The Night Claims A Rainbow

by CloudWatcher


Prologue: The Eventful "Night"

Rainbow Dash takes off from Ponyville, talking to no pony but herself "Why do I need to take a break? They don't know what they're talking about!" She flew toward Canterlot with an increasing speed, attempting to escape the constant nagging from her friends to take a break. The moon slowly rose as she got closer to Canterlot, causing her to slow down, allowing her muscles to relax. Dash begins to realize that she was enjoying this sight much more in the open, than when she was stuck in Ponyville or surrounded by her friends. She shakes her head trying to clear it, nearly causing her to lose her balance in the air and she lowers a bit, still staring at the moon.

She continues flying at this slow speed, seeming only to hover across the ground as she got closer to Canterlot, stopping as she hears somepony. Keeping very quiet as she got closer , she notices that the mare was singing softly while trotting slowly through the Canterlot garden.

Come Little Children
I'll Take Thee Away, Into A Land
Of Enchantment

Come Little Children
The Time's Come To Play
Here In My Garden
Of Magic

Follow Sweet Children
I'll Show Thee The Way
Through All The Pain And
The Sorrows

Weep Not Poor Children
For Life Is This Way
Murdering Beauty And
Passions.

Dash takes one step closer and sees the mare she had been listening to, her eyes widening. "P-princess Luna...?"

Luna stops singing and turns toward Dash the moment that she begins to speak, jumping slightly as she was not expecting anypony to hear her. "Rainbow Dash... We are, curious, of why you are here?"

Rainbow looks at her again and smiles awkwardly, the cool-headed pegasi seeming more flustered now than she ever had before.

Princess Luna tilts her head, still waiting for an answer, "Rainbow, we are not infuriated, only curiosity strikes,"

Dash stares at the princess and a feeling that she had never felt before spread throughout her as she watched the ebb and flow of her mane, the motion seeming as water.

Luna stands patiently, unaware of Dash's changing thoughts nor of Rainbow's wings, which had been flared from the moment she had seen the Princess of the Night in front of her.

Luna's mane flowed freely around her, it's beautiful deep blue flowing like water around her as she walked slowly toward Dash with a smile. "We would enjoy the company of one such as yourself, would you perhaps, consider the offer?" Luna speaks freely, her attitude different now, much less like her own. She reaches out her hoof and sets it on Dash's cheek, kissing her softly on the lips a moment later.

Dash jumps from her slumber in the Ponyville park. hitting her head on a branch of the tree she laid in. "Ow!" Her yell caused a filly closeby to jump, screeching loudly below her, "S-Sorry about that.." Rainbow says with a slight chuckle.

The filly turns and looks at her, noting the deep red of her cheeks before she says something. "It's fine!" She runs off to another part of the park, giggling at the blush on Dash's cheeks.