Fall of the Awesome Star
Six months since she ascended to the sky and begged for a sign of her approval from her father. She never got a response and now Rainbow Dash was needing of something more than approval. She was in need of help. Far gone was her mind and sanity. She was on a bend. She was late for shows was missing practices she wasn't eating healthy. She was just living off of the wind. She was more reckless in her sensual habits. Constantly bedding mares and not writing to them the next day. She wasn't in it for the romance she just wanted a person to hold at night. She was still doing the wicked drugs and hanging with Vinyl at the clubs. They were awesome together. Then it happened.
One day while Rainbow Dash and Vinyl were hanging out at her home with Octavia. they were getting high and chasing clouds that didn't exist. She was seeing things that weren't there and Vinyl was laughing her ass off . "Hey Dash, it seems you are tripping balls." She commented with a giggling voice.
Rainbow Dash just replied with a spaced out voice " I am a mare I don't have balls. though I would make for a better stallion..." She started then got serious, well as serious as a person on a trip could be "Well if I was a stallion I bet I would have the biggest dick in all equestria, because of my awesome factor... I mean look at me right? My face is everywhere.. papers... magazines.. ads... everywhere... I am a star... so if I was a stallion I would have a huge dick. If I had one would you suck it?"
Vinyl chuckled while Octavia looked disgusted. Octavia has had to deal with not one but two stoners lately. She wasn't upset with Vinyl since it helped her be more creative but Dash was just plain addicted... she was abusing it and with her wealth it wasn't hard to get copious amounts of it. Vinyl finally replied with a non committal "Maybe... I would need Tavi's permission but if you had a dick I wouldn't be into you... I am into mares if you haven't noticed."
Rainbow Dash just started feeling up her imaginary penis. "So then since I am a mare would you want to make out... if you see I lack a penis. so how about we buck. Think about it the two most coolest ponies in Equestria bucking... that would make for an interesting experience. " She was lost at this point.
Vinyl was looking at Octavia who shook her head no and was giving her the look of "get that loser out of here." Vinyl sighed "Ok Dash it seems you are suddenly forgetting that I am in a relationship and I am just your friend... seriously what is wrong with you lately." before she could move Dash's lips were on hers. A forceful kiss capturing her lips, the sensation was both so wrong, and yet so bucking right. She didn't know whether to fight her off or just let her win. She was in a relationship but the thought of being taken was kind of hot.
Rainbow ignoring the protests of Octavia was devouring Vinyl's lips with her own. Her tongue forcefully pushed it's way into her mouth earning her a soft whimper, That was what she wanted to hear. I am just that damn good. Her experience with sex and seduction have rose and she found it's easier to take women since most are willing. Though she treads carefully because rape isn't her forte. Her tongue starts massaging the DJ's mouth as she starts sliding a hoof down her body before suddenly finding herself being collided by an angry Octavia.
The kiss broken and Vinyl embarrassed at what just happened, she doesn't look at Octavia in the face ashamed of being easily led astray. "Dash I think it's time for you to go... and don't come back... not till you get your shit together." She said while looking down. Rainbow Dash was still pinned under Octavia who decided to punch rainbow in the face once... just once. It wasn't necessary to beat a dead horse. Rainbow was emotionally dead and spiritually void of any reasoning.
"I don't need you ... I don't need anyone. I am a bucking star... I can have anyone I want... you wouldn't have been good anyways... " She threw octavia off her. Even in her not so healthy state she was still Rainbow Dash... She still worked out a lot and kept her form. She was just not eating as healthy as she used to so that extra energy and shiny coat were gone. She bolted out the door and slammed it shut. She didn't care she was bucking Rainbow Dash. A goddess among ponies.
She flew away as the crowd of people watched in awe their hero/champion/star. She was so popular doing everyday things was becoming a hassle. Ponies would crowd her for autographs, pictures, kissing their foal. It was tiring. She wasn't wanting all the attention anymore. She just wanted to be herself and it seemed no spot in Equestria was safe from her adoring fans. Only one place they couldn't follow her... that was the sky.. she was free from most of her fans in the sky. Some would try to follow, a pegasi or two but she was too fast, and would Sonic Rainboom out of their field of vision in ten seconds flat.
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When Rainbow Dash arrived at base she was met with an angry Spitfire. "Listen spitfire I don't have time for your lectures and I really don't care what you have to say I am going out tonight and..." before she could finish Spitfire got in her face.
