Flightless

-Finale

Twilight's legs were stiff, and as she sat in her usual chair in her living room, she stretched them out as far as she could trying to regain feeling in them. With this, she also pulled her arms behind her, quietly yawned, and then relaxed all her muscles once again.

She looked over to the couch next to her. Spike, her little assistant was taking a nap that Twilight knew he truly deserved. She watched his little face wrinkle up as he dreamed whatever it was that little boys like him dreamed of. Probably dreams of Rarity, and things of that nature considering his requited love for the woman that was obviously too old for a boy like him, but of course children will dream.

She smiled at him as he began to stir in his sleep, and once in a while he would grumble a word or two that Twilight couldn't quite make out. However, she enjoyed watching him in his slumber, it was so peaceful, and she couldn't help but feel like a mother watching over her young son.

With that thought in mind she turned back to the book on her table next to her chair. It was that same book that she was interrupted while reading those many times, and she hadn't picked it up since her last visit up to Canterlot. She picked it up and flipped back to the page she left off on.

Twilight leaned back a little in her chair and slouched down to a comfortable position, removed her purple bookmark, and began to dive right back into the book. She calmly smiled as she was finally able to relax, but something was bothering her as she continued to try and read. Something was on her mind, that she just couldn't get off, but she also knew that it really was none of her business.

Twilight just couldn't help but worry about Rainbow Dash. She knew that it wasn't really her place to wonder about her family life, but it was something that was brought to her attention by the Goddesses themselves. She knew though that Luna wouldn't do anything too drastic, but she did however demolish Scootaloo's prosthetic leg, and make her fall down a steep cliff while her wheelchair was so many flights away from her.

At this Twilight began to tap her toe on the ground causing Spike to grumble. She turned to him and then stopped herself. She just couldn't help it now though. Why did she have to think so hard all the time?

She placed her bookmark back inside her book and set it right back down again for dust to collect over it. She leaned an elbow on the arm of her chair, and placed her chin within her palm. She tapped her cheek over and over with her index finger as a replacement for tapping her foot which caused too much noise. Tapping her cheek, on the other hand, was a much quieter route, and so she took it even though she was making a red dot on her face from the constant tapping.

She squirmed a bit in her seat and then looked at the clock hanging on her wall, then back to Spike, then over to her front door. As much as she tried, she couldn't get herself to calm down and reassure herself that Rainbow Dash would be fine, along with Fluttershy and Scootlaoo.

She looked down at the floor under her and stared at it for a few moments before she heard a slight sound that made her head bounce right back up to in front of her again.

She wasn't at all too surprised by the Goddess Luna whom appeared from no where right inside of her home before her. Her elegance had not changed a bit from yesterday, and honestly Twilight was getting a little bit tired of seeing her. She never would have thought that the Goddess of the night would have been so damn annoying. She was nothing like Celestia, who never ever appeared from no where, and never ever got too caught up in the same person. However, Twilight could see a little on Luna's part whom was only prayed to by that one child, so it was almost reasonable for her to get so worked up with her.

"Twilight Sparkle!" Luna's voice echoed throughout her home.

Twilight's head quickly jolted to Spike who was squirming on top of the couch. With pleading eyes, Twilight looked back to Luna who now realized the sleeping child, and with a look of remorse, brought her voice down to a slight whisper.

"Twilight Sparkle..." Luna came closer to the priestess so she could better hear her.

"What is it now, Goddess?" Twilight looked to her side with annoyance as the Goddess of the night practically was now all up in her face.

"I need to tell you something of great importance." Luna swept Twilight's hands in her palms and brought them to her own face.

Twilight now looked to the Goddess to see her hands were now firmly clasped within Luna's. She wasn't exactly sure how she felt about it, but there was really nothing she could do otherwise.

"What is it that you need to tell me?" Twilight's heart began to sink as she finally realized the sincere tone of Luna. Had she finally done something so stupid that she had put one of her friends in danger?!

Luna's eyes gleamed at Twilight. She was almost like a child herself actually. Her features were much more childlike than that of Celestia, and the way that she was acting was almost like Spike. Twilight raised one eyebrow at the Goddess and then let out a deep breath as she prepared herself for the worst to come.

"It is almost finished." For the first time, Twilight now saw a smile coming from the Goddess herself. Her lips were curled so gracefully, and Twilight would have never guessed how much more beautiful the Goddess looked when she was happy, considering she never thought that the Goddess would ever look happy at all.

"What is?" Twilight edged in forward a little more. Excitement riled up inside her chest as she brainstormed the many possibilities of translation in Luna's words.

