Chapter 8: We Kiss We Make Up
Coughing, Flash got up and looked around for Twilight.
"Where are you, Twilight," he called.
"Over here, Flash," Twilight replied.
"I can't see you. There's too much dust in the air. Try to make some noise and I'll try to follow."
"Ok." Twilight levitated a small rock nearby and started hittng the ground with it, "can you hear it?"
"Yeah... hold on," Flash started walking towards the sound as it grew louder. Once it sounded like it was right next to him, Flash was able to see Twilight laying on her right side with her front right hoof jammed between two rocks.
"There you ar- whoa" Flash tripped over a sturdy rock in the ground that evaded his eyesight and he fell next to Twilight with their faces mere inches from each other.
They both started blushing from the awkward position until Flash said, "I see rocks like bumping into me as well."
"Real smooth, Romeo," Twilight sarcasticly said, as Flash got up, "but I'm still stuck."
"Oh... Right."
Flash pushed the rock holding Twilight's hoof off of her as she got up, "Thanks, but how are we going to get out of here?"
"Well I know for sure I don't have a trick up my sleeves for this one."
"I'm serious."
"Calm down... I can't see anything with all the dust, let's fly up a bit to see if we can find an exit."
"F-Fly? I'm not that strong of a flyer."
"Really? I would have bet anything that you would have gotten Rainbow or Fluttershy to show you how."
"Well, Fluttershy isn't much for flying, and Rainbow Dash doesn't have the patients to teach anything. Plus, I'm not what you call athletic... books are my thing."
"Hmm, well show me what you can already do."
"Alright."
Twilight started flapping her wings and stayed airborne for a minute until she wasn't able to hold it up any longer and fell back down.
"See." Twilight said, getting up.
"That wasn't bad actually, you were able to stay in the air, which is good start, but you seem to be hesitant when you do it. Flying is about confidence, once you get that confidence in you, you'll be able to fly strong and fast."
"I don't think right now is the best time for a flying lesson."
"I guess your right," Flash shrugged, "finding a way out is what's important. But maybe... nah, I'm not strong enough to do it alone."
"Do what?"
"I was thinking if I flapped my wings hard enough, I could fan out some of the dust, but I don't think it'll work."
"What if I flapped with you."
"We could try that."
Flash and Twilight stood apart at winglength next to each other.
"In order for this to work, we need to be in sync, so try to follow my motions, but we'll start slow, ready?"
Twilight nodded as he watched Flash slowly move wings back and foward. After watching his rhythm for a minute, Twilight started to follow his wing motions until they were matching each other flaps.
"Good, now let's speed it up a little."
Flash sped up a little as Twilight tryed to copy him. It took a bit, but she was able to match him as the dust around them started to move.
"You ready to go full speed? You might want to close your eyes. So you can really concentrate."
"But why."
"Just trust me."
"I don't know if I can. After all the things you kept from me."
"Hey, those were mistakes I don't intend I making again. I promise Twilight I will make things better, not only for me, but for you too."
"Alright... I trust you."
Twilight closed her eyes as she started flapping harder. The speed of her wings kept increasing until she was flapping as hard as she could.
"Did we clear out the dust?"
"Nope, you did. Open your eyes."
Twilight open her eyes and gasped. Her hooves were no longer on the ground! She was flying, she was actually flying!
"But... how..."
"I told you you can trust me," Flash said as he hovered next to her, "especially when I said you weren't that bad at flying."
"Oh, thank you Flash," Twilight exclaimed, then, to their surprise, hugged him. She suddenly realize what she just did, and broke away from him immediately and flapped back towards the ground, blushing as she started playing with her hair that covered her eye.
"It... was nothing, really," Flash replied, as he flapped towards the ground and blushing as he rubbed the back of his neck, "so... should we try to find our way out?"
"Yeah... we should."
But neither of them moved, for they just stood there, smiling awkwardly as they looked at each other. Then their smiles faded as they started leaning closer to each other. They stopped when their noses were just a couple of inches from each other as they looked into each others eyes.
"You have the most beautiful eyes, no matter what color they're in," Flash said.
"Thanks," Twilight smiled, but stopped when they started staring at each other again.
Twilight then leaned forward and lightly kissed Flash on the lips, but then quickly pulled away.
"I'm so sorry," Twilight apologized.
"For what," Flash asked concerned.
"I'm sorry for the confusion I just caused you. I must be toying your emotions very badly right now. I just don't understand what is going on!"
"I understand perfectly," Flash cooed.
Twilight tryed to hide her blushing face under her hair, but Flash moved it out of the way and smiled kindly to her, making her feel weak. Then Flash slowly leaned towards her until they could feel each other's breath, then kissed Twilight back. Twilight wrapped her hooves around Flash in response and pulled him in deeper. They continued to kiss as a ring of light suddenly appeared around them. The ring started to spin around as it started to grow into a capsule that completely surrounded them. Then... it disappeared...
(To Be Continued...)