Bliss filled Rainbow Dash from head to toe; the very idea of meeting her crush filled her with joy. In her blinding happiness she looked over the messages she had just received. Over the last two weeks she slowly created a strong bond with a guy that she has never met. To Rainbow Dash everything felt like it was moving in slow motion and yet it felt like things were happening all too fast. As Rainbow Dash read on she saw Inky mentioning to bring a pink rose with her. A thought occurred to her, she had no clue where to find a rose. Rainbow racked her brain for shops and stores that sold flowers. With her mind drawing a blank she did the only logical thing in this situation. Without hesitation Rainbow Dash dialed Fluttershy’s number.
An increasing feeling of embarrassment crept over her as she waited for Fluttershy to arrive. The once cool strong Rainbow Dash was about to go shopping for a pink rose. The lame factor was off the charts in Rainbow’s book. Feeling the need to obscure her appearance, Rainbow pulled out a pair of baggy black sweatpants. Along with her black hooded sweater Rainbow Dash pulled the hood over her head covering her rainbow colored locks. Grabbing her wallet Rainbow Dash waited for Fluttershy to arrive. Within minutes she spotted Fluttershy walking towards her, while she nervously wringing her hands.
“There you are! Come on Fluttershy, we can’t waste anymore time!”
Rainbow Dash looked around the neighborhood making sure they were all alone.
“What’s the emergency? Are you hurt? What’s going on? ” asked a frazzled Fluttershy.
Leaning in close Rainbow Dash whispered in her ear. “ I need your help finding a pink rose.”
Fluttershy sighed in relief “ I can take you to a shop near here, they sell all kinds of flowers.”
“Sounds good lead the way Flutters!”
Fluttershy led Rainbow Dash to the nearest flower shop in town. As they approached the door to the shop Rainbow felt sweaty. Just the thought of someone recognizing her in a place like this was just too much for her to bear. Rainbow Dash shuffled her way past the counter of the small shop. The clerk behind the counter looked very bored, as he read a newspaper.
They saw a large glass case that only displayed roses, Rainbow Dash saw a buckets of single roses in a variety of colors. Rainbow Dash frowned when she saw that they were all out of single pink roses. The only pink roses that were had left were all in bouquets. Rainbow Dash was even more frustrated when she saw the price of the bouquets.
“What! $15 bucks for a bunch of roses! That is highway robbery!” huffed Rainbow Dash.
The clerk looked over at her with distaste. “Well little Missy, if you don’t like our prices you can get your roses somewhere else!”
Rainbow Dash shoved her hands in the front pocket of her sweatshirt, before storming out of the shop. Fluttershy was right on her heels not wanting to look back at the agitated sales clerk. Once outside they slowly walked over to a bench and sat down to think of a new plan.
“Aw man, this sucks! Only if I didn’t spend all of my money on a new soccer ball. I just had to get the best!”
Fluttershy put her hand on Rainbow’s shoulder. “I’m sorry I didn’t bring my wallet with me.”
“That’s okay Fluttershy, it was just bad luck that all of the CHEAP! Single roses were all gone.”
Fluttershy let out a low sigh. “If only, I had pink roses growing in my garden instead of white ones.”
Rainbow Dash instantly perked up, she gave Fluttershy a light hug.
“That’s it! A rose garden! I know where we can get a pink rose. Hehe, come on Fluttershy! The night is still young!”
Fluttershy looked down at her watch. “ It is only 7:30pm?”
Rainbow Dash face palmed, before grabbing Fluttershy by the wrist.
“Come on Flutters, we have a job to do!”
The moon was just starting to rise as Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy made it back to Rainbow Dash’s neighborhood. They approached a house that was just three houses down from her own. The house itself was painted a light gray. A short white picketed fence surrounded the front yard’s perimeter. Fluttershy noticed that the grass was very well taken care of. It was short with a lustiest lime green tint to it. Along with stylish shrubs that grew around the yard. The walkway leading to the front door was surrounded by a trail of colorful flowers on either side. Rainbow Dash pulled her hood a little tighter as she approached the back gate that led to the backyard.
