Friendship is Gambling

Rainbow did whatever she was told to do on the last night of her gamble with Ms. Luna. All of her Highness's rooms had been thoroughly attended to time and time again. There wasn't a single thing that Rainbow could've cleaned further, but nevertheless, she persisted with her loyalty. She even almost appeared to move and act smugly.

It wasn't until she returned after her assignment to dust off a few busts that she suddenly realized something. She was going back to Ponyville, which also meant that she wasn't going to be with Luna any longer, either. She came walking back into the room only to see Luna standing next to the opened balcony window. Her Highness had kindly packed Ms. Dash's belongings for her, and was merely waiting patiently.

She didn't say a word, and instead, she just stared at the outfitted pegasus for what must've been a whole minute. At long last, Rainbow was the one who broke the silence by saying, "I... guess I'm... h-happy to go, but at the same time, I'm sad that I can't stay with you." She approached, and confessed, "I've actually... really loved the way you treated me."

Luna just waited, but she was also smiling. For whatever reason, she didn't respond to Rainbow right away.

"If you'd like... we could still see one another every so often... but tell me, Ms. Dash... When it comes to gambling, has thou learnt your lesson?"

Rainbow nodded, and breathed seriously. "I have, Ms. Luna... and I just can't wait to be serving you again..." Rainbow was blushing by now, and as she grabbed her bags, she also begged the Princess, "Just... do me a really humongous favor, and never let it slip to anypony that I actually enjoyed any of this."

Winking with a thoroughly satisfied demeanor, Princess Luna nodded, too, and said to her servant, "Until we meet again... have a safe trip back to Ponyville." Rainbow started to take off along with all of her things, and then, Luna called out to her, "Oh, and by the way..."

"What is it?" Rainbow asked while stopping and turning around in mid-air.

"I thought that I'd take the liberty of packing away your pretty maid's outfit. It's underneath all of the rest of your things."

Rainbow rolled her eyes as she got going again. "Yeah, I figured as much..."

Once more, she was on her way back home, and Luna casually, and merrily waved goodbye to her. "I eagerly anticipate the next time we see each other again, Ms. Dash," Princess Luna called out to her lovely mare for the last time.