Just an Experiment

Twilight Sparkle asked Rainbow Dash to meet in her castle for a special request; a request that came as a total shock.

"Excuse me?" Rainbow Dash questioned.

"Well, I was hoping you could help me with an experiment by... going on a date with me tomorrow night," answered Twilight Sparkle.

"Okay. First of all, wow. Second, what do you mean by experiment?"

"Well, I was always curious about a relationship between two mares. Bon Bon and Lyra provided me some useful insights, but they told me that I won't truly know what it is like unless I myself have experienced it. So, I was hoping you could help me with my research. It could lead to a whole new discovery on friendship."

"Twilight, it isn't really a new discovery if mares are already dating other mares."

"True, but it will be a new discovery for me and maybe even you."

"Hey, why are you asking me to help you with this anyway? I mean, you need to go on a date with another mare right? You and I are total opposites."

"Exactly! That way, there would be no chance that this relationship would work out," Twilight said with confidence.

Rainbow Dash was obviously confused by this statement. Also, she couldn't help but feel somewhat insulted. "Alright, now you lost me. I thought you wanted to know why mares like each other."

"Yes, but not at the cost of actually going out with somepony. You see, if I went out with somepony and they end up liking me, their heart would be broken because I don't like mares. But if I were to go on a date with somepony that I had no chance with, then I could complete my research and nopony gets hurt."

Rainbow could not tell if Twilight was being considerate or she was actually full of herself.

"Eh, I don't know Twilight. Even though we wouldn't actually be dating, this all sounds pretty weird."

"Oh please please please please please," Twilight begged like a filly begging for a new toy. "It is for the sake of research and learning a new lesson on friendship."

Even though this was pretend, nopony has ever asked her on a date. Rainbow Dash was always willing to help her friends, but this was something completely new for her. How far was she willing to go to help her friend?

"Ugh, alright fine," said Rainbow.

"Oh how wonderful! Now I can finally put that magazine on dating to good use," Twilight said cheerfully.

"You have a magazine? Now wait a sec-."

"We will make plans tomorrow night."

"But Twili-."

"We can have dinner."

"Twilight."

"I will have to double check everything."

"Twilight."

"No wait, this needs to go perfectly. I need to triple check everything."

"TWILIGHT!!!" shouted Rainbow Dash to finally grab her attention.

"Oh. Yes?"

"Look, this is just a pretend date. You don't need to do all that."

"Oh no no no no no. You see, in the book on dating, one of the rules is that you should always treat your date well. Now if you'll excuse me, I have much planning to do."

"But Twilight-," before Rainbow Dash could make an objection, Twilight teleported and left her alone in the throne room.

She let out a deep sigh and asked herself, "What did I get myself into?"