Rainbow Colored Falling Stars

by Morganville

Flying High Without Wings

Rainbow Dash had escorted Luna home
that night so that Luna would be able to get some sleep before her
next lesson. Luna hadn't slept much at all though because she was too
busy wondering what pink pie would taste like. Perhaps it was some
sort of fruity flavor. Luna placed Abby upon her bookshelf. She
didn't know what she was in for today and after last night she
worried that she might break her dear friend so today Abby stayed
home.

Luna made her way through Ponyville
that afternoon with her saddle bag stuffed full of bandages and
various other first aid. A pony could never be too careful,
especially when the circumstances were unknown. Luna had also decided
that day to strip herself of her princess decor and opted instead for
a purple cloak. She didn't want to feel too out of place. She also
didn't want to make other ponies feel uncomfortable hence the normal
sort of clothing that she chose if you could call a cloak mid day
normal.

Ponyville was busy as ever as ponies
were rushing about to prepare for an outdoor festival. Everypony had
something to do or somewhere to be and many passed by Luna without a
second glance. As Luna trotted through Ponyville she enjoyed the
sounds of ponies laughing and chatting, the sounds of birds singing
and the smells of fresh baked breads and morning bucked apples in the
air. Luna couldn't resist the look of the delicious apples that lay
upon carts in the streets and so she decided to try one. Picking an
apple from the stand Luna handed her two bits to the yellow earth
pony who thanked her kindly for her business. As Luna bit down into
the juicy apple she suddenly came face to face with Rainbow Dash who
loomed upside down in front of her. Luna let out a surprised yelp
almost dropping her apple.

“Heh, sorry about that Luna. Oh hey
Applejack!” Dash said, turning towards the yellow earth pony that
was adorned by a tri apple cutie mark.

“Well hey ther' Rainbow Dash. What
ar' ya up to today?” Applejack said.

“Me and Luna here are going to have
some flying lessons today. Heading over to Sugarcube Corner to pick
up some supplies from Pinkie Pie.”

Applejack raised an eyebrow. “Yer
goin' to get supplies from Pinkie? What's goin' on in yer head that
ya think that's a good idea?” Applejack paused for a minute.
“Wait... Luna? As in Princess Luna?” The yellow earth pony stared
at Luna who had now pulled the hood up fully on her cloak seemingly
trying to disappear inside of it.

“Erm... would you mind not letting it
slip that she's here AJ?” Rainbow Dash said as she hovered up and
landed next to Luna, covering her form slightly with her outstretched
wings.

“We're just hanging out so she
doesn't want to draw to much attention.”

Applejack seemed to be making a strange
face that resembled something between concentrating and a glare.
“Well... ya'll better be careful with whatever ya end up doin'. We
dun wanna upset Princess Celestia cause somethin' happened to her
dear sister cause of you Dash.”

“Oh no... It's quite alright.” Luna
spoke up softly. “My sister knows I'm out and she's glad that I'm
no longer stuck in my room all day. She would probably even laugh if
I came home injured.”

“She would laugh at you for being
injured?” Applejack said suddenly worried.

“Well, no not at the fact that I'm
injured but because she could see that I was trying to have fun and
that would make her happy. When my sister is happy she tends to
laugh.”

“I see...,” Applejack said warily,
eyeing the purple alicorn. “Well I reckon that ya'll better get a
move on if ya wanna catch Pinkie Pie before she gets all caught up in
baking for the festival.” The earth pony turned her attention back
to her cart and began to fix the placement of the apples so they sat
perfectly. Luna was very tempted to buy another. The first had been
so delicious. She then remembered the last half of the first apple
and quickly ate it, enjoying the flavor once again. These apples were
better than the ones that her sister had flown into Canterlot. She
needed to remember to buy some before she went home tonight.

“See you later then Applejack. Come
on Luna. Were off to Sugarcube corner.” And with that Rainbow Dash
took off flying through Ponyville.

“Hey! Wait for me!” She yelled as
she trotted after the blue pegasus as fast as she could without
drawing attention.

She hung her head and caught her breath
once she caught up to Rainbow Dash. The pegasus had landed next to a
sweet smelling shop in the middle of town and now as Luna caught her
breath she suddenly felt hungry again. Luna looked up to say
something to her friend but she only got as far as opening her mouth
for Dash was gone.

“Eh...” It was the only thing she
could manage to say. Luna looked frantically around and then caught
the last glimpse of a rainbow mane disappearing into the pink colored
shop. Luna liked how the shop seemed to resemble a ginger bread house
but she didn't take too much time to observe it before hurrying in
after Dash.

“WELL HI THERE PRINCESS LUNA!” A
pink pony exclaimed, jumping right in front of Luna.

“Ahh!” Luna screamed.

“Pinkie what did I say about it being
a secret?” Dash's voice was aggrivated.

“Oh! Hehe silly me.” The pink pony
laughed. “Hi there Princess
Luna,” she whispered.

Rainbow Dash put a hoof to
her face and shook her head then sighed. “Luna this is Pinkie Pie.
She's going to help us out today.”

Luna remembered the
completely pink pony. She had been the element of... laughter. That's
right. It was somewhat befitting of her Luna decided as she watched
the pink pony bounce up and down around the room. Luna blushed half
embarrassed and half nervous. How was she going to make friends when
she kept feeling so out of place among other ponies? If only her
sister was there to give her some advi-

“HEY LUNA!” Pinkie Pie
exclaimed catching Luna off guard again. “Can I be your friend too?
Can I? Can I? CAN I?” The pony grew progressively closer to Luna
until they were almost nose to nose.

“Uh...” Luna said,
baffled and unable to form words for the expecting mare.

