The End of a Rainbow (Pinkies Love for Rainbow Dash)

“I got an idea. Let’s see who can eat those apples the fastest, and whoever wins get to decide what we should do the rest of the day” She said with a light grin.

“Oh Rainbow Dash. You don’t know who you are up against” Pinkie replied while getting in position in front of the basket filled with the red shiny apples.
A warm wind stroke by “You really think you can beat me? Alright then”
Rainbow Dash also positioned herself in front of the other basket. “You ready?” She looked at her smiling. “Ready” Pinkie replied while smiling back.
“Ok. 3- 2- 1- GO!”
Immediately they both digged their heads down the basket and started to chew and swallow the apples as fast as their mouth could move. Rainbow Dash had an amazing speed and after a few minutes she was already halfway.
“Im gna beat yo!” Rainbow Dash mumbled with her face down the basket.
Pinkie didn’t reply, she just kept her focus.
“And done!” Rainbow declared while looking at Pinkie.
“Oh, Dashie. You are so cute” Pinkie stood beside the empty basket.
Rainbow Dash was blown away. “How did you- I mean”
“I am just good at these kinds of things” she smiled friendly
“Good at these kinda things? What things? Eating fruit?”
Pinkie walked over to Rainbow Dash. “You silly filly. Now, I get to decided what we should do the rest of the day”
Rainbow Dash looked down and sighed. Then looked back up and smiled towards Pinkie.
“Alright then. Go ahead and pick something to do”
Pinkie thought for a moment “Hmm” she then looked at Rainbow Dash with an almost evil twinkle. She grabbed her hoof and began dragging her
“Follow me!”
“It’s pretty hard to follow you since you are holding my hoof”
Pinkie began blushing and let her grip go. “Oh, sorry sorry. I didn’t mean to-“
Rainbow Dash interrupted. “Nah. It’s alright. Now, let me see where you wanna go” she said while grabbing Pinkies hoof again.
Pinkie couldn’t keep her smile down. “Thank you” she whispered back. “NOW LET’S GO!” she yelled and continued to drag her friend across the landscape.
After a short amount of time they eventually ended up just before the entrance to the everfree forest.
“Ehm. Pinkie, what are we doing here?”
“Some time ago I found the bestests play place” She said without looking at Rainbow Dash.
“But isn’t it dangerous in the Everfree forest?”
Pinkie looked back at her “Not with a brave pony like you around”
Rainbow Dash smiled and closed her eyes “That’s a good point. Okay then, let’s go”
“Yay!” she yelled then began dragging her friend further into the forest.
“And here we are!” Pinkie announced.
“And where is ‘here’?”
Pinkie didn’t reply.
“Do we really have to be here?”
“Hey, I won. Now don’t be such a scardy pony” Pinkie replied.
“What are we doing here anyway?” she asked curiously.

“Oh, you’ll see”

Suddenly a pile of mud was thrown at Rainbow Dash and landed right on her face. Pinkie Pie was laughing.
“This is why I love this place. It’s filled with mud!”
Rainbow Dash didn’t reply. She just stood still for a moment.
“Dashie” Pinkie asked worried.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to-“ in the blink of a second another pile of mud was thrown and this time landed on Pinkies face.
“Ha! Right back at ya’” Rainbow Dash laughed.
Pinkie smiled while feeling relieved.
“Oh you’d wish you’d never done that” she said while picking up another pile of mud and threw it at Rainbow Dash.
But this time she was ready and quickly evaded it. They then began throwing mud at each other for several hours, not caring about all the dirt getting everywhere. The sun slowly faded away and it became dark.
“We should head home” Rainbow Dash suggested.
Pinkie agreed, though she would love to play some more. But before any of them were able to take another step, a creature appeared in front of Pinkie. It was the poison’s animal Drutaa. Unaware of the danger, Pinkie approached it with a smile taking small steps, just before it leaped towards her. She flapped her hooves while screaming, luckily punching the creature away. She tried to move away from the animal but I then made its second leap
“Watch out!” Rainbow Dash yelled.
She quickly flew over to the creature smashing her hooves in its face, knocking it back. Just after Rainbow Dash had attacked she could feel the cold hitting her and the tress began howling from the rough wind. The Drutaa made a screaming noise and jumped towards Rainbow Dash, biting her in her front leg. She quickly shook her leg trying to get the creature off of her. It succeeded as it fell to the ground and ran away.
“Ouch” she whispered to herself.
Pinkie was still standing a few meters away from Rainbow Dash jumping up into the air screaming “My hero! Woo!”

Rainbow Dash smiled just before falling to the ground. Unable to move she just laid there on the ground. She could feel her body being lifted and placed on top of Pinkies back. She felt weak but she was conscious. But still unable to move and could barely hear anything. But one thing made it through her ears. A few words coming from her pink friend.
“I love you Dashie!”
Those words made it clean through her body and she used all the energy she had left to reply back. But she couldn’t utter a word.
Only in her mind she could hear “I love you too, Pinkie”
Pinkie was running so fast she could feel her mane flapping in the air. After a while she could feel her body being placed on a bed. She didn’t notice anymore before she fainted. A few moments later she could feel her body wakening up, leading to an intense pain in her leg.
“Pinkie” she whispered.
She noticed that Pinkie was lying next to her. Pinkie opened her eyes.
“Dashie?”
Rainbow Dash still felt extremely weak and had a hard time focusing. She could only hear crying coming from Pinkie Pie.
“I am so sorry Dashie” Pinkie cried.
Rainbow Dash closed her eyes “its okay Pinkie”
Pinkie replied with something she was unable to hear. Pinkie quickly began examining Rainbow Dash’s body. Some quick bright flashes appeared in front of her eyes, as she tried to scream. Nothing. Suddenly Pinkie began crying heavily.
“What is it Pinkie?” Rainbow Dash whispered.
She could feel her body getting weak.
“You’ve been infected with a deadly poison from the creature”
Pinkie had a hard time breathing as well as Rainbow Dash. Everything seemed so unreal.
“I must go get help” Pinkie said just before being grabbed by Rainbow Dash.
“Please… Stay” Rainbow Dash said calmly.
“But-“ Pinkie couldn’t finish her sentence.
Rainbow Dash could feel her body starting to give up.
“No. This isn’t happening” Pinkie thought while nervously looking at Rainbow Dash.
“Hey Pinkie-“ Rainbow Dash whispered.
Pinkie was surprised she had enough energy to talk. She closed her eyes before she cried out; “What?”
Rainbow Dash smiled. “I love you too”

