It was staring to become cold. Very cold. Winter was drawing near. Rainbow Dash opened the window and blew. The air was visible, meaning snow might come soon. Rainbow beamed in happiness and closed the window. She looked around the room and walked towards her school uniform. It was already time to wear the winter uniform.
"Dashie!!!" A familiar high-pitched voice came from behind. "Let's walk to school together!" Pinkie suggested, already catching up to Rainbow.
Rainbow turned her head and grinned. "Hey, Pink!" She greeted. The two talked about all sorts of things until they got to school.
Once they arrived at their classroom, Rainbow slouched on her chair and stretched her arms. "We're finally here!" She complained. "When it's winter, the walk to school seems longer." She closed her eyes, almost ready to sleep. Due to the cold, it feels even better to fall asleep in class. She awaited Pinkie's reply, but Pinkie seemed to be absorbed in something else. Rainbow opened her right eye and looked at Pinkie. "Hey, what's goin' on?"
Pinkie didn't even answer. She wasn't even looking at Rainbow. Rainbow opened her eyes fully and turned her head to the direction in which Pinkie was looking.
She was clearly looking at Soarin. But for some reason, Pinkie looked worried. Rainbow raised her eyebrow and snapped her fingers in front of Pinkie's face. "Yo, Pink! You okay?" She asked.
"Huh!?!" Pinkie jumped and shook her head. She turned around to look at Rainbow. "Haha, sorry, I got distracted." She giggled and scratched her head. She went back to her seat, but she continued to look at Soarin.
Rainbow became worried, and decided to ask Pinkie at lunchtime.
"Hey, Pink! Let's eat." Rainbow said, grabbing a chair and sitting in front of Pinkie's desk. She placed a small black container on the table and tore apart her chopsticks. "Come on, where's your food? I want to eat my bento."
"Hold on!" Pinkie said, taking out a container filled with small homemade chocolate chip cookies. "Alright, lets's eat!" She said, eating her cookies.
Rainbow beamed and ate her bento. "So, what's wrong? You looked worried a while ago." She asked.
"Oh, it's nothing." Pinkie said, munching on a cookie. "I just had a bad feeling about something." She shrugged.
Rainbow raised her eyebrow. "What kind of bad feeling? Are you sick? Maybe it's just your Pinkie Sense giving off a false alarm."
Pinkie shrugged again. "I dunno. Sometimes I can't really tell." She said, still chewing a cookie. She swallowed it and said, "I'll just figure it out later."
Rainbow nodded and changed the topic until the bell rang.
Pinkie Pie sighed. "I've been roaming around school to find what my Pinkie Sense was telling me, but I still can't find it!" Pinkie complained, although talking to herself at the mirror. "Come on, me! You can find it, right???" She asked herself, shaking the mirror repeatedly.
"Hey, Soaaaarin!" A voice came from outside the bathroom.
"Huh?" Pinkie said, slowly walking towards the door to listen. The voice was clearly not Rainbow Dash, it was probably just a fan. But Pinkie's Pinkie Sense was telling her that that voice was important.
"Huh? Oh, it's you again." Another voice, most likely Soarin, said. "What do you want?"
"I was thinking we should walk home school together!" The other voice said. "You know, just the two of us!"
"Um.....okay?" Soarin said.
"Yay! Come with me!" The other voice said.
"H-hey, wait, where are we going?" Soarin shouted.
"What do you mean? We're just gonna walk home!" The other voice giggled.
"Wait, let go of me!" Soarin yelled. "I don't even know your name yet!" The two voices started to trail off, and Pinkie tried her best to listen on carefully.
"My name is......" The other voice trailed off, the two were already walking away. Pinkie grunted and slammed the door open. She looked around and saw a girl, grabbing Soaring arm and walking with him towards the entrance. Pinkie recognized the girl, but could not remember who it was. Just then, Pinkie remembered.
"It's her!" She thought out loud. "The girl who was talking to Soarin at lunchtime a few days before Cultural Festival!" Pinkie pouted. "She's interfering. And I'm not letting her do that, or my name isn't Pinkie Pie!." She said to herself, running around school to find Rainbow. "...which, it is."
Rainbow yawned as the bell rung. She took off her indoor shoes and wore her outdoor shoes.. "Ugh, I'm tired! Studying in winter is hard because you think you'd rather do something warmer." She complained, slamming her shoe locker shut.
Pinkie shrugged. "Fine by me!" She said, gently closing her locker. "By the way, I have something important to tell you!" She said, jumping up and down.
Rainbow rolled her eyes and picked up her bag. "Tell me on the way." She said, starting to walk towards the exit.
Just then, Pinkie gave a loud "Yay!" and pulled Rainbow somewhere. She ran as fast as she could until they reached a certain road.
"What're we doing in Soarin's road?" Rainbow asked curiously. She looked around, but there was nothing special or unusual to see. "Is that it? You just wanted me to go to Soarin's house?"
"Shhhhh!" Pinkie said, putting her finger on Rainbow's mouth. She walked a little slowly and reached the corner. "There they are!" Pinkie whispered loudly to Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow raised er eyebrow. "Whaaaaat?" She said. "Why are we spying on Soarin and that other girl?" She asked, stepping into sight.
