A Wedding To Unite Them All.

Rainbow Dash walked into the bedroom.

After a hard day of cloud busting, she was relieved to finally come home to the heated cloud building, wiping her face with a warm smile.

Her bed was beckoning to her ears as she walked slowly toward her bedroom.

She had never understood the necessity for stairs in her home unless she was hurt or could not fly. However, in her fatigue state, she thanked Celestia that she had included them in her design.

On her way up the stairs, her tail brushed the picture on the wall making the orientation crooked. in this picture, three ponies stood at the entrance to a fairground in Cloudsdale. The edges of the picture were yellowing slightly giving hints that the memory had been preserved in this way for a long while.

Due to the deafness that came from tired senses, Rainbow did not pick up on the small scraping noise that came with the slanting of the frame.

Breathing a deep sigh, she collapsed onto her bed when her legs had finally completed their last task for the day.

Whispers of sleep echoed throughout her thoughtless mind making the world of dreams intoxicated her body.

But that would have to wait...

"You're so cute, you know that?"

Cracking open an eye at the new voice in the room, she smiled as she saw the tall figure ahead of her.

"Hey Soarin," She whispered, closing her eye again, still trying to retreat into sleep. "What ya doing here?"

A chuckle came from the navy maned stallion as he joined her on her bed. A soft feathered wing draped across her side as her body was pulled close to Soarin's, sharing his heat with hers.

"Don't tell me you forgot again. It's date night!" He said, burying his muzzle into her mane."I see you've had a rough day."

"Mmmm you don't know the half of it..."She replied in a breath. Humming in a content manner, she curled up under the feathers that protected her from the cold.

Soarin and Rainbow had been dating for a while now. The press had taken it by storm and there were pictures of the two everywhere you looked. You couldn't escape it. Headlines read for a whole week after: "Rainboom and Wonderbolts Collide! Rainbow Dash and Soarin Officially an item!"

At first it was quite nice that they had publicized their relationship but after a while, it became annoying. So instead of trying to meet up and arrange dates, they would go on a date every Wednesday which would normally entail a home cooked meal and movie; it was too risky to go anywhere too public.

Though it wasn't the most ideal dating plan, they got to spend time with each other. That was good enough for them.

After a few minutes of just snuggling, Soarin spoke up.

"You know, I think you are the cutest mare in Equestria!" Rainbow snorted at his comment.

"I think your getting cute mixed up with cool. Thanks for the compliment though." If it were any other stallion calling her that name, they would be praying to Celestia that they could outrun her (which, to be honest is wishful thinking!).

But Soarin was... different. Whenever she was around him, she just felt... natural. She didn't need to put on a tough act with him.

Soarin smiled fondly at her before pecking her on the lips eliciting a relaxed moan from the mare. "You are cool... but you're cute with it!"

"I'm not that cute!"

"Ok... Ok... my little cutie pie."

"Soarin, your pushing it!" Rainbow looked at the stallion with a cold glare daring him to call her cute one last time.

"Okay okay, I give in! What can I use for your pet name then?"

Dash scrunched her nose up in thought. "How about 'miss best flier in the whole world and can beat Soarin in any race he may proceed to challenge me too' Dash?" She giggled and hopped him on the nose. "Has a nice ring to it if ya ask me!"

"Hey, we have only raced once and that was not even fair!" He claimed with a pout.

"Oh please, you get distracted, you lose." She laughed.

"It's not my fault that pies have an irresistible aroma of heaven!"

Rainbow Dash chuckled heartily and turned to face the stallion. "Sometimes I swear you like pie more than me!"

"No way! Your so much better than pie! I love you much more!"

Noticing what he had just said he looked down at the mare it his arms. She gazed back with wide eyes and an open mouth. It looked almost as if she had been frozen in that position.

To make sure that she understood what he was saying he said again: "I love you Rainbow Dash."

Nothing.

"Rainbow?"

"..."

"Dash? Did you hear me?"

"...Yeah..." Rainbow whispered in response.

"...Well?..."

"...Thanks..."

"Just thanks?"

"..." Rainbow was at a loss for words.

"Do you not love me back?" Soarin stated. His facial expression was about as warm as an ice cube conveying the seriousness of the situation.

"... I ... I just..." Never had she ever felt so small in her life. Tears started to build up in her eyes as she looked upon her coltfriend with a heavy heart. "I have to go..." she spread her wings and took off down the corridor, knocking the crooked picture off of the wall leaving only the stallion to pick it up.

Soarin let out a deep sigh before walking over to the frame. It lay face down on the floor. This peaked his curiosity. Gingerly picking up the frame, he heard a slight tinkling of glass meaning that it did not survive the fall. Turning it over in his hooves, he came face to face with Dash's family.

She had never talked about her family much so Soarin had never bothered her about it but a corner of the picture had small writing on it. A small fillies writing at that. Something that gave a hint as to why she couldn't answer him. Why she couldn't respond his sudden announcement. Fear.

It read: When we were happy.