//------------------------------// // Role-Modeling // Story: Therapist Visit // by ABagOVicodin //------------------------------// Next is Rainbow Dash... lead pony at Wonderbolt Academy and the Element of Loyalty. This is probably going to be my easiest visit. Ouch. My wings are still hurting from flying over here. Well... I guess Rainbow will never be unaware of where her house is. It looks more ostentatious than the Canterlot Castle. I better knock. Hello? Hello Rainbow Dash... did I wake you up? A little bit. But it’s ‘k. I should be getting up at this hour anyway. … Noon? Yeah. I... finished my cloud cleaning early... so I figured I would go take a nap before I exercised. What brings ya all the way over here Luna? She's lying. She still has bed-mane. Oh well. I'll look at that later. Priorities after all. Well... I came to visit because I wish to invite you to a dinner. My sister and I are going to be holding a royal dinner for- Pass. … … … Sorry. The dinner is going to be held for Princess Twilight Sparkle. Do you change your mind now? For Twilight? Indeed. The dinner is going to be in commemoration of Twilight’s alicorn transformation. My sister assigned me to make sure the preparations for the dinner would be in order. I know that a royal dinner is probably not your thing, but I hope that you will attend, even if it’s just for Twilight. If it’s for Twilight, I’m going. Is there anything that you need me to do for the dinner? Or am I just a guest? I... honestly didn’t have anything planned for you to do. What is everypony else doing? Well... Pinkie Pie and Applejack are going to provide the food for the occasion. Rarity is going to decorate the dining hall, and Fluttershy is going to provide the music. I can help with the food! I can... wait... I haven’t really cooked anything in a while... I guess that’s where all my money has been going. I need to get a girlfriend that can cook... I’m pretty sure that this mare could burn water. I can’t let her near the food. Wouldn’t it be better if you were just a guest? You wouldn’t have to worry about something every single second. You could just attend, have fun, and leave. What kind of a lame pony is just going to sit there and give nothing? The same kind of lame pony that was just sleeping a few minutes ago at noon? Well... if you want to help... maybe you can be a waitress? You can serve other ponies at the table and provide them with refills for their water and drinks. Alright! I can do that! Before we continue though, I’m wondering... why can’t you just be a guest? When I think of Rainbow Dash, I don’t exactly think of... a waitress. And now I have this hilarious mental image of someone complimenting Rainbow Dash’s flank and she bucks them out of the room. I love you mind. Oh fine... is there anything else that I can do? You can take the hint and just be a guest. Um... I can’t think of anything. Nothing? There’s nothing that you have for me? Um... no? Ugh! You know what, fine! Whatever! I’ll just be a guest! Is there anything else that you need, Luna? Sudden irritation. Something is bothering her... although... I’m pretty sure that’s obvious. Is... something the matter, Rainbow Dash? No, I’m fine. I’ll ask it again. Do you need anything else? Talking back to royalty. This mare doesn’t really think ahead, does she? If she did this before I was imprisoned, she would be in a dungeon quicker than you could say her name. Be patient. Try to find the problem. I should be asking you the same question. Wh...what’s that supposed to mean? I doubt that your sudden irritated response to me was simply because you weren’t given enough to do. I’ll ask my question again. Is something the matter, Rainbow Dash? I... just... … Luna, when you were thinking about asking all of us to the dinner, did you think about what you wanted me to do? Um... no. Not really. Is that my fault, or hers? I figured... that you wouldn't have anything for me to do for the dinner. I’m not irresponsible. Yet, everypony acts like I am. I’m the Element of Loyalty. You can always count on me... I never said that you were irresponsible. Please do not put words into my mouth. Here, let’s go inside Rainbow Dash. Sit down on that couch. Something is obviously bothering you, and I have a little bit of time. Let’s talk. I don’t need to talk about anything. I’m fine. I don’t believe that for a second. Let’s start from scratch. How are you, Rainbow Dash? Terrible. Got any other brilliant questions? Might I ask why you feel terrible? I don’t know. It’s just one of those days I guess. It’s the weekend, it’s my day off, can’t I just have one day where I feel bad? Sorry that I wasn’t happy when you came by. By Celestia she’s defensive. Ponies get defensive when they feel challenged. I’m not challenging her... perhaps... Did something happen yesterday? Yeah... I got turned down. Turned down? As in... I tried to ask somepony out, and they didn’t want to go out with me. Oh. All of these new idioms... I come back after a thousand years and everypony’s words have changed. Who did you... ask out? Twilight. … Twilight Sparkle? Yeah. I had two tickets to the next Wonderbolts showing in Ponyville and I wanted her to come with me. We were going to go today, but she said that she couldn’t because she had plans with Princess Celestia today. Well, that’s a shame. I thought that you would have asked Twilight in advance if she wanted to go with you. I also doubt that Twilight Sparkle would be interested in seeing The Wonderbolts. I wonder if Rainbow knows that. I got the tickets at the last minute. After Twilight became a princess, I saw that the tickets were going on sale. I bought them and asked her if she wanted to go, but she said that she was probably going to be busy. I then asked her if she wanted to go out to dinner sometime. She thanked me for offering, but she denied me again. So I came back here and laid down. I didn’t even realize that I slept through the whole day. Whatever, I don’t have much to do today. Why would a mare like Twilight even want to go out with Rainbow Dash? This mare is rude and probably hasn’t even read a book in her life that didn’t have pictures in it! No wonder she didn’t want to... wait... what in Equestria was that? Did Twilight give you a reason why she didn’t want to go to dinner with you? She told me that a dinner with me would be fun, but she didn’t want anything to go past a dinner. I’m in the friend zone dude... and there’s no way I’m getting out