//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Rainbow Dash's Night Classes // by garatheauthor //------------------------------// “So, the professor was going on and on about how poor we performed on the midterms and how he’d never seen test results that low before,” Twilight said. “Oh no, what happened?” Fluttershy asked. “Well he put up this slide and it says, ‘class average for stats 1250, 13%’,” Sunset said. “And?” Rainbow Dash asked. Twilight made eye contact with Sunset. Sunset nodded her head. “Well we’re in stats 1350,” Twilight said. “Oh dear-” Fluttershy began. Rainbow Dash opened her mouth to say something but stopped herself before a single syllable came forth. There was a pause, with Fluttershy studying her for a moment. She then turned her attention back to the girls. “Oh dear, what did you do?” Fluttershy asked. “Well I raised my hand and told him that he had used the wrong answer key. So, he got all flustered and kinda tucked his tail between his legs before saying he’d remark all our tests,” Sunset said. Rainbow grinned and took a sip of her tea. Once again, the girls found themselves within the little café just off of Canterlot University’s campus. Like usual it was mostly dead at this hour with only a few desperate students lingering as they tried to power through their midterm assignments. Sunset gestured to Rainbow. “You kind of seem quiet tonight. Is there something on your mind?” Rainbow’s eyes widened. “I’m just exhausted is all. I was up till three this morning, working on a paper. It fucking sucked.” Fluttershy frowned. “Could you please watch your language, rainbow? We’re in public.” Rainbow sheepishly grinned. “Sorry.” Fluttershy shook her head. “I’ve never seen her so busy before. Though I’m trying my best to help her out. Isn’t that right?” “Of course. The only reason I’m keeping my head above the water is because of Fluttershy. I don’t know what I would do without you,” Rainbow Dash said. Fluttershy reached over and gently squeezed Rainbow’s hand. “Would you mind grabbing me another cup of tea?” Dash sprang up. “Of course, mi-Fluttershy.” Before anyone could question her, she beat a hasty retreat to the counter. Twilight quirked an eyebrow. “What was that?” Fluttershy shook her head. “I have no idea. Rainbow Dash looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. It was a quarter to six and she needed to get ready for class. When Fluttershy said formal attire, this was not what she had in mind. Her outfit looked like it was ripped right out of one of Fluttershy’s anime books. All the pieces were there, white shirt, navy skirt, thigh high socks, and a tie. In Rainbow Dash’s humble opinion, Fluttershy was complete and utter weeb trash. She visibly cringed. Ok maybe that wasn’t fair? Fluttershy had a hobby like everyone else. Rainbow Dash enjoyed video games and Fluttershy just happened to read anime. Plus, it wasn’t right of her to question one of Fluttershy’s orders. If anything, the desire not to wear this outfit had motivated her into becoming a grade A student. Well in this course, anyways. She took a deep breath and exited the bathroom, heading towards their dining table. Fluttershy was already there in her own uniform. It was like she had tried desperately to pick the most boring outfit possible. Sometimes it was a T-shirt, other times a bulky sweater, but it was never anything that showed even an inch of cleavage or thigh. The only explanation was that Fluttershy was purposefully trying to fuck with her at this point. Admittedly, the last two months of not having sex may have made her feel a little hornier than usual. It was like the eleventh grade all over again, where Sunset had made her painfully single for the entire year. Her wrist ached at the memory. Though it wasn’t like her 11th grade solution would do her much good. Fluttershy had banned the act within a week on the grounds that it “distracted” her from studying and that she was “ruining” the couch. Fluttershy smiled at Dash, gesturing towards the dining room table. “Take a seat, rainbow.” Rainbow did, looking at her homework for the day. It was only a couple of pages stapled together. Though next to this was one very heavy looking thesaurus. Fluttershy cleared her throat. “Today’s lesson is on cursing.” Oh shit, she remembered last night. “Now I know sometimes you may find yourself in a situation where a curse word might feel appropriate. Maybe you’re frustrated, or you slipped and fell while playing with some animals, or maybe you want to really emphasize just how much something sucks.” Rainbow Dash lifted her hand. Fluttershy paused. “Yes rainbow?” She smirked. “Are you talking from personal experience?” “Well I mean, you of all people should know that everyone has flaws.” Ok, yeah, that’s what you get for being a smartass. “Anyways,” Fluttershy said, “what you’ll learn today is that there are dozens of other words you can use instead of cursing. When you’re ready, you may flip over your paper and get to work. If you have any questions don’t be afraid to ask.” With that Fluttershy took a seat at the other end of the table. Her attention was then focused on another pile of papers. These must have been assignments from earlier in the week. Rainbow was especially proud of Wednesday’s assignment which consisted of several, lovingly written, haikus. Rainbow flipped