//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Her Favorite Mailmare // by luigilink32 //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash had the same dream again. It was the same dream that she'd been having for the last month. Every time it was nearly identical to the last. This one was no different. Not that she didn't enjoy it. Quite the opposite, in fact- she looked forward to her daily naps with great anxiety, becoming quite disappointed when the breaks yielded no visions of her favorite mare.... This was her favorite part. She hardly ever got this far- usually a wayward friend awoke her from deep slumber just to greet her with a casual "hello". Needless to say, she was extremely grumpy after these incidents. Dash gazed into her lover's golden eyes. She melted into her embrace- her grey fur warm and soft to the touch. Her pace quickened. Their hooves touched, their lips met in romantic embrace. Rainbow felt hooves up and down her body, over her wings, and back to her face. She couldn't take it anymore. She NEEDED this. They pressed their hot, sweaty bodies against each other and both moaned in ecstasy. "Dash! Dash! Oh! Oh, Rainbow! Oh-- "OH RAINBOW DAAAASSSHH!!" Rainbow nearly fell off the cloud she had been asleep on. She couldn't form rational thought, having been so violently aroused, in more ways than one, and didn't understand why Derpy was calling to her from below and not to her side. "I've got a letter for you Rainbow Dash! I see you up in that cloud! Can you come down please?" "h-h-huh? Oh, uh- yeah! Sure! Be right there!" Dash replied hastily, finally having reformed the ability to speak, period. "Alright, be cool," Dash told herself. This was the chance she had been waiting for. She wouldn't dare screw it up. She flew down from the aeronautical bubble and landed next to Derpy Hooves, with a flair of her tail upon landing. "Hey Derpy." "Hi Rainbow Dash!" she grinned, which did nothing to help Dash's nerves. "I've got a letter for you!" "oh...cool...uh, cool. Hey listen, maybe do you wanna-" "I think it's from Twilight. I'm not sure, the handwriting is kinda hard to read-" "go hang out or something, y'know, maybe go eat something together or-" "so I'm not sure. Or maybe it's from Pinkie Pie, that would make sense, it's probly another party invitation-" "I dunno, just go watch the sunset I guess. How does that sound?" "I'd like to go if that's the case." "you want to go? Really? That easy? Awesome! I'll uh, see you tonight then, over by the farm then! See ya!" Dash flew off, hoof-pumping in her "success", leaving a very confused Derpy Hooves behind. "uh...you forgot your letter, Rainbow Dash." * * * Rainbow sighed. It had been 30 minutes. The sunset was about to start and Derpy was nowhere to be seen. Dash sulked, knowing that her luck might have dwindled after the fateful encounter that afternoon. She was even about to get up from the tree she had picked out for the "date", but she stopped when she saw a silhouetted figure against the sunset. It was majestic. It was beautiful. It was- "Oh there you are Rainbow Dash!" "Yes, Derpy, it is I! The lovely, graceful Rainbow Dash!" They rushed into each other's hooves. The embrace they held seemed to last forever, and neither wanted it to end. They kissed passionately, knocked to the ground by their love for each other, and Dash wrapped her hooves around Derpy, who exclaimed-- "What are you doing, Rainbow Dash?" Derpy giggled. Dash realized she had hugged Derpy, and quickly retreated, a blush forming on her face. "S-s-sorry..." she stammered, head down in bashfulness. "I've been looking all over Ponyville for you!" "You have?" her ears perked up. "Yep, I forgot to give you your letter earlier!" she said, pulling said letter out of her bag and handing it to Dash. "Oh...right," Dash took the letter, looking a little more than crushed. "What's the matter? Is something bothering you Rainbow Dash?" Derpy stared benevolently at Dash- or the trees behind her, it was hard to tell which eye was doing most of the looking. "Yes Derpy!" Dash threw her hooves around her, on purpose this time, and they embraced tightly. Derpy pushed Dash back against the tree and they kissed tenderly. They held each other for what felt like an eternity in heaven when they broke the