//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: The Rainbow Crusade // by TheRainbowDashShow //------------------------------// "I'm tired, when can we go to bed?" Sweetie Belle whined, placing a pillow over her head to cover the lights that kept her awake. Rarity was completely absorbed in a new dress she was working on and paid no attention to her. She threw her pillow at the pony when she received no answer, "Rarity!" Rarity groaned, the impact of the pillow caused her to place a stitching in the improper place, "SWEETIE BELLE!" she screamed. Sweetie Belle trotted up angelically, "Are we going to bed now?" "Look what you made me do." Rarity commanded pointing at the stitch. "What's the big deal?" Sweetie Belle said picking at the stitching until it came free and was no longer noticeable, "See, it's fine!" "That's not the point! You could have made me completely ruin the dress and I would have had to start over. You need to be more careful." Rarity scolded, quickly turning her attention back to her work. Sweetie Belle prodded her stomach, "Can we go to bed now?" "Honestly, Sweetie Belle, can't you see I'm trying to focus?" Rarity said waving a hoof at her as a gesture to dismiss her. Sweetie Belle grumbled incoherently and trotted around the room. Bored, she climbed up on the bed and began to bounce on it. The springs started squeaking noisily every time she landed back down. "Sweetie Belle!" Rarity cried for a second time, "Why don't you go play outside or something." Sweetie Belle blinked, "Do you even know what time it is?" she asked but once again she was back to being ignored. "Fine, I'm going to spend the night at Applebloom's, okay?" "Yes, okay, fine, whatever." Rarity mumbled still not taking her eyes from the project. "Bye!" Sweetie Belle said waving as she trotted outside beneath the glittering star-filled night sky. Walking slowly towards the dirt road she felt her hooves touch onto soft grass and decided to stop and gaze into the sky. Laying down she stared, the stars twinkling their soft yellow and white lights like tiny jewels in the sky. A breeze brushed past her carrying a pack of leaves that fell loose from the nearby trees. She stared up at the pale glow of the moon as the orange and red leaves swirled through the view, filling her with a warm comfort that filled her with inspiration and she began to hum quietly to herself as her brain worked out the words. The sound of hoofsteps passing by on the road tore her away from her song. She turned her sight towards the noise and saw a small pony walk passed. Although it was too dark to make out the pony's face, she could recognize her anyway. The moonlight caught onto the diamonds and silver, bouncing off the tiara as she trotted. Curious as to what Diamond Tiara could possibly be doing this late at night she decided to follow her. Weaving carefully behind trees and buildings she kept a close eye on the filly that trotted quickly through the dark village. Eventually the filly stopped near the center of town at the fountain and soon another pony approached. Sweetie Belle moved closer until she was close enough to make out the cutie mark on the second pony, a silver spoon. "What in the hay are you two doing?" she thought to herself as she stepped away to make sure she wasn't spotted spying on them. The two were whispering to each other, too quietly for Sweetie Belle to understand. Soon Diamond Tiara moved herself closer and the shadow of her face overlapped with Silver Spoon's. Sweetie Belle blinked rapidly to make sure she wasn't seeing things. The Tiara on Diamond's head tilted slightly, reflecting a silver ray of light on the two ponies confirming her suspicion. Sweetie Belle let out a gasp at the sight and stumbled onto a rock, crashing into the wall of a nearby house. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon panicked and pulled apart from one another and ran in separate directions. As Diamond ran, her Tiara caught onto a low branch and clattered to the ground and was left behind by the filly. Quickly, Sweetie Belle recovered herself from the fall, trotted over and picked up the piece of jewelry. She would have never believed it in a thousand years if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes. Without missing a beat she turned around and started running towards Sweet Apple Acres, she couldn't possibly wait until the morning to tell them what she had just witnessed. Knocking loudly on the door of the farm house, she heard Applebloom cry out, "FER PONY'S SAKES!" from inside. A few seconds later the door popped open, "What are you doing here?" Raven Flame yawned rubbing her tired eyes. Sweetie Belle rushed past Raven Flame into the living room where both Scootaloo and Applebloom were. She paused and stared at the orange Pegasus lying on the couch, "Why are you here?" "Well, I WAS sleeping, but then some crazy