//------------------------------// // chapter 3 // Story: One Mistake Can Lead To Pain // by NightGlider Shimmer //------------------------------// "Morning mom," Rainbow said kissing her mother on the check. "Morning dad" Rainbow said doing the same thing. Both Firefly and Spectrum looked at each other in confusion until Firefly spoke up. "Is that our daughter," Firefly said sarcastically. "I don't know maybe an alien abducted and replaced her," Spectrum said, also in a sarcastic tone. Rainbow looked at both of them with a smug smirk on her face. "Haha very funny, I'm just in a good mood today," Rainbow said happily. "Well ok, hurry up and eat your breakfast or your gonna be late for school," Firefly said. Rainbow ate the eggs her father made and grabbed some toast on her way out the door. Rainbow raced to the door yelling "Bye mom, bye dad," as she went of to school. "One day she will go out that door a real woman and going off to college, and there is nothing we can do to stop her," Firefly said. "My little girl is growing up too fast," Spectrum said a tear escaping his eye. Once rainbow got on the bus she looked to the back of the bus and saw an empty seat and went back to sit down there, once she sat down she puled out her i pond and headphones and turned on a song and turned on the song ......well .......the song headphones and listened to that for awhile till the buss stopped again but she payed no mind to it but puled out one ear bud so she could hear if someone spoke to her. Soarin got on the bus and looked directly to the back and saw some rainbow hair that was hard to miss and went to the back to go and sit with his girlfriend. He saw her as she looked over to him and smiled. "Hay, sup"? rainbow asked. "Nothin, my parents still hate me for having sex with you," Soarin said with a small chuckle as he sat down. "Well not mine. They aren't pissed of anymore, my dad gave me a stern talking to though," Rainbow said with a small giggle. "Why do girls always get off so easy?" Soarin said in an aggravated tone. Rainbow looked over and glared at him. "Whats that supposed to mean?" Rainbow said, a little angry at Soarin's comment. "Nothing, I just think all girls get off way too easy, that's all," Soarin said, wondering what he said wrong. "I don't 'get off' easily. My parents took away my phone for a week and I just got it back this morning," Rainbow said in a very aggravated way. Soarin saw quickly that Rainbow was about to cry and before he could respond Rainbow turned towards the window and put her hands over her eyes. "Rainbow I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that," Soarin said in a worried tone, as if he had just made the mistake that would end their relationship. Rainbow turned around to look at Soarin and then buried her face in his chest, Soarin responded by hugging her. "I'm sorry Rainbow. Can you forgive me?" Soarin asked. "Yeah sure," Rainbow said looking up and smiling at him. Soarin wiped away some of Rainbows tears and held her close to him. AwWW you to are sssoooo cute," a pink girl said from behind them. "Ahhhhh! Pinkie pie how long have you been there?" Rainbow shrieked. "Oh not long. Just long enough to hear your guys conversation," Pinkie said. "She's right darling. We have been here the whole time and you didn't even notice," Rarity said. Rainbow looked back and saw all her friends behind her and then blushed. She had never acted like that in front of her friends, not even Soarin. She wondered what was going on with her and then sat back down. "Uh oh hear comes trouble," Applejack said. The girls looked down at the front of the bus and saw Lightning Dust and Gilda; they had both transferred to the school about a month ago. "Well well well, If it isn't Rainbow Dash with her loser boyfriend," Gilda said. This enraged Rainbow, she got up to punch Gilda but was stopped by Soarin and Rarity who grabbed both of Rainbow's arms. "Rainbow don't let Gilda anger you. Just ignore her," Soarin said. Rainbow sat back down; Gilda and Lightning Dust sat down in the seat in front of them and started talking. That was when Rainbow put in both of her earbuds and started listening to music again. The bus stopped again in front of Canterlot High and everyone got up and got off the bus. Soarin and the girls all said thank you to the bus driver because no one ever did, and they went into the school. Twilight was the first to speak up about what they were all wondering. "So Rainbow, what kind of sickness where you sick with yesterday," Twilight asked curiously. "I don't know. It went on for three hours and then just stopped. I threw up like eight times, and my mom said i had all these mood swings," Rainbow said as a wave of nausea hit her and her face turned pale blue. "Rainbow darling, are you alright?" Rarity asked. Just as Rarity said that Rainbow ran to one of the girls bathrooms so she could throw up. "Soarin stay here" Twilight said as she went into the bathroom with Rarity following her. Twilight saw Rainbow's shoes and went to the stall that Rainbow was in and opened the door, Rainbow didn't lock it when she got in the bathroom. Twilight knelt down and pulled Rainbow's hair out of the way and looked up at Rarity. "Rarity, make an 'out of order' sign and put it on the door so no one comes in, and lock it," Twilight said. Rarity did just that. Once Rainbow stopped throwing up Rarity handed a paper towel to her and Rainbow wiped her mouth. Twilight had to help her to her feet because she was so weak. "Twilight do you have any idea whats wrong with me?" Rainbow asked. "Well Rainbow with the description you gave earlier you could be... pregnant," Twilight said. "But there is only one way to find out. Come on Rainbow let's take you to the nurse," Twilight said. As they walked out of the bathroom Rarity took the out of order sign off and the three friends walked to the nurses office and then the bell rang, Twilight looked over at Rarity. "Rarity tell the teacher that I'm helping a friend to the nurse," Twilight said since she and Rarity had the same class. Rarity nodded and went to class. Once Twilight and Rainbow got to the nurses office she spoke up. "Nurse Redheart," Twilight said. "How can i help you two," the nurse replied. "Well.....um ...do you have any pregnancy tests? Rainbow needs to see if she is pregnant or not," Twilight said. Nurse Redheart looked a little surprised but went to her cabinet and puled out a test and cup and handed them to Rainbow " I'm going to guess you know what to do," Redheart said. Rainbow nodded as she went into the bathroom. About 30 seconds later Rainbow came out of the bathroom with the test and held it out for the nurse to see. It had a plus symbol on it. "I'm so sorry Miss Dash but you are pregnant," nurse Redheart said. As she said that Rainbow broke down and cried. Twilight held her close to her and Rainbow cried into her shoulder since Twilight was taller then Rainbow. "Twilight how am I going to tell Soarin?" Rainbow said, still sobbing. "I don't know Rainbow, but I do know that he deserves to know. He is the father after all," Twilight said. " I guess your right Twilight he does deserve to know. I'll tell him after school, I think that would be the best thing to do," Rainbow said. "Alright Rainbow if you think so," Twilight said. With that out of the way they both went to class. The bell rang for the end of the day and every one went outside. Rainbow went outside and was greeted by Soarin. "Rainbow, whats up? Twilight told me you wanted to tell me something after school," Soarin said. "Yeah Soarin I do and I-I-I umm I-I wanted to t-tell y-you ummm," Rainbow started to stutter. "Just tell me like your ripping off a band-aid," Soarin said. "I'm pregnant and you're the father," Rainbow said. Soarin looked at her in shock . Him A father, He stood still for a moment and then he smiled like no other time before. He picked rainbow up and hugged her but not to tightly; he didn't want to hurt her or the baby. "Oh Rainbow this is amazing! I can't believe I'm going to be a father," Soarin said but not to loudly. The girls were watching from afar to make sure that if Soarin was mad that he didn't hurt her but instead they where smiling because they were happy that Soarin was happy. What they didn't know was that Gilda and Lightning Dust were watching Rainbow and Soarin. "Haha Gilda, what do you think? A new rumor to spread?" Lightning Dust said. "I think its a perfect new rumor to start spreading," Gilda said with a evil grin on her face.