Rainbow Dash takes her friends for a ride. It doesn't go well.
An entry in the A Thousand Words Contest under Humor.
Thank you to The Sleepless Beholder for pre-reading assistance and assistance in locating this beautiful cover art that, it so happens, was also based on the same song as the fic.
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Howdy, hi~!
Pffft, this was positively goofy and morbidly humourous. I do enjoy the conclusion brought forth over a rather unassuming picture that this would not end well for anyone involved. Really good flow to this one, getting the full story through without any bloating through the middle.
Fun read, thanks Dews :D
I knew I recognized this series of events! Question, what species are the blood sacrifices?
I can't decide
Whether you should live or die
Oh, you'll probably go to heaven
Please don't hang your head and cry
No wonder why
My heart feels dead inside
It's cold and hard and petrified
Lock the doors and close the blinds
We're going for a ride
Well, I knew there was going to be a bit of morbid humor in this, but I have to say, I'm glad that death is just a minor inconvenience to the parties involved (except perhaps the blood sacrifices). At first, I thought everypony was scared because Rainbow Dash had gotten ponies killed in a drunken crash before, but I didn't expect the scared ponies were the ones that were killed! A very humorous tale that I think I'll favorite! Hope it does well in the contest!
Well, the song did say "One horse open slay..."
Applejack always forgives Rainbow Dash for killing her. It just gives her a little time to hang out with her parents until Twilight whips out her necromancy.
...beg pardon? You know, of all the things I was expecting with Fluttershy...that wasn't one of them. XD ...how often has she done this though?
Dammit, Rainbow.
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Oh, that is just a horribly morbid idea....
Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh... I have this art on a t-shirt, its great!
Almost any tragedy can be turned into a comedy with the line ‘I’ll go get the blood sacrifices’
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Well, I guess she had some in her shed...
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Yes.
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Okay, you managed to find a way to create a sad twist to my silly morbid comedy. I applaud you. In fact I almost want to write this follow-up.
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More than you might think.
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Go for it! You can even still make it a comedy if you play the cards right.
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Well, based on the dialog I'd have lowballed it at...2? Maybe three times?
... Yeah, with the likes of Dash, Pinkie, and even Twilight herself in that social circle, this seems believable. Thank goodness for sanctioned necromancy. (At least, I hope it's sanctioned.)
Most entertaining bit of black holiday comedy. (Unholiday?) Thank you for it and best of luck in the judging.
augh i always love how rich your descriptions of action scenes are! really makes them come alive in the head
aww, the mental image of Rainbow Dash pulling a sleigh is equal parts adorable and frightening!
well, that is a very specific analogy!
oh no. oh noooooo
noooooo not her hat!
dangit, i can't even guess what Twilight's physics exposition is when it's through the filter of Rainbow Dash's smoothbrain!
ahaha love it!
damn, i bet Twilight would have loved that line were it happening in any other context, but here it must be oof!
love how this makes Rainbow Dash sound like some sort of deranged serial killer, haha
aaaaaa that makes too much sense!
ehehe "necroponicon", love it! and love how blasé Fluttershy is with the blood sacrifices. it works as a gag by contrasting with her gentle personality, but when one thinks about it, having to also take care of animals that are carnivores that eat equally sapient prey animals, it makes sense for her to be able to exchange one life for another in a moral calculus without being disturbed by it, so it works on mutiple levels, i like it!
ahaha, love the ending!
oh, wow wow wow, yeah, a lot of the elements are here!
those really are bizarre lyrics, and honestly, i love how this fic digs out the hilariously dark story that lies like a seam to be mined underneath the lyrics. and dang, this being what Rainbow Dash is like when she is drunk is way too believable! and agh, her thirsting for more cider and wondering where Applejack is from the beginning, then the perfectly comedically timed reveals of just what it is that happened, and Twilight's role of being the exasperated one; you make all of these elements come together so perfectly here. ah, i really loved this one!
Dammit Rainbow, it's a sleigh ride, not a slay ride!
A very enjoyable little bit of holiday-themed carnage.
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Like Rainbow would know the difference?
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Old comment I know, but true.
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But those are the best kind .
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This.
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Same.
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I know right?
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