The Ending Race

by rainbowspirals

Rating: teen
Tags: Main 6, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Sad, Other, Romance, Rainbow Dash, Self Insert, Adventure
Length: 11178

I've always wondered what it would be like to see her. To stroke her smooth feathers and brush her mane. It was only a matter of time, and boy was it short.

I would do anything to see her. Climb mountains, swim seas... But it's just a fantasy world, which I can't—even if I try—get out of my head. So why did I care to investigate the impossible of that fantasy?

Published 2017-06-23 10:10:06 UTC
Last updated 2017-06-23 10:10:06 UTC

Prologue

I love the way that when you enter my room you get blasted with the different colours from my left wall. It is crowded with different posters. It paints a picture of Equestria, which I love exploring. The colours are so saturated it feels like you just got hit by a sonic rainboom whenever you walk into my room. One particular poster, the one I have with Sugarcube Corner and a bit of the dusty road, reflects on my mirror. Sometimes it surely looks like I'm in their world when I'm checking myself out! I usually glare at all these posters whenever I'm grounded. And that's exactly what I am today. Reason being is because I stayed outside for a really long time with my friends. I lost track of time and I didn't have my phone.

I know all of Equestria. Ever since the show came out, I studied their world. I know the mountains and cities, I know it all.

The rest of my room is not as bright as the left wall. It contrasts a lot, as it is very dull in comparison. I have a simple chestnut brown, single bed with single white bedding with swirls on it. I have a simple white desk with a simple pencil holder which contains pens. Another thing I treasure in my room that is not a wall full of posters is my MLP plushie collection. I have all the Mane 6 ponies, with different plushie versions of some. Rainbow Dash and Applejack are placed together since I ship them a lot. From all seasons i collected a lot of evidence on their friendship, and they are my both favourite characters. I also have all the ponies available in the POP Vinyl series, so they are also placed on my shelf. I enjoy the look of my room. At least one wall of it. I would love to change out my bed maybe, and get a new desk... My white dresser is also breaking down. I can't call it 'white' anymore. In some places, the paint from the birch wood is scraping off, leaving white-yellow bits of wood everywhere on my dresser. It isn't even patterned—the scratches—into any attractive sequence, it's just... there. One thing I don't want to put away, ever, is my mirror though. It's just been there forever, and I don't want it to go.

The rest of my house is not that exciting. I love the design though - it is compact and very... cute? The rooms are usually very small, but there is always enough lighting and it's just... perfect. My kitchen has a modern look just like the rest of the house. The colourcode is dark chocolate wood and white fabric and other materials. In some places, a gray tint is miced in. Next to the kitchen is a big archway leading to the sitting room/dining room. They have the same colour code but there are carpets in the room. In the sitting room, we have a 55" TV, couch, armchair and coffee table. It is just a little relaxing place. The dining room has many paintings on the walls, since my mom is an artist. She learned me to draw when I was really young, and she earns money by canvas paintings and graphic design on Photoshop. My dad is a video game tester, so he decides what games he likes and then if games are about to come out that suit him, my dad plays the whole game before it is released to comment on it and sometimes look for some pesky bugs which can make the game a lot easier to bypass. My parents are both happy. I didn't have a job yet, I was 17. I did my driver's license already, but I couldn't go to Uni until I was 18 years old. My birthday is June 24th, and at that point in time it was June 5th, Summer holidays. Since I was basically gonna become an adult during the holidays, I was taking the next year off for Uni and I was gonna try to get some money. Then next year I was going to drive off to University. I had a scholarship since I was a honor student.

But for now, I was grounded, sitting in my room, in deep thought.

Whenever I am grounded, my mom locks the rustic, white door of my room, and I was always inside. My room is on the first floor, so I am not planning to jump out of my window anytime soon. My bedroom got opened whenever there was food like dinner. I couldn't go outside, and my mom disabled my internet for my phone and laptop at 5PM, so usually I just stared at my special wall, live in my twisted Celestia of a fantasy and eventually fall asleep at 7PM. Then in the morning if I was still grounded like then, I would wake up at 10, and just stay on my laptop until breakfast was ready.

Ever since I started watching MLP, I had always been addicted to one pegasus pony. I would think about her and about what is would be like if I met her. I wrote fanfiction stories and drew her a lot. I just dreamed of stroking her feathers and brushing her mane. But I knew that would never happen. It's a kids cartoon show - get your act together!

This boring night it was like any normal I'm-grounded boring night. I sat on my laptop reading crazy fanfic stories others have about MLP before the internet was cut off from my room. I played some phone games and then I decided to draw. Eventually, I went to sleep at 6:30PM and fell asleep at 7PM.

I woke up at 3am again though, for the 3rd time that week. I didn't know why I woke up at that hour, especially so many times that week. But before I could sigh annoyingly and fall back to sleep, I heard a loud... but quiet... blast. I didn't know what that meant. I lay in bed for a few moments severely alarmed, to try to figure out if my family woke up to the strange noise.

Nothing.

"It's all in your head. Go to sleep child, god,'' The curiosity got the best of me though, so I decided to investigate myself. I placed my two feet on the floor, and brought myself up to standing position. I rubbed my eyes and yawned. I was really tired. But nevertheless, I looked under the bed and around the room. As I looked at my posters, I realised the moon was very bright. It provided many reflections on the plastic posters. In one of the reflections, I saw my mirror. It had a pulsing, glowing bevel around the edge, frightening me a little.

"What is that?" I thought to myself. I was barely awake, and I was not ready for any scientific explanations on all of this. I was so confused. I looked at my reflective and shiny tall mirror. I just didn't understand...

When I saw the road ahead, I did not hesitate, I couldn't hesitate. I walked inside.

Hoof, Mane, Snout

Dizziness.

The dizziness grabbed onto me like a sharp hook.

It was growing, taking over. I felt it.

It grappled my skin and pulled and tugged. Until,

It leg go.

I fell to the ground, unaware of what has occured. I felt sharp, dull stones and hard pieces of gray dirt under me. I gathered myself like Rarity would gather a bowl of broken jewels that had fallen, I gathered myself like Applejack would gather a spilled bucket of tasty, red, glistening apples. What... time is it? I thought, and as I looked up, I saw a hallucinasion... It's... It's 3-3am? It looks like a nice summer morning here, but NOT 3am... I looked up blindly, trying to move my hair—or should I say, now mane out of the way, but then I realised I didn't own a hand in my possession.

