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// Rain - Lycan_01 
// Story: AppleDash Group Collab 
// by DbzOrDie 
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For most of her life, Applejack had hated the rain.  Aside from the fact that it was cold, wet, and uncomfortable to get caught in, the rain always caused a very specific and very annoying problem for her.

Specifically, when it rained, farmwork ground to a halt.  

No apple-bucking, no tending the crops, no doing repairs, no outside work in general could be done.  And that lack of productivity frustrated her to no end.  Or at least, it used to.

As Applejack stood in the orchard watching the rain fall all around her, she couldn’t help but smirk.  Not because she was enjoying the rain, but because she was enjoying the one spot in Ponyville were it wasn’t raining.  

Directly above Applejack, somepony had been nice enough to create a hole in the clouds big enough to fit two or three ponies, allowing her to go around Sweet Apple Acres and do her chores without getting soaked to the bone and catching a cold.  She just had to tell them when it was time to move the gap.  Speaking of…  “Hey Rainbow Dash!” Applejack hollered up at the clouds, trying to get her friend’s attention.  

A blue face framed by a rainbow-colored mane appeared in the cloud gap.  “Whatcha need AJ?” Rainbow Dash asked with a crooked grin.  

Applejack returned her friend’s grin.  “I’m done checkin’ on everythin’ around the farm.  Ya mind helpin’ me on back to the house?”

“Sure thing!” Dash replied with a crisp salute.  She gripped the edges of the gap with her hooves, flapped her wings, and began to shift the hole in the clouds towards the farmstead.  As the hole began to move, Applejack cantered along beneath it, keeping herself comfortably dry.

Once Applejack made it to the front door, Rainbow Dash flew down through the gap and hovered up alongside the farmer.  “Thanks Dash, I appreciate the help,” Applejack told her with a sincere smile.

“Eh, no problem,” Dash shrugged, before giving her friend a roguish grin.  “Though, do I get anything for my trouble?  Maybe some cider or something?”

Applejack pondered for a moment, before smirking.  “Yeah sure.  Closer yer eyes and hold out your hooves.”

Rainbow Dash did as she was told… and was caught quite off guard by Applejack’s muzzle pressing against her own, their lips locking in a surprise kiss.  The pegasus nearly fell out of the air in shock, but instincts helped her managed to stay aloft.  Despite her confusion, though, she didn’t break the kiss, nor did she open her eyes; her ability to think was utterly overwhelmed.  

After a few long yet too-short seconds, Applejack pulled back from the kiss, and gave Rainbow Dash a very smug grin.  “Good enough for ya?” she asked mischievously.  

“Bwuh…” Dash derped, blinking a few times as she tried to regain awareness of her surroundings.  After a moment, though, she gave a goofy smile and simply said:  “I think I need to do favors for you more often.”