Twilight Sparkle looked around the city square that she, Applejack, Fluttershy, pinkie pie and spike stood in. She looked to the few passing ponies, their expressions showing nothing out of the ordinary as they trotted to their jobs in the early morning. The pigeons, sitting quietly on the statues that littered Vanhoover central, waiting with keen eyes for somepony to drop some food. She looked at the street itself, the paved roads having been cleared of snow before the sun rose, with not a speck litter to be seen.

It was a boring city.

It was their second day in Vanhoover and the problem that the map had promised had yet to reveal itself. The ideal plan was to rock up to Vanhoover, find out the problem, solve it, jump back on a train and be back in Ponyville in time for dinner. But fate obviously had other plans.

"Twilight?" Said Pinkie cutting through the silence.

"Hmm?"

"Vanhoover is boring."

Twilight sighed. "Yeah...yeah it is."

The small group fell back into silence for a few moments. The breeze chilled them to the bone, the only sound to be heard was the wind whistling around buildings and the distant chattering of ponies having breakfast in an out of sight cafe.

"I've never wanted something to go wrong so badly." Twilight mumbled to herself.

"Hm?" Inquired Applejack, having not quite heard the Alicorn.

Twilight sighed. "Nothing."

******

Rarity took a deep breath and wrapped her forelegs around the midsection of the pony lying next to her. The pony let out a familiar sounding squeak as she tightened her grasp, they smelled of healthy sweat and cheap perfume.

"Mmm..morning." The voice was familiar to Rarity but she couldn't make out who it was exactly. The pony snuggled closer to the alabaster mare, pushing their muzzle into the crook of Rarity's neck. Rarity could feel their hot breath under her chin.

"Morning darling." Rarity recognized her own voice. The white mare felt a foreleg drape over her midsection as the pony in her hooves re-adjusted. Rarity slowly opened her eyes to get a look at the mystery pony.

It was a pillow.

It was a pillow that didn't at all smell like healthy sweat or cheap perfume.

"Ughh." Rarity grumbled, pushed the pillow away from herself with more force than was required as she sat up in her bed, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. Rarity looked back to the pillow on her bed, unsure if what had just occurred was a dream or hallucination or perhaps something else entirely.

It felt so real..

With a sigh Rarity swung her hooves off her bed and shuffled into her slippers, her mind still going over what had just occurred.
With a sigh she pushed the thoughts out of her head and got to work on her hair, after styling her coiffeur and doing her makeup she headed down stairs. Trotting into the kitchen Rarity noticed a scrap of paper on her table.

Already ate. Gone flying. Be back later.

• Technicolor Speedy

Rarity looked at the note once more, mentally noting that Rainbow Dash had unexpectedly good hoof writing skills, before her mind caught up with her eyes.

The unicorn let out a light-hearted chuckle. "Technicolor Speedy." Rarity smiled.

******

Rainbow Dash hovered far above Ponyville, her coat glistening with a sheen of sweat and her breath heavy. She looked down to the town below, watching as the few ponies who were out early milled about having coffee with their friends and whatnot.

Rainbow had been practicing her corners, more so practicing how fast she could take them, an exercise that always left her wings feeling sore from the wind pulling sharply on the muscles. She didn't care how much her wings hurt, it felt good to fly. Feeling the wind in her mane, the burn of her muscles and the heartbeat in her throat. It felt good to be alive.

And not having to think.

Rainbow Dash didn't have to worry when she flew, all her worrysome thoughts and nagging doubts melted when she flew.

Rainboom. I need to Rainboom.

The mayor is gonna be- For once in a long time Rainbow let her impulse's guide her.

Deal with her later, I need this.

Before the other voice in her mind could speak up Rainbow plummeted. Within seconds a cone of condensation formed around her outstretched forehooves. Rainbow slowly angled up and became parallel with the ground just as a gap in the cone formed. Rainbow pushed her wings harder.

