Prism

Prism

Chapter One

“Aw, shucks, Rainbow, thanks fer helping me out today.” Applejack said with a broad smile on her face. She reared up and bucked another tree, making a cascade of apples fall into baskets placed under it. “It wouldn’t be half as easy without you.” Rainbow Dash picked the basket up, and flew up to the apple cart that stood near. She placed it on the very top, carefully balancing it on the other ones and making sure it wouldn’t topple over.

“Sure AJ, any time!” Dash responded once she was back on the ground and all of the baskets were on the cart. “It’s always good to help a friend out, and you certainly helped me to battle my boredom,” she said, letting out a short laugh. “You know how boring my job can be...” Dash mused as she looked at the clear skies above them. Not a single cloud to block the rays of the setting sun.

“Sure, but Ah don’t reckon the cart can take any more apples.” Applejack said as she looked at the cart with concern, “and we’re runnin’ a lil’ late here. Ah reckon we can be done fer today.” She said as she took the cart harness and strapped herself in. She waited for Dash to do the same, and they hauled the cart all the way to the Sweet Apple Acres barn. Dash noticed that the whole Apple Family building was decorated with ribbons and colorful balloons. They opened the big red doors and pulled the cart inside. They unstrapped themselves and started to put the baskets on the floor of the barn. Applejack closed the door.

“So, how are the preparations going? I see that the decorations are looking pretty good.” Dash complimented as the duo worked on unloading the apples.

“All is goin’ fine and dandy, we just have ta bake a few more treats and we’re set.” The farmer responded, proud of the work that her family had done over the past days, “Ah feel that this year’s Apple Festival will be the best we ever had.” The Apple festival was something the Apple family came up with themselves. Every year, the whole of ponyville would gather around the Sweet Apple Acres farm house for a party. Various apple treats and drinks were happily served, everything under the supervision of the Ponyville’s premier party pony.

“Cool! I bet that–” She was abruptly cut off by a loud thud. Her head whipped to the direction the sound came from, managing to get a glimpse of another basket full of apples falling from the top of the cart. Before she could react, she slipped on an apple and went flying into the air out of control. She spun like a dart, and fell flat on her back on the ground littered by red fruit. She yelled as she felt another body slam onto her with force. Applejack was laying on Rainbow Dash, both in pain. Rainbow opened her eyes to discover Applejack’s face not inches away from her’s.

“Get off!” Dash said as she tried to wriggle from under the farmer.

“Oh... sorry sugarcube,” Applejack responded, blushing heavily, “hold on.” She slowly tried to free herself from the small tangle of legs and hooves that formed between the two mares. They both stopped dead in their tracks as they heard somepony knocking on the doors to the barn. Two sets of eyes drilled into the door, waiting with tension.

“Hello?” A soft voice came from behind the still closed door. Rainbow’s eyes went wide, as she recognized who the voice belonged to. She started kicking blindly, desperately trying to get Applejack off her before the pony saw them. The farmer yelled as she was hit right in her stomach.

Twilight entered and froze in shock as she saw what was going on in the barn, her smile falling. The whole floor littered with apples and a few destroyed baskets, and amidst all of this: Applejack and Rainbow Dash laying on one another.

“It’s not how it looks like...” Dash managed to mumble out before she was cut off by her marefriend’s gasp.

“What is all this?” The unicorn asked, dumbfounded. Her gaze swept the whole barn again, as if to make sure she wasn’t dreaming. “What are you two doing!?” She repeated her question louder.

“It’s not how it looks like...” Dash repeated, fiercely trying to free herself again. After a moment, Rainbow managed to get her legs loose, and the two mares separated. She shot up and looked at Applejack. They exchanged glances. While Applejack was embarrassed, Dash was angry.

“What was that!?” It was Rainbow’s turn to ask.

“Ah don’t know... looks like one of the apple baskets came loose and fell ta the ground...” Applejack finished lamely, looking at the floor she was laying on a few seconds ago. She slowly touched her stomach and winced slightly.

“Hear that, Twilight?” Dash asked as she looked at the door, but the mare vanished. “Twilight!?” The Pegasus shouted once again as she ran outside, followed by Applejack. They both could see the unicorn running down the pathway leading to Ponyville, and Twilight’s house.

“Thanks a bunch, Applejack.” Dash said as she shot a glance towards the earth pony.
She looked down again, still ashamed.

“Ah’m sorry sugarcube...” Applejack apologized.

“You better be...” Dash responded as she took off, leaving no time for Applejack to say anything. The farmer observed as Rainbow climbed the skies, heading towards the Ponyville library; her home. Applejack sighed as she looked back into the barn. She had at least another hour of work ahead of herself if she wanted to tidy up before the upcoming festival. The farmer hoped that the stupid mistake won’t do any more harm.

