Shindigs, Sweets, and Screw Ups
The sound of the front door opening drew Twilight’s attention away from her notes and plans. She had no idea who it could be at this late hour. Unless...
She whipped her head around and squinted. When had it had gotten so dark? The wall clock was nearly invisible until she illuminated it with her magic. “Oh no!” she wailed. “I’m late!” She scrambled to put away her notes; Spike did not need to see some of the doodles she had sketched. Her horn remained lit as she scrambled to drag her brush through her mane and insert the flower she’d won back from Dash last night at the same time. She did all of this and cantered towards her front door, the mysterious guest forgotten.
Spike called from the doorway, “Late for what?”
“Oh, Spike!” Twilight skidded to a halt right in front of him, nearly bowling the young dragon over. She reached out and grasped him with her forehooves, pulling him in close until their noses were nearly touching. “It’s terrible, it’s awful!” she wailed. “I’m late for Pinkie’s party!”
“Didn’t you have one of those a few days ago?” he asked. “You’ve never been so worked up about being on time to them before.”
“This one is different!” she insisted. “Rainbow Dash is going to be there!”
Spike slipped out of her grasp and pulled away. He eyed his guardian from a good three hoof lengths out of her reach. “Isn’t she at most of Pinkie’s parties?”
“Yes!” Twilight shrieked. “And she’s going to be at this one too!”
“Okay, Twilight,” Spike took another step back from her. He planted his feet and bent his knees slightly, glancing towards the open door. “Maybe,” he said, while taking a half step towards freedom, “If you’re late, you should go ahead and hurry, now?”
“Oh, right. Thanks Spike!” she scooped him up with her magic for a quick nuzzle and then reared back and bolted for the door.
“Yeesh, that mare gets crazier every day...”
She was far too busy going over every unlikely, horrendous scenario that could arise from her being tar– late to pay attention to Spike’s muttering as she set out for the party.
Some days, she cursed living so close to the bakery and its sugar-packed fare. It was hard enough to maintain a healthy lifestyle with as much studying as she did, and the Corner always smelled so wonderfully tempting. Tonight she was glad of the proximity, any further and she’d be completely out of breath, having galloped the short distance there.
She slowed to a run and then a trot as she approached the venue. There was no pounding music, no flashing lights. Only a pair of balloons tied to the mailbox suggested there was any sort of event inside. Walking up to the door, she strained her ears, trying to hear any sign that this was indeed the right place and time. Raising a hoof to knock on the door, she heard Pinkie’s high-pitched voice followed by a cackling laugh—Rainbow’s laugh.
Her hoof hesitated, hovering an inch away from the door. What if Rainbow was mad at her? What if she said no? The latter idea would send her back to the drawing board; the former twisted her stomach into knots. Her leg began to tremble. “Stop being stupid, Twilight,” she whispered to herself. “You can’t ask her if you don’t go in. Now, knock on the door!”
Twilight had no idea why this was so hard. Just a few days earlier she had explained her entire plan to Rainbow Dash and asked her out without the slightest bit of nervousness. Now, she was getting cold hooves. What had changed? The only thing she could think of was that she had empirical evidence that she and Rainbow could go on a date and enjoy themselves.
The thought of going out again spread warmth and cheer throughout her; the specter of rejection cast cold dread over her, warring with that giddy joy. She bit her lip as she once more raised her hoof into the air. She squeezed her eyes shut tight and knocked on the door.
The door swung open slowly; it hadn’t been shut all the way. The conversation came to an abrupt halt as her friends, with the exception of one, turned to stare at her. Pinkie opened her mouth only to have Rarity shove a hoof inside, silencing her, while the unicorn shushed the rest of their friends. The room now silent, Twilight tuned out the rest and focused all of her attention on the back of Dash’s head.
She watched Rainbow’s wings shift, lifting slightly off of her back, before settling down. In just a few seconds, she’d know if she could even try to ask Dash out again. The smile on Rainbow’s face as she turned quelled the churning in Twilight’s gut, but at the same time, her breath caught in her throat as the pegasus trotted towards her.
