Crimson Dance

by Nightmares Madness

A bit shy, and a dash of brash

Grey Fang and Applejack had each taken turns at one another, and it was unfortunate that Applejack had found herself beneath the creature as it bared it’s teeth. The breath was horrid, making her gag, its drool began to flow from its muzzle like a fountain.

“Go on, then. I’ll make sure I fight the whole way down yer gullet, ya filthy beast.” Applejack spat out.

The creature barked out a mirthless laughter before narrowing its eyes at her, “All the better to enjoy my meal and know I am full.” It growled out.

Once more Grey Fang opened his mouth, ready to sing his teeth into the soft juicy flesh.

The sound of dirt and something heavy moving towards them made him pause. Both sets of ears swiveled just before their heads turned. Grey Fangs eyes widened in Surprise as a blur of yellow and pink swung something hard and thick against the side of his head.

The sound of something cracking could be heard clearly, before everything went black.

“Are you okay?”

Applejack looked up from the crumpled form of the creature to the slightly larger than normal light blue eyes of the Equine right in front of her.

She took a moment to look over her form, of which, her long thick pink hair covered most of all. In fact, it seemed to be pulled up over her shoulders, allowing to cover half of her face, only where one eye was shown, cascading down over the front of her chest and ending around her stomach and thighs. The tips of pink hair curled just the slightest bit.

“Ah, thank ya fer the help, but ah had ‘em where ah wanted ‘em.” Applejack protested slightly.

The girl did not wait as she reached forward and grabbed Applejacks hand and pulled her up to her feet before turning and yanking the Southern Equine into the forest.

“Now, what the hay?”

“Trust me, you don’t want to be near when Grey Fang wakes up.” Was all the girl said as she dashed through the trees.

Applejack ducked a low hanging branch and spotted a jiggling rear near her face. A blush leaped up across Applejacks face as she raised herself further trying to keep from tripping as the mysterious Equine lead her further and further into the forest. Every now and again, a piece of the girls yellow sweater seemed to move, and it took a moment for Applejack to realize she was in the hands of a pegasus.

Stopping to catch their breath after several minutes of running, Applejack looked up once she was sure she could speak.

“If ya don’t mind my bein’ nosy, why aren’t y’all flyin since ya got wings. Yer a Pegasus, right?”

The Equine looked up from her pink hair, a small blush on her cheeks as she fought to catch her breath. “I-I’m afraid of heights.”

Applejack couldn’t help but to stare deadpanned at the pegasus. “Y’all can fly, but yer scared of heights?”

The mare squirmed as if she were being interrogated, she let out a small squeak, “I’m s-scared of many things.” Looking around, she once more grabbed Applejack’s hand and pulled her once more through the trees of the forest.

Applejack didn’t argue as it seemed she knew where she was taking them. Yet, she couldn’t help but to think about her family and pray to Celestia above that they made it to Ponyville.

Before long, the two stopped at a quiet and small brook, where a bridge made a span across the gap along a path to a strange looking house. It was like the house had sprung out from the ground itself, so much so that Applejack swore there was grass on the roof. That was not thatch work on the top of her house, as well there were bird houses everywhere that could be hung up.

The mare walked across the bridge and up the path before stopping at the door and opening it up, stepping aside to invite Applejack in.

“Thank ya, kindly, uh...”

“Oh, I’m sorry, my name is Fluttershy.”

“Ah’m Applejack, nice ta meet ya.” Applejack stood there offering her hand to the pink and yellow mare, as she seemed to try and move behind her hair further, her hands clasped in front of her, trembling. “Er, maybe not,” She spoke quietly.

Applejack took a moment to glance around, to see that there were small holes from where mice could easily hide, as well as many more bird houses and a couple of small cages here and there. The far side of the room was a set of stairs leading to a second story, a couch, and a doorway to another part of the house.

“Listen, sugarcube, I thank y’all fer savin’ me, but ah gotta git to see ta mah family in Ponyville.”

