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// Field Trip Of Five pt1 
// Story: Dashing Love (REWRITTEN) 
// by Kellster 
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The snowflakes slowly started to stop coming down, meaning that Spring was almost here. Several days have passed by, and Rainbow Dash didn't see a single difference in any of those days, besides the football game that Rainbow played with her friends in the snow. It wasn't that bad though, there wasn't any snow on the field, anyways. And what happened right after New Year's.

She never expected to see his face again. She never knew she'd ever talk to that guy again. Everything happened so fast, and just thinking about it makes Rainbow uneasy. What if she broke his heart? What if it'll be extremely awkward to talk to him now? Because of all these crazy unanswered questions, Rainbow tried to avoid Quibble Pants as much as possible.

But he kept appearing everywhere. She's never seen him around before, and yet now he's unavoidable. Rainbow tried to eat in the cafeteria with her friends, but he was always in a nearby table. She tried eating in the classroom with her friends, but he was always hanging out with one of is friends in the same classroom. Heck, she even tried eating at the fountain in the school's plaza, and there he was, eating his packed ramen like a boss at the other side of the fountain. She could handle a stalker no problem, but Quibble actually confessed to Rainbow face to face. And not in a love letter.

Dash didn't know if he was stalking her or if it was all just a coincidence, but something happened that went a bit too far earlier this day.





After P.E. in the gymnasium, Rainbow was about to change into her regular uniform, until two girls came to her, looking very exhausted and frantic.

"R-Rainbow!" The one wearing glasses said, gasping for breath. "P-please! You.....gotta help....us!"

"We were.....l-looking for a basketball.....in the......gym locker, a-and for some reason, an entire......gigantic shelf fell!" The one with twin-drills panted. "We could.......clean it all up......ourselves, but there are some s-stuff there that are.....just too......heavy! Since you're the s-strongest girl in the school, could you please help us?"

Rainbow looked at them, confused. "Sure, of course I'll help. But why do you two look so tired?" She asked, starting to walk towards the gym locker. "Did something scare you in there?"

The girl with glasses closed the cap of her water bottle after drinking from it. "Well, we thought there was something in there besides us." She said, shaking with fear a little bit. "I was probably just imagining things, but she saw it too!" She said, pointing at her friend. The other one nodded.

Rainbow froze a bit, although still walking. But she didn't want to show that she was even a bit afraid. She shook it off and gave the two a challenging smile. "Well, don't worry! I'll definitely help you two!"

Once they got in, they immediately cleaned up the big mess that the shelf made. Rainbow looked up for a second and looked around. Thinking about it, the shelf couldn't just fall down all by itself. She got up and checked her surroundings for a while. She knew they weren't alone, unless the one who pushed the shelf left the locker already.

Turning around, Rainbow saw a very familiar face.

"Oh, hey Rainbow." Quibble said, blushing. He looked away, trying not to look at her. It was a bit embarrassing since the girl's P.E. uniform is a bit too 'revealing'. "Sorry, I was just looking for a soccer ball. I found one on the top of that shelf, but it fell when I was reaching for the ball. S-sorry!" He quickly ran out of the locker afterwards before Rainbow could tell him that it wasn't much of a problem.

But a thought crossed Rainbow's mind. Since the shelf fell, Quibble could've easily gotten the ball and just leave right afterwards. But after it fell, both girls came running to Dash and took a few minutes to get to the locker. Quibble could get the ball and run away faster than a few minutes. Does that mean he was waiting for the two girls to call Rainbow Dash to get there?

Rainbow shook that thought off. Of course he wouldn't, why would he? She continued helping the two girls clean up the mess until the bell rang.





Rainbow Dash thought about that as she was leaving the school. She couldn't forget about it, especially when she was in math class and basically daydreamed her way through the lesson. Rainbow tried to cool down as she turned her head and looked at the cherry blossom trees that were on the sides of the pathway. There was still some snow on the trees, even though half of all the snow on the ground were already gone. While examining them, Rainbow could see all the different students walking and running home.

And sure enough, Quibble Pants was also there.

Rainbow remembered again, and groaned. She really waned to forget, because now it's hard to approach him knowing how he truly feels. She tried to think about someone else, like a certain pink ball of energy.

"Hey, Dashie!!!" Pinkie Pie yelled from behind. She was speeding through the crowd and caught up with Rainbow Dash, hugging her from behind. "Let's walk home together! You had an errand to run yesterday so we couldn't. Now it's payback time!"

Rainbow grinned and rolled her eyes. "Pink, we walk home together everyday anyways." She laughed again and made Pinkie let go of her.

Pinkie giggled. "Yeah, but in the future you'll probably walk home with Soarin." She said, pointing at Soarin, who was only a few inches away. "You know what I mean."

Rainbow blushed and snickered. "W-well, I'll still be able to walk with anybody I choose! R-right?" She hastily said as they were leaving school grounds. "Anyways, I need your help with a little something."

Pinkie raised her eyebrow. "Heh?"