Rainbow stopped a few paces away from her. As her mouth began to move, time seemed to slow down for Twilight. She wasn’t breathing; she wasn’t sure her heart was beating. The four ponies behind Rainbow seemed frozen: Applejack with a smirk on her face, as if she were winning some sort of private race with Dash; Pinkie Pie frozen mid bounce, her eyes glowed and her wide smile brought a phantom ache to Twilight’s own jaw; Fluttershy peeking out from behind Rarity, biting her lip like a foal too scared to watch a play, but who didn’t dare to miss anything.
She noticed these details only because some part of her mind had kicked into overdrive and captured every one of them. The mare standing in front of her took the rest of her attention. Dash’s mane shone in the soft light of the Corner. Instead of the jagged, windblown appearance she was used to, the silken strands seemed to caress her blue coat, curling inwards to brush against it before curling away. Twilight’s eyes traced a lock of green from its tip all the way up to where it disappeared behind Rainbow’s head then traversed the other mare’s cheek to lock onto Dash’s own. The rosy irises contained twin images of herself and, through some trick of the light, shining motes dancing around her head.
Her stomach began doing flips again, far worse than anything Rainbow had put her through last night. She had to lock her knees to keep her suddenly weak legs from collapsing. She felt her face flush as her eyes traced slowly, far too slowly and yet not slow enough, down her friend’s face to focus on her lips. Images and feelings flashed through her mind: Rainbow denouncing her as a terrible date brought forth an icy numbness, Rainbow teasing her about her inability to plan kindled burning shame, Rainbow letting her down gently filled her with crushing disappointment, Rainbow confessing her undying love awoke fire and excitement. So many feelings clashed in her mind that she couldn’t say or do anything.
“Hiya, Twilight,” Dash said, smiling. “I– we were getting a little worried you hadn’t shown up yet.” Twilight’s ear twitched as Rarity let out a sort of choking, strangled sound.
Twilight felt her face burn slightly as her mouth curved up into a smile. She chuckled and rubbed the back of her head. “Sorry, Rainbow Dash. I got caught up in studying,î she admitted. There was a muffled complaint, followed by the sounds of a struggle from the table.
“Oh hey, no problem.” Rainbow shook her head and rolled a shoulder, sending her mane cascading down her neck. “I’m just glad you came.” Rainbow started to turn to look behind her, but stopped when her eyes met Twilight’s.
The muffled sound was growing more insistent, hooves banged on wood and somepony else was talking, whispering too low to be heard. “Um, I am too,” Twilight began. A loud crash interrupted her. Dash spun around and she took a step forward and around the mare.
Fluttershy was hiding her eyes with both hoof and wing. Pinkie Pie was being held down on the table by Applejack and Rarity. The orange earth pony had a slight frown on her face as she sat on Pinkie’s rear legs and muffled the struggling pony. The unicorn was scowling, looking for all the world as if she was going to do battle as she pinned Pinkie’s front legs. Pinkie ignored both of them and was straining, arching her back and rolling from side to side, eyes fixed intently on a small cord that dangled over the table. The struggle continued for a few moments until Rainbow Dash flared her wings and shouted, “What the hay is going on? “
All three of the struggling ponies froze, staring at Rainbow.
“Uh, we was just, um, just...” Applejack paused.
“...attempting to... give you two a moment before...” Rarity added.
Pulling her legs free and jumping to her hooves Pinkie shouted, “We were just getting ready to start the party!” She reached for the cord and gave it a mighty yank. Hundreds of balloons drifted out of the rafters, the lights dimmed, and music started playing. She sprang from her position atop the table and whipped a covered dish out from behind a plant far too small to have hidden the large serving tray. “It’s taff-toff-over time!” she sang.
Twilight and Rainbow walked over to the table where Pinkie was unveiling her newest creation. She slid the covered tray onto the center of the table, smiled and grasped the silver knob in her mouth. “Tada!” Pinkie ripped the cover off. Poppers burst, confetti shooting from miniature explosives in all directions, and a trio of balloons floated upward, revealing six deep brown triangles, each twice the size of a hoof and covered in sprinkles. Pinkie had further decorated each of the treats, labeling them with their intended recipient’s cutie mark sketched out in icing.
“Wow, Pinkie!” Twilight said, licking her lips as the baker began passing out the turnovers. “Those look delicious!”
“My dear, you certainly seemed to have pulled out all the stops for this occasion.” Rarity examined hers as closely as she might a fine seam.
