The strongest feeling

by One Dashie

Rating: teen
Tags: Romance, Original Character, Rainbow Dash, Comedy, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Violence, Main 7 (EqG), Applejack, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Human
Length: 22481

Rainbow Dash made a mistake, this mistake hurt several people, made her end up alone, can she solve everything? And can she find out what this strong feeling is?

Rainbow Dash had a great life, she didn't lack for anything, she was popular, captain of the school football team, she even had 5 super incredible friends, but one mistake ended up making her lose everything, her popularity, her position as team captain, and ended up abandoning, hurting and disappointing her friends, including the girl who loved her, this caused Rainbow Dash to go into depression, but despite the pain and loneliness, she found a new hobby, which made her stronger, but she needs face your mistakes, and your feelings.

My second fanfic published on fimfiction, and the main ship will be Appledash.

Contains: violence, some blood, mentions of depression, and references to One Punch Man (because it's my favorite manga)

the cover image is not mine, and I'm not fluent in English so I use Google translate to help me.

Published 2024-07-01 21:20:00 UTC
Last updated 2025-02-06 21:22:29 UTC

chapter 1: "The mistake"

"Rainbow Dash, how can you say that?!"

"She's my friend Applejack!"

"WE are her friends too, but Gilda is an idiot!"

"she's not an idiot!"

"Rainbow, if you have to decide it's us or Gilda"

"I choose Gilda"

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"Fluttershy I..."

"I told you so! Are you happy now Rainbow? Your "cool friend" made Fluttershy cry!"

"I didn't mean to, Fluttershy, I'm sorry..."

"your excuses don't mean anything anymore, you made a choice, now you're going to be with your "nice friend"

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Ring... ring... rin-

*CRASH!*

An alarm clock was crushed by a punch, the person who had done it was a girl, she was a teenager, she had long hair, the colors of the rainbow, her eyes were a magenta color, but they seemed lifeless, her expression was indifferent, she sat on her bed and sighed.

"first day of school" she thought.

This girl was Rainbow Dash, a girl who had a great life... at least until some time ago.

"here Tank, her food" said Rainbow Dash as she fed her pet turtle Tank.

Tank starts to eat, making Rainbow give a slight smile, she takes out her cell phone, and when she turns it on she sees her wallpaper, which was a photo of her and 5 other girls, she forgot to change it, she also realized that she had some time before of having to go to school.

"I think I'm going to eat some cpisa and start training" Rainbow said to herself, as she left her room to head towards the kitchen.

Meanwhile, on a farm there was a girl who was ready to go to school, but the same could not be said about her younger sister.

"come on Apple Bloom, it's the first day of school, I don't want to be late" said Applejack, she was the same age as Rainbow Dash, but was noticeably taller, she had tanned skin, green eyes, she was blonde, and wore wearing a cowboy hat, wearing a black shirt, orange jacket, jeans, and brown shoes, holding his green backpack as he waited for his sister to finish getting dressed.

"I'm going, I'm ready" said Apple Bloom approaching, she was a 12 year old girl, she had red hair, her eyes were orange, she was wearing a green shirt, blue pants, brown shoes and had a bow in her hair .

"come on, we have to go soon, otherwise we're going to be late" said Applejack as she got into the truck.

"you worry too much" said Apple Bloom getting in and putting on her seat belt.

Applejack starts the truck and the two sisters go to school, while Applejack drives Apple Bloom decides to talk.

"Hey Applejack, can Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle come over for the night?" Apple Bloom asked.

"of course" said Applejack smiling.

"and Applejack... why aren't you friends with Rainbow Dash anymore?" Apple Bloom asked.

This question surprised Applejack who almost lost control of the truck, she calmed down a little and looked at Apple Bloom.

"Why is this question so sudden?" Applejack asked nervously.

"it's just that you were really good friends, she always stayed at the house for a while and was really fun, but you suddenly stopped being friends, it was nice having her around, and Scootaloo also keeps asking if I know anything, what happened ?” Apple Bloom asked.

Applejack gripped the steering wheel tightly as she remembered the words that declared the end of her friendship with Rainbow Dash.

I choose Gilda...

"That's none of your business Apple Bloom" said Applejack seriously, as she returned to paying attention to the road.

Apple Bloom remained silent because she knew that when her sister was like that it was better not to bother her, she began to think about how to repair that friendship.

96... 97... 98... 99... 100!

Rainbow Dash was in her room doing push-ups, she was sweating a lot, her muscles were tense, after finishing she fell to the floor writhing in pain, her whole body hurt and she felt her muscles burning.

"ugh...it hurts...it burns..." Rainbow said in pain.

After a few seconds Rainbow's body had stopped hurting, she stood up and noticed that Tank was looking at her worriedly.

"it's okay Tank, I'm fine, no pain no gain" said Rainbow smiling tiredly.

Rainbow looked at her phone and saw the amount of time she had left, she then chose some clothes to shower and go to school, after a few minutes she left the house, wearing a blue shirt, a light blue jacket, black pants, and blue sneakers, with white soles and laces, and his backpack on his back.

"I think I'll run" Rainbow said, getting ready to run.

And then Rainbow Dash ran away, surprising people with her speed, it didn't take her long to get to Canterlot High school, she couldn't say she was excited.

"the beginning of another year of school" thought Rainbow.

Rainbow noticed Applejack arriving, and then decided to go in, Applejack was greeted by a hug, from a girl with pink hair, and blue eyes, wearing a pink t-shirt with white sleeves, black pants and pink shoes.

"hi Jackie, I missed you, we haven't seen each other in a million years!" said the girl as she hugged Applejack.

"Pinkie Pie, we met at the mall last week" said Applejack trying to break free.

"you know how sweet she is, always exaggerating" said a girl with purple hair, blue eyes, wearing a black shirt, a white coat, black pants, and purple shoes.

"it's funny to hear YOU of all people say that Rarity" Applejack said smiling.

"really, 87.5% of the time you are the one who gets dramatic about small things" this girl had dark blue hair, with a hot pink streak and a purple streak, her eyes were purple, she was wearing a white shirt, purple coat, black pants , and purple shoes.

"Twilight, could you leave your calculations for math class?" asked Rarity with a frown.

A girl with pink hair, lighter than Pinkie Pie's, approached, she had green eyes darker than Applejack's, she was wearing a yellow sweatshirt, black pants, and green sneakers.

"How are you Fluttershy?" Applejack asked.

"I'm better, it won't leave a mark" Fluttershy said smiling to reassure her friends.

"I can't believe Gilda punched her in the face in the middle of the street when you didn't do anything" said Rarity indignantly.

"it's okay girls" said Fluttershy.

"no, it's not, I don't know if you remember but Gilda goes to this school" said Twilight.

"Fluttershy, if Gilda does anything, gets close to you, or you feel like she's planning something let us know" said Applejack.

"it's okay... thank you very much" said Fluttershy smiling but looking discouraged.

"Fluttershy... is there anything you want to tell us?" asked Twilight noticing Fluttershy's behavior.

"It's just... I've been thinking... about Rainbow Dash..." Fluttershy admitted.

Upon hearing that name, Applejack clenched her fists and frowned.

"oh darling, we already talked about this" said Rarity who was also not happy when bringing up the subject.

"It's just that she's alone, I wish we could all be friends again" Fluttershy.

"yeah, me too" said Pinkie Pie a little sadly.

"it's her fault, she decided to choose Gilda" said Applejack irritated "come on, class is about to start" she said before entering the school.

The others decided to do the same, Applejack sighed because she knew she would have most of her classes with Rainbow Dash, not that they were forced to talk, but she didn't like having to be close to her, the first class was history, and for Her bad luck, the only place available to sit was next to Rainbow, the universe seemed to hate her, when she sat down, Rainbow didn't seem to notice or care about her presence, time passed without any problems and the physical education class arrived. .

"as today is the first day, today will be very calm... dodgeball!'" exclaimed the teacher with a dodgeball in her hand.

Fluttershy and Twilight who were in this class turned pale and were worried, they weren't the most athletic... and Fluttershy wasn't the bravest, other students were also worried, others confident and some indifferent.

"alright, let's get started!" exclaimed the teacher.

Fortunately for Applejack she wasn't on Rainbow Dash's team, but unfortunately for her, she was against her friends and on the same team as Gilda, Lightning Dust, Trixie, and Sunset Shimmer, it seemed like she was on a team of villains.

"begin!" exclaimed the teacher before using the whistle.

The game began, in a few seconds 3 members of each team had been eliminated, Fluttershy managed to barely dodge, Rainbow Dash was dodging the balls with apparent ease, Lightning Dust saw this and threw a ball towards Rainbow Dash's face who seemed distracted , Applejack saw this and instinctively screamed in worry.

"Rainbow!"

*Slap*

*woosh!*

Without turning around Rainbow Dash slapped the dodgeball hard, causing it to return to Lightning Dust with more than double the force, before Lightning Dust realized what happened she felt a strong pain, the dodgeball had hit her in the stomach forcefully knocking her to the ground.

"Lightning Dust is out!" exclaimed the teacher.

"ugh..." Lightning Dust groaned in pain.

This had surprised everyone, when they returned to playing, Gilda, Sunset and Trixie decided to focus on Rainbow Dash and threw balls towards her at the same time, however.

*Slap! Slap! Slap!*

*voosh... voosh... voosh...*

Again Rainbow hit the dodgeball balls, which were strong and made the balls return to the enemy team, with enough force to knock down all 3, and it was at that moment that Applejack realized that she was alone on her team, and the opposing team were still , Fluttershy, Twilight... and Rainbow Dash who was staring at her while holding a ball.

"not that one" Applejack thought worriedly.

Rainbow Dash, prepared herself, for the first time changed her indifferent and bored expression to a serious expression, her muscles seemed more visible, and she herself looked more threatening, she stepped on the ground hard and was about to throw the ball at Applejack, However, suddenly she felt pain and fell to the ground.

"this pain again? It's getting more and more frequent... did I overdo my training?" Rainbow Dash thought as she lay on the ground in pain.

At that moment Applejack got scared and worried.

"Rainbow are you-" Applejack couldn't finish because she felt something collide with her face.

A few minutes later Rainbow Dash and Applejack were in the infirmary, Rainbow Dash looked much better, however Applejack had a bruise on her face, and a bag of ice, Fluttershy had thrown a ball at her face and won the game, she apologized and Applejack Forgiveness, but it still hurt... it hurt a lot, Fluttershy is stronger than she looks.

"Well, it looks like you're having muscle pain, how often do you train?" the nurse asked Rainbow Dash.

"every day" Rainbow Dash replied.

"this could be dangerous, it's better to stop training for a while so your body can recover" said the nurse.

"I'll be fine" said Rainbow Dash.

"It's okay, but don't come to me when you feel that pain again" warned the nurse.

Applejack watched this while thinking, why was Rainbow Dash training? She was no longer on the football team, there was no reason for her to continue training, and especially training more than before... but why did she continue to care about Rainbow Dash, they were no longer friends, it's not her problem that Rainbow get hurt.

"alright, you can go" said the nurse.

Rainbow Dash left first, Applejack watched Rainbow walk away, then the students were gathered in the school cafeteria.

"it's hurting a lot?" asked Twilight.

"I'm better now" Applejack replied.

"I'm really sorry, I thought about playing too, and you were the only one from the other team and-" Fluttershy tried to explain herself but the others interrupted

"we already understand darling, there's no need to apologize" said Rarity.

"yes, I've been hit harder, tomorrow it will feel like nothing happened" said Applejack calming Fluttershy.

"but, did you know what happened to Rainbow Dash? One moment she was dodging all the balls, and suddenly she falls to the ground writhing in pain" asked Twilight worriedly.

"she's fine, apparently she's been training too much and felt severe muscle pain" Applejack explained, not feeling very comfortable talking about Rainbow Dash.

"Wow, to react like that when he's exaggerating too much, do you know why she's training like that?" Fluttershy asked.

"I don't know and I don't care" Applejack said, biting an apple, unwilling to continue talking about her friend with multi-colored hair.

"I miss Dashie..." said Pinkie Pie despondently.

"Pinkie, can we talk about something else?!" asked Applejack, now irritated.

They all realized that this was affecting Applejack and decided to stop talking about Rainbow Dash for now.

3 hours later...

The first day of school had ended, and now everyone was going home, Applejack said goodbye to her friends, and had to take her sister Apple Bloom and her friends Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, the trip was going smoothly, until a question was asked. done.

"Did you talk to Rainbow Dash today?" asked Scootaloo, she had purple hair, purple eyes, was wearing a black hoodie, green pants, and green sneakers, like Apple Bloom she was 12 years old, and was a fan of Rainbow Dash, she was almost like her little sister, but then After Rainbow Dash stopped being friends with Applejack and the others and was kicked off the soccer team, Scootaloo barely saw her, and when she did she didn't seem happy.

This question was something Applejack was already expecting, whenever Scootaloo saw her she asked about Rainbow Dash, questions that Applejack didn't like to answer or hear.

"Scootaloo... this... isn't something you should meddle in, Rainbow Dash is no longer my friend and never will be, and you can't convince me to be her friend again" said Applejack, gripping the steering wheel tightly.

"but you were very good friends, are you just going to give up on your friendship like that?" asked Sweetie Belle, she was Rarity's little sister, she was 12 years old like Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, she had green eyes, she had purple and pink hair, and was wearing a white t-shirt with light pink stripes, a hot pink jacket, pants black, and hot pink shoes.

"she was the one who gave up on friendship first!" Applejack exclaimed irritably.

"but don't you miss her?" asked Apple Bloom.

"he arrives!" Applejack exclaimed, stopping the car, she glares at the three children angrily, "that's none of your business! So stop meddling in other people's lives! If any of you talk about Rainbow Dash again here, I'll come back and each of you will Go back to your house, understand!?” Applejack screamed.

The frightened children nodded their heads.

"Great..." Applejack said before driving back.

Meanwhile Rainbow Dash had already arrived home, and was lying in her bed reading a manga.

"I see, so the same thing happened to him too, so I think the training is working better than I expected... I just hope I don't go bald" thought Rainbow as she ran her hand through her hair, a little worried.

She continued reading the manga until it was finished, she then decided to watch some videos on her cell phone, after a while she just lay there looking at the ceiling, then decided to go out.

"I'm going for a walk Tank, I'll be right back" Rainbow warned Tank before leaving.

Fluttershy was a little nervous, she had to buy food for her rabbit Angel Bunny, and some other animals, but she still remembers that it was on that street that Gilda had hit her with a punch, since Rainbow Dash and Gilda had stopped being friends, it seemed that Gilda was more aggressive towards Rainbow's former friends, especially Fluttershy.

