry…” Twilight went over to Fluttershy and placed a hoof on her shoulder, with a small smile on her face.

“Oh don’t worry, it’s fine… you will still stay for the party though? Wont you?” Twilight let go of Fluttershy who gave a satisfied nod of agreement.

“Although Twilight I might have to leave early, my pets will need feeding”

“Of course Fluttershy, we won’t mind” Twilight gave Fluttershy a happy smile.

Just then, Rarity walked through the door… strangely, not wearing anything fancy, in fact… she wasn’t wearing anything. “Uh, hi Rarity… why are you not wearing anything fancy like you normally do?”

“Come on darling, you can’t be serious. This is a party for Pinkie Pie, it’s going to be… messy” Rarity raised an eye up at Twilight who rolled her eyes in realisation.

Rarity walked over to Fluttershy, who was waiting in the corner. “Fluttershy, darling, how are you this fine evening?” Rarity seemed concerned about Fluttershy, who was not as active around Ponyville as she normally was.

“Oh I’m fine Rarity, how have you been?” Fluttershy walked from the corner she was standing in, towards Rarity.

Rarity put a hoof on Fluttershy’s shoulder, Twilight walked behind the counter of Sugar Cube Corner, only to notice a long Rainbow streak heading for the door.

Rainbow Dash flew through the door, almost hitting the wall. The Rainbow streak faded away as she slid across the ground because of all the speed she picked up. “Am I late?” Rainbow seemed concerned; she never wanted to be late when a party was held for Pinkie Pie. She knew how Pinkie could get.

“No Rainbow, in fact… you’re early, why don’t you go talk to Rarity and Fluttershy, I’m still trying to make sure this party doesn’t turn the wrong way” Twilight pulled out a clip board and started writing on it, she was concentrating hard.

Rainbow walked over to Rarity and Fluttershy who were talking… well, Rarity was talking. Rainbow interrupted Rarity, who was talking about how her sales were going up. “Fluttershy, where have you been lately?”

Fluttershy looked over at Rainbow who had a concerned look on her face, “Sorry Rainbow, I’ve just been tending to my animals a lot more, they required my attention” Fluttershy dimmed her head as Rainbow walked over.

“It’s alright Fluttershy, we know how busy you can be… Rarity, what have you been doing lately?” Rarity still looked annoyed at the fact that Rainbow interrupted her while talking to Fluttershy.

“Oh I’m fine Rainbow; I was just telling Fluttershy how good my sales are going. I guess you’re doing the usual napping and flying?” Rainbow put a smile on her face and nodded, Rainbow never took it as an insult because that was generally what she got up to.

Applejack walked through the door with Pinkie Pie blind folded, slowly edging her closer to the table with a cake on it. “Alright Pinkie, be careful… this time let me take off the blindfold before you dig in”

“Oh I’m so excited, what did you guys do, oh i hope there is cake, streamers!” Pinkie took a big gasp “Balloons!!” Twilight smiled as the usual thoughts of Pinkie were true.

“Alright Pinkie, here we are… now let me take the blindfold off” Applejack took the blindfold off and Pinkie saw all her friends standing there in a line.

“Happy Birthday!” they all shouted it louder than anticipated, but Pinkie was busy bouncing around the room in joy that they all threw a party, just for her. It had everything she wanted.

“Oh my god you guys are the best!” Just then, Pinkie dived into the cake on the table. She came out the cake, covered in icing, she swirled her tongue around her body, licking up all the icing that covered her whole body.

They partied for hours, Pinkie was having fun, everypony was. Not shortly after, everypony with an invitation showed up. The first ones to arrive were Bon Bon and Lyra, who always showed up together. Next in came Ditsy who headed straight over to Rainbow as she entered, then Golden Harvest, Berry Punch, Sparkler and many, many more.

Applejack walked up to Rainbow Dash, nervously. Applejack thought in her head –I have to tell her how I feel about her, this is my chance. What if she doesn’t like me any more? What if she will hate me? - Applejack shook her head to get all the bad thoughts out of her head.

Applejack prodded Rainbow, who was in a deep conversation with Ditsy Doo. “Uh Rainbow, can I tell you something?” Rainbow paused her conversation with Ditsy and turned to Applejack, who was shaking in fear.

“Uh sure… Are you okay Applejack? You seem a bit shaky” Rainbow lifted her eye, only making Applejack even more nervous.

“Rainbow… I just wanted… to tell you that… I” Applejack stuttered and paused in fear, Rainbow waited patiently for the thing Applejack had to say.

“Rainbow… I… Lov-” just as she was about to say it, a large bang happened, making the entire building shake. Causing everypony to freeze, in shock and concern on what just happened…

Chapter 3 - The Sacrifice and the Savoir

Rainbow woke up in a hospital, she looked at her wing… it was in bandages. She looked around for anypony to be there, but there was no one. All she remembered was a large explosion, then black. Rainbow got out of her hospital bed and looked out the window, only to see Ponyville in a mess. Sugar Cube Corner was slightly destroyed and the rest of the town looked almost perfect. Rainbow looked to the counter beside her bed; only to see a card… it was a card, from Applejack.

She heard a knock on the door beside her, someone in a hospital uniform walked in with a clipboard under his wing. “Rainbow, what are you doing out of bed? You should be resting; I understand you might not remember much. I’ll explain to you what happened, but might I say… your friend got you out and dragged you to the hospital, she saved your life” Rainbow was stunned, she crawled back into bed, expecting the doctor to tell her what happened and who saved her.

“Doc… who dragged me here?” The doctor looked over at Rainbow and shrugged.

“It was an orange earth pony; she looked tired and slightly bruised. All she said was…”

-Eight hours earlier-

Sugar Cube Corner shook, sending a chill down everypony’s spine. “What the hay was that?!” Applejack looked over at Twilight as she shouted. Twilight looked over in confusion. All the music stopped. everypony was standing still in complete shock.

Twilight galloped towards the door, she gasped in shock over what she saw. “Twilight what is it? Is everything going to be alright?” Rarity was walking towards Twilight to see what she was looking at.

Twilight jumped on top of a table to inform everypony of what was about to happen. “Everypony, listen up… there is a massive hurricane coming towards Ponyville, not only that… but its getting the attention of Dragon, Ponyville is about to be hit by a Dragon and a Hurricane!” Everyone gasped in shock and confusion on what to do.

“I’ll try and redirect the hurricane, its going to be risky… but that’s the only thing that might work!” Everypony made a clear path to where the voice came from, only to see Rainbow walking slowly towards Twilight.

“Rainbow, you can’t be serious! That hurricane will consume you! And even if it does work, you still have a dragon to deal with!” Rainbow put a hoof on Twilight’s shoulder in reassurance.

“Twilight, I know this is dangerous, I’m going to try and redirect the hurricane and hold the dragon off, we need a backup plan for the dragon” Rainbow went into the pose she uses to race, unravelled her wings and prepared to launch herself towards the incoming hurricane.

Applejack went stepped in front of Rainbow, “You cant, that hurricane is to powerful! It’s suicide!” Rainbow gave Applejack a serious look and made a motion for her to move aside.

“That’s a risk I’m willing to take… no one else has a plan, so this will have to do” Twilight pulled Applejack out the way of Rainbow, who was ready to speed out through the door.

“Twilight you cant be serious, Rainbow could die!” Twilight put both front hooves on Applejack’s shoulders.

“And so will we if we don’t let her, it’s the only plan we have and it’s the only one that could actually work!” Applejack gave Twilight a sad look along with an unstable nod.

“Rainbow… if we don’t see you again… we-” Twilight was cut off by Rainbow, who placed a hoof over Twilights mouth.

“I’ll see you all when I get back…” Rainbow pulled her hoof away from Twilights mouth, only to have Twilight hug her and put on a sad smile, Rainbow did the same.

“Move aside everypony!” Rainbow flapped her wings to wake them up, she licked her lips and pulled back, ready to pounce. She shot off with incredible force, everypony’s hair was pulled along with the gust of wind Rainbow left behind, along with the Rainbow streak that soon evaporated.

“So, Doc… you’re saying I risked my life for Ponyville?” Rainbow was shocked at what she was hearing; she was partly stunned at her act of bravery and sacrifice.

“Yes that’s right, you risked your own life for the citizens of Ponyville and if it was not for that brave earth pony… you would be dead by now” The Doctor looked over at Rainbow, who had a happy look on her face. “Now if you will let me continue…”

Everypony that was in Sugar Cube Corner rushed out after Rainbow took off, they all stared at the hurricane that was getting covered by a Rainbow streak.

Rainbow was trying to redirect the hurricane in the direction it came in, she was struggling to get to turn its course. The hurricanes strong wind was not giving up, it was painful on Rainbow’s wings, and they were hurting more than ever.

The hurricane was beginning to head in a different direction; it was shifting to the right, slowly making its way towards the direction of Canterlot. Rainbow would not let this hurricane head for any major part of Equestria; she kept trying to get the hurricane to turn on the Dragon, which was only minutes from reaching Ponyville’s boundaries.

“There… is… a…. Dragon!” Spike rushed up to Twilight in fear, breathless, he leaned on Twilight’s hoof.

“Spike, we know, Rainbow is trying to get that hurricane to change direction… hopefully taking the Dragon with it” Spike suddenly stood in shock looking at the hurricane, then to Twilight.

“You can’t be serious Twilight! Rainbow could die!” Twilight closed her eyes and then looked over at Spike.

“Rainbow knows, if she doesn’t do it, all of Ponyville would get crushed!” Twilight opened her eyes, only to have a small tear drip down onto the ground.

The hurricane sure enough, changed direction. It was heading somewhere that nopony was, back the way it came. Rainbow left the hurricane’s grasp and floated midair. “Yes! I did it! Ponyville is saved!” Just then a hand grabbed onto Rainbow and pulled her towards who ever was holding her. Rainbow was staring into the Dragon’s eyes, a chill of fear jumped down her neck.

The Dragon said nothing and smiled at Rainbow, who was still trembling in fear. The dragon lifted up his hand and quickly slung its arm towards the roof of Sugar Cube Corner. The dragon let go, making Rainbow fly uncontrollably, towards Sugar Cube Corner.

Rainbow let off a scream as she hit the roof of the building. She tried to fly to soften her fall, only to notice that her wing was broken. Instead she fell towards the ground. As she hit the ground she was knocked unconscious and was bleeding badly. Everypony gasped as Rainbow lay on the ground, unconscious. They all galloped away as the Dragon stepped closer towards the town.

Everypony galloped away, except one. Applejack tightly grasped onto Rainbow’s torn mane and hauled Rainbow harder than she had pulled anything in her life. She was fiercely pulling Rainbow. Her hat came off. She ignored it and continued to pull Rainbow’s unconscious body away from Ponyville’s bounds.

The dragon stepped over most of Ponyville and kicked Sugar Cube Corner, tearing it almost in half. Applejack watched as her friend was slowly dyeing, she looked over at Sugar Cube Corner, which was almost entirely destroyed by the mess that the dragon made. Suddenly there was an outburst explosion from Sugar Cube Corner causing some of the building to go flying all across Ponyville, one part of the building lunged for Applejack. Suddenly, she was stuck under some of the framing of the building... she was badly hurt, but she never gave up…

“You’re very lucky to be alive Rainbow Dash… and so is your friend, she was badly hurt and she needed help. But she just walked away, leaving you here” It took a moment to sink into Rainbow’s mind… Applejack risked her own life, to save another. Rainbow hoped she was okay. She got out of bed and walked up to the doctor.

“When do I get to leave Doc? I want to check on Applejack to see if she’s okay” The doctor looked over to Rainbow with a smile on his face, he put a hoof on her shoulder.

“Rainbow, she is fine… she checked in today, still badly bruised… but she is okay, or just very, very lucky. You should be proud to have a friend who dragged you half a mile and risked her own life in the process” The doctor lifted his hoof off Rainbow’s shoulder. Rainbow smiled at the doctor.

Applejack gasped for air as she was slowly getting crushed by the building frame that was on top of her, she looked over at Rainbow’s body. She lifted a hoof, trying to grab her. She then pushed herself out of the framing. She grabbed Rainbow, the more she pulled, the more painful it got, but she was not going to let her friend die.

Applejack got out from the wreckage and continued to pull Rainbow towards the hospital, she looked back at Ponyville which was now partly on fire and half destroyed. Applejack got to the hospital doors. She slammed her hoof on the doors to attract attention.

“Help! Please… Help!” Applejack dropped Rainbow and slowly walked away. The banging attracted the doctor’s attention, who called for other paramedics to grab onto the Rainbow pony on the ground.

“Wait! You need help!” The doctor shouted at Applejack who started limping back to Ponyville. The doctors took in the cyan Pegasus and started to perform procedures on her, slowly mending the wing and cuts.

