As you and Dash return to your home after the impromptu race --Which Dash swore she won, although it was clearly a tie-- you realise how much you enjoyed spending time with her. It was nice to just race with somepony, and not have to worry about them thinking they’ll insult you if they win. It’s nice to race with a real competitive spirit. You walk into your new home, still arguing with the stubborn pegasus about who won. You finally just give up as you realise it’s no use. You both walk into the living room, and the first thing you notice is how empty the place is. You were both racing for a long time, and the party has died down quite a bit. Now there are only ‘Dash’s five friends and that colt sitting on the couches on the living room. They are talking and laughing occasionally. You go with Rainbow and collapse onto the couch, sighing with relief.
“That was actually almost tiring. Good work ‘Dash.”
“Thanks. I train as often as I can. I still can’t believe I beat a Wonderbolt!” Her eyes glaze over as she contemplates the meaning of this. While her attention is elsewhere --far off into the future, judging by her blissful expression-- you look at the others and mouth ‘tie’. They nod to show they understand, and you can tell they knew already anyway by the smiles on their faces.
As Rainbow shakes herself and comes back from her daydream, you ask the others;
“So, what were you doing when we got here?” Twilight answers with;
“Oh, Rarity had an idea for a game! We’re playing one of our old favourites: Would You Rather? It’s the one where you ask--”
“Yeah, I know. I played it quite a few times when I was younger. Whose turn is it?”
Pinkie jumps up happily.
“Mine! Alright... Hm... Twilight, this is for you. Would you rather... Would you rather go out with Rarity or Applejack?” The entire group freezes as the pink mare closes her mouth, a huge grin on her face. Rarity, who had been sipping some tea, chokes, and Rainbow Dash thumps her on the back, laughing uproariously. Twilight stops moving, her eye twitching slightly. Pinkie still has a look of blissful ignorance to the quiet chaos she is causing plastered on her face. Fluttershy squeaks and hides her face, for whatever reason. The other colt is obviously trying to hold back laughter.
Applejack, out of all six, is the only one that actually looks interested.
“Go on, Sugarcube. Answer th’ question.” Rainbow Dash raises an eyebrow.
“Wanna know if you have a chance, AJ?”
“No! Ah’m just curious, alright?”
“Yeah, sure you are.” AJ looks at her irritably, and then turns her attention back to Twi’.
“Well?” Twilight shakes herself and says, quietly;
“Umm... I... I think... I would choose Applejack...” The last few words come out with a squeak, but it didn’t make her any harder to hear. Applejack smiles smugly, and Rarity looks at Twilight with hurt in her eyes.
“You would choose her over me? Why?” Twilight blushes heavily and says;
“I just don’t really think we would work as a couple... That’s all... And I think AJ would be more fun...” Rainbow, who had just calmed down, falls off the couch as her laughter starts again. You hear a squeak from the colt, and then he starts laughing like mad as well.
Rarity still looks hurt, and now AJ is actually blushing slightly.
“N-not like that! I mean on dates and things! Not like... that...” Rarity continues to look hurt.
“So what, I’m boring then?”
“N-no! You’re just not my type!”
“Well, thank you for that, Twilight. Nice to know we are so incompatible, even though we spend so much time together.”
“Wh-what?” Rainbow Dash stops laughing for a few seconds to push out;
“I... I think... Somepony’s interested...” She then starts laughing again, falling back onto the ground, next to the colt.
“Wh-What? No. I’m not. I just want to know why Twilight thinks I’m so disdainfully boring.”
“I-I didn’t say that! I just meant your interests are more catered to somepony interested in fashion.”
Rarity still looks hurt, but she concedes with;
“Alright, fine.” you hold back a smile at this little exchange, and Twilight says;
“Alright, my turn now. Hmm... Alright, Dash. Would you rather... be at the top of a ferris wheel for 24 hours, or be stuck on a roller coaster for three hours?” You have to stifle a laugh at the sudden change of the subject, in relation to the last question. But the others don’t seem to notice.
“Hmm... I love being up high, but not moving? Nah, I want the roller coaster!”
“Okay then, Dash. Your turn.”
“Alright then... Ha! Rarity, would you rather be forced to stop designing forever, or have all of your hair fall out?”
“Oh, come one darling! That’s just plain vindictive!”
“Answer the question, ‘darling’.” Rainbow says this with an evil smile.
“Hmm... Well... If I stopped designing but got to keep my hair, I could arrange fashion shows. But all of my ideas would go to waste. If my... hair fell out...” Rarity almost gags on the words. “I could design a nice... hat... or something. So... I would choose...” She looks wretched as she says;
“I would... Have my hair fall out.” Rarity concedes, wretchedly. Rainbow sits back with an evil smile.
