“Take that! And that! And that!” Rainbow huffed as she exhaustingly molded the sculptures of a washer and dryer unit into her home. Her last experience at a laundromat was less than exemplary, so she decided it was high time to have her own laundry room. She had invited Scootaloo over to help, but she did little more than laugh at the odd predicament her mentor had herself in.

“Rainbow Dash, I hate to break it to you, but-”

“Not now, Squirt! Hand me some more cumulus! I think this time I finally got it-”

“Rainbow, this isn’t going to work.”

“What do you mean? Of course it’s gonna work! I’m the one building it, so it’ll be awesome!”

“Rainbow Dash, what do you use to wash clothes?”

Rainbow’s face fell flat. “Uh, duh, water and soap”- Rainbow Dash shook her head, and went back to trying to mold clouds -“what do they teach you in school nowadays?”

Scootaloo stifled another giggle. “Exactly. So, when you try to do a load of clothes, what’s going to happen to your clothes, which are made of water?”

Rainbow slowly came to a halt in molding her clouds as the realization struck her in the head. “Oh. Yeah. Um...mayyyybe I didn’t think this one through all the way.”

“I’d say not. Looks like you’ll be stuck going into town to the laundromat every week, huh?”

Rainbow scoffed. “As if! I’ll find a way around this, Scoots. Besides, I still don’t think the owner has completely forgiven me or Flutters yet.”

The two sat down in the living room, wanting to get out of the small space Rainbow had designated as her laundry room. Rainbow got some cola out of the fridge and walked over to where Scootaloo was sitting on the couch, popped them open, and gave one to her little pseudo-sister. “Hey, how’s things going with the Apples? I’d imagine things are working out, right?”

Scootaloo took a drink from her bottle. “Yeah! I mean, it’s a lot at once, though. Apple Bloom is still getting used to the idea that I’m her big stepsister now, and we’ve had some battles over who can have the last piece of pie, but yeah. Granny Smith is really super nice to me, and Big Mac...well, he’s Big Mac. Doesn’t say much, but doesn’t seem to mind having me around either, ya know?”

Rainbow chuckled. “Sounds like the Apples for ya. I’m really happy for ya, Scoots.” She took a long drink and blankly stared at the wall for a minute.

Scootaloo noticed, and gave a loud clap of her hooves to snap Dash out of her stupor. “You okay? You’ve seem a little off since you heard I was being adopted.”

Rainbow gave a little sigh. “I’m just amazed at how things have happened, ya know? Last year, I was in a real bad spot. Now look at everything. You’ve got your wings working, you found a family, I got a promotion, and it’s all just so...surreal, I guess.”

“Like it’s too good to be true?”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

Scootaloo smirked. “Well, if it’s any consolation, I thought the same thing at first. But then I had the thought that sometimes, you just have to go with it. Sometimes we question things too much, ya know? All we can really do is just take it in stride, and do our best to do our part. The rest is out of our hooves, so what can we do but our best?”

Rainbow was stunned. To hear such profound wisdom come from someone so young floored her. “Where did you ever learn that?”

“Maybe you aren’t the only one to learn a thing or two from the guy upstairs.”

Rainbow pulled Scootaloo in for a hug, which she gladly reciprocated. “I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who got something from all of this.”

Scootaloo let out a small breath. “Have you told anyone else since it’s happened?”

“Since what’s happened?”

“Well, ya know, all of this?”

They separated from their hug. Rainbow never really thought about telling anypony else, since she felt like this was hers and Scootaloo’s little secret. But, there’s no harm in telling others about something that’s helped you out.

Right?

Rainbow spoke slowly. “I mean, I guess it never really struck my mind. Shouldn’t we keep this between us though? I mean, I’m pretty sure we were the only two really involved in all of it, shouldn't we keep it that way?”

Scootaloo pondered her question for a moment, and made her decision. “No, we should share this. I mean, look how much He’s done for us, imagine all He could do for everypony else! My wings are the perfect story too! Everyone and their brother has been asking how my wing got healed. I figured it was a long, complicated story to keep telling over and over again, so I just said it was a miracle.”

“Heh, you can say that again.”

“It was a miracle.”

Rainbow pulled Scootaloo in for a noogie, and let her go once she was laughing too hard to breathe. “Well, I suppose there’s no harm in telling the girls, I mean, what’s the worst they can do, right?”

“Right! And you know just as well as I do who’d be the perfect pony to tell first.”

“I feel like I know where this is going.”

“Twilight, silly!”

Rainbow laughed. The thought of telling Twilight Sparkle about an all-knowing, all-powerful, and always-present God who answers personal prayers of anyone who prays to Him would keep her in an intellectual coma until probably the next apple harvest. “Sounds like the perfect pony to start with.”

The two finished out their day re-sculpting the clouds back into Rainbow’s house. When dusk was upon them, Scootaloo hugged, said her good-byes to Rainbow, and flew back towards Sweet Apple Acres. Rainbow cleaned up what little bit she had left from her day with Scootaloo, and settled down for the night. She went to sleep excited to tell her friend exactly what had happened last year, and all of the wonderful things that came from it.

Rainbow found herself knocking on Twilight’s door, instead of her usual flying through the window and causing Twilight’s temper and number of broken windows count to rise. Twilight opened the door and smiled, “Rainbow! What brings you here today? It’s nice to see you know how to work a door, by the way.”

“Oh, ha-ha. I just wanted to drop in to...talk to you about something.”

“Oh? What about? Is something wrong?”

“No no, nothing like that, I just had something happen and I wanted to see what you thought about it.”

Twilight scrunched her face at her friend’s hidden message in her words. “Sure, come on in. I don’t have anything to do for today, so I’m free to talk as long as you need me for.”

