A hitch in the harmony

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Rainbow Dash's POV

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Equestria was, indeed, a utopia. Candy colored clouds raced across the sky as it slowly faded into the plum of the night. The glorious sunset held the sky with a warm grasp over the apple orchard where fillies were playing hide and seek, their giggling penetrating the soft silence with a magical chime. As the mothers of Ponyville started calling their children inside, out of the heavy summer night, one pony lounged on a grassy hill that climbed over the trees, wanting nothing more than to be alone. Her teary eyes followed the shooting stars chase the earth in bright flashes, there one second and gone the next, like the memory of a dream. Her rainbow mane covered her face from the view of the fillies being ushered inside, sparing her any embarrassment for showing emotion. Maybe they would have understood. But it didn't matter to her if they did. She sure as hay didn't.

Applejack approached Rainbow calmly on the hill, the purplish light of the new night glimmering in her blonde mane. The orange pony smiled with the tenderness of a sister at her friend, for while Rainbow might try all she wanted to hide her tears, there was no concealing a bad mood from ol’ dependable Applejack.

“Sugarcube?” She startled herself with the loudness of her voice compared to the nearly silent hush of crickets and starlight. “Why aren’t you inside with everypony else?”

Rainbow said nothing, bowing her head so her mane covered her tearing eyes. “It’s called a sleepover for a reason, y’know. You got to sleep over there. You know… with the rest of us?” A.J. chuckled at her joke for a moment, but at seeing that Rainbow’s bad mood wasn’t budging, she sighed and plopped on the soft grass next to her friend.

“What’s going on, Rainbow?” she asked sweetly as the colorful pony quietly sniffled. “You… you haven’t been the same, and I got to say, that, well, you have me worried.”

Rainbow remained silent, her rosy eyes fixed on a lone dandelion among the sea of dark grass—vibrant and bright, but all alone. A tear dripped down her nose.

It was ripping her apart. This need for something new, for something fresh, for something raw, for something real; it was killing her. It felt at times like she was just a character in some cartoon, the result of an overactive imagination. As though none of this mattered. Like she didn't matter. She felt lost in all that she knew, and so small in the vast world that surrounded her. She failed  she failed her element..........loyalty..

They were all inside the house at Sweet Apple Acres, snug and smiling, Twilight probably blowing out the light as she finished yet another good book. But here she was-- Rainbow Dash, THE Rainbow Dash-- crying on a hill over a stallion she hasn't seen in 2 years, as the night chilled and the wind chipped at her nose. Feeling, even though she was filled to the brim with love for her friends, empty. So, so empty, and sick of herself for doing that to Him she wouldn't even know where he is now.

The first time after she left him she heard that's when she returned after 2 weeks with soarin' to deal with her friends but what she got was completely different. They said he left taking everything and went into the Everfree but one thing her ears picked up on was when they said he took his sword and said he had an intention of using it.

She left soarin' about a year ago when he started to get controlling and she realised she made a big big mistake but here it is 2 years on and she hasn't heard a word about him in 18 months the last time she heard of him from princess celestia's royal guard was they met a strange stallion in Zebrica with a awesome sword and a blue hoofmade Canterlot guitar.

She knew it was him but after that, nothing he disappeared never heard anything from passing tourists or the princesses. She cared about him but she was lost she didn't know what to do he was gone why should she care?

She said goodbye to Applejack saying she needed to be alone for awhile as always Applejack understood and headed back to the house.

Rainbow Dash sat still as the last tear crawled down her face, the breeze chilling her wet cheeks. The cold felt good. Being alone felt good. She looked to the sky for support.

“You could do this.” Rainbow Dash muttered it under her breath, so quietly she could barely make it out over the whispers of the wind.

With one last look at the apple orchard, she spread her wings and, with a running start, leaped into the air, still feeling stiff from laying there for about 2 hours and went home to go to sleep

_______________________________________________________________________________________________ FUUUUUUUU- this was a bitch to write I hope you guys liked it and that's 2 chapters in one day so I don't know but ill get more up through the week like one or 2?