They Call Me Dash

It's been almost a year since I last saw them. Their smiling faces, their beautiful manes and coats. I longed to see them once more, before I left this world, and that could be at any second. My name is Rainbow Dash, former Element of Harmony. And this is my story.

Lightning struck the ground, rain poured down like a leaking faucet. Ponies could be seen running into their houses, parents huddling their kids up like a group of wild cattle. I watched them, in a bored manner, it wasn't like I could do anything else anyway. Derpy was already inside, she never liked going out anymore. Not since..The Incident. She didn't like talking about it, and when anypony else did, she got furious quickly. She was the only pony I could trust now, and the same went for her. Everypony else would do anything, and I mean anything, to survive.

Not long ago, I had 6 other ponies I trusted. They're gone now. I don't know where they are either, so it's not like I could go out and find them. I tried that already anyway, and I failed miserably.

"Rainbow Dash! Dinner!"

Derpy called me from inside, her bubbly-voice ringed through my ears. I had almost forgotten I was still outside in the cold, rain. And by the time I realized I was, everypony I was originally looking at was already inside. I'd just been dazing out in the middle of nowhere for almost 10 minutes.

"Coming Derpy..." I answered. I flew off the cloud I was currently sitting on and landed on the ground with a quick thud. Running into the direction of the old shelter, rain dripped down my sides.

Entering the shelter, I shook off the cool water on my coat. Derpy was standing alongside me, she had a deep frown on her face and her derped-eyes looked coldly at me like glass. I remembered a few months ago, Derpy was always smiling, always had a happy-look on her face. That wasn't the case anymore.

"What were you doing? You know being outside when lightning is shooting out of the sky is a bad thing to do..Right?" Derpy joked. She flew up, flying towards the small dinner table we managed to build out off the leftover wood from the shelter. Dinner was set up, two wooden bowls of daisy-stew sitting quietly.

"Of course I do..." I said.

"Then why were you out there? You know better then that, Rainbow Dash.." Derpy smirked. She sipped a bit of the daisy-stew.

"I was just...Thinking.."

"Well next time..think inside..."

"Sure Ditzy."

Derpy froze at me, her derped-eyes narrowed. I bit my lips in a ignorant manner.

"What did you just call me?"

"Nothing..." I sighed. Derpy didn't like being called that anymore, it was what the Doctor used to call her, and...well...The Incident  happened.

"Sure...Just come eat before I throw your food out..." Derpy mocked. She smiled softly.

I flew over to the table, sitting down on the floor, hardly. I picked at the food for a while, looking at it in a weird manner. Derpy was a good cook, but The Incident really ruined that.

"You not gonna eat it?" Derpy said.

"I will...." I assured." You know..Pinkie Pie used to make the best dinner."

Derpy looked at me, worry in her eyes. She knew how deeply I cared for my friends, especially Pinkie Pie, who was like a younger sister to me.

"I know..She worked at Sugar Cube Corner..remember?" Derpy agreed.

"Before it burned down in that fire..."

"Well...at least she made it out..."

"Barely..."

Derpy's expression turned sour. She ate another sip of her daisy-stew before continuing her part of the conversation.

"Well you should know..you are the one who saved her..."

"I didn't save the Cakes though...or their foals..."

"Well...Their in a better place..."

"Their dead, Derpy..."

"Celestia's taken care of them...They'll be fine..."

Derpy flew up from the dinner table, flying over to the trash can and throwing away her and my stew, both. She flew over to the other side of the room, slipping into one of the two sleeping bags on the floor.

"Night Dashie..." Derpy joked. I froze. She knew how much I hated being called that name by anypony, well, anypony except Pinkie.

"What."

"Just doing some quick revenge." Derpy smiled. "Night Rainbow Dash."

"Night Derpy.."

I flew into my sleeping bag, blowing out the candle that sat next to our bags. I closed my eyes, trying to focus on my prime goal, getting a good's night rest. Dear Luna...Please give me a good's night's rest. I haven't had one of those since before this torture started. Well, Night Girls...Night Spike...Night Scoots...Night Tank...Wherever you are...Night..

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The sound of cannons woke me up like an alarm clock. And the sun wasn't even up either. I slipped from out of my sleeping bag and looked towards Derpy's. She somehow managed to stay still asleep, even when thousands of metal weapons were being flung around the sky. But, somepony's have gotten used to that. The ponies who weren't able to escape Ponyville of course. And it was all because...

11 months ago, a new enemy came from Tarturus, and managed to be immune to the Element's of Harmony.

Because of that, Equestria was flung into complete chaos, everything being even more messed up then Discord's return. My friends had managed to escape, each going their separate ways at separate times. I, unfortunately, was stuck in Ponyville when I was trying to help Pinkie Pie escape. She stayed there for hours, looking through the barrier in between the woods Ponyville, watching me with a guilty expression. It took that same number of hours to convince her to leave and try and find some shelter. I found Derpy moments later and we became as close as me and my other friend's were.

I still remember the look of horror on Pinkie Pie's face, tears were running down her face and her mane was deflated in a depressed manner. I had never seen her look so sad or miserable. And it was all because she thought it was her fault that I didn't escape. She cared for me that much.

I never understood how the Elements didn't work though. Was it possibly because of that fight the 6 of us were having earlier. Did fights affect the Element's of Harmony? I might never know.

I might not want to know, but I just couldn't sit here any longer either. I was tired of waking up in the middle of night to the sound of thousands of ponies still trying to fight their way out of the barrier. I was tired of the chaotic weather and the depressed state of Ponyville. I needed everything back to the way it was. Back to way it's supposed to be. And I was gonna do it, if nopony else was going to.

I shook Derpy awake, her eyes opened slowly, tiredly.

"What is it Rainbow Dash..." Derpy replied quietly. I tossed her an old saddlebag that I kept in my pillows to keep it sturdy.

"Pack your things...We have an adventure to go on.."

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