“My turn, then? Very well... Applejack, would you rather... Give up your hat, or wear a pink frilly dress for the rest of your life?” Applejack freezes;
“Now that’s just plain mean, sugarcube.”
“You know the rules, Applejack.”
“Fine. Ah would... Ah would... Take the dress, keep mah hat, then burn th’ dress when Ah got home!” Rarity visibly flinches at this.
“Y-you would... B-burn it?” She looks as though she is about to faint from this crime against fashion.
“Aw calm down, Sugarcube. Ah was just joking. I would take th’ dress and keep mah hat. Now, mah turn, right? This is... for you, new guy. Would ya’ rather... Hm... Would ya’ rather be in a pool wit’ hundreds of snakes, or a million flies?”
“That’s it? Easy. Snakes. I like them.” AJ blinks in surprise at the suddenness of your answer.
“So, my turn, right? Hmm... Rainbow Dash. Would you rather be a Wonderbolt, or be with the love of your life?” You can tell something is wrong as the colt’s face falls, and his eyes dart towards Fluttershy for a moment. There is something approaching... Fear in his eyes. Fear? Why? Then you look at Rainbow Dash, and you can see something in her eyes as well. You can swear you see tears on the edge of her eyes when she stares at the floor says, quietly;
“I would be with the Wonderbolts...” You are thrown off by this, and you notice that the temperature in the room seems to have dropped. But, only Fluttershy’s coltfriend and Rainbow seem to know what’s going on. The others look just as confused as you feel.
Twilight then breaks into a nervous grin, and says;
“Well, it’s getting late, isn’t it? I think maybe we should leave our new friend to his devices, and let him get some rest.” There is a murmur of quiet agreement from the rest of you, and the other seven ponies depart, heading for their various homes. As you watch ‘Dash fly away, you wonder what it was that provoked her to change moods so suddenly. You just shrug it off, and decide to ask her about it in the morning. You decide to explore the house tomorrow, and collapse onto the couch, where you quickly drift of to sleep.
A/N
--Alright, chapter 2 is here at last. Sorry for such a large gap in between now and when I first posted this. I’ve been busy with other things. But I’ll try and update it sooner as time goes on. We’ll see. As always, let me know what I’ve done right, and what I’ve done wrong. All advice is appreciated, whether calm, rational, and well spelt, or angry, over the top, and misspelt. I take everything to heart. Thanks yet again for alkapwnz, for helping me with what to do with the party. I was stuck for ideas. Huzzah!--
E/A/N
By the smiels on their faces
I believe you meant smiles?
Great fic though!
1141629 I made an error. Fixing it now.
1140207 Told you. I'm that awesome.
1141668 Yet another fantastic chapter keep it up buddy
1141845 I will!
I would suggest you space out paragraphs more; it's just easier to read that way. Other than that, my reaction to this chapter is as follows: fastrides.com/smileys/daaamn.jpg
I know what is up with that WB or love thing. but i'm not telling :)
If Rainbow Dash does what I think she will do, I will most likely get her banned from every single wonderbolts show and keep her away from any and all wonderbolts. You dont just mess with love that way, it's not nice, not nice att all.
1142269 What do you think she'll do?
1142017 Which part?
1142180 Thanks. I'll work on that for the next edit. My main problem is figuring out when to space them out.
1142213 your not the only one
again nice chapter cant wait until the next one
1142315
Even though I think she is best pony, I think she would be a bitch and just be with the wonderbolts instead of being with 'The love of her life'
Btw. Good story
1142357 Have you read FlutterYou by any chance?
1142369
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1142406 WOAH. Sorry, but I seem to misunderstand.
1142412
*Sniff* Why doesnt anypony understand my random act's of comedy
WHY!?
1142426 Sorry. I'm not good at this stuff.
1142429
Oh well.
None can be perfect - Made up on the spot by TheLolzer82
1142513 What did you mean, anyway?
1142542
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1142579 Image didn't work. Sorry.
1142589
Oh. Well it was just a funny looking dog who looked like he was shrugging and there was text saying "I DUNNO LOL"
1142603 Ah.
1142612
Anyways. GET BACK TO WORK!
That is. If you want to
1142369 is flutteryou required to get what is going on in any way? Because honestly, i dont like fluttershy too much and would rater not read it if i dont need to to understand this.