“Oh, well, the town isn’t too far away, but we should wait a little bit anyway. Sometimes Grey Fang or the wolves can be very predatory if they don’t get the prey they want. I can check and make sure there are no wolves around before we head out.” Fluttershy offered.

“Oh, well, uh, alrighty.” Applejack watched as Fluttershy went to her door and opened it carefully, peeking out to see if there was anything there. Once it was clear, she moved out and seemed to kneel down. She stayed that way for a while, before she stood and came back in, closing the door.

“Well, it will be a while before my friends can come back, I do hope they will be okay out there. Would you like anything to drink while we wait, Applejack?”

The two ponies took time to relax as best they could with food, drink, and talk as they waited. At least, the one talking was Applejack, she did not mind talking as she spoke about her family the most, while Fluttershy sat smiling and listening. The room held a couple of small lamps that Fluttershy turned on as the sun began to set slowly for the evening.

(^-(*,_,*)-^)

The sky stretched on forever, the sunlight warm, the air cool as it rushed past. Ahead a large cumulonimbus cloud barred the way as if trying to defy the path as a mountain would to a traveler on the ground. It's wide and tall form reached well above the area.

With a smirk, the mare tilted her body before rolling into a high speed spin, blowing through it as an arrow through paper. A glance behind revealed the slowly growing hole in the mountain of cloud, a few flashes of light as if in irritation as the structure of the cloud was now thoroughly destroyed.

The mare chuckled to herself as she looked back to the front, the light of the sun turning the tops of the clouds around her bright and a mix of orange and red. The mane and tail of rainbow colors, whipped about from the excess speeds. Her mane was always kept short to keep it from getting into her eyes, and keep from just being annoying.

Anything that couldn't peak her interest, keep up with her, or annoyed her, was never cool. Then again, nothing was ever as cool as she was. Smirking once more, her wings flapping as she hurtled through the sky, she began to tilt her wings and body to allow herself to drop below the clouds. The mares form hurtled through the air so fast, she left a trailing stream of rainbow colors behind her.

The clothing she wore was tight fitting and as light as possible, yet sturdy enough to keep from being ripped off at the speeds she flew. She only began to slow after dipping under the clouds when she spotted the quickly growing brown spot in the distance. Ponyville was close and she could be there in almost the blink of an eye.

Almost. The word itself as it rang through her mind was a challenge in itself. She flapped her wings as fast as she could and squinted her eyes as she began to move faster and faster, her body stretching out as flat as she could get herself to be as resistant to the wind as possible.

As she began to pick up speed, her body working its limits, she slowly closed her eyes, trying to draw out the blink as long as possible, before opening them enough to see the brown spot had formed into the town and was about to pass beneath her.

“I call that a win.” She spoke to herself in confidence. As she looked down she spotted a moving white and purple color and grinned. “This day is about to get twenty percent cooler.”

She worked her wings once again to fly off to gain some speed while she worked out the last details in her mind. As she banked, she came back around to face Ponyville from the direction she came from. She moved quick as she flew over the walls and allowed her body to go into a slight dive, like a body going into water, curving at the last moment before hitting the ground.

Ponies near were surprised by the flashing colored windstorm that blew past them.

A second or two later, and the mare was in her arms, and Rainbow Dash pulled up to avoid hitting a building and off into the sky. The startled girlish scream was exactly as she imagined it.

“Well, Rarity, I got you-” She halted as she looked at the mare in her arms. She was purple, but too purple. Rainbow Dash made to look again, and could see clearly, as she slowed her flying to hover a short distance from the town. The mare in her arms was a unicorn, with purple hair with a two tone off color of pink and a magenta color. Her fur was likewise a lighter shaded color, and in the dress she was wearing, Rainbow Dash could see the curves of her form.

“Oh, heh. Sorry, thought you were some mare else.”

