The first night began, as the moon rises in the middle of the sky. All the passengers and workers went to their cabins to tuck in bed to save their energy for the morning. The power supply has more back up unlike last time so there’s no risk of any power outage.
The Rainbooms went to sleep and Pony Dash sleeps in her human counterpart’s apartment. They had one heck of a day, after they left the pool, Human Dash showed her counterpart everything in their apartment. The battle of the bands, the Friendship Games, she has a long list she wants her counterpart to know, however she refused to tell her anything that happened during her last vacation.
It’s almost one AM, and the cruise on the outside is empty with the lights still on. Pony Dash woke up from her slumber and she noticed that her counterpart isn’t in bed. She saw that the bathroom is open so Human Dash isn’t using it.
“Rainbow Dash?” She looked around until she got out of bed and went straight to her door. Rainbow gets out of her cabin and went to Sunset’s door as she knocks on it.
Sunset unlocks her door and got out with her pajamas on. “Rainbow Dash, it’s almost one o’clock, what do you need?”
“Rainbow Dash isn’t in bed.” Pony Dash explained.
“She’s probably outside, but I promise, she’s doing fine.” Sunset replied.
“Are you sure? Because she never told me anything about her actions last time you and her got on this cruise.”
Sunset signed in depressed. While no one got hurt, Human Rainbow was right all along. “I think maybe I should help. You really need to know what happened when things turned...ugly.”
Pony Dash tilted her head in confusion but she’ll might understand what Sunset is talking about. As they walk in the hallway, they head to the door that leads to the pool. They got out and saw that Human Dash is laying on one of the lounge chairs.
She was staring up the sky with shooting stars that could cause wishes, but Human Dash is too old for that. She’s more depressed to even sleep during the night and it doesn’t help stars can make her feel better.
“Rainbow Dash?” Pony Dash spoked which got her counterpart’s attention. “Is everything alright?”
“Not really.” Human Dash retorted. She then gets up and looked at the distance of the ocean with her arms on the safety bars.
Sunset placed her hand on Pony Dash’s shoulder. “I know this isn’t the best time, but you need to know this. Rainbow Dash mostly ruined our vacation last time.”
Pony Dash taken aback from Sunset’s truth about Rainbow’s action. This also caused Human Dash to sigh and lower her head with things getting too hard for her. She hoped Sunset wouldn’t tell her friends about this, but she had to sooner or later, especially with the time Pony Dash has on this cruise.
Pony Dash and Sunset Shimmer walked up to Human Dash who’s still feel ashamed of what happened. “Rainbow, what happened?” Her pony counterpart asked. She also placed her hand on her shoulder so she can get her attention. “I’ll promise I’ll understand.”
Human Dash looked at her friend while Sunset is behind her, waiting for her to speak everything. “I checked all over the cruise to see if there’s Equestrian magic and I annoyed my friends, I got them kicked out of the dining room, I scared animals and I even ruined our concert by destroying the electricity…”
“And not only that, she left the cruise by using a safety boat.” Sunset added. Pony Dash was at a loss of words, even she doesn’t understand how this world’s magic situations work she felt really shocked. Her counterpart did the opposite of loyalty, one of her main elements back in Equestria. She may not be the smartest mare, but she isn’t the dumbest.
Sunset Shimmer walked up to Pony Dash, trying to make her feel better. “Rainbow told me whenever she feels this way, she always goes to her backyard looking above the sky.”
“For what?”
Then Human Dash turned around. “So I can try to not make the same mistake as before. During the night, when I see the stars...I see what I can do better by...thinking ahead then automatically going forward.”
“You mean relaxing, like your friends are doing?” Pony Dash wondered.
Human Dash nodded, but didn’t say a word. It may have been three months ago, but it still stayed in her head. “I mean, I did want to relax, but I was too concerned with Equestrian magic, I predicted that the whole cruise ship would-“
“Sink.” Sunset added. “And it actually happened because of Storm King’s magic.”
“Do you just say Storm King!?” Both Sunset and Human Dash fell on the floor from Pony Dash’s reaction. “You mean the Storm King me and Twilight had to deal with!?”
The two girls who are laying on the ground we’re stunted to the point they never saw a pony so shocked but really scared. “Yeah...After we took care of everyone, Twilight told me the whole story about the Storm King.” Sunset said.
“And I was part of the conversation.” Human Dash added as she and Sunset get back on their feet. “Twilight told me it was five times powerful then Equestrian magic.”
“Which means both worlds are connected?” Pony Dash asked.
Human Dash and Sunset looked at each other with awkward looks until they turned to Pony Dash. “We don’t know.” They both replied.
“But that’s not the point.” Human Dash retorted. “The point is, I’m not feeling any better of myself from what I did.”
“But at least everyone forgave you and the fact you actually saved their lives from drowning.” Sunset commented.
“Okay I guess that’s something.”
As for Pony Dash, she was upset, but after hearing the words Storm King, she would do the same, but not completely. When she was with her friends in the land of Equestria from Storm King’s wrath, they were defenseless. It would’ve been the end for them, if they failed and what Human Dash did was the most irony Pony Dash had seen in her life.
She gave her human counterpart a hug, much to Human Dash and Sunset’s surprise. “I’m not mad, I’m just glad you did something I would’ve done.” She smiled.
“Like ruining people’s vacation?” Human Dash making a dumbfounded facial expression.
“I think what she means is she saw what the Storm King’s magic could do and if it was just Equestrian Magic, you would probably be hated in school.” Sunset corrected.
“You’re talking about the Storm King?”
“Yes.” Pony Dash breaking the hug. “I would go on and on about how serious that is, but I don’t want to waste our vacation time, even if it’s night time right now.”
“But I’m still not feeling good okay? That’s why I’m outside.”
Pony Dash almost forgot about that but it didn’t changed her relief. “Don’t worry. I can try to make you see something you might enjoy of what I do.”
“Are you going to tell Twilight about Equestria?” Sunset retorted. “You know she isn’t running as a tourist.”
“No I’m aware of that. I can tell her something that could make the best sports athletic way better than before.” She gets up to Human Dash’s face with her eyes lid and a cute smile. “Letting her know everything about the Wonderbolts.”
Human Dash never heard anything about the Wonderbolts before and it’s going to blow her mind for the rest of her life.
And as for Sunset Shimmer, she knew the two Rainbows wanted all the time for themselves, so she headed back to her cabin. “It’s going to be a long night for them. The Wonderbolts are going to make my friend’s day in the morning.”