//------------------------------// // Chapter Three // Story: Love In The Clouds // by SoarinLove1234 //------------------------------// Pinkie Pie bounced happily through ponyville saying hello to everypony she knew which was just about everypony in town when all of a sudden her tail began to twitch wildly. Her light blue eyes grew wide suddenly with fear for she knew that this reaction could only mean one thing; that something bad was about to happen! She raced wildly through town letting her famous Pinkie sense guide her when she realized she was headed toward the Ever Free Forest. It wasn’t long before she noticed Rainbow Dash still lying on the ground covered in dirt and debris with her fore hooves covering her face. “Rainbow Dash! Moooooovveeee!” She yelled loudly and quickly pushed her friend out of the way of a large tree branch as it came crashing down. Rainbow Dash looked over at the broken tree limb and then back at the pink pony sitting before her breathing hard. “Um thanks Pinkie…” She said and turned away from her. “You’re very welcome! That was a close one! I mean I knew something bad was going to happen because my tail was a twitchin the way it always does, but I didn’t know what it was trying to tell me was going to happen and then I saw you and that branch so I hurried over to save you!” Pinkie explained rapidly never stopping to catch her breath until she saw RD’s eyes were puffy. “Hey have you been crying?” “Huh! Uh no! Why would you ask something like that? Crying is for wimps and is completely uncool!” Dash denied rubbing her eyes with her hooves. “I just had something in my eye from that crash landing…I guess I’m losing my game or something…” “Oh Rainbow Dash! You’re not losing your game! You’re the best flyer in all of Equestria! So you made a little boo boo! It’s okay I won’t tell anybody!” Pinkie replied squeezing Rainbow tightly. “Heh thanks Pinkie.” Dash said and stared at the ground not wanting Pinkie to see the tears threatening to spill down her cheeks. “Did you want to tell me something before? I’ve just been so busy planning Fluttershy and Big Macintosh’s wedding!” “It’s really nothing Pinkie, it doesn’t matter anymore.” Pinkie sat there staring at Rainbow Dash and could tell that she was sad about something. Sadness was something that Pinkie never liked to see anypony experience, especially when that pony was one of her best friends. She placed a hoof on RD’s shoulder and asked, “What’s the matter? You’re usually super-duper happy doing stunts and playing pranks on everypony.” “If you must know…” Dash said in a quiet voice. “Soarin and I made love and I thought that it meant something special to him, that I was special to him, but he’s engaged to Spitfire now…he doesn’t care about me at all.” Hearing the news, Pinkie remained quiet for a long moment. She was trying to understand what RD was saying and she realized that her friend had fallen in love for the first time and had just gotten her heart broken. “Oh I’m so sorry Rainbow Dash! Is there anything I can do to make you feel better? Wait is this like the time we told everypony I was pregnant, but I really wasn’t? Because that wasn’t a fun a joke, I felt really bad about it and…” “No Pinkie, this isn’t a joke.” Dash replied with a sigh. “It really happened.” “You mean that you really for real did THAT with Soarin!” Pinkie exclaimed covering her mouth with her hooves. “Yes we really for real did that Pinkie, is it so hard to believe that something like that could happen for me?” “Oh um no its not, I’m just surprised is all.” “Haven’t you ever been with a stallion?” Rainbow Dash questioned and Pinkie frowned as if trying to think really hard about that question. “No!” She replied in her usual high pitched voice. “Nopity nope nope! I have not been with anypony like that!” “You mean to say that you’re still a virgin?” Dash asked, surprise evident in her tone “Yeah! I mean I’ve had crushes before, but I’ve never really dated or anything like that!” “Well here’s a word of advice to you Pinkie, don’t bother, you’ll only get your heart broken.” Dash said and then took to the skies and darted off toward her cloud house. Pinkie wasn’t sure how she could make RD feel better, but she was determined to put a smile back on her face. It was her duty as the element of laughter to spread laughter throughout all of Equestria and she would not fail. With that a huge grin spread across her face and she bounced off back toward Sugar Cube Corner where she could plan a huge party to cheer RD up. Inside her cloud house, Rainbow Dash fell down onto her bed and just cried into her pillow. She couldn’t believe that she’d been so stupid. Falling for Soarin was the most ridiculous thing she could have done and now he had her virtue on top of it all. How could she have ever thought she stood a chance with him? He was a celebrity after all. His and Spitfire’s wedding would be the biggest thing to happen since the Canterlot wedding of Shining Armor and Princess Candace. Turning over on her back, RD stared up at her ceiling. She knew she would have to get over Soarin, that dwelling over him wasn’t going to make her feel better. “He’s not worth all this pain!” She told herself, but a frown formed on her face as more tears welled up in her eyes. “Come on! Get it together Rainbow Dash! You don’t need him, you were fine without him before all of this and you’ll be fine without him now!” She said brushing the tears away wildly. With that she grabbed one of her favorite Daring-Do books and buried herself in the adventures of her favorite pony.