//------------------------------// // Shattering Memories // Story: My Little Dashie: Reunion // by xXiaoDrag0n //------------------------------// ~~~~~Twilight Sparkle POV~~~~~ We finally arrived back in Ponyville with Rainbow Dash, it was around midnight as the moon was up in the sky, I smiled and winked at the group in the moonlight as it was a job well done but something caught my attention and startled me. Rainbow Dash stood there and stared blankly in front of her like as if she was in a place she doesn’t know. Her eyes shrank as she gasped, “Am I in Ponyville?” “Yes you are in Ponyville Rainbow Dash.” I tried to reply calmly as I started to think whether the Memory spell worked, but it was confirmed that it had not worked well, shocking me instantly when she asked me. “Where’s my dad?” It was impossible for her to remember him after I casted the Memory spell on her. “It was impossible,” I blurted out, “The memory spell should have completely replaced and erased your memory about him, how could it not worked, I had” “It’s alright Twilight Sparkle, probably the memory spell did not work perfectly on her, here, let me cast it on her,” Princess Celestia said as her horned glowed and touched Rainbow Dash’s forehead, “That should do it, do you still remember your dad now?” She offered a comforting smiled. We were shocked when tears formed in her eyes and muttered. “Yes, I still do.” “That’s not possible, Twilight cast the Memory spell on her together with me,” Princess Celestia quickly motioned to me. “Yes Princess,” I replied as the both of us casted the memory spell together in a desperate attempt to rid of her memory of him, but to our dismay, it did not worked too, and she suddenly just ran away from us. “Rainbow Dash!” I suddenly shouted, half expected that I would began to chase after her, “Applejack Rarity Fluttershy Pinkie chase after her make sure she don’t do anything foolish while me and Princess Celestia go back to the castle and find out an answer on why the spell didn’t work!” “We’re on it!” Applejack shouted as they began to make chase after the fleeing Rainbow Dash. 3 hours had passed since then and the answer from one of the books was not what we expected it to be, the reason why the spell did not worked was that a magical barrier protected the memories against the spell. As a spiritual bond formed between them from the result of her spending time with him, growing up from a filly to a mare, it’s now permanently linked with the memory, removing the memory will cause the spiritual bond to be removed as well. Hence taking part of her soul along with it and she will have a soul that it is neither complete nor reparable. In other words, if we ever managed to remove the memory away from her, I gulped hard at this... She will die... “Don’t worry Twilight; I am sure there’s still another way around it or two.” Princess Celestia said as she scurried around the castle library. I looked out from the castle window, the sun was rising, but Princess Celestia wasn’t raising up the sun, it was Princess Luna, she helped her raise up the sun while she continued to find out ways to solve the “crisis” now. I just hope so... ~~~~~Applejack POV~~~~~ We barely caught up with her, even Pinkie didn’t stand a chance against her even though her galloping speed is faster than Rainbow Dash’s; the speed she was going was enough for her to execute a Sonic Rainboom without flying this time, thinkin bout that, why didn’t she just flew instead. Oh, wait... Did she not learned on how to fly during the time she spent on the other dimension, or is she that dumb not to realize that she had wings on her all the time she spent there? We had been chasin for like 20 60 minutes? Ah don’t know! We were only focused on catchin up with Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash galloped to the park but didn’t stop, why in tarnation she had so much stamina in her, ah couldn’t keep up with her much longer at the speed she was going and we were still a distance from her, but thank sweet Celestia. Ah didn’t have to. She stumbled over something causin her to spin around before comin to a halt and didn’t moved a single inch, we started to hear faint sobs coming out from her as we approached her. What ah saw stunned me... She was crying and managed to sob some words out and it wasn’t that understandable to me, but ah could guess it was somethin like. “Dad... wher ar you dad.... I want to see you... dad, where th hec ar you” Ah didn't know that he meant so much to her, she never showed us that much emotion before. “Rainbow...” Ah whispered softly as ah sat beside her, she suddenly just threw herself towards me and cried louder, her tears began to drench mah fur. Ah was shocked beyond nothing, she was Rainbow Dash, da one and only, she was so tough and insensitive in the past, but now, she was crying over my neck like crazy, ah didn’t know what to do when ah heard what she sobbed out... “Daddy please, come back... I love you dad... please... come back... Dad... where the heck are you...?!” The rest of the group just sat around us, they stood there silent too, but ah couldn’t blame them for that either, neither did ah know what to do or say to her. The most ah could do now was to pull her closer towards me and rubbed her back, almost half of mah fur was drenched with her tears when she finally stopped. But it doesn’t matter to me. The only thing that mattered to me now, was Rainbow Dash. “Yar feeling better now Rainbow Dash?” Ah broke the silence between us. She didn’t respond to me, she just rested her head against my soaked chest and let out some faint hiccups. “There there Rainbow Dash... don’t