“GREAT! Here have some
of these. I just baked them~” Pinkie cooed as she held out a plate
of fresh baked cupcakes. The cupcakes were hot and straight out of
the oven. The scent was amazing. The white cake topped by hoof
whipped pink frosting covered in sprinkles made Luna's stomach
rumble. Graciously Luna took one of the cupcakes and had herself a
bite.

These. Were. Amazing.

She quickly gobbled it
down and then caught herself and blushed. She felt very un-princess
like for stuffing her face as she did but the two ponies only
laughed.

“Yeah, Pinkie Pie's
cupcakes tend to have that effect.” Dash laughed as she bit down
into a cupcake of her own. “So Pinkie you going to let me have the
supplies or what?”

“Right! I almost forgot.
They're outside in the back. Come on!” Pinkie Pie said as she
hopped her way through the shop and out the back door. Luna only
stared with slight bewilderment. This pony was quite...strange.

Luna and Rainbow Dash both
followed silently until the light adjusted Luna's vision and her jaw
dropped.

What in Equestria was that
contraption?

The hot air balloon stood
tall next to Sugarcube corner with a basket attached underneath, it's
heat radiating on Luna's coat. Dash had already taken off and was
flying around it, inspecting it and Pinkie Pie was bouncing around
the balloons base.

“Isn't this great,
Luna?” Dash yelled down to her. “Now you can get used to flying
without working up a sweat!”

“It's my super special
high flying slow soaring hot air balloon. It's super duper amazingly
fun!” Pinkie smiled.

Luna remained with her
mouth agape. Did Dash want her to... get into this thing? She didn't
have words to express her discontent with the situation. The looming
hot air balloon made Luna weak in the knees. 'I would rather fly on
my own than get in there,' Luna thought. And on top of everything the
hot air balloon was a bright, vibrant shade of pink perfectly matched
to the coat of the hyperactive mare. 'Oh Celestia... what have I
gotten myself into?'

“Come on Luna,” Dash
yelled. “Get over here. You can't hang out in the doorway all day
with a face like that.” Rainbow Dash chuckled a bit.

Luna got a hold of herself
and trotted over cautiously. She wanted very much to make Rainbow
Dash happy and to spend time with her new friend but the balloon made
her knees feel shaky. She wasn't too sure about the idea of flying
lessons anymore. She caught her thoughts. No, making friends was
something she wanted to do for a long time and she wasn't about to
let some stupid balloon get in the way of that. Maybe...

“Hurry up Luna!” Dash
called again as Pinkie Pie began undoing the weights holding the
balloon down. Luna sped up her pace considerably and managed to jump
in just in time before the balloon ascended upwards into the clouds.
She could hear the cheers of the pink pony below her and the laughter
of her pegasus friend that soared above but as Luna lay in the basket
having fallen in she could only see the sky above her floating
closer. Luna felt a weight on her chest. The lingering feeling of how
the situation was a bad one held tight to her form. She curled up
inside the basket hoping to make herself feel a bit safer. It was all
she could do at the moment for the sounds of the cheers had quieted
and the laughter had stopped. The sound of the passing breeze was all
that Luna could hear and it scared her to think that she was now all
alone in the sky.

She gathered up a bit of
courage after all she couldn't remain hiding in the basket forever.
She needed to stand up and slowly she did, her knees steadying. And
then she found herself without words.

The view was marvelous.
The rolling hills led off past the Everfree forest and Luna was able
to see more of Manehattan than she ever could from her room back in
Canterlot. Ponyville lay beneath her still busy with many a pony
rushing about setting up decor for the celebration. They all looked
so small from such a height. Looking upwards towards the clouds Luna
caught glimpses of Rainbow Dash as she cleared out the clouds for
Luna's trip. Luna smiled. It wasn't so bad as she first thought it
would be. Maybe she could have fun after all.

Luna squinted. 'What's
that...?' she thought as something in the distance began to approach.
“It almost looks like -,” she began but stopped as she froze up
with her eyes wide.

Luna and her sister locked
eyes momentarily as Princess Celestia passed by Luna's balloon atop
her stallion pulled coach. She sheer bewilderment of her sisters
expression made Luna turn bright red in the cheeks. The glance was
only for an instant as her sisters coach took off into the distance
past her but Luna knew instantly that her sister would never let her
live this down.

'I knew this was a bad
idea...' she thought as she slowly sunk to the bottom of the basket
once more.

Comments

[Milspecpony]

Fantastic read, can't wait for the next chapter.

[123PinkiePie]

Great Job!

[Medivh]

Love the ending of part 2. Need. More. Luna!

Next Chapter! Please!

[Morganville]

Working on part 3. Because of things that have come up in my life it might take a bit longer to be posted.

:)

[bradhadair12]

Please, God, give me another chapter!

[Rainchaser]

For those wondering. Chapter 3 is actually up on the deviant art page Morganville posted :D it's RCFS Part 3

[Magical Trevor]

HAY! Where's part three?! Come on! Trevor is getting impatient here!

~ Magical Trevor, Minstrel of Equestria

[Fox-Sama]

I am loving this story!! its funny, cute, sweet. and most of all its great!

[oblivion2k]

Oh Celestia, I actually laughed out loud at that last scene. That was hilarious, just imagining the look at Celestia's face! Can't wait to read more

[ArcaneTrex]

:)...thats all i have to say

[The Iron Brony]

what is Luna saying in the preview image?

[JustAnotherBadSonicOC]

You got somebody trackin this and it's me! Nice this is a very very rare shipping:

[Scully]

is there goen to be more of this or is this story been droped

[Rainbow87dash]

5766 what is his Devian art?

[hellslayer2000]

Finish It!

[Letter Sent]

This pairing is absolutely amazing , your writing blew me away and all I can hope is that the next chapter comes out soon.
I feel like rainbow dash waiting for the next book in the Daring Do series.

[jollymusician]

More please.