Chapter One
The Dashing Girl

"AAAAHHHH!" Rainbow Dash screamed and awoke with a start. Cold droplets of sweat appeared on her forehead, and she shivered under her freezing sheets. Winter was really no time to be wearing only her sky-blue underwear to bed, but Rainbow had been so tired from the earlier night that she had stripped down and flopped onto her bed, falling into a deep sleep.

Truly, Rainbow had no wish to go back to sleep. But she was exhausted, and figured that dealing with the nightmares would be better than being late for school the next morning.

Except it was the next morning. As soon as Rainbow laid her head back down on her cloud-like pillow, her alarm clock started beeping away, signaling that it was time to get up for school. Rainbow cursed under her breath and slammed the alarm clock so hard, it fell off of her nightstand and onto the floor, shattering the glass panel on the front of the clock. Rainbow cursed again, got out of bed, and swept the broken glass up, throwing the clock into a garbage can on the other side of her room with perfect aim. She chuckled. No one had better aim than her. It was no wonder Rainbow was captain of every sports team at her school.

Crossing the room, Rainbow flung her door open and slid down the railing on the stairs of her ginormous house. Since her parents' absence as of eight years ago, she could do whatever she wanted here, which was why Pinkie slept over most nights.

People always gave Rainbow their condolences to her parents, but she could care less. They had always been ordering her around ever since she was little. "Do this, Rainbow, do that, Rainbow -" really, they were such assholes. She was like a ten-year-old Cinderella. The day they were gone was one of the greatest days of Rainbow's entire life.

Rainbow yawned and poured some corn flakes into a bowl. Since they were tasteless, she poured sugar over the bowl, and added milk. Her favorite breakfast. Well, almost. She shook coffee beans into the machine and waited for it to brew as she gulped down the cereal.

After breakfast, Rainbow bounded back upstairs into her room to put on her prissy private school uniform, which was pretty damn ugly. It had a long, white button-up shirt with a collar and dark blue leggings that were too tight around her muscular legs, not to mention the matching plaid short skirt. There were so many frills and lace embedded in it, Rainbow thought she was going to vomit.

She pulled on a letterman's jacket, which she felt was a better suit for her. Her brightly-colored hair was tied up tightly in a high ponytail, the rainbow colors standing out against her outfit. The dumb bow she was supposed to wear in her hair had been tossed out a long time ago, and in its place rested a sporty headband, so Rainbow could keep her hair out of her eyes.

Rainbow slid down the railing for the second time that morning, expertly jumping off and landing on her feet at the last second. Pinkie was always impressed when she did that, when Pinkie usually just fell off and crash landed on the floor. Rainbow laughed aloud. Her girlfriend was such a weirdo sometimes. A very sexy weirdo.

Rainbow leaned against the outside of her house and waited. Carpooling wasn't exactly Rainbow's ideal travel style, but she hadn't saved up quite enough yet to afford her own car. Ever since her parents died, Rainbow had had to buy everything on her own, and that usually meant working late nights at the restaurant.

A familiar minivan finally drove up to Rainbow's house, and Rainbow hopped in. It felt like forever since she had been in this car, although the last time she actually had been was Friday morning. Maybe the weekend had gone by a little too slowly.

"Hey, Flutters," Rainbow grinned at her shy friend. Fluttershy only slightly lifted the corner of her lips in return, but said nothing. Her light pink hair covered most of her face, although her teal eyes crinkled, and Rainbow knew she was in an okay mood. She climbed in the seat next to Fluttershy, who squeaked a hello at her friend.

"That was some party last night, huh? Too bad your parents picked you up before you even got a chance to have fun," Rainbow smirked at Fluttershy.

"Um... yeah..." Fluttershy responded, whose eyes were as big as saucers. "Erm... what kind... of fun?"

Rainbow erupted into a fit of giggles. "Ha, I, haha, don't think you, ahaha, want to know," she laughed.

"I probably don't," Fluttershy agreed. She was silent the rest of the ride, while Rainbow Dash popped her earbuds in and started humming along to her favorite song. Eventually she started singing,

Oh God, the way you hold me,
I've never felt like this before,
'Cause girl, you're my one and only,
And when you show up at my door,
I will wait, for you, to wake, me up
I promise you that this is not enough,
Girl, I promise you that this is not enough.

When the song ended, Rainbow finally took her earbuds out and looked to her left, only to find Fluttershy staring at her in awe.

"W...what? Why are you staring at me like that?" Rainbow blushed profusely.

"I - I just, I've never heard you sing like that before. You're amazing!" Fluttershy continued to stare at her in shock.

"Well, thanks..." Rainbow rubbed the back of her neck. "But I don't have time for soft stuff like singing. So don't even try to convince me to join choir," Rainbow jumped out of the car, her backpack draped over her shoulder, and headed towards the school, leaving her friend in the car, who was still staring at her in shock.