Suddenly a rush ran through her body, she could feel a heavy pressure surrounding her. She began shaking her hooves around violently before opening her eyes with a scream.
“PINKIE!” She let out while lifting her upper body.
Her heart was shaking as she looked around. Dark trees surrounding her, it seemed like she was in a forest.
“Oh my head. What happened?”
She shook her head then stood up. Just as she turned around her hoof hit something, a stone. A tombstone.
“Where the hell am I?”
She quickly scanned the stone. Something was carved into it. She had to lean forward and pinch her eyes to make out the words
Here lies Rainbow Dash. May she rest in peace
“What?!”
Suddenly it hit her. All that had happened. She was just out playing when she got bit. Pinkie brought her home. She told her she loved her. And… She died.
Rainbow Dash fell back and burst out in tears.
“Pinkie Pie!” She yelled.
What happened?! Where is Pinkie? WHY AM I NOT DEAD?! She screamed to herself.
A few minutes after she began to calm down, she started taking deep breaths and tried to think the situation through.
“If I died, then how am I still alive? And why?”
Again she looked at her surroundings. She was somewhere in a forest she never had seen before. There were a few flowers around her and a bunch of grass. The trees were tall and the wind was cold. He first thought was to get back to ponyvillie. Back to her friends. Maybe she could find out why she still was alive, or at least meet Pinkie again.
Her body felt weak but she decided to start walking. Her hooves felt extremely heavy and every step she had to focus not to stumble.
“First of all I need to get out of this forest”
She walked around, everything looked dark. It appeared to be night time. Or it might just be that the trees were holding out all the sunlight.
“Maybe I should try to see if I can get an overview from above” she started bashing her wings but suddenly a sharp pain pierced through her body.
“Ow! Bad idea, bad idea!”
She looked down in pain just before noticing a green path of grass in front of her. It wasn’t like the other grass. This was green, fresh grass. It looked odd that a random spot of fresh grass was planted here, but without any particular reason she decided to follow it. She walked for some minutes before she began couching heavily. It was cold, she felt really thirsty and she just wanted to lie down. But she couldn’t give up. She wanted to know what was going on. And what she wanted the most was to see Pinkie Pie again.
Immediately a lighting stroke down nearby. It startled Rainbow Dash making her look up and noticed a house before her.
“A house? Here?”
Her heart started racing as she ran towards the house. There was a glimpse of hope. Using all the energy she had left she just made it the front of the door and began knocking violently.
“Please. Is anybody home?!” She kept on knocking.
Was it an abandoned house? Just before she lost her hope a pony opened the door.
“Yes?”
Rainbow Dash looked at the mare that stood in front of her. It was an adult pony with a long red and yellow mane. She had a very light green body with a pair of beautiful purple eyes.
“Can you please help me?” Rainbow Dash gasped for air.
“Oh darling. Please come in”
Rainbow Dash didn’t question further as she ran inside and fell down on a couch nearby. Her whole body felt empty.
“Dear. Wait there; I’ll go get something to eat”
Rainbow Dash tried to answer but she couldn’t even open her eyes. Seconds after she could feel her mouth getting opened and something sweet placed in her mouth.
“Chew” the pony whispered.
Rainbow Dash collected some energy to chew. It tasted liked a strawberry of some sort. After she swallowed it she could feel some energy returning to her body. She opened her eyes revealing the pony the sitting next to her with a bowl of fruit. She tried looking around but everything was blurry. She made out some colors and such but not much more.
“Can you stand?” She asked.
Rainbow Dash took a few breaths before forcing her upper body upwards so she could sit on the couch. Slowly her vision became clear and she took a look around. She was lying on a couch near a window up against a yellow wall. There was a table in front of her and some chairs scattered around the small room. Some passages let to other rooms, but she couldn’t get a good vision from her location. The house looked old but it was relatively clean.
“What are you doing out here all alone?”
Rainbow Dash took another look at the light green pony. She could see clearly now. She looked a good amount of years older than herself. But there was something about her that looked really attractive.
“My name is Lily Dache. But just call my Lily”
First now Rainbow Dash noticed she was a Pegasus.
“Ehm. My name is Rainbow Dash”
“Nice to meet you Rainbow Dash” She smiled.
Rainbow Dash just looked down.
“Come. I prepared a bath for you” Lily said as she pointed towards a room with an open door.
Rainbow Dash noticed how dirty she actually was, and how she dragged a ’lot of dirt into the house.
“Oh. Sorry. I didn’t mean to mess-“
“It’s quite alright” Lily interrupted. “Just go take a bath. Dry towels and hot water is ready”
“Thanks” Rainbow Dash greeted and began walking where she had pointed.
On her way she passed a closed door and some pictures of animals and flowers. It was a short walk as she could already feel the heat from the bath. Just as she went inside the bathroom a nice warm smell hit her. She looked around, a small but cozy bathroom. Just a tub and a sink with a mirror above of it. She could feel her legs weakening just as she got in the tub. The water was too hot at first, but seconds later the temperature adjusted to her body. She laid down and let the warm water surround her body. She let out a relaxing sigh while making herself comfortable. Her head was filled with thoughts of why she wasn’t dead. But most of all, how she would find her way to ponyvillie. Maybe Lily knows the way, she thought as she closed her eyes, dazing off.

“Come on Rainbow Dash. Just a few more minutes”
“Alright. But only 5 minutes. It’s raining and we might get sick”
“Pinkie? Are you okay?”
“I think… I may have caught a cold”
“I knew it. You should head home and get some rest”
“I guess you are right. So… I’ll see you later Rainbow Dash?”
“Yeah sure. Get well soon”
“Thanks”
“Oh hi Rainbow Dash! What are you doing here?”
“Ehm… I thought I would just visit you and see if you have gotten any better”
“Well, I do feel better now that you are here!”
“Ha. But good to hear it isn’t getting worse. I was just checking… It’s actually late so I should probably head home”
“Wait! Uhm… Do you want to stay for a while? I mean… If you don’t mind”
“Sure Pinkie. Anything”
“So Rainbow Dash. Do you have a crush?”
“Come on Pinkie. I don’t want to answer that”
“Hey, you chose truth, now time to spill the beans!”
“No I- I don’t have a crush. Do you?”
“It’s not my turn!”
“Oh, right”
“But… I kinda do”
“Hm?”
“Yeah. There is this beautiful pony that always makes me smile”
“Huh. And do I know this guy?”
“Ehm, I- I don’t think so”
“You gotta have me to introduce me to him someday”
“Sure. Hey, Rainbow?”
“Yeah?”
“I’m really glad you could stay with me. I really like hanging out with you and all”
“Anything for my best friend!”
“Thanks Dashie”

“Hey. Are you okay in there?” Lily knocked on the door.