"I have to calm down, what are the chances of me meeting her here again?" Fluttershy told herself to calm down.

What she didn't expect was that someone was watching her.

"alright crusaders, do you know the reason for this meeting?" asked Apple Bloom to Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle.

The three were in a tree house, where they were meeting, and now they were about to talk about a serious matter.

"okay, I admit it was me who farted in math class" Sweetie Belle admitted embarrassedly.

"was it you? You should go to the doctor" said Scootaloo remembering the smell of the classroom.

"I ate too many beans" Sweetie Belle tried to defend herself.

"ok, first: that's disgusting, second: that's not it, the meeting is to think of a way to make Rainbow Dash be friends with Applejack and the others again" explained Apple Bloom.

"but it's been 5 months since they stopped being friends, and so far it only seems to have gotten worse, and we don't even know what happened, I asked Rarity, and she didn't want to talk about it" said Sweetie Belle, remembering how Rarity looked annoyed with Rainbow Dash.

"that's why we have to find out what happened, my sister is very stubborn, she won't want to talk about it or talk to Rainbow Dash, if we don't do something maybe they will stop being friends forever" said Apple Bloom.

"and who could we talk to? I also asked Rainbow Dash once, but she didn't say anything and ignored me" said Scootaloo sadly.

"hmm... I think we only have Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy as an option, they're more likely to say something than Applejack, Rarity or Rainbow Dash" Sweetie Belle suggested.

"it's a great idea!...but how are we going to get there?" Scootaloo asked.

"Maybe we don't need to, we can call them... but none of us know their number, do we?" asked Apple Bloom.

"no" Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle replied.

Apple Bloom thought for a moment and then smiled.

"I have an idea" said Apple Bloom.

Meanwhile Fluttershy was walking around calmly holding some bags, she managed to buy the food without any problems, luckily she didn't find any com-

"there!" Fluttershy exclaimed as she tripped over something and fell to the ground, knocking over the kibble, seeds, and pet food.

"oh, are you okay Fluttershy?"

Fluttershy recognized the voice and looked back and saw Gilda, she was tall, had white hair with purple tips, yellow eyes, was wearing a black shirt, brown jacket, black pants and yellow sneakers, she was smiling, and Fluttershy was scared.

"Gilda..." said Fluttershy nervous and scared trying to get up.

Gilda watched Fluttershy get up, never stopping to smile.

"how's your face?" Gilda asked.

"ah, it's better now, uhh... how's your tummy?" asked Fluttershy with a shy smile.

Gilda touched her belly for a moment, there was a bruise thanks to the dodgeball that Rainbow Dash had thrown, she didn't expect it to hurt so much.

"Ah, I'm fine, just a slight pain" replied Gilda, still smiling.

"ok, uhh... it was fun talking to you, but now I have to go" said Fluttershy before trying to run away, but Gilda put her hand on her shoulder.

"why the rush? Come, let's talk" said Gilda taking Fluttershy to another place.

Meanwhile Applejack was in her room, lying on her bed, her day was tiring, not just because of her chores, not just because of the first day of school, not just because of being hit in the face by a dodgeball, but because of Rainbow Dash... in the last few months I tried my best not to think about her, but she couldn't and to make matters worse, someone always mentioned her name, but that day she managed to surpass all the others, constantly hear her name, be reminded of what happened, everything, seeing her... and being ignored, hurt a lot.

"Rainbow Dash... idiot..." muttered Applejack.

She took out her cell phone, and started looking at several photos, they were photos of good times, with all her friends, but the one she gave the most importance to were the ones where Rainbow Dash appeared... most of the photos she had, and there were several photos of just the two of them, one of the two together as a result of a race, it was a draw but Rainbow Dash insisted that she had won, there was another photo, it was another photo of her and Rainbow Dash that had been taken on a small trip, Rainbow Dash had convinced her to go with her and her parents on this trip, because she noticed that Applejack didn't go out much, and it was a really fun trip, she saw another photo and blushed, it was a photo of that time Applejack and her friends went to the beach, and This was a photo where Rainbow Dash was in a bikini.

"oh wow... I forgot about that photo" Applejack thought blushing.

She continued for some time, each photo brought back memories of those good times...

Knock...knock...knock...

Applejack got up from her bed, and when she opened the door she saw Scootaloo standing there.

"Scootaloo? What's wrong?" asked Applejack confused.

"Ah, we need your help with something" said Scootaloo.

"what thing?" asked Applejack.

"it's hard to explain, just come with me" Scootaloo said holding Applejack's arm and leading her away from her room.

After a few seconds, Apple Bloom came out of her hiding place and entered her sister's room, took Applejack's cell phone that was on the bed, and typed in the password, it wasn't the first time that Apple Bloom messed with Applejack's cell phone. hidden, she thought for a while and decided to call Twilight, after a few seconds, Twilight answered.

"hello? Applejack?" asked Twilight.

"no, it's me Apple Bloom" Apple Bloom replied quietly so as not to attract attention.

"Apple Bloom? It's strange that you're calling me, and especially on your sister's cell phone, did something happen?" Twilight asked worriedly.

"it's just... I wanted to talk about Rainbow Dash" Apple Bloom said.

Twilight was silent for a few seconds, but then said.

"Apple Bloom, please don't get involved in this, it has nothing to do with you" said Twilight trying to convince Apple Bloom not to ask about the matter.

"I have to get involved, I know what happened must have been bad, but... you are friends, and I know you miss Rainbow Dash, and I know she misses you, I can be a child but I can see how much this is affecting my sister, I notice that she is more distant, speaks less, is more discouraged, and when I pass by her room at night I can hear her crying, Sweetie Belle also notices that Rarity is being affected, she said that Rarity is more stressed, and that she spends most of her time making clothes to calm down, Scootaloo can't even have a conversation with Rainbow Dash because she ignores her, she says that Rainbow Dash is always alone , she said that sometimes she saw Rainbow Dash walking down the street with a lot of bruises and bleeding... and I know the rest of you can't stop thinking about Rainbow Dash" said Apple Bloom.

A few more seconds passed, Apple Bloom could hear Twilight crying.

"A-Apple Bloom, I..." Twilight tried to say something, but a hand took Apple Bloom's cell phone away.

"you don't need to say anything Twilight, I'll explain it to her" said Applejack, she was behind Apple Bloom with tears in her eyes.

Meanwhile Rainbow Dash was leaving a market, she had bought a few things, banana, bottled water, some things for dinner... and a chocolate because she deserved it.

"ok, I think I'll go home" Rainbow Dash thought, but Rainbow Dash noticed two familiar people.

It was Gilda and Fluttershy, Gilda dragging Fluttershy to an alley where there was no one around, Fluttershy looked worried, it was obvious, that she wasn't supposed to talk.

"Gilda..." Rainbow Dash thought and clenched her fist with a serious expression.

Meanwhile, the crusaders were in Applejack's room, who took a deep breath before starting to speak.

"it all started 7 months ago, our lives were great, everything was going well, until that... sorry, that bad girl called Gilda showed up, she was Rainbow Dash's childhood friend, the moment I met her I already had a I had a bad feeling, but I decided to ignore it, and I really regret it, Rainbow Dash started spending a lot more time with Gilda than with us, she started missing appointments, we no longer had lunch together, nor did we talk much, and we realized that Gilda was someone very aggressive, and that she was certainly a bad influence, doing a lot of things she shouldn't do, and getting involved with people who were just as bad, but Rainbow said she was "nice", we tried to warn her that Gilda was a bad influence, but Rainbow she didn't seem to care, she said we were exaggerating, over time Rainbow also started to behave differently, she spent less time with us, until one day I confronted her with intensity, and we started arguing, it got worse each time... So I decided to say that Rainbow should choose between us or Gilda... she chose Gilda... at that moment I froze, I didn't know what to say or do, our friend who, despite being arrogant and irritating, managed to be loyal... . left us without even hesitating... two days later Gilda shouted at Fluttershy, to the point of making her cry, and Rainbow saw this, confronted Gilda, the two stopped being friends, but... we couldn't be friends either. her friends after all" Applejack finished the story.

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"Wow..." was all Apple Bloom could say after hearing that story, she didn't imagine it would be something like that.

"I knew something big had happened, but not something like that, it sounds like a movie story" said Sweetie Belle.

"I can't believe Rainbow sided with Gilda..." said Scootaloo, sad, surprised and a little disappointed.

"... do you miss her?" asked Apple Bloom.

"yes... there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about her, I can't stop thinking that this could have been my fault, if I had tried to talk differently, if I had tried to do something, if I had punched her in the face about Gilda, maybe everything would be different, I want to forgive her, and I want to be friends with her again... but that hurt so much..." said Applejack, trying to hold back the tears but failing.

The crusaders looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy was knocked to the ground by Gilda, Gilda stopped smiling and clenched her fist.

"why? Why are you so mean to me?" Fluttershy asked sad and scared.

"You know very well why, everything would be fine if you and your idiot friends didn't get involved in other people's lives!" shouted Gilda, approaching.

"but you were leading Rainbow down a bad path..." Fluttershy replied.

Gilda got angry, grabbed the collar of Fluttershy's sweatshirt and pulled her closer.

"She was my only real friend, and now I'm alone, and it's your fault!" shouted Gilda who was about to punch Fluttershy in the face.

Fluttershy closed her eyes waiting for the painful impact, but it never came, when she opened her eyes she saw Rainbow Dash holding the arm that Gilda would use to hurt Fluttershy.

"no... it wasn't her fault Gilda..." Rainbow Dash said holding Gilda's arm.

"you..." Gilda growled.

"Rainbow..." Fluttershy said smiling.

Gilda let go of Fluttershy, and pulled her arm that Rainbow Dash was holding, Fluttershy moved away a little, and saw Gilda staring at Rainbow Dash, looking more irritated.

"Come to defend your crybaby friend again?" Gilda asked.

"Gilda..." Rainbow Dash tried to say something, but stopped when Gilda attacked her with a punch, Rainbow dodged it by taking a step to the side.

"you know, I don't understand why you care so much about them, didn't they abandon you? The same way you did to me?" Gilda asked.

"Gilda... sorry" Rainbow said.

"what?" Gilda was confused.

"I was a bad friend... to everyone, I was a bad friend to you, in the same way I was a bad friend to Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Twilight... and Applejack, if I wasn't such an idiot maybe everything it would be better, they could all be friends" said Rainbow, with some difficulty mentioning the name Applejack.

Gilda got angry, and started attacking Rainbow again, Gilda attacked without stopping, but Rainbow continued to dodge easily.

"you think saying sorry will solve everything?! You were my friend! My only real friend! You left me for those idiots!" shouted Gilda as she continued trying to hit Rainbow with punches and kicks, but she couldn't.

"I'm not apologizing hoping to solve everything, I'm apologizing because I did something wrong" said Rainbow Dash, she seemed too calm despite being dodging quick punches and kicks.

"shut your mouth!" shouted Gilda, finally managing to land a punch to Rainbow Dash's stomach.

However Rainbow Dash didn't seem to feel it, and Gilda felt like she had hit a sandbag, but then she started crying, falling to her knees.

"you changed me... you abandoned me..." said Gilda.

Rainbow knelt down and faced Gilda.

"I know, I'm sorry" Rainbow said.

Rainbow stopped Gilda's fist, which tried to punch her in the face.

"I'm alone" said Gilda with tears on her face.

"me too..." Rainbow said before punching Gilda in the face.

The punch knocked out Gilda, making her fall to the ground unconscious, Fluttershy saw and heard everything, surprised by the way Rainbow dodged, resisted a punch in the stomach and knocked Gilda out with a punch, and saddened by Gilda and Rainbow's words, Rainbow Dash began leaving, passing Fluttershy.

"I feel a little bad for her..." said Fluttershy.

"me too... Fluttershy... am I a good friend?" Rainbow asked.

Fluttershy wanted to respond, but... she couldn't say anything.

"that's what I thought" Rainbow said, walking away.

It was already dark, the crusaders were in Apple Bloom's room, still processing the whole story that Applejack told, and thinking about how to make them all friends again, meanwhile Applejack was in her bed, looking at old photos on her cell phone, she was thinking about deleting the photos with Rainbow Dash and moving on, maybe it was for the best, she had to move on, Rainbow Dash chose Gilda... and abandoned them, before deciding if it was a good choice or not she received a message.

"a message from Fluttershy?" Applejack thought, confused by Fluttershy sending a message at that time.

She read the message, after a few seconds she started to cry, but smiled.

"Rainbow..." said Applejack.

She decided not to delete the photos.

Author's Note

this was the first chapter, remember that I'm not good at English, so I use Google Translate, so some words may seem strange, as some may have noticed, Rainbow Dash became a fan of One Punch Man, this is the manga she was in reading and she started doing Saitama's training, this choice is because I really like One Punch Man, and because whenever I see a fanfic where Rainbow Dash is the protagonist, especially in a romance story, she usually suffers and gets beaten , but here there will be no monsters or magic, and only Rainbow Dash becoming very strong, in the next chapter there will be more romance, comment what you think of this chapter and the idea of the fanfic.

Chapter 2: "choices"

5:30 am

Applejack woke up early as always, she lived on a farm near the city, she woke up early every day for her chores, and also to get ready to go to school, because it would take a while to get there even by car, she wasn't the only one, the rest of her family also woke up early, Apple Bloom and Grandma Smith slept a little longer, Big Machintosh and she were the first to wake up, Applejack after putting on her work clothes found her brother in the kitchen, Big Mac was already 19 years old, he was young tall, tanned, and muscular, his hair was orange, his eyes were green, he had freckles like Applejack, and was wearing a red shirt, gray pants, and brown shoes.

"good morning" Applejack said, yawning.

Big Mac nodded, he wasn't one to talk much, he handed Applejack a cup of coffee, that would help a lot.

"thank you" Applejack said before drinking.

6:47 am

Applejack managed to finish her chores, and was now taking a shower, while Granny Smith was making breakfast, she felt much better as she felt the water run down her body, but then she started to think about what her day would be like, it's already been 4 days, after Rainbow Dash saved Fluttershy from Gilda, Fluttershy texted Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Applejack about what had happened, and they were all happy that Fluttershy was okay, and also happy that Rainbow defended her, and Applejack probably was the happiest, because it showed that Rainbow Dash was still Rainbow Dash even after everything, and Pinkie Pie said that it would be better if they forgave her so that they could all be friends again, Fluttershy agreed, but the others said that despite that they were still In doubt, Applejack said she wouldn't forgive her, many would think it was because of her famous stubbornness, but this time there was another reason...

