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's flight over the wasteland was a considerably slower venture without the aid of the griffon ruby. Nevertheless, she persisted in her westward glide, keeping lofty enough to avoid the occasional monstrosity below.
And there were more than a few of them. Large reptilian beasts lurched about, some simply grazing for food, others locked in casual combat. There were canyons and ravines where all manner of hideous insectoid abominations mingled—all of which gave Rainbow disturbing flashbacks of her struggle inside Spindel's Narrow.
Every now and then—amidst the curious bestiary—Rainbow would spot a tiny orange figure, standing in obscure places while all the creatures around seemingly ignored the freckled mare.
With a shudder, Rainbow faced ahead, her ears tickled by the wind.
And more: "So I made a game of it!" Lancie said, lying casually in the pouch of her saddlebags. "I'd rearrange the trophies from tallest to smallest, then from roundest to squarest, and then a little bit of both!" He smirked. "Then—if I got really bored—I'd arrange them by greater or less number of words on the plaques!"
"I can't believe you played games with my trophy collection," Rainbow Dash murmured.
"Well, could you blame me?" Lancie shrugged. "While going on adventures with you is nice and fluffy and all, I swear—most of the last few months has been me twiddling my talons back in your sky home. And the only interesting thing about your place—aside from it being a floating cloud house in the sky—is the shiny trophy collection. I promise I didn't spit on any of them... much."
"Mrmmmfff..." Rainbow muttered. "I suppose I should be sorry for leaving you alone to collect dust so much."
"Eh..." Lancie shrugged. "It's no big deal. I mean, I was only a granite statue frozen in place for thousands and thousands of years." He smiled. "Crashing at a bachelorette pegasus' pad for a few months is totally manageable."
"Well, that's good to know." Rainbow drifted left to avoid a jutting monolith of stone. "I guess."
"Though I do have one question," Lancie siad, leaning forward. "Why do you keep half of your trophies locked away in a cabinet?"
"Huh?"
"You've got at least three or four brass cups just hiding in the shadows."
"Oh. Eh..." Rainbow shrugged. "I got most of those at junior flight camp. I was on a hoofball team. Most of them are just consolation prizes."
"I dunno. They looked pretty snazzy to me."
"Look, I'm awesome. I've earned a lot of trophies, okay?" Rainbow's voice cracked. "It's super hard to keep track of all of them."
"Or maybe there's some you'd rather not keep track of?"
"Huh?"
"Cuz I noticed a common trait about the trophies you have hidden." Lancie smirked. "They don't say 'Rainbow Dash' on them."
Rainbow's ears twitched. "Uhhhhh..."
"There's a middle name. A very curious one." Lancie cleared his throat. "Rainbow J—"
"Do not say it!" Rainbow suddenly snarled. "I'm serious! Nobody... and I mean nopony says my middle name!"
"Hahahaha—why not?" Lancie grinned. "I think it's rather colorful."
"It's boring," Rainbow grumbled. "Stuffy."
"Then why haven't you thrown those trophies out completely if you hate it so much?"
"Because..." Rainbow sighed, tail flicking in the wind. "...the fact that it exists means my dad probably gave it to me."
"Your father or your mother?"
"Mmmmfff..." Rainbow shrugged. "Either way, it's one of the few things I still have from them." A few seconds later, she frowned, glaring back at the statue. "But it's only for me to know! Not for other ponies!"
"Alright! Alright!" Lancie nodded. "I promise not to tell other ponies about your hidden name!" He shrugged. "Not like I've inclined to open up conversation with them anyways."
"Yeah..." Rainbow nodded, brow furrowed. "What's up with that?"
"Just figured it would complicate things further."
"Mmmm... you're right."
"Say, how are we doing in Creepy Beastland?"
"You tell me."
Lancie pointed north a bit on the horizon. "Aim yourself to the right. I feel the landscape dipping."
"Me too," Rainbow said. "And I think those far ahead are... forests?"
"Only one way to find out."
"Right." Rainbow flapped her wings harder and glided northwest. "Let's just hope this freaky place doesn't have sentient tree sap."
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That's... surprisingly sad. Lancie just at the house for so long and often. Extra pity considering the entire Ciderspace arc he was abandoned there. Didn't really realize.
Oh no, not Jennifer! Not one of those silly middle names :P
Not even the Crusaders had to deal with that!
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Or Juniper.
6354518 I'll bet it is one like that, though.
Although in my own headcanon about her middle name, I chose "Aurora".
It just seemed to fit her better.
And just what, exactly, is wrong with the name "Jennifer"? I happen to have an older cousin by that name.
6354528 Geez, no kidding!
6354564 Nothing wrong with the name itself, it's just the name commonly used in a lot of fics. Would've hoped for something else is all :P
6354581 Ah, okay. I didn't know that. Thanks for explaining it.
And sorry if I came off as a bit snippy. I didn't mean to, if I did.
6354669 No worries!
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Also, I feel like this arc is stuffed full with more than enough Lanciedashery to make up for the last few arcs giving Lancie a bit of a back seat. Keep it coming, I say!
Sometimes Lancie annoys the heck out of me. Ever since we left Ponyville, though, Lancie's been a rock star. Probably the best I've seen from him since Dredgemane.
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I like Juniper.
Rainbow Juniper Dash.
Oh! maybe it's Jujube!
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I was thinking Juniper myself.
Jennifer was another one, but it's not one I would prefer. Especially when you compare it to the rest of the names in the MLP-verse, it is kind of...silly if not outlandish.
This is the second time Rainbow's middle name has come up, but this time it actually seems kind of... significant. Hmm. I suppose we'll find out eventually.
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I havd a feeling you're right about this ark!
...
I mean, arc.
Onwards to adventure!
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Rainbow Jack Danger Professionalism Jennifer Dash II
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When was the first mention again?
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For some reason, Jasmine keeps popping into my head. Of course, that means nothing to anyone, but it would be a cool middle name for her to have. Better than mine, at least.
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It was mentioned by Noir. I think it was when he was showing Dash the portal to Saros.
Knowing our author's penchant for all things Disney, I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up being Jasmine.
Jeronimo?
Accidental typo by the author or an slip up from Rainbow?
Gotta agree with the commenters, Juniper is a dope middle name.
...Juniper...huh...
for some reason the first name that leapt to my mind was Jessica
Rainbow Jessica Dash.
Doesn't really roll of the tongue as well as Rainbow Miriam Dash.
As many fanfic a I've seen that have her supposed middle name I'm willing to bet it's Jennifer. Rainbow Jennifer Dash
6936435 I imagined something more unusual like Jezzebelle
Jeffrey
Beat that.
janger. it was meant to be "danger" but the hospital made a typo.