The Last Thing on Her Mind

(A/N: I know the chapter is short, but this is to mostly test the waters. I hopefully will have the second chapter up soon, and it will be longer.)

Twilight Sparkle had been helping Pinkie Pie decorate the library all morning; the girls were preparing to welcome an old friend of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy from their time at flight school. The two wouldn’t say much more than her name was Rain Twirl, they said they didn’t want to ruin the surprise. Spike was stuck in the kitchen, he had gotten to be quite the chief over the past year they were in Ponyville. Pinkie would occasionally dart into the kitchen to check on progress and Spike would shoo her out each time.

“It will be ready when it’s ready,” Spike said as he tried to push the pink pony out of the kitchen. “You can’t rush perfection.”

Twilight let out a low chuckle and kept mixing Pinkie’s special party punch. She gave it a sniff; you could barely smell the alcohol over all the fruity drinks Pinkie had her add. “This will certainly keep the party going” she said to herself.

There was a knock and Rarity and Applejack entered. AJ was pulling a cart laden with even more food. The fashion pony had brought along a saddlebag full of ribbons and streamers which Pinkie immediately set about placing almost haphazardly around the library.

“Ah hope this’ll be enough,” Applejack began unpacking her cart. Twilight ran over to help her as Rarity tried in vain to straighten the ribbons Pinkie was throwing around.

“With how much Spike is making we’ll have more than enough.” Twilight said as she placed an apple pie on the buffet table.

“Shoot Ah forgot he was cooking,” the farm pony scratched her head. “Maybe Ah brought too much.”

“It’s fine,” the dragon called from the kitchen. “Less work for me, this cake is going to be the death of me.”

“Maybe Ah should see if Ah can help.” AJ trotted off toward the kitchen.

Twilight took advantage of Rarity and Pinkie Pie decorating to sneak up to her room for a few minutes. She made sure to close her door quietly and carefully walk over to her bed; she crawled in and let out a sigh. The party planning had been getting to her the past few days, she hadn’t seen Rainbow Dash since she and Fluttershy set off for Canterlot to meet their friend earlier in the week. She missed all the time that she and Dash would spend together reading; it was a great excuse to snuggle close even if it wasn’t even cold outside. She was in love with Rainbow, she hated to admit it. None of her books had anything on romances between mares. She hadn’t told anyone yet, except maybe Spike but he could keep his mouth shut. She had thought of asking the princess what she should do, but she didn’t want to waste the princess’ time on something trivial. Twilight rolled over and watched the setting sun, she began to feel herself drift off when she felt small hands shaking her.

“Twilight,” Spike shook her. “Come on, they’re back.”

With those words Twilight nearly jumped out of bed. She hurriedly ran a hoof through her mane and checked herself in the mirror. Everything seemed satisfactory, so she made her way down the stairs. Her eyes immediately locked on to Rainbow who was deep in conversation with AJ and Rarity while Pinkie Pie was talking to Fluttershy and who Twilight guessed was Rain Twirl. She was a tall and slender; her light blue coat was still damp from rain they must have encountered on their way. She had hair like Dash except instead of many colors it was deep blue with streaks of grey blue, the same with her tail. She had flying goggles down on her neck, but the strangest feature was her cutie mark. It looked like a controller for a Ponybox 360, but she couldn’t be sure from this far away.

“You must be Twilight Sparkle,” The blue pony smiled at her. “It’s nice to meet you."

Twilight hurried down the stairs, when she approached the blue pony expecting to shake hooves the pony instead she was pulled into a tight hug.

"That's me," Twilight said.

"Dashie has told me so much about you." Rain said as she let go of Twilight, out of the corner of her eye Twilight saw Dash blush.

Twilight was taken aback by seeing this, Dash didn't bush easily and believe her she tried. She decided not to dwell on it too much for the moment and concentrate on the party.

"You must be Rain Twirl," Twilight smiled. "I'd like to say that I have heard as much about you, but it isn't true."

"We'll just have to fix that then," Rain laughed. "Since I am the guest of honor, I proclaim this party started."

"Alright!" Rainbow Dash proclaimed. "Lead me to the alcohol!"

Twilight worked our way around the party, socializing with all of her friends equally. Rarity was exited about some new kind of fabric she had Fluttershy bring back from Canterlot, Applejack was gearing up for applebucking season, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash we're having a drinking contest that the pink pony was winning hands down. Twilight finally had a moment to sit and talk to Rain Twirl.

"Rain Twirl, what does your cutie mark mean?" Twilight asked. "If you don't mind."

"Its no problem, you can call me Rain though." she smiled putting down her glass. "I am a video game designer, not a lot to say really. Too me a long time to figure it out though."

"Maybe you could teach a few ponies in this town the importance of patience." Twilight laughed.

Their conversation was interrupted by the sound of some pony losing their lunch, Twilight looked around to see a triumphant Pinkie Pie standing over a very sick looking Rainbow Dash. She sighed and used her magic to fetch a bucket for the sick pony.