“Rainbow where are you going?” whispered Fluttershy.
Stopping in her tracks Rainbow Dash looked over her shoulder. “ The old farts that live here have a huge rose garden.”
Fluttershy hid behind her bangs as she spoke. “Can we just ask your neighbor if we can have just one rose?”
Rainbow Dash snorted “Heck no, those old prudes hate me! Just because I lost control of my bike and accidentally crushed one of their precious shrubs! I mean come on, it was just a shrub for crying out loud!”
Without another word Rainbow Dash opened the gate leading to the back yard.
“Come on Fluttershy, the longer we wait around, the more likely we are going to get caught!”
Reluctantly Fluttershy followed her, a few steps in Fluttershy gasped at the beauty that laid before her. Dozens of groomed flower beds that outlined the yard. Granite stepping stones led to the back porch. There were a few stone benches that would’ve been perfect for relaxing on a sunny day. Rainbow Dash rubbed her hands together when she spotted half a dozen trimmed rose bushes at the far end of the yard.
“Let's see, white roses, red, yellow, orange, orangey-yellow. Ah ha, here we go! Pink roses, they look perfect for the picking!”
As Rainbow Dash walked closer to her prize, she heard a deep growl coming from her right. Rainbow Dash felt her heart sink when she remembered that the her neighbors owned a huge rottweiler named Oliver. The large dog seemed to melt from the shadows of the dark yard. Oliver appeared like a phantom of the night, Rainbow Dash took a few steps back.
“Hi Oliver, long time no see. So, how have you been?” Rainbow Dash chuckled nervously as she backpedaled towards the open gate.
Oliver was not amused with having a pair of trespassers in his yard. The large canine growled a little louder with every step while bearing his teeth. Rainbow Dash was about make a break for it, when Fluttershy walked past her. Rainbow Dash reached for Fluttershy’s arm in an attempt to pull her away from the feral beast. Fluttershy brushed away Rainbow Dash’s hand, she continued to move towards the agitated dog. Fluttershy reached into her pocket and pulled out a good sized rawhide bone. Oliver’s nose happy twitched as the treat’s aroma reached his snout. Fluttershy held the treat just above Oliver’s head.
“Alight, Oliver sit!”
Fluttershy was pleased when he obeyed her command, she dropped the treat at his paws. Oliver pounced on the large treat, he happily gave the bone a few chomps before he walked back to the porch with his prize. Rainbow Dash stared blankly at Fluttershy. Without a word Fluttershy shrugged at Rainbow Dash.
“Why did you have that in your pocket?” asked Rainbow.
“I guess I forgot to take it out after my shift at the animal shelter.”
It was times like these that Rainbow Dash was happy to have Fluttershy by her side. She shuddered when she thought about what might have happened if Fluttershy wasn't there. Rainbow Dash walked over to her grand prize. Slowly Rainbow Dash reached out to pick one of the roses. Only to be blinded by a bright light, followed by a screen door slamming open.
“Hey! What do you think you two are doing?!” yelled a deep scratchy voice.
Rainbow Dash looked over her shoulder, she saw her neighbor Hank glaring at her. Without hesitation, Rainbow Dash grabbed a large rose bud from the bush as fast as she possible could. She felt an eruption of pain in her hand, Rainbow Dash pulled the rose free from its fellow roses. With the rose in hand she grabbed Fluttershy’s hand.
With Fluttershy in tow Rainbow Dash sprinted out into the front yard. She didn’t stop running until they ran all the way to her house. In one swift motion Rainbow Dash slammed the front door shut. Panting heavily, Rainbow Dash look down at the rose in her right hand. She frowned when she saw her hand was bleeding from the jagged thorns. Rainbow Dash unclamped her hand from the gnarled stem. A wave of pain overcame her, Rainbow Dash wrenched when she saw the multiple cuts.