unicorn barged in and woke me up." Scootaloo groaned. "Yeah." Applebloom picked up the stuffed animal that had been tossed onto her earlier quite by accident. Taking aim she threw it at Sweetie Belle, "Now what was so important that yah couldn't wait till mornin'?" she giggled. "This!" Sweetie Belle said holding out the Tiara but it was too dark for them to see. "I don't get it…" Scootaloo said as she tried to make out the object. "Ugh!" Sweetie Belle stepped in front of the window into the moonlight illuminating the Tiara she held in her hoof. "So… you stole Diamond Tiara's Tiara?" Raven Flame asked. "I still don't get it…" Scootaloo repeated. "Same here." Applebloom joined in. "Diamond Tiara dropped it!" Sweetie Belle explained. "So yah took it?" Applebloom asked tilting her neck. Sweetie Belle started to become more excited, "She dropped it when she was running away!" "What was she running away from?" Scootaloo asked, hoping to use this knowledge in possible future pranks on the filly. "Me." Scootaloo laughed, "Why was she running away from you?" "Because I caught her!" "Good gravy, just get on with it, caught her doing what?" Applebloom shouted, the suspense starting to irritate her. "I caught her with Silver Spoon." Sweetie Belle said proudly. "Well, yeah, those two are always together." Scootaloo said losing interest. "You don't understand, they were…" Sweetie Belle paused. "THEY WERE WHAT?" Applebloom cried out wanting to get back to sleep. A grin covered Sweetie Belle's face, "They were kissing." she whispered. The alarm clock blared, waking up Rainbow Dash. She looked to her side to find Applejack wasn't there, but instead sprawled against her stomach. Making a feeble attempt to shut off the clock she reached for it and flung her hoof but couldn't quite reach. Unable to turn off the alarm she giggled and began to tickle Applejack. "Stop it!" Applejack cried in between laughs, her legs flailing around defenselessly against the assault. Rainbow Dash continued her attack, "Sorry, I can't hear you!" "Ah can't breathe!" Applejack blurted out in between her guffaws. She rolled from side to side until she rolled off of Rainbow Dash and plummeted onto the floor. Rainbow Dash chuckled, "You alright?" "Ah'm fine!" Applejack called out still recovering her breath, "Could yah shut off that infernal racket?" she asked as the piercing noise of the clock stabbed at her ears. Rainbow Dash shut off the clock then popped her head from the side of the bed, with wide eyes she peered down at the panting orange earth pony, "Can we have pancakes?" she asked in her sweetest voice. Applejack blushed, "Of course we can." She answered; she could never resist giving Rainbow Dash what she wanted when she made that face. Unwilling to wait any longer, Rainbow Dash hopped off the bed excitedly and slung Applejack onto her back and ran down the stairs. "Woah Nelly!" Applejack cried out as they bounced down the stairs. The noise the Pegasus made running down the stairs awoke the three fillies that slept in the living room. Applebloom grumbled she had barely gotten any sleep with the constant intrusion of ponies that continued to awaken her. Pulling herself off the large cushion she followed Applejack and Rainbow Dash into the kitchen and sat down. "What happened to you?" Rainbow Dash asked looking at Applebloom's ruffled mane and baggy eyes. Applebloom waved her hoof heavily and dismissed the question, "Can ah have some coffee?" she yawned. Applejack laughed, "Yer too young for coffee." "Aw, horseshoes!" Applebloom muttered dropping her head to the wooden table. Sweetie Belle was the next to enter the kitchen, "Morning!" she said cheerfully, she had already finished her manetenance and appeared far livelier than the exhausted filly, she turned to Applebloom, "Geez, what happened to you?" she asked. "Every pony kept waking me up last night!" Applebloom pouted hoping she could fall back to sleep on the table and scrounge up a few more minutes of rest before school started. "Oh, right…" Sweetie Belle said quietly taking a seat next to Applebloom. Raven Flame and Scootaloo trotted in together both grinning excitedly for the events that the day promised them. They gave each other a quick kiss and Scootaloo trotted to a seat while Raven went to greet Rainbow Dash and Applejack. She took a quick sniff of the air and smelt the familiar scent of cinnamon and apples, "Pancakes?" she asked excitedly. "Pancakes!" Rainbow Dash squeaked back, the two of them joining together in bouncing up and down excitedly. Applejack stared in awe, holding back her growing need to laugh at the sight; she snickered quietly to herself, "Alright yah two, go sit down before yah hurt yerselves." The two blushed as they looked around the room to find every pony staring at them. Rainbow Dash waved a hoof, "Hay sticks with you ponies, pancakes are… AWESOME"! Raven