Author's Note

Ah yes, I am so so sorry for uploading this late...I am very stressed out at the moment, and most likely would have more hiatus coming soon due to summer assignments, regents once again, my musical coming up, and also school. This upcoming school year is going to be very stressful and more the likely of me not coming back to Fimfiction to be updated with my future works. But, this was a very fun chapter of working with, and it's pretty long for lots of reasons. XD
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Scene 48- All Hail Goddess Sincerity!

Voyage of the Unforgotten!
Chapter 48- All Hail Goddess Sincerity!

Rainbow Dash’s P.O.V

Three days later….

Today was the day that I was having my coronation! Everyone throughout the entire country of Gemporia was coming to the city of Glistenda. It was a gorgeous day and I’m certain Amorette made the weather perfect today. There were no clouds in the sky and the sun was shining extremely bright. I for one, was knocked out cold, spread all over the bed because last night, I was writing a speech last minute. I am not a good person for talking too long but I am getting crowned and the faith of Gemporia lies in my little hands. Hearing from Sunrise, being an Unforgotten goddess isn’t easy, there’s lots of responsibility to take in. Since the window in my room was slightly open, I was hearing birds chirping and the sounds of people working outside. I heard a loud knock on the door and honestly, I didn’t want to move at all.

“Dashie!! It’s me Pinkie Pie! Open up! It’s time!”

Pinkie’s knocks eventually grew louder and louder and it sounded like someone was hammering nails to the door. I groaned and put the blanket over me to fall asleep again but it didn’t work. There was another knock on the door but it was much softer.

“Rainbow Dash? It’s time to wake up now.” Fluttershy said as she knocked on the door softly once more. I heard a few other voices mumbling something and then another knock but this one was a bit louder than Flutters.

“Rainbow Dash, it’s time to get up! It’s your coronation day! Don’t let me get Applejack to use her geode to burst down this door because I would let her do it!”

“Geez Sunset…..calm the hell down...I’m coming…” I thought as I groaned extra loudly and just took one step and then collapsed on the ground with a loud THUD! I heard the door open up and Pinkie and Fluttershy came dashing in the room to see if I was okay but as always, Pinkie’s the first one to check me.

“OMGGGG DASHIE ARE YOU OKAY??!! I HEARD A LOUD BOOM AND WE THOUGHT YOU WERE HURT!!! ARE YOU OKAY??? HOW MANY FINGERS AM I HOLDING UP??!! ARE YOU RESPONSIVE???!!! ANSWER ME!!!” She hollered as she was holding me extremely tight against her chest area so I was suffocating as my face was scrunched up to her boobs. I was trying to breathe because I for one, don’t like boobs a much.

“DOES SHE LOOK OKAY TO YOU??!!”

“Pinkie, she’ll look fine once ya let go of her face for cryin’ out loud.” Jackie sighed as she smacked her forehead and that’s when Pinkie let go of me and I was able to breath again. Sunset walked over to me and gave me a hug as she smiled.

“Happy coronation day! You excited?”

“Yeah...sort of.” I sighed as I walked over to a nearby table which had a mirror and a few beauty supplies on the side. I brushed them aside as I sat on the chair and stared at myself in the mirror and soon I saw all my friends looking in the mirror as well.

“Awwww what’s the matter darling?” Rarity asked as she was fixing with my hair a bit. She grabbed a brush and started combing it out softly.

“I just don’t know but I feel like…..ugh! I feel like I don’t deserve this at all…”

“Why would you think of something like that Rainbow? We were there when we defeated Tirek together. You totally deserve a title as the 12th goddess. The prophecy says so.” Twilight added.

“Yeah yeah the prophecy! But do you really think my ancestors made a whole story about me and it somehow came true? What if it wasn’t me this whole time?”

“Oh Rainbow Dash, stop doubting yourself. Like Twilight said you deserved it.” Fluttershy sighed as she patted my back. I looked at myself in the mirror even more and started grumbling.

“Well darling, you should just let those negative emotions go and think positively. After all it is YOUR coronation day and nothing is going to change. You're going to have a lovely day with us, the goddesses, and Soarin~” Rarity smiled as she patted my head. “But for now, you should get dressed for the ceremony, and after that, we'll have as much fun as we want.”

Everyone nodded their heads agreeing with Rarity’s statement and I sort of chuckled at it as well.
“Well, I guess you're right. I'm so happy to have you all as my best friends.”

We all came together for a warm long group hug. There was a knock on the door and my mom appeared.

“Oh great! You're up! Perfect! Rise and shine honey.”

I gave her a glare and looked away. I am still mad at her of the fact she was alive this whole time and didn't tell me anything. She sighed and walked towards my direction until I snapped back.

“I can't believe you lied to me for all these years!!”

“Rainbow Dash…..not right now…”

“No! Let’s discuss this now! You lied to me! For what? To protect me? You never cared for anyone but yourself!”

“IIIII think we should go….” Twilight spoke up and my friends all went out the room and closed the door. I gave another deep glare at my mom as she placed her hands over mine.

“Look….I know you hate me with a passion right now...but if I told you, Tirek would’ve taken your life just as he took Aunt Freya away from me. I couldn’t let that happen because you’re my only child and I love you with all my heart Rainbow…..I am sorry I didn’t show you a sign or anything but I was so afraid of what Tirek could’ve done to you. But I am so glad you’re okay now and I am able to see you get coronated as a goddess like me. I know you don’t want a hug or a kiss from me and I totally understand that. Just know that I love you no matter what you do or no matter who you become. You’re my daughter and that’s all that matters to me.”

Her eyes were welled up with tears and so were mine. I looked away in embarrassment as I remember all the bad things I told her yet she still loved me. I choked on my tears as I ran to her and gave her a really tight hug.

“M-Mommy…..I am so sorry…”

“Hush hush, it’s okay sweetie. We all get upset sometimes. Sometimes we let anger get in control of all of us. I forgive you because that’s what mothers do for their babies.” She replied as she began stroking my hair. She let go of me and smiled brightly at me. “I should let you get dressed. You have a big day ahead of you!”

And with that, she left and the door slammed shut. I sighed as I stared at myself in the mirror just remembering how everything came to be. I looked behind the door of the dress Rarity made for me last night and the shoes to go with it. I slumped in the chair as I stared at it more until I got the courage to get up and place it against my chest. I sighed once more as I looked at the time and it said 10:45am and I knew I had to hurry up and get dressed…...and….let Rarity put a HINT of makeup on me before I go…

Soarin’s P.O.V

“Relax…..focus...don’t be nervous….okay you need to be nervous!”

I began pacing back and forth nonstop in front of Dashie’s room with a bouquet of flowers in my hand. I was wearing a white dressed shirt and black dress pants and a thick black belt to go with it. I also had my royal blue tie in my other hand because it was matching the color of Dashie’s dress. Rarity assumed that I should be matching with Dashie. I took a deep breath as I stopped pacing back and forth and stood in front of the door with my tie and the flowers in both hands. I was going to knock but then I stopped.

“Come on Soarin! Don’t be a dork. Just knock, I’m sure she’ll answer…”

I took a really deep breath as I knocked on the door. I was going to make a run for it because of how nervous I was. But I decided to stay or was that just my mind saying yes but my body is saying leave. As I was about to actually make a run for it, I heard a voice.

“Oh, uh! Give me a sec!”

I started biting on my fingers which I never do unless I am a nervous wreck which I was. My legs started shaking rapidly nonstop and then I heard her footsteps walking closer and closer to the door. I closed my eyes and held the bouquet behind me as I saw the knob turn and there she was. She was tying her hair up but her hair was all over her face. I couldn’t help but chuckle as she was grunting a bit.

