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.
"It begs the question," Epcot said, touching down on a floating patch of golden landscape. "Have you been getting any sleep, Rainbow Dash?"
"Well?!" Rainbow huffed and puffed, pacing in tight circles across the nebulous environment. "I'm here, aren't I?"
"Uhhhhhhhh..." Epcot brushed a hoof across her sparkly black mane. "It's... not exactly the same." She cleared her throat. "Although there are many similarities to be drawn between a mortal's visit through Cider Space and natural REM Sleep, I do believe that it's a gross generality to compare—"
"I just... can't sit still without understanding it!"
"Understanding what, Rainbow Dash?"
"How?! Like... how how how could she get so wrapped up in a dude like Stu Leaves?"
Epcot giggle-snorted. "Is this another one of your 'Stu-is-lamest' rants? Those are always so poetic."
"No, this time it's about AJ being lame!"
"Oh..." Epcot blinked. "Wow..." She blinked again. "That's a new one." She squinted at Rainbow Dash. "You sure you're actually Rainbow Dash and not some ghostly spirit of a regal demon crystalmancer infecting her shell?"
"What?"
"What?"
"Epcot... girl... listen to me!" Rainbow slid towards her, grimacing. "Applejack just... just isn't herself!"
"Uh huh..."
Rainbow resumed pacing. "She's not only spending all of her friggin' time with Stu! But she's talking about him nonstop! Basically parading him around like a trophy in other ponies' faces! In my faces! Er, I mean face! Tartarus, she even confessed to it! Just an hour ago!"
"You drank your way into Cider Space right after seeing her?" Epcot gasped, then pouted. "I knew you were missing out on sleep!"
"Epcot... please. I'm being serious with ya." Rainbow's face grew long. "I... I think she might be sick or something!"
"Sick, you say?" Epcot tapped her fuzzy gray muzzle. "Hmmmm..."
"She's... she's just so... weird and absent minded and... and short-sighted. Applejack's never short-sighted! She's an athlete! A champion! A long-endurance racer! Rrrrrgh... she keeps her eyes on the finish line and doesn't know when to quit!"
"Something I've observed about mortals—that differentiates them from my alicorn progenitors—is that they are extremely bound by the senses," Epcot said. "And, in truth, I find it rather endearing, because they have so few years to enjoy such senses. In fact... when the senses shift and change, the fluctuation might be so dynamic that a mortal simply can't help but... be overwhelmed by them."
"Are you saying that Applejack is stupid?"
Epcot giggled... then giggled harder.
Rainbow frowned. She plopped down on her haunches and glared at the chaperone.
Epcot wiped her muzzle dry. "Oh... oh Rainbow, I'm so sorry." She snorted through another chuckle. "I don't mean to imply that at all."
"Good." Rainbow grunted. "So long as we're on the same page—"
"I mean to say that Applejack is in love."
Rainbow froze in place.
"And... even the most faithful, strong, and dependable of ponies can... mmm... falter a bit when confronted with such amorous emotions." Epcot cleared her throat. "Mortals most especially."
Rainbow bit her lip.
"But not forever. I assure you." Epcot rested a hoof on the pegasus' shoulder. "Just give Applejack time. Whether or not there's any true... opportunity here with Stu, I do believe Applejack is just... having to adjust course, so to speak. She'll be back to the mare you know."
"But..." Rainbow Dash winced. "I-I can't buy that for a minute."
"I'm not asking you to."
"How can a pony screw up that much over some... supposed infatuation? I mean, even if Stu Leaves was it... which he can't be... frickin'..." She shook her head. "To mess up and almost ignore your own best friend while going out wagon riding? To turn her into a third wheel for over an hour? I mean... that's a lot to swallow, Epcot! Pffft... silly Epcot..."
Epcot's eyes darted about... then found their way back to Rainbow Dash. "Almost as hard to believe as a loyal... awesome... courageous mare scarcely seeing any of her friends for months on end?"
Rainbow Dash instantly paled.
"Isolating herself? Hiding herself away? Because the mortal life she has is somehow all that much colder when lived within the absence of the one love she desires most of all, but can't seem to afford?"
Rainbow's ears drooped as her muzzle hung lower and lower.
Epcot finished, "And so she becomes a ghost, a phantom to the friends she's always been loyal to, because she can't seem to express the most concentrated feelings of loyalty to a singular member..."
Rainbow Dash clenched her eyes shut.
Epcot cleared her throat, smiling gently. "Mortals can be silly too, Rainbow Dash. They can be the silliest ones of all."
