Voyage Of The Unforgotten!
Chapter 39- The Turning Point!

Rainbow Dash's P.O.V

“So you two are dating?” Fluttershy asked while petting Monoko as he was asleep.

“Yup! 5 minutes and 45 seconds ago actually! According to my calculations of course!” Twilight fixed her glasses and smiled. I stood by the side smirking like a dumb idiot as the rest of my friends and Soarin were still trying to comprehend.

“Darlings, this is adorable and I'm super happy for you. But, what about Timber?” Rarity pouted. “He must feel heartbroken.”

“Not exactly. He sent me a text 4 days ago saying that he's moving on and he's dating someone else because he doesn't know when I'm coming back and he hates long distance relationships, so I guess we both got what we wanted.” Twilight shrugged.

“Wow, talk about unloyal.” Soarin folded his arms and huffed. “I'm glad you got someone who brightens up your day.”

“Awww thanks Soarin. You got someone too! She's standing right above you.” Sunset wiggled her eyebrows at me. I blushed and gritted my teeth.

“Ugh! You guys are super annoying!” I grumbled as I shook my head. Pinkie did a cartwheel and then she threw some confetti in the air.

“WEEEEEE!!! We can have a “Omg Twilight and Sunset Are Dating Look at Them Relationship Goals” party! Hmmm, maybe we'll plan it after we find Gemporia!”

“Hahaha thanks Pinkie but it won't be necessary. Thanks for the offer.” Twilight smiled. Applejack smiled and stretched her legs.

“Well, congratulations y'all. You guys seem like a good pair.”

“Ha! I'll say!”

“Thank you!” Sunset and Twilight replied at the same time blushing.
The bell rang for working time so we all piled out the tent and Rarity nudged my shoulder.

“Soon you and Soarin won't be too far away.” She giggled. I rolled my eyes and sighed.

“Well, that won't happen..he doesn't share the same feelings. I'm not jealous of anyone or anything but still I just feel like he doesn't like me.”

“Well, make him like you. I heard that you made Sunset and Twilight together. I'm sure you can use those same tactics to make Soarin like you.”

“But I don't wanna force him to like me. Look, I gotta go and help Lilia garden some plants. I'll see ya later Rares.” I waved goodbye to her and then headed on my way.

Soarin's P.O.V

I saw Dash working with Lilia as I was working with Ali in helping him sell pots. I kind of got distracted a bit. I accidentally dropped a pot on the ground and he got upset.

“Soarin?!?!”

“Oh I'm super sorry! I just got sidetracked that's all! I-I-I’ll clean it up.” I stuttered and cleaned up the broken pieces of glass.

Some of them cut my fingers, so I went to the faucet outside and cleaned off the tiny cuts. As I was cleaning off my hand, I saw these little girls with Dash and Lilia and the little girls were putting Dashie's hair in a ponytail and kept on giggling. I couldn't help but slightly chuckle at how cute it was.

“Ya like her don't ya?”

I turned around and saw Sunrise smirking at me eating an apple. “I asked a question, I expect an answer.”

“Uhhh w-w-well I-I-I guess I-”

“Looks like you need a little help from me. Come on.”

She pulled my arm softly and then pushed me in front of the flower bed and she hid behind a bush near me.

“Oh hi Soarin! Care to check on the work I've been doing so far?” She smirked as she dusted of the dirt from her clothes.

“H-Hi, and sure. I-I don't mind.”

“Heh, you're looking at it genius.”

“Wow great job!”

“Thanks!”

I blushed and didn't know what to say without struggling or mumbling. I scratched the back of my neck and looked away as my face turned a bright pink. Sunrise tapped my foot and winked at me.

“Tell her...you think she's cute~” She whispered and then wiggled her eyebrows.

I nodded my head and felt pretty confident until I messed up.

“I...cute...wait no!!” I fumbled. She looked at me and giggled.

“Y-You sure are! You're the cutest guy I met.” She smiled as her cheeks lightly formed a slight shade of pink.

“I-I-I-I….uhhhh…” I blushed even deeper and bit my lip. My palms were sweating and my legs were shaking.

“Soarin tell her.” Sunrise scolded me.

“I-I-I….uhhh Dashie? I-I think you're really cute too.” I finally said as my cheeks turned a dark shade of red. She looked back at me and all around her cheeks to her nose area splashed a dark red.
“Y-You do?”

“M-Mhm…”

“Aww thank you!” She smiled but her face still red. I picked up 4 white roses on the branch and gave them to her. Her face was getting redder as the little girls gasped and ran away screaming “EWW COOTIES!!!” Lilia started giggling as she kept on watering the flowers.

“T-T-These are for you. I thought they m-matched your eyes.” I said nervously while handing them to her.