Flame nodded in agreement and slinked her way to the seat next to Scootaloo, "Good morning every pony." She said shyly, still embarrassed at the display she had just provided. Applejack turned around with a first batch of her pancakes and noticed the glistening tiara resting on Sweetie Belle's mane, "Where'd yah get that?" she asked suspiciously. Sweetie Belle gulped, the four of them had planned to keep this a secret, "Oh this?" She said nervously, pulling the crown off her mane and waving it awkwardly, "I uh, I found it!" she answered quickly. "Yah found it?" Applejack repeated in disbelief. "Yeah!" Scootaloo joined in, "She found it uh, in the chicken coop." she said weakly. Raven Flame placed one hoof on her face and lightly hit Scootaloo in the shoulder, "Diamond Tiara dropped it and uh, a chicken ran off with it, we're going to give it back to her at school." She said not sounding much more convincing than the other two. Applejack glared suspiciously for a few seconds but the smell of the next set of pancakes starting to burn distracted her and she turned her focus back towards them. The four fillies sighed with relief and each reached for one of the fluffy discs from the plate but their hooves met an empty plate. Rainbow Dash cackled maniacally as she poured a large glob of syrup and attacked her pancakes fiercely. "Dashie!" Raven Flame cried out in disappointment, "Save some for the other ponies will you?" "Sorry." Rainbow Dash said with a muffled mouth, "But they're just so good!" Applejack laid down the second batch, "Don't yah'll ponies fret none, Ah'm sure RD here won't mind cleaning up after breakfast." She said with an evil grin. Rainbow Dash sputtered, "Fine!" she said reluctantly. Applejack glanced at the clock in the living room, "Sorry yah'll but yah better eat fast if yah don't want tah be late." "I don't mind being late!" Applebloom said hopefully as she retrieved her share from the new batch. Applejack gave the filly a frightening and stern look, "Yah'll better eat fast." She repeated. "Yes ma'am!" Applebloom said devouring her pancake with a blazing speed, the other three following her example. "Done!" The four called out simultaneously and ran over to the front door. "Don't ferget yer bags!" Applejack called out. "P.E. today, we don't need them." Scootaloo called back. "Hold on!" Rainbow Dash shouted. She chased after them as the fillies ran out the door, "Uh Raven." She said awkwardly. "Yeah, Dashie?" Raven Flame answered. Rainbow Dash charged after the filly and gave her a tight hug, "I just wanted to say I love you, and I hope you have a better day than yesterday." She choked uncomfortably. "Don't you dare tell anyone that I was being all sappy!" Raven Flame giggled "Not me you have to worry about." She said pointing towards Applejack standing at the doorway, then returning the embrace, "Love you too and I will." She said before breaking the free from the Pegasus's grasp and trotting back with her friends who had already started walking away. "What'd she want Raven?" Scootaloo asked as they trotted down the dirt road. "Nothing." Raven answered back casually, defending the Pegasus's image as requested. "So, what are we gonna say tah Diamond?" Applebloom asked as she shifted part of her body weight onto Sweetie Belle to save as much energy for class as she could. "I say we just tell every pony!" Scootaloo said vengefully. "No!" Raven Flame protested instantly, the three turned and looked at her confused. "If she really is a…" Taking a heavy breath she forced herself to utter the words, "Filly fooler. Then why would she pick on some pony else for being one?" "Cause she's a brat?" Scootaloo answered without hesitation. "Well, yeah, she is." Raven Flame nodded, "But I don't think that's it. Think about it, her father is one of the richest ponies in Equestria." "So yer saying she's hiding it from her dad because he might be a fooler basher?" Applebloom asked. "Exactly!" "That does make much more sense." Applebloom muttered to herself. "Well, we better figure it out what we're going to do soon." Sweetie Belle said pointing her hoof at the school yard where every pony was starting to fill in. "We'll talk to her after class." Raven Flame said, "Don't say anything to her about it." She glanced over towards Sweetie Belle, "And take off that tiara before she sees it." She ordered as they walked through the fence opening. The four of them stood in line with the other ponies and waited until the school bell rang loudly. The rest of the ponies quickly filled in the gaps of the line before the coach pony came out from the building. A blue Pegasus wearing a black and white checkered hat trotted out and blew loudly on a whistle, "Alright every pony, we've got a lot of work to do so let's keep the chatter to a minimum!" "Dashie?" Raven Flame muttered in disbelief beneath her breath. Rainbow Dash