"Keep your eyes closed for me.."

Twilight shot the mare next to her a stare through semi-translucent eyelids, but complied, keeping her eyes closed. She heard Rainbow's hoof steps disappear in an instant, the sudden feeling of being very alone in a spot she could very easily fall corrupting curious mind.

"R-Rainbow..? Where—"

Twilight yelped in surprise as she was suddenly lifted from behind, much like her last kidnapping experience, her wings flapping erratically as searching hooves touched down onto neatly set cobblestone seconds later. She kept her eyes closed throughout her brief wingless flight, awaiting Rainbow's approval to open them as she felt a wingtip gingerly tilt her head upward almost exactly 45°.

"You ready, Twi?

Twilight swallowed, nodding her head against the wingtip still held against her chin.

"Take a look.."

Twilight followed her instructions, opening her eyes, immediately falling to her flanks in utter awe. Like most cities, Cloudsdale was large. Arguably larger than those 'most cities' in question, but there was one distinct difference with the city made of white, fluffy clouds.

You had to look up in order to see it.

"Dashie, I-I.." Twilight began, but quickly found herself at a loss for words. Her eyes locked onto the superstructure that was Cloudsdale, a singular cloud that seemingly broke into many, but stayed connected throughout it's entire structure. It was a massive maze of white surrounded by blue, only to be accented by green a short dive away.

All you had to do was fall.

"Pretty awesome, huh?"

Twilight felt herself manually blinking, each time she opened her eyes finding something new to look at. She cautiously stepped forward, her jaw still slack and unmoving, deciding to take a look at her immediate surroundings—the station they had stopped at not being at all what she vaguely remembered.

"Rainbow, this isn't Cloudsdale station..?"

Rainbow nodded in agreement, also taking a look around the nowhere station she had booked back in Ponyville, rubbing the back of her head with a wing. "I got us tickets for the station furthest away, I figured you'd wanna see the view from out here.."

Twilight smiled warmly, taken aback by the sweet gesture, shaking her head as she peered back up at the city of the evening. She felt Rainbow nudge up against her, feeling her wing lightly rub against Rainbow's for what felt like the 100th time today, sending yet another shiver up her spine.

Her one wing twitched against the constant touch, though the itch she felt within both of them was only growing stronger the more she stared upward and onward. It was an almost primordial feeling.. The want, the need, to fly sending shots of dopamine into a view struck brain.

Twilight peered over at the mare who kidnapped her to this awesome place, as she so aptly called it, a devious smile overtaking slack-jawed maw.

In a split second her impromptu plan was set into motion, straining her neck to kiss the cyan Pegasus directly on the lips. She felt Rainbow tilt her head toward her on instinct, greeting the openly public kiss with surprising acceptance. Though almost immediately after planting the bomb, she shot off into the sky leaving a stun-locked, star truck Rainbow Dash in her dust on the platform below.

"See you up there!" Twilight yelled back, copious amounts of laughter emanating from within her almost unintelligible words.

Rainbow found her eyes staring straight ahead in disbelief, the phantom feeling of Twilight's lips pressing quite aggressively against hers replaying like a broken record in her mind.

She did not just get tricked like that.

Rainbow shook her head violently, shaking away the rogue thoughts that were steadily creeping inward. She got low, her usual racing launch stance activating on muscle memory as her eyes narrowed on the disappearing purple blob in the distance. "I apologize in advance, Twi.." Rainbow grinned, though as she went to push off, she felt her wings attempting to disobey her every order.

Her speed still doubled in the blink of an eye, but it was nowhere near the speed she wanted.. Right?

Rainbow found her eyes widening on the gaining starred flanks in front of her, the rogue feeling of something she didn't usually feel crawling in front of her need to win. Of course, she always loved it when Twilight challenged her to a race, even if the secretly competitive mare always cheated in the beginning, but this time was different. This time she didn't feel the need to snag that victory. She wanted Twilight to have it.