“And that’s what happened, your friend said she would visit back when you awoke, she shouldn’t be long” The doctor slowly walked out the door and Rainbow climbed back into the hospital bed, waiting for Applejack to arrive.

Rainbow fell asleep on her bed shortly after the doctor left. She slightly opened her eyes to see a nurse at the side of her bed. “Miss Rainbow Dash, you have a visitor… do you want to see her?” Rainbow awoke and nodded slightly to the nurse, who started walking towards the door. She made a gesture that motioned for somepony to come in and stepped aside to let the pony walk in.

Rainbow looked over at the door to see Applejack walk in. She never had her hat on. “Rainbow? You alright?” Applejack’s voice was smooth and calming, Rainbow studied her body, it was heavily bruised and cut, along with a messed up mane. Rainbow leaped off her bed and hugged Applejack tightly, it caught Applejack by surprise.

Rainbow was slightly crying on the Earth pony’s shoulder “Applejack, you saved my life, thank you…” Applejack returned the hug and smiled softly.

“Aw shucks, it was nothing Rainbow. You’re my friend, I would never let you die if my life depended on it” Applejack was crying on Rainbow, only happy her friend was okay and happy. She pulled out from the hug and smiled at Rainbow, who was still slightly sobbing.

In walked four other mares, they came in shortly after Applejack came in. “Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie and Rarity, what are you all doing here?” Rainbow asked in confusion, Pinkie was bouncing around as usual, Fluttershy was slowly walking in behind Twilight, Spike came in after all the other ponies gathered around Rainbow.

Twilight was smiling and looking over at Applejack. “She told us everything Rainbow, Applejack saved your life, we came here to bring emotional support” Rainbow hugged Twilight as she walked up to her. Fluttershy and Rarity were talking to Applejack, who was looking out the window to Ponyville.

“If it wasn’t for Applejack, you wouldn’t be here. What she did was the bravest thing I’ve ever seen… and I’m sorry for running away when you needed help Rainbow” Everypony nodded as Rainbow walked over to Applejack, who was slowly walking out the room.

“Applejack, wait!” Applejack turned around and looked at Rainbow with a smile on her face.

“Thank you… you saved me, how can I repay you?” Applejack turned round again and was about to walk out as she turned her head over to Rainbow Dash.

“You already have Rainbow” Applejack walked out the room. Everypony had their eyes on Rainbow, who was walking back to her bed as the doctor walked in.

“Miss Rainbow Dash? You will be alright to leave in a couple hours, your wing wont be functional until its fully repaired, so we’re putting your wing in a brace and letting you leave” Pinkie walked out with the doctor, still bouncing.

Rainbow looked over to Twilight who was smiling and making a motion to follow her, “Come on, let’s go” Rainbow followed slowly behind as her wing twitched and slightly hurt. Twilight saw Rainbow’s pain and put a hoof round her neck and tucked her wing in and held it down.

They got to the counter of the hospital as the doctor came out from behind the desk, “Miss Rainbow, you’re wanting the brace I’m assuming?” Rainbow nodded as the doctor went out one door and came out another with some sort of laced chest case.

“Hold still Rainbow, we can’t do this with you moving around… oh and this might hurt a little” The doctor fixed the strap around Rainbows chest. Twilight took her arm off Rainbow. There was a small crack as Rainbow’s wing was shoved into place to repair. The doctor then covered the straps, slowly, trying not to hurt Rainbow.

The doctor stepped back as Rainbow was fitting into her new wing brace. “There you go Miss Rainbow Dash, you wont be able to go into your house for about two to three days” Rainbow opened her mouth as if to ask him why, but then realised what he meant.

“Looks like I’m going to have to stay with one of you guys for a while” Applejack got a realisation that she could make her move on Rainbow this way. She thought about it for a while.

“I wouldn’t mind you staying with me Rainbow, I have an extra bedroom down bellow the library” Applejack looked over at Twilight in disappointment, as if to say to her… -This was my chance to get closer to her!- But Applejack kept her disappointment small and acted as if she was happy.

Everypony left the hospital, slowly following Rainbow who was following Twilight back to her library. Applejack never moved and just stared as her four other friends walked away, the fifth… she wanted to be her lover…

Author Stuff:

This took me longer to do than any other chapter I’ve done currently, why? Because I don’t like writing stuff involving hurt on other people, despite a pony being completely different, Rainbow Dash is my favourite. So hurting her hurt me too, this chapter took me about 3-7 days to write, when I normally write a chapter in roughly 1-3 days.

