The Awkward Wedding (Part 1)
"Pinkie, thanks for inviting us to your place for a sleepover!" Twilight Sparkle thanked her. Pinkie Pie grinned in response. She had invited her five friends, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Apple Jack and Rarity, to Sugarcube Corner for a sleepover. Pinkie Pie had something important to tell her friends.
"Guys? I got news! I'm getting married in a month!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, jumping out of her sleeping bag. "I invited the whole of Ponyville, and anypony else who wants to see me at my wedding!"
"That's wonderful, Pinkie! I knew that Cheese Sandwich was going to do that!" Twilight clapped her hooves together in excitement.
"I shall make your wedding dress, Pinkie Pie, I've ideas in my mind already!" Rarity rambled on and on about her ideas.
"Ahm happy for ya, Pinkie Pie!" Apple Jack tossed her hat into the air as a sign of celebration.
"That's awesome!" Rainbow Dash flew up to the ceiling.
"Wow, that's nice, Pinkie Pie," Fluttershy cheered softly.
Pinkie Pie grinned from ear to ear (literally), and put on a devilish smirk. "And as the bride of the wedding, I made up some rules!" She continued, "Everypony who attends my wedding MUST bring along a partner of their opposite gender, and whoever catches the flowers I throw at the end of the wedding must kiss their partner on stage!" Pinkie Pie squealed.
"Probably not as cool as I thought," Rainbow Dash muttered.
"So, any idea who you all are going to bring?" Pinkie Pie asked, not hearing what Rainbow Dash had muttered. Twilight grinned confidently, "I'll bring my coltfriend, Flash Sentry. I'm sure he doesn't mind, what's more, I even plan on getting the flowers!" Sure, Flash Sentry had been dating Twilight Sparkle for almost a year now. Rarity flipped her mane. "Fancy Pants would go with me. And I also plan on getting the flowers too!" Twilight and Rarity glared at each other in mock rivalry. They laughed after that. "Well, I'm going with Caramel. He's...he's a nice fella," Apple Jack stammered. Her five other friends ooh-ed. She groaned internally. "C-can..I...I go w-with... B-big Macint-tosh?" Fluttershy asked timidly. Apple Jack raised an eyebrow at her. The others nodded encouragingly.
After that, silence followed.
"Dashie, who would you go with? Any stallions in mind?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"Uh, yeah...um...of course!" Rainbow Dash replied hastily. In fact, she did not have any stallions in mind. She wanted to be the same with the rest of her friends. Being the odd one out was a huge blow to her ego.
"Who is it?"
"Uh...somepony..."
"Dashie, who is it?"
Rainbow Dash bit her lower lip. She scratched the back of her neck. "Shy to tell? That isn't you, Rainbow Dash," Rarity pressed on the matter, trying to get it out of Rainbow Dash. Rainbow's eyes narrowed. Her ego got the better of her. "I'm not shy! I just don't have a stallion!" She blurted out. Rainbow Dash blushed in embarrassment.
"Then why did you say you did have one in mind?" Pinkie raised an eyebrow.
"Because I didn't want to be different from you guys," Rainbow Dash grumbled, flew back to her sleeping bag slowly, and folded her wings glumly. "It's okay, Dashie! I'm sure you'll find a stallion! You got one month's time!" Pinkie Pie assured her. "Yeah...I'll find one..." Rainbow Dash sighed, and slunk into her sleeping bag. Her friends stared at her. They shrugged, and ended the conversation. Pinkie Pie turned off the lights, and all of them went to sleep.
"Find a stallion...find a stallion..." Rainbow Dash went through the stallions she was close to in her mind. She had just gone home from the sleepover, and was thinking about it while lying down on her bed. "Maybe Thunderlane? Nah, he's bringing Blossomforth. Doc? He's with Derpy. Uh...Why does everypony have a partner already?!" She groaned, and tossed and turned on her bed. Maybe a flight in the air would help her clear her mind.
