It was the most unusual evening of Rainbow Dash’s life. Well, every date with Pinkie Pie turned out to be one of the pegasus’ more unusual evenings, but this one was far more strange than even those. Pinkie had hardly acted like herself all night. Everything she did was uncharacteristically subdued, from the way she calmly called up to the cloud house to wake Dash from her nap (calling her by her full name instead of the usual “Dashie,” no less), to how she trotted — rather than bounced — to the restaurant, to her almost unnatural composure during dinner.
Throughout it all, Rainbow wondered what had gotten into her friend. Was something wrong? Apart from her restrained behavior, Pinkie seemed just fine; she still wore her smile and told jokes and laughed. Was she preparing to gently break up with Dash? This thought sent a shiver of fear through the pegasus — until she looked into her partner’s shining blue eyes, where she saw nothing but the joy and love that had occupied them ever since Rainbow Dash agreed to start the relationship almost a year ago. What was it, then? At long last, no sooner than dessert was served, came the reason. Rainbow Dash would never forget the words, nor the excitement behind them that Pinkie was now trying her utmost to contain.
Rainbow Dash, you have made me happier than I have ever been in my life. I know I have been acting really supe-. Er, acting different tonight, and I am so sorry if I made you nervous. You make me so, so happy, and if I didn’t use every little tiny bit of my willpower keeping my composure I’d be way, wa-. I would be too excited to ask you what I want to ask you now.
Dashi- Rainbow Dash, will you please, please, pl-. Will you do me the honor of being with me forever and ever? W-will you be my wife?
Of course, the party pony’s carefully maintained control broke immediately when Dash gave Pinkie her answer. Rainbow smiled; the memory was definitely worth every bit they had to pay the restaurant owner to repair the damages, which amounted to several glasses and plates, the table, and a section of nearby wall (Pinkie also had to make one of her eponymous promises to never bottle up that much excitement again). And tonight, as Rainbow Dash snuggled up against the sleeping — yet somehow still grinning — pink pony beside her, she couldn’t help but to think: it had indeed been the most unusual evening of her life. But it was also the happiest.