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// Healing The Heart 
// Story: Worth Something 
// by DashiesFavoriteHuman 
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   Rainbow Dash looked up at the sun and sighed, she had stayed the night there, in the cold chill, she didn't care, she couldn't tell. She didn't feel the nip of the cold air on her neck, she didn't notice the wind whipping around her body as she lay, curled up on the ground. She somehow knew how her friend felt, she didn't know if she wanted to, but she did, she felt ever ounce of tension that weighed her down, "Applejack", she whispered, here voice full of regret, "what have I done?", she lays her head down and sighs.

Where did she go wrong? She wasn't ready. but why? Why didn't she want to? Why didn't she say it then? She could have said, "I love you too" right then. But she didn't, she couldn't. She was stuck, she was surprised. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry", she says to herself and closes her eyes. She has to do something, she has to make it right, she has to fix this. "I love you", she says and gets up before starting to run, she could fly but her heart didn't want to, she wanted to run, she wanted to make this count.

She ran through the woods, pushing past branches and knocking back leaves. The field was a blur, just a blur of grey and brown past her, how could she notice? The dirt kicked up under her hooves as she ran, pushing herself faster and faster, her muscles tightening from the speed she was picking up.

She reached the farm, finally, the place she could find her friend, the place she could find her love. "Applejack!", she called out, running around the farm, "Applejack!", she stopped when she saw Apple Bloom standing in front of her.

"You've got some nerve showin' up here", she says, tapping her hooves scoldingly.

"Apple Bloom, where's Applejack?"

"Why do you want to know? So you can break her heart again?"

"How did you--"

"Ah read her dia...Ah mean, Ah heard her talkin' about it", she stared at Rainbow Dash.

"Please, Apple Bloom", Rainbow Dash begged. She begged? She never begs, she always demands, she loves enough to beg for her friend, she loves her enough to plead for her.

Apple Bloom thinks, "fine, she's in the orchard", she points to the orchard.

"Thank you", Rainbow runs toward the orchard and begins searching, "Applejack!", she calls once more, "I need to talk to you, please!" She stops and looks around, "Applejack!"

She hears it, she hears the sound that broke her heart, the sound that she never wanted to hear. She heard the crying of Applejack. Her heart skipped a beat. She's crying, because of her, because she didn't say it when she should have, she didn't tell her what she felt. She walked toward the sound and saw her friend crying into Big Mac's shoulder. She didn't know what to do, she didn't know how to approach her, the words she thought of disappeared from her mind. She couldn't move, she only looked, she only saw her friend.

Big Mac looked up at her and his frown deepened, and his eyes filled with disappointment. Applejack saw his reaction and turned to look. She saw her, she finally saw her, the one who caused her pain, the one who broke her heart into pieces, she saw and and let go of Big Mac.

Rainbow Dash smiled and starting walking toward Applejack, but her smile soon faded when she saw Applejack's expression. The look of anger, sadness, heartbreak, fear, all at once. All in one face, all in one heart, "Applejack, I'm sorr--"

"Save it", Applejack said and stepped away from Rainbow Dash

"Applejack, I just came to say that--"

"Ya know what ya put me through?", Applejack asked, "ya know how much Ah've been hurtin'?"

Rainbow Dash couldn't speak, her voice could't escape, "I--"

"No! Ah don't wanna hear it! Ya broke mah heart and...Ah don't know if I can forgive you"

"Applejack...", Rainbow Dash said surprised. 

Applejack looked away and started walking toward home.

"Ah think you'd best get goin', she ain't takin' visitors", Big Mac told Rainbow Dash and followed Applejack.

"I love you...", her voice didn't reach, Applejack didn't hear her. She knew she couldn't tell her now, not after this, she knew what had to be done, but couldn't do it, her dry throat and pulsing heart wouldn't let her move. She stood there motionless, her mind full of regret and anger, not toward Applejack, but toward herself. She hated that she couldn't tell her best friend she loved her too, she hated that she didn't. She couldn't stand the pain, she fell to her knees and began to cry. "I love you...", she said through the sobs and gasps, "I love you..." she repeated it over and over, knowing it was going unheard, she couldn't bear the pain, she stayed there alone, this is where she thought she had to be.

"You what?", she heard a familiar voice.

"Huh?", Rainbow Dash looked up at who was there her vision blurred through the tears.

It was Applejack, she had returned to see Rainbow Dash on the ground, "you what?"

"I love you", Rainbow Dash repeated, still sobbing.

"You love me?", Applejack asked, her voice shaking a bit.

"Yes, I didn't realize it until you left, but, I...I do, I love you."

Applejack smiled as a tear rolled down her cheek, "Ah love you, too", she knelt down to Rainbow Dash and hugged her.

"I'm so sorry, Applejack, it was just so sudden, I panicked, I didn't know what to do, I--"

"Sshh", Applejack pressed her hoof to her Rainbow's lips, "Ah understand...Ah over reacted too, Ah was selfish, Ah couldn't handle being without you."

"So, you forgive me?"

"Of course Ah do", she smiles at her friend.

Rainbow Dash smiles and hugs Applejack. They hold their arms around each other, feeling the warm embrace once more, they were where they belonged, and they couldn't be happier.

-The End