//------------------------------// // Timely delays // Story: Rainbow's Parents: The Truth // by Songbrony //------------------------------// "You know, the next time you two want to have a make out session when I'm gone, leave some sort of warning so I'm not shocked when I see my sister and her mare friend kissing under the covers." Felix said as we began to eat our breakfast. I saw Fluttershy turn a bright red as her eyes became the size of dinner plates. "I mean, I'm okay with you two having your moments of alone time, but a sock, or some sort of note would have been appreciated!" he teased some more. "Felix!" I exclaimed, feeling myself turn a shade of red. "You don't see me flaunching my nights around, do you?" he asked. "That's not even a word. And you don't have any night outs!" I exclaimed. "Well, he did go out last night." Fluttershy chimed in. I nudged her underneath the table. "What?" she asked. I groaned. "We didn't do anything Felix. I don't know why you're blowing it out of proportion." "Oh please! I could smell the teenage hormones from a mile away!" he said. I felt my cheeks turn a brighter red. Fluttershy was no better. She was as red a tomato. "Felix!" I shouted. He just laughed and placed another plate of toast on the table. "Hello everypony! Lovely morning!" the Doctor said as he opened the door. "Oh, hello Doctor." Fluttershy said. "It is a lovely morning. Oh, I hope Angel is alright. I haven't fed him for a few days." "Ah, he's fine. I stopped by your house before I came here. He's a very picky bunny, I don't know how you are able to deal with him." he said. "Ooo toast!" he said, grabbing a piece right off of my plate. "Hey!" I exclaimed. "I was eating that!" "And now you aren't." he said, taking a bite from the toast and walking to the balcony. "You know, this is a beautiful city. Makes me wish I had wings. Ah well, there's always next time!" he said cheerfully. "Next time for what?" Fluttershy asked. "Oh, you know, just the usual changing of time, space, the universe, excuse me." he said, taking the entire plate Felix had just set down. "Well, isn't he exceptionally rude today?" I whispered to Felix. "Am I being rude?" he said, taking another bite of toast. "Well, you did just steal my breakfast and break into our hotel room." I said. I'm sure there are more reasons, but I'm too hungry to think of them all. "I didn't break in! I soniced the door and walked in without your permission." he said casually. I gave him a glare. "Oh that is breaking and entering isn't it? Oh well, sorry about that. This is good toast!" "It's just wheat bread in a toaster." Felix said. "Wheat bread! Who woulda' thought, right?" the Doctor exclaimed. "Um...excuse me, Doctor. But what are you doing here?" Fluttershy asked. "Oh, right! I remember now! It's safe for you to go home. The princess cast a spell to warn her if somepony who isn't suppose to be there is, well, there." he said. "Great. Never thought I'd have to be living under surveillance." I said, still upset that he stole my food. "Ah don't look at it as surveillance." the Doctor said as he walked back to the table. "Look at it as somepony knowing when somepony shouldn't be at your house by using some form of magic to know what's happening." he rambled. "Great. I definitely don't feel like I'm under surveillance now." I said sarcastically. "Good! Now I found these on your kitchen table. I believe this is today, right?" he said, pulling out the Wonderbolts tickets from his pocket. "Oh, horseapples! I completely forgot about that! Thank you!" I said, snatching the tickets as fast as I could. I couldn't believe I forgot that the air show was today! There was so much going on that I guess it got pushed into the back of my head. "Don't mention it. And I believe someone else you know will be there!" he said and walked to the front door. "Who?" Fluttershy asked. "An old friend from Ponyville. I believe her name was Applesauce. Or was it Apple Pie? Apple Fritter?" the Doctor asked himself. "It's Applejack." I said, facehoofing. "Right! That's her name. Anyways, I can see you guys are eating breakfast, so I'll leave you three alone. Have a good day!" he said and left without closing the door. "Like I said. He's rude." I grumbled as I went and closed the door. "He didn't even leave any food for us!" I exclaimed as Felix threw the empty bread bag in the trash. "It's just the Doctor being the Doctor. I'm sure he's not always like this." Fluttershy said. "It still doesn't mean he can eat all of our food." I said as my stomach gave a low rumble. "Yeah, well, he brought you your Wonderbolts tickets, so I wouldn't be complaining too much." Felix said. "Yeah I guess." I said. It finally hit me. "Oh hay barrels! The Wonderbolts meet and greet is today!" I exclaimed. "Uh yeah. The Doctor said that..." Felix said. "Are you excited?" Fluttershy asked. "Of course I am! It's the Wonderbolts for pony's sake! It's going to be so awesome!" I shouted in glee. "Well you better get ready. According to the tickets, it starts in two hours." Felix pointed out. "Ah horse apples." I exclaimed. I rushed out the door heading straight for my house. It only took me about 5 minutes at the speed I was flying. I wanted to get ready as fast as I could so I could get there early. I didn't know how fast it would fill up, but I didn't want to be at the end of the line for the meet and greet. I put on my Wonderbolts hoodie when I heard the front door open. "Rainbow Dash? Are you here?" I heard Fluttershy call out. "I'm in our room!" I called down to her. I grabbed the Wonderbolts hat I had bought just for this event and ran down the stairs. "Oh, wow Rainbow. You look like a true Wonderbolts fan." Fluttershy said. "Are you kidding? I'm their number one fan!" I exclaimed. "If you