“Huh?” Rainbow Dash looked around. She must have fallen asleep for a second.
“Yeah, I’m fine. Thanks” She responded as she lifted her body out of the tub and quickly grabbed a towel.
“Okay. Just come to the couch when you are finished” A few steps sounded as Lily walked away from the door.
Rainbow Dash started rubbing the towel around her body to dry herself off. Her body felt stronger and her heart had returned to its normal beating speed. A few minutes later she threw the towel on the floor and took a quick look in the mirror. She looked normal besides a ‘bit pale. She looked at the celling and sighed. Moments later she was sitting on the couch in the living room, standing before her was Lily, looking curios.
“So Rainbow Dash? How did you end up out here?”
Rainbow Dash thought for a moment. She leaned slightly back on the couch and turned her head a’ bit

“Actually I don’t know. I come from Cloudsdale in Ponyvillie”
“Ponyvillie? That is miles away from here”

Rainbow Dash looked down. She was glad that Lily at least knew about the place.
“Oh well… That means I probably should get going. And thanks for the food and the bath” Rainbow Dash raised her body and stood up.
Lily took a step forward “Now now, you are not in any condition to walk outside in the forest at this time of the night”
“I really need to get going” She said as she raised her hoof. “It’s really important”
Lily stretched her hoof in front of her “What is it that is so important that it can’t wait till’ tomorrow?”

Again, Rainbow Dash sighed. “You wouldn’t believe me even if I told you”
Lily took her hoof down and smiled “I’ve heard some weird stuff through my time”
“From who? You seem to be living out here by yourself” Rainbow Dash noticed Lily’s smile quickly faded.

“Sorry. It’s just that-“ She took a deep breath
“I can’t believe I am about to say this… But I am supposed to be dead. Or at least I thought so”
Lily looked oddly at Rainbow Dash with a look saying that this was definitely the weirdest thing she had heard so far. They both just stood there saying nothing, the air began feeling thick and she could feel her body starting to sweat. Rainbow Dash looked up “I just need to figure this out” she began walking towards the door.
“You can’t handle yourself out there” Lily said with a strict voice.
“Enough!” Rainbow Dash bursted out “I know you are probably lonely out here and want company, but I have something to take care off. So you better let me go!”
Lily lowered her hoof and looked down. “Sorry I- I just” A tear appeared just under her right eye.
“I know. Bye” Rainbow Dash said as she made her exit.
Just as she got outside a cold chill hit her. The wind had picked up and it seemed like the forest had gotten darker and even creepier. Rainbow Dash tried bashing her wings once again, but with the same result. A piercing pain.
“Is it broken or what?!” She yelled in frustration.
She bit her lower lip as she began walking down a narrow path. Every step she took, more regret hit her for yelling at Lily. Maybe she should go back?... No! She didn’t have time for this. She needed to find Pinkie Pie. Every time she looked up it seemed like she had been standing still. The surroundings hadn’t changed at all. Suddenly some noises surrounded her and a deep laughing was heard. Rainbow Dash stopped and looked around.
“Who’s there?!” She yelled nervously.
“Oh, Rainbow Dash. You have no idea what’s about to happen” That voice… It couldn’t be…
“Discord!”
A green burst appeared in front of her and right after, the twisted villain stood before her.
“Ohh. This is gonna be so fun!” He declared with a smile. Rainbow Dash could feel her body tensing
“What are you doing here?! I thought we kicked your ass to stones long ago!”
With his long slim body Discord bowed down lowering his head down to Rainbow Dash.
“Oh yes. You certainly defeated me with the magic of friendship” He said making a silly voice.
“I don’t know how you escaped, but I’m sending you back!” Rainbow Dash said just before she stormed towards him. Discord quickly teleported away, appearing behind Rainbow Dash.
“Stay still you fu-“
Discord interrupted by snapping his fingers. Suddenly Rainbow Dash’s body froze. She couldn’t move. She couldn’t even feel the cold wind anymore.
“What did you do to me?!”
“Well you see” Discord said as he walked towards her
“While you were playing with you friends, I learned some new magic skills” He giggled.
“He sure is more powerful than before” Rainbow Dash thought to herself.
“But of course I needed some help to do so”
Rainbow Dash tried moving her body to no avail.
“And guess who helped me” Discord laughed loudly. “You did. All you stupid ponies did”
“What are you talking about?” Rainbow Dash said angrily.
“You see, when you 6 used the elements of harmony to imprison me back to stones, which was by the way not fun at all, I was able to suck the magic into me!” Rainbow Dash let out a gasp.
“Yes. I was able to absorb the elements of harmony, giving me the unbelievable powerful forces within these girly objects”
A few birds flew up from their nest in the tress.
“And while I was stoned like some statue; I used the time trying to control these mysterious things. And I-“ Discord giggle in a high voice “Succeeded!”
He took a breath while enjoying telling his story.
“So by using the powers of the elements of harmony I was able to free myself from my prison. The magic felt different from my normal dark magic, more girly and stupid, yet more powerful. So why didn’t I just take over the world with these powers you ask?” Discord sighed.
“Unfortunately these stupid elements can’t be used to their full potential by me, since they were destined to be used by you and your friends”
Discords frown quickly changed back into a smile “But if I were to kill the holders of the elements, which would be you six ponies, then they would seek another powerful creature to be the new holder. Or so I thought…”
“ARRGH!” Rainbow Dash screamed “Where are you going with this?!”
Discord closed his eyes “So impatient, tsk tsk. Alright. I’ll hurry it up”
Discord turned around while continuing to talk
“It seems if I killed to holders of the elements, their magic would instantly fade away. Becoming useless so to speak”
Rainbow Dash thought for a moment.
“Wait…” She whispered.
“Yeees?” Discord smiled.
“IT WAS YOU WHO KILLED ME?!”
“Ohohoho! So much JOY!” He laughed insanely. “Yes my blue pony. I cursed the creature Drutaa who poisoned and killed you”
“You, you-“
“But that was when I noticed that your element lost all of its magic. And without all six elements giving out its full powers the others basically become useless as well”
Rainbow Dash started to tear up.
“Pinkie…”
“Hmm? Oh yes, the pink pony that apparently loved you. How gross is that?” Discord said while making gagging noises.
Rainbow Dash looked up “But why I am still alive?”
Discord sighed once again. “Are you even listening to me? I had to revive you in order to make the elements work again. But before I did that, I needed to make sure that you six ponies would never be able to stop me again” He paused. “And how did I do that without killing them? I simply created some chaos”
“What do you mean?” Rainbow Dash had given up the struggle, trying to move.
“Oh goodie! On to my favorite part” Discord cheered.
*Ehem* “Okay okay! Time to the serious part. I did my best to kill the friendship and spirit between all of your friends, but since I wasn’t quite powerful enough to completely destroy the friendship; I am ready to make you an offer”
Rainbow Dash looked up, waiting to hear his offer. And ready to deny it.
“I want to play a little game. I can teleport you to your friends one by one, giving you the possibility to undo all of my chaos and get reunited with your little friends”
“And why would you do that?” Rainbow Dash asked while returning to struggle to break free from his magic.
“Yes of course. A game isn’t really a game unless you can lose. So as I can’t by myself break the bond between your friends, I am offering you to sort out all of this. But if you CAN’T complete my 6 challenges; a ‘lot more chaos will be created. Enough to kill the spirit of your friends”
“And if I refuse to play?” Rainbow Dash asked while looking at him.
“Then you will never see your friends again. Not even the idiotic pink pony”
“Pinkie…” She whispered to herself.
“So what is it gonna be?” Discord asked with a humming noise. This game could restore everything Discord had done, and could get me back to my friends. She didn’t feel like she had much of a choice
“When I win this game I’m gonna destroy you properly this time!”