Fluttershy gently pulled the rose away from Rainbow Dash. Tenderly Fluttershy tended to Rainbow Dash’s injuries. Once Rainbow Dash was all patched up. Fluttershy took it upon herself to make Rainbow Dash’s rose more presentable. She washed away Rainbow’s blood from the stem, she found a sharp knife to cut away all the thorns. Satisfied with her work Fluttershy pulled out a narrow vase from underneath the kitchen sink.
Rainbow Dash leaned against the kitchen’s door frame watching Fluttershy. She noticed Fluttershy filling up a vase with cool water. Rainbow Dash walked behind Fluttershy, she wrapped her arms just above Fluttershy’s waist. Rainbow Dash rested her head on Fluttershy’s shoulder. At first Fluttershy was alarmed by the sudden contact. After a moment she tried her best to hug Rainbow Dash back.
“Thank you for everything Fluttershy, I couldn’t have done any of this without you. If you ever need anything, you can just ask me.”
“I know Rainbow, I’m just happy to help you anyway I can. You know that.”
Rainbow Dash felt embarrassed, she could feel the heat rising to her cheeks. Fluttershy was the only person that ever just called her Rainbow. All of her friends either called her Rainbow Dash or just plain Dash. Hearing Fluttershy calling her Rainbow while hugging her like this made her feel sheepish and mushy. In a moment of full blown embarrassment, Rainbow Dash pulled away from Fluttershy breaking their embrace. She didn’t have the nerve to look Fluttershy in the eye.
“What’s wrong with me, I’ve been so huggy and sappy lately.”
Fluttershy giggled. “Don’t worry Rainbow, that kind of thing happens when you fall in love.”
Rainbow Dash put her hands over her ears. “Ah! Don’t say that! It‘s just a silly crush!”
“Rainbow, you are just too adorable sometimes.” giggled Fluttershy
Rainbow Dash crossed her arms, she puffed out her cheeks while pouting. A habit she had picked up from hanging around Rarity over the years.
“Ugh! I’m not adorable! I am AWESOME!”
Fluttershy couldn’t help laughing, she loved poking a little fun at Rainbow Dash’s expense once in awhile. Rainbow Dash casually rubbed the back of her neck.
“So Flutters, I was wondering if you could help me pick out an outfit for when I meet Inky tomorrow?”
Rainbow Dash could already feel her cheeks burning, Fluttershy hid behind her hair slightly.
“I don’t know, Rarity is better suited for that kind of thing.”
Rainbow Dash’s eyes were full of fear, hearing Fluttershy using the R word. Rainbow Dash made a large X with her arms.
“No Rarities ALLOWED! I just thought since you two hang out all the time. I just assumed that maybe you knew a lot of about fashion.”
“Of course, I will help you Rainbow….I’ll try my best.”
Without another word, Rainbow Dash spirited away Fluttershy up to her room. After a few minutes Fluttershy soon learned that Rainbow Dash had a large collection of workout clothes, sports outfits and a few everyday outfits. Fluttershy found herself surrounded by all of the outfits that didn’t make the cut. She was starting to think Rainbow Dash didn’t have any outfits for special occasions. Knowing that she was running out of options. Rainbow Dash reluctantly walked over to the bottom drawer of her dresser. She started pulling out nice dress shirts along with a few skirts. Fluttershy raised an eyebrow, Rainbow’s face blush slightly.
“Why didn’t you start out with that drawer?”
“Honestly, I try to forget about this drawer.” muttered Rainbow.
Fluttershy held her tongue on the subject, she didn’t want Rainbow to feel uncomfortable. She could see that Rainbow Dash was already on edge from pulling out her secret stash of girly clothes. After modeling a few different styles, they finally found the perfect outfit. Fluttershy couldn’t help releasing a rather large yawn. Not long after that Fluttershy went home; Rainbow Dash threw on some pajamas. Rainbow Dash laid on her bed, staring at the dark ceiling.