I choose Gilda...

Applejack couldn't forget those words, much less the way Rainbow Dash had said it, without even hesitating, the 5 continued talking about the subject to decide whether or not they would forgive Rainbow Dash, but they still couldn't reach an agreement.

"I feel like today is going to be tiring" Applejack thought.

Knock...knock...knock...

"Applejack! I don't know if you know but I need to take a shower too!" exclaimed Apple Bloom impatiently outside the bathroom.

7:15 am

Applejack had already taken a shower, changed her clothes and ate her breakfast, she was with Apple Bloom in the truck, heading to school, they were silent until Apple Bloom asked.

"Have you spoken to her yet?" Apple Bloom asked Applejack.

Applejack sighed, Apple Bloom had asked this question every day this week.

"no, I haven't spoken to her yet" Applejack replied.

"Applejack... do you hate Rainbow Dash?" asked Apple Bloom.

This question caught Applejack by surprise, she turned to her sister.

"of course not! What made you think something like that?!" exclaimed Applejack, confused by such an accusation.

"it's just that after what she did and you guys haven't resolved it in almost half a year it makes it seem like you hate Rainbow Dash" Apple Bloom explained.

Applejack thought for a moment before sighing and responding.

"no, I don't hate Rainbow Dash, it's just..." Applejack thought about what to say, until he remembered the words.

I choose Gilda...

"It's complicated" Applejack replied without wanting to talk much about the subject.

Apple Bloom looked at Applejack worriedly, but decided not to pursue the subject for now.

7:24 am

Applejack and Apple Bloom had arrived at school, Apple Bloom saw Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo and went to them, meanwhile, Applejack observed Rainbow Dash arriving, since the fight that led to the end of their friendship, whenever Applejack saw Rainbow Dash she felt a pain in her chest and a strange feeling, the memories of the time they spent together, the way they competed, the way Rainbow never accepted defeat and said things like: "I was taking it easy" "I let you win Applejack" "this control is bad" and a wide etc.

"APPLEJACK!"

Applejack was startled and turned around to see her friends looking at her worriedly.

"Are you okay? You stood there staring at Rainbow Dash for 5 minutes without blinking" asked Twilight, visibly worried.

When Applejack realized that she had been staring at Rainbow Dash for so long, she blushed... and her face turned completely red when she noticed that Rainbow was looking at her, probably realizing that Applejack was staring at her.

"Applejack?" Pinkie Pie caught her attention.

"ah, sorry, I was just thinking about something" Applejack said.

"Oh yeah? And what exactly were you thinking to get so distracted and your face all red?" asked Rarity smiling with her arms crossed.

"I... uhh... we have to go so we don't be late!" Applejack exclaimed before running off into the school.

The others watched this, were silent for a few seconds and then Rarity said.

"yeah, Appledash still lives" said Rarity.

After entering school, Applejack went to class, it was Spanish class, she wasn't good at the subject, and to make matters worse this was another class she had with Rainbow Dash, when she entered the room she sat next to Rainbow , because again it was the only free seat.

8:15 am

Applejack had forgotten how good Rainbow was at Spanish, she was fluent, without ever studying, and back in the day that was one of the thousands of things Rainbow loved to brag about, especially to Applejack who was terrible at Spanish, she remembers that Rainbow used to speak things in Spanish to irritate Applejack that she couldn't understand, and she didn't know if Rainbow was insulting her, praising her or saying random words just to irritate Applejack more who was trying to understand, she remembers the day Rainbow said.

"tu tienes un bueno par de tetas y un gran culo"

Unfortunately for Rainbow Dash, Applejack looked it up on a translation app, and when Applejack found out what Rainbow was talking about, Rainbow Dash ended up with a swollen face with Applejack's handprint on it... good times...

"Applejack!" Rarity exclaimed, snapping Applejack out of his thoughts.

"I'm sorry, I was thinking about something" Applejack apologized embarrassedly.

Applejack was heading to her next class and met Rarity on the way, and the two started talking.

"maybe it has something to do with a girl with rainbow hair?" asked Rarity smiling.

"no, I was... thinking about Spanish class, I really hate Spanish" said Applejack.

"yes, of course, speaking of hating classes, today there's physical education, I hate getting sweaty" said Rarity, feeling disgusted at the thought.

"lazy" Applejack said smiling.

"lazy not darling, I just prefer to take care of myself" Rarity defended herself.

"you're lucky you weren't at dodgeball class on Monday, your face would have been swollen by now" said Applejack.

"God forbid" said Rarity.

The two had to separate to go to their rooms, and again the only free seat was next to Rainbow Dash, it seemed like a joke, but she sat next to Rainbow Dash, the teacher hadn't arrived yet.

"eres muy linda"

Applejack listened and looked at Rainbow Dash, she couldn't hear properly because she wasn't paying attention, and Rainbow had spoken in Spanish.

"what?" Applejack asked Rainbow confused.

"nothing" Rainbow replied in a deadpan tone.

Before Applejack could insist on this subject the teacher arrived, during class Applejack kept thinking about forgiving Rainbow Dash, everyone missed her, she probably missed them, Rainbow was also always alone for months, could they...

I choose Gilda...

No, not yet... she wouldn't be able to forgive Rainbow Dash.

9:15 am

Applejack sighed in relief, a class without Rainbow Dash, next to her was Fluttershy, the teacher hadn't arrived yet.

"finally class without Rainbow Dash around" Applejack said.

"Are you still mad about what she did?" asked Fluttershy.

"I... I don't know..." Applejack admitted dejectedly.

At that moment Gilda entered the room, she was quiet, didn't look at anyone and sat down.

"it's strange that Gilda is so quiet like this" Applejack commented.

"since she and Rainbow last met Gilda not only hasn't done anything to me, but she also seems to be too shaken to interact with anyone" Fluttershy explained.

"too shaken, right..." Applejack thought.

I choose Gilda...

12:35 pm

Applejack and Apple Bloom were walking home, they were silent, Applejack sighed.

"no, I didn't resolve things with Rainbow Dash" Applejack clarified Apple Bloom's doubts, already knowing what his sister wanted to ask.

"You were very shaken by what she did, weren't you?" Apple Bloom asked.

I choose Gilda...

Applejack tightened her grip on the steering wheel and Apple Bloom didn't respond, before long the two arrived home, and Applejack went straight to her room to rest, she would have to do some more things later.

I choose Gilda...

Applejack sighed, picked up her cell phone, thought about chatting a little with her friends to distract herself, but she saw one of her contacts and stared, it was Rainbow Dash, when they fought Applejack thought about blocking the number... she never blocked it, she didn't know Because she didn't block, maybe because deep down she hoped Rainbow would call or send a message, but that never happened, Applejack took courage, and decided to call Rainbow Dash.

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"hello?" Rainbow said over her cell phone.

Applejack sat nervously, not knowing how to respond.

"Apple Bloom is that you?" Rainbow asked.

Applejack sighed.

"no Rainbow, it's me, Applejack" Applejack said a little calmer.

Rainbow didn't say anything for a few seconds that seemed like an eternity, something that made Applejack even more nervous.

"hi..." said Rainbow.

"hi..." Applejack replied.

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After an awkward and uncomfortable silence Rainbow decided to ask.

"did something happen?" Rainbow asked.

"it's not that..." Applejack thought about what to say.

I choose Gilda...

"Rainbow, we need to talk" Applejack said.

"about what?"

"you know what" said Applejack, it was obvious that Rainbow didn't feel comfortable talking about it, nor did Applejack feel prepared to have this conversation, but she knew they should work it out.

"it's okay... you can talk"

"no, we're going to talk in person, face to face" Applejack said in a serious tone.

Rainbow was silent for a few seconds as if she was thinking.

"where and when?"

"at my house at 4:00 pm" Applejack said without thinking twice.

"all good"

"well... see you later Rainbow" Applejack said.

"See you later AJ"

AJ... Applejack's face flushed when Rainbow said that nickname, she wasn't the only one who called her that, nor was she the first, but...

"I can't believe I did that" Applejack said, her face red as she realized what he did.

She looked at the timetable to see how much time she had.

1:00 pm

She had 3 hours before Rainbow Dash arrived... well Rainbow was usually late, but even so she had to start preparing, she started doing her chores.

2:30 pm

Applejack had managed to finish her chores in record time, so she went back to her house to take a shower.

3:20 pm

After showering and changing her clothes, Applejack was cleaning her room.

"what are you doing?" asked Apple Bloom curiously.

"I invited Rainbow Dash to talk, and she came over to the house" Applejack replied while cleaning.

"really?...but why are you doing all this?" asked Apple Bloom.

"like this?" Applejack asked without looking at Apple Bloom as she continued to clean her room.

"do all your chores right after you get home from school, shower and get ready, clean your room... will she come over to talk or will you two-" Apple Bloom was interrupted by Applejack.

"NO!...no I...I don't know..." Applejack admitted with a red face.

"are you okay? It's not normal to see you act like this" Apple Bloom said worriedly.

"I..." Applejack tried to say something but was interrupted by her grandmother's voice.

"Applejack you have a visitor!" Grandma Smith shouted from downstairs.

"she's here early" Applejack said in surprise.

"I have a certain idea why" commented Apple Bloom smiling.

Applejack left her room and went downstairs and saw her grandmother talking to Rainbow Dash.

"I haven't seen you in a while, how are you?" asked Grandma Smith, smiling.

"well, I'm living" Rainbow said in a deadpan tone.

"since you guys fought, Applejack hasn't been the same, she really liked you a lot, I also heard her sometimes crying and whispering-" Grandma Smith was interrupted.

"hey! Rainbow, you're here, come to my room, we have a lot to talk about!" Applejack exclaimed, her face red with embarrassment and trying to make her grandmother not mention anything embarrassing.

Rainbow Dash went up the stairs following Applejack to her room, and Rainbow managed to hear Grandma Smith say "these kids these days are very hormonal."

Applejack closed the door to her room, sighed and faced Rainbow, and again the two were in an awkward silence.

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"hi" Applejack said shyly.

"hi" said Rainbow.

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Applejack sighed, this way they would never solve this problem.

"Rainbow... I'm sorry" Applejack said.

Rainbow didn't change her neutral expression, but she looked confused and surprised.

"why are you apologizing?" Rainbow asked.

"I... I've been wondering for a while now if I overreacted, stopping being friends didn't do anyone any good, everyone else misses you, I miss you, and you... you're alone, we should have had this We talked months ago, but I was stubborn, I thought it would be better to forget you, but I can't..." Applejack admitted, not being able to contain her tears.

Rainbow didn't say anything, didn't even change her expression, she just walked over and hugged Applejack.

"okay, I made a big mistake, Gilda was a childhood friend, I thought she was incredible, but we didn't see each other for years, and when she came back I was happy, remembering the old times, and I didn't think straight, I thought that her more aggressive and rebellious way was cool, and she didn't seem to want any harm from me, but she didn't want to listen to you who just wanted to help me, and to this day I remember what I said... I choose Gilda... I didn't think straight when I said that, you had no reason to want to be my friends, you had no reason to talk to me, and you had no reason to forgive me" said Rainbow while hugging.

"Rainbow..." Applejack said as she cried more.

For a few minutes neither of them said anything else, Rainbow continued hugging Applejack until she calmed down, Rainbow didn't see Applejack cry much, Applejack almost never cried, after calming down Rainbow stopped hugging her.

"thank you..." Applejack said before sitting down on the bed.

"well, I made a mistake, no need to thank me" Rainbow said.

"Rainbow... I want to be your friend again... I want you to go back to being that energetic and egocentric girl, who always competed with me, bragged about every victory, made excuses for her defeats and insisted that she had won when she tied." Applejack said.

"I also want to be your friend Applejack... and the others too, I should be the loyalty of the group, but that day I chose Gilda... but now I choose you" said Rainbow, truly smiling for the first time in months.

Author's Note

well, this was the second chapter, I thought about making a chapter focused on Applejack and her point of view, without much on Rainbow Dash and other characters, the next chapter will be a direct continuation of this one, Rainbow will have more prominence, yeah the first story that focuses so much on romance, and in other chapters other characters will be more prominent, this week I will publish another chapter of Rainbow Dash, One Punch Mare.

Chapter 3: Reunited

I choose you...

Applejack smiled, after all these months, the confusing feelings, the guilt, the anger, the sadness, the resentment, everything seemed to have been resolved by that sentence.

Applejack blushed "Rainbow..."

She looked into Rainbow's eyes, they still seemed lifeless, but in a short time they seemed to have emotion, without thinking Applejack began to approach Rainbow feeling her heart beat strongly, Rainbow noticed this and her heart also began to beat faster, she blushed and stood still, Applejack got closer and closer, their faces were very close, with their lips almost touching.

"damn, I can't see..."

Rainbow Dash and Applejack came out of their trance when they heard the familiar voice on the other side of the door.

"Apple Bloom is spying on us?!" shouted Applejack, embarrassed, irritated and frustrated with her face red.

"ehhh... no?"

Applejack groaned and heard Apple Bloom's footsteps running away, and then heard the sound of a door slamming, probably Apple Bloom hiding in her own room until her older sister calmed down.

"That little one..." Applejack realized she was too close to Rainbow Dash and moved away "Sorry, I don't know what happened" Applejack apologized embarrassed.

"Okay" Rainbow said calming down.

The two were silent for a few seconds not knowing what to say.

"Do you... want to play video games?" Applejack asked.

Rainbow gave a slight smile "You're going to lose like you used to"

3 hours later...

K.O

"Stupid game..." Rainbow muttered frustratedly, and squeezing the controller so hard it felt like it was going to break.

"Haha, that's 45 wins in a row for me and 0 wins for you" Applejack said smiling.

"I'm still not in my serious mode, let's do it again..." Rainbow said extremely irritated.

"Well, we can continue doing this another time" Applejack took out her cell phone to check the time "We spent more than 3 hours playing video games"

Rainbow was surprised and looked at Applejack "Really?"

"Yes, it seems we got very distracted... like it always was when we played" Applejack smiled as she remembered the past.

"Okay... so what are we going to do now?" Rainbow asked

"Are you hungry?" Applejack asked.

The two went to the kitchen, and saw Granny Smith and Big Mac preparing dinner.

Granny Smith noticed the two "Oh, they're finally done" Granny Smith said.

Applejack blushed "We were just playing video games!" Applejack exclaimed to defend herself.

"I know, you guys finally finished playing video games," Grandma Smith said, smiling innocently.

Applejack could hear the tone in which her grandmother said this and noticed Big Mac holding back a laugh. If Apple Bloom said anything about what she saw in the room...