Why am I telling you this? Because I want you guys/girls to see it from my perspective on how I write my stuff.

~~~ MrDynasty.

PS. Thanks to my Girlfriend for supporting me through my addiction of a show for little girls.

Chapter 4 - Emotions of a Hero

“Rainbow, are you sure about this? Applejack wouldn’t just… do something like that without a reason!” Twilight was looking over at Rainbow who was still shaking.

“I don’t know Twilight, I need time to think... this is very hard for me to explain, but I think we both know that Applejack had something with me” Twilight stared at the ground for a couple seconds.

“She must have had a reason…” Twilight put a hoof on her chin as Rainbow trotted in circles rubbing her face.

Twilight looked over to Rainbow, who noticed and turned to Twilight. “What if…”

-Two days earlier-

Spike was sleeping on the couch as Twilight opened the door and walked in with Rainbow, who had her wings locked up tight, to stop them from moving. “You can stay here for as long as you want Rainbow, I don’t mind… Oh, wake up Spike if you can, he should be working on the space analysis book”

Rainbow nodded and walked over to Spike, who was in a deep sleep. “Hey uh… Twilight?” Rainbow looked over to Twilight who was working on a book she picked up from the floor.

“Yes Rainbow?” Twilight never made any motion and was still reading at the same time.

“How do dragons react when water is dropped on them?” Twilight turned round and giggled as she knew exactly where Rainbow was heading, she used her magic to create a temporal bucket and made it float over to Rainbow, who grasped it in her mouth.

Rainbow went outside and filled the bucket with the cold water from the hose outside the library. She walked back in with a freezing cold bucket of water and trotted up the stairs to a point where the bucket was lying just above Spike. “You sure I can do this?” Rainbow asked, almost dropping the bucket.

Twilight looked over to Rainbow and giggled again. “Yes you can, he deserves it for walking off into Ponyville” Twilight grinned and closed her book to watch as Rainbow was about to drop the water all over the couch that Spike was sitting on.

“You are cruel you know that?!” Spike walked up to Rainbow and Twilight who were laughing hysterically. Spike squeezed his tail to get most of the water out from his scales.

“Sorry Spike, me and Rainbow couldn’t resist… and you do sleep a lot more than you should” Twilight was smiling at Spike who was still shivering from cold water.

Rainbow walked into the basement of the library. Twilight followed slowly behind. “This is where you will be sleeping Rainbow, I know it’s not that special, but it works” Rainbow sat on the bed next to some electrical equipment.

“What is this for Twi…? I’ve never seen these before, when did you get all this… sciencey stuff?” Rainbow looked around the room, it was almost fully empty, and the only things in the room were a small table, a chair, a bedside cabinet and the bed she was sitting on.

Twilight walked up to the electrical equipment and turned the power off on them “Remember when I tried to get readings off Pinkie’s Pinkie sense?” Twilight used her magic to teleport the technology out of the room.

Rainbow nodded, came off the bed and walked towards Twilight as she was focusing on getting the science equipment out the basement. “What are you doing Twilight?” Twilight was still concentrating hard as she answered Rainbow’s question.

“I’m trying to move this out of here so I can have more room to put in more… civilized stuff” Rainbow walked out of the basement after Twilight answered her question.

“Where are you going Rainbow?” Twilight saw Rainbow walk out and up to the main level of the library, Rainbow walked through the doorframe just to see Twilight looking up at her.

Rainbow took almost no time to answer. “I’m just going for a walk to clear my head, I might go visit Applejack too” Twilight put a hoof on her chin.

“Alright then, but remember that you can’t use your wings, you could get badly hurt” Rainbow nodded and waved to Twilight.

Rainbow opened the door outside. The day was beautiful and luscious and the sun’s rays shined on her coat. There weren’t even any clouds in the sky which just made the day better.

Ponyville was lucky that it never got hit harder than it did, Sugar Cube Corner was getting repaired and every other building was getting redone, all the paint was burned off and some tiles were getting put back on to the buildings.

The town looked like a mess, but they were cleaning it up pretty quickly. Rainbow walked into the middle of the town, where Sugar Cube Corner was. She looked at the building. It was crumpled, destroyed and the framing was still on the ground beside the store.

“Dashie! You’re here, what made you come over to Sugar Cube Corner… well, what’s left of it?” Pinkie was hopping around Rainbow; she seemed excited… a bit too excited.

“Pinkie, are you happy about the store getting destroyed?” Pinkie froze mid-air and looked over to Rainbow, who fell from her short hover.

“Happy? Why would I be happy that the greatest sweet treat store in Equestria got destroyed?” Pinkie then put a hoof on her chin. “Ohh… you mean my bouncing? Well I always try and stay positive!” Rainbow raised one eyebrow and Pinkie looked at her in confusion.

“Pinkie, there are no positives to your favourite store getting destroyed” Rainbow said, confident that she could speak some sense into Pinkie. Pinkie only smiled and bounced around again. Rainbow was still confused at what positives there could be.

Pinkie stopped and put a hoof round Rainbow’s shoulder. “The shop is getting redone! We will have even more stuff to make cakes, cupcakes and muffins with! It’s going to be amazing! Don’t you agree Dashie?” Rainbow gave off a sudden sigh of defeat, she expected Pinkie to be smart enough that she would understand her statement, but she never knew she was smart enough to make her own point in the face of the logical side of life, it was clever what Pinkie said.

Rainbow just nodded slightly, Pinkie bounced away as Rainbow was slowly edging towards Sweet Apple Acers. Rainbow was trotting slowly, admiring the great day… when suddenly she got hit by a scooter, on the scooter was her dedicated fan and idoliser. “Scootaloo, what are you doing speeding around Ponyville?”

Scootaloo immediately hugged Rainbow tightly, Rainbow felt a little uncomfortable. “Rainbow Dash! You’re okay! I was just speeding to the hospital to see if you were alright, I heard what you did. You’re amazing!” Rainbow swam in the glory her friend stated, and then Rainbow remembered the true hero.

“Scoots, I think the real hero was Applejack, she saved me from dying. She should have more glory than I should have” Rainbow smiled down at Scootaloo.

Scootaloo smiled back and hugged her again, only sending small chills down Rainbow’s spine. “I should thank her too I guess?” Rainbow nodded and Scootaloo went and searched for her scooter, she found it and got on it.

“Hey scoot, are you heading to Sweet Apple Acers?”

“Yeah, why?” Scootaloo looked back at Rainbow, she was slowing down her scooter.

“I’m heading to Sweet Apple Acers too, so we could go together” Scootaloo motioned for Rainbow to follow her, they talked about how Rainbow stopped the hurricane and Rainbow asked how Scootaloo was doing in school and how she was doing with her friends.

The usual was said, Scootaloo, Sweetie and Applebloom were trying different ways to get their cutie marks. Scootaloo said they tried tennis, alchemy and even tried reading. After Scootaloo finished talking about the adventures she had with her friends, Rainbow asked where the two were on the night of the hurricane.

“Were they at the party? Because I never saw them there and I heard they got invited” Scootaloo just shrugged.

“I’ve never seen them for about 4 days, they don’t seem to be home today either” Rainbow thought about how they might have gotten hurt.

Scootaloo saw that Rainbow was thinking hard on something, she had an idea of what it was and decided to try and comfort her. “I’m sure they’re okay, it’s not like them to not be home, but they could just be doing something”

It never really comforted Rainbow, as she was still concerned of where the two of them were. Rainbow decided that after she went to Sweet Apple Acers, she would go visit Rarity to see if she knew anything about where the two fillies were.

“So Scoots, is there any reason why you’re going to Sweet Apple Acers?” Scootaloo hesitated to answer as she turned round to look at Rainbow.

“I’m going over to see if Applebloom was there, you know? See if she is okay” Rainbow raised an eye at Scootaloo.

“Why wouldn’t Applebloom be okay?” Scootaloo just shrugged and continued leading Rainbow to Sweet Apple Acers.

They reached the barn of Sweet Apple Acers as Applejack finished carrying the last of the bad apples into her barn. Applejack caught eye of Rainbow and Scootaloo and decided to walk over to them. “Howdy partners, what can I do for you” Scootaloo came up to Applejack, Applejack just motioned towards the barn.

Scootaloo just trotted into the barn and Applejack looked back over to Rainbow, who was smiling at her. “So Rainbow, what can I do for you?” Rainbow just placed a hoof on Applejacks shoulder.

“I’m only here to say thanks again, is there anything I can do to for you, I’d feel guilty if I never helped you with something” Applejack smiled back at Rainbow and hugged her, she felt the need to tell her that she had stronger feelings for her than any other pony she ever met.

Rainbow returned the hug in comfort. She started feeling weird as the hug lasted longer than they ever hugged before. “Uhh, Applejack?” Applejack opened her eyes and pulled back out of the hug.

“Oh, sorry Rainbow… I uh… got a little carried away” Rainbow smiled, allowing Applejack to sigh in relief that Rainbow never suspected anything.

“Would you like to help me harvest some of these apples?” Rainbow placed a hoof on her back to say that she couldn’t do any hard work that required strength. Applejack realised and nodded, she should have known Rainbow wouldn’t be able to do any hard work.

“How’s the wing sugar cube?” Applejack asked as Rainbow felt the need to try and shake them.

“Been better, but it’s fine, thanks to you” Rainbow smiled and walked over to Applejack.

Applejack just placed a hoof onto Rainbow’s shoulder and smiled, “I wouldn’t let my any of my friends die, especially not you Rainbow Dash”

They went in for another hug, pulled out after a while and stood there for a moment. Applejack was looking into Rainbow’s eyes. They were amazing, the shade of purple made her eyes stand out, lustfully.

Rainbow’s coat was light blue, cyan, it was magnificent. It let of a glow of colour than stood out from every other pony she knew, it was beautiful…

Rainbow’s mane was glorious, truly the greatest in Equestria. It was really shiny and colourful, Applejack couldn’t take her eyes off those beautiful eyes, then her mane and then her coat… she was magnificent.

Rainbow walked home from Sweet Apple Acers, still thinking to why Applejack always went into a trance when ever she was near her, she thought nothing of it and just entered Twilights library.

As Rainbow walked in, she saw Twilight sitting down with a frown on her face. “Twilight, what’s wrong?” Rainbow trotted over to Twilight, it looked as if she was crying, if she wasn’t just now, she was earlier.

Twilight just looked over at Rainbow and stood up and walked towards the book she was reading, Rainbow just raised her eye in confusion. She looked around, normally Spike would be cleaning up the library, but he wasn’t even here.

Rainbow suspected that what Twilight was upset about was something to do with Spike, as that could have been the only thing. “Twilight, is this something to do with Spike?” Twilight turned around and just nodded slightly, she then carried on reading.

Rainbow put a hoof on Twilights shoulder, “Tell me what happened Twilight, I’m sure I can help” Twilight took in a deep breath and smiled at how Rainbow was always so supportive, she was the element of loyalty for a reason.

“I may have got Spike annoyed again, but this time he left and said he wasn’t coming back” Rainbow raised an eye at the fact that this happened before, why would Twilight be so upset about it this time… just then Rainbow noticed a small red patch on her cheek.

Rainbow ran her hoof down Twilights cheek, she frowned at Twilight. “Did… did he hit you?” Twilight nodded sadly, Rainbow took her hoof off Twilight and gave her a hug.

“It was an accident, he never meant to…” Rainbow looked at her in confusion “He was arranging the books in the upper level of the library, he walked down with a book in his hand, he threw it in my direction and it hit me”

“Didn’t he say sorry?” Twilight shook her head.

“Why not? Did you anger him or something? He would never do something like that” Twilight just shrugged.

“I think he meant to throw it at me, but I don’t think he expected it to hit me. I guess I may have over reacted at him and he walked out, leaving this… mess behind him” Twilight pointed to the library floor, it was covered in books.

Rainbow just went over and cleaned up the floor, it took Rainbow one hour to clean up the entire library. It would have taken Spike twenty minutes to clean it up. “Alright, the library is back to what it used to be, you okay Twilight?”

“Yes, I’m fine…” Twilight was still sad; Rainbow could see that she would start crying at anytime.

Rainbow walked over to Twilight, she was reading a book… it looked to be her diary or some sort of journal, the book had a small patch of blood on it in the corner. “Is that the book he hit you with?” Twilight closed it and nodded.

“Its more of a journal, he must have read it and saw some of the things I wrote about him… they’re nothing bad, it’s just that I wrote some things that might have upset him” Twilight just used magic to put the journal upstairs and under her bed.

Rainbow just hugged Twilight. It was an emotional hug that Twilight needed. It was comfortable, beautiful and warm. Twilight let her emotions spill out, she started crying onto Rainbow, her crying was happy and was the most emotional thing she ever did with the loyal Pegasus.

Spike came up to the door of the library, he was upset that he hurt Twilight and just wanted to sleep over it. He hesitated before opening the door, when he opened it, he saw Rainbow hugging onto Twilight. He tried not to make a sound. Twilight was crying on Rainbow… it hurt Spike inside, knowing that he upset Twilight so much.

He decided that he wouldn’t move until they finished their hug, at that moment, Rainbow turned round to see Spike standing there. Spike looked as if he was going to cry too, he only walked in and shut the door quietly. He never wanted to disturb their hug. He put a finger over his mouth as he walked in. Rainbow noticed that he wanted to keep quiet and just let him do what he wanted to do.

Spike walked up the stairs, into the bedroom. Twilight opened her eyes as he entered the room, she never moved as she was too immersed in her friend’s wet coat. Eventually, Rainbow pulled Twilight onto the couch in the library. Rainbow hauled Twilight on top of her. Twilight fell asleep first; allowing Rainbow to look at her… she was beautiful…

Chapter 5 - Sunlight Kiss

Rainbow was worried. She never knew what to do “Should I talk to her?” Twilight just nodded and placed a hoof on Rainbow.

Rainbow pulled away from Twilights hoof to head towards the door, accidentally dropped a letter on her way out. Twilight walked over to the letter Rainbow dropped, she picked it up with her magic and read it over.

Twilight was shocked at how important this letter was. Why did Rainbow not tell her that she had got an invite to such an important event…?

-1 day earlier-

Rainbow woke up from her long sleep. Twilight was lying beside her. She remembered what happened from the previous night. Rainbow ran her hoof down Twilights mane, it was soft and flat. Twilight moved, it caused Rainbow to take her hoof from her mane and stand up.

Rainbow noticed Spike, who was reading a book. “Hey uh… Spike?” Spike turned round clenching the book, he looked surprised.

“Oh hey… Rainbow, what are you doing up this early?” Rainbow looked at a clock in the library, it read 5:30. It was still slightly dark outside, the sun was rising and the day was about to begin.

“…What are YOU doing up this early Spike?” Rainbow tried to make this conversation about Spike instead of him trailing off from the subject, Spike just put on an angry face; he knew what Rainbow was doing and he didn’t like it.

“Fine… I’m reading my diary okay?” Rainbow was about to say that the book he was reading was Twilights, when she noticed that the cover was different.

“Why are you reading your diary? In fact, never mind, I want to know why you hit Twilight with her diary” Rainbow went serious and showed Spike that she was eager to know what happened.

Spike put the book down on the table and pointed to Twilight, who was still sleeping. “She agonises me and keeps saying that I cant care for myself, she never says it upfront to me, but her journal made it pretty clear… yes, I read it, so what?” Spike walked up the stairs with the book in his hand. He placed it inside his small bed and walked back down stairs.

“That doesn’t answer my question Spike” Spike just looked over to Rainbow with his eye raised up.

“I threw the book down at Twilight, I never meant it to hit her. The reason I never said sorry was because of the fact that I was too annoyed to say anything… that answer your question?” Spike just walked away from Rainbow and started to rummage through some old books that Twilight owned.

Twilight opened her eyes and looked round the room, she saw Rainbow standing beside her workplace and Spike was walking around the room with a book in his hand.

Spike looked over to Twilight, he felt awkward beside her. Rainbow noticed Twilight woke up. Twilight stood up off the couch and walked over to Rainbow.

“I feel uncomfortable beside Spike, should I talk to him?” Rainbow put a hoof on Twilight and smiled. Twilight took this as a yes and headed over towards Spike. Spike was eager to avoid Twilight, he leaned up against a wall in the library and dug his head into the book he picked up.

“Spike? Can we talk?” Spike lowered the book and looked at Twilight, his face had no expressions.

“Spike… I’m sorry about saying that you’re a child. I’m happy that you think you’re ready for self-care, I just have to make sure… and anyway you’re my… son, pretty much, I have to care for you as one” Spike placed the book on the floor and walked away from Twilight. Twilights ears flopped down and she looked at the ground, just then, she felt someone hug her neck.

Spike was hugging Twilight tightly. She returned the hug and saw that Spike was going into an emotional state. Twilight ran her hoof down Spike’s scales slowly.

“I’m sorry Twilight, I shouldn’t have thrown that book at you, and I shouldn’t have been so judgemental. Can you forgive me?” Twilight nodded and pulled out from the hug. Rainbow just sat and watched, she then thought about her own emotional states with her friends, she also thought about her pet and what he meant to her.

“Twilight, I’m going to go take a walk, see you later?” Twilight turned around and nodded at Rainbow. Spike walked over to the couch and sat on it. Twilight just decided to continue her studies on organic material and toxic gasses.

-Eight hours later-

Rainbow opened the door to Fluttershy’s house; it was almost abandoned except for one little bunny rabbit. “Angel, have you seen Fluttershy?” Angel just shook her head and pointed towards Ponyville.

“Uh… thanks, I’m just wanting to check up on how she is doing” Angel made no expression and just hopped off to Fluttershy’s couch. Rainbow walked out and trotted off to Ponyville.

Once Rainbow reached Ponyville, she saw that Sugar Cube Corner was almost fully repaired. Pinkie Pie was painting it again and hanging upside down from a robe she tied herself onto. “Uh Pinkie? Need help?”

Pinkie looked over to Rainbow and waved “Hi Dashie! No thanks; I don’t need help painting, after this I’m going to make some muffins!” That was pretty random, thought Rainbow, but knowing Pinkie, everything is random.

Rainbow just trotted off to see if she could find Fluttershy, instead Rainbow bumped into her long time lazy eyed friend. “Oh hey Ditsy, I never saw you there… how’s it hanging?” Ditsy looked at Rainbow with a happy look on her face.

“Rainbow Dash! I’m good, how about you?” Ditsy pulled Rainbow into a hug, not noticing that her wings were bound, she put her hooves around Rainbow’s wings.

“Ah… Ditsy, my wings are locked up, please don’t put pressure on them… but I’m good anyway” Ditsy pulled back and flopped her ears down.

“Oh sorry Rainbow Dash, are you okay? Oh! I also have a package from Spitfire for you!” Rainbow’s expression changed from casual happy to ecstatic.

“Don’t hesitate then Ditsy, give it to me!” Rainbow forgot that Ditsy asked her a question, but she was too focused on wanting the package. Ditsy pulled out a small package with Rainbow’s name on it. It said it was from Spitfire.

Rainbow took the package from Ditsy and mauled it open, inside was a pair of Wonderbolts goggles, they had Spitfire’s signature on them. Rainbow put them on to see how they looked. “What do you think Ditsy?” Ditsy said nothing, but instead just clopped her hooves together.

Rainbow took them off and placed them back in the package they came in, Rainbow then motioned to Ditsy as if to say goodbye. They both waved their hooves at each other. Ditsy just took off to finish her deliveries.

Rainbow forgot about wanting to visit Fluttershy, instead she headed back to the library to settle down for the evening. She thought that Twilight would have been done with her studies by now, but when Rainbow opened the door to the library, she saw Twilight sleeping on the ground.

Spike was huddled up next to Twilight, it looked really cute to Rainbow… she just walked in, closed the door quietly and walked into the basement where Twilight set up her bed.

Rainbow placed the package down on the table next to her bed; she then leapt onto her bed and decided she would sleep for the rest of the day. She should visit Fluttershy tomorrow to see if Fluttershy was okay.

It was getting dark out and Rainbow soon fell asleep on her temporary bed, she hoped she wouldn’t wake until tomorrow, as she shouldn’t disturb Fluttershy until the morning.

“Uhh, my head… what the hay did I do last night?” Applejack leaned up from her bed. She slowly edged out of her bed and walked over to the small table with her hat on it.

Applejack put on her hat and walked out her room, she saw Applebloom trotting up the stairs with Scootaloo. “Applebloom, what are you doing up so early?” Applejack was concerned as Scootaloo never went home for the entire night.

“Oh hi big sister, I was just talking to Scootaloo” The two fillies walked past Applejack.

Applejack trotted down the stairs and saw that Granny Smith was making some of her best apple pie. Applejack decided she would skip breakfast and head straight for Twilights; she wanted more emotional support with her relationships and thought that Twilight would be the best mare to talk to about this stuff.

Applejack walked out of Sweet Apple Acers and followed the path to the middle of Ponyville, on the way she caught glimpse of a cyan Pegasus, she realised that this was Rainbow.

She never wanted to see anypony before she got to Twilights, but they were both heading in the same path, she thought that initialising conversation with Rainbow would keep everything casual.

Rainbow walked over to Applejack, and then Applejack froze and couldn’t move. “Uh, Rainbow? Can we talk?” Rainbow stopped and stood across from Applejack. Sweat was dripping from Applejack, she was so nervous, she never knew why.

“Uh sure Applejack, what you want to talk about?” Applejack couldn’t hold it in any longer. Applejack’s hat fell off as she quickly moved her head over to Rainbows… Rainbow froze in realisation, knowing… Applejack was kissing her…

It was soft, they were both touching lips. Rainbow was dumbstruck. Her face turn bright red, she couldn’t move, she couldn’t do anything. Applejack was enjoying the time they spend kissing, Rainbows eyes were wide open, staring at the orange coated mare.

Rainbow muttered through this kiss, but Applejack never let go, she never stopped the kiss that seemed to last forever. Then suddenly a voice called out from the side.

“Rainbow?!” Applejack heard this and her ears rose, she opened her eyes and let go of Rainbow. Rainbow’s face was still bright red. She never blinked and just stared at Applejack.

Twilight was galloping towards the two mares. Applejack launched herself into a galloping state and ran from Rainbow Dash. Twilight was out of breath “Rainbow… were you two-” Twilight was cut off by Rainbow’s sudden yell.

“Yes! I mean…. No! I mean…” Rainbow looked over to Twilight who was trying to spot Applejack. But before Rainbow could continue her sentence, Twilight placed a hoof over Rainbows mouth.

“It’s okay Rainbow, we’ll talk about this… come back to the library with me” Rainbow just followed Twilight back to the library.

Rainbow felt so embarrassed to walk around Ponyville with everyone able to see that she was bright red. Twilight opened the door to the library and walked over to the door that led to the basement of the library.

“Rainbow, in here… we can talk in private” Twilight seemed pretty eager to talk about what happened, Rainbow just followed without argue.

Twilight closed the door and locked it as they both got in the basement. “Okay Rainbow, I understand what is going on…” Twilight paused as she was about to tell Rainbow a secret. “Applejack… I can’t explain it!” Rainbow stood there…

Rainbow looked over to Twilight with a worried face. “I never knew anything about this!” Twilight just placed a hoof on Rainbow. “What’s going on, why did Applejack kiss me?!”

“Rainbow, are you sure about this? Applejack wouldn’t just… do something like that without a reason!” Twilight was looking over at Rainbow who was still shaking.

“I don’t know Twilight, I need time to think... this is very hard for me to explain, but I think we both know that Applejack must have wanted something with me” Twilight stared at the ground for a couple seconds.

“She must have had a reason…” Twilight put a hoof on her chin as Rainbow trotted in circles rubbing her face.

Twilight looked over to Rainbow slightly; Rainbow noticed and turned to Twilight. “What if…” Twilight sighed and looked over at Rainbow.

“Rainbow… only a couple days ago, Applejack came to me for emotional support. Her body was ready for a partner, to find a lover… she thinks it’s you, she has feelings for you… Rainbow… she loves you” Rainbow’s mouth fell open in shock.

“She… she loves me? Twilight, I’ve had feelings for Applejack too, but they were never as far as… this” Twilight nodded in response.

“I’m afraid this is true Rainbow, but I have no say in this… it’s up to you to either embrace this… or leave Applejack alone” Rainbow flopped her ears down, knowing that she had a major choice to make.

She looked up and looked at Twilight, Rainbow was worried and she never knew what to do “Should I talk to her?” Twilight just nodded and placed a hoof on Rainbow.

Rainbow pulled away from Twilights hoof and headed towards the door, she accidentally dropped a letter on her way out. Twilight walked over to the letter Rainbow dropped, she picked it up with her magic and read it over.

Twilight was shocked at how important this letter was, why did Rainbow not tell her that she had gotten invited to such an important event. “Rainbow? You got invited to the Wonderbolts reunion?”

Rainbow looked round at Twilight “Uh… yeah” Twilight looked over to Rainbow and gave her the letter she dropped.

“Congratulations Rainbow! That’s amazing that Spitfire herself would invite you to one of the biggest events in Canterlot history!” Twilight hugged onto Rainbow in joy that her friend would get a chance to finally complete her life dream of joining the Wonderbolts.

“Twilight… I should get going to Sweet Apple Acers” Twilight let go of Rainbow and opened the door for Rainbow, Twilight nodded and motioned for Rainbow to go out first.

“You head to Sweet Apple Acers, I’ll catch up on my studies, I missed out on them yesterday” Rainbow just trotted towards the entrance door of the library, it was still bright out and sunny.

Rainbow opened the door and trotted out slowly, she decided to take her time. Her feelings for Applejack were strong, but never as strong as she thought they could get. Kissing Applejack felt right, but at the same time, it felt wrong.

She didn’t know what to do; instead she would let fate decide how this plays out… Applejack meant allot to Rainbow, she never wanted to lose her as a friend, yet she never wanted to go far in their friendship. She never even thought she would have a choice to…

Applebloom was walking around in Sweet Apple Acers with Scootaloo when she heard a faint crying sound coming from the barn net to them. Applebloom looked over at Scootaloo, Scootaloo shrugged. They walked over to the door of the barn and knocked on it.

Nothing was said, but the sound of faint crying was still coming from inside the barn, they opened the door and saw Applejack lying on the ground with her head between her hooves.

“Big sister? Are you okay?” Applejack raised her head and looked over to Applebloom; she never said anything and just dimmed her head down, back into her hooves.

Applebloom motioned for Scootaloo to stay where she was and Applebloom trotted over to Applejack slowly. “Applejack, what are you doing here? This isn’t like you!” Applejack lifted her head and moved slightly.

“Applebloom, I can’t tell you. You wouldn’t understand, but can you just leave me here… I’ll be out when I’m ready” Applejack’s face suddenly twitched as she started to slightly sob into her hooves again. Scootaloo just went over to Applebloom and tugged her shoulder.

“Applebloom, you head her, we should just let her figure this out for herself” Applebloom knocked Scootaloo’s hoof off her and trotted towards Applejack again.

“Big sister, I’m sure we can help, please tell us what happened” Applejack stood up and trotted towards Applebloom. Applejack placed a hoof on her shoulder and smiled.

“I know you can, but this is to do with me and another pony…” Applebloom looked at the ground and was about to trot away, just when Applejack pulled her in for a hug. Applebloom caught eye on Scootaloo, who was doing the usual gag motion of pointing to her throat.

Applebloom just ignored Scootaloo, but instead, she loved the hug that she and her sister had. It was the softest hug they shared in a long time, Applebloom enjoyed every second of it.

“Uh… Big sister?” Applebloom pulled out the hug and looked down at Applebloom.

“Yeah?” Applejack still had tears on her cheeks, but she was smiling.

“What happened to your hat?” Applejack placed a hoof on her head, only to notice that hr hat was gone, she instantly realised that she dropped it when she kissed Rainbow.

“Uh… I’m not sure Applebloom, I think it might be… uh… in my bedroom, I’m not sure” Applejack got nervous as Applebloom knew that she was lying, Applebloom just smiled and walked out with Scootaloo.

It gave Applejack time to think about what she did. What was she going to say to Rainbow the next time she sees her? How will this affect their friendship? Applejack got even more worried about this the more she thought of the possibilities of something bad happening.

Applejack was about to leave the barn when she head a sudden knock on the door of the barn, Applejack suspected that it was Applebloom again. A bright cyan coated mare walked in the barn as Applejack was about to walk out, she stepped back as Rainbow Dash came through the door.

Chapter 6 - The Emotional Truth

“Are you Miss… Rainbow Dash?” The royal guard came out the train as it stopped outside Ponyville.

“Yes I am, why… are you here, there really is no need. I could have just gotten on the train by myself.” The Guard came up to Rainbow Dash and nodded slightly.

“I’ve been sent here to escort you to the Wonderbolts themselves.” The voice was stern and deep, it sent chills down Rainbow’s spine.

“Well, that’s nice. But, can you give me a minute? I need to do something important.” The guard nodded and waited before he said anything.

“Miss Rainbow Dash, once you go to Canterlot, you might not be coming back” The guard said this with a very serious tone, it upset Rainbow.

“Why? Can’t I come back after the reunion?” The guard shook his head and passed over a letter to Rainbow. The letter read; To Rainbow Dash. You have been invited to join the Wonderbolts themselves, along with going on tour with them across Equestria.

Rainbow should have been happy, but she was sad that she might not get to see her friends ever again. It was upsetting to know that she would never get to see Applejack again.

-Two days earlier-

“Applejack, you got a minute?” Rainbow walked into the barn that Applejack was in, it was warm and well built. Rainbow looked over to Applejack, who had a worried expression her face.

Applejack looked away from Rainbow Dash, her tone was sad. “I’m sorry Rainbow, I shouldn’t have done that to you, it was stupid of me to think you would actually like me in that way” Rainbow walked over to Applejack and put a hoof on her shoulder.

“Applejack, this hasn’t done anything to our friendship. You expressed your feelings, there was nothing wrong in that… I’m not that sure about my own sexuality yet, so if you wanted… we could… try and see if we could work this out?” Applejack raised her head and looked at Rainbow; she had a gentle smile on her face and was holding onto her shoulder.

Just then, it caught Applejack by surprise. Rainbow kissed Applejack. It was comfortable and soft, they both closed their eyes and enjoyed the time they spend with each other, and it was making both Applejack and Rainbow’s cheeks burn up.

Rainbow pulled out from the kiss and hugged onto Applejack, their coats were soft and they both enjoyed every moment they spent together. Rainbow thought on breaking the silence. “I’m willing to try anything Applejack” Applejack just walked away from Rainbow and laid down on the ground.

Applejack motioned for Rainbow to come over and lay with her for the night. “Its getting dark Rainbow, maybe you should stay here with me?” Rainbow looked outside and saw the sun slowly edging down the sky, Rainbow nodded, walked over and laid next to Applejack.

Applejack took off her hat and put it on Rainbow, then they kissed again, they got more used to it the more they did it. Rainbow was still unsure of her own sexuality, was she a lesbian? Was she bisexual? Only time would tell, they were hugging each other softly and calmly.

Rainbow nuzzled Applejack and stared at her coat, they both felt comfortable beside each other... but Rainbow was still concerned at how she felt about Applejack. Rainbow continued cuddle Applejack, they both fell asleep on the barn floor shortly after nuzzling each other.

Rainbow never felt happier…

The birds were chirping and the morning was bright, Applejack woke up from her deep sleep. She suddenly remembered what she did last night. She was happy that Rainbow was able to see it in her perspective instead of being judgmental like most ponies were.

“Rainbow, how did you sle-” She cut her self off when she looked up and around the barn, Rainbow was nowhere to be found. She stood up and looked back down at the floor that Rainbow laid on.

On the floor was a note, she looked down to read it. “To Applejack, I had to leave you… I need time to think, it’s nothing about you… It’s me, please understand. Don’t look for me.”
~~~ Rainbow Dash.”

