That night Luna entered Rainbow's dreamscape and lit her horn to shift to a deeper section in her realm. Looking around she noticed Rainbow sitting with a blank expression on her face, and a second one crying in the corner.

She had seen plenty of dreams like this. And without a second thought, blasted the calm Rainbow with magic banishing her before turning to the crying one.

"Do you know why I have come, Rainbow?" She asked flatly.

Rainbow sniffed and hung her head. "I… I don't know anymore. I don't know what to think. I just want to be with Ray."

"Sadly that will not be the case if you stay like this." Luna sighed. "I know you have the strength to fight this. But if you intend to be with Ray. You must hurry."

"But how?" Rainbow asked.

"You spent months in that dimension of endless rooms with him. You know what must be done." She instructed. "But what I can do for you is help you wake from this nightmare." With that her horn lit filling the space.

Rainbow moaned and sat up as she looked around. Climbing out of the bed. She went to the window of the castle's guest room. A part of her still wanted to stay. But that once small part that had been screaming this entire time was now biting at the bit to find her stallion and apologize.

Jumping out the window she flew off to Scootaloo's.

Within moments of the house coming into sight she saw the other CMC members sitting outside the house. Out of curiosity she flew down and saw a note on the door.

After glancing at the two downtrodden friends, she looked at the note and looked it over before shooting off in tears.

"Dear Rainbow Dash,
You know I've always looked up to you, and thought you were the coolest and strongest pony I ever met. But after what you did at the contest, we have decided to leave Equestria together. He doesn't deserve what you did. Goodbye.
Ps: I talked to Discord. After a while, if you can get over that fake then he'll send you to us."

Rainbow landed on a cloud and broke down crying unaware that the masked pony had followed her.

After a few moments he spoke. "I'm sorry…" He said, causing her to stop and turn to him. "I swear I never intended things to go this far. When I saw his face. I thought he'd recognize me… so I let you lead me away." He took a deep breath and sighed. "I swear I won't stop till I find him." He sighed before dropping his disguise and revealing a gray changeling.

Rainbow's eyes widened in shock but was held in place by his magic. "Please. Let me explain. I got a job as Romeo's second at the shows so he can spend time with his VIP guests. And when you came to get me from the stage. I couldn't bring myself to tell you the truth. The train ride didn't help. I didn't mean to put you under a spell. But I was afraid you'd hate me if I said anything." He facehoofed. "I know I'm not helping my cause. But the amount of love you have for him was too much to turn away from."

"So why tell me the truth now?"

He bit his lip and rubbed the back of his neck. "I… kinda put a spell on you before the contest to… slow the process in case something happened to either of you."

"Meaning?"

"That if I don't get going to find him. You'll be needing your friends and family a lot more than normal." He replied. After seeing her raise an eyebrow at him he sighed and pointed at her stomach. "It's not mine."

Rainbow blinked in shock. As he let her go, she jumped to her feet. "You're telling me I'm…"

"If you doubt me. You can ask your friend Twilight to check." He laughed. "It's still early. But you definitely are."

"And you can find him?"

"I can see emotions. And theirs is definitely strong." He replied with a smile. "It's the least I can do, for messing things up for you."

"You better. Or I'll have some of my friends track you down and pummel you." Rainbow spat before turning away and placing a hoof on her stomach. "But… before you go… how long till…"

"Hard to say… but twelve months may be a good guess." He replied with a shrug. "So… slightly over the normal time?"

Rainbow hung her head and thought for a bit before nodding. "Fine… you got nine months then."

He nodded. "Then I'll head off right away and search for him." With that he flew off leaving her to think about what she had heard and done.

Taking a deep breath she flew back to the castle. She was going to need her friends' help and advice on what to do. It was early enough that several of them were still asleep. But Sweetie and Bloom will likely tell their sisters about the note and they'll want to confront her about it.

It was going to be rather… complicated for her to explain everything. But hopefully she'll have time to think of how to explain everything to her friends.

Author's Note

This wasn't exactly what I had planned. But heck, it would be an interesting cliffhanger for a sequel. I might do one more chapter. But that will most likely only be an epilog to tie the two together after I start the sequel.