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// Chapter 2: The Confrontation 
// Story: The Engagement 
// by MrBigmac1011 
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The Confrontation


"So Pinkie, what do you suggest we do first?" Stormy asked his party throwing friend. 
"Well," Pinkie replied as she sat on her haunches and put on her best thinking face,"in my opinion, the first thing we should do is check the weather to see when you can actually take Twilight out on a date, and there's only one pony I know that can tell us anything we need about the weather."
"No, not her, anypony but her." Stormy thought.
"Rainbow Dash!" PInkie exclaimed, finishing her own idea. 
"Crap." That was all Stormy could think. It wasn't that he didn't like Rainbow, it was that she didn't seem to like him. Ever since he came to Ponyville, Rainbow Dash kind of tended to avoid Stormy. It was almost as if she didn't trust him. However, Pinkie was right, it would be good to know the weather patterns so that he could pick a good night to propose. "Well, if we are going to find Rainbow Dash," Stormy repiled,"we had better start looking."
"We don't have to look, silly!" Pinkie exclaimed as she bounced her way out of the back door, "Rainbow is where she always is, in the clouds!" 
"Pinkie, neither of us can get to the clouds, we don't have wings." Stormy said to Pinkie, trying in anyway to put off the awkward encounter that would result if he went and talked to Rainbow Dash. Pinkie didn't respond. All she did was lead Stormy to a large pink shed that seemed out of place behind the bakery. 
"Why need wings when you have this!" Pinkie shoved open the doors of the shed to reveal a large hot air balloon surrounded by other flying contraptions and barrels, some empty, of fuel. "We can use this to get anywhere we want, so finding Dashie will be a piece of cake!" Pinkie chuckled to herself at the mention of cake, and began to prepare the balloon for departure. 



Stormy and Pinkie stepped out of the hot air balloon in front of what could only be described as a small castle in the sky. 
"This is Rainbow Dash's house?!" Stormy said, taken aback by the sheer size of the building
"It sure is!" Pinkie answered back as she cautiously placed a hoof on the clouds to test Stormy's cloud walking spell, "The good thing about cloud houses is that they don't cost a thing to build," Pinkie continued," so they can be as big as they want." 
Pinkie, sure that the clouds were safe, proceeded to trot over to Rainbow's door. Stormy followed, still apprehensive about this eventual meeting, and watched the pink earth pony as she knocked on the door. After a few minutes, the door began to slowly open. Stormy expected to see Rainbow Dash on the other side, but he was surprised to see that a small orange filly with a purple mane had opened the door. 
"Hi Pinkie," the pegasus stated upon seeing the party pony, "what are you doing up in the clouds?"
"Stormy and I were looking for Rainbow Dash, is she here?" Pinkie asked.
"Yeah, she's here. Let me go get her." the filly answered back.
As the the orange filly walked away, Stormy looked at Pinkie with clear confusion on his face. Pinkie immediately picked up on his expression and explained, "That was Rainbow's daughter, Scootaloo. Rainbow Dash adopted her about 6 months ago when she found out that Scoots was an orphan."
Right as Pinkie finished her sentence, Rainbow Dash showed up at the entryway. Right as she saw Stormy, however, she pulled Pinkie inside and slammed the door. After about 2 minutes of what Stormy assumed to be conversation, Rainbow poked her head out of the door. "Get in." she commanded. 
When he walked in, Stormy noticed a particular lack of the pony he had come here with. "Where's Pinkie?" he asked
"I sent her to go get the weather reports. Now what is this I here about you proposing to Twilight?"
"That's why I'm here, so that I can get the weather charts and figure out the perfect time to ask Twi to marry me."
Rainbow sighed, "That's what I was afraid of. Stormy do you have any idea why I've been avoiding you?" Stormy shook his head. "It's because I don't trust you. No matter what you say or how you justify it, the fact still stands, you left Twilight all those years ago, and I don't think that you deserve her. However, for her sake, I left your relationship alone, but now that you want to take it this far, I have to share my opinion with you."
Stormy looked at Rainbow with hurt in his eyes. "Rainbow," he answered, "I know I screwed up. I know that what I did hurt the mare that I love, and for that I will be forever sorry, but I have a chance to make things right. I want to let her know I'll be there for her forever, and that she'll never have to worry about being alone again. So please, if not for me, then for Twilight, will you help me?"
Rainbow Dash looked at the emotion in Stormy's eyes. Maybe I was wrong, she thought,Maybe he really does love her. "Alright Stormy, I'll help," Rainbow told him,"but I want you to know something."
"What?" Stormy asked.
"If you ever hurt Twilight again, you'll have to answer to me." Rainbow declared.
Stormy smiled and said, "Rainbow, if I have anything to say about it, the only thing Twilight will be from now on, is happy."