Love Conquers All

Rainbow hurried away from the Wonderbolts, the excitement overtook her mind. She had a DATE with Soarin! EEEE! I can't believe it! Oh man, this is my first date! And it's with a Wonderbolt! Ohmygosh! I have to tell my friends! Her friends were in the corner: Twilight was talking to the princesses, Applejack was hoofing out pieces of cake to ponies who wanted it, Pinkie was blaring music with the DJ, and Rarity and Fluttershy were talking about something. She decided they were the ones to tell first, so she sped over to them.

"Rarity! Fluttershy!" Both mares jumped, Fluttershy dove behind the prissy unicorn out of fright.

"Rainbow Dash! Do not scare us like that! It is improper for a lady." Fluttershy peeked out from behind Rarity's royal purple tail, when she saw it was Dash, she trotted out.

Oh, um, hi Rainbow Dash..." The timid pegasus kept low to the ground, as she always did. It was a sign of submission that pegasi often did, after all being low to the ground was against pegasi nature.

"You wont believe it! I-I got a date!" Rainbow spread her wings proudly and swelled up her chest.

"That is fantastic news Rainbow Dash! Who is the lucky mare?" Rarity watched her friend's chest deflate and her wings droop. Rainbow cocked her head to the side, her eyes narrowing.

"What..?"

"We just want to know who you got a date from.." Fluttershy spoke up that time, her voice was a bit more bold.

"Rarity, what did you mean 'who's the lucky mare?'" Rainbow Dash leaned closer to her fashionista friend.

"Well, dear, I always assumed..." Rarity started to push her mane up, as she usually did when she was nervous.

"Assumed what, Rarity?"

"That you were a...." Rarity cleared her throat and mumbled something.

"What was that?"

"That you were a....filly-fooler." Rarity looked down, as if she was ashamed for saying it. Dash, for her part, looked stunned.

"What?" The response from Dash was short and filled with annoyance.

"I always thought that too..." Fluttershy smiled and and gently flew up to her friend, hugging her lovingly" So..who is the lovely mare?"

Rainbow glared at her friend and pushed the pink maned animal lover away. "What? I'm not a filly-fooler! Is it because of the rainbows? They're natural! I swear! Check my roots!" She parted her mane with her hooves. "See?" True enough, the roots of her mane were multicolored, proving the authenticity.

The other two mares looked confused. "No...Rainbow Dash...we just thought that...because you've never shown interest in colts.." Rarity looked up at the two pegasi. "Now, don't get me wrong dear, nothing is wrong with..." She cleared her throat. "being...one of those."

Dash landed, Fluttershy still holding onto her. "Rarity..."

"No, No Rainbow Dash. It was presumptuous and wrong for me to assume such a thing. Most impolite." Dash carefully pried Fluttershy off of her.

"Well, I only had the eyes for one colt...and I got a date with him" Rarity's curiosity had been piqued, as she leaned in close to Dash.

"Oh? Who would that be,dear?" Fluttershy also leaned in, but not as close as Rarity.

"Oh yes, who is he? That is...if you don't mind telling.." The yellow Pegasus shrunk back some.

"Soarin." All she needed was that one word, and both Rarity and Fluttersh gasped.

"The Soarin?!" Rarity's eyes sparkled with thoughts of being that much closer to high society.

"From the Wonderbolts..?" Her quiet friend added.

"The one and only. He asked me out." Once again, Dash's wings spread wide and her chest swelled with pride.

"Oh, Rainbow Dash! I am proud of you, you must simply let me make something for the occasion." Rarity was already envisioning a new outfit for her fast and furious friend. Perhaps something more pastel, calmer. Not as loud as the current dress.

"Umm..Rarity? Don't you think this dress is fine? It's all fancy and stuff. It'll work." Dash looked around and saw that Fluttershy was gone, most likely to tell her other friends or she saw an animal in trouble.

"Oh no, my dear. You simply don't understand! This gown is for formal occasions, it will not do for a date. He will think you're over-doing it. I will design something better once we get back to Ponyville, gratis." The fashionista circled the blue mare. "These seams are tearing..." Dash folded her wings against her sides. "Of course, I forgot to account for fully extended wings." Rarity mumbled some other things, nothing that interested Dash.

"Thanks and all, Rarity, but really-" She was silenced when a white hoof pushed itself against her mouth.

"I will not hear any dissent. I am making you, my friend, this dress." Rarity removed her hoof. "3 PM, my boutique, tomorrow."

As the pair talked, they were unaware of a certain flame maned pegasus eavesdropping. Now she was sure she needed to stop this. Who knew, if this date went well then her whole life would fall apart....but if it went badly...well, let's just say Spitfire would be numero uno once more in Soarin's life.

--

The train ride to Ponyville had been...eventful. All of Dash's friends had piled on the speculation train on an express trip to assumptionville. Apparently, most of her friends took her for a filly-fooler, or a pony not interested in others romantically at all(That was Twilight's assumption.) Dash had quickly dispelled most of the thoughts, though Twilight was awfully stubborn with her opinion.

For some odd reason though, Pinkie looked almost disappointed that she had a date, but the pink earth pony had quickly regained her bounciness. Dash wrote it off as her imagination and finished explaining the minor details.

As of right now, she was outside of Rarity's Boutique. She was hesitant to go in, she knew how...obsessive Rarity was over her designs. Dash reached her cyan blue hoof out towards the door, but before she could even touch it, the door swung open and three little fillies ran right into Dash.

"Oof!" The three fillies all looked up at her.

"Hey there Rainbow Dash!" Applebloom smiled up at her.

"Hi Rainbow Dash!" Sweetie Belle's voice cracked as she spoke.

"Hey Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo stared up at her with adoring eyes.

"Hey you three, going out crusading?" All three nodded. "Well, I'm sure today's going to be the day."

"Ya really think so, Rainbow Dash?" The earth filly smiled wide, along with the rest of the crusaders.

"I know so, now get going. I have some business with Rarity." The Cutie Mark Crusaders stood up, but didn't leave.

"Is this about that date you have with that...Soaring guy?" Scootaloo prodded her idol's chest.

Did everypony know by now? Obviously Rainbow having a date was so spectacular that everypony had to question her motives and reasoning. Dash sighed grumpily and trotted past the three and into the boutique, slamming the door behind her.

"Really Rarity?! You had to go tell the CMC?" Rarity spun from her mannequin, her read sewing glasses adorned her face.

"What? I like spreading gossip." The fashionista smiled nervously at Dash.

"Ugh...I knew I should've told Twilight first."