Rainbow Dash lives an exciting life and is swiftly becoming the most daring, awesome pegasus in all of Equestria. She would gladly give it all up, though, just to confess her love to Applejack.
Days later...
On the edge of Ponyville...
"Yes! Civilization!" Trixie skipped forward ahead of Applejack and her wagon. "Ohhhhhh how Trixie missed civilization!"
"Heehee!" Pinkie Pie waved a hoof. "Ahoyyyyyyyyyy there, Civilization!"
Fluttershy giggled. "Not to be a party-pooper, but I think I'm going to get a head start on returning home." She stifled a yawn. "It's been fun, everypony. So very... very fun, but I do have to check on my animal buddies."
"Ya sure ya dun mean check up on Big Mac?" Applejack said with a wink.
"I... erm... n-no..." Fluttershy pouted, cheeks puffy and red. "But... mmmmaybe if I'm in the vicinity..."
Applejack chuckled and waved a hoof. "Get a move on, sugarcube. It's been a knee-slappin' good time."
"Yes. Very." Fluttershy beamed, flying backwards. "I do hope we get to do it more often."
"Absolutely!" Twilight exclaimed.
"Darn tootin'," Applejack added with a wink.
"Goodbye everypony!" Fluttershy waved, giggling. "It's been an absolute blast!"
"I agree. But I must be getting home as well." Rarity trotted off. "I must take the longest shower of my adult life."
"Ungh." Twilight rolled her eyes. "Really, Rarity?"
"Yes, darling. And I would suggest the same for you."
"It's camping!" Twilight's voice cracked. "What would you expect?" She stood in place, blinking. Her muzzle scrunched as she raised a forelimb and sniffed herself.
Trixie leaned in. "Trixie thinks Sparkle smells just fine."
"We all know what you think, Trixie."
"Buh?"
"Better go home and check on the library," Twilight said. "Assuming Spike hasn't... I dunno... invited a bunch of dragon friends over and emptied Golden Oaks of all its gemstones."
"He can do that?"
"Truth is stranger than fiction." Twilight waved and trotted off. "So long, everypony! I'll be sure to write Celestia lots of what I learned about this experience!"
"I'm assumin' you'll leave out some of the saucy 'never have I ever' parts, ya reckon?"
"Saucy?" Twilight blinked from afar. "What was so saucy about—"
"Sparkle won't mention a word!" Trixie barked, pushing the other unicorn along. "Trixie will make certain of it!"
"But... but I don't get—"
"Move along, Sparkle."
"Heehee..." Pinkie Pie winked at the remaining two mares. "They'd make good sisters, don't you think?"
"Heh... sure..." Rainbow Dash smirked at Applejack. "Sisters."
Applejack winked back.
"Welp! I gotta go and give Gummy his weekly bath or else he gets grumpy!" She hopped off. "So long and thanks for all the trail mix!"
"But Pinkie..." Rainbow squinted crookedly. "You made all the trail mix."
"Did I?" WHUMP! "Oh hey! Sugarcube Corner! Right where I left you!" The front door's bell rang. "So longies, friendies!" And she hopped inside.
Applejack chuckled, then sighed. "Well, sugarcube, guess this is where we part ways."
"Yup." Rainbow nodded from where she hovered with her saddlebags. "You'll be okay with that wagon?"
"Pffft. I've been haulin' it all trip." Applejack winked. "Besides, I'm sure to get plenty of help long before I return home."
"Heh. Good point." Rainbow cleared her throat. "I... uh... gotta rest up. My time off is over with, and I got lots of cyclone-practicing to do tomorrow."
"Best of luck with that."
"Oh, I've got... plenty of help in that area."
"Guess we're both lucky, huh?"
"Sure." Rainbow Dash nodded. "Sure thing, AJ."
"This..." Applejack fidgeted slightly. "Was a really good trip, Rainbow."
"Oh, totally."
"It... it helped nicely." She gulped, smilingly tenderly up at the mare. "Really, it did."
"That's cool."
"Yeah... cool..."
"Yeah."
Silence.
"Well..." Applejack smirked, saluted, and pivoted about. "Wagons west..."
"Ugh..." Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Bet you were waiting days to say that."
"You dun know me that well."
"And you suck at lying."
"Heheh... yeah..." Applejack sighed, shuffling off with a smile. "Reckon I do."