“I’ll take that as ‘challenge accepted’”
Discord snapped his fingers once again making Rainbow Dash able to move again. She could feel her body loosing up. Rainbow Dash stared madly at him just before walking towards him.

“So what do I have to do?”

“Relax. First to understand the rules you must see what I have done to your friends so you can understand their pain and the way the help them”

Rainbow Dash stomped her hoof down and snarled “Fine. Show me!”

“Very well. Hold on a second”

Discord looked down breathing slowly, made a little grin and then suddenly looked up as he began glowing with a white light and 6 shiny objects appeared around him going around his body in circles. It was the elements. But only the stones, there was no necklace attached. He then as quickly as he started glowing, began fading back to normal. He shook his body while smiling.

“Ah. I always get chills when I do that”

Rainbow Dash didn’t answer, she was just looking at the elements of harmony floating around Discord. Even if she wanted to say something, she couldn’t.

“Now…” Discord said while reaching out his claws, grabbing one of the elements. It seemed like it was the apple, Applejacks element.

“Get ready for some honesty”

He flicked the small ‘stone’ over towards Rainbow Dash, Just before hitting her, it stopped and began glowing then vanishing. Rainbow Dash looked around. Nothing had changed, still the dark tress surrounding her and the cold wind passing by.

“And what was the mean- ARGH!” Rainbow Dash began yelling as she could feel her body losing control. Her eyes were forced shut and some images started forming in her head, images with her friend Applejack. She saw everything. How Discord made Applejack go insane and making her destroy the farm. How she was brought in constant pain, and lost track of reality.

“HELP ME!” Applejack screamed just before all the images faded away and she was able to open her eyes again.

Rainbow Dash went numb. Was what she just saw the past? Did Discord really do these things to Applejack or was it just one of his tricks?

“Excellent chaos, Am I right?” Discord giggled.

It was true. Discord had destroyed Applejacks mind, and made her destroy her own farm.

Rainbow Dash began shaking. “You… Monster”

“Yes yes. So now you know what has happened to Applejack. How she destroyed her own farm. So are you ready for challenge number 1?” He said as he leaned towards Rainbow Dash.

The air suddenly became much cooler making Rainbow Dash shake even more.

“What do I have to do?” Rainbow asked without lifting her head.

“I will send you to her farm. Not to chit-chat with your friend, but to save her farm” Discord flew around Rainbow Dash while continuing to talk.

“You see that farm is what Applejack loved the most. That is the only reason her and her family was able to survive. They had that farm for many years, through many generations. And I will give you the chance to rebuild the farm complete with hundreds of fresh trees with the nicest red apples” He moved around like he was selling insurance.

“All you have to do is to find a single fresh apple from her farm. Understand? If you bring me a nice red apple to me I will by the help of my powerful magic rebuild the whole farm”

Rainbow Dash tried keeping her anger away “How do I know I can trust you?”

Discord flew back “You can always trust me. You know that. And also, you don’t have any other options”

Rainbow Dash nodded slowly. “Let’s just go” She knew she was going to regret this.

“Just 2 more things. You only got 10 minutes. And my magic making you unable to fly will remain through the whole game”

“So that’s why I can’t fly” she whispered to herself.

“Have fun” Discord giggled just before snapping his fingers once again.

And in the blink of an eye, Rainbow Dash was surrounded by broken tress and a harsh smell of rotten apples. She knew exactly where she was. In the middle of the apple families harvest spot. It was sunny, and just a little cooling wind was noticed. Seemed like it was morning. The only thing being different was that all the trees were lying on the ground. Rainbow Dash had actually never noticed just how many trees Applejack had on her farm.

“Come on Rainbow Dash. Just one fresh apple!” She thought to herself as she started to run.

She ran as fast as she could analyzing all the rotten apples she ran past. If just she could just fly. She shook that thought away and focused on finding that apple.

“Don’t worry Applejack. Your farm will stand once again”

After a few minutes she spotted in the corner of her eye, an apple that wasn’t brown and smashed. She smiled gently as ran towards it, it looked fairly fresh. Big and red, sure a little dirty but not rotten. She picked it up and scanned it. But as she turned it, a big brown spot appeared.

“Damn! Won’t work!”

She threw the apple away and continued to run past miles of broken tress and rotten apples. The stench was horrible and the heat was making her sweat. Time went by quick and she already felt she had used her 10 minutes. Her heart started pounding as she spotted another apple looking fairly good. Without getting her hopes up, she quickly ran to it, picking it up. “Please, please!” She whispered to herself as she turned it around.

At first there was no brown spot to see. She turned it around in all possible ways. This had to be the apple.

“Times out! Hope you found your apple” A sound was heard, coming from her own head. Apparently she just made it. Again, in the blink of an eye she had returned to the dark forest, standing before Discord with the apple in her hoof. It was still night time it seemed and the cool air was rather refreshing after all that running.

“Let’s see” Discord said quietly as he made the apple float towards him.

Just as Rainbow Dash, he began turning it around to check if it really was fresh. Rainbow Dash felt confident that this was the perfect apple.

“That’s a fine apple you found there”

Rainbow Dash smiled mildly as she could taste the victory across her lips.

