Rainbow Dash and Tucker were performing challenge after challenge for hours on end, each one proving to be even more difficult than the last. They kept taking turns winning until eventually they were both exhausted. Tucker was black and bluer from his attempts to talk to Rainbow Dash. After the most recent challenge Soarin flew up to Tucker.
"You guys are tied up with eleven points each." Soarin cheered.
"Fantastic." Tucker muttered, stopping on a nearby cloud for a quick breather.
"Let's wrap this up with one final challenge." Spitfire called out before flying in to the building and emerging with a rope.
"How the hell are you going to incorporate bondage in to a challenge?" Tucker asked curiously.
Spitfire smiled and shook her head. "It's for tug-o-war." Soarin laughed.
"I knew that." Tucker said.
"You really need to get your head out of the clouds." Rainbow Dash muttered quietly. “Or wherever else you may have stuck it...”
"Kind of hard to do judging from where we are." Tucker chuckled.
Rainbow Dash punched him in the back of the head but Tucker did nothing in return but shrug it off.
"Okay, the goal is to pull the rope away from the other as fast as you can. This is the final thing you are going to be doing, so all bets are off. Whoever brings the rope to us wins." Soarin called.
"We will be in the main building for when one of you gets it after the challenge has started." Spitfire continued. "Are you two ready?"
Rainbow Dash and Tucker both nodded.
"Great, then let's get this started." Spitfire said. "We'll do this one on a cloud so you have something to stand on. If you take your hooves off the cloud or cross the line you will be disqualified."
"Sounds good to me." Tucker groaned, rubbing his bruises.
"You going to be alright there Tucker?" Soarin asked. "You seem to be pretty bruised up."
"Pft, this shit is nothing. I'll spare you the details of what I do at night." Tucker chortled.
Soarin started to laugh but was cut short by Spitfire shushing him. Spitfire then flew to the cloud Tucker was sitting on and gave him one end. She quickly handed the other end to Rainbow Dash and she carved a line out of the cloud and motioned for Tucker to go to the other side.
"Ready?" Spitfire asked.
"Yeah" Tucker and Rainbow Dash said at the same time.
"Go!" Soarin yelled.
Tucker and Rainbow Dash instantly started pulling on the rope as Soarin and Spitfire made their way back inside the building. They were both exhausted from all the other things they did that day that neither of them could pull with their full strength, leaving them evenly matched. They were at it for a couple minutes before Tucker looked at Rainbow Dash and saw beads of sweat slithering down her face, revealing a harsh glare she was giving to Tucker. "What the fuck am I doing?"
Tucker loosened his grip on the cord and dropped it. Rainbow Dash stared curiously at Tucker and was about to question him.
"Wha-"
"You win." Tucker shrugged.
Tucker slowly flew away to the building on the cloud while Rainbow Dash stared at the rope in her hoof. He edgily walked up to the edge of the cloud and looked down at Ponyville. Rainbow Dash slowly flew behind to Tucker and sat next to him, unsure of what to say.
"Why did you give up?" Rainbow Dash asked quietly after a few minutes of silence.
Tucker shrugged and let out a wistful sigh.
"I guess I remembered that it has been your dream to join them, not mine." Tucker said with a weak laugh. "I just thought that if this is what will make you happy, who am I to get in the way of that?"
Rainbow Dash looked over his bruised body for a moment. She looked up to see Tucker gazing idly at her. Rainbow Dash was trying to think of something to say but she couldn't find the right words. After a few seconds of awkward eye contact, Tucker let out a small cough.
"Listen, I'm not good at this whole apologizing thing. I just want you to know that I know that I was- hell - I am an idiot." Tucker said quietly. "It's just that I've always thought of myself as a love maker, not a love giver and the truth is I didn't ever really think I would, in any way, shape, or form, be in a meaningful relationship. It wasn't that I was scared of the relationship, I was just surprised that you like me for me, and not for what I said about how great I am in bed. I guess what I want to say is I'm sorry. I really do like you, and I mean a lot, and I figured out too late that I kind of just want you to be happy. I even took all the shit you dished out because I guess I sort of do love you. I also want you to know that if you never want to see me again because we're both stubborn as fuck, so I can see you not wanting to talk to me."
Rainbow Dash shook her head and threw herself at him, embracing him. "Sorry, after you said idiot I sort of tuned you out." Rainbow Dash laughed weakly.
"Really? I said all that mushy shit for nothing?" Tucker asked.
"Well, all I really needed to hear was you calling yourself an idiot." Rainbow Dash snickered. "Plus that wasn't exactly mushy stuff you were saying back there. It sounded more like a half-thought-out excuse."
"You are, undeniably, a bitch, you know that?" Tucker muttered.
