It was a sunny day in Equestria and most had taken time out of their busy routines to relax. This, however, was not true for one cyan colored pegasus.

Rainbow Dash was sitting alone on a mountain outside of Ponyville. She couldn't stop the sigh that escaped when she looked down into what she knew was Ponyville Park. She could just make out two fillies playing in the grass. What she wouldn't do to be able to relax like they were.

She, however, had been moving clouds all the way from Cloudsdale all day, while everypony else was enjoying the great weather. She even had to do overtime because most of the other Pegasus ponies had taken the day off to enjoy it with their friends and family... Speaking of friends.

Rainbow Dash looked over her shoulder to see the tiny coloured specs that she knew was her friends having a picnic far below her. She decided that she had earned a little break and that it was time to share a bit of the awesomeness that was Rainbow Dash.

As she was coming in for a landing, she saw all of her friends were just lying in the grass, enjoying the warmth of the sun. Except for Rarity, of course, she had for some reason dragged her divan all the way out here.

Probably so she doesn't have to sit on the grass, Rainbow Dash thought while quietly snickering to herself. After a few seconds, she decided to announce her presence to her friends.

''Hey girls, enjoying the weather I see?'' Rainbow Dash said with a smile.

Rarity removed her sunglasses and looked over towards Rainbow Dash with an encouraging smile.

'Yes it is quite a beautiful day, would you care to join us dear?'' Rainbow would have loved nothing more than to say yes; however, as she looked up towards the sun, she knew that it was time for her to get back to work.

''Uhm sorry, Rarity, but I still have a lot of clouds to move from Cloudsdale. You girls have fun and I will see you all later.'' Rainbow replied with a reluctant smile.

They were all a tad disappointed, however, they still happily waved Rainbow Dash goodbye as she quickly flew off, leaving only her fading rainbow trail behind.

That’s the last time I cover for those lazy slackers, Rainbow Dash thought as she wiped the sweat of her face. She was finally done with her shift after moving clouds almost the entire day for that big storm that the Cloudsdale Weather Department had scheduled.

“Well at least I can enjoy the sun on my way home” Rainbow Dash thought out loud as she started flying home. However, as luck and bad timing would have it, the storm that she had just created was now turning on its creator and the winds was quickly picking up speed.

''Ugh why does these things always happen to me?'' She mumbled as she had to fly down to the streets of Ponyville, to walk the rest of the way, as there was no way she could fly under these conditions.

A little while later, Rainbow Dash suddenly saw a bright violet light appearing just a couple of streets ahead of her. Taking a closer look she seemed to recognise the figure and as she drew closer it was suddenly clear to her, that it was her favourite egghead.

What in the world could make Twilight go out into this kind of weather? She wondered as she ran over to her friend.

''Hey Twilight'' Rainbow Dash said while wearing what she would describe as an awesome smile, which was only half ruined by her wet mane hanging in front of her face.

Twilight turned around suddenly, it was clear she didn’t expect to meet anypony in this weather.

''Hi, Rainbow Dash,'' Twilight replied as she turned towards her friend; a small friendly smile appearing on her face.

''Twi, I'm surprised to see you out this late'' Dash said while shooting a curious look at her friend. "I figured you would be at home now, especially with this storm that’s going on.''

''Oh, I just needed to buy some more food,'' Twilight replied smiling while looking away sheepishly as she rubbed the back of her head with a hoof.

Rainbow Dash saw a golden opportunity to tease her friend.

''Let me guess you forgot because you were too busy reading?'', she asked while giving Twilight a teasing smirk.

Twilight tried to look chocked at the accusation; however, she quickly gave up. Instead, she just gave her a light glare.

''Oh Twi, you know I am just teasing you, sometimes you are too easy,'' Rainbow said with a small smile. Twilight tried her best to keep up her mock glare; however, she could not keep a small smile from appearing. That was of the things she loved the most about her friends; they could always make her smile.

Rainbow Dash felt it was time to get moving seeing as they both were getting absolutely drenched, so she asked ''Would you mind if I walked you home? I mean, I have nothing else to do at the moment and we could catch up a bit seeing as I missed the picnic today,'' while trying and failing to do so with a nonchalant expression.

''Thanks Rainbow, that would be great,'' Twilight said as they began the small walk to the castle.

Twilight’s castle had never looked better than it did during that storm for the two drenched and cold ponies. Its windows sending bright and warm light out into the street.

Twilight turned around in the doorway and looked back at her companion.

''Thanks for walking with me Rainbow,'' Twilight said with a smile.

''No problem Twi, however, next time let’s try to meet under less stormy circumstances '' Rainbow replied with a little laugh, while Twilight just giggled at bit.

''Oh I almost forgot to ask if you could come over tomorrow? I’m in the middle of renovating the castle and need some help removing some old bookshelves and bringing in some new ones.'' Twilight asked while looking hopefully at Rainbow.