Applejack’s heart died down in speed as she read the note, it was upsetting to know that she may have done something wrong. She started to sob quietly, she dimmed her head down, noticing that something fell off her head. It was her hat.

Rainbow left her in the barn, her not knowing when she left or why. She thought that the only way to solve this problem was to avoid it. Applejack sat down in the barn, sobbing quietly to herself.

She head small clopping sounds coming from outside the barn, it sounded as if somepony was about to walk in. Suddenly the barn door opened and a red stallion walked in and up to Applejack.

“Applejack? What are you doing here?” Applejack noticed that it was her brother, Big Macintosh.

“Nothing big brother, I just want to be alone right now.” In trotted a filly, she ran up to Applejack and hugged her tightly.

“Big sister, what are you doing in the barn again… why was Rainbow Dash leaving the barn this morning?” Suddenly Applejack’s head looked up to Applebloom; she had a small smile on her face.

“She left this morning? Ya mean… she actually stayed here all night?” Applejack was happy to know that Rainbow laid next to her all night.

“All night? Sister, what’s going on with you lately?” Applebloom let go of Applejack and stood there waiting for her question to be answered.

“Fine, I’ll tell y’all…" Applejack was finding it hard to say what her true feelings were. Applejack knew she was confident enough to say it, but the more she stuttered, the harder it was to say. "I’m... a lesbian” Both Big Mac’s and Applebloom’s mouth swayed open. Applejack wanted to hide her true feelings, but digging them deeper, only made them want to come out more.

