“There’s got to be somepony here,” Twilight insisted. She scanned across the market one last time, seeing many ponies busily going about their day, but no Dashs or the other girls.
“Guess none of the girls needed to shop today.” Pinkie shrugged.
“Shouldn’t Applejack be working her stall by now?” Twilight asked.
“She probably still bucking on the farm,” Pinkie offered.
“I guess…” Twilight said worryingly, “I just hope she doesn’t overwork herself again.”
“Don’t worry so much, Twilight, Applejack will be fine,” Pinkie reassured, “she learned her lesson from applebucking season, I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s doing something nice and relaxing right now…”
Applejack collapsed in a sweaty heap, taking long deep breaths and trying to speak between them, “Dash… that… was-”
She was interrupted by Lust placing a hoof over her muzzle as she lay by her side, “believe me, AJ, I know,” Lust said with a cheeky grin. Lust lifted one of her fore hooves up to Applejack face, she brushed a few loose strands of Applejack’s mane to the side. They stared deeply into each other eyes before Lust spoke, “hey, Applejack…”
“Yeah sugarcube?”
“Wanna go again?” she asked, excited.
Applejack rolled over in a fit a controlled laughter, “yer such a pig,” she managed to say between laughs. Shaking her head loose of her giggling fit, Applejack stood up and tried to stretch out her legs, which now felt as weak and wobbly as jelly, “how’s about this…” she began, as she heard distinctive cracks, “I’ll go grab us a quick drink from inside, and I’ll think about it… ‘sides, my muzzle’s still a sore from the last time.”
“Yeah I’d bet.” Lust giggled. “Ok, you grab some drinks I’ll be here.”
Applejack gave Lust one last kiss on the cheek before gently trotting off to the farmhouse. As she began to trot she noticed a few figures by the farmhouse, a smile graced her lips, “heh, the girls seemed ta arrive round about the time we… arrived,” Applejack said with a small chuckle.
“They’re still a fair bit away, I’m sure they won’t bother us if we continue our fun.” Lust giggled.
“Knowing them… I’d doubt it,” Applejack said, shaking her head slightly. She resumed her course, leaving Lust to entertain herself.
What to do, what to do… Lust thought as let her eyes wander around the acres that lay around her. Eventually her gaze landed on the group of small figures by the farmhouse. Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo seemed to be cheerfully playing around with a small ball.
Lust licked her lips as many dirty thoughts entered her mind, “targets acquired,” she muttered to herself as she began approaching the fillies.
Whoa wait, what am I doing? Dash came to a halt but her eyes stayed fixed on the three fillies playing, I can’t really do this can I? I mean yeah I can and it would super easy, but I shouldn’t… I may be Lust, but I’m still Dash, and I’m loyal to Applejack. With that, she turned and began to head back to her initial spot, until another thought caused her to stop again, but then again… I am really horny.
Rarity galloped at full speed yet still found herself unable to catch up to her cheerfully bouncing target. “Rainbow Dash, you get back here this instant and clean up your mess.”
“Well I’m not Rainbow Dash so I don’t have to clean anything,” Joy said as she blew a raspberry back at Rarity.
“Dash, I don’t know what game you’re playing at here, but I am in no mood for it!”
Rarity came to a sudden stop as a blue and orange blur zipped by her, before she could find the blur she heard a voice by her side, it spoke quickly and energetically, not unlike an excited Rainbow Dash, “Hey, Rarity, what are you doing? Chasing Joy? Bet I can get her first.”
She turned around and found herself muzzle to muzzle with another Rainbow Dash, but where the first’s hair seemed to have mysteriously changed to yellow, this one’s was orange. Rarity flicked her eyes back and forth between the two almost identical mares, worried that something even worse than the pinkiedash incident may be taking place. “I… wha-” was all Rarity managed to get out before the orange haired Dash flared her wings and excitedly screamed, “Onetwothree GO!”