“Sorry, but Rarity just stopped by and curled my hair and everything but I wanted to see if I could try something different besides having my hair curled ironed, ya know?”

“Dashie, I don’t think Rarity would be pleased if you just did a different style...I mean...I dunno-”

“No no you’re right! Rarity would kill me if she finds out that I was changing up the hairstyle! Thanks Soarin I can always count on you!” She smiled as she sat down on the chair in front of a mirror. She started humming a song and then looked at me.

“Uh, is there something that you needed Soarin?”

“Oh uh what? Oh, um, well, I um-”

“Yes? Spill it out!”

“Well um you see um…”

I could feel the heat in my cheeks began to rise as Dash was walking towards me as she looked absolutely stunning in her gown. She wore a royal blue and gold dress as it flowed all the way down to her feet and her shoes were royal blue with a hint of gold as well. Her hair, curled out as she said. Just describing everything made me blush deeper.

“Y-You look gorgeous Dash.”

“You really think so?”

“M-M-Mhm…”

We both looked at one another as both of our faces were a different shade of pink as she looked away and began to fiddle with her fingers.

“Well, it wasn’t my idea, i-it was all Rarity but I’m really glad you like it.”

“Well, the reason why I actually came here was for you to fix my tie...haha.”

We both started laughing away as she took the tie from my hand and started tying it around the collar of my shirt. She was so focused on the tie but I couldn’t help but stare at her. Her soft rainbow hair and her smooth light blue fingers as she was wrapping it and tying it over and over again. It seemed like I was distracting her a bit because every once in a while, she would look up at me and started to shake her head with a smile. Finally once she was done, she looked up at me and I looked down at her as our cheeks were a bright pink.

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“W-Well, um I better finish this speech before it’s time..” She looked away as she was still blushing. I cleared my throat and nodded my head.

“Yeah that sounds promising….good luck with the speech and all.”

“Thanks Soarin!”

“Yeah…”

I still had the flowers behind my back as I sighed as I walked towards the door. I stopped and closed my eyes again as I ran back over to Dash and shoved the flowers towards her.

“I-I was going to give these to you after the coronation but I-I realized that you deserved them before and that...um...I uh...DAMN!! Why is it so hard to talk to you?!” I shouted with rage as I was walking back and forth in her room. Dash looked shocked as she held both of my arms and then placed her left hand over my cheek.

“Hey, relax. It’s okay. I understand. I am too awesome for anyone to handle.”

“No...Dash it’s not your awesomeness….it’s something else.”

“So, what is it?”

“I-I can’t tell you….it’s embarrassing…”

“I….embarrass you?”

“No no! That’s not it! I uh...ugh…”

“Soarin just tell me. I won’t judge!”

“Yes you would….you totally would because I’m such a complete dork when I’m around you and I honestly can’t express my feelings without getting flustered.”

“Dork? Feelings?! Soarin, just tell me. You’re freaking me out…”

“See? And THEN I freak you out!”

“Soarin, just express your feelings.”

“It’s just that, I love youuuuu…..your dress!”

“All of this because you love my dress…?”

“Hahahaha yup!! I love it so much that I brought you these flowers so you can match with them! Hahaha, why the only reason!”

“Uhhhhh-”

That’s when the horns blew and Dash started to freak out! She started running all over the room, but then she grabbed a pen and a piece of paper and continued to write something down while running out the door. But, she came inside and was finding something else.

“Okay, shoes check! Speech check! Am I missing something else?!”

I shook my head as she smiled and dashed out the room with full speed. I caught up to her as we were walking down the hall. But knowing Dashie, she was jogging down the hall.

“Dash, I think you might need to slow down because we don’t want you to be panting on stage…”

“P-Panting?! Who said anything about panting?!” She started huffing and puffing as her jogging pace increased faster and faster. She almost tripped while running with her heels, but she stopped and took them off and started running without any shoes on. I started running with her as we were both running down the long hallway. We both saw the janitor cleaning the floor and once she saw us dashing towards her, she yelled at us.

“Ceremony is down the stairs, exit 4, and on your right!”

We both came to a full stop, as Dash just totally cut me off and then started running down the next hallway to the staircase. Once, she opened the door, we both ran down the stairs as fast as possible.

“Uhhh what exit are we now?” She asked as she was still running faster than before.

“Um, exit 5.”

We went down another flight of stairs until we saw “Exit 4”, and then we both pushed ourselves on the door as it swung open and we saw a couple of people in the hallway chatting.

“EXCUSE ME!!! COMING THROUGH!!! GIRL ABOUT TO BE CROWNED GODDESS IS ROLLING THROUGH!!!” Dash hollered as people were backing away from the middle of the hallway, as Dashie and I were running for our lives. We eventually saw Twilight and Sunset standing in front of a big golden door waiting to go in. We both stopped right in front of them as we were panting away.

“Where were you two?” Twilight asked as she was staring at the both of us. Soon, everyone was staring at us as Dash was putting on her heels.

“Ooohh Dashie you look beautiful!” Pinkie squealed as she was helping her put her shoes on.

“Thanks Pinkie.”

The door slightly opened as we all saw Sunrise coming out as she was wearing a gorgeous black dress. The top part of the dress was dazzled with silver and the bottom was black. There was also a black cape in the back of the dress and she was also wearing lavender lace shoes and a lavender butterfly clip on her hair to match.

“Are you guys ready? They want me to escort you guys in when they call on you.”

“Woah Sunrise looking good.” Dash laughed as Sunrise rolled her eyes and smirked. Before she could’ve said anything at all, the horns from the inside of the room started to blow. Sunrise pushed her way towards the front and she looked super excited, for a first.

“Okay you guys! Ya ready?”

And with that, she pushed the golden doors as it opened and it revealed the entire auditorium as millions of people were standing as we entered the room. The room was vast and the trumpets and drums were playing as we were walking down the long hallway with smiles on our faces. The display was glorious as I saw all the goddesses in front of their thrones as they were standing up as well. The ceiling was brightly enriched with golden and cream and a crystal chandelier. The walls were gold and white and the floor was cream as well and also a red carpet with golden silk on the edges. I was extremely happy at the moment because I could see Amaani smiling at me as she held her hands together and waited until we arrived to the front. Soarin was walking right next to me and I could see him smiling as well. We both looked at one another and smiled brightly as we were standing in the front of the room, holding one another’s hand. I could hear Sunset and Pinkie giggling behind me, as I turned around and I saw all my friends smiling at me. They all looked gorgeous in their dresses and Tiran looking very handsome in his tuxedo as he was standing near Pinkie. Sunrise skipped to the front and she walked up the four steps as she sat on her throne. Queen Amaani cleared her throat and raised her hand to silence the music. Once the music stopped, everyone looked at her as she made her hand motions going up and down indication for everyone to sit.

“You may be seated.” She announced as everyone did as she said. I looked over and saw my mother waving at me as I gave her a tiny wave back while smiling super hard.

“Good morning fellow citizens of Gemporia. I am pleased to be here with you all on this lovely sunny day. We are here on this special day to crown Princess Rainbow Miriam Alexandria-”

“Princess Rainbow Dash is fine your majesty.” I blushed slightly because I felt a bit embarrassed about my full name to be exact. Queen Amaani smiled down at me and cleared her throat.

“My apologizes. We are here to crown Princess Rainbow Dash of India an Unforgotten goddess for fulfilling the Polynesian prophecy which was written by one of her ancestors. Although we are celebrating her coronation, we are also giving marvelous thanks to her friends for defeating my brother from his wicked ways. And for this we say thank you! But before we proceed with the ceremony for Rainbow Dash, we have a few rewards me and the other fellow goddesses to give to her friends in return for saving our beloved country.”

