Rainbow Dash snored loudly as she slept right outside of Rarity’s boutique during the sunrise, her body resting against the door. She only woke up as she heard commotion from inside the boutique, not wasting time in getting up on her four hooves and glaring at the door.

“Ah feel bad,” she heard Applejack mutter from the other side. “What do I even say? Ah’m perfectly fine with just bein’ with ya and movin’ on. Isn’t that how it should be? We’re each other’s First Love, and ah’d think they’d at least pretend to be a little supportive.”

“It’ll take them some time, love,” Rarity responded, and Rainbow Dash couldn’t decide who she wanted to punch more. “Just follow my lead, darling. After all, I’ve been through this whole situation once before! I’m practically a pro at this!”

“Ah don’t think that’s somethin’ you wanna boast about…” Applejack muttered.

“Are you questioning me, fuckpet?” Rarity growled, and the words raised the hair on Rainbow Dash’s back. Fuckpet?

“O-Of course not, Mistress!” Applejack gasped. “Ah’ll do anythin’ to keep ya happy, even if other ponies don’t like it.”

Rainbow Dash frowned as she felt her stomach churning. Did Rarity brainwash her somehow? She found it much harder to be angry at Applejack now, torn between believing that Applejack cheated on her own volition and believing that Rarity had manipulated the situation from start to finish. She shook her head, knowing now that any confrontation would lead to Rarity twisting the situation or turning the verbal confrontation into a physical one. And whose side would Applejack take?

“Celestia, give me strength,” Dash pleaded as she turned around and flew away from the boutique to the train station. If she was going to get Applejack to snap out of her senses, she was going to need a much stronger mare. She was going to head to Canterlot, and meet with the new ruler of Equestria.

It was long overdue to meet up again with Princess Twilight Sparkle.

Author's Note

I hope to write a sequel for this at some point! I'm currently working on many different stories due to my goal of writing 50K in pony fics for NaNoWriMo, so feel free to follow me to keep track of what I plan on releasing. Thank you all so much for reading and hope you guys enjoyed the story!