//------------------------------// // I Dreamed a Dream // Story: The Sky's the Limit // by aurorablaze //------------------------------// This is Appledash based off the story told in the awesome Les Mis song. Sorry if if it's not to your liking. =) edit; added in some lyrics, sorry! just to make it clear what I'm basing it off There was a time when love was blind, and the world was a song.... The leaves were falling. One by one, it seemed. Their shape was illuminated in the burning orange sunset, making a beautiful display of shadows dancing across the sky. She breathed in the fresh scent of earth, of rain... of apples. She leaned in closer to Applejack, resting her head under her workpony's chin. She couldn't think of a more beautiful pony to watch this beautiful scene with her. They could just stay here together, forever, each in the other's warm, loving embrace. She wished this moment would never end. Rainbow Dash never came across so, with her boisterous, ultra-cool attitude, but she wasn't afraid of commitment for the pony of her dreams. She was intertwined with that very pony right now - Rainbow was already thinking ahead of their future together. Dash would risk her life for her. She was prepared to stand by AJ throughout the entire years to come. Granted, they had only been going out for a few weeks, taking it slow as Applejack had wished, and not alerting anypony of them just yet. Rainbow couldn't wait until Applejack was ready; she could just imagine the envy of the other ponies, that Applejack was going out and who had possibly obtained the life devoir of the most awesome, fantastic, wonderful, best Young-Flier-In-Equestria chromatic pegasus. Although it might as well be jealousy for Dash herself. She considered herself the luckiest mare in the world for having someone as amazing as AJ. Rainbow felt obliged to let Applejack know this, as she thought of it. "AJ." "Yeah, sugar?" "I love you." Applejack moved her head so that she could nuzzle Rainbow. "Same goes for you, RD." One thing went to another, and the leaves weren't the only thing illuminated in the sunset. ~ .... Then it all went wrong... What was happening...? Why were...? Bon-Bon and Lyra were... too... right? No-one had been like this to them... They stopped at the entrance of the Everfree forest, each panting for breath. That reaction was certainly unexpected. Rainbow and AJ had decided to make it public to their friends at Twilight's. They, of course, were ecstatic, claiming to have seen it coming way back. Hopes rekindled, they exited the library and began their way back to the farm. AJ's fellow Apples were unsurprised also; Granny Smith was glad that their granddaughter had stopped trying to hide the obvious from her, declaring that Rainbow was an Apple already - a Zap Apple! Big Mac was eyeing Dash critically. It made her feel uncomfortable, but eventually he nodded and wished them the best. However, Applebloom had disappeared somewhere. No worries there, of course. The two mares were lost in their own world, making idle chitchat and laughing together. They didn't notice how silent Ponyville now was. They didn't notice everyone's eyes on them. They didn't notice until they heard a protesting 'neigh'. Rainbow snapped to attention, narrowing her eyes and searching for the offender. It was hard to tell - everypony was staring at the two, expressionless. Another 'neigh' sounded, followed by another and another. Rainbow was about to give a good tailwhopping to whatever foal had opened their mouth, until she was interrupted by an upset, fleeing Applejack. By instinct, she followed, not sure where AJ was going. She'd deal with these hoofpicks later. "AJ..." "Ah'm sorry, Rainbow," she sniffed, turning her back to the pegasus. "You didn't do anything, there's nothing to be sorry for." Rainbow Dash moved forward and held the sobbing Applejack, who leaned back against her. Ponyville would pay for this. ~ .... There are storms we cannot weather.... Everyone's opinion changed pretty quickly once Dash got involved. Applejack had hundreds of ponies coming to apologize to her, and soon the sad event was forgotten in the midst of happiness and laughter. The peace wasn't for long. "Consarn it, Rainbow! You know that was over two years ago, you don't need to hold it over my head for so long!" "Just because it was two years ago doesn't mean it didn't happen!" "Ah'm not saying it didn't!" "Seems you really want to hide it, right? Do you want to hide me too?" "Of course not, you know Ah love y'all. Get your head out of the clouds." "I will if you get your mouth out of the-" "Hold it just a minute, that's uncalled for!" "Is it really, saddlepony?" "That's it. Ah'm through with us, get out!" "Don't need to tell me twice!" ~ ... But she was gone when autumn came.... Her summer with Applejack was over. It was now autumn, with Dash lacking the company of AJ. She really regretted it. Loyalty, her flank. A loyal pony doesn't mouth off about things that didn't even concern her, that she knew her Applejack wouldn't do now. Though it wasn't 'her' Applejack anymore. They had broken up on the last month of summer. Now it was late autumn, and the leaves were falling. One by one. But there were two things wrong with this admirable scene. The sunset was red, yellow, pink, blue. There was no orange. And there was no orange she could interlace with. She sighed, readjusting herself on the hard forest floor. She felt like there was a part of her missing, and Applejack had taken that part with her when they had gone separate ways. Perhaps Applejack was that missing piece. Perhaps it was her heart that was gone, torn apart by shame. She had tried again - to apologize, to prove her love once more... But Applejack mustn't have felt the longing need Rainbow had. She had told Dash that she needed some time to herself for a while, and that she wasn't interested in trying again anytime soon. That fight had really hurt her. Maybe someday they would be Appledash again. Someday... The last leaf fell, tiling the ground with a carpet of orange leaves. It was now winter.