Rainbow Dash woke up in the morning to a very gloomy sky. Not a single patch of blue shown. Only the grey clouds and the cool breeze were there to greet her. She went about getting ready for the day and then woke up Fluttershy.

"Good morning beautiful. How did you sleep?" Rainbow asked sweetly.

"Oh I slept very well. What are you all spruced up for?" Fluttershy was blushing while she said this due to the earlier comment from Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow Dash took her time replying to her love's question. She scraped the wood of the cottage floor with her hoof. "Well...I thought...uh..that we would...." Rainbow Dash was acting like Fluttershy now. "that we would....tell the other girls about us." The words came out rather rushed.

"Are you sure? I...how will they react? What if they don't want to be our friends anymore? What if they make us split up? What if...mmffh" Dash cut Fluttershy off with a kiss.

"Stop worrying. They're our friends. Why wouldn't they be happy for us? We'll tell Twilight first. She'll definitely understand." That being said, they had breakfast and then went to tell their friends about their blossoming relationship. They were both walking as slow as possible, marveling at every minuscule thing on the dirt path. They would sometimes stop and remember moments they had shared together. Watching the sunsets in each other's hold. The breakfast in the meadow. The amount of tears Rainbow shed.

Then as if on cue, the clouds opened up and let the rain pour. The pair didn't increase their pace, for the last few thoughts they had started weighing heavily on their minds. Especially Rainbow Dash. She couldn't get her mind off of her bullies in Flight School. She thought these thoughts were gone, but grey has a way of bringing back the horrible past we try to hide. Rainbow was crying again, though she wasn't sure why. She felt happy and sad at the same time. Nobody would ever see she was crying though, the torrential rain solved that problem. It beat down on the two mare's heads, soaking them to the bone. They had just gotten to Ponyville's town square when Rainbow collapsed into a heap on the stone pavement. Luckily, a certain lavender unicorn crossed their path.

"What are you two doing out here?! Come with me! We need to get you two inside!" Allowing no objection, Twilight lifted Rainbow Dash up with her magic and hurried back to her tree home with Fluttershy in tow. Flinging the door open, the unicorn of the group set the rainbow-maned pegasus onto her bed. She then wrapped Rainbow in three blankets and started bombarding Fluttershy with questions.

"What were you two doing out there?" Was the first question Twilight asked.

Fluttershy merely rubbed her right foreleg against the left and tried to hide behind her mane. After what seemed like hours, Fluttershy spoke. "Well...um..we were coming to see you actually. I...we....have something to tell you.....but I think we should wait until Rainbow wakes up....if that's okay with you..."

Sighing, Twilight nodded and cautiously began reading a book with two mares on the front of it. Beings as there wasn't anything for Fluttershy to do till Rainbow Dash woke up, she thought she would try some small talk with Twilight.

"So Twilight...what are you reading?" Fluttershy flushed red with embarrassment.

"Oh...it's..it's nothing." Twilight was now matching Fluttershy.

Fluttershy noticed this and began to inquire further. "Well obviously it's not. You seem very timid about telling me what it is." She then leaped at Twilight grabbing for the book. She stopped mid-flight due to Twilight's magic.

"Fine. I'll tell you, just don't jump at me like that." She took a breath and started to blush. "It's called Life's Fruit. It's a book about love and the things that can come with it." Twilight was really blushing now. "It says that love needs to be nurtured like a fruit seed. With proper care, it will blossom into something amazing. It also goes on to say that love is something that can be found in anypony and that gender and age shouldn't be factors in a healthy relationship." Twilight was as red as one of Applejack's finest apples.

Fluttershy looked dumbfounded. She never thought Twilight a pony who wanted love. She wanted more answers. "So do you have certain feelings for another pony?" Fluttershy's voice was one of pure curiosity.

Twilight drooped her head. She thought back to her life in Canterlot. There was a certain pony who always grabbed her attention. She was nicer than most and occasionally talked to Twilight. She even gave her a gift once, although Twilight ruined it as soon as she got it. Finally looking up, she said, "There was one. Her name was Moondancer. She was really pretty. Her voice had an angelic quality like no other. She was also talented with magic." Twilight went on to reminisce about her time in Canterlot. Only when the crash heard upstairs did she stop her thoughts.

"Rainbow Dash! You're finally awake!" Fluttershy dashed upstairs and gave Rainbow a tight hug. She proceeded to whisper something in her ear.

"Well there's the mare of the hour. I was wondering when you'd come to. Fluttershy told me earlier you two have something to tell me?" Twilight raised an inquisitive eyebrow.

Rainbow looked at Fluttershy and nodded. She took a deep breath. "Well the reason we came here, was to tell you that me and Fluttershy are in love. This started a few days ago. We were scared to tell the others because of what it might set off. We thought you would understand out of any of them." Rainbow walked beside Fluttershy and then looked her in the eyes. After a few moments, she draped her wing around the timid pegasus.

Twilight didn't flinch when she heard what Dash had said. She smiled and said, "I knew it, ever since that story you gave when you were gone for a whole day I was suspicious. But why would you hide this from us? We're your friends, why wouldn't we support you two? I don't know how the others are going to react though. We'll have to see once this storm lets up. For now you two can stay here. Make yourselves at home." Twilight then began getting preparations made for her two guests.

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