//------------------------------// // Unexpected Occurence // Story: A Life-Changing Blessing // by MIKEANTHONY321 //------------------------------// Spirit and Rainbow Dash managed to arrive at the marketplace just as the last storeowner was packing up to go home. Spirit sprinted forward, and stopped the mare just before she closed up the shop. “Oh my, you startled me there! Is there anything I can help you with?” The mare asked politely. “Yes. We’re here to buy, um…something for my daughter here.” Spirit replied. “And what might that something be?” … Spirit started stuttering again. He started fiddling with his hooves. The mare looked at Spirit, and then at Rainbow Dash, who was smiling awkwardly. “Say no more. I think I know exactly what you’re looking for.” The mare walked inside the shop, and came out a few seconds later with a box of Tampons. She smiled at Rainbow Dash. … Spirit looked at the box. “How did you know?” He asked. “Just a hunch.” The mare answered. “That’ll be three bits.” Spirit paid the money, and left the store with Rainbow Dash at his side. ……………………………………… When Spirit and Rainbow Dash reached the front steps of their home, Rainbow Dash jogged forward, and held the door open for Spirit. “Please, let me get that for you, sir.” She said very lady-like. Spirit gave her a suspicious stare. He lifted an eyebrow. “Okay……thank you. I guess.” He said awkwardly. He continued to stare at Rainbow Dash as he ascended the front steps and entered the house. … After entering, Rainbow Dash closed the door behind her, ran forward, and flopped herself down on the couch in the living room. She used the remote to change the channel to MTV. “Do you wish to join me?” She asked politely. Spirit looked at the TV. The show currently broadcasting was “16 and Pregnant”. “Are you sure this show is okay for you to be watching?” He asked. “It seems sufficient for young mares of my age to be consuming. Why would there be a problem?” She replied. … Spirit smiled. “Okay, cut it out.” “What is the problem?” “I know you’re just acting like an adult so I’d let you have a date to the dance. I said you had to be responsible. Not a total buzz-kill.” He laughed. Rainbow Dash started laughing too. “Alright, you caught me.” … “Anyway…I will watch TV with you if you change the channel. I’m too old for this garbage.” Rainbow Dash laughed again. “Okay, fine.” ……………………………………… During her week off from school, Rainbow Dash stayed indoors with Spirit. Most of their time was spent playing games and watching sports, but time to time, Spirit would have Rainbow Dash sit aside so he could monitor her wounds. By the end of the week, she had a few visible bruises and a slight deformation in her left calf. It wasn’t too serious though, as she could still walk with ease. … By the time Monday rolled around, Rainbow Dash was ready to go to school. The dance was Friday, so it was time to start hitting on some colts while she still had the chance. Or mares, depending on which came first. After all, her school had about three females for every male. This was true for all of Equestria, so gay couples were common. No one really minded. ……………………………………… As soon as she walked in the doors Monday morning, she was shrouded with a million eyes. Eyes of wonder, worry, and confusion. Seconds after receiving such a series of stares, the horde of curious ponies surrounded her, straining to get a better look. Seconds after that, even, she began to get flooded with questions. It all happened too fast for her to take in. Some of the paparazzi were her friends, and some were ponies she did not know. She liked attention, but not in this way. … “Fillies and gentlecolts, please calm yourselves. I am only accepting such attention and praise from colts that are here to ask me to the dance. If you do not desire such honor and glory, you may clear my way.” Rainbow Dash announced in a self-centered and dignified way. Once she had finished her announcement, everyone surrounding her began to disperse and return to their everyday procedures. The only ones who remained were some of the nerdy and rather-unattractive colts who wanted to take her up on her offer. She shooed them away with her hoof. The colt she really wanted to ask out was the hoofball team’s star quarterback. She didn’t know his name, but that didn’t really matter to her. She wanted him, and she would trample her way over anypony in the school in order to get his approval. …………………………………… Later that day, in fourth period, Rainbow Dash sat slumped over in her seat. Her teacher was rambling on about something to do with a war, but it was flowing in one ear and out the other with her. She breathed in, and sighed heavily, blowing papers around her desk. When she glanced up, she noticed a colt near the front of the classroom staring back at her and smiling. He sighed as well. The teacher had to urge him to turn around and focus on the lesson. If Rainbow Dash didn’t know any better, she would’ve guessed that he was checking her out. But that couldn’t have been possible. He wasn’t ugly and nerdy like all the other colts. On a scale of one to ten, she’d give him a six or a seven. That’s not what confused her, though. He looked strangely familiar. Something about him caught her attention in the first place, yet she couldn’t place her hoof on what it was. After he had turned around, she continued to stare at the back of his head, trying to figure out what it was that was so familiar to her. … “Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash!!!” Rainbow Dash snapped out of her hypnosis. She realized that she had been staring for at least ten minutes. The teacher glared at her angrily, along with about three quarters of her classmates. “Um…uh…what?” She stuttered. “Do you plan on doing your test today, or do I have to call an assassin to MAKE you take your test?” The teacher ordered. A couple of kids around the room chuckled quietly. “Oh, uh…sorry Mr. S. I’ll get right on it.” She replied shakily. She grabbed her pencil, looked down at her test, and began to work. The teacher turned around, and returned to his desk. She didn’t really like her teacher. ……………………………………… After two more hours of the same similar routine, school was dismissed. Rainbow Dash pushed and shoved her way past other students to be the first one out the door, like she usually did. She didn’t really care for crowds, unless they were all admiring her. She quickly got her saddlebags packed, slammed her locker shut, and hurried through the hallway to get out of the school. If she was wearing Spirit’s flight harness, she would fly over the students to get out. However, that obviously wasn’t the case. Just before she got out of the building, she was stopped by the tap of someone’s hoof. She turned around, reluctant to take the time for conversation. When she saw the pony that got her attention, her eyes widened a little. … It was the colt from her fourth period class. She was a little surprised to see him at a time like this, when most colts were with their friends spraying graffiti on a teacher’s car. “Hi, um…Rainbow Dash. How have you been doing?” He asked. Rainbow Dash gave him a confused stare, which made the moment awkward for both of them. He acted like he knew her, yet she did not quite know him. He looked so familiar though that she wanted to tear her mane out. “Uh…fine I guess. Listen, I have a lot of homework to do, so I’d kind of like to get home…” She replied. “Oh, that’s fine. I’ll be brief.” He cleared his throat. “I know that the dance is coming up this Friday, and I was just wondering if you wanted to…you know…go with me.” He asked. Rainbow Dash chuckled awkwardly. “Um, listen…that’s very flattering and all, but…I’m kind of into somepony else.” She sheepishly responded. “Who, the hoofball quarterback? Not to burst your bubble or anything, but he’s been taken since the dance was first announced.” Rainbow Dash groaned in exasperation. She should’ve known that someone as hot as him would go so soon. … “Listen, I know we’ve had our differences, but I’ve never gotten the chance to tell you how I’ve really felt these past years.” He explained. The more this colt was saying, the less sense he was making to her. He was so familiar to her, yet she couldn’t remember ever having differences with anypony. “I know I insulted your mane, and made fun of you and all that. But that was only because I was jealous of how awesome you really looked. And now I know of that flying disability that you have, so I’m not willing to put you down any more. Do you want to go to the dance with me?” He asked again. Rainbow Dash’s eyes widened, and she gasped. Suddenly, she knew who he was. He was the colt that she beat up back in elementary school for calling her a freak over her mane. And now he stood here in front of her, in high school, asking her out to a date. To be Continued…