“That’s right... I’m... in love... with Rainbow Dash.” Applebloom just hugged Applejack and smiled.

Applejack decided she would hug her back, knowing that her family supports her sexuality. “Oh big sister, we never cared if you were into mares. You’re our family and we support you though everything that we can” Applebloom’s words reached a place in Applejacks heart that made her feel warm inside.

Twilight heard a knock on her door as she was reading a book on the old magic spells of Canterlot archives. She opened the door with magic. Rainbow came in with a big smile on her face. “Rainbow, where were you? I was getting worried about you.”

Rainbow just walked over to Twilight and hugged her kindly and emotionally. “I talked with Applejack, I may have gone a bit too fast with her, don’t worry we never did anything private… we only… kissed.” Twilight suddenly grew a massive smile on her face.

“That’s amazing Rainbow, I’m so happy for you, but… why are you not with her right now.” Rainbow suddenly remembered why she left the barn to come here.

Rainbow sighed “I’m not sure that what I did was the right thing to do, Twilight, I’m not sure of my own sexuality. Applejack may be right for me, but I’m still worried that I made the wrong choice” Twilight suddenly frowned and placed a hoof on Rainbow.

“Rainbow, you can’t be so judgmental about yourself, give it time. I’m sure what your feeling is natural.” Rainbow smiled and hugged Twilight; it was comfortable for them both.

“Are you sure about this Twilight, I don’t want to lose Applejack as a friend, yet I don’t want to mess things up with my own life too.” Twilight just nodded and walked back to the book she was reading.

“So what you reading there Twilight?” Twilight floated the book over to Rainbow and showed her the cover. “Dragon ages” Rainbow read out the title, it sounded like some sort of action book focused around Dragons.

“Yeah, Princess Celestia gave it to me not long ago, I wanted to research about Dragons, so she gave me this book.” Rainbow just walked over to the couch and laid on it. Despite it being the morning, and despite her sleeping an entire night with Applejack, she was tired.

Spike came through from the door frame that led to their bedroom. Spike yawned and looked over to Twilight. “Hey Twilight, can I go out to Sugar Cube Corner?” Twilight turned round to look over at Spike.

“What for? You don’t really have any bits do you?” Spike pulled out a sack of bits from no where. Twilight took them from his hand and looked inside the pouch. There was roughly thirty bits in the sack, Twilight looked at Spike.

“I know what you’re going to ask Twilight, so let me answer it. I’m working at Sugar Cube Corner with Pinkie.” Twilight just shrugged and gave the sack back to Spike.

“That’s good; I guess… when did you find the time to work there though?” Spike just sighed.

“I’ve been going out at night to help Pinkie, the reason I’m asking you now is because I don’t want to keep this secret and also the fact that I’ll earn more during the day.” Twilight would normally have been sceptical about this, but because she knew that Spike was no longer a baby, she let it slip by.

Twilight walked over to Spike and put a hoof on his shoulder, “Spike, I won’t stop you from doing what you think you should do, the library may need cleaned. But if you want to earn bits and work, I’m not going to argue.” Spike grew a smile on his face.

Spike hugged Twilight tightly. He never hugged her like that before. Twilight never expected him to hug her, but she just returned the hug to carry on the emotional state.

Spike was happy he was finally able to reason with Twilight, instead of her being so defendant. Spike never felt happier during the hug, they lost track of time and Twilight looked at a clock on the wall.

“Spike, are you to be at Sugar Cube Corner by a specific time?” Spike opened his eyes and pulled back off Twilight, he looked at the clock and ran towards the door.

Twilight opened the door with magic and Spike stopped before he ran out. “Uh… yeah, I hope I make it in time!” Spike ran out the door and Twilight shut it behind him.

“That was really nice Twi, you seem to be working things out with Spike” Twilight turned round to see Rainbow sitting up on the couch.

Twilight walked over to Rainbow Dash and hugged her, Rainbow pulled back for a second, but she just decided to hug Twilight back. “Thanks Rainbow, you’re too kind… after all, Spike is getting older, and I can’t deny that”

Twilight stopped hugging Rainbow and walked back to her desk. Rainbow followed her. Twilight noticed Rainbow following her and turned round to ask what she wanted. “Rainbow, is there anything you… need?”

“Yeah, I’m wondering if I should take off this brace, would it be okay if I tried to see if my wings are healthy again?” Twilight just nodded, but without hesitation, she used her magic to take off the brace and all its bindings.

Rainbow looked at her wings and stretched them slowly, she flapped them after wards. Then she looked over to Twilight who was watching her wings closely. “Should I try flying?” Rainbow asked this with worry in her tone; she never wanted to fly before her wing healed up.

Twilight never said anything and she just walked over to Rainbow and stretched her wing with her magic. Twilight was inspecting her wing to see if it seemed suitable to fly. “I think it would be okay for you to fly, but don’t blame me if you can’t, I’m not a doctor here.” Twilight just smiled at Rainbow.

Rainbow started to flap her wings at flying speed. She eventually started floating on the spot. Once she started floating, she moved around the library and started flying around the interior.

Rainbow came down from her flight and tucked her wings in to their casual position. “So I guess you can fly after all Rainbow, I recommend you don’t over use them though, they might not be fully healed yet. You flying and all of a sudden your winged cramped? That would kill you!”

Rainbow nodded and headed back to the couch she was recently sleeping on. After a couple minutes, Rainbow fell asleep on the couch again while Twilight was reading more of the Dragon book she got from Celestia.

Twilight just studied for a couple hours before deciding to stop for today. She floated the book onto a shelf in the library, went up to her bedroom and pulled out a book from under her bed. It was her diary. It was still early in the day, so she decided just to write in it to pass the time.

Twilight opened her eyes slowly; she looked down to her chest to see her diary on her. Twilight pulled up the diary and closed it, then she placed it under her bed with her hooves.

She got up out of her bed and looked out the window, it was almost sundown. Twilight heard creaking from the stairs behind her, Spike walked in, he looked tired. “Spike, where have you been?”

Spike just looked at Twilight with an awkward look. “I was working for Pinkie, remember? Well anyway, I worked for a couple hours and I’m exhausted.” Spike then threw a pouch of money on the table next to his bed.

“Can I have a look at how much you got in there?” Twilight was only concerned. Spike walked over to the table and grabbed the pouch and gave it to Twilight.

“Sure, go ahead. I know you won’t do anything with the money anyway.” What Spike stated was true, Twilight was only eager to know. Twilight went downstairs and went up to her desk and emptied the pouch.

“20… 40… 60… Wow Spike has more than a hundred bits here. One hundred and… thirty four.” Twilight was shocked at how much he was getting paid for doing a small job. She became even more concerned about what he was doing to earn so many bits.

“Yo Twilight, what were you counting?” Twilight turned round to see Rainbow walking up to her.

“Oh nothing Rainbow, it’s just Spikes earnings from working at Sugar Cube Corner.” Rainbow never had any expression on her.

“He earns that much? That’s a lot of bits for a small job you know?” Twilight placed a hoof on her chin.

“I guess so, but why would he lie to me about earning money? Well… maybe he just worked for a while; he did say he went out secretly to work there. Maybe he has been doing it for a while now?” Rainbow just nodded and looked up to the bedroom.

“Is he asleep?” Rainbow only wanted to continue their conversation.

Twilight just shrugged and trotted past Rainbow to the middle of the library. “I hope you don’t mind me rearranging my books?” Twilight started to lift all the books and float them towards her. They were put in a neat pile in the shape of a rectangle.

“Nah, I don’t mind. Just try not to wake Spike if he is sleeping.” Twilight nodded in return and just started studying the covers of all the books in the library. Rainbow walked up the stairs to check on Spike, he was lying in his bed.

Twilight was floating all of her books back in to their original places when she noticed that there was an opened package on the table. She walked over to it and took out what was in it.

Rainbow came out the bedroom to notice Twilight holding the Wonderbolts goggles in her hooves. “Rainbow, when did you get these?” Rainbow flew down to get to Twilight faster.

“I can’t really remember, I think about two days ago, I was given it by Spitfire… well she send it, I got the package from Ditsy Doo.” Twilight just put the goggles back in their case and walked over to Rainbow.

“You know that as a ritual, the Wonderbolts send parts of their costume to say that they have chosen a new pony to join them” Rainbow suddenly stood still, Twilight thought Rainbow knew because she studied them more.

“R-Really?” Rainbow looked over at Twilight with a big smile on her face.

“Uh… yes… you never knew, I thought you knew more about them than I did.” Rainbow was hopping in place, something Pinkie would do naturally.

“Well duh… I do know more about them than you do” Twilight then just rolled her eyes and trotted towards her desk. “The only reason I never knew this was because I don’t study Twilight.”

“Oh yeah… I forgot that, well anyway, shouldn’t you be getting some sleep? I mean… its getting dark you know?” Rainbow just trotted towards the couch she was sleeping on earlier.

“Twilight, I’ve already slept… a lot. Oh just so you know, I went out earlier to see Fluttershy.” Twilight never knew why Rainbow told her this, she though noting of it and just walked back to her desk with bits all over it.

Twilight packed up the bits in the pouch again and floated the pouch into the bedroom and onto the table. Twilight pulled out a book from the shelf with a bookmark in it. It was the book on Dragons.

“Well Rainbow, I’m probably not going to sleep for a while. I slept all day anyway.” Rainbow had a grin on her face as she replied to Twilight.

“I noticed” Rainbow then just got herself into a comfortable position on the couch.

Applejack fell asleep on her bed, slowly… still thinking about Rainbow. So many questions to be answered, she needed more emotional support with Twilight… but she couldn’t face her after what Twilight saw her do to Rainbow….

Chapter 8 - Once in a Lifetime

Rainbow Dash woke up from her deep sleep, she realised that Applejack was still sleeping beside her in the bed. Rainbow looked over to the desk cabinet to try and find a clock.

She edged out of the bed, trying not to wake Applejack as she got out. Rainbow rummaged through the desk cabinet for a couple seconds until she found a small clock inside it. The time read 8:49.

Rainbow looked back over to Applejack who was twitching on the bed. Rainbow placed the small clock back into the cabinet and trotted upstairs towards the main area of the library. In the library was Twilight who was floating books back into their shelves.

“Morning Twilight, how are you doing?” Twilight got a small shock at Rainbow’s sudden appearance.

“Oh hey Rainbow, I’m just rearranging all of the books… and I’m doing fine, thank you for asking” Twilight trotted towards Rainbow and smiled at her. “So where is Applejack?”

“Applejack is still sleeping downstairs, she seems to be pretty tired” Rainbow looked over to the door leading to the lower part of the library; she then looked back at Twilight.

Twilight just walked back over to where she was and started placing books back onto their shelves again. Rainbow trotted over to the library entrance door, only to have the door slam open.

Rainbow was pulled out the library by Pinkie and was thrown up in the air, only to have Rainbow panic and release her wings and float midair. “Pinkie, I thought I told you not to do that to me” All around Pinkie was decorations and a small cake on a table.

There were other ponies there too. Berry Punch, Colgate, Lyra, Bon-Bon and even Ditzy was here. Rainbow flew down and everypony trotted over to her. “So what do you think Dashie? Is it good or is it super duper fantastically amazing?!” Pinkie was bouncing on the spot constantly.

“Wow, Pinkie… I can’t believe you managed to pull this off despite only having less than a couple hours to do it. How did you get every other pony here so fast?” Pinkie jumped onto Berry Punch. Berry flinched and looked back at Pinkie who was balancing on top of her.

“I just told everypony in the town about you leaving for a while and most of them showed up… and Dashie, you know me, I’m Pinkie Pie, I can get you a party by clicking my hooves together” Pinkie leaped off of Berry and landed face first onto the ground.

Pinkie came up, wrapped a hoof around Rainbow and walked her towards all the other ponies. “Pinkie, you don’t haft to introduce me to all the other ponies, I’ve met them all before” Pinkie bounced away from Rainbow and over to Lyra.

Twilight opened the door to the library and walked out to see all the decorations. Twilight placed a hoof on her chin and walked over to Rainbow; she hugged her and looked round to Pinkie who was still hopping around the place as usual.

“So you are leaving today Rainbow?” Rainbow nodded and just remembered that the guard said that she couldn’t return to Ponyville once she left. Twilight noticed Rainbow Dash’s discomfort and placed a hoof on her shoulder. “Rainbow, you seem sad… what’s wrong?”

Rainbow looked over to Twilight and smiled, trying to act normal. “Uh, nothing… I’m just…” Twilight never changed her look because she knew Rainbow was trying to hide her discomfort.

