//------------------------------// // Separation // Story: Somepony That I Used To Know. // by MLPfield 3 //------------------------------// I have betrayed someone I should have never mistaken for a fool, and now she is gone.... How could she?! Rarity, whose face was red from anger and tears, had asked herself over and over again as she ran through the streets of Ponyville. To her a dark cloud loomed over the whole town, bringing darkness as she ran, but in reality the sun was shining, basking the pegasi, earth ponies, and unicorns in its warmth. Rarity had no idea where she was going and the further away from the library she was, the better. Rarity had started to notice that the stalls she kept seeing as she ran weren’t there and instead it was replaced by trees and shrubs. She was in a paradise as it seemed, the tall, thin tree providing a nice cooling shade, and the flowers were emitting a wonderful scent. One could only describe this place as paradise, that is unless your Fluttershy, who calls it her garden. The yellow coat, light pink maned mare flew gently above the trees, just high enough to stay out of sight of the intruder in her garden. Fluttershy stayed in hiding for a few minutes until she had heard a voice, one as sweet as honey itself. The voice was spoken at a whisper, but the gentle breeze carried it to Fluttershy’s ears as if it was a feather drifting on the wind. She recognized the voice almost immediately and came from out behind the tree to approach Rarity, only to see her mane tangled and messy with tears running down her face. “Rarity, is something wrong?” Fluttershy asked, her voice trembling in fear for her friend.Rarity turned around slowly to see her best friend slowly descending from the treetops. For once Rarity was at a loss for words to her friend, she couldn’t tell her everything that had just happened without startling her. Instead she herself thought of everything that had just happened and broke down crying. Right as Fluttershy’s hooves touched the ground Rarity had pulled her as close as she could and just let her tears fall into her best friends coat. “Rarity....” Fluttershy’s voice was caring and full of concern, and that was all Rarity needed right now, was for somepony to care for her and show her that she was loved by somepony. “Lets go back to my cottage and you can tell me what happened.” Rarity had stopped on the way to the cottage. After a few minute walk they were back a Fluttershy’s cottage, where Rarity stood looking at it as if it were Discord himself, not wanting to enter and pour her heart out, not wanting to accept that she was betrayed by the one pony that she loved the most. As they walked through the door Rarity felt a sudden worry befall her, one that kept her from taking another step forward. “Rarity, come on,” Fluttershy said in between grunts, trying to push Rarity inside. “Darling, I think it would be best if I left.” Rarity replied, not wanting to relive the days events a third time. “No, you are coming inside whether you like it or not.” Fluttershy moved in front of Rarity as she spoke. “Rarity you have one more chance to get inside my house so I can talk to you.” “And if I don’t what will happen?” Rarity had replied with a smart tone in her voice. “That was your last warning,” Fluttershy spoke with sincerity and aggravation in her voice, “Now get inside.” Fluttershy had started giving Rarity The Stare and wasn’t giving up until she was inside her house and telling her what was wrong. Rarity slowly started walking until she found herself sitting on Fluttershy’s coach, holding her best friend and crying again. “Rarity, just tell me what happened.” Fluttershy had let her voice just be a whisper in Rarity’s ear. Rarity continued crying for a few more minutes, her tears seeping into Fluttershy’s coat and mane. Finally the tears stopped and Rarity lifted her head to look at the yellow mare, giving her an open look letting her know that she was welcomed here. “Rarity,” Fluttershy stared at the mare in front of her. “Will you tell me what happened so I can help you?” Rarity had shaken her head yes and begun to tell Fluttershy about the events that had taken place before at the library. “And now I don’t know what to do.” Rarity finished her sentence and started looking at the ground. “Oh no, don’t cry again. Please.” Fluttershy gave her the biggest smile she could and took her to an embrace. “Darling, what are you.” Rarity couldn’t finish her sentence before she shy mare before her took action. A warm, soft feeling touched Rarity’s lips. At first she was at shock, but it had blown over after a second. She closed her eyes and sank into the warm kiss, letting her tongue and Fluttershy’s tongue dance together in what could be seen as love. They broke the kiss, slowly Fluttershy had pulled back from Rarity. Streams of light came in