"Hey, wait!" Pinkie almost screamed. She pulled Rainbow back and squished her face. "Look, this is very important! If you don't do something, you'll lose Soarin!!!" She whispered loudly. She pushed Rainbow into sight and quickly hid.
"Hey, Pink-grrrrr....." Rainbow took a deep breath and strutted to Soarin. "Ey, Soarin!" She greeted, putting her arm around him. "Funny seeing you here!"
"Wha-Dash-huh!?" Soarin stammered. "Of course you'd see me here, this is the way to my house!" He shouted.
"Anyway, let's walk home!" She grabbed Soarin's hand and quickly walked to his house, forcing him to walk with her. "Let's goooo!"
"Hey, hold up!" Soarin yelled, trying to stop.
"What do you think you're doing!?" The girl who was previously with him said. She hurried along with Rainbow Dash. "I was walking with Soarin first! I should walk with him!" She demanded.
"Well I was friends with Soarin before you were!" Rainbow boasted. "So I should walk with him!" She walked even faster. But the other girl ran after her. The two started to argue more and more about who should walk with Soarin, while Soarin is behind them, being dragged to his house.
"I had a crush on him since grade 5!" The girl yelled. "So I am clearly worthy of walking with him!"
"I've liked him since grade 3! So, ha!" Rainbow yelled even louder.
"Hold on-" Soarin shouted, falling on the ground. The two girls stopped squabbling and turned around. "We're already here! My house is right over there!" He said, pointing at the house next to them. He got up and shook the dust off of his clothes. "See ya tomorrow." He waved his hand without looking back and entered his house.
The two glared at each other. "This is all your fault!" The other girl said. "If you hadn't come, Soarin wouldn't be mad!"
"My fault!?!" Rainbow yelled. "It was you who dragged Soarin around!" She stepped closer to the girl. "What do you want from him anyway?"
The other girl didn't answer her question and snickered. "Just stay away from him." She whispered.
Rainbow closed her eyes angrily. "What the hell, man!?!!" Rainbow yelled. The other girl jumped.
"You seriously think I'm gonna do that!? He's my friend! And I'm not gonna let a girl like you date him!" She shouted, sweat coming down from her face. She stopped yelling and took a deep breath. Afterwards, there was just plain silence.
The other girl snickered and turned around. "This isn't over yet." She whispered in a deep voice. She ran away, leaving Rainbow Dash behind.
"Man, I was awesome!" She quietly said to herself. But she knew someone was spying on her. "Pinkie, I know you're there." She bluntly said.
Pinkie came out of hiding and hugged Rainbow from behind. "Heehee. I heard ya." She giggled.
Rainbow blushed for a split second and cleared her throat. "What did you hear?" She asked, signalling Pinkie to let go of her. "Everything?"
Pinkie smiled and nodded. "Yup!" She cheerfully said. "I heard the argue, the yelling, most especially how you yelled that you 'liked Soarin since grade 3' yada yada yada...." She giggled again and jumped in front of Rainbow.
Rainbow's face was painted red. "W-was this a set-up!?!" She shouted and grabbed Pinkie's arms. "Did you plan all this just to make me say that!?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! I was planning to do that in another day. This was unintentional." Pinkie explained, putting Rainbow's hands down. "But you didn't say it. You admitted it." She winked and walked away.
Rainbow Dash wanted to say something. Shout after her, or maybe even chase her. But she didn't. If Pinkie eavesdrops, it'd be hard to prove her wrong. She grunted and stomped her foot and decided to walk home.
The next day was a Saturday, so there was no school. Rainbow couldn't forget about what happened yesterday, although she was desperate to forget it ever happened. She decided that maybe if she went out, she'd relax and focus on something else. She got up from her bed and put on some thick clothes, and went to Sunset Strip Mall.
"Man, the mystery burger tasted so good!" Rainbow said to herself after she left Hay Burger. "Even though the cashier said that it had mystery ingredients...." She stretched and looked around. There wasn't much to do, and this mall mostly had food stores. She shrugged and decided to go watch a movie at another mall, but then she stopped. She saw a familiar face and waved her hand. "Ey, Soarin!"
Soarin noticed Rainbow Dash and waved back. He ran towards her and said, "Sup." He nervously stopped. After seeing Rainbow, he suddenly remembered about a couple of certain events that recently happened. "Um....whatcha doin' here?" He quickly asked.
"Nothing really, just clearing my mind and stuff." Rainbow laughed. "If you know what I mean."
"Oh." Soarin realized what she meant. "Ooooooohh." He scratched the back of his head. "Gotcha. I'm here for the same reason too actually." He laughed. After that, both of them laughed.
"Well then, I'm gonna go see a movie." Rainbow changed the subject as quickly as she could. "Wanna come?" She blurted out.
Soarin blushed. "U-um....sure." He answered. The two of them walked to the nearest mall, Blue Sunset Mall. It was very crowded because it was the weekend, but they were able to wait in line.
