Having Rainbow Dash for a marefriend has its downsides. Sometimes, she does stupid things. Stupid, dangerous things. Following Rainbow's most recent needless - and particularly risky - stunt, Applejack tries to talk some sense into her.

A snippet of an existing Appledash relationship. Takes place exactly two days after the events of 'A Canterlot Wedding'.

Many thanks to Stelar-Eclipse for allowing me to make use of his background for the cover image!

Applejack, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash really enjoy each other's company. So much so that some ponies are beginning to wonder about them. Twilight and Applejack are a couple after all, so its a bit unusual that Rainbow always seems to be invited along. But sometimes, a couple is more than two.

Thanks to Steel Resolve, Lycan_01 and Macdjord for editing and brainstorming!
Cover art by Graystripe64.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash are awaiting Braeburn's arrival from Appleloosa. He's visiting for a few days, and he's bringing his mysterious marefriend with him. AJ's set up a double-date to welcome them to town, but It turns out that Brae's marefriend is a familiar face.

Written for Crack Ship Inc's June prompt!

As the old mantra goes; Time heals all wounds. But Time also corrodes. Life, love, promises, all of them suffer for it. Applejack knew this. More than anypony, really. The day she watched Rainbow Dash leave to achieve her life-goal, Applejack might've forgotten. Just for a moment.

'For years, I clung to the memory of it. Then the memory of the memory. And then nothing. I look upon you and feel nothing. I remember nothing but you turning your back on me.
~ProfessorPiggy

Rated "Everyone" because EVERYONE can be a forgetful douche nozzle. Enjoy!

In the middle of the night, Rainbow finds that Applejack is missing.

A thank you to bookplayer and Jake R for proofreading.

Rainbow Dash comes home to her marefriend Applejack. After a busy day of farmwork, Applejack has some fruit that she needs to count. Rainbow just wants to sniff her mane.

Applejack is fed up with Rainbow, who is back from the Wonderbolts. She can't even place her hoof on it, but she's ticked. Rainbow won't help enough. She's alone in the orchard, and Celestia alone knows where Rainbow is. There's a whole list of reasons, really, and Applejack is just sick of counting them. And so she goes searching.

Rainbow Dash is having an excellent day - that is until a desperate thirst drags her from the sky and into a mess that may take more than simple magic to cure. Can real love bloom amidst the kerfuffle, or will shenanigans reign supreme in this tale of epic cliches and awkward matches?

The mind thinks what it shouldn't. The heart races when it shouldn't. And the eyes roam where they shouldn't. Soon enough, everything catches up to Applejack, and she wonders to herself, 'How could I be so stupid?'

Rated "Teen" for suggestive themes, alcohol use, and heavy lime. Enjoy, fellow AppleDashers! Enjoy!

It's obvious to everypony, themselves included, that Applejack and Rainbow Dash have romantic feelings for one another. The only reason they're not together is that they're both convinced that a relationship between them could never work out. Rarity, on the other hoof, is convinced that it could, and Rainbow Dash agrees to a 'three date trial' to prove her wrong...

Many thanks to Ruhje for the amazing cover art!

Original (OLD) version here.