//------------------------------// // All’s Right // Story: Happy Death Day, Rainbow Dash! // by ArcadePonyFubuki //------------------------------// RING RING RING Rainbow Dash groggily opened her eyes and lifted her head. Reaching her hoof over, she pressed down on the blaring alarm clock. Rainbow Dash then looked at the clock in horror. “No.. nonononoNONONO” Rainbow panicked. “I-I CANT BE HERE! WHY AM I HERE?! I SHOULD BE FUCKING FREE!” “What’s going on Rainbow Dash?” A suddenly appearing Pinkie Pie attempted to comfort. Rainbow ignored Pinkie’s question and ran out of her house on the verge on tears. She immediately took to the skies and flew directly to Wonderbolts Academy. Rainbow barged through the front doors in a desperate, wheezing panic. “Woah there! What’s going on with you rookie?” Spitfire asked, taken aback by Rainbow’s condition. “Spitfire, I need everything I’ve ever left here. From the lockers, from storage from the fucking lost and found, I don’t care I just need it all right now.” Rainbow pleaded. “Ok Rainbow Dash, I can see something’s getting to you, why don’t you just sit here and talk to me for a bit?” Spitfire suggested. “I don’t have a bit! I don’t have a second! I need to pack all my things and get as far away from Cloudsdale as possible!” Rainbow shouted. “Wait, are you leaving Rainbow Dash?” Blossomforth asked. “Cause, I just made this for you.” Blossomforth then revealed an angle food cupcake with strawberry icing to Rainbow. “Thank you, but I already had it last night.” Rainbow said in annoyance. She turned to continue talking to Spitfire, but stopped herself as she made a revelation. “Wait a minute… I died in my sleep.” Rainbow said to herself in disbelief. “What?” Blossomforth questioned. Rainbow Dash turned to Blossomforth with a scowl. “You killed me.” Rainbow accused. “Excuse me?” Blossomforth said in confusion. Rainbow glared down at the cupcake. “You.. poisoned it.” Rainbow realized. “But I never ate it before, so you decided to do the job yourself. And if I did eat it, you’d pin it all on Pinkie Pie. You knew if it was figured out someone poisoned me with the cupcake, they’d immediately assume Pinkie, leaving you free of charge.” “Is there… something happening between you two right now?” Spitfire asked in confusion. “I don’t know what she’s talking about ma’am.” Blossomforth laughed awkwardly. “Maybe we should continue this talk in the locker room.” Blossomforth said as she walked away. “Maybe we should.” Rainbow agreed coldly. _______________________________________________ “Do you really think I’d try to poison you with a cupcake?” Blossomforth asked as she entered the locker room. “I don’t know, you tell me.” Rainbow said as she grabbed the cupcake and blew out the lone candle on top. “Why don’t you try a bite?” Rainbow said, handing the dessert back to Blossomforth. “W-well I wouldn’t wanna take your birthday treat away from you.” Blossomforth rejected sheepishly. “Alright then, I’ll just take it down to the Cloudsdale Police Station. I’m sure they can tell me what this is made of.” Rainbow said as she grabbed the cupcake and started walking out. Blossomforth scowled as Rainbow Dash walked past her, she turned around and grabbed Rainbow by the mane and slammed her into a set of lockers. Rainbow fell to the floor weakly as Blossomforth locked the locker room door. “You annoying, egotistical showoff.” Blossomforth spat. “I get I can be boastful, but isn’t this all a bit much?” Rainbow tried to reason. “You just don’t get it. Let me spell it out for your shriveled brain to understand, the Wonderbolts are facing budget cuts. They have to drop weak fliers and the only thing stopping me from keeping my job is you and your never ending showboating. I can’t lose this! It’s all I have right now! So it’s either I lose everything or you die.” Blossomforth admitted. “Are you fucking serious?! I’ve been in a never ending hell just because you suck at flying!?” Rainbow yelled in bafflement. “And there you go again putting others down because you’re so high on your own cloud you can’t see the pain in other people’s lives!” Blossomforth screamed. “I’m putting you down because you tried to put me down!” Rainbow Dash yelled back as she kicked in one of Blossomforth’s front legs. Blossomforth fell to the floor as Rainbow jumped off the ground and grabbed a fire extinguisher off the wall. Rainbow