“Hey!” Dash exclaimed. “What gives?” she asked, holding up her turnover.
“Oh!” Pinkie giggled. “I ran out of yellow frosting, so I decided to use pink!”
“Pinkie Pie!” Dash whined, bringing a chorus of giggles from her gathered friends.
After the laughter died down, they each grasped their confections. Pinkie shoved the entire triangle into her mouth without hesitation. The other five watched as she chewed, her own eyes looking upwards as she considered. “Hmm,” she mused.
Twilight leaned closer. She noticed her other friends doing the same. “Hmm?” she hummed.
Pinkie stopped chewing for a second before giving the treat one more good chomp, closing her eyes, and swallowing. She opened her eyes and smiled.
Twilight couldn’t stand the suspense. “Well?” she asked, leaning closer still.
Pinkie raised a hoof and wiggled it back and forth. “It was more of a turn-taff-toffee or maybe a taff-over-ee.”
Twilight blinked and looked towards Rainbow Dash. Her friend glanced at her and shrugged. Together they raised the hybrid snacks towards opened mouths. Twilight shared one last look with Rainbow before she closed her eyes and took a bite.
It was pretty bad. The super sweetness was overpowering to the point of drowning out all the other flavors, while the chewiness of the taffy made the whole thing a dental workout, but the chocolaty pastry crust surrounding the whole thing was good.
“Well,” asked Pinkie, “how are they?”
“Oh, um, they were–“ Rarity looked to Applejack and Fluttershy for help– “um... Quite, the um, experience dear.”
“Oh y– yes,” agreed Fluttershy, placing hers back on the table. “Q– quite.” She smiled wide at Pinkie, her whole body tensing. Pinkie just smiled back.
“They sure were, uh, something, Pinkie,” agreed Applejack.
“Pinkie Pie!” Dash tossed her pastry onto the table. “How can you eat this? It’s like, a hundred and twenty percent sugar!”
“I know!” Pinkie chirped. “Isn’t it great?” Pinkie turned back to Fluttershy. “You gonna eat that?” she asked. Without waiting for an answer, she swept both Rainbow’s and Fluttershy’s pastries into her mouth, chewed for a moment, and then swallowed.
Twilight laughed. “Thanks for trying, Pinkie,” she said pushing her own turnover towards the earth pony, and then she turned to face Rainbow Dash. Now was as good a time as any. She told herself that this would be just like last time. There was no reason to be nervous. “Rainbow Dash.”
Her heart sped up as Rainbow turned to face her. The pegasus’s eyes and mouth both glowed with mirth. “Yeah, Twilight?”
That voice sent her stomach flipping again, it nearly drove all thought from her head. If she could have just sat there all night long, basking in this glow, she would have counted it a night well spent. All of the day’s doubts and apprehension came back tenfold. This was it. She might just be ruining one of the most wonderful memories she had. If Rainbow resented her for last night...
There was still time to back out. She could make a comment on Rainbow’s mane, or ask what she had been up to all day. She could still find somepony else, find another way to complete her List. A cold stone of despair settled in her chest at that thought. She gulped, summoning every shred of courage she possessed and forced the words out. “Um, I was wondering...” She trailed off, mouth suddenly dry. Rainbow Dash just waited, smiling still. “Would you...”
She was vaguely aware of Rarity’s gasp beside her and the music cutting out. If she could have thought at all, that would have meant something, but her entire mind was concentrating on the mare in front of her. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and then asked, “Would you please try going out with me again?” Now that she had started, it was easier to continue than to stop. “We didn’t quite complete the experiment last night and I just thought I should ask you to try again first since we have a baseline established.”
Dash’s knit her brows, tilting her head slightly. “Uh, what ‘experiment’?” she asked.
Dash’s non-answer sent her heart racing. She thought she had done her part, but it wasn’t over. Beads of sweat began to form on her forehead as she forced a cheerful smile onto her face. “Oh, you know,” she said waving a hoof. Dash’s confused expression prompted her for more. Her smile began to slip a little as she further explained. “Like last night?” Dash’s face didn’t change. “When you helped me with my dating experience?”
Rainbow smirked at her. “You make it sound like it wasn’t a date.”
