The Story Of Sky Blue

As Sky slowly awoke she noticed a few things at once. First, there seemed to be someone rubbing her forehead with a wet towel. Second, she could hear someone crying. And third, She could hear Zecora chanting next to her. The third one didn’t last long, though, as she slowly stopped and stood up. Sky slowly opened her eyes and looked around. She heard Fluttershy gasp and run in the direction of the crying. Then she felt someone lean in and say,

“Get up now little Sky Blue,

There is much clean-up to do.

It would seem there was a fight,

And Rainbow is with Applejack out in the night.

You should go and speak to her now,

And try to sort out this row.” Sky nodded weakly and rolled off of the desk she was on. She trotted unsteadily out of the library. She heard Rainbow speaking. She walked over to the sound. Her and Applejack were standing in the light of Luna’s full moon. Oddly, the light seemed slightly dimmer than usual. Sky ignored it and approached ‘Dash and AJ. She could hear quiet crying.

“I don’t know why I’m so worried, AJ. I actually yelled at Twilight! I just, I just got so angry at her. I’m worried that she won’t wake up. I don’t know why I’m feeling like this. This isn’t me! I’m Rainbow Dash! I’m twenty percent cooler than anything in Equestria! And yet, I’m falling to pieces over a mare I met, what, two days ago? What’s happening?” AJ rubbed her shoulder with her forehoof.

“Don’t worry sugarcube, she’ll be fine. Ah promise you.”

“Well, AJ, that’s one promise you can keep.” Rainbow and Applejack jumped and spun around. Before anyone could say anything, Rainbow had leapt forward and pulled Sky into a tight hug. Sky stroked her mane for a second, but then AJ cleared her throat and they separated. They stood there awkwardly for a few minutes, but then Fluttershy was next to them.

“Rainbow, Applejack, Sky, I’ve been calling you for five minutes! I-I’m afraid I might have woken someone up I was shouting so loud!” Rainbow chuckled and walked back into the library. Aj gave Sky a funny look --good or bad she couldn’t discern-- and followed Rainbow. Sky pawed the ground for a moment, but Fluttershy tapped Sky on the shoulder.

“Um... Sky? Are you coming?” Sky shook her head, her train of thought derailing into the deep ditch of distraction.

“Yeah, yeah, sorry, I’m coming.”

As Sky walked back into Twilight’s Library, She saw Zecora talking to Twilight. After a muted discussion, she nodded to Twilight and turned to leave.

“Ah, it looks like the pegasus Sky Blue,

Is finally looking good as new.

I was just telling Twilight of what I saw,

And don’t worry, I did not recount it all.” Zecora said this when she noticed the grimace on Sky’s face.

“But now I must go back home,

Twilight has given me this interesting tome.”

She waved the book in front of Sky.

“I will leave you to explain,

What you saw inside your brain.” With that, Zecora wandered off, towards the outskirts of Ponyville. I guess she doesn’t feel like staying. That was a pretty dodgy excuse for her leaving though. The author must be getting tired. She shook her head, dislodging this strange thought. She walked over to where her friends were huddled. She noticed that Twilight and Rainbow were avoiding each others’ gaze. AJ was the first to speak.

“Alright, now tell us. What in tarnation happened in there? We asked Twi’, but she wants you to tell us.”

“Alright, but promise me one thing.”

AJ continued to act as the voice  of the group. Even ‘Dash seemed subdued.

“And what would that be?”

“Don’t hate me after I finish.” Applejack looked confused, and looked to Twilight for support. She nodded. AJ looked at the others, and they nodded too, although with as much confusion as Applejack was displaying on her face.

“Alright. But, let me say this. If you ever think anything could make us hate you, you are sorely mistaken, Sky.”

“I guess we’ll see.” She knelt down, and the others followed suit. She then proceeded to tell them about her nightmare. She left out the part with her and Rainbow, vaguely saying, ‘Oh I was just flying around.’ Applejack, who had a thing for detecting lies, looked unimpressed. But as Sky continued on, telling them everything about what had happened, She slowly curled up, fearing her friends reactions. By the time she had jerked to the end of her story, Sky had tears running down her cheeks, and her face was completely covered by her blue mane.

“I understand if you do hate me. I wouldn’t expect you to keep that promise after hearing that.”

Silence.

Complete. Utter. Silence.

She pushed her mane away from her face, and the others looked shocked.

“I hate myself too.”

Applejack shook herself, and with a bewildered look on her face, said;

“Sugarcube, why would we hate you? You said that that... Chrysalis... Said your conscience had taken over! The bad guys usually don’ have consciences! Ah don’t know what you did, or what she meant, but all that matters is that you are good now. The past doesn’t matter, only the present. Ah know that Ah for one wouldn’t hate you fer that!” The others nodded and murmured in agreement.

“Really? You don’t hate me? You... You heard the story right? She called me one of her best troops!”

“Man, you’d think you wanted us to hate you.” Rainbow giggled, and hugged Sky. She felt herself blushing from the sudden embrace. Rainbow whispered in her ear;

“Never ever tell anypony, but I was really worried for a while.” She stepped back, and when she did, she had her normal indifferent look on her face. They all reassured Sky, and made her sure that they didn’t hate her. Sky yawned.

“I guess we better go home and go to bed, huh?”

“Um, Sugarcube? Look outside.”

Sky turned and saw Celestia’s sun on the horizon.

“Oh damn.” Pinkie Pie bounced over towards her.

“Oh, come on! Don’t be such a silly filly! You just spent most of the night sleeping!”

Sky looked Pinkie right in the eyes, and the pink pony stopped bouncing.

“No offense, Pinkie, but I wouldn’t exactly call what I was doing sleep. Sleep is where you rest. I did not rest. Far from it, in fact.”

“Oh! Sorry, I wasn’t thinking, hey want some cookies?” Sky blinked for a few seconds. Was that one sentence? She was amazed that Pinkie had gone from apologising to offering treats without missing a beat. Twilight patted her shoulder, and she must have been reading Sky’s mind because she said;

“You’ll get used to it.”