Then the cone broke.

A tremendous bang was heard and waved of color washed over the sky above Ponyville. For a brief moment Rainbow felt nothing but sheer joy. Before her thoughts interrupted her.

Shouldnt've done that.

Rainbows smile faded fast and turned into a frown of worry as she slowed her speed until she could hover above the small town.

The mayor's gonna be pissed.

The pegasus grumbled out of frustration as she hung suspended in the air. Rainbow tried her hardest to block the thoughts from her mind before coming to a conclusion.

Well, I guess that's another reason for the mayor to hate me. Not much I can do about it now.

Rainbow sighed and started to flap her wings and head for Cloudsdale, It was a short flight.

Maybe I can get some more practice in at Cloudsdale. No doubt I'll cop an earful from Minuette or Mayor Bitchface when I get back to Ponyville though.

******

Rarity sat in front of her fireplace listening to Fleetfoot Mac as she telekinetically knitted a sweater.

The sweater was going to be a baggy cable knit sweater, stylish and comfortable whilst also being functional. Knitting was not something that Rarity normally did: she had dabbled in it before, making simple things like scarves and socks but never anything as complex as a sweater, let alone a pegasus sweater. Rarity knew she could do it though, there was no doubt. Making fabulous outfits was her forte, no matter the media in use.

It also helped that Rarity was a master of fine telekinetic work, meaning she could easily knock out the entire sweater in half an hour if she wanted to. She wouldn't even have to use knitting needles. The only real challenge was the design.

"If I live to see seven wonders, I'll find a path to the rainbows end." Rarity sung along with the music flowing from the grammar phone. Fleetfoot Mac was undeniably one of her favorite bands and lately she had been re-listening to their records for the first time in what seemed like years.

It was past noon now, and Rarity had spend the good majority of her morning designing and reading from her Stallion King novel. It was a slow going day but refreshing, the same time last week the unicorn was absolutely floored with work orders, but she powered through them as she always did and now had time to relax.

Before long Rarity had finished knitting Rainbows sweater, it was defiantly the most challenging project she had completed in a while, even though the most challenging aspect of the entire ensemble was figuring out how to knit the cables to give them a bunched up and baggy look. Flicking through a few books on patterns had quickly solved that problem though.

Rarity hung the finished sweater on an equinequin and looked at it with a critical eye. The cables were symmetrical, the wing holes weren't too tight, and the forelegs were tight enough to be rolled up if need be. It was light grey in colour so as to not take away from Rainbows advanced colour palette and would hang loosely around the neck and chest whilst staying slim against her belly.

It was perfect.

Rarity knew there was a chance that Rainbow wouldn't like it, seeing as Rainbow wasn't a fan of clothing in general, but that chance was slim. The sweater wasn't as Rainbow would put it 'frou-frou' in the slightest, feminine yes, but not frou-frou. Worst case scenario Rainbow didn't like it and Rarity gave it to Fluttershy instead, but that wasn't likely.

"Oh Rarity, you truly are a master of your art!" Rarity complemented herself as the track on the record changed. The unicorn levitated the sweater off the model pony and set it down on her chaise lounge.

"Oh thunder only happens when its rainin" Rarity softly grooved to the music.

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Rainbow lay on her back in the middle of her cloud living room, Blue Octobers head resting on her chest. The two mares had been unofficially dating for about a month now, unofficially meaning only that they hadn't told anyone yet, there was no doubt they were dating. It was hard to tell people that you were in a relationship with another mare, particularly when both of those mares were still in the closet to varying degrees.

Rainbow Dash had yet to tell anyone that she was gay, let alone tell anyone she was in an active relationship with a mare. Blue October on the other hand had told a few people she was gay but she had yet to tell her parents, and that had Rainbow thinking.

"Hey, so I was thinking." Rainbow said cutting through the content silence the two ponies had fell into.

"Hmm?" Blue October opened her eyes to look at her girlfriend.