“I gathered, would you mind taking me back to town and putting me back on the ground please?” Twilight asked as she looked down to the tree tops below her, her arms holding onto the mare for fear of falling.

“On one condition. Mind going out with me?” Rainbow asked with a wink.

“Go out with you? Aren’t we already outside?” Twilight asked in confusion.

Rainbow Dash looked at the mare in her arms, “Oh yeah, I love the ditzy ones. Top it off, you are really H.O.T hot. So uh, wanna go eat out?” Rainbow asked with a half lidded gaze.

“Okay, I have no idea what you are getting at, but please, you have got to get me back to town please. Look, if you want to go out again, we can. I just need to get back and get to the library.” Twilight almost begged.

“Oh yeah, score one for the Dash.” With that, Rainbow turned and carried her passenger back to the town, she introduced herself to Twilight.

Rarity had been looking to the sky, waiting for their return when she spotted Rainbow Dash, she sauntered over, and crossed her arms at the mare.

“Care to explain what that was about?”

“Oh, uh, hey Rares. I, uh, was gonna pull a small prank, but uh. Yeah.” Rainbow trailed off, putting a hand to her head and rubbing it.

“You know, I have told you time and time again, I will not go out with you.”

“Oh, naw, it’s all good. I got a date with her.” Rainbow explained pointing her thumb at Twilight who had begun to look between the two. “Pretty sure I can convince her to eat out with me.”

“Rainbow Dash!” A small blush of indignation had appeared across Rarities features at the bravado the other mare was showing.

“Rarity, she was only asking for us to go outside and eat a meal together.” Twilight explained, before Rarity stepped over and whispered something in her ear. As she listened, a her face turned a deep bright crimson, her eyes widened, her mouth falling open slightly.

When Rarity stepped back, Twilight turned and in one swift motion slapped Rainbow Dash across the cheek.

“Ow. Oh, hey if your into the kinky stuff I can get behind that.” Rainbow Dash replied with a smirk.

With a frustrated growl, both Rarity and Twilight turned and stormed off towards the library, Rainbow Dash trailing behind them, occasionally flapping her wings. She didn’t want to be on the ground, but she would be willing to hoof it just to keep by Twilight. Or at least, just behind her, watching her figure as she walked.

When they reached the large tree where the sign outside, marked it as the library, Rainbow Dash looked up with a frown.

“Come on, this place? I know a lot better places to hang than here.” She complained.

“Look, Rainbow Dash, I have to look for some real important information, and I don’t have time to play around. All the information I need is inside, so, if you’ll excuse me.” Twilight turned and entered the library.

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, before turning to spot Rarity smiling smugly.

“What?”

“Are you willing to follow a mare into the library, with all those books for eggheads?” Rarity asked, teasingly, quoting Rainbows term for book readers.

“Oh, no way in tartarus am I going in there. I have better things to do.”

“Like what?” Rarity challenged.

Rainbow smirked before stretching her wings out and leaping into the air. A little bit of dust was stirred up as she did this before turning and flying away.

Rarity rolled her eyes before she turned and entered the library. As her eyes quickly adjusted to being inside the building with the windows all over to the right side, the light of day shining in across the carpeted floor. She turned to the table that adorned the center of the library and could already see a large stack of books there and Twilight moving about the shelves built right out of the wood of the inside of the tree itself.

With a sigh, Rarity moved to one of the few chairs available there and carefully set herself down.

Author's Note:

I want to give a shout out to a fantastic author for helping me with this chapter as much as she did.
I admit, I have been stuck on my stories, with everything going on in rl, and she was willing to listen to my gripping and complaining and tolerate the occasional tantrum I tossed with good humor.
This chapter would never have made it out as it is, without help from, Meep the Changeling.
Meep, you are awesome, and a brilliant author, in my opinion. Thank you for the help.

Comments

[Moongaze14]

Watching RD's attempts to get a date and getting slapped in the process was hilarious.