kiss. As the sun set behind them, Derpy looked longingly into Dash's eyes, and said-- "Oh, the sun's setting, that means my shift is over. See ya later, Rainbow Dash!" and with that, she flew away. Rainbow sighed, and watched her fly in awkward loops away, also getting a nice view of her plot in the process. "Looks like another lonely night with the pillow again for me..." Dash sighed again and trudged home, wondering just what had gone wrong. She just didn't know. * * * Dash perched in her tree, watching the window for signs of life. So far, nothing moved inside the house, but Rainbow was persistent and stayed. Her patience paid off when she saw a flash of golden blonde mane out of the corner of her eye. She sat up so quickly that she almost fell off the branch she had been lying on, but held on and continued to watch. Derpy sat down on the couch that was completely visible from Dash's viewpoint. She was still wearing her mailmare outfit. Dash watched with anxiety and hoped it was dark enough so she wouldn't be seen. After a few minutes had passed, Derpy got up and began removing said outfit. It was slow, and deliberate. It was almost as if she knew Dash was watching and wanted her to get the best view possible. Dash's wings were stiff just from watching her take off her hat. She rubbed her hooves together, anticipating what would come next. But instead of changing downstairs, Derpy went up to her room on the second floor. Dash knew this sometimes happened, and compensated by flying up the next branch, giving her a view, albeit a lesser one, of Derpy's bedroom. Derpy walked in and stretched. She walked to the window. Dash panicked. She would stick out like a sitting duck- or rather, she was a sore hoof. Derpy threw open the pane and stuck her head out. "Oh hi Rainbow Dash! What are you doing in that tree?" "Oh- uh- nothing- I'm just- uh-" Dash stammered. "Oh, are you pruning the tree? These branches really are getting close to the house," Derpy grinned. "Well I'll leave you to it Rainbow Dash! Goodnight!" and with that, she shut the window and closed the blinds. Rainbow cursed her horrid luck. Now not only was she not going to get a good view of what was going on inside, but now Derpy expected her tree to be pruned back, leaving her with even less of a view for next time. But maybe she would appreciate it! And talk to her! And invite her inside for lemonade, and maybe a snack, and then she could- What was she thinking. She was trying to get a date by cutting off branches on a TREE. That was pathetic. Tree...tree...Fluttershy, maybe she could give her some advice. After all, she had been seeing Rarity recently, and if anyone was hard to please, it would be her. If she could procure some tips or something from Fluttershy, then hooking up with Derpy would be a piece of cake. She resolved to visit her in the morning. * * * "Um...let me get this straight...you want...dating advice...from me?" Fluttershy sat on her couch across from a rather impatient Rainbow Dash. "Yes, for the thousandth time, yes! Geez Fluttershy!" "s-s-sorry..." Rainbow sighed. "So, do you have ANYTHING for me? Or should I just give up now and go elsewhere?" "N-no, I think I...um...I can help..." "Great!" Dash sat back against the wall. "Tell me everything you know," "Well, um...when two ponies love each other very much, they get together and-" "No! I already know that! I mean, how do you GET to that!" "Oh...right. Of course." Fluttershy looked down out of her bashful demeanor. "Um...have you tried getting her flowers? Or maybe some chocolates? You know those are real winners..." "Yeah yeah, whatever," Dash perked up. "Maybe I could...send her a letter, have it be to me, and then she'll be at my house, and I could invite her inside, and then we'd..." Dash stood up and started pacing the floor, muttering. "Oh, that's a wonderful idea!" Fluttershy giggled. A sound came from upstairs, which sounded half like a plea and half like impatience. "Oh, excuse me, I forgot, I'm um...tending to some...animals, yes, that's it, they're very sick and um..." Fluttershy started to push Rainbow out the door. "Good bye and thanks for visiting Rainbow!" and with that she slammed the door in Dash's face. Not that she even noticed, she was too preoccupied with her plan to care.