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.
With a little help from Donut Joe, Rainbow Dash hobbled across the flickering scene. The fire from the collapsed cider mill had been contained, and the police had corded off the smoldering remains. Night had fallen, and—with the aid of several lightning bug lamps and glowing horns—several groups of Fillyda's finest did their best to scour the site for clues and evidence.
Stu Leaves was talking to an officer, staring at the debris, when he heard Rainbow's approach. The stallion turned around and instantly beamed. "Rainbow! Oh my gosh!" He galloped over and skidded to a stop, scattering dirt and leaves. "I mean... it's... it's really good to see you up and at 'em! You had me worried for a moment there!"
"You kiddin'?" Donut Joe smirked, patting Rainbow's shoulder before parting ways with the mare. "She's fit as a fiddle! Just needed a little pick-me-up!"
Stu glanced from the stallion to her. "Pick me up?"
"Yes, uhhhh..." Rainbow glanced back at the wagon. She had tucked her belongings under one of the wheels... along with a deeply obscured shard of dark stone. "...just a little piece of home." She turned towards him with a shuddering sigh. "I'm okay." She gulped, smiling. "Really."
"Isn't this crazy?" Stu shook his head, gesturing at the mess. "And after all the nightmares we endured, those two still got away." He gnashed his teeth. "Wh-what was I thinking?! I had my wings! For Celestia's sake! Gustave and I could have flown after them and—"
"Stu..."
"They have no reason being let loose on Equestria! Those scumbags care about as much for equine life as—"
"Stu," Rainbow wheezed. "What matters is that you helped get the bunch of us out safely." She winced slightly. "Luna knows I wasn't very useful when I needed to be..." She fidgeted in place, her limbs still tingling. "Eheh..."
"Are you kidding?" Stu gaped at her. "You were the whole reason we survived in there! I dunno what empowers you, Rainbow. Some sort of... of... pegasus zen or something... but it's amazing." Stu gulped a lump down his throat. "We'd all be living vegetables if you hadn't saved the day."
"Mrmmfff... yeah, well..." Rainbow gazed aside at a group of police officers carrying something towards a colored wagon. "...I wouldn't have gotten close to saving the day if you haven't thrown yourself into Cider Space... ... ...and inspired me..." Her eyes narrowed.
In the flicker of lanternlight, Rainbow saw the unmistakable glint of a curved goblet. The ancient artifact's smooth black surface wasn't the least bit scratched by the collapsing cider mill. The mare watched as the Fillyda officers fully confiscated the item, locking it inside a thick trunk.
"Just... just what happened in there, Rainbow?"
"Hmmm?" Rainbow turned back to look at Stu.
He was gazing at her with a soft expression. "I thought all was lost. The dream ripped apart. The whole lot of us went flying off into the waking world... but you? You stayed behind. What did you do?"
"Uhhhh..."
"I mean... Applejack was unreachable!" Stu exclaimed. "She was the 'Cider Princess!' Shindig's sons had her under her spell! I... I was so devastated when I woke. But then..." He exhaled, his wingtips fluttering as he smiled. "...then Applejack woke up... as strong and as clear as any other day. I know it must have been you, somehow. You did something awesome to bring her back, didn't you?"
"Heh... eh heh heh..." Rainbow slicked her mane back, avoiding his gaze. She mentally thanked the darkness of night for obscuring her blushing features. "It was something awesome, alright."
Stu chuckled as well. Then, after a moment, he went silent. "Did... did you see Epcot before you woke up?"
Rainbow's pupils shrank. She looked off. "Yeah..."
"Was she... I mean... did... did she look...?"
"She's the same thing she's always been, Stu," Rainbow muttered. "An invention of alicorns, made to serve as an eternal guardian of an empty dream world."
Stu winced. "She's... alone there now without us, isn't she?"
Rainbow nodded, staring at the ground. "Pretty much."
"I... uh... I guess she's always been like that."
"Yeah, but only now—thanks to us—I bet she realizes it."
Stu bit his lip. Clearing his throat, he nevertheless said, "But... she gave us her all. She did everything she could to make sure we got out of there... all of us. I... I think she'd be happy, Rainbow."
"Hmmm?"
Stu smiled at her. "To know that we did it. You did it." He sniffled slightly. "You saved Applejack."
Rainbow's ears twitched. Fumbling, she leaned forward. "Uhm... speaking of which... where is AJ anyway?"
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I'm going to miss Epcot...
5918707 Unfortunately, yeah.
5918739 I think we all will, hon.
Then there's this:
That is the 64,000 bit question, isn't it?
Hopefully she's not getting herself into some other sort of trouble.
And on another note, looks like Dash still has that shard, and managed to hide it from the cops in attendance. Good for her.
On a second note, I wonder what's going to happen to that danged chalice? Speaking just for myself, I hope it winds up in the custody of the Princesses. That thing is just too danged dangerous to be in mortal hooves.
I'm kinda hoping that on the way back AJ drops the "So, you pulled a sleeping Beauty on me in Cider Space. What was up with that?"
::Fingers Crossed:: again
5918750 Yeah, me, too. It'd be interesting to see.
Might give poor Rainbow a heart attack if she does, but it'd be interesting, to say the least.
*fingers crossed, too*
Hah! Heres the real story of success: I was just about to comment an overly angry rant about how the down votes are up to 56, but someone seems to have grown a fucking braincell, because at the time of writing this its back down to 55.
5918750 My god that would be fantastic.
I'm interested to see what Rainbow and Applejack will say to each other. There has to be something gained from all of this.
5918743 Ummmmmmm, dude, the Alicorn chalice? In the hooves of the Alicorn sisters? Allowing them to escape this world eternally with their kin? Not the brightest idea, eh?