“If you like worms” Discord laughed.
“What!?” Rainbow Dash yelled.
“Haha. Lookie here Rainbow Dash” He smiled as he levitated the apple towards her.
She pinched her eyes, first now she spotted the small hole going through the apple. A worm had been eating most of the apple from the inside.
“No…” She whispered.
“Too bad. I am sorry to say that you have failed. Now the apple family will never be able to rebuild the farm, and will eventually end up broke and unable to take care of themselves” Discords voice was so evil and annoying at the same time. Rainbow Dash could feel a tear pushing from her eye.
“I’ll be fair and give you a little break. I’ll be back in 6 hours” He turned around and began walking away just before letting out a grin.
“Good luck Rainbow Dash” Suddenly a sharp light appeared in front of her and she heard some yelling just before passing out.

“Hey. Rainbow Dash! Are you okay?”
“Huh?”
“Are you awake?”
Rainbow Dash slowly opened her eyes, revealing she was back in Lily’s house. She lifted her body holding a hoof to her head.
“Auch. What happened?” Rainbow Dash asked by reflects.
“You tell me” Lily responded.
“I just entered and you were lying in my couch”
“Hmm” Rainbow Dash thought for a moment.
She gasped when she recalled what had just happened.
“He said he would back in 6 hours” Rainbow Dash whispered to herself.
Lily turned her head “Who said what? What is going on, and how did you get into my house?”
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and sighed. “I guess I should tell you what is going on”
Lily sat next to Rainbow in the couch. “Please do” she said calmly.
Rainbow Dash rubbed her mane before starting to explain.
A few minutes in, Lily had to stop her. “So you are saying that this monster called Discord is trying to take control over Equestria by creating enough chaos to destroy the holders of the elements of harmony? And one of these holders is you?”
“I know it sounds strange...” Rainbow Dash sighed.
“Well, I have heard of something called The Elements of Harmony. They were used by Princess Celestia right?”

Rainbow Dash looked at her and nodded. “But now Discord has taken over the elements and plans to use them to create chaos and evil, unless I stop him by playing his games. And that’s how I ended up here. I recently just finished round 1 out of 6”
Lily looked up. “So how did it go?”
Rainbow Dash looked away not saying a word.
“I see”
Some silent minutes passed before Lily breaking the silence “So the way I understand it, is that you have a couple of hours until round 2”
“Yes” Rainbow Dash responded.
“And do you have any idea what this round will be about?”
“Sadly, no. I just know it will involve one of my friends”
“Hmm” Lily got up and walked into another room just before returning with fruits and a wet sponge.
Rainbow Dash stared for a while “What are those for?”
“Well, if you plan on winning this game you should be prepared” Lily smiled at her.
Rainbow Dash couldn’t believe Lily’s kindness and understanding.
“Thanks” she smiled back.
Lily sat down next to her and began rubbing the wet sponge against Rainbows body to clean her of some of the dry mud across her body. The sponge felt warm as she rubbed it her around her back. Rainbow Dash began blushing.
“Feel free to eat some of the fruits in front of you”
Rainbow Dash really felt hungry and decided to accept the offer and grabbed an apple. She looked at it as she felt a tear pushing from inside. “Where did you get these apples?” Rainbow Dash asked as she gently placed the apple back and took a pear instead.

“I got an apple tree behind my house. It’s really big; we should go out and check on it after this”

Rainbow Dash nodded.
“Close your eyes” Lily said, just giving Rainbow Dash enough time to do so before her face was being rubbed by the sponge.
It felt unpleasant but also nice in some way. She first rubbed it around her eyes then her cheeks.
“Ok” Lily said just after placing the sponge away.
As Rainbow Dash opened her eyes, she spotted a picture on the table next to her. A picture with Lily holding a baby wrapped in some cloth next to a fine looking stallion, the picture was inside a yellow frame. She felt curios to ask who the ponies were, but she decided not to. Unfortunately Lily spotted Rainbow Dash staring at the picture.
“He’s beautiful right?” Lily said with a sad smile.

Rainbow Dash quickly looked away feeling embarrassed. “Yeah. He is”

“Come, follow me outside and I’ll tell you about him”

“Alright” Rainbow Dash responded as she lifted her body from the couch.

Lily began walking and Rainbow Dash followed close behind. She led her through her house, almost the same way Rainbow took to get to the bathroom.

“It’s really hard keeping this house clean all by myself” Lily said, unable to see her facial expression.

“I can imagine” Rainbow Dash smiled.

It was really comfortable to be around Lily. It almost made her forget all her troubles.

Seconds later Lily opened a back door leading outside. The door was red with a little window in it.

“It’s just out here” Lily said with a smile as she held the door for Rainbow Dash.

“Thanks” She said silently as she bowed her head.

“There is a short walk to it, but it should only take a minute or two” Lily said, closing the door behind her.

“Sounds good”

“Just straight forward” Lily said, walking besides Rainbow Dash.

“The stallion you saw in the picture is my husband. His name is Meadow Song”

The weather outside was clearly better than before. And it seemed like it was day time, but still hard to tell with all the trees surrounding her. But the air felt fresher and warmer.

“Fits him well” Rainbow Dash responded.

She remembered the stallion having a light blue body with a dark mane looking really royal for some reason. He too had a pair of wings. Rainbow Dash didn’t notice his cuite mark though. She remembered it being out of frame. Rainbow Dash was really eager to ask her where he was. But she was quite insecure, she had seen how sad Lily got last time Rainbow Dash had confronted her that she was living on her own. But Lily had somehow picked up the signals and began talking some more.

“He was a really good husband. And he took great care of our daughter”

Rainbow Dash’s curiosity kept building as she wondered where her family was. She had to ask.

“So what happened with him?” Rainbow Dash asked. She felt bad for asking but it was nice to get it out.

Lily took a while to answer. “He ehh… Died”
Lily’s voice broke and a tear landed on the ground.

“I really miss him” She continued.

Now Rainbow Dash felt really awful.

“Lily” She whispered. She figured it was best not to ask how, and definitely not ask her about the daughter.

“Sorry” Lily smiled back.
“We are here now anyway” She declared as she lifted her right hoof, presenting the great apple tree.

And great it was. It was far larger than any apple tree Rainbow Dash had seen. And the amount of apples was unbelievable, there must have been over 70 if not 100 apples.

“Yeah, it’s here I get all my apples” Lily continued.
“It’s almost like a magical tree” She smiled.

“Wow” Rainbow Dash let out amazed.
She looked back at Lily “How long have you been living here?”

Lily looked up, thinking about the question. “Some years I believe. It was actually this tree that made us buy this house. Our daughter loved climbing up in the tree and eating the apples” Lily chuckled.

