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// It's Not What It Looks Like 
// Story: Dashing Love (REWRITTEN) 
// by Kellster 
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Rainbow Dash jumped a little as she felt vibration in her her skirt's pocket. Getting back to her senses, she turned it on and tilted her head. There was one message from Pinkie Pie. Why would she get one message from Pinkie Pie if she could've told her face to face? They are at school, after all. Turning around, Rainbow was just about to comment upon how Pinkie just wasted a bit of her phone credit, but Pinkie wasn't there. Rainbow sighed. It wasn't unusual for Pinkie to be unusual.

She opened the message to read it and raised her eyebrow. "Oh, Pinkie." She sighed as she read through the small, pixelated words.

"heya, dashie! i need 2 talk 2 u. meet me in class 1-4! u know, the empty 1 that seems to have conspiracies???" It read. Rainbow groaned at how Pinkie really should've just left a note. She got up, left the classroom, and tried her best to find class 1-4. There were tons of rumors and stories about the classroom since there were 5 first year classes, yet, class 1-4 stays in another classroom, which is 1-6. People made rumors, like maybe that classroom is haunted or maybe somebody died there, but anyone who actually believed those myths were fools.

Rainbow asked around a bit, and eventually she found it. But, before making it obvious that she was entering, she waited for the hallway to be empty. People also made rumors about the people who went inside the room. However, that was nearly impossible since this was this school was the biggest in the country and not to mention most popular, and the fact that it was lunchtime didn't help. After a few minutes, there was still students roaming around, but they weren't looking, so Rainbow rushed inside immediately.

Shutting the door, Rainbow turned around and hesitated a little since she was closing herself inside an empty, dark, and dirty classroom. Thankfully, Pinkie was already here so she didn't have to wait. "So, what did you want to talk about?" Rainbow asked.

Pinkie Pie giggled and stepped a little closer to Rainbow. "I have a little....favor to ask. It's about-"

"Soarin, right?" Rainbow said, unsurprised that this was about him. Sighing, Rainbow continued. "Give it up already, Pinkie. If you want us together, you can't just meddle your way through."

"I know." Pinkie said. "But if I didn't do anything, nothing would happen, am I wrong?" She asked, making her point.

Rainbow stepped back and tried to find her voice. "Whatever, anyways, what did you want?"

Pinkie turned around and did her girly run towards the window. "Do you have any plans for this weekend?" She asked calmly, as if it was expected for her to ask. But it's fine since nothing expected of Pinkie Pie.

Thinking, Rainbow looked up and then looked back down while walking towards Pinkie. "Nope. Completely boring non-existent schedule of mine is empty." She said as she leaned against the column next to the window. "Why?"

"You'll find out!" Pinkie winked. "Well, at Saturday, 3:00 P.M., meet me at the park!"

Rainbow chuckled. "If you were gonna tell me to meet me here to meet me somewhere else, then you should've just told me without having me to come in a weird room that has all sorts of "theories"." She said, looking around the room. It was starting to get eerily horrific. "Plus, you just wasted phone credit."

Pinkie smiled. "It's okay, I've got plenty of money from my part-time job." She insisted. "Well, I just wanted to make it more dramatic!" Right after that, the bell echoed through the building as the two felt silent. "K! See ya!" Pinkie waved goodbye at Rainbow and ran out of the room.

"Hey, wait, we're in the same class remem-oh, nevermind." Rainbow cut off, trying to follow up with Pinkie.





As Rainbow Dash ran around the soccer court, she kicked the ball into the goal and jumped in happiness with her team as the goalie missed in catching it.

"Great job, Dash!"

"Huh?" Rainbow said out loud as she turned around to see who was talking. "Thanks, Spitfire-wait, did you dye your hair pink?" She asked, tilting her hair at the obviously pink and poofy hair that was lying on top of Spitfire's head.

Spitfire giggled in a girly way. "Oh, Dashie, you're so silly!"

"E-EH!?!" Rainbow gasped, opening her eyes. Suddenly, Spitfire wasn't in front of her anymore. It was just Pinkie Pie. Plus, around her was just grass, trees, bushes, plants, and a few children blowing bubbles. "Oh, it's you. So, what did you want to talk about this time?"

"Oh, don't worry. It won't be with me." Pinkie waved her hand as she spoke. "Just stay calm and I'll be back in 2 hours!" She pointed at 5:00 on her watch and happily walked away.

Rainbow jumped. "T-t-t-two hours!?" She loudly asked. "What for!? Who am I meeting!?! Don't tell me it's Soarin!" She shouted, making a few of the kids stare.