*So everything is set into place, I got the rose, I got the outfit. All I have to do is show up tomorrow.*
The sun’s rays penetrated the blinds in Pinkie Pie’s room. She began to stir when the sun kissed her face with it’s bright warm rays of light. Springing out of her bed Pinkie Pie darted around the room in a pink blur as she got ready for school. Once, she was ready Pinkie Pie ran out the door and sprinted towards Canterlot High. In Pinkie Pie’s excitement she didn’t realize that it was only 5:30 am.
*Way to go Pinkie, just because you are ready for school to start! Doesn’t mean school is ready for you. Ugh! Time move FASTER!!!*
Pinkie Pie glared at the clock tower in an attempt to make time go faster. Pinkie Pie slumped her shoulders in defeat. She forgot all about her sour mood when she felt a familiar presence approaching her. Pinkie Pie whipped around, she smiled when she spotted a familiar face. Walking towards the school was a tired and annoyed Rarity. Pinkie Pie guessed that Rarity wasn’t happy about missing her beauty sleep. In her excitement Pinkie Pie didn’t waste another moment as she ran to Rarity’s side. Rarity gasped when she was caught in a tight bear hug. Rarity was just about to scream at her attacker until she recognized who the assailant really was.
“Pinkie Pie! Would you kindly let go of me, it is way to early for this kind of behavior! If you will excuse me, I was just on my way to my work space. I still have to hem all of the drama club’s costumes. ”
Pinkie Pie silently released Rarity, she had a deflated expression etched on her face.
“I’m sorry Rarity, I was just so excited to see you. I just couldn’t help myself, well I will catch you later then. I just thought you wanted to know that I was going to meet Crash today.”
Upon hearing this news, Rarity’s eyes were now the size of large dinner plates. She quickly grabbed Pinkie Pie’s wrist before she could get away.
“I’m sorry dear, could you repeat that?”
“What? I’m excited?”
“No, not that! You said that you are meeting Crash today! As in today, today?”
“Yeppers! We are going to meet up after school at Sugar Cube Corner!”
“What are you planning to wear when you see him?”
Pinkie Pie looked down at her clothes, then looked back at Rarity.
“Um, this?” said Pinkie Pie as she made a gesture with her arms.
Rarity gasped in horror, Pinkie Pie noticed that Rarity’s left eye started to twitch.
“Absolutely not! I won’t let you meet the guy of your dreams in your, your usual attire!”
Rarity darted behind Pinkie Pie, she started to push Pinkie Pie towards the school‘s entrance.
“Where are we going Rarity?”
“To my work room of course, we have to find you something stunning! For you to wear this afternoon!”
“But what about the drama club‘s outfits?”
“This is just too important! Come on Pinkie we don’t have a moment to lose!”
Rarity and Pinkie Pie stood in front of one of the many janitor closets throughout the school. Rarity pulled out a silver key from the pocket of her skirt. The locked door opened with a low click. With a flick of the light switch the room was filled with a soft light. Pinkie Pie gasped, she saw a handful of mannequins sporting some of the most dazzling dresses she had ever seen. Laying on a rather large desk was fairly sized sewing machine. Next to the sewing machine was where Rarity’s sketch book laid. There were two large book shelves, that were lined with bolts of different colored fabrics.
“Wow wee Rarity! How you score this room?”
“Oh you know, I just did a favor for one of the janitors.”
“Oh I see, so you seduced him huh?”
Pinkie Pie wiggled her eyebrows up and down in a seductive manner. Rarity’s face nearly turned purple as she grabbed Pinkie Pie by the shoulders and shook her for a few seconds.
“WHAT! NO! No! No I just made his granddaughter a few dresses in exchange for this work space. What kind of lady do you think I am?”
“I don’t know? A pretty lady!”
Rarity felt a strong urge to facepalm but she resisted it.
“I’m going to ignore your outlandish comment! Due, to my strong desire to help you! Now strip down and put this on.”
Pinkie Pie wriggle her eyebrows at Rarity. “So you want me to strip huh?”