Rainbow Dash couldn’t help smiling too. “Lily, I know you don’t know me very well, but I am truly grateful for you are helping me like this”

Lily had a big smile on her face “Oh, it’s my pleasure. It’s nice having somepony to talk to”

“I just feel like I should return the favor somehow” Rainbow Dash actually felt bad inside for causing so much trouble.

“Oh stop it Rainbow Dash. You are really the kindest pony I have ever met”

Rainbow Dash blushed while looking away.

Lily began laughing. “Come. We should head home and get some sleep”

“I think you’re right. I do feel pretty tired”

The two ponies then began heading home, not talking, but both with a smile on their faces.

“Alright. You can sleep in there” Lily pointed towards a closed door.

“Thanks Lily” Rainbow Dash greeted.

“No problem” Lily smiled.
“Goodnight Rainbow Dash” She said as she walked away.

“Goodnight” Rainbow Dash said as she opened the door to the room.

It was pretty dark; she could only make out a big bed and a night stand next to it. And of course a window with a little bit of light entering. Rainbow Dash felt too tired to look for a light switch and just fell onto the bed. She thought a’ bit about Lily and how lucky she was to meet her, just before dozing off.

“Why do we keep playing this stupid game?”
“Hey. You can’t have a sleep over without playing truth or dare. And it’s much more fun with all of our friends instead of just me and you”
“Pinkie!”
“What’s that Rainbow Dash? I didn’t reckon you’d like such games”
“Applejack darling. Rainbow Dash is much more than meets the eye”
“Are we done with the chit-chat now? Because I would really like to play this game. I never had friends to play this with”
“Sure Twilight. Who goes first?”
“Hold on a second. What are the rules for this fancy game?”
“It’s quite simple. We have a bottle lying in the middle of our little circle; somepony spins it, and whoever it points at get to ask another pony; truth or dare. If the pony chooses ‘truth’ she has to answer a question honestly from the pony that span the bottle. If she the pony chooses ‘dare’ she has to complete a task, also given from the pony that span to bottle. After the pony have answered or completed the task, she gets to spin the bottle. Understand?”
“Ehh. Sure”
“Good. Now who wants to spin the bottle first?”
“OH! ME ME ME!”
“Okay Pinkie. Spin the bottle”
“I can’t believe we are playing this game”
“You must like something about it, since you played it with Pinkie Pie before”
“Hmph”
“Twilight will be my first victim!”
“Oh, did the bottle land on me?”
“Yep! Now… Truth or dare?”
“I guess I will go for truth”
“Truth you say. In that case… Do you have a crush?!”
“Pinkie. Is that all you care about? That was the question you asked me the last time”
“Hey. You can’t blame a pony for loving the delicious secrets about a special somepony. Now answer Twilight”
“Ehh. I always had a thing for my stuffed animal Mrs. Smarty Pants!”
“I KNEW IT!”
“Pinkie, dear. Calm down. Twilight, it’s your turn to spin the bottle”
“Oh yeah. Let’s see…”
“Aha! Rarity, truth or dare?”
“Me? Oh, I guess I would say truth. Just no ‘who is your secret crush questions’”
“Oh, I got a better question than that. Are you a virgin?”
“I find that highly inappropriate at the time being!”
“Hold on suga’ I actually wondered that myself”
“Me too!”
“What? But…”
“Spill the beans Rarity!”
“But I- I’m… Yes. I am a virgin. Happy now?”
“Very much so. Your turn!”
“I hope for all that is shiny it lands on you Twilight…”
“What’s that?”
“Oh, nothing! Let me spin the bottle, as you would say”
“Did that land on Applejack or Pinkie Pie?”
“I would say it’s pointing more towards Pinkie”
“YES! ME! IT LANDED ON ME!”
“Then we shall continue with our question. Truth or dare?”
“Well, since everypony have chosen truth so far, I will go for dare”
“In that case, I dare you to… try touching your nose with your hind hoof”
“Is that possible?”
“Only one way to find out! Hmm… Ehh. Almost! Just a little more! Wait wait… AHH!”
“Oh dear…”
“OH DASH! I am so sorry! I tripped and and…”
“Ehm…”
“Pinkie. Your dare was to touch your nose. Not to kiss Rainbow Dash”
“It was an accident!”
“It’s alright Pinkie. You tripped and your mouth landed on an unfortunate place”
“I am soooo sorry Dashie!”
“Let’s continue before you two start to make out”
“Very funny Applejack”

“It’s time!” A deep voice suddenly sounded waking Rainbow Dash.

She quickly opened her eyes and looked around. She was not in the room she feel asleep in, she was outside, back outside in the forest. The sun stroke Rainbow Dash’s eyes revealing it was In the middle of the day. She stood up and looked at the horrible creature standing in front of her as she could feel the soft grass on her hooves.

“What is it? Morning sickness?” Discord chuckled while putting his hands behind his back.