Rainbow felt a small smile curving once determined facial features soft, her speed slowing into the same speed Twilight was going, basically right behind the visibly tired mare. For once she wasn't concerned with the thought of losing, at least this time, to the mare who kissed her back on the platform; for today wasn't about her. It was about said mare who stole that kiss from her, a kiss she was definitely going to steal back.

It was about a promise.

Twilight sucked in a deep breath, releasing it slowly as her hooves finally touched down onto solid, soft cloud. She let her wings droop lazily against her sides, letting her belly fall towards white fluff with a low groan. She had no idea where Rainbow was, or where she landed for that matter, but if seemed as if she was the first one up here..

"What was it you said? That you'd meet me up here?" Rainbow knowingly questioned a few seconds later. She swiftly landed behind the currently prone mare, nowhere near as out of breath as Twilight was, sitting next to her while gently picking up an overworked purple wing within forehooves. "Seems as if you were right, Twi."

Twilight gingerly lifted her head up, her breathing still heavy from the over-exertion she just put herself through. She peered at the mare now currently massaging one of her lifeless wings, letting out a groan of approval as she flexed her hooves at the pleasurable sensation.

"Nnng... You— l-let meeeee.." Twilight stuttered out, eventually letting her suddenly heavy head fall from the glorious pressure being forced into her tired wing.

"Let you what?" Rainbow teased, pressing hard into the base of Twilight wing joint earning her an adorable, muffled scream.

She didn't mind having Twilight scream at her touch like this. For one, Twilight's flight path up here wasn't the straightest, so she ended up landing in a remote sub district of Cloudsdale's lower cloud layer. And for two, the tiny noises Twilight made were little bouts of serotonin to perked cyan ears.

"C'mon.. Say what you wanna say.."

Twilight huffed, finding it impossible to concentrate on anything.

"I-I..."

Rainbow grinned at her hoof-work, slowly easing off of Twilight's wing to let the mare breathe, letting the appendage she was just actively fondling fall lightly toward soft cloud. She walked over the limp wing, snaking her head low to steal her kiss back from unsuspecting lips.

"Heh.. You alright, Twi?"

Twilight sluggishly nodded her head, cracking an eye to lovingly stare into Rainbow's, her somewhat curious glance silently asking her where exactly they were.

Rainbow leant back up. "I.. I think I know where we are.." She ruffled her feathers, taking a proper look at their surroundings, taking a glance in the direction they needed to go. "I'm pretty sure I know where to go from here, so long as you're able to walk, Twi?" Rainbow finished with a slight snicker.

"Go.. Where?" Twilight asked, somewhat struggling to sit up onto her flanks, resting both her wings back at her sides—her one wing feeling slightly left out that it never got it's turn. She could have easily passed out right then and there, and it wouldn't have been the first time falling asleep at the hooves of Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow turned, flashing Twilight an eager smile while patting her stomach with a wing. "I don't know about you, but a single cupcake that tried to murder me isn't exactly my idea of a good meal."

Twilight stifled a laugh at Rainbow's clear over exaggeration, trudging up next to Rainbow with an inquisitive look.

"It's a little far, but there's a spot that my parents used to take all the time as a filly.." Rainbow admitted, gingerly wrapping her wing back in it's rightful place around Twilight's back. "We can grab something to eat, and I'll show you one of the best views in Cloudsdale."

"Even better views than Canterlot?" Twilight teased, earning herself a look of almost disbelief on cyan facial features.

"Oh.. You wanna bet, Twi?"

Rainbow strained her neck, trying her best to reach for the corndog being teasingly held just out of reach by purple magic. She shot the mare next to her an annoyed glare, her stomach rumbling impatiently. "C'mon, Twi! Give me some.." Rainbow pouted, sounding almost exactly like a hangry filly.

"What do we say first?" Twilight teased, eyeing over the look Rainbow was shooting her, slyly poking her tongue out of her mouth.

Rainbow groaned in defeat, her voice taking on a completely different, embarrassed tone. "Pleeease..?" She lowly pleaded, opening her mouth to take a bite of the food that she just bought herself, a light hint of red appearing on cyan cheeks.

First a kidnapping, and now her own food was being held hostage by the kidnapped?

