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.
Rainbow Dash sat in Sugarcube Corner. She sipped from a tall mug of orange juice while tightly perusing a set of notes from the previous day's tornado practice.
Meanwhile, off to the side, Fluttershy and Rarity stood at the front counter.
"I just feel bad for her, is all," Fluttershy murmured.
"Why's that, darling?" Rarity glanced over at her dear friend. "You said it was her first day off since our camping trip. Shouldn't that be a good thing?"
"Yes, but the weather is so... unpleasant," Fluttershy remarked, her ears folded back. "You'd think that the one day she has to herself to forego working the fields she'd have a little bit more to look forward to."
"Well, knowing Applejack, that probably means a day spent inside baking her splendid apple treats."
"Well..."
"Well what?"
"It's just that... according to Big Mac, she was really... really looking forward to spending the day out with Stu."
"Ohhhhh... well that changes everything."
"... ... ..." Rainbow Dash glanced up from her notes, blinking.
"But Stu seems like an understanding fellow," Rarity remarked. "Surely he wouldn't mind if they reschedule."
"Yes, but you know how it is with Applejack." Fluttershy reached for a mug of juice along with Rarity. "She won't have another break for days at this point."
"Doesn't Stu usually help her with the farm work?"
"Oh, yes. But... it's not the same."
"Hmmm... suppose you do have a point." Rarity trotted across Sugarcube Corner, followed by Fluttershy. "That is most unfortunate." She saw Rainbow and brightened up. "Oh! Rainbow! What a pleasure seeing you here! Mind if we join you?"
"Uhm... that's cool and all..." Rainbow cleared her throat and gathered her things into her saddlebag. "But I was just leaving."
"Oh?" Fluttershy blinked. "You were?"
"Yeah... I just... uhm..." Rainbow flapped her wings and hovered out the door. "I have some errands to run."
"Well, we understand, dear."
"Smell ya later." Rainbow saluted, and was gone.
"Hmmmm..." Rarity sat down at the table with a tiny sigh. "If Applejack isn't busy with something, then it's either myself or Rainbow Dash. I'm telling you, Fluttershy. Sometimes I feel like things are moving too fast as of late."
Fluttershy stared silently out the door.
"...Fluttershy?" Rarity cocked her head to the side. "Is everything alright?"
"I... uhm..." Fluttershy gulped. "Maybe? I'm not sure..."
Thunder rolled as Stu scampered up to the front stoop of the Apple Family residence.
He knocked on the door, then winced as a fresh batch of rain fell across the field.
With a creak, the door opened and Applejack stepped out. She blinked. "Stu! Uhhhh... you came!"
"Well of course I did." He smiled nervously. "A stallion never breaks his promise!" He squirmed. "Well, I suppose statistically that's not so true, but this stallion is different and—"
"Just hold yer horses." Applejack chuckled, waving a hoof. "What I mean is... I reckoned the inclement weather was a clue."
"A clue for what?" Stu blinked. "Awwwww rats..." His ears folded back. "We gotta call it off again, huh?"
"I... I-I'm sorry, Stu..."
"Well... maybe we could... I dunno... hang out here instead? Chat it up?" He smiled crookedly. "Chatting is nice."
"Oh, for sure. And I'm happy to have a gab with ya." Applejack sighed as she shuffled across the porch. "I was just really... really hopin' to show ya around the farm sometime soon."
"Why?" Stu blinked. "Something you wanted me to see?"
"Well..." Applejack fidgeted. "As a matter of fact—" Just then, her eyes lit up.
Bright sunlight cascaded across Sweet Apple Acres.
"What in tarnation?" Applejack breathed.
"Hey!" Stu peaked his head out from under the porch and squinted up at the sky. "Heeeeeey!" A bright grin. "Will ya look at that?" He flashed his eyes in Applejack's direction. "Bluer than a bucket of pearls!"
"Well I'll be..." Applejack smiled. "Reckon we should take advantage of it while it lasts."
"It... uh... it rained a bit on the way here."
"No worry!" Applejack dashed into the house with a happy breath. "I'll grab my galloshes!"
"Heheheh..." Stu shuffled after her with a smile. "I love how you say 'galloshes.'"
High up above Sweet Apple Acres...
Rainbow hovered, covered in sweat.
Nevertheless, with gritting teeth, she kicked the last of the rain clouds clear.
"Whew..."
She levitated in place, brushing her hooves off. She winced slightly, then flexed her limb forelimbs. Nevertheless, she sported a devilish smirk as she looked at the brightly-sunlit fields below.
Eventually, Applejack and Stu stumbled out of the farm house. Then, side by side, they strolled pleasantly across the grounds.
Rainbow Dash exhaled, flapped her wings harder, then drifted back east...
...giving them distance.
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A little bit too fast and a little bit too slow if you ask me.
That makes two of us Flutters, that makes two of us.
I'm proud of Rainbow Dash. I mean, seriously, beyond proud. I don't think many could do what she's done with such grace and good-nature. Sure, she was a little sour at first but, I mean, who wouldn't be? After all she's done . . . I could see where she was coming from. Why she thinks Stu isn't good enough for Applejack.