-«<♦>»-

At the beginning of Rainbow’s relationship it was hard for her to move from her cloud mansion to Twilight’s library. She often found herself flying to her old home only to realize that she didn’t live there anymore. It had sentimental value to her because it was the first home she had all by herself, and she lived there for as long as she could remember. Moving was a tough decision, but Twilight was sure to comfort her marefriend as lovingly as she could.

The Pegasus was soaring over the Ponyville main square and the heads of several ponies that marvelled at the sight of the wonderful rainbow trail she was leaving. She looked towards the library, noticing that Twilight had just entered and slammed the door behind her. Dash swiftly landed on the doormat not a few seconds later, and tried to open the door. No matter how hard she pulled, it didn’t budge. It was locked.

“Hey!” Rainbow yelled at the door, hoping that Twilight would hear. After a while, a response came.

“What?” Twilight asked. Dash felt a stab of pain in her heart as she heard her marefriend’s voice. It was obvious that she was crying.

“Twilight... please let me in, I can explain.” Dash begged, knocking on the door a few times.

“Why?” Twilight asked again, her voice muffled by her own sobs.

“Applejack even said that it was a mistake. We slipped on apples that fell from the apple cart in the barn. Please let me in.” Rainbow answered, waiting for a response. She was regretting offering help to Applejack. She wouldn’t have done it if she had known how it would end.

“She was lying. I can tell.” The unicorn responded, sobbing quietly.

“Twilight, think. She is the Element of Honesty, she can’t lie...” Dash explained.

“I don’t care, I saw what was going on!” Rainbow heard Twilight yell. The Pegasus heard the faint sound of hoofsteps as her marefriend slowly walked away.

The cyan mare gulped as she realized that the situation was more serious than she initially thought. Losing all hope to get into the library that day, she turned to leave. Shooting one last glance, she spotted an open window with the corner of her eye. Thanking Celestia, she flew up to the window and squeezed through.

She found herself in Twilight’s bedroom, which both mares had shared since Dash moved in. The bed sheets were made perfectly, the whole room free of any litter. The Pegasus walked up to the ajar door and took a peek outside. She saw Twilight laying on the couch, levitating a thin blanket, just about to cover herself. Dash shot out of the bedroom towards her marefriend with incredible speed. Twilight yelled in surprise as she saw a rainbow streak fly through the room right for her. Rainbow landed on top of Twilight just as the blanket covered the duo with it’s warm touch. Twilight found herself staring deeply into the magenta eyes of the Pegasus she loved so much, momentarily getting lost in the vast expanse. She panted deeply from the surprise.

After her mind came back to her, she tried to crawl from under Dash, but she was being kept down by the stronger pony.

“Let me go...” Twilight pleaded, but her hooves were held down.

“Twilight, please listen.” Dash said, but to no avail. Twilight didn't want to listen.

Rainbow felt desperate. She lowered herself and planted her lips on Twilight’s. The brief kiss shut the unicorn silent. She was looking at the pony above her, surprised. Rainbow’s mane cascaded down near Twilight’s face like a curtain, seemingly protecting the pair.

“Twilight, please listen to me,” Dash whispered quietly, their snouts nearly touching each other. “The whole thing was a mishap, I love you.”

Twilight blinked a few times, taking what she heard in. “But I saw you and Applejack...” She trailed off into silence.

Rainbow sighed quietly, feeling that she would convince her marefriend better with action than words. In a brief moment she took a breath and dove down, catching the unicorn off guard. Their lips met again as Dash lowered her head further, pressing on. Twilight’s eyes shot open as she felt what was going on. A warm pleasure filled and relaxed her body, as she felt the softness of her marefriend’s touch. She slowly closed her eyes, accepting Rainbow‘s kiss. Her head pressed on the the couch seat as her lips parted. Dash slowly pressed in, sliding her tongue into Twilight’s mouth.

A quiet groan of pleasure escaped Twilight as she felt Rainbow exploring her mouth with her tongue, sliding against her own. She soon did the same, wrapping her hooves around her love, pulling her closer and forgetting about anything else. Their warm bodies ground against each other with passion as the moon slowly peeked through the window, shining dim light onto the two lovers.

-«<♦>»-

Cold night soon enveloped Ponyville as thousand of glimmering stars came to life across the endless black sky. Darkness fell on the few ponies that still remained awake, one pony in particular. Applejack turned in her bed for what seemed to be the millionth time; she couldn’t find sleep. She slowly got up and walked to the window as soft rays of moonlight poured through, illuminating the whole bedroom. The farmer looked outside, admiring the sight. She wondered how it was to control the whole night sky, to make thousands of stars shift from place to place with a thought.

Her mind made her remember Rainbow and the incident again. She sighed, as she had countless times that night. She couldn’t quite put her hoof on her feelings anymore.