Applejack sighed and decided to make a sandwich for Rainbow Dash, but when she picked up the bread, Grandma Smith said.

"Applejack, dinner won't be long," Grandma Smith warned.

"It's for Rainbow Dash," Applejack clarified.

"She can have dinner with us," Grandma Smith said.

"No need," Rainbow Dash said.

"Oh, don't be like that, girl. It's not the first time you've eaten here," Grandma Smith said.

"Yeah, every time you had lunch or dinner here, you ate more than the three of us."

Rainbow and Applejack looked back and saw Apple Bloom fiddling with her cell phone.

Applejack noticed the cell phone in Apple Bloom's hand, "What are you doing?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, nothing, I'm just talking to the Crusaders," Apple Bloom replied.

"About what?" Applejack asked suspiciously.

Apple Bloom got nervous, "Oh, just about you two being friends again... bye," Apple Bloom said before running back to her room.

Applejack already knew that Apple Bloom had talked about her conversation with Rainbow in her room, she just hoped that Apple Bloom hadn't misunderstood things... but what was Applejack about to do at that moment? Was she about to kiss Rainbow Dash? She acted without thinking, she followed her instincts, their lips were almost touching-

"Applejack!"

Applejack was startled by the scream, looked back and saw Rainbow Dash.

"It's ready" said Rainbow.

"Oh... right, let's eat" said Applejack embarrassed.

Grandma Smith was a great cook, it wasn't the first time Rainbow Dash ate her food, she often slept at Applejack's house, sometimes with the other girls, but most of the time it was just the two of them, usually to play video games, compete, talk, make jokes, and other things, Rainbow remembers a time when Apple Bloom said they should prepare a room for Rainbow because she practically lived there already.

"Is the food good?" Grandma Smith asked Rainbow, breaking her out of her trance.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, it's good" Rainbow replied.

"Hey Rainbow, are you going to sleep here?" asked Apple Bloom smiling.

Applejack noticed Apple Bloom's smile, and realized that she was probably planning something, and became suspicious.

"No, I'll be home in a little while" Rainbow replied.

Apple Bloom stopped smiling, relieving Applejack a little, but Big Mac decided to ask.

"I didn't see your motorcycle outside, how did you get here?" Big Mac asked.

"I came running" Rainbow replied.

The Apple family was silent for a few seconds.

"Did you walk from your house to here?" Applejack asked to be sure.

"Yes" Rainbow replied.

"But isn't it a little far? It's 8 km from your house to here, why did you walk and not by motorcycle?" Apple Bloom asked confused.

"My motorcycle ended up breaking down" Rainbow replied.

"Well, why don't you sleep here?" Apple Bloom asked smiling again.

Applejack almost choked when she heard that, she realized what Apple Bloom was planning.

"Is that okay?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"No, you're welcome here, you can sleep in Applejack's room like they did before" Granny Smith said smiling.

Applejack blushed, sleeping in the same room as Rainbow Dash now would be... weird.

"W-well... I could take her home!" Applejack suggested, wanting to avoid sleeping with Rainbow Dash.

"I don't think it's a good idea to drive in this rain," said Granny Smith.

"Rain?" Applejack was confused, until she heard the sound of heavy rain.

Applejack sighed, of course, the world seemed to be against her.

"Okay..." said Applejack.

After some time, Rainbow went to take a shower to go to sleep, meanwhile, Applejack prepared the room, put an extra mattress on the floor, got a pillow, and a blanket, after arranging everything she lay down on her bed to think while waiting for Rainbow Dash.

(What should I do? It's weird to talk to her, what do I talk about? Ask how the last few months were? Ask about a movie? ... calm down Applejack, you sound like Twilight) Applejack thought and began to calm down.

"Hey, AJ" Rainbow Dash caught her friend's attention.

"Oh, what's up Rain-?" Applejack asked, looking back and blushing.

Rainbow Dash was wearing a white shirt with an apple print and short black shorts.

"Are you sure it's okay for me to sleep in your room? I can wait for the rain to stop and come home," Rainbow Dash said.

*thud*

The rain got stronger and started to thunder.

"Well, I don't think it's going to stop raining anytime soon, and when it stops raining it'll be too late for you to go, especially alone and walking. In the last few months there have been a lot of cases of violence, kidnapping and assault in the city, and knowing you, you'd definitely end up doing something stupid," Applejack said, remembering how Rainbow Dash used to be reckless and easily angered. "And I don't see a problem, I mean... we're friends, right? We've done this MANY times."

"Yeah, you're right..." Rainbow said as she was about to lie down on the mattress.

Before she could lie down, Applejack grabbed her by the shoulders.

"You sleep on the bed," Applejack said.

"Why? I always sleep on the mattress," Rainbow Dash said, confused.

"But this time I want you to sleep on the bed, Rainbow," Applejack said, her arms crossed.

Realizing that Applejack wouldn't give in, Rainbow agreed to sleep on the bed, while Applejack slept on the mattress. After a few minutes of lying down, Applejack decided to ask.

"How have the last few months been?" Applejack asked.

"Honestly, they've been pretty boring. After we stopped being friends and I stopped playing soccer, there wasn't much to do. I spent most of my time training, fighting, shopping at the supermarket, reading manga, watching videos on the internet, watching TV and... well, nothing else," Rainbow Dash said as she remembered the last few months.

"...fighting? Did you start taking martial arts classes?" Applejack asked.

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"Rainbow?"

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"Rainbow Dash..."

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"Rainbow... don't tell me you got into a street fight?" Applejack said angrily.

"Okay, I won't tell you," Rainbow Dash said, looking in the opposite direction to where Applejack was.

"Rainbow, this is dangerous, you could be dead," Applejack said, having to restrain herself from screaming and waking up the others in the house.

"I know... but it didn't seem to matter..." Rainbow Dash said.

It didn't seem to matter...

These words made Applejack's eyes widen and she became more worried, she looked at Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow... you thought about..." Applejack had trouble continuing.

"For a moment, yes... but after that... it didn't matter... I didn't care if I died or lived, I just kept living, waiting for the moment to die, fighting in the street was the only thing that made me feel alive," Rainbow Dash explained.

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Applejack felt horrible, in these months she had been so angry with Rainbow, she ignored her, yelled at her, and focused on her own problems, she didn't stop to think about how Rainbow Dash was... alone, not doing what she liked to do, without friends...

"Rainbow..." Applejack tried to say something, but realized that Rainbow Dash was sleeping.

Applejack could only think one thing...

(I'm a terrible friend...) Applejack thought before falling asleep.

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Rainbow realized it was a dream, looked to the side and saw Applejack who had a funny expression of surprise and confusion.

"What a strange dream" Rainbow said.

After that the two went downstairs, and ate with Apple Bloom, Big Mac and Granny Smith, after that Rainbow Dash changed her clothes to wear the clothes from the previous day, and when she was about to leave Applejack's house she heard:

"Rainbow, wait!"

Rainbow Dash looked back and saw Applejack, who had also changed her clothes, now she was wearing a white shirt with an apple print, a green jacket, jeans, brown boots and obviously her hat, she was holding a key.

"I'll take you home" Applejack said grinding the key.

"It's stopped raining now, I can go on foot" Rainbow said opening the door and leaving

"But you would have to walk 8 km, I'm the one who called you here, so I'll take you home" Applejack said following Rainbow Dash.

"But you don't have to, I run more than that every day" said Rainbow Dash.

"I'm not asking Rainbow, I'll take you home and that's it" said Applejack firmly with her arms crossed.

(Stubborn...) thought Rainbow thought

A few minutes later Rainbow Dash Applejack and Apple Bloom were in the truck, it was Saturday and Apple Bloom wanted to spend the weekend at Sweetie Belle's house.

"Well, we're here" said Applejack stopping the truck.

Apple Bloom took off her seatbelt and grabbed her backpack, then Applejack and Apple Bloom got out of the truck, Rainbow Dash saw Applejack knock on the door, and a few seconds later the door opened revealing Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo who greeted Apple Bloom, and Rarity appeared and greeted Applejack, but then Rarity was surprised when she realized that Rainbow Dash was in the truck, the Crusaders noticed Rarity's surprise, and then looked at the truck, and noticed Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo smiled, Rarity seemed to recover and said something to Applejack, after a few seconds Applejack went to the truck.

"Rainbow, come with me" said Applejack.

"I should have walked home" said Rainbow.

Then they all entered Rarity's house, Applejack and Rainbow Dash sat on the couch in the living room while the Crusaders went to Sweetie Belle's room and Rarity went to the kitchen.

"Did you change the decor?" Rainbow asked, looking around.

"It's Rarity's house, they always change the decor," Applejack said, smiling.

"But why are we here? I thought you were just going to leave Apple Bloom here and take me home," Rainbow Dash asked.

"I was going to, but Rarity saw you, she asked me why you were with me, and I said we would explain it to her," Applejack explained.

"And why did she go to the kitchen?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"She said she would make us something to eat while we talked," Applejack explained.

After a few minutes, Rarity finally came back with 12 sandwiches, 4 cups of tea, and two 600 ml bottles of soda.

"Sorry for the delay, darlings," Rarity apologized, putting everything on the table.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack looked at the amount of food and drinks.

"Did you overdo it? Why all this?" Rainbow asked confused.

Rarity laughed "hohoho, of course this won't be just for the three of us."

The three heard the doorbell.

"Are they here yet? That was quick," Rarity said before going to the door.

It took Rainbow Dash a few seconds to realize what Rarity was doing.

(She didn't...) Before Rainbow Dash could complete her thought, Rarity opened the door and three girls came in.

It was Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy. They looked a little tired as if they had run all the way there, and the three noticed Rainbow Dash.

"DASHIE!" Pinkie Pie shouted, running to Rainbow Dash and hugging her tightly.

Fluttershy and Twilight approached and joined the hug.

"I knew you two would work it out," Fluttershy said as she smiled.

"I was worried, you two never took this long to reconcile" said Twilight.

"Rarity? Did you call them?" asked Applejack.

"Well darling, since you were already here I thought it would be a good time for a little reunion" said Rarity with a smile.

After a few seconds Fluttershy and Twilight stop hugging Rainbow Dash, and after another 5 uncomfortable minutes they manage to make Pinkie Pie stop hugging her.

"You know Rainbow, I was mad at you for a while, you saying those things, siding with Gilda... but it really wasn't the same without you" Rarity admitted.

Fluttershy put her hand on Rainbow Dash's shoulder "I was hurt for a while and spent days crying in my room, but I missed you"

"I didn't have my playmate" said Pinkie Pie.

"I had no one to ask me for help with a subject and then complain and say that studying is for eggheads" said Twilight smiling.

"and I only had Applejack to judge my fashion decisions" said Rarity.

"I had no one to beat at video games and then get into an argument with" said Applejack smiling.

"and I had no one to help me take care of the animals, or walk me to school or calm me down when I'm nervous" said Fluttershy.

"good to have you back" said Rarity.

Then everyone hugged Rainbow Dash.

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"guys, I'm happy too, but I still don't like hugs very much, especially long hugs" said Rainbow Dash uncomfortable.

"sorry" the others said and walked away.

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"ok... what now?" asked Rainbow after a few seconds of silence.

"Oh! I know, how about a sleepover at my house?" Pinkie Pie suggested.

Rainbow Dash ate a bite of a sandwich. "I already spent the night at Applejack's, I don't feel like a sleepover right now," Rainbow Dash said.

Rarity smiled, "I have an idea, how about tomorrow the six of us go to the mall?"

"Rarity, I'm not trying on clothes," Rainbow Dash said.

"It won't be just that, we'll also talk, eat, and maybe watch a movie," Rarity said.

"I like the idea, what about you guys?" Fluttershy asked.

The others nodded.

"That's fine," Rainbow Dash said.

Rarity smiled, "Then it's settled, we'll meet at the food court at 2:30 pm."

(Why do I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be a stressful day?) Rainbow Dash thought.

Author's Note

Well, here is chapter 3, it took a while, I've been doing some things, the next chapter will be longer and will be published faster, sorry for the delay and if the chapter is not very good

Chapter 4: a calm day

It was Sunday...

Rainbow Dash had woken up 5 minutes ago, and stared at the ceiling as she remembered what had happened the day before. She met up with her friends, they talked for an hour, they talked about what had happened to each other during the time that Rainbow Dash was away, with everyone asking Rainbow Dash questions, and after that Applejack took Rainbow home, and before leaving she reminded her that the next day they would all meet at the mall.

"Wow, I really feel like this day is going to be stressful..." Rainbow Dash said to herself.

Rainbow Dash had been without her friends for almost half a year, and now that they were together again she should be super happy... so why did she still feel empty?

Rainbow Dash looked at Tank who was next to her bed "those are the days when you don't want to get out of bed, but unfortunately you have to get up"

Rainbow Dash got up, took her cell phone and saw the time, 10:00 am, she had 4 hours before the scheduled time, Rainbow sighed, she could feed Tank, eat something, do her daily training, go back home, take a shower, change clothes, and walk to the mall.

"ok, let's start the day" said Rainbow Dash.

1:45 pm

Rainbow Dash was heading to the mall, her cell phone received a notification, it was a message from Pinkie Pie.

Pinkie Pie
"Hey Dashie! Are you arriving already? I'm already here, with Twilight, Fluttershy and Rarity, we're just waiting for you and Applejack"

Then Rainbow Dash started typing a reply.

Rainbow Dash
"Yes, Pinkie, I'm almost there. Just wait a few more minutes."

Rainbow put her cell phone away and started walking again, but suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her body.

(Damn... this is getting stronger and more frequent...) Rainbow Dash thought as she continued to walk with difficulty.

It burns...

It burns...

It burns...

After a few seconds, the pain went away.

Rainbow sighed (I think I really overdid it with the training, but it does give results)

Rainbow Dash kept walking until she reached the mall and went to the food court, where it didn't take long to find her friends.

"Hi Dashie, we're here!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, jumping up and down. Pinkie Pie was wearing a white shirt with pink stripes, a denim jacket, black pants, and white sneakers with pink laces. "Pinkie, you don't have to yell, she's already seen us," Twilight said to calm Pinkie down, who was attracting too much attention. Twilight was wearing a light purple blouse, black pants, and purple shoes. "I'm glad you came," Fluttershy said, smiling. Fluttershy was wearing a white shirt, a yellow jacket, black pants, and yellow sneakers with laces and white soles. "Hi darling, I thought you were coming with Applejack," Rarity said. Rarity was wearing a black shirt, a purple scarf, black pants, and purple shoes. "Well... no, I came alone, why would I come with Applejack?" Rainbow asked, confused. Rainbow Dash was wearing a white t-shirt with a white cloud and rainbow lightning bolt pattern, a light blue jacket with black sleeves, black sweatpants (much to Rarity's dismay), and blue sneakers with white laces.

