Violet, fuscia and turquoise crystal spears poked out the ceiling like greedy fingers trying to reach for something.
Twisted golden roots spiralled downwards from the ceiling like a chandelier. Strings hung from the tip of each root, and tiny, twirling, twinkling pastel coloured stars, that contained precious memories, dangled from the strings like a lifeless puppet.
The natural light of sun, shone brightly illuminating the floating jewels, creating beautiful hues that casted over the walls of the room.
The walls were made of a rare multi coloured crystal that ricocheted the light off and created an opalescent spectrum.
In the middle of the room stood diamond thrones, with a cool analogous coloured tint, were meticulously placed around a circular table, that closely resembled King Arthur’s Round Table.
Each throne was a representative of the elements of harmony; the elements of harmony were powerful weapons used to defeat the evil of Equestria.
All the thrones were occupied, all except one; the throne that adorned a puffy cloud with a slick three streaked lightning bolt of blue, yellow, red, was vacant.
Five ponies sat around the table, with a distant look on their face, as if their bodies were present but their minds weren’t.
Their thin small hairs laid flat on their skin, looking dull and dim. Their ears stuck to their heads like a wet bathing suit.
In public they looked like their normal cheery selves, but in the castle they were consumed but their sorrows and hidden behind the thick walls.
Smiles were uncommon, but when they did come along it was a moment of sheer bliss, though most of the time they stared blankly at the lonely throne.
Sighs were the musical chorus that echoed through the room, ringing through the crystals like bells.
One of the ponies stood up,
the one with a light tangerine coat, vibrant verdant eyes, a messy saffron blonde mane with a dusty brown
Stetson hat lazily lying on her head; she was tired of just sitting about, doing nothing but feeling sorry for herself,
“You know what this is plain BULLSHIT!”
she stomped her hoof on the table, rattling it slightly.
Her cheeks were slightly red, as her blood was rapidly rushing to her head,
the other ponies eyes widened barely blinking, their mouths agape, their jaws vaguely shaking from her bold
statement,
“Applejack darling, such language!” a pearly white mare with a plum coloured mane with a single curl squeaked,
The mare- Applejack scoffed in response,
“Well Rarity, A’m not goin to stay ‘ere and do nothin! Rainbow Dash is out there somewhere and A’m goin to give her a stern talking to!”
A butter yellow pegasus quietly whispered,
“Well we don’t know where she is...”
Heads turned and all eyes were glued on her, Applejack giving her a strong glare, she shied away, apologising repeatedly.
The mare’s glare soften at the light whimpering of the pegasus.
“A’m mighty sorry Flutters, it’s just gettin to me... We don’t even know if she is fine...”
Fluttershy came out of her shell,
“I know she is fine, she is our Dashie.”
“Yeah but I feel like somethin is jus...wrong.”
“Why don’t we check her cloud house, if she is not there.... then we can worry...” suggested a lilac alicorn.
“I agree with Twi,” piped a bubble-gum coat pony with a puffy hot pink mane,
“ We never know if she is fine... We can double check. It’s a piece of cake... mmmm cake.”
Her pretty blue irises grew, and her mouth began to quaver with drool.
Twi- or Twilight to be more specific, sighed at the bouncy pony’s antics,
”Oh Pinkie,” she shook her head and gave a small and unsure smile,
“So to Dash’s house?”
What were they feeling when they saw the state of Dash’s house?
Surprised?
Shocked?
Hesitant to enter?
The house was depressing, to put it into simple words,
no rainbows flowed freely into pools,
no clouds were full and white, just dark baleful Stratocumulus clouds.
There were less layers of clouds; only leaving a couple of floors.
The windows were bricked up or clouded like the Georgians, indicating that she wanted no visitors.
Applejack tried bucking down the door down but it won’t budge, Twilight tried zapping it with her magic, but it won’t break.
The mares tried creative yet pointless ideas to break the door, each idea getting crazier and crazier.
“Hey girls,” a hushed voice breathed, “girls..”
The mares continued their barging at the door, Rarity included.
No one paid any attention to the quiet pegasus mare, each time her voice getting louder by the second until,
“GIRLS!”
All their heads turned frantically looking at Flutters who was breathless, huffing; catching her breath,
“As I was saying,” she said retaining to her usual self, “can’t an earth pony go through the walls with ease as they contain no magic within them?”
The ponies became stiff and shared blinks simultaneously,
Twilight was speechless and felt quite stupid as she didn’t think of a plan so simple as that,
“Yeah... that would work.” Twilight quickly confirmed, twisting her neck at a small angle to face the pink pony, “Pinkie would you...”
Before she could finish her sentence , she heard a small click and she saw Pinkie at the door with a proud smile that went ear to ear,
“Come in to casa de Rainbow Dash!”
They walked through the lethargic halls, hearing weak weeps from upstairs.
The mares fastened their pace, following the sound of the sobs.
They busted into the bedroom, where they heard sobs muffled by a pile of bed sheets and pillows on the bed.
The others stayed by the door but Applejack pushed the pillows and sheets away to confront the mare that worried them all those weeks, but stopped when she gaped at Rainbow Dash, only anemic.
She was feeble, her eyes were stinging with agony and her voice was hoarse from crying.
Applejack gazed at her face, it was tired and skinny, her body was very thin and she found herself staring at her belly- it was completely swollen.
The others saw Applejack’s body tense and ran to her to see what was going on.
They stared into the eyes of Rainbow Dash, and began crying at the terrible state she was in.
Fluttershy was the first to act and she tightly embraced her old friend, sobbing rivers onto her shoulder,
“What happened?” she whispered between whimpers “how long has this been going on?”
“Well as you can see... I’m pregnant, and three weeks so like a month...” she fumbled with her words and it slipped through her hooves like water.
“Whoever in Equestria did this to you?” commented Rarity, her mascara scarred on her cheeks,
“The baby... Soarin... This,” she gestured to her and everything around her, “This...This was me...”
“What do you mean you did this to yourself, this whole baby thing is Soarin’s fault,” Twilight entered the convosation, “I mean he left you- right?”
Dash shook her head,
“Not really... I-I left him...”
There was an awkward silence between the mares, until Pinkie cleared her throat,
“And why would you do that Dashie?”
she sat next to her wrapping a hoof around her shoulder,
“You loved him right?”
A small smile formed on her face, as she recounted the time she spent with him,
pretending he was there for her,
kissing her neck softly as she felt the foal inside of her,
but then she remembered that she was in a mess and she was confessing to her friends.
She felt salty droplets brimming in her eyes,
“I love him a lot, I just couldn’t bare with the fact that that I won’t see him all the time, and he won’t be here for our foal’s childhood, I don’t know. I just can’t take it. And now he is gone.” Her lip trembled like thunder.
“Oh Dash!” they all embraced her, assuring her that everything is going to be alright, but it still didn’t change the fact that she was hurting.
“Why didn’t ya tell us earlier?” Applejack pulled away from the hug, interrupting the peaceful moment, “Ya know we are all ‘ere for ya!”
“I was afraid... I was scared you would be worried and scold me!” she chuckled a bit at the end.
“We will always be here for you, cause we all love you.” Fluttershy firmly stated, which was rare so it mentions she really meant it.
From the past weeks, that moment was the moment that made her feel safe, secure, not completely, but no pony is completely safe. But Dash felt warm, felt joy, she knew that she can trust them, she knew that she found help...
Author's Note
To all of you who have read Then Again you have been requesting another chapter so here you go . I hope you enjoyed this and watnot!!
The last one shot to this is coming soon so don't worry!
Write to ya later
Basicfangirl