//------------------------------// // 2. Snap the **** out of it // Story: True Loyalty // by Candi-404 //------------------------------// When I woke up, Luna wasn’t there. I stretched, puzzled at the vanishment of my companion. That’s when I noticed a small piece of parchment on the nightstand. ‘Had to go. Royal duties, as you probably would have guessed.. You know how Celestia gets when she’s worried. I didn’t exactly tell her I’d spend the night… -Luna’ I snorted. Suddenly, a memory flooded my mind. Rainbow Dash! If I hadn’t tried to do that trick, I would be in my library right now, and she would be kicking clouds, still able to fly… Nurse Redheart walked in the room. “Princess? Are you ready for visitors?” She asked. “I guess…” I mumbled back to her. Then, a different scene overtook my field of vision. “Watch this, Dash!” My voice was sickeningly gleeful. Rainbow Dash looked at me, smiled, and nodded. I started moving. As I started to dip and swirl, a powerful gust of wind lifted me higher than I intended to go. The next thing I could clearly see was Rainbow Dash zooming towards me. “Twilight! Snap the fuck out of it!” Applejack was standing over me when I opened my eyes. I was now on the cold tile floor and my neck was in terrible pain again. I groaned. “Twilight, what happened?” Rarity asked. “Yeah, Twilight, you were screaming bloody murder!” Spike exclaimed, stepping out from behind Rarity. A new wave of tears overcame me. “I s-s-saw what h-happened when we c-crashed… and it was all my fault!” Sobs wracked my body as I choked the words out. Tears blurred my vision, but I could see that everypony was looking at each other. “Don’t be af-fraid to admit it! It’s all... my... f-fault…” “Oh, Darling, it’s not your fault. Rainbow Dash simply miscalculated her trajectory a bit, which isn’t her fault either. It was a complete accident.” Rarity soothed. “B-but I just had to d-do that st-tupid t-trick… I wouldn’t have spun out in the f-first place if I didn’t do that t-trick.” I sniffled. My tears started to subside a bit.