Don't Give Up

Don't Give Up

Chapter 10

The First of Many

“Twi?” Dash mumbled through purple fur.

“Ya?” Twilight asked, face still buried in a cyan coat.

“We should probably get the police now.” Dash said, still rubbing the unicorns back with her hoof.

“Probably.” Twilight grumbled slightly, pulling away from the cyan pegasus. Her face still damp from tears.

“Come on, I'll go with you.” Dash said, turning to the door, Twilight walking up beside her.

“Thanks Rainbow, but I think I'm okay now. You can stay here.”

“And leave you alone? Not a chance, Twi, if whoever did this knows that you know about it, they could try something. I am not letting you go alone.” Dash said, steely determination filled her eyes as she led Twilight to the door.

“If you insist.”

“I do.” Dash said simply, wrapping a wing around the purple unicorn, drawing a blush from her at the same time.

“Lets go.” Twilight said, still blushing heavily from the wing wrapped around her shoulders.

-_-_-_-

“You expect me to believe that?” The police officer asked, looking down at the two ponies in front of him.

“YES!” Both Twilight and Rainbow said in unison, having grown very annoyed at this particular police officer.

“Let me get this straight, you walked into the office, and all the lights were off, and you saw a pony, frozen solid, at the other end of the room.” The officer repeated the story Twilight had given him, lifting an eyebrow.

“Oh for the love of... look, I know what I saw, and that is what I saw, if you don't believe me go and look for yourself.” Twilight said, exasperated. She and Dash had arrived at the police station nearly half an hour ago, and since then they had been trying to convince this one police pony that they weren't pulling a prank.

“Why should I believe you?” The officer asked defiantly.

“I have had enough of this.” Dash seethed, “Do you know who she is? She is the personal student of Princess Celestia, saviour of Equestria 3 times and the Crystal Empire once. If she says she saw something you can bet your flank she saw it!” Dash yelled, scaring some of the other ponies in the station.

“Wait, you're Twilight Sparkle? THE Twilight Sparkle?” The officer asked, looking concerned, and a little scared.

“YES!” They shouted again in unison. Though the police pony just laughed.

“And... and you expect me to... to believe that?” He asked through gales of laughter.

“You know what? Fine.” Twilight said, turning away from the laughing officer.

“Twi?” Dash said, looking uncertainly at the purple mare.

“He's not gonna believe us. So let's show him.” Twilight said, horn glowing. In a moment the officer, Dash, and herself were all floating in purple magic, and a second later there was a flash of light. When it dimmed back down they were all gone.

“Where the hay are we? What did you do? I can arrest you!” The officer shouted in the darkness, looking around he room for the ponies he had been with moments before.

“I told you.” Twilight said, before opening the blinds with her magic, light flooding into the room. Wincing a bit as she looked at the pony behind the desk.

“You gonna be alright?” Rainbow asked, walking up next to her and draping a wing over her shoulder.

“Ya...I think so.” Twilight said, snuggling a bit closer to Dash's side, both of them blushing slightly at the contact.

“What the hay is that!?” The officer yelled, motion towards the front desk with a hoof.

“Her name's Colgate, she's the dentist.” Dash answered when she realized Twilight couldn't bring herself speak.

“And... and she really is Twilight Sparkle, isn't she?” He asked, looking towards Twilight.

“She is.” Dash answered again, hugging Twilight a bit closer with her wing. Twilight was still shell shocked, looking down at her hooves.

“Oh...” The officer said, looking down in shame. “Listen, I'm, uh, I'm sorry about, ya know, not believing you.”

“It's fine, just do what you need to do.” Twilight spoke for the first time since they had gotten there, eyes still glued firmly to the ground.

“Alright, we need to go back to the station, I'll get a team out here to do a full investigation, in the mean time I'll need to get you're official statements.” He said, walking back towards the door, Rainbow and Twilight following him.

A few minutes of silent walking later and they reached the police station.