Twilight’s pupils became pinpricks as the implications of Dash’s comment hammered home. Rainbow had thought it was a date—a real date. “Uh,” Twilight stammered, backing away from Rainbow Dash. “You– I–“ She took another step back, her jaw trembling.
Pieces began to fall into place as she reassessed events from the previous few days in light of this new data. The caresses and physical contact during the evening; Dash’s letter left on her nightstand, the way she had announced the date to their friends...
“Twilight?” Dash asked. “You okay there?”
No, she was not okay. She had lied to her friend, all of her friends. She had mishandled this whole thing so horribly that once Rainbow realized what had happened, she’d never want to speak to her again.
Oh Celestia, her friends!
She glanced across the table at the rest of her soon-to-be-former-friends. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie struggled to keep Rarity from toppling backwards onto the floor. Her fellow unicorn had lifted a single hoof to her forehead and then fainted. Applejack was staring at her, mouth open, brows knit. No doubt the bearer of the Element of Honesty couldn’t even begin to comprehend how this had happened.
How had it happened? She quite clearly remembered the moment she had decided to let the date be real. Had Dash had a similar, or even more powerful epiphany? Taking another step away from the pony she’d betrayed, she shook her head. Of course not, Rainbow didn’t work that way. She had to have been convinced of this from the start.
Her mind played back the conversation. She knew she had explained everything to Rainbow. She had to keep it short because Dash was usually pretty tired after practice and loved to nap. In her mind’s eye, she saw the pegasus’s stare as she related her plan; only now it was the blank stare of a pony who was barely listening, who was only vaguely following the conversation. The hesitance and stuttering she had taken for shock and disbelief were now revealed to be exactly what they had seemed: a genuine request for the repetition of information.
“Rainbow, I’m so, so sorry.” She closed her eyes, trying to stem the sudden flow of tears that sprang to life.
Dash’s smirk fell and she reached a hoof out towards her as she took another step backwards. “Twilight, what–?” Rainbow asked.
With her eyes closed, she wouldn’t be able to see the anger in Rainbow’s eyes. She couldn’t bear that. Wanting to be anywhere else right now, anywhere else except here, she channeled her will. Half on instinct, half with desperate purpose she threw all of her considerable magical talent into getting away.
There was a humming, pure tones converging on a single frequency that rattled her teeth and blurred her vision. She gritted her teeth as the resonance began to build and give her a headache. “Please don’t hate me!” she yelled, and then she winked out of reality long enough to be elsewhere. With a crystalline tone and a popping sound, she was in her bedroom.
She threw herself onto the bed, wrapping her legs around a pillow and burying her face in it. Alone in her room, the full brunt of her loss hit her. She had just alienated the best friends she had ever made. She had just destroyed Dash’s heart. She needed to go. They would find her here.
The desire to run vanished with the first tears to leak out and wet her pillow.
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That's right ponies. Two updates in one night. See? I'm not just being an asshole with my schedule.
Also. Sorry about the cliffhanger.
The updates.
Satisfying.
I just opened this to read your first update again to criticism it.
URGE LOST.
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Ahahaha someone else who makes Twilight damn near allergic to the T-word.
As for the rest of it... Poor Twilight. I hope this misunderstanding lasts the shortest amount of time possible.
Every single damn time I open a new chapter there's another one waiting behind it xD
OMG 2 UPDATES I LOVE YOU
Uhm... this tugs at my heart... also, bad idea to listen to this while reading this unless you want to cry. Anyway, ONWARD!
I find myself refreshing the site every 10 minutes to see if there is an update, and my heart leaps whenever I see it!
Best story I've read so far!
You give us two chapters in a day.
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You give us a cliffhanger.
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Another update? /twitch/
kits is totally best author. ONWARD TO GREAT TWIDASH!
Cliff hanger! NOOOOOOO
You've doomed me. I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight.
this
this is EPICLY AWESOME
Found one.
Her heart speed up as Rainbow turned to face her. The pegasus's eyes and mouth both glowed with mirth. "Yeah, Twilight?" ['sped', I think]
Kudos on two in a day!
Oh my...it appears that the breakdown has in fact happened. I was almost convinced you never actually would have the revelation happen.