Amaani was pulling out a golden vault with 8 medals in them. They were each a different color and I could see the smiles of my friends faces. Amaani was holding a bright purple medal as she stood in front of Twilight.

“Twilight Sparkle, who harnesses the element of Magic from the Elements of Harmony. Throughout this voyage, you had shown that you were able to use your feelings of delight and great pleasure and your strong element in knowing your abilities in magic and for your good works, I am happy to present you the Medal of Enchantment.”

And with, Amaani stepped forth and placed the bright purple medallion over Twilight as Twilight wore the medal proudly. She bowed in reply as her face was splashed with a light pink.

“Thank you so much your majesty! It’s such a marvelous pleasure.”

Amaani walked down the line and next was Sunset Shimmer. Sunset was smiling really hard as she waited to be given the medal.

“Sunset Shimmer, you’ve come a long way I must say. Your past wasn’t something you would like to relive again, am I right?” Amaani asked as Sunset bowed her head in shame and gave a long sigh.

“Yeah…”

“But, you’ve shown everyone, including your friends that you’ve become a much better person and the magic of forgiveness from one friend in the past making you realize the true meaning of friendship. Ever since then, you’ve been having the knowledge of showing sympathy for others and always caring for their problems. It completely shows that you Sunset Shimmer have developed a great understanding and I’m sure whoever showed you the sign of friendship, it was a good sign. So, I am pleased to bestow this medallion upon you, which is the Medal of Affinity.”

Amaani placed a metallic red medal around Sunset’s neck as Sunset looked at Amaani in tears.

“T-Thank you so much your highness...I-I don’t know what to say. I would like to thank you for everything. But, I honestly couldn’t have done anything without the love of my life.” Sunset smiled as she grabbed Twilight’s hand and kissed it. We all cooed as Twilight’s face was a deep red. Sunset pulled her body closer to hers as she removed her hair behind her ear as they forwarded closely as their lips touched. Both of their face were a deep shade of crimson as Pinkie took a picture, but her flash was on, and once the flash flickered, Sunset and Twilight both separated blushing from more embarrassment. Amaani smiled and walked down and Jackie was next. Jackie took off her cowgirl hat and placed it behind her as she stood firmly.

“Miss Applejack Apple, you harness the Element of Honesty, and you show that you are honest to the core. By going on this voyage, you show that your honesty and your ability for others to trust in you shines like a brightess apple in the bunch! So, today I present to you the Medal of Trustworthiness for your job well done!”

Amaani placed a dark orange medal around Jackie’s neck as she bowed in return. Jackie placed her hat back on her head, as she tilted it as a sign of respect. Amaani walked over to Rarity as she bowed in respect and started to giggle.

“Your highness, it’s a pleasure to be serving with you.”

“Thank you Rarity. I want to present this medal to you for being truly generous and your inspiration and your vibe brings out the best in others by showing them that inner beauty is more powerful than anything else in the world.”

Amaani placed a bright crystal medal over Rarity as she smiled brightly and started to bow again. Amaani looked over at how Pinkie was bouncing up and down. All the excitement caused Pinkie to squeal quietly but when Amaani walked in front of her, Pinkie exclaimed and couldn’t contain her happiness anymore! I for one was pretty embarrassed as I saw how Pinkie was just getting super energetic. Sunrise and Shivani looked at me and started smiling but I covered my face.

“AHHHH!! Okay okay, so where to begin??!! You’re the greatest! I love you and love Gemporia with a passion! All you goddesses give me a HUGE burst of energy and love! And I just don’t how to express my feelings! And the way you guys are nice and kind to Dashie and us and I just can’t….AAHHHH!! OMG!!” Pinkie literally bounced all over the room, cartwheeling and just doing what she normally does when she’s excited. Queen Amaani just giggled softly as she waited for Pinkie to relax. Pinkie kept on bouncing everywhere, Amaani stopped her and started laughing.

“Miss Pinkamena, I understand that you’re really excited and seeing you thrilled puts a smile on my face everytime. But, I must continue with the ceremony.” Amaani smiled as she brought out a beautiful rose-colored medal as Pinkie inhaled a huge gasp.

“Pinkamena Diane Pie, your spirit is the jolliest of them all. Your smile and your bubbly personality shines throughout the world. Also, bringing happiness and laughter towards your friends shows that you will do anything to make anyone smile. Your optimistic trait brings out the best in you Pinkie Pie, and I am so thrilled to present you the Medal of Sanguine for your wonderful works!”

Pinkie grabbed the medal and placed it around her neck as she started tearing up and then she jumped up and hugged Amaani tightly. She started to rock bath and forth as Amaani started giggle again.

“Thank you SO much your highness!”

“Hehe, no problem at all Pinkie.”

Pinkie let go of Amaani and was staring at the medal and Amaani pulled out a shiny candle glow yellow medal and stood in front of Fluttershy.

“Miss Fluttershy, your kind hearted spirit and your soft emotions is what brings your personality out. Your soft calm voice fluctuates the bright kind aura and your passion for caring for animals and looking out for your friends enables your warm loving heart. I now present you the Medal of Benevolence for your act of true kindness at heart.”

Fluttershy bowed slightly as Amaani placed the medal over her head and once she was finished, Fluttershy smiled as her cheeks were slightly pink.

“Thank you.”

Amaani walked over to Tiran and gave him a look that wasn’t pleasing. She stared at him with hurt in her eyes and Tiran looked away in shame. She picked up his head and smiled at him.

“Tiran, it’s never good to have your head down. Always keep it held high.”

“But why? I don’t deserve to be here. All I ever done was mess things up…”

That’s when everyone in the audience started talking in their own conversations and a few mumblings here and there. Even though I was sitting on a throne, I was looking around and saw all my friends getting worried and Pinkie was rubbing Tiran’s back. I looked at Soarin and he looked at me and he gave me that look, and I knew what that meant. I took a deep breath and got up from the throne and walked towards the front.

“Excuse me everyone!”

Everyone stared at me and I was pretty scared but then I looked at Tiran and I saw that he was pretty nervous as well. I took another deep breath as I saw Soarin looking at me and he nodded his head with a smile on his face. I gave a small sigh as I walked towards Tiran as his head was down. I grabbed his face and stared into his bright yellow eyes.

“She’s right ya know. Why do you have your head down? You need to lift it up Tiran.”

“No Dash! Why should I? What did I do that makes me stand here today? I am the enemy! I’m a changeling either way! I was born bad….and always will be.” He replied as he choked on his tears. I stared down at his and held his face closer to mine.

“Tiran, yes, you are a changeling. But the word “change” is in the word “changeling”, and you’re a changeling that actually changed! Not changing into different forms but by changing your heart and your life around. Looking at you now from the times you were pretending to be Ramon, you have changed so much and it always seems to amaze me all the time how you’ve grown. You’re not going to forget the past in one night Tiran. Look at Sunset Shimmer! She’s made some bad mistakes in the past and guess what? We forgave her and she changed. She’s still developing each and everyday, and so are you! Look, everyone has their flaws, and trust me, I have mine. Tiran, you deserve so much. You actually decided to come and help me defeat Tirek, I mean, if you were evil, you would’ve killed me and heck, you even told me to come to the changeling hive to retrieve the artifacts. You….you were good from the beginning. Crystal was actually right. You are a good guy Tiran. I know you’re hurting and don’t want to see your past once again, trust me, we all don’t want to see our mistakes again. But, I will tell you, over and over again that I am so happy that you are who you are and I hope you never change and you stay being Tiran. So, today, I want to present you, this medal for being different and making the right decision, because meeting you and seeing you change everyday, it makes me happy because it shows that even I can make someone change their hearts. So, this Medal of Redemption belongs to you.” I smiled as I also teared up a bit as I passed him a silver medal and placed it around his neck.