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She collected the flowers and looked pretty confused at first but then she smiled afterwards as her face was getting really red.

“Awwwww Soarin! These are beautiful! Thank you so much! You're a gentleman!”

“I'm just doing my job. Making sure you get everything you need!”

She looked away while using the flowers to cover her cheeks from her blushy face.

“Awwww Soarin! Ahahaha stop it! You're making me blush!”

With that statement, her whole entire face burned up as she covered her face with her hands. I couldn't help but chuckle and see how cute she was.

“So, um...I was thinking….”

“Hypothetically or-”

“Just thinking Dashie. Anyway, I was thinking after your finished helping Lilia, maybe we could….I dunno...grab something to drink…?”

“You mean at a hut?”

“Mhm...I mean I understand if you don't but-”

“No no! I'd love to go with you. It'll be great to catch up on things!”

“Hah awesome.” I chucked as I placed my hands in my pockets.

“Great.”

“Yeah.”

“Wonderful.”

“Come on Rainbow Dash, these flowers aren't going to get watered themselves!” Lilia shook her head at me and giggled.

“I better go and help with...ya know...flowers.” She laughed and started watering the flowers. She waved at me and smiled. I waved back and walked away as Sunrise followed after me as she nudged my shoulder.

“See? That wasn't so bad. You guys are going on a nice friendly date.”

“I-It's not a date Sunrise. It's just a friendly hangout.”

“Hahaha yea sure~”

Rainbow Dash's P.O.V

“So what was that all about?” Lilia tapped my shoulder while giving me a smirk. I rolled my eyes and continued watering the flowers.

“I have no idea. But he did give me flowers. It was so thoughtful of him.” I sighed as my face turned a slight shade of pink. I sniffed the flowers and let out a long sigh. Lilia giggled as she was planting another flower.

“Oooh, that tone sounds like you have a little thing for him!”

“W-What?! N-No I don't. Please! I just find him being so nice and sweet and caring to give me white roses even. Those are my favorite flowers! How did he know?”

“He just knows from the inside of his heart. Come to think of it, you two seem like a very cute couple.”

“Lilia don't don't this.” I groaned as she giggled and hugged me.

“Oh come on Dash, a girl's gonna have to go through this stage somehow.”

“Yeah, well how about we skip this stage?”

“Whatever you say. Hey, shouldn't you be getting ready for your date with him?” She snickered.

“It's not a date! We're just hanging out!”

“Hehehe, that's what you said.”

Later that day….

I waited for Soarin to arrive at the hut. I was tapping the table rapidly and my hands were shaking. I took a deep breath as I saw him wave at me. He was panting and then he sat down and was cracking his knuckles.

“Whew! Hey Dashie. Whew man! I just ran 45 meters with Shivani. Wow, I'm tired. I'm glad we can have a little something to drink.”

“Yeah….drink…” I said softly while brushing my bang out my face. I bit my lip as he looked back at me and sighed.

“Look, I'm sorry I haven't been here earlier. Shivani wanted me to burn some calories before I came here. She said I should look very handsome before I came here so you can say good things about me.”

We both started laughing and chuckling loudly other people heard us.

“Hahaha, she said that?”

“Sure did.”

I burst out laughing as I started crying as well but then I snorted extra loudly. I blushed deeply as I covered my nose from complete embarrassment. Soarin got up from his seat and kneeled right in front of me and moved my bang to the side.

“Don't need to be afraid of hiding it. It was really cute.” He smiled as his cheeks were slightly red. I looked away as my cheeks turned red. He placed his hand over my right cheek and he made me lean closer to his face. I closed my eyes and was about to take the chance. My lips felt something soft and squishy. My face was red as a beet as I opened my eyes and saw something pink. I looked to see Pinkie giggling and blushing a bit too.

“Wow, I got kissed by Dashie and Soarin. I feel appreciated.” She smiled.

“Pinkie what the heck are you doing here?!?!” I grunted as my face was getting redder by the second. She giggled even more and she smiled.

“Welllll, I just wanted to invade your private space. Okay, I'm on my way now! Byee!!” She skipped down the path making me bang my head against the table. Soarin just laughed and then coughed.

“Ahem…..sorry.”

“Nah, it’s totally cool…..mmmm this drink is um delicious.”

“It sure is!”

It was silent as I used my fork to tap the glass filled with orange juice and sighed. I looked back at Soarin as he was gazing at the scenery. The beautiful ocean was shimmering as the sun's reflection made it brighter. The palm trees swayed from side to side. I chuckled softly as I took a deep breath and finally spoke up.

“Uhhh Soarin?”

“Yes Dashie? Oh? You're amazed by the scenery too?”

