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// Picnic 
// Story: Singular Entities 
// by Cynical 
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Was everything ready?
Everything looked ready; there was the cloth, the basket of food, the soda, the spring water, the sun above her and the sparkling lake before her.

So why did she have the nagging feeling that she had forgotten something.
Not that that was an option here, everything has to be one hundred percent awesome or else…

No, she wasn’t going to think about that, she wouldn’t mind if it was a complete disaster, not her.

Speaking of her… she should be here any minute now.

Rainbow Dash looked around from the top of the hill, Ponyville reservoir behind her as she gazed down the long winding path towards Ponyville.

The long empty winding path towards Ponyville.

No, it was fine… Rainbow was probably just early, yeah… there was no way she’d miss a date with her friends.

She’d just said date didn’t she? No, no, this wasn’t a date. Dates were for uncool ponies or something.

But… if ponies were going to judge her for having a date with her, then screw them and their damn… what’s the word… lameness! She’d date whoever she damn well wanted. Screw what they said.

Still, she let out a sigh of relief as her companion of the hour appeared through the treeline, making her way towards the lake.

Rainbow gave the other pony a wave, which Twilight Sparkle returned with a bright smile, causing Rainbow’s heart to pause for a moment, then start beating again.

“Hey Rainbow.” Twilight said when she reached the picnic blanket.
“Hey.” She replied with barely hidden enthusiasm, then froze, all thoughts of her amazing plan, gone from her head.

“So-do-you-wanna-come-and-join-me?” she asked, not daring to pause should her tongue freeze up again.

Twilight giggled, sending Dash’s heart into overdrive, there was something about her laughter that made it so… so… nice. “Sure, I don’t know what else you were expecting me to do.”

Rainbow snapped back to the present just in time, smiling giddily as she led Twilight to the blanket, lying down on the far side of the basket. Twilight joined her, her soft smile still fixed on Dash.

Dash smiled back at her, she could do this. She could show Twilight the awesomest time ever, then she could hopefully ask her for another time…

With her newfound confidence, she flicked open the basket with her nose, and found what she’d forgotten.