"I was thinkin' about telling mom."

"Telling her what?" Blue October queried before she realized what Rainbow was talking about. "Oh, you're gay, I gotcha. Wait really?"

"Yeah, well I may as well, it'd be good to get it off my chest." Rainbow shrugged.

"You sure she'll be okay with it?" Toby had a look of uncertainty written on her features.

"Yeah, why wouldnt she be?"

Blue October frowned. "I wish my parents were like your mom, I would've told them a long time ago."

Rainbow offered a reassuring smile. "Hey It's okay, when you tell them I'll come with you if you want." Dash comfortingly ran her hoof along the older mares back.

"Really? You'd do that?"

Rainbow had actually wanted that to be the less preferable option, more of a reassurance, but she couldn't back out now. "Y-yeah, sure."
Rainbow smiled. "No problem."

Blue October smiled back at Rainbow. "Thank you, Dash." The blue mare planted a soft kiss on Rainbow's nose.

What have I got myself into.

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Rainbow Dash quickly looked around the town below from the edge of the cloud she had been napping on. Or trying to nap on anyway, the cold late autumn air chilled her to the bone within seconds, even after an intense workout.

Alright, no sign of Minuette or the mayor, lets rock and roll.

Rainbow had planned to make sure the coast was clear before making a mad dash to carousel boutique, she wanted to avoid confrontation with the mayor or the sheriff for a while, lay low.

The mare took off like a jet, kicking the loud she was perched on into vapour. It only took about two seconds of flight before Rainbow opened her wings to their full extension to slow her descent. With a loud thud Rainbow's hooves smacked down on the patio of carousel boutique. The pegasus twisted the doorknob and entered the shop level of the building.

The first thing Rainbow noticed was the sound of Fleetfoot Mac emanating from the record player, she then noticed Rarity lift her gaze from the book in her hooves and give a warm smile to her.

"Bit chilly, darling?" Asked Rarity, putting her book down.

"A little." Rainbow said.

"Ooh so I noticed you looked cold yesterday," Rarity said as she lifted herself from her sitting position and started trotted over to her chaise lounge. "I know you don't like dresses and you usually just wear a hoodie in winter but quite frankly darling you're not seventeen anymore so I made you a little something to fight off the cold, hmm?"

"Oh, okay." Rainbow was a little surprised Rarity had managed to complete an entire ensemble in the time she was out flying.

"Wait what do you mean by not seventeen anymore?" Rainbows mind finally caught up with the snide insult Rarity had woven into her sentence.

"Nothing Darling," Rarity continued smiling as she pulled out the sweater she had created. "What do you think?"

The sweater truly caught Rainbow Dash off guard. She didn't know Rarity could make cool stuff. "Oh wow, Rarity. I didn't know you made like, clothes, if you get me? This is rad!" Rainbow said as she pulled the sweater over her head and fumbled around for the leg holes.

Rarity smiled as she couldn't detect a hint of fakery in Rainbows voice, she genuinely like it! That made Rarity feel happy. "Yes well dresses are where I truly shine but had never made any casual wear before, I thought I might as well give it a go."

Rainbows head eventually popped out of the mass of clothing and smiled at Rarity. "So this what you were taking my measurements for. I love it Rarity." Rainbow smiled genuinely as she trotted closer to the unicorn and wrapped her forelegs around her in a warm embrace.

"It's my pleasure Rainbow Dash." Rarity returned the gesture. The jumper only makes her cuddlier.

The thoughts left Rarity's mind as fast as they had come and left the mare blinking in confusion as she let go of her pegasus friend.

Why did I think that just now?

"Ooh it's got wing holes too! This is mint Rarity!" Rainbow turned, presenting her side to the unicorn. "Could you help me get my wings through?"

Rarity blinked, her mind returning her to the land of the living. "Oh yes, of course darling." Rarity gently help guide Rainbows wing through the hole. After a little shuffling and fiddling the wing finally slipped through the opening. Throughout the entire exchange a voice ran through Rarity's mind, telling her the same thing over and over.