flashed her a quick grin then returned to the class, "We're going to start out with 5 laps around the yard, now move it!" she commanded blowing into the whistle again. Every pony began to run counter-clock wise around the field and the group soon began to branch off in clusters of friends that herded together. "Wait until my daddy hears that I had to take class from a filly fooler." Diamond Tiara whined as she continued moving at an incredibly slow trot. Rainbow Dash flew over towards her, "So, you think you are better than every pony that the rules don't apply to you huh?" Diamond Tiara rolled her eyes and continued trotting. Landing in front of her Rainbow Dash blew the whistle loudly right in front of her face, "I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!" she barked. Diamond Tiara scoffed, "Please, you're ruining my mane with that atrocious noise." Rainbow Dash blinked, "I would have hit you if I were Raven as well." She mumbled quietly. Diamond Tiara froze and finally gave the Pegasus her full attention, "What was that?" With a menacing look Rainbow Dash stared at her, "I said if you don't move it you can play dodgeball against everypony else, now move your flank!" Diamond Tiara gulped and pushed herself into a jog. "Faster!" Rainbow Dash ordered and the filly moved into a run. "FASTER!" she screamed and Diamond Tiara broke into a full on sprint breaking ahead of the heard. Rainbow Dash dusted off her hooves and trotted back to the center of the field and watched carefully as Diamond Tiara finished the five laps before most were on their third. Satisfied, she blew her whistle and beckoned everyone back to the center before any of the other ponies were done with their own laps. "Alright every pony!" Rainbow Dash boomed, "We're going to play some dodgeball. Every pony to my left, you are on team one. Every pony to my right, you are on team two!" There was a mixture of groans and cheers as the two teams formed and moved towards their sides. Raven Flame looked around to find both Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Diamond Tiara were on team one, while she and Scootaloo were on team two. An idea popped up into Raven Flame's head and before joining her team she trotted towards Rainbow Dash, "Is flying allowed?" she asked hopefully. Rainbow Dash glanced around and compared the two teams, "Well, it wouldn't really be fair but…" her eye caught on Diamond Tiara being on the opposing team. She chuckled mischievously, "Okay!" Raven Flame sprinted back over towards her side next to Scootaloo, "Flying is allowed." She whispered to the Pegasus with a grin. Again another loud trill of the whistle filled the field and then Pinkie Pie appeared in the middle of the field out of nowhere with a net of pink dodge balls and laid them out on the grass. She squeaked excitedly and bounced over to the bleachers and chomped down on a bag of popcorn as she watched the ponies charge. Raven Flame stood in the back while the other ponies ran to the center in hopes to obtain one of the balls before the other team. Scootaloo stood beside her, "What are we doing?" she asked. Raven Flame side stepped as a ball came hurdling towards her, "We're waiting, the further back we are the less chance of becoming a target." She explained. "Oh, I get it." Scootaloo said picking up a ball that rolled to her feet and tossing it aimlessly across the field. "Scootaloo, Snips caught the ball, you're out!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "Oops." Scootaloo mumbled as she joined Pinkie Pie at the bleachers with a few other ponies. "Popcorn?" Pinkie Pie asked holding out the bag towards Scootaloo. "Uh, no thanks." Scootaloo said. She remembered after class that she and Raven Flame would be going to Sugar Cube Corner for a date, "Hey uh Pinkie, can I ask you a favor?" "Whatcha need?" Pinkie Pie answered, "Do you need a harmonica, because I think I have an extra one in here somewhere." She said concentrating hard as she rummaged her hoof through her mane. "What? No I don't need a harmonica." Scootaloo said shaking her head trying to keep her focus, "Me and Raven Flame are going on a date." She whispered. Pinkie Pie jumped up and shouted excitedly, "A DATE?" "SHH!" Scootaloo said placing a hoof over the pony's mouth. "Sorry." Pinkie Pie said in a nearly inaudible whisper, "So what did you want?" Scootaloo kicked her hoof nervously, the awkward feeling that she had whenever asking for something soon returned, "I was hoping you could… make it special" she said quietly. Pinkie Pie gasped excitedly, "The place will be ready after school!" she squeaked and sprinted away leaving nothing but a pink dust cloud from behind her. Scootaloo turned her attention back to the game. Only Raven Flame and Twist remained her team now. On the opposite team Diamond Tiara, and Snips were all that was left. "Go Raven!" Scootaloo cried