“Wait here, I'll go get you some witness forms. Did both of you see it or just Ms. Sparkle?” He asked, walking through a door the read “staff only”.

“Just me.” Twilight answered, the shock starting to wear off now that she was away from the dental office.

“Okay, I'll be back.” He said, disappearing down the hall.

“You sure you're alright, Twi? You've been awfully quiet.” Dash asked, concern thick in her voice.

“Am I alright? What do you think? I just saw a dead body, was laughed out of a police station, was then forced to go back into the place where I found a dead body, and the entire time you've had your wing wrapped around me! So no, I'm not alright!” Twilight yelled, the other ponies in the station turning to look at her.

“Alright, I get it. Just... wait, what do I have to do with anything?" Dash asked, confused by why she had been included with that list.

“What? Oh, um, no... I didn't mean it like that.” Twilight said, blushing slightly. Rainbow removed her wing from Twilight's back and stepped in front of her. Twilight shivered at the lack of heat she had grown used to over the day.

“Then in what way? Did I annoy you? I'm so sorry for trying to comfort my friend who just went through a very traumatic experience. Was that annoying to you?” Dash accused, voice slowly growing in volume and anger as she stepped closer to Twilight. The purple unicorn shrinking back.

“No! It's not like that at all.” Twilight defended weakly.

“Then what is it like?” Dash seethed.

“It's just... I don't really... I don't know, Rainbow, I don't know what I mean. I don't know what to do. I don't even know how I feel about all this, I'm confused, Rainbow.” Twilight said, the stress of the day taking it's toll on her as she finally broke down, falling back on her haunches and crying. Tears flowing like streams down her face to the floor.

“Twilight?” Dash said, every trace of anger gone from her voice. “Listen, I'm... sorry, alright? I'm sorry for getting so mad at you.”

“It's okay, Rainbow. I just don't know what to do anymore. It's like when you were in that coma, I didn't know what to do then, and I don't know what to do now. Then, when you drank that aphrodisiac, and you... then I... and I... I just...” Twilight lost all control, sobbing openly in the middle of the station. A months worth of stress and anxiety fit into a few days.

“Hey, it's alright Twi, I would have locked myself in your room too if I were in your place.” dash comforted, dragging the unicorn into another hug, ignoring the confused stares from around the room. Nothing mattered to her right now, all she knew was that her friend was crying, and she didn't like it when her friends cried.

“It... it's more then that, Rainbow, it's, when you-” Twilight started, only to be cut off when the officer that had been helping them walked back through the doors.

“Here's a witness form, there are quills over on that desk over there.” He said, motioning towards a desk against the wall.

“Thanks, but we'll come back later with it filled out, if that's alright, she's kinda having problems right now.” Dash said, motioning towards the mare in her arms.

“I would, but that's against the rules, you have to-” He was interrupted by a very cold glare from the cyan pegasus. “-take your time and come back with it whenever you're feeling better.” He finished quickly.

“Good.” Dash said with an approving nod, helping Twilight to her hooves and leading her out the door. Wrapping a wing around her body as they walked, Twilight snuggling into it gratefully.

“Thank you. For everything.” Twilight said quietly, looking at her hooves as they walked down the path to the library.

“Hey, what are friends for?” Dash said cheerfully, drawing a smile out of the purple mare.

“I suppose.” Twilight sighed, hanging her head a little lower, the smile disappearing just as soon as it had appeared.

“Hey, cheer up. They're gonna catch whoever did this.” Dash said, her voice sincere instead of her regular, cocky tone. They walked in silence a for a while, the sun starting to draw close to the horizon. Twilight estimated it to be 4 PM, almost time for dinner.

“I know.” Twilight finally answered, though her voice still sounded hollow.

“Then what's wrong?” Dash asked, confused as to why Twilight was so upset. She could understand scared or worried after finding a dead body, but this was something else. This was different.

“It's just... back in the library, when you were under the effects of the aphrodisiacs... you said... something...” Twilight said, her face heating up.