Sooo... what's gonna go wrong now that makes RD use her wish on something other than her legs?
Also:
The Rainbow has been doubled?
Is Rainbow gonna wish for Epcot to come to life?
I mean, it likely won't happen, but I'd be so friggin happy.
Alright, I'm about a third of the way through but can somone pleeeaaasse tell me if we ever find out what Applejack is hiding in her hat? Don't tell me what it is, just if we find out what it is.
5918998 Obviously we will, just not yet.
5918750 5918755 5918779 Doubt it. If my hypothesis is correct, AJ has something belonging to Rainbow under her hat (a feather, a picture maybe). We must also remember she was allegendly grumpy the entire time Rainbow was missing. With this in mind, I find it unlikely AJ —even if she remembers the kiss— will mention it. I believe she is just as much of a wimp and just as much in love with Rainbow as she is with her. We'll just have to wait and see.
5918860 I recall six little words that begin with "I wish..."
5918777 And just like that the brain cell was lost.
I forget who suggested the idea first, but I bet/hope RD is going to use the wish she gets from everyone's favorite stone draconequus genie to bring Epcot to life.
I'm going to me Epcot. Epcot best pony!
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Wow, it seems really a LOT of readers want to see that happen...
I just don't really get why. But I also don't follow the whole "Epcot is BEST"-movement, sooo...
What would happen if Dash really brought her back?
Either Epcot would separate from the main cast to live her new-found real life (maybe starting a family with Stu? That would just be... weird and unrealistic considering their former character development), thereby being mostly lost to the readers in the future,
or she would come along with Dash to help her gather the rest of the shards. The second one being in my opinion even worse... It would completely destroy the whole lovely "Dash alone against the world to help AJ"-dynamic.
I don't know if the permanent comic relief (not saying that Epcot didn't have her deep or sad moments) wouldn't hurt the story more than it would do it good.
And to repeat my past argument: What if somepony else stumbles into Cider Space? There would be nopony to guide them. The auther could destroy Cider Space (or the entrance to it) to negate that problem but still..
5919636 I, however, am a firm believer in the Epcot is best movement. However, I will not be disappointed if the outcome is Epcot staying in cider space.
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I think it would be perfect if she stayed, but there would still be some kind of
consolation for her (and the readers) instead of just eternal loneliness again.
Maybe some kind of inter-dimensional communication could be established or she could get her own construct-Stu or something like this
Why not even actually send Stu back to Cider Space again so he and Epcot can be together there? That would be all kinds of awesome
YAAAAAASSSSSS!!!! I agree with Sheendough aout the whole applejack theory
Wait for me, Epcot! I am going for you!
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Well, as long as there is the chalice, Cider Space can be accessed, so it's not a big problem.
5919084 Hmmm, interesting hypothesis, that.
And maybe she has both a feather and a picture? That would make it even cooler, once they finally do 'fess up to each other about their feelings.
Anyway, I'm hoping that it, and you, are both right about this.
And she was really grumpy, wasn't she? Hmmmm. As the guy on the old Laugh-In show used to say, "Veeerrrrry interesting."
(Now imagine that last said in a pseudo-German accent.)
Anyway, once again, I hope that you're proved right about that. It would, and will, be absolutely great to see them finally confess their feelings for each other and get together.
Also, do you think that her talking about finding "the perfect stallion and settling down" (or however it was that she put it back chapters ago) is just a big smoke-screen for her true feelings for our (and likely her) favorite rainbow-maned pegasus?
And yeah, that's true.
Unfortunately.
5920332 I thought she said that because she never got the notion to even consider Rainbow into the equation, though it may just as well be my own fanon talking through the cracks.
5919359 Fuck the guy who thumbed you down.
5916141 And maybe it will be even worse if he does kick the bucket.
5918739
Same here
However, I'm glad that this arc has ended and a new one can begin. This arc did seem to go on for a bit longer than the others and got a bit crazy.
Onwards to more of Dash beating around the bush and hopes of cuddles!
5921523 Hmmm, probably.
Maybe she's changing her mind about that somewhat. (I'm seriously hoping.)
I'm going by the grumpiness while Dash was gone from her, more than anything, ya understand.
5918998 Where does it say that she's hiding something in her hat? I must've missed that part.
5918820 Well, what I actually meant by that was that I hope that they permanently bury the stupid thing somewhere so idiots like the Psycho Twins can't get their filthy hooves on it ever again!
5921796 It's implied by the fact that AJ doesn't want Rainbow to look under it. Back when RD bucked her trees, AJ's hat fell off, but when Rainbow grabbed it, she didn't want her to look the inside.
5921943 Oh, okay. Gotcha.
Yeah, that would be pretty tellingly suspicious, alright.
I'd like to read that part, but I don't really want to dig through a bunch of chapters to find it.
I might end up doing that in a day or two, though. But we'll see.
5922116 Here it is: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/149893/57/appledashery/hats-off-to-ya Though now that I'm second-guessing, it may also be a picture of her family (or her parents). Though I hope my first guess is the right one... To some extent.
So, Im just caught up to here and I have a prediction Imma make right now before I move forwards... Epcot will be made real by the shard! :D That's what I want.. It'd be mega-awesome!
Fare thee well, Epcot. She's going to have to go on my favorite characters list. The Background Pony version of Lyra is on there too. Do characters from any other fan fics make the list? Nope. Only Skirts fics, cause he's the best. This Appledashery version of Rainbow Dash will have to make the list as well, once I finish this story, assuming it ever ends (supposedly it's a third of the way done).
Where is Appledashery ranked? My 41st favorite story? No no, that won't do at all. I'm moving it up to 18th.
...
I like lists a lot.
The spark of the machine world.
Oh wait.
Also I'm sad because without Epcot the story is going to be 20% less fuzzy.
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