Rainbow bit her lip. At last, with a squeaking tone, she spoke: "I... I'm not at all bummed out that Applejack is in love, Epcot. I... I'm happy for her..."
Epcot leaned in. "But...?"
"I just... j-just hoped that the first time I got to see it happen to her..." She looked up, eyes moist. "...it was because she was in love with me."
Epcot leaned in. With soft limbs and an even softer mane, she held Rainbow Dash tight and nuzzled her. In a warm voice, she purred past Rainbow's ear: "You still can let her see, Rainbow..."
"I... I-I have to be visible first, Epcot." Rainbow sniffled. She gazed off into dream space with wet, twitching eyes. "And... for the first time in ages... you've m-made me realize..." She gulped. "I've been invisible to everypony for too long."
"Applejack appears to see you."
"That's... that's not enough." Rainbow bit her lip. "Before I can be anything with her... anything with myself..." She gulped. "I... I gotta start being a friend again..."
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WHAT!? DID I JUST READ PROGRESS!? PROGRESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, hopefully we'll see some progress soon...
This is why Epcot is best pony, she can hammer through Dash's bullshit so hard it leads to an epiphany.
6663968 You better believe it. The next chapters are going to be awesome~
What?
So, Rainbow's gonna try... actually hanging out again? I guess this is where the loyalty thing starts to kick in.
6663985 You know what this series needs? Epcot fanart.
Wait -- sextuple update day? 2 for east horse, 2 for dashery, and two for tavi? The Lemur's in overdrive mode!
There's an irrational part of my brain that wants to believe that Applejack found Rainbow's letter, and that she and Stu are putting on a show in order to push Rainbow into being honest about how she feels. But the rational part of my brain protests. It's too easy. There's no actual evidence for it. And Applejack isn't that good of an actor.
I might have to live with the fact that Applejack actually has feelings for Stu.
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Sombra.
Also yes, yes it does. Epcot art is right up there with a fanimation for the entire Austraeoh Saga in terms of things that "Need to happen!"
I have a feeling this is just going to be another false start. Discord will come back into play, or some other disaster will arise on time for the next adventure arc, and Dash's new resolutions will be forgotten.
But hey, it wouldn't be Appledashery if it had actual appledashery, would it?
Who's a silly pony? It's you, Rainbow Dash!
Skirts... I gotta tell ya, having fast ones pulled on me was fun -- for a while. Truth is, though, the last arc I truly, honestly enjoyed was the journey to Fillyda. Since then, it's gotten to the point where this story has just become obnoxious. Every time I think we might be getting somewhere, you pull the bait-and-switch and pull us two steps back instead. It was funny for a while, the facepalm-worthiness of Rainbow and her complete and utter cluelessness. But I need to start seeing some results because my interest is waning... fast. This is coming from a guy whose adoration for AppleDash comes right behind the likes of Tchernobog and bookplayer. The story isn't cute anymore. It needs to go somewhere other than the exact same spot over and over again.
If Applejack and Rainbow Dash aren't together in this story by the end of this arc, I'm literally finished with it. You've killed all of the joy in it for me, dude.
MAKE. SOMETHING. HAPPEN.
I don't know man, seems like Aj has gone on about stuff (Stu) that has CLEARLY made dash uncomfortable/pissed/upset without paying attention to dash, then going "oh sorry, we good?" At least 3-4 times, then claiming she wants to hang out because she misses her and still prioritises Stu.
Surely if Aj hasn't noticed that she's doing this to dash then Stu must of, I'm not a fan of Stu or Aj right now because they're both being jerks.
6664498 hell, or at least make Aj aware of dash's feeling to her or have an arc where it JUST the two of them without some git interrupting them EVERY. DAMN. SENTENCE. STU.
Tell her what you did just tell her some of the things you did I don't think AJ is one to fall in love with someone because of their actions Just friggin' tell her something, anything that you did GAH, IM NOT EVEN SURE WHO IM MAD AT ANYMORE!! GAH! dammit Rainbow
~ADG
I detect bullshit
Alright so it looks like Dash might actually be doing something to get closer to AJ. Starting with being friends again with everyone.
I agree. It's time for Dashie to come out of the shadows.
Is this... progress? It can't be, and yet...
I'm hopeful.