Rainbow Dash took to the air. Her wings were spread wide, gliding slowly over Ponyville. She felt the air ruffle her feathers, cooling them. "Ah...this is the life," She commented to herself. She closed her eyes, letting her pegasus sense take over.
All of a sudden, she felt something coming too close to her. Her pegasus instincts were telling her to dodge away. Rainbow Dash snapped open her eyes, finding a navy blue and pale blue swirl slamming into her.
"What the hay?! What happened?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, feeling soft grass below her. Did she crash? She opened her eyes, and came face to face with the one and only, Soarin of the Wonderbolts.
They were staring at each other in confusion. Then they realised that Soarin was lying on top of Rainbow Dash. "AHHHH!" They both screamed out loud in unison. Soarin quickly scrambled off her; Rainbow Dash leapt into the air once he got off. "I'm very sorry miss," Soarin apologised. "It's... It's okay," Rainbow Dash dusted herself. She turned her gaze towards the stallion.
Navy blue windswept mane, pale blue coat, emerald green eyes, muscular body figure, handsome features, a Wonderbolt. That was what he looked like to most of the fanfillies, but in Rainbow Dash's eyes, he was the childhood friend she had made on the first day of school. He soon became her best friend. They only parted when Soarin passed the flight academy and Rainbow Dash did not. They did not see each other ever since; Soarin was busy as a Wonderbolt, and Rainbow Dash was busy as a weather control pony.
"Soarin? Soarin Skies?" She asked, not believing her eyes. He finally took a firm stare at her, and recognised her at once. "Rainbow Dash?" He beamed. "Long time no see! How ya doing?" Rainbow smiled. They did a hoofbump."I'm doing great! Sorry, I was practicing one of the Wonderbolt stunts. It went out of hoof and I crashed into you," Soarin grinned sheepishly and blushed in embarrassment, "How's life?" Rainbow Dash flipped her mane egotistically. "Awesome. I became an element of harmony, performed a sonic rainboom three times, saved equestria twice, and in flight academy now, topping the scores," She puffed her chest, brimming with pride. Soarin rolled his eyes. "Treat you out for lunch at my place? As a sign of apology and to reconcile?" He offered. "Sure!" Rainbow Dash agreed.
"Race you to your house," Rainbow Dash challenged Soarin. She knew where his house was as she went to it many times before. "As you wish," Soarin smiled devilishly. They both shared a laugh, and started the race, "Three, two, one, GO!" They flew up to Cloudsdale at a outstanding speed. They were neck to neck. As they flew through the streets of Cloudsdale, they whipped many ponies' mane into a windswept frenzy. Rainbow Dash felt the wind pulling at her mane. She hadn't had such a competition in a while. They reached Soarin's doorstep at the same time.
"I won!" Rainbow Dash threw her hooves up in the air.
"No, I did!" Soarin childishly argued.
"It's not!"
"It's too!"
"It's not!"
"Alright, alright, I surrender," Soarin threw up his hooves in mock surrender. Rainbow Dash giggled, later joined in by Soarin. He unlocked the door, and stepped inside, followed by her. Soarin went into the kitchen, leaving Rainbow Dash at the dining table.
"What's the menu?" Rainbow Dash asked with curiosity, then she put on a smirk,"Or, do you even know how to cook?" Soarin's head popped out of the kitchen's doorway, "Menu's apple pie. And, I DO know how to cook." He put on a fake frown. Rainbow Dash smiled sweetly at him. Soarin rolled his eyes once more, and went back to the kitchen. Fifteen minutes later, he came out with two freshly baked apple pies in his hooves, him himself hovering over to the dining table.
"Wow, mmm...somepony actually knows how to cook," Rainbow Dash commented as she ate the pie,"It's really nice." He gave her a sigh, thinking she was kidding about how nice it was. As if on cue, Rainbow Dash reassured him, "I mean it." He gave her a smile and started digging in.