Ego took off at an amazing speed, quickly closing the gap between her and Joy. Ego tackled her, bringing her down to the ground. Ego sat on the dazed Joy, puffing out chest and running a hoof through her mane. She called out to all the ponies who had started gathering around them since first hearing the commotion, “please everypony, don’t crowd, there’s enough of me to go around. Autographs are twenty bits, pictures with me are thirty, and picture of just me are thirty-five, because they make for better pictures.”
Lyra, one of the many ponies watching the spectacle, gave Rarity a gently nudge and asked, “Hey, Rarity, you know what going on? Is this another friendship lesson thing you six are doing?”
“Sorry to disappoint, dear, but I have no idea what is happening, there appears to be multiple Rainbow Dashs… as if one wasn’t enough. They also seem to be behaving rather odd.”
“Ok everypony, line starts here, let’s keep this moving, I got a lot of stuff to sign.” Ego cheerily called out to the crowd once again.
“Seems the same to me.” Lyra shrugged. “Except for the hair, I mean, what weirdo pony has orange hair?”
Lyra turned around after hearing somepony clear their throat, there she found Big Mac and Carrot Top standing behind her, both looking rather upset. “Well that’s just terrible timing,” she muttered to herself.
“Out of the way! Everypony out of the way!” A voice called from beyond the crowd. It was Twilight Sparkle. She and Pinkie began squeezing their way through the crowd to the center.
“Uh oh, Twilight…” Ego muttered, “later, Joy!” she said as she took off.
“Dammit, she got away,” Twilight moaned.
“Can’t you go after her?” Pinkie inquired.
“She’s going too fast for me to get her now.” Twilight lowered her gaze to the Dash that still sat on the ground staring back at them. “At least there’s this one.”
When Joy Dash’s eyes landed on Pinkie Pie, her smile grew to abnormal proportions, Twilight would swear she even heard a small squeaking sound at the smiles climax. Joy quickly rushed over Pinkie and began bouncing all around her, “Oh my gosh it’s you! I’m super-duper ultrarific excited to meet you! I’m Joy Dash, friends call me Joy, will you be my friend? Can we have a ‘I just become friends with part of the personality of a pony who was already my friend’ party? Huh? Huh? Huh? Can We? Can We? Can-”
Joy Dash was cut off by a spell Twilight had cast around her. It was a small, soundproof, containment bubble, that gently lifted Joy into the air. Despite now being trapped and nopony able to hear her, Joy seemed to still be rambling away inside the confines of her bubble.
“Thank Celestia,” Pinkie groaned. “She was sooooo annoying, I mean, can you imagine hanging out with somepony like that all the time? Huh, Twilight? Huh? Can ya? Can ya? Can ya?”
Twilight let out an exhausted sigh. “No, Pinkie, I don’t think I can possibly imagine that.”
“Excuse me, Twilight,” Rarity said as trotted towards the girls from her place in the crowd. “I believe you have some explaining to do.”
Twilight’s ears fell flat and she gave a sheepish smile as she looked around at the crowd still staring at them. “Right… guess so.”
Applejack gently strolled up the slight incline to take her place by her lover’s side. She carried a small tray in her mouth, with two glasses of apple juice carefully placed on top. Applejack threw a quick glance back to the farmhouse where the girls were playing, huh, guess the girls must of moved on, swear they were there just a minute ago.
Lust sat perfectly still by the tree Applejack had left her by, a glazed, vacant look in Lust’s eyes told Applejack she was clearly deep in thought about something.
Applejack placed the tray on the ground and waved a hoof in front of Lust’s eyes. “Hey, Sugarcube, got the drinks for us.”
Lust snapped backed to reality, but they she looked at Applejack told her something was still taking her mind elsewhere.
“So ah was thinking maybe we could go inta town and get somethin’ ta eat, just the two of us, how’s that sound?”
Lust’s eyes traveled from spot to spot, first on Applejack, then where the girls used to be, and finally settling on the ground. Lust bit her lip, finding it hard to say anything. When she finally managed to speak, she spoke in a small, soft voice, not the kind she used earlier when she was trying to be alluring, but the kind that showed she was very uncomfortable with something, “AJ, this was a mistake… I… gotta go.”
Applejack’s smile faded, replaced by a look of anxiety, “g-go, where are ya goin’?”