But I liked it, and I liked Twilight's abrupt departure. It wasn't a dramatic 'break down the door and run out' thing like most authors write when something of this magnitude happens. Granted, it's still dramatic, but it's a realistic type of drama. Now, how teleporting out instead of running out makes it more realistic, I'm not quite sure...
But anyway, now all that's left is for Miss Dash to go 'wait a minute...' and go get that silly filly Twilight.
I look forward to the next chapter, as always.
I was so happy to see two updates in one night....now I wish I would have waited. Why must you hang us off a clif?
I don' t know how you've done it, but I am so caught up in this story that I was holding my breath at the end. Bravo
I want to be mad at Twilight, but she's just hurt herself more than she hurt Dash, I think. I'm still going to find some way to break the forth wall and give her such a glare of disapproval, but then I think I'll bake her a 'There-there-soon-as-kits-updates-thing-will-get-better cake'.
Oh gosh, this is one of those chapters where it's hard to read the next part. I just stopped and thought for a moment when it all came to a realization for all her friends, or so Twilight thought, it still seems Dash is clueless or doesn't give a shit.
I seem to recall an apology for a slower update schedule.
I have to say, if you call this slow, I think you may have a slightly different interpretation of the word than 99% of the rest of the fic-writing populace.
But by all means, feel free to keep it up.
well fuck, oblivious dash to the rescue! Or oblivious twilight?! who cares, still a great chapter!
Oh dear. Twilight's going to cast some big spell to wipe everyone's memories of the whole date thing, but will wipe their entire memories by accident. Celestia isn't going to be happy about that one.
Damn......
I love you for writing such an awesome story, regardless of the cliffhangers.
Now I'm all sad D: I really want to keep reading this amazing story! But that's alright, I am willing to wait.
FUCK.
On the bright side, the depressing part is over at least. Now we can just wait for them to get back together...
RIGHT?
Rainbow Dash is about to flip some shit!
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Thanks! This kind of comment makes my day!
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And another one while you wait!
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I'm trying to upload faster. I never expected this to take off like it did. It's intimidating.
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It's cool. I didn't make 'em. Most are on mylittlefacewhen anyway
495290 Thanks!
495345 Glad ya enjoy it.
CLIFFHANGER.
TWO UPDATES TODAY.
I LOVE YOU.
BUT I HATE YOU.
PLEASE DON'T HATE ME!
Everypony, I present to you, Twilight Sparkle, Queen of Dramatic Overreacting!
Good heavens, Twilight, you need to stop thinking with your head, and start thinking with your heart, at least in regards to Rainbow Dash.
So, two more chappies after this. The mess will be resolved. Either that, or Twilight will have a breakdown to rival the one in Lesson Zero.
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Sorry. They are natural chapter breaks. Since I start most in medias res, I need to finish similarly.
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Thanks
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Twi is not thinking straight.
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You're welcome
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495460 I swear I'm not a giant dick. There isn't a [dark] tag for a reason.
495471 Well, it'll be slower. I have 11 and the Epi to do at the same time >.>
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two updates in one day? You're
By the end all I could do was smile stupidly at the screen and shake my head.
495640 No no no, you got me all wrong, upload when you can. The suspense is good.
I would also agree that the feedback on this story is intimidating, you're up to 7 pages of comments and it isn't even fully uploaded.
Edit: ANOTHER CHAPTER! Wow, I thought my email was messing up.
I DEMAND MORE OF THE MASTERPIECE!
Why can't I do more thumbsup or favorite this fifty times...
GOSH DARN YOU, TWILIGHT SPARKLE.
You could have covered! You could've been all, "Date! Yes! Right! You wanna go out on another of those?" And Dash would have said yes, 'cause she's clearly nuts about you, and then you could've gone out and had a great time, 'cause you're clearly nuts about her, and it would've been great. Probably would've ended in smooches. But NO.
Okay, now that THAT'S out of my system ... I like this chapter a lot. I like how Twilight sees no problem in asking out Rainbow on a second date in front of all of their friends, and I like how all of their friends seemingly have no qualms in being there to witness it. They're ALL kind of socially awkward and weird, aren't they? I find it adorable. I love the group dynamics. A special highlight for me was Applejack and Rarity pinning down Pinkie Pie--that was quality stuff.
