Sleepless In The Everfree Forest

by MidnightGlow

Rarity and Pinkie Pie

RainbowFlare woke up, snapping back from DreamRealm. She looked at her flank. It was blank without any trace of a simple cutie mark.

"Guess that will always remain a dream," she sighed throwing herself back to her pillow. She heard her alarm yell then her mum.

"Flare! You will be late!" Dash came walking into her room to find Flare as white as a ghost,

"Is everything alright Rain? You were asleep before we came back home, you didn't even have your dinner," Dash asked, concerned.
RainbowFlare was about to tell her all she was going through, but she gave it a second thought, 'If I say, mum will think I am not awesome'

"Yes mother, everything is fine," she lied.

"If you say so. Well, this weekend we'll be going to Ponyville, camping, meeting friends et cetera. Get off that bed now will you? Save your energy for that as well," Dash grinned and left.

"Okay,"

"Phew! That was close. Just need to be cool, that's all," she said to herself. She thought about her dream and said, "Midnight being so coward is just unreal, and not knowing Twilight Sparkle is her mum is preposterous, the thought of it gives me giggles,"

Later after breakfast, she flew to her school with Careheart.

"Goodbye Miss Flare. Have a good time,"

She entered her classroom and got seated beside Midnight. The first subject was History then Maths then and so on, she didn't even eat her lunch with anyone and carefully avoided anyone who looked mean and grumpy.
She eagerly waited for the school to end.

After school, she flew back bidding goodbye to Midnight. She didn't feel like doing anything, she felt really bad for not being able to live up to her family's legacy. Soon she reached home, to find her mum cleaning the magnificent cloud manor with Careheart.

"Welcome back! How was school?" RainbowDash asked in her raspy voice.

"It was fine, I guess. What are you doing here anyway? shouldn't you be at the Wonderbolts HQ?" she asked

"Well, Auntie Pinkie is coming here today with her baby foal. So, I decided to stay back and prepare for her visit. Dad is at the HQ because Spitfire will be retiring soon, and he is next in command. Soon he'll be the new Captain" Dash said as she put a few lavender flowers in a vase.

"Really? That's great! And I can't wait for her to come," Flare said as she put her saddlebag down. Just then, the doorbell rang,

"Coming," said Careheart as she opened the door, to see Pinkie Pie holding the handle of a pram in which there slept a cute little foal sleeping peacefully, Rarity accompanied Pinkie with her daughter Dignity Diamond. Pinkie on the other hand looked frazzled. She entered the manor smiling faintly.

"Wow Pinkie! You really are tired. How about you have some tea and biscuits?" Dash was really shocked to see Pinkie pie lose her essence.

"I know dear, that's what I've been saying to her. She can really need some rest," Rarity added in.

"It's quite alright, after all, Lil' Cheese has been a good foal," Pinkie said.

They made themselves comfortable on the soft sofa.

"RainbowDash, darling, I remember you saying Flare was adorable in your letters, but I never guessed she would be this adorable! She looks just like you except for her mane," Rarity was literally trying to squeeze Flare's face.

"Th-tha-ank y-yo-you Aun-t-tie Ra-Rari-ty," Flare tried to speak through the tight grip.

"She is quite a cutie!" gushed pinkie after feeling a bit relaxed while Dignity took care of Cheese. Now dignity here was a beautiful mare with the mane in a beautiful shade of blue and the same goes for her eyes. She was almost the same age as Flare.

"So how are things coming along in Ponyville?" Dash asked.

"Oh, just fine. Applejack has taken over the farm since . . . um . . . since Granny Smith passed away. SweetApple has been helping her out, but she is still sad about her late granny," Rarity said munching on some biscuits.

"How about we take her to camp in the Everfree forest? We can take our daughters instead of our sisters," RainbowDash suggested.

"That would be great!" exclaimed Rarity.

"Applejack would love that! She is an expert in camping, right? And as you said, a little bit of rest can work wonders. I should ask PumpkinCake if she would foalsit Cheese for a bit. Aaaah! That'd be fun!" Pinkie said who seemed to have got her essence back.

"How can you still walk on clouds while Twilight is in Canterlot?" Dash was puzzled.

"Midnight seemed to have been attending the school in Ponyville and she was more than happy to cast the spell. She is almost as learned as Twilight when she was her age," smiled Rarity.

"Mother, is it really important to go on this camping trip? All that. . . uh . . . nature!" Dignity sounded just like her mother.

"Ofcourse it is darling! You would enjoy it for sure," said Rarity.

"Ugh! If you insist,"

"Mum, when's dad going to be back home?" Flare asked.

"He should be back by now," Dash said.

"Say, is it true that Soarin is the next Captain of the Wonderbolts?" Rarity asked.

"Oh yes! That's great, isn't it?" Dash grinned really wide.

"Yes, it is,"

While everyone was busy talking, Pinkie helped herself to all the biscuits,

"Do you still have more of these peanut-butter flavoured? Those are De-licious!" Pinkie said smacking her lips.

"Looks like we have the old Pinkie back," chuckled Rarity.

Author's Note:

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