My Very Little Dashie

Rainbow Dash woke up with a pounding headache. She had no memory of the events prior to falling asleep. Come to think of it, she didn't even remember falling asleep. She was lying on a hard surface and upon further inspection she saw it was wood. She tried to flex her wings but a rope was wrapped around her body restricting any wing movement.

"Where am I?" she groaned, rubbing her head. Everything around her looked so foreign. Her surroundings resembled everyday items only bigger. A large shadow loomed over her and she turned to see the enourmous figure of... Twilight?

"Good afternoon, Dashie!" she said happily,

"Twilight..?"

"You really do love to sleep, don't you? You must've been out for atleast two hours."

"What's going on?"

"Well, I thought that would be obvious. I shrunk you!"

"But... Why?"

"So we could be together."

"I told you I wasn't interested in a relationship."

"Well I knew you wouldn't be up for the idea at first. But we DO belong together, and you weren't gonna realise that sitting up in the clouds so I brought you home with me where you can see how great we are together."

"I'm dreaming." Rainbow told herself, "This is all just some wierd nightmare. I'm dreaming. I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming..." she began to try and chew the rope tying her wings in place but she wasn't flexible enough to do so.

"Dashie, stop that." Twilight giggled, "The string needs to stay there. Otherwise, you might fly away. Then we won't be together anymore."

"Ack." Rainbow grunted in frustration. It was no use. Her wings were stuck. Dash's eyes became wide with terror and her pupils dilated as the realisation set in. This was not a dream.

"This is insane. You need to make me normal again!"

"But then you'll leave..." Twilight's voice had become almost childish,

"You aren't understanding how major this is! You've kidnapped me! Ponies will wonder where I am." she whinced in pain from her headache and fell to her knees.

"Are you okay?" Twilight quickly came to Rainbow's aid.

"Am I okay..?" Rainbow began to laugh. "My wings are tied to the side of my body, I'm the size of a bug, I've been kidnapped and my head is killing me. Yeah, Twi. I'm doing fine. Just awesome." Twilight brought her face close to Rainbow and stared at her. "...What?!"

"You have really nice eyes..." Twilight smiled.

"Ugh!" Rainbow turned around and curled up on the table to rest. She could tell Twilight was still watching her due to her shadow having not gone yet.

Ten minutes passed and neither of them had said a word.

"Dashie..?" Twilight whispered, wondering if Rainbow was still awake.

"What?"

"Are you... Mad at me?" Rainbow didn't respond. In honsesty, she wasn't actually sure if she was mad at her. What Twilight had done to her is unnacceptable but Rainbow did break her heart... Maybe she deserves this... This is the first time Twilight has experienced a social situation like this.

"Dashie?"

"I... I don't know. I just wanna be left alone right now."

“I’m going to go to bed.” Twilight said, breaking a silence that had lasted for hours,

“Uh-huh.” Rainbow replied bluntly.

“Good night, Dashie.” She whispered softly with her head up close to Rainbow,

“Night.”

“I love you.”

“Yep.”

Twilight headed into her bedroom, shutting the door behind her. Rainbow remained curled up on the table. She stared at her hooves as anger and regret overcame her. How could Twilight do this to such a dear friend? Why won’t she see sense? Will she ever see sense? Is this Rainbow’s fault?

“No!” Rainbow shouted as she stood, answering her own question. One of the many flowing through her head. “Like hell is this my fault! I couldn’t have been any easier on Twilight! I just need to get outta here to find somepony who can help!” she looked around at the enormous walls and how far down the floor was. “Which would be a lot easier if I had my wings…” she tried again to chew the rope but as it were before, she wasn’t flexible enough to reach. Her continuous attempts only led to her becoming more aggravated by the whole situation. She let out a frustrated scream and punched down onto the table, leaving a reasonably big dent in the wood. “Woah.” Dash gasped surprised at her own strength, “Cool it, Dash. You’ll be fine. Just… Get some rest. Sleep on it…” she said to herself as she curled up once again on the table.

Rainbow was woken up the next morning by a terribly loud banging. She sat up quickly and noticed it was somepony knocking the door. She looked over as Twilight’s bedroom door opened and Twilight walked out wearily. She headed over to the door and opened it.

“…Rarity..?”

“Twilight! May I come in? It’s a matter of extreme importance!”

“It’s six thirty in the morning.”

