A Dash of Love Soared Through the Skies

A Dash of Love Soared Through the Skies

By: Crystal Heart

Chapter 5: Idea

Rainbow Dash stared out the door as Soarin left her. As he left her life. Her bottom lip quivered, and she burst into tears. She collapsed down onto the floor, and cried her eyes out.

Firefly, Ace and Spectrum all ran into the room, looking around, before spotting a crying Dash on the floor, and an awestruck Blaze standing with his mouth agape.

"Dashie?!" Firefly exclaimed, sitting down to see her daughter better, and lightly stroking her mane. Dash snorted, and reached out for her mother's hoof. She yanked it off her head, and sat back down.

"Don't call me that." She whispered harshly. Firefly got up, and took a few steps back. This was new...

"What? But I always call you Dashi-"

"I said DON'T CALL ME THAT!" She yelled out. "Only... Only... Only he was allowed to call me that..." She said, tears streaming down her face once again. She looked away from her family, and out towards the window.

"Soarin..." She whispered. Firefly raised an eyebrow, and yanked her daughter closer, making her face the pink mare.

"Rainbow Dash. What's going on?" She said firmly. More tears welled up in the cyan mare's eyes, as the looked down at the floor.

"He left... He left me..." She said softly. Firefly's eyes widened, as she stared at her daughter.

"What do you mean? But he loved you! How could he just leave...?" She pondered. Dash closed her eyes.

"Ask Dad... This is all HIS fault." She said, pointing her hoof towards her father. Firefly's mouth opened to speak, but stopped once she saw what Dash did next.

Dash got up, not bothering to wipe her tears away. She glared to her father, and stomped over to him.

"How... How could you?" She asked quietly. "HOW COULD YOU TAKE AWAY THE ONE PONY I LOVED?" She yelled.

"The ONE pony? What about your REAL family?" Blaze said back. "That worthless colt was only playing with your emotions! I see it all too clearly now. I can't believe I ever let him date you..."

Dash stomped her hoof on the floor, making a few clouds pop up, and disperse into the tension-filled air.

"That's NOT TRUE!" She yelled again. "He loved me!" She finished firmly. Blaze glared, and shook his head.

"Yes it is! He yelled at me! If that's not the sign for a bad colt... Then I don't know what i-" He started, before being cut off by Dash. But not verbally.

Rainbow Dash slapped her father. Hard. Her face, mushed with tears, shot daggers into her father's eyes. A red hoofprint appeared on Blaze's cheek, as he gasped, and held it softly.

"RAINBOW DASH!" Firefly exclaimed, running over to her husband. "Why would you slap your own FATHER?"

"Wouldn't you slap your father if he made Dad not marry you?" Dash replied quickly. All the color drained from Firefly's face, as she stared at her husband.

"Is this true, Blazey?" She asked him. Blaze just shrugged.

"Why should it even matter? Now Dash doesn't have to face heartbreak." He said. Firefly shook her head.

"You KNOW the two of them love each other a lot! How could you do this?" She asked her husband quietly.

"Oh please... That stupid, miserable, worthless colt meant nothing to us. He can just move on like Dash will." Blaze replied, looking over to where his daughter once stood.

But she was gone.

Soarin flew down towards earth pony level, desperate to get away from everything. He saw a bench from the corner of his eyes, and softly landed on it.

Then, he let himself free.

He cried, and cried. He cried like there was tomorrow... Like his whole world was coming to an end.

Which was exactly what was happening.

He let her go... He let his beloved, sweet, beautiful Dashie go...

No goodbye hug... No goodbye kiss... He just... Walked away.

And he felt absolutely terrible about it.

All he really wanted was to see her... To touch her... To kiss her... To hug her... But he knew that was a lost cause. Oh but what the heck... He loved her! Was that such a crime?

Rainbow Dash sneakily escaped the large room, and flew out the window beside her bed.

She needed to find Soarin.

After flying around for quite some time, she finally spotted him hunched up and sitting on a nearby bench. Cautiously, she flew down, and landed softly on the ground behind him. Soarin didn't seem to notice her.

He just kept crying.

Dash's heart broke at the sight. He had never seen him cry this hard before... And she couldn't bear it. Not one bit at all.

"Soar?" She said quietly. Soarin's head snapped up immediately, and he quickly whipped his head over to face the cyan mare. His eyes widened once he saw her, and instantly pulled her in for the tightest embrace they ever shared.

No words were spoken, no gestures were made, it was just the two of them, sitting in each other's hooves, anxiously getting their fill of one another.

"Oh Dashie..." Soarin said after a while.

"Soar..." Dash said softly into his chest. Soarin then slowly let go of her, and held her shoulders.

"What are you doing here?" He asked her.

"I needed to see you..." She said softly. Soarin gave her a tender smile.

"Me too." He said, before hugging the mare once again.

"Soarin... I really wanted to get married to you..." Dash said. Soarin nodded, and pushed her back to face him.

"I have an idea... But first, I need to ask you a question..." He told her. Dash gave him a curious nod.

"Go ahead..." She said slowly. Soarin took a deep breath.

"Rainbow Miriam Danger Dash... Do you love me?"

"Yes."

"Would you be willing to give up your entire career as a Wonderbolt for me?"

"Yes." Dash replied once again. Soarin closed his eyes, and nodded.

"Let's run away."