Dashed Thoughts

by Chevan

Chapter IV - Rubber Party

That one topic was constantly repeating in Fluttershy’s mind when she was on her way to Sugarcube Corner after she ran away from her house. She was thinking about the shocking information she accidentally overheard from Rainbow Dash. She knew that snooping on her friend was a bad idea; she wasn’t sure if she was spotted by her. Should she tell this to her friends? No, she couldn’t do this to her. They knew each other for too long, ever since they were just little fillies.

Rainbow Dash, THE Rainbow Dash, admitted to being a fillyfooler? Fluttershy thought Rainbow was into stallions all this time, ever since they’ve known each other. She even had a crush on one in flight school, she told me about it.

Now she loves mares? How could it happen? Who is this mare? Is she one of their friends?

…Is she a pony anyway? Uggggh, she winced just thinking about it…

Too many questions were in her head at once, she put her hooves on her face and squealed quietly, “I don’t know how to think about this!”

She tried to analyze any possibility. She tried to search through her own friends, anypony! She made a little brainstorm during her flight.

‘Is it Pinkie Pie? She loves to prank ponies with her, they have their infamous prank Saturdays which forces me to hide all my critters to protect them from these two…

Rarity? Nooo, no way, she doesn’t like it when she dresses her up… It pis… um… annoys her…

Applejack? She’s a farmpony, she’s the strongest of us all… It’s not likely they’re in love with each other, because they’re always fighting about who is a better athlete…’

'Maybe it’s me?’ She squealed just thinking about it, ‘B-but I’m not into mares! She can’t! She just ca-‘ She gasped. Something just hit her, ‘Wait… is it… T-Twilight?’ she stopped flying for a second, trying to process whether or not her thoughts were true. ‘It might be her! I saw a picture of her and Twilight dropped on the floor near her bed when I was… um… snooping at her… eep!’

Fluttershy was not able to completely comprehend what was going on with her friend. She saw that Rainbow was acting very odd when she was close to Twilight many times, it made her thoughts more clear and true.

After a second, Sugarcube Corner finally appeared in her sight. There were a lot of ponies gathered in front of the bakery, waiting for something to happen. She found Twilight and Applejack standing beside each other in a crowd, along with Spike and three fillies, the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

They all greeted Fluttershy in unison. In order to outshout the surrounding crowd of chattering ponies, their greeting was a little louder than it should've been, which startled the poor Pegasus, “Ahh!” She hid her face behind her pink mane, “H-hey girls, h-hey Spike. You scared me a little…” she said coyly.

“Sorry Fluttershy!” They all exclaimed again in unison, which completely shocked the already startled yellow mare and made her recoil back, fall on her knees to the ground and completely hide herself into her mane, squealing loudly.

Applejack was the one who was standing the closest to Fluttershy, so she tried to help her stand up on her four legs.

“C’mon, Sugarcube, get up! Ah’ll help ya!” Applejack gave her a hoof, which Fluttershy happily accepted. She stood up on all fours, but she was still hiding her face behind her mane.

“We’re mighta’ sorry for startlin’ ya, we didn’t mean to!” Applejack said, smiling, “Have you seen Rainbow Dash on your way here? Twilight here said she went to her home.”

“Y-yes, I did…” the yellow mare said coyly, making circles in the dirt with her hoof.

“So, were ya talkin’ to her? Is she comin’?” Applejack asked.

“Yeah, I talked to her, she said she’ll be here soon,” Fluttershy lied.

Suddenly, there was a huge explosion. The whole crowd gasped and looked up in unison. Streamers, confetti and fireworks were shooting out the Corner’s chimney. All the windows opened at once, shooting out the balloons. The fast, catchy dance music started playing from the inside. After a few seconds, the bakery’s door violently opened, revealing the beautifully decorated interior. Ponies were flabbergasted. They started slowly getting close to the door, but were stopped by the suddenly appearing Pinkie Pie on the threshold of the door, having a party cannon between her rear hooves, which was pointing up.

“Hello everypony! You thought the party was a prank? Oh, you silly fillies! Let’s get this par-tyyyyyyyyy STARTED!” She screamed out loud, and pressed the button on the cannon, making it shoot out confetti and streamers above the crowd of ponies. All of them started cheering and applauding with their hooves. They all had huge smiles on their faces.

“Come on in, everypony! Let’s celebrate the Ponyville way!” She turned out of the way, letting the guests in. She greeted them one by one.

When the last pony entered in, Rainbow Dash suddenly appeared, landing at the door, “Hey Pinkie Pie! Am I late? Can I come in?”

“Of course silly! How couldn’t I let Dashie in?” She grinned, and hugged Rainbow’s chest.

