In the Middle of the Warzone

"So ya sayin' that Rainbows lot her memory, and now thinks that she's still in the War?... I just can't believe it." Applejack said. Fluttershy rasied a hoof to her mouth. The stallion didn't say anything. They didn't even know know his name.

"Rainbow!" She wept. Rainbow stared at them. Her unblinking, unbelievable eyes went to Applejack to Fluttershy, then to Soarin. Rainbow sighed. She stepped forward towards the mares.

"Please tell me who I am." She said threw clenched teeth. Soarin knew how hard it must of been for her to ask them for help. But he also knew that they were the only ones who could tell her. Applejack stepped towards her and put a hoof on her shoulder.

"It's also a long story." She told them with a slight chuckle. Rainbow shouldered her away. Applejack looked hurt, but then sighed.

"Let's go to Sweet Apple Factory. Come on! Follow me." She said walked away. They followed her. The stallion walked next to Dash, he kept glancing over at her. But said nothing.

"Where are we going, Soarin?" Spitfire hissed into Soarin ear. Soarin looked at her.

"I don't know." He admitted. Rainbow looked at him. And stopped to walk next to him.

"Soarin. They're the ponies from my dream. What.... what do I do?" she asked. Soarin thought for a moment. What could they do? It was obvious that cared for the rainbow-maned mare, to be honest she was growing on Soarin. They haven't done anything to hurt her either.

"Rainbow. Lets wait for them to explain themselves. Maybe our mystery will unfold itself." he told. Rainbow snorted and trotted ahead. They trotted towards a large factory, smoke filled the sky, making it black and grey. Applejack trotted towards a small house near it, a small fillie poked her head threw a window, her red mane blowing in the slightest breeze. She ran down the stairs and ran out of the house.

"Applejack! Applejack! Applejack! Filthy Rich bought 200 more barrels of Granny's Applesauce!" She yelled jumping into Applejack's hooves. Applejack hugged her then released.

"Ya know General Dash?" She asked. The fillie nodded.

"Who doesn't, Applejack?" She cried. Applejack smiled.

"Ya want to meet her?" She asked. The fillie rolled her eyes.

"She's gone, A.J. She's dead for over 2 years!" She yelped. Rainbow's ears went back, she crept forward towards the fillie.

"Was that what the world was told? Eh? Well, you can tell them that you can't kill me! Burn me, drown me, cut me, stab me! That won't kill me!" She snapped at the fillie, making her fall backwards. The fillie began to shake in fear in the ground. Then she looked at her closely.

"Rainbow! Yer alive! I can't believe it!" She said excitedly jumping up. Rainbow was taken back.

"You're....not afraid of me? My-my wing! My scar! M-my.... I'm me!" She stammered. The fillie jumped into a hug.

"I'd never be afraid of my big sister's best friend!" She nuzzled in her neck. Rainbow was stunned. All her time, anypony who saw here would think she was a freak. A monster. And this fillie broke that. Rainbow looked down at her.

"Who are you?" She asked nearly whispering. The fillie released her and looked at Dash. Confused.

"I'm Applebloom. Don't ya remember me?" She asked. Applejack sighed and stepped forward.

"Applebloom, Rainbow lost her memory. We're helping her remember something." She explained then walked into the house. They slipped past Applebloom and entered the house. Inside they took seats on a couch, Rainbow and the stallion sat in two chairs sitting opposite to each other's.

"Well let's start with Fluttershy, I never knew that part. Who did ya even meet Dash?" Applejack asked. Fluttershy was sitting to the right of her. She meeped and cleared her throat.

"It all started one day at Junior Speedsters Flight camp. Some bullies were mocking me about how I-"

"How you couldn't fly well?" Rainbow interjected. Fluttershy smiled.

"Your getting your memory back!" She exclaimed. Applejack looked at Rainbow and smiled. The stallion huffed.

"Then do yo remember who I am?" He demanded. Rainbow looked at him and squinted.

"You're… you're…" Rainbow stared blankly at him. Then shook her head. "I'm sorry, who are you?" She asked. The stallion looked down. Rainbow kept staring. Then she turned her head.

"Dad?" The stallion looked up. "Dad?!" Rainbow stood and stared at him. Then her eyes grew hard.

"You didn't want me to go to the war! You even tried to pretend to be sick to stop me!" she shouted. Her father looked at her.

"I never didn't want you to go." he told her softly. Applejack sighed.

"Go on, Fluttershy." she urged. Rainbow sat down, unhappy and confused. Fluttershy's eyes darted at Rainbow then at her father. She gulped and began to talk.

"You challenged them to a race, you were so fast you knock me off a cloud! But in the end-" Again she was cut off.

"I did a Sonic-Rainboom and earned and Cutie Mark! But I also whipped those losers flanks! Right?!" Rainbow asked franticly looking around. Fluttershy's face fell.

"Rainbow…you lost. You crashed into the ground and flew back up, telling everypony that a Unicorn stopped you in your tracks making you lose the race. They mocked you every time they could after that. And…" She paused like she didn't want to tell her this part "and you didn't get your Cutie Mark, it burned into your flank just before the War. It was awful! You were on the ground, in a small ball, crying out! It was awful!" She cried. Rainbow's face hardened.

"I do not cry out of pain!" She snapped. "And I did get my Cutie Mark that day! Or did I?" Her voice drifted off. Her eyes became gazed with confusion. Fluttershy sighed.

"You went to the War because something about a deep gut feeling or whatever." She said. She eyed Rainbow's father. "Your father wanted you to go." She mumbled. Rainbow didn't hear. Suddenly Applejack stood up.

"Fluttershy! We told Pinkamena that would meet her at your grave!" She exclaimed. She began pacing around.

"Oh my! We better go! Oh! Oh! Oh! Rainbow! Spitfire! Soarin! We better go!" Fluttershy cryed out leaping from the couch. She raced out the door. Rainbow stared at them.

"Pink…amena? Pink…ie?" She asked. Fluttershy paused at the doorframe and looked at her.

"No! Never call her Pinkie!" She shuttered at the thought. "Always Pinkamena!" Then she began to run out of the door, Applejack hot on her heels.