You might not want to go playing with your pegasus friend's wings if you only like them platonically.

It was Rainbows voice, yet here Rarity stood, gently guiding Rainbows soft wings though the openings in her new jumper. After what felt like hours both of Rainbows wings were now curled against the outside of her new cable knit sweater. It was amazing Rarity wasn't blushing.

"Thanks Rarity, this is sweet!" Rainbow said as she extended her wings, giving a few experimental flaps.

"Don't mention it, darling." The room filled with the gentle crackling of the fire and the sweet softness of Fleetfoot Mac before Rainbow spoke up once more.

"Not seventeen anymore," Rainbow mumbled while smirking at Rarity. "Never knew you were such a smartass, Rarity." Rainbow poked out her tongue at the unicorn.

There was no malice behind her words, just friendly banter. But the sentence was more than that to Rainbow, she wanted to see how far she could poke the unicorn before offending her. Turns out, a bit more than expected.

Rarity let out a dainty laugh before smirking back at the pegasus. "I'm surprised it took you so long to figure that out, dear." Rarity turned and trotted back to her place in front of the fire and picked up her book, still smiling at the pegasus' comment.

Rainbow smiled at the reaction. Rarity's cool, dude.

Another voice wormed its way into her mind. Shame she isn't into mare's.

Rainbow shook the thoughts out of her head before they could get any louder and trotted over to her spot on the carpet. All earlier thoughts of napping now forgotten, now the mare just wanted to read, besides if she napped now she wouldn't be able to go to sleep at a reasonable time tonite and she would be groggy for work tomorrow.

Ughhh work tomorow. Lame.

Rainbow looked over her shoulder to the white unicorn sitting in front of the fire.

Why the hell have I been sitting over here?

Rainbow grabbed the Daring Doo book in her teeth and trotted toward the fireplace; Rarity gave Rainbow Dash a questioning look as the mare dropped the book and sat down in front of the fireplace, next to Rarity.

The two shared a smile but said nothing, content to just sit and read their books. Dash's a thrilling adventure. Rarity's a psychological horror. The two sat reading for what must've been the better part of an hour before a sound interrupted them, or rather a lack of sound

Despite the crackling of the fire the boutique filled with a strange silence, a silence that felt jarring and alien to the two mares.
The needle of the old gramophone was now spinning on the final dead space of the record, as a silent reminder that the record had ended.
Rarity stood and stretched her legs eliciting a series of involuntary pops from her knees, the mare then began to trot to the record player. Rainbow followed.

"I didn't know you liked Fleetfoot Mac?" Rainbow Dash's raspy voice came from behind Rarity as she queued up a new record.

"I'm a little surprised you know that name, Rainbow Dash" Rarity smiled back at the mare."Are you a fan?"

"Uh, I guess," Rainbow scratched the back of her neck with an idle hoof. "My mom has always been a big fan, I kinda grew up listening to them." Rainbow gave a sheepish smile. "They're pretty timeless."

Rarity was pleasantly surprised by that. "Your mother, is a good mare." Rarity gave a subtle nod of approval as she floated out a few record sleeves from the shelf below the player.

"Heck yeah she is!" Rainbow came up beside Rarity and sat down, gently flicking through the array of albums Rarity had collected.
"Fleetfoot Mac, Elton Pone, Princess, Palomino, Smooch, The Bugs. Rarity, you have a great taste in music!"

For the second time that day Rainbow Dash had managed to bring a real heartfelt smile to Rarity's face. "Thank you Rainbow Dash."

"I mean no offense but I thought you only listened to like, classical and show tunes or whatever." Rainbow continued to flick through the albums.