over her current assignment. At the very top was a brief set of instructions. For this assignment, she was given a swear word and one clean alternative. Her job was then to go through the thesaurus and list as many additional alternatives as she could find. This didn’t seem like it’d be all that bad. Especially when the assignment was only three pages long. The first problem was for the word, ‘fuck’. Dash smirked at the mental image of Fluttershy having to write a whole document which consisted of swear words. Of course…Fluttershy would never have had to do this if Dash hadn’t been such a shit disturber. Well that kind of robbed the joy from things. Next to “fuck”, she was given the word, “fornication”. Dash looked at the thesaurus and instantly had a fantastic idea. She’d simply flip through the book, find the word fornication, and then copy down all the words that related to it. So, she began to flip through the book until she… Son of a… There was the word fornication. It was right next to a whole bank of words which had been meticulously covered with black sharpie. Rainbow Dash looked at Fluttershy, who was grinning from ear to ear. Well played Fluttershy. But were you ready for this? Dash knew for a fact that another word for fuck, and thus fornication, was intercourse. So, she flipped through the thesaurus to the ‘I’ section. Yet again, Fluttershy proved to be wiser. Intercourse, itself, was left untampered but the whole list of synonyms, with the exception of fornication, were scribbled over in black. Her frustration must have shown because she could hear Fluttershy snicker from across the table. Well this sucked. The only reliable way to find words would be to flip through every single page until she found each scribbled out box. She flipped to the cover. Yep, great, there were only 300 000 synonyms inside. She desperately wanted to groan but that would break rule number one. So, Dash began to flip through the pages. Word after word was thrown at her, though none helped with her current predicament. This was a problem that she only had herself to blame. If she hadn’t been such an ass...such a difficult case then Fluttershy would never have had her go through this. It’s not like she could honestly be angry at Fluttershy. After all this couldn’t have been easy on her either. She had to grade all these assignments and create five fresh ones a week. Plus, Fluttershy also had needs that were currently going unfulfilled. Was she making things harder for Fluttershy instead of easier? The thought dropped a ball of acidic guilt right down her gullet. On one page within the ‘A’ section there was a whole word scribbled over. Unlike the others this censor had been absolute with both the synonyms and word itself being blackened. It took Dash a moment before she realized that the word in question was, ‘ass’. Dash let out a very soft chuckle. “Is something funny, rainbow?” Fluttershy asked. “No, nothing at all Miss Fluttershy.” One hour. She had been flipping through this goddamn book for one hour. Any progress by this point was tedious as a throbbing pain in her skull threatened to derail her. Right now, she was in the ‘R’ section of the thesaurus. Not quite at the end but nearing it. Her naughty word list now sported a healthy supply of alternatives. Far more than she thought Fluttershy would ever want. Yet, she delved deeper. Fluttershy had not given an objective to reach so Dash would continue until every last page was done. It was because of Fluttershy that Dash was doing this. Not the punishment, that was all on her, but trying redeem herself. Sometimes Dash would look up and see how…pleased Fluttershy looked. It was the small things like the way she’d smile at her essay or laugh at a written joke. Fluttershy seemed genuinely happy with Rainbow’s progress. Rainbow found that she loved that feeling. The pride of a job well done.  She just wanted Fluttershy to be happy. If she could do that then even the worst headache was worth it. It was weird. If she could have anything at this moment it wouldn’t be for the punishment to be over or for a quick romp in bed. Sure, those things would be nice. But at this moment all she wanted was for Fluttershy to pick up those amateur haikus, read them, and smile. That would bring her more pleasure than any fleeting orgasm. Fluttershy stood up. “I have to go to the little girl’s room. I’ll be right back.” With that she left the dining room, heading towards their little bathroom. Rainbow Dash heard the door close though she didn’t let it interfere with her work. Then the most horrifying sound in the world happened. The phone rang. Ring. Ring. It was stupid. She shouldn’t have been scared of this. However, she found herself frozen with fear. Fluttershy said she wasn’t allowed to talk without express permission while at home. Though she’d also find Rainbow incredibly rude if she just let it ring and go to voice mail. Ring. Ring. Oh god, oh god, oh god. What was she going to do? She needed to make a decision, now! Her heart began to quicken and hands grow clammy. She couldn’t look away from that stupid telephone. RING! RING! She leapt forward, quickly answering it “Hello,” Rainbow said in a voice barely louder than a whisper. There was a pause. Oh god did she just violate a rule for some piece of shit telemarketer. “Rainbow is that you?” Applejack