Rainbow Dash’s body woke up in a sudden rush as huge amounts of anger rushed through her once again. This game was really starting to mess with her.
“What do I have to do?” She asked without changing her facial expression.
“Impatient as always I see. Very well” He continued as he teleported a few meters close to Rainbow Dash.
“The next pony you will try to save from internal unhappiness and fear is…”
Discord pulled the last word making Rainbow Dash even angrier
“Fluttershy!” He declared.
Suddenly all her anger faded away while thoughts making their way through her mind of what he could have done to her.
“I’m gonna fucking-“ She bit her lip.
“What’s that?” Discord smiled while turning his ear to Rainbow Dash.
“Whatever you did to Fluttershy, I will win this challenge!” Rainbow Dash yelled while stomping her right hoof into the ground.
“Whatever you say Rainbow Dash. Whatever you say” Discord said calmly.
“This kinda chaos I did with Fluttershy was by far the easiest chaos I have ever created”
Rainbow Dash stood numb just waiting to hear what it could be.
“You remember before you ‘died’ Fluttershy made a promise to you? A promise to attend flight school”
Rainbow Dash remembered saying that, but she didn’t really mean it. Though she made her promise it, she didn’t think she would actually follow through with it.
“So after you died, she felt pressured to do as she promised. Surely she couldn’t say no to her best friend. Her dead best friend”
“Get to it already!” Rainbow Dash yelled while biting her lips harder to keep her from jumping him.
“Hmm. At first I didn’t really had to do anything. Bullies are actually very common here in ponyvillie” Discord smiled making it clear that he didn’t think that was a bad thing.
“Wait, let me make this more clear to you” Discord said while flicking his finger.
Suddenly a white burst appeared in front of Rainbow Dash making her trapped inside her own mind once again. Images began forming inside her head as Discord continued to talk.
“You friend Fluttershy was an easy target for the young bullies, so as everyone but you expected, it didn’t start off easy”
As words being said images kept flashing inside Rainbow Dash’s mind. Ponies laughing and calling Fluttershy mean names.
“It continued with that for days, more violently for each day. Until one day a pony decided to stand up for her, telling the bullies to back off”
Rainbow Dash could see a blue pony standing up and started yelling.
“That moment Fluttershy fell in love with that pony. And what really disgust me is that the pony she fell in love with was another mare. I mean, come on! What is it with you ponies loving the same gender? It’s not natural”
Discord began to chuckle “But who am I to judge? Fluttershy’s crush named Star Bolt finally had enough and decided to give that bully a well-deserved punch right in the face! Oh, it was glorious”
Again, images appeared in Rainbow Dash’s mind, seeing two ponies yelling at each other before one of them throwing a punch.
“That little trick certainly didn’t make the bullies happier and they began making deadly threats to Fluttershy. Before Star Bolt was able to stop it, Fluttershy tried to commit suicide”
Horrible images of Fluttershy tying a rope kept flashing before Rainbow Dash.
“But ‘luckily’” Discord said in a sarcastic tone
“Star Bolt WAS able to stop her from dying. She took her to the hospital, they fell in love, headed home, had sex, you know… The usual” Discord laughed.
“So now you wonder how this could turn out to be a bad thing, huh?”
Rainbow Dash couldn’t answer; she was still trapped inside her head.
“I was so kind to kill that bully that had been nagging Fluttershy with a little claw to the heart and with a tiny bit of chaos; I convinced, or rather cursed, Fluttershy into believing it was Star Bolt that had done the horrible act. So after a little more crying Fluttershy told Star Bolt to leave the town, and she did, leaving Fluttershy scared and lonely once again”
A few last images flashed before her, seeing Fluttershy yelling then falling to the ground crying. Then a shock ran through her body and she quickly inhaled. She was back.
“You-“ Rainbow Dash stuttered.
“Yeah, I am a monster, I know. Before you decide to call my more nono- names, how about you get your challenge? You get one chance to make Fluttershy forever happy. Oh yes, I will personally make sure that she will be forever happy”
Some birds tweeted while Discord continued.
“All you have to do is to convince Fluttershy’s love, Star Bolt, to go back and see Fluttershy. Sounds simple right? But you can’t mention why you are here to convince her or anything by that matter. If you succeed I will erase all chaos inside Fluttershy making her confident enough to talk to Star Bolt and apologize to her for accusing it was her killing that bully. They will fall in love all over again and live a happy life, blablabla. But if you fail!”
Discord stopped and smiled “I will make sure everyone step on Fluttershy, using her, hitting her, abusing her. And she will never find love of any kind”
Rainbow Dash had to take all that in and before she began crying she blurted out;
“Let’s just do it!” with a weeping sound.
“Looks painful to be you. Again, you have 10 minutes. Go!”
Again he flicked his fingers and a butterfly shaped jewelry flew towards Rainbow Dash creating a bright light blinding her. This being the element of kindness.
She closed her eyes before quickly opening them again. She turned her head revealing that she was just outside a forest. Maybe the forest she had just been in. She was standing on some short grass and besides the forest behind her, there wasn’t much around her. Before she could think further about that she noticed a blue pony nearby, walking away from her up a small hill. Maybe that was Star Bolt?
“What should I do?”
She opened her mouth and yelled “Star bolt?!”
The blue pony turned around. She certainly looked like the pony from the visions. It had to be her. Rainbow Dash tried bashing out her wings to fly but a stinging pain ran through her body.
“Oh yeah. Against the rules to fly. Damn”
She began running towards to pony just standing there looking confused; as she came closer she could see more details about the pony. She had a long black mane and wings of an incredible size. As she was just a few meters away from her Star Bolt looked at her and asked “Do I know you?”
She didn’t look too well. She had some dirt on her hooves and a few scratches across her leg. Rainbow Dash stopped and took a few quick breaths while thinking about what to say
“I- My name is Rainbow Dash. I’m a friend of Fluttershy”
Star Bolt stared at her for a ’bit before turning around
“I can’t help you” and walked away.
“Wait!” Rainbow Dash said loudly.
“You have to listen to me!”
“Listen. I don’t know who you are, but Fluttershy doesn’t want anything to do with me. So I don’t want to talk to any of her friends”
Rainbow Dash looked down.
“I know you love her” She almost whispered.
Star Bolt turned back around “You better back off or I am gonna force you!”
“You have to talk to Fluttershy! It’s important!”
“You better shut up!” Star Bolt yelled.
“She needs you Star Bolt” Star Bolt went quiet.
“She loves you”
“Then why did she accuse me of something I didn’t do and told me to fuck off, huh?” Star Bolt stared madly at her.
“You have to understand, she has it hard. One of her friends had recently died. She was a mess. But then you came along and you made her happy like no one else ever could. Doesn’t that mean anything to you? I’ve known Fluttershy for a long time and I am sure she will realize it wasn’t you who murdered that pony”
They were both staring into each other’s eyes as a light wind passed by.
“How do you even know he was murdered? Did you have anything to do with it?!”
“What? No!”
Star Bolt took a step forward and bashed out her large wings just before leaving the ground quickly and flew straight into Rainbow Dash and knocked her off her hooves, landing on her side on the grass.
“Leave now!” Star Bolt yelled standing before Rainbow Dash.
“You just have to listen!”
In a sudden move Star Bolt lifted her hooves and smashed them down but Rainbow Dash was quick to evade it and got back up on her hooves.
“You don’t wanna do this” Rainbow Dash said getting ready to force Star Bolt to do what she wanted.
Without responding Star Bolt again flew towards Rainbow Dash but this time Rainbow Dash jumped to the side just avoiding her.
“I don’t have time for this!” Rainbow Dash yelled.
“Time? Fluttershy was the only pony I ever cared about. I don’t have any fucking parents you know! And you are worried about time?! You don’t deserve to be a friend of Fluttershy!”
Rainbow Dash could feel a great amount of anger rushing through her.
“If Fluttershy is the only one you have ever loved then you can’t give up this easily on her!”
“Easily? I protected her from the bullies. I saved her from suicide. I made her happy. And she told me to fuck off! That’s what you get for trusting ponies”
Rainbow Dash tightened her body. “But it wasn’t Fluttershy who did that!”
“Bad move” a deep voice sounded.
Again a light flash appeared, blinding her. As she slowly opened her eyes she saw she was back in the forest, in front of Discord.
“What did I tell you? You can’t mention things like that when it against the rules”
Rainbow Dash looked up “Fuck you rules!”
She suddenly ran towards Discord ready to jump him.
“Why must you be so foolish Rainbow Dash?” he said just before teleporting away.
“Seems like you need another break” Discord smiled.
The last thing Rainbow Dash saw was the dark clouds floating above of her before she passed out.

