An Autumn Romance

Author's Note Redux: Well, thank you for reading this chapter and beginning my story. This is a re-edit of the first chapter. Nothing major, just some grammatical and form corrections. It still will not be perfect, but slightly more tolerable. I will have it completely corrected again later. Once again, thank you for beginning my story, I hope you enjoy, and I hope you will stay with me for the continuations!

Chapter 1: A Cool, Autumn Morning

It was a cool, Autumn morning in Ponyville. Twilight walked through the leaves, quietly humming to herself. The sun filtered through the trees, and cast shadows in beautiful patterns on the road. With the Running of the Leaves a week away, the trees looked as if they were on fire. As she walked along, Twilight heard a familiar whistling sound and turned around to see Rainbow Dash flying right towards her. She ducked as the cyan pegasus tilted her wings upward, causing her to soar upwards. She turned back down and landed, spraying leaves in front of the startled unicorn.

“Hay Twi, whats up?” Rainbow asked with a huge smile across her face.

Twilight needed to take a second to calm herself before responding, “I”m fine, thanks for asking.” She replied, a hint of sarcasm in her voice. “You almost gave me a heart attack!”

Rainbow hung her head, but glanced up and fell over laughing at the sight of the purple pony's mane. It almost resembled Pinkie's, so fluffy and frizzy. “What, what's wrong?” asked Twilight frantically.

“It's.....your.....mane....” Rainbow managed out between fits of laughter. Twilight sighed, and magically floated a brush out of her saddle bag. In a few seconds, it was back to being perfectly straight. “Aww, it looked better before” Rainbow said, brushing herself off. “Anyways, where are you off to?”

“Well,” Twilight stared, “I'm heading over to see Lyra about a record she had for me, and I needed to get some...”

Dash had stopped listening, and only continued to nod in response. She was lost in thought about the purple mare who stood before her. In the year and a half since Twilight had moved to Ponyville, Rainbow had become quite fond of her. She had never been attracted to a mare before, but it felt great. Alright, there was that one time in college with Bon Bon, but that was it. She didn't know why, but Twilight seemed special to her. Her smarts, the bookish but sweet and socially awkward attitude she had, and her beautiful smile all seemed to captivate Rainbow.

She was daydreaming so much, she barely heard Twilight calling her name. “Rainbow. Hay Rainbow, are you there?”

She shook her head, and quickly stammered, “Ya, sorry Twi. I was a little lost in thought.”

“Well, that's a first!” Twilight joked. After an awkward moment of silence, she started to speak. “Say, would you want to join me on these errands. Some company would be nice.”

Dash was stunned, but tried to play it cool. “Sure, I don't have anything else to do...”

“Great! Lets get going.” Twilight replied, beginning to trot off.

As they began walking, she was sure to keep an eye on Rainbow. From the way she was acting, Twilight knew exactly what she was thinking. Ever since she had moved to Ponyville, she had noticed the pegasus stealing glances at her. She knew how Dash felt, but didn't know how to tell her about her own feelings. The walk would be the perfect opportunity.

“What were you thinking about back there?” Twilight asked. She had to giggle at the look on Rainbow's face as she tried to think of a good answer.

Eventually, something managed to click in her head. “Oh, I..uh...was thinking about, the trees! Ya, that's it!” She stammered, glancing around at the majestic plants around them.

“While they are beautiful this time of year, I have a feeling that wasn't what you were thinking of.” Twilight said, slightly bumping into Dash.

The pegasus pony immediately froze. Oh horse apples! Does she know? She must know! Her mind was going a mile a minute. Was Twilight coming on to her? What was going on? She could no longer think straight. I need to calm down, she thought. Just act normal. “What do you mean, Twi?”

“Well, I saw the way you were looking at me earlier when I was talking, and when I bumped into you it was as if you were frozen in place. I think you know what I mean.” She replied, trying to act as serious as possible. It was hilarious to see such a brave pony reduced to a nervous wreck.

“Um...ya...well...uh...” Rainbow stammered until Twilight put a hoof over her mouth. “Don't worry, I'm not mad. In fact, I must admit I'm a little interested.”

Dash's jaw hit the floor. Was this actually happening? Did she forget to set her alarm this morning, and she was still asleep? This could never happen, she thought. Twilight giggled as Rainbow tried to formulate a sentence. “I don't know what to say, Twi. Is this this real?”

Twilight giggled again and leaned onto Rainbow. “How about we go and grab some lunch and discuss this? I feel hungry, and you look like you need to come back to reality!”

She looked Twilight in the face, and felt as though she would melt. She had a huge smile. Her big, violet eyes looking on in anticipation for the answer. “That...sounds fantastic!” Rainbow finally managed. She felt herself blushing, as she noticed she was holding hoofs with her love.

“Great! I'll pay, and we can talk about this.” Twilight stated, as the two started trotting off to downtown Ponyville, rainbow draping her wing across Twilight's flanks.