Rarity smiled, "Oh, it's nothing. I just thought that since you two seemed so close yesterday, I thought you might have come together."

Rainbow Dash was suspicious of the way Rarity had spoken, but before she could question it, someone else said something.

"I'm here, sorry I'm late."

Rainbow Dash looked back. In the last few months, Rainbow hadn't shown much emotion, and she wasn't very expressive anymore, but what she saw surprised her and made her eyes widen.

"I had to take care of some things at home," Applejack said.

Applejack was wearing a black shirt, an orange jacket with an apple print on the back, jeans, brown boots, she wasn't wearing her hat, her hair was down, and it looked like it had been well taken care of, Rainbow had seen Applejack without a hat a few times, but she rarely saw her with her hair down, and she seemed to be wearing perfume.

"Applejack, you look great with your hair down, and are you wearing that perfume I gave you?" Rarity asked excitedly.

"Oh, yeah, it's just... I thought I'd change up my look a little this time, what do you think?" Applejack asked nervously as she glanced discreetly at Rainbow Dash.

"It looks really good on you" Fluttershy said with a smile.

"It looks really pretty" said Twilight.

"You should look like that more often" said Pinkie Pie.

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Rainbow Dash could tell the others were waiting for her to say something about Applejack.

"Okay, I guess..." said Rainbow Dash looking away.

After a few minutes the three decided to walk through the mall, where Rarity took them to a clothing store.

"I knew she would take us here, it was obvious, she suggested the mall" said Rainbow Dash.

"It's something quick Rainbow Dash, I just want to look at some clothes" said Rarity entering the store.

"That's what you always say, I'm not going in" said Rainbow Dash crossing her arms.

"I promise it will be quick" Rarity promised.

40 minutes later...

Rainbow was carrying Rarity with one arm over her shoulder and holding her friend's many shopping bags with the other hand.

""It'll be quick" you said, if I hadn't gotten you out of there we would have stayed in that store until the mall closed" Rainbow said irritably.

Rarity crossed her arms frustrated for having managed to buy so "few" clothes, while the others watched impressed by the ease with which Rainbow carried Rarity and her purchases.

"Wow, when she said she was training I didn't imagine these results" Fluttershy said impressed.

"It's pretty incredible that she can lift so much weight with such ease" Twilight said.

"I heard that!" Rarity shouted.

"It sounds really funny" Pinkie Pie said laughing.

After that Rainbow put Rarity on the floor and only carried the bags with one hand.

"Well, what now?" Rainbow asked.

"We can go to the movies," Twilight suggested.

"Oh, that's great, I'd love to watch "I Love You, You Love Me," it just came out, and it's already being considered the best romance movie of the year," Rarity said excitedly.

"A romance movie? No thanks," Rainbow Dash said.

"What about My Little Pony?" Pinkie Pie suggested.

"No, that's ridiculous, it's a cartoon for girls aged 5-10, but it ends up being more popular with boys aged 10-40, I don't want to watch a movie about magical, multi-colored ponies talking about the "magic of friendship," Rainbow Dash said.

"Careful, Dash, you might end up annoying someone in the fandom," Pinkie Pie warned, looking around.

"How about "My Fluffy Bunny 7?" Fluttershy suggested.

"No, I've already seen the other 6 movies with you, and I had to comfort you after each movie, and they're not even sad movies," Rainbow Dash said.

"What about-" Twilight was interrupted.

"No," Rainbow Dash said.

"But I didn't even talk about the movie," Twilight said irritably.

"It's a science fiction movie, that covers a lot of science, technology, and chemistry, and more than half of the movie is people talking about things that only nerds can understand?" Rinbow asked with her arms crossed.

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"Yes..." Twilight admitted.

"You're hard to please," Rarity said with her arms crossed.

"I just don't feel like watching those kinds of movies today," Rainbow Dash said.

Applejack sighed, "Okay, Rainbow, what movie would you like to see?"

Rainbow Dash looked around for a movie to watch, and after a few seconds she found something that caught her eye.

" "The Girl Fighter" " said Rainbow Dash as she pointed to a poster.

"No, I don't like fighting movies" said Rarity.

"And I don't like violence itself" said Fluttershy.

"I don't like it either" said Twilight.

"It's not my favorite kind of movie" said Pinkie Pie.

"Okay, fine, let's decide this with rock, paper, scissors, whoever wins gets to choose the movie" said Applejack.

1 hour and 49 minutes later...

The 6 left the movie theater of the movie "My Fluffy Bunny 7".

"That movie was really good" said Pinkie Pie skipping.

"I told you so" said Fluttershy with a smile.

"That bunny was so adorable" commented Rarity.

"It was surprisingly good" said Twilight impressed.

Rainbow Dash stared at Applejack, who had won the game of rock, paper, scissors.

"What? Fluttershy has been talking about this movie for 3 months, I thought it would be good for her" Applejack defended herself.

Rainbou crossed her arms and turned her head to the side, still with a frown on her face.

Applejack laughed "are you going to get mad just because of that?"

Rainbow Dash didn't answer, nor did she look at Applejack, suddenly she felt strong arms around her waist and something soft on her head.

"Come on, don't let this ruin your day" Applejack said as she hugged Rainbow from behind.

"I don't want to disturb you, but I think you should do this somewhere where you can have more privacy" Rarity said.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash noticed people looking at them, so Applejack let go of Rainbow.

Twilight held back her laughter "you should wait until you get home"

"Shut up Twilight" Rainbow Dash said pointing at the girl with glasses.

After that, the six of them went to the food court, and each one ordered something to eat.

"It's been a while since I've eaten a burger here," Rainbow commented as she held a large burger.

"Yeah, it's been a while since any of us have been to the mall, after everything that happened it wasn't the same," Twilight said as she ate fries.

"Not even Rarity?" Rainbow asked in surprise.

"No, I didn't really feel like going to the mall alone after that, so during those months I just went to other clothing stores," Rarity explained.

"Wow..." was all Rainbow could say.

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Raibow Dash lowered her head to avoid being hit by an elbow, when she looked back Rainbow saw none other than Lightning Dust, a young woman their age who had bright amber hair, eyes of a similar color, wearing a white shirt, a light turquoise jacket, black pants, and black shoes with laces and white soles.

"Oh, sorry, I almost hit you," Lightning Dust said, smiling.

Then she realized that Rainbow Dash was ignoring her while eating a burger.

Lightning Dust frowned for a moment but recovered "Well, it's good that you're happy Rainbow Dash, you seemed so down since you got kicked off the football team."

Applejack stood up and glared at Lightning Dust with an irritated expression. Since the beginning of high school, Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust had a rivalry, but it certainly wasn't the healthy kind. Lightning Dust was very competitive, and was willing to cheat for a win. She also used to tease Rainbow, and bullied some of the students at school. Applejack could remember a time when Lightning Dust made Rainbow trip and twist her ankle.

Applejack approached Lightning Dust "Can you just get out of here? We're looking forward to having a nice day at the mall," Applejack said seriously.

"Oh, sure, sorry, I just wanted to say hi to my old friend Rainbow Dash, I didn't have much time to see her because I was really busy with the team, you know?" Lightning Dust said with a smile on her face.

Applejack growled slightly and clenched her fists, while continuing to glare at Lightning Dust.

"Hey, calm down blondie, I'm not going to steal your girlfriend" Lightning Dust said defensively.

Applejack's face turned red with anger and embarrassment.

"You..." Applejack whispered irritably.

Applejack seemed about to attack Lightning Dust, but Rarity intervened.

"Please calm down, this is a mall, there's no reason to fight" Rarity said placing a hand on Applejack's shoulder.

Lightning Dust continued to smile, but noticed that Rainbow Dash wasn't paying attention and continued eating, which made her stop smiling.

"Well, it was really good to see you again Dashie, bye" Lightning Dust said as she walked away.

Applejack and Rarity sat down, and everyone at the table was silent for a few seconds, until Applejack growled and said.

"I hate that bitch..." Applejack was interrupted.

"Applejack! Language... but I agree, she's very rude" said Rarity crossing her arms.

"and she's very mean too, as mean as Gilda, only more manipulative than aggressive" said Fluttershy.

"I'm honestly surprised you're so calm Rainbow, in the past you would have been the first to want to hit her" Twilight commented when she saw Rainbow Dash eating carefree.

"it doesn't matter what she says" said Rainbow Dash.

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"Are you okay Dashie?" Pinkie Pie asked, hugging Rainbow.

"I am Pinkie..." Rainbow Dash replied.

"Are you sure? It's just that since yesterday we could notice that most of the time you seem kind of... emotionless, are you feeling okay darling?" Rarity asked worriedly.

"Yes, I'm fine" Rainbow Dash replied.

Applejack looked at Rainbow feeling a little guilty.

After a while the six left the mall.

"This day was super hyper mega ultra amazing!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly as she skipped in front of the group.

"I liked it too, it's been a long time since we all went out together" Twilight said smiling.

"We should do this more often, especially spend more time at the clothing store" Rarity said smiling.

"No" Rainbow Dash said.

"I'm happy, it seems like everything is finally getting back to normal" Fluttershy said.

"Well, I have to go get Apple Bloom and go back home," Applejack said.

"I hope the Crusaders haven't gotten into any trouble," Rarity said.

"Do you want me to take you home, Rainbow?" Applejack asked.

"No, you don't have to, I can go by myself, bye," Rainbow Dash replied, and then she started to walk away.

Applejack approached Rainbow Dash and held her hand.

"Hey, Rainbow, are you sure you don't want to come? Scootaloo is there too and she really wanted to see you," Applejack said with a smile.

Rainbow Dash stared at Applejack for a few seconds, before deciding to agree, so Applejack would take Rainbow Dash and Rarity to their homes, and Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy would get a ride from Shining Armor, Twilight's older brother, while Applejack and Rarity got into the truck. Rainbow felt someone watching, and when she looked back she saw Lightning Dust watching from afar.

"What's up, Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked.

"Nothing, nothing major," Rainbow replied as she got into the truck.

After saying goodbye, Rainbow Dash and the others went to Rarity's house. It took a few minutes, where the only noise was the engine. When they entered the house, they expected destroyed furniture, dirt everywhere, broken vases and torn clothes. The three were surprised to see that the house was in perfect condition.

"I think the three of them left when you weren't here, Rarity," Rainbow Dash said.

Applejack and Rarity were starting to believe it.

"Hey, we're not irresponsible," Sweetie Belle said, entering the room, along with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.

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"Okay, we don't have the best track record, but we're not as good as you think either," Apple Bloom said.

Scootaloo smiled when she saw Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow!" Scootaloo exclaimed happily.

"Oh, hi Scootaloo," Rainbow said with a slight smile.

Scootaloo felt a little sad when she noticed that Rainbow Dash didn't really seem excited or happy to see her.

"Hi big sis," Apple Bloom said smiling at Applejack.

"I'm impressed, nothing broken, torn or burned," Applejack said with a smile.

"How many times do I have to tell you that I'm responsible?" Apple Bloom asked with her arms crossed.

"How was the mall?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"It was good, but I'm honestly surprised the house is in one piece," Rarity said.

"It's amazing how much trust you guys have in us," Scootaloo said sarcastically.

"Okay, now I'm going home," Rainbow Dash said.

"What? Please stay a little longer," Scootaloo said sadly.

"Now I have to go back, Applejack is going to take Apple Bloom home, and I think you should go home too," Rainbow Dash said.

"Okay..." Scootaloo said sadly, looking down.

Applejack stared at Rainbow Dash. Ever since she invited Rainbow Dash to her house so they could work things out, Applejack noticed that Rainbow Dash was different. She seemed to have difficulty starting a conversation. She usually limited herself to answering questions or making the occasional comment. She was uncomfortable with physical contact, and was MUCH less emotional.

(If only I had talked to her before...) Applejack thought, feeling guilty.

After that, Applejack decided to take Scootaloo home, it was on the way, so it didn't take long to get there.

"Bye Scootaloo," Apple Bloom said, smiling.

"Bye Apple Bloom, see you tomorrow at school," Scootaloo said, smiling.

"Bye," Rainbow Dash said.

"Bye, good night," Applejack said, smiling.

After waiting a few seconds until they saw Scootaloo enter her house, Applejack then took Rainbow Dash home, after a few more minutes they arrived at their destination.

"Thanks for the ride, but I have legs," Rainbow Dash said as she opened the door.

"Bye Rainbow, good night," Applejack said.

"Bye Rainbow Dash!" Apple Bloom said.

The two watched Rainbow Dash enter the house, after which Applejack sighed and gripped the steering wheel tightly.

"Applejack, are you okay?" Apple Bloom asked, worried.

"Yeah... I am... I was just thinking about some things" Applejack said.

After that Applejack drove to her house, meanwhile Rainbow Dash was already in her room feeding Tank.

(Well, it wasn't as bad as I thought, apart from Lightning Dust appearing there wasn't really anything bad, and it's been a long time since I went out with someone... so why do I still feel empty?) Rainbow wondered.

Tank looked at Rainbow Dash, looking worried.

"I'm fine, I guess, but I have a feeling this whole week is going to be stressful" said Rainboe Dash lying down.

Meanwhile, in a basement there was a punching bag, with Rainbow Dash's picture, and then someone started hitting the picture hard, it was Gilda, who was wearing a white tank top, black pants, and brown sneakers, she was sweaty, but she looked furious, she kept hitting the punching bag hard.

"Damn... traitor..." said Gilda as she hit harder and harder.

Elsewhere, Lightning Dust was in her room, laying on her bed.

"So she got her friends back... maybe she can get back into sports." Lightning Dust touches her belly.

She then remembers the dodgeball game, and how hard she was hit.

"She's stronger, that might be a problem, but I'll fix it," Lightning Dust said with a smile.

Author's Note

Well, that was chapter 4, in the next chapters other characters will be more prominent, in the next one there will be more focus on Twilight, and I would also like to let you know that I published this story on Wattpad, and there will be a Spanish version.

Chapter 5: hard days

"Twilight?"

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"Twilight..."

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"Twilight!"

Twilight woke up startled, she looked to the side and noticed her younger brother, Spike, he was 12 years old, green hair, green eyes, and was wearing a purple shirt and green shorts.

"Spike, what's wrong?" Twilight asked, looking for her glasses and putting them on to see better.

"How long are you going to sleep?" Spike asked.

