AppleDash Group Collab

by DbzOrDie

Clocks - TwilightUCrazy

She didn't want to believe it was time. She needed more preparation! More practice! She wasn't ready for this night yet! She should just go down there and tell her she wasn't gonna make it...

Emergency cloud duty! ... Even though there weren't any clouds in the sky. Ponyville wasn't even scheduled for rain for two weeks.

Stupid dry season...

“Guh! What is the matter with you, you silly filly?!” Rainbow stared at herself in her cloud-mounted mirror. “You been on a date before! And it wasn't that bad... Even if he ended up in traction for a month...”

The cyan pegasus sighed. “Oh hay... What am I doing?” the normally-confident pony asked herself, wings deflating. “I wouldn't know dating if it threw a horseshoe at my head...”

“Rainbow?” came the call from somewhere far below.

Adrenaline shot through the blue mare's veins. “Oh, horsefeathers! This is it! I'm totally gonna blow it on our first date!” she facehooved. “Applejack'll never talk to me again! I'll be the laughingstock of Ponyville! The laughingstock of Ponyville who blew the most amazing date ever with the most amazing mare ev-”

“Rainbow?” came the Southern Belle accent once again.

“Coming! Just … fixing up a bit...” Rainbow's voice cracked.

She looked in the mirror again, and ran a hoof through her mane to the side, swallowing nervously. Teeth clean? Check. Mane? Amazing-looking. She threw a glance at the clock. Great – late, but just fashionably so!

So far so good...

Rainbow sucked in a breath and released it all at once. “Okay... Here we go.”

She stepped out of her cloud home and gently fluttered to the ground... It didn't feel awesome, but at least it kept her looking awesome.

Applejack was dressed exactly in her outfit she wore at Twilight's brother's wedding.

Speaking of looking awesome...

“Whoa...” she muttered involuntarily.

“'Whoa' yerself – Ah ain't even seen many stallions who wear a suit that nice,” Applejack smiled sweetly. “Y'all look like a regular 'ol dreamboat.”

“Yeah, well, at least it gave me an excuse to stay away from any of Rarity's dresses,” Rainbow shrugged. She grinned. “So, ready to go, gorgeous?”

Applejack blushed. “Y'all don't think the princess'll mind?”

“Pfft! Are you kidding? With how much Twilight talks, I doubt she'll even notice we were even there!” Rainbow laughed, inciting a chuckle from her date for the evening. “Besides, I'd rather take the long way there, if you're up to it... I mean, if you'd rather go there on time, that's cool too...”

Rainbow felt her heart hammering in her chest like an angry jackrabbit. Come on, say yes... Please say yes...

“Well, Ah sure ain't much fer formalities... Ah wouldn't mind all too much bein' late...” Applejack agreed, rubbing her cheek against Dash's neck.

All of Dash's tension evaporated in an instant.

SHE SAID YES! SHE SAID YES! I AM SO BUCKING AWESO-

“Ahem... Uhh, that's cool. Sooo... How 'bout the park?”

Applejack smiled and pressed against her date. “Lead the way handsome.”

Comments

[Spectral]

Nicely done.

[Fury of the Tempest]

Heh, so unlikely RD, yet somehow still like her.

[Lavie]

I loved this!! 😍😍😍