out from the bleachers. Raven blushed as she weaved clumsily through a barrage of projectiles. Twist had been ignored the entire game. Due to her lack of athleticism no pony saw her as a threat and had targeted other ponies. Finally, for the first time during the game she moved forward and picked up a ball, throwing it weakly it, the ball came into contact with Snip's hoof then bounced onto the ground. "Snips, you're out!" Rainbow Dash shouted then watched as another ball flew forward from Diamond Tiara and bounced off of Twists back onto the grass as well. "Twist, you're out!" Diamond Tiara threw the remainder of the balls that were on her side towards Raven Flame who hovered in the back of the field making her a difficult target to hit. Eventually Diamond Tiara tossed her last ball and was completely alone and defenseless on her side. Raven Flame grinned and scooped up a hoofful of the balls and pushed herself off the ground. Locking the spheres beneath her foreleg's shoulder she grabbed ball after ball and let loose a barrage onto the filly. Diamond Tiara cowered in place as they came flying at her, most of them landing on her back then bouncing off of her onto the ground, "That's cheating!" she cried out when Raven Flame landed back on the earth. "Diamond Tiara, you're out!" Rainbow Dash screamed joyfully, "Team two wins." "But she cheated!" Diamond Tiara whined childishly. Rainbow Dash pointed at her hat, "Sorry, I didn't realize you were 'Coach Rainbow Dash', my mistake." She said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes. "Class is over for the day, see every pony next week!" she called out and took off back towards Sweet Apple Acres. "Diamond Tiara, can I talk to you?" Raven Flame asked. The filly groaned, "Make it quick, I have better things to do then waste my time with cheating filly foolers." Raven Flame trotted over to Sweetie Belle and retrieved the Tiara from her and came back, "You dropped this." She said tossing it over to her. A sudden look of panic covered Diamond's face and quickly faded, "Don't you touch my things!" she snapped. Raven Flame walked away from the crowd of ponies and dragged Diamond Tiara along with her, "I know the truth." She said quietly. The panic returned to Diamond Tiara's face, "And what would that be?" she asked, hoping that it was a bluff. Raven Flame hesitated and tried to think of the most delicate way she could say it, "That you and Silver Spoon… like each other." "W-what? N-no we don't!" Diamond Tiara sputtered. "You two met at the fountain last night." Raven Flame said, "Then you two heard a crashing sound and ran your separate ways. While you were running, you're tiara got caught on a tree." Diamond Tiara let out a quiet whimper as her already pink cheeks darkened in color, "Please don't tell any pony…" she begged. Without waiting for an answer she started running in the opposite direction when she felt the sign of tears trying to break free. Scootaloo trotted next to Raven Flame, "How'd it go?" she asked. "Apparently not well." Raven answered, "Anyway… you ready to go?" she asked with a grin, not wanting to have her concerns of what just happened ruin the rest of the day. "Yep!" Scootaloo said and they began walking together through the chain link fence and towards Sugar Cube Corner. "Have fun!" Applebloom called out as the two left together. "Where are they going?" Sweetie Belle asked? "They have a date." Applebloom giggled. "Aww, bye you two!" Sweetie Belle shouted after them. The two stopped at the bright pink door and looked around. The bright pink windows were dark and there were no signs that there was any pony inside. The usually lit electric candles at the top of the building weren't illuminated as well. "Are you sure they are open?" Raven Flame asked. Scootaloo grinned, "Positive." She answered holding open the pink door for Raven Flame. The door creaked open quietly, the room completely dark with the exception of a single dim candle illuminated with a soft pink light shining on a white-laced cloth covering a small square wooden table. On each side maroon cloths intricately folded into the shape of rosebuds resting on the menus placed on the table. A rug rolled from across the doorway towards the table, the gentle trickle of violins and pianos flowing in from across the room. The two trotted nervously and each took a seat on silver velvet lined chairs opposite of each other. A red curtain stretched from one side of the room the other, secluding them from the rest of the shop. After a few moments Pinkie Pie emerged from the curtain wearing her black and purple saloon dress. She trotted up holding a small notepad, "My name is Pinkie Pie, I'll be your waitress for the evening!" she said holding back giggles. "Hello!" Raven Flame said gleefully. "So can I get you two something?" Pinkie Pie asked taking a quill in her hoof and prepared to