//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: "My little Dashie" Sequel // by Roker999 //------------------------------// "You see" Began the Princess. "Your so called "earth" is actually a... how do i say this? It's basically a prison of banishment for Pony criminals, and for traitors..." With this she looked down to the floor, then heaved a sigh. My eyes almost rolled back into my head. Criminals? What criminals? I never saw any on earth... The princess must be suffering from some kind of "Princess post traumatic stress" or something... Even though she is sort of an immortal goddess...I don't know! Applejack's humble, farm-girl voice broke the awkward silence. "Well... I think the girls and I really should get go-" Out of nowhere, Pinkie pie let out a piercing scream, which of course, startled everybody. "YAAGHH! But Applejack!!!! I don't want to leave! I want the princess to finish her story oh my god i'm going to die if i don't hear it i want to know why Dashie's world is some kind of criminal prison oh please oh pleaaaase oh please oh-". Pinkie started saying "oh please" so fast, that you could hardly tell the difference between her voice and some sort of drunk, hyper squirrel! Through all the "oh pleases" I could barely hear Applejack's voice through all the noise, even though she raised it so high, that she was actually screaming. "YOUR HIGHNESS, DON'T MIND HER! SHE TENDS TO BE LIKE THAT SOMETIMES!" Princess Celestia turned her head to Applejack, and started to smile. "Don't worry dear. Your friend Twilight sparkle, my most faithful student, told me all about the antics of your, ummm..friend...?" The reason why princess Celestia was so startled at the end of sentence? Well, when she was almost done speaking, Pinkie pie started bolting around the room at full speed (and you probably know how fast that is), knocking down everything in sight! After a few crashes, I finally had enough. "Pinkie pie! CALM DOWN!". As soon as those words escaped my mouth, Pinkie suddenly stopped in the middle of her tracks and just stood there, stiff as a lamppost. We all stared at her, and princess Celestia, believe it or not, started to laugh! Her laugh was so amusing and so unusual, that i couldn't help myself! I started to laugh too! Soon the entire room was filled with laughter. Pinkie soon joined in, even though we were all laughing at HER! "Well!" said the princess while wiping tears from her face with her shining mane. "I think we've had enough fun for now! I still think that Rainbow dash would like to know the truth about her world." "ME TOO ME TOO ME TOO!!!" Blurted out pinkie pie, still standing in the middle of the room. "Oh p-p-please, lets not start this again...". I can't believe it! Because of all of our laughter, I had actually forgotten about Fluttershy! That poor pony! No one ever notices her until she hopelessly tries to say something! We all looked at Fluttershy, feeling a little bit guilty about ourselves. I mean, who doesn't love Fluttershy? "Oh I'm sorry! I d-didn't mean to interrupt.." She said, letting her long, pink mane fall to the floor. She slowly started trotting towards the door, her head still drooping down to the ground. When Fluttershy reached the doorway, Applejack darted towards her and firmly placed her nose against her side and slowly started nudging her back into the room. "Now hold on sugar cube! No one said you were interrupting us! In fact, I think that you deserve to be here more than all of us!" "D-do you really think so?" said Fluttershy in her shaky, quiet voice. She lifted her head a little higher, and i could see her big, teary eyes looking up at Applejack. "Of course! We all think so!" With this, Applejack turned around and looked at all of us, princess included. We all the nodded in agreement. Even I couldn't help shedding a few tears myself! After a few seconds of absolute silence, except for the chilly, early spring breeze whistling through the window, I suddenly, without thinking about it, blurted out: "Darn it! Now you got me acting all sappy!" Everyone gaped at me in amazement. "What?" I said a little bit frightened at their strange attitude . "What is it?!". No one said anything. Again, Applejack's voice broke the silence. "Erm...Rainbow dash, I think you might have said that not too long ago, before you left us.". "So what?" I said. "I don't remember saying anything like it!". I can't believe it! I was so stubborn! I felt pride slowly building up inside my heart. My heart felt like it was about to burst. I can't believe it! There it is again! That stupid pride! I can't stand it anymore! "Yay! Dashie's finally back!" Screamed Pinkie pie, in an even higher pitched, and more annoying voice than ever. .................... A few minutes passed in absolute silence, me deep in thought. I can't believe it! I'm actually slowly transforming into that stubborn, prideful Rainbow dash from the show! Daddy always said that I was different, that i was special. He always said that i was nothing like the Rainbow dash on the show! I guess he was wrong... What if Twilight's spell is finally working? What if i forget about Daddy? What if i forget everything I ever knew and loved? This can't be happening! I don't want this to happen! "NO! I CAN'T! I WON'T! THAT'S NOT ME!" I pulled the blanket over my head and started to sob uncontrollably. My body started shaking all over, and i could feel the pain in my heart growing. Growing.... I didn't see anything at the moment, but i could feel the awkwardness of the situation. Everyone probably thought I was nuts, even the Princess! I peeked through my thick, heavy blanket. I could see that the princess was really worried. Her face was stuck in a "I can't believe this is actually happening" kind of expression. At last I heard a soft, sad voice say: "I think we should go...Leave you two alone, to talk.". Dear Celestia! It was Pinkie pie who said that! I managed to catch a glimpse of her through my blankets. Her hair was deflated, and i could see that she had the most heartbreaking, most sad expression on her face I had ever seen in my entire life. This just makes everything even worse... What have i done? The only thing I HAVE done since I left home is make everyone sad! I'm always making everything worse! I made my best friend (at least that's who I think she is) depressed, only because I ONLY care about myself! I may not know these ponies very well (I might know them very well soon...God damned memory spells) , but they're still my friends! It doesn't matter what universe, or what world they are from! They are still my friends... I wanted to get up and apologize, but the three ponies already reached the door. Soon, with my head still buried under my blankets, I heard the distinct "clip-clops" of their hooves, as they slowly descended the stone staircase attached to the tower of the castle.