cry, it’s alright... it’s going to be all okay... hush now Rainbow.” Ah cooed as ah petted her back. Suddenly things took a turn for the worse when Pinkie said the silliest of all things ah could ever think of saying now. “That dad of yours is really important to you... isn’t it Dashie?” Ah stared at her, ah was like what the hay ya just said for, ya know that this isn’t a good time to ask that. Rainbow Dash confirmed it; she started to cry again, oh for Pete’s sake Pinkie! Ah took a long time to stop her from cryin just now... “Why must ya ask her that in a time like this...?” Ah whined. Pinkie just muttered an “Oops,” in response. “Pinkie darling... how could you ask that question just now, you know that her father means a lot to her?” Rarity chimed in. Both of them started to talk among themselves, words like father, dad, daddy, Rainbow Dash and Dashie began to fly around us. “Err girls?” Fluttershy squeaked softly, she was the only pony that was aware of Rainbow Dash; she was crying louder as they continued to talk, too engrossed in their own conversation and oblivious to Fluttershy calling them. “Err, girls, girls, g” “SHUT UP!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!” Rainbow Dash suddenly shouted, immediately silencing them. “Rainbow... ah” Ah trailed off and slowly got up, obeying her sudden request. “No Applejack please!” She cried loudly, “I want you to stay!” She grabbed me and ah just sat down again. Ah looked at them; they had not made a single move yet. “Y’all heard her... she wants us to be left alone.” Ah quietly said to them while holding her. Pinkie and Fluttershy just nodded and immediately left; Rarity was the last one who left us. “Now take good care of her while we are gone darling.” Rarity said as she got up. “Don’t worry Rarity, I will.” Ah smiled at her as she went to join them, turning mah attention back to her. Ah closed mah eyes and began to rock her back and forth, petting her back gently while ah cooed softly towards her. “There there Rainbow... ah’m here... don’t cry... hush... it’s going to be all okay, hush now...” Thank Celestia that ah have a younger sis, if not ah wouldn’t know what to do now. The sun was rising when her sobbing stopped; indicating that hours had already passed, ah looked up at the rising sun. Why did Rainbow Dash have to suffer all of this...? Ah went into deep thought, but ah woke up when ah heard faint snores coming from beside me. Ah looked at her, she probably must have fallen asleep after all those crying she did, what happened to her, had been a huge blow to her, so ah guess it was a pretty good idea for her to get some sleep now. Ah slowly got up and carried her onto mah back, being careful not to wake her up as ah trotted back to the farm. Everypony in da house noticed that Rainbow Dash was sleeping on mah back, knowing that they’re bout to ask; ah simply just said that she had a long day and ah brought her to mah room, closin da door as ah let out a sigh. Ah lay her onto mah bed gingerly and draped the blanket over her, and ah just slumped on the wooden floor, closing mah eyes to get some sleep as well. ~~~~~Rainbow Dash Dreaming POV~~~~~ “Let’s get you somewhere warmer...” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "I'm sure whatever brought you here will fix itself...” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Goodnight daddy. I love you." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "HOW LONG HAVE YOU" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “Do you still love me?” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "You, don't recognize me, do you...” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "D-d-do I have to..” - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "I belong here..." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “Dad, where are you dad, dad?” “DAD!!!” ~~~~~Applejack POV~~~~~ Ah was startled awake when ah heard somepony shouted. “Huh, what just happ-”Ah cut mahself off as ah knew who it was, ah turned mah head, “Rainbow...” She sat there, hooves rubbing her eyes as she cried, she must have dreamt about her father during her sleep. Ah got up and sat beside her; ah just rested my foreleg on her, still in a daze, realizing that ah was beside her; she threw herself towards me, forelegs finding their way around me, pulled me closer as she cried, ah woke up from mah daze and realized what just happened, and ah just repeated the whole process again. Ah heard somepony opened the bedroom door; it was Applebloom. “Ah heard somepony shouted dad, hey is that Rainbow Dash cryin.. ah thought she doesn’t cry?” “Ah will explain to ya later on, could ya leave us alone for awhile please?” Ah asked her, she just nodded confusedly while closing the door behind her, ah spent quite some time consoling her again before she sobbed out. “Why did Twilight and Princess Celestia not rid the memories of my dad before they brought me back to Ponyville, why?” Ah didn’t know what to say to her, the memory spell had not failed before. “They tried to cast the memory spell on ya Rainbow Dash, but it didn’t managed to worked properly somehow.” Ah cringed slightly when she cried louder. “Easy there Rainbow Dash, hush now, I am still here, we are still here for you.” “If the know that it ma not wor... wh... they sti brough me bac?” The sobbing made it hard for me to understand what she just said. “They didn’t know that the memory spell will fail on ya Rainbow Dash, this is the first time it failed.” “You’re lying.” “I can’t lie Rainbow, I am the Element of Honesty remember?” “I can’t understand it.” “Can’t understand what?” “Why must the memory spell fail on me instead of