The One

She was on me in half a second, one blow after the next. What could cause her to be so violent...? She swung with one long, hard blow, and I blocked, jumping back. The power of Olga! That would explain her eyes! It has enveloped her, taken her over. "Twilight, favor to ask of you. Get me into her subconscious. I may be able to calm her." "On it!" Twilight started to charge a spell, while Rainbow keep swinging. I put all my energy into one go, and blocked hit after hit, never swinging back. "Ready!" After that, she fired a laser at me and hit me. I got nothing. "Twilight, that didn't do anythi--- Aaagh!" With that, I tripped, landing on Rainbow, forehead to forehead. Then everything went black.

Area: Recesses of Rainbow's Mind

I looked around. Blackness. You couldn't really see much of anything. I didn't have my blades on me, and I got a little worried. I started to just walk through the darkness, and hear voices. Rainbow's voice. "I will kill you!" "I hate you!" "You will DIE!" "Kill, Kill, KILL" It was scary. Through all of this, I heard one little sound in the back of my mind. Crying. She was crying. I broke into an instant sprint, running, hoping to find something, to be able to save her. I ran and ran. And I finally found her. "Rainbow... What is wrong?" She was sitting on the ground, or where the ground was at least, hugging her knees to her chest. She slowly looked up at me. "Blaine...?" I walked slowly over to her and knelt down in front of her. "It's me. Why are you here all alone?" She started to talk to me, through sobs, however quieter than when I first came here.

"I... I thought you hated me..."

"Why? I would never be able to hate you, Rainbow. What makes you think I do?"

"Well... It looked like you were avoiding me... You didn't talk to me much..."

"I'm sorry, I've just had a lot on my mind. It isn't anything you have done."

"So this means... You don't hate me?"

"No, I don't, Dashie. I've always wanted to say that... I don't hate you. So cheer up, okay?"

I moved over next to her and gave her a big hug. She needed it. We both needed it. This was really hard on both of us. "Now please... Come back to us. Okay?" She gave me the happiest look I've seen from her, and I blacked out again.

Canterlot Castle

I awoke slowly in the main meeting hall with everyone around me, even the princesses. "What happened...?" I asked. Fluttershy came up with an answer. "Rainbow woke up suddenly, and when she opened her eyes, they were back to normal. She got us to carry you here. Are you okay?" I looked at her concerned face. They were all concerned. Worried about me. "I am... How about Rainbow?" She approached slowly. "You alright Dashie?" She blushed heavily when I said that. She gave me a 'not in front of the others' stare. "Dashie...?" Twilight asked. "Oh, it's nothing. Nothing at all..." A few of them got a puzzled look, but shoved it off quickly. They all looked down at me. "Are you all doing okay? How are your feet, Applejack?"

"It hurts a bit to walk around, but it's bearable. Though I can't buck anythin'." I looked at them all, and sighed. "Well guys, gotta say something important." They all got close and listened very carefully. "Goodnight" I said, and passed out.

Fluttershy's Cottage

I arose slowly, and groaned with pain in my back. Not too much, but enough for it to bother me a bit. I looked around and saw a small building, with me on the inside evidently. I was kind of out of it at that point. Yellow. Wooden. A cottage. "Fluttershy? Are you here?" I called out, to hear her come down the stairs. "I'm he--EEER!" She cried out, and I suddenly had her sprawled out in my lap. "You okay?" She tripped. I questioned how she could trip that far, but I didn't care too much at that point. I looked worriedly at Fluttershy. She was clumsy, as normal. That was good. She looked up at me, blushing heavily, and I immediately realized why, turning away my head quickly.

I looked back at her. "Are you okay?" I asked. "That was a mighty far fall. Kinda hurt me." She quickly scooted over to the other side of the couch I was laying on, and I sat up... "I..." We both said at the same time. We were both really embarrassed. "I'm okay..." She managed to squeak out. "Fluttershy." She suddenly got real close. "Yes?" I looked at her. "We must never speak a word of this to anyone. Okay?" "Okay!" With that, she hugged me tightly, and I hugged back. "Thank you for your hard work..." I said, but got no response. She was already asleep. Tired as well, I got up, gently picked her up, my back hurting slightly, and carried her to her room. I laid her down, and lied next to her. "Goodnight." I kissed her forehead, and fell asleep.