A HOOF?! I thought, before remembering some sketchy details what DID happen. I walked into my mirror because I sensed something told me to. And here I am, a filthy... filthy... mare..? Anyway, I'm a filthy mare lying face-first position in the hard, rocky soil of a road. I knew nothing about this wonderful place until... I saw Sugarcube Corner straight ahead. I couldn't believe it. I was... I was... I was in Equestria?!

I was so confused, I looked like a silly idiot glaring into nothing. It's like I went inside the world I have on my left wall. Oh, wait. That did happen. I was nervouscited and utterly shocked. There was no words I had, no words I could speak. I was just plain, rotten dead inside. This was, after all, a whole new world.

I looked around, taking notice of every cartoon-like object. And there was many. Out in the distance, I saw Canterlot and the white, purple and gold hilltop castle belonging to Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. I saw rocky and very steep gray mountains, bordering Ponyville and its citizens. I didn't even had to look that far, in front of me was a cartoon bakery shop, and behind me was a junction with many houses. The houses had straw roofs, and they looked very friendly in general. There was also a stone fountain, and the sound of the water spilling across the levels immediately made me feel better. The sound is just so... calming.

There were a few clouds in the sky here and there, but they weren't thunder clouds or anything. Generally it was a bright and sunny day that day. I could hear the cartoon birds chirping in the distance, and I could smell the faint scents of flowers that were planted nearby. I could also see fields not far from where I was standing, and I was going to go there to lay down in the lush, green grass, but I decided I was way too hungry and confused for that. Because of that, I slumped myself and I sat down on the mucky dirt.

I tried to figure out what I looked like, it was the most I could do at that moment, because there was just nothing else that I could do. I had a baby blue coat and my mane looked like a darker shade of baby blue. I didn't know my eye colour though, and I was eager to know that. Has it changed from the colour i have in real life? Or has it stayed the same? "The eyes are the window to the soul." Oh, whatever. I'll get a shiny mirror eventually.

Whenever I looked anywhere, I could see my snout. I could get used to this eventually.

Walking was impossible at first. I didn't see any pony yet, so it looked like I was walking on skinny and wobbly bread sticks. Eventually, I managed to stand for more than five seconds. My hooves were wobbling and I couldn't bring myself to anything, it was impossible to move as well. I just stood there until I fell onto my belly. I somehow got up, and once again i looked like a year old baby, or more like a filly, taking their first steps. I managed to take some steps without falling over! Time by time, I getting better! Eventually I started pacing in circles, and then I started to run. I realised I had another part on my body, which I could move but nothing happened. Meh. I decided to just continue running in circles than checking behind me to find out what that body part is.

I just realised that if this is Ponyville, there must be all the ponies from the Mane six! It's so strange to know that I am in their world... I just can't understand that! After years of watching the show, it isn't something I thought would ever happen to me. Rarity in the boutique, Applejack at the farm, Pinkie Pie at the bakery, Rainbow Dash in the... in the... I trailed off as I was looking around the sky. I tried to find a flying rainbow anywhere but I didn't see anything. It was a bummer, but I thought about the remaining ponies. Twilight is at her library with her number one assistant Spike and the final pony, the sweetheart Fluttershy, in her animal-filled cottage, away from the crowded Ponyville, more in the quiet area. Fluttershy loves quiet and dislikes when someone is loud, and I don't mind loud, but I prefer quiet. In some cases though, I love loud. I'm a loud person. But if I had to talk about streets in the city, I want it to be quiet.

I decided to ru—gallop... over to Sugarcube Corner. It is a pink, and white building. It looks like a decorated cake with icing and edible decorations. It has one floor, but it is a lot bigger than it seems when you look at the exterior. It is the first building I see, and I know Pinkie Pie lives here, and I'm sure she would be super excited for a new pony in town! Also, I was incredibly hungry, and I could seriously eat some food right now. Any food at all, just something to please my insides. I do not like sweets, candy, or icing that much, but I'm sure they have some leftover, juicy and delicious apple pie I could nibble on. I was slowly getting used to the walking and every day movements of a pony in Equestria. I still had a lot to learn, there is only so much I could learn in minutes.

I was so ready. I got up, my legs straight, and I took a step. And another, and another. I'm so close to the door, I think I can make it before I fall over because I can't walk like a normal functioning pony! I thought, however, before I could reach the door, I was swooped into the air like birds' prey.

Huh?! What's happening? Take me down! What?! Wait... is that..? It was. The one and only Rainbow Dash.

"Whoa, whoaaa, WHOA!" I yelled nervouscitedly. "I was now, in the air, with Rainbow Dash. That was like, so awesome! It would have been better though if wouldn't feel like I was falling half of the time, I was not used to flying like—at all.

"Bahaahahaha... Hey newbie." Rainbow performed some leisureful sky-swimming movements. I began to like this.

"Hey..." I would've said much more, but I was still feeling lightheaded. I think Rainbow noticed though. She looked at me and landed gracefully at a hill top, looking over Ponyville.

"What brings you here? You look new here. I have literally never seen a pegasus so unused to flying before," said Rainbow Dash. She sat beside me, not looking at me while I talked. The sun was setting. That was where she was looking, and so was I, occasionally changing my view onto her to make sure she didn't disappear. All good. But wait, I was a what?

"Well, y-you see... It's i-i-incredibly hard to explain, and I-I still don't remember what h-happened completely. But I'm a... I-I-I'm a p-pegasus?" I couldn't believe how much I was stuttering. I was very shaken, and I just couldn't wrap my head around anything at that moment.

"Hehe... Yeah, you're a pegasus alright. We can stop by at Rarity's later on so we can get you a mirror,'' said Rainbow Dash, still glazing at the sun patiently, waiting for it to set. "I didn't expect anyone new around. I was having a casual flight and I saw you attempting to make your way over to Sugarcube Corner, so I decided to grab you and bring you here. You also looked heavily confused, so I can always lend you a good hoof for help." I felt like at that moment, Rainbow Dash contained all the elements in her.

"That would be great, thank you. But I am super hungry and really tired. But I feel absolutely filthy. Going over to Rarity's is a good idea. I just need to get this muck out of my skin—feathers, mane and tail. Then, I would really need a bite to eat. I don't enjoy cupcakes and sweets that much, I was gonna ask for some delicious apple pie," I explained, thinking I over-did it.

"Awesome. I'm gonna do all that for you, just hop on. Also, we can rest over in Cloudsdale. You are a pegasus just like I am, and pegasi can walk on cloud, so you are fine. I have some spare blankets I can sleep on, you can take the bed. Tomorrow, I'll bring you around to meet the remaining ponies and Pinkie might even throw an awesome party. Oh and also, I will teach you how to fly tomorrow, so you don't crash when you want to get around. You look like a fast learner though, so I don't think you need much lessons. Sounds good?" I nodded heavily.

