//------------------------------// // I love this story! (Dash) // Story: Stuck in a Rainbow // by theRedBrony //------------------------------// Mmmmm. That was a good sandwich. Turkey, lettuce, and that 'Miracle Whip' crap on white bread… I think I'm getting this whole meat thing now. But… I ate a bird… But, but, it was delicious… UGH! Whatever, there's nothing like good food to take a filly's mind off her problems. Horseapples. I'm not a filly anymore, or even a pony! I'm not sure which one's worse. Sigh Well… it can't be that long before the girls find out I'm missing and figure out a way to come get me and save the day. Right? Oh no… no no no! What if they think I left them?! Or ran off? I mean, they might! They know what happened… and I was gone for a couple days… they didn't look for me then! Of all the stupidest wishes I ever made, why did this one have to come true?! Last night, on a cloud in the sky… I was sitting there, looking up into Luna's starry night sky. I had been hiding from my friends for two days by then… just wondering what I should do. I had a tough choice to make, and I didn't want any of them to try to sway me. I had to decide by myself. Even if I could've really used a friend right about then… A little sparkle of light trickled across the sky. A shooting star. "I wish I didn't have to be Rainbow Dash right now…" I closed my eyes and felt a few tears roll onto the wet stains on my cheeks. "WHY?!" I put my head in my hoo- claws and just cry. That stupid wish only added to my problems… Sniff I wearily lean back in my chair and look out the kitchen window. The dark gray sky stares back at me. Lighting silently flashes in the distance. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. RUMBLE Wow, that's a big storm. Cloudy skies and rainy days always make me feel all gloomy… I mean, I of all ponies should KNOW what they're for, (heck, I'm usually the one who puts the rainclouds up there to begin with!) they water all the plants and stuff. Rain gives the earth life. It makes flowers bloom and gives us food. They shouldn't make me feel gloomy… So why do they? Well it looks like I might be stuck indoors for a while, never mind wherever the hay I am. I'm probably a million miles away from… home. I might as well at least try to make myself comfortable… What is there to do around here? I drag myself over to the other closed door in the kitchen. Hmm, there's a bunch of clothes in here… is this… a laundry room? The only pony I know who has a laundry room is Rarity. Me? I just don't get the whole 'clothes' thing. I think I'll go back upstairs and check out that bookcase. Going up the stairs now. Hey, this is easier than I thought it would be. These two legs feel pretty strong, weird, but strong. I wonder how fast I could run… Wow, it's still cold in this room. I'm not digging this whole no-fur thing. What's this? I pick some kind of clothing off the floor. It looks like a shirt. It's red, there's a picture of a funny looking… shoe? – I look down at my feet. Yeah, that's what this thing's shoe would look like – in the middle, and it says 'Section V State Qualifiers' with a big 12 in the background. I wonder what that means… I might as well put it on, since it's so cold in here. I guess clothes do make a little sense now. Ok, books, books… let's see what you got, bookcase. Hmm, why are ALL of these books titled 'Shonen Jump'? Oh wait, there's a few different ones on the bottom shelf… 'Goosebumps'? What the hay is that? 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' – sounds depressing, last thing I need right now – 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' that… kinda sounds like a really bad Daring Do knockoff. Meh, why not? 'Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much…' 8 hours later… I… I love this story! I know it's all magic and stuff, but it's still really cool, and they can fly on broomsticks! How crazy is that?! So apparently, I'm a 'person' and these are 'hands.' There's still a bunch of stuff in this book I don't get, but hey, it's still a great story… SLAM What was that? "I'M HOME!" Uh oh! Um… Um… Hide under the bed! 4 minutes later… Somepony's coming upstairs! Ohmygosh! AH! They're walking in here! Click The room gets really bright all of a sudden, I can see the light even from under the bed. "The hell are you doing?" I hear a feminine voice say. Can they see me?! They can see me can't they? Sigh I shift around uncomfortably under the bed. "What are you looking for, in the dark, under your bed?" MY bed? "Uhhhhhhhhh…" I poke my head out and look at the pon- person looking down at me. She's an older mare, wearing clothes, with a sort of salt and pepper gray mane. And she's looking at me like I just flew upside down into a window. "…Apples?" WHY, oh why, was that the first thing that came to mind?! "What...? Why would there be apples under your bed?" Her eyes shift around in confusion. "Were you eating apples last night?" She scratches her head. "Uhhhhh… yes?" I hope I have a better poker face than Applejack. "O kaaaaaaaay..." She says with a really confused face and walks out of the room. I scooch out from under the bed and sit up on the floor. Ok… who's that? So… if I'm a colt, er, boy (man? What's the age cutoff for that?)… and she's an older mare, er, woman… who lives here… in a different bedroom… My… Mother? Er, well, this colt's mother? Uh oh, she's coming back in here. "JESUS CHURCH! WHY AREN'T YOU WEARING ANY PANTS?!" Pants… Pants… "Pants? What the hay are pants?" "Oh you know darling, they cover your hind legs," Rarity helpfully informed while she stuck pins in the fabric draped over my back. "You mean, like a dress?" "No dear, dresses are for mares, and besides – could you lift your wings please? – a dress would also cover your tail, pants only cover your hind legs." "Oh…" "You might see an older stallion in fancy dress wearing them. Not that mares can't wear pants too… you know… if you wanted to." Rarity chuckled nervously. "Now straighten up and hold still." "Uhhhh…" I look at mother's hind legs… yep, pants. Blue pants. I look around the room and I see a few clothes that look similar. I pick up something, pants I think, that's next to me. They're a different kind of cloth, black with a blue stripe on the side of the leg part. "I was… just… looking… for some… heh heh." I say, trying to look innocent. "Ugh… whatever Church." She shakes her head. "I'll have supper ready in an hour." She turns around and leaves. Maybe she's as confused as I am. Note to self: 'people' wear 'pants.' All the time I guess. I slip these 'pants' on with a kind of trial-and-error method. I still can't believe I have a… Sigh I squint up at the light in the room. My eyes fall on a white rectangular thing on the wall next to the door. Oh… that was a light switch? Click The light turns off. Click Click Click Click Click My stomach rumbles to remind me I'm hungry. How long was I reading for? I look around. On a little bedside table, there's a strange little box with an orange number on it. '10:24' it says. That's a cool clock. It just tells you the time in numbers. So yeah, I'd say I've been reading for a while. The still-open book on the floor calls to me. I got another hour before supper!