Twilight smiled, watching Rainbow take an unusually large bite. Their leisurely stroll through the back streets of Cloudsdale had eventually led them here, a small vendor stand that Rainbow, for some reason, swore by. Saying it sold the best corndogs in Cloudsdale.

Of course, she had to admit to Rainbow that she was right, her own corndog having already been devoured.

"C'mon, I wanna show you something!" Rainbow requested, taking another big bite of her floating food before Twilight got smart again. There was more than the reason of food for bringing Twilight all the way up here, their walk taking them up and around to almost the very top layer of Cloudsdale.

Rainbow peered to the mare at her side, extending her wing upward for Twilight to invitingly walk under it.

Twilight smiled, doing just that, leaning into Rainbow's side only to find her mind wandering, wondering about something Rainbow had said earlier. She let her eyes trail around the other ponies they were walking past, eventually landing on a few ponies that were seemingly floating in mid air without using their wings.

"Rainbow?" Twilight inquisitively piped up, the wing draped over her back tightening on instinct.

Rainbow grinned "This is why I wanted to bring you up here, Twi."

Twilight stopped on the edge of the cloud, Rainbow taking the opportunity to finish her almost gone corndog.

She took a tentative step forward out from under cyan wing, the white cloud she was now so used to walking on suddenly disappearing into seemingly nothing. It was a platform, but there was nothing there. It was almost as if she was walking on air. Twilight hesitantly peered down, the ground being so far away giving her mild vertigo as she wobbled on all four hooves.

"R-Rainbow.."

Rainbow smirked, quickly shooting back to Twilight's side, catching the wobbly mare before she fell over. "Hey.. You alright?"

"Y-yes.. It's just— it's a weird feeling.." Twilight stated, peering over at her multicolored anchor.

Rainbow flashed a reassuring smile. "Heh, I remember that feeling, but you'll get used to it." Rainbow bit her lip, eyeing the rest of the 'walkway' further out. "Did you wanna try and go all the way?"

Twilight nodded her head, taking another step as said steps became less and less dependent on a second body. "Rainbow, this is.." Twilight felt her smile curving from ear to ear as they eventually reached the end railing, once again leaning into the mare next to her, but not for support this time. "It's beautiful.."

"I'm glad you think so.." Rainbow matched Twilight's smile, staring directly at the mare pressed against her. She rested her head lightly on Twilight's, dodging the eye stabbing horn.

"Rainbow?"

"Twilight?"

Twilight hesitated, the words she wanted to say all but forcing themselves out anyway. "Earlier, you mentioned coming here with your parents.. Are they here? I-In Cloudsdale?" Twilight nervously finished. She looked over, minding her horn, to stare at the mare who she thought would be mad at such a question, but she was graced with an out of place smile.

"Y-yeah..! They live here.. Not here here, but on the other side of the city. We were actually closer to them when we arrived a couple hours ago.."

Twilight bit her lip, finding her eyes trailing back to the sunsetting view. She felt herself leaning more and more into Rainbow's side. "Is— was there ever a chance at seeing them today?"

Rainbow felt her smile dissipating, being replaced by a blank expression of deep thought. Was there ever a possibility of taking Twilight to meet her parents today? Her parents that would have no doubt embarrassed her, and have potentially ruined an entire night mean for just her and Twilight?

No, not this time.

"Twi.." Rainbow spoke lowly, separating from Twilight's side slightly to be able to stare directly into purple eyes. "I-I.. Don't get me wrong, I love my parents..! And it's not that I don't want to see them, or for them to see you, its just—"

"—tonight is about us.." Twilight finished, leaning over to give Rainbow a tender peck on the cheek.

Rainbow took in a deep breath, the current moment getting way too cheesy for her liking.

"Tonight is about you, Twilight. I made you a promise, a promise that goes deeper than just arriving on time to a bakery.." Rainbow went silent for a second, searching the purple face before her. "I just don't want anything to get in the way of this, y'know?"

Twilight felt her face getting awfully warm, her heart fluttering from Rainbow's heartfelt reasoning. "I know, Dashie."

