Memories

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Memories

In a broken magic min submarine, far beneath the waves, stood two ponies; one a magic less unicorn, the other, a wound Pegasus. Rainbow Dash was being held tightly by her friend, Twilight Sparkle, blood seeping from the wound on her side. They were signed on a mission to recover a important item in the lower seas, but the mission was abandoned when they were attacked by a sea creature trying to prevent them from ever finding the item Rainbow had managed to wound it and drive it away, but had been wounded gravely in the process. At the rate she was bleeding, she would die of blood loss if not treated immediately. Twilight had used her magic to dull the pain, but it wasn’t enough. Reason why Twilight and Rainbow was only sighed on this mission because Celestia require the best unicorn at magic and the fastest Pegasus to power the sub. The others couldn't come because its a two pony min sub.

“Warning! Warning! Submarine in danger! Hull pressure critical! Evacuate immediately!” A mechanized voice filled the vessel as the alarms rang. During the attack, the hull had been cracked and water began seeping into the interior, flooding most of the decks. During the chaos, Twilight tried to force open the bulkhead door leading to the escape pods, hoping that they could make it to the surface. However, the door was magically sealed, and Twilight no longer had the strength to open it. They had tried to see if they could steer the submarine back towards land, but the power had gone down long ago. Now, they were trapped like rats as the sub sank deeper into the cold, dark waters.

The glass cracked, allowing more water to enter the submarine. The oxygen tanks would have surely burst by this moment. At this point, Rainbow and Twilight would probably die from either asphyxiation or drowning. “Rainbow?” muttered Twilight while brushing her lover’s mane.

“Hmm?” Rainbow replied. She felt relaxed as her marefriend nursed her wound.

“Do you regret being here with me?” asked Twilight. There was no doubt they were both going to die, but there was no reason Rainbow should have to suffer that fate. Twilight felt that all this was her fault.

Rainbow Dash turned to see her marefriend and smirked She reached her head up to muzzle the worried unicorn. “Never,” she reassured. True, she did not want to die miles below the ocean. True, she wanted to die as a Wonderbolt, admired by millions of adoring fans, maybe have a statue of her erected in Ponyville so that everypony could see how awesome she was. But, she didn’t care as long as she was with the mare she loved.

“Warning! Warning! Oxygen levels at critical levels!” the warning system called out. The red lights continued to blink repeatedly.

“Do you regret being here with me?” Rainbow redirected the question to Twilight. Even though she already knew the answer, she wanted to hear her say it.


“Yes,” Twilight replied.

“What-ahh!” Rainbow tried to scold Twilight, only for the pain to come back in full force. She winced at how much in hurt, trying to fight back tears. When it finally died down, she began to regain her composure. “Whadda ya mean ‘yes’? I mean nothin’ to ya?”

“What?! No! I love you Rainbow Dash. I would never regret being with you,” Twilight reassured Rainbow.
“It's just… this is not where I wanted to die with you,” she explained. “I wanted to spend my last moments peacefully by your side, holding each other’s hooves.”

Upon hearing her confession, Rainbow’s anger died down and she laid her head back on her lover’s chest.

“Warning! Warning! Oxygen levels critical!” the system sounded once again.

“I wish that thing would shut up!” shouted Rainbow Dash, shaking her hoof at the speakers, “I don't want to be reminded that I'm gonna die.”

“Heh, I kinda like it,” Twilight joked. She nuzzled her marefriend on the nose and looked out the glass that separated them from the dark waters. She gasped at what she saw outside the submarine where light can no longer penetrate. It was pitch black outside, and the temperature was near freezing. The pressure outside the sub was extremely and it seemed as if nothing could survive here. But, as Twilight peered out glass, she noticed that the darkness was penetrated occasionally by brief flashes of light. This was bioluminescence, produced by the creatures that inhabit the shadowy realm of the deep sea. Giant squids, sharks, schools of fish swimming by the sub. Twilight looked in awe; she had never seen anything like it. “Wow Rainbow, come and look at this,” said Twilight.

The Pegasus shuffled a little closer to the glass, making sure not to make her wound any worse. “Wow, kinda glad I'm dying here,” Rainbow joked. Twilight playfully jabbed Rainbow’s not wounded side.

“Kinda reminds me of the place where you confessed to me,” said Twilight.

“Pony's Peak?” asked Rainbow. Twilight replied with a nod.

“It was the best thing that ever happened to me,” said Twilight.

“Best thing?” Rainbow joked. Twilight jabbed Rainbow again, a little harder this time. “Ow!” Rainbow yelped.

“I remember that day. It was the day my life changed,” said Twilight.


