Author's Note

This chapter was inspired by this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRgxuqMO3dw

And thanks Jenny for the art! Love ya! (Please ship us as friends! Very good friends. She's my bby. ) Enjoy da read!!

Scene 12- Let's Get Down to Business!

Voyage Of The Unforgotten!
Chapter 12- Let's Get Down To Business!

Rainbow Dash's P.O.V

Sniffing the new pillow smell. It smelled like water. Wait a second….

“Ewww!! Ewww! Yuck! Never ever am I sniffing my own tears!” I exclaimed as I rubbed my nose and turned over the other side of my bed and saw Monoko wagging his tail and barking.

“Hehe good morning Monoko.” I giggled as he licked my nose and snuggled under my arm and felt comfy.

“Feels comfy huh?” I asked him while brushing his fur. He barked in reply and stayed there closing his eyes.

“Aww someone didn't sleep last night. Poor thing. Come here!”

I carried him to the blanket and snuggled him deeply in there.

“Better?”

He didn't respond but just snuggled and yawned and closed his eyes again and was knocked out cold. Looking at the little ball of golden fur almost made me squeal in delight. He's the cutest dog ever! Rubbing his fur and tried to see if it was really soft as it looked, I cuddled my head on his fur and gave a relaxing sigh. I cuddled with him and the blanket and then fell right back to sleep. Snoring too with a line of drool, I was knocked out completely.

A few minutes later.....

I sniffed the air and smelled the sweet scent of fresh bacon and sausages. The aurora of pancakes and waffles scented around the room. As I began to sniff more, I started leaning towards the edge of the bed and still sniffing like a rampaging dog. My arms finally fell on the edge of the bed as I closed my eyes and sniffed more. After a while, my nose touched something soft and when I opened my eyes, it was Soarin. I jumped back in fright and he started to laugh.

“Good afternoon princess. You missed breakfast so why not let your good old buddie make you some?”

“What-What in the world? Why are you? I'm so confused.”

“Your aunt made me come back to visit you, since you know you can't go back outside.” He sighed and brushed his hair with his fingers. Honestly, it's just adorable when he does that.

“Wait, you made me this?” I replied as I picked up the platter full of fresh baked pancakes, bacon, sausage, ham, eggs, and more delectable portions of food to eat from. I sniffed the wonderful scent and picked up my knife and fork. He laughed and sat on the edge of the bed.

“Yeah I did. Only to make life easier for you.” He smiled. His smile made me blush as I looked away a bit and Monoko climbed onto the bed and snuggled against Soarin. “So, how ya feeling?”

“Better. Much better.”

“I'm glad.”

“....Why are you doing this..?”

“Huh?”

“Why are you being so nice to me?”

“Cause everyone deserves a little bit of kindness nowadays.”

“Yeah, nice try. Tell me why?” I smirked while stuffing my mouth with eggs and sausage. He gave a laugh and took a napkin and wiped the rims of my mouth.

“You had a little piece of egg on the side of your mouth there. I thought I could've you know, cleaned it off.”

“Hehehe, it's fine. And tell me why?”

“Why?”

“Hahaha, Soarin I mean it.” I giggled. He smirked at me and moved a bit closer to me. “Well, cause you're the princess and you deserve some relaxation and some special treatment. And why not some special treatment from your “best friend forever and ever till-”’

“Hehe, “the end of time” I know. You don't have to tell me twice. And thank you. And what do you mean by special treatment?” I laughed. He smirked then winked.

“Hurry up and finish your breakfast then come talk to me.” He chuckled. We both doubled with laughter as I stuffed more food in my mouth. After eating for a little while, I pushed the platter aside and motioned Soarin over to me.

“Now, my special treatment is?”

“Hehe okay Dashie. First, I need your feet.”

“My...feet?”

“Yeah, your tiny feet. And your tiny wittle toes.” He said in a baby voice.

“Hey!! My toes aren't little.”

He grabbed both feet and tickled my toes which made me laugh loudly.

“See? Wittle!”

“Hush you, now why do you want my feet?”

“For this.”

He pulled up a flat bucket and had 3 bottles of water and started pouring the water into the bucket. He grabbed soap and a sponge and smiled at me.

