Running through the forest

As Rainbow Dash cantered along beside Ditzy Doo, the pony more commonly known as Derpy, she couldn't help but notice the way the sun reflected off of Derpy's freshly washed mane.She felt the flutter that came to her heart every time she had seen the cross-eyed mare recently. She knew it was going to happen so before her wings happened to stiffen she took flight.

"Where are you going Dashie?" Derpy asked.

"Oh, uh, just stretching my wings is all Derpy." Rainbow responded.

Rainbow Dash loved the way Derpy would call her Dashie. As they neared the edge of the everfree forest, where Derpy had a delivery for Zecora, Rainbow Dash thought of her days in flight school where the only pony besides Gilda the Griffin would cheer her on was Derpy. To Rainbow Dash the best thing on any day was to walk back to the dorm with Derpy by her side going on about how there wasn't enough muffin choices in the mess hall. She giggled to herself remembering the mares strange obsession with muffins. She snapped out of her memories as Derpy flew up to see what was taking her so long.

"You okay Dashie?" Derpy asked.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just remembering the old days."

Derpy looked at her with a genuinely worried look. Oh what Rainbow Dash would give to have the courage to tell this sweet little mare what she thought of her.

As they were walking through the forest Rainbow Dash was wondering how to admit her feelings to the mare when they arrived at Zecora's house.

"DELIVERY!" Shouted Derpy.

"Oh how pleasant, a guest can be such a present." Said Zecora in the rhymes the zebra always spoke.

"So to what do I owe this pleasure? Could it be my ordered treasure?"

"Delivery for a Zecora the zebra." Derpy said reading the label on the packaging.

Rainbow Dash nearly facehoofed when she realized that Derpy didn't even know who the package was addressed to.

"That would be me, as you can plainly see."

"Okay I just need you to sign this and then we're off for some afternoon muffins."

"Please stay and be my guest, out here loneliness can be such a pest."

As they sat down Rainbow Dash noticed that Zecora was looking at her whenever she talked to Derpy.

"Rainbow Dash, may I talk to you in the other room about Pinkie Pie's latest bash?"

"Sure Zecora, Derpy we'll be right back."

"Ofay." said the mare with muffins in her mouth.