Rainbow Dash lives an exciting life and is swiftly becoming the most daring, awesome pegasus in all of Equestria. She would gladly give it all up, though, just to confess her love to Applejack.
"You could just trot up to her and... you know..." Lancie gestured with his stone talon. "Tell her. Tell her everything."
"Yeesh... no..." Rainbow sat up in bed, her ears folding back. "That ain't happening."
Lancie frowned, eyebrow arched. "But I thought you said that there wasn't anything to be afraid of anymore."
"It's not about me," Rainbow said. "It's about AJ." She sighed. "Can... can you imagine just how friggin' awkward that would be? For her? I mean, one moment, she's doing her chores on the farm... taking care of the family and all... and then suddenly her athletic mare friend drops down from the sky and is all like: 'Hey there, Applejack. I've spent the last half-year fantasizing about us snuggling to death in a big romantic fuzzball of joy and awesomeness. So... whaddya say?'"
"Even still," Lancie said, "Princess Frecklestan seems to appreciate the direct approach."
"Well, there's being direct and then there's being clumsy." Rainbow's nostrils flared. "I'm pretty sure I... don't have to worry about ruining her life or nothing, but that doesn't mean that I have to ruin her day."
"So... set it up, Sparky," Lancie said. "Tell her you wanna hang out someday. Then, when she's good and comfortable, just lay it all out."
"Yeah..." Rainbow nodded. "That might work even better."
"Set things up for a cool, tranquil evening."
"Hmmm... yeah."
Lancie smiled. "... ... ...set up a romantic dinner with plenty of candle light and incense."
"Mmmmmmmmyeahhhhhhh—NO." Rainbow snapped out of it, then frowned at the statue. "Friggin' no you Celestia-dang garden gnome!"
"Hah hah hah hah!" He bellowed.
"I'm not gonna expect her to gush all over me!" Rainbow sighed... then sighed again. "That's the last thing I'm gonna expect," she murmured, eyes cast to the side.
"Well, it helps to be either realistic or unrealistic," the granite serpent said. "There really isn't any in-between."
"I just... d-don't know how to go about this without it coming across as sudden... or startling, y'know?" Rainbow slicked her mane back. "I-I mean... Applejack's a strong girl, and she can totally handle all sorts of tough stuff. But this will... probably hit her in a way that she hasn't experienced before. I want to get it off my chest, sure, but it can't all be about me."
"Indeed..."
"And I wanna make sure that there's a... y'know..." Rainbow gulped. "A friendship that can be salvaged out of this... if... if n-nothing else."
"So... you want to tell her and yet you don't want to tell her."
"I want to tell her... but... nnnnngh..." Rainbow Dash covered her face with a pillow, moaning. "I can't bear for it to be face to face."
"Uh huh."
"I... I-I just know I'll melt in front of her. I'll collapse and be all stupid and gooey and..." She pulled the pillow off and glared at the ceiling of her room. "Goddess help me if I break down crying like a friggin' sap."
"Yes. Heaven forebid."
"There's gotta be a better way to tell her..."
"And to perhaps tell yourself."
Rainbow glanced at him. "Huh?"
"Think about it," Lancie said with a grin. "If there's anything that mortals enjoy..."
"...it's producing records," Epcot remarked. "Concrete manifestos and visual declarations."
Rainbow Dash glanced aside from where the two stood in the shadow of a flying castle. "You... you mean like writing something?"
"Heeheehee..." Epcot giggled. "I suppose you could paint Applejack a picture, but somehow that doesn't quite seem your forte."
"Funny..." Rainbow fidgeted. "My friend Lancie suggested the same thing." She blinked, then her muzzle curved. "Heh... my friend Lancie..."
"Hmmm?" Epcot tilted her head curiously.
Rainbow cleared her throat and faced the chaperone again. "But... y'know... I suck at writing."
"Who could possibly be terrible at writing?!" Epcot grinned. "It's simply a means of translating our thoughts, feelings, and imaginings!"
"Yeah, but not everypony can do it well," Rainbow grunted.
"Who said you had to do it well?"
"Buh?"
"The Cider Princess—inside and out—was all about honesty." Epcot smiled. "You're her friend. She obviously trusts and appreciates you. I'd say... write how you feel. Let her read it. If there's need for poetry or mirth, allow her to formulate it in her head. I suspect your honesty is the only instrument required to make music in her heart."
"Come to think of it... Applejack isn't much for reading either..." Rainbow sighed, rubbing a hoof over her face. "This is bad on double counts."
"Then... perhaps you are looking too much at the potential challenges," Epcot said. "When, instead, you should be looking at the natural benefits."
"Mmmm... like what benefits?"
