"While the first holidays are coming up, our friends are not giving up on their lessons and intend to keep up the good results": that's what we could say if there weren't some partygoers in this group who definitely prefer to have a good time.
These partygoers are constantly asking for the intentions of others like Teddy, Pinkie pie and Light. While the first two started to make themselves known through their high school diaries (often containing rather private information about some of them), the last one asked all his friends to get together for a "surprise".
"Teddy, Pinkie darling, how do you know Soarin has a rainbow pillow and a diary ?" Asked the white unicorn to her friends as she read the latest issue of the school newspaper.
"Oh, that's 'cause we're ent..." Try saying Pinkie before her mouth was covered by Teddy's hand, suddenly panicking.
"BECAUSE HE SAID IT TO US, YES IT IS BECAUSE HE SAID IT TO US." he says loudly, looking embarrassed and with an annoyed smile on his face.
"And what he writes in his diary, does he tell you too ?" Asked the two-meter tall athlete pointing to a page in the newspaper, describing the evening's activities in Pegasus.
"Uh... yeah yeah, it's just... he doesn't want to keep a diary anymore so he's sharing his memories." replies the young man, a drop of sweat falling from his forehead.
"Friends please." announced the beautiful pegasus, clapping his hands for the intention of the group. "I'd just like a few minutes of attention to introduce you to someone." he announced, a big smile on his lips.
The whole group turned around, wondering about the person they were about to see. Is it a member of his family? A friend? An animal? In front of all his confused faces, Drew was the only one with a very cheerful expression, having a little idea who was about to arrive.
"I've been given permission by Principal Celestia to show him around the school today, I'd like to introduce my partner in the martial arts club, Scarlette." he announces with a wave of his hand backwards, holding the door open.
All eyes are in the direction of the door and very quickly, following Light's words, a figure appears. A girl with navy blue skin a bit like Lance and short black hair then enters, wearing fairly short shorts and a slight smile on her lips.
"Hello everyone." she says, raising her hand towards the group of friends.
When she appears, two types of reactions are made. First the girls, also greeting the newcomer, and then... the boys, all crazy about the heavenly beauty in front of them. His divine forms and angelic face make many of them pale, each boy having his own reaction.
While Drew remains rather stoic, letting some redness appear, John hides his face in his hands, Teddy has a totally disturbing look on his face, Harry opens his mouth with excitement and Lance falls down on the floor.
"Well, now that the introductions are done, I'm going to give him a tour of the school today, Dashie, do you want to come ?" He asked the cyan pegasus, which she agreed to, pretending to think about it.
The visit took place while Scarlette listened attentively to Light on each of his words, Rainbow also being next to him, paying less attention. Light doesn't hesitate to tell her friend a few stories about the classes and the teachers, Scarlette remaining attentive, hanging on her lips.
Light finishes the tour of the premises by the yard in the courtyard and the weight room in the basement, Scarlette is speechless in front of the room that offers itself to her. Rainbow, still next to Light, starts to get bored severely and decides to challenge Light as usual, a small defeat would make him fall back to earth.
"And Light, instead of prancing in front of her, why don't I make you bite the dust in flight ?" Ask for Pegasus, desiring to stop this almost date between them.
Not that she minds.
"No problem, Dashie, a little flight training never hurts." he says, smiling, the coach having given them permission a few days ago as long as they stay on the field. "Come on, Scarlet, you're about to see two flying aces in action."
"Oh yeah, I'd love to see you fly Light." she said, not caring about Rainbow Dash, who's taking it pretty hard.
They come out of the room and race through the air, Scarlet watching them from the ground. The runners' high level demonstration is breathtaking, Light compensating for her lack of speed with well-controlled zigzags, but not enough to catch Rainbow.
"Ah, it feels good to come down from that cloud, doesn't it ?" She asks, happy to beat Light in her field, bringing one more victory to their rivalry.
"I've never been on a cloud before, but this race was thrilling. I really thought I had a chance this time." said the young man, quickly massaging his elbow joints.
"LIGHT, that was great, I didn't know you could fly so well, I mean, I knew it, but I never imagined that..."
Despite Light's loss, Scarlette continues to be captivated by her prowess, although Rainbow's is equally remarkable, and she's beginning to get annoyed with the mare's behavior. The next thing happens in the hall, Light shows her daily training to Scarlette, who watches with attention the performances of the pegasus she wouldn't miss for anything in the world. Rainbow deciding to compete with him again, she had not finished with him, but checking more the two ponies in the corner of her eye rather than really training.
After several drills, Light ended up sweating and decided to go to the locker room to shower, leaving her two friends to get to know each other better.
"See you later Light, I'll wait for you here." she says, waving.
"I see Drew was right..." said the rainbow pegasus as she saw the look on that girl's face and sat down on a bench next to her.
"Drew? The big black guy ?" she asks.
"Yeah, the big black guy."
"And what did he say ?" She asks.
"That you're in love with Light." she tells the land pony.
