//------------------------------// // Confessions // Story: Parties and Butterflies // by angryfrenchfry //------------------------------// Seconds seemed like minutes. Minutes felt like hours. Hours felt like days. Rainbow Dash was still laying in her cloud bed. She hadn't come out of her home in