We knocked on Rarity's door. The red sun was nearly set. It took a while, but I was sure Rarity was just getting ready. Eventually, a glamorous and shiny Rarity opened the door. For a second I thought she was going somewhere, but then I realised that it was just her mane and tail.

"Good evening Rainbow Dash! And who is this? My sweet Celestia, you look awful! I'm sure I can touch you up in a jiffy. Come in! But try not to get muck on the floor. On second thought, hold on a second. I will wipe your mucky hooves with a towel." Rarity trotted away.

"Rarity is so shiny. I never knew she would be so glamorous. At least not that much! That nearly blinded me." I was taken away by her dazzle. It was spectacular. She is a white pony with baby blue eye shadow and fake but wonderful black eyelashes. Her cutiemark is three pale blue gems, and she specializes in making absolutely drop-dead fantabulous gorgeous outfit for absolutely any occasion. She has a purple curled mane and tail and dark blue eyes. She's charming and has an English, clear accent. She is very dramatic and can't get a hoof dirty, like no way. But she is still an amazing pony in general. She represents the element of generosity, and she is generous in every situation. Even if it means giving the best gem away, she will do it, it's just her feat.

After a few moments, Rarity came trotting back with a towel, wiping the muck off of my hooves. She invited me and RD in, and Rarity brought me to a big spa-like room, with a bath, manicure, pedicure and face mask items.

"Alright darling. I will prepare a spa treatment for you. You look quite strained dear," offered Rarity. I needed a spa treatment really badly. I haven't had one in weeks. I allowed her. She squealed and prepared everything needed. Rainbow Dash helped herself to the spa bed next to mine. She took some face mask cream and juicy green cucumbers and did all the work herself. We were both relaxed.

After the spa treatment, Rarity showed me the way to a big mirror. I took one long look at my self. I flapped my wings. Okay, I can get used to this. I moved in closer, looking at my eyes. I had mint eyes. Okay, I finally know my eye colour. I took a step back and a look at my coat and mane and tail. My coat was a blue colour, just like Rainbow's. My mane and tail were quite shaggy - just like in real life - and the colour was a darker blue than my coat colour. My mane and tail outline colour was a somehow even darker shade of blue, but my whole body was full of only baby blue variations, aside from my eyes. For some reason I didn't have a cutie mark. Well, probably because I never went to Equestria before, duh.

"Wow. I did not expect this at all," I said.

"What, is something wrong dear?" Questioned Rarity.

"She can't get used to the fact that she is in Equestria and is a pony Pegasus," explained Rainbow Dash, being spot-on.

"Oh. Well, you look really divine. I've seen ponies that are not that glamorous as you. Or at all," said Rarity. We all laughed. Rarity is a good charm. I enjoyed her boutique. It was filled with gorgeous pieces of clothing that could make it so far, especially in the real life world. She had no problem contrasting one style to another, and dazzling a line with just the right amount of blinding dazzle.

"Sorry Rarity, but me and—hey, what IS your name?" asked Rainbow. I just realised that I never told my name out!

"I honestly don't know... where I come from we don't have names like Rainbow Dash, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie..." I explained. Panic started to arise. What name could I possibly have?!

"Hmm... To me, you look like a... hmm... Rarity help me out." I threw a little laugh.

"DAZZLE MARE!" yelled Rarity.

"Um... I don't think 'Dazzle Mare' suits her. I would say... Spirals or something," suggested Rainbow Dash. It was a good suggestion, so I took it.

"I think I'll go by that name then, I can't think of anything else, honestly!" I exclaimed. I was happy it didn't take ages to think of a name. I think everpony was completely relaxed now that that was solved and out of the way.

"Anyway, like I was saying, me and Spirals have to head out. We are gonna go over to Sugarcube Corner! I'm pretty sure when Pinkie sees Spirals, she will be so excited. That's why there will probably be a party tomorrow to celebrate! Me and Spirals will fly over to tell you when and where, okay?" Said Rainbow.

"Alright dear!"

We left the fancy boutique and I hopped on Rainbow Dash again. She dashed over to Sugarcube Corner. We entered, the bell at the door rang, and as we expected, Pinkie Pie rushed out to greet us. Pinkie Pie is a super pink pony, with a dark pink, wild and frazzled springy mane and tail, which she can bounce on like on a trampoline. Her cutie mark is 3 balloons that are sky blue and pale yellow. She has blue eyes, and represents the element of laughter. She is a very funny pony, never failing to make anypony laugh. She is super psychic and a very good spy. She can find a disguise for anything, and can guess anything at all aswell. She is super unpredictable and fun, and she's a very professional—not—party pony! She can make a party for absoluely anything, and that's what she always does. She is probably the fastest pony in Equestria, but noone can really prove it since whenever she is going somewhere at the speed of light, you never see her. She just appears like she has some hidden unicorn teleportation magic. And that was the pony that was at the door.

"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh! You are a newbie pony! Oh my gosh! This calls for a PARTY!! I NEED to set the decorations up RIGHT NOW for everypony to come ov—"

"Pinkie! This is Spirals. She's a new pony and she's AWESOME! But she is really tired." I was so happy Rainbow Dash talked to Pinkie for me. I didn't have the right words to deny a fun party now. I'm glad she did.

"Yes. I am super tired and I'm starving. I just came by to see if you have any leftover apple pie?" I asked politely.

"We have every single type of food waiting here just for you! Apple pie? Here you go! Eat up! Tomorrow I'll have lots and lots of food for the party!" shouted Pinkie Pie excitedly. She passed me a white plate with a crumbly apple pie piece, and one to Rainbow too. We both ate up, before saying our goodbyes and for the third time I hopped on Rainbow happily and we flew over to Cloudsdale.

I hopped off Rainbow realising that yes, it was true, I could walk on cloud! I followed her to her house. There were tall cloud columns and many Rainbow waterfalls. I tasted a drop of rainbow. It was really spicy, just like Pinkie once tried it. We went into Rainbow Dash's room. There where Wonderbolt posters and trophies all over decorating the walls and adding personality. There was a big window, looking over the rest of Cloudsdale. Rainbow Dash took some blankets and pillows out from her cloud wardrobe and placed them on the floor.