Rarity’s face turned crimson. “Pinkie Pie! I will not tolerate this kind of suggestive behavior.”
“Aw I’m sorry Rarity! It’s just the pouty, angry face you make is just so funny!”
Rarity coughed into her hand. “ Well be that as it may, I would appreciate to have the teasing down to a minimum please.”
“You got it! Pretty lady!”
After two and half hours of constant outfit changes, Rarity finally decided on a slimming, powdered blue strapless dress. The dress gently hugged the elegant curves on Pinkie Pie’s figure.
“I never noticed, what a lovely figure you have Pinkie dear.”
“Aw thanks Rarity, you flatter!”
Rarity rolled up one of her fashion magazines and lightly swatted Pinkie Pie with it her on the hip.
“Oh, hush you!”
Pinkie Pie stuck out her tongue at Rarity before slipping out of the dress. She then put on her clothes that she wore earlier that morning. Rarity dressed one of the bear mannequins with Pinkie Pie’s new dress. Not a moment later they both heard the school bell ring announcing that class was just about to start. Pinkie Pie and Rarity gathered up their things as they shuffled out the door. Rarity locked up, while Pinkie Pie headed off to History class.
The day seemed to drag on slower than normal. Pinkie Pie groaned when the lunch bell rang. There was still another three hours to go before school got out. Pinkie Pie walked to the cafeteria, she mindlessly sat down at an empty table as she grabbed out her lunch from her backpack. Within minutes all of her closest friends sat around the table. In a bored trance Pinkie Pie ate her peanut butter sandwich. She just listened to the conversations around the table.
Applejack playfully elbowed Rainbow Dash. “ Hey Dash, what happened to yer hand?”
“Oh this?” Rainbow Dash held up her bandaged hand. “ It’s just a few scraps, it’s no biggie.”
Setting her phone on the table, Rainbow Dash’s phone caught Rarity’s eye.
“Rainbow Dash, is that a new phone, I see?”
Rainbow Dash shrugged “Yeah it is, my old one was totally crushed to bits a few weeks ago. I got this one to replace it, I even got a new phone number. I keep forgetting to write it down and pass it out to you guys. I wrote it down once but I lost it.”
“So that’s why, I could never get a hold of you! I was starting to think that you were avoiding me.” huffed Applejack.
“Sorry bro, I’ve just been busy. I’ll try to get you guys my number soon.”
Rainbow Dash blushed lightly as she rubbed the back of her neck. After realizing that she never told her friends about her phone troubles. And the fact that she didn’t even bother to give them her new number.
“Sounds good! I have been just dying for a rematch, ya lazy bum!”
Rainbow Dash elbowed Applejack in the ribs. “I’m not lazy!”
“Whatever ya say sugar cu-”
Applejack was cut off from a loud growl from across the table, Sunset Shimmer’s face turned a shade of pink.
“Sunset darling, where is your lunch?” Rarity’s words were full of concern.
Sunset’s eyes darted off to the side for a moment. “Oh, I forgot my lunch on the counter this morning. It’s no big deal really.”
Without a word Applejack cut her large tuna sub sandwich in half and handed it over to Sunset.
“Here take this, it’s better than going hungry” Applejack smiled at Sunset.
Applejack was happy that Granny Smith packed her an extra large sub for lunch. With a shaky hand Sunset took the sub from Applejack. Rarity pulled out bottle of chilled spring water from her stylish backpack. Silently Rarity handed over the drink to Sunset.
“Just a little something to wash down that sub.”
Sunset felt a little overwhelmed, she was so happy that she had such caring friends. She was grateful that Granny Smith packed Applejack an egg salad sandwich.
Fear suddenly gripped her when she looked over across the lunchroom. Sunset saw a pair of eyes filled with hate staring back at her. Sunset felt a hand being placed on her shoulder. Sunset looked over at the hand on her shoulder she saw Rarity looking at her with worried eyes.