After they were done eating, Soarin put the dishes into the basin, and started washing them. "Hey, Soarin?" Rainbow Dash perked up.
"Yeah?"
"Do you have a marefriend?"
"No, why do you ask?"
"Well, all my friends got their coltfriends, even Fluttershy, being as timid as she is! And I don't have one. My parents are chewing me out on that topic, and...I really hate it. Psh, I wonder how you never selected one of those fanfillies that I assume chase you around,"
Soarin came out of the kitchen, shaking his head. He sat down on one of the dining table's chairs, and leaned on one hoof. "Nah, the fanfillies are head over hooves for my repetition as Soarin The Wonderbolt, not for Soarin The Stallion. It's really hard to find true love as a celebrity, 'cause you don't know whether they really like the real you, or the celebrity you. Lucky you're not a celebrity," he huffed. Rainbow Dash snickered, "Lucky I'm not."
A question that Rainbow Dash had been pondering so hard on ever since morning had been forgotten upon meeting Soarin. It suddenly resurfaced in her mind. Probably because of the topic from earlier. She suddenly knew the answer for the question straight away.
"Soarin, can I ask you something?"
"Go ahead,"
"Well, there's this wedding...Pinkie Pie's wedding. She wants everypony who goes to her wedding bring along a partner of their opposite gender... and I was pondering about it all morning till I met you. Can-"
"I go with you as your partner?" Soarin finished her question for her. "Exactly!" Rainbow Dash flew to the ceiling. "I don't mind to go, but are you sure I have an invitation?" Soarin asked worriedly as he joined her at the ceiling. "I told ya, she invites anypony else who wants to be at her wedding. And we're only going to the wedding as friends," she confirmed. He gave her an innocent look, "As friends." They laughed.
Rainbow Dash remembered,"Oh yeah, pick a formal attire, and meet me at the town hall in Ponyville, 3rd June, at 6pm. I'm gonna be waiting for you at the entrance." He nodded. "I can't wait to see your expression when you're forced to wear a dress!" Soarin exclaimed, smiling slyly. He knew that she hated wearing any "fancy-fancy" stuff. "Ha. Ha. Very funny. Well, if we're done here, I'll be going! I still need to be in charge of the weather team in an hour's time," Rainbow Dash flew to the door. Soarin opened the door for her. They said their goodbyes, and parted.
The Awkward Wedding (Part 2)
One month had passed. This day was the day of Pinkie Pie's wedding. Rainbow Dash sighed. She reluctantly wore the dress that Rarity had made for her. She thought it was too feminine and fancy, but Rarity simply stated the dress was meant to be worn in a wedding, so therefore had to be "too feminine and fancy". Also, Rainbow had not told any of her friends that she found a stallion, for some reason. The dress was overall white and silky, with gold trimmings added to the sides. It came along with a matching pair of golden shoes, a lightning bolt hair clip and a bracelet that Rarity gave her. Rainbow wore them on. She frustratingly combed her messy mane and tidied it down a fair little bit.
After glancing at herself in the mirror while rushing out of the house, Rainbow Dash flew to the town hall of Ponyville, where Pinkie's wedding was held. She was greeted by her group of friends as they waited at the entrance-minus Pinkie Pie.
"Rainbow, darling! Look at your face! Not a single drop of makeup!" Rarity exclaimed, gasping at Rainbow Dash with a horrified look. Rainbow looked around. All her friends had heavy makeup. She also noticed that their stallions of choice were also waiting with them. "Anyway, where's your stallion?" Twilight Sparkle questioned, "Or, did you even find one?" She had a worried look on her face. Rarity started applying light makeup for Rainbow Dash, the pegasus who wanted to pull away. Rainbow Dash was about to reply when Flash Sentry, Twilight's coltfriend, waved to a certain stallion flying closer to the group,
"Soarin! You're here! Who's your mare?"