“Whenever did your best friend or anybody ever done this to you?”

“Hahaha, oh gosh Soarin. No one until you. Gosh, this is too much, you don't have too-”

“I do, and I'm glad I'm the first.” He winked at me and finished pouring the bottles. He dumped the empty ones away and squirted the soap onto the sponge and started scrubbing the surface of my feet. I laughed loudly and held his hands.

“I can't do this! Hahahaha, it tickles!!! Also, my feet stink!!! Don't do this Soarin!!” I said while doubling with laughter.

“Awwwww come on! Don't worry, I got the cure for that.” He replied as he got a dentist mask and put it over his nose and mouth. “Now, let doctor Soarin do his job okay?”

“Hahahahaha, okay then!!”

He scrubbed my feet down and I couldn't help but giggle so much as the sponge tickled along side my feet. I kept squirming thinking it would've helped. But, it didn't. I came to a conclusion that I was totally done with all this cleaning of the feet. I held Soarin's hands to command him to stop but that made him continue.

“Oh, you want me to continue?” He smirked then laughed. When he began to scrub harder, I tried hard not to laugh too loud without anyone suspecting anything, including my dad. I finally pushed the bucket of water aside and cupped Soarin's face cheeks.

“Look, this was really thoughtful of you, but this is making me laugh too much.”

“I enjoy hearing your adorable giggles. It entertains me. That's why I continue. Now, let me-”

“No no. I'm quite good now. I just don't want anyone to suspect anything.”

“And they won't. Just relax Dashie. Come on. You can trust me, can you?”

“Yes, Soarin. I trust you very much. But listen, do you know what I'm dying for?”

“What?”

“A hot fudge sundae, dipped in hot chocolate drizzle, 3 big scoops of cookies and cream ice cream, and rainbow sprinkles, topped with a nice cherry on top. Now, if you can give me that, I would greatly treat you with something you've always wanted.”

“Hehe, I already got what I wanted. She's sitting right in front of me.” He blushed and looked into my eyes. I blushed deeply and looked away.

“Awww that's so sweet of you. But honestly, I mean something that you-”

“Don't worry, I'll give you that sundae.” He smiled as he went out the room and went looking for my sundae. I laughed so hard and carried Monoko in my arms.

“Do you think he'll actually find a sundae like that?” I asked him. He gave me a happy look and barked happily. I assumed he meant yes. I rolled my eyes and plopped onto my bed.

“I didn't mean to send him off someplace far. It's just that the treatment felt so good yet things were getting a bit weird. He was very kind and sweet and so caring to give me a foot massage. I couldn't help but laugh so hard to hide my true feelings, Monoko. Besides, he's just the sweetest boy ever. I'm glad he kept his traits from when he was younger. Nowadays, I feel like I'm getting close to him than ever before. What do you think?” I replied looking at Monoko, rolling all over my bed and wagging his tail non-stop. “Yeah, talking to a dog is a waste of time.”

Soarin came in the room and handed me the bowl of the sundae.

“Here's your hot fudge sundae, dipped in hot chocolate drizzle, 3 big scoops of cookies and cream ice cream, rainbow sprinkles, and topped with a nice big cherry on top.” He smiled as he gave me the bowl with a red spoon to devour it. I looked at him in shock as he laughed. “Don't worry, I bought an extra spoon for myself. After that big breakfast I gave you, I knew you wouldn't eat all of this on your own.” He smiled as he took his spoon and took a mouthful of the sundae. He licked his lips and devoured it perfectly.

“Wow Dash. Nice choice of a sundae. This is perfect.”

“Where did you-?”

“I asked anyone around the castle who would make a mean hot fudge sundae in your style. And a quirky girl came up and took the list and made it for me. She's very fast. And she was so willing.”

“Lemme guess, she had fuchsia hair?”

“Yeah, and light pink skin and light blue eyes and-”

“Also, has a very high squeaky voice.” I finished his sentence.

“Yeah, how do you know her?”

“That's one of my friends. Her name is Pinkie Pie. She loves baking.”

“I figured her name had to do with something pink. Anywho, she's the one that came here from America with you right?”

“Yup, you got it.”

