Gray Rainbow

by BronyDerp117


Prologue(Rewrite)

Gray Rainbow

Prologue
Written by BronyDerp117

Present

Rainbow Dash looked up into the night sky as distant memories floated into her mind. These kinds of nights always did this to her. The nights where the moon was full and bright. Trillions of little dots of twinkling stars were drawn across Luna's dark night sky. These nights were special, in two ways actually. Special to Rainbow Dash because of the images of old and new happiness and love that found its way into her mind, and special to Equestria because of that little extra magic Princess Luna put into these nights. Luna did not do this randomly, however, she did it as a tribute for a fallen pony that was not only close to her, Celestia, and the Elements of Harmony, but to all of Equestria.

These nights used to cause Rainbow Dash to return to an unbearable depression that she felt two years ago, but now they give a sweet feeling of happiness. Rainbow Dash was outside on the balcony of the Ponyville library. She was simply sitting there and gazing up into the sky. She looked at the sliver of the blueish-purple on the horizon where the sun had completely descended less than an hour ago. She looked at all of the dark houses of Ponyville, with the occasional one shining light out from a window. The ponies of Ponyville weren't asleep; they were down below in the library, where loud techno and dubstep music was playing. The music was a gentle thump out on the balcony.

In the library, Twilight noticed Rainbow Dash was missing from the party. Knowing exactly where she would be, Twilight excused herself from her group of friends and trotted up the wooden stairs of the library, and into her room where the door to the balcony was. The lavender unicorn saw Rainbow Dash sitting by the rails of the balcony with her head up to the skies. She stopped to simply watch the rainbow-maned Pegasus sitting out there on the other side of the glass door. Rainbow Dash had been through a lot in the last two years; all of her friends had.

Twilight silently pushed open the glass door so that she wouldn't disturb Rainbow. She quietly walked over to Rainbow Dash, and wordlessly sat down right next to her. She acknowledged Twilight's presence and wrapped a wing around the unicorn. After a moment of comfortable silence, Twilight spoke.

"She loves these kinds of nights," Twilight whispered in a soft tone.

"Yeah, she does," Rainbow Dash echoed. The cyan Pegasus looked to her left at Twilight, who returned the gaze. "Twilight..." She sighed as she spoke with a slight trace of hurt in her voice.

"Yes?"

"Thank you," Rainbow Dash said with a small smile on her face.

Twilight gave a puzzled look at the Pegasus in front of her and replied, "For what?"

"For these last two years," Rainbow began, "They've been pretty hard for me, for everypony, really. I've felt some pretty bad things, and some other mushy ones I'd rather not talk about." Rainbow paused and cleared her throat. She knew this next part would be difficult for her to spit out. "You were there for me from the very start. You didn't leave me hangin' like some other ponies did. Especially when everypony had given up on me." Rainbow paused again to force her tears to stay back. Sure, she was in the presence of the pony she trusted the most, but she still didn't like crying; it wasn't cool. Rainbow Dash finally continued. "When I had given up on me. I guess what I'm saying is..." She trailed off as she was not sure what to say.

"Ugh, you know I'm not good at this mushy thankful stuff, Twilight."

Twilight snickered and put a hoof to her mouth. She took a deep breath and said, "It's okay, Rainbow, I know."

Rainbow Dash stood up, and grabbed Twilight's hoof to help her up. "Twilight?"

"Yes?"

"You're a really great friend."

Twilight looked at the mare in front of her. Her magenta irises sparkled in the light of the stars, and her rainbow mane and tail seemed to be shining. Her subtle smile was sincere and thankful. "You too." The two mares walked back into the library, giving each other friendly smiles.