Rainbow’s ears flopped down as she was about to tell Twilight. “I’m not going to be coming back after I leave Twilight… I have been invited to join the Wonderbolts and I’m going to haft to stay with them if join them.” Twilight had a sad look on her face as Rainbow told her.

Twilight just hugged Rainbow. Just then Pinkie came up from behind Rainbow Dash. “You’re not going to come back Dashie?” Pinkie never usually looked sad, but in this case, she was. Rainbow just nodded and stepped back from Pinkie, she knew that Pinkie would burst into tears any second now.

“I can’t Pinkie, you heard me… I have a choice to make… it’s either staying with you guys or going for my dreams” Twilight just placed a hoof on her chin and looked back at Rainbow.

“What about Applejack? Don’t you love her?” Twilight realised what she just said and everypony heard it and walked over to Rainbow, they all had a surprised look on her face. Rainbow nodded and just looked round to see every pony’s face.

“Yes I do love Applejack… but… what do I do?” Twilight placed a hoof on Rainbow and smiled.

“Do what your heart tells you Rainbow” Rainbow just let out a tear and looked over at Pinkie. Pinkie was sad; losing Rainbow would hurt Pinkie more than anything would.

Rainbow walked over to Pinkie and gave her a hug. “C’mon Pinkie… lets party while we can” Rainbow tried to act happy in front of Pinkie. Pinkie just nodded and smiled.

“I’ll be back soon everypony, I’m just going to go visit Fluttershy” Rainbow noticed that Fluttershy was not here, yet she knew that she would have gotten invited. Rainbow left the party and trotted down the path to Fluttershy’s house.

Rainbow arrived just outside Fluttershy’s cottage and knocked on the door. After a short minute, Angel answered the door and motioned for Rainbow to walk in. Fluttershy came out from upstairs and flew over to Rainbow. “Hi Rainbow, I was just on my way to the party that Pinkie was holding for you, sorry that I’m a little late”

Rainbow hugged Fluttershy. “No problem… I just wanted to tell you something, I’ve already told every other pony so I though I’d just come over to tell you.”

Rainbow came out the hug and tried to act as happy as she could. “I won’t be coming back to Ponyville once I leave for the event.” Fluttershy had no expression on her face but instead stood still.

“You’re… not coming back? Why can’t you?” Rainbow knew Fluttershy would ask this question.

“Because… I’ve been invited to join the Wonderbolts themselves and I’ll be going on tour with them across Equestria.” Fluttershy seemed awfully calm for some reason.

“Are you alright Fluttershy? You seem… okay” Fluttershy just looked away from Rainbow. Fluttershy was making quiet sounds, almost like she was crying. Rainbow walked over to Fluttershy and lifted her head, she was slightly crying with a couple tears running down her cheeks.

“No I’m not… you’re the closest friend I have Rainbow” Rainbow was reminded of the time that she stood up against the ponies who bullied Fluttershy. Rainbow realised that Fluttershy wouldn’t be the same without her by her side. Rainbow wiped the tears off and hugged Fluttershy.

When Fluttershy hugged Rainbow back, she started to cry onto Rainbow’s coat. It made Rainbow start to slightly cry too, they were lifetime friends. Rainbow felt like a sister to Fluttershy.

Angel just stood and watched as the two ponies hugged each other emotionally. Angel never saw Fluttershy this upset before in all his time that he lived with Fluttershy.

Rainbow could never bring herself to let go of Fluttershy, she never wanted to see her upset like this and Rainbow knew how Fluttershy felt about her. “Fluttershy… you’re more than a friend to me, you’re like the sister I never had…” Rainbow couldn’t control herself and started to cry onto Fluttershy.

Rainbow slowly pulled out and stopped hugging Fluttershy. Fluttershy stopped too. “I… you’re the greatest friend I’ve ever had Fluttershy, I’ll never forget that.” Fluttershy just broke down and started to cry uncontrollably.

“You’re the greatest… friend, I’ve ever had… Rainbow. You are the only pony I can truly call my… best friend.” Fluttershy wiped her eyes and walked over to her couch.

“Will you be there when I leave?” Fluttershy just gave no response.

“I’ll lose control Rainbow, I’ll just cry in front of every other pony…” Rainbow walked over to Fluttershy and wrapped a hoof around her neck.

“I want to you to be there Fluttershy… can you do this for me? Forget every other pony.” Fluttershy looked round at Rainbow and nodded. Rainbow made her way towards the door that she came in, to have Angel open it for her.

Rainbow walked out the door and decided that she would head over to see Rarity; she never appeared at the party Pinkie threw for her. Rainbow took flight and headed towards Carousel Boutique

Rainbow flew across Ponyville, trying to find Carousel Boutique. Eventually, Rainbow came across the shop and slowly glided down towards the entrance door. “Hey, you in there Rarity?” Rainbow knocked on the door three times.

The door came open with magic and Rarity was standing behind her counter, sewing crimson felt with light red felt. “Hey Rarity, what are you doing?” Rarity turned round and walked over to Rainbow Dash.

“Hello Rainbow Dash, what can I do for you? Oh wait… you asked me a question first. I’m just sewing some dresses for my latest clothes line.” Rainbow looked over to the sewing machine; it looked worn out after all this time.

“Rarity, you do know Pinkie was holding a go away party for me today?” Rarity placed a hoof on her chin and sighed deeply.

“Yes Rainbow Dash, I forgot about that, after what Pinkie did to my shop, I’ve had no time to myself. Can you forgive me Rainbow?” Rainbow just nodded with a smile on her face.

“Will you have time to come down for when I leave to Canterlot?” Rarity again, put her hoof on her chin, she then looked over to the sewing machine and all of it’s felt that was stacked over it.

Rarity walked over to her desk. “I guess so Rainbow, I might have time to stop by.” Rainbow walked over to the entrance door slowly.

“Thanks, I’ll see you there… I should be leaving in about two hours or so” Rainbow was about to walk out the door as Rarity’s voice sounded once again.

“Rainbow Dash, I heard a rumour that you’re in love with Applejack and you two kissed?” Rainbow turned around, looked at Rarity and slightly nodded. “Well that’s wonderful Rainbow… I never expected Applejack to be the type of mare who is into other mares”

Rainbow’s ears twitched a little at what Rarity said. “Wait… you expected me to be a lesbian?” Rarity noticed that what she said may have pushed that towards Rainbow. Rarity just nodded slightly.

“There is nothing wrong with having a specific sexuality Rainbow, I was only implying that you seemed like the mare with the need for another mare, that’s all.” Rainbow just shrugged the statement off and walked over towards the door again.

Rainbow stopped as she opened the door. “…Thanks Rarity” Rarity turned around to find that Rainbow had left the building already.

Rainbow flew back to the party that Pinkie held for her. She noticed that Fluttershy was at the party, standing beside Twilight. Rainbow floated above the party, looking at everypony who was there. She saw Fluttershy, Berry Punch, Ditzy Doo, Bon-Bon, Golden Harvest and Lyra.

Those were the only ponies she could recognise easily. Rainbow stopped floating and landed on the ground, Pinkie appeared behind her and swallowed a cupcake that she had in her mouth. “Where have you been Dashie? I was getting worried to where you was!”

Twilight turned around and prodded Pinkie with her hoof. “You mean, where you were?” Rainbow gazed over at Twilight with small smile on her face.

“Twilight, you understand that you are talking to Pinkie Pie here? She not a grammar expert you know?” A small laugh came from Rainbow as she finished her sentence.

“Yes Rainbow, I do know that, but correcting someponys mistakes can help them get better at avoiding them” Rainbow smirked at Twilight.

“You’re talking about Pinkie Pie, Twilight” Pinkie trailed off shortly before Rainbow and Twilight started their conversation, she seemed to have been annoying the other ponies at the party.

Twilight just rolled her eyes and walked back over to Fluttershy, who was patiently waiting for Twilights return. Rainbow walked over to Fluttershy along with Twilight. “Sorry Fluttershy, I was just going over to correct Pinkie with some wordplay.”

“Oh no worries Twilight, I understand.” Fluttershy just looked over at Rainbow and smiled at her.

“So where were you Fluttershy?” Twilight was eager to know what ever Fluttershy was talking about before. Rainbow just stood and listened.

“Well um… I saved that bunny, then helped and healed him back to his feet. Then when I told him he was alright to leave, he wouldn’t, so I just kept him as my pet. That’s how I got Angel.” Twilight put a hoof on Fluttershy’s shoulder and smiled.

“That’s amazing Fluttershy.” Fluttershy looked over to Rainbow Dash, who was standing next to Twilight.

“Hello Rainbow, how are you?” Rainbow walked closer to Fluttershy, her voice was sometimes could not be heard because of how soft and gentle she spoke.

“Oh I’m good, happier that you’re here though. When did you arrive?”

“I only arrived about ten minutes ago, I’ve just been talking with Twilight and Pinkie” Pinkie walked over to the talking mares and wrapped her hooves round Rainbow and Fluttershy’s neck.

“Is everypony enjoying the party? I hope you are, anyway, there is cake if you want it! Maybe a muffin or a cupcake, which do you prefer? I like cupcakes myself, but muffins are-” Pinkie was cut off by Rainbow Dash, who interrupted her rant over what delicious treat is better than the other.

“Pinkie, I don’t think we want anything.” Rainbow smiled and looked over to Fluttershy, who nodded in return. Pinkie let go of Rainbow and Fluttershy and bounced back over to the stallion she was previously talking to.

“So, have you told Applejack that you’re leaving? She never seemed to have woken up yet.” Twilight pointed out that Applejack never knew that she was going to Canterlot and might not be coming back.

“No, I don’t think I have told her yet, I… I never planned to; she might be get upset you know?” Rainbow was trying to avoid telling Applejack, she loved her and her knowing that she wouldn’t be coming back would upset Applejack, but also upset Rainbow even more.

Twilight placed a hoof on Rainbow’s shoulder. “She will obviously be upset, but you can’t just leave without telling her, she will eventually wonder where you went.” Rainbow knew Twilight was right, but she still never wanted to tell Applejack. Rainbow loved her and she never wanted to leave, but when would she get another opportunity like this again?

“Twilight… this is a once in a lifetime thing that I’ve been offered here, I can’t turn down something that I’ve wanted my entire life.” Twilight just hugged Rainbow.

“Do what your heart tells you Rainbow…” Twilight came out from the hug and walked away, over to the library door. Those words hit Rainbow hard, she never felt so emotionally sick in her life before.

“Should I wear anything? I guess not… I mean if Pinkie is hosting the party, there will be allot of mess” Rarity paced around her room as her Persian white cat, Opalescence sat and watched. “What do you think Opal?” The cat just sat and licked herself.

“Hmm… I guess I’ll just wear nothing, I don’t want Pinkie covering one of my lovely dresses with cake do I?” Rarity walked towards the entrance door and opened it with magic from her horn. Opal sat and watched as her master walked out the door.

Rarity slowly trotted over to Twilight’s library, admiring all of the town’s landmarks on her way. “I do hope I’m not late, I hate being late, especially if it’s a friend who wants me to be there.”

Rarity got to Twilight’s library only minutes after she left her store. Fluttershy and Twilight were talking together, but Rainbow was not in the crowd of ponies that were chatting and eating cake. The ring leader of this crowd was Pinkie, who seemed to have her face covered in cake.

Rarity decided she would trot over to Twilight before Pinkie dragged her into the cake crowd. Twilight spotted Rarity walking over and motioned for her to join the conversation that she was in with Fluttershy. “Rarity, how have you been lately? You seem to be really focused in your work.”

“I’m doing fine darling, work has been hard lately, I’ve had to fill out a couple orders that required me to get more gems… sadly Spike wasn’t here so I had to get them myself” Rarity walked up to Fluttershy and smiled at her.

“How about you two, how are you both?” Rarity asked.

Fluttershy responded happily, her voice was calm and soothing as it normally was. “I’m doing fine Rarity, I’m just a little upset that I might not get to see Rainbow Dash again for a while.” Rarity looked concerned at what Fluttershy said.

“We won’t be seeing her for a while? It’s only a reunion; it won’t last longer than a couple days” Twilight sighed and placed her hoof on her head.

“She never tells anypony does she?” Twilight paused and looked at her two friends. “Rainbow got invited to the Wonderbolts and she will be going on tour with them, which means she might not be back for a year or two... maybe longer” Rarity just stood there with a worried look on her face.

“She never told me this… what about Applejack? Won’t she be upset that Rainbow is leaving?” Twilight rolled her eyes.

“She never told Applejack either, she seems to be wanting to leave incognito.” Rarity looked around at the party that was being held.

