//------------------------------// // Love interests // Story: A Forward Approach // by Ahiam94 //------------------------------// "NNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Twilight screamed as she ran faster than she ever though possible. She closed her eyes and lowered her head as her hooves moved as quickly as possible. Twilight ran on for what felt like hours, blindly. Finally, she was forced to a stop when she ran head first into a large wooden cart. Twilight flew backwards, landing on her back with a groan from the force of the crash. Everything was blurry, stars flew around in the sky, and birds circled her head. "Twi! Twi are ya okay?" Applejack quickly rushed to Twilight's side. "What in tarnation were ya thinkin'? You were chargin' through Ponyville like a mad bull." Twilight, still dizzy and barely aware of what was going on around her, spoke up. "I... Rainbow Dash... kiss... chase... run... ...crash." Applejack stared at Twilight. "Twi, Ah have no idea what yer sayin'." Applejack looked at Twilight as she continued her random babbling. "Boom... cart... me... stars... ooh look at that one." Twilight moaned as she pointed at a star, only visible to herself. "Twi! Snap out of it!" Applejack yelled. Twilight jumped into the air. When she landed she fell instantly into a defensive stance. "What!? Where am I!? Where's Rainbow Dash?" Twilight looked around nervously. "Twi, calm down. You're in the middle o' Ponyville, and Ah haven't seen Rainbow today," Applejack quickly replied. "Really? Rainbow isn't here?" Twilight let out a large breath of air. "Good." Her muscles loosened and Twilight relaxed her posture. Seeing that Twilight had recovered from her momentary panic, smiled and stepped closer to her friend. "Okay Twi, now that yer all normal again, Ah need ta know. What in tarnation were ya doin' running through town like that? And why are you so skittish about Rainbow?" "Oh, what should I do? Should I tell Applejack about Rainbow? It'd be nice to have some advice on what to do with this whole situation." Twilight furrowed her brow and looked at Applejack. "Applejack, if I tell what is going on, could you promise not to tell anypony?" Applejack was surprised by the sudden intensity of the conversation, but she knew what she had to do as Twilight's friend. "Of course Ah won't tell anypony. You know you can trust me," Applejack said, reassuringly. Twilight smiled, "Of course I can tell her, Applejack is very dependable. Twilight inched towards Applejack and took a deep breath, and in a hushed voice said, "It all started three days ago when Rainbow confessed her love to me and when I told her no she got sad and I said she could do anything so now she thinks that she can win my heart but I just wanna be friends and just now Rainbow tried to kiss me and she said something about a hotel which is why I started running and bumped into you...sorry by the way." Applejack took a step back, trying to absorb all of the information that was just pushed onto her all at once. After a few seconds Applejack got it all down. "So, Rainbow's been tryin' to win yer heart ever since you rejected her love?" Twilight looked down at the ground a red blush on her face. "Yes." Applejack frowned and averted her eyes, blinking rapidly. Twilight looked up from the ground and saw Applejack. "Um, Applejack? Are you alright?" Applejack put on an excessively broad grin and looked up at Twilight, "'Course Ah am. That was jus' a lotta stuff to take in all at once." "It's pretty obvious that Applejacks smile is fake, but I don't have enough time to go into that right now." Twilight thought. "So, what do you think I should do?" Applejack put her hoof to her chin. "Hmm, Ah guess ya could—" Applejack was cut off by a sing song voice coming from the distance. "Twiliiiight. Where are you?" Twilight suddenly tensed up. Her pupils shrunk and her hair stood on end. "Oh sweet Celestia, was that Rainbow just now?" "There you are Twilight!" Rainbow said just as she came into view. "Gah!" Twilight flailed her hooves and took off running in the opposite direction. Rainbow Dash smirked. "Come on, Twilight. Don't you realize that you're trying to run away from Equestria's fastest flyer?" At that moment, Rainbow Dash fluttered her wings and took off after Twilight. With both ponies gone, Applejack stood still, now alone. "Ah guess Twilight was tellin' the truth. Rainbow was really chasin' her." Applejack lowered her head, she grabbed her hat and covered her face. After taking a deep breath, Applejack raised her hat back up. "Well, ah guess I should take this cart to Fluttershy's like Ah was goin' to before all that crazy stuff." With that Applejack strapped herself back to the cart and started pulling it towards Fluttershy's cottage. *** Spike stood at the top of the stairs and looked down at the library, puffing out his chest and nodding to himself. All the piles of books were gone. Every item was stacked alphabetically on the shelves. Spike sat down and let out a deep breath. Everything was perfect. But, now that everything was so perfect, what was he supposed to do now? Suddenly, somepony knocked on the front door. "Huh? Who could that be?" Spike mused as he approached the door. "Hello?" Spike asked as he opened the door. Spikes curious eyes turned into hearts as he saw who the visitor was. "Ah! Just the little dragon I wanted to see." Rarity practically sang. "I was wondering if you could help me with some chores. I am terribly busy at the moment, so I will be needing some assistance. Would you be so kind as to lend me a claw?" Spike, blinded by his love for Rarity, agreed by