Rainbow let her smile that had dissapeared return, turning into somewhat of a grin. "And besides.. If you think I'm over the top, then my parents have been boiling over for 30 years.."

Twilight giggled at that. She let her eyes rest on the distant waterfall below her, standing in silence for what seemed like hours, the muffled sounds of fillies and colts playing on the illusionary surface behind them filling the air like a backtrack to beauty.

She found her mind wandering once again. She knew Rainbow had plans on where to take her tonight, but what about her own plan—the idea that got interrupted by Rainbow's own impromptu date—the reason as to why she was the one who was late today, not Rainbow.

"Dash?"

"Hmm?"

Twilight took one last glance outward toward the sun, it's rays getting dimmer and dimmer as it slowly set over the horizon. "What else were you planning on showing me tonight?"

Rainbow playfully nudged into Twilight's side. "What? Standing on air thousands of hooves above ground layer isn't exciting enough for you, Twi?"

Twilight hesitantly turned, the cyan wing keeping her safe following her every move. "N-no! It's not that..!" She nudged back into Rainbow, receiving a knowing chuckle.

"Y'know.. There is actually a place that's been on my mind since arriving here.." Rainbow tightened her wing around purple. "I was planning on taking you there last, but now I—"

"Why last?" Twilight cut in, feeling her curiosity growing with each word spoken by the prismatic mare next to her.

"Well.." Rainbow stopped, bringing a hoof up to poke Twilight right in the forehead. "I wasn't sure if you and that egghead brain of yours would wanna leave after you laid eyes on the place.."

Twilight went cross-eyed for a moment, following the cyan hoof to her forehead before swatting it away with her own. "What's that supposed to mean?" Twilight counter-poked Rainbow with her hoof directly in the mare's ribcage.

Rainbow let out an uncharacteristic giggle, not saying anything to the now clearly intrigued Alicorn.

Twilight peered ahead, white cloud being lit by illuminating streetlamps as the moon slowly rose to dominate the sky.

She had gotten used to walking over flying, as weird as it felt being so high above the ground, Rainbow had insisted that they walk to this so called 'place' rather than fly. Of course, whenever she asked Rainbow where she was taking her, all she got were half-baked replies.

Rainbow was keeping her in the dark for a reason, and it was silently driving her crazy.

"Oh, over there is where I broke my wing for the first time.." Rainbow grimaced at the memory.

"I.. Why does that not surprise me?" Twilight giggled. "How old were you?" Twilight immediately re-questioned, eyeing the relatively small mound of white of the Cloudsdale equivalent of a park.

Rainbow looked away at nothing in particular. "I was still a filly when it happened.."

"Aww..!" Twilight leaned in to peck Rainbow's cheek, staining cyan quickly red. "Does little Dashie need a feel better kiss?"

Rainbow blew a raspberry at the mare under her wing, Twilight's words causing said wing to twitch in both embarrassment and sudden excitement. She let her eyes trail over the rather large dome-like structure that had come into view, its high walls spanning long and wide in the distance.

"You can kiss me all you want later.." Rainbow teased, motioning with her head for Twilight to peer forward.

Twilight felt her eyes open lively in curious excitement, eyeing the wall coming closer that Rainbow was motioning towards. The rather large dome looked relatively out of place as it towered over everything else in the vicinity, one could easily tell it was a new addition to the giant floating city.

"It may not look like much from out here, but just wait till you see inside.." Rainbow unwrapped her wing from around Twilight's barrel, the archway entrance they were stood under being their gateway to an oasis in the clouds. She could see how impatient Twilight had become during their walk, her wings twitching erratically, waiting to see what lay beyond gated white.

Rainbow smirked, motioning with her head for Twilight to go first. She couldn't wait to see the look on Twilight's face at the overwhelming color change she was about to witness.

Twilight stared at her cyan Pegasus for a moment before turning, walking through ethereal gates to take an eager step forward into the unknown.

Almost immediately she found herself unable to think, unable to comprehend the colors, the sights she was witnessing so high in the sky. It was green, lush, beautiful. It was as if she walked through a portal, a gateway into an almost separate atmosphere part of the same Cloudsdale.