“Throwing a go away party… is not really being incognito if you ask me” Rarity pointed this out, but Twilight replied back with another statement.

“I meant that she wants people to know she is leaving, but she doesn’t want people to know that it might be a long, long time before she comes back” Rarity just looked over at Fluttershy, she had her mane slightly over her face. Rarity pulled Fluttershy’s mane away, only to see that Fluttershy was tearing up.

Fluttershy was trying to hide her tears by looking away from her two friends. Rarity hugged Fluttershy; Rarity knew that she was upset about this. “Fluttershy, it’s alright. We are all upset about this too, don’t hide your feelings from us, were your friends” Fluttershy smiled at Rarity and hugged her back.

“Where is Rainbow Dash by the way Twilight?” Twilight pointed to her library.

Rainbow Dash walked down the spiral staircase leading to her temporary room in the library. She saw Applejack sleeping calmly on the bed; she seemed to have never woken up yet. Rainbow trotted over to her and stared at her for several seconds.

Rainbow couldn’t bring herself to wake up Applejack, but she knew she had to tell her somehow. Rainbow whispered into Applejack’s ear. “Applejack, you awake?” Her ear only twitched slightly as she was still sleeping on the bed.

Applejack was still in a deep sleep; Rainbow decided to try and prod her to see if that would wake her up. She got next to no response except for some small movements. “Applejack… Applejack” Rainbow sighed at how much of a deep sleeper Applejack was.

Rainbow placed her hoofs on Applejack’s shoulders and shook her, it only took a couple seconds for Applejack to wake up from her sleep and look over at Rainbow. “Did you haft to wake me up Rainbow?” Rainbow nodded and looked at the ground for a couple seconds.

“You see Applejack; remember how I told you I was leaving for Canterlot soon?” Applejack just nodded and sorted her hat. “Well… I might not be coming back” Applejack shot up and stared at Rainbow, it made Rainbow uncomfortable.

“What do you mean you wont be coming back sugar cube? You’re only going for the reunion and then coming back aren’t you?” Rainbow shook her head and stared at Applejack for a couple seconds.

“They invited me to join them, if I do, I’ll be going on tour with them all around Equestria. I will most likely not get to return to Ponyville, I might haft to travel with them and Ponyville is not exactly a popular landmark.” Applejack’s ears flopped down and her mouth hung open.

“Won’t you miss me? Won’t you miss our friends?” Rainbow knew where Applejack was going with this conversation.

“I will, but this is the one thing in my life that I’ve dreamed of, I’ve lived for this moment since I was born” Rainbow was trying to push the conversation towards her dreams instead of her love for Applejack.

Applejack just hugged Rainbow. “Don’t you love me...?” Rainbow’s ears lowered as she pulled out Applejack’s hug. She then walked up the starts staring at the ground, Applejack was softly crying. Rainbow reached the door frame before looking back at Applejack.

“I do…”

Rarity was walking up to the library door, then the door opened and Rainbow Dash trotted out. “Oh… hey Rarity, I’m glad you could make it” Rarity hugged Rainbow swiftly.

“Were you not going to tell me you’re not going to be coming back?” Everypony had gathered around Rainbow at this point. One of the guards came up to Rainbow.

“Miss Rainbow Dash, we will haft to get moving if you are going to make it in time to Canterlot.” Rainbow looked around her at all of the ponies, they all looked sad. She never saw Fluttershy, but there was a slight whimpering from behind Twilight.

“Fluttershy?” Rainbow moved over to Twilight and looked behind her, Fluttershy had her mane over her face and she had her head pointing towards the ground.

Rainbow lifted Fluttershy’s head and moved her mane out of her face, she was crying. Fluttershy tried to hide herself from crying. Rainbow looked around to look at everypony’s faces, some of them were tearing up and others just looked sad.

Applejack trotted outside of the library to see everypony standing around Rainbow and Fluttershy. She trotted up to Rainbow and looked at Fluttershy, who was still failing to control herself.

“Rainbow… do you haft to leave?” Rainbow looked around to Applejack and never made any head movements, instead she just trotted along side the guard, leaving everypony staring at her. Applejack ran up to Rainbow and held her hoof out, everyone was staring at them.

“Rainbow… you can get another chance at this in life, but you won’t get to see any of us ever again if you do go now… look at Fluttershy.” Fluttershy was lying on the ground, still crying. Rainbow’s eyes got blurry from some tears.

Applejack kept her hoof out and stared at Rainbow. “… Will you stay… with me?” Rainbow looked down to Applejacks hoof.

Rainbow held her hoof out and reached for Applejack’s, instead, Rainbow knocked it out the way and stared at Applejack for a moment. Applejack started to cry.

Then suddenly, Rainbow reached over to Applejack and kissed her. Everypony was watching as the two mares kissed and shared a moment in their life that could never happen again.

Rainbow pulled out from the kiss and hugged Applejack. “Yes… I will” The guard looked over at another guard; they were both confused at what just happened.

Rainbow came out from the hug and walked over to Fluttershy; she pulled Fluttershy to her feet and hugged her tightly. “I’ll stay… for you guys” Twilight had tears in her eyes as she walked over to hug Rainbow.

“I can’t leave you all behind, I may not get another chance like this in my life… but I won’t get another chance at having amazing friends… and loving someone this much” Rainbow looked over to Applejack and smiled at her. Applejack walked over slowly and kissed Rainbow.

Rarity and Pinkie Pie stood and watched as they all shared a moment together; Rarity turned to Pinkie Pie and hugged her. Pinkie Pie returned the hug.

Everypony started cheering as Rainbow and Applejack kissed each other. Rainbow pulled out and walked over to the guards. “Twilight, can you take a letter?” Twilight walked up to Rainbow, using her magic to carry a quill and paper over.

“Dear Spitfire, I wont be able to make it to the Wonderbolts reunion. Having friends is more important to me than living my dream, my dream can wait. Having good friends may not come once in a lifetime… but truly loving someone can’t.

From, Rainbow Dash”

Twilight rolled up the letter and handed it over to Rainbow Dash, Rainbow then gave it to the guards. “Give this to Spitfire, I won’t be coming with you to Canterlot I’m afraid.” The guard took the letter and walked away after he nodded to Rainbow Dash.

Applejack walked up to Rainbow Dash. “So you’re staying?” Applejack asked. Rainbow turned around and looked around her, everypony was staring at her with a smile on their face. Rainbow kissed Applejack, whispered “I love you” to her and walked past everypony.

Rainbow looked back and smiled softly at Applejack and all her friends.

“Yes… Yes I am”

Author Notes coming up in an additional chapter.

Author Notes.

Story: A Colour Divided.

Author: MrDynasty.

(Also there is spoilers in the Author Notes, so don’t read this before you read the story… that is… if you want to)

My name is Aaron or people may refer me as MrDynasty. What ever you want to call me is fine. In the author notes of my first ever story written, I want to explain what I went through, what I did, my inspirations, my ideas, some questions or things people may not understand and finally, what I plan to do next.

My inspirations for the story were the character design, some pictures, the fandom and the main inspiration was the show itself. The show always tends to put both Applejack and Rainbow Dash together in almost every situation or stance that one of them is featured in.

Rainbow Dash always tends to be beside Applejack majority of the time one or the other is standing or walking Etc. These gave me ideas on how the two might be a good pair. If you look at the two characters design and personality, they are not too different from each other. Them both having the same voice actor doesn’t affect the connection these two have in terms.

Always in the fandom, people tend to pair Rainbow Dash with another mare, the most common of these are Applejack, Fluttershy, then Twilight. Although out of these three, Applejack seems to be the best match in almost every situation. I’ve had a good time seeing what I can do with these two without it getting weird or sexual in any way.

My side inspirations came from pictures over the internet and such, looking at a picture makes me think of “How would this happen? What would they do? How do they feel?” There for giving me thoughts on plot designs and casting areas to work with. So my inspirations were the show itself along with it’s fandom and amazing community.

I went through allot during the writing of this story, it was a huge pain to write, but it was all worth it in the end, just to express my work and broaden the side of the community’s fandom and expanding to the ever lasting Brony army.

I have an emotional connection to the show and it’s characters, so writing them into scene wasn’t hard for me, I just had to adapt each characters role and how they would act in a specific situation, I may not have captured everypony’s tastes, but it’s close enough to compare.

In order for me to have gotten every characters scenes right, I had to do allot of research and thought into every scene I had in the story. So I had to paint a picture in my head to what each characters response to every little detail that was placed into the story itself.

I had to research every character from top to bottom on a wiki page, I had researched every one of the mane six before the story even started. I had to research on characters like Scootaloo, Applebloom, Ditzy Doo and even Rarity’s stupid cat, Opalescence. I had to research allot more than this, I read all of the wikipedia pages on each of the characters that there was, even to this day, I still do it despite having finished the story and such.

Many times I have wanted to rewrite a scene because it never met up to my standards, but instead I just improve on what I’ve got. I may have not made every thing perfect in wordplay, but it’s good enough to capture each one of the scenes form and plot.

Some people asked me some questions or places false statements on me for some things, so I want to clear some queries right here In the author notes.

I went through allot when writing this story, allot of emotions and stuff. I explain these in my blogs, so I don’t need to explain these here. I try and be as close to the people who view my story as possible. I want to connect with you guys, so my blogs and stuff like that are the best way for me to express myself in a way that I cant in any of my stories. What I’m saying is, I want to be as close to you as possible, and you can help me with this by following me ‘n’ stuff like that.

(Note, I use original names from the actual show instead of its fandom)

Q: Who is Ditzy Doo?
A: Ditzy Doo is Derpy Hooves original, non-fan given name. It was originally given to her through the episode Winter Wrap Up, where one of the ponies mentions her name through messing up on the southern birds. Derpy was given this name because of the intended clumsiness of the character.

Q: Who is Golden Harvest?
A: Golden Harvest is the original name of Carrot Top, it is also the main name on the wikipedia article on her character.

Q: Couldn’t you have used other ideas? This seems to cliché and overused.
A: Yes, I could have, but I’m lazy like that. This was the best thing I could come up with in a short time span. Forgive me if the story is too unoriginal and has an overused plot idea or mechanic. Also it’s worth noting that this is my first story too.

Q: Did you do anything while writing your story?
A: I listened to music while writing, most of the music was pony related and by some popular artists. Depending on the mood that I was in, I would listen to specific music that would help me write in a good fashion. One example is when I wrote “The one you Love” I listened to the track from the game Halo Reach known as Ashes.

Q: I don’t understand (Stuff) and (Stuff) can you explain it to me?
A: I don’t see why not, but understand that this is my first ever story, it won’t be perfect in wordplay. Most of the scenes should be at least, understandable and can easily paint a picture in your head; maybe you just need to read it back.

Q: Couldn’t you have done something else with the ending? It was too obvious and not too good.
A: A different ending? Yes I could have, but that would have required me to either do the one that I did, or make it a sad ending and let Rainbow Dash leave. Who wants a story to end sad?

Q: You say that you did allot of research, how much exactly?
A: Well, I had to research the main 6, the cutie mark crusaders, most background characters, almost all of the pets, all the princesses and everyone else that was involved in the story. Even the dragon had to be researched.

Q: A hurricane AND a dragon? That’s very unlikely to happen and is just over the top of an incident.
A: Very unlikely? When you get woken up from your deep sleep in the middle of the night, how do you feel? A dragon would get pissed if you ask me. It’s a lot more likely to happen that any other disaster in this world, but how would we know in the first place? Dragon’s don’t even exist, and even if they did, we never, ever see them do we?

Q: What do you plan to do next?
A: I want to leave the vote to you guys to be honest, but besides that, I wanted to write a sequel to Cupcakes 2, you did read that right, I did say Cupcakes 2. Why? Because I want a change from what I write every now and then. Why Cupcakes though? Let me get this off my chest first of all, Cupcakes was terrible and just a torture story, Cupcakes 2 was well plotted out and had a great scheme to it. I would have wanted to continue this style and make a well written plot instead of mindless gore and murder. I would want to show respect to the author of Cupcakes 2 and ask him if I could continue on from where he left off, so I want to get his permission first. Don’t worry, if I do write it, it wont be anything like the first Cupcakes.

Q: How long did it take you to write the story in total?
A: A month in total, not exactly, but roughly, I had about a two week break starting from April 1st that lasted till the 22nd. But if I worked on it straight, I’d say I could have written it in less than two weeks.

What idea’s do I have to write next? Here are some of them.

A Scootaloo story.
Fluttershy X Big Mac.
Celestia time travel sad/action story.
Fluttershy story.
Story with some OC characters.
Cupcakes 3.
Spike story.
Spike X other dragon story.

Anything else anyone can offer me is fine too.

