The Dead Of Night

by Raidah


A Peaceful Beginning

It was a pleasant day in Ponyville. The sun was shining, the air was warm, and everypony was enjoying their day. There seemed to be nothing wrong at all, even Cranky Doodle Donkey was happy today. Then, all of a sudden, BOOM!!! The sound of a sonic boom along with the rainbow appearing out of nowhere in the sky confirmed what everypony was thinking, Rainbow Dash has done it again. A sonic rainboom. Applause broke out as she flew over the town, her rainbow trail following her. Rainbow felt as happy as she could be. Then she remembered that she had to meet Applejack at Sweet Apple Acres to help out with the apple picking. So she hurried along on her way.
Once she arrived, she was happily greeted by AJ.

"Thanks a lot for the help Rainbow," Applejack said, nearly out of breath, "these apples ain't gonna pick themselves. And ah can't do it alone with Big Mac sick and all."

"No problem Applejack, always happy to help out." Replied the cyan pegasus.

As the day went on, Applejack and Rainbow Dash pick at least 150 trees worth of apples before calling it in.

"Whew!" Said RD, "You weren't kidding AJ, that was a lot if apples!"

"Like ah said" panted AJ, "Ah'm gonna need all the help ah can get until Big Macintosh gets better."

"Well, don't hesitate to call on me," said RD, "I'll help you out whenever you need it."

"Thanks."

As the two caught their breath, Rainbow remembered something else, she had to meet with Rarity to help her carry dress supplies to the Carousel Boutique.

"I gotta go AJ, Rarity needs some help getting dress supplies." She said.

"Ah'll come with ya," replied Applejack, "the more help the better right?"

"Yeah, let's go." RD agreed.

So the two set off to help Rarity with the dress supplies. Heading to the fabric store near Sugarcube Corner. But when they got there, Rarity was nowhere to be seen.

"Uhh... Rarity?" Rainbow called, "You here?"

"She just left." Said the shopkeeper.

"Shoot!" She said.

"Do you know where she went?" Applejack asked him.

"Nope, sorry." He replied.

"Great!" shouted Rainbow in annoyance.

"Woah, RD, calm down," AJ said worriedly, "lets go check the Carousel boutique, she's probably there."

"Yeah, I gues you're right." Rainbow said a little more calmly. "Let's go."