Chapter 2: "Confrontations"

The next day...

It had been a long and restless night for Twilight Sparkle, for she had been cowering in fear of Rainbow Dash showing up at the library once she had pieced together the evidence, having no clue what the rainbow-maned mare would do to her. Maybe she doesn't even know, not everypony has your intelligence, right? the lavender mare reassured herself.

Twilight was huddled in her room, and it was clear that the lack of sleep had taken its toll on the poor unicorn. Despite only being half-conscious, Twilight jumped at the slightest noises, stumbled into walls, had managed to knock over a whole shelf of books, and even tripped over her own books laying on the ground. Knowing that it was not her day, Twilight put up a little note on the library door, telling visitors to return another day.

Unfortunately, the library is closed today for the librarian is unwell, please check back later, and sorry for the inconvenience. - T.S

Rainbow Dash had slept fitfully, for she had only fallen asleep while creating plans to humiliate a certain lavender mare when they later met the next day. She had awakened only to find herself lying on the cloud floor. What happened yesterday? she asked herself as she tried to recall the events of the previous day. "Oh right, I was supposed to meet that flank-stabbing, fillyfooler-obsessed mare at noon..." muttered the pegasus as she groggily stood up. She quickly glanced at a clock.

11:47 A.M

"Great, I overslept and have to go straight to her home now..." grumbled an angry Rainbow Dash as she flew towards the library. And Celestia help that mare when I get there... she thought to herself.

It was five to noon, and Twilight Sparkle was a quivering wreck. Rainbow wouldn't hurt me, we're friends, right? she told herself as she anxiously anticipated the other mare's arrival. A few minutes later, she heard the sound of a hoof against the library door. Keep calm Twilight, play innocent and things will be fine... Just open the door. thought the mare's brain, but apparently, her hooves had other intentions. Before she knew it, she was hidden behind a couch in the reading room.

Rainbow Dash glanced at the note on the door.

Unfortunately, the library is closed today for the librarian is unwell, please check back later, and sorry for the inconvenience. - T.S

"I don't believe it, it can't be a coincidence..." muttered Rainbow Dash.

"Open the door Twilight, we need to talk."

As the minutes passed and nopony answered, Rainbow Dash grew suspicious. "Twilight, I know you're in there."

Silence.

"Buck it, I'm coming in whether she likes it or not!" said the determined mare, spreading her wings and flying to the chimney of the house.

Twilight let out a sigh of relief as the knocking on the door stopped abruptly. Maybe she thought that nopony wa- her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of rapidly approaching hoofsteps heading towards the room she was in. Panicking, she dove back behind the couch with surprising speed just as a certain pegasus trotted in.

As Rainbow scanned her surroundings, she saw a tinge of purple hair sticking out from behind the couch on her right. Ha, I've got you now Twilight! she thought devilishly, as she quickly rushed towards it, hoping to catch the mare hiding behind it. Knowing that she had been spotted, Twilight Sparkle made a last desperate attempt for the building's exit.

"Celestia, help me!" she cried as she teleported behind a closed door to the outside of the building. Rainbow Dash let out a squeal as she hit the door, blindly followed Twilight's trail. "You sneaky little mare..." she muttered as she held her aching snout, then took to the skies to carry out the pursuit. As soon as she had taken flight, she saw the figure of a lavender unicorn head toward Sugarcube Corner, and headed after it.

"Please tell me that the spell worked!" puffed Twilight as she ducked and turned into the nearest street corner.

A voice from a passing mare on the other side of the street called out mockingly, "Oh, how the mighty have fallen!"

"What, who's there?" the unicorn called between deep breaths. I know that voice...

"Trixie is offended that you would forget a beautiful voice such as hers!"

Trixie was the last mare other than Rainbow Dash that Twilight Sparkle wanted to see at the moment. Twilight glanced in the direction of the voice, and of course, she saw no other than the blue unicorn, clad in her signature cape and hat, dishing a smug look.

"Look Trixie, I'm not in the mood to play your games right now..."

Said mare completely ignored Twilight. "So, what is the mighty Twilight Sparkle doing in such a rush? Perhaps not fleeing her annoying pegasus friend for one reason or another?"

Twilight flushed angrily and replied, "This is none of your business, Trixie! What are you doing back in Ponyville anyway?"

Trixie, amused by how easily she could antagonize her long time rival, pushed further. "Well, Twilight Sparkle, aren't we in a foul mood today? She never suspected that a daily run from Rainbow Crash was part of your day... Although, Trixie isn't surprised, she suspected that you could never keep friends for long anyway!"

Unable to contain her rage, Twilight said the first offensive thing that came to her mind."You seem interested in Rainbow Dash, maybe you should get bucked by her!"

An uncomfortable silence developed between the two mares, and the reality of what Twilight had just said hit them both like a hoof to the face.

"Did you just call Trixie a..." the blue mare began to speak, but fainted from shock only moments later.

Did I actually just say that? This day can not get any worse... But it serves her right! Twilight started charging a powerful teleportation spell to her home when a realization hit her; she couldn't just leave the other unicorn to lay unconscious on the ground. Sighing, Twilight Sparkle levitated the mare securely into her grasp, then casted the spell.

"Pinkie, where's Twilight!?"

The pink earth pony was thoroughly confused, but nonetheless greeted her winged friend warmly. "Hey Dashie! Twilight hasn't even been here today, silly. Did you want to prank her today? I'd love to help!"

"Give it up Pinkie, I saw her come here just a few minutes ago!" Rainbow Dash stamped her hoof like an upset foal, then looked around the building.

"But Dashie, I'm telling you the truth! Twilight never came in here..."

"I don't know what she did to you, but I saw her come in, and I'm not coming out until I find her!"

"Why would I lie to you, Dash? Don't you trust me anymore?" asked Pinkie, a hurt look in her blue eyes.

The pegasus took a quick glance at her friend, and immediately regretted her quick conclusion. The pink pony's ears drooped, her head held low. And those eyes...

"Oh Pinkie, I'm so sorry. I totally trust you, but she was running from... somepony and I know that I saw her come in here!"

Pinkie just sighed and pulled her friend into a big hug. "I didn't see Twilight come in here, okay? Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" she said with a hint of her old playfulness, then continued on more seriously. "But you don't need to hide things from me, of course I can see that you like Twilight more than just as our friend."

Rainbow Dash recoiled in shock, nearly knocking over the massive display of baked goods in the store. "You think I like Twilight!?"

Back to her normal cheerfulness, Pinkie Pie giggled. "Dashie, you act like it's not completely obvious to everypony!"

"But how can it be obvious? It's not true, I don't like Twilight that way!"

"Then why were you chasing after her?" Pinkie teased.

Rainbow Dash felt herself quickly losing control of the situation, and knew that she would not be able to match Pinkie's "logic", so she took the easiest route out.

"Sorry Pinkie, look at the time! I've got to go... clear the clouds from the sky now, catch you later!"

And with that, the rainbow-maned pegasus fled Sugarcube Corner with a speed that could have rivaled teleportation...

Author's Note

Hey guys, I just wanted to say to you beautiful people that favourited/liked my story, I love you. I really haven't had much time for this story, much time consuming stuff going on... By the way, I know it was a lot of... Filler, I guess you could call it, sorry. Also, I'm not even going to try writing Pinkie Pie dialogue again, it's impossible... I'm sorry for even attempting it. But if you enjoyed this chapter, more power to you... xD

That's about it, I hope you are enjoying the story, because I personally take pleasure in writing it. Not going to lie though, having more thumbs down than thumbs up when I first posted this was pretty discouraging, so again, to you people that followed or liked this story, you have my heart. ^^