Tiran was also crying now as he wiped his eyes with his sleeve and then pulled me into a nice hug. The audience started cooing and so did my friends. I started to stroke his hair and hug him tightly. We parted as we were both staring into one other’s eyes. I saw how happy he was and how much weight lifted off his shoulders. I saw his teeth and I knew he was happy. Seeing him happy makes me happy. I saw Amaani behind me smiling as she shook Tiran’s hand as Tiran bowed in respect.

“Tiranian, like Rainbow Dash said. I am so proud of how you grown.”

“Thank you your majesty….I swear if I haven’t met Dash...I wouldn’t know what to do at the moment.” Tiran smiled and continued to cry making me cry even more. I felt someone’s hand behind me and I turned around and saw Shivani tearing up as well. She hugged me tightly and rocked me back and forth and started squealing a bit.

“Rainbow Dash, that was incredibly beautiful!” She clapped her hands and also wiped her eyes. I felt happy for myself but the ceremony wasn’t over. I saw that there was one more medal in the golden vault and I saw Queen Amaani walk towards Soarin. Soarin was super surprised and when Amaani was about to say something, Soarin spoke up and bowed as well.

“Your majesty, I appreciate it, but I don’t need a medal. I have no special magic or anything. It’s okay, you shouldn’t waste your medals on someone useless like me.”

Queen Amaani flexed her eyebrows and gave Soarin a perplexed look. Amaani sighed as she placed her hand over Soarin’s shoulder. When I heard Soarin call himself “useless”, I gave a huge gasp but Sunrise covered my mouth before I could’ve said anything else.

“Soarin Alexander Rogelio Skies, why would you call yourself useless? You are not useless. You are technically the reason why we are all here right now. Did you forget? If you haven’t remembered Rainbow Dash, she wouldn’t be here and neither would all of us. So, Soarin, you played a huge part in this. You’re intelligent, caring, loving, sweet, kind hearted. You’re perfect just the way you are and much more. Voyaging with Rainbow Dash was the best thing that happened. You are a hero Soarin! You helped Rainbow Dash and her friends get their memories back and you also helped Rainbow Dash get her magic back as well. That’s not being useless, that’s being a hero! And last but certainly not the least, I would like to present Soarin, the Medal of Heroism and you are going to be my personal squire from now on. I have faith in you Soarin that you won’t let Gemporia down and most importantly me.”

I was super happy for him! Soarin got his own crown and he is the queen’s squire?! Amaani placed a beautiful cobalt blue medal around his neck. Soarin was in shock when he heard the news, he looked at Amaani and then at me. I was clapping for him as he walked up towards me and carried me out of my throne and started spinning me around. He held me in his arms and stared right into my eyes making my cheeks flare up in heat.

“Dashie, I couldn’t have done this without you, you know that?” He asked as he started to smile which I totally loved to see his freaking dimples! I started to blush deeply as he smiled and started leaning closer to my face.

“Yes I do know that. But, if you haven’t defended me, I would’ve been losing the most important person I needed in my life.”

We both smiled at one another as both of our faces were a splash of magenta. Soarin was still carrying me and the audience was cooing once more. Then Pinkie came up from behind us and started to scream.

“OH JUST KISS ALREADY!!!” She exclaimed as Soarin and I looked away and flushed deeply from embarrassment as Pinkie brought out a wagon full on t-shirts that said “SoarinDash 4 EVA” on them.

“Cause if you guys don’t, I dunno what I’ll do with all these t-shirts!” She huffed. The Queen clapped her hands twice in order to get everything back on track.

“I know you all are very excited, but we must proceed with the remainder of the ceremony. Soarin, be a gentleman and please release Rainbow Dash in a careful matter? I know how much you want to carry her.” She giggled softly making my face blow up in blazing heat. Soarin placed my feet on the ground and stood next to me and laughed.

“Yes your highness.”

I knew it was time for me to get crowned because Amaani stomped her feet and then everything got quiet. I walked in front of her, waited to hear any further instructions. She brought out a metallic red pillow which carried a beautiful royal blue flower crown. The flowers were royal blue hibiscus from Polynesia and there were also tiny silver spiral vines around the rim. I stared at the flower crown in awe as Queen Amaani was going to give a speech.

“Citizens of Gemporia! We are now going to be celebrating something eventful! A 1,000 years ago, my older brother, Tirek was using his powers for wrong, and with that, he decided to use Phrya as an advantage in order to get the crown by a wager. But, when all hope was lost, the polynesian ancestors written a prophecy for someone to defeat my brother. And today, the wonderful young maiden is standing before us today. So, without further ado, may Rainbow Dash come forth please?”

While trying to wipe off the huge smile off my face, I walked up to Queen Amaani as she held the flower crown in her hands. I kneeled down as she placed the slightly heavy crown over my head. I rose up slowly to make sure it wouldn’t fall off of my head. Once I stood up straight, all of the goddesses stood up and were across from one another, forming a line. All of them bowed to me, as I bowed to them and I turned around for the whole congregation to see me. I could see all of my friends bowing slightly as well as Pinkie was so excited, she hugged Applejack tightly.

“Ladies and gentlemen, may I now present to you, Princess Rainbow Miriam Alexandria Dash, the Goddess of Sincerity!”

The whole congregation was in full uproar! Everyone got up and started cheering! Bursts of confetti filled the air and the musicians started playing music. Everyone was so happy! Shivani, Sunrise, Amaranthine, Lilia, and Ocean Wave were all hugging one another and were cheering for me as well. I couldn’t stop smiling so hard, I just don’t know why! I walked down from the platform and all of my friends walked towards me and we all cuddled and gave a very long group hug.

“Oh Rainbow, we are SO proud of you!” Twilight squealed as she was rubbing her head against my shoulder. Pinkie, Sunset, Rarity, Jackie, and Fluttershy all nodded their heads in agreement.

“Way to stick it to da curb sugarcube!” Jackie smiled as she ruffled up my hair a bit.

“You did such a marvelous job darling!” Rarity clapped her hands and hugged me.

“Rainbow, you don’t know how proud we are of you for making a huge accomplishment! When all of this is over, I am going to write a letter to Princess Twilight. You should tell her about your experience this summer!” Sunset added as she was thinking about who should write the letter.

“Congratulations Rainbow Dash. I am so proud of you!” Fluttershy beamed brightly as she hugged me as well. Pinkie grabbed me from my neck and was hugging me so tightly I almost lost my breath!

“Dashie!! I said this once and I’m gonna say it again! I am super duper happy that you made it this far!! I really wanna burst and jump around like a maniac but ya know, royal officials and stuff! But, this hug will TOTALLY do!!” She hugged me extremely tightly and I was patting her head and started laughing.

“Haha, thanks Pinkie. But honestly you guys, I couldn’t have done this without you guys. We defeated Tirek together! And now, we can celebrate for the job well done!”

“Well, if I haven’t saved you from the ambush by the Black Panthers to begin with, you wouldn’t be standing here right now.” A deep masculine voice said. We all turned around to see Tiran standing by a pillar with a smug little grin. I gave a cocky smirk back and before I could’ve said anything to him, Pinkie pushed me to the side and jumped on Tiran, giving him a tight hug.

