“Rainbowwww? Does the white dress or the lavender dress look better?” Rarity called out to the rainbow-maned mare who was in the kitchen.
Rainbow Dash huffed as she chugged down her apple cider impatiently. Rainbow Dash had been discharged from the hospital three days ago, and Rarity had made sure to make full use of the three days to her benefit.
It had been three days of Rarity’s continuous mindless chattering and small talk, three days of shopping with Rarity all around Ponyville and worst of all (to Rainbow Dash at least), three days of going around Ponyville with the risk of bumping into Soarin.
During her four-day stay at the hospital, Rainbow Dash had came to the decision that it would be best to ignore Soarin for as much as she can, and as long as possible, hopefully for the full extent of his stay.
Sure, he’d been her idol ever since she’d first heard of the Wonderbolts’ team, and Rainbow Dash used to think that Soarin was the kindest, greatest, coolest stallion of all time, but she soon decided against it after both incidents, first bumping into him and then their little meeting.
Instead of being what she thought he was, Soarin was actually the most stuck-up, annoying jerk and braggart Rainbow Dash had ever met.
Idiot.
Soarin’s 'façade' had fooled all the others though; almost all the mares in Ponyville had—over a span of one week—developed a crush on the Wonderbolt, and all of the colts and stallions followed him around, begging him to teach them a few ‘cool tricks’.
Rainbow Dash was, quite frankly, sick of all of this fawning over Soarin. Sure, she herself had been a fan of his, but taking it to this extent was plain ridiculous.
All her friends were becoming as air-headed as those Canterlot ponies, Rainbow Dash believed.
Stupid Soarin.
And now, as if that drama wasn’t enough, Soarin was going to steal one of Rainbow Dash’s best friends from her. Rarity had spent hours talking about the stallion and how absolutely charming he was.
Snap out of it, you’re overthinking things again. And overreacting. Rainbow Dash blinked and she shook her head, trying to clear her mind and her thoughts.
“Rainbow Dash!” Rarity screamed again, louder this time. Rainbow Dash heard the sound of hoofsteps getting louder and coming towards her, which meant that Rarity was headed for where Rainbow Dash was.
Oh no. Here it comes. Rainbow Dash let out a sigh.
The white unicorn huffed as she stood in front of Rainbow Dash, glaring at the Pegasus with her blue eyes.
“For Celestia’s sake, Rainbow Dash! Did you even hear my question? I was trying to ask yo—“
“Just wear the white one, okay?” Rainbow Dash cut Rarity off, rolling her eyes.
Rarity snorted, completely oblivious to her friend’s evident annoyance.
“On second thought, I think I’ll wear my violet dress,” Rarity declared, looking proud of herself. Rainbow Dash slapped her face with her hoof in exasperation. How could she have never realized how annoying and demanding Rarity could be? And whiny. a small voice in her head added helpfully.
"Stop that, Rainbow. It'd ruin your complexion," Rarity scolded Rainbow Dash, glaring at the mare's actions.
Rainbow Dash let out another long groan, as she rubbed her face slowly. This was it, Rarity had crossed the line this time.
“You know what, Rarity? Nopony really cares. So, whatever!” Rainbow Dash snapped angrily, standing up abruptly. “Settle all these things by yourself, okay? And for Equestria's sake, nopony actually bothers about their 'beauty' or whatever! I’m outta here.” With an agitated flick of her tail, Rainbow Dash stormed out of Rarity’s boutique, slamming the door and leaving a very shocked Rarity behind her.
*****
“And then she just yells at me, for no reason!” Rainbow Dash spits out, feeling the anger in her bubbling. What in Equestria was wrong with Rarity?!
Rainbow Dash looked over at where Twilight was seated, slowly cataloguing all the books that she had recently invested in. Twilight looked up from her massive catalogue of books to study Rainbow Dash’s face.
Twilight felt a frown come upon her face as she realized how irritated Rainbow Dash looked. Twilight sighed as she set down her quill pen onto the table.
“Well, I think that you should cool down, for starters,” Twilight suggested slowly. “And then after that, you can ask Rarity why she yelled at you?”
Deciding to listen to Twilight, Rainbow Dash nodded slowly, standing up to stretch her legs. “Okay then, moving on to the next topic, it’s uhh…about the Gala,” Rainbow Dash chuckled nervously to Twilight.
Twilight brightened up almost immediately at the mention of the Grand Galloping Gala.
“Why, yes! Have you heard, both Princess Luna and Princess Celestia will be going to the Grand Galloping Gala this year! Isn’t that great?” Twilight grinned as she started to gush out. “I hope you’ve gotten a ticket for the Gala too! It’s really exciting this year; I’ve heard that the Wonderbolts have prepared a special performance just for the guests!”
Rainbow Dash’s eyes narrowed at the very mention of the Wonderbolts. It was funny, really, how her adoration had turned into hate so quickly. She knew she shouldn’t judge the whole team just because of one stallion, but she couldn’t help it.
All of them were stupid, annoying Canterlot ponies. They’ve let fame get into their head. At least, Soarin had.
Asshole.
Rainbow Dash hissed in annoyance, “I won’t want to go to another performance; not on my life.”
Twilight looked at Rainbow Dash in surprise, unsure of why the mare was behaving like that, or why her attitude has changed into something so…bitter.
Twilight’s frown deepened, and she scoffed skeptically, “Are you sure, Rainbow? We’re talking about the Wonderbolts here. Remember them? Your idols?”
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes; how come it was so hard to believe that she disliked—no, hated—the Wonderbolts now? “Of course I’m sure, Twi. C’mon.” Rainbow Dash huffed. “I am 100% done with that stupid obsession over them. They’re nothing but stuck-up Pegasi who believe that they’re better than us.” She declared firmly.
And now Soarin was going to choose one of the Pegasi in Ponyville to join them.
Twilight Sparkle stared at her best friend in disbelief and shock. ‘Stupid obsession’? ‘Stuck-up’?
What in Equestria had happened to Rainbow Dash? She’d gone from obsessing over the Wonderbolts to hating every single one of them. Even the mere mention of them would agitate Rainbow Dash. Twilight had to find out what had happened to her friend, and fast.