"Listen Rainbow Dash I don't know if you know but I think you know and are just denying it... your Turtle is dead and you keep piling food into the feeder... it's clogged and broken and the smell of dead turtle is stinking this place up. I don't know what has gotten into you. But you lost it. You hardly eat right, your constantly on drugs. Having all kinds of sex with different mares sometimes two at once... You kill with much more force than is necessary. You are constantly late. You hardly practice and you spend your nights crying away...." She was trying to keep her emotions in check but this was just a pathetic site. "I made you into a Wonderbolt and I went against the Doctor''s order of waiting... He said mentally you weren't ready in his report. He said physically you were top notch but mentally you just couldn't handle it with your youth. Your recent birthday you became 20 and yet you are already drinking hard cider and doing stuff that most adults do in their late 20's. Your celebrity status has allowed you to break the law and do as you please. You have broken into homes when drunk and no one does hay about it... you seem to be lost with the real world... how many times have you walked into Soarin's room and punched him in the face for looking at you wrong this week? When is the next time you will accuse me of taking your feathers and eating them? You aren't even making sense half the time... you put pizza in your turtle's feeder once... I don't know if you know this but you are killing yourself slowly... maybe not physically because of that unforgiving stamina that keeps you from being hurt but your eating yourself up. Your brain is probably destroyed and your body will soon follow. I wish I could fire you but if I did that the Wonderbolts would be hated... you have become such a big star that everyone is uncomfortable around you. We feel like we are just riding your coat tails when we are all just as capable as you. Why are you any special?" She huffed out and snorted.
Rainbow Dash just chuckled "Tank isn't dead stupid... he is a tortoise and he is well alive... you know that... why would you say that about my beloved tortoise... I love tank...I might get him a girlfriend soon because he is lonely you know? He is like looking at me like he wants someone to giving him some loving... I can't do that kind of loving but a girl can... unless he is a gay tortoise then I would have to find a gay male tortoise for him...." She was rambling but then got serious "First of all if you fired me I would bring down the Wonderbolts with my personal fan army.... After all without me the Wonderbolts wouldn't have reached this paramount of success... The reason why I am favored is because I am young and I am faster than you all. I can make a sonic rainboom at will and you can't even perform it with all your might. I was born to become the goddess of the sky. So bow before me and realize I am the best Wonderbolt ever... Don't like it? Tough because I am making us way more money than ever before. I could retire right now and still live off my wealth for decades... but I am not ready to leave this dream... so you will have to put up with me. I need my dad to love me... he will tell me that I am making him proud... you will see... and tank isn't dead you idiot." She said as tears started spilling... "Watch I will go get him." She rushed into her room and brought a tortoise back with her and laid him on the ground as the legs splayed out from lack of weight resistance. "Tank show stupid Spitfire that you are alive... " She waited for Tank to move.
He was a slow tortoise but he couldn't move... unknown to Rainbow Dash in her current state that He had been dead for a while. Rainbow hasn't figured it out because she couldn't see the world in front of her due to the influx of alcohol and drugs in her system. "Tank stop playing around... this is no time for jokes..." She said starting to yell.. "Tank... Tank....Ta..." She started crying. "Ta...nk TANK... TANK!... Wake up Tank... move tank move.... Tank.... Ta a a ank.... Tank... Please buddy I love you don't be dead..." Spitfire couldn't watch this she walked away because she couldn't risk letting herself break down at the pathetic site before her. Here was the greatest Wonderbolt in history that was going to be captain and a hall of famer in a couple of years top. But she couldn't be if this was how she turned out.
Rainbow Dash was prodding the shell while sobbing crazily "Tank... Please stop joking Tank... Tank buddy it's me your owner... it's your mommy... Tank.... I love you tank... Stop it Tank move.... Tank.. " The tortoise gave no indication of life and Rainbow Dash's eyes widened as she started screaming realizing tank was infact... dead. "Tank no... Tank... Tank I love you.. oh tank buddy... Tank... I love you Tank.... Fluttershy I love you.... I love you shy... why did you leave me... Fluttershy... Why couldn't you just go with me... Why did you not follow me... Shy....... "She was now realziing the source of her problem. She wasn't complete because she lost the one thing that mattered. With Tank gone and Fluttershy gone there was nothing left for her... She was empty and alone. "Tank.... Fluttershy... Tank...." The waterfalls beneath her eyes didn't stop till she passed out from crying. She was a broken mare. She had finally realized that fantasy and reality couldn't blend as she woke up from her drunk/drugged filled stupor. She was alone... her tortoise was dead. Her oldest friend/lover was not around to console her... Fluttershy where are you... I need you... I need some pony any pony... Help me... dad please some pony... I don't want to be here anymore... I need help... Spitfire please... Celestia... some pony... any pony...
