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// Th-This Is A FRIENDSHIP Valentine, B-Baka!! 
// Story: Dashing Love (REWRITTEN) 
// by Kellster 
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"Rainbow Dash......Rainbow......Rainbow!?"

"GAH!!"

"Ah! I'm so sorry!" Scootaloo said in a more calm but worried tone. She hurriedly jumped off the bed and bowed in apology. "I'm sorry! I'm so, so sorry! I was just so excited!"

Rainbow rubbed her forehead since it hit the wall and looked at Scootaloo, who was currently a blurry blob of orange and purple. "It's okay.......just don't do it again......" When her vision became clearer, she examined Scootaloo from head to toe. "Did you tan again?"

Scootaloo blushed and chuckled to hide it. "Uh, yeah!"

Smirking, Rainbow raised her eyebrow. "Looks as if there's more to it than that." She said, whistling. Rainbow slowly got up and fixed her bed. "Anyways, what're you doing here? Did mom let you in?"

Scootaloo's eyes averted. "Erm....noo?" She said a little more quietly. "See, I was so excited that I woke up early and ran to your house without even thinking. But once I got here I realized I'd probably wake your parents up."

Rainbow rolled her eyes with a smile. "It's fine. As long as you didn't break anythi-" She paused, noticing the deflated soccer ball in the corner of her room. She glared at Scootaloo, who was smiling sheepishly. "Well.....what exactly did you come here for?"

Scootaloo's face puffed up. "Right!" She said, rushing to Rainbow's calendar. "Did you forget already? Tomorrow's Valentine's Day!!" She exclaimed happily. She then clapped a hand on her mouth, remembering that she mustn't shout.

"Oh, that ol' thing." Rainbow said with a sigh. She walked over to Scootaloo and made a half-smile. "It's not like I have a boyfriend or anything, so I didn't really prepare for Valentine's Day, much less remember when it is." She cocked her head and grinned mischievously. "What brings you here of all places with that information?"

Scootaloo looked away and laughed awkwardly. Then she snapped up with a bright smile. "Oh! I wanted to make Valentine's Day cards and chocolates with you! Then we can exchange!"

Rainbow Dash put her arms on her hips and raised an eye brow. "Sure there's nothing else?"

"Yes, I'm sure!"

"Uh-huh."

"Yep!"

"......c'mon, spill it out!" Rainbow said, trapping Scootaloo in a hug. "You can tell me A-NY-THING!" She said, tickling Scootaloo non-stop.

Scootaloo, who was laughing like a maniac, struggled to make Rainbow let go. "S-stop it! Ahahah! R-really, there's-hah-nothing else-AHAHAH!!!" She tried to cover her mouth, but Rainbow quickly noticed it and hugged her arm as well.

After a few seconds, Rainbow laughed and let her go. "Just kidding, just kidding!!" She said. "But seriously. You can tell me anything! After all, I did promise to take you under my wing from a very long time ago, and I'm not breaking any promises!"

Scootaloo's eyes widened and scratched her arm. "Aw, c'mon, Rainbow! It's not exactly important."

"Would something that was worth waking up very early and waking your idol up just to make Valentine's Day cards and chocolates 'not exactly important'?" Rainbow asked with a smug smile.

Scootaloo flinched in defeat and sighed. "Alright, fine, I'll tell you! But you have to Pinkie Promise you won't tell anybody else! Even Sweetie Belle and Applebloom!" She said, thinking what her Cutie Mark Crusader friends would think of her when they find about what she was about to tell Rainbow.

Rainbow did the right actions with a smirk. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" She finished with a grin and then then sat at her table in the middle of her room. "Come, sit. Now tell meh!"

Scootaloo did so and puffed up her face again. "So.......uh....." She began, sweat pouring from her face. But then she glanced at Rainbow, who was staring at her with a smug grin, and decided that she can't exactly keep it a secret from Rainbow Dash. "There's....this guy?"

Rainbow held back her laughter and instead let out a loud cough. A hard one, in fact. "Is there indeed?" She said with a small chuckle. "Haven't heard the details, and I love this already." She said, the biggest chesire cat grin on her face.

Scootaloo blushed furiously and waved both hands at Rainbow. "I-It's not like that! See....um......"

"....um......?"

"....well....."

Rainbow laughed with a few coughs breaking out. "My God, Scoots!!" She exclaimed. "You're-HAHAH, you're so cute when you're frustrated! Boy, am I ready to start shippin' you with.....whatever this guy's name is! Man, I'm so proud my little Scoots is growin'!" She continued laughing her hand on Scootaloo's shoulder.

Scootaloo blushed and puffed her face yet again. "It's not funny!" She groaned and looked away.

"Yeah it is! You can hide a box full if action figures, Scoots, but ya can't hide the bloom of first love!" Rainbow said, starting to calm her laughter. "So, who's this 'guy'?"