I decided to leave them alone for a while and I turned around to go to the hallway and relax for a bit before the ceremony party. I walked out the exit and it was a hallway that led to the outside. It looked like an ancient roman bridges with tiny lilies growing on the sides. I sat by the edges and placed the crown on my lap. I stared at it for a while thinking to myself.

“Did I really deserve this…?”

I honestly didn’t know where exactly these thoughts were coming from but I wasn’t even paying attention at all to see Soarin standing near the entrance part of the bridge intersection.

“I knew I find you in here.”

I turned around and saw that he was walked towards me with his hands in his pockets. I immediately placed the crown back on my head hoping he didn’t notice me by myself.

“Oh hey Soarin, um, what’s shaking?”

“Hah, um, nothing much. How are you, Goddess Sincerity?”

“Oh, I should say the same thing to you, Mr. Squire of the Queen.” I shot back while giving him a smirk. He leaned against me and smirked as well.

“Looks like someone’s a bit jealous~”

“Oh please?! Jealous! Me?! Never!”

“Yeah sure.”

We both started laughing and then we were both sitting on the edge of the bridge seeing the other side of Gemporia. The gorgeous green fields, the shimmering blue water, the colorful birds soaring in the sky, the calm wind blowing, and the majestic rainbow in the sky. The wind softly blew Soarin’s hair and also mind in a swaying movement. We both sighed at the same time before looking at one another again.

“So, um, how does it feel to have the sapphire necklace permanently?”

“Honestly, it doesn’t feel different at all. I mean, I did carry it around for most of the voyage anyway, so technically nothing has really changed to be fairly honest.”

Soarin nodded his head in reply and continued to stare at the scenery. I don’t really think I mentioned this but Soarin doesn’t talk a much. He’s pretty calm, quiet, and shy. He’s goofy when he wants to be, but I know him for 9 years now. He’s also a sweetheart. A very kind hearted sweetheart. I saw his left hand on his lap and my cheeks turned a light pink as I stretched out my hand to grab his hand. I was trying to not make it too obvious so when I felt his soft smooth hand, my face splashed a deep crimson as I removed my quickly and looked away and tried to cover my face. I could feel that he was looking down on me with that cute smile he always does.

“You know, if you wanted to hold my hand, you could’ve just told me Dashie.”

“W-W-What?? Hahaha, who said anything about wanting to touch your hand? I didn’t say anything like that! Hahaha!” I replied as my voice was cracking a bit. Soarin just gave a tiny chuckle as he pulled me closer to him. My head was now resting on his smooth chest and my face was blazing up now. I tried to hide it while covering up my face but Soarin didn’t seem to notice. He sighed once more and rested his head on top of mine. I closed my eyes for a few seconds until I heard the door burst open and Soarin and I got up from one another as quickly as possible as both of our faces were burning up as the embarrassment in my cheeks began to rise drastically. We both saw Sunrise sort of snickering as she saw us flushing from pure embarrassment.

“Oh come on guys! Continue. Don’t mind me! I’m just a random stranger walking by.” She sort of sang in a tune as she was lazily walking down the bridge while whistling as well.

“Yeah a very nosey stranger who likes to invade on people’s private moments!” I snapped back but Sunrise turned around and pretended to act like she was innocent.

“Moi? Oh Rainbow Dash, I wasn’t expecting you to lie on me like that.”

We both exchanged glances at one another and then faced Sunrise with upset facial expressions. She got the memo and started to walk out slowly.

“Oh, I get it! You guys want some ALONE time because you guys want to be ALONE which I totally understand hence the word, ALONE!!!” Sunrise coughed every time she said the word “ALONE” making me and Soarin flush a bit more. Soarin bit his lip and reassured to Sunrise.

“Um Sunrise..? We just wanted to chat for a few moments. Okay? We’ll catch you later during the coronation party.”

Sunrise got the memo and walked out the door. Soarin sat next to me again and we both started laughing.

“Whew, that was a bit….funny.”

“Hah, yeah I guess. The way you just spoke to her was just wow.”

“I CAN STILL HEAR YOU!!” A voice from the door shouted as we saw Sunrise peaking through the tiny window on the door. We both started laughing even more as a few people were staring at us all weird.

Transition to next scene….

The party is going awesome! There was blasting music, party games, snacks, drinks, and just everyone having the best time. Rainbow colored lights were all around the room and the banners were colored with blue. I was standing by the punch table at the moment just looking at how everyone was having the best time. I wasn’t really feeling it at all, I just don’t know why. I saw my mom chatting with Amorette and Queen Amaani. I saw Shivani and Ali eating their food, Ocean Wave and Lilia were laughing away in a booth, Amaranthine and Fluttershy were having a conversation, Pinkie busting out some moves out on the dance floor, Twilight and Sunset blushing as they were trying to kiss but everytime they did, someone would walk past them, Rarity and Jackie are somewhere around, and Sunrise and Lightning Strike playing poker. Sunrise was winning because she had this mischievous grin on her face and started cackling. Lighting Strike just sat there looking over at his cards with no expression at all. I wanted to lean in closer to see how this game will end.

“Yo Lightning ya ready to lose?!”

He just stared at her and then at his cards. He just shrugged his shoulders as Sunrise licked her lips and slammed her cards on the desk and laid her back behind the chair and rested her feet on the table. She chuckled and pretended to feel bad for him. Lightning looked down at her cards and saw that Sunrise had 3 kings and 2 queens. She gave him a smug grin and yawned.

“Welp, sorry baby, I guess you will have to be my slave forever after this since I won the bet!”

Lightning Strike gave a tiny chuckle and then placed his cards on top of hers and he had 5 aces. Sunrise hollered a huge gasp and then slammed her hands on the table as she pulled Lightning Strike close to her face.

“ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?”

“Hey, we're in public watch your mouth young lady.”

“Oh, don't you YOUNG LADY me!! Okay?! You win every fucking time like are you serious?!?! You're such a fucking baka!!”

“That's Masta Baka to you. You're now my slave, like ya said.” He smiled as he patted her head. Sunrise was boiling up and she stormed away in pure anger.

“I'm going to get some punch!!” She mumbled as she stormed off. I was pretty shocked at how she reacted but hey, this is Sunrise we're talking about here. Lightning Strike sighed as he packed up all the cards and placed them in his pocket. I just stared at the table that he was sitting on as I tried to rethink about what just happened. Sunset came over to me and grabbed a class of fruit punch as well.

“What just happened?”

“Uh, just Sunrise being Sunrise.” I laughed softly. “She lost a game to Lightning.”

“Oh, I bet she didn't take that too easy.” Sunset added with a slight smug. I laughed a bit louder than before as we saw Sunrise sitting back down on the table apologizing to Lightning.

“Haha, knowing her she didn't. But they seem okay now.”

We both saw them smile and kiss on the lips for a few seconds. Lightning Strike saw Sunset and I at the corner of his eye and when he finished kissed Sunrise, he motioned his hand to tell us to come.

“Good evening you two. Care to join us with a game of poker?”

“No no no! I wanna rematch and that's final! Sorry Dash and Sunset, I just want to beat him for once in this game!” Sunrise growled as she was shuffling up the cards after she snatched them from Lightning’s pockets. Lightning rolled his eyes and waved goodbye to us. We both were walking away from the table as the dance floor was more visible. Sunset nudged my shoulder with a slight smile.

“You know, you should spend this night with Soarin.”

My cheeks turned a slight shade of pink as Sunset was wiggling her eyebrows. I gave her a light punch on her shoulder and then we both started dying of laughter.

“Haha I dunno….I mean I don't wanna be a bother at all.”

“And you won't.”