''Sure thing Twilight, see you tomorrow, '' Rainbow replied with a smile, which was unfortunately for Rainbow Dash’s coolness level interrupted by a yawn.

Twilight simply giggled and told her to go home and get some sleep.

''Goodnight Rainbow, '' Twilight said with a small smile before closing the door. Rainbow Dash slowly turned around and began the trip home.

A couple minutes later the tired Pegasus reached her front door and with the last of her strength slammed the door open. She grabbed some food from the kitchen and fed her pet tortoise Tank, before crashing face first onto her cloud bed. She just lay there for a few minutes before she heard the approaching sound of a small rotor blade, signalling to her that Tank was ready for his bedtime story.

''Oh fine, come here you big baby,'' Rainbow Dash muttered as she made room for him beside her. Even though she was tired, she could not stop a small smile for appearing as she slowly petted him while reading him his story.

It had, however, been a long day and soon the sound of turning pages ended and a light snoring emitted from the cloud home as its residents slowly descended into the realm of dreams.

Twilight did not know but Rainbow had actually had a crush on her almost since the day she arrived in Ponyville and when Rainbow fell asleep, she dreamed about finally confessing her feelings to Twilight.

''Twilight, I need to tell you something,'' Rainbow Dash said while trying to maintain her calm. It was so hard for her to look Twilight in the eyes; however, she knew that she had to.

''Sure Rainbow, what is on your mind?'' Twilight asked while getting up from her desk where she had just been studying.

''I really really like you,'' Rainbow Dash said unable to maintain her calm as her legs were shaking harder and harder.

Twilight simply looked at her with a confused expression on her face. ''What do you mean?'', she asked.

In all of her trial runs Rainbow Dash had never anticipated that Twilight would not get her meaning and began to panic. She then did the only thing she could think off and kissed her. Twilight first blushed but then that faded leaving only a very angry mare in its place.

''Rainbow Dash, how could you? We are both mares, you filthy fillyfooler!'' Twilight exclaimed as she slowly advanced towards Rainbow Dash with a furious expression on her face and her horn glowing an ominous shade of violet.

Rainbow was shocked at what she was seeing and hearing and almost started crying. She turned to run away; however, suddenly she woke up all sweaty in her bed. She rolled over onto her side and then started crying.

''I will never find out if she loves me, I am just too much of a coward,'' Rainbow sobbed while staring out into the night.

Twilight let out a big yawn as she groggily opened her eyes. She levitated her blanket to the side, got out of bed and started heading towards the kitchen.

She started by making breakfast for herself and Spike, before heading upstarts to find and wake her sleepy assistant.

''Morning Spike,'' Twilight said with a smile while removing his blanket.

Spike opened his eyes, looked at the bright light shining in from the windows and then quickly closed them again, while letting out a muffled ''Just a couple minutes more Twilight.''

Twilight simply just rolled her eyes and decided to give in and let him sleep a few minutes more as they had to wait for Rainbow Dash anyway before they could get started with the renovating.

Twilight was already sitting at the table, eating her food when Spike finally came down.

''Morning Twilight,'' Spike said as he sat down at the dinner table while yawning.

After they were both done with their breakfast, Twilight headed to the bathroom so she could take a shower and get ready for the long day ahead of her.

Twilight had just sat down with a book when she heard somepony knocking on the door.

''Who could that be this early? '' Twilight wondered as she went over to the window and looked out in hopes of seeing who was visiting her this early.

It was soon clear to her that it was Rainbow Dash, who was standing in front of her castle.

''Doesn’t Rainbow normally sleep in until noon?'' Twilight thought to herself, while she hurried to open the door for her friend.

As soon as the door was open, she started to great her, ''Good morning Rainbow...'' She quickly stopped her words as soon as she saw how tired her friend looked.

''Morning Twi,'' Dash tiredly replied as she tried to look energetic, but failed as a small yawn escaped.

''Rainbow Dash, are you alright?'' Twilight asked as she looked at Dash, it seemed to her as if she did not sleep at all last night.

''Yeah I'm fine,'' Rainbow Dash replied while trying to stifle a yawn.

Twilight was not convinced and had a worrying frown on her face.

''Are you sure?'' She asked as she wondered if she could even ask Rainbow Dash for her help, while she was in this condition.

''Relax Twi, I'm totally fine, so what did you need help with again?'' Rainbow asked as she moved past her into the castle.

''Well if you say so Rainbow… I'm getting some new bookshelves delivered today and I need your help in getting them in and moving the older ones outside'' Twilight replied as she closed the front door behind her friend.

Half an hour later Rainbow Dash was helping Twilight moving some of the new bookshelves, that had just been delivered. She was at this moment flying with one of the shelves, when she slowly started dozing off.

''Rainbow, you can put that one here,'' Twilight said, however, she turned around upon not hearing a response.

She turned just in time see that Rainbow Dash was fast asleep and was slowly drifting down towards the ground. She quickly grabbed the shelf with her magic and put it down onto the ground. She then grabbed Rainbow Dash and carried her over to the couch.