from Fluttershy’s curtain, falling on her face. To Rarity, the light was revealing the one pony that she could always trust and hold, no matter what she had been through. “Darling, I have a job in Canterlot that is going to take time to complete, would you mind coming with me?” “I wouldn’t mind, but..... I can’t because I couldn’t just leave all my animals here alone. They might get loose and run away, or they might...... I don’t even want to think of the worst that could happen.” By this point Fluttershy had started panting and gasping for air. “Calm down darling, I can arrange for a house at the edge of Canterlot and I could get someone to taxi your animals to the home.” “Then I’ll come with you, but first what about your stuff at the library?” When Fluttershy had asked this Rarity immediately went flat again and stayed like this for some time until she decided to buck up and just go get her stuff from the library. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ At the library Twilight sat at the kitchen table staring at her apple cider, rethinking the days events. It’s her fault for wanting to work all the time and not show me any attention at all.... the least she could do every other week is go out to dinner with me, but no her work for Fancy pants is more important. That’s why I’m choosing Rainbow over her and next time I see her I’ll tell her to get her stuff and get out. “Twi, why don’t you just stop. You’ve had six glasses of apple cider and I think that is well over enough.” Spike regretted saying this when Twilight looked up and him with red eyes and a tear stained coat. “Yea I guess you’re right.” She replied, pushing the glass away letting the last bit of liquid circle around in the bottom. “Do you know where Rainbow is?” “Nope, I haven’t seen her since you two came home. I think she said something about going back to her house.” “Ok Spike, you watch the library, I’m going to see Rainbow.” “If it’s alright with you can Apple Bloom come over?” “Sure, just don’t mess anything up.” Twilight called back as she was closing the door. In the town of Ponyville people were now moving about. Stopping at stalls, standing on the sidewalk talking to a friend, or just going to another ponies house. As Twilight walked through the throngs of ponies she saw familiar face and stopped to say hello and catch up. Coming to the edge of Ponyville was Rainbow’s cloud home. A beautiful home hovering fifty or sixty feet off the ground, inaccessible to anypony that couldn’t fly. Twilight however was a major exception seeing as she knew the cloud walk spell and could teleport up there. In a flash of bright white nothing happened and in another flash Twilight was transported to the doorstep of her best friend. Twilight knocked at the door and waited for a response, after a minute passed Twi started to get a bit worried. She knocked again after this she heard a massive thud on the other side of the door. She hit the door with a magical bolt splintering it inside and outside the house. Inside the kitchen she saw an unmistakable shape getting back on a stool with a rope tied to a cloud hook. “Rainbow!” Twilight screamed her name right as she was positioning herself into the noose. Twilight gripped her in a magical aura and put her on the floor. With her magic pinning her to the floor, Twilight, walked over to Rainbow with tears forming in her eyes. “Rainbow, why would you try that?” Twilight spoke her voice cracking as she spoke. “Because you and Rarity both hate me, and if two of my best friends hate me then why should I still be alive! Fluttershy stays to herself, the only pony she’s talked to in weeks in Rarity, Applejack now travels Equestria doing rodeo shows, and Pinkie now has to take care of the Cake’s foals because of their death!” Rainbow screamed every word at Twilight, tears were rolling down her face when she finished. “Rainbow....... if I hated you why would I stop you from hanging yourself or keep you pinned so you don’t try anything else? Rarity can’t stay mad at you, she may be pissed at you right now but she won’t be as time passes. If I hated you why would have come here?” Twilight replied, her voice low and calm. Standing over Rainbow her mane had started to fall onto Rainbow’s face. “Then why did you come! Tell me” “Because I love you.” Twilight leaned in, her mane falling in thin lines over Rainbow’s cheek, her warm lips met Rainbows and slowly she released her magical grip on her just to be pulled in closer to Rainbow. The kiss finally ended, something neither of them wanted, and they stayed there for a few minutes until Rainbow finally spoke. “You know you’re going to have to fix my door right?” “I find it payback for all the times you've broken the library window.” They laughed for a little while before getting up and going outside. The sun was just setting lighting