threw the extinguisher at Blossomforth, who narrowly dodged it. Rainbow charged at Blossomforth and pinned her down. Rainbow drove her hooves into Blossomforth before she pushed her off and reversed their roles. Blossomforth grabbed Rainbow’s mane and repeatedly slammed her head into the floor. Rainbow bucked Blossomforth off and jabbed her in the throat. “Eat shit you bitch!” Rainbow yelled as she grabbed the cupcake and jammed it into Blossomforth’s mouth. Blossomforth gagged and began to panic as she tried to remove any trace of the laced pastry from her face. Noticing the window behind Blossomforth, Rainbow took her chance and tackled her through the other side, into open air. “Are you fucking crazy!?” Blossomforth screamed as they began their decent. “You’re one to talk!” Rainbow retorted. Rainbow Dash held onto Blossomforth’s wings to prevent them from saving her. Blossomforth attempted to shake her off but couldn’t get Rainbow to release her. As the ground below came ever closer, Blossomforth closed her eyes and braces for impact. With a loud crash, the two pegasi collided with the earth. As other ponies gathered around the crash site, they watched as neither Rainbow Dash nor Blossomforth made any move. Eventually, Blossomforth began to twitch as she regained consciousness. With her eyes opening, Blossomforth was met with the sight of Rainbow Dash standing over her with her hoof over Blossomforth’s throat. “Wait! Plea-“ With a final stomp of Rainbow’s hoof, all things went to black. Finally finishing off her daily killer, Rainbow panted with a smile, before falling over and passing out. _______________________________________________ “I cannot believe she thought people would think I poisoned you!” Pinkie Pie said, appalled. “She was never a great judge of character.” Rainbow said, a bandage over her right eye and an ice pack against her forehead. “Oh! I think I see our food coming.” Soarin said, looking beyond their table. “EEEEEEE!! I’m so excited! I’ve never eaten at a Cloudsdale restaurant before!” Pinkie exclaimed. “It’s not a restaurant Pinkie, it’s a cafe. There’s a difference.” Rainbow corrected. “Really? What is it?” Pinkie asked. Rainbow raised her hoof to begin answering, but slowly put it back down as she realized she had no idea what the difference between restaurants and cafes was. “…They’re just different ok.” Rainbow huffed. “Can’t argue with that.” Soarin said with a smirk. “Look I just hit my head pretty hard, cut me some slack.” Rainbow said. “A hayburger, two pancakes and the ultimate fudge-lover’s heartattack?” A waitress pony asked as she brought a tray to the table. “Yes, thank you ma’am.” Soarin said as he retrieved the tray. “Have a good day!” Pinkie called out. She then turned her attention to the dessert she ordered. “What even is that? Like is it a cake or something?” Rainbow questioned. “I have no clue!” Pinkie beamed as she dug into the treat. “Is she always that happy?” Soarin asked. “Would you believe me if I said she was being calmer than usual right now?” Rainbow Dash answered. “How does a high flyer like you meet a pony like her?” Soarin wondered. “Well, everypony in Ponyville has met Pinkie, but only the lucky ones get to call her a true friend.” Rainbow explained. “And I gotta be the luckiest mare in Equestria to have you and her as friends.” “Well, I’m glad to have been of assistance, even if I don’t remember any of it.” Soarin smiled. “Shame here!” Pinkie said through a mouthful of dessert. “Thank you guys, for everything.” Rainbow said as she pulled the two of them into a hug. _______________________________________________ RING RING RING Rainbow Dash groggily opened her eyes and lifted her head. Reaching her hoof over, she pressed down on the blaring alarm clock. “Uggh, does it have to be morning yet?” Rainbow asked the universe. “Of course it does!” A suddenly appearing Pinkie Pie responded. Rainbow looked over at Pinkie in horror, feeling her heart begin to race and her tears begin to swell. “If it wasn’t morning, it couldn’t be your-“ Pinkie stopped herself, taking in her surroundings. “Wait a minute.. this isn’t Lyra’s house. Whoopsies! Sorry Dashie, your birthday was yesterday. See ya later!” Pinkie waved as she let out some air from the balloons helping her float. Rainbow Dash regained her composure and flopped back onto her bed. “Wake me up in the morning.”