"You love it." Rainbow Dash quipped.
"Yeah. I guess I do." Tucker said, hugging Rainbow Dash even more tightly.
Rainbow Dash broke the embrace and looked around.
"How about we leave here and go back to my place." Rainbow Dash suggested.
"Bow chicka bow wow?" Tucker asked quickly with a raised brow.
Rainbow Dash laughed and kissed Tucker on his nose. "Before last night, I was thinking about it and felt that you were fourth base material, but now you're back to first." Rainbow Dash answered.
"It better be worth the wait then." Tucker laughed. "But can we make it second base? I feel like my dick receded inside my body in fear of me becoming a woman after that."
"Fine. But you owe me one." Rainbow Dash replied.
"Sounds good to me." Tucker chuckled.
Tucker proceeded to fly back with Rainbow Dash. Soarin and Spitfire emerged out of the building and Soarin poked Spitfire in the ribs.
"I don't want to say I told you he would find a way to talk himself out of it." Soarin whooped. "But I told you so."
"Maybe I should fire you and get them both back." Spitfire murmured.
Soarin started to chuckle but Spitfire just stared at him seriously. "Let's get back to work, shall we?" Soarin gulped.
"That would be the smart thing to do." Spitfire said with a leer.
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Glad you think so.
Dawwww.
This made me happy. Keep up the good work.
WOO GO TUCKER, YOU LUCKY BASTARD YOU!
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I'm going to take that gif and put a cowbell in Texs hand so it looks like she's hitting them with a cowbell.
This happy ending needs another "happy ending"... if you know what I mean...
*wink wink*
*nudge nudge*
442451 that would be freaking hilarious! HAHA! also good work turning that around hehe can't wait for the next chapter
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But...
*Takes off sombrero that has cowbells super glued to them*
I guess you're right.
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Thanks.
Hooray! It always makes the story better when you incorperate other peoples ideas.
You can never have too much cowbell!
Just look at Will Ferrell in Saturday Night Live!
Anyways, good to know they patched things up. Makes me wonder how things will go with AJ and Sarge
I'm waiting to hear Tucker tell RD about Junior.
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To quote the greatest medic to have ever lived: "Later"
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MORE COWBELL!
No one can resist the Tucker. NO ONE!
Bow Chicka Wow Wow Wow
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Berk: In my defense, I got a fever! And there's only one prescription!
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Indeed I do your honor. Ladies and Gentlemen, I must ask you this. How many bad over used jokes are out there? Well the answer is so high the Count would have to spend weeks counting to get the right number. So why do we make this a big deal? There are several worse jokes that could have been used. I'm looking at you TREBEK! I could also shout three words that would forever get stuck in your head.
The point is that I guilty on kicking a dead horse yes. I will admit to that. However, let us remember that every dead joke was funny at one point and in way can still be funny when used at the appropriate situation.So what I ask of you today is to think of how we can educate people to properly bring back up old jokes without over using them are beating the rotting corpse more. I say that I am a victim of a system that doesn't properly teach people when a joke is truly dead.
Will Tucker reunite with his beautiful child? I hope so. Just to see Rainbow's reaction
442481 the cure to too much cowbell is more cowbell *puts on cowbell sombrero*
Judging from last chapters comments, I was surprised not to see a Bow Chika Cowbell.
What's up with that, anyways?
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Loved that fight scene.
I love when people use Bow chika bow wow as a question, I do that all the time, including in real life
I know this joke is over used but I just have to say it...
STILL a better love story then Twilight
442466 Blarg chicka honk honk? (Its genetic)
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Hurray tucker finally gets the girl now we have to wait for the other 4 to tie the knot or until Tex comes in and tucks up everything
Listen to this song while reading the chapter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaJ983xhY9o&feature=related
AwesomeBeautiful...
443622 As his Lawyer, I say one thing, one thing to think about, and maybe it will touch your hearts...
COWBELL!
whats with all the cowbells im so durn confuzzled...
ummm. fourth base? aren't there just three? i'm confused
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First, Second, Third, Home (Fourth)
good, he redeemed himself. although i was looking forward to disintegrating him...ah well, next time when he does something that stupid, he will die.
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Dasher?
442379 Im 115w, 6d's late but that wont stop me...
so this is how it goes... the ship hit an iceberg and sank only to resurface due to ping pong balls that the mythbusters used to re-float it so now they patched the ship up and its sailing again...
That seems about right...
726853 Oi mate! Wanna go spy huntin later?
What would the child be named
I don't want to play love doctor, but as a general idea, when you talk about what you did for someone else in the form of an excuse, it kind of defeats the purpose.
4813551 That's a tough one.
Lesse, Tucker is a name referencing fabric softener...
and we can all work with Rainbow Dash' meaning...