I turned around and saw Soarin smiling at me while drinking some punch. I stood there blinking rapidly as my face splashed with a hint of pink as Soarin started chuckling. Sunset started to smirk and she winked at me.

“I’ll leave you two alone.”

She walked away as she gave me a thumbs up as I stared back to see Soarin sipping his cup. He leaned against the table almost tipping over the drinks and bowls of chips but he got his balance and almost fell himself but he tried to hide it with a smug. I started to snicker quietly before he said anything. I saw my mom at the corner of my eye and I knew this would be a perfect opportunity to show my mother to Soarin. I took a deep breath and tapped Soarin’s shoulder.

“Hey Soar, I want you to meet someone special.”

“Sure.”

I grabbed his arm as I saw my mother’s figure closer and closer hoping that we won’t make a huge scene like she always does. My palms were a bit sweaty and my feet were shaking rapidly.

“Hey mom! I-”

“Oh! Hey sweetie! How are you feeling? Are you excited that you are now an unforgotten goddess?”

“Hah, sure am, but I would like you to meet someone that greatly had a huge impact on my life.” I shyly said as I pushed Soarin on front of her as he soft of blushed a bit and waved.

“Mom, I like you too meet Soarin.”

My mom stared at him for a pretty long time. Not even saying a word. She squinted her eyes a few times, and some other times, she would blink rapidly. I had a worried smile on my face as Soarin was smiling sheepishly.

“Your majesty, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” Soarin calmly said as he slightly bowed to her. My mom’s face lit up as she started to smile.

“Oh, well aren’t you a sweet gentleman?” She asked as she was smiling super hard now. I was praying that she wouldn’t burst out in excitement. Soarin was pretty much flustered right about now as his face was from cyan to a bright crimson glow.

“W-W-Why thank you so much. Rainbow Dash has told me so much about you. I never seen you in person, but now I see where Dashie gets her beauty from.”

My eyes widened as my face increased with a huge blush smeared across my cheeks as I grumbled at Soarin. My mom’s jaw was wide open and I could tell she was ready to holler. But surprisingly, she didn’t holler at all. But...she did giggle so much which sent shivers down my spine.

“Oh, ho ho ho, well you seem to be such a sweetheart! Honey, I didn’t know you had a good choice in boys, atta girl!” She squealed making Soarin’s face beam and also mine as well.

“MOM!! You’re embarrassing me!!!” I groaned as I smacked my forehead. My mom smiled sheepishly and covered her mouth.

“Oh goodness! I am so so sorry! My apologizes!”

“No no. It’s alright your majesty.”

“Oh please, call me Phyra! All my friends call me that.”

“Hahaha yes, we already established that!” I smiled sheepishly as I was pulling Soarin away from my mom but she caught me in the nick of time as she smacked my arm.

“Rainbow sweetie! How rude of you to push Soarin away from me while I was talking to him?” She huffed as she pulled Soarin from my grasp as they were walking away from me. Me being startled, I started to panic because I know what topics she’ll be addressing to him.

“Honey, me and Soarin are just going to be chatting for a little while. Why don’t you just chat with your friends in the meantime, hmm?” She stated as her voice was travelling along with her body as Soarin and my mom’s figures were gone from my sight. I groaned in pain and anger as I rolled up my fist. I saw Sunrise with a pretty upset facial expression as she stopped and rolled her eyes.

“I lost...again…” She grumbled as she sat down on a nearby seat. “I did every single tatic and cheat in the book, and still lose! How’s your night been going?”

“Horrible! My mom and Soarin are talking and I know exactly what the topic is about!”

“The birds and the bees….?” Sunrise asked as she flexed one of her eyebrows at me. My face lit up as I shouted in anger even more.

“NO! OF COURSE NOT!! It’s the whole dating topic….”

“Ouch. Well, good luck.”

That’s when the DJ put on an upbeat song and mostly everyone in the room got up from their seats and started dancing. Sunrise and I stared at one another and then at the dance floor. I saw Sunset and Twilight swaying from side to side. I saw Rarity moving a bit alongside with AJ. Fluttershy wasn’t on the dance floor really but she was still chatting with Amaranthine. But Pinkie Pie was going off the chains. She was twisting and gliding, turning and shimmying and salsa and disco. Everyone made a circle around her as they were cheering and clapping up a st0rm. Sunrise was laughing as she nudged my shoulder.

“You should totally dance with her! It’s your coronation!”

“What? But I-”

“Look, if you ain’t going, I sure am!” She smiled as she dashed to the dance floor and started busting some moves with Pinkie. I was laughing as well just seeing my two friends lighting up the party. I had a great view of them as well, until someone’s hands were over my eyes.

“Guess who?” A goofy voice replied and I instantly knew exactly who that was but I decided to play along.

“Hmmmm I have no idea, but his hands sure smell great!”

We both doubled with laughter as a few tables gave us glares. We didn’t care, not one bit. After our laughter died down, I heard the microphone hit and also I saw Twilight in front of the mic.

“Good evening everyone! Are you all having a great time?” She asked as she was smiling. We all started to cheer and Soarin placed me on his lap and started poking at my nose.

“I am so glad that everyone is having the best time! Now, I want to applause Rainbow Dash for getting this far. I’ve seen her grow in many ways and all I have to say is that I am proud of how you came Rainbow Dash! Three cheers for Rainbow!”

Everyone cheered for me and decided to raise their glass cups as well. I started to smile while blushing as well. I rolled my eyes playfully as Soarin nudged my shoulder.

“Now I want to dedicate this next song playing to Rainbow Dash and Soarin!”

We both turned to face Twilight as our faces were a bright red. The room clapped for us as they were all staring at Soarin and me. I covered my face from embarrassment as a nice slow song began to play. The lights dimmed and the stage background was a nice royal blue. People got from their seats and started dancing. I happen to spot Twilight and Sunset, Pinkie and Tiran, Sunrise and Lightning Strike, and Shivani and Ali all dancing with their significant other. Me and Soarin tried our best to avoid eye contact at all times. I was praying that Soarin didn’t say anything but just the moment I was about to leave…..

“So, um, y-you wanna dance….?”

I looked up at him as my face was burning with pure blush. He looked down at me with a sheepish smile and then started scratching the back of his neck.

“I-I mean, it’s totally understandable if you don’t want too. I completely understand if you-”

“I-I’d love too.”

We both glanced into one another’s eyes and Soarin took my hand as we were both blushing deeply as he walked me to the dance floor. Once we were on the dance floor, I couldn’t stop staring into his shimmering emerald eyes. He placed his hands around my waist which made us both blush and turn away. I finally place my hands around his neck as our eyes were locked on one another’s.

You're in my arms
And all the world is calm
The music playing on for only two
So close together
And when I'm with you
So close to feeling alive~

As the music started to play more, Soarin moved forward and started carrying our tempo with the music. I was confused at first because I never slowed danced before. I was scared as well as I was looking down and seeing how our feet were going sync. I didn’t want to accidentally step on his feet but Soarin held my face and made my face turn even more red.

“Remember when you’re dancing, you have to look at your partner.” He smiled making me smile sheepishly.

So close, was waiting
Waiting here with you
And now, forever, I know
All that I wanted
To hold you so close~

He then twirled me around which sent my stomach into an abyss. We were both smiling now as I started getting the hang of it. We began spinning around as our embrace of romance became closer with every turn. Soon, we were the only ones on the dance floor now as we were both dancing and laughing as well. When the music was dying down, I felt a deep connection to Soarin which made my heart beat drastically. I started blushing super hard now, my face felt like it was about to explode. I looked up at Soarin and then rested my head against his chest and let out a dreamy sigh. He placed his hands around my waist and place his head on my head as we just swayed back and forth until the song ended. Once the song ended, everyone clapped for us and I was still in Soarin’s embrace. We let go from one another and we both were blushing way too hard.