"Er, can I ask you a question?" He nervously said.
Rainbow nodded. "Sure, go on ahead."
Soarin froze. He hoped that she would say no. "Well...." He trailed off. "......was.....was everything you said yesterday true?" He finally asked.
Rainbow Dash blushed. "W-were you spying on us after you went home!?" She almost yelled.
"N-no, not that! I don't even know you stayed!" He hastily explained. "I meant when you were, um, dragging me." He quietly said. He wished that nobody heard him, even Rainbow Dash. But unfortunately, she did.
Rainbow blushed even more as she realized what he was talking about. "Th-that? W-well, not exactly." She said. "I mean, what I meant back there was that I wanted to become f-friends with you...........s-so don't get the wrong idea! It's not like I like you or anything! I-idiot....."
Soarin raised his eyebrow and then shrugged it off. "Well, come on, we're next." He nudged Rainbow as the previous customer left. They both walked up to the counter. Since Rainbow didn't look like she as able to speak, Soarin said, "2 tickets for..."
"3 tickets for Hinny Of The Hills, please!" The girl from the day before said once she jumped right next to Soarin and grabbed his arm.
"Make that 4!" A high-pitched voice came from behind them. When the other three looked behind, there was only a short man with a hat and a trench coat. But then, the sort man threw the hat and trench coat off and revealed themself as a pink-haired highschool girl. "I'm gonna make sure nothing...........not meant to be happens!" She said.
"Pinkie, were you spying on us the whole time?" Rainbow asked, annoyed.
"Oh, no! No, no, no, no, no! I was spying on this girl here!" She yelled quietly, pointing at the other girl.
"My name is Lightning Dust." The girl said. "I'm not just any girl."
"Yeah, whatever." Rainbow rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. Lightning glared at her.
The cashier sighed. "Are you all gonna group up and buy tickets or not?" He asked impatiently. "Because you four have a heck of a line back there." He said, pointing at the angry line behind them.
"Oh, yep! All of us are going to go see Hinny Of The Hills!" Pinkie said, placing money on the counter. The cashier took the money and replaced it with 4 tickets. The four took their tickets and went to inside.
Once they got inside, Pinkie somehow already picked a seat in the middle and waved to everyone, signalling them to come and sit with her. They rushed next to her and Pinkie was sitting next to Soarin, Soarin was sitting next to Lightning Dust, and Lightning was sitting next to Rainbow Dash.
Pinkie noticed where Rainbow was sitting and got up. "Hey, Rainbow! Can you trade places with me?" She whispered loudly to Rainbow.
"What for??" Rainbow whispered back.
Pinkie walked over to her and whispered, "I just have to clear something up with Lightning."
Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Is this about me and Soarin?" She asked.
"Just do it!" Pinkie pulled Rainbow out of her chair and sat in place, forcing Rainbow to go sit next to Soarin. Pinkie then grabbed Lightning's face and looked her in the eyes. "Listen here, Dust! I've been through months of pairing Rainbow and Soarin and you're here to wreck all my work!! So, if you want Soarin, at least try to get past me!" She yelled. A couple of people around them gave them a simple "Shhhh!" and Pinkie grinned to apologize
"Look, it's not my fault Rainbow and I like the same person!" Lightning angrily whispered, putting Pinkie's hands down. "Besides, it's not like she has a chance! She doesn't even want to let Soarin know she likes him!"
Pinkie's eyebrows furrowed. "Maybe so, but me, her bestie, is there to help her!" She reminded Lightning. She finally put back her happy face and fixated her eyes on the screen.........and made sure she'd know if anything funny happened.
A few days later, things went back to normal. Or at least, back to their daily lives. But, a new person has been added to the group. And it didn't seem that Lightning Dust was going to give up on Soarin very easily.
After the movie, the four went outside the mall together. "That was so awesome!" Rainbow said, squishing her cheeks.
"Heh, more awesome than you." Lightning angrily said. Pinkie clapped her hand on Lightning's mouth.
"We'll be going home." She grinned. "Boom-bye!" Pinkie pulled Lightning along with her and left the other two alone.
"H-hey, let go!" Rainbow and Soarin could hear Lightning's last words before they left. They watched as Pinkie quickly pulled Lightning away, and Rainbow knew exactly why.
"Well, okayyyy...." Soarin said. "So, wanna go grab a bite to eat?" He nervously asked Rainbow. "I'm kinda hungry."
Rainbow blushed and looked away. But she decided to act cool and smiled. "Yeah, sure!" She turned her head to look at Soarin. The two paused as they looked at each other, and everything suddenly fell silent. Soarin walked closer to Rainbow, without saying a word.
Rainbow's pupils suddenly shrunk. "A-ah! W-well, we better get going then!" She stammered and broke the silence.
Soarin snapped out of it and slapped his hand onto is head. "Oh, right!"
As they were about to walk, a small white object landed on Rainbow's head. She tried to grab it, and saw a small piece of snow. They both looked up and noticed even more gently fall down. They looked at each other and laughed. They went inside to eat some snacks and by the time they got out, the whole place was already covered in snow.
To Be Continued...