"I'll be sleeping right here. You take the bed. Tank is already there, so just lay beside him. I'm sure he won't mind. He's already fast asleep. Do you need anything?" said Rainbow Dash, placing the soft-looking blankets and pillows down to make a comfortable sleeping spot for her. Cloud was soft, it was like walking on mattresses, so there wasn't a problem with the softness of the ground for her. Besides, the mattress I was sleeping on, was made of cloud. Everything was!

I tucked myself in with a smile. I couldn't wait until tomorrow.

Dashing Lesson

The morning breeze swooshed my mane gently. It was a beautiful warm morning, in the sky! That's right, my fantasy hasn't ended. However... once again, I looked at the white clock on the cloud wall to see 4am... Before I shook my head to see a 8am.

We got a shiny surprise-filled letter from Pinkie Pie, explaining that the party is on, and she gave us details about it so we could tell it to other ponies. When I opened the letter, it burst out confetti. Ah, the usual Pinkie letter trick.

'Hi Spirals and Rainbow Dash! I have been up all night getting decorations and food ready for the party! Applejack made some amazing and supermegadelicious apple food like apple cider an—' I was reading Pinkie Pie's letter until Rainbow Dash interrupted me.

"THERE WILL BE CIDER? MY LIFE IS COMPLETE!"

"I know! I love it! Anyway, where was I... ah! 'Apple cider and apple pie, which I know you absolutely looove! Everything will take place in Sugarcube Corner, and i have told everypony about it except Twilight because she wasn't home! Make sure to tell her! See you at 5PM! Woooohooo!' Then after that, she signed herself as 'From your superduperfun best friend... PINKIE!' Pinkie Pie stayed up all night to make this? That's so awesome!" I was super excited for the party! Dash was also super excited, mostly because of the cider. We absolutely couldn't wait until the party. I have seen the parties Pinkie hosted, and everyone always loves them. They are incredibly well decorated and every pony has always enjoyed a party of hers. It was her, very useful and fun, specialty.

Dash had an idea for the beautiful morning. She offered to go out to Ponyville and have a nice breakfast outside. She also suggested bringing Fluttershy along. I thought that was a great idea. Fluttershy is that kind pony with lots of animals in her house. I know she would find the perfect spot to have a bite of food, one were you could eat forever. I just know. I love the food Fluttershy eats and drinks. It's simple and effective. Simple tea in a simple cup and some simple salad or something snazzy like a pretty sandwich I would probably date if I made it anymore prettier. My point is that, I like the things she eats, and I know she would probably find a place she 'recommends' because she was been there before and it was just the food she likes, and then everypony else would like it, just like her, and then the food place becomes super popular, and that's good! What I am trying to say is that, I really wanted to go with Fluttershy. It was a splendid idea.

"Fluttershy can find us a really tasty place to eat. Whenever she has, the food is awesome, and really calming. It's just what you need," smiled Rainbow Dash. I kindly took her offer. Fluttershy is a sweetheart.

At breakfast i ate a delicious cheese, lettuce and tomato sandwich and some regular tea with sugar. It was very pleasant at the cafe food place, plus I met the kind-hearted Fluttershy, which was very shy at first and did not want to talk at all in front of me, but after a pretty long while she finally opened up. The yellow mare was super adorable. A triple pink butterfly cutie mark, turquoise eyes and a pink curled mane and tail, she was cute. We talked to her about the party. I just wanted to make sure she would be there.

"So Flutters, there is a party going on for the one and only... pause for dramatic effect... SPIRALS! It's happening today at 5PM at Sugarcube Corner! Will you be there?" Rainbow Dash turned on her filly eyes as she questioned her yellow Pegasus almost sister. Fluttershy represented the element of kindness, so there wasn't a doubt.

"Pinkie Pie already told me about the party! And of course I will come to the party. I'm going to bring Angel along, there is a pet palace place at Sugarcube corner, and it seems very fun! It hasn't been used and is closed off from everything else but I saw a family of raccoons living there and I thought it's the perfect place for Angel to meet a new friend. All of Pinkie Pie's parties are amazing! I would never miss one," said Fluttershy. She enjoyed the nice and super tasty breakfast as much as me and Rainbow Dash did, and was also looking forward to the welcoming party, since Fluttershy is gonna be there!

After we left, we only had two last ponies to meet. Me and Dash decided to head in the direction of Twilight's library since it was closer. Dash said that Twilight might be able to figure out how i came here, so I decided to give it a shot!

"Hey Twilight, this is Spirals. She came to this world and she doesn't know how. Maybe you can help her? Also, Pinkie Pie has a party planned at 5PM today at Sugarcube Corner, you will be there right?" Rainbow Dash smiled at Twilight. I wanted to get all of the Mane 6 at my party, I love all of them in at least one way each.

"Hi Spirals! Nice to meet you! Welcome to my library. Ill help you with everything you need!" The purple and pink Alicorn was very friendly. Twilight had a big pink star with white stars surrounding it as her cutie mark, and she represented the element of magic. I was happy i can explain everything to her, I told Dash it all already. Dash was as confused as I was, but she looked on the bright side that I was finally here.

We talked for a while.

"Well, thank you for talking to me! I need to do some research on all this. Its like Equestria Girls but reversed and the humans in your world don't look like the ones at Canterlot High... I'll figure it out. Have a nice day!" I was happy Twilight could think of something to help me. I was really happy that we could start flying lessons with Rainbow Dash though!

"Bye Twilight! Let's go Rainbow," i said joyfully. At Twilight's, it was a very scientific lesson. Twilight just wanted to know how all this happened. I just had to tell her stuff, and she would call Spike to find about fifteen books on what i just talked about. She would flick through them all very quickly using her Alicorn magic in attempt to trying to find a real and interesting explanation, but then she didn't have much of an explanation at all, so unfortunately I got no answers.

Our last place to visit a new pony today was a few minutes away, over at Sweet Apple Acres and its magnificent shiny apple orchards, where we met Rainbow Dash's personal best friend, Applejack. Over in the distance I saw the shiny pink barn, with some really shiny and strong crimson apple trees surrounding it. There were orchards in incredible amounts.

Applejack was a super friendly and honest gal, and I enjoyed speaking to her. She was quite busy with apple bucking, so we didn't spend much time with her, but she made sure she is gonna be at the party.

"Ah spent a very long time makin' the food for the party, so Ah didn't get to apple buckin' at all yesterday. Ah promise Ah'll be at yer party, sugarcube!" The orange earth pony was lively and very positive. It was impossible to imagine her bucking the whole orchards just like that whenever the season comes, I mean one buck makes a whole tree line shake so, I think it is... somehow believable..? Her brown cowboy hat was on as usual of course, but I loved that about her. She is the only pony that has a mane and tail colour that could be found naturally on Earth, as it was blonde. She had three apples as her cutie mark, probably representing her skill and her family members. Big Mac, Applebloom and of course, Granny Smith. I couldn't wait for all the other ponies and her at my welcoming party!