“We gotta stop meeting like this” a voice sounded as Rainbow Dash opened her eyes
“Uh. I know” She said aware that she was back at Lily’s house.
Lily just let Rainbow Dash take a moment to adjust.
“So how did it go?” she then asked, hoping for the best.
Rainbow Dash took a few seconds to sit properly on the couch. She was always on that damn couch.
“Well, thanks to me, another one of my friends life are ruined”
“Hey” Lily said with a strict voice while gently brushing some of Rainbow Dash’s hair away from her eyes.
“It’s not your fault. It’s that horrible creature that is behind it”
“I guess” Rainbow Dash said with a sad voice. She knew it was true but she couldn’t help but to feel regret and sadness.
“Actually, ever since you left for the second time I have been wondering the whole purpose of the game. Why you? Why now?”
Rainbow Dash wasn’t surprised Lily had asked that, though she didn’t have a clear answer.
“It’s quite a story actually”
“I got nothing but time” Lily smiled.
Rainbow Dash then proceeded telling Lily about how a few years ago they had defeated the horrible creature Discord with the elements of harmony. How they turned him into stone. Years passed as they were just living their own lives. An unknown day Discord had apparently escaped from his prison of stone, and had absorbed the elements power and used them to curse a creature called Drutaa. She had died in her best friends hooves. And while she was dead, Discord had been going to each of her friends, destroying their hope and friendship so he was ready to revive me, in order to use the elements of harmony to its full extent. Since he had been going around creating chaos around my friends, he was almost certain that he had killed the threat of “the holders” But he had seen what had happened the last time he thought he destroyed our friendship. So this time he is forcing me to play these games in order to create ultimate chaos around my friends, so we will never be able to stop him. If I lose every single challenge; Equestria will without a doubt fall on its knees, letting the door to world domination stand wide open.

Lily went speechless after hearing how big this actually was.
“I- I’m sorry” Lily stuttered.
Rainbow Dash looked at her “You have nothing to be sorry about” then looked down.
“I need to save Pinkie” She whispered to herself.
“Is that one of your friends?” Lily asked with the softest tone she was able to do.
Rainbow Dash looked back up. “She is more than a friend. She is the only pony I have ever truly loved. The one pony that I know would do anything for me. That is the main reason I am playing this game. So we can meet each other again”
Lily thought for a moment “But… Pinkie sounds like a mare’s name?”
“It is” Rainbow Dash was quick to respond.
“So you are…” Lily forced herself to stop talking.
“I’m not sure. And I don’t really care. All I know is that all I ever want in this world is to be with her” Rainbow Dash closed her eyes, trying to stop a tear pushing from her eye.
“I understand. I had it like that with my husband too. He was the only one who ever truly understood me”
Rainbow Dash kept her curiosity for herself, though it was hard not to ask how he had actually died. She didn’t want to make Lily sad.
Lily looked at Rainbow Dash. “I’ll go make you something to eat, and then you should rest” She said as she stood up.
“Thanks” Rainbow Dash said then leaned back on the couch, just thinking back at the time with her friends in Ponyvillie. The more she thought about them, the more she wanted to save them. She was beginning to wish that her and her friends never had got the job to be the guardians of the elements. Can’t Celestia take away the elements power or something? And how come she isn’t even helping me? She must be aware of Discord escaping from his prison. I know I have been gone for a while but I can’t imagine Celestia giving up.
“I’m sorry” a whispered sounded, Rainbow Dash looked up.
Lily had sneaked up on her and she was holding what appeared to be a knife.
“Lily, what are you-“
In a sudden move Lily took the knife in both her hooves and tried to stab Rainbow Dash, but she quickly rolled over, leading the knife to hit Rainbow Dash’s right wing.
Rainbow started screaming while Lily was breathing heavily while crying. She quickly took the knife back up and made another move to stab Rainbow Dash. But just before the knife reached her chest, she punched the knife out of Lily’s hoof making the knife fall to the ground.
“LILY! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!” Rainbow Dash yelled while lifting her wings.
“I’m…” Lily began crying even more before falling to her knees.
“I have to save my daughter” she stuttered.
“What?” Rainbow Dash asked standing on the floor before Lily.
“My daughter is out there somewhere, and if you keep failing these challenges…”
Rainbow Dash stared at Lily.
She continued “You have to give up Rainbow Dash. If he manages to create full chaos he will destroy everything in his path. He will kill my daughter” She cried with her eyes closed.
Rainbow Dash folded her wings while leaning down to Lily.
“Lily. I promise you, I won’t fail these next challenges. I will defeat Discord and I will return to my friends. And your daughter will be safe. I swear it”
Lily looked up from her kneeling position. “I am so sorry. My daughter is just the only thing I have left to live for. And I thought… If the game ended Discord wouldn’t have enough power to take control over Equestria”
Rainbow Dash closed her eyes. Suddenly a booming sound appeared across the room.
“Isn’t that sweet. The only friend near you is trying to kill you” it was Discord.
Rainbow Dash looked around the room, bashing out her wings. A bright flash then appeared and once again Discord stood before her, but this time inside the house, and apparently Discord had shrunken himself a’ bit to fit inside the house.
“And you even have a nice little wound to remind you of it”
Rainbow Dash realized she was bleeding from her wing, first now she felt the pain.
“IT’S YOU!” Lily suddenly yelled while standing up.
“Nice to see you again Lily Dache. How have you been?” Discord laughed.
“You know him?!” Rainbow Dash asked confused.
“It was him! Him who killed my husband and took my daughter from me”
“We both know that, that’s not entirely true. But I suppose I should feel flattered from the compliments” Discord smiled.
“Now, Rainbow Dash. Come with me” Before another word could be said another bright flash appeared and once again, they both stood in the middle of the forest, the exact same spot as last time.
“What did you do to Lily?!” Rainbow Dash was quick to ask.
“Oh, just a little chaos. But we are not here because of that, remember?”
Rainbow Dash grinded her hoof into the ground.

“You can ask Lily herself after you fail this challenge. Unless she decides to try to kill you again” Discord really enjoyed this.
“Why is it you keep bringing me back to her anyway?” Rainbow Dash looked away.
“Hmm? Oh, no reason. I was just thinking Lily could use some company after being alone for all these years. But again, we are not here for that. Ready to hear your next challenge little pony?”
The cold wing passing by was almost whistling and leaves flew past them both as the sun faded away. Was she actually ready?