I sat on my bed reading about how practice had gone for the certain athletes that went. For the first time since joining, I was not going to be allowed to compete. Even Twilight couldn't convince them to let me join. I didn't want her to force them to by using her authority, so she tried her best with what she had. But the rules were made for a reason. If you can't make a practice, you can't make a competition.
I had given Twilight the letter about my parents a few days ago. I had to take my other letter to her to, since I didn't have any idea what the address was. I didn't know what I should expect. A letter in a few days, weeks, or never after how I've treated her the past few years. I knew it was all misplaced and completely uncalled for, but it wasn't easy to forget what had happened. I didn't even know what to say to her. It's been so long since I've seen her that she may have changed, gotten a new special somepony, one who won't just leave you and not talk to you for three years.
I put the paper down and stood up. As I did, a letter suddenly appeared on my desk in a ball of magical fire. It was from Twilight, obviously. She was the only one I knew of who had a dragon to send letters back and forth. I walked over and picked up the letter, opening it.
"Dear Rainbow Dash. I want to thank you for writing about your parents and what happened about them. I know you told us a little bit about it, but nothing to the extent of this. I had no idea that you and Fluttershy had gone through so much together. It was no wonder that you guys were so close once. I don't know what happened afterwards to force you two apart, but I hope you both can reconcile. She was always happier when she was with you, and you seemed to have a better glow about you when she was around." I read aloud.
"I've scheduled a meeting for all of us to meet up again. It's been way to long since we've all been together in the same place. It will be held in a week from now, so please try to keep your schedule clear. I want to see all of us there." I smiled at that. It was true. I hadn't seen Applejack in a few months and Celestia knows how long it's been since I saw Rarity. I visited Pinkie Pie frequently while she was getting over her sugar addiction. And Fluttershy...well I hadn't seen her for nearly three years, let alone spoken with her.
It would be nice to see everypony again. I thought. I went back to the letter to see if there was any other news. "Rainbow, back to Fluttershy, I don't know what exactly happened. But after putting some pieces together from what you wrote, I think I have a pretty clear idea of what happened that night. I'm sorry you had to witness that, and I wish there was something I could do to stop it. I hope you are able to move forward now, though. I wish you the very best of luck. See you in a week!" she said, leaving a little smily face at the end of it. I laughed lightly at it. Even as a Princess, Twilight still acted like a resident of Ponyville.
There was a knock on my door. It surprised me, since I wasn't expecting a visitor. I walked to the door and opened it. When I saw who it was my mouth dropped to the floor. "Um... Hey, Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy said.
"Hey, Fluttershy." I replied. "What are...what are you doing here?" I asked as I let her walk inside.
"Well I got your letter and wanted to surprise you." she said.
"It worked." I said. I looked at her mane and gasped. "What happened to your hair?" I asked.
"Oh, that. It's from the tumor treatments. They had to kill the bad cells and in doing so, it took away my hair. It's starting to grow back though." she said, running a hoof through her now really short, pink mane.
"It looks good on you." I said quietly. It wasn't a lie either. I always loved her long hair, but this look was better for her. It showed off her beautiful eyes.
"Really?" she asked, nervously.
"Of course." I said. There was an awkward silence. She began to walk around the living room and stopped in front of my medal case.
"Are these yours?" she asked.
"Yep. First place in all races." I said.
"Wow. You must be really fast." she said, looking at the big gold one in the middle.
"Well, I am the best flier in Equestria after all." I said.
She smiled. "Rainbow...can I ask you something?"
"Uh, sure. What is it?"
"Well...it's about...I've always wondered..." she stammered off. "Nevermind. It's not important." she said quietly.
"Come on, what is it? If you had to ask me if you could ask me something, it had to be important."
She took a deep breath. "Why haven't you been replying to any of my letters?" she asked.
"Well...because of what happened with my mom." I said. "I've never been able to forgive you for what happened." I said, truthfully.
She nodded her head. "Yeah. That's what I thought." she said, a tear forming in her eye.
"But I forgive you now. I know that you couldn't help yourself, that Clarrise had taken control of you and forced you to do things you wouldn't normally do. I get it now." I explained.
"But I tried to tell you about it earlier. Every letter I wrote to you explained that and explained how I felt about it." she said. "Did you even read them?"
"Yes. Each one. I know what you were saying, but I couldn't accept it then. I hadn't moved forward from the past and accepted what had really happened." I said. "But now...I can."
"What changed?" she asked me, finally looking at me.
I hesitated. "Well...Twilight. She asked me to write something down so I could try and confront my past. I ignored her, but then I got a letter from Felix. I started to think that maybe it would be a good idea for me to write it down. And it turns out, it worked."
She smiled and looked back at the medals. "So...you forgive me?" she asked. "After I took you to my mom and stabbed yours with a spear?"
"Yes. Because that wasn't you who did it. It was Clarrise. I've realized that now." I said.
She lowered her head and began to cry. I pulled her in for a hug and held her tight. "Hey, don't worry. I'm here."
"You know I never stopped loving you." she said. "Not even after you stopped talking to me or having anything to do with me. No matter how many times my heart was broken, I still cared and loved you." she said in between her cries.
I didn't know what to say. After me being a huge jerk to her for three years, she had kept loving me. "I've always loved you too." I said. "I know I was a jerk and that I should've talked to you about it, but I was so upset that I automatically blamed you for doing it, even though you didn't know what you were doing. I didn't want to blame you, but something made me believe it was all your fault."
She sniffed and looked at me. "Rainbow..." she said. I leaned down and gave her a kiss.
"I forgive you. Okay? I'm glad knowing that the pony responsible is rotting in a jail millions of miles away in a different part of space." I said. "And I'm happy you're by my side now."
She smiled and hugged me tighter than I thought possible. "I love you too, Dashie." she said. We held each other tightly there, and for the first time in three years, I smiled a true smile of joy. We were together, and that's all I've ever wanted. "Oh, there's something I want you to give to Twilight when you can." she said taking a letter out from her bag. "It's about the same thing you had to write." she said.
"Why'd you write this?" I asked taking it from her.
"Well, I figured it would be a good thing to do. If it's going to help you, then maybe it could help me with what I did." she said. "If you want you can read it." she said.
"But we've both been through it already. I already know what happened." I said.
"In your eyes. There are some things that are...different." she said.
She was right about that. I didn't know everything that she knew so I might have missed something. Maybe with our combined stories, Twilight would know the real story. I opened it up and began to read it. And I remembered the reason why I wanted to beat her parents into a wall that Nightmare Night.