"What do you mean? What time is it?" Twilight asked, starting to get worried.

"Its hero time" Spike said with a smile.

Twilight threw a pillow at Spike's face, who laughed before pulling the pillow away.

"Now seriously, there are 44 minutes until class starts, Shining Armor won't be able to take us, and mom and dad left early today, and will be back in the afternoon" said Spike.

"And why didn't you wake me up before?!" Twilight asked, almost going crazy.

"I just thought you were going to wake me up, that's usually how it is" said Spike.

Twilight stopped to think for a few seconds, it's true, she didn't usually sleep late, especially on school days, but she remembered that the day before she went to the mall with her friends to celebrate that they were all together, and when she got home she studied for 3 hours and when she lay down she fell asleep in seconds.

"Oh no..." Twilight said worriedly.

"Well, I guess we're going to be late," Spike said.

Twilight stood up "no, no, no, we'll make it in time, we just need a quick shower, grab something to eat at school, and then run, if nothing happens we should make it with 3 minutes to spare!" Twilight exclaimed grabbing some clothes.

After taking a shower and getting dressed, Twilight and Spike ran to Cantelot High as fast as possible. The school wasn't far away, but it wasn't very close to their house either.

"How much time do we have left?" Twilight asked tiredly, but still running.

"6 minutes," Spike replied, looking at his phone.

Twilight could only hope to make it on time, she was already tired and wasn't very fast, she always focused on studying, she wasn't an athlete like Rainbow Dash.

*Whoosh...*

Something sped past Twilight and Spike.

(a car?) Twilight thought.

They didn't have much time to think about it, because they had to keep running to Canterlot High and they separated to each go to their classroom, Twilight entered her classroom... late... for the first time in her life Twilight Sparkle was late for a class...

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She couldn't even recognize herself, she sat next to Rainbow Dash, without saying anything, Twilight had arrived late, 5 minutes late, this was something Rainbow Dash did, arriving late to school, usually because she slept too much, but now the opposite happened.

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After some time, Twilight sighed as she heard her stomach growl, she had only eaten a piece of bread, now she could eat something, she was in the cafeteria walking to the table where her friends were, while carrying a tray with food.

(This day started off really bad, I woke up late, ran to school, arrived late, and because of the stress I couldn't concentrate, I hope the rest of the day is better-) Twilight couldn't finish her thought, because she ended up colliding with someone.

It was Sunset Shimmer, she was 16 years old, the same age as Twilight and her friends, her hair was red with yellow stripes, which Rainbow Dash used to call "bacon hair", aqua green eyes, Sunset wore an orange shirt, a black jacket, black pants, and purple sneakers with white laces, Sunset was smart, almost as smart as Twilight, but Sunset was not the nicest person in school... it was quite the opposite, she was as manipulative and competitive as Lightning Dust, and could be as intimidating as Gilda, Sunset was a teenager at Canterlot High, and unfortunately for Twilight, Sunset was glaring at her angrily, because her clothes were dirty and wet from Twilight's food and drink.

(oh sure) Twilight thought.

"Sparkle..." Sunset said in an angry, threatening tone.

Twilight looked around, and saw several students looking away and pretending that nothing was happening, because they were afraid of Sunset Shimmer and didn't want to get involved, leaving Twilight to her fate.

"Sorry Sunset, I didn't see you, I was distracted-" Twilight couldn't finish saying anything because Sunset approached.

Twilight sweated a little with Sunset in front of her, staring into her eyes, as if she was looking into her soul.

"Listen here Sparkle, I'm going to-" Sunset was interrupted by a voice.

"Are you guys going to fight or are you going to kiss?"

Sunset and Twilight blinked in surprise at the comment and the way someone simply broke the tension, behind Sunset was Rainbow Dash, this distracted Sunset who approached Rainbow Dash.

"You don't meddle where you're not called," Sunset said, looking at Rainbow Dash the same way she looked at Twilight.

However, Rainbow Dash didn't seem intimidated, in fact Sunset looked into Rainbow's eyes and it seemed like she wasn't feeling any emotion.

"If you guys want to fight or make out, you should do it somewhere other than the cafeteria," Rainbow Dash said.

The way she said it made it seem like she really believed it was something like that, Sunset grabbed Rainbow by the collar of her shirt and lifted her up a little.

"You..." Sunset said in a low tone filled with anger.

Sunset clenched her fist in anger, which only increased when she saw that Rainbow Dash didn't change her expression, but Sunset felt a strong grip on her shoulder, it was Applejack who had a serious expression that seemed to be containing her anger.

"Sunset... let her go," Applejack said in a serious tone.

Sunset stared back, but then thought for a moment, realizing that she was losing her composure, and would end up drawing the attention of some teacher, she decided to leave it aside for now.

Sunset sighs and lets go of Rainbow Dash "okay, okay, it's not worth stressing me out over this"

Sunset walked past Applejack and when she passed Twilight she whispered:

"This isn't over yet Sparkle," Sunset said before leaving the cafeteria.

"Are you okay Twilight?" Applejack asked.

"I'm... kind of... this day just keeps getting worse," Twilight said, looking at her food on the floor.

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"banana" said Rainbow Dash holding a banana and handing it to Twilight.

"...thank you..." said Twilight holding the banana.

That was a tiring day for Twilight, she was never so happy to leave school, she met up with Spike and the two started walking home.

"How was your day Spike?" Twilight asked with a smile to hide that her day was horrible.

"It was great, I managed to get to class before the teacher who was late, I managed to do well in class, and I got the last hot dog of the day" said Spike smiling happily.

This made Twilight feel like it was a joke of the universe, Spike had a great day and she had a terrible day.

(Well, at least I think the worst is over) thought Twilight.

What Twilight didn't know was that there was someone following them. When she got home, Twilight lay down on her bed, tired. After what happened in the cafeteria, Twilight had physical education class, something she obviously wasn't good at, and because she was tired and hungry, she was much worse. The students had to do several exercises, where Twilight performed pathetically, but she noticed Rainbow Dash standing out in all the exercises. It was no surprise that Rainbow Dash was a good athlete in sports, but this was on another level, surpassing all the other students, girls and boys. This training that Rainbow said she had done was really having results.

(Well, at least we're all together again, that's a relief) thought Twilight before falling asleep.

Twilight woke up and saw two blue eyes staring at her.

"oi Twilight"

"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Twilight screamed in fright.

After calming down, she realized it was Pinkie Pie, and her other friends were in the room.

"What are you doing here?" Twilight asked confused.

"Isn't it obvious darling? We wanted to come by and see how you were doing after having such a rough day," Rarity said.

"Oh, I'm fine, I just needed to rest" Twilight said.

"Aren't you worried that Sunset Shimmer will try something with you?" Fluttershy asked.

"ugh, don't even remind me, as if she doesn't hate me enough" Twilight said sitting down on the bed.

Sunset seemed to have something against Twilight long before the cafeteria accident, probably because Twilight had surpassed her in intelligence, and Sunset didn't like being surpassed in anything, Twilight thought that now things would get more difficult.

"Just punch her," said Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow, please don't encourage violence," Fluttershy said.

"I also think it's not the best idea, violence doesn't solve anything" said Twilight.

"Yeah, not to mention that Twilight is very weak, has thin arms, doesn't know how to fight, has never played any sport in her life, at most a walk from here to the library" said Pinkie Pie.

"Thanks Pinkie Pie..." Twilight said sarcastically.

"damn" said Pinkie Pie smiling.

"Well Twilight I think you better be careful, Sunset Shimmer can be cruel, manipulative, vengeful, and smart" Applejack said with her arms crossed.

"I know... but at least it can't get any worse," Twilight said.

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"Did you seriously just say that?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Rainbow, this is real life, this cliché won't happen just because I said so," said Twilight.

"You know what?" Rainbow Dash said until she realized something. "Is that notebook computer new?" Rainbow asked as she noticed a purple notebook.

"Yes, I got it 3 months ago, it was a gift from my grandmother, very useful to replace the one you and Pinkie Pie destroyed" said Twilight looking at Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie.

"Sorry, but how were we supposed to know it wasn't apple soda approved?" Pinkie Pie defended herself.

Twilight sighed "Anyway, this notebook is modern, and very expensive, besides it was a gift from my grandmother, so I will never lend it to you again, it has several important things for me, notes, assignments to hand in, my lists of things to do..."

"Your Wattpad account, where you make +18 yaoi and yuri fanfics..." Rainbow Dash said before dodging a pillow that Twilight threw.

"Idiot..." Twilight said angrily.

"It was just a joke" said Rainbow Dash standing up

"Where are you going?" Applejack asked.

"I'm going home," Rainbow Dash replied.

"But already?" Applejack asked in surprise.

"Yeah, I have to talk to my parents about something," Rainbow Dash said as she walked to the door.

"What thing?" Applejack asked.

Rainbow Dash turned around with a big smile "None of your business" Rainbow Dash replied before opening the door "Bye"

After Rainbow Dash left, Applejack looked irritated.

"Are you okay darling?" asked Rarity.

"Yes, it's just that Rainbow Dash is back but... there's something strange about her" said Applejack dejectedly.

"Well... I noticed that, sometimes she acts like the Rainbow Dash we know, but most of the time she's indifferent to everything around her, talks a lot less than before, and seems a little more distant" Fluttershy said.

"Well, I guess she hasn't been talking to many people since that fight," Rarity said.

They continued talking for a few more minutes, before leaving and leaving Twilight alone to rest.

(It was a hard day, but tomorrow should be better) Twilight thought.

Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was walking down the street when she noticed someone familiar on the other side of the street.

(I recognize that hair...) Rainbow Dash thought.

The next day everything seemed better, Twilight managed to wake up early, eat calmly before going to school, arrived on time, and didn't see Sunset Shimmer all day, now she was walking home calmly next to Spike.

(That's great, after what happened yesterday a calm day like today was very satisfying) thought Twilight with a smile.

"you are calmer today"

"Yes... Rainbow?!" Twilight jumped and almost fell to the ground in fright when she noticed Rainbow Dash walking beside her.

"oi" disse Rainbow Dash.

"Hi Rainbow Dash... when did you show up?" Spike asked confused.

"I've been hanging out with you guys since we left school," Rainbow Dash replied.

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"No you weren't," said Twilight and Spike.

"I was, I just didn't say anything," said Rainbow Dash.

"I don't know what's scarier about this, you practically being a ninja or you following us without saying anything for 10 whole minutes" said Spike

"May I know why you're following us?" Twilight asked.

"I wanted to ask for help with my math homework," said Rainbow Dash.

"Why didn't you ask while we were still in school?" Twilight questioned with her arms crossed.

"Because I didn't want to," Rainbow Dash replied.

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Twilight sighed, it was clear that Rainbow Dash hadn't changed at all.

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When they arrived at Twilight's house, the three noticed something strange.

"Is the door open?" Spike said in surprise.

"Shining Armor and my parents shouldn't be home this early, and I'm sure I locked the door before I left," Twilight said worriedly.

"I'm going in," Rainbow Dash said seriously as she entered the house.

Everything looked normal, nothing broken or out of place.

"Wow, thank goodness, it looks like no one came in," Spike said in relief.

"We have to check the rooms," Twilight said.

They went upstairs, and entered the rooms to make sure nothing was stolen, Twilight's parents' and Shining Armor's rooms were normal, upon entering Spike's room everything seemed normal too (smelly and messy) Spike ran to his wardrobe and opened a drawer.

Spike sighed, "Thank goodness, my comic book collection is still here," Spike said in relief.

"Is that what you're worried about?" Twilight said with her arms crossed.

"Yeah Spike, who still reads comics these days? Mangas are way better," said Rainbow Dash.

Twilight sighed as she saw the two losing focus, until she remembered that there was still one more room they hadn't seen, hers. Twilight ran to her room, opened the door and to her horror saw her room destroyed and messy, the curtains ripped off, clothes torn, her bed had been broken, and on the wall someone had used red spray paint to write "nerd bitch". Twilight fell to her knees in disbelief, and then began to cry.

"Who would do something like that to Twilight?" Spike asked in surprise and disbelief.

"I think I know who would do that," Rainbow Dash said with a serious expression that wasn't normal for her.

After comforting Twilight and making her calm down, Rainbow Dash sent a message to her friends telling them what had happened, and it wasn't long before they arrived worried, and when they entered Twilight's room they were surprised.

"Oh my god..." Applejack said as she saw the state of Twilight's room.

"Who could be so cruel?" Fluttershy asked in surprise.

"Sunset Shimmer" disse Rainbow Dash.

"Are you sure it was her?" Rarity asked in surprise, she knew Sunset Shimmer could be cruel and vengeful, but not to this level.

"It can only be, Sunset has problems with Twilight, Monday she seemed to want to kill Twilight, and at night when I was going home I saw Sunset, going in the opposite direction to Twilight's house, and today she didn't even go to school" explained Rainbow Dash.

"We have to call the police!" Rarity exclaimed indignantly.

"I was thinking about calling, but we don't have any proof that it was her, Sunset knows how to hide evidence, Spike asked the neighbors if they saw anything, but he said that none of the neighbors saw anything" said Twilight.

"When it's not a couple fighting, none of the neighbors pay attention," said Rainbow Dash.

"And I think if we accuse Sunset of doing this, and it's not her, it'll give her one more reason to hate me," Twilight said dejectedly.

"Twilight, you can't leave this like this darling, Sunset or not the guilty party has to suffer consequences" said Rarity with her arms crossed.

Twilight sighed, "Alright, I'll call the police..."

"Twilight... where's your laptop?" asked Pinkie Pie.

Twiight widened her eyes and realized that her notebook was not in the same place where she had left it, and since she did not see any pieces of it on the floor, it had probably been stolen.

"They stole him..." Twilight said in shock.

After a few hours it had gotten dark, Twilight called the police, Shining Armor and his parents arrived, they were worried and angry that this had happened to their daughter/sister, Shining Armor was a police officer, and when he found out what had happened he was more than willing to arrest the criminal, but after hours of investigation he had to tell the result.

"Sorry Twilight, but we didn't get any leads," said Shining Armor, he was a tall man, with fair skin, blue eyes, and blue hair, with three shades of blue, and he was wearing his police uniform.

"No clue? How is that possible?" Spike asked in surprise.

"Whoever did this has the ability to leave no traces, no footprints and no fingerprints, there are no cameras on this street, nor in the house, he entered and left through the front door without anyone seeing, he didn't leave even a hair behind" said Shining Amor.

"I don't believe this," Spike said in frustration.

"Not me, Twilight, can you think of anyone who could have done this?" Shining Armor asked worriedly.