It was as if they were back on the ground.

Twilight fell back to her haunches, struggling to adjust to the beautiful oasis before her. She felt her wings getting that familiar itch to fly, twitching at her sides once again in protest.

Rainbow could only feel her grin widen, watching Twilight fall back onto her flanks in awe for what had to be a new record in a single day. She did say the bookworm would be consumed by this place, and for good reason. It was egghead paradise, an entire forest in the sky that shouldn't exist this far up. But yet here it was.

"So? Was it a good or a bad idea to bring you here?" Rainbow lowly questioned, somewhat already knowing the answer, walking up next to the paralyzed Alicorn.

Twilight said nothing, instead nodding her head sluggishly in awed approval. She sat up from her flanks, the grass below her hooves causing a shiver to shoot up each of her legs. After walking on clouds for so long, grass was a feeling she'd almost forgotten.

She allowed her eyes to wander around the giant open field before her; noticing the soft mounds and hills, the river that cut through the entirety of dirt bedding, the trees that housed chirping birds just like a regular forest. If any pony told her this was just any old wilderness in Equestria, she would have no choice but to agree with them.

It was almost a reminder of Ponyville's surrounding forests.

"Rainbow..? H-how!" Twilight breathlessly questioned, performing a circle in place to take in all her surroundings.

Rainbow shrugged her shoulders, watching Twilight twirl like an unstable ballerina. "Beats me.. This whole thing is relatively new, even I haven't seen this place in it's entirety yet."

Twilight swung around to be face to face with Rainbow. "W-wait, this is your first time seeing this?"

Rainbow smiled, walking forward into the moon-rayed, firefly lit field. "Pretty much.. I saw it when it was less.. Green, a while ago, but this is my first time seeing it so—

"—Beautiful.." Twilight finished.

"Heh.. You said it." Rainbow agreed, eyeing the purple mare over slowly.

Rainbow watched Twilight turn to look her in the eyes as if silently asking for permission to go and explore, to which she gestured with her head in approval. It was dark, but even in the dark Twilight stuck out against the greenery like a sore hoof. She wouldn't be hard to spot in the full glow of Luna's moon.

She watched Twilight stretch he wings, flexing them before taking flight towards the center of the luminous dome. She knew Twilight was going to love this place, she'd been saying it from the start, but the oasis wasn't the only thing this giant dome was hiding beneath its altered atmosphere.

However, Twilight was seemingly overstimulated, preoccupied well-over enough for yet another distraction to be introduced, for now..

Rainbow shook her head slightly, quickly shooting into the air after the faster than usual Alicorn.

She weaved passed the many trees standing tall throughout the sky-high field, quickly coming to a halt next to purple on a slight hilltop overlooking the whole place, the river running freely beside them causing ambient white noise to echo throughout both their ears.

Twilight flopped to her belly, enjoying the feeling of fresh grass rubbing against her body, inquisitively extending out her one wing. The wing that didn't receive any stimulation all those hours ago. She peered back at her cyan companion, eyeing her narrowly while flapping her extended wing a few times.

It was a clear voice that needn't speak.

Rainbow flashed a grin, moving forward to take up the same position she had before only on the opposite side, beautiful purple wing resting in her touch ever so gently. Her hooves rubbed and stroked equally across joint and feathers, earning music to her ears that slightly echoed throughout the dome.

"Y'know, I should really consider setting up a wing massage business.. What do you think, Twi?" Rainbow mused, pressing rather hard into the base of Twilight's joint earning her a deep moan of approval. She loved the fact that she could make Twilight putty in her hooves with just a touch, a fact that she secretly loved more than almost any other.

Rainbow leant in closer to Twilight's folded ear, her grin never leaving. "Indoor voice, Twilight.. Don't want others to hear you, do you..?"

Twilight slowly shook her head, reveling in the fluctuating pressure being forced into her limp appendage. She eyed a couple leisurely walking past at the base of their hill, blissfully unaware of the activity going on above them.