"The child's prayers are almost fulfilled. It is complete!" Luna's voice began to raise again in utter happiness, but Twilight soon brought Luna's attention back to the sleeping child upon the couch next to them. Luna quickly closed her mouth with sorrowful eyes upon realizing her crescendo.

Ignoring the fact that Luna was being loud, Twilight could feel her heart drop a few burdens at this news. She was so relieved to hear that Luna's crazy tactics were done with, and she wouldn't have to worry about any more of Rainbow's family problems. She began to smile to at the Goddess, and with that, Luna's reaction was almost too cute to imagine.

Luna giggled as a child would, and she leaned in close to Twilight's hands that were still being held in her own. She pressed her soft, cold lips against them, and placed a small kiss upon Twilight's hands. This sent chills down her spin. In all her years she had never received any kind of token like this from Celestia. She would have never even thought something like this could ever occur, especially from Goddess Luna. She never struck her as a humble Goddess, henceforth you can never really judge someone I suppose.

Twilight's eyes gleamed as she watched silently as Luna's lips retreated from her fists. Luna sparkled as she sent one last smile towards Twilight, and she then let go of her grasp upon Twilight's hands and began to back away from the stunned priestess.

"Farewell, Twilight Sparkle." Luna said as her body began to evaporate before Twilight's very eyes.

The young girl reached out a hand suddenly in Luna's direction. It surprised her that she had reached her arm towards the Goddess, it was merely her reflexes, but something made her want to reach out for her. She felt a bit of sorrow inside of her when Luna announced her a farewell.

"W-what do you mean?" Twilight began to stand up from her chair so she could feel closer to the Goddess as her body stopped from it's disappearing long enough for her to hear Twilight out before she departed from her.

Luna smiled at Twilight's concern. She had never felt such happiness inside of her in a long time. She finally could feel that someone cared about her. She was now acknowledged by two people, and it felt nice to know that someone out there actually recognized that she truly existed in this world.

"Do not fear, Twilight Sparkle. I am almost certain that we will meet again." Luna spread her arms out in Twilight's direction as if asking her for a hug. Twilight wasn't sure what to do, but she began to walk closer to the Goddess. She did feel like she wanted to embrace her before she left. She felt it was her own way of letting her go.

Twilight was arm-length away from Luna, and with her intention of embracing the Goddess, Luna fully vanished before she could reach her.

The young priestesses eyes widened with sorrow. She didn't know how long it would be until she could see the Goddess again. She couldn't help but feel that there was much more to learn about her. Twilight felt like she didn't give her enough of a chance. She knew there was much more to Luna than she made out to be, and now she lost her chances to figure out what that is.

Twilight let her head fall and her shoulders slouch. She could sense tears forming in her eyes at the complete devastation that she was feeling. Something inside of her felt like it was missing, and she didn't exactly know what it was. What was her true destiny after all?

Twilight stopped her thought process, and as if right on schedule, there was a knock on her door. Twilight's eyes jolted upwards and with little hesitation, she began to jolt quickly for the door completely forgetting to be quiet for Spike.

She opened up the door to reveal Pinkie Pie standing there. Her hair was up in her usual bouncy ponytail, and her cheeks were rosy. She was wearing something that seemed like she was trying to dress up, but with her childish nature it only seemed like she was playing dress up. Twilight couldn't help but giggle at her attempt to look more mature. It was cute though.

"Is it too much?" Pinkie quickly looked down at her attire in desperation.

"No, no. It's cute." Twilight smiled while trying to stop her unnecessary laughing.

Pinkie began to smile again with this, and then looked up into Twilight's deep purple eyes. Twilight now stopped her giggling to find seriousness creeping back into her system.

"Well....Mr and Mrs Cake said I could have the day off today, so do you think....well do you think we could go on that date you promised?" Pinkie brought her hands in front of her frilly skirt and stared into Twilight's gleaming eyes.

Twilight mentally went back in time, and she did recall promising Pinkie a date of some sorts when she wasn't busy. She looked behind her inside her house. She saw that everything looked in order, Spike was still napping, and she couldn't think of anything she had to do. In other words, she was free for the day.

"I....well sure." Twilight smiled at Pinkie who now lit up in excitement at Twilight's answer.

"Great! This is going to be so fun! Don't you think so? What can we do? What do you want to do? Something super fun right!?" Pinkie's usual self began to kick back in, and Twilight was happy to see her jaunty attitude again.

"Something fun indeed." Twilight smiled and then turned around to close her door and lock it. Spike would figure it out that she had went off somewhere, she would sometimes do that so it wasn't a big deal to leave him there.

