At some point during the night, Twilight realized that she was awake. She felt her ear twitch a few times, then noticed a sound.
Rainbow was whimpering quietly. Nnng... musta woken me up.
Suddenly, the pegasus's head rolled her way, bumping into her nose.
"Ow!"
"Ahh, no! No!"
"Rainbow?"
"No no no, get away!"
"Rainbow, wake up." Twilight whispered, rocking her gently.
"Stop it! No!" Dash's breathing became frantic, and she was waving her forelegs, as if batting away something terrible.
"Rainbow!" Twilight urged, louder this time. Rainbow stopped struggling abruptly, inhaled sharply through her nose, then slowly brought a hoof to her face, groaning.
"Rainbow?" Twilight felt her jump at the sound of her voice, then stiffen. She turned her head slowly, looking back.
"T-twilight? Where... wha?"
"I think you were having a nightmare. Are you okay?"
"Right, yeah." She mumbled, relaxing as she got her bearings. "I'm fine!" She snapped suddenly.
"Are you sur-"
"Yes! I'm sure!" She replied sharply, batting Twilight's hoof away. Their bodies were still huddled together. There was just enough moonlight for Twilight to make out Rainbow's hoof tracing lines in the sheet. She smiled, letting a few seconds pass.
"Alright then. Goodnight Rainbow." Twilight whispered, reaching over and hugging her tentatively. Rainbow made no move to push her away this time.
To the unicorn's surprise, Rainbow reached up and held the lavender hoof to her chest. When she spoke, her voice was small.
"I was scared."
Twilight smiled. "Shh, you're okay now, right?"
"... yeah." Rainbow mumbled. Twilight nuzzled her sleepily, yawning.
...
"...'night Twilight."
When she thought that Twilight might have fallen asleep, Rainbow began to shift herself closer, sliding her body deeper into the embrace of the mare behind her. She worked slowly and quietly, trying to keep Twilight from noticing what she was doing.
Twilight noticed. Darn.
Dash felt the hoof pull her in closer. Twilight didn't say anything; she just cuddled her.
Just a quick interlude. I promise I'll get back to the 'real' story in the next chapter.
Cute.
How long till real chapter?
The bearer of the element of loyalty has a nightmare?
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Ok, everypony, follow my lead.
DAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Useless filler!
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Not gonna lie, had to read that last paragraph a couple times to be entirely sure that "what she was doing" didn't mean what I first thought it did.
It didn't, of course, which means Rainbow wasn't trying to stealthily masturbate.
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Do I need to get the hose?? Do I?!
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there was alcohol, sexual tension, suddenly ending up in bed together, a mention of hooves moving, and somepony trying to do something in bed without being noticed.
While subtle snuggles were the most distinct possibility, can you honestly claim that the alternative is so far fetched, especially considering Rainbow's apparent crush on Twilight?
...
Please don't get the hose.
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Hmm. I suppose not.
Okay, no hose. Consider this a warning though!
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Right, no more assuming that the ships have sailed into deeper waters.
Unless I can suitably explain my reasoning.
Reading at 1am. On chapter 6. Think to self, "Ok, just one more chapter and I'll sleep." Next chapter is 300 words.
Short sweet and d'aw.
(Sorry about all these comments, I promise the last one will be after I read the next chapter, 'cause I'll be caught up then)
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Shhhhh. Your words mean little.
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Why are you surprised by that? Being loyal doesn't protect you from nightmares and being tough doesn't either.
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No, but this story is all about conflicting loyalties so RD having nightmares could be an omen of bad things to come. Or it could just be some nice TwiDash.
DAAAWWWW!!!