The events of yesterday at Sweet Apple Acres was the talk of the town. Folks who heard Rainbow Dash's ranting in a way, agreed with her and at the same time, felt sorry for her. A lot of ponies didn't show up for the apple cider, in fact, no pony showed up except Pinkie, Twilight, Fluttershy and Rarity. “I can't believe Dashie would say such horrid things,” spoke Rarity after drinking some cider, “I knew she was upset about not getting any cider but I wasn't expecting something like this to happen.”
Applejack lowered her head, “Ah, don't get it. If she just came to me and talked about this... maybe we could've resolved this.”
Pinkie was crying a little, “If... if... if... if only I di... did... didn't buy all th... th... those mugs.”
The girls gathered around to give her a hug and Fluttershy spoke, “Umm... if it's okay... maybe... umm... I can... find her?”
Applejack regained her composure, “Ah think that's a good idea. Maybe she cooled her head already.” Fluttershy took off to the skies with the others following right behind her. She eventually found Rainbow lounging on a cloud outside of Ponyville.
The girls yelled to get her attention and she said in her mind, 'Great, what are they wanting now?' She sighed and lowered the cloud down to their level with her on it and said in an unpleasant tone, “What?”
Applejack rubbed her left foreleg with her right, “We was wonder'in if you were okay after yesterday?”
Rainbow put on a fake smile, “Yeah I was... until you all showed up.”
Applejack held out a mug of cider, “Here, there's plenty for ya back at the farm if ya want.”
Rainbow looked at them, looked at the cider, back at them and smacked the cider out of her hoof, “You really think... all that cider is just going to magically fix... what happened over the past ten years?”
Twilight spoke, “Look Rainbow, maybe it won't but talking will help.”
Rainbow narrowed her eyes and put on a frown, “Talking is over and it's cheap... just like this friendship.”
The girls gasped and Rarity spoke out, “Now listen her darling, we are trying to help you.”
Rainbow's expression tensed, “You want to help... you really want to help?” They all nodded and Rainbow turned her back to them, “Don't ever talk to me again and if you come to me with a weather problem... oooh ho ho ho... I'll give you weather alright.” She flew off, still on the cloud, not looking back once. That night at the library, the girls were discussing what to do about Rainbow when all of a sudden, Celestia appeared.
The girls bowed and Celestia motioned them to get up, “Good evening my little ponies.”
She used her magic to make the box that contained the elements appear and Twilight looked confused, “Your highness, why are the elements here?” Celestia used her magic again to open the box and the girls were mortified at what they saw. The Element of Loyalty was cracked and started to turn grey. Twilight was stunned, “Pr... princess... what is going on?”
Celestia sighed, “It seems that the negativity in Rainbow Dash is affecting the element and causing to break.”
Twilight panicked, “What do we do your highness, what do we do?”
Celestia closed the box, “You must pull her out of the darkness or else... we will have to look for a new Element of Loyalty.” The girls gasped, the thought of losing Rainbow and the element would kill them inside.
Applejack stomped the ground with her hoof, “I bet Discord is behind this somehow.”
Celestia shook her head, “No Applejack, he is still encased in stone. This darkness is all Rainbow Dash.”
Applejack stood proud, “We'll do everything we can to fix this.”
Celestia smiled, “I have faith in you my little ponies,” and with that, she disappeared from the library. The girls started planning on what to do to help Rainbow. Just outside of the library, a shadowy figure sat near a window as if it was listening to the conversation that just happened.
It smiled and spoke to itself in a male voice, “I'm not too late.” The next day came and Rainbow was lounging on a bigger cloud than yesterday. Her peace was disturbed when something hit the cloud she was on.
“Hey, watch where your going buddy,” she yelled as she looked over to see what hit her.
There was a black pegasus stallion with matching silver mane and tail. His cutie mark looked like a red cat's eye with white triangles around it.
He shook his head and spoke, “Oh sorry, I was daydreaming and didn't see where I was going.”
“Just watch where your going next time pal,” Rainbow said as she went back to lounging.
The stallion flew up, looked at her and was excited, “Your... your Rainbow Dash, the fastest flier in all of Equestria!”
She opened one eye to see him and she smiled, “Well... I am the fastest and the best.”
He stepped on the cloud and pulled out a pen and paper, “Can I have your autograph?”
She sat up and acted a little full of herself, “Well normally I don't but I guess I can make an exception this one time,” she took the pen and paper, “so who am I making this bad boy out to?”
The stallion smiled, “Storm, Night Storm.”