The two hung out at Hay Burger and Rainbow explained everything that happened about Quibble while eating their food. "I mean, I have loads of stalkers and fans, but y'know? I've actually met this guy before and he confessed." Rainbow slammed on the table and then crossed her arms. "What do I do about him? I don't like him, but if he never leaves me, it's gonna be awkward for both of us forever."

Pinkie grinned and took a bite of her cheeseburger. "Well, you two are still 'friends' right?" Pinkie asked. Rainbow nodded. "Then, just talk to him like he's one of your jock friends! No biggie."

Rainbow chuckled. "Actually, he's not a jock." Rainbow said. "He's a logic-loving-nerd who only likes the logic in Daring Do books." She said, taking a sip of her soda. "But yeah, I can do that. But what if he tries to make a move?"

Pinkie thought about it for a second and looked out the window. She then turned back to Rainbow and smiled. "Play it cool, like you always do!" She said. Then, Pinkie's bright smile changed into a death stare. "Right?"

Rainbow gulped as sweat came down from her face. "U-um, right!" She answered.

After going back to her usual self, Pinkie ate some french fries as Rainbow sighed.





The next two days were a weekend, so Rainbow had loads of time to forget Quibble. But she tried to hold on to Pinkie's advice and pretend that they were always just friends. Nothing more. At all. Or ever. Rainbow shook it off her again and jumped off her bed, thinking she'll just play video games indoors today.

But right after the weekend, Rainbow completely forgot about Quibble instead of acting like a friend to him.

She remembered that they had a field trip to Kurodsderu. Sure, that's where she was born, but she still loved to visit that place. She excitedly ran to school, and she was guessing that Pinkie did too, since she didn't bump into her yet.

But in class, once she speedily sat on her chair, waiting for the teacher, the pink-headed girl came. "Hey, Dashie!" She shouted joyfully. "Excited for the field trip?"

Rainbow looked up at Pinkie and grinned. "What do you think?" She asked, laughing. "Of course I am, it's Kurodsderu! Home of all the sportiest people in Equestria! The hype, man! THE HYPE!!"

While the two of them were ranting on and on about the trip, Soarin passed by and got distracted by two things: They were talking about the field trip, which e was also excited about, and one other thing he tried not to look at. Actually, it wasn't a 'thing'.

He came over and joined the conversation. "The field trip is for freshmen and sophomores, right? Does that mean we could go in groups?" He nervously asked.

Pinkie giggled. "Yup! The teacher said groups of five. So that means......." Pinkie paused for a while and looked up, thinking about which people would go to their group. "Me, you, Rainbow Dash, Lightning Dust and..........one other person that we'll think about later! It's not like we have to tell the teacher which groups we're in or anything."

The three nodded to each other before the bell rang, and teacher came, also wearing a wide grin on her face. "Alright, this is it!!!" She shouted startling the class. Noticing that, she cleared her throat and returned to her normal face. "Okay, we'll all split up into groups of five. You can group up with the other classes too, if you want. I know I've already told you all to write down places you want to see there so you can make your time there worthwhile, so let's wish none of you forgot! I'm looking at you, Derpy." She said, glaring at Derpy Hooves, then slowly smiled in forgiveness.

Rainbow raised her hand. "But miss, isn't the bus going to stop at all the cool spots anyway?" She asked, groaning.

The teacher laughed. "Ahahaha, in you dreams. The bus is gonna stop at the typical tourist spots, so don't you think you can get away with that!" She said, making the whole class (except for some others) moan.





Later, all the freshmen and sophomores gathered at the airport. Rainbow, Soarin, and Pinkie were in the same class, so once they were in one group. They looked around at the big airport. ?It was as shiny and packed as ever, complete with people rushing around.

"This place is bigger than the last time I traveled." Rainbow thought. She then turned to Pinkie and Soarin, but Pinkie was nowhere to be found. "Hey, where the hell is Pink?" She asked Soarin as she hastily looked around. Not only was she worried, but if she went missing, it would all be their fault.

Soarin jumped a little and looked at the spot where Pinkie was. Rainbow was right; she wasn't there anymore. "Huh? I dunno. She was just here a second ago-"

"What?" Rainbow asked as she looked up at Soarin. She then looked at where he was looking, and noticed Pinkie rushing towards them, holding a small plastic bag. "Pinkie, where'd you go!? You do know if you run off like that, it will all be me and Soarin's fault, right!?!" She yelled.

Instead of cowering, Pinkie giggled and raised the bag she was holding. "I bought some souvenirs!" She laughed as she showed it to her friends.

Soarin jumped in shock. "You're supposed to buy it after the trip, on the way back!!" He shouted.

Pinkie shrugged. "Oh well. Oh, hey, There she is!" She said, waving her hand at Lightning Dust, who was all the way over at the other class. "Lightie, you're-"

"Late." Rainbow complained, rolling her eyes.

Lightning grunted. "Wasn't my fault my class was late. Plus, there was traffic, and one student was chasing the bus because he got left behind." Lightning's angry face then turned into a happy one as she laughed. "Then the teacher made him do an essay about being late."