But Pinkie just kept walking. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. You're making a fool of yourself.." She said as the kids started to blow bubbles a little farther away from them.

As soon as Pinkie was out of sight, Rainbow attempted to make a run for it, until she heard someone from behind. "Hey, Dash, watcha doin' here?" Soarin asked.

"Seriously, Pinkie, what's wrong with you?" Rainbow thought while turning around to face Soarin. "Pinkie told me to come here. Guessing she told you to come too." She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "That Pink."

"Then where is she?" Soarin asked.

Rainbow made a loud sigh. "She just left. I'm guessing that she wanted to make us go on a d-I mean, n-nothing!" She stammered, blushing as she looked away.

Soarin chuckled. He walked closer to Rainbow and leaned over to match her shortness. "Say it. Didn't hear ya." He teased. But he seriously didn't hear and wanted to get it out of her.

Rainbow blushed even more and stepped back. "Not saying anything!" She yelled.

Soarin laughed and stood straight. "You're so cute when you're flustered!" He said in the midst of laughing.

Rainbow flinched and threw Soarin backwards. "WHAT THE HELL!!!?!" She shouted.

Soarin groaned and tried to reach for his back. "Urgh....it hurts.....why'd you do that??" He asked, trying to sit up, but he keeps on flopping back onto the ground. "I think you broke my back.....anyways, while we're outside, might as well do somethin'."

Rainbow shifted her eyes to Soarin. "Don't tell me you actually asked Pinkie to drag me out here so we can go out." She furiously said, ready to give Soarin another blow.

"What? Are you crazy?" He asked, finally able to get up. "I was going to leave the house anyways. You're outside already, so you're coming with me," He continued, grabbing Rainbow in the arm to pull her towards his destination.

Rainbow slapped Soarin's hand. "That's sexual harassment!" she shouted, keeping her arm to herself.

"You gave me a mortal blow!"

Rainbow stayed silent and instead began a new topic. "Anyways, where are we going?" She asked, continuing to walk.

Soarin lead her and heard his stomach grumble. "Well, i'm feeling hungry, so let's just go eat first. Hayburger's not too far away from here." He suggested, going towards the fasted route to the fast food.





Lightning Dust pleasantly sighed before taking another sip of her milkshake. As she found out that that was actually the last drop, Lightning grunted and slammed the cup on the table. "Geez, why does it always run out so fast!?" She muttered to herself.

Just when she was about to get up to take another order, Quibble came and slid onto the seat in front of Lightning. "Hey, don't order just yet. I'mma join you."

Lightning groaned. "Oh, It's just you. I thought it was one of those kidnappers sneakin' their butts around highschool girls to kidnap 'em." She sat down properly and crossed her legs and arms. "So, are you here to report something about Operation RASH?"

"Woah, woah, woah, wait." Quibble said, confused. "Operation what now? Rash? What the heck does that stand for? And why did it have to be the word rash!?!" He asked, thinking of other possible questions that wouldn't have a real answer.

Laughing, Lightning played with her empty cup. "Hello? We need to come up with some kind of secret name for our.....mission." She said. "Rash meaning Rainbow and Soarin Hazard. And it's called rash because Rainbow gives me itches I want to scratch."

Quibble shuddered and shook his head. "Well, I have important stuff to tell y'know." He said. "It's not exactly a 'date', but I saw Rainbow and Soarin and the park and I overheard them. They were coming here. Hayburger. From the looks of it, it as Pinkie-san's doing again."

"Dammit." Lightning said under her breath. "Since they're already out, all we can do is crash the date!"

"I said it wasn't a da-" Before Quibble could continue, Lightning put her finger on his mouth. One she pulled away, Quibble changed his sentence. He cleared his throat and said, "How're we supposed to do that? If either of them see either of us while they're just having fun won't they get suspicious of us if we stick around even more?"

Lightning wondered. "We just need to move secretly. We won't be suspicious if we don't get too close or act out of the ordinary." She explained, getting up. "I know just what to do, but you need to be very sneaky that it's as if you're invisible."

Quibble raised an eyebrow. "Um......alright."





"Here are your orders!" The waitress said, putting two plates of burgers on Rainbow and Soarin's table. "This one is for the girl, an this one is for you." She pointed at each burger that was in front of them. "Thank you for waiting!" She cheerfully said, quickly bowing her head before rushing to the counter.

Rainbow raised her eyebrow. "Wasn't she a bit....strange?" She asked Soarin, trying to catch a glimpse of the waitress. "Plus, she sounded familiar and didn't show her face."