"Oh I do, but if I listened to nothing but classical and show tunes Rainbow Dash I fear I would go crazy." Rarity queued up the first song on a new record. "I would've thought a lot of this would be too slow for your tastes?" Rarity Raised an eyebrow at the mare who was now in a sitting position reading the back of a Princess album.

"Oh my playlist is all over the place, Rares. Pretty much everything except pop."

"Huh." Was all Rarity could think to say. "Country?"

"Only old stuff, and even then..." Rainbow wiggled her fore hooves about in the air as a way of saying 'meh'. The two fell back into comfortable quiet for a moment as the first song started to play. 'Take It easy' by Hawks.

Rainbow stood after satisfying her curiosity. She raised an eyebrow and smiled at the alabaster mare. "When did you get so cool, Rarity?"

Rarity smiled at the compliment, her mind told her she should be offended by the comment, to insist that she had always been 'cool' but another, bigger part just felt...warm.

******

The two had been sitting and reading for some time now and the day was close to its end, the streetlights throughout the small town were starting to flicker to life as the last remnants of day sunk below the horizon.

"Are you hungry Rainbow Dash? I don't know what to do for dinner."

Rainbow looked up from her page. "Uh, yeah I could eat. I'm down for whatever, Rares."

"I don't really feel like cooking, perhaps we could grab something to eat in town?" Rarity looked to the pegasus, awaiting her answer.
Rainbow mentally did a quick run-through on how likely it was for her to run into the mayor or the sheriff in town.

Nah, its dark, as if.

"Yeah, I could do that. What are you thinkin'?"

Rarity stood as she formed a telekinetic bubble around the fire, it quickly used up the oxygen within the space and choked. "I don't quite know, Rainbow Dash. I guess we'll find out." Rarity smiled at the chromatic pegasus.

Rainbow stood from her seated position as Rarity floated out a scarf and wrapped it around herself also making sure to telekinetically switch off the gramophone.

"Be right back." Rainbow flew up the stairs to her room, leaving Rarity waiting on the lower level. Rainbow rummaged through her duffel bag until she found her bag of bits. The mare grabbed ten bits, leaving the rest in her bag.

Sixtey five bits left. Rainbow reminded herself.

The pegasus flew back down the stairs and met Rarity at the door.

Before she knew it herself and Rarity were trotting through the small country town. Trying to think of somewhere to eat, not that there was much of a selection, there was Sugar Cube Corner, there was the cafe on Mane street or the fast food joint on the other side of town.

"You think the cafe is still open?" asked Rainbow, she didn't particularly fell like Sugar Cube Corners particular brand of food and the sheer thought of fast food from Burger Prince made her feel as though she were putting on weight.

"I think there open until seven most nights, but it is Sunday..." Rarity frowned. "Let's find out."
Rainbow smiled as the pair continued their trot through town. That is until a voice from behind sent a spike of terror through the pegasus.

"Rainbow Dash!" The mayor called to gain her attention. Rainbow grumbled to herself before turning around.

"Mayor." Came the response from Rainbow Dash.

She had to think of an excuse, within a millisecond she had it. Rainbows elbow nudged Rarity's as she quickly whispered in the unicorns ear.
"Play along."

"Evening Rarity." Said the mayor, Rarity replied with a smile and a nod, still unaware as to what she was 'playing along' with.

"I did see that Rainboom you did this morning," The mayors face took on a darker, more unpleasant look when she spoke to the chromatic pegasus. "I thought I made it clear that you were not to perform the rainboom unless you had clearance from me or the sheriff."

Rarity could see the statement had no affect on Rainbow Dash, her expression held stern, but it made her own mind race. Permission to do the Rainboom? What, since when!?

The mayor continued. "I spoke to Minuette earlier today and she said you hadn't told her anything about it." The earth pony Raised an eyebrow, waiting for her explanation.

Rainbow look at the back of her hoof with complete disinterest. "Oh yeah that, elements of harmony stuff, I had to give a signal to Twilight. She's in Vanhoover at the moment and a letter would've taken too much time." Rainbow looked back to the mayor, hoping she would buy it.