“Cool! I always wanted to go there!”

“Really?! Why?”

“It's a beautiful! The wide open spaces! And New York City!!! The Big Apple! So much gorgeous lights at night. So much entertainment! Who wouldn't want to go to an amazing place like that?!”

“It does sound pretty awesome when you talk about it. And that is true, but you sure? It's nothing like India.”

“Yeah, I know. But still, I would totally love to go there. Speaking of America, what did you do besides making new friends?”

“Oh, I went to highschool and I'm the captain of every team there. Like every sport.”

“Wait, you're an athlete?”

“Yeah. And?”

“Nothing, it's just that I thought you would be like who you were when you were younger. A fighter. Isn't that who you wanted to be?”

“Yes, that's my destiny. But, it's hard to have a dad who doesn't want you to fulfil it.” I sighed. Soarin gave me a sad look and smiled.

“Well, not to be rude or anything but you don't always have to follow your dad's rules.”

“Well, he is the king and also he'll execute me if I don't.”

“Yet, he didn't execute you when he first came into the Northern part of Chennai and you didn't bow to him.”

“Wait how do you-”

“I was there with my little sister.”

“You have a little sister?!”

“Yeah, you sort of missed a lot. She was 4 when you left India.”

“So, I'm guessing she's 10 now?”

“Yeah, she wants to be a dancer.”

“Really? Awww that's great.”

“She says she wants to be like the princess, which is you.”

“Why me?”

“I have no clue. Maybe cause you used to be a dancer.”

“Yeah, used to be.”

“Come on! I'm sure you still have it in you. It's in your blood. It's apart of your nationality.” He smiled. “I'll play some music to get you dancing if I have too.”

“You wouldn't.”

“Yeah, I wouldn't.”

We both died of laughter and we both ate more of the sundae and every chance we looked, it was getting lower and lower.

“Well, I think it's time for me to go. I'm supposed to be at work and hear your dad proclaim his new law. Oh, I heard from Blaze that you told your dad about the mango cove on its overtime hours. How did that go?”

“It went perfectly. I'm sure he'll disable that law immediately. I can't jump to conclusions but I'm sure he will.”

“And if he doesn't…..”

“......I’m sure he will.”

“Welp, I better go. See you later.”

He got up from the bed and hugged me and left. I looked out the door and sighed.

The next day......

I woke up and jumped out the bed and changed into a lavender Indian style dress. After I changed, I took my phone and walked out my room door and Monoko followed me. I walked down the hall and found my dad filling out some papers.

“Hey Daddy. How are you today?”

“I'm doing good. I'm just tired of filling out all these papers for each cove. They all gave me information for the ancestral festival. So, I'm going to be a very busy man.”

“Well, isn't that the job of a king of a whole country?”

“Yup, that's true. I'm very tired.”

“Daddy, let me do them. I can go into all the coves and do it for you. It's not biggie.”

He looked at me and smiled. He patted my head and lifted my head to him and he has tears in his eyes.

“Thank you so much. But are you sure you can be able to do it? It's a lot of work.”

“Nope, I can handle it. Besides, this is a good head start to help with my leadership of being a queen. Please let me do it! I won't disappoint you! I promise! I'll get the information from each cove and then I'll be back as soon as possible!”

“Or she just wants to see her lover!” My aunt sang as she had two cups of coffee and she placed the cups on the table and gave my dad a kiss on his cheek. “You better drink up if you wanna finish those papers.”

“No no, aunt it's okay, I'm going to do it for him.”

“Really? Is he okay with this?” She looked at him and my dad was knocked out cold on the table. Snoring away, I giggled and took all the papers he was filling out and then I placed them all in a clipboard and then walked towards the door.

“I'll do them. He's a very tired man. Also, what type of coffee is this?”

“It's a caramel frappuccino. Why?”

I took his cup and drank some and walked out the door. I went to the first cove which was the fishing cove.

“Hey Chief Orion, how are you?!”

“Princess Rainbow Dash! It's a real pleasure to have you here today. What a surprise!”

“Yeah, it will be. My dad got your information of the ancestral festival from this cove. And I'm doing it for him. So, what did you need?”