She promised.

"This was a very busy morning, don't you think so too, Dash?" I asked. We were back in the trophy-filled cloud home, I was lying down, relaxed on the bed while Rainbow Dash had her head touching the side of the bed I was lying down on, reading Daring Do. We surely traveled a lot since we woke up and I talked a whole bunch when I was at Twilight's. It was nice to sit down, at least for a bit of the morning. Three hours passed and we met two new ponies, discussed scientific research and went out. I think it was an extremely active morning, I did a lot better than I would do on Earth, adrenaline made me super hyper and active. This is still the second day, but the activities I did that morning, I would've done in a week on Earth, so I'm not lazy here.

"I agree. At least now we can start with what I have been waiting for," hinted Dash, a slight smile on her face. In unity, we screamed.

"FLIGHT LESSONS!"

"Okay so, listen up. To move your wings in the ready position, you move them like this. See? They are spread out with a vertical 35 degree turn to point upwards. As you can see, the top imaginary line right above the inner wing is creased, and folded away from your body at a 45 degree angle, slowly folding back up near the top," explained Rainbow Dash, looking into my eyes as I looked into hers. She was goofing around as Spitfire, who is usually that serious in Wonderbolt academy. It was very funny but we both enjoyed the humour we had for each other. It made learning fun actually. I followed her instructions and did just like she ordered.

"Got it," I presented my posture proudly, I was so ready to fly.

"Awesome! Now, to begin flying you must gently but quickly, frame by frame, flap both wings to copy the starter position but turn in upside down. Then, move them back to position number one. That is called a wing beat," continued Dash, looking more hilarious than ever.

"Yes, ma'am," I replied, Dash looked at me funny and we all burst out laughing. After a while, Rainbow wiped a joy tear from her face, blushed, and continued.

"Okay great! Now, hehe, sorry sorry, anyway, now, simply continue that process, but try to do it quickly at first, then you can slow down. You don't always have to be quick, but it's good for a learning pony like you," Rainbow Dash demonstrated what I had to do. I did it just like her. I fell, we laughed, and I tried again. Three tries later, I could do it without thinking about it! "Awesooomee! You are so good at this! Nearly as fast as I learned it," we laughed. "If you want to move, there isn't instructions. Just do!"

I made my first move while flying. I started very slow, but then I got faster, as I got more used to the fact that I am, in, the air, flying, with wings. Dash flew over to me, and we flew together for a while, noticing all the things around us. It felt amazing. We decided to go for a very long fly around Ponyville. We looked at everything from the sky, it was like we were spies. Even when Dash was speaking to me, she did sometimes stop to point out something only a concentrated person on Earth would see, and they still probably wouldn't anyway. She was unpredictable. Me and Dash had a relaxing flight and she also taught me how to cloud buck. Clouds were so soft and they just disappeared into thin air when you bucked them, it tickled your hooves, it was a wonderful feeling. I loved kicking my hind legs up in the sky, and then feeling a little tickle on my hind hooves. We did that for about 20 minutes, and that's how we cleared all the clouds that morning. We left Ponyville in total sunny weather. We noticed ponies going outside for ice cream and other delicious goodies because of the weather. We were smiling and laughing all the time we were gliding through the blue sky, we did stop once on the ground for a while though. Not because I was tired, but because I saw these delicious apple pies on a stall. There was also apple cider. Turns out Big Mac was just trying to make some money for the ol' Sweet Apple Acres.

"Double awesome!"

Me and Dash bought a bunch of pie and cider, then sat down outside a cafe to have a small feast. Bg Mac was happy ut of what he earned ,and by the time we finished eating, Big Mac was gone. We did buy a ton of food, and the other ponies must've noticed and bought some for themselves since we did. It was normal business. If someone bought a lot of something, the customers after them would think "Wow, that stuff must be good then. Maybe I'll buy more this time. Other ponies look eager to buy much for themselves, so I don't want it to be gone when I come back, so I'll just buy a lot."

We decided it was enough sitting down on the cafe chairs placed outside so we launched ourselves back up and into the air again. It was amazing to fly. We flew all over Ponyville. Then I turned fast. Like, Dash fast. We both flew while twirling in the sky. We were as fast as lightning. I felt like nothing ever in my life. I felt the wind in my face. It was like nothing ever before. Rainbow knew I liked it. She flew faster. I caught up with her and we flew together again. After a while, magic ate me alive. I didn't know what was happening, but the magic forced me to look like every pony when they... transform?

My tail, the swirl became rainbow. Same with my mane. My mane became very long, spilling over my shoulders. I got rainbow stars all over my coat, and darker blue patches on my hooves. I saw Dash transform too. Her mane and tail looked like Princess Celestia's except they were rainbow. This means her very long trail that is neverending has activated. She got the same design on her coat as me. We both got partially rainbow eyes. When the transformation finished, a sonic rainboom occurred. Everyone looked our direction. I saw Twilight and all the other 4 ponies, and everyone in Ponyville.

"Let's. Do. This," she said.

Party Shockers

"Hello darlings! You both are just in time! I set up different lines of my fabulous outfits for the party, so whichever one suits your liking, put it on. If you need any advice make sure to let me know, I am over here just dazzling up my outfit—" Rarity paced very happily in one spot, eyes closed and super excited. "—for the party! Heheheeee aah! It's gonna be SO PERFECT!" Everyone in the flashing boutique burst out laughing. Rarity's humor wasn't just funny and over-dramatic, it made you feel a lot better in the day and less strained. She was a type of pony that can make you smile no matter what. She's a charm, that's what she is. But the dress she wanted to wear for the party was just drop-dead gorgeous. It was a white, frilled dress with lilac sequins patterned across the dress. It also had a big lilac ribbon with tiny, white, shining crystals. It was very attention-grabbing, but it was glamorous, and totally Rarity.

Me and Dash walked over to the clothing displays, each line organised by dazzle and shine. There were 6 clothing outfits in each line, with 2 choosable ones in each line for me and Rainbow Dash. There were rock music costumes, and many, many rainbow costumes, there was also a line filled with candy, but... I think she threw that line in by accident. Looks like somepony was here before us!

"Which one suits your liking?" I asked Rainbow Dash.