That’s it guys, I hope you enjoyed the story, I will write more stories, but until then, I’ll be waiting for a confirmation on some stories and stuff.

~~~ MrDynasty.

Love you all and thanks for the support.

Chapter 7 - The two mares of Ponyville

Applejack woke up in the warmth of her bed, her mane was a mess, but she just went back to relax. She could not stop thinking about Rainbow Dash; she was in love with her.

Applejack decided she would go over to the library to see if Twilight was there, or by luck, Rainbow was with her. She got out of bed and walked downstairs to notice Applebloom waiting for her.

“Applebloom, what are you doing?” Applebloom just smiled and walked behind a corner and pulled out a Stetson Hat. Applejack grabbed the hat and put it on her. She looked over to Applebloom, who still had a massive smile on her face.

“Uh… thanks, where did you find it?” Applebloom just stood there for a second before answering.

“Oh big sister, I never found it” Applejack looked at Applebloom with a weird look on her face, suddenly from behind the corner that Applebloom pulled the hat from, Rainbow Dash walked up behind Applebloom.

“Rainbow found it, she came back to give it to you. Oh and… big sister, I know what you’re doing” Applebloom winked and trotted away, leaving Applejack blushing at Rainbow Dash.

“Applejack, I’m so sorry that I walked out on you yesterday, I was just… confused. But I discovered that I can’t hide my true emotions… I love you.” Rainbow grew a big smile on her face and Applejack smiled back.

Rainbow then kissed Applejack, it was warm and sensual. Applejack opened her eyes and looked at Rainbow, the light was shining on her… she was beautiful. It brought a tear to Applejacks eye.

Neither of them noticed that Big Macintosh and Applebloom walked by and saw them kissing. Rainbow and Applejack looked over at them, while still kissing. They both pulled back and they both had a big red blush on their face.

“Uh… Howdy?” Applejack broke the silence and walked over to the door. She motioned for Rainbow to come with her, Rainbow noticed and walked out the door with her.

They both walked down the stone path that lead to the middle of Ponyville, Applejack spotted Twilights library and walked over to it, with Rainbow close by her side.

Applejack creaked open the door and saw Twilight hugging Spike. “I hope you come back soon Spike… I’m so proud of you” She was slightly crying, the two mares only wondered what was going on.

“Don’t worry Twilight, I’ll be back before you know it.” Spike then walked past the two mares and out the door and shut the door behind him, leaving Applejack and Rainbow looking over at Twilight. They both walked over to her to ask where Spike was going.

“So I see you two worked things out, so… what did you two go for?” Twilight was smiling at Applejack.

“Well, ya see Twilight… me and Rai-” Applejack got cut off by Rainbow’s sudden kiss, they both enjoyed it, it left Twilight with her mouth open.

“Well that was… unexpected, what made you two get together?” Rainbow smiled at Applejack as they pulled out from the kiss.

“Well Twilight… I love Applejack. I couldn’t find that out because I was too blinded by questions, but I do, I do love her.” Applejack looked over at Rainbow with a really soft smile and a blush on her face.

Twilight just put her two front hooves round both their necks and pulled them in for a hug. “I’m happy for you two” Twilight was happier than she normally was.

“So Twilight… what was that thing with Spike?” Twilight forgot already that Spike left only minutes ago.

“Oh well, Celestia noticed that Spike is trying to make some bits, so she asked Spike if she could hire him for some jobs. He won’t be back for another month or so… he is growing up so fast, it almost seems like just yesterday that I hatched him…” Twilight grew a tear in her eye, she not only respected Spike, she thought of him as a son.

-Two hours later-

Rainbow woke up and saw Applejack looking at her with a smile on her face. “Uh, Applejack? What are you doing?” Applejack just pulled out a letter and gave it to Rainbow.

“That’s from Ditsy, she stopped by not long ago” Rainbow must have fallen asleep on Twilights couch again, she looked round to try and find Twilight. She must have been out doing something, but Rainbow just opened the letter, it was another letter from Spitfire.

Rainbow kept it to herself this time; she never knew why she wanted to keep this secret from Applejack. “Dear Rainbow Dash, your ride to Canterlot will arrive tonight; it will be just outside of Ponyville beside the library.” Rainbow thought nothing of it and just placed it on the table.

“So what was it about Rainbow?” Rainbow looked over to her left to see Applejack standing there. She decided that she would find out eventually.

“It was about when I’ll get brought to Canterlot, I’m going to the annual Wonderbolts reunion this weekend.” Applejack just hugged Rainbow. She never expected it and slightly pulled out.

Applejack gave her a kiss on the cheek and pulled out from the hug. “Wow Rainbow Dash, you got invited to such a major event like that? That’s amazing!” Applejack seemed to be really happy for Rainbow.

Rainbow got off the couch and headed towards the door of the library, and looked back at Applejack. “Hey Applejack, what time is it?” Applejack put a hoof on her chin.

“I think its… half past five. I don’t really know.” Rainbow just took that as the time and headed out the door. She waved to Applejack and shut the door. She went over to Sugar Cube Corner to see what happened after the incident.

Once Rainbow got to Sugar Cube Corner, she opened the door and walked up to the counter, everything looked the same except for some new equipment. From behind Rainbow, Pinkie jumped onto the counter.

“Oh! Dashie! What can I do you for? Want anything sweet, I got cupcakes, muffins and a new candy floss machine!” Pinkie was hopping on the counter; she seemed excited about all the new renovations and equipment that arrived.

Rainbow grabbed onto Pinkie and pulled her down off the counter. “No Pinkie, I’m here to ask you to plan a going away party, I’m heading to Canterlot for a while and I want everypony to be there” Pinkie jumped around Rainbow.

“Don’t worry Dashie, I’ll get this party done for you fast! When do you want the party to be held?” Pinkie was happy that she could finally get to plan a party again.

“I want the party planned for tomorrow morning, if you can that is.” Pinkie froze midair and floated with her hoof on her chin. She just smiled and patted Rainbow’s shoulder.

“Consider it done Dashie, I’ll get it done by tomorrow, where shall I hold the party?” Pinkie pulled out a map of Ponyville from nowhere and held it in front of Rainbow’s face.

“Outside Twilight’s library, that’s where I’ll be leaving.” Pinkie ate the map and spat it out behind the counter. She then looked over at Rainbow and smiled.

“I’ll get it done for you, don’t worry about it. So you were only here for that?” Rainbow nodded and walked out the entrance door, she waved at Pinkie as she walked out.

Rainbow walked over to Fluttershy’s cottage, there were animals walking around the entrance, Fluttershy came out the cottage with a small wooden basket in her mouth. “Hey Fluttershy, what you doing?”

Fluttershy turned round and closed her door behind her, she walked over to Rainbow. “I’m just going on a picnic with Angel… hey Rainbow Dash, you want to come with us?”

Rainbow just nodded in reply to Fluttershy, they both started walking to the small lake outside of Ponyville Park. “So how you doing Fluttershy? You weren’t really in a good mood the last time I visited” Fluttershy laid down the small wooden basket and walked over to Rainbow.

“Oh I’ve been alright. I’m sorry I couldn’t talk the previous time I visited, I was a little busy with some of my animal friends” Angel took out the stuff from the basket and laid it down on the grass.

“Well no worries Fluttershy, I know how much your animals mean to you, so I never really wanted to disturb you if you were tending to their needs” Fluttershy smiled and trotted over to the small picnic that Angel laid out.

Fluttershy picked up a small carrot off the picnic blanket and took a bite from it. She swallowed and looked over to Rainbow. “I heard a rumour that you and Applejack… kissed? Would this be true?” Rainbow looked over at Fluttershy nervously.

Rainbow took a bite from the Apple she was holding and chewed it slowly. “Well… um… Yeah, it’s true.” Fluttershy just looked at Rainbow with a smile on her face. She seemed to have not cared about what Rainbow just said.

Fluttershy noticed that Rainbow was thinking about why she never had a very noticeable reaction. “Rainbow, I don’t judge people because of what sexuality they are. I wouldn’t mind if you and Applejack were together.” Rainbow smiled at Fluttershy and pulled her in for a hug.

It surprised Fluttershy at first, but she decided to just hug Rainbow back and enjoy the moment they spend together. Rainbow pulled out the hug, “Thanks Fluttershy, I thought you wouldn’t have understood. I’m happy that you did” Fluttershy just smiled and took another bite to the carrot she was eating.

Rainbow finished off the apple and threw the core into the lake beside her. “Fluttershy… you’re one of my closest friends you know? I mean, I was there for you and you were there for me.” Fluttershy just smiled at Rainbow and finished off the carrot.

“I feel the same way, if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have gained confidence in myself. You kept me going, you’re an amazing friend.” Rainbow just hugged Fluttershy again and stood up. “Where you going Rainbow?”

Rainbow just looked into the sky and felt the wind blow against her mane. “It’s almost seven right?” Fluttershy nodded and looked around the sky.

“Well, I’m going to Canterlot tomorrow and my ride was supposed to arrive tonight, I’m not sure what time. I’m just suspecting its around now.” Rainbow waved to Fluttershy and slowly trotted off, she opened her wings and started flapping to try and start flying.

Rainbow leaped and caught air. She headed towards the library, catching eye on all buildings on the way.

Rainbow landed down beside the door to the library, she looked around and saw a train with two royal guards inside it. Rainbow walked over to them and they turned to look at her and slightly dim their heads, as if they were bowing to her.

“Are you Miss… Rainbow Dash?” The royal guard came out the train as it stopped outside Ponyville.

“Yes I am, why… are you here, there is really no need. I could have just gotten on the train.” The Guard came up to Rainbow Dash and nodded slightly.

“I’ve been sent here to escort you to the Wonderbolts themselves.” The voice was stern and deep, it sent chills down Rainbow’s spine.

“Well, that’s nice. But, can you give me a minute? I need to do something important.” The guard nodded and waited before he said anything.

“Miss Rainbow Dash, once you go to Canterlot, you might not be coming back” The guard said this with a very serious tone, it upset Rainbow.

“Why? Can’t I come back after the reunion?” The guard shook his head and passed over a letter to Rainbow. The letter read… To Rainbow Dash. You have been invited to join the Wonderbolts themselves, along with going on tour with them across Equestria.

Rainbow should have been happy, but she was sad that she might not get to see her friends ever again. It was upsetting to know that she would never get to see Applejack again.

“Can you guys wait till tomorrow for me to leave? I need to do some things.” The guards looked at each other and thought for a minute. One of them nodded and walked back into the train. The other guard followed shortly behind.

Rainbow trotted into the library to find Applejack sitting on the couch and Twilight reading a book over at her desk. Rainbow was going to ask where Spike was until she realised that Spike was not here because of royal duties.

“Hey um… how’s it going?” Rainbow never wanted Applejack to know that she could not come back to Ponyville after she left. Twilight turned round and floated a book towards Rainbow.

“Hey Rainbow, I found a book on the Wonderbolts if you want to read it. Its got basically everything you need to know about them” Rainbow grabbed the book and placed it on the table beside her. Applejack trotted towards Rainbow and gave her a kiss on the cheek, Rainbow blushed.

Applejack put a hoof around Rainbow and kissed her constantly, Applejack’s hat fell of again. Twilight looked over to the two lovers and smiled and watched while they kissed each other.

Applejack suddenly went into a long kiss with Rainbow, they both enjoyed the kiss, it felt right to Rainbow. After a while, Rainbow pulled out from the kiss and went over to the door that leads to the basement of the library. “Where you going Rainbow? You can go back to your home now you know that?”

Twilight looked over at Rainbow. She seemed confused at why Rainbow was sleeping here even after she gained control of her wings again. “Well… um, Twilight… I don’t really feel like going all the way to my house, and also Pinkie is holding a party for me in the morning”

“Oh… okay then Rainbow, that’s a good enough reason I guess.” Twilight smiled at Rainbow and opened the door to the basement for her. Applejack followed Rainbow down the stairs and all the way to her bed.

Rainbow looked weirdly at Applejack. “Uh, Applejack? What are you doing?” Applejack just kissed Rainbow and got onto the bed. Applejack patted the empty space on the bed and motioned for Rainbow to sleep beside her.

“Rainbow Dash, you should come into bed with me, why don’t we sleep together tonight?” Rainbow hoped that Applejack wasn’t going to do anything with her, she hoped that Applejack only wanted to sleep next to her.

Rainbow climbed into the bed and laid down beside Applejack. Applejack placed her hoof round Rainbow’s chest and hugged her softly. Rainbow decided to do the same thing and wrap her arms around Applejack.

They both fell asleep shortly after the hugged each other in bed, they were both warm. Rainbow never felt happier to be with another pony before, she then remembered that she would have an extremely important decision to make, it could change her life completely in both ways…