"WHAT ???? HE SAID THAT ? TO WHOM ?" She asks, stressed out by Rainbow's response.
"To us, but Light took it as a joke." she says, to calm the blue pony.
"Phew, it's a good thing he took it that way." she said, blowing, visibly relieved.
"So, do you really love him ?" Curiously, she asked for Pegasus, even though she suspected her answer.
"Obviously I love him." she said, looking down at the ground, a rash appearing on her cheeks.
"What do you mean obviously ? It's not systematic." she replies, not understanding the answer.
"Oh... Rainbow Dash, don't make me think you don't feel anything for him." she said, as if she knew the answer beforehand.
"He's just a friend, nothing more..." she said in reply, looking away and less and less liking the way this discussion was going.
"And he'll remain just a friend to you, because I'm careful to tell him how I feel." she said to stop Rainbow in her thoughts.
"Uh, you... what ? Seriously ?"
"Seriously, I'm going." she said as she got up and walked toward the locker room, the sound of running water no longer being audible.
Rainbow doesn't know what to do, she doesn't answer and doesn't move, she's still lost in her thoughts, thinking. On the one hand, she says to herself that she doesn't care, that it's none of her business, but on the other hand, curiosity invades her and Light's future answer makes her very envious. Was Drew right, does Light feel the same way about her, he didn't pay much attention to Rainbow during the visit, and even losing to her didn't do anything to him. Had he changed his behavior since she was here?
One thing's for sure: Rainbow Dash needed an answer.
As Scarlette walked into the locker room, Rainbow sensed curiosity in her, forcing her to step towards the door. Once her ear rests on the door, a voice is heard, the girl's voice, once again in ecstasy from what is before her eyes.
This while the noises stop, neither Scarlette or Light speak, no more sound on the other side of the door. Rainbow, wondering what is going on, prays for the discussion to begin again, until she is surprised once again.
Indeed, as she pressed her ear against the door, up to her whole cheek, the door opened, leaving the pegasus speechless. She falls into the dressing room on her stomach, under the eyes of Light, who opened the door, and Scarlette, who is sitting down.
"Dashie, you're so predictable." he says, looking at her from his superior position to the cyan mare, a gleam in his eyes, proud to have caught the voyeur with her hand in the bag.
"Light, I..." she tries to say as she quickly gets up, who is surprised to see the young man shirtless, abs and chest muscles in full view and freshly dry.
"Dashie..." he says as he stands in front of her. "Scarlette wants to tell me something and I think she wants to keep it private. You can go join the others." he said, closing the door in her face.
Rainbow couldn't believe it, she had just seen him shirtless, she couldn't get the vision out of her head. She decides to compare by touching her own abs, present but still much less drawn.
"Oh yeah, not bad abs." she says out loud, not even realizing it, and joins the others without trying any trick, not being able to remove this last image from her head.
A little later, Light returns to his friends, alone.
"LIGHT, where's Scarlette ? I must ask her to come with me urgently." retorts the golden-haired Pegasus, his intentions clearly understood by the rest of the group with a blissful smile.
"Sorry Harry, she just left." he replies, creating an unhappy look on his friend's face.
On his words, Light goes to rest in his room, wishing everyone a good night and going to read his course alone for the check on the horizon. After a few minutes of hesitation, Rainbow decides to go see him, who wants answers to her questions.
As Light is leaning against the wall, sitting on his bed reading, Rainbow comes and sits down next to him.
"Light, if it's not indiscreet to ask you, I'd like to know what you two were talking about." she asks calmly, a tone not often seen in Light's voice.
"Come on, Dashie, you know IT'S totally indiscreet to ask that." he replies, still flipping through his notebook.
"I know what she told you Light, we've talked about it, I just wish I knew your answer." she asks again, hoping to make Light crack this time.
"Sorry, Dashie, I ain't gonna tell you nothing. I'm going to bed, if you'd like to turn off the light." he asks, turning to her, looking her straight in the eyes with an empty look.
"...All right, suit yourself." Rainbow replied, disappointed with the answer, but still understandable.
She walks to the exit and watches Light crawl into her cozy bed, a thick blanket wrapped around her and keeping her warm. Rainbow stays there, several seconds, looking at him, without it seeming strange, not caring about prying eyes. Eventually she raises her arm to the light switch, turning off the light.
"Good night, Dashie." Light said, barely comprehending as she buried her head in her pillow and her body in her soft blanket.
"Good night, lover boy." Rainbow said, hoping to get him to react, to no avail. At last stopping looking at him attentively, she went to her room.
Once inside, she also decides to go to bed, even though it's only 8:00 p.m., a very early time for high school students to want to join the world of dreams. Applejack doesn't understand why Rainbow Dash acts like this, she goes to bed at the same time as her, hoping that her friend is well.
Rainbow is still confused about the events of that day, not wanting to think too much about it. She just wonders why... why she found Light's bed more comfortable to look at than hers, when they are exactly the same. She falls asleep peacefully in her duvet, letting a last distinct sound be heard, closing her eyes.
"Light..."