“Oh, all we needed was more fishing baskets to catch the big fish near the reef. That's all. And when we do, we'll be up and running with the ancestral festival!”

“Huh, more fishing baskets? Okay, I will get you your fishing baskets immediately!” I said while writing down things on the fishing cove paper.

“Thank you Princess. You're doing great as becoming a leader!!” He smiled. I blushed slightly and smiled.

“Thanks Chief. But, I'm just following in my parent's footprints.”

“And that you are. Do you need anything else?”

“Nope, I got other coves to go too. See ya later!!”

I walked down towards the next cove in line, it was the dancing cove. I saw Radiance moving her hips side to side with the best while the little children followed her. There were 3 girls and 2 boys. They all seemed happy. When I walked into the cove, all the kids stopped dancing and their jaws dropped. Radiance stopped the music and looked a bit frustrated.

“Why did you guys stop? You guys were doing great.” She sighed then she looked behind her and saw me. “Oh Dash! What a surprise!!!! It's good to see you!!”

All the children started screaming their heads off and ran towards me.

“Hi!!! I'm Kathy!!!”

“And I'm Katy!!! We're twins!! And we're your biggest fans!!!”

“You're my biggest fans?!” I asked looking at them. They nodded in agreement and smiled. Another girl with beautiful, pure, white hair and cyan skin was hanging from the roof.

“42!!!!” She yelled. She swung from one of the branches and tumbled onto the ground and eventually landed on her 2 feet. She looked at me and bowed respectfully.

“Good afternoon princess! It's a pleasure to meet you! Also, there's 42 bricks on the ceiling Radiance. I counted them all!” The little girl beamed.

“Wow, good job Halo! You're doing great! If only you could use that energy with dancing.” She said. Halo rolled her eyes and walked away. The other 2 boys were fighting with paper swords. One of them caught my eye, and when he did, he ran to me and bowed directly at my feet and looked in my eyes.

“Your highness! What an honor it is to see you face to face!! I'm Justin and might I say, what a lovely dress you're wearing my love.” He smirked while taking my right hand and kissed it. I just gave him the most awkward stare I never did. Everyone started laughing so hard. Radiance rolled her eyes.

“Justin, how old are you?” She asked.

“I'm a 12 year old boy with a talent of dancing! And also has my awesome charm to impress the princess.” He winked at me. I doubled with laughter as Radiance pulled Justin away from me. She carried him to the other side of the room. As she was carrying him, he was saying something loudly.

“Don't worry babe!! Me and you will have a date! Anytime! Anyplace!!!”

Halo was laughing then she sat next to me.

“He's such a flirt! Also, my brother says hi to you. But he's working now.”

“Who's your brother?”

“Soarin. Aren't you 2 friends?” She smiled.

“You're Soarin's little sister!! Of course! You guys have a very close type of skin color. You're a little bit lighter.”

“Geez, everyone says that.”

“Ahem! We do not speak his name in this cove, understand me Halo?” Radiance snapped.

“Yes ma'am.”

I got up and of course, I got upset quickly.

“What's wrong with you?! Just because you had a crush on him and he didn't had the same feelings for you doesn't mean you have to take your anger out on his little sister!!”

Everyone in the cove gasped loudly and that's when she turned around and gave me the death stare.

“How did you know about that?”

“He told me yesterday myself. You guys need to let it go!! It's over! I'm going to fix this once and for all. But before we fix this, I need to know what you guys are doing for the ancestral festival. And yes, I'm doing my dad's job.” I snapped back. Everyone was just staring at the both of us. Radiance took a deep breath.

“Fine, we will. But, I won't say I told you so when things don't go right.”

“Don't worry, it will. Now, what are you guys doing?”

“We're doing a Indian ritual.”

“It's amazing! Watch this!” Halo smiled as she started shaking her hips and then she flipped and she shook her hips up and down as she started spinning and then she stopped.

“Looks awesome. Now let's go!”

“Yeah, um Justin you're in charge while I'm gone.” Radiance yelled as we went out the door. I stomped very hard while holding the clipboard in my other hand and walked over to the mango cove. Everyone there was holding mangoes and some in trees. Radiance was walking around and I was in awe. It was decorated nicely and I wasn't watching where I was going and then I tripped over a rock and then I screamed loudly and someone caught me. I looked up and saw Soarin standing above me, in his uniform. He gave me a smile and I couldn't help but blush hard.