"Not telling."

"C'mon, you little lovebird!"

"No!"

"I won't tell if you don't tell!"

Scootaloo jumped a little and then turned to Rainbow. "First off, you know about my action figures? And second of all, what do you mean 'I won't tell'??" She asked. Then her pupils shrunk with realization. "Ohhhhh. I get it." She said with a small giggle and a smirk.

Rainbow's face became red. Then she smirked in return to hide her embarrassment. "Ehhh? You even understand feelings now, huh?Man, are you entering the teen stage. Your breasts are growing, too!"

Scootaloo blushed even more and crossed her arms, attempting to hide her chest. "D-don't change the subject! Anywho, who's your crush? You said that you won't tell if I don't tell, so tell me!"

Rainbow rolled her eyes and looked Scootaloo in the eye. "You go first." She said.

Scootaloo inhaled some air then exhaled it. "Argh....fine." She averted her eyes as her face slowly crimsoned. "It's Rumble." She then looked at Rainbow, prepared for another one of her laughing fits, but instead, she saw a Rainbow Dash with small pupil, dazed. "What? You're not gonna laugh?"

Rainbow shook her head and smiled. "Oh, that's not it.....it's just.....his brother is Soarin.....and........"

"Huh? What're you talking abou-oh. Ohhhhh.....ooooooh!" Scootaloo chuckled. "I see how it is. Rainbow and Soarin, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G~!" She merrily sang.

Rainbow groaned and hugged Scootaloo again, prepared to tickle her again.

Scootaloo laughed. "Sorry! Sorry!" She said in the midst of laughter. Then she stopped, making Rainbow let go of her. "But it's not just him I wanna give chocolates to. I'm making friendship chocolates to give to Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Twist, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, you, and Pinkie! Oh yeah, and Babs Seed, too, she's visiting for a while."

Rainbow grinned and jumped up. "Alright, then let's get bakin'!"

"YEAH!!!"

After a few hours of baking and making a bunch of cards, Rainbow decided to call it a day, but then Scootaloo wanted to hang out with Rainbow even more, so she 'accidentally' knocked over a bag of flour. Afterwards, they played Mortal Battle and the loser would clean up, but they ended up having countless rounds because Rainbow said that her arms were still 'tired from whisking the chocolate together'. After what it seemed like hours, they finally cleaned up because Rainbow got a text from her mom saying she was coming home soon. But, it seemed as if both of them were happy.

"Hey," Rainbow said as Scootaloo slipped into her shoes, preparing to walk back home. "Actually, you never answered my question. Why did you get a tan?"

Scootaloo chuckled softly, as if trying to avoid answering. "Well.....Rumble complimented me when I got a tan last summer. He said it looked good on me." She said, a faint red painting her face.

Rainbow smirked and then turned to the door. She couldn't let a little kid walk home by herself this late, so she agreed to walking her home. "Alrighty."





The next day, Rainbow packed her chocolates in a heart shaped box in which Pinkie insisted that Rainbow would use a few days ago. As Rainbow walked to school, she could already feel so many thoughts creeping up behind her. She shook it off, though, trying to focus on not being late to school.

"DASHIE!!!"

Rainbow turned around and the next thing she knew was that she was attacked by a squirming ball of energy. Rainbow laughed awkwardly and tapped Pinkie on the back, alarming her to get off.

Pinkie Pie giggled as she let go and dusted her uniform. She continued walking and then suddenly stopped. "I smell chocolate."

"Shoot." Rainbow thought. Of course Pinkie would smell the balls of chocolate with caramel inside it. Heck, she couldn't even hide a single pack of sprinkles from Pinkie. "Oh.....you do?" Rainbow lied, avoiding the topic. "I don't smell a thing except for.......these golden flowers! Hah! They look shiny, am I right!?"

Pinkie's eyes turned to the golden flowers. "Oooooh! They look like those flowers from that famous indie game!" She excitedly said, jumping towards the golden flowers. She examined them and kept talking about how shiny they were, allowing Rainbow a moment to heave a sigh.

Then, Pinkie stopped talking for a minute to glance at Rainbow, who seemed absorbed in something else. Pinkie grinned knowingly and stood straight. "Well, best we get going!" She said, humming as she skipped forward. Rainbow followed her like a lost child whose mind was not in this world.

After dealing with all the letters, gifts, and poems from her locker, Rainbow Dash faced another one of her Valentine's Day problems. The hallways. There would at least be some boys stalking her, following her, or attempting to give her something. Rainbow was used to mending them, but this time around she had Soarin and Quibble to worry about. She'd have to worry about being alone with Soarin for at least 5 minutes to give him her gift and worry if Quibble was going to do anything to her. Plus, there was Lightning Dust. Who knows what the heck she's up to.