the sky up a pink and grey color. Twilight stepped out onto Rainbow’s balcony with her in trail behind. “Twi......” Rainbow said to herself. “Did you say something Rainbow?” “Just that this sunset pales in comparison to your beauty.” “When did you learn such big words?” Twilight said with a teasing voice. “Same time I found out how easily you get scared.” “Wait wha....” Twilight couldn’t even finish her sentence, Rainbow had already thrown her on her back and took off into the sunset. “Ahhhhhhh, Rainbow bring me to the ground right now, this isn’t funny.” Rainbow didn’t care what she had to say she saw where they were going and had already started to slow down. After a minute of just drifting on the wind they reached their destination, a cloud just above a lake outside Ponyville. Rainbow set Twilight down gently only to be met by a slap once she had landed. “If you ever do something like that again I will have......” Twilight was cut off mid sentence because of Rainbow meeting her lips, slowly Twilight melted into the kiss and fell on her back. Rainbow broke the kiss, staring into Twilight’s eyes as if they were diamonds. Time had passed by quickly, almost an hour they had been on the cloud, night had already come and they stars were bright in the sky. Twilight had started pointing out constellations to Rainbow who seemed a little anxious for something. “And that one there is Orions Saddle,” Twilight looked over at Rainbow only to notice she was a bit jumpy “Is something wrong Rainbow?” “No, It’s just.....” She stopped mid sentence as a twinkle shot across the sky. “Twilight look.” She said this as she grabbed Twilight’s head and turned it. When she had turned her head immediately she saw a hundred little blue lights dance across the sky and disappear into the horizon. “Rainbow it’s beautiful.” Twilight had said calmly while watching the meteors fly thru the night sky. A few minutes passed and the meteor shower was over and the pair had returned to the library. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The flight back to Ponyville wasn’t that bad. Rainbow didn’t do any tricks, instead she just sailed with the wind letting the breeze drag her up and down. Twilight tried to speak a few times but Rainbow couldn’t hear her, the only thing Rainbow heard was the wind fly by her and maybe if they were going slow enough she could catch one or two words of what Twi was saying. She started to slow down as she approached the library, only to see multiple carriages flying away. “Twi, do you see what I see?” Rainbow asked as they got a bit closer and higher. “No what do you see?” As they got closer Twi was just barely able to see the gold lined chariots leaving the library with a mass amount of luggage. They entered the library slowly looking around as if it was the Canterlot hall and they were mere peasants. “Spike?” Twilight called out a bit of worry in her voice. “Yea, what do you need Twi?” He called back after a slight moment “Why were there royal chariots leaving the library?” “Because Rarity and Fluttershy came and got Rarity’s stuff, as matter of fact she left this note.” Rainbow and Twilight both started to read the letter and by the time Rainbow was halfway done with it Twilight had already crumpled it up, threw it in the fireplace, and stomped off to her bedroom. After a few minutes of waiting Rainbow played chicken with Spike to see who would go check on her, and even though Spike lost Rainbow would look for any excuse to get Twi alone in her room. “How did you get so good at this?” Spike complained after already stabbing himself 3 times. “When you drop out of flight school and you hang with a tough gang you tend to learn some dangerous stuff.” “Aghhh, ok I give up. I’ll go check on her.” “You know what Spike, how about you go treat your hand and I’ll go check up on her, ok.” “Ok, thanks.” Rainbow went to Twilight’s door and gently tapped on it. After a minute of no response she decided to let herself in. As she peered inside her room she couldn’t see anything it was just a pitch black room and after a few seconds shapes could be made out from the darkness. Rainbow scanned the room looking for Twilight and after looking over the room she spotted her lying wrapped up in a ball on the bed. A lavender ball covered by only her long dark purple mane, Rainbow slowly approached her. She sat down on the bed and started stroking Twilight’s mane. “Hush now, quiet now. Time to lay your sleepy head.” Rainbow started singing only to be cut off by a lavender hoof being put on her lips. “Whas dah bih idea cutin meh off.” Rainbow questioned as best she could. “You really suck at singing.” This sent both Twilight and Rainbow into a fit of laughter and after a few minutes it started to slowly die down. Ten minutes passed and Twilight had fallen asleep, held as close as she could, by Rainbow.