//------------------------------// // "Cut the act Rainbow, I know what's going on." // Story: Winning Her Heart // by AnonyMiss //------------------------------// "I need advice." Rainbow Dash had called three of her close friends, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie over. She thought that those three of her six friends would be good people to talk to about her little situation. Fluttershy can comfort her, Pinkie can make her laugh, and Rarity, well, she's knows just about everything about romance. Also, Applejack and Sunset were too busy to come. "What kind of advice?" Fluttershy asked. "Love...advice." Rainbow squeaked. Everyone was surprised by Dash's answer. Rainbow wasn't really the type of person to want to get involved with the subject of 'romance', but then again, she has been acting strange lately. "Let's say....you like someone. The day you want to confess to that someone, they fall in love with someone else. What would you do?" Rainbow questioned her friends. Fluttershy was the first to answer. "Well, I would talk to the person I liked. I'd tell them about my feelings towards them. Then, we would work it out from there." "That's surprising. Considering you're the shy one. " Rainbow replied. "There's a lot of things about me you don't know, Dashie." "Well, I don't feel ready to talk about my feelings just yet," Dash said. Rarity's answer was; "I would bedazzle that someone, and win them over with my superior fashion sense." "Yeah, but I'm the one who's in this situation, and If you haven't noticed, I don't have much of a 'fashion sense' Rainbow said as she clearly showed off her plain white t-shirt and jeans to emphasize her point. Pinkie was next to respond. "I know! You could get rid of your someone's, someone! Get them out of the picture! So the only one left for your someone to choose is you! I have a lot of ideas on how to- " "No! No way Pinkie! I may not be very fond of 'my someone's, someone' but I'm not going to do that! What are you thinking?" Everyone was a little shaken up by Pinkie's response. Hopefully my friend isn't some sort of serial killer. Rainbow thought. Her thoughts matched those of the rest of the girls. Pinkie Pie didn't seem to understand why everyone was so shocked with her suggestion. "What? I was just suggesting she make one someone disinterested in the other someone, so her someone's, someone wouldn't be a problem anymore. What do you think I meant? " "Pinkie! You're a genius!" Rainbow said. "I know." "One minor problem, how are you going to do it?" Rarity asked. Rainbow thought about it for a moment. "I...I got nothing." "How about you get one someone to think the other someone is already seeing someone! That way your someone and their someone won't get together!" Pinkie suggested. "Pinkie, are you sure that's a good idea?" Fluttershy said. "It's an awesome idea! It's almost like as if Pinkie has experience in breaking up couples." Rainbow chuckled at the thought of her pink friend being a professional couple breaker-upper. "Experience? I don't have experience! W-what gave you that idea?" Twilight punched in some numbers into her mobile phone and held her breath as she waited for the person on the other end to pick up. No answer. She tried again. No answer. A couple tries later she finally gave up and put the phone down. Sigh Twilight sat for a few minutes, there on her bed, and slowly closed her eyes. She thought about Star Hunter, then her mind shifted to her friend Rainbow Dash. She hadn't gotten a chance to talk to her since their little chat at Rainbow's locker on the previous day. She wanted to talk to her, but she had forgotten she had a big assignment that day and spent a big chunk of her time at the library. She thought about how Rainbow had been acting lately; weird. Now that she thought about, Rainbow has been acting weird ever since... "That's it!" Twilight quickly got dressed into the appropriate attire and headed to her good friend Dash's house. Knock knock. Rainbow heard a knock at her door. She peeped through the window to see who it was. Maybe it was the pizza she ordered? Not pizza, but a friend of hers. Twilight Sparkle. Rainbow Dash debated whether or not to open the door or pretend she wasn't home. "Rainbow! I know you're in there!" shouted Twilight. "Please let me in! It's cold out here." Well looks like pretending she wasn't home wasn't an option anymore. Rainbow sighed and unlocked her door. "Finally!" Twilight stepped in. "So, mind telling me why you're here? At this time?" Rainbow remarked. "I just wanted to talk." Twilight sat down on one of Rainbow's old couches. "About?" There was a pause. "Look, ever since Star Hunter came into my life, our lives, you've been acting weird. Definitely not yourself." Rainbow's heart rate started to speed up. Had Twilight finally figured it out? "W-what do you mean? I don't feel different." Rainbow tried to hide her nervousness, but that was easier said than done. "Cut the act Rainbow, I know what's going on. I can't believe I hadn't noticed it before." Looks like I won't need Pinkie's plan after all... Rainbow thought to herself. Twilight continued after taking a deep breath. "Rainbow, just know I'm really, really, sorry. Okay? I should've known that you liked Star Hunter, but I was so caught up in everything that I-" "Star Hunter?" Rainbow had a look of disbelief upon her face. "Yes. If I knew you liked him-" "Star Hunter?" Rainbow repeated. "Yes....you do like him, right? That's why you were saying I was a jerk to him, to get him to not like me?" "No! You think that I like him? Seriously? After all this time, you come up with that solution? I don't like Star Hunter. I don't care about him! It's very much the opposite! It would be a joy to see him go!" Rainbow let out all the emotions that she had been bottling up inside of her for the past few weeks. Twilight looked very uneasy, but Rainbow continued."I can't believe it! You just don't understand do you? You'll NEVER understand! Get out of my house! I don't want to see you right now.." Rainbow started crying as soon as she finished her little outbreak. Twilight began to tear up too, which made Rainbow cry even more. "Alright...okay...I'll just...leave. And she did, she left, leaving Rainbow Dash all alone.