Weeks had gone by, and after a few practice runs with Rainbow Dash, Spitfire and Rainbow Dash flew down to the ground to rest.
Spitfire leaned back against a tree. She realized that Rainbow Dash wasn't acting the same as usual and became suspicious that something was going on with her. "So what's gotten into you Rainbow Dash? You have been acting like you’re in a trance all the time."
Rainbow Dash blushed and responded, "Oh you know, I have a special some pony on my mind and it's been kind of hard to concentrate."
Spitfire’s eyes widened. "Some pony special you say? Who is this special pony of yours, Rainbow Dash?"
Rainbow Dash looked up in the sky, as if she was expecting him to suddenly sweep her up off her hooves and carry her into the air. "Oh, it's Rapidfire," she said as she looked back down and kicked a stone with her hoof."
Spitfire's jaw dropped. "Oh no, Rainbow Dash! You can't date Rapidfire! He's a pony player!"
"A pony what?" Rainbow Dash asked her as she eyed her.
"A pony player!" she said again. "He's probably just using you for a while until he finds some pony else he likes better. He's always been like this. I have told him to stop, but he never listens."
Rainbow Dash stood there in disbelief. She became defensive and said, “Well, I think I know him too, and he seems to be a really good guy. Besides, I can feel in my heart that he loves me and I trust him. Maybe he used to be a pony player in the past, but I just know that he truly cares about me."
Spitfire just sighed in disappointment. "Well, I guess there is a chance that one can always change, but please don't say that I didn't warn you, if you end up getting hurt. I just hope that you didn't give your heart away to him already."
Rainbow Dash looked slightly angry now at Spitfire. She looked back up at her and said, "Don't you worry about me. I know how to handle myself just fine, OK?"
"OK," Spitfire said as she backed away. "I guess I’ll just leave now. See you at tomorrow’s practice." And with that being said, she flew off into the distance.
Rainbow Dash sighed. "What if she's right?" she thought to herself. "I'll have to go talk with Rapidfire about this personally." Rainbow Dash paced a few times before finally lifting off the ground to fly home. She would think about all of this tomorrow.
Knock. Knock. Knock. Rainbow Dash banged on Rapidfire's door with a sense of urgency.
After several minutes of waiting, the door opened.
There stood Rapidfire, dressed in a robe and looking awfully sick.
Rainbow Dash looked confused for a moment. At last she said, "Oh, I'm sorry to bother you, I just wanted to talk with you about something that Spitfire told me."
Rapidfire rolled his eyes. "Spitfire," he muttered "Don't tell me she is telling you all these crazy rumors about my past."
Rainbow Dash simply nodded with a "Mhmmm."
Rapidfire sighed. "Well don't believe a word she says! I tell you, that pony is just jealous, because we broke up a long time ago and she doesn’t want me to have any pony special in my life."
Rainbow Dash looked down at the ground and said, "I'm so sorry to hear that. I doubted her story, but I just wanted to hear your side of it."
"It's okay, Rainbow Dash," coughed Rapidfire. "Listen, I'm not feeling too well. I'm going to need a few weeks off to rest and I need to get back to bed right now."
"But what's the matter with you?" Rainbow Dash protested.
"I'm not so sure," the stallion coughed again. "I went to the doctor and he said that I had some kind of Pony virus and that it's quite common, but it takes a while to go away. All I need to do is rest up and I'll be all better in no time."
Rainbow Dash smiled "Oh, that's ok. I'll let you rest. Take good care of yourself, Rapidfire."
"Bye-bye Rainbow Dash," the stallion said, as he waved his hoof. "See you in a few weeks." He shut the door and went back upstairs to bed.
Rainbow Dash flew around for a while. "What if he's just pretending to be sick and is secretly seeing some other pony on the side?" she thought to herself. "I know what I'll do! I will hide in those clouds by his home and keep a watch on him."
Several hours later, Rainbow Dash popped her head out of the clouds. She had made herself a military-like hat, that she had gathered from the clouds to keep her camouflaged. She peered through her binoculars, as she watched Rapidfire sleep. She did this for hours at a time, taking breaks only for food and the occasional flight practice.
Several days went by with no sign of any pony else entering his house.
She felt pretty guilty about this whole thing, not to mention that it was downright creepy what she was doing. She reassured herself that Spitfire was just a jealous mare who didn't get her way, and that there was nothing to be worried about. She gave up spying and returned to her normal life.