Twilight turned back to Pinkie who was patiently waiting and smiling.

"Let's go." Twilight said as she reached one hand out to Pinkie.

Pinkie's blue eyes sparkled as she noticed Twilight's offered hand. She hesitated for a moment, but soon she reached her own hand out and interlocked her fingers with Twilight's.

Rarity's grip was tightening around Rainbow's arm as she continued to pull her to town. Her eyes shimmered as she could now finally see the first couple houses lined up in Ponyville.

"Finally!" Rarity shouted out. Rainbow could feel herself becoming dizzy from all the running.

"Eh....This...isn't really...like you....Rarity...." Rainbow Dash gasped between each word as she tried to catch her breath. Her head was spinning so much that she almost forgot the whole reason Rarity was dragging her to town with so much excitement.

"Oh, but it is!" Rarity stopped suddenly and turned to face the athlete that she had forced over here.

Rainbow accepted the break that she was given, and began to rub her forehead with her free hand and try to calm down her dizziness. She closed her eyes tightly, and once she felt like she had regained herself, she opened them back up to see Rarity's eyes bouncing with anticipation.

"What is this all about anyways? I just wanted some advice on what I should do...." Rainbow struggled to free herself from Rarity's grip, but the elegant woman just wouldn't loosen her hand.

"And that's exactly what I'm giving you. We are going to go find that perfect---"

"You sure do know how to run there, Rarity...." Applejack had finally caught up with the two, and was now trying to catch her own breath as she had to chase after them.

"Applejack, darling. Please explain to Rainbow what we are doing for her." Rarity finally took her hand away from Rainbow's wrist and crossed her arms over her chest. Rainbow on the other hand was rubbing her reddened arm and looking at it with teary eyes.

"I...uh....what are we doing for her?" Applejack looked down at Rainbow who now looked up with disbelief.

"You...wait! You don't even know?! Rarity!!" Rainbow turned her head violently to Rarity who was gawking with poise at the two.

"You're simply hopeless...." Rarity placed one of her hands over her face in disappointment.

"Well you did just rush me out here without explaining anything, so....." Rainbow stuffed her hands in her pockets and let her eyes glide over to Applejack who was just as clueless as she was.

"You're the one that told us that you were going to...."

"Shit!" Rainbow let out and interrupted Rarity in the process.

"I beg your pardon?" Rarity's eyes widened at Rainbow's rudeness.

"Get down!" Rainbow practically pushed Rarity over in attempt to hide her. Applejack ducked down as well after seeing Rainbow's desperate need to not be noticed.

"I have never--"

"Fluttershy and Scootaloo are over there." Rainbow whispered, and once again interrupted Rarity. The tall woman crossed her arms in a fit of anger and kept her mouth shut.

"They're leaving Sugar Cube Corner." Applejack looked up over the bush that they were all hiding behind.

"Don't let them see you." Rainbow hissed as she slapped Applejack's leg softly.

The farm girl shot her a stern look and Rainbow slowly backed her hand away, smiling.

"Oh dear. That wouldn't be good. It would ruin everything!" Rarity placed the back of her hand against her forehead melodramatically only to get glances by Rainbow Dash and Applejack both.

"I still don't get it....what kind of advice are ya' planning on givin' her Rarity?" Applejack looked over to her lover. Her green eyes were narrowed.

"We are going to help her pick out the perfect.... Well....you're truly planning on doing this, right Rainbow?" Rarity looked over to her friend, this time with concern. She knew that this wasn't going to be easy, especially for Rainbow Dash.

"Well...yeah....It's what I really want to do, you know?" Rainbow looked away from her friends with embarrassment. She could feel her heart pounding again at the very thought.

"When do you want to do it?" Applejack asked as she leaned in closer to her two friends. She could sense the fear in Rainbow's eyes just by glancing at her.

"Well...as soon as possible....it's been three years and....I think....I'm ready." Rainbow looked back up over the bush without glancing at her two friends. She could see that now Fluttershy and Scootaloo were almost completely out of sight. They were heading back home it seemed.

"They're gone!" Rainbow shot up as she could no longer see her two most important girls. She turned her head to Applejack and Rarity and motioned them to join her.

"So what's the plan?" Applejack straightened her hat on top of her head as she helped Rarity up on her own feet.

The purple haired woman dusted her skirt off and turned around to check if there was any grass on her butt. Seeing that there was none, she turned back around to the two sets of eyes that were looking at her, questioning.

"We need the finest jeweler."