1142684 Of course. By Saturday afternoon it should be here, but only if something serious happens. Later on today, at the earliest.
1142704 Ah, if you want I'll just give you a few lines to help you understand.
Wait, didn't you say Dash was a fillyfooler in FlutterYou?
1142748 yes please, though i have no doubt your work is good i'd rater avoid fluttershy oriented stories, they always seem so slow because of her character.
1142802 Give it time.
1142817 Well, I don't think FlutterYou went very slow, but that's your choice. These are two things that it will help to know:
1. The other colt is actually the 'You' from FlutterYou.
2. Rainbow Dash was in love with Fluttershy, but gave her up to 'you' in FlutterYou, because she knew that she coud never have Fluttershy.
These are the only to things that you need to know. And even then, they aren't overtly central, as I'll be having a scene with 'you' and -- No. No spoilers for you!
1142837 Time I shall give.
1142837 thanks, though i might give it a try after i finish this platinum crown and the 7 chaper updates on different stories i have waiting for me. And just for the record, i was not talking about your story in particualar, i was speaking from my overall experience with stories that involve fluttershy as a main character. (the fact that she is one of my least favourite ponies overall also kinda ruins the whole "me" loving fluttershy thingy)
And who needs spoilers, i know it will be rarity because of basic logic:
1.rarity loves twilight but thinks that she have a crush on applejack
2. Applejack have a crush on me
3. Twilight is confused as to what is happening, but realises that she actually is quite fond of aj, this later develops into a crush
4. Rarity wants twilight to be jealous so she will confess to her
5. Applejack gets jealous and gets angry with rarity
6. Twilight thinks that applejack is angry with rarity because she(t) thinks aj has a crush on rarity and thinks rari choses me over her
7. Twilight gets jealous of rarity and in frustration confesses to aj, they become a couple
8. Rarity feels abondoned and lonely until she accidentaly lets spike know what happened, he will then confess to her. They become a couple.
9. I am a obvious fucktard and dont understand what is going on and proceeds to woo rainbow dash
10. Rainbow dash isnt lesbian, she goes both ways
Of course, this logic applies to my mind and my mind only, but it is what i guess anyways
I blame all spelling errors on the fact that i am writing on an ipad and that english is my second language
1142962 Woah. I didn't mean that... I meant that Rainbow Dash confesses how she felt, no, still feels towards Fluttershy to you. @.@ You certainly put a lot of thought into it though. I actually am meaning to have a fic like this for each of the mane six, as wel as about 16 or 17 others. And yes, Rainbow is Bi. She just doesn't know it. (In my mind, all of them are, until I get solid proof otherwise)
Thanks for the shout out!
AWESOME WORK BTW!
1142991 there was no thinking involved, it was all simple logic (that is only really applied in my head) and if you plan to make a serie out of this i might aswell just raed the flutter one too. I will even go as far as to schedule it before the finishing of this platinum crown.
Kinda off topic: what will the next one be? (please say twilight) and will one of he others possibly be princess luna?
1143551 Sorry to disappoint, but Twilight is scheduled for a little later. Funnily enough, Luna is the next one. For a full schedule, go to my profile, all of my ides are there.
1143440 Of course, man! You deserved it. You helped me out so godsdamn much.
... Huh. Somehow, I missed the whole 'This happens after FlutterYou'... Not sure HOW I missed a notice like THAT, but... XD
Keep relationships hetero, please. That's the only ships I can read.
Other than that, great story so far!
1147355 okay then... Don't read TrixYou when I write it. I felt like having a non-straight one. And, don't worry. 'Dash is Bi.
That's like just as bad or worse, I'm not sure which.
1141644 Well it happens to the best of us!
1134899 I dunno, I personally like it for it's simplicity. How about you finish all these stories and rename them afterwards?
1148409 Good idea. Thanks. I'll try to figure them out afterwards.
1135207 I feel for you there buddy (I got SP too)
1154453 I just wished there were more cracked servers.
hey we gonna get moar soon?
1173111Yes. I'm working on it. Just wait an hour or two. If nothing happens it should be up. Sorry. If you need me to explain, PM me. I'd rather not put it here for everypony to see. Otherwise, I'm going to get on it now.
its okay your either having a mental break down or aren't a techy person, hope its as good as flutteryou
1173195 it will be. Don't worry.
1173220
HAH thats totally something I would do.
Lets see I just moved into my new house its late and im tire I could spend five minutes searching the place and get in bed.....nah ill just crash on the couch
Well, i just remembered that Dash was in love with Flutters. Shit.
Could you do something with a unicorn, or earth pony?