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Rainbow tensed as she walked into her first period classroom. She was usually afraid of walking in here, being on a tardy streak and all, but thanks to Fluttershy, she was finally on time for once. Her teacher noticed, too.

"Well well well, what have we here? Rainbow Dash, finally on time?" she snickered.

"Yeah, yeah," Rainbow said, ignoring her teacher's comments. She plunked down in her seat, grabbing her science textbook and flipping it open, pretending to be involved in it so as not to see her classmates' rude stares.

After a while, the bell rang, and everyone was in their seats. Fluttershy sat in the back of the classroom, who waved at Rainbow. That's good, she wasn't mad at Rainbow for abandoning her earlier, then.

However, in the traditionally empty seat next to Rainbow, she saw a backpack plunked next to it on the ground. It was obviously old, because of its tattered appearance, and was probably made out of something like old jeans, considering the denim fabric and silver buttons. Just as Rainbow was wondering whose it could be, the classroom door opened and someone walked in.

"Uh, sorry Ah'm late, ya'll," A girl with yellow-blonde hair and freckled arms stood toward the teacher. Her hair was down in a loose braid, tied with a red rubber band, and her uniform was all ruffled. She looked like she had been getting dressed in a giant hurry.

"That's alright, but please, seeing as this is your first day, try not to end up on a tardy streak," the teacher said. She could have sworn she shot a look at Rainbow as she said this.

Rainbow stared as the new girl turned around and looked back at the classroom. She had bright emerald eyes, a petite nose, and pale pink lips. Freckles sprinkled across her cheeks and her nose, making her look cute and small. But the girl was anything but small. She had giant muscular arms and legs, and her breasts were enlarged as well. She wasn't fat but had a muscular stomach, and she had big hips that swayed slightly from side to side when she walked. She wore her white button-up shirt all tucked up, where it was tied in between her breasts and you could see her entire stomach, as if it were the middle of summer and she was sweltering.

Her skirt was all bunched up, as if she had pulled it up in a haste, and one of her pant legs was pulled up, while the other hung at her ankles. Although hats were banned, the girl clearly had no idea of the rule, as a genuine cowboy hat sat atop her head.

The girl took a seat right next to Rainbow, who flinched and scooted away a bit. Rainbow had a weird feeling about this girl - it wasn't bad or good. It was only that there was something strange about her, something Rainbow couldn't quite put her finger on.

She must have noticed that Rainbow was staring intently at her, because the girl whispered as the teacher was giving a lecture, "Hiya, Ah'm Applejack," and stuck out her hand to shake. Rainbow kept her hand at her side and continued to stare. Applejack put her hand down in defeat, and cocked her head to the side. "What's yer name, then?"

"Uh... I'm Rainbow," Rainbow said and finally peeled her eyes away from Applejack.

"Nice to meet ya!" Applejack beamed. Or, at least, Rainbow thought she did. She wasn't really paying attention anymore. She was more focused on what was so strange about Applejack.

And then it hit her. Muscles? Cowboy hat? Duh! She was the girl who had just moved to that old farm right next to Pinkie's house that her girlfriend had been blabbing about! Of course, why didn't Rainbow think about that? She really needed to listen to Pinkie a little bit more.

"Yeah, you too..." Rainbow droned. She was still lost in her thoughts about this girl. Pinkie had called her kind of shy, maybe even introverted, but she seemed very outgoing to Rainbow.

Distracted, Rainbow didn't even notice the teacher standing before her, a red detention slip clutched feverishly in her hand, her nails digging into the paper.

* * *

"Well, Dashie?" Pinkie bounced up and down, awaiting Rainbow's answer. "Aw, come on, don't tell me you've got studying to do, that's obviously a lie."

"Oh... yeah, I can go. But are you sure you're ready to introduce me to your parents, Pinkie? None of your sisters are lesbians." Rainbow pointed out.

"Oh, they're fine! What about you? Are you okay admitting, you know, everything?" Rainbow only nodded in return.

"Ookie dokie lokie! It's settled then! Yaaaaaaaaaay!" Pinkie danced down the hallway to her locker. Rainbow chuckled and rolled her eyes. Although Pinkie seemed ready to come out of the closet, Rainbow felt more like a closet case. All her friends were lesbians, with the exception of Fluttershy, so why the hell was she struggling with it more than they were? Even Twilight confessed, and she was the last person Rainbow would have expected to be lesbian. Rainbow was so confused.

Slamming her locker shut, Rainbow walked down the hallway, her torn pride and torn thoughts spiraling after her.

Author's Note

What do you think? Should I keep going with the story, or drop it altogether? I'm not really sure what to write next anyways. Ideas? Thanks so much everyone!

EDIT: Loving all the feedback. I fixed the income problem (I hope).