Rainbow looked down at her hands. She clasped the box within them and then began to walk up to her cottage. She was no longer being accompanied by Rarity or Applejack, and now it was just herself to her thoughts.

Her mind was still spinning with fear and confusion, and her heart throbbed to the point where she felt as if she could no longer walk, but she wasn't going to stop. This was her chance to finally live her true dream.

Scootaloo had always thought that Rainbow's dream was to become the greatest runner ever, and ever since she had quit the track team, she could feel that Scootaloo was disappointed. Yes, running was a big part of Rainbow's life, at least it used to be, but that really wasn't what she wanted most after all. For such a long time, even Rainbow herself believed that running was her destiny, and a part of that was right. But Rainbow didn't want running to be all that she lived for. In fact, she gave up running for her true dream. For her family.

Rainbow gripped her hands over the little box, and turned her head upwards in confidence. This wasn't something to be embarrassed about. This wasn't something to fear. This was something to rejoice over! And she wanted to do that with her family! Three as one.

"I love them so damn much!" Rainbow shouted out to no one in particular. She knew no one was around anyways to hear her, and even if there was she would still shout it out for the whole world to hear because she no longer wanted to keep them a secret. It was her one and only happiness in life, and she didn't want to have to hide them away fearing that they would be judged by others that just didn't understand. She didn't want to do that!

Rainbow picked up her pace, and was now running in the direction of home. She couldn't hold this in anymore. This was the time, and she was so happy that soon they would be a true family. Her new life would soon become a reality, and she wanted it so badly.

Rainbow's eyes could now see the cottage. Her smile was wider than it ever was before, and she couldn't help but want to yell out loud. She wanted to shout out her happiness, something that she didn't usually have too much of.

She now approached the door and slammed it open.

"Fluttershy? Scootaloo?" Rainbow called out. She listened for a few moments for a response, but she got nothing. She started to search around the living room, kitchen, upstairs, in all of their spare rooms, but she found nothing in the process. Her heart began to sink as she continued to call out to them.

"Fluttershy? Scootaloo? Are you home?" Rainbow ran back downstairs into the living room again. There was no sign that they had been here for a while, and she didn't smell any signs of food.

Rainbow's head began to spin again, and she could feel her joy starting to retreat, but she couldn't let that happen. She knew they were here somewhere! She could feel their presence!

Rainbow's feet began running back for the door. She walked outside and got a face full of fresh air once again. She stopped in her tracks, and as she perked up her head, she caught a sound of Scootaloo's giggle. Her eyes lit up as she tried to track where it had came from. She stopped again to hear another giggle. She could now tell that it was coming from the backyard. Rainbow smiled again, gripped her hands tightly, and began jolting behind the house.

It didn't take long at all for her to see the two in a small field of wild flowers. Scootaloo was in her wheelchair with a handful of daisies. Fluttershy was bent in front of her allowing Scootaloo to twist the flowers in Fluttershy's braided hair. The two looked so happy together, and for a moment, Rainbow had to stop and just stare.

After a while though, Scootaloo caught a glimpse of her.

"Mommy! Isn't her hair pretty?" Scootaloo picked up Fluttershy's braid to show Rainbow Dash who was now making her way over to them.

"How was your visit it Applejack, dear?" Fluttershy asked as she smiled warmly in greetings.

"It...it was great." Rainbow said as she leaned down next to Fluttershy who was still kneeling in front of Scootaloo.

"That's wonderful." Fluttershy smiled again and then looked over to Scootaloo who was watching with joyful eyes.

Rainbow could feel a chill run down her spin as she sat next to her lover and her daughter. Her heart was beating so heavily as she looked into Fluttershy's beautiful aqua eyes. Rainbow looked back down at the box in her hand. She gulped down and then looked back up swiftly with a change of attitude. Her eyes sparkled and her mouth was curled up in a smile. Fluttershy wasn't exactly sure, but she thought she saw a few tears in Rainbow's eyes. Scootaloo reached down her hand and grabbed Fluttershy's as they both watched intently at Rainbow Dash.

The tan girl closed her eyes and then opened them up once more. She was ready to begin her knew life.

"Fluttershy?" Rainbow looked over to the beautiful girl in front of her that she loved so dearly.

"Yes, Rainbow?" Fluttershy looked into her eyes, her heart was now pounding as well as if she knew what was coming. She took in a deep breath and smiled. She could feel a few tears trickling down her cheeks. Scootaloo squeezed onto her mothers hand tighter now for comfort, but Fluttershy wasn't sad at all.

Rainbow shook away her own tears and opened the box in front of Fluttershy's face.

"Will you marry me?"

The End.