all other ponies?” Ah seriously have no answer to that either. “Ah don’t know, ah guess the memory of yar dad is too strong to be ever erased from ya.” “You bet, I still can vividly remember my dad, even after the both of them casted the memory spell on me.” She tried to laugh, but failed; the damage had been done on her, and ah know that this isn’t a good time to ask her. “May ah know how yar spent yar time with yar dad?” Ah was expectin her to cry at this. “When the spell Twilight casted misfired and landed on me, I was immediately sent to another dimension or something, I started to forget everything, what I remember was the aftermath of it I think.” She paused as she closed her eyes, trying hard to remember. What she said next totally caught me off guard. “I was jolted awake, I don’t know where I am nor who am I, I looked upwards and saw a strange funny looking figure looking at me, whatever that thing was, it was so big and scary looking, said hi there to me, I didn’t respond at all, I was so stunned and scared as I don’t what was going to happen to me, looked around me, I was surrounded by the same colour everywhere and started to shiver as it was so cold, I ruffled my wings and huddled my legs together to try to keep warm, it grabbed me suddenly with something black, I tried to struggle out of its grasp but I can’t; I was trapped, it told me that it was alright and let’s get you somewhere warmer, I looked up at it in confusion, it just replied, don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you, it's getting late, and you'll freeze out here, I strangely kind of understood what it said and it’s was very warm and comfy inside, the tiredness I felt overwhelmed me; I squirmed slightly to get more comfortable and drifted back to sleep, I stirred again, but this time, I was in a different place, immediately started to venture around, walking around big black and brown stuffs, it asked me what are you doing here in my world, I looked up and stared blankly at it as I also don’t know why I am here either, it then asked me are you lost, I looked down, I don’t even have a clue, it said to me well until something happens, I guess you can stay with me, I looked up and started to feel insecure, it immediately said, don't worry, I'm sure whatever brought you here will fix itself within time, we just gotta wait, is that alright, I just smiled at it and I stayed there as I grew up, soon I found that it was a human guy and he is totally not the same as me, he continued to take good care of me and I came to know him as my dad, he called me Dashie, sometimes my little Dashie, taught me how to talk, how to write, bought stuffs for me, even gave me a bedroom for me to sleep in and even taught me how to fly even though he does not have wings himself, I managed to do a Sonic Rainboom sometime later too, the 15 years I spent with him was perfect, my dad was happy, I was happy, until you all came along and destroyed it and I don’t need to explain it to you either as you should know what you all had done to us.” When she finished saying everything, ah was beyond dumbfounded. She still remembered everything? Even after the Memory spell was casted on her 3 times in a row? “You can still remember everything, don’t you...?” “I don’t know... I can remember almost everything... but... there is bits missing in my memory... I guess the memory spell did work to a tiny bit extend.” She laughed pathetically and cried, but this time around ah immediately sprang into action. “Hush now Rainbow Dash, I am sure that Twilight and Princess Celestia are finding out a way to fix this once and for all.” Ah cooed as ah looked out of the window, the sun was setting, ah wonder how Twilight and Princess Celestia’re doing now. She stopped crying but ah continued to pet her, surprisingly... She didn’t refuse. She just let out a sigh and relaxed herself. “Rainbow...?” Ah began softly. “Yes?” “Ya want somethin to eat; we had not eaten for quite awhile now.” “I can walk...” She said softly as she got up, breaking the embrace, “let’s go together, and thanks Applejack, for accompanying me.” “No problemo R D, yar mah best friend after all, ah couldn’t possibly leave you alone at time like this.” Ah smiled as we went to the dining hall. ~~~~~Rainbow Dash POV~~~~~ Applejack managed whipped something up and we both ate together in peace, I am still trying hard to forget the memories of my dad now, knowing that I will not be able to see him again just made me more depressed. Don’t even think that I am begin a weakling now, how the heck do you like it if you are separated away from your father and the memories managed to stay even after the memory spell had been casted on you three times in a row, three times! If you enjoy it or whatever... I don’t care and I don’t! “Rainbow” I just looked at her blankly. “Ah know it’s hard for ya to forget about yar father, but ya shouldn’t just let it eat ya up, ya got to live on with yar life, if not, yar’ll be wastin the efforts yar father made for raising to who ya are now, and ya should be able to remember who ya’re when Twilight casted the memory on ya, even though now that the memories of yar dad are still inside ya and maybe there for the rest of yar life, yar life still must go on without him and ah know it’s difficult for ya... but we are here to pull you through this.” She is right... I cannot let all the efforts my dad made go to waste, I still got a long way to go. This is probably the only way of repaying him for what my dad did, brought me up for 15 years, despite how different we are from each other and are worlds apart. “You are right Applejack” I perked my head up and smiled