Rainbow Dash stared up at the stars. It was a beautiful night, but her sadness overcame the look of it, as she watched. She had left the party a few hours ago, and flew to her home. She tried to push the thoughts of her parents, out of her head. There was only one thing she could do to fog her sadness, fly. So she flew, and practiced some of her tricks. Kind of. Every time she tried to loop, her wings folded up on her sides. She crashed, and had to get back up and try again several times. Get back up, and try again. She had to make her parents proud again, so she flew, as hard as she could. But she couldn't bring herself to do anything more than try.
For her parents.
She realized she was trying to perform the tricks for them. But they were gone. The only chance she could have had to make them proud would have been long ago. When they were here.
"Stop thinking like that Rainbow Dash!" she yelled at herself.
"They would hate to see you doing this to yourself..."
She flew to her cloud home, she couldn't take what was going on anymore. She had to lie down and rest. She arrived at her home, and felt strangely alone. Normally when she got home, she felt great, or too tired to think of anything but sleep. But this time was different. She entered, and felt unwelcome. In her own home. She began to cry again. She felt so frustrated at the thought, of how weak she was being right now.
'I have to go to someone, I can't be alone anymore,' she thought to herself, as tears ran down her face. She felt as though her body was empty. That she was just a shell of the pony she once was. She decided to go back to Twilight's house. She figured if she should talk to anyone, Twilight would be the one to listen the most. So she gathered herself enough to fly to Twilight's house.
When she arrived, she heard talking inside. It sounded like it was just Twilight, and Spike, so she knocked on the door, timidly.
When she realized she just pulled a Fluttershy, she fell to the ground. Never before, had Rainbow Dash ever, done something exactly like Fluttershy would. Twilight opened the door to find the cyan blue Pegasus, weeping on the floor, just like Scootaloo.
"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight yelped. Rainbow's cries just got louder.
"Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow continued sobbing. Twilight picked her up and set her on the couch that was laid out for the party. She laid down on the couch next her. Spike awkwardly glanced around looking for something he could do. Twilight had never seen Rainbow, legitimately crying. Suddenly Twilight found herself crying. Seeing the strongest pony she knew crying, she couldn't take it. They lay on the couch, and cried together.
"Do you guys need me to do something, or should I just leave?" Spike asked. Twilight waved him over to sit with them. He walked over and sat on the couch. He started stroking Rainbow's mane.
"I am so stupid," Rainbow managed to say through gasps.
"Rainbow... you're not stupid!" Spike said.
"You can't say that! You don't know my story!" Rainbow raised her head, and lashed at the baby dragon. He was clearly mentally shifted. Soon he started crying too. The couch by now, was nearly soaked. Twilight finally broke the silence.
"Rainbow, you are not stupid!" Twilight protested.
"Listen to me, Twilight... You weren't there, you didn't lose your parents! And it was ALL MY FAULT!"
"..." Twilight responded.
"So why are you here?" Twilight asked.
"I needed someone... To tell them what happened."
"So why did you come to me?"
"Right now, I am facing the pain of bringing Scootaloo to an unanswered question, and thinking about the loss, of the two ponies, I loved the most. Because I need you Twilight! Right now, I am in an intense amount of mental pain." Twilight cringed at the sight of Rainbow Dash, she had puffy eyes, and a very mangled mane. Her eyes, they were dilated to the biggest size Twilight had seen. The biggest anypony had seen.
"So what do you want me to do?" Twilight asked.
"I want you to listen."