*The day before*
Rainbow Dash was walking down a small dirt road, with randomly placed tress on the field around her. Young birds were singing as the sunshine causally shined down upon the light, blue pony.
I can’t stand it! Stop thinking... just walk and focus on everything else but that demon.
The blue pony seemed unpleased, if not slightly frightened. She looked down on the ground, occasionally placing her hooves on her head as if she had a headache. She let her right hoof gently slide down her right cheek, adding as little pressure on the sore spot as possible, while still feeling the bruise.
Why on the face? Why couldn’t it just be on the legs like all the other times?! However, that probably wouldn’t have helped much.
She clinched, before letting her hoof fall down the side, while taking a deep breath.
Almost there.
As she looked up, she saw the entrance to Ponyvillie. All the girly colors and the joyful mood this place had, were beginning to annoy her. The citizens were okay as far as she had experienced, they were just a little too… happy. The big library was standing as a symbol in the middle of the town, which always had a few guards protecting the entrance in case of unwanted visitors. Though Princess Twilight had made it clear that Rainbow Dash was always welcome, she often had trouble getting easily past those stubborn guards. Before she could make up a plan on how to get past, she saw a Purple figure on its knees. At closer inspection, she saw the person who she was looking for. Princess Twilight.
Rainbow Dash reacted quickly and adjusted her hair with panicky movements, so that the bruise on her right cheek was hidden.
What is she doing out here? It looks like she is picking up flowers.
Rainbow Dash had automatically assumed that it was for one of her many science studies.
Okay, just do what you came here to do and end this nightmare.
With nervous twitches, she began walking towards the joyful princess. As she was only a few steps from her, Twilight heard Rainbow Dash approaching. Just as she had picked up a flower with her mouth and placed it in the basket next to her, she looked up. Her pleasant smile quickly turned to a happy grin.
“Oh, hi Rainbow Dash. What are you doing out here?” Twilight asked, as she got up from her kneeling position.
While being careful not to move too much- in fear of her bruise coming in view, she took a little step closer.
“I was…” this was harder than she thought.
“Looking for you actually” she said with her usual calm voice.
She resisted the urge to fake a smile, as that might give away that something was wrong.
“Oh?” Twilight looked surprise, but a hint of excitement was visible in her eyes.
“Well, I just need to finish picking these flowers for a scientific study.”
Predictable as ever.
Before Rainbow Dash could respond, the purple princess sent a pleasant smile her way.
“I only need a couple more, then I can help you”
Rainbow Dash knew she had nice intentions, but the way she worded her sentence made it sound like Dash asked for her help quite often. She did not feel like that was the case herself.
The blue pony sighed silently. She just wanted to get this over with and these flowers wouldn’t even matter in a few hours. Nevertheless, she resisted the urge to hurry her up and sat down on the soft grass underneath her.
“Alright then” she let out just as she placed her behind on the dry, fresh grass.
“I’ll just wait,” she said in an emotionless voice.
Twilight sent a quick smile, before bending down once more to continue looking for flowers. She was only walking in a radius about five meters, as flowers were closely scattered all over the field. Rainbow Dash’s heart seemed to calm down when looking at the purple princess enjoying herself, while humming an unfamiliar melody. As Rainbow Dash took a glance to her left, she noticed a rich red flower, just inches from her hand. That particular flower stood out from the very greenish environment this place was known as. Without further wondering, she gently placed her teeth around the green stem and pulled it out from the ground. It was slightly glowing in the sunshine, with beautiful red, long pedals. It was not fully bloomed just yet and one could only wonder what magnificence the red flower would look like, fully bloomed. Rainbow Dash always had a thing for red things, for obvious reasons.
“Hey, Twi” Rainbow Dash called out.
Calling Princess Twilight, “Twi” had become a reaccuring habit of hers. Neither of them seemed to mind it, matter of fact, Twilight seemed rather pleased when she called her that. The purple princess instantly looked back at Rainbow Dash with big eyes.