at her, “I still need to live on for myself, and for my dad too, for reminding that this is not the ending of me yet and most importantly... I still have a purpose in life to live on as the Element of Loyalty.” She just smiled back and continued eating. Wherever you are now. I love you dad. Your little daughter always. Your little Dashie forever. ~~~~~Twilight Sparkle POV~~~~~ “This is not possible,” Princess Celestia said as she removed the last book from the shelve and glanced through, “there’s no other way to it, Rainbow Dash will have her memory of her dad, for the rest of her life.” “There’s no other way?” I said blankly lost for emotion. “There’s no other way,” She shook her head disappointingly as she placed the last book back into the shelf and sighed, “How could just 15 days without her in Equestria transformed this into a problem that isn’t solvable.” A crazy idea suddenly came into my mind when I heard the word transformed. “That’s it!” I shouted, immediately catching their attention from my sudden outburst. “Well then... tell us what you have in mind Twilight Sparkle.” Princess Luna said curiously, as she sat beside us. “The transformation spell!” I shouted, eyes beamed with hope once again. “The transformation what?!” Princess Luna blurted out instantly. “The transformation spell...! We could use it on her father and transform him into a pony!” “That’s the craziest idea I have ever heard!” Princess Luna quickly blurted out; I could not blame her for her reaction as my idea beyond crazy. “Sorry Twilight, but I got to agree with my little sis, we can’t do it... we can’t take another living being from another dimension, bring him into Equestria and transform him into a pony, we will be taking a being away from his very existence in that world... if we did that I am not sure if there is going to be any effect on that world and him, even if we managed to find a way around it... it’s never been done before, there’s just too many risks behind it.” I quickly brushed the idea away as it made total sense, there were so many unknown effects and consequences behind it, I bobbed my head down slightly in disappointment. “Even though that’s was the craziest idea I have ever heard,” Princess Luna immediately caught my attention at this; I looked up at her and she smiled, “We could give it a try, even though it’s never done before, it’s only going to be done once, how hard could it be?” “Are you crazy my little sister, has the crazy effect already got into you for not sleeping the entire day?” I saw her face and I could not forget it; her mouth was widely apart and her eyes widen like as if it was going to pop out. Before you continue to read on, I would want you to listen to this, Battalions Unite as you continue, this should give you an extra kick while you are reading the rest of it. “No, I’m not crazy, and I am still fine, I could survive days without sleeping, even though Twilight’s idea was crazy, doesn’t mean it will not work, every spell got its consequences behind it and probably her idea it’s the only solution and most importantly...” Princess Luna nodded at me, “this spell could reunite Rainbow Dash with her father.” “Now you are taking her side too...” She sighed, “This trouble would not surface if Twilight Sparkle had not casted the spell in the first place, and everything would still be perfect then...” I slammed my head onto the crouch and started to cry. “Sorry Twilight, I didn’t mean to.” It was too late; the realization hit me, hard. I was the one who caused this to erupt, was the one who casted the spell, transported Rainbow Dash to another world, responsible for what happened to her, caused her to lose her memory, become a filly again and made her spent 15 years there. I couldn’t help it as I could not contain the spell and misfired it onto her. I felt something touched me, I looked up, a blurry dark purplish figure was standing beside me; it was Princess Luna. She stroked my mane and cooed, “It’s alright Twilight, everypony make mistakes, it’s not like you wanted it to happen in the first place, it’s alright, hush now...” “I guess my younger sister is right, and I am sorry Twilight,” I looked at her as she got up, “Doesn’t mean that we had not use the transformation spell on another being before, doesn’t mean that we could not use it once, if he agrees to it...” “I am sure he will agree to it.” “What’s makes you think so little sister?” Princess Celesta puzzled. “You said that you had left some of his memories behind upon Rainbow Dash’s request right?” The both of us just nodded confusedly in response. “Since he still has the memories of her ‘daughter’ and Rainbow Dash still has hers, doesn’t it make senses?” “Little sister,” Princess Celestia responded, “The time lapse between his world and our world is a year to a day, it’s almost been a day for us, that means a year for him, that’s a very long time and he may probably had gotten over and carried on with his life.” “Well...” Princess Luna shrugged in response, “Even if he doesn’t agree to it, we still could let him see her again right?” “Princess Luna is right,” I nodded to her agreeing, “Even though her ‘father’ may not agree to be transformed into a pony, at least we could still let them see other again.” “I hate to say it, but the both of you are right...” Princess Celestia said as she gazed out of the window, a determined tone present in her voice as she continued. “We’ll need to find out any problems that might surface if he allowed us to transform him into a pony; we’ll also need to keep this a secret from her till all the problems are known, we only got one chance at this... and failure is not an option.”