"Why didn't you come see me first?" The mayor still wore an unimpressed look.

Rarity knew exactly who's side she was on from the get go, the entire situation was ridiculous. She spoke up.

"Oh darling it was very much a spur of the moment thing, for all we knew the fate of Equestria depended on it." Rarity smiled at Rainbow, who at this point was very thankful Rarity was with her. "Wouldn't be the first time the Rainboom has saved Equestria." Rarity gave a light-hearted chuckle, Rainbow sheepishly joined her.

The mayor grumbled and looked back to Dash. "Yes, well in future please make more of an effort to let me know."

With no goodbye the mayor turned and trotted in the opposite direction, leaving the two mares standing in the middle of the road.

Rainbow turned to face Rarity. "Thanks for that."

"What was all that about? You have to get permission to perform the very thing that got you your cutie mark?" Rarity was more peeved than Rainbow was. "The very thing that gave us all out cutie marks?!"

"It's only because I'm-... me." Nice save dumbass. Rainbows mind berated her for almost dropping the ball. "She's always hated me."
Rainbow looking in the direction the mayor had disappeared. ...Cunt.

Rarity growled. "I wont have it Rainbow Dash, as soon as Twilight and the others get back to town I'm telling Twilight about the mayor. She'll sort her out!"

Rarity mumbled angrily as she trotted away. "Make you ask permission to do the rainboom. Ridiculous. Absolutely ludicrous..." Rarity trailed off once more.

Rainbow stood still for a few moments, wide eyed and blinking.

Why is she so pissed? She's more pissed than I am..

Rainbow cantered after the unicorn.

******

"Rarity I got this."

"Nonsence Rainbow Dash, for the last time you need the bits more than I." Rarity said as she floated their combined fee of eighteen bits over the counter.

Rainbow sighed as the cashier handed the mares their respective sandwiches. "Thanks, Rarity."

"It's quite alright, darling." Rarity replied without missing a beat. The two mares walked to one of the many tables inside the cafe. According to the cashier the small cafe was open until the same time every night, being one of the only places to get fast food in the town.

The two sat down at the dimly lit cafe table and tucked into their sandwiches. After their meals were eaten and forgotten Rarity spoke up.

"Why do you think the mayor dislikes you so, Rainbow Dash."

Damnit Rarity. Rainbow had her reasons as to why that was not a question she wanted to answer truthfully.

"Dunno," Rainbow lied. "She's just always been a cow to me, she likes the rest of the elements just fine." Rainbow said with a faux look of contemplation.

"It just strikes me as bizarre. You see how she spoke to me? She was fine! Whenever she looked at you though, you could see it in her eyes."

What does she mean by that? Rainbow pondered.

"See what?" The pegasus asked.

"I don't quite know.." Rarity leaned across the table slightly to speak in a hushed tone. "I just didn't know the mayor could be such a bitch."

Rainbow smiled a full toothed smile and gave a chuckle, which in turn made Rarity smile. For some reason hearing Rarity use the word had made Rainbow Dash happy. Rarity said a naughty word, hehehe.

"What say you we get out of here, I'm freezing." Rarity said as she snuggled the scarf around her neck feeling the soft fibres brush against her coat.

Rainbow watched the unicorn get momentarily lost in the softness of the scarf. Heh, cute.

"Yeah lets go." Rainbow stood with the unicorn and together they trotted home.

******

Rainbow Dash showered and brushed her teeth, with the lack of naps Rainbow Dash had had today sleep would come easy for the mare. Not to mention she had to get some rest for work tomorow. Rainbow trotted to the end of the hallway and looked down the stairs at the white unicorn by the fire.

"I'm going to bed, night Rarity." Rainbow said before turning away, only to be stopped by Rarity.

"Rainbow Dash." Rainbow turned back to face the unicorn. "Do you think that maybe this is the reason our cutie marks were on the map? You staying here I mean." Rarity queried.

