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.
Clank! Pinkie dropped another plate of cookies onto the tabletop. "And then!" She sat in reverse on a chair, grinning slyly. "That's when she said: 'No, YOU have chicken mouth!'"
Rainbow paused in slurping from her sundae. She looked up across the colorful air of Sugarcube Corner. "Pinkie... are you ever gonna—like—explain that?"
Pinkie blinked. "Explain what?"
Rainbow sighed. "Never mind..."
"Couldn't get a laugh out of you, huh?" Pinkie shrugged. "I don't blame you. A good joke is all in the delivery. I guess it's best when Maud tells it."
"I'll... take your word on that, Pinkie," Rainbow said. Clearing her throat, she smiled and pointed at the sundae. "Thanks for the cool treat."
"Hehehe..." Pinkie smiled. "I believe that everypony deserves to pamper their taste buds from time to time." She winked. "I know it always puts me in a good mood!"
Rainbow swallowed another sip and looked up at Pinkie. "Pinkie... do you think I could be in a better mood?"
"Huh?" Pinkie cocked her head to the side. "Well... you've not exactly been around that much, Dashie."
Rainbow winced, glancing aside. "Yeahhhhh..."
Pinkie nevertheless smiled. "And I know that a pony is happiest when she's around her bestest of best friends! So... why not take every opportunity to show you how happy you make me and the rest of the girls?" She stuck her tongue out playfully. "Even if I don't see you often!"
"Heh..." Rainbow twirled the straw around in the half-empty container. "You really know how to make a pegasus feel special."
"That's because you totally are special, Dashie!" Pinkie smiled peacefully. "You do know that, right?"
Rainbow stared past her. Her ears drooped.
"Dashie...?"
"Pinkie, do..." Rainbow leaned back, shrinking a bit in her seat. "About Maud..."
"You wanna get a manecut like hers?"
"What? Pfft! No..." Rainbow helplessly chuckled.
"Good! Because it doesn't suit you!" Pinkie giggle-snorted. "Nothing about Maud suits Maud but Maud. That's why she's so... so... Maud!"
Rainbow breathed calmly. "You really love your sister, don't you?"
"Of course I do!" Pinkie hopped in her chair, causing the legs to rattle against the tile floor. "She's my favorite sister who's older than me but younger than Lime!"
"Right..." Rainbow slicked her bangs back. "And you like doing stuff for her... spending time for her..."
"Oh! Totally! Like... we're always making rock candy necklaces and giving each other going-away presents and coming-back presents and in-the-interim-of-coming-and-going-but-not-necessarily-lingering presents..."
"But... you live so far away from her," Rainbow Dash said. "Dredgemane is... super super far away. Isn't it?"
"Don't I know it!" Pinkie rocked back and forth, grinning stupidly. "This one time, I woke up and screamed out my top story bedroom window here at Sugarcube Corner! That very morning, I took a train to my home town, and when I got off the train in the evening... it was a good two hours before I even heard my own echo!"
"Pinkie..." Rainbow smirked with thin eyes. "Is that even friggin' possible."
"Well, maybe not. But you're right! I totally live far away from Maud and the rest of the Pinkie fam!" She rubbed her chin. "Wait, I don't like the sound of that. Oh! The Fuchsia Fam! Living on the Fuchsia Fam Farm!" She giggle-snorted again. "You see what I did there?"
Rainbow chuckled... chuckled some more... and was quiet. In a contemplative tone, she murmured: "So... you can still totally take care of the ones you love from a distance."
"Well... yeah! I mean... why not?" Pinkie smiled. "We're sisters. More than that... we're like best friends since birth!" She winked. "And best friends can't let distance get the better of them. In fact... it makes the times we hug and nuzzle all the sweeter!"
Rainbow stared out the window. Night had fallen, erasing the Ponyville skyline like a blank slate. Dark and beautiful.
"Dashie?" Pinkie leaned forward, nearly tipping the chair over. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah..." Rainbow took another sip of the sundae. "I think it will be."
Pinkie stared. After a round of silence, she closed her eyes with a happy smile. "Okie dokie lokie!"
"Mmmmm..." Rainbow raised the straw with a grateful smirk. "It's really sweet, Pinkster. Thanks."
"Anytime you need a pick-me-up... you know where I'll be!" Pinkie teetered again—until the chair fell over. "Whoah!" Thwump! Silence. "Pick-me-up!" she sputtered from the floor.
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You just gotta love Pinkie.
WOW DASH HUH I WONDER WHY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LOVING FROM A DISTANCE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU JUST SOLD ALL OF YOUR MATERIAL BELONGINGS
Ah, so she is contemplating moving away. This whole distance talk...
Silly pink horse.
Meh. More like a cerise, or maybe a magenta even.
7280564 Yes, perhaps. It could have wrapped itself up with a few choice words... but take a look at the title of the very first chapter in this long, wild roller coaster ride: "Rainbow Dash Loves Applejack." With that title and that title alone, we know the underlying reason behind all of Rainbow Dash's future actions. The adventures are often dangerous and absurd, and the lengths to which she goes to achieve her goals are staggering, and we have yet to see Rainbow and AJ cuddle (!), but that first title gives you some much-needed context for all the hijinks. As Battle Chant says, it is all about the journey. Rainbow Dash doesn't fly around the countryside fighting mob bosses and dragons and cavorting with chaos spirits for her own sake; she does it because the end result of whatever it is she does will benefit someone else.
Only recently in the story has she made the jump and begun to think of her own happiness... and what a tremendous leap it is.
...with the chapter title, I was kind of expecting some Pinkiedash.
I still love the way Skirts writes Pinks, she's got such a natural flow to her speech.
7282583 Dude, spoilers!
This is so great, how many chapters has it been since Dash interacted with one of the Mane 6?
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Me too. It's always refreshing to see someone write her as a total fun-loving and caring goofball instead of just doing the "Let's break the laws of physics LOL wait is that the fourth wall OOPS IT BROKE such random here let me explain the plot even though I have no way to know about it" thing.
I guess moving away is the next logical step for Rainbow. I mean, it's kinda hard to be miserable when you have all those pesky friends and well-wishers getting underfoot.
7282593 Whoops. Hid the relevant text, I think? Specifics are spoilers; what about broader concepts?
7282631 like 2 chapters ago with fluttershy
7282812 Oh yeah
Pinkie really is Laughter.
No, Dashie. Just....no. No..
Remember when you used to hate Pinkie with a passion?
7282536 Ahhh...and we just got back!
7284446 man, ofc i can understand , doesn't mean I can't criticize it by impersonating a parser. I'd rather google a more complicated word describing that mix than this "todo:find word".
Oh my god Pinkie what have you done? How can you not see what Dash was getting at? Now you and the girls are going to lose Dash... And now Dash has no reason to move as close as possible while still getting her space...
Clearly, JE is saying Dash will become a Pokemon trainer and move to Fuschia City.
Come on guys
Pinkie just referred to her family by her first name.. Isn't it the Pie family?
... Please don't do it. Don't move back to Cloudsdale.