"I... no... I can't think of anyone," Twilight said dejectedly.

"I see... if you have any suspicions please let me know" Shining Armor said before walking away to talk to his parents.

"Why didn't you tell him?" Spike asked.

"I... I think it's better this way," Twilight said.

"Twilight you had your room destroyed your laptop stolen" said Spike.

"Spike... let's just ignore this..." Twilight said dejectedly.

Meanwhile Rainbow Dash was also talking to a police officer, and managed to hear Twilight.

"Do you have any idea who it might have been?" asked the police officer.

"No, I don't," Rainbow Dash replied.

After that Twilight went to Rainbow Dash's house to spend the night there.

"Thanks for letting me sleep here Rainbow, I... I didn't feel comfortable at home" said Twilight, entering Rainbow Dash's house.

"It's okay... we're friends" said Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow... why didn't you say anything about Suqset Shimmer to the police officer?" Twilight asked.

"because YOU didn't want to tell" Rainbow replied.

"... I'm a coward... I want justice but Sunset is something that really worries me" Twilight admitted entering Rainbow Dash's room.

"You don't need to be afraid, we are friends, you have me, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity, if she spreads rumors or tries to hit you we will protect you" said Rainbow Dash placing a mattress on the floor.

"...thanks..." Twilight said smiling "I think I understand Applejack now"

"What do you mean?" asked Rainbow Dash confused.

Twilight shook her head with a smile, "Nothing, it's nothing..."

Twilight stopped smiling and returned to a worried expression.

"Twilight, is there something in that notebook that worries you?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I... also have a diary there... I wrote a lot about my feelings... my thoughts... my secrets..." said Twilight lying down on the mattress.

"Are you worried that Sunset or anyone will find out your secrets and spread them around?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"sim..." disse Twilight.

"... Twilight do you know where Sunset Shimmer lives?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"What are you going to do?" Twilight asked even more worried.

"A visit," Rainbow Dash replied with a smile.

...

Sunset Shimmer lived in a dangerous part of the city, where there were more robberies, kidnappings, etc. She lived in a house that was not very big, nor very small, it was her uncle's house, who was almost never home. She was sitting on her bed, while fiddling with a notebook that she had just gotten.

"No password? I thought you were smarter than that Twilight" Sunset said smiling.

"I think it's because she didn't expect someone to break into her house to destroy her room and steal her laptop"

"True, but I still should have put a password" Sunset said.

...

...

...

Sunset looked to the side and noticed Rainbow Dash sitting next to her, making Sunset startle.

"How did you get in here?!" Sunset asked, surprised, scared and angry, surprised that Rainbow Dash had come in there without Sunset noticing, scared that Rainbow Dash had found out what Sunset had done and had seemingly appeared out of nowhere.

"The window was open," Rainbow Dash replied.

"...what?" Sunset looked out the window.

Sunset's room was on the second floor, which was 5 meters high and had no trees or anything to make it easier to get in through the window.

"How did you do that?" Sunset asked.

"I jumped" Rainbow Dash replied.

"...forget it, get out of my house, or I'll call the police!" Sunset exclaimed irritably.

"I will, but only after you return Twilight's notebook," Rainbow Dash said, pointing to the notebook.

"That's mine, not hers," Sunset said, trying to defend herself.

"I heard you talking, and I saw that the wallpaper is a picture of Twilight, me and the others," said Rainbow Dash.

"Ugh, okay, you got me, this is Twilight's, but you can't prove anything to the police, I can get rid of this notebook, and deny anything they say, I didn't leave any traces in Twilight's house when I broke in, they'll never know it was me" Sunset said smiling.

"ugh, okay, you got me, this is Twilight's, but you can't prove anything to the police, I can get rid of this notebook, and deny anything they say, I didn't leave any traces in Twilight's house when I broke in, they'll never know it was me"

Sunset's blood froze when she heard her voice say that, then she noticed Twilight at the door of her room with her cell phone in her hand, she had recorded the conversation.

"You..." Sunset could feel the anger rising.

"Not as smart as you thought, are you?" Rainbow Dash said with a smile.

"Listen Sunset, we don't want to fight, we can resolve this peacefully if you give me back the notebook, we won't need to involve the police" said Twilight.

However Sunset didn't listen or care, she advanced on Twilight, grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and slammed her against the wall, making Twilight wince in pain.

"Do you always have to ruin my day?" Sunset asked irritably.

"But what did I-" Twilight couldn't finish because Sunset punched her in the stomach and knocked her to the ground.

"Come on Twilight, fight back" said Rainbow Dash watching.

Twilight noticed Sunset trying to grab her cell phone, but Twilight got up and jumped towards Sunset, knocking her down and punching her in the face.

"Very good Twilight" said Rainbow Dash picking up her cell phone from the floor so it wouldn't break.

Sunset pulls herself together and pulls Twilight off, the two get up, Twilight tries to punch Sunset's face again, but before that Sunset kicks her in the stomach, knocking her down, Twilight tries to get away from Sunset and get up.

"Why do you always have to show up?!" Sunset exclaimed.

"Why do you hate me so much? What did I do to you?" Twilight asked, not understanding why Sunset hated her so much.

"You ruined everything!" Sunset screamed.

Before Sunset could attack Twilight again, someone grabbed her arm.

"Alright, that's enough, there's no point in fighting," said Rainbow Dash.

"Don't get involved," Sunset growled.

"Well, she's my friend, so of course if you hurt her I'll get involved," said Rainbow Dash.

Sunset used her free arm to try to hit Rainbow Dash's face, but Rainbow tilted her head back to avoid it, Rainbow Dash released Sunset, and began to dodge and block all the blows, Sunset was frustrated, Sunset wasn't just smart, she was strong, she had fought many times in her life, but she had never met anyone who could overcome her like that.

Sunset tried to punch her in the face, Rainbow Dash tilted her head to the side.

Sunset tried to hit her with a kick in the stomach, Rainbow Dash jumped back.

Sunset tried to hit her with a high kick, Rainbow Dash defended with her forearm.

(damn... why can't I?) Sunset thought frustrated and tired.

Rainbow Dash seemed to be faster, stronger, more resilient, and a better fighter. Sunset knew that Rainbow was an athlete, but she didn't know that she was so strong and that she fought well.

"Tired?" Rainbow Dash asked with a smile.

"not yet..." Sunset tried to attack again, trying to punch Rainbow Dash in the face.

Before Rainbow was hit, Sunset felt a sharp pain in her stomach and lost her breath, falling to the ground.

(What...what happened?) Sunset thought, squirming.

Rainbow Dash had hit her with a strong punch in the stomach, and then approached Sunset.

"Twilight won't press charges, there's no point in fighting," said Rainbow Dash.

"I-I... your..." said Sunset trying to get up.

"You're smart, you know that? You two could be friends if you stopped being so... mean," Rainbow Dash said.

"I would never be friends with her..." Sunset said frustratedly.

"I don't know why you hate her so much, and I don't care, if you don't want to be friends with her that's fine, I just suggested it, but you also don't need to treat her badly, you don't need to treat others badly, and you certainly don't need to break into someone's house, destroy their things and steal a laptop that's worth more than the house itself" said Rainbow Dash.

Sunset was silent, Rainbow Dash walked away and saw Twilight with her notebook.

"Luckily she didn't mess with much," Twilight said in relief.

"Are you okay?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Better now" Twilight replied smiling, then looked at Sunset on the floor "do you think she'll be okay?"

"I don't know and I don't care," Rainbow Dash replied.

After that the two returned to Rainbow Dash's house, luckily Rainbow Dash's parents weren't home so they didn't have to explain anything to anyone, Rainbow Dash lay down on her bed, and Twilight on the mattress.

"Well... that was definitely something I didn't expect," Twilight said.

"It was pretty peaceful," Rainbow Dash said.

"Rainbow, why did it take you so long to help me when Sunset and I fought?" Twilight asked.

"I just wanted to see you defend yourself, when I saw that things were going to get worse I intervened" Rainbow Dash explained.

"I see... I didn't know you fought so well," Twilight said.

"I already told you I trained" Rainbow Dash said.

"The results were really impressive," said Twilight.

"Yes, they were..." said Rainbow Dash.

"...where did you go when you left my house yesterday?" Twilight asked.

"I've been preparing for something," Rainbow Dash replied.

"And may I ask what that would be?" Twilight asked.

"I want to start boxing training... officially, at the gym nearby," said Rainbow Dash.

"You're a boxer?" Twilight said in surprise.

"Yeah, I've been thinking, maybe that would be something better to do, I'm stronger, I don't play sports anymore, boxing would be something cool..." Rainbow Dash explained.

"...good luck..." Twilight said smiling.

"Thank you," Rainbow said.

The two lay down, and after a few minutes of silence Twilight spoke.

"Rainbow..."

"what?"

"you are a good friend"

Author's Note

This was chapter 5, sorry for the delay, and if this chapter isn't very good, I had some problems with creativity, because I wanted to make Sunset appear, have some problem with Twilight, Rainbow help solve it, it was difficult to write, the original idea was that it would be a chapter focused 100% on Twilight's point of view, like in chapter 2 with Applejack, then I changed it, there will be chapters focused on Rainbow Dash and other friends, and characters, but the next one will be Rainbow Dash and Applejack again.

Chapter 6: changes

Applejack entered the house, and to her surprise there was no one there, and she didn't hear any noise.

"Grandma!? Big Mac!? Apple Bloom!?" Applejack called, but no one answered.

"They must have left..." Applejack concluded.

Applejack went upstairs and headed towards her room. Upon entering, she took off her boots, placed her hat on the table next to her bed, closed her eyes and sighed.

"hard day?"

"Yes I..." Applejack opened her eyes before answering and noticed Rainbow Dash sitting on her bed.

Applejack was surprised, and almost screamed in fright, Rainbow Dash wasn't there a second ago, how did she get in? When did she get in? And how did Applejack not notice?

"Rainbow Dash what are you..." Applejack didn't finish because she noticed Rainboe Dash staring at her.

Applejack noticed that the expression on Rainbow Dash's face was unlike any she had ever seen, she was smiling, and that look... Applejack noticed that Rainbow Dash was walking away.

"H-hey, w-wait for it Rainbow" Applejack said nervously.

Rainbow Dash didn't seem to hear, she made Applejack lie down again, and without stopping smiling.

"It's okay AJ, I just want to have some fun with you" said Rainbow Dash.

Applejack blushed, she didn't know what was happening, but she was enjoying it, Rainbow Dash started to get closer, and their lips were almost touching until.

Beep... Beep... Beep...

Applejack woke up to the alarm on her cell phone, it was all a dream, Applejack sighed, she knew what kind of dream it was.

"Damn hormones..." Applejack said before standing up.

She took out her cell phone and saw that there were messages, Twilight explained the situation of what happened the day before, Applejack got angry, Sunset Shimmer was to blame, but Twilight decided not to press charges, so Sunset would remain free, but since this is Twilight's decision, Applejack couldn't do anything.

(At least I don't think we'll have any trouble with her for a while) said Applejack.

After doing some chores, Applejack took a shower and changed, wearing a black shirt, a green jacket, jeans, brown shoes, and her hat. After eating, she took Apple Bloom to school.

(These dreams again... I should talk to someone about this, but... it's so embarrassing) Applejack thought with a red face as she drove.

"Applejack... are you okay?" asked Apple Bloom, now wearing a white shirt, red coat, jeans, and brown shoes.

"Yeah... yeah... I'm fine, I've just been thinking about some things," Applejack said.

"About your dreams about Rainbow Dash?" Apple Bloom asked smiling.

Applejack almost crashed her car when she heard that.

Applejack glared at her little sister "how did you..."

"My room is next to yours, and sometimes you talk in your sleep... and moan loudly," Apple Bloom explained, still smiling.

Applejack continued, driving, her face redder than an apple, she wondered if her brother or her grandmother had heard her too, it didn't take long for them to reach their destination, the day was surprisingly calm, Sunset didn't show up at school that day, but Gilda showed up after days without going to school, but she didn't do anything with anyone, lunch time came, and then everyone was talking about a decision that Rainbow Dash had made.

"Do you want to become a boxer?" Applejack asked, surprised and confused.

"Well, I've been thinking about it for a while now, I don't have much to do after school, and I wanted to try something new, I've gotten a lot stronger and I want to use that strength to fight." Rainbow Dash explained, today she was wearing a white shirt, a light blue coat, black pants, and blue running shoes with laces and white soles.

Applejack was still surprised, Rainbow Dash always liked and excelled in sports, being the best female athlete, and better than many male athletes at school, but after what happened, Applejack didn't expect Rainbow Dash to return to the world of sports so soon, and a fighting one too, but then she remembered that Rainbow Dash had said she was fighting people on the street, apparently she still wanted to fight, but at least now it would be in a safer way, but still...

"And you... are you sure about that? It's a very violent sport, and there's a lot more chance of getting hurt than in football or any other sport you've ever played," Fluttershy asked worriedly.

"True, no one wants to see you with a face full of bruises darling" said Rarity.

"I'll be fine," Rainbow Dash said.

"We're just worried, we know you always want to... push your limits, and you could get hurt really bad," Twilight said.

"Can we change the subject?" asked Rainbow Dash who was already tired of the conversation.

"Uhh... Dash, haven't you thought about going back to football?" Applejack asked.

The six of them fell silent, maybe it was too early to talk about football around Rainbow Dash.

"No, I'm not really in the mood for that, and I got kicked off the team remember?" said Rainbow Dash looking at Applejack.

"Oh, yeah... I just thought maybe you could come back..." Applejack tried to explain nervously.

"I think they should be fine without me," Rainbow Dash said.

The others decided not to say anything else, but to their surprise someone came to their table and touched Rainbow Dash's shoulder.

"Rainbow Dash, can I talk to you?"

It was a girl, with orange hair, and strong orange, she was a little older, wearing a white shirt with a print of a soccer ball on fire, a blue jacket with yellow details, dark blue pants, and blue running shoes with orange details.

"Spitfire..." Applejack said worriedly.

Rainbow Dash stared at her for a few seconds before standing up.

"It's okay, I wasn't very hungry anyway," said Rainbow Dash.

The two then leave the cafeteria, leaving 5 girls worried.

"Do you think this has anything to do with Rainbow Dash's expulsion?" Rarity asked.

"Maybe, but it wouldn't make much sense for her to talk to Rainbow Dash after months," Twilight said.

"I heard the football team was doing really badly lately, with some members quitting or getting injured, maybe I wanted Rainbow Dash back," said Fluttershy.

"That makes sense..." Applejack said before taking a sip of apple soda.