Confession at Pony's Peak

Pony’s Peak, located at the outskirts of Ponyville, stood silently in the sunlight. Like a loyal watchdog, it watched over a vast lake that stretched infinitely towards the horizon.
At the base of the peak, near the edge of the water stood a nervous Pegasus. She was pacing back and forth, thinking about what she was going to say to a certain friend of hers.
“Twilight, I really, really like you,” Rainbow said to herself, immediately shaking her head and frowning. “No, that won’t work. Twilight, I think I have feelings for you.” She frowned again, angry at her lack of creativity.

“Sheesh, this is harder than I thought,” she conceded as she sat on her haunches, burying her face in her hooves, “what if she doesn’t like me back?” She sighed and looked over the peak. Rainbow was never the poetic type, but even she could not deny how beautiful the view was. The trees seemed to dance as the wind blew through them, while the local fauna nourished themselves with the plentiful water. The sun’s light danced upon the lake, causing to shine as if thousands of gems lay just below the surface. In Rainbow’s opinion, it was the perfect place to confess her feelings.

She had asked Twilight to meet her at this spot around sunset. Rainbow told her it was to show off a new trick she had come up with and she asked if the unicorn had any spells that could make her go fast. Twilight refused at first, stating that she had to organize the library, but in the end, she could not resist Rainbow’s dreaded “puppy-eyed” look.

Rainbow looked around, trying to see if Twilight had come, but there was still no sign of her. The Pegasus was beginning to lose hope and was about to leave when she heard a familiar voice calling out to her.

“Rainbow!” shouted Twilight.
“Rats,” Rainbow muttered, cursing her habit of leaving at the wrong time. She would have to fix that one of these days. She turned to face her crush, who was standing in front of her with a pleased expression on her face.
This was it; this would be the moment where their friendship would either turn into something even more special, or be completely destroyed. Rainbow’s heart was beating furiously in her chest, almost to the point of bursting. She took a deep breath and exhaled, trying to be rid of all her worries.
“Well then, are you just going stand there, or are you going to show me your new trick? I have the perfect spell that is guaranteed to increase your airspeed velocity by fifty percent,” said Twilight

Rainbow took another deep breath; it was now, or never. “Um, Twilight,” she began. She began to sweat, her heart almost about to explode. “I kinda sorta lied to you about the whole ‘new trick’ thing.”



In an instant, Twilight’s smile disappeared from her face. “Wait, what?” she said, a slight hint of irritation in her voice, “so I came all the way here, thinking that I was about to help a good friend when I should be organizing the library, and all of the sudden, she tells me that it was all a lie? Well then, why am I here?” She scowled at the Pegasus.
Rainbow rubbed the back of her head with her hoof. So far, things were not going as smoothly as she hoped. “Well uh, you see…” she said, trying to find the right words.
“What?” asked Twilight.
“I, uh, forget about it. I’m sorry I wasted your time,” Rainbow apologized. She turned away from her friend’s gaze, not wanting Twilight to see the tears that had begun forming in her eyes. She soon felt a hoof land upon her shoulder. The Pegasus turned to face Twilight, a concerned expression replacing her earlier irritation.

“Tell me what's wrong,” implored Twilight. She had never seen her friend so upset before, aside from the time she had broken her wing and had to stay in the hospital.

Rainbow sighed sadly. “You’ll probably hate if I tell you,” she admitted. Her biggest fear was that her confession would drive a wedge between them and ruin their friendship forever.

“Why would I hate you?” asked twilight She sat on her haunches and looked at her distressed friend. “Believe me when I tell you that I would never hate you, Rainbow.”

“Never?” asked Rainbow. She began to feel a bit relieved.

“Never,” Twilight reassured. Rainbow sighed in defeat.



“I think,” began Rainbow, slowly approaching Twilight until their faces were inches apart, “it’s better if I show you.” Rainbow leaned forward and capture Twilight’s lips in a kiss. The Pegasus felt as if the weight of an entire universe was lifted off her shoulders. Her insides were buzzing as if a horde of butterflies suddenly took flight inside of her. It was her first kiss, and it was amazing. When she broke it off, Twilight just stood there, a dumbfounded expression gracing her features.

“I’m… I’m sorry,” Rainbow quickly apologized before taking flight. Tears began flowing out in droves as she flew far away from the peak. She had messed up, big time, and now their friendship would forever be ruined.

Meanwhile, Twilight merely stood glued to her spot on the ground. She was silent for a long while, still trying to process everything that had occurred during the past minute or so. Eventually, she reached her hoof up to her mouth and uttered a single word: “Wow”