Dash of Gravity

“Come on, try” Said a familiar blue Pegasus

If you haven’t guessed yet, this is the one, the only Rainbow dash. Fan of the wonder bolts, pupil of their academy; the loyal daredevil.

“But Rainbow, I don’t have wings” Came a voice from a pony, looking confused, sounding it too

“Please, for your sister, it will be hilarious” For a daredevil, Rainbow had an armoury of persuasion, puppy dog eyes, long held pleases, literal breath taking bear hugs, also, the will only siblings have for each other when they want to embarrass each other.

“Are you being seriously?” a tone of ‘are you kidding me?’ swept over the pony’s voice, living with Rainbow, this was probably a regularly

“Cross my heart, hope to fly,’ a slight pause was given as her sister was sniggering so much that if she laughed any more, she would on the floor, cackling, also a glare “What? It’s a truce”

“Fine, finish please” In a 'I am princess of this land, obey me or face peril' accent, the pony beckoned for her to continue

“Ahem, cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye” Rainbow said it like she was a Commander, addressing soldiers before a fire fight.

“Fine, I will try” The grey pony said it like a depressed teen

This was Rainbow Dash, in her parent’s house, with her little sister, Gravity, Which used to be a nickname but had become her full blown name. Unlike her family’s lucky streak with flight, she was an earth pony. A strange burden for the Dash family to take on. Though at first, seen as a mess,needing being pushed under the rug, they grew it love her. This was a Dash not know by us, before the friends in pony-Ville. This was a time of seeing what the lord had given Gravity. The yard was small, a little cloud, probably plucked randomly.

“3” boomed Rainbow

“Seriously?” This wasn’t serious, why is Rainbow being so serious?

“2” Again, boomed Rainbow

“My god!” she was being serious, she was. Why?

“1” Slightly louder, boomed Rainbow

“Do we have all day?” Teenager mode activated again

“Go” roared Rainbow, it might have shook the metal walls a bit

Gravity’s coat was a dusty grey, her mane, unlike Rainbow’s, was only one colour, a fading red. She was small for her age, not terribly, just slightly. Though loved, she was kept in walls, home schooled. Though very clever, she had no sighting of the outside. Rarely seen the sky, the only times when she did were, when, her parents accidently left the latch unlocked. To her, it was a beautiful thing like the first stuffed bear to a child. She drew many pictures of it, she would always ask her sister what the outside was like? Was it scary? Was it fun? Was it adventurous? Or was it boring? Rainbow, used to it, would only pay the slightest shred of attention. The only question she spent her whole attention span on was this: ‘How are the others?’ It probably scared her, that instead of saying ‘other ponies’ she said ‘others’ as if she was not from this world. That’s the day, rainbow convinced their parents to take down the metal roof, and it took a lot of cunning, a lot of puppy dog eyes and a lot of ‘please’.

“Fine” Again, like a depressed teen

“Wow” Rainbow was stunned

“What? I’m just on the metal floor” Both of Gravity’s eyes were closed, either out of embarrassment or praying it worked.

“Open your eyes, you silly” Rainbow was overjoyed to see what Gravity was doing

Pop. Pop.

“Wow!” Gravity’s voice was louder than Rainbow’s count down

She was flying, literally. Flying, an earth pony...Was flying.

“I know right” Rainbow could have broken the metal floor with her excitement fuelled jumping

“How is this going on?” Like anyone, Gravity was given a great gift, but must question it first

“Maybe it’s because you don’t have wings” Rainbow used the least scientific but most confusing thing to say

“What do you mean?” Gravity completely didn’t get it

“Because you don’t have wings, it gave your this wicked awesome power” She rephrased it so Gravity did get it

“Awesome, can I stand on clouds?” The grey pony continued to question her supernatural gift.

A long pause followed, until...

“I don’t know, maybe” The loyal daredevil thought this over, this may be because if it was wrong, she could indirectly kill her only sister

“Open the latch?” A devilish game it is to break a family rule

“Yes” More devil than dare, Rainbow didn’t only agree, she insisted she opened it

Against all of their parents’ rules and restrictions, they opened the door, not for food or water; it was to let out the pony that hadn’t been out of metal walls since it was born.

“One hoof first?” Gravity stammered, she was shaking like an earthquake from nerves

“Yeah” Rainbow snickered, she could tell Gravity was scared, she had seen that look

The cloud made a sort of poof sound as a hoof stood on it, then another poof. Followed by two others. There it was the first earth pony physically able to stand on a cloud. A group of pegasi stopped in their tracks, jaws almost hitting their hooves. A white and red pegasus collided into each other.

“That pony is possessed!” A voice from the crowd shouted, known to all but gravity, this was Vicar Bolt, once a great flyer for the secret six, the wonder bolts of the past. He lazily flew forward, his grey body withered and his dark mane greasy and scruffily combed. He wore his, once, white collar. He opened his dark brown leather saddle bag; he then took out the holy book. Though their family was religious, Gravity hadn’t heard of nor seen the book itself, all she knew that it held stories of a pony, forgotten, a great healer, teacher and friend, not pegasi nor unicorn, one of the earth. He began to mutter his holy words.

