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// Really...? 
// Story: Where You Belong 
// by Jhoira 
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Rainbow Dash was hoisted into the branches of the tree and set on a sturdy one. After a long moment, Rainbow Dash looked around. She was seemingly alone up here. Until she nearly jumped out of her skin, and off the branch she was sitting on, as two eyes appeared in front of her. The eyes looked at her with obvious annoyance. Without even a single word, the eyes were obviously demanding an explanation. One that Rainbow Dash was a bit embarrassed by.

"Haha... Yeah... That one was my bad." She reached behind her head and nervously scratched. "I... I kinda forgot that my wings were banged up. Sorry about that." The growl sounded again, from about where a mouth would be if the eyes belonged to a pony. "No, really, I'm serious!" The growling continued. "Really! I promise! All my friends will tell you I act before I think!... I mean not that they're right but..." The growling was interrupted by one of those giggles, and Rainbow Dash smiled, still a little chagrined. "I wasn't trying to undo all your hard work or anything. And... Thanks for helping."

After a short hum Rainbow Dash felt herself lifted off the branch with magic as the eyes closed and hid the creature completely once more. "W-Wait!" One of the eyes opened to regard her quizzically. Rainbow Dash gave her best coaxing grin. The one she saved for finagling to her extra cupcakes from Pinkie. "You're private, I get that. But we're alone out here aren't we? You could come down and visit? I mean, so long as I'm here... We could be friends?" Part of it was that having someone with her world help her boredom, but also this creature was fascinating. Rainbow Dash liked everything she knew about the mysterious stranger. It wasn't much but she wanted to know more for that exact reason. 

The eye closed again and Rainbow Dash sighed as she started being lowered. She could accept that whatever this was didn't want to be known. And she could respect that. She didn't understand, but she'd just have to put up with not getting to know her hostess for a few days. When she was returned to the ground she simply laid down on the soft grass. Looking out at the forest she smiled gently. The creature may not have wanted to be friends but she had done Rainbow Dash a great service at least.

Rainbow Dash decided to take a nap after about half an hour of bird watching. She almost missed the soft thump behind her. This time she managed, just barely to keep herself from spinning around again. She slowly sat up. Taking a long moment. "Am I allowed to turn around?" The soft hum came again so Rainbow Dash turned around, and paused. There wasn't anyone behind her. Then she noticed those two eyes floating nearby the tree trunk, like the creature was pressed up against the tree. "Hey."

As the creature considered her silently, Rainbow Dash tried to figure her out. She was doing things in her own time, sure. But Rainbow Dash wasn't sure why she was hugging so close to the tree. She had shown that she was powerful enough to lift Rainbow Dash with ease. Enough to remain invisible if she wanted, which from what Twilight said was obscenely difficult. And with how hurt Rainbow Dash was the creature might even be stronger than her. But her hostess seemed hesitant to reveal herself, so Rainbow Dash thought it best to wait and let her go at her own pace. At least for as long as the pegasus could stand it. Rainbow Dash hoped she would be able to keep a handle on her impulsiveness and impatience.

Though the creature didn't seem interested in revealing itself it wasn't simply staying inactive. Her eyes flitted over the leaf bandage over Rainers Dash's side, tugging gently at it with magic and producing a low questioning hum. Rainbow Dash could be a bit slow on the uptake at times, but it'd be hard for that question to be misinterpreted. "Oh no, the bandages are fine. Or... Was that more an order that it's time to change them, than a question?"

The tugging stopped and the eyes moved side to side in an obvious shaking of her head. Rainbow Dash nodded. She didn't think that she'd need a change of dressing. She wasn't even sure what the dressing was there for really. She was guessing just to stop the giant bruise, that her stomach no doubt was, from getting irritated. "So, you don't talk, but you can understand me?" The affirmative hum was all the answer she got. After a small silence Rainbow Dash figured that she'd just ask the question she wanted to most. "Sooooo... Why are you staying invisible? I'm not going to... Do anything."

The eyes continued to consider Rainbow Dash in silence before she hummed again. After a long moment, Rainbow Dash just shrugged. "Well, I won't try to force you. If you don't talk do you mind if I talk? It'll take our minds off the time." This time the answer was another giggle, not a hum, Rainbow Dash wasn't sure what was funny but since it seemed to be an agreement do she wasn't going to complain.

Rainbow Dash knew that even if she was here for the full two days she couldn't tell her entire life story so she stuck to the important parts. Telling first about how she and the other elements of harmony stopped nightmare moon. She didn't lie, of course, but if she was being completely honest she might have been slightly overselling her own parts. She was trying to impress her hostess. Mostly just to help massage her ego. But also she wanted the other to like her. By the time she was done covering just the main points, she looked out to see the sun going down. "Oh, well that was fast."