It was noticed by Fluttershy, who elicited a small “Eep!” when she saw it.

‘Oh my… Maybe it’s Pinkie Pie?’ Fluttershy thought to herself.

Rainbow was greeted and talked with many mares and stallions, all the while being watched by Fluttershy. She felt afraid each time Rainbow Dash approached every mare. She couldn’t lose the sight on her.

“STAND BACK!” The scream coming from the door startled her, and it immediately made her head turn towards it. It was Rarity, wearing one of her fancier gowns. “I said, BACK OFF!” she pointed her hoof at one of the guests, “You don’t want to spill that punch on my gown, do you?!” Rarity began slowly trotting into the bakery, turning her head left and right, searching for that threat that may stain her gown.

Fluttershy chuckled a little, but then realized that she lost sight of her test subject. She started to search for her in panic; she was nowhere to be seen.

She found her standing and laughing with Applejack. She continued her research.

Suddenly, Rainbow put her hoof on Applejack’s shoulder. Tears started welling up in Dash’s eyes from laughter.

It made poor Fluttershy gasp, ‘It’s Applejack? It can’t be! No, this can’t be right, this can’t be right…’

“…What are you doing, Fluttershy?” the sudden, frightening voice beside her made her squeak and back off a little.

“Wha-! Oh, hey, Twilight! N-nothing! I-I’m j-just standing here, n-nothing else!” Fluttershy said, hiding her face behind her mane again. “Can you tell me how Rainbow Dash is doing? I heard you healed her wing after a terrible accident she had… if you want to…” she said faintly.

“Well, her whole wing wasn’t damaged. She just lost her primary feather, which I recovered today…” Twilight said.

They were talking with each other about a healing process, which Fluttershy wasn’t familiar with. It was a very interesting topic to her nonetheless.

They were talking for several minutes, and this made Fluttershy completely forget about her research.

“Hahahahahahahaha! That’s just hilarious!” Rainbow laughed as loud as she could, putting her hoof on Applejack’s shoulder. She wiped the tears out of her eyes, “M-more, Applejack, please!” she pleaded.

Applejack smiled, “Hahaha, okay, here goes,” Applejack grunted, and started to talk. Rainbow was standing just beside her, grinning from ear to ear.

“Soooo what lives in apples and is an avid reader?” Applejack said, smiling.

“I have no idea! Tell me!” Rainbow bit her lip, getting ready for another dose of laughter.

“A bookworm!” Applejack said, and started to laugh.

Rainbow Dash, instead of joining Applejack, deadpanned and stood frozen. She stood there for several long seconds. Applejack noticed it, and quickly started waving her hoof in front of her Pegasus friend’s face.

“Hello? What in tarnation is wrong with ya, Rainbow?” Applejack said, a little bit concerned.

“Applejack?” Rainbow said, not moving any of her eye muscles, “Give me some punch. NOW.”

“Um… yeah, sure, Rainbow…” Applejack said, and quickly brought her a glass with punch in it. She hoofed it to Rainbow, who immediately absorbed it into her mouth. She felt the tasty, alcoholic beverage slowly running through her esophagus and down into her stomach.

She shook her head, and extended her wings, “Awwww yeah, that’s what I needed. Thanks, Applejack!”

“Errr… you’re… welcome?” Applejack said, still a little bit concerned. “Are you okay, Rainbow?”

“Y-yeah, I’m okay, I just needed a little… “shot”” Rainbow answered. She saw Berry Punch near the bowl of punch. “Hey, Applejack, your jokes made my day, seriously! I have never laughed so much before!”

“Haha, Ah’m so glad ya liked 'em,” Applejack said, chuckling.

“I’m going to talk with Berry Punch now; I have to say, this punch is the best one she’s made!” Rainbow stated, looking at Berry Punch.

“Yeah, you’re right, Rainbow, it really is a masterpiece! So, enjoy the party, Rainbow!” Applejack answered.

Rainbow turned her head to face Applejack again, “You too, Applejack! See you later!” They both split up, each of them heading a different way.

‘What’s wrong with this mare?’ Applejack thought, making her way to the dance floor.

“Hey, Berry Punch!” Rainbow shouted, “You know, this is the best punch you’ve ever made! I really love it!”

“Hey Rainbow Dash! I’m so glad you do. I try my best to improve my punch recipe every time I make a new bowl. I’m so happy you like it!” Berry Punch answered, her mouth curling up to a smile.

“Oh awesome! Can I drink some more?” Rainbow asked, hovering in the air, and drooling a bit.