Rainbow sighed as she roamed around the halls for a few minutes, prepared for the boys planning to 'confess'. She might as well speed up the process. Even a few girls gave Rainbow chocolates (which, Rainbow recognized them as underclassmen and one of them was a senior). After a while, Rainbow head to her classroom where Pinkie was waiting, and she was actually calmer than usual.

"Ey, what's up, Pink?" Rainbow asked as she walked up in front of her. "Did someone actually give you something?"

Pinkie shook her head. "Don't be silly! I'm not someone people would give those kind of heart felt things to." She said with a smile.

Honestly, this was surprising to Rainbow. Was Pinkie actually upset or jealous of Rainbow? Surely not. Then, Pinkie looked up and noticed Rainbow's worried look. "Don't worry, I'm not jealous of you!" She said, waving her hand in understandment.

......Did Pinkie just read Rainbow's mind?

Pinkie sighed. "It's just that the fans ship me with people who rarely get screen time. I'm happy that I'm not limited to a ship with a background character who never spoke and practically poked balloons with his horn to show where Applebloom was hiding, unlike Applejack who is shipped with a background character, but....." She said, looking at the open classroom door. Right outside was Pokey Pierce, fixing a loose button with a needle. In the other side of the room, Party Favor and Cheese Sandwich were having their regular goof offs. Pinkie giggled and continued. "I wish they'd show more episodes of those two. And give them more character development that I can help with."

Rainbow looked at Pinkie with a very confused face. "Screen time? Episodes? What the hell are you talking about?" She asked, scratching the back of her head.

Pinkie laughed and snorted. "Ah, right. You won't get it." She got up excitedly and grinned. "Good luck with dem Soarin Chocolates!" She said before almost rushing to Cheese's desk.

"W-wait!" Rainbow said, taking out a small plastic bag of friendship chocolates. "Valentine's ain't just for friends, y'know." She grinned and placed it on Pinkie's hand.

"Awwww, Rainbow!" Pinkie said, almost comically tearing up. Then she hugged Rainbow and placed a square box on Rainbow's hand. "Friendship chocolate chip cookie-flavored cupcakes! See, people usually give chocolates, but I thought I'd be different and give out cookies! Then I thought of cupcakes, so why not all of them in one thing!?" She explained as Rainbow opened the box to sniff the savory smell. "Well, see ya!"

Rainbow nodded and happily closed the box before looking around. Soarin......wasn't in class. There was still time before class started for Rainbow to give Soarin her chocolates. Rainbow quickly ran out the class, with the box in a plastic bag. Boys (and some girls) would go wild if they find out Rainbow was actually giving this year.

Rainbow spotted Soarin taking a short nap near the cherry blossom trees. She groaned as she approached him, doing her best to make loud steps in case he'd wake up from that. "Oi." She said loudly but softly. "Soarin. Wake up or I'll cut you." She threatened, seeing if it actually worked.

Soarin barely moved, except for the fact that he was breathing.

Grunting, Rainbow bent down and glared at him. "Hey, listen to a girl when she's talkin' to ya!" She angrily said, prepared to give him a mortal blow if he doesn't wake up.

Soarin moved his head, but no signs of waking up. Just when Rainbow was clenching her fist, Soarin merely got up and pulled Rainbow over to him.

"H-hey-" Rainbow stammered as she bent down even closer to him. She tried to pull away, but something made her stay put.

Soarin lightly snored, but that cute-bishounen-kind of snore. He rested his head on top of of Rainbow's, as if they were a couple falling asleep on each other in a train.

.......Wait. What.

Rainbow fell silent. She could feel his body heat. Plus, he was somewhat...soft? She felt that it was a bit too cruel if she punched him now, but her anger covered that feeling. "S-Soarin, wake the hell up. If you don't I'll stab you with a fork made of fire." She loudly whispered, moving him a little bit. "If you don't wake, people would get the wrong idea. You know what idea!" She said that last part even louder, enough to wake a sleeping giant.

Soarin lifted his head frantically and then turned his head over to Rainbow. Thing is, their faces were merely 5 inches apart.

Rainbow couldn't take it anymore. She punched him in the chest. Rather hardly. "Wake the hell up, you lazy moron!" She shouted before hastily getting up and brushing cherry blossom petals off her body.

"@#$%!" Soarin shot up as if he were soldier. "Ah........I mean, yes, sir!"

Rainbow rasied her eyebrow as if to warn him not to call her bossy afterwards.

Soarin rolled his eyes and blinked, trying to make his sleepiness fade. "Why'd you wake me up....?" He asked. "Well, it wasn't like I had a good dream, it was actually quite weird. We were snuggling here on the floor...."