"Meh, suck it up." Soarin said, already chewing on his burger. He didn't know that he was this hungry that he didn't even wait for Rainbow to start eating.

Rolling her eyes, Rainbow took a large bite of her burger. She looked out the window and stopped as she started coughing. "H-hey...what the hell!?!" She gasped, swiftly drinking her soda. After gasping one last time, she sighed. "I told you no spices!" She pointed angrily at Soarin.

"Eh!?" He said, taking a small chunk of Rainbow's burger and popping it into his mouth. After a few seconds, he started coughing as well. "Wow, it is spicy! Well, I didn't tell them to!"

Rainbow groaned and sat down with her arms crossed. "What the hell am I supposed to eat now!?" She whispered, noticing that they grabbed the attention of some people nearby.

Soarin blushed as he split his burger into half. "We can split my burger in half. We did order the same thing, you know." He placed Rainbow's half on her plate and looked out the window to avoid any comments.

Blushing furiously, Rainbow slowly ate her half. The two didn't talk until hey finished eating as an awkward silence surrounded them.

"So....that was your evil master plan?" Quibble whispered to the cashier, pretending to wait for his order. "To get them to like each other more by spitting the burger?"

The cashier crunted. "That wasn't supposed to happen!" She said, rushing out the door with Quibble being dragged behind her.





Rainbow yawned as she exited the fast food. "Haah....I could go for a little game of Super Smack Sisters.......well, wanna c-come with?" She asked Soarin nervously. She looked away and added, "I-i mean, it's the least I can do for...today."

Soarin mumbled and then gulped before speaking up. "S-sure, but, what if someone from school sees us and starts making rumors?"

"Trust me, they're already talking. I-I mean..." Rainbow stammered. "Just come already!!" She angrily pulled Soarin towards her house which was conveniently right around the corner. "Look, I'm challenging you! Be happy!"

Soarin's eyes narrowed. "Well, fine..I guess. But just stop pulling me? We just ate!"

Rainbow gently dropped him, although Rainbow's acts of being gentle wasn't exactly 'gentle'. "Alright, alright. C'mon, then!" She said, marching inside her house. "Don't let my mom get the wrong idea."

As Soarin entered, rubbing his neck, Lightning jumped out of a nearby bush with Quibble. "Ugh, we lost 'em! We can't work if they're inside her house."

Quibble raised his eyebrows. "Y'know we still can, right?"

"Quibble, I may make evil schemes, but I have standards." Lightning said, making Quibble unsure wether she was joking or not. "But we can crash their party by entering and pretending to be Rainbow's friends." She made a face as she spoke the last few words. Afterwards, she turned to Quibble and smirked. "Plus, won't you love to enter the room of your crush?"

Quibble blushed and angrily stomped towards the opposite direction of Rainbow's house. "I'm not fallin' for that."

Sighing angrily, Lightning pulled Quibble by his sleeve and stomped towards Rainbow's house. "You're coming with me wether you like it or not!!" She pressed on the doorbell and put on a smile. "Excuse us, we're Rainbow's friends! Can we come in??"





"Hey! You cheated!" Soarin shouted, watching his Rink fall off the edge.

"Nuh-uh. I used the hammer, idiot!" Rainbow yelled, making her Zonic taunt. "Just give it up, you lost to meh!"

Before Soarin could protest, there was a small knock on Rainbow's door. "Rainbow, honey, two of your friends came to see you." It seems it was Rainbow's mother.

"I don't remember inviting anybody..." Rainbow muttered as she head towards the door. She opened it just a little, trying not to show that Soarin was here just in case whoever 'friends' was here was going to gossip to others. She raised her eyebrows as she spotted Lightning Dust and Quibble Pants right behind her mother.

"Oh, excuse me." Her mother said, politely leaving them be.

Rainbow balked. "So....what're you two doin' here....together? In my house??"

Lightning grinned for some reason. "We wanted to play some games with you!" She smirked for a second then stepped forward, trying to force Rainbow to let them in. "Duh!"

Quibble cringed at Lightning's acting and sighed. "Lightning insisted."

Rainbow got ready to close the door and slam Lightning's face with it. "What makes you guys think I'll let you come in to this sacred place of mine?" She dramatically said the last part of her question.

Lightning smirked again. "Cuz if you don't, we'll tell the whole school you and Soarin were here." She said, forcing her way through Rainbow Dash and pulling Quibble in.

Rainbow sighed and shut her door. "We have guests." She grumpily said to Soarin with disgust.

To be continued...