The Day the Sun Didn't Rise.
The Day the Sun Didn't Rise
1 year, 5 months, 16 days, 18 hours, 54 minutes, 14...15...16 seconds. That's how long I've been waiting for this moment. From the moment I first saw her I knew what I had to do, and I've spent every second of my life trying to accomplish it. My name is Rainbow Dash, and I'm finally going to make my dreams come true.
No, not the Wonderbolts, I gave that dream up a long time ago, when I first saw her. Ever since that fateful day I've been planning in silence, secretly making everything perfect for today. Its been so long since I first started, I almost forgot when I had started, my first guess was off by 10 seconds. Can you believe it 10 seconds off the mark. For what I'm planning I can't be more then half a second off in my timing, it has to be perfect. It WILL be perfect.
I've come too far for it to not be perfect. I've managed to throw suspicion off myself so far, but as soon as I enact my pan, they will all know, I have only one chance, only one window of opportunity, and I will not screw it up!
They once had the nerve to laugh at me, all of them, I will show them, I will not be toyed with. To make it worse she never said anything, she just watched, but I will fix that. She will notice me, and she will enjoy it.
She never meant to do it, I know that, but she did anyway, they all did. But she's the only one that can be forgiven, the rest must pay, just like that stupid mailmare who walked in on one of my practises, she won't make that mistake again, what was her name? Ditzy, I think. Not that it matters now.
It might be my fault that she did it as well, I told her I had moved on, I lied to her. She cannot be blamed for it, only me, but I will redeem myself. I have to redeem myself.
Sure, they were suspicious when the first one went missing, but they never got close to me. I regret everything I've put her through, but it will all be over soon, she just has to wait a little longer, I'm on my way to her now.
Most wouldn't understand me, they wouldn't understand why I did it, but they don't need to understand the why. All they need to know is that I did it. In truth I don't know why I did it. Sometimes I think I did it out of anger; anger for those who laughed at me. Or maybe it was just to get her to notice me. Whatever the reason, it turned out perfect in the end.
After the second disappearance they were starting to panic, thought it might mean something. It didn't, I started with just random ponies. Most of them didn't even know my name. I had nothing against them either, I simply needed a distraction for me to get down to real business, not the small stuff I started with.
The third one was fun, I had some experience under my belt from the previous two, so it was much easier to get her alone. I still remember her screams, so full of life, but at the same time I could hear the life leaking out of it. I almost felt sorry for her, I know how precious that pearly white coat was to her, but I always preferred red anyway. She was the one that really got to her, I felt terrible about it for a few days, I hated seeing her unhappy.
The fourth one wasn't special. Cloudchaser, I believe. She couldn't keep up with me, she lost. She got what all losers deserve, thankfully I'm not a loser. I knew how sensitive wings are, having a pair of my own, but they really opened up a lot more options to me. I never knew just how painful having them removed could be. And judging from her screams, it was very painful.
The fifth was special to me, she was like a sister, even if she was kinda chicken. I think she was the hardest, she just didn't want to go anywhere with me without bringing her friends, something about “getting their cutie marks”. If only she knew how little she needed one for where she was going. It was at this point that they started to panic, she was the first foal to go missing. They started to think they had a serial killer on their hooves, called down some big shot detective from Canterlot. He wasn't good enough.
He was the sixth, they really started to panic after he went missing. Can't say I blame them, though I was surprised how easy he was, all I had to do was tell him I had some information about it, he followed me right back to my workshop. Too easy.
Then came number seven. I was afraid her creepy sixth sense thing would get in the way, but she misread the signs as something else, so it wasn't too hard. Though I did have to waist precious money on cupcakes to get her to come to my workshop. I was surprised she didn't already have some, but she went, just like the rest of them.
After that she started staying close to me. She was worried about both herself and me, if only she knew she had no reason to be afraid. She was an emotional wreck by now, and it was terrible for me to watch her like that. So I offered her comfort, a shoulder to cry on and strong hooves to protect her. Eventually she had me stay with her, in her tree. While I would rather she have stayed with me, I was still with her, and that's all I needed.
This made number eight hard, she never left my side unless she absolutely had to. This made it very hard to get somepony into my workshop. I had to go out after she had gone to bed, which greatly limited who I could get. Eventually I found a dentist, just closing up her practise. A few simple lies later and I had her in my workshop. It was too perfect, the fact that I could get her to follow me so late at night without question meant that nopony suspected me.
Now I'm here, about to take nine and ten. The sun was just rising as I approached the door. Though it didn't matter, ever since I crashed into her the first time I saw her it was as if the sun was only up when I was with her. But after she rejected me, after she turned me down, the sun never rose again. Until today. Today we will rise with the sun, and fall with the moon.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
My heart was in my throat, just like the very first time I had done it. My mind racing as the door opened, the dragon that may as well have been in a black tuxedo realizing who it was and quickly opening the door all the way. We were all so cautious these days, if only they knew they didn't need to be anymore.
“Rainbow!” She cries, running down the stairs to meet me at the door. She's so revealed to see me, I almost can't believe what I'm going to do.
“Hey.” I answer, stepping in the door. I'm running out of time, the moon is sinking below the horizon and the sun almost rising for the first time in a year for me.
“Listen, I was thinking, how about we go for a short flight? The sky looks amazing at dawn.” I say, trying to sound as calm as possible. Though I was anything but calm.
“Sure.” She replies with that beautiful, wonderful smile. She hops on my back, and I walk back out the door, her dragon just watching and smiling. It's so rare that she's happy these days, at least after number seven. But that will change soon.
“Hold on.” I say, looking back over my shoulder. We've been flying before, she knows the drill. She wraps her hind hooves around my waist and holds on to my shoulders.
“Ready.” She says, a hint of sadness in her voice as she remembers number three. That won't be a problem for long.
I take off, soaring straight up into the sky. I hear her giggle behind me. She's having fun, that's good. Before she knows what's going on I do a quick loop in the air, levelling off high in the sky, flying above our home town.
Suddenly, I bob up and down, she looses just enough of her grip that when I start a nose dive she doesn't go with me. I quickly turn over in the air and catch her. We're now face to beautiful, glorious face. I squeeze her close to me and she smiles and giggles lightly, me upside down and her on top of me.
I finally do what I've been waiting to do for so long; I pull her into a kiss. She's resistant, as I thought she would be, but eventually she gives up the struggle. Though she does not kiss me back.
That's alright, it worked well enough as a distraction. She didn't notice the nose dive I had gone into, she didn't notice my wings close around her, no longer flapping, instead making our embrace even closer. More comforting.
She pulls back from the kiss finally, looking into my eyes. Her beautiful, violet eyes are not scared, or worried, they are filled with understanding.
“It was you.” She says. I simply smile as the ground finally fills my vision. All I can see is the ground, and her.
“I love you, Twilight.” I say before the ground takes us both. The sun rising on one side, the moon setting on the other.
Nine and ten.
My sun could rise once again.