“So...Jim, right? Where are you taking me?” asked Dash as she finally got up from the backseat and looked out the window

“I’m taking you somewhere that’s important to us.” smiled Jim as he took a turn and drove into a parking lot of a park “It has a lot of important memories here.”

Jim parked the van and exited it along with Dash. Jim lead Dash through the park and along the way, people waved at them, until few male teenagers, who were wearing sport outfits and jogging, stopped in front of them.

“Hey coach! Surprised to see you here with your wife. Yo Mrs Reine, back in town I see.” said the male teenager as he saluted Dash

Dash confusingly saluted back and the boys started to talk with Jim about school, as its starting soon as summer gonna end and hoping they get him as their P.E teacher. After the quick chat, the boys said farewell and went on their way.

“So, you are a coach?” asked Dash as she followed him behind few trees “And what’s up with the salute those kids gave to me?”

Jim kept going as he push some branches away as he spoke “I’m a P.E teacher at the high school. Started last year. I was their track and field coach.” Jim stopped and turn to Dash, “Your in the air force but I’ll explained that back home...hopefully not, if this works out.”

“It’s not, trust me.” sighed Dash as they returned walking through the trees and finally came out into an open clearing. Dash could see the open grass area had worn out trail around it, like people were walking in circles for years.

“Anything?” questioned Jim as looked over to her but she said no. “Okay...maybe reminding you will help.”

Jim took Dash hand and pulled her to the dirt track and let go as he turn red. Dash could see he was trying to figure out how start it or find the right words.

“Okay, this where we first met as kids. I just moved here in the summer when I was nine and I was looking around the park and got lost and ended up here…”

“Crap, how I get lost in a freaking park?” asked young Jim to himself as he walk through the woods but suddenly stopped as he finally found the clearing and found himself spotting a girl as she ran around the dirt circle path “A girl?”

Jim watched as the rainbow haired girl ran a few laps and stopped as she stare into the sky and grin with joy. After a few seconds, she returned running and Jim slowly stepped out of the trees as he was star struck by her beauty and to him, when she’s running, he felt inspired but quickly snapped out of it as the girl noticed him and stopped.

“Yo, need something my dude?” asked young Dash as she waved to him.

Jim said nothing as he waved back and tried to leave but Dash quickly ran up to him and tap her foot.

“You really gonna leave and not say anything? Were you spying on me? Perv!” asked Dash as her face became mad

“What!?” blushed Jim as he back away in shock

Dash started to crack a smile and finally broke out into laughter as Jim became nervous and sweating “Oh my god, I was just joking my dude. Chill.” grin Dash as she Jim a thumb up.

Dash lead Jim to under a tree, where her backpack is and gave him a juice bottle as she asked him a question if he just moved.

“How did you know?”

“Never seen you before is all. So, why are you here?”

“I...got lost…” admitted Jim as he drank his juice.

Dash laughed at the answer, making Jim blush even more. Soon both kids were just talking about themselves as Dash told him she wanted to be the best runner, so she can finally fulfill her dream. Jim asked what, but Dash quickly changed subjects.

(That was the first time you talked about your life long dream. You didn’t had friends because of how different you were from the other girls. You was friendly but not trusting to me)

“Hey, I gotta go home before my mom gets worried.” said Dash as she put her backpack on “It was nice meeting you...oh, never got your name?” asked Dash as she help Jim up from the ground and walked with him to the exit of the park.

“Names Jim Reine. Family and friends called me jimmy.” Jim replied “Never got your name?”

“Well my name is…” Dash trailed off as she dashed off but yelling back “I’LL TELL YOU IF YOU CAN BEAT ME TO THE EXIT!”

(When you took off like that, I felt something. Watching you run, it gave me a reason to run like my life was in danger. I wanted to know you more.)

Jim ran after her but even with giving it his all, he was left in the dust as the girl reach the exit and watched him struggle to keep going. She shouted out to him as he stopped to catch his breath.

“Diana! My name is Diana McCloud!”

(Diana? You been calling me Dash tho)

“But call me Dash! Hate my first name!”

(oh...don’t blame my other self.)

(I still think it’s a wonderful name.)

(Yeah yeah.)

(…)

Jim sighed and walked away from Dash as he looked up to the sky. It was clear blue with bit of clouds around.

