A Dash of Love Soared Through the Skies

A Dash of Love Soared Through the Skies

By: Crystal Heart

Chapter 19: A New Beginning

Welcome to the last chapter of A Dash of Love Soared Through the Skies! I hope you've enjoyed the duology, and how far it has come! I'd also like to personally invite you to join me for the next story in the series, titled Twin Trouble, and will be following the lives of Rainbow Sandstorm and Stronghold Skies!

Enjoy the chapter!

About a year later, Hibiscus and Burning were set to be married. They had decided for it to be held at Twilight's castle, and were both excited, and nervous about it.

"Are you ready for your big day, Hibiscus?" Dash asked the pink pegasus, who was busy looking over herself in the mirror. Hibiscus closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and nodded.

"Yeah, Dash. I think I am..." she said softly. "I think I'm ready to be united with the one I love," she finished with a small smile. Dash grinned.

"How are you feeling?" she asked. Hibiscus looked at the cyan mare, and smiled.

"Surprisingly, okay, how did you feel on your wedding day?"

"Just anxious. The only guest was Prince Shining Armor. So it was pretty quiet. But I was also incredibly happy to be marrying Soarin," Dash explained. Hibiscus nodded. Dash then started to trot towards the door.

"I'll be right back. I'm going to go check on the guests," she said.

Dash began to trot through the hallways of the Castle of Friendship.

It was pretty nice of Twilight to lend the castle for the wedding, she thought, smiling slightly to herself.

She opened one of the doors she was now in front of wide, and laid eyes the reception hall.

Seats were in rows of ten on either side, with a decorative alter at the front. Twilight was looking through a thick book, and Sandstorm and Stronghold were both looking up at her with wide eyes. Dash raised her eyebrows, and began to walk up to them.

"But Aunty Twilight! Why can't we presede?" Stronghold asked. Twilight rolled her eyes.

"It's preside, Stronghold. And you don't have the status to be able to do that yet," she explained. Sandstorm looked at her brother with a smirk.

"Ha. Told you so!" she said, flicking her tail at him. Stronghold grumbled with a frown, and glanced behind him, noticing his mother standing there with her hooves crossed.

"Mom! Do you know where Daddy is?" he asked. Dash frowned.

"Okay... so I just came here, your mother, and you're asking where your father is? Seriously?" she asked. Stronghold shrugged nonchalantly, earning another sweet glare from his mother. He grinned sheepishly, before trotting down to her, Sandstorm following shortly after.

"Um... Hi?" he asked uncertainly. Dash gave him a nod of approval, and looked over to her daughter.

"Your father is talking to Uncle Burning. I'm just here to see if Aunty Twilight needs any help," she explained. Twilight's head snapped up, as she looked over to Dash.

"Oh! Rainbow Dash! Didn't see you there!" she said. Dash raised an eyebrow, and Twilight chuckled nervously. "Okay, that's a lie."

"Anyway... do you need any help?" Dash asked. Twilight flipped through the book, and shook her head.

"Nope. I think I've got it all! Did you check in with Hibiscus?" she asked. Dash nodded, before turning back to her children.

"Alright, kids. Do you want to go see your father with me?" she asked. Sandstorm and Stronghold both eagerly nodded, as the three all started to walk away.

"Wait!" Twilight called. Dash stopped, and turned around with a confused look.

"What happened?"

"Could you take care of Illusion for me?" she asked. Dash nodded.

"Yeah, sure," she said, walking out with the kids once again.

Dash, Sandstorm, and Stronghold trotted into a spare room on the second floor of the castle, looking around. Dash turned to the twins.

"Do you think you two can go find Illusion, and then meet up in the groom's area?" she asked them. Sandstorm and Stronghold both nodded.

"Yeah sure, Mom. Go ahead," Sandstorm said, starting to look around. Dash nodded, and walked out of the room.

"Why do we have to look for that brat?" Stronghold whined. Sandstorm shook her head.

"Look, we may not like her very much... but Mom asked us to look for her," she said.

Suddenly, the two heard a small squeak coming from inside the bathroom. Sandstorm and Stronghold both looked simultaneously at each other, and started to cautiously walk towards it.

"Do you think it's her?" Stronghold asked. Sandstorm nodded.

"Positive."

The two opened the door, to see a small orange filly standing in front of the mirror. Sandstorm and Stronghold gave each other curious looks, before walking up to her.

"Illusion, your mother wanted us to look after you," Sandstorm said. Illusion only raised her eyebrow.

"You do know that we're the same age, right?" she asked. Stronghold shrugged.

"Doesn't matter. Our mom said that we had to bring you to where Burning Cloud and our dad are," he said. Illusion gave them a look, and started to walk in front of them, out the door.

"Well, then! Let's go!" she said in an annoying tone. Sandstorm glared after her, and gestured for her brother to follow.

"Soarin... Soarin!" Dash yelled, trying to locate her husband. Soarin, who was talking to Burning Cloud, looked up, and exited the room, coming face to face with his wife.

"Oh! Hey, Dashie," he said casually. Dash pushed past him, and entered the room he was in previously.

"Hey, Burning. How's it going?" she asked. Soarin frowned.

"Wait... what about me?" he asked, pouting slightly. Dash rolled her eyes, and ignored him, looking back over to the red stallion, who was inwardly chuckling.

"Eh. I'm feeling dandy," he said. Dash nodded.