“I..uh..um..yup. Beautiful scenery. But um, I wanted to tell you something.”

“Oh? Sure! What is it?” He smiled and placed his hands over his cheeks and used his lips to sip from his cup of orange juice. I couldn't help but giggle at the face he made. As he was sipping, he was wiggling his eyebrows at me and then chuckled a bit. I rolled my eyes and took a quick breath and sat up straight in my chair.

“Be brave Dash. He has to know the truth behind it. It's time to tell him the truth. Be bold! Be strong! Be awesome! And most importantly, be YOU!” I thought to myself as I took another deep breath and this time I held Soarin's hands.

“S-Soarin? I-I just wanted to tell you that I-I-I-I’ve had a-”

“Hey you two! You guys should head to the main campgrounds and see your friends lay down some grooves!” Shivani grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the table making me squeal.

Soarin followed us to the campgrounds as we heard a bass guitar, some drums, a tambourine and a violin playing. As the music was louder, we saw a bunch of people gathering around and clapping. As Soarin, Shivani, and I moved our way through, we saw Sunset and Applejack doing some country dance moves.

“AJ?! Sunset?!” I asked as my jaw hung wide open. Shivani closed my mouth and giggled.

“Hehe yup! They are so good! Oh also, if you keep your mouth open, you'll attract flies.”

Shivani walked away and started clapping with the crowd. Soon, a bunch of people started walking in the circle and started dancing. I saw the musicians and I knew them right away. Ali was playing on the drums, Amaranthine on the bass guitar, Fluttershy playing the tambourine, and Ocean Wave took the cake by playing the violin. I got to hand it to her, she can really play a violin. I sat down on a tree stump and used one of my black rubber bands to tie up my hair into a ponytail. The music got louder as more people started to dance. My friends got in and started dancing as well. Twilight and Sunset were dancing together which was pretty adorable. I couldn't help but smile. I saw Sunrise shake her hips as she was dancing with Lightning Strike. She looked at me and then smirked.

“Where's your dancing partner?”

“My dancing partner? Oh no no no! You got the wrong girl. I don't dance.”

“Welp, that doesn't mean you can't. Come on!” She pulled my arm and pushed me towards Soarin's embrace. Both of our noses touched each others and I looked away.

“There ya go! Have fun!” She saluted to me and then went back to dancing with Lightning Strike. Soarin smiled down at me and blushed a bit.

“So, uhh, wanna dance?”

“Yea I guess…”

“Come on Dash. I'm sure you'll like it.”

He grabbed my hand and placed his other hand around my waist and started dancing and turning me around. I looked down and Soarin's feet and saw how he was really feeling the moment and the rhythm. He lifted my neck up to see his face. He smiled as his cheeks were a light pink. My cheeks were a bright pink as I smiled back at him. He twirled me around and spun me a few times making me giggle and blush. After all the spinning and turning, the beat made me shake my hips in a Indian fashion. I twirled and clapped my hands for his attention. He smirked as he grabbed a rose and placed it in his mouth and grabbed my arm and we started dancing again. This feeling was incredibly amazing! The spinning, the giggling, the smiling, and the blushing even made this a romantic moment. I started to impress him by doing a bit of belly dancing for him and he just chucked and we started dancing more. He dipped me as the song ended. We both blushed as I stared into his eyes and kept giggling.

“Hehehe wow!” I gasped while panting a bit. He placed the rose in my mouth and smiled.

“It looks cuter when you have it in your mouth.”

“Oh hush you.” I mumbled but the flower was still in my mouth. He laughed and picked me up as we both stared into each other's eyes.

“Well, it's getting a bit dark. I better go and get some firewood for tonight's story.” I blushed as I kissed his cheek and waved bye to him. He grabbed my arm and gave me those eyes. I know that look. It's the “You sure you wanna go alone” look.

“Are you sure you wanna-”

“Yes I'm positive.”

I grabbed a branch and lit a bit of fire on it and was on my way. I grabbed a tiny cart to hold the wood in as I was able to collect a few. I went deeper into the trees finding some more wood as I heard a branch crack. My ears twitched as I heard another branch crack but this time I heard footsteps. I looked around and saw nothing there but the wind blowing. The branch with the fire on it, blew away and I heard breathing. I always carried the Harmony Sword wherever I went and I pulled it out to make sure I was safe.

“Who goes there?!”

No one or nothing responded. I heard more footsteps as I was ready to attack. I then heard growling and then I saw a pair of green eyes glowing and coming closer in my direction. I saw another pair and a few more. I gulped and was about to charge when I heard a roar and when I turned around to look, a black image flashed in my face making me scream for help…..

To be continued...

Author's Note

Welp, next chapter isn't really good....be prepared cause you have been warned....

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