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“Woah, you okay?” He smiled.

“Y-Yeah, I'm um, hehehe fine. I um, almost fell but you caught me.”

“Yup. What are you doing here?! Your dad is going to kill you!!”

“Not yet he is. I'm doing his job.”

“And he's okay with that?!!”

“I'm sure he is.”

“Dashie…..”

“Look, it's all under control.”

“Dash! This place is beautiful! I'm sure I'll like it- YOU!!!” Radiance growled.

“You!!!” Soarin said in surprise. “Why are you here?!”

“I didn't want to be.”

“Like I said, why are you here?”

“Soarin, do you think I seriously wanna be here? I don't wanna see your face!”

“Ugh, go and snuggle with Blaze. And here I thought you liked him instead of me!”

“Why are you so upset?! You had a crush on your best friend!!!”

“Well, that's different!! I don't know why you're pissed off in the first place!! I don't like you!!”

“Yeah, but you like-”

“ENOUGHHHHHH!!!!!!” I yelled. People from the mango cove stared at us for a while and got back to work.

“Now, I did not travel 8,633 miles to hear you guys arguing for something so stupid!!! Yes Radiance I know you probably adored Soarin so damn much but hey, you got Blaze, the man you now adore. I know it's not easy losing someone you love. Trust me, I know…..but that's not gonna stop me from becoming someone better. Or having someone greater. Having you guys as my friends made me see the beauty of my life even more. And if you guys are not going to stop worrying, then I have no idea who can help me.”

“Well, I'll help you.” Radiance hugged me. “Thanks for making me understand that Blaze is the love of my life and that you had someone that you deeply loved, so now, I'm over it! Soarin I'm so sorry about all of this. And can you forgive me?”

“Hahaha, you're already forgiven. And Dashie, thanks so much for making us understand the true meaning of friendship.” He replied as he hugged me. I blushed deeply and covered my face with the clipboard I had. Radiance looked at the scene unfold as she giggled a bit.

“Well, um that's what friends are for.” I blushed and cleared my throat. “Ahem, well do you guys need anything for the ancestral festival?”

“Well, in 2 weeks time, we'll be needing about 1,000 mangoes. That's not bad isn't it?”

“Nope not bad at all. I'll let my dad know immediately. Thanks Soarin.”

“Haha you're welcome. I gotta go and work now. Bye girls.”

He waved goodbye and Radiance snatched my arm and we started walking towards the clothing cove.

“Ooohh what was that?! He hugged you and you blushed!!!! OMG!!!! You do have a crush on him!!” She beamed brightly.

“What?!?! No I don't! I don't like him!!”

“Yeah you're right. You LOVEEEE him!!!!!”

“Radiance no I don't like him.” I blushed a bit more.

“Yes you do! You two are adorable together!!!” She cooed. I rolled my eyes and giggled a bit.

“Now you sound like my aunt.”

“Welp, I have to go back and teach them more of the dance. Making Justin in charge was a pretty bad decision. We'll talk later. Bye girl!” She smiled as she went her way.

For the rest of the day, I got reviews from each cove and when I got to the palace, I gave my dad the papers.

“Wow Dashie, thank you so much! I really appreciate it. It's very late and you need your rest. We'll talk tomorrow okay?”

“Love you daddy!!” I ran out the room and I ran to my room and closed the door.

I took a deep breath and sighed. I saw Monoko cuddled onto the bed and I smiled at him.

“Aye Monoko.” I giggled.

I took off my clothes and wore something simple and plopped onto my bed. I was knocked out and was thinking about tomorrow. Tomorrow was the day that we would've had that new law and that welcome home party. I got scared thinking about the wager each night and then I couldn't sleep that night. I got up from my bed and picked up my mom's diary and started to tear up. I flipped some pages and thought about them for a while. I turned to the back of the book and saw a picture of me and my parents all together in one picture. I smiled and wiped a tear from my eye. I took the picture from the book and placed it in my drawer and then I cuddled in my bed and slept for the entire night, peacefully. For once.