"Cool. Sandstorm and Stronghold are looking for Illusion. They'll be here soon," she said, directing the last part over to her husband.

"Oh, so now you're talking to me?" he asked childishly. Dash playfully glared at him.

"I'm serious," she said. Soarin only shrugged.

"Wait... they're looking for Illusion? Won't that... I dunno, end in disaster?" he asked. Dash's eyes widened.

"Shoot," she mumbled. Soarin nodded matter of-factly. Dash started pulling at her mane.

"What the HELL have I done?" she said, starting to raise her voice. Soarin just continued to nod, closing his eyes. Dash started to shake his shoulders roughly. "Twilight's going to be FURIOUS if something goes wrong!"

Soarin didn't stop nodding.

"They're going to rip each other's skulls out!"

Soarin kept it up.

"WHAT. HAVE. I. DONE?"

Soarin didn't stop. "Told you so," he said. Dash's wings snapped open, as she stomped up to him.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Illusion, Sandstorm, and Stronghold were walking in a quiet manner. Not looking at each other once.

They knew how much they hated each other. The reason was unknown, but the hatred was real.

"So... I heard Sandstorm cheated on a test!" Illusion suddenly spoke up. Sandstorm's eyes widened, as she glanced at her brother, who was wearing a shocked look.

Stronghold knew what was going to happen. So he casually stepped away from the two mares.

"What did you say?" Sandstorm asked in a low voice. Illusion stuck a tongue out.

"I said... I heard you forgot to study for something! YOU'RE A CHEATER!" she blared. Sandstorm suddenly jumped, pouncing on the smaller mare.

Stronghold, who had been observing the scene, just smiled, as he watched the mare's break out in combat. Neither were very good.

Naturally, being the bigger one, Sandstorm managed to pin Illusion down.

But Illusion didn't give up. She jerked her head up, sending the two of them tumbling down the stairs, heading straight for the reception.

"So... do you wanna go, lover boy?" Dash asked in a threatening stance. Soarin raised his eyebrow at her, and took his own stance.

"Lover boy? BOY? OH COME ON!" he yelled childishly. Dash lowered her stance, and sat up straight.

"Let's settle this in a civilized manner, as two adults," she said.

"Huh?"

Dash simply started screaming.

Nothing more to it!

"I TOLD YOU SO? SERIOUSLY? YOU'RE JOKING, RIGHT?" she yelled. Soarin gaped at her. "THE WEDDING IS SUPPOSED TO START IN A FEW MINUTES... AND YOU'RE HERE DOING THIS?"

Soarin didn't know what to say.

"Um... Dashie..."

"WHAT?"

"You okay?"

"NOPE!"

"Alrighty then..."

"Ladies and gentlecolts! We are gathered here today to celebrate the-" Twilight started, before being interrupted by the doors swinging open, revealing a tumble of children.

"Hey!"

"No!"

"Stop Illusion!"

Three foals said at once. They all stopped once they saw where they were.

"Oh.... oops," Sandstorm said, blushing slightly. "Carry on!"

Twilight raised an eyebrow, and looked over her daughter and her companions. She cleared her throat, and continued with her speech.

"Uh... anyway. As I was saying. We are gathered here today to celebrate the union, of Hibiscus Wings, and-"

"SOARIN! GET RIGHT BACK HERE!" a new voice yelled. Everypony turned to the entrance, to see Rainbow Dash and Soarin bickering at each other.

"I'm right here, you know..." he said. Dash shook her head roughly.

"ARGH! Oh! Um..." she said, before noticing where she was.

Twilight sighed, and just shut the door with her magic.

"ANYWAY!" she continued, before hearing yet ANOTHER voice.

"Um... I'd actually like to have them inside for this one..." Burning Cloud said. Twilight glared at him, and sighed.

"Oh, fine," she said. Burning nodded, and looked back to Hibiscus who had an amused look on her face.

"Burning Cloud, do you take this mare to be your lawfully wedded wife, in sickness and health, till death do you part?" Twilight asked, hovering a ring above him.

"I do," he said. Twilight smiled, and nodded, turning to the pink pegasus on her right.

"And do you, Hibiscus Wings, take this stallion, to be your lawfully wedded husband, in sickness and health, till death do you part?" she asked. Hibiscus nodded.

"I do," she said. Twilight nodded, and clipped the rings to their wings. Burning and Hibiscus smiled at each other, as they waited for the signal.

"Then I now pronounce you, husband and wife. You may kiss," Twilight finished. Burning pulled his new wife in, and planted his lips on her's, sealing their marriage.

"Hey..." Dash said, walking up to Soarin, who was sitting underneath the blanket of stars in the cool night's sky. Soarin looked over, and beckoned for her to sit down.

"Hi," he said softly. Dash lowered her ears.

"I'm... sorry about the way I treated you earlier..." she said. Soarin gave her a tender smile, and shook his head, pulling her in with his wing.

"Hey now... it's all okay. I'm still here, right?"

"But... I completely embarrassed you! Doing that in front of such a huge amount of ponies..." she said, laying her head on his chest. Soarin smiled.

"It's okay. But I think there's more to this... the last time you shouted at me like that was..." he started, before trailing off, his eyes widening as he realized something. Dash looked up, and smiled, nodding slightly.

"The last time I was pregnant?" she asked. Soarin gasped, as he stared at her in shock.

"Well, yeah..." he said softly. Dash giggled slightly, and grinned.

"Time to buy double the food! Because I will now be eating for two..."