Soarin looked towards the owner of the voice and waved back. "Flash! She's Rainbow Dash, have you seen her?" Soarin asked. "Ooh, your marefriend is Rainbow Dash? She right here," Flash pointed at Rainbow, who had just finished the "makeup treatment". "She's not my marefriend. We're just best buds," Soarin blushed in embarrassment. "Hi Soarin," Rainbow waved. Soarin gasped. She was looking so...nice. "Hi Rainbow. You're looking nice. Wonder how much trouble you got through to achieve this look?" He snickered. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and blew her mane.
Soarin was wearing a grey tuxedo, matched with a white vest and grey tie. He looked rather dashing, she must say. "Can't say you look terrible," Rainbow Dash shot back. Soarin huffed. After Rainbow Dash introduced Soarin to her friends and their coltfriends, and them to Soarin, They went into the room where the wedding was hosted at.
"...the groom may kiss the bride," Princess Celestia finished. Cheese Sandwich swung Pinkie Pie around and kissed her. The newlywed couple let go a moment later. The marriage ceremony was over. Everypony at the wedding cheered and whistled loudly. Cheese Sandwich and Pinkie Pie gazed dreamily at each other. Now it was time for the dinner session.
Rainbow Dash and Soarin went to the large buffet table. "Wow. Pinkie's and Cheese's wedding is no short of food," Soarin commented as he made his way to an apple pie with Rainbow. "Well, they're one of the best party planners in Equestria. Their wedding has to be epic, right?" Rainbow Dash smirked. She grabbed a flower salad and Soarin grabbed an apple pie. They returned to their table with Rainbow's friends and their coltfriends. They sat down in the group. Being the only non-couple in the whole table, they felt a bit out of place.
"So, who's going to try grabbing the flowers afterwards?" Rarity asked. Twilight raised up her hoof eagerly alongside Rarity. Slowly, one by one, Apple Jack and Fluttershy raised their hooves. Flash Sentry raised his as a joke. That left Rainbow Dash to raise her's.
"Not wanting to grab the flowers, Rainbow Dash? Oh, wait. You and Soarin aren't an item. You two look so perfect for each other, that I keep on thinking that you two are a couple," Rarity smiled. The others nodded, except Soarin who was scratching the back of his head, feeling very awkward. "I told you guys, he's NOT my coltfriend." Rainbow confirmed. Her friends laughed. Their coltfriends were all trying to hold back their's.
"Guys, the bride's coming," Rainbow said quickly, desperate to change the topic. Soarin nodded with her. "Oh, I can't wait to congratulate Pinkie!" Twilight grinned as she saw Pinkie Pie in her wedding gown, approaching the table. "Hi guys!" Pinkie Pie squealed,"Enjoying the wedding?" All her friends and their partners said their blessings to her. Her gaze swept through the tables, and stopped when she saw Rainbow Dash with Soarin. "Dashie? You have a coltfriend? Why didn't you tell me? I'm your best friend!" Pinkie Pie pouted. Rainbow Dash and Soarin groaned in unison.
"Pinkie, he's NOT my coltfriend. He's just one of my close friends," Rainbow Dash explained while she rubbed the bridge of her nuzzle with her hoof. Soarin facehooved. "Oh. I see. I thought that you two seemed so much like an item..." that was all Pinkie could manage to say before bursting out in heaps of laughter. Rainbow had a annoyed expression on her face.
"I think I'm used to this," Soarin grumbled. "Same here," Rainbow Dash buried her head in her hooves.
After Pinkie Pie had left the table, the flower catching ceremony begun. All the mares except Rainbow Dash who were present at the wedding gathered near the stage where Pinkie Pie was standing. She was back faced, positioned to throw the flower. Everypony who did not participate stood at the sides of the room.
Pinkie Pie threw the bouquet of flowers. Thousands of magic surrounded it, trying to pull it back to its owner. When the flower looked like it was about to rip, all the magic surrounding it burst, causing the flower to fly towards one direction.