“Are you alright darling? You look like you have seen a ghost!”
“Oh, sorry! I was just lost in thought, thanks for the sandwich and water guys.” A small smile tugged at Sunset’s lips.
“Think nothing of it sugar cube, that’s what friends do. Right Fluttershy?”
Fluttershy was whispering something in Rainbow Dash’s ear, she quickly snapped to attention.
“Uh that’s right friends…help each other out.”
The rest of the day was uneventful Pinkie Pie droned on through her classes. As soon as the last bell rang she darted out of the room. Before Rarity had time to even put away her notebook. Pinkie Pie was standing over her desk, Rarity nearly jumped out of her skin when she noticed Pinkie Pie practically teleporting to her desk. The bell hadn’t even finished ringing yet for goodness sake. Pinkie Pie and Rarity made it to Rarity’s work space. Pinkie Pie put on the dress they had picked out that morning. Pinkie Pie walked over to a full length mirror, she looked her over the strapless blue dress. Rarity walked behind Pinkie Pie, she put a silver locket around Pinkie Pie’s neck. Rarity laid her head on Pinkie Pie’s shoulder.
“You look simply marvelous! Surely, you will win his heart! Who can resist this face?”
Rarity took the liberty to squish Pinkie Pie’s cheeks together with her hand. Pinkie Pie giggled at her reflection as Rarity squished her face. Pinkie Pie noticed the clock in the mirror’s reflection.
“ Oh my gosh! I’m going to be late! I need to go home and grab my rose! Laters!”
Before Rarity could even offer Pinkie Pie a ride, she disappeared from sight.
Rarity giggled to herself.
“Well, she does travel at the speed of Pinkie. A ride in my car would probably be too slow for her taste.”
Once Pinkie Pie busted through the front door of her house. She zipped up stairs. Grabbing her blue rose from it’s vase, she then flew out the front door. A few minutes later Pinkie Pie found herself front of Sugarcube Corner. She paused for a moment when she noticed her heart fluttered with every step.
“You can do this Pinkie!” She felt a small boost of confidence after the short pep talk.
Pinkie Pie glanced through the glass window to see if she could spot Crash before he found her. Pinkie Pie noticed the shop was pretty empty. Her eyes fell on the booth closest to the door, she spotted Rainbow Dash. Pinkie Pie titled her head when she noticed Rainbow Dash was all dressed up. Rainbow Dash was wearing a black top with long sleeves, along with a black and white plaid skirt. The sight puzzled Pinkie Pie, not only was Rainbow Dash all dressed up nice but she also looked really nervous.
*Rainbow Dash never gets nervous, is she waiting for someone or-*
Pinkie Pie’s thoughts were stopped dead in their tracks when she saw Rainbow Dash holding a large pink rose. Pinkie Pie began whispering frantically to herself.
“Why is Rainbow Dash holding a pink rose? Rainbow Dash never picks flowers….No way…She can be Crash! Wait, if she’s Crash then that means that I kis-”
Rainbow Dash looked over in her direction, Pinkie Pie hit the deck. She hoped that she ducked in time. In her haste Pinkie Pie landed on top of her blue rose, crushing it in the process. Pinkie Pie looked down at the ruined rose. Blue petals scattered all over the payment, tears started to form in her eyes.
*I just can’t deal with this right now!*
Pinkie Pie picked herself up off the sidewalk. Without looking back she left her crushed rose behind as she ran home.
Rainbow Dash kept glancing down at her phone for the time. She nervously tapped her foot to pass the time. She looked over at the door, Rainbow Dash could have sworn that she saw a blur of pink near the window. Feeling a little fidgety. Rainbow Dash decided to step outside to get some fresh air to clear her head. Once outside, she inhaled the warm summer air. With her pink rose in hand. Rainbow Dash lazily scanned the area for a guy holding a blue rose. When she saw no one approaching the shop, she looked down at her shoes. A blue flower petal caught her eye as it danced on the wind. The lone petal rolled itself onto one of her black dress shoes.