Also, as frustrated as I am with Twilight at the moment, I like how the end of this chapter played out. How quickly Twilight caught on to just why Rainbow had thought it was a real date (Twi is a smart pony, after all) and how she went into super-self-blaming mode. Just felt right for Twilight, to me.
Also, unrelated to everything: I noticed your comment about Stuttgart. Small world. My mom was stationed in Ramstein for five years, way back when.
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It won't be until tomorrow evening at the earliest. Sorry.
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thanks!
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Sleep
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Thanks!
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I should hire you. I'll pay you double what I pay my other proofers 
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Telescpae: brought to you by Ticket Master
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breathe!
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This was the hardest part. To make Twi the victim too. She's totally at fault here, but I didn't want people to hate her. Your comment means I did what I wanted.
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Dash isn't sure what to think
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The chapters are shorter. One proofer said I should join this to chapter 9. At the time, it seemed silly, but now that I cut nearly 400 words of uselessnessm it makes more sense.
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All the ponies are partly oblivious
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~Spoilers~
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Sorry! They are natural chapter breaks!
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Don't Panic
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It was all a lie!
wat
Taking a break from commenting I'll try to hit everyone, but there are so many of you now.
Two updates?! YES!
Cliffhanger?! NOOOOOOO!
495145 It's cool I love suspense. And thanks for the double-update, can't wait for the next one!
Ironically, I knew the sad part would be next when I finished chapter nine... but then later I saw you'd posted number ten and and totally forgot that the FICcast was supposed to be 'partly cloudy with a 99% chance of B'AWWWWW.'
WHY CAN'T I HOLD ALL THESE GODDAMN FEELS?!
495640 Kits! I am trying to edit my own stuff! Why you give me so many wonderful distractions?!
Loved it a lot!
Dang man, I only barely finished the last chapter a while ago.
And the plot thickens.
Oh man, I knew it was coming this chapter, as soon as she stepped into the Corner. I ended up standing up and walking away from my computer as she asked Dash to try the "experiment" again. I had to step away I was so embarrassed for her, and then again as she came to the realization. Gah, my heart is so tight. Dash is going to be mad at first I think, but then she'll understand between Twilight's furious sobbing that the mare actually really enjoyed the date and wanted to do it again.
Oh my god TWO UPDATES SWEEEET!!!
don't cry, everypony doesn't hate you, their just gona be like
Da Faqu?
As for Twilight, have a hug
Only 2 more chapters til we're done?
w00t.
Loved this chapter, but when I read the end, made me want to jump off the cliff you made.
As soon as I saw the word "experiment" I had to stop reading. ... I'll pick it up after I shower, of course, but DARN IT, TWILIGHT SPARKLE!
Added after finishing: OH GOD I HAD IT ALL WRONG. Rainbow Dash, go to her! Make her feel better somehow!
Well, we all knew THIS was coming. Now how will Rainbow react?
So I just read the whole thing and way to keep things interesting! But still poor Dash AND Twilight....
Looking forward to the next chapter be it happy 
sad 
or something inbetween 
And even though there have been a lot of twidash stories before this you've managed to make it feel so fresh! Consider it Fave'd 
I love that you wrote all this beforehand so it's just a matter of updating once you proofread it all and make edits. Feels like the thing that writers should do rather than just throw out the first chapter and if it works make more. I understand why people don't do that just....thanks for not keeping me hanging on this story for months on end. I can handle a day or two easy.
The chapter was great I think. Plenty of Twilight being Twilight crazy and Dash being super suave like the awesome mare she is. I'm just sad that Twilight blames herself, though I doubt I would do differently in her position.
Kind of sad this only has two updates left. It's legitimately one of the most well done TwiDash's I've ever read, better yet one of the best MLP Fictions I've read, though that second part might be bias as I love TwiDash to death. Suppose all good things must come to an end at some point though.
chapter 10: Oh Celestia preserve us: "arise from her being tar–" It's going to happen again isn't it?
Lo and behold: I am clairvoyant!
coming up next: Twilight runs (to the far side of the moon? we shall see!) Dash gives chase! (she could probably fly that far if she really tried!) a few more agonizing moments, and then (hopefully) a wonderful ending.
Well, it's no 'dramatastrophe', but I guess it'll do.
Truly, you are the Rainbow Dash of updating and the Twilight Sparkle of writing.