“I think that’s when I fell in love with you. You gave off an aura like no other. I wanted to follow you. I wanted to be the best runner in the world. Be by your side. You always thought I was trying to beat you but I wasn’t, just wanted to run with you.” Spoke Jim as he rose his hand into the air “Not just me, but our friends too. Gilda hated you when you beat her ass in that school race but she soon saw you as a good friend.” Jim kept his arm up as the sun ray passed over his hand “Sky, Spitfire, she’s glad you helped her believe in herself after losing the finals and you two became wing mates in the air force.” As the sun ray disappeared as a cloud passed over, a butterfly landed on his finger “Florina, she was the second friend you made, after you protected her from the bullies because she’s non-verbal.” the butterfly flew away and Jim lowered his hand and turned to Dash, who started to feel bad as she could see Jim hurting “Even when I thought my dream ended when I hurt my leg, you kept it alive. You push me to still follow that dream but in a different way. Teaching kids to run. You believed in us and we believed in you back. Your dream was to fly. It’s why you run. Hoping to reach the sky.”

Jim walked back to Dash and took her hand and held it tight.

“Doesn’t all that sound familiar? Anything?”

Dash closed her eyes and slowly put her hand on his “I’m sorry but I’m not your Dash,”

Jim closed his eyes in sadness “Nothing? Really?”

Dash said nothing.

Jim let go and took a few minutes to recover.

“Let’s go back home. I know someone will help you remember.” said Jim as he walked away.

Dash couldn’t find it in her heart to say no as she followed him back.

Meanwhile, outside of the air force base, a group of four people, each wearing a blue bomber jacket with their off duty clothes, were waiting outside of the parking area. Tall light blue male with dark comb back hair, checked his watch.

“Yo, what’s taking Misty so long in getting the jeep? I wanna eat!”

“Chill Soren, it’s not even been that long.” replied a white female with super short yellow hair, as she was playing something on her phone.

Both started to go back and fourth about Misty as this world Dash and Spitfire looked away and laughed as they sat on their duffel bags.

“Bet ten bucks they’re finally going to hook up after they get back to base.” grin Spitfire

“It’s on.” laughed Dash as she took out her own broken screen phone.

Spitfire leaned on Dash shoulder and spoke in a teasing tone “Gonna call your hubby? Miss him that much?”

Dash blushed as she put the phone away and lowered her sunglasses “Nah, I want to surprise them is all. Got back home early, so wanna see their faces.” smiled Dash.

Spitfire rolled her eyes and got up as her and everyone saw a jeep coming towards them.

“You been married to him 6 years and you still get flustered when we tease you about loving him.” Spitfire laughed as she helped Dash up.

“Shut it!” coldly replied Dash before laughing.

“Still, it’s great to be home. Even if it’s just one day.” Spitfire said.

“Yeah…” replied Dash in sadness as she got into the jeep.

Spitfire hopped in and put her arm around Dash and whispered into her ear.

“Enjoy that alone time then, okay?”

Dash turned bright red and push Spitfire off as the others got in and the jeep drove off down the road.

The quite drive back home was super awkward as Dash lay in the back seat again and thought to herself as Jim just drove.

“This is the most awful thing I been stuck in. Dude trying his best to help his wife but I’m not his wife. Not his Dash. Did I jumped into his wife body? Or is she out there? What should I do? Should I make a run for it when he’s not looking? Or should I say play along and leave when his Dash comes back? If she comes back….” thought Dash as she as thought of more plans.

Jim looked into the rear mirror and frown as Dash turned her back to him. He quickly took out his phone and saw a few text and quickly replied.

“Okay, we’re home.” said Jim as he parked the van behind another car.

Dash got up and noticed the old looking blue car and asked who that belongs too but Jim didn’t answer her as he got out and opened the van door for her. Dash stepped out and watched as two older people stepped outside of Jim house. Dash quickly realize who they were. The tall dark blue chubby male, with short and balding rainbow hair, wearing green shirt and brown pants, stepped forward and waved to her.

“Hey kiddo…”

The short light blue skin female with red and orange hair, wearing a yellow sun dress, slowly walked pass the man and rose her hand to Dash.

“Sweetie, do you remember us?”

Dash heart started to race as she step back.

“Mom? Dad?”

Dash mom started to cry as she ran towards to Dash and hugged her tight. Her dad quickly follow suit and joined in the hug. Jim leaned back on the van and finally felt relief as he believed Dash finally started to remember.

“Jim called us after what happened! My poor baby! Thank heavens you remember us!” cried Dash mom as she let her go and wipe away her tears.

“Jimbo been texting us and really wasn’t looking good. Glad your back baby girl!” snored Dash father as he let her go and tried to man up “We cut the bird watching short and got back here as fast as we could. Sh-”

Dash closed her eyes and rose her hands to stop her father from speaking.

“Stop! Your not my parents! Well you are but not at the same time.” Dash opened her eyes and could see how hurt her other self parents are “I’m sorry.”

Jim slid down the side of the van and felt like screaming as tears started to build up in his eyes. Dash mom noticed and quickly ran to him and calm him down.

“Sweetie, it’s going to be okay. Bow, get her!”

“Right Wendy, I’ll get her!” replied Bow as he ran back inside the house and opened the door for someone.