Soarin’s P.O.V

After we danced, it got quiet and then the DJ played another party song and everyone started dancing once again. I felt my hand touching someone else’s hand and I realized she was holding my hand and was dragging me somewhere. I started to chuckle as I stopped in my tracks.

“Where are you going missy?” I smirked at her as she turned around and rolled her eyes.

“This place is WAY too loud for me to concentrate and I can barely hear you when you’re talking. I wanted to go outside to get away from everything, ya know?”

I nodded my head in agreement as we both snuck throughout one of the rooms to the balcony outside. Once she opened the door, I felt the calm breeze hit my face as the sky was a bright indigo and there were thousands of stars in the sky. Dash was standing at the edge of the balcony and she was just taking in the sweet air. I saw how the wind was just blowing her hair softly as the rainbow colors were flowing gracefully with the wind’s sequence. She was looking at the stars with a focused look in her face. I saw her rosey magenta eyes twinkling as the stars reflected their light on them. I just leaned against the balcony rails as I was just staring at how gorgeous and majestic she was. I didn’t want to be too obvious of the fact that I was staring at her, so I tried to play it off by looking at the sky as well. I would l0ok at the sky and then at her and then back at the sky again. I thought she was going to say something about how I am staring her down because when she spoke up, I was scared.

“It’s beautiful isn’t it?” She asked as she gazed at the night sky and sighed in pleasure.

“Yeah, you totally are~” I replied as I was staring at the sky but I was really thinking about Dashie. She snapped out of her trance and looked up at me which made me look at her. I realized what I said and at this moment, I knew I fucked up big time!

“What?!”

“Oh no no Dashie! I meant to say the sky's totally beautiful! Cause the sky is beautiful! Not saying that you aren’t, I mean you are, but the sky is beautiful too! Wait, did I just say you’re beautiful?? Haha, I meant to say stunning as always! No wait, not stunning, I just...um okay nevermind…” I blushed deeply as I looked away from her. She started to giggle as she looked back at the sky again.

“Thanks for the compliments, but the sky is gorgeous! Just look at all those stars! They are all so beautiful as they twinkle!” She squealed a bit as she was just so mesmerized at the night sky.

“They are amazing, but none of them can compare to your beauty…”

Our eyes both widened as we both took a glimpse at one another as both of our face cheeks were a dark crimson and we both looked away from each other instantly. I saw her tuck the sides on her hair behind her ear as she was blushing deeper than I was.

“W-Well, thank you.” She smiled at me making my face blush deeper. “You sure do love complimenting me, huh?”

“Hah, if they are facts then yes.”

“Oh hush it!” She blurted out as we started laughing a bit more. It got quiet again, and I decided to tell her the truth. That I love her, and this time nothing’s gonna hold me back!

“Um Soarin…?” She asked as she was a bit worried in her tone of her voice.

“Yeah Dashie?”

“I-I have something really important to tell you…..”

“Omg...she is blushing!! Does she like me back??” I thought as I saw her face turning pink as she kept looking away from my embrace a couple of times.

“It might also affect our friendship, so I don’t want you to take this too hard…”

“Oh gosh, this must be serious! She is tearing up a bit….uh oh, this can’t be good! But you gotta take it like a man!” I thought as I placed my hand over her shoulder.

“Hey, whatever it is, it’s going to be okay. You can always tell me anything!”

She looked up at me and smiled as she wiped her tears. She took a deep breath and cleared her throat.

“Well, after this coronation, I was thinking of going back to India.”

“Yeah sure, what’s so wrong with that?”

“But, after I go to India…..I am thinking of going back to America…….”

My brain stopped functioning for a while as my heart completely shattered into millions of pieces...I was just thinking about our future together, just me and her...but I see that she doesn’t want that…..

“B-Back to….A-America…..?” I asked as I choked on my tears.

“Yea….well, only for a year….”

She looked at me with tears in her eyes and my eyes were already running and swelling up with tears. She gasped softly as she placed her hands over my face.

“Hey hey hey, don’t cry! Hey, look at me. Listen, I am only going there for a year to finish up my senior year in high school. I just need that year to gain college credits and also a diploma. If I don’t, it will look bad on my résumé…..I know I sound like a mean person for not telling you anything...but I need to do this...besides….I want to go explore over there once more, before I move back into India. Don’t worry, 12 months isn’t long as you think it is….” She cried as she bit her lip and I started crying even more because of the fact that I won’t see her for a whole year! I looked down at my fingers as I was fiddling with them and was pretty upset at this whole thing but hey, like she said, it would look awful on her résumé. Even though is she a princess in India, she stills needs a diploma. I wiped my tears and hugged her tightly. That’s when she started bursting into tears.

“I-I-I’m so sorry…..” She sniffed. I looked deeply into her eyes and placed my hands over her cheeks making her face turn a light shade of pink.

“Dashie, I totally understand. And hey, if this is important to you, it’s important to me as well. I will always be here for you. No matter how far away you may be. I will wait here for you and when you do return, I will never let you go from my grasp.”

I hugged her tightly once again and once the hug was over, we were both close to one another as our embrace was very tight. Our faces were a bright red as we both turned away from one another instantly.

“So you’re not mad at me…?” She asked as her voice sort of crack. I shook my head and ruffled her hair a bit.

“Now why would I be mad at you? It’s totally okay.” I smiled but then I realized if I don’t tell her sooner or later, I won’t see her for a whole year. I decided to use my courage and confidence to finally tell her!

“H-Hey um Dash….?”

“Hehehe, yes Soarin?”

“S-S-Since we’re um telling one another secrets, I-I have one as well…”

“Oh….?”

“Yeah, it might affect our friendship as well…”

Rainbow Dash’s P.O.V

Yikes, hearing this from Soarin is making my legs shake and my stomach ache as well. I am not sure if I should be happy right now. He was sweating and shuffling with his fingers which made me a bit scared.

“How will it affect our friendship Soarin?”

“W-W-Wait! I will tell you but just promise me that you won’t laugh at me or anything…”

“I cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!” I placed my right hand over my eye while smiling. Soarin looked confused as I flushed a bit. “Oh, hehe, it’s a Pinkie Promise thingy. If you break it, Pinkie will be the last person you ever will see in your life, just saying. Not to scare you or anything.”

Soarin nodded his head as he was breathing sort of heavily. He was pretty scared and also embarrassed. We were both staring at one another as our eyes locked onto one another. I could see his shimmering emerald eyes beaming with the light from the stars. Soarin held my hands firmly as we were both now inches away from one another.

“D-Dashie….ever since we met, I knew that we had a thing going. We became instant best friends and it was the greatest gift that I ever received in my entire life. Time grew by and when things got tough, you were always there to help me cheer me up. Even when you were gone for 6 years, I felt empty, lost, confused, and brokenhearted. But now that you are here in front of me, I see that without you, I am seriously nothing. Heck, you defeated a giant monster and you got a title of becoming a goddess! Rainbow Dash, you’re awesome, you’re loyal, you’re spunky, you’re a bit cocky sometimes, but most importantly, you’re beautiful. I know you think I am over exaggerating, but every time I look at you, my heart just explodes….and I-I am so grateful to have you come into my life..”