“What did I say?” Dash asked, her curiosity over riding her concern that she might not want to know.

“Nothing. It was all the drugs in your system, but it made me think.” Twilight answered, he face a bright pink.

“If it made you think then it would have to be interesting.” Dash pushed. If Twilight was curious about it, then she should be too.

“It can wait till later. I still have some research to do on it.” Twilight said, grateful that she could see the library in the distance.

“What research is there to do? Surly it's not that interesting?” Dash said, doubting that anything brought on by something like that could truly mean anything. They approached the libraries front door, Twilight unlocked it with her magic and they stepped in. Twilight closed the door behind them before speaking.

“You tried to kiss me.” Twilight blurted out.

“Oh...”  Dash said, slowly removing her wing from Twilight's back.

“That's when you told me that... that you had wanted to for a while...” Twilight said, her entire muzzle a deep burgundy.

“Oh...” Dash said again, her own face starting to change color.

“It was probably just the aphrodisiacs talking.” Twilight said quickly, turning away from the pegasus. Rainbow Dash didn't respond for a minute.

“Twilight?” Dash said timidly, still not looking at the purple mare beside her.

“Yes?” Twilight asked, turning to look at the back of Dash's head.

“Back at the hospital... do you... regret it?” Dash asked, tears starting to form in her eyes.

“Regret what?” Twilight asked, honest confusion in her voice.

“Do you regret... kissing me?” Dash whispered, a single tear escaping her eye, fearing the answer. Twilight didn't answer. She couldn't answer. What could she say? She could say yes, and run the risk of insulting her friend. Or she could say no, and run the risk of making things awkward and destroying a friendship. She had once said that it was best to be honest with your friends, but was that also the case with your secret crush?

“I... don't know...” Twilight answered finally. It was all the answer Dash needed. Dash whipped her head around, blinding Twilight with her prismatic mane, and forced their muzzles together.

Twilight was stunned. She didn't know what was going on, one minute she had been staring at the back of Rainbow's head, and the next she was looking into her eyes, something soft and warm moving against her lips. It took her a few seconds to realize what was going on, and by then she didn't care, she just let her body relax as she kissed back.

Finally a lack of oxygen caused them to break the kiss, both panting slightly as they looked at each other, eyes wide.

“Twilight?” Dash panted.

“Yes?”

“Do you regret that?”

“Not a chance.” Twilight giggled, hugging the cyan pegasus.

“WHAT THE HAY ARE YOU TWO DOING!?” Both Rainbow Dash and Twilight jumped at the sudden addition of a third, male voice.

“SPIKE?” They cried out in unison, looking towards the bookshelf Spike was putting a book on. His eyes were wide, filled with shock and confusion.

“Uh... Should I, uh, go? Or, something?” He said, slowly backing up towards the kitchen. “Yeah, dinner, that's it, I'll go start dinner! It's almost 5 O'clock, I'll start dinner!” He said, quickly running off to the kitchen, his cheeks matching both Twilight's and Dash's.

“So, uh, I hope you didn't want to keep this a secret.” Dash said, chuckling weakly.

“I should probably go make sure he isn't totally traumatized, I'll be right back.” Twilight said, galloping off to the kitchen.

“Alright.” Dash called, finding a cushion and sitting down on it.

CRASH

“SPIKE!”

“I'M SORRY! DON'T BE MAD! I DIDN'T MEAN TO-”

CRASH

“SPIKE!”

“HERE, JUST LET ME-”

CRASH

“SPIIIIIIIKE!”

“Uh, yes, Twilight?”

“Calm down, and come with me.” Twilight said, walking out of the kitchen, Spike floating in a purple glow beside her. In the brief moment the door was open a huge plume of black smoke escaped, and Dash could have sworn she smelled burning rubber.

“Hey Spike.” She said calmly, though the dragon was looking at her as if she was a hydra.

“Spike, we need to talk.”