Rainbow gingerly let go of the wing in her grasp, letting it rest upon cool grass while moving her hooves inward. She shifted her position to sit upon Twilight's lower back, her hooves making contact with Twilight's shoulders. She sultrily eyed the curiously peering mare below her for a moment, slowly beginning to rub gently into purple shoulder blades.

Twilight rested her chin onto the grass below, breathing in the familiar scent before letting out a sigh of relief, her forelegs getting stretched and manipulated freely by the mare currently pinning her down. It was often that she found herself being handled by Rainbow, not that she minded much. Such handling often lead to other.. Activities, but that would have to wait until they weren't in such a public place, even if the ever familiar itch was growing to slightly annoying levels.

Suddenly, Twilight felt her eyes grow wide, letting out a yelp of surprise as she was forcefully flipped onto her back. The mare atop her never leaving her position, said cyan Pegasus now sitting directly on her lower chest. "R-Rainbow!" Twilight screamed louder than she intended, instantly cowering under Rainbow's weight as her voice expanded around the vast space.

"What?" Rainbow lowly spoke, leaning down to lay upon purple, really pinning Twilight to the ground now. She eyed the dotted ponies below, seeing them looking around curiously for something or other. "That was pretty loud, Twi.." Rainbow snickered.

Twilight wriggled under Rainbow's surprisingly heavy body, moving her own forelegs so they were wrapped around Rainbow's barrel, her hooves coming into contact with cyan feathers. She flashed a devious smile, extending one of Rainbow's wings with her magic before pressing into the base of her wing joint with just a little too much pressure.

Rainbow felt her legs keeping her upright buckle below her, falling toward the bed of soft purple currently attacking her. The pressure was a little harsh, but that wasn't exactly a bad thing, it wasn't often that Twilight got a chance to return the favor before things got out of control.

"Nnng..! T-Twilight.." Rainbow lowly groaned, shooting a narrowed, slightly grinning stare directly into Twilight's smug face.

Twilight lifted Rainbow's other wing with her magic, rubbing her magic along each awaiting feather. "Indoor voice, Dashie.." Twilight teased. She watched as Rainbow's tongue lolled out of her mouth, her head falling to rest next to her own. She sucked in a quick breath as Rainbow's pleasured, limp body compressed hers, being slightly heavier than she anticipated.

"R-Rainbow?"

Rainbow tried her best to sit back up, instead flopping to her side into the soft grass next to Twilight, finding it the least effort way to get off of her. Her mind was foggy. She couldn't remember the last time Twilight did that to her, her wings usually being something that didn't get touched all outside of the bedroom. But here she was, body limp at Twilight's magical touch.

She would no doubt be returning the favor later.

"Nmmn..! Y-you did that on purpose.."

Twilight rolled onto her side, flowing her hooves through the grass as she eyed the mare laying next to her. "And? You cant say you didn't enjoy that."

Rainbow rolled her half-lidded eyes, taking in a deep breath before reminding herself where she was. She immediately sat up, eyeing the direction they needed to go while taking in a deep breath. She knew the night was nearly over, Twilight lying beside her with her eyes nearly closed being a tell tale sign that things were going in a different direction, but there was still one thing that she wanted to show the purple mare before the night's end.

"Twilight? you awake, egghead?"

Twilight nodded, opening her eyes to stare up at Rainbow.

"I've got one more thing to show you, if you still want to see it?" Rainbow questioned.

Twilight sat up, stretching her recently handled limbs. "Sure, how far do we have to go?"

"C'mon." Rainbow lifted a wing, gesturing for Twilight to return to her rightful spot under it. "It's not far, I'll show you."

Twilight felt a shiver run down her spine yet again, her whole body twitching as she followed Rainbow's command. She didn't exactly want to leave this area, it seemed so large compared to the rest of Cloudsdale, but that just put into perspective how massive Cloudsdale was in comparison.

"Rainbow, where could you possibly take me that can top this?"

Rainbow flashed a genuine smile, tightening her wing around the mare who would no doubt escape to explore some more if given the chance. "Trust me, Twi. If you like this, you'll definitely want to see what I'm about to show you."

