//------------------------------// // 6 - Rainbow Dash: Keeping It // Story: Ponies on Ponies // by Ravenmane //------------------------------// Um, I’ve never really had a diary or a journal for something that wasn’t part of school so um I’m not really sure what I should be writing about. I mean Twilight said we should just write about anything we want, we can keep it here or tell somepony else. It sounds kinda lame but… ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainbow checked around before closing the door. She giggled and went back to her cloud-patterned journal. She scribbled “Dash’s” in big, bold letters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry, what I mean to say is that it sounds kinda lame to be told to keep a journal. Nopony’s gonna find my journal, well except for Fluttershy but she’ll promise to never show it to anypony or even read it. Ugh, sorry but I miss my journal in Ponyville. I was hoping to write about this experiment thingy once it was over. Once I had a chance to say it was lame, and that it didn’t do anything. Something really changed though, it isn’t lame at all. I mean we all did exactly what Twilight said, and I got to see this screen thingy Pinkie Pie’s always talking about. It was so cool to see this thing we never got a chance to see. I mean I can believe Pinkie, a lot easier now that I saw that screen, it shows up every week and a buncha these humans watch us go off and do cool things like fight Discord or watch me do a Sonic Rainboom in Cloudsdale. Well… Pinkie said they watched that stuff but all I saw was Nightmare Moon getting her flank handed to her by us so I’ll take Pinkie’s word on it till I see it for myself. I’ve had tons of fans I’ve never even seen before and now I know where they are! It’s so awesome, I mean I can’t really believe it! Sorry Journal but I have to set you down for a sec. I need to squeal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Rainbow Dash squealed in excitement, the door creaked open revealing her canary-colored friend. “Um,” she said quietly, “Rainbow Dash. Excuse me Rainbow, but I-” “Man this is so awesome,” Rainbow squealed, ignorant of Fluttershy’s appearance. “Rainbow Dash,” said the shy pegasus with a louder, determined tone. “Hmm,” Rainbow turned to see her friend and slammed her journal shut. “How’s it going Fluttershy?” “I’m still a little scared Rainbow Dash,” quietly replied Fluttershy. Rainbow hopped off their bed and gave her friend a warm smile. “I know, but we’re here together right?” “I know but-” “But nothin’ according to Twilight you stared down a cockatrice. You’re scared of one guy?” Fluttershy shook her head. “I can tell Alex is a nice guy. I know he’s looking out for us as best he can.” “Yeah, but do you think he’s doing this just ‘cause of the show or ‘cause he’s actually a nice guy?” Fluttershy rested a hoof on Rainbow’s shoulder. “I know he’s looking out for us as best he can,” she repeated. Rainbow gave her a little smile. “Will you give me a little more privacy Fluttershy? I’m writing in my journal.” Fluttershy nodded. “Actually I… um… do you mind if I write in here? I mean away from you so you keep your journal private. It’s just that I don’t want to trouble any of our friends and Alex is trying to sleep.” Rainbow nodded and waited for Fluttershy to take her seat away from the pegasus. She knew Alex wanted some time to himself. Probably everypony wanted some alone time too, but there just wasn’t enough space in the house for everypony to stay far enough away before going to bed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Okay, so the thing is I’m really sorry journal, for being so flip-floppy, but I gotta tell ya Alex is pretty cool. I mean he just smiled and took us all in, like nothing was wrong with it. He’s kinda cool like that, nothing really seems to faze him. Applejack and Rarity said he’s just bottling it up, and I think they’re right. He wants to be friends but also keep secrets. Do friends keep really big secrets from friends here or somethin? If that’s true then it’s kinda lame that they do that, but if he doesn’t wanna talk about something then I’m not gonna press it. He didn’t tell us about his parents and when he did I knew he was so nervous. He was mad too, but I saw how nervous he really was. I really shouldn’t have pushed his buttons and just dropped it. I mean, I know what it’s like to lose somepony in your family. It isn’t easy and you don’t get over it. Not really at least, but I mean I only lost my sis and he lost all that family. It must hurt a lot without them. He’s also nothing like ponies I know of who are rich. I mean like it sounds like he likes it for the privacy, but hates it for the attention. Kinda makes him cool too. I’m not sharing this with anypony, he’s just cool, ‘nuff said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The cyan pegasus sighed and stuffed her journal into her pillow case, ready to hear about some new stuff in the morning.