After a few minutes of talking, Rainbow spaced out a bit. She noticed Quibble, who was all alone in another class. He was looking around, and pretty much didn't talk to anybody. Rainbow felt sorry for him, but she was also worried about talking to him, because that would cause a problem on so many levels. For example, Quibble might think that Rainbow was hitting on him. Or, Lightning Dust saw it as a chance to get closer to Soarin. Rainbow noticed she was getting off topic, and shook her head.

But the next thing she knew, Quibble was standing right behind her. "Eh!? Q-Quibble? Where'd you come from?" She asked, shocked of how he got there so fast. Or maybe she was being absent-minded for a long time.

"Um....what do you mean?" He asked, confused.

Before Rainbow could answer "Nevermind", Lightning came with a mysterious smirk. "Well, well, well! Looks like we have a fifth group member! Welcome aboard.........what's your name?" She asked, snapping her fingers at him.

"Quibble." He answered. "Quibble Pants." He said awkwardly. It was kind of embarrassing to say 'Pants' every time her introduces himself.

But fortunately, nobody really cared. Pinkie jumped behind Rainbow and whispered, "Was this the guy you were talking about?"

Rainbow turned around and raised her eyebrow at Pinkie. "Um, yes. But you don't need to whisper it to me if you're gonna do it so loud that everyone in our group could hear." She said, pushing Pinkie away.





The airplane was packed. It had lots of students in it that it looked like the plane couldn't hold them all, and it was all too much for Pinkie. "I gotta go. Save a seat for me, okay, Dashie?" She frantically said, already rushing to the bathroom after throwing her bag onto Rainbow's hands.

Rainbow rolled her eyes and noticed Lightning trying to catch up with Soarin. Since Pinkie wasn't here, she had to do do things by herself. She quickly grabbed Soarin's hand and blushed intensely. "U-um, look over there! Five empty seats! L-let's go before somebody takes it!" She said, alarming her group.

The four rushed there and took their places while Rainbow put Pinkie's bag on Pinkie's seat so everybody would know that the seat's taken. Rainbow hastily sat to the seat next to the window and Soarin. She sighed and stretched. "Finally, we're in the plane! We've been waiting for hours." She complained.

Soarin snickered. "You mean just 10 minutes?" He corrected. The two glared at each other for a second and turned away, their faces painted red.

Lightning quickly took the other seat next to Soarin and beamed. "Oh, Soarin! Thanks for sitting next to me!" She said, grabbing his arm again.

Soarin winced and tried to get out of her grasp. "You were the one who sat next to me."

"You're so funny, Soarin!" Lightning giggled after glaring at Rainbow Dash. "I like it." She said, continuing to laugh.

Soarin winced once again and looked up. "What did I do to deserve this!?!" He asked himself.

After a few seconds, Lightning finally let go of Soarin and stood up. "Be right back." She said to him before heading towards Quibble. "Alright, buddy, I've got something to talk to you about." Lightning said with a slight grin.

Quibble nodded and said, "Go on."

Lightning chuckled. "Well, you see, I like Soarin." She said, blushing and smiling at the thought of him. She squished her cheeks. "I get goosebumps just thinking about it!"

Quibble grunted and looked away. "Like I didn't notice." He mumbled before looking back at Lightning. "Anyways, what does that have anything to do with me?"

Lightning chuckled again. "Smart boy." She smirked and pointed at Rainbow. "That nuisance is getting in the way because she also likes him. Since you like her, we can both get the ones we love. If you help me, of course."

Quibble's cheeks were dyed in different shades of pink. "H-how did you know about that?" He whispered, grabbing Lightning by her collar.

"That doesn't matter. Are you in, or not?" Lightning asked before pulling away and grinning at him.

Quibble looked down and thought about it. Sure, he liked Rainbow Dash, but not that much that he'd go and do devious things to Soarin about it - wait, he did love her a lot. He'd do almost anything. Besides, they're not going to do stuff that are that bad, right? "Sure."

Lightning jumped in the air. "Great!" She happily raised her hands in the air and then hummed as she walked back to her seat.

After Lightning snuggled a bit closer to Soarin, Pinkie came out and sat next to Quibble. "Heard you like Dashie." She winked at him and laughed.

Quibble grunted and stood up. "Alright, where the hell are you girls finding out about this stuff!? Do you girls tell everything to each other!?!" He yelled, although making sure he wasn't heard.

"Well, I guess not everything, but she told me." Pinkie explained before slowly making a serious face. "But.........what do you mean 'you girls'? Did someone else tell you the same thing?"

Quibble gulped as sweat poured down his face. He didn't really want to lie, but he was working with Lightning Dust now, and it seemed like she didn't want to reveal that she knows how he feels. Taking a deep breath, he shook his head at Pinkie Pie, unable to speak.

Pinkie glared at him for a split secondand looked out the window, returning to her usual cheerful face. "If you don't want to tell me, it's fine." She grinned as she looked outside, watching everyone get ready for the plane to take off. Pinkie's smile slowly turned into a smirk. "I have my ways of knowing." She muttered.

To be continued...