Lust gave no answer; she merely started a slow trot towards the path that lead out of Sweet Apple Acres.
“Rainbow, ya can’t just go, not after we… Ah…” Applejack found herself unable to finish a sentence. Lust knew what was coming, she couldn’t hear Applejack say it because what right did she have to hear those words before the one they’re meant for. Lust flared up her wings, preparing for a quick getaway… but she was too late.
“Ah love you, Rainbow Dash!” Applejack called out to her rather loudly, she didn’t care who heard, Applejack was always one for speaking the truth and her love for Rainbow Dash was never a question, it was a fact of life.
Lust remained still, her breathing deepened as she tried to hold back the strange feelings surging through her, Can I cry? Lust wondered, I may not want to hurt Applejack, but how do I feel about leaving her like this? I can’t say I love her because… Rainbow loves her, I’m just a libido with body. I lust for her, but there’s only one who can show love.
Lust turned her head round to see Applejack, her eyes were red and puffy, her legs were wobbly, she seemed ready to collapse under her emotional strain. Lust said the one thing that came to mind, the one thing a mere piece of the puzzle that is Rainbow Dash could say to a declaration of love, “I know.”
With that, Lust flapped her wings and took to the air, she may have turned her head forward, but her gaze remained on Applejack until she just a distant dot in Lust’s sight.
If Anger can calm herself down long enough to get something done, maybe I can too… maybe.
Anger descended upon the small cottage just on the outskirts of Ponyville, she carried a sniveling pony in a hooves, one who, despite her namesake, couldn’t bear to be in the air.
“H-Hey, Anger, could you put me down,” Sadness pleaded, “I’m not very g-good at flying.”
“Dear Celestia.” Anger sighed. “How are you part of Rainbow Dash?”
Anger hovered just above the ground and tossed Sadness into a bush just short of the bridge leading to Anger’s next target. “Look, Sadness, the only reason you’re here is because you’re too weak to even run and hide. So just shut up and let me take care of business.”
Sadness peeked out of the bush towards the cottage, she remembered from Rainbow’s memories that this was Fluttershy’s home, probably the mare least equipped to handle somepony like Anger. “W-what business exactly?”
Anger threw Sadness a dark grin. “It’s like I said, Rainbow’s friends have held her back far too long, so… it’s time to dispose of them… starting with the one who’s held her back the longest.” Anger trotted up the door and gave it three gently taps. After sometime and a series of muffled noises, Fluttershy came to the door and upon opening it, gave Anger a gentle smile.
“Hello, Rainbow Dash, did you get your mane and tail done today?” she asked.
“Yeah yeah, a lot’s happened today, look I just need to talk to you about few things regarding our friendship.”
“Oh that sounds nice; I’m always up for a nice friendship discussion.”
“Well… ‘nice’ is kind of a relative term here, actually I suppose ‘discussion’ is too considering you won’t really be saying anything,” Anger explained.
“I’m… confused.”
“Well here, it’s like this,” Anger began, “I don’t need you anymore, so don’t try to talk to me, ever again.”
Fluttershy felt a pain in her heart, she took a step back and drew a sharp breath, “Rainbow, if this is some kind of prank please don’t do this, you know I don’t like these things.”
“Oh it’s no joke, Fluttershy.” Anger laughed, “after I’m done here I’m gonna tell the others the same. I’m done with all of you. The unbearable chatter, all the time you ponies wasting time doing things I could take care of in half the time without you, I’m sick of it. It’s time for change, so let’s start with you.”
Fluttershy sniffled, trying to hold back the inevitable tears. “I guess I… I…”
“See, this is what I’m talking about, you can’t even speak properly.” Anger groaned. “Do us all a favour and shut up altogether!” she yelled.
Fluttershy abruptly slammed the door closed and ran upstairs to her room. Anger let out a small chuckle and trotted back over to the bush Sadness hid in. “Ha, did you see that?” Anger laughed. “Priceless.”
Sadness crawled out from the bush and stood by Anger’s side. “You don’t think you were uh… a little harsh?”
“If anything I was going easy on her,” Anger snapped. “Now… on to the next one.”