A Dash of Love Soared Through the Skies

A Dash of Love Soared Through the Skies

By: Crystal Heart

Chapter 2: Curious Parents and a Worried Fiancé

Rainbow Dash and Soarin both barged into their home after the long, rough day of training. Dash instantly headed over to the kitchen, and started to rummage through the cupboards. Soarin raised an eyebrow.

"What are you doing?" He asked her. Dash shot him a confused glance.

"Well, seeing as we skipped dinner at the compound for extra training, I thought we could have some dinner." She said sarcastically, continuing her search for the hay fries. Soarin shook his head, and trotted over besides her, earning him a curious glance from the rainbow maned mare. He shrugged.

"After all that work you did today? No way! Either I help you, or we go out." He said. Dash sighed, and shook her head.

"As much as I'd like to go out tonight... It's too late." She said, glancing at the clock which read 11:00 PM. Soarin's eyes widened.

"Woah... I didn't even notice it was this late! Never fear! I shall make us an apple pie for dinner!" He said, whisking out some pre-cut apples from the fridge. Dash raised her eyebrows.

"For dinner?" She questioned. Soarin eagerly nodded.

"DUH!" He said, before mixing up some ingredients. Dash shrugged, and started to help him. They both smiled to each other, as they started to make a rather weird, and unhealthy supper for themselves.

"Hey, Dashie! Any news on the wedding?" Firefly asked Rainbow Dash as she entered the large cloud house with her husband, Rainbow Blaze. Dash nodded.

"Yeah! Didn't you get my letter?" She asked her. Firefly scrunched her eyebrows in confusion, and shook her head. "Huh... That's funny... Soarin and I sent you a letter yesterday..." Dash said. Firefly shrugged.

"Probably a mix up with the mail, I suppose?" She suggested. Dash rolled her eyes, as a certain muffin-loving pegasus came to mind. She nodded.

"Yeah... Probably..." She said, gesturing them inside.

"Come in you guys! Soarin made pie!" Dash said, rushing her parents inside the house, swiftly closing the door behind her. Soarin then appeared in front of them.

"Oh! Welcome!" He said frantically, taking their coats and boots, and pushing them inside a nearby closet. Firefly and Blaze chuckled.

"Hehe... Thanks, Soarin." Blaze said, trotting inside. Firefly then soon followed behind her husband.

The four of them made their way to the large living room, and took a seat. Soarin then instantly got up, making his way to the kitchen, and coming back again with two plates of pie.

"Sorry 'bout that..." He told his fiancé's parents. They both giggled, and accepted the pie, taking a few bites.

"Oh this is delicious!" Firefly exclaimed suddenly. Soarin beamed with pride.

"Thank you kindly, Mrs. Firefly!" He said happily. Firefly rolled her eyes.

"Soarin! We've been over this before! No need to call me 'Mrs.' or anything fancy like that. Just Firefly is fine... Besides! We're going to be family soon!" She insisted. Soarin blushed, but nodded.

"Um... Alright... Firefly..." He said uncertainly. Firefly gave a nod of approval.

"Speaking of family... Tell me about your plans for the wedding!" She said. Soarin raised an eyebrow.

"You didn't get the letter?" He asked her. Dash giggled.

"It's a long story..." She mumbled. Soarin gave a slow nod.

"Um... Okay then... Anyway! We decided that we should start the wedding preparations, and have the actual wedding day be in a month or so... How does Valentine's Day sound?" He asked them. They all grinned at him.

"Oh how romantic!" Firefly swooned. Dash rolled her eyes.

"Wow, Mom..." She mumbled under her breath. Soarin chuckled, but then frowned.

"Do you think Spectrum and Ace will be able to come though? They just had their foal a few weeks ago..." He said. Dash's eyes widened.

"Oh right! Hm... February isn't for a month... I'm sure we'll be fine..." She insisted. Soarin smiled, and nodded. Blaze then spoke up.

"So is it set? Valentine's Day for the marriage?" He asked. Soarin and Dash looked at each other, and gave him a nod of approval.

"Sounds great, Dad. Thanks!" Dash said, confirming the date. Blaze nodded, before leaning back in his seat.

"So what have you two been up to these past few months? I feel like it's been forever since we've seen each other!" He said. Soarin grinned, and nodded.

"Yeah! It's been way too long!" he said.

"Life's been kinda stressful..." Dash started, earning concerned expressions from the other three ponies. "You know.. With me being a captain of my own squad now and all..." She finished.

"Oh! Well, I could always ask Spitfire to reduce your workload, if you'd like!" Soarin said, taking her hoof in his own. Dash shrugged nonchalantly.

"Nah... It's fine!" She said, before getting up, and walking into the kitchen. Soarin looked after her with a worried face, turning to her parents.

"She's been at this for days... Always insisting she's fine... I'd really like to help, but there isn't really anything I can do without Spitfire's okay. And you know how she is..." He said. Firefly stared at him.

"What do you mean?" She asked for clarification. Soarin sighed.

"She's the captain of one of the elite squads... Not to mention inexperienced! Of course it's going to be a challenge... And I really want her to succeed! But she shouldn't be feeling bad about it..." He explained. Blaze nodded.

"I'm going to go talk to her." He said. Soarin instantly shook his head, and held his hoof out to stop him.

"Don't... She needs to overcome this on her own. We can't always do everything for her. She's only beginning her career as a Wonderbolt! So she really just needs time to herself right now..." He explained. Blaze shrugged, and sat back down next to his wife. Dash trotted back inside the room with a glass of water.

"Hey guys! How's it goin'?" She asked them casually, grabbing a Daring Doo book from the counter, and lazily flopping back to read it. Soarin rolled his eyes, before gently tickling her stomach.

"Better now that you're here..." He mumbled. Dash blushed, and started to giggle at the touch. Firefly and Blaze cast each other a nervous glance, as they quickly got up.

"Well! This has been fun! How about you two come over this weekend to finish wedding preparations? Unless of course you're busy..." Firefly said, earning the attention of the younger couple. Soarin quickly ran through his schedule mentally, and then turned to Dash.

"I'm available Sunday afternoon. You?" He asked. Dash thought about this.

"Well, I scheduled some weight training with Squad Three Sunday morning... But I can probably finish up early, and meet you guys there! What time?" She asked. Blaze shrugged.

"Let's say... Two o'clock?" He asked. Soarin and Dash both nodded.

"That can be arranged. Could I invite Spectrum and Ace?" Dash asked her parents. Firefly smiled.

"Of course you can!" She said, making her way to the front of the house with her husband. She quickly gave her daughter a kiss on the cheek, and Soarin a hug.

"Bye, you guys! We'll see you in a few days!" She said, waving to the young Wonderbolts, as she and her husband flew off into the bright and sunny morning. After they left, Dash turned to Soarin.

"You do realize we missed half of practice for this, right?" She asked him lazily. Soarin's widened, as he gasped in shock.

"Holy crap..."