Rainbow slowly descended the stairs as she thought. "Huh, I hadn't thought of that.. maybe."

"I just think.." Rarity paused collecting her thoughts. "Nevermind."

Rainbow walked toward the mare, an eyebrow raised. "What is it?"

"Oh nothing Rainbow, it's silly." Rarity looked away.

"Tell me." Rainbow insisted with a soft tone.

"It's just..You and I have never really spent any real time together. We're probably the two most distant ponies in our group." Rarity said with a sad look on her face. Rainbow mirrored the look, trying to figure out where Rarity was going.

"I mean to say, I have very much enjoyed spending time with you Rainbow Dash.. it's been nice having you around." Rarity gave a smile.

Rainbow Dash wasn't looking at Rarity, she seemed to be looking somewhere behind her. A simple closed mouth smile had formed on her face. Rarity could see something in that smile, something in Rainbows eyes, something that she couldn't quite put her hoof on. The only thing Rarity could know for sure is that the smile was genuine.

Rarity took pleasure in the fact she had made her friend happy. Goodness, I seem to have struck a chord.

Rainbow was lost in her own thoughts momentarily.

Rarity likes having me around? But I haven't done anything. Just doing stuff I would normally do at home. Just hanging out.

...But Rarity likes that...

Rainbows smile brightened as she trotted closer to the unicorn. She abruptly sat down directly in front of the mare and wrapped her forelegs around her in a soft embrace.

Rarity was a little taken back but returned the gesture nonetheless. Apparently a tender chord.

Rarity eased into the embrace, feeling the warm fabric from Rainbows new sweater against her chest and the silky smooth texture of Rainbows coat against her neck.

"Thanks Rarity," Rainbow Dash's raspy voice came softly over Rarity shoulder. The pegasus leaned back, breaking the embrace for the most part. "It's been pretty cool hanging out with you too." Rainbow paused. "You're a good friend, Rarity."

Rainbow stood with a smile and started trotting toward the stairs. "Goodnight Rarity."

Rarity was still a little stunned by the interaction. "G-Goodnight Rainbow."

Rainbow disappeared up the stairs, Rarity heard the soft 'click' of Sweetie Belles door closing from up the hall.

A few moments passed as Rarity sat watching the fire, reflecting on what just happened.

The simple compliment had set something off within Rarity, she knew Rainbow wasn't the best at giving compliments, not a particularly sentimental mare. But she knew Rainbow had meant the compliment with ever fiber of her being, she could see it in her eyes. What had just transpired was no doubt the most intimate moment Rarity had ever had with Rainbow.

Rarity felt her lip quiver as she realized something she should've understood a long time ago.

Rainbow is such a sweetheart.

Rarity couldn't wipe the smile from her face as she dabbed the tears from her eye's.

Author's Note

The one In which the horses become friends. Freindshipping is good.

Next chapter: Rainbow Dash's first day on the job and Rarity shoots up heroin in the line for social welfare.
It only gets better from here, lads.

Realistically though I have no clue when the next chapter will be out, hopefully wont take as long as this one. (My job and college have been all up in my grill lately. (By that I of course mean I got some work and have been doing college work lately.)) But who knows, it might even take longer.
Very unlikely, calm your fallopian tubes.

As for the music taste I gave the RD and Rarity, I know there are going to be comments about it because music sets people off for whatever reason, and I know I have probably violated one of your sacred head canons.

UH! Rainbow Dash only listens to speed metal and Rarity only listened to techno!!1!1

Screw off, real people don't have a single definitive genre of music that they exclusively listen to, and if they do they're idiots. That goes for ponies too.

Seriously...idiots

But I felt that music and talking about music is a good way to bond with people, so I used that. You have your headcanons, I have mine. I just write mine into my story.

Any who, I hoped you enjoyed.

Side note: I think I need new cover art, this one shits me.