//------------------------------// // Morning // Story: Bites Of The Dead // by Vinyls_Account //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash slowly opened her eyes. They were still blurry from sleep. She pushed herself up into a sitting position, careful to try and not wake Rarity up who was sleeping right beside her. She wiped the sleep out of her eyes and looked out the window. "Another sunny day" She mumbled. "If this keeps up even Cloudsdale will have all the water sucked out of it." She quietly slipped out of bed, and then walked to the door. As slowly as she could, trying to make as little noise as possible, she slipped out, and closed it at the same speed as before. "hmm, no one’s up yet." She said looking around the room. "Hey! I'm not no one!" A voice came. "Who...? " Rainbow Dash managed to get out. "Me you idiot," The voice came again. Rainbow Dash wiped her head to where the voice came from. What she saw first was purple box of energy. Investigating more, she saw what was on the inside. A pink pony, with straight hair, smiling at her. "There you go." The pink pony smiled. Realizing who it was, with all of the events of the past days suddenly came rushing back to her, She felt weak "Oh right... I forgot about you." She said. "Aww, Dashie." Pinkamina used Pinkie Pies voice. "You're soooo mean. How could you forget about lil' old me?" "Shut up!" Rainbow Dash turned around, to not show Pinkamina how much that actually hurt her. "Come on Rainbow, I'm just teasing." Pinkamina laughed. "I thought you were harder than that. Rainbow Dash didn't reply, she walked over to the kitchen instead, and started making herself a bowl of cheeryoats. "Ooo could you make me a bowl?" Pinkamina clacked her hooves in excitement. "I guess." Rainbow Dash mumbled "Yay!" Pinkmaina exclaimed. "You're cheery this morning." Rainbow Dash said curiously. "Hmm." Pinkamina smiled. "Maybe it's cuz I want you to like me more so I can trick you into believing that I've changed, so you can help me get out, then I can break your right hoof, kill you and escape." She said in one large breath. "Uuhh?. Rainbow Dash said with a gaping mouth. "I'm kidding! Geez take a joke, why don't you?" Pinkamina said disappointing "Riiight... Anyways here's your cheeryoats." She picked up the bowl with both of her hooves, and flew over above the box. She put about half of it in so she could still hold onto it. "All right Pinkamina... Get ready. Pinkamina put her hooves on the bottom of the bowl in a catching manner. "Ready." Rainbow Dash let go of the bowl, it wiggled in Pinkamina's hands for a second, and then she got balance of it. "Thank you, Rainbow Dash!" Pinkamina sang. Rainbow Dash flew back over to the kitchen, and started eating in silence. Eating at the same time, Pinkamina stared at Rainbow Dash giving a toothy smile. After staying like that for a while, Rainbow Dash finally got fed up. "What do you want from me!?" She yelled. "Nothing." Pinkamina smiled. "Then stop looking at me." Rainbow Dash turned her head and closed her eyes, to tell Pinkamina she was done with her. "Would you let me stare at you, Dashie?" Pinkie Pie’s voice came. Out of reflex, and a pain in her head, she turned her head to look for what she knew deep down she would not find. "HA!" Pinkamina laughed. "You're so gullible Rainbow Dash." Something cracked inside Rainbow Dash. "You piece of shit!" She yelled in anger. She flew up, put her hooves in front of her, and dashed to the purple box. She got about half way when a voice called out. "RAINBOW STOP!" Twilight said. Rainbow Dash spread her wings and twisted them around to create drag to stop herself. The force that she made to get moving made her drift quite a distance, she stopped about a foot in front of the box. She breathed heavily out of anger. "Come on Dash!" Pinkamina spat. "Stop being so weak!" Twilight was standing just in front of the staircase. "Thank Celestia!" She sighed. "I didn't know if you were going to stop or not." Rainbow Dash stood there is silence, staring at Pinkamina. Pinkamina stared back at Rainbow Dash, with a curious look, as if waiting for her to do something. "Look Rainbow." Twilight started. "I know Pinkamina is a little... aggravating at times, but we need to keep her safe. Pinkie Pie means more than a way to vent." "Y..." Rainbow Dash stuttered "You’re right." She turned away from Pinkamina and started walking towards Twilight. "That’s the second time I've done that. I just don't know what gets into me." "It’s alright Rainbow Dash." Twilight comforted. "But you need to control yourself; I might not be there next time." "I... I know." Rainbow Dash blushed. "Good! Now get Rarity and Apple jack up, we got a lot of work today!" Twilight smile "I still have one more sword to make, until I reach three, and..." "Wait." Rainbow Dash interrupted. "Why are you still making three? You're not planning on giving one to Pinkamina are you?" "No of course not!" Twilight responded. "I'm making one for Pinkie Pie when she gets back!" "You're wasting your time making it then." Pinkamina sang. Twilight looked over Rainbow Dash at Pinkamina. "Shut up." was all she said, she had the biggest smile on her face. "Now Rainbow, go wake up Rarity and Apple Jack, I'll make myself food, aaand clean up this mess." She said looking over to a spilled bowl of cheeryoats. "Riiiiight. I'll go wake them up now." Rainbow said. She trotted over to the guest bedroom, and slammed the door open. "Rarity, wake up!" She called out. "AAAH" Rarity jumped. She looked around the room hopelessly, for she had an eye cover on. "Are we being attacked?! Where's the fire?!" "Ha ha ha ha ha" Rainbow dash laughed, "It's ok Rarity." She wiped