"Rainbow Dash!" Soarin exclaimed. The bouquet of flowers ended up in Rainbow Dash's hooves. While she was waving her hooves at the crowd of mares, remarking on the desperation they had, it ended up in her hooves. Everypony present gasped at Rainbow Dash. She herself gasped too, "S-Soarin," she stared uneasily at the flower. "There's one thing I didn't tell you about this wedding," Rainbow Dash gulped. Soarin widened his eyes, curious to know what she had left out.
"The mare who catches the flowers must go...on stage with her partner to..." Rainbow Dash hesitated, "kiss him...on the l-lips...that's the rule." Soarin panicked. "But..." he stared into the mare's magenta eyes. "We can't..." Soarin stammered.
"Who's the lucky mare?" Pinkie Pie asked, eyes darting around the room. She found the couple. But...it was not a couple, in fact. It was Rainbow Dash and Soarin.
"Come on stage!" Pinkie Pie beckoned them. They slowly made their way up to the stage, finding Pinkie smiling devilishly. Thousands of eyes watched their every step. Rainbow Dash did not expect this to happen. Kissing her best friend? It was never on the lists of expectations. She glanced nervously at Soarin, ears down. He had the same expressions.
"P-Pinkie? Can we not do this...? We're only friends..."Rainbow tried to protest to Pinkie, only to no avail. Pinkie Pie shook her head, and smiled encouragingly at her. Rainbow Dash glanced at her other four friends in the crowds. She gave them a pleading look that said: "please don't make me do this!" She was only met with smug grins.
"Go on," Pinkie whispered. Rainbow Dash gulped once more, and stared at Soarin. He stared at her too. Slowly, they bought their heads closer, nuzzles almost touching. Rainbow Dash could feel his breath on her nuzzle. She closed her eyes and kissed him first, surprising herself that she actually liked doing this. Soarin was also surprised at her sudden behavior, then he fell into the embrace, closing his eyes. They pulled away after a second.
Cheering could be heard from the crowd, and clapping too. Rainbow Dash and Soarin blushed heavily. They didn't bring each other to meet their own gaze. They stepped down the stage in a hurry, not speaking a single word.
"What was that? I thought y'all were all just friends?" Apple Jack chided them. Rainbow Dash blushed even more, dropped the bouquet of flowers and rushed into a quieter part of the room, leaving Soarin behind with her friends.
Rainbow Dash hid her beet-red face with her hooves. What was she thinking back there? Kissing Soarin? Yet she thought she liked it? What is wrong with her mind? Function right! She never thought she would like this type of sappy stuff. She had vowed to herself that she wouldn't hug a stallion affectionately, let alone kiss. Ugh! She let out a sigh. What had happened back there?
"H-hey, R-Rainbow Dash," a familiar voice called out behind her her. She knew who it was.
"H-hey, S-Soarin," She stammered, her blush growing deeper than ever before.
"I'm sorry,"
"Nah, I'm...I'm fine," She was not fine. At all.
"Come on, don't tell me you're fine. I know you're not," Soarin managed a smile. She smiled back, giggling. "Alright, I'm not fine. I'm horrified," Rainbow Dash admitted. "There's the Rainbow Dash I know. Never too serious," he laughed a little. "Hey!" Rainbow Dash punched him lightly on the shoulder. He pulled her into a comforting hug. She returned the hug, and pulled away.
"Thanks, Soarin, you're the best," Rainbow Dash was grateful. He was so nice. Soarin gave her a wink in response. He turned to go away, to give her some space to let her sort it out, but a cyan hoof grabbed his.
"Ya know, Soarin, I think my friends are right. I...I like you, Soarin, you're so nice to me,"Rainbow Dash confessed her feelings. Caught off guard, Soarin kissed her on the lips again. When they finally pulled away, Soarin was smirking. "I guess I feel the same, Rainbow Dash. Wanna hangout sometime?" He asked with a shrug. "Sure, like a date?" Rainbow asked, hoping it was.
"Like a date,"