Berry Punch was a bit frightened by the state of the Pegasus in front of her, “G-go ahead, I’m not stopping you, everypony can drink! Just remember I “spiked” it a little, so don’t overdo it too much!”

Rainbow Dash didn’t hear that last sentence. She got to the bowl, instantly picked up the ladle, and filled her glass with the tasty alcoholic drink. Berry Punch walked away, leaving Rainbow Dash and the bowl with punch alone together. She drank, drank, and drank… She couldn’t stop drinking. After the 5th glass she started to feel a little bit dizzy, but it wasn’t enough for her. She wasn’t very resistant to alcohol due to her very low weight and athletic body.

Everypony was dancing on the dance floor; they were all enjoying their time at the party. Fluttershy was still chatting with Twilight; she was really interested in the topic. She was examining her own wing when Twilight was explaining how the recovery process of Dash’s feather worked. Suddenly, they were interrupted by an appearance of a certain drunk Pegasus. She put both of her hooves around their necks and pulled them closer to her.

“Hai gurlz!” She screamed, “Whatchu talkin’ about?” Rainbow said, looking at Fluttershy.

“R-Rainbow? Are you okay?” Fluttershy said, turning her head, so as to not look straight into Rainbow’s eyes.

“Of course I’m okaaaaay!” Rainbow answered, and turned her head to Twilight. She narrowed her eyes, and said in a very calm and almost seductive voice, “And how are you, hot stuff?” She started nuzzling Twilight’s cheek, scaring the poor unicorn.

“Rainbow! Stop it! You’re completely drunk!” Twilight shouted, trying to free herself from the grip of the strong Pegasus.

“I’m not!” She got closer to her. “…Okay, maybe a little.” She sniffed the unicorn’s cheek, inhaling the beautiful smell of that lavender perfume she was wearing. “You smell so beautiful, Twilight…”

“A little? Rainbow! We must go before you damage something or somepony!” Twilight screamed, trying her best to free herself from the Pegasus’ assault.

“I’ll even go into fire with you, sweetheart…” She closed her eyes, and formed her lips to a kiss.

Fluttershy just stood beside Rainbow, her hoof to her mouth, scared to the limit. “Oh… my…”

Twilight instantly wrapped the Pegasus with her magic, pulled her off of her, and lifted her up. The Pegasus was struggling inside the magic, with no satisfying results. “Let me gooooo!” Rainbow screamed, shuffling her hooves in midair.

“You can’t just break the magic of the Element of Magic, Rainbow.” Twilight smirked, “We’re going to calm you down and put you to sleep!” she said, and trotted over to Pinkie Pie, who was dancing on the dance floor with Gummy in her hooves.

“Hey Gummy! It’s your birthday! Hey Gummy, It’s your birthday!” Pinkie kept on repeating while dancing.

“Hey Pinkie? Got a free room upstairs? Certain pony got drunk…”

“Dashie?” Pinkie looked up, not looking a little bit surprised. She was just smiling.

“I’m not surprised, I told Berry Punch to “spike” the punch, it means it has far more alcohol than it should have! Well, it’s not surprising to me she got drunk, Berry is a master at making punch! A very high proofed punch! I always have an emergency bed upstairs, so you can leave her there, she’ll be okay soon!” Pinkie exclaimed, bouncing in place.

Twilight heard rumbling coming from above her head. She looked up to see Rainbow’s cheeks starting to bulge. She instantly took the sign, and noticing a bowl with cookies, she wrapped it with her magic, emptied the contents on the table, and hovered it over to Dash’s mouth.

Rainbow puked into the bowl; the contents of her stomach contained almost nothing else than a recently drunk punch.

Twilight, and some other ponies around, were disgusted by the look of the vomiting Pegasus above them. “Ugggh, Rainbow, didn’t you know that drinking on an empty stomach never ends well?” Twilight levitated her and the bowl to the bathroom, and emptied the vomit into the toilet. She picked a piece of toilet paper and cleaned Rainbow’s muzzle, then threw it into the toilet as well.

Rainbow’s mouth was agape, her eyes closed. She was sleeping. Twilight filled another bowl with clear water, and levitated both upstairs.

Getting into the room, she placed the sleeping Pegasus on the bed, and put the bowl with water beside it. She wrapped Rainbow in a blanket.

“The party’s over for you, Rainbow.” She got closer to her, and started stroking her mane.

“What are you up to, Dash?” She smiled lightly, continuously repeating her actions.

After some time, she started to walk out of the room. “Sleep well,” she chuckled. “Dashie…” She said, quietly closing the door behind her.

A/N: There we go! Chapter with many random and even funny events, written in one day! :D

The chapter was proofread by my friend, BigMacDavis. Huge thanks to him! Go check out his stories!