"Say no more!" Rainbow yelled furiously. She calmed herself and looked up at Soarin (He was a lot taller than her). "A-anyways...." She paused, not able to bring up Valentine's Day over what happened. "C-class is starting in 10 minutes! You better be there!"

Soarin glanced at her for a minute and then checked his watch. It was true, but she seemed as if she was lying. "Sure there's nothing else? You don't exactly wake people up because class is starting."

Rainbow flinched as her face puffed up again. She was hiding the plastic bag behind her, and she didn't exactly know how to explain this to Soarin.

"....um.....here!" She said as if she were commanding him to accept the gift. She shot her arms up toward him and presented the pink heart box. Rainbow looked away, not wanting to see his reaction. "S-sorry about the box. Pinkie insisted." She reassured.

Soarin blushed and took the box without a word. He examined it before taking the lid off to smell the sweetness. He tried to hold back a smile but failed and then placed the lid back on before looking back at Rainbow, who was blushing more than ever before.

Rainbow put her hands on her hips. "WELL. This is a friendship chocolate, okay!?" She huffed, turning her head away. "Nothing special! It symbolizes friendsip!"

Soarin chuckled awkwardly and then walked past her. Then, he stopped and turned to her, who was looking down at the pile of cherry blossoms. "Oh yeah, and....th-thanks." He said before turning and rushing towards the school building.

Rainbow sighed in relief. Finally, it was over. She turned around after a few minutes and then followed. Now, how to deal with Quibble and Lightning.....





"Senpaiiii!!"

Soarin stopped in his tracks and turned, only to find a crowd of girls rush to him. He sighed and muttered, "Lay it on me."

"Be my Valentine, Soarin-kun!"

"Senpai, I love youuuu!"

"Soarin-senpai, I made a chocolate cake for you! I put all my love in it!!!"

Soarin sighed, trying to calm the riot. Just then, he recognized a familiar short-haired blonde rush up to him, pushing a few girls away. "Shi-"

"Soarin~!" She said merrily. "Come with me!" She pulled his wrist and fought her way through the crowd of fangirls, whose glares could probably pierce through metal. Lightning proudly ignored them, though, since they didn't do anything to her because it was obvious that she seemed to know Soarin personally.

After a long struggle, they got out of the crowd and they ran up to the rooftop. "Chocolates! Just. For. You!" She said, revealing a chocolate heart box with Soarin's face stuck on it.

Soarin accepted it with a sigh and opened it. It was sweet and it smelled delicious, and it looked handmade. He felt happy, but at the same time not knowing how to say he didn't exactly like her. But she probably knew that. Plus, there were friggin letters on each chocolate saying SoarinDust. Figures. "U-um, thanks!" He said, not knowing what else to say. But Lightning seemed very, very satisfied.

Lightning jumped. "Yay!" She sang as she leaped and hugged his arm. "C'mon, it's almost time for class~!"





Rainbow coughed as she dusted the blackboard eraser into the air. She sighed in relief before handing the eraser to Fluttershy, who put the eraser back to its place. Rainbow turned and looked out the window to watch the students outside at the plaza, running around doing their own shenanigans. Just then, she spotted a familiar dark blue haired boy with a blonde girl tugging his arm. Rainbow cringed and looked at somebody else. Quibble. He looked....troubled? He was looking for something. Then, Rainbow came to the realization that that 'something' was  a 'someone' when Quibble took out a pouch and started to open it right in front of a trash can....

"Ah, sorry, you'll have to clean without me!" Rainbow ran out the door, throwing the broom she was holding into Rarity's hands, who held it with merely 2 fingers in disgust.

Rainbow quickly ran outside and into the school plaza. She didn't wan't him to waste such good looking chocolates because...what? He was too embarrassed to give them to her? Honestly, that was a stupid reason. Rainbow hastily stopped right next to him. "H-hey, s...stop!" She said, grabbing the pouch right before it landed inside.

Quibble looked up and turned to Rainbow, dumbfounded. "Wha?"

"You can't just throw chocolates because you couldn't give them to someone!" Rainbow yelled, catching attention. She slapped him across the face for punishment. "Anyways, here." She said, placing it on his hands. "If you're not giving them, at least eat them yourself."

"Wait, no!" Quibble said right after Rainbow turned to leave. "They're actually for you. Here." He said, putting them back into Rainbow's hands.

Rainbow took it and forced a smile. She was happy, but..... "Thanks!" She said, avoiding anything else. She ran back upstairs, relieved that that was over with. Except....

"RAINBOW-SENPAI!!!"

It's gonna be a long day.





"She gave Soarin chocolates and he seems happy....I gave him chocolates but that didn't do anything........he was happy when he ate it.....but not as happy as when he ate Rainbow's.......gah! That damned pile of Rainbows! I'll just have to try even harder next time.......I have the perfect plan this time. It certainly won't fail."

To be continued...