“But Rainbow Dash has been reported missing!” Twilight’s eyes widened as she remembered Rainbow sat on the table in plain view if Rarity were to come in. And it’s not like she could think up an excuse quick enough before she lets herself in anyway. She rushed over to the table and swooped up the tiny blue Pegasus and put her in a cupboard.

“Stay here, Dashie. I won’t let her separate us.”

“This is insa-“ Rainbow was cut off by the cupboard closing in her face.

“Was that a yes to coming in..?” Rarity asked awkwardly upon entering.

“Err, yeah! Sorry! Come in. Sit down. Or stand. It’s up to you! Heh…”

“I think it’s you who should be sitting, dear.” Rarity pulled a chair from the table and tapped a hoof on the backrest. Twilight complied.

“So, Rainbow’s missing, huh? Probably just gone out of town to visit family or something, I’m sure. Is anyone else missing? Applejack? Pinkie? Pinkie is likely to go missing. Has anyone seen her recently? We should probably look for Pinkie!” Rarity put her hoof on Twilight’s shoulder.

“It’s okay, Twilight. I know this must be a shock. But no one has seen her since you, well… The last person who did see her was Pinkie Pie and you.” Twilight stood up and started to escort Rarity out.

“Well, I haven’t seen or heard from her so I can’t help you, I’m afraid! So, you better start looking somewhere else! And good luck finding Pinkie Pie too!” Rarity stopped and turned to Twilight.

“Wait. I wasn’t sent here just to give you the news…” Twilight gave a puzzled look. “As you are among the last to see Rainbow Dash, it is mandatory that the Royal Guards are to look around here.” The puzzled look turned into one of panic and fear. “However, I offered to do it instead as a friend and more able to give moral support. I did have to do some persuading but Celestia has allowed it. Mostly because she knows you don’t have anything to hide.” Rarity announced with slight pride of her convincing talents. Twilight was silent for a solid ten seconds. Staring wide eyed into the distance.

“…Right. So I’ll just wait… And you’ll just search.” Rarity started to look around. She didn’t know what she was looking for, she just assumed she’d know it if she saw it. And by ‘it’ she meant… Not the slightest idea. She checked all of the usual spots; under chairs, under pillows, in the bedroom, and even all the shelves which was a lot of a work seeing as she’s searching a library and soon she started to search the cupboards… The inevitable was happening. Twilight just watched with her heart in her mouth. What else could she do? Tell Rarity to look everywhere except the cupboards? A little voice in the back of her mind was saying that if she acted like she had nothing to hide, Rarity would stop looking. Now that little voice has become a yell.

Are you going to jail? What will Celestia think? Run. Stop her. Kill her.

Twilight gasped at what she had just thought of. Murder? Killing her own friend? What is happening to her? Her breathing at this point had become fast and heavy, everything around her was moving, the walls were going back and forth, the floor was going left and right, the ceiling was closing in. She shut her eyes to hold back tears. And then she was calm.

Suddenly, her head was clear. She opened her eyes and sure enough, Rarity was still searching the cupboards. It wouldn’t be long before she opened the one containing Rainbow Dash. So why was she so… Calm? It was like she was watching a movie. Sure, the scene is intense and there’s this massive build up to something she can’t prevent, but, it doesn’t affect her. Even though she was probably about to go to jail she felt like whatever happened next just didn’t matter.

Rarity let out an almighty gasp and stepped far back from the cupboard. She found Rainbow. There she was, lying motionless in the cupboard, as if dead. Rarity stood completely still, processing what she has seen. She then heard the hoofsteps of Twilight closing in. She quickly turned to her. Her eyes were still as wide as when Rarity had started looking but it was accompanied by a menacing grin and her right eye twitched every so often.

“Well done, Detective Rarity.” She teased, her horn began to glow and sparks shot off it with each step. “You caught me red hoofed. I kidnapped Dashie. But only because I love her.”

“Twilight! Calm down, we-“

“I am calm. You are the one who appears to be panicking.”

“No one needs to find out! Just reverse the spell and we can figure something out.” Rarity was backing away from Twilight until she was stopped by a wall which only meant she could sit on the floor and cower as the purple unicorn drew closer.

“That would mean letting Dashie go!” she stamped her hoof causing Rarity to let out a whimper and flinch. “Me and her finally have a relationship and you want to ruin it.” She was now right up close to her friend who was crying on the floor infront of her.

“What are you going to do?”

“You’ll know it when you see it.”