Twilight internally screamed. She wanted to tackle Rainbow over and kiss her all over for hours, this trip being the best date she's ever been taken on. She wanted to show Rainbow how much she appreciated this, how much she cared, but she held off..

For now...

Twilight eventually found herself being lead down an almost unnatural, natural path. A path no doubt un walked on by many. Almost immediately she started to notice the trees growing bigger, denser, the grass growing longer to cover the disappearing walkway as a slope of increasing steepness became their new path not traveled on.

In the center of it all, Twilight laid her eyes upon a massive slope. Which in turn swallowed anything that didn't have wings. It was a stable sinkhole within the clouds massive structure, something she didn't know was possible. It was seemingly built around by the massive city of Cloudsdale, a city that's been hiding this scientific treasure since the beginning.

There was no doubt some correlation between this and the forest's increased growth around this area, it was almost as if the draft was pulling air from the surface up to this height through the massive cylinder of clouded walls. Twilight couldn't help but shake her head in disbelief.

Rainbow stayed silent, nodding her head herself as she suddenly took flight, the path becoming too dense and steep to traverse by hoof. She hovered herself out into the center of the sinkhole, feeling the draft of warm air flowing past her and into the dome above. She peered down into basically darkness, a small light at the end signifying the underbelly of Cloudsdale.

"C'mon!" Rainbow spoke, stretching out a hoof in Twilight's general direction.

Twilight noticed Rainbow's offering, quickly taking flight herself in order to grab onto it in a slight panic. "R-Rainbow..? Can we.." Twilight glanced downward, her eyes tunnel visioning down the hole they were currently hovering over.

"Hey.. You alright?" Rainbow genuinely questioned, pulling Twilight closer just in case.

"I-I've been reading.."

Rainbow rolled her eyes at that.

"There's this old tradition that Pegasi used to perform when vowing their love for one another.. I was studying it this morning, it's why I was late! A-anyway, I wanted us to do it together, but you took me on this amazing adventure I wasn't sure if you'd—"

"—yes."

Twilight felt her heart jump as her hoof was pulled in to cyan chest, now face to face with the hovering Rainbow. "Yes? B-but you don't even kno—"

Rainbow let go of Twilight's hoof, wrapping her forelegs around her instead. She kissed her above the pit into seemingly oblivion, silencing her mare's mindless rambling. She pulled back as quickly as she went in. She knew what Twilight was trying to talk about, the tradition Twilight wanted to perform with her, she was a Pegasus after all. Though it was those beautiful eyes telling her all she needed to know as a single word echoed around them.

A word that shot directly into awaiting purple ears.

"Fall."

Going against every instinct she had, Twilight stopped flapping her wings, the feeling of cyan forelegs unwrapping themselves around her causing her heart to drop.

Almost immediately her speed increased like a falling brick. She instinctively reached a hoof up to graze Rainbow's hind leg, that too becoming a memory just out of reach, becoming a distant colour she could only stare at.

She fell. A freefall into a dimly lit abyss that lead to certain demise, her limp wings raging against windspeeds that were only increasing around her. She closed her eyes, letting whatever happened happen as an invisible ground no doubt approached—reaching up like a lost soul being tethered out of the sky—an angel patiently waiting to plunge into her and save her.

And an angel did just that.

Twilight yelped, her silent screams quickly turning into cries of laughter and love as she got slammed into by her cyan angel. She tried her best to open tear-crested eyes, struggling to see a once vibrant, now disappearing prismatic disc far in the distance as purple limbs desperately wrapped themselves around their savior.

An Alicorn clinging onto her Pegasus, the one who caught her from a pit of darkness shining bright once more, a clouded sky filled with stars as green fields once again sprawled for as far as the eye could see.

A newly founded oasis, brought to life by a mare that no doubt stole a heart in utter

~freefall.

Author's Note

Finished! Last chapter took a while, got distracted by something that stole almost all of my attention, but I never forgot to write whenever I could!

This was a story concept on my mind for a while, I'm glad I was able to finish it and potentially pave the way to start on another of the many story ideas I have, who knows!

I do hope you found some enjoyment reading this short story!