"They are all sooooo awesome! Thank you so much Rarity, I don't know how you found time to make all of this. I really like the dress with a cloud lining, rainbow plastered on it with rainbow glitter and glowing stars, it's perfect! It reminds me of yesterday and I love it. I'll take it." Rainbow Dash was overjoyed by the dress. And she was right about it being just like the transformation look yesterday. It looked like Rarity took our transformation looks as an idea for a line.

"That's a great one dear! You see, yesterday, when you and Spirals perform the absolute fabulous act, your transformation was simply divine! I couldn't let that opportunity of inspiration pass, so it was the first line I made! Isn't it dazzling darling?" I was right! Yesterday, everypony noticed the act. Me and Dash started showing off, but only a teency weency bit. It was the best moment of my life - why wouldn't I?

"I'll take the one that pairs up with Dash's dress, the one that would look like me! I know it's exactly the same but... I love the dress," I said happily. Yeah, the dress was exactly the same, but so what? It was flawless!

Me and Dash styled ourselves up for the party. I had a curled mane and tail filled with ribbons and glowing stars, and Dash had spiked rainbow hair with shiny glitter. We both complimented each other's looks. We were ready to hit the dance floor. Rarity left with us, however she trotted elegantly to the party place, however me and Rainbow Dash had a race to Sugarcube Corner. Towards the end, I dived onto Dash, making us hit the ground with out dresses. We burst out laughing. Her cute laugh made me feel happy, it's what I love about her. One of the things at least. Sure, the dresses did get a bit muddy, but I wiped Dash's muck off and she washed mine. When we collected ourselves up from the ground, we noticed the amazing decorations set out up front. A big colourful banner at the front said 'WELCOME TO PONYVILLE SPIRALS!'. I was overjoyed. Soon, we saw Rarity, still trotting elegantly. We laughed and went in.

I was blown away.

"Sweet Celestia... Pinkie did all this?" I asked, with my jaw hanging right open, and I didn't feel like closing it, either. There were ribbons, glitter, and dozens of buffets with food. I knew that 40% of the food on the buffets are gonna be eaten by Pinkie, the party pony herself, but the rest of the food was very exquisite and suited my needs. Maaany apple pies.

The music at the party was chosen and performed by DJ Pon3 and Octavia themselves, and it sounded perfect for the party. There was a disco ball and a huge open space for dancing and other shenanigans. I never knew Sugarcube Corner had a party room the size of a wedding hall! It was huge, and I still couldn't believe how Pinkie decorated this all, on her own. I mean, she has the party cannon, which explains the glitter and ribbons on the floor and some overhanging furniture and other decorations, but the banners and balloons were blown and placed by hoof. It was just so amazing, that I can't describe the amount of joy I felt. I knew my eyes were sparkling, but I'm sure everyponies eyes were when they entered THIS party room.

"...Yup," murmured Rainbow Dash. Her voice was like stone. I wondered what happened so I looked over. Fortunately, she was also just blown away, with a jaw hanging open.

I vividly noticed Pinkie turn her head towards the door from the distance. When she did, she disappeared. Then, she appeared above me. She hung down to say hello, her fluffy cotton candy pink hair that also contains random but useful items like pens, sweets and basically anything else in the world (I'm sure you could find a foldout, portable stage in that thing) was stretching almost to the floor of the bakery. It looked like a ginormous boingy spring. It was right then when a) - I figured out she has really long hair, like insanely long hair and b) - I got absolutely petrified from the jumpscare, or should I say, hangscare, and I collapsed to the floor at the sight. I got up though laughing though, because the adrenaline was heavy when I saw the party.

"Heeeeeello Dash and Spirals! Welcome! Oh my gosh I am so happy you could make it! YIPPEEEEEE! Come in! Come in! Oh, HI RARITY!!! Come in, all the guests are waiting for you!" Pinkie Pie disappeared again, then reappearing in the same spot I saw her the first time, waving to me, Dash and Rarity. She was standing by Twilight, Applejack and Fluttershy.

"This party looks fabulous... Don't you both share the same thoughts?" Asked Rarity, blinded by the glitter and shine.

"It looks... It looks... SO AWESOME! Comeee onnnn! It only just begun," screeched Rainbow, grappling me and Rarity and dashing over to Pinkie Pie, avoiding all ponies at the party with her out-of-the-charts agility. Trust me, there were MANY ponies at that party.

"Hey, sugarcube! Ya tried the food yet? I made it especially for ya! Come on Dash—" Applejack pet the seat next to her. "—sit 'ere. Spirals, there is a seat right beside Rainbow, so take a fine seat!" For a second I thought Applejack was trying to take Rainbow Dash away from me. Wait... what? "away from me"? What? Seriously, I act like I love Rainbow Dash.

Oh wait, I do.

The party was lively. Every pony was enjoying themselves at the buffet, tables, and dance floor. The beats were heavy, and your body wanted to explain the music, meaning you wanted to dance. I am a bad dancer, so I decided to stay at the table, with Fluttershy, Dash, Rarity and Applejack. I had a plate with apple pie, and I was eating them happily, it was amazing. Rainbow Dash and Applejack were talking, both with apple cider mugs, Rainbow's almost empty. Everyone was having a ton of fun. I didn't really have anything to do, because I didn't want to interrupt anyone. I decided to just compliment Rarity's sense of style and great creations for the millionth time.

"I love this dress so much Rarity. I'm sorry I keep thanking you, but it is the most elegant thing I've ever had, and I love it so so so so much," I thanked, looking at the layout of all the multi coloured fabrics and all the different stitches.

"Thank you darling! It's alright, I do like getting thanked on my sense of style dear. But you are making me blush!" Rarity took another English sip from her exquisite green tea. "Ah, this tea is absolutely flawless. It's so fancy and tasty, just what I like. Thank you Pinkie, so much for the delightful food and drinks here, it suits everypony here," complimented Rarity, flickering her fake but still gorgeous eyelashes.

"ITS MY SPECIALTY," yelled a party Pinkie. She sure was right about that. She baked and made every different food on the party with an exception of all apple-flavoured foods, that was Applejack's specialty.

"Come on everypony, it's time for... PARTY GAMES! Everyone come to the party games corner and let's all Pin The TAIL ON THE PONY!!" Pinkie Pie yelled throughout the entire party. I was amazed that after all the work she did, she was up for such an event. But I mean, it's Pinkie Pie, so... You can't expect anything. She's just so unpredictable, and that's what I love about her.

All the pony guests got up from their seats and huddled over to the Piñata and Pin The Tail On The Pony games. There were screeches and laughter coming from all the guests at the celebration. Pinkie Pie did a wonderful job. Her element of harmony is laughter, and she demonstrated that really well. I watched her as she played with all the other ponies.