“Father,

Hallowed be thy name,

Thy kingdom com...”

“Hey!” Rainbow Dash screamed, any louder and she could have cracked her lungs “My sister may be different, but she isn’t possessed!” Naked anger flooded her voice; you could almost see the smoke coming from her nose.

“Now, Rainbow” Bolt lowered his voice to make his voice as soft as a kitten “I know what it feels like,  but your sister,” his voice become more of a bull’s now than a kitten’s “She is possessed by the one casted into the flames”

Gravity was welling up, the looks from the crowd, and the hurtful words from the Victor. She was no demon, nor monster.

“Now, listen here, bub, I don’t know where you are getting this from, but it isn’t looking true” She just manages to not hit Bolt, and point at her sister. The crowd was backing off, bit by bit. It was as if Rainbow was going to blow

“Stop!” this was the blubbering voice of Gravity, barely able to speak. She got up from the patch of cloud and went into the metal walls, and. Klink. Clank. It was locked. The metal she had escaped didn’t meet her kindly, still the same rusting walls. Gravity curled up and lied still, tears like a water fall. Words were swirling around her head, demon, monster, hatred, and, the last resource anyone asked for, help!

Klink. Clank.

“Hey, little sis,” A slither of positive dislike still stuck on her tongue “Don’t matter about them”

“But, sis,” Tears still gliding down her face “I’m not a demon? Am I?” Another bombard of tears and wails exploded through the air.

“No,no,no, it’s not true,” her voice’s drop of anger dripped and was replaced by the silent purr of family love ‘You’re my sister, nothing else’

‘Thanks, sis” The tears slowed, still coming but slowed

“No, turn off the water works” Hugging her sister, more of a bear hug than a loving hug but a hug is a hug. Bang! Bang! Crash!

“WOW!” Gravity rocket out of the literal breath taking hug, and the water works were replaced with a loud stereo “What is that?”

“They’re throwing stuff at our house” The slither in her voice was back

“Why?” Gravity gave Rainbow the puppy dog eyes that convinced their parents to take off the roof

“They still believe you’re possessed” Rainbow’s slither of anger was becoming a river pure rage

“What do we do?” The cogs of the waterworks were beginning to turn again

“We wait it out”

Bang! Bang! Click! Clank! Click! Bang! Clank! This went on for about an hour, it finished a long time before their parents arrived. A lot of conversation went on, what had happened, what Bolt thought of Gravity, Rainbow’s outburst, and the stuff thrown at their house. It took an hour and a half of argument but the roof went back up. A few days passed before Gravity said another word.

“Sister” No emotion, no sadness, no happiness, no anger, no guilt, just neutral.

“You can still talk, jeez, another minute, it would have been perfect silence” Rainbow said, jokingly, half sarcastic as she knew what her sister was going to ask.

“What is going to happen?” Emotion came back; it was a mixture of confusion and slight sadness.

“I overheard them, they’re talking about moving” Now, she was neutral, just sounded bored.

“Where?” She was as excited as a pony on cider day

“Just over Pony Ville,” She had starting playing catch with a book “Burgh, I hate reading” She threw the book across the room, where it landed in a pile of others

“Pony Ville!”  Excited as a lover on Valentine’s Day

“You have no idea where or what it is, do you?” Calling her bluff

“No, but it sounds awesome” Still as excited as earlier

“You really want to know about it, don’t you” Rainbow knew it was true, and knew it was going to be boring telling her sister about it.

“Yes, yes, yes, yes” Though terribly energized, she kept it quiet as not to awake her parents

“Fine” It was Rainbow’s turn to be teen

She told Gravity about the Apple family. That when they came to Canterlot, Princess Celestia granted the Apple Family land near the Everfree forest, where Granny Smith and her family planted their first orchard. They soon ran out of food because "an orchard doesn’t grow overnight". One night, a pony by the name of ‘smith’ ventured into the Everfree Forest by herself to look for food. She discovered the most incredible apple trees that bore rainbow-coloured apples. When the filly returned home with a bag full of them, she and her father planted the first Zap apple seeds. Drawn in by the jam made from the unique fruit, other ponies started coming to the land, such as Stinkin’ Rich, Diamond Tiara's grandfather, who started a small market that sold Zap Apple Jam. And before they knew it, we had ourselves a nice little town, bustling with all kinds of ponies. Rainbow continues by talking about their tradition of Winter Wrap-up. Because the town was founded by earth ponies, they had to clean up winter by hoof instead of by magic. She then said this has been going on for hundred. Then saying That Pony-Ville still does the "Winter Wrap-up" as a town tradition.

By the time Rainbow had gotten through only half of the town’s history, Gravity had fallen asleep. Rainbow silently tip toed over, and tucked in her little sister. She then smiled for her sister.