of that. I’ll just pretend that I know what that means. Do you like Twilight, Rainbow Dash? … Yes. I like her. I like her a lot. I’m bucking... I don’t know what it is. It could be her mane... her brains... or oh Celestia that flank... What kind of a mindless reason is that?! Her flank? Is that all Rainbow thinks of Princess Sparkle?! She’s the pinnacle of tenacity and goal-achievement and that is what you think of?! Do you even know who you are talking to?! Ever since she showed me the Daring Do series, and I found out that books could be cool, I came to the library more and more. It was so fun to talk about what happened and what Daring Do was going to do next. Twilight showed me more books. Some of them I liked, and some of them I didn’t, but the point was that she was showing me them. I read them because we were both interested in something, and I hoped that if I could learn more about her, I could figure out how to please her. What do you see in her? I see... myself. I’ve never met someone else that was so passionate about what she loved. Her studies were everything to her, but there was something else that she loved more than her studies, and that was her friendships. She knows that dating is one of the riskiest things to do to a friendship. It can either make it or break it. And yet... why does she not trust me? I’m marefriend material! I turned down countless colts in flight school! You say that like it’s a good thing. Tch. I know why she doesn’t want to date me. It’s the same reason that I couldn’t have Fluttershy’s destiny. I’m just not responsible. … What do you mean by that? It’s exactly what I said. I don’t know how to explain it though. I’m the Element of Loyalty, and yet... I don’t feel like I am. You don’t... lose your connection to the Elements of Harmony if you don’t believe you are the Element, do you? I wish I could answer that question... No, you do not. Please continue Rainbow Dash. How can you not be the Element of Loyalty? Whenever your friends needed you, you have stepped up and proved that you are loyal. Then why couldn’t I think of feeding the animals that I was taking care of? Feeding is like... one of the most obvious parts of taking care of an animal. Why couldn’t I do that?! Why did I break down and pine in my bed for a whole day?! Did you have anything to do yesterday? No... Then you are still being loyal. Lazy, but loyal. I just remembered something. This will be interesting to get into. You are responsible Rainbow Dash. If you aren’t, then why did you take Scootaloo under your wing? I’m sure that you changed her life by offering to do that. Tch. As if. I... I don’t know how to be her sister. Applejack and Rarity are real sisters to Applebloom and Sweetie Belle. I’m just a dumb hardhead that got swept up in the heat of the moment. I was so angry at Scootaloo for leaving the campsite without someone, I needed to tell her that she could have gotten killed. I wanted to protect her right then and there... but I don’t know how to do it now... when it really matters. … Go ahead and tell everyone that you saw Rainbow Dash crying like a little filly when you visited her. I don’t deserve to be the Element of Loyalty when I can’t even think of what to do with Scootaloo. I have no intentions to do such a thing. I came to get you to agree to the dinner, and you did, so I guess I will take my leave. O-okay. Thank you for letting me vent... good bye Princess Luna. … She wants to date Twilight. She’s the enemy... and yet... she’s hurt. She needs somepony to talk to, and I know she isn’t going to talk to anyone else about her problems. She’s too scared of what would happen if they found out. I can’t leave her like this. I don’t have to leave yet. I still have a few questions for you. Okay. First off, sit up in your chair. You’re going to hurt your neck if you lay like that. Fine. So, you want to be a role model for Scootaloo? It’s the least I can do for getting her hopes up. I don’t know if she has a family, or even a house. If she doesn’t have either of those things... the least she could have is a soul sister. I honestly think that the current you is not a good role model for Scootaloo. I know... But, I also honestly believe that you could be Scootaloo’s role model. It will just take a little practice. What do you know about Scootaloo? Um... I know that she loves her scooter. I know that she hangs out with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. She thinks I’m the best pony since sliced bread, and she is the leader of the Rainbow Dash fan club. So you know some things about her. You don’t know if she has a family. A good start would be to go spend some time with her. I’m sure she would probably love to spend some time with you. The two of you are really good at racing, so maybe you could teach Scootaloo how to improve her times. Have her race a mile and teach her how to exercise. Just because she’s a filly doesn’t mean that you have to dumb down everything for her. However, that also doesn’t mean that you can put her on the same exercise regimen as yourself. Yeah... you’re right. I think you are just overthinking this Rainbow Dash. I can think of no one better than yourself to be Scootaloo’s soul sister. The only problem that you are going to run into is you, if you make yourself a problem. If you can take the tenacity from your obsession with the Wonderbolts and apply it to being a sister, I bet that you can become just as good of a sister. Just don’t make it into a contest, or else you are going to hurt Scootaloo. I know... that’s one of the things I am afraid of. We are all afraid of something Rainbow Dash, despite the rationalizations that we tell ourselves. You are in a lucky position to where you can move back on your promise if you need to, since you haven’t invested that much into your relationship with Scootaloo. But if you decide to, you can be the mare that lights up that filly’s life. I will be. I want to be. I’ll talk to Scootaloo tomorrow. I’m gonna go to The Wonderbolts showing today and think about what you told me. Thank you Luna, I appreciate it. Is there any way that I can repay you? Just keep in mind what I said, Rainbow. If you have any questions or still feel uneasy, you can always send me a letter. I’ll respond as prompt as I can. Okay. I gotta remember to go get some scrolls... see ya later Luna! Have a good day, Rainbow Dash. ... ... ... I’ll be roasting in Tartarus if I allow a sisterly bond to be broken again.