a tear from her eye. "nothing’s happening, but it is time to get up." "Uhg, Rainbow Dash!" Rarity wined lifting her eye cover. "You can't do this to me." Rainbow just chuckled some more and ran upstairs. On the way to Twilight bedroom where Apple Jack was sleeping, she thought: How am I going to wake Apple Jack up now? The door slam probably won’t work on her, because of all of the noises on the farm. Maybe if I'm really quiet, sneak up on her, and shake her like a crazy pony! Yeah, that will work, OH, I can even call it an earthquake! That'll scare her tail off! She slowed down as she approached the door, and as slowly as she could, opened it. Getting it open without sound, she poke her head in. Her heart dropped from what she saw. Apple Jack was not in bed, she was leaning out of the window, hoof on her head, crying. Rainbow mind was to full of thought and questions to say anything but. "A-Apple Jack?" Apple Jack jumped in surprise, she whipped her head over. " Ru, Rainbow." her voice was normal but a little shaky. She wiped tears from her red eyes. "Ha ha, Ya scared me there." She wore an obviously fake smile. She started to walk to the door. "Is it time to get up already? Ah think Ah might take a shower, Ah'm all caked up with mud." Right when Apple Jack was about to leave, Rainbow Dashes mind finally cleared, she forcibly put herself in Apple Jacks way. "Rai... Rainbow Dash." Apple Jack stuttered "Pl-please let me pass." "I'm sorry." Rainbow Dash responded. "S-sorry for what? You didn't do anything, now please Ah need to shower." She tried to force herself past Rainbow. "I'm so sorry, I should have known, I get it now." Rainbow continued. "Get out of mah way." Apple Jack demanded. "NO!" Rainbow Dash rejected This made Apple Jack jump back in surprise. Rainbow didn't move, she looked right into Apple Jacks eyes. "You are so strong Apple Jack, you held in all of your feelings just try and keep us happy. You probably hate me now, here I am crying my brains out over one friend, when you have lost your entire family. I'm so sorry, why was I so stupid? "Ah... hate you?" Apple Jack repeated. "Please Apple Jack, you can't hold anything back anymore, let it out, even if it’s not to me, go get Twilight or Rarity even, just don't hold this in anymore, it will destroy you!" Rainbow Dash pleaded. Apple Jack remained silent, she was so confused. She had been doing this to help her friends, but now they don't want her to help them? "Ah thought Ah was doing you a favor." Apple Jack spoke. "You were, and I thank you so much for that, without you, I don't know how I could be right now." Rainbow Dash started to walk towards Apple Jack. "But now it's time for me to do you a favor. You lost your brother, your grandmother, and even your sister, and who knows about any of your other family." Rainbow Dash put her hoof on Apple jacks head, behind her hat. "I know I can't replace real family, but I consider you my sister, we are close enough to be flesh and blood, so why can't we?" Rainbow Dash smiled. Apple Jack turned around, bringing Rainbow Dashes hoof off her. "But if Ah don't stay strong, who will? Ah am hardened, Ah can survive this." "Twilight looks fine." Rainbow pointed out. 'She's seen and lost too much, she could break down at any time." Apple Jack rejected. "Look, that doesn't matter Apple Jack." Rainbow changed the subject. "Letting your true feelings out is not a weakness, in fact it can take a lot of courage sometimes. Please Apple Jack, you helped me so much, now let me help you." Apple Jack paused. "M... My sister died." Rainbow smiled. "I know Apple Jack, and I'm so sorry for that." "My brother was killed right in front of my eyes; Ah ran away Ah abandoned my family so Ah could survive." Tears were welling in Apple Jacks eyes. Rainbow Dash was quick to react and ran over to Apple Jack, and snuggled up beside her. "Hey! Don't dwell on that! Remember when I did? I was no use to anyone; I was locked away in my own self pity. If you need to deal with it we will, but not now, please we need you now more than ever." "But, mah family is gone." Apple Jack was crying again. "I know," Rainbow dash faced Apple Jack again. "and I know how bad that can feel, but, Twilight said it best, we are your family. Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie Pie- who is currently on vacation- and I. We all love you just as much as we would if you were our real sister. Even Fluttershy loves you, she might not be here now, but I know she is trying her best to protect us. So don't think of us as accomplices, whose company you enjoy, we love you, so love us back." Apple Jack looked at Rainbow Dash with teary eyes; she put a hoof around Rainbow in a half hug. "Thank you Rainbow." Apple Jack said quietly. "Ah needed that. I'm not ready to show you my emotions yet, but you are right, Ah do need to love you guys more." She broke the hug and walked to the door. "Ah'm going to take a shower, tell Twilight Ah'll be down in a bit... sister." "No problem" Rainbow Dash replied with a smile. A squirrel was eating some nuts on the windowsill. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guys i'm so sorry for the late update, there's just been a lot of shit coming at me. I'll try to get it moving along as best as I can, but there is no doubt I'm going to be bad with updates for a little bit. Again i'm sorry, my notifications wiped themselves, so if I have missed a shout out to anyone, please leave a comment and I will be sure to add it to the next chapter. huge thanks to: SpikethePony of Funnyjunk for proof reading this chapter. Thank you for all of your support though guys, I love all of you. and I hope you don't hate me for being late >.>