And even though I'm still rooting for our AppleDash cuddles (because, c'mon. That's why we're here) I am so hugely proud that Dash is handling this so . . . awesomely.
I can't take the suspense.
We can't have nice things, guys.
Aww, she tries so hard to make Applejack happy - no matter what it is. And I'd really like to know if she's properly taking her medicine.
Rainbow Dash is Awesome.
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Yeah, that hasn't been mentioned in awhile, has it?
Just like the letter that she spent several danged chapters writing, and which disappeared, likely to never be seen (or read, for that matter) again.
Applestuery.
Even when she'd already done so much for AJ, Dash still had the hardest task ahead: be happy for AJ when she finds someone else.
... welp, check that one off too. Now where dem cuddles at.
Glad Fluttershy notices what's going on here, maybe she can talk
some sense into herto Rainbow and figure out what's gong on.I honestly don't know what I should be feeling with these chapters here. On one hand, a happy Rainbow Dash is a great thing and she's making progress rather than just angsting around. On the other, she's making progress in the wrong direction and seemingly getting over her crush which is going to sabotage the advertised ship of the story - the ship almost everyone here is waiting for.
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Actually, this sums things up pretty well so far.
Loyalty is a powerful thing.
So, when do we get to the point where some horrible abomination threatens all of Ponyville and Rainbow has to save everypony in plain sight?
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Nah -- I imagine that Chekhov's Letter will reappear at some pivotal moment, probably when we least expect it, most likely when it can cause the most dire complications, and possibly with explosions.
Oh wait, this isn't East Horse -- cancel the explosions.
Also, where is the Epcot fan art? How is somepony going to make an Epcot plushie that I can buy if there is no fan art to work from?? The Adorable Epcot is best iPone and needs more attention.
*patiently waits for Atrophy to hospitalize Rainbow*
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Oh, nice. But if she neglects her own health any longer, that's what's going to happen.
And in the midst of of an endless azure sky above a frothing cerulean sea the cyan Pegasus did loop again and again in her endless, empty, blue void. Every loop did she swoop closer to the sea -- hoping to play with the rainbow of fish beneath the waves, and yet every time she returned to the air afraid to take the plunge. There were no clouds in sight to rest on, and her wings were tearing from the strain, yet all it took was the sight of her favorite orange angelfish in the forest of coral for the Pegasus to loop around once more. Ever too afraid to take the plunge, yet ever too loyal to move on. She was trapped in a prison of her own design, yet reveling in the freedom of the sky.
Things are (somewhat) happy and calm...
...for now.
6877508 It would be a bigger bait and switch than the promise of aliens in Prometheus. Bigger than playing as Raiden instead of Snake in MGS2. If we don't get Appledash after investing ourselves this much into the story, keep an eye on your local news for a guy going ballistic screaming "WE WERE PROMISED CUDDLES!! WE WERE PROMISED CUDDLES!!" That'll be me.
I can't tell if this is a sign of Rainbow becoming stronger and more mature, or if it's more weird self-punishment.
Wait, I forgot what I was reading. Self-punishment it is.
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AJ and Stu are close to cuddles. Is that not enough?
This is a dark time, friends, but despair not. I have faith in the cuddles.
I STILL SAY HE'S A CHANGELING. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE BASTARDS YET.
6877416 I will make the fanart once the appledashery wiki adds her physical appareance.
6877836 that's what I said the moment the bastard first showed his face on AJ's farm! I knew it. The others called me crazy, but no... I can see the truth, WE can see the truth! You and me, we'll be ready when the invasion arrives and his true colors are revealed!
Here, have a tin foil hat. It'll stop him from controlling your mind.
6877188 Don't make me hurt you.
6877223 Thank you.
And yeah, it does, doesn't it?
6877416
You're probably right, but I don't know.
We'll see sooner or later, I guess.
6877508 Very well put, and my thoughts exactly.
6877763 Not when we want AJ and Dash cuddles, it ain't.
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Well, that's Dash's fault. All she has to do is ask.
6878509 True.
But the way things are going in the story so far, Tartarus is going to freeze over first before she does anything like that.
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Well, she does have a friend that was bound for that place and loves to ice skate. Maybe Dash should capture him and and turn him over. Problem about Taurtarus freezing over: Solved.
6878645 Hmmm, true.
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I can't tell if that makes me want to laugh, cry or scream. So I'll do all three simultaneously. Sanity is overrated, anyway. Excuse me for a moment.
6877763 No, it's not good enough . It's the furthest thing from good enough there could be!!
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I doubt that's the issue here. So far we've seen her trying to hide the fact that she's still hurt about AJ's infatuation for that loser over there (how did he look like again?). My bet is that she's going to try and be happy/get over AJ and it's going to fail miserably.
Huh. Rainbow Dash is being dangerously emotionally healthy.
Just based on past experience that probably means something terrible is on the way.
With a creak, the door opened and Applejack stepped out. She blinked. "Stu! Uhhhh... you came!"
Sometimes I hate how my brain works. So far into the fricking gutter
6877416 Check the author's userpage.
Ummm........ ERROR ERROR DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!!!
This is mighty mature of Rainbow, and honestly that makes me pretty proud of her progress!
But this is a Skirt's fic, so I'm guessing this is an extended climb before the freefall into the briar patch.