6664758 Your username makes your comment more funny.
6664119 Uh oh. What if AJ found the letter and thought it was Stu's? i.computer-bild.de/imgs/4/3/7/8/4/2/9/Conspiracy-Keanu-745x559-5176787edc95968f.jpg
YES. THIS IS ALL I ASK FOR. PLEASE. I've been so frustrated with RD not being friendly that I started favoring Stu over her. STU! If RD wants AJ, she's going to have to earn it. Love is mode than life saving, anonymous, gifts.
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That would be frickin' amazing and make me super warm and fuzzy inside. But this is JE here. Warm and fuzzy has to wait for the end, which is still far, far away.
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Well, I must admit it's an odd feeling looking at my old comment chains and seeing my attempts at humour. In a good way, of course.
That truly is a horrifying discovery - I simply am unable to grasp going more than a fortnight without those gloriously greasy, puffy, flat out beautiful pancake-imitations. If you could excuse my ignorance, what does pudding mean where you are, if not delicious cakes and... Err... Well, pudding... After dinner or tea? And what do you say in its stead?
Well, it seems that the quest for Tater Tots is a fruitless one. Or tater-tot-less, at the very least. And I am not funny in the slightest. That suggestion of intercontinental shipping would be excellent if not for the fact that I genuinely do not think it would survive. With the tightening of security in our beloved countries, I believe even Tater Tots would be in the receiving end of a humiliating search. I could not bear forcing such golden wonder through that rite of passage.
Why is it that JE must put me into this stasis of wanting a satisfying conclusion to Dashie's quest for apple-luvvin' RIGHT FRIGGIN NOW but yet still need more chapters?
I swear to god though, if Rainbow doesn't do something soon, I will legit slap her in the face. And that's usually something reserved for Stu.
Ahhhhhhhhh. So she's different because she's in love. Or literally a different pony. #Changeling Time.
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Happy to see that you're back. I quite enjoy your comments and look for them as soon as I finish each chapter.
Common usage of 'pudding' in 'Murica refers to the custard-like sweet puddings; thick, creamy and delicious deserts. I was quite shocked to google 'figgy pudding' one holiday season and discover the existence of savoury puddings. Seriously, haggis is technically a pudding???
On the Tots front, I was browsing my freezer last night, searching for an acceptable dinner, and beheld a bag of breaded fish fillets sitting next to a bag of Tater Tots. And voila, a new British-American fusion food was born --- Fish & Tots! I'm still trying to decide if it was wonderful or horrible...
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Glad to be back, mate. Real life just took over for a while and, despite my best efforts, I just could not spare the time to return. Thankfully, that is behind me now - so I shall return to commenting whatever happens to be on my mind each chapter once more. Oh, how I pity you all... You thought you were rid of me, but I will never be vanquished.
Also, I'm glad someone likes them. Welcome to the insanity of my mind, my friend, but beware: once you enter, you are never the same. Soon your world will revolve around yorkshire pudding and tater tots.
Custardy puddings? Hmm... Interesting... I will add this to the things I must try when I eventually get around to visiting The Land of the Free and Tealess. As for haggis, yes. It is technically a pudding, although I doubt anyone but the Northerners themselves actually think of it as such. As much as it pains my pride to admit, it isn't actually that bad. A little too savoury for my tastes, perhaps, but I prefer it to some of their... Other "dishes." Now, as a Welshie, my pride demands I advertise Welsh cakes, but my taste buds plea for me to spare you. So I will.
And that dinner actually sounds amazing. After all, fish and chips are second to none. Except perhaps pie. Pie is nice. And if you find a lost Brit scavenging around in your fridge? Well... You'll know who it is.
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At the risk of turning this into the Food Forum, I'll leave you with this:
1) Welsh cakes sound interesting, will investigate
2) Pie is Love, Pie is Life
3) Lost Brits always welcome. I has tea!
Feel free to message me privately if you want (assuming I can figure out how that even works...)
Clearly, Dash just needs to pull out all the stops and go full Mr-steal-your-mare, winning back AJ with all her smexy rainbowy awesomeness.
Interesting to see Rainbow finally openly admit that more than a fair share of the blame of her problems lies on herself, and the only real way around them requires effort from her.
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I know this is really friggin' late but I just have to say this:
You've jinxed it.
6893317 dash signed it.
I swear if there is not appledash before the last three chapters of this I shall commit terrible acts of violence.
What, Dash? Can this be true? Art thou FINALLY seeing sense?! It only took a magical construct of bestest-ponydom to finally get it through your thick friggin' skull that maybe, just maybe, mind you, you should try getting back in touch with everyone.
I'm in this sentence, and I don't like it.
Also boo to Stu, and all that. Freakin waifu stealing melon fudge.