"This can be indescribably therapeutic for a mortal such as yourself," Epcot said. "To formulate your thoughts... your feelings... your adorations." She winked. "Think of it as writing to yourself... and to your own heart. And then..." She pointed. "Share that heart with Applejack. Through your words." She stifled another giggle. "Plain and simple."
"Doesn't that seem a bit selfish."
"You bet." Epcot nodded. "It's love."
"... ... ..."
"I believe in you, Rainbow Dash," Epcot said. "I know you have what it takes to do this. You simply have to... do it. Write it. Manifest it. And then share that manifestation with Applejack. It will give her time to digest everything from your heart—feelings that are concise and sincere—and then she can respond on her own terms."
"Yeah... but... like..." Rainbow gritted her teeth. "Even if I leave this letter thingy at her front door... I-I'll have to wait Celestia-knows-how long for a response! If there even is one! All of that suspense, and for what?"
"Will it be any different than the way you've lived the past year of your life?" Epcot asked.
Rainbow could only bite her muzzle.
"The moment is yours, Rainbow Dash," Epcot said. "Remember what I've always said. Heehee... if you can dream it, then you can do it." She gestured. "And... now... you can share it."
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Do it, ya stupid melon fudge.
6050137 Couldn't'a said it any better myself!
Uh oh...
IS IT HAPPENING?!?!?!
Please, please tell me she's gonna do it!!
So that's how it all happened.
So it seems Rainbow Dash is actually going to do it. All she needs is to work out something that makes Apple Jack understand her feelings toward her. Will it be on a piece of paper or something else? As Epcot put it in this chapter as well as many others, "If you can dream it, you can make it (and now share it)!" Let us see what she is going to make and share with Apple Jack.
Ahem. My prediction is thus...
She is about to tell her but then an explosion or yelling or panic happens when all the bad guys get together and attack Ponyville. Rainbow Dash will then say it sometime during a scene when she is dying or when Applejack is dying. Course something will save them but meh, future.
And that, kids, is how I met your mother.
I think Darkoath is pretty close to the mark. Though, I think there's a chance that Rainbow'll get to deliver the letter, and then hell will break loose before Rainbow can get her answer.
Also, not for the first time, I'm really happy that Epcot is still part of the story.
So you want to melt with AJ, eh?
Phweeeeeeeeeee...
Well fuck, obviously Skirts isnt gonna have them fall in love, or have Rainbow confess for that matter, before the big battle. Which only means one thing. Good bye slice of life! Hello dragons!
6050452 so many things come to mind with that word now.
Oh, this is getting so ridiculous! I mean, all this build-up, and we just KNOW that RD will not get to confess her feelings. Something will get in her way, be it purple mountains, super-pissed off dragons that want chaos shards for their big dragon boss dude, or a bunch of grilled cheese sandwiches, something is going to get in the way. And you can already tell what type of device will be right in the cross-hairs of the inevitable storm of fecal matter that is about to fly.
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Dang it, you beat me to it.
Yesssss pleeaaaaaseee. No interruptions. Just pleaaase
Just do it. That's the kind of solution I always suggest but never do it myself.
Let's hope Dash can show herself in all her awesomeness in the oncoming storm, that would set the mood really well for a love confession. Hopefully she won't have the spotlight stolen by allies like motivational speakers, archeologists, rock farmers or bakers.
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I'd buy that for a dollar.
Taking romantic advice from a god of chaos and a program?
Eh. Still a better idea than asking Rarity, am I right?
YES! It's happening! It's finally happening! Do it already you perpetually passionate and petite prismatic Pegasus!
MAXIMUM OVER-HYPE
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... Can I hug you? Please?
6051013 I'm surprised someone didn't beat me to it.
6052187 Just so long as you stay solid.
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Probably not going to happen. Hugs are (heart-)melting things, after all.
Still a better love story than Twilight.
Oh who am I kidding?
WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY better!!!!
Ho hooo, do ittttt!!!! Hell, Tartarus could break free later, but pleeease first just tell heeeeer
Carpe Diem.
So close...
But I think we are so far...
onward!
Goddammit!
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... That aside, fuzzy anonymous love letter incoming?
Luv meh plz.
Even though I know it's going to be all for naught, this is so damned exciting. I was half asleep half an hour ago and now I'm wide awake.
I like Epcot's current role in this story. She's a unique style of mentor and friend. She's bubbly but smart.
I also like it just hitting Rainbow how much her relationship with Lancie has evolved.
I'm so pessimistic about good things happening in this story. Constantly looking for how something could backfire or be twisted and just bracing for it. I'll be glad to get caught up with this. Probably look for some fics that have easy nearly dramaless romance
"you Celestia-dang garden gnome!"
What an insult
How to end Appledashery in 10 seconds flat.