A Dash of Love Soared Through the Skies

A Dash of Love Soared Through the Skies

By: Crystal Heart

Chapter 4: Soarin Stands Up

"Rainbow Dash? May I come in?" Blaze asked from outside his daughter's room. But there was no answer.

"Dash? Dash? Dash!" He kept yelling, but still no answer followed.

Blaze was growing impatient. He knew how his daughter was a heavy sleeper, but this was too much! He needed to talk to her! And he needed to talk to her right now!

With force, he pushed the door open to the large bedroom, gasping at the sight in front of him.

Rainbow Dash and Soarin were curled up in the large bed together. Soarin had his hooves clamped tightly around the mare, his head resting on her soft, rainbow mane. Dash had her own hooves around the stallion, and was resting her head onto his chest. She was lightly drooling on him, but he didn't seem to mind. They were both softly snoring in an identical beat, not seeming as they wanted to let go of each other.

It had been a few months since everything was set for the wedding. Blaze and Firefly had invited their children over before the main ceremony, and Blaze was forced to give Dash and Soarin a room to share. He purposely changed Dash's old bed for a much larger king sized one, so that the couple would have as much space as possible between them. But it didn't look like that trick was working.

Blaze stared at them for a little while, not sure what to do. He didn't want to wake them up, and have them angry at him, but at the same time, he wanted to yank the sheets off them, and give them a piece of his mind. So he just stood there.

Soarin stirred lightly in his sleep, gently waking up, and taking in his surroundings. But he didn't seem to notice the periwinkle stallion at the entrance to the room. So he turned back to his marefriend, and started stroking her mane affectionately. He leaned in, and lightly kissed her forehead, waking her up with a start.

So she'll wake up with a kiss from her coltfriend, and not constant yelling from her father? Blaze thought angrily. He was about to go up to them and pry them off of each other, but stopped once he saw what they did after.

Rainbow Dash awoke with a start, but instantly relaxed as the realized who was holding her. She giggled, and turned to face Soarin, who was smiling, and staring into her eyes.

"Hehe... Good morning..." She said, tilting her head up to get a better look at him. Soarin's smile widened.

"Good morning, my angel." He said, kissing her on her forehead again. Dash blushed, and shook her head, relaxing back into his hooves.

"Oh please... I'm no angel..." She said quietly. Soarin sighed, and turned her to face him.

"No... You're my angel." He said softly. "And mine alone."

Dash looked up to him with wide eyes.

"Not your mother's, and not your brother's. Not even your father's. Mine." He said firmly. Dash instantly looked away, tears starting to well up in her eyes. Soarin instantly put his hoof out, and turned her to face him again.

"And you have no idea how much I love you for it." He finished, wiping a few of her tears away. Dash suddenly make a low squeak, and pulled him in.

Their lips landed on each other's softly, but firmly. They moved together in a passion like no others.

A few minutes later, they slowly pulled away, keeping their eyes closed, and breathing hot air onto each other's faces. Dash was the first to speak.

"Overprotective much?" She asked quietly. Soarin chuckled.

"Of course I am, sweetie. I'm your husband." He said, pulling her in for a hug. Dash breathed a sigh of sheer content, as she wrapped her hooves around him.

"I just remembered today's our wedding day..." She said. Soarin giggled, and pulled away, nodding.

"Yeah... For a moment, I forgot as well..." He said.

"WELL! This has been LOVELY!" Somepony spoke up behind them. Dash and Soarin jumped up in fright, and turned instantly to the door, just in time to see Rainbow Blaze with an unreadable expression on. Dash gasped, and clamped Soarin's hoof into her own. Soarin glanced down to it, glared at it, and then looked back up at Blaze.

"Hey! What gives?" He asked with pure annoyance. Blaze raised an eyebrow at the question.

"Excuse me? You're about to get married to my daughter. I expect you to at least TRY to be nice..." He said. Suddenly, something inside Soarin snapped. He was sick and tired of Blaze acting this way, ruining every moment he got with his mare.

"You're daughter? The daughter who's scared of you?" He asked. Blaze's eyes widened.

"What are you talking about, and what happened to sir?"

Soarin ignored the question, and simply held up his hoof to show the tight hold Dash had on him.

"Look. Look at the effect you're having on her. After all you've done, she expects you to instantly do something bad to me. How can you do this to her? She's SUFFERING!" He said. Blaze glared at him, and shook his head.

"No she isn't. What I'm doing is purely for her benefit."

"You're WRONG!" Soarin exploded. "She may not be showing it... But she's hurting down inside. All she wants is for her father to get along with the stallion she loves. Look, I've been trying hard. Way too hard. But nothing seems to please you, does it?" Soarin continued. Blaze took a few steps back, clearly not expecting this.

"I've kept quiet for all these years. I've stood in your shadow, letting you do whatever crap you want to. But this is too much. The minute ANYPONY hurts Rainbow Dash... I don't even care anymore." Soarin said, not giving up. Dash then shook his body in fright.

"Soarin! Stop! Please..." She begged him. Soarin turned to look at her, and put a hoof on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Rainbow Dash... But I have to do this..." He mumbled to her, before turning back to Blaze.

"I'm sorry for anything I ever did to you... I really, truly am... But if this is what you really want... Then okay. Fine." He said, letting go of Dash, and walking up to the older stallion.

"You win, Rainbow Blaze. I won't marry your daughter. I'll never see her again. If you truly believe that she'll be happier without me, then I want her to be happy." He said.

Blaze's eyes widened, as he stared at him. Soarin had a look of pure determination on his face. They both heard a soft cry from the bed, and they turned to see Dash with tears streaming down her face. Soarin bit his lip, wanting desperately to go up to her, but he knew he couldn't.

Rainbow Dash got out of the bed, and ran up to Soarin. At the last second though, he took a step back, not letting her touch him. She frowned, before letting a few more tears escape.

"Soarin... Don't do this..." She whispered. Soarin hung his head sadly, and shook his head.

"I'm sorry, Dashie... I really am..." He said, before turning around, and walking out the door, giving Blaze one final look before exiting the room.