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// Salacity 
// Story: Head in the Clouds 
// by Noash123 
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"To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed." - Valerie Lombardo



The air screamed past her. Her hair waved in the wind in every direction. She beat her wings furiously, desperately trying to get home; for there.. there she could shield herself from her problems.

“What was I thinking? Do you need any help around the Boutique?! I might as well have been screaming I LOVE YOU!”

Dash berated herself, seemingly detached from the world as she flew. All she knew was that she was flying in the right direction, and this was enough for her. 

“How could I have made it more obvious?!”

Dash became silent as she realized she had yelled this out for all of Equestria to hear. Her mind went blank, and she only flew faster, until that familiar cloud house came into view. 

“Peace,” she thought, as she approached the house surprisingly fast.

She virtually flew through the door and came to an immediate halt, landing with force. She shook it off, just happy to be inside the comfort of her familiar home. She panted, regaining her composure.

“Maybe I’ll just take a nap. Yeah, naps always do me some good.”

But she once again knew that, like her “short flight”, she was only doing this in the hopes that she would once again see who her heart lusted for. She wanted that familiar smell of the crisp grass, the inviting warm rays of the sun as the last of the light slipped just below the horizon. But most of all, she wanted to be with the pony she could only dream for... Rarity.

Dash gave a fake yawn as she headed to bed, attempting to convince herself of being tired. She let another yawn leave her mouth, this one being sincere.

“Wow, I must actually be tired. Yelling at other ponies is hard work, after all.” 

Today’s events vacated Dash’s mind as she realized how exhausted she actually was. She finally reached her bed, collapsing into it without hesitation.



Her face lit up, that familiar smell of strong perfume entering her nose. She breathed in, savoring the fragrance for every last moment she could. Dash and Rarity both lied in the grass, under the cool shade of an oak tree. They were settled next to each other. The oak tree had just begun it’s transition from a dull green to a bright red. Leaves littered the ground, and the air itself was surprisingly still. A few birds chirped as they landed in the oak tree. The sun hung high overhead, casting the grassy field in a bright light. A few clouds lingered in the sky.

“Autumn,” Dash thought, and smiled pleasantly.

Her thought was broken when she noticed Rarity shuffle closer towards her. She looked over, but before she could say anything, Rarity planted a kiss on Dash’s lips. The pegasus gawked at the unicorn, who stared back, smiling. Dash was stunned. The sudden affection dumbfounded her. She couldn’t help but blush. Rarity took the opportunity to kiss her again, more affectionately this time. Dash, still in the lock of the kiss, looked past Rarity, wide-eyed. But slowly, she closed her eyes, and passionately deepened the kiss.

They pulled away from each other slowly, and they looked into each others eyes. Dash’s mind raced with thoughts about what had just happened.

“Did we just.. did we really.. we did..”

Rarity nodded, as if reading Dash’s thoughts, but Rainbow Dash continued to sit there, staring into space, entirely unsure of what she should do next. But Rarity had already begun nuzzling Dash slowly; her cyan face turned pink as she looked back at the unicorn. Rarity settled, her eyes closed, bundled up right next to Rainbow Dash. Dash couldn’t help but feel that emotion she was so fond of. It warmed her heart like a passionate fire. It filled her body completely with ecstasy. Love.



She woke with a jolt; forced out of her pleasant dream as reality called her back to the present. Only fifteen minutes had passed. Dash felt more bliss in this fifteen minutes than one could get in an eternity.

Dash sighed, the cycle repeating itself. She knew she couldn’t dream forever, no matter how much she willed herself to. She reluctantly got out of bed.

“I have to tell Rarity.”

With this, she opened the door to her home. She looked out across the land of Ponyville. The sun had just begun setting, the sky turning orange as it descended from view. Dash nervously nodded to herself. Before she could reconsider, Dash’s powerful wings were carrying her across the sky, with one destination in mind.

The Carousel Boutique.