My face was splashed with pure blush and embarrassment as I was in complete shock as Soarin was smiling down at me as his face was with pure embarrassment as well. Somehow, my stomach wasn’t aching anymore, but it had butterflies waiting to burst out and my knees were shaking up against one another and my palms were really really sweaty. All I was saying was little mumbles and before I could’ve actually said anything, Soarin used both of his hands and placed it over my cheeks making me blush a dark dark shade of red. We were getting closer and closer as our noses weren’t too far away from touching. Soarin leaned in a bit closer towards me sending a huge wave of butterflies fluttering uncontrollably in my stomach! Our noses finally touched as my heartbeat increased it’s tempo drastically. His eyes were still locked on mines as we were inches apart of touching our lips. Just the thought of my lips pressing against his made my whole entire face turn a deep shade of red as I held his arms as his hands were still over my cheeks.

“S-Soarin…”

He was blushing deeply as well as brushed my bang to the side and tucked some of my hair behind my ear and I could feel his breathing from his nose increased as well. My heart was pounding loudly as it felt like a huge marching band drum was pounding it. Our lips were centimeters away from touching until Soarin whispered something to me, which made my heart leap inside my body.

“Dashie, ti amo~”

Before I could even respond to anything he just told me, Soarin pulled me closer to him, making our lips press against one another deeply. The feeling of his soft tender lips sent my nerves and my entire body into an abyss of happiness. I didn’t want to show how excited I really was so I decided to kiss the bottom part of his lip and then we both started kissing until we held the kiss for a pretty long time, until we both got super excited at the same time causing the both of us to kiss passionately as I violently brushed Soarin’s hair out of his face and his hands were around my waistline causing me blush deeply and start to kiss more vigorously. His right hand was stroking my hair lovingly as our lips started going deeper into each other’s mouths. We both separated at the same time leaving a strand of saliva escaping my mouth. The tiny strand was forming at the side of my mouth as Soarin was still blushing and he was dying of laughter. I looked down at the saliva strand as I wiped it off quickly and covered my cheeks from embarrassment.

“Awwww now isn’t that the most cutest thing?” He smiled as I pulled his face closer to mine as he was the one blushing this time.

“Hehe, I love you too ya goofball.” I replied as I kissed his lips again but this time it was shorter. We both hugged one another and Soarin held me closer to him. He whispered in my ear before starting to laugh once again.

“I can’t believe that I am the shy one and I confessed my love before you did.” He whispered before laughing loudly again. I nudged his arm playfully as we started laughing again. The clock was showing 11:34pm and that’s when I yawned.

“Well, I better go and hit the hay, I am pretty exhausted. We need to go back to India so we’ll be leaving first thing in the-”

“We can always travel in the afternoon Dashie.” Soarin stated as we were walking down the hall to where the bedrooms were. We passed by my room where I was staying with my friends. Before I turned the knob, Soarin caressed my cheek again and this time we were face to face with one another. He kissed my forehead and then kneeled down and kissed my hand as both of our faces were red once again.

“Good night my love. Sweet dreams.”

“As long as you’re in them.”

He got up and kissed my lips once more making me place my hands around his neck. Since I was pretty short, I ended up standing on his toes. We touched noses as I sighed and heard my friends laughing on the other side of the door.

“Should we tell them?”

“No, not yet. Let our relationship stay a secret for now. I don’t want people to freak out because you know how your friends and Sunrise can get.” Soarin reassured me. I nodded my head in agreement as I kissed his cheek before I went inside.

“Good night Soarin. Today was very special.”

“Yup, I’ll see you tomorrow.”

I began to open the door as once the door opened, I saw Soarin holding the door in order for me to go inside, but I pushed him out the door and he started to chuckle softly. I closed the door before any of my friends saw him or reacted to anything. I stood in front of the door, sighing in a lovely tone. I was looking at the ceiling and I could still feel so butterflies still fluttering in my stomach. A pillow plopped on the ground in front of me, making me snap back into reality. I saw Sunset dashing towards the pillow as she grabbed it firmly in her hands and she didn’t even notice that I was behind her.

“Alright! Nobody move! No one wants to make me go crazy!” Sunset panted as she was posing for her next strike.

“But you’re already crazy!” Twilight shouted as Sunset threw the pillow in her face hard as Twilight fell back as she hit the ground. I stood there in shock as I saw Pinkie jump directly on top of Sunset and playfully messing up her hair. Pinkie and Sunset both fell backwards on the nearby bed and they started dying of laughter! Soon, everyone was dying of laughter and they still haven’t noticed me. After some of the laughter died down, Rarity was the first one to notice me.

“Oh darling! How long have you been standing there?” She asked as she was out of breath from laughing too hard.

“Oh, well, until Sunset threw the pillow in Twilight’s face. But what are you guys doing here?”

“Oh! Well, the party ended a bit early because the queen was pretty tired. We had so much fun! We did the samba, the shimmie, the foxtrot, the limbo! Oh Dashie you should’ve been there!” Pinkie squealed as she did a little demonstration of each dance.

“Speaking of which, where were you exactly? We didn’t even see you after you and Soarin danced.” Twilight added making me gulp deeply in my throat. I started to sweat a little bit too due to the fact that they were catching on so quickly.

“Yea, and come to think of it, I didn’t see Soarin in the party room either!” Sunset said as she was thinking hard as well. My cheeks were a bright shade of red as I was frozen in place. My face and palms were now sweaty as all my friends were looking at me. Applejack gave me a slight little smirk as she walked forward to my direction and when she got to me, she leaned against my shoulder and gave me a very smug look.

“Hmmm I don’t suppose you and Soarin were together somewhere?” She asked as she wiggled her eyebrows which made my cheeks flush deeper. Sunset joined Applejack and leaned against the other side of my body and wiggled her eyebrows as well.

“Seems like you two were having a great time huh?” Sunset purred as she gave me a very seductive look. I removed myself from her and Jackie instant;y as I felt my face burning up from embarrassment.

“We didn’t do anything you guys! We just went out of the room because it was getting too loud and overcrowded. That’s all, and nothing else!!” I shouted angrily at them as they gave me a blank facial expression.

“You sound really defensive there Dashie…” Fluttershy said as she was braiding the side of her hair. I stormed to the other side of the room and was searching for my pajamas.

“Listen you guys, we didn’t do anything okay? I know you guys want us as a couple and everything, but these things take time and you shouldn’t rush me and it’s also my decision or not, so just please stop!”

The room was silent that you barely heard a pindrop. Everyone stared at me with sad facial expressions. I sighed as I took off most of the clothes and wore my pajamas. I was wrapping myself in my blanket and saw all of my friends walking to their own beds pretty slowly. I honestly felt bad for talking to them like that because it was pretty rude.

“Hey guys? I am really sorry...today has been a really rough day…”

“Oh Rainbow Dash, we completely understand. You’re an unforgotten goddess now, and it’s going to be stressful. You have a job to do now and we understand. Right girls?” Fluttershy asked as she rubbed my back and looked over to my friends as they all nodded their heads in agreement. I exhaled with a sigh of relief.

“Whew, I am so glad you guys understand me. I thought you all were going to get mad at me.”

“What for?”

“OH nothing!” I smiled as we all doubled with laughter. Pinkie smirked at us and was holding something from behind her hand.

“DASHIE CATCHES!!!” She exclaimed as she threw a huge pillow in my face, but before I could’ve reacted, the pillow slammed right in my face making me fall back in my bed. Everyone gasped thinking that I got hurt, but I started dying of laughter as I firmly grabbed the pillow and arose from my bed and growled at Pinkie.

“Oh! It is SO on!!” I exclaimed as I threw the pillow at her with speed making her hit the ground as well and for the rest of the night we were just chasing one another with pillows and this totally concluded my awesome day!