"Or maybe she took her to a secluded spot to make out," Pinkie Pie said smiling.

Applejack spits the soda in Rarity's face, then turns to face Pinkie Pie, her face red.

"PINKIE PIE WHAT THE HELL?!" Applejack screamed.

Applejack then realizes that she has drawn too much attention and calms down.

"Don't just say something like that out of the blue, Pinkie Pie," Applejack said in a lower voice.

Pinkie Pie smiled "sorry, it was just a joke, I just wanted to see your reaction"

"I didn't like that reaction," Rarity said, drying herself with a towel.

"Anyway, when Rainbow Dash shows up she'll tell us what happened," said Twilight.

Time passed, and Rainbow Dash didn't return, worrying Applejack even more, after a while everyone had to return to the classrooms, when Applejack arrived at her Spanish class she waited for Rainbow Dash to appear, and she appeared just a minute before class started.

"Where have you been? What took you so long?" Applejack asked.

"Nothing much, I just talked to Spitfire, and then I went to the bathroom, I'll tell you more later... about the conversation with Spitfire, I don't think you want to know what I did in that bathroom" said Rainbow Dash.

"That's disgusting..." Applejack said in the last comment.

After some more time, classes ended and the students were getting ready to go home, Applejack saw Rainbow Dash putting some things away in her locker, and started to approach, but stopped when she saw Lightning Dust approaching Rainbow first.

"Hello Dashie" Lightning Dust greeted.

"Don't call me that," Rainbow Dash said.

"I heard Spitfire talking about you getting back on the football team, is that true?" asked Lightning Dust.

"Well, it's none of your business, but yes, I'm going to try out for the soccer team," said Rainbow Dash.

(She... she's coming back?) thought Applejack in surprise.

"Okay, I just wanted to know, but you know, I don't think it's a good idea, after all, everyone there still remembers how you acted," said Lightning Dust.

"It doesn't matter," Rainbow Dash said, glaring at Lightning Dust.

"Okay, just wanted to let you know," Lightning Dust said before walking away.

Then Applejack approaches Rainbow Dash.

"So... are you going back to playing soccer?" Applejack asked.

Rainbow Dash looks at Applejack for a few seconds before replying, "I'll try."

The two left the school before talking again.

"Why did you change your mind?" Applejack asked curiously.

"Spitfire convinced me, apparently things aren't going well for the team, so Spitfire suggested I come back, now that I'm not hanging out with Gilda anymore and haven't gotten into trouble for months, she said that since I don't have good grades it could help me earn a scholarship" Rainbow Dash explained.

Applejack had to agree, Rainbow Dash didn't do very well in most subjects, so sports would be her best chance at getting a scholarship.

"So you're not going to box anymore, are you?" Applejack asked.

"Yes I will, I'll just go later" said Rainbow Dash.

"Oh... sure..." said Applejack.

"In a few hours I'm going to the gym..." said Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow... can I come with you?" Applejack asked.

"Are you going to train too?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"No, I just want to watch you train," Applejack clarified.

"...okay..." said Rainbow Dash.

"What time are you leaving?" Applejack asked.

"Well, I want to go at 7:00 pm" Rainbow Dash said.

"Okay... so you text me the address of the place and we'll meet there later, want a ride?" Applejack asked.

"No, I want to walk." Rainbow Dash said.

"Okay...bye," Applejack said before getting into her truck.

"Bye..." said Rainbow Dash watching Applejack walk away.

Inside the truck Applejack sighed with a red face.

"You can barely talk to her for 5 minutes without getting nervous," Apple Bloom said smiling.

Applejack didn't even look at her sister, she was right, after they became friends again Applejack was more sensitive when it came to Rainbow Dash, she knew she liked her friend with multicolored hair for a long time, but now it was hard to keep calm.

"You've got to tell her sometime, or you'll miss your chance," said Apple Bloom.

Applejack didn't respond again, and kept her focus on the road, not wanting to think about Rainbow Dash at the moment.

(This romance has to move forward, otherwise Applejack will die a virgin) thought Apple Bloom.

After arriving home, Applejack could rest, Big Mac had done all her chores, but she continued to think about Rainbow Dash, a little worried about her decision to be a fighter.

(She's not weak, but she's SO impulsive and reckless... what if she wants to fight someone much bigger than her? What if she pisses someone off and ends up getting hurt because of it? What if she-) Applejack's thought was interrupted by her cell phone vibrating.

Applejack takes out her cell phone and answers the call.

Rarity

Hi Applejack, how are you?

Applejack

Hi Rarity, I'm fine, thanks for asking.

Rarity

I wanted to ask you a question, what do you think about the idea of Rainbow Dash being a boxer? You know that sometimes she can take things too seriously.

Applejack

Yes, I know, but I also know that she won't change her mind.

Rarity

True... but do you know what she was talking about with Spitfire? Could Pinki have been right and the two of them-

Applejack

NO! She was just trying to convince Rainbow Dash to come back to the soccer team.

Rarity

And what did she decide?

Applejack

She'll come back, at least she'll take the test, she said it can help her get a scholarship since... well she's dumb.

Rarity

So she's going to box and play football?

Applejack

Yes, I hope it works out, I can't help but be worried.

Rarity

Well, let's let her start this all first and then talk to her if something's wrong.

Applejack

Yes... I'll go with her to the gym later to watch her first workout.

Rarity

So it will almost be a meeting.

Applejack

Yes, a date in a place full of sweaty people punching bags, and where I sit and watch Rainbow Dash try to fight a man twice her size.

Rarity

Pfft... true, well I have to finish some things here, make sure she doesn't get into trouble on the first day.

Applejack

Of course, that's why I want to go first.

Rarity

Goodbye.

Applejack

Goodbye.

After ending the call Applejack sighed, she went to take a shower and change clothes, before going to get Rainbow Dash, she put on a white shirt, an orange coat with an apple print on the back, black pants, and brown shoes, and warned her family before leaving, after a few minutes she parked in front of Rainbow Dash's house, who was wearing a simple outfit, a white shirt with a cloud and lightning bolt print with the colors of a rainbow, black leggings, and blue sneakers with white laces, she also had a different backpack than the one she took to school.

"Hi," Rainbow Dash said with a slight smile.

"Hey... are you excited?" Applejack asked with a smile.

"A little, maybe that will help get me out of my boredom" said Rainbow Dash getting into the truck and sitting down.

"Just be careful," Applejack said.

"Okay, I'll be careful," Rainbow Dash said, putting on her seatbelt.

It didn't take long for them to arrive, it was a decent sized gym, painted red, with a black sign, with white letters saying "Iron Fist Gym", when they entered they saw what it was like, there were already people getting ready to train, Applejack noticed that it seemed like everyone was strong, muscular men and women, but Rainbow Dash seemed indifferent, and then a man approached the two.

"Hello, my name is Iron Head, but you can call me Iron, what can I do for you?" asked Iron, he was a tall, muscular man, with dark skin, white hair, blue eyes, wearing a black tank top and red shorts.

"It's for boxing training," Rainbow Dash replied.

"So you two want to train here," Iron said smiling.

"No, just her," Applejack said, pointing at Rainbow Dash.

Iron looked at the two of them in surprise.

"Really? You look like you have a good body for a fighter," Iron said.

It was true, Applejack was a tall and strong girl, due to good genetics and constant muscular effort.

"Yeah, she has a nice body," Rainbow Dash said with a smile.

Applejack just stares at Rainbow Dash, holding back the urge to yell or hit her for the double entendre, but deciding to ignore it for now.

"So you're the one who wants to train here?" Iron asks Rainbow Dash.

"Yes," Rainbow Dash replied.

"And why do you want to box? For health? Do you want to become a professional boxer? For self-defense?" Iron asked.

"For fun" Rainbow Dash replied.

"Oh... right, I thought there would be a deeper reason, but fun is a good reason, well, you can take a free trial today" Iron said.

"That's great," Rainbow Dash said.

"Do you have any experience with boxing?" Iron asked.

"...well, I know the basics," Rainbow Dash said.

"Okay, we're going to get started, do you have gloves? Bandage or mouth guard?" Iron asked.

"Yes, everything is here in my backpack, I also have other clothes to train in" said Rainbow Dash showing her backpack.

"You can change over there," Iron said, pointing to the women's locker room.

"Okay, will you wait for me here Applejack?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Yes, I really want to see your training," Applejack replied.

Rainbow Dash went to the locker room, the person watching that then put on two black boxing gloves, after a few minutes Rainbow Dash comes out of the locker room, wearing another black leggin pants, black sports bra, white bandages, and she was wearing her sneakers, her hair was tied up, and she was holding two white boxing gloves.

"How do I look?" Rainbow Dash asked Applejack.

"hoooot... I mean! It's hot in here, oh but you turned out okay I guess..." Applejack said nervously and red-faced.

"Alright, now let's start training" said Iron.

"apologies for the delay"

Applejack and Rainbow Dash are surprised, because the person who arrived was none other than Gilda.

"It can't be..." Applejack said in disbelief.

Gilda then noticed the two, and glared at Rainbow Dash angrily, Rainbow Dash looked on indifferently for a second before turning her attention back to Iron.

"You're late Gilda, I thought you wouldn't even show up anymore" said Iron.

"I had some unforeseen events," said Gilda, approaching and standing next to Rainbow Dash.

Applejack was worried about what might happen, but then the training started, everyone did what Iron said, she noticed that Rainbow Dash replicated the movements easily.

(Looks like she has a talent for it) Applejack thought with a smile.

And then Iron went to the punching bag and demonstrated some blows. Applejack didn't pay much attention to the explanation, but she heard something about punching the liver, solar plexus, and jaw. The punches seemed pretty strong, and everyone started practicing the moves. Rainbow Dash and Gilda had to do a "double" with Rainbow Dash holding the punching bag while Gilda hit.

(Why did Rainbow Dash agree to be her partner?) thought Applejack worriedly.

As expected, Gilda hit the punching bag, aggressively, and with a lot of force, to Applejack's surprise, and Gilda's frustration, Rainbow Dash who was behind the punching bag, while holding it, didn't seem to have any problems with the blows, in fact she didn't even move from her spot, and then it was their turn to switch, Gilda would hold the punching bag and Rainbow Dash would hit it.

"Is it supposed to hit hard?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Of course," said Gilda, irritated and tired.

"Okay, I'll hit you a little hard," Rainbow Dash said, preparing a punch.

Gilda had to grab tightly, because Rainbow Dash's punch was insanely strong, almost knocking her down, she didn't have time to stabilize herself, because Rainbow Dash hit the punching bag with great force and speed, leaving everyone impressed.

(Wow, Rainbow Dash is so much stronger than she was before...) Applejsck thought in awe.

Rainbow Dash finished with one last punch that made Gilda drop the punching bag and fall backwards onto the floor.

"ugh..." Gilda grunted in pain.

She opened her eyes and saw Rainbow Dash extending her hand.

"Sorry, I didn't hold back enough," Rainbow Dash said.

Gilda growled, slapped Rainbow Dash's hand away and stood up on her own. Some more time passed and it was time for sparring, and Rainbow Dash and Gilda were going to fight. They were both wearing a helmet and mouth guard.

"Remember girls, this is a friendly workout, don't overdo it" Iron warned.

"Okay" Rainbow Dash said.

Gilda took an offensive stance, and glared at Rainbow Dash, who had her guard up, but seemed calm and even distracted.

"Alright, let's begin!" Iron exclaimed.

Gilda began charging towards Rainbow Dash, trying to hit her with a jab, Rainbow Dash dodged, then tried an uppercut, but Rainbow Dash avoided it by taking a step back.

(damn, she's too fast) thought Gilda frustrated.

Jab

Rainbow Dash dodged

Cross

Rainbow Dash blocked

Hook

Rainbow Dash walked away

No matter what Gilda did, Rainbow Dash always dodged or blocked, and she didn't change that expression, everyone could see that Gilda was getting more and more irritated, and attacked with more strength and speed, but less care, and that made them worried.

"Gilda, remember this is just training," Iron said, but Gilda didn't listen.

An irritated Gilda tried something different, a high kick towards Rainbow Dash's face.

"Rainbow," Applejack exclaimed worriedly.

But before being hit, Rainbow Dash blocked with her forearm, and for the first time her expression became serious, she moved the arm she used to block, pushing Gilda's leg and almost knocking her down, Gilda could see Rainbow Dash preparing a punch...

And everything went dark...

When she opened her eyes, Gilda realized that she was still in the gym, more precisely lying on a bench, she felt pain in her jaw, and also a headache.

"Oh, he's finally awake," Iron said, coming closer.

Gilda looked around and realized that there were only the two of them.

"You were knocked out, and you were like that for three hours, I even thought about taking you to the hospital, how are you feeling?" Iron asked, sitting next to Gilda.

Gilda didn't answer, remembering her sparring with Rainbow Dash, in the past Gilda was stronger, Rainbow Dash was always fast and agile, but this was far beyond what it was before, and again Rainbow Dash beat her with just one punch.

"Rainbow Dash told me why you guys fought," Iron said.

Gilda fell silent again.

"I know I can't get involved in your life outside of here, but I advise you to control your anger, you could have seriously hurt someone, instead of fighting you could try to be friends again, that way, you'll be alone" said Iron.

Gilda remained silent, Iron sighed and stood up.

"Just think about what I told you," Iron said.

Gilda got up, grabbed her things and left, with many things to think about, Rainbow Dash had gotten her friends back, was stronger than her, and treated her with indifference.

(I'm already alone...) thought Gilda.

Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was in her room with Applejack, who was going to sleep there that night, and she was showing a manga to her friend from the farm.

"Seriously? You read a manga about a guy who trained a lot and beats everyone with one punch, then you trained a lot, and now you beat everyone with one punch?" Applejack asked smiling.

"Well, I had nothing better to do, so it helped distract me," Rainbow Dash defended herself.

"Okay, just be careful you don't go bald," Applejack said.

Well, things were changing, Rainbow Dash had changed, but Applejack could see that she still kept some of her personality, she wasn't as talkative or sociable as she was before, and she still seemed distant, but Applejack would close that distance.

"Want something to eat? There's pizza in the fridge," Rainbow Dash said.

"Sure," said Applejack.

And then Rainbow Dash left the room, and Applejack looked at that manga that had been very useful to her friend, with a smile on her face.

Author's Note

Hi, sorry for the delay in publishing another chapter, I was doing some things last year, I also have fanfics on other accounts, but this year I'll start publishing frequently again.

This chapter was already being written since September, but I ended up stopping writing and only remembered recently, so I finished it.

Please comment what you thought of this chapter, and what you think of the fanfic.