Dash watch as a little girl, holding a book, stepped outside. Dash quickly knew who it was as she recognize the features on the girl. The little girl was wearing blue t-shirt with a yellow bolt on it and black shorts with rainbow stripes on the sides. Her skin was light orange with long purple ponytail but at the tips, were bit of rainbow color. The girl walked in front of and smiled as she opened the book and showed Dash.

“Mommy! I spotted a blue jay! Even got a picture!”

Dash kneel down and softly spoke “Scootaloo?”

“Scootaloo?” confusingly replied the girl as she closed the book “That sounds like a chicken. Why you changed my nick name mommy? It’s Scoots! I’m not a chicken!”

Dash rose her hand and petted Scoots as Jim walked over and kneel to them.

“You have to remember her? Our daughter, Sophia!” Jim touch Dash shoulder “Remember…remember when you realize you had morning sickness and had the test. Remember how happy we were when we gonna be parents. Remember her first birthday? How you overdid it with baby proofing the house? Anything?”

Dash grabbed Jim hand and squeezed it as she spoke “You need to stop. I keep telling you over and over, I’m not your Dash.”

Jim finally broken down as he punch the ground, making his daughter back away in surprise.

“This isn’t fair damn it! Give her back to me!” yelled Jim as he pound the ground again and again.

Dash parents was about to step in when Dash quickly stood up and punch Jim in the face as tears were falling down her face. Scoots dropped her book and grabbed Dash leg and crying to stop the fighting.

“THIS ISN’T FAIR FOR ME TOO! I’M HURTING YOU GUYS! IT’S BREAKING MY HEART!” screamed Dash as she stared at her other self family “Seeing her having a great life, marrying a loyal and kind guy who’s trying everything he has to get back his wife, seeing that she has a wonderful little girl...a life that I don’t have but I hope to have one day…it’s not fair. I wanna go home...back to my life...” finish Dash as she petted Scoots head.

“Blue skies…” whispered Jim as he got up and held her with his daughter, soon Dash parents joined in. Dash didn’t reject it as she started to cry again.

After a few minutes of crying, Dash was back to normal and playing with Scoots as they ran around the front yard. Bow grin as he spoke Jim.

“Yeah, our little girl wouldn’t do this.”

“Yeah, blue skies would make her wear protective gear before they run around like this. Sophia had one fall and Dash freaked out as she saw bloody knee.” laughed Jim

“You think she’s be back to normal?” questioned Wendy

“...i don’t know.” sighed Jim “But this is Dash. She always bounce back.”

“Hope your right sweetie.”

Wendy called out to the girls to come inside as she wanted to get started on dinner. Scoot ran inside with her grandpa behind her and leaving Jim and Dash alone as they stopped outside of the front door.

“I have to leave...I need to get home.” said Dash

Jim sighed and smiled back to her “Least eat something. You haven’t eat nothing all day. After dinner, you can tell us...everything again…” finished Jim as he entered the house. Dash felt her stomach crying for food and followed inside.

Ten minutes later, a jeep stopped in front of the house and Dash jumped out of the jeep and put her bag around her shoulder and waved goodbye to her team as the jeep took off down the road.

“Oh, mom and dad are here I see. Must be making dinner for them.” smiled Dash as she noticed their car and walked over to it “Oh right!” Dash dropped her bag on the ground and took out a blue pony wearing a wonderbolt like suit “She’s gonna love this!”

“I’M GOING TO GET MY BOOK!” yelled Scoot as she opened the door and jumped over the steps but landed wrong as she trip over and fell.

“SOPHIA!” screamed Dash as she ran to her daughter and picked her up in her arms “BABY ARE YOU HURT!?” cried Dash as she kiss her daughter face,

“Mommy!? How are you here? Wasn’t you just-” but before Scoot could finish, Dash cut her off.

“Home early baby girl! Well, just for a day. Here.” Dash smiled as she handed the bear to her daughter and scooping up the book and bag as she walked to the door “I told you to wear knee pads and your helmet if you want to play outside.”

“Sorry mommy…” said Scoot as she hugged her mom “But you must be fast mommy! I didn’t notice you running pass me or anything.”

Dash was a little confuse but brush this off as a kid thing and stepped inside the living room and headed to the kitchen after dropping her bag on the lazy boy chair.

“Mom? Dad? Jim? I’m…” trail off Dash as she noticed her family was making a meal but was frozen as they looked at her and back to Rainbow Dash, who was also staring at her from across the table

“...home?”

End of ch6

Author's Note

scoot skin color will be explained next chapter but i'll say it here. Jim has his father skin tone but his mom skin color is orange. so scoot has her mom hair(with purple being the largest color as the rainbow colors are at the tips but when she gets older, the rainbow colors will slowly take over) and her father skin tone from his mom side