jot down their order. "Surprise us." Scootaloo said after giving the hoof crafted menus a quick glance. "Okey-Dokey-Lokey!" Pinkie Pie said vanishing behind the curtain. "This is nice." Raven said quietly, reaching her hoof across the table towards Scootaloo. "RAWR!" Pinkie Pie shouted, suddenly appearing from underneath the table. The two fillies jumped back nearly falling off their seats. "Were you surprised?" she asked hopefully. "That's not what I meant!" Scootaloo said as she readjusted her seat. "Oh! You meant surprise you with the order." Pinkie Pie giggled and hopped away back behind the curtain. Raven Flame blinked and straightened out her now somewhat frazzled mane. "So are you working on any new tricks with your scooter?" "I'm working on a few, but nothing worth talking about." Scootaloo said modestly. "Maybe you should try competing," Raven Flame said, "I'd bet the other ponies don't have anything on you." Scootaloo brushed brightly enough that it was visible even in the dim lighting, "Thanks." She said quietly. "I'm back!" Pinkie Pie said in a sing song voice, a silver tray balanced on her back. Trotting over carefully she slid the tray onto the table. Heart shaped cupcakes smothered with pink and white frosting. In the midst of the plethora of sweets was a large cup filled with milky chocolate ice cream with two red and white bending straws pointing in opposite directions. "Can I get you two love ponies anything else?" Pinkie Pie asked. Raven Flame blushed at the question, "Can you turn up the music?" "Sure thing!" Pinkie Pie bounced behind the curtain and soon the music flooded much more noticeably into the room. Scootaloo grinned and picked up a cupcake, removed its wrapping and stuffed it into her mouth. Raven Flame did the same, though forgetting to remove the paper before biting down. Not wanting to ruin the scene she forced herself to swallow the paper and chuckled nervously. "How's that paper tasting for you?" Scootaloo asked with a grin. "Oh shut up!" Raven Flame said, lightly kicking her hoof from beneath the table into Scootaloos. The two fillies kicked at each other playfully for a few seconds. Scootaloo didn't return the next light nudge against her; instead she gently caressed her leg against Raven Flame's. Raven Flame reached her hoof across the table and took Scootaloo's into her own and they stared into one another's eyes. Sitting quietly they allowed the scent of the baking pastries, the crackling of the flame from the single candle and the peaceful orchestrated melodies wash over them. "Dance with me?" Scootaloo whispered finally breaking the silence. "I don't know how." Raven Flame answered back nervously. Scootaloo's grin widened as she hopped off her seat and pulled Raven Flame along with her into a cleared out area of the room. Standing on her own two hind legs and taking Raven's two forelegs she lifted her up into a similar position. She placed her left hoof against Raven's waist and her right hoof beneath Raven's. "I can't believe you know how to dance." Raven Flame said with a tone of surprise. "It's not hard." Scootaloo said stepping slightly to her side, matching the slow pace of the music. Raven Flame clumsily matched the movements, making a great effort not to trot into her own two hooves. Eventually her body adjusted to the strange positioning and she followed Scootaloo's lead with much greater ease, "This is kind of fun." She said with a smile. Scootaloo released part of her grip from Raven Flame and twirled her in place, then stopped and dipped her backwards. Catching her with her hoof she pushed her back upright and they returned to their previous stance; however the two were standing much closer together. Raven Flame still giggling from the experience of the spinning and sudden sensation of falling, she felt Scootaloo push her lips onto her own. The kiss caught her by surprise; she blushed, lost her balance and the two of them tumbled onto the floor. The two laughed momentarily before Scootaloo gave Raven Flame yet another kiss. Pinkie Pie loomed over the two and quickly took a photo before they broke apart from the kiss. The flash of the light blinded them for a few brief seconds. The photo slid out from the developer and dropped onto the two ponies. "There, now you two will always have a photo to remember your first date!" Pinkie Pie said happily. Raven Flame rubbed her still stinging eyes from the bright flash then took the photo in her hoof, "Thanks." "Anyway, I hate to interrupt you love ponies but the Cakes kind of need the shop back now." Pinkie Pie said now sounding a little sad. "Oh, okay. Thanks again Pinkie Pie!" Raven Flame trotted towards the door. "It was perfect, thanks Pinkie Pie." Scootaloo said giving her a quick hug before joining Raven Flame by the door. "See you two soon!" Pinkie Pie shouted, waving her hoof goodbye with a blazing speed.