“Can you use this flower for your study?” she asked as she displayed the flower in her right hoof.
Twilight almost squeaked as she laid her eyes upon the red flower, just before getting closer to Rainbow Dash in a running motion.
“That is prettiest flower I have ever seen!” she called out excited.
Still sitting down, Rainbow Dash chuckled slightly, holding out her hoof as to offer it to her. Twilight was standing before her, looking down at the blue pony.
“I- I think you should keep it. It was you who found it after all,” Twilight said with hesitation.
“Don’t be foolish. You need it more than I do. Besides, it’s just a flower” Rainbow Dash made a crooked smile.
Twilight was slightly blushing as she bowed down to grab the flower. Just as the Princess’ hooves touched Dash’s, her heart began beating slightly faster. It felt like several seconds, before their hooves finally departed as Twilight held the flower in her hoof. To her surprise, the princess placed the rose in her hair, just above her right ear, rather than putting it in the basket next to her with the rest of the flowers. Rainbow Dash quickly came to her senses.
“Shouldn’t you put it in the basket with the other flowers?” She questioned.
“Such a beautiful flower shouldn’t be used for science. Besides, since you gave it to me, it’s no longer just a flower… it’s a gift from a friend” Twilight smiled innocently as she was still standing before Rainbow Dash, who was sitting at the same spot on the grass.
She looked up at the purple princess with a clear blush. She wasn’t wearing her usual formal dress, she was wearing a purple skirt with an acceptable length that reached the beginning of her tail, with a faded- but still purple, t-shirt, and despite the warm weather, she had a small sweater around upper-body. Her purple, long hair was placed in a ponytail, falling down her back. The sunshine was gracefully lighting up her features, as her smile could melt even the strongest of hearts. Even without her formal clothes, she still looked like a princess.
“The flower does look good on you” Rainbow Dash complimented, trying not to blush too much.
Twilight showed her pleasure as she smiled with her eyes closed.
“Thank you Dashie" she laughed gently while reaching out her hoof to help Rainbow Dash up.
Dash thought for a while… long enough for Twilight to give her an odd look, still holding out her hoof. No wanting to make the situation any more awkward than it already was, she finally reacted and grabbed a hold of Twilight’s hoof. Though her heart didn’t race away like last time, it still sent an odd feeling through her body when she was in contact with the purple princess. Though their hands were holding firmly around each other, Rainbow Dash required little help to get up, as her legs did most of the work. As she got up from the soft spot on the grass, she knew it was time to do what she came here for.
Just calm down, and say what you planned.
“Twi…” Rainbow Dash looked at the princess, who was looking slightly awkward with a subtle blush on her cheeks.
Dash suddenly realized that she had yet to let go of Twilight’s hoof. “Oh!” she let out, while quickly retracting her hoof and leg. “Sorry” Rainbow Dash said quietly, while scratching the back of her head.
“I don’t mind” Twilight was quick to respond, still looking awkwardly around.
Huh? Why is she acting so strange?
Dash thought for a second before getting back to the question at hand.
“Okay. Ehm.. Twi” she repeated.
“I want- I mean, would you like to meet up with me this afternoon? I- It’s…”
Why is this so hard? We’ve hung out many times before. However, I haven’t asked her to hang with me before, it just sorta… happened. It’s probably just the whole situation getting to me.
Dash took a quick breath before continuing. “It’s been a while she we’ve hung out, so I figured we could meet in the forest- at the lake, around...”
What did he say it was again? 8:00 pm?
“At around eight o’ clock?” Rainbow Dash’s heart began beating faster.
What if she says no? What if she says yes?! I can’t just-
Her thoughts what quickly put to hold as a soothing voice was heard.
“I would love to,” the princess had responded with a confident smile.
A mixture of anxiety and happiness passed through Dash’s body. She was happy that the princess actually wanted to spend time with her, but scared because she knew what would end up happening.