Opposites Attract

by LegendaryHumanLeatherHat

Rating: teen
Tags: Cheerilee, Slice of Life, Main 6, Drama, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Romance
Length: 1138

Love can be found anywhere, even the most unlikely pairings can become reality. Rainbow Dash learns this in a very roundabout way.

Rainbow Dash lives an exciting life. It only makes sense that it bothers her to sit in one spot and not do anything for a long time, but Twilight has been pushing her to upgrade her reading level. She joins Cheerilee's book club. It's about as awkward and boring as it sounds.

Contains Rainbow/Cheerilee Shipping.

Published 2017-12-14 23:00:07 UTC
Last updated 2017-12-14 23:00:07 UTC

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Twilight organized her shelf for the fifth time today. She just couldn't decide what system to use after she teleported every book that had a vowel in the second letter of the title to some mountain in the griffin kingdom. Sure, she could spend several days of her precious time trying to get them back but she decided it was best to just cut her losses and continue her research. Hopefully her current resources will provide enough references for an accurate study.

"Twilight, you don't have to redo the whole library just because you're missing a few books." Spike stated groggily from the arm of the couch.

"A few books?! A few?!?! Spike! We lost 2479 books! Using the old system with such a dramatic change would be the equivalent of pulling a cart with no wheels up a frozen hillside!" Twilight's frustration wouldn't be going away anytime soon as she would have to live with her consequences until she can order in new ones. That's going to take at least a month just to replace the priorities alone.

"Look, Twilight. I understand that you're upset, but this isn't the end of the world. You're a very resourceful pony. I'm sure this will all work out--" Before he could finish, a rainbow colored cannonball blasted through the window like the castle was a trade ship sailing the coast of Coltugal in the mid eighteenth century. Every book in the library scattered around in random directions and Twilight was buried in a mound of copy paper. Spike ran off in preparation of Twilight's wrath.

She popped her head out and gave Rainbow the vilest stare she could. Her piercing eyes shot venom down Rainbow Dash's spine. "RAINBOW DAAASH!!!" Twilight screamed, shattering the only other window in the room.

Rainbow, using her amateur social skills, thought that her best bet for getting out of this situation would be to change the subject. "Hey, Twi. Do you have the next Daring Doo book?" She squeaked with an oddly Fluttershy like tone.

"No! I don't! Every book that had a vowel as a second letter is gone! I teleported them hundreds of kilometers away from here! I'll never get them back!" Twilight started to tear up a little as she slumped to the ground, defeated.

"Hey, don't worry about it. Just give me the exact coordinates and I'll fly them all back here in no time!" Rainbow Dash said reassuringly.

Twilight looked up from the floor, both to correct her friend and also because she was surprised that Rainbow Dash used a word that has more than three syllables. "Rainbow, I'm talking about THOUSANDS of books. How long do you think it would take to carry every single one of them here?"

"Well, I can take the most important ones. I know some of the books you had were really expensive. You even had one with a golden cover!" Rainbow Dash was internally debating if offering help is really her best option.

"It was platinum." Twilight mumbled into the floor.

"That's even more expensive! I think..." Rainbow put her hoof to her chin.

Twilight figured she had enough. "Look Rainbow, if you don't want a book, than just leave."

"I do want a book. You just don't have it." Rainbow Dash retorted.

Twilight realized that she had a rare opportunity at this moment. An opportunity to encourage Rainbow Dash to upgrade her reading level past the elementary grade. "Hey, Rainbow. Why don't you try reading another book? I'm sure there is something that you would like." She expected her to scoff or laugh, but to her surprise, Rainbows eyes perked up and her lips twisted to one side of her face.

"Eh, buck it. Why not?" Rainbow said without much pause. "What you got?"

Twilight's entire world was shattered. She pondered what cosmic coincidence occurred that could have possibly resulted in something this unlikely. She realized that if one impossibility happened, maybe she could push her luck just a little more. "Also, Cheerilee stared a book club recently. If you want, you could ask her..."

Rainbow knew exactly what Twilight was plotting. "Twilight, I'm not joining a book club. No way. Not a chance."

Twilight's enthusiasm vanished in an instant. "Even if they were reading other stuff written by A.K. Yearling?"

Cheerilee placed down the last folding chair into her circle. The group consisted of mostly teenagers and schoolchildren, but a few young adults were also present.

"Is everypony here? Okay, we'll be starting a new book today. It's called..."

The door exploded inwards with the might of a dozen Greek goddesses. Rainbow pinned Cheerilee to the back of her chair before she could even register what make the loud noise to begin with. "Twilight said that you were reading stuff written by Yearling, is this true?" She said so fast, even Pinkie would be impressed.

After about 45 seconds of hyperventilating, Cheerilee confirmed Rainbow's question. "Y-Yes, w-we're starting today as a m-matter of fact."

Rainbow plopped down on the chair and put on the most attentive blank stare that she could. "I'm ready." Her voice was cold and determined, like a warrior preparing to save the world.

Cheerilee's composure returned as she was now fully aware of the fact the her life isn't about to come to a quick but painful end. "Well, it would seem that we have a few new group members. How about we get introductions out of the way first?" Rainbow looked around the room, stalling so that someone else goes first.

A young colt in the corner took the initiative. "Hey, the name is Rumble. I love horror stories. They're so cool." Rainbow immediately respected this kid. He seemed pretty slick for a child.

A minty unicorn was the second to speak. "Hi, I'm Lyra. I really like romance. I also have an interest in uhh..." She hesitated. "*Cough* Anthro..." Multiple ponies in the room groaned and rolled their eyes.

Cheerilee giggled. "Come now everypony, let's not judge here."

Rainbow was growing impatient. "Come on! Let's read the book already."

Cheerilee crossed her brows. "I thought that you hated books, Rainbow."

Rainbow snorted. "Not if they're written by yearling."

A filly in the corner cleared her throat. "Um... Can I introduce myself now?"

"Of course, sweetie." Cheerilee turned her head.

"My name's Twist. I like drama and fantasy novels." She felt that she didn't need to say anything else.

"Well, if that's everybody, than I guess we'll start." Cheerilee hands a copy of the book to everyone in the group.

Rainbow was getting so excited that the bolts in her chair were starting to loosen. "This is going to be sooo awesome!" She hugged the book, getting ready for the seventh most exciting part of her life in chronological order. She counted.