slowly nodding. "Sure, Rarity, anything for you." "Oh, thank you so much, darling. Now, let's get back to the boutique." Rarity said happily as she trotted off towards her boutique, Spike following behind, leaving a trail of hearts behind him. Just as Spike and Rarity left, off in the distance a large trail of smoke approached the library. In front of the smoke was a certain purple unicorn. Twilight charged towards her library, surely if she got in there she would be safe. Slightly above the cloud of smoke was Rainbow Dash, staying close to Twilight in the air. "Come on Twilight, you know you want to!" Rainbow yelled to Twilight, a mischievous grin on her face. "For the last time! I said I don't want to make little foals with you right now. Especially, not in the middle of Ponyville, why would you even suggest that!" Twilight screamed as she continued to run. "Oh come on, Twilight. I was joking about the part where we would do it in Ponyville. But look! Your house is pretty close, let's do it in there!" Rainbow yelled, easily keeping up with Twilight's pace. Twilight did not even bother replying. She just put everything she had into reaching her house. She was so close, she charged as fast as she could. She was approaching the library rapidly. Twilight, finally, approached the door and quickly opened it and vanished inside. Twilight slammed herself onto the ground, she was finally able to rest. "Hey, Twilight. You left the window open." Rainbow smirked and slowly made her way down the stairs. "Oh, Celestia. You've got to be kidding." Twilight got back up and planted her hooves. "Come on Twilight, you're not really going to try running again, are you?" Rainbow asked. Twilight hardened her stance. She closed her eyes and her horn lit up. A sudden burst of light took over the entire library. And with that, Twilight was gone. *** Applejack detached herself from her cart of apples. "Phew, Finally here." She walked up to the cottage and gave the door a few knocks. Applejack could hear some rustling behind the door. Eventually, the door opened and Applejack was greeted by Fluttershy. "Oh, hello Applejack," she mumbled, hiding her face behind her mane "Hey, Fluttershy," Applejack replied. "I brought you those apples you were askin' for." Applejack pointed her hoof towards the cart of apples. "Oh, thank you so much, Applejack." Both ponies stood awkwardly, not sure what to say. "Um, you would like to come in?" Fluttershy finally offered. Applejack thought for a second, "Well, aside from the apples, I don't think I had anythin' else I needed to do." "Sure, I'll come in for a little while." Upon entering the cottage, Applejack heard a giggle from the second floor. "Is somepony already here?" "Yes, Pinkie stopped by a little while ago." Fluttershy faced the ground. Applejack wasn't quite sure, but she thought she saw a blush on Fluttershy's face. "Wee! That was fun!" Pinkie yelled as she came down the stairs, gummy on top of her head. "Oh, hey Applejack! Whatcha doing here?" Pinkie asked, happily. "I was jus' droppin' off some apples. What about you, Pinkie?" Pinkie grabbed Gummy from her head and presented him to Applejack. "Gummy was acting strange so I brought him to Flutters, and now he's back to normal!" Gummy stared blankly back at Applejack. Applejack smiled. "That's great to hear Pinkie." Suddenly a ringing came from Pinkie. It sounded like an alarm clock and was loud enough that it startled both Applejack and Fluttershy. "Oh, gosh! Is it that time already? Sorry girls, but I gotta go!" Pinkie yelled and took off in an instant. "Ah, wait, Pinkie." Fluttershy held a hoof out towards cloud of dust that was left behind Pinkie. *sigh* Fluttershy lowered her hoof and dropped into a sitting position. Applejack looked around, and scuffed a hoof on the floor. "What the hay is goin' on with Fluttershy?" Applejack took a deep breath and approached Fluttershy. "Is somethin' the matter, Fluttershy?" Fluttershy did not move at all, Applejack thought that she did not even acknowledge her. But then she spoke, "It's just, well. Applejack, have you ever wanted to tell somepony something, but no matter how hard you tried, you just couldn't work up the courage?" Applejack was taken back by the question. "Does Fluttershy," "Actually, Ah'm sorta goin' through that problem right now. Well, Ah was goin' through it. But now, Ah don't think that anythin' Ah say will help me." The two ponies sat, neither saying anything. Both were stuck in their thoughts. Eventually, Applejack spoke up. "Ah think Ah better go. It was nice seein' you, Fluttershy." Applejack left without saying another word. Fluttershy wanted to talk more with Applejack, but right now, she did not feel like doing anything. After Applejack had left Fluttershy started hearing noises from behind her. Curious, she looked around her cottage. There were a few sparks appearing from thin air. Then, the whole room was covered in a white light. After the light faded, there was a crash. Fluttershy looked to see that Twilight had appeared in her house. Twilight shook her head and looked around. "Fluttershy? Please you need to help me." Twilight said, desperately. "Rainbow won't stop chasing me! She keeps on talking about making foals, and having a party under the covers! What does that even mean?! Who says that? How could you party under covers!? It doesn't even make sense!" Twilight yelled. Fluttershy looked down at Twilight, not sure what to make of what she had just heard. "Um, Twilight. Could you please explain what you're talking about?" Twilight took a deep breath and calmed down. "Alright, I'll start from the beginning."