The two made their way casually to the parlor, where a fire place had a cozy fire built in it, and an open book was sprawled on one of the two chairs next to the large coffee table.

Twilight gingerly placed a bookmark in the book, and set it on the oak table in front of her. She gestured for Spike to make some tea, and proceeded with her conversation with Rainbow. “So, what is it you came to talk to me about?”

Rainbow told her the whole story, from start to finish. She told how Jesus was the Son of the One true God, and how He healed Scootaloo, and how he had answered her prayers about Scootaloo getting adopted. She even threw in how she got a promotion on top of it.

By the end of her story, Rainbow felt quite out of breath, and craving something to drink. So, she picked up her tea, and got ready for a nice, hearty sip. “So, whadda ya think?”

Twilight pondered for a moment, then let out a long, deep sigh. “Rainbow, I’m glad that things have been going well for you, I really am. And the fact that you’ve found a sense of peace in your life make me feel really good for you. But, I just...how can I put this nicely...I just don’t buy it.”

Rainbow froze mid-sip, and almost coughed on her drink. “Wha-what? You don’t buy it? What do you mean?!”

Twilight winced at her friend’s sudden reaction. “I’m sorry Rainbow Dash, but I just don’t buy it. Everything you described sounds lovely, it really does. But...I just don’t see how it’s scientifically possible. First of all, a human being has not been recorded being seen in Equestria for several millennia, much less any recent millennia. Furthermore, I can’t see how just touching someone can heal them. It’s preposterous. A complete disregard for physics or the natural order.”

“Then how the buck do you explain Scootaloo flying? The doctors said she’d never fly, that her wings were permanently stunted! Twilight, I saw it with my own eyes, the man healed her. He completely took away her stunted wings and gave her a working pair, all with a single touch!”

“Did you actually see it? Did you see her wings physically grow?”

“Well, no...but there was a light! And no one could see! If you want, I can go get Scoots right now, and let her tell you!”

Twilight felt herself start to get frustrated that Rainbow wasn’t seeing her point. “Rainbow, we both know that her wing growth is amazing. And, some might even classify it as a miracle of sorts. However, lots of things could have contributed to this! Nutrition, exercise, hormones...maybe Scootaloo just finally hit puberty? She’s at that age, after all.”

It was Rainbow’s turn to start feeling frustrated. “No, Twilight, just no. I know what I saw, and I know what Scootaloo saw. Jesus healed her, no if, and’s, or but’s about it. I just...I can’t believe that you don’t believe me. That really hurts, ya know? I mean, we live in a land filled with dragons, spirits, alicorns, and literal magic, but you can’t believe this?” She got up from her chair and began to pace, trying to walk off some of her emotions.

Twilight let out another deep sigh. “Yes, that’s all true, Rainbow. However, those things have been with us here in this dimension for as long as time began. What you’re telling me just seems so...out of the blue. I just need proof, that’s all. Do you have any physical evidence that this Jesus person was here?”

Rainbow thought hard about that question. Surely she had to have something, right? Some piece of critical, case-breaking evidence to prove that she was telling the truth. However, all she could think of, was her little patch of holy dirt in the field where she first encountered Him. “No, I...I don’t.”

Twilight’s face fell at her friend’s seemingly defeated state. She walked over to where Rainbow was standing, and saw her ears fall limp to her side and her wings hang limp. Twilight put her hoof on her friend’s shoulder, as a peace offering. “Look, Rainbow, I know this is all very important to you, otherwise you wouldn’t have come here to talk to me about it. And I truly appreciate you talking to me, this has all been so fascinating. However, I just don’t believe the same way you do. Maybe if you had some kind of evidence to back this up, I’d be more inclined to see the same things you do. But for now, my opinion stands with me, just like how your opinion stands with you.”

Rainbow felt betrayed. She thought that out of all the ponies she knew, Twilight would be the one to instantly be curious and ask all the questions in the world about what kind of person Jesus was, where he came from, and all that jazz. What she was met with, however, was doubt, disbelief, and rejection.

The rest of the visit was awkward. There was attempts at small talk from both ponies, but not much else was said. Sensing the elephant in the room, Rainbow decided to make her way back home for the evening. “Well, I uh, I think I’m gonna go back home. I was wanting to get a few things done around the house, thanks for everything Twilight.” She finished her tea in one gulp, and started to make her way out the door.

Before she left, however, Twilight wanted to say one more thing. She rested her hoof on Rainbow’s shoulder, with the same tenderness she did earlier. “Rainbow Dash, I’m sorry. I just wanted you to know that there’s no hard feelings, okay?”

Rainbow didn’t look back at Twilight, and shrugged. “Yeah, no hard feelings. I’m sorry too, but for different reasons.” With that, she flew quickly out the door, and back to her cloud mansion.

Rainbow ate some kale chips that Fluttershy had made her earlier during the week for dinner, and had some hot chocolate to warm herself up for the evening. She got into bed for the night, but couldn’t sleep. She looked out her window and into the moonlight, wondering how Jesus was doing. It had been over a year since she’d seen Him, and was wondering when she would get to again. She thought back to the day’s events, and what was said. She felt tears in her eyes, but refused to cry. She tried to suck it up, to not be such a wimp about it. At least, that’s what she told herself.

“I tried to stick up for You, You know that, right?” She was met with silence. “You know that I still care and stuff, right?” Silence. She thought about the day some more, and thought about the silence that greeted her, and felt her dam break. She felt the tears fall down her cheeks, and let out a sob, and another one, and another. Her last thought was how one of her best friends didn’t believe her, and her last action was crying herself to sleep.

Author's Note

Big thanks to Washi for helping me edit. Thanks!

There's more on the way soon, so stay tuned! God bless, as per usual