“Where did that come from?”
Rainbow Dash felt her heart sink, when she spotted the mangled blue rose on the sidewalk in front of the bakery. It felt like all of the air was sucked out of her lungs. When she gingerly picked up the crushed flower, a few loose petals fell to the ground.
*It looks like someone stomped on it…Inky must have crushed the rose the moment he saw me. Dammit!…Forget that guy! He can go jump off a cliff for all I care!*
Rainbow Dash dropped the blue rose as she wiped angry tears from her eyes. Rainbow Dash glared at the pink rose that she held in her injured hand. In a fit of rage she snapped the rose’s stem in half, Rainbow Dash then ripped out all the pink petals. Just before stomping on them in her fiery wrath. Rainbow Dash broke out into a run, she didn’t know here she was running. Rainbow Dash kept her head low while she ran. After running down a few blocks, Rainbow Dash found herself in the park.
“Rainbow Dash?”
Rainbow Dash looked towards the voice that addressed her, she saw Fluttershy feeding her bird friends. Without thinking Rainbow Dash ran over to her friend, scaring all the birds in the process. Rainbow Dash threw her arms around Fluttershy while sobbing loudly. With the sudden weight of Rainbow Dash around her. Fluttershy fell backwards landing on the bench behind her. Rainbow Dash let the tears flow freely from her eyes, she nuzzled into the crook of Fluttershy’s neck. Fluttershy closed her eyes while she held Rainbow Dash in a tight embrace. Even though Rainbow Dash didn’t tell her why she was crying. Fluttershy already knew that Inky must have broke Rainbow’s heart. The sun was just starting to set when Rainbow Dash’s tears started to run dry. Fluttershy continued to rub Rainbow’s back, her shoulder was completely drenched from Rainbow’s tears.
“It’s okay, Rainbow, I’m here for you.” Fluttershy calmly repeated the whisper in Rainbow Dash’s ear.
Fluttershy did this every couple minutes or so. Every time she said those words, Rainbow Dash would tighten her hold on her for a few seconds.
“Rainbow, it’s starting to get dark out. I will walk you home okay?”
Rainbow Dash pulled away just to give Fluttershy a nod of her head. They both walked away from the bench they were sitting on. While they walked Rainbow Dash had her arm wrapped around Fluttershy’s waist. Fluttershy didn’t mind the awkward contact, she also had an arm around Rainbow. Fluttershy was worried that Rainbow Dash would fall over if she let go. In all of the years she has known Rainbow Dash, she always seemed indestructible.
* I guess even Superman has kryptonite…Poor Rainbow, I hate seeing her so upset. If I ever find that Inky guy…Ooooo I will have words with that guy…That creep!*
The walk to Rainbow Dash’s took longer than usual. Fluttershy had to practically drag Rainbow Dash with every step. Relief washed over Fluttershy when they finally arrived. When they made it to Rainbow’s room they both collapsed on the bed. While they laid together, Fluttershy heard both of their stomachs growling.
“I’m going to make us something to eat…”
Rainbow Dash nodded her head once in reply, Fluttershy took that as her cue. Once in the kitchen Fluttershy decided to make something simple. She rummaged through the fridge for a few minutes. Fluttershy pulled out all of the ingredients to make some sandwiches. She made a turkey sandwich for Rainbow and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for herself. Fluttershy also grabbed two water bottles from the fridge. With the water bottles tucked under one arm, she carried the two plates to Rainbows room. They both ate in silence. When they both had their fill, they laid down to clear their thoughts. Rainbow Dash pulled Fluttershy close to her, Fluttershy could feel Rainbow’s chest against her back. With her arms wrapped around Fluttershy, a silent tear fell from Rainbow’s eye.
“Please stay…”
Rainbow Dash’s words were so weak and quite that Fluttershy almost didn’t hear them.
“Of course I will stay with you.”
Fluttershy quietly petted Rainbow Dash’s arm until both of them drifted off into a dreamless sleep.