asked. Rainbow sighed in relief. “Hey AJ, what can I do for you?” She continued to whisper. “Why are ya’ll whispering?” “Oh um…Fluttershy is taking a nap.” “Ahh, I see. You don’t want to wake her up. Well, I’m just wondering if you and Fluttershy are still coming down to the farm this weekend?” “I…don’t know.” “Please tell me that you ain’t busy. I haven’t seen either of you in weeks.” “You’ll have to ask Fluttershy. It’s kind of her decision.” Applejack chuckled. “Wow, Rainbow. I never thought I’d see you so whipped.” If only you knew Applejack. “Shush,” Rainbow said. “Did you just say shush?” Rainbow’s cheeks flushed. “Yes, I did.” Applejack chuckled. “Man living with Fluttershy has really mellowed you out. Next thing you’ll tell me is you have a bedtime.” Midnight every night. “Look, Applejack, I’m actually in the middle of something right now.” “Alright, alright, I won’t hold you up any longer. See you soon.” Rainbow nodded. “See you soon Applejack.” There was a click on the line and Rainbow hung up the phone. This was just in time, as the bathroom door opened and Rainbow could hear Fluttershy making her way back over. Obviously, she had to tell her what had happened. She would have heard the phone and everything. The question was, how would she handle it? Her stomach knotted. What if Fluttershy got super pissed and she got into even bigger trouble? What would happen if this was the final act of disobedience that Fluttershy could handle? Would she leave Dash? No that was ridiculous. She’d been getting so much better lately. Still, it was possible. Wasn’t it? Fluttershy walked into the room and took a seat. Her expression didn’t betray any emotion. She looked exactly the same as before. This was a test. It had to be. Rainbow raised her hand but Fluttershy was staring down at the table, studying one of Dash’s assignment. She tried waving but this didn’t seem to capture her attention. Finally, Rainbow softly cleared her throat. Fluttershy looked up. “What can I do for you rainbow?” “Well the, uh, phone rang while you were in the washroom.” She nodded. “And did you answer it?” There still wasn’t even a hint of emotion on her face. Oh god what was the right answer? The truth, Rainbow. That was always the right answer with Fluttershy. “Yes. Yes, I did.” “Oh? Well who was it?” “Applejack. She wanted to know if we’re still going to her place this weekend.” “What did you tell her?” “That I’d check with you.” Fluttershy smiled. “Very good. You can call her back after you’re done and tell her we’ll be there.” Thank god, she wasn’t mad. “Oh, and rainbow,” Fluttershy continued, “you seem nervous. Is everything alright?” “I’m fine miss Fluttershy.” She nodded. “Alright. Now get back to work.” Rainbow nodded, turning her attention back to the assignment at hand. It was 7:58 and there were only two more painful minutes of class left. The first part of her assignment had been finished around half an hour ago, when she finally reached the very end of her thesaurus. Fluttershy had been pleased with her work and had decided to allow her the remainder of class to work on her lines. Which she hadn’t even started for the day. Thankfully a couple of months of doing these allowed her to power through them at a fairly steady pace. Now with only two minutes to spare all she could really do was sit back and twirl her pen between her fingers. Meanwhile, Fluttershy had finished with Rainbow’s assignments and had instead moved over to reading a book. One of her animes like usual. 7:59. One more minute. Rainbow felt confident with her assignment tonight. She had gone above and beyond her duty with this one. Each of those curse words was flooded with cleaner alternatives. Some of which Rainbow may even use in the future. After all, calling her professor a harlot sounded way more insulting that the cursing alternative. Though, Fluttershy would probably frown upon her using insulting language against anyone. So, she’d just keep that to herself for now. 8 PM. Fluttershy’s phone buzzed. She closed her book and picked it up. With a swipe of her thumb the buzzing stopped. She stood up and grabbed Rainbow’s assignments, laying them out in front of her. “I was super pleased with your work, rainbow.” A pride ballooned in her chest. She had done a good job! “I was especially happy with your haikus. They were very lovely.” Rainbow grinned from ear to ear. It was taking pretty much all of her restraint not to squeal. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Rainbow looked at her assignments. She got, an ‘A’, another ‘A’, a ‘B+’, a ‘B. Ok maybe she missed the point of that last assignment. Then finally she came across her haikus. Marked in the upper-left corner was a big fat A+. There was a sticker of a bunny rabbit, giving her a thumb’s up and saying ‘good job’, right next to this. She hugged it tightly to her chest. Fluttershy embraced Rainbow from behind, planting a soft kiss upon her cheek. “I’m very proud of you, rainbow. You’ve come so far in the past two months. Rainbow was silent though her body language screamed of joy. Fluttershy was proud! She said she was proud! “At this rate, I won’t have too many more lessons to teach you.” She drew back and patted Rainbow on the shoulder. “Now go get changed so we can watch a movie. I think I’ll let you choose tonight.” Fluttershy didn’t have to ask her twice.