Winter Days (Lonely)

Living in a cloud had many advantages. You could hide from lame earth ponies and unicorns, and in summer it was always keeping itself cool. And whenever you needed a shower, you'd just kick the wall and the ceiling above you would rain. Keeping warmth however was not included.

It was becoming colder lately, the winter season set in. Rainbow had spent the last winter years over at the places of her friends, but this year she knew she couldn't take it anymore.

She didn't know what was going on. She somehow felt depressed and didn't know where that feeling came from. She didn't really have a reason for it, did she?

Twi had become the legendary 'Twilicorn', which was written on posters of the new princess all over Equestria. They had saved the world multiple times. All of them had become famous for it. All of that was awesome!

So why was she feeling down?

The rainbow-maned mare stared out of a window into the sky. Big, white clouds covered it. A tear slowly rolled down her face as she wondered what was going on.

Maybe it was just some kind of emotional crysis. Everypony had these every now and then, right?

She heard how the tear dropped from her face to the ground, sinking in the fluffy clouds below her hooves.

Her friends were probably in their houses, cuddling with their family to keep each other warm. Everypony in Ponyville probably was, holding their beloved ones close, as if they were scared to ever let them go.

Rainbow never had been in a relationship. She had been asked out many times, but always had turned them down. She didn't know why, it just didn't seem right. And now, on this cold winter day, she wished nothing more than the warmth of another pony.

The tear that had dropped was now followed by more, but Rainbow made no move to wipe them away. She just stood there, stared out of her window without making any noises and hoped for a surprise.

Seconds passed, and the seconds were followed by minutes. She still didn't move, even as the minutes grew to hours. She didn't realize the time passing anymore, and she didn't realize the cold surrounding her. She just stood there, staring at the clouds. Every few minutes the wind came blowing in, making her mane flutter with it. She didn't notice. She continued her staring as her mind became as empty she felt.

As the hours passed, the sky became darker. The mare for her part still didn't make any preparations to move. Still a few tears were down her eyes as she was surrounded by pitch black.

Eventually small snowflakes were slowly falling from the sky. Seeing this broke the last barrier in the mare's body. She broke down and her tears were now flooding out of her eyes. She lay on her side, just letting everything out. All the sadness, all the depression.

She didn't know how long she lay there, and she wasn't certain wether she could have passed out or fallen asleep. What had brought her back to reality was a gentle noise. Somepony had been knocking on her door. She stood up and walked over to it.

As she opened it, she found Twilight looking at her. Her eyes were just as reddened as Rainbow's, and it seemed they had shed tears about the same thing.

"Rainbow, can we talk?"

She agreed by stepping aside and pointing a hoof to the cloudy table and chairs in the middle of the room. As both sat down on opposite sides of the table, Twilight spoke up again.

"You know, I've been thinking a little... I had been a little depressed today - or maybe not just a little. I felt and still feel lonely, and as stupid as this may sound now, I think what I was missing is you."

Rainbow didn't know what to answer, and before she could think of anything, Twilight continued.

"I understand if you don't feel the same way as I do, and will respect however you will decide. But I know, if I wouldn't try now, I will regret it forever. I do not ask for you sharing my feelings for you, I only search for clarity. And I hope it won't endanger our friendship, for it certainly is the last thing that I would want."

While Twilight was saying this, she felt something warm lighting up in her stomach, growing as Twilight continued her talking. She felt like she needed to say something, but she couldn't think of anything that would fit right now. Instead she stood up and walked around the table to hug Twilight.

First the purple mare was surprised, but it was only a matter of seconds until she closed her fore legs behind Rainbow's head, pulling her closer. Again, time seemed to be racing away from them.

After standing for Celestia knows how long in the middle of the room, Rainbow finally broke the hug. She moved her head back and stared deep in Twilight's eyes. She could see a spark in there, but she was unsure wether it was a reflection of the small lamp that was lit in the room or if it was her eye that sparkled itself.

As she stood there, staring in Twilight's eyes, it felt like they were getting closer. As the seconds passed, the inches between them were overcome, too. The closer they got, the slower they moved, until they nearly had no motion at all. Then, suddenly their lips touched. It was just a shy, gentle contact, but still it was more intense than any kiss that had ever happened.

Rainbow had to focus completely not to pull back, but she managed it. They opened their mouths' simultaniously, exchanging their breath. Their tongues worked together by themselves, without one of them really doing anything to it.

As the two mares, who were deeply focused on each other and the action happening between them started to vanish, in a corner of the room right below a window lay a cyan coated mare, whose mane was colored like a whole rainbow.

Outside, in the night, Ponyville was covered by a blanket of snow, looking as beautiful as it might never look again. The clouds had cleared up again, and the stars were reflecting from the snow, though there was nopony to admire the perfect night.

Inside, Rainbow Dash was rolled together in a small puddle of her own frozen tears, a few layers of small white stars that were blown through the window on top of her. The only thing disrupting her sleep were hooves knocking on the door. As the noise went weaker and weaker, until it stopped completely, the purple coated alicorn standing behind it sank to the ground. As the sun rose up far away in the horizon, both had had the same vision.

They took their last breath and passed on, ready to spent the eternity chasing the sun side by side.

A snowflake was dropping from the cloudless sky. The sunlight reflected in it, making it sparkle. For a second, you could have sworn to see Rainbow's face in it, smiling that she finally had found her peace. It continued it's fall, until a sudden wind blew it through the window of the cloud building. Eventually it came to rest on the nose of the peacefully lying pegasus inside.