say so." Fluttershy said with a smile. "Let me feed Angel. I haven't seen him in so long." she said as she started walking up the stairs. I had forgotten about him. I was too caught up in getting ready. "Angel!" I heard Fluttershy exclaim upstairs. "What happened?" I asked as I flew up to the room. "Oh, Angel, get down from there!" she cried to him. "You're going to hurt yourself!" I looked to where she was screaming and saw Angel flying around the roof with a white cape and a mask on. "The only way he'll learn is if he does hurt himself." I said as I watched him fly around the roof. He stuck his tongue out at me and missed the next place he had to land. He fell with a loud thump. "Oh my gosh! Angel! Are you alright?" Fluttershy asked as she rushed to his side. He rubbed his head and started to hop away. He took off the mask and cape and fell onto his back on his bed. "Told you." I said, walking next to her. She gave a worried to look to Angel. "He'll be fine. He just bumped his head." I said. "Are you sure? Maybe he has a concussion..." Fluttershy said worriedly. "Maybe I should just stay here. You know, to make sure he is okay." "C'mon, Fluttershy! We're going to meet the Wonderbolts for crying out loud! And we're already running late! Angel will be fine, he just needs to sleep." I said impatiently. "Oh, well...I don't know. You go ahead. I'll catch up once I know Angel is alright." she said quietly and walked over to him. "Fluttershy, please can we just go?" I begged her. "You got me two tickets, one for me and one for you. I'm not going without you." Okay, that's a lie. I probably would still go even if she chose not to, but I hoped her thinking I would stay with her instead of go and meet my idols would make her want to come. She gave a light laugh. "Of course you will, Rainbow. They're your idols. You won't pass up that opportunity would you?" she pointed out. Ah, zap apples. I thought to myself. She saw through that pretty easily. I walked up to her and put a hoof on her shoulder. "Yes, they are my idols and I would give anything to see them. But I want to see them with you. You gave me the chance to meet them, you should be able to share the chance to see the best fliers in Equestria! Next to me, of course." I said. I turned her around so I could look her in the eyes. Her pink mane had covered her eye again. I found it so adorable. She stared at me with longing eyes. I kissed her and we fell back onto the bed. The air was hot and heavy as we laid there, holding each other in a tight embrace as we kissed. "Back for less than an hour and you're already snogging on each other?" the Doctor said. "Ah!" I shouted in surprise. "Doctor! Have you ever heard of knocking before!?" I exclaimed as I jumped off the bed. "I did, but now I know why I was ignored." he said. "Excuse me, Doctor. But how are you able to stand here anyway? You aren't a Pegasus, and, well, only Pegasus can walk on clouds." Fluttershy asked. "Oh, I'm not a pony. Well, I am based on appearances, but I'm not really a pony." he said. I rolled my eyes. This pony was just downright crazy. "What are you doing here anyway?" I asked. "Well, I thought that you two would be on your way to the Wonderbolts. I was going to help take care of Angel. Despite his unnecessary rudeness." he said. "Should I remind him of how rude he was this morning?" I whispered to Fluttershy. She chuckled. "What's so funny?" he asked. "Oh, nothing." I said. "We better get going Fluttershy. I'm sure the Doctor can take care of Angel while we're gone." I pulled her along behind me. "You two better not do anything you shouldn't!" he shouted. "If I find anything here that shouldn't be, you two will be in for it!" I kept walking with Fluttershy behind me as the Doctor kept shouting at us. "Let's go, Fluttershy! Before he starts to lecture us about birds and bees." I said, laughing. "Why would he lecture us about birds and bees? Birds sing sweet songs and bees pollinate the flowers and give us honey. There's not much to lecture about." she said. I face hoofed. "Not those birds and bees!" I exclaimed. "The...other birds and bees." I hoped she had gotten the hint. "But, birds are birds. There are different bees though. There's honey bees, killer bees, Equestrian bees, bees from Saddle Arabia-" I cut her off. "No, Fluttershy!" I exclaimed. I mean..." I whispered what I was going to say into her ear. Her face turned a bright red. "Oh...my..." she said. "Yeah. Let's get going though. The Wonderbolts are waiting!" I said and we flew to the Cloudsdale arena. "Oh no!" I cried out. The line to get into the arena was miles long! "It's worse than during Cider season!" I exclaimed. "Oh, I'm sure it's not that bad. The line will probably keep moving along since it's such an anticipated event." she said trying to raise my spirits. "I'm not worried about not getting in, I'm worried that the Wonderbolts will be so tired of the ponies they meet, that by the time they meet me, they won't want to hang out." I said gloomily. "Oh, I doubt they'll be like that. They love their fans and have never turned a pony away. I'm sure they'll be happy to meet you." she said. "After all, you are the most awesome pony around." she said flirtatiously . "Yeah. I am pretty awesome." I said. Her saying it did cheer me up a little bit. "You're also cute when you act all prideful." she said with a wink. I blushed. I hate blushing. It makes me feel all girly. "Stop it. You know how I feel about blushing." I said. She gave me a quick kiss and we took our place in line. "It's going to be so awesome to just hang out with you and the Wonderbolts!" I exclaimed. "I really hope nothing happens while we're here. It's such a peaceful day." Fluttershy said. "Me too." I concurred. Especially after you saying that.