A loving heart

Soarin and Rainbow hung out for a bit. Neither of them knew exactly what to say, so most of their date was spent in silence, awkwardly glancing at each other. That is, until Rainbow decided to take Soarin to Sugarcube Corner.
“OH MY Gosh Hi!!! I’m Pinkie Pie! How are you? Are you good? Well you’re with Dash, so I bet you’re good. I’veneverseenyouaroundherebeforebutI’msureyou’resupernice.” Her words began to run together, and Soarin had a hard time distinguishing what she was saying. Pinkie gasped, “Are you Rainbow Dash’s new boyfriend?” She whispered.
Soarin blushed even deeper, and took a step back.
“No. What? I uh….” He was flustered.
“Hey Pinkie Pie! We just stopped in to have some of your awesome cupcakes.” Rainbow Dash interrupted, Soarin let out a sigh of relief.
“That pony’s crazy!” He laughed when they had left.
“Oh Pinkie Pie? Yeah she’s pretty weird, but she’s fun, and she can pull off some pretty awesome pranks…. Not as awesome as mine of course.” Rainbow Said with fondness.
“What are your other friends like?” Soarin asked.
“Um…. Well…. Do you want to meet them?” Rainbow asked sheepishly.
“Yeah!”
They trotted off towards Sweet Apple Acres, where they ran into Applejack, who was off course, bucking apple trees.
“Why I am pleased as punch to meet a friend of Rainbow Dash’s.” Said Applejack, shaking Soarin’s hoof with a firm grip, “and y’all are gonna be in the Wonderbolts together? That’s so great. You’ll have some great fun with our Dash here; she’s one of the best fliers in Equestria. Um, besides yourself I mean.”
“Yeah, I know!” Soarin smiled, “she really is amazing.”
“Yeah, I am pretty amazing.” Rainbow agreed.
“And so very humble.” Applejack rolled her eyes, “Anyway, I gotta get back to bucking these trees; they aren’t gonna clear themselves!”
“She was nice.” Soarin said as Rainbow Dash led him towards some other pony’s house. They arrived at Fluttershy’s pretty soon.
“Oh um hello again, Mr. Wonderbolt pony.” Fluttershy said retreating back into her house, while Rainbow and Soarin came in.
“Oh so you two already met?” Rainbow asked, “that’s cool.”
“Oh yes,” Fluttershy said, “I ran into him in front of Sugarcube Corner earlier, but he told me he wasn’t hurt or anything.”
“This is my pal Fluttershy!” Rainbow Dash beamed, pulling the shy pony into a tight embrace, “She’s the pony that helped me find one of my other best friends, Tank!”
“Oh yes,” Fluttershy nodded.
A call of an eagle sounded through the small cottage, and Fluttershy leapt into the air.
“Oh dear! I have to take Aero his soup! The poor dear’s sick!” She cooed.
She sped over to the counter, grabbed a bowl of soup, and flew up the stairs.
“We better leave her alone,” Rainbow commented.
Next they stopped by Rarity’s, she was busy hemming a dress. She looked up when she heard the door open, and smiled brightly.
“Oh Rainbow Dash, I’m so glad you’re here! Would you be a dear and try this on for me? I want it to look stunning, but I feel as though it’s missing something,” She pushed Rainbow over to her little runway, and before the blue pony could do anything, she was wearing a frilly gown. Rainbow sighed. This was typical of Rarity, but did she have to do it in front of Soarin? That was sooooo lame.
“Ah yes!” Rarity cheered, sticking pins here and there.
“Couldn’t you have some pony else do this?” Rainbow asked.
“Well yes I suppose, but why on earth- OH!” Rarity turned and noticed Soarin for the first time.
“I apologize Rainbow Dash, I didn’t know you had brought a gentlecolt with you. Pardon me, Sir,” She said to him.
“It’s fine!” He replied, “Awesome dress.”
“Why thank you, but it’s not quite finished yet,” She said looking at it once again, “I feel as though it needs… OH yes!!” She ran upstairs to get something.
Rainbow struggled to get out of the dress, so they could make an escape, but it was no use.
“This dress doesn’t look nearly as nice on you as the one that you wore to the gala,” Soarin commented.
“Yeah, well, that awesome dress was also made by Rarity,” Rainbow shrugged, trying to undo some sort of bow.
Rarity rushed down an instant later. She put two more pins into the dress, undid a small tie, and carried it back to the mannequin.
“How did…?” Rainbow looked around her as though there would be remnants of the dress left on her.
She shrugged and beckoned to Soarin to follow her out. It was best not to interrupt Rarity while she was working like this.
“Oh Rainbow,” Rarity called as they were leaving. She rushed over, “Here, take this. I was saving it for your birthday, but you know I think it would look fabulous on you, and I want to thank you for the trouble! Besides I can always get you something else for your birthday.”
Rarity tucked a pin into Rainbow’s hair. She shifted it around a bit, but then she seemed satisfied.
Rainbow couldn’t see it, but she thanked Rarity, and she and Soarin were on their way. She paused to see it in the window of a shop, and she had to hold back a gasp. It was a beautiful golden pin that was shaped like a feather. Rainbow smiled. The pin was awesome!
“All of your friends are really nice,” Soarin smiled.
“Yeah, well, of course all of my friends are awesome. Why would I hang out with them if they weren’t? But I do have two more friends I want you to meet. Their names are Twilight and Spike.”
“Okay!” He agreed enthusiastically.
They arrived at the library and heard a loud crash. Rainbow quickly rushed in.
“Found it!” Screeched Twilight, running upstairs.
They heard a groan come from under a pile of books, and a purple dragon poked his head out.
“Hey Spike,” Said Rainbow Dash, “Helping Twilight find a book?”
Spike gave her a small glare, before nodding and picking up one of the fallen novels. He placed it on the shelf.
“Hey Rainbow Dash,” He managed, having recovered from the book avalanche, “What are you doing here?”
“Oh, I was just introducing Soarin here to all of my friends.”
Spike looked up at the other light blue Pegasus, “Whoa, aren’t you from the Wonderbolts?”
“Yeah!” Soarin replied.
“That’s so cool!” Spike cried, “Wow you guys are so awesome! I was watching the other day when you guys performed! You know Rainbow Dash here has a couple of sweet moves of her own. Twilight has wings, but she tells me she won’t learn any tricks. Lame!”
“Spike!” Twilight called in a warning tone from upstairs, “I heard that!”
“Rainbow Dash is here!” Spike called back, avoiding the subject.
“Oh really?” Twilight trotted down the stairs, “Oh, and who is this?”
“This is Soarin,” Rainbow said, “you know that super awesome pony from the Wonderbolts.”
“Oh yes! This is the colt that you’ve told me about. Rainbow Dash is such a huge fan of yours. I think she even-“
“Okay Twilight! We have to go,” Rainbow was pushing Soarin out. She was blushing.