Her thoughts left her as sleep took her over. Rainbow Dash was finally not awesome. she wasn't some big super star and wasn't the best thing since slice cake. She was a lonely scared little filly wanting some pony to hold her and help her through this mess. Spitfire came back and wrapped her hooves around Rainbow Dash and gently cooed "It's alright Rainbow... I will help you buddy.. I will help you.. we can beat this... we can stop this and fix you." She said forgetting her role as captain and adopting her role as friend. Spitfire promised herself long ago she wouldn't get close to any recruits because while being able to trust eachother was key during performances... sometimes the recruits have a tough time with dealing and it can get pretty bad. This case was the worst. Spitfire felt so guilty for going against the Doctor's orders and allowing Rainbow to become a full fledged Wonderbolt. The rise to fame the instant stardom the parties the drugs it was too much for a mare her age.. she was still a young mare for goodness sake. Her ego soared with the fame. Soon the fame caught up with the ego and since the ego couldn't go higher than the fame it got swept up and crushed... soon she was believing the hype the fans were dishing. It was a tragedy from the start. One that Rainbow could have been spared if Spitfire went with the right thing to do instead of making a dream come true. Some dream this turned out to be... I will fix her and get her back on track then she can be a star without the drama. She will be a great wonderbolt.
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Two months had passed since Tank's death discovery. Rainbow Dash had buried him and sworn off drugs. She was recovering, She was eating healthier and her body was back at peak form. She continued practice and now had some therapy with a world class and private therapist so no celebrity gossip rags would know about it. She was attending shows on time and seemed generally happy. She was also writing out thoughts in a book whenever she felt she needed an outlet.
The book would help her form her own biography instead of that trash one that was already in the market. She took her crappy phony book of an awesome pegasus and chuckled at the first page. " First of all I am awesome and that is how this world works." She said reading that page of her book that so many people bought back when she first hit stardom. She was still a respected Celebrity now. She just didn't party too hard or often. She wanted to give this her all and no more bucking up. She still missed Fluttershy terribly and wanted to visit her. The therapist was against it. He wanted her more stable before allowing that kind of trauma to take hold of her. Rainbow Dash was hoping all her friends were ok... She hasn't seen or heard from them in almost a year... since that day she let Fluttershy go... If only she could be forgiven and be taken back. Her body was clean of toxins and she was not drinking as often.
Since the two months of being sober-ish she has also cut down on the mareizing and stopped casually having sex with any mare that walks. She has been abstinent except that one akward sex with Spitfire. She noted that having sex with Spitfire wasn't all that special. Turns out Spitfire isn't that great in bed compared to the Dash. Still herself just less egotistic at least she improved her humility and it didn't take some masked vigilante to do that. Just a friend who cared.
She was ready to perform at her latest show when in her locker was a letter. The letter looked familiar and it was wrapped up in scroll form and was huge... it seemed like a long Letter... then she realized it was a letter from the princess.. But why would the princess write her a letter and why was it here.. why now.. a show was about to start and yet she had decided to open it. Because after all even in the throes of new life and liberty she was still a subject of Celestia.
She opened the letter and read the content of it, while she was reading it her eyes watered and tears poured from the eyes that was reading the offending letter when she was done reading it the rainbow maned super star dropped the letter and ran out of the locker room bursting through the cloudiseum and sonic rainbooming straight to Canterlot. She to get to the bottom of this....
Just as Rainbow Dash had left in the quick hurry Spitfire went to see what the commotion was about... She picked up the letter that Rainbow had just dropped and caused her much panic, to see it was something that even she gulped at because what the letter said wasn't meant for any pony to read who was just recovering from drug abuse. " I hope you know what you are doing Celestia..." She muttered angrily before tossing the offending letter in a trash can.
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Part 2: done
Part 3 next.