“Rainbow Dash, do you take Thunder Flash for your lawful wedded husband, to live in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love, honor, comfort, and cherish him from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto him for as long as you both shall live?”
“I do.”
“I now pronounce you, mare and colt.”
…………………………………
Flash cried deeply on the couch, soaking the cushions and making noise throughout the house. Eventually, Blaze walked in and sat down next to him.
“Hey dad, what’s wrong?”
Flash sniffled. “You really want to know?”
Blaze nodded solemnly.
Flash sighed. “We’re getting divorced. She’s taking you, Starlight and Jet to live with Soarin.”
Flash continued sobbing.
Blaze was shocked.
“Mom’s leaving you? And she’s taking us too?”
Flash sniffled again.
“…Yes, I just said that.”
“What about you?”
Flash was silent, then burst out crying again.
“……I guess I just live here alone for the rest of my life.”
Blaze looked like he was going to cry too. He hugged his father.
“No, I can’t leave you!”
Flash hugged him back. It was an embrace that racked their emotions more than the original news had. An embrace that, when broken, might be forever.
“Don’t worry about me. I know you’ll have a good life with Soarin. He’s a good pony, and he’ll be a great father.”
Blaze started to cry as well.
“Would you like to see your mother in the hospital?” Flash asked.
“…Okay…”
Blaze left down the hall to get Starlight and to wake up Jet. Jet slept all the time, and when he did, something always ended up floating, or being turned into a frog.
…………………………………
Rainbow Dash was in deep slumber, dreaming about something she’d rather forget.
…
“Rainbow Dash, do you take Thunder Flash for your lawful wedded husband, to live in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love, honor, comfort, and cherish him from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto him for as long as you both shall live?”
“I do.”
“Wake up.”
“…What?”
“Ms. Rainbow Dash! You have company!”
…
Rainbow awoke to a nurse standing in her doorway.
“W…what?”
“Ms. Dash, you have company.”
The nurse left, and was replaced by Flash and the three children. Rainbow didn’t mind her children, but she was not amused to see Flash.
Flash looked very hurt to see her staring at him like that, but she didn’t care. Her anger still replaced any hope she had of returning to him.
“Omigosh mom! What happened to you?” Starlight exclaimed, running up to Rainbow’s bed.
Rainbow could see Flash shaking his head in the doorway, as if saying not to tell her.
She just rolled her eyes.
“Me and your father got into a big fight. He beat me up.” Rainbow coldly told Starlight.
Starlight gasped, and turned to Flash.
“Seriously dad, how could you?”
Flash dropped his head in shame.
“Can I have my foal, now?” Rainbow asked in a demanding tone.
“Who, you mean Jet?”
“No, I mean you. Yes, I mean Jet!!!” Rainbow exclaimed.
“Okay, no need to be sarcastic about it.”
Flash took the alicorn foal off of his back, because he’d been earning some stares from the ponies who passed by.
Flash walked over to Rainbow and set Jet in her hooves, where he fell asleep almost instantly.
“By the way, could you take this? It’s making it hard to move my wing.”
Rainbow held up her wedding ring for Flash to take.
Flash felt like he was going to tear up again.
“Are you sure you don’t want to keep it?”
Rainbow looked at it for a second. Her reflection stared back at her through the expensive, clearly cut diamond it was encrusted with.
“Um…yeah, I’m pretty sure.”
She held it up again.
Well, at least she didn’t smash it. Now Flash had something to remember her by. However, he didn’t know if that was a good thing, or a bad thing.
He walked up to Rainbow, and took the ring.
“Oh, Flash? There’s something else.”
Flash turned to look at her.
“What is it?”
Suddenly, before Flash could figure it out, Rainbow gave him a massive punch to the nose.
Once again, he went toppling backward, and fell on the floor. However, now he was unconscious. Blood began to flow out of his nose.
“Yeah, how does it feel?! Not good, I bet!!” Rainbow yelled.
Blaze and Starlight watched in horror.
“Mom, what did you do?” Blaze exclaimed.
“I gave that dick a taste of his own medicine.” Rainbow responded.
There was a commotion down the hall, and a few nurses burst into the room. They saw Flash out-cold on the floor.
“What happened in here?” One of them asked.
Rainbow pretended to look scared.
“I don’t know! Everything was fine, when this random pony came in and did a hit-and-run on Flash! It all happened so fast!” She stuttered.
“Come on, let’s get him to the ER.” One of the nurses suggested.
They didn’t have a wheelchair or a stretcher handy, so they had to carry him. Once they were out of the room, Rainbow snickered.
“Seriously mom? Now you’re no better than he is!” Blaze exclaimed.
“You think I care? When I’m getting revenge, I don’t care who’s better. I just want my revenge.”
Starlight was getting frightened, so she hid behind Blaze.
“Who are you? You’re not the loving and caring mother we used to have.” He stated.
“Listen here, and listen good. I am Rainbow Dash. I’m a brash, athletic all-star who is her own hero. My friends are the other five Elements of Harmony, and them alone. I don’t take orders, I give them. Anyone who gets in my way won’t be very happy about it. I only win, never lose, and never give in to anypony. The only reason I was the ‘loving and caring’ mother you know is because Flash changed me. Without him, I’m Rainbow Dash again. And you know how Rainbow Dash is when she’s angry!” She exclaimed rather loudly.
Starlight began to cry, and so did Jet.
Blaze slowly shook his head.
“You monster……I don’t even know you!”
“What are you going to do about it?” Rainbow mocked.
“What about you?! You’re the one cooped up in the hospital bed!”
Just then, another nurse walked in the room.
“Seriously, what is going on in here? Some other patients are trying to sleep!”
Blaze pointed to Rainbow Dash accusingly.
“There was no hit-and-run on Flash! It was her! She punched Flash in the nose!”
Surprised, the nurse turned toward Rainbow.
Rainbow sighed.
“Crap…”
To be Continued…
Author Notes:
Dang…I think I wrote myself into a corner. Updates are coming so fast because even I want to see what happens next! The problem is, I don’t know if I’ll be able to successfully wrap it up. Chapters will keep coming until I can figure it out, I guess.
Happy Season 3 everypony! :D