A couple hours later Rainbow Dash opened her eyes and yawned. It only took a moment before she realised what had happened and quickly started looking around for any signs of her friend.

She finally saw Twilight walking into the room, worriedly looking at her ''Oh good, you are awake,'' Twilight said as she sat down beside her.

“Is something wrong Rainbow?'' Twilight asked looking searchingly into Rainbow Dash’s eyes. She hated seeing her friends like this.

Rainbow Dash winced as she remembered last night’s dream. She felt especially bad because she had only been around Twilight for half a day and she had already made her worried. She quickly tried to avoid the subject.

"Sorry Twilight, I guess I did not sleep that well yesterday,'' Rainbow Dash replied hoping Twilight would not question her further.

Unfortunately, it seemed the fates weren’t with her on this day as Twilight continued her questioning.

''Are you sure there is nothing else going on?''

Had it been any other day, Rainbow Dash would have been happy that her friend cared this much for her. However, not today… Not after last night. She quickly stood up and said;

''No Twilight, I'm fine. Do you still need help with the bookshelves?'' As she asked Rainbow looked around the room and could not see neither old nor new bookshelves.

Twilight stood up and sent her one last uncertain glance before answering.

''No, I managed to get it done while you took your little 'nap','' Twilight replied with a light teasing smile on her face.

Rainbow Dash quickly turned her face away from Twilight before she could see that she was lightly blushing from her comment. Luckily it seemed like she hadn’t noticed a thing.

''It’s already pretty late, you can join me and Spike for dinner if you would like?'' Twilight asked.

Finally able to get her blush under control, Rainbow replied ''That would be cool I guess,'' before following Twilight out of the room.

Together the two mares moved towards the kitchen, lightly bantering and laughing with each other.

Rainbow Dash put the last of the dishes into the sink, before turning around to look at her friend. She had decided to stay a bit after dinner so she could help with the clean-up, since Spike had already gone to bed. She knew that this was her chance to ask a very important question, which she have had on her mind for a long time.

''Hey Twilight, can I tell you something? But you need to promise you won't tell anypony!'' Rainbow said in a hurried serious tone.

This was it. Now she had to ask her, there was no way out of this now. Twilight looked up at her from the kitchen table with a curious expression as she replied.

''Sure and Rainbow, I promise I won't tell anypony,'' Twilight said with an honest expression on her face.

''Twilight, I like ehm… I like Ma… Sigh,'' Rainbow tried; however, she could not get herself to say the entire sentence.

I may not get a chance like this again, get a grip Rainbow Dash, she thought to herself, before finally revealing her secret to Twilight.

''Twi, you see. I like… I like mares,'' Rainbow stuttered while trying to look anywhere else but on her friend.

Twilight looked at her with a confused expression on her face ''Rainbow, are you sure? Since when did you know you were into mares? Twilight asked.

''Yes, Twi I'm sure and I have known it for a pretty long time,'' Rainbow Dash replied still not daring to look up.

Twilight just sat there in shock'' Why did you not tell me this sooner?'' Twilight asked, while looking searchingly at her downcast friend.

''Because I was scared of how you would react if I told you,'' Rainbow Dash said while still looking down.

Twilight put her hoof under Rainbow Dash's chin, lifting her head up ''Rainbow, why would you be scared? I am your friend and I accept you for what you are,'' Twilight said encouragingly as she hugged Rainbow.

''Thanks, Twi,'' Rainbow Dash said while a small tear ran down her chin as her long-held fear of rejection crumbled within her.

They first realised how much time had passed when they could see Luna’s moon rising on the horizon. They pulled away from each other and Twilight was happy to see that her friend was no longer crying; in fact she looked more like she was thinking about something.

''Hi Twi, I don't think I have ever asked you this but do you like stallions or mares?''

The question caught Twilight by surprise and she froze up for second while she tried to kick-start her brain.

In the end she replied, ''I am not sure Rainbow. I have never really thought about it that much.''

Rainbow didn’t know whether or not to be happy about that answer, however, she thought to herself. At least it wasn’t a clear rejection of the idea; maybe I still got a chance. With that positive thought, a small smile appeared on her face.

''I think it's time for me to go, I have a busy day tomorrow and it’s getting late ''Rainbow Dash said while looking at the clock. Just before she left, she turned around and looked happily at her friend saying.

''Thanks for everything Twi, you don’t know how much it means to me'', then she hugged her friend one last time and set off into the night, still wearing a small smile and with new hope blossoming within her.

Author's Note

8-8-2016 First chapter my editor has taken a look at and to be honest his work made me speech less.
I hope you all enjoy this (Much) improved version of Chapter 1!

(Original description)
So this was my first chapter. I know not too much ''Twidash'' going on but I'm first trying to build up the story some more. And please let me know what you think! (Please do keep in mind this is my first story so yeah...)