There were three Pin the Tail on the Pony games going on at once. Pinkie Pie was yelling and laughing the whole time. she got the tail spot-on! Th other contestants were Lyra Heartstrings and Twilight Sparkle, who I didn't even notice went up to the games. Twilight did a good job at pinning the tail, she was only a few centimeters away, unlike Lyra, that kind of pinned a mane on the pony...

Bonbon was hitting the Piñata. She was good at it! I mean her cutie mark IS candy, so that does explain the fact she basically killed the darn thing in 4 strong baseball bat hits. Everyone clapped and cheered for her, and when she took off her blindfold, Bonbon was overjoyed with herself. She shared the candy with the rest of the ponies around her. Pinkie Pie ran as fast as lightning to get some too.

"Hey Spirals, come on and get some candy! It's deeeeeeelish!" yelled Pinkie Pie, she made me a bit more happy, but I don't like hard candy, which was the only candy that was there, so I kindly refused.

"No thanks Pinkie, I'll just munch on some apple pie here," I said, feeling proud that I finally rejected someone but politely.

Applejack got up. I thought she was going to the games, but she left... I was too shocked to call after her. She wasn't the only one though. Me and Dash had so much fun, but she left along with Applejack. She looked behind, she started into my eyes, but turned away after only half a second without any face expression. She moved closer to Applejack. I left the room and poked my head out the party room door frame. Applejack stopped, and so did Rainbow Dash. Applejack covered her eyes with her cowboy hat, and put a stem of wheat in her mouth. They both sat down on the stairs in front of Sugarcube Corner, huddled together.

She was stone cold.

The music became fun and cool. I felt like I was a kid again. The memories went back to me. First time I rode a bike, first time I went to school, first time I learned how to... fly...

And that's how the farmer and the athlete left the new pony.

I galloped back to the party room, my head drowned in my mane, and with that, I painfully ran to the bathroom.

There were three bathrooms. Mares, Stallions, Both. I ran into Both. "Nopony will find me here..." I sobbed as I thought. I sat by the door, head still sinking into my mane, and I stayed like that. I wondered if anyone would come for me - probably nopony would. I was in Equestria for only 2 days. This was my second day, and noone knew me well enough to collect me except... her.

No, she left me.

Not her.

I stayed in the bathroom for what seemed like hours. I stared at the painfully slow clock. "Keep up with me!" I ripped my dress and threw the rainbow at the wall. I'm destroying what Rarity did for me... It took her ages to do it... And I destroyed it..." I was more broken than ever before. I couldn't handle the hurt I felt. Every single time I thought about every second of it, it stung. heavily. I couldn't take it, I was shattering.

I sobbed.

I wailed.

I cried.

It felt like I was slowly dying. Everything was blank. I did not see. I felt possessed... I felt another power in control. What was happening to me? I began to see a picture. A clock? it's 4:30am...? What is th—

"Spirals?" The door busted open. Was it really her? It sounded like her. I was silent. I didn't want to speak. I had my eyes closed, I hung my head down.

It wasn't long before I decided to speak up. I had to let it out eventually. I began speaking, turning my head around as I did so. I just had to let it all out so she would know what I saw her do, and she would feel sorry. I've never felt this way before, I guess I've never been hurt... Or I have, but this is worst than what I have ever experienced...

"Why did you leave me like this... Just go. I don't want to see you ever ag—" I was slowly opening my eyes as I said this, and I was shocked. It wasn't Rainbow Dash. It was... I trailed off.

"Princess Luna... what are you doing here? You aren't at my party," I asked. I was shocked and very weak... I could barely breathe. Princess Luna looked at me. I noticed the environment changed... Soon, I was sitting in a shallow lake, my tears drowning in its' waters. My mane spilled across my shoulders, dipping into the lake gently, without harm. There were thick trees with possessed branches, growling at every movement. Leaves were shattered on the ground, wind blowing them away into distance, but soon more came. I was dirty and muddy, and the sky was nowhere to be seen. The forest was never ending. It continued, becoming more scary as you looked deeper. "W-where am I-I?" I stuttered. I didn't stop crying.

"This isn't your party, Spirals. This is your dream," whispered the Princess. Her mane and tail dragged along behind her as she walked closer to me, only a few inches away from my snout. I was an absolute mess. "What is the matter?" She asked.

"H-h-how is this a d-dream?—" I was confused. I closed my eyes and dropped my head as I heard another tear spill. "—I-I... M-my best f-f-friend... she l-left m-me... She didn't look b-back," I bawled. I was embarrassed to cry in front of the Princess of the beautiful night. I knew she could enter the dreams of others, but I couldn't understand how I was in a dream. I was in the bathroom... what happened?

"Sometimes what we see is not what it is," reassured Luna. "Sometimes, it's the opposite of what we think it is," the Princess continued. Slowly, I began to find strength in my hooves, but I wasn't ready to bring myself up.

"But I saw exactly what happened... T-the—" I began. I trailed off at the interruption. My tears stopped flowing, just that occasional one to show that I still wasn't convinced... I mean... I saw everything. I watched every detail, frame by frame. What else could it possibly be what I saw..? I was very upset. I wanted to fly away, into the deep navy skies of the night, tears dropping to the surface of the Earth below. I could imagine the words while I was dashi—flying away. Sadness, tears, depression, love...

"Remember what I said, Spirals," Luna looked me into the eyes. "It's time for me to go," she said, reassurence in her expression. I managed to accept the fact that I am now in this on my own, and what Luna said made me think over what happened again. I could see them talking... But I never knew what it was about. Maybe it was different than what I think it is..?

In the distance I heard words. What were they saying? I didn't know. Luna had already disappeared into thin air, I was still sitting in the lake, but I felt better than last time.

"Spirals, Spirals..? Spir—" I opened my eyes. in front of me stood a pony. My sight was a unclear blur, eventually it came to focus, but I felt weaker than before.

"Get her some water, Pinkie," spoke the voice. "It might happen again," the purple and pink pony explained.

"T-T-Twilight..?" I muttered. I didn't realise how broken my voice was, how unclear and quiet it became. It was very unsettling. I coughed, but I still felt the same.

"Yes, Spirals. But it isn't just me," she announced. I looked around, realising that yeah, it wasn't just her after all. I saw Pinkie, who ran out the door. She came back only a moment later, with a small cup of water.

"Here Spirals, drink up!" Pinkie Pie's high, hyperactive voice ordered. I took a gentle sip. Everything became clearer, and slowly I regained my strength. I was very thankful, I nodded in gratitude. I took another sip, and I instantly felt better.