Rainbow Dash watched her... for a bit longer than she needed to. About two minutes into Applejack's departure, she was joined by a masculine figure. As soon as Applejack saw him, her ears perked up. She stopped the wagon in time to lean in, sharing a gentle nuzzle and a hug with the pony.
Then, after a brief exchange, Stu Leaves hitched himself to the wagon in Applejack's stead, and the two continued the rest of the trek to Sweet Apple Acres, taking their sweet time.
Rainbow Dash forced a heavy lump down her throat. Courageously, she spun around, breaking off her vision of the pair. Then she flew slowly for her cloud home on the east end of town.
Alone.
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Huh, nothing interesting happened after that? That sucks.
It's over already?
Time flies when you're kind-of-maybe-not-really having fun.
Well, here we go with the self-pity party...
"Oh, he's quite the animal..."
Annnd the feels comes back to bite her.
Hopefully she'll be able to figure things out and actually TELL Applejack...but that's asking too much - she's actually way too shy to get all personal like that.
Every time Stu shows up, it's like a stab to the heart. For both me and Dashie.
6831739 Funny you should say that, when your avatar is a heart pierced by an arrow.
6831739 Quite. It's painful to read D:
6831751 I relish in the pain
That lingering silence.. there's so much they want to say to each other.
For the bravest ponies in group, you two sure are a pair of cowards.
So.. does anyone else think AJ does in fact remember Dash kissing her to wake her up from Cider Space?
6831739 I think you just spoke for both of us on that.
Honestly, I don't know who I've come to hate more in this story, the (probably) late and unlamented Flam and Flam (although we don't know for sure that, unlike Romulus and their other cohorts, that they're dead or not), or that Stu-pid Leaves. But I think Stu's starting to win that one.
Hooves down.
6831785 Flim and Flam are still unaccounted for huh...
think JE's gonna pull them out of hammerspace to serve as the villains that finally out Dash saving Bloom by shouting about how she eluded them in the dragon lands?
Surprised no one's commented on the Hitchhikers reference yet.
That's a wrap folks, best slice of life arc yet I think.
That wasn't a friendly farewell between 2 close friends who've come to terms with their feelings, like they're pretending they have.
That was an awkward farewell of 2 ponies who harbour obvious attraction/romantic feelings for the other, but feels they can't act on them because they're afraid the other ISN'T IN TO MARES.
So as previously mentioned, thanks a ton for opening you fat mouth Rarity.
And now, more depression!
6831797 Yep.
Well, I didn't read anything that said that they got killed in the battle for the squirrels' castle, so I just assumed that they survived it.
(Yeah, yeah, I know. Never assume anything, 'cause it'll come back and bite you in the tush later.)
And knowing JE's way of hitting us with stuff like that, I definitely wouldn't bet against it.
Rainbows east
Well, that's a wrap! This was the very last chapter.
See you around, everyone.
I used to think so, too.
6832143 Combed over the relevant chapters for you; the last we saw of them was being knocked down when their catapult exploded. Ergo they'll probably be back.
6832373 Riiiiiight. Suuuure it is.
6832498 Okay, thanks.
And you're likely right. Like the bad pennies (bits?) that they are, they'll turn up somewhere in this again.
Then it'll be a case of "Here we go again!!!"
Fuck man, this is getting really, really depressing.
This is fine
This just feels wrong.
This is right... but for the first time, Rainbow flying east feels wrong.
6831809
I read that fic! Pinkie as prefect is such a zarkon frood.
Can't we send Stu to another dimension, so he can bring joy to one of the sad Applejacks we see in the season finale?
Wait, there needs to be a way to have Stu removed without making Aj super sad for a loooong time. Like maybe she forgets who he is, or....has an accident while he away, and forgets who he is, but no one is there to remind her of him. Or...or.. Stu needs to leaf.
~ADG
6832373
No. Don't even joke about that.
Do you like hurting people?
6835031 I don't like Stu because he's exactly what his name is, a Gary Stu. He's too perfect, with no character flaws apart from being a little dorky and annoying at times. He always has the best response/line of dialogue lined up. It makes him a very bland and unlikeable character. Besides, the story's called AppleDashery, and like you said he's a big obstacle to any AppleDash happening right now.
And then Stu's head turns all the way around and he glares at RD with red eyes.
6894624 that would seriously be some freaky shit. Oh god I have that image floating around in my mind now! STU IS THE TERMINATOR!!!
I feel like this could have been the last chapter of Part Twenty-One, but nope, it just goes on and on. And Part Twenty-Two is not finished. I'm actually somewhat close to caught up.