"Do you feel any better..?" I chocked on my water. My cheeks turned red, I wasn't meant to do that. But the voice... the raspy... the... the... I trailed off.

It was her? I thought she left me... unless what Princess Luna said... unless it was true? I began to doubt myself. I had a feeling that the Goddess of the night and dreams was right, and she was so right...

"Oh no... are you alright Spirals?" whispered a kind, quiet voice coming from a kind, yellow pony. "What happened?" The buttercup pony asked. I closed my eyes. I had to focus on breathing... I couldn't breathe... I was trapped.

Everpony saw me attempting to breathe, a worried sick look in their eyes. "In, out, breathe in... and out..." I thought. It was getting harder.

"Darling! Are you alright? Here... let me help y—" The English, posh voice got interrupted.

"Everypony! Catch 'er! It's goin' to happen again! Spirals, sugarcube. Say somethin'! Anythin'!" The farmers voice made me feel stronger. All ponies took hold of me, making sure I don't fall. I coughed. I could breathe again. All ponies let go with a 'few'. I didn't know what happened. I felt like I was possessed, but then the fumes... or the 'soul' of the possession left my body, making me fall to the ground, unfortunately the ponies already not holding me, but I gathered the strength to stand up without any help. I walked over to the glass, I became a bit weak, again. I had a sip of the water again, before falling for the third time onto... Rainbow Dash's chest... I could only hear the final words.

"I.. I need to go," she said. She galloped out the door, and out of Sugarcube Corner. She held me close, my head on her chest, and flew away into the unknown.

Soon, I was sitting in a shallow lake, my eyes open wide, looking straight ahead. My mane spilled across my shoulders, dipping into the lake gently, without harm. There were thick trees with possessed branches, growling at every movement. Leaves were shattered on the ground, wind blowing them away into distance, but soon more came. I was dirty and muddy, and the sky was nowhere to be seen. The forest was neverending. It continued, becoming more scary as you looked deeper. Princess Luna appeared in front of me, stone expression, but still reassuring.

"Remember what I told you, Spirals," she whispered.

I did.

Rainbow Dash placed me down gently on... our hilltop, and sat beside me.

"Are you okay? What happened at the party?" she asked, worried. I only then realised that if Luna was right, Rainbow Dash would be incredibly hurt when I tell her what I saw and what I thought. If I did tell her, she would know I have feelings for her, and I did not know how she felt about me, and I wouldn't know how I felt about it myself. I was in a spiral of confusion. It was the hardest decision of my life. It's like I had an element of harmony, and it was my 'Rainbow Moment'. I just couldn't tell her the truth, but I knew I would regret it afterwards. I didn't know what to do, so I decided to post-phone THAT information later, and hopefully have a nice conversation with her.

"What happened... with me?" I finally said, lying on the warm, lime grass and looking at the eternal baby blue sky. Dash, sitting beside me, looked at me. All I was wearing was a torn dress, which I was not proud of. My mane and tail were ruined, they were drowned in tears and sadness. This wasn't a Pinkie Pie moment, I wish I could just turn happy and make my hair sproingy and act like nothing happened.

"With... you?" Rainbow Dash sighed with a sad look on her face. "Well, me and Applejack went outside. Applejack didn't feel too good, she claimed she might've accidentally used a rotten apple in her apple pie piece. We went there to talk about something secret, and then after a while, Rarity ran over to us. Applejack! Rainbow Dash! she screamed. She got our attention. She had the most worried look on her face I had ever seen. What's wrong Rarity? asked Applejack, and I said the same. She told us that you were in the bathroom not moving. We didn't think twice. Me and Applejack ran over to the bathroom as fast as we could. When we got there, Rarity opened the door for us. Twilight, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were there, and Twilight was checking your pulse and making sure you didn't fall to the ground. Fluttershy started crying, and Pinkie Pie had a frown on her face. She didn't know what to do, she was waiting for orders from Twilight. Applejack and I panicked, we didn't know what happened. You sat in a pool of tears, and your dress was torn, with a piece on the other side of the room. You didn't move, once. Eventually, Twilight realised that you blacked out in the bathroom. Then you woke up, and you know what you did. After you fell for the third time, you fell on my chest. I couldn't leave you like that, so I grabbed you and Applejack looked at me, quietly passing the dress piece to me. I brought you here because it's where we met, and I hoped that whatever you were upset about you would forget because this is a place which I would describe as somewhere where I had a best memory," explained Dash. She was so thoughtful, and I thought she wasn't. I thought she left. I immediately felt guilty that I ever thought Rainbow Dash would do that.

"Wow... thank you Rainbow Dash. And I would describe this place the same. I had my best memory happen here, with you," I blushed, but I laughed a bit. Rainbow laughed along. She put her wing around me and I put my wing around her. The sun was beginning to set. "The sun is setting... That's just like yesterday," I reminded. She smiled at me. I smiled back.

"Here," Dash gave me the dress piece. she brought a needle and thread. "When I had you in my arms, I stopped at Rarity's for this... and, well... Do you mind if I—"

"Of course I don't Dash," I smiled, and looked into her eyes, and she looked into mine. She managed to sew the missing dress piece back where it belonged. I didn't care if it didn't look 'professional' or how Rarity would do it. I cared that Dash did it with love and friendship, and I didn't even have to ask her. "Thank you so much Dash... I don't know what I would do without you.."

"Well, I am awesome," We both laughed. "Oh and... here," Dash passed me a manebrush. I accepted happily. I brushed my mane and tail, and it looked like nothing happened to it! Sure, it wasn't styled like it was the first time it was, but it was acceptable. "So what do you say we go back to the party, Spirals?" Dash held out her hoof for a hoofbump. I joyfully accepted.

"Let's go." I announced.

When I came back, all the other ponies rushed to see me. Applejack hoofbumped me and Dash, passing us some apple cider. Nopony needed to ask how I felt. We all knew that I was in the party spirit. Then it happened.

Rainbow Dash and I stood right in front of the Sugarcube Corner from the inside, all 5 other ponies infront of us. Dash was right beside me, but she couldn't help herself. She hugged me as tight as she could, moving her head left and right as she dug into my flank, eyes closed with happiness. I put my head on top of her head, and all the other five ponies joined in the hug. Everyone was smiling, eyes closed. We were all just so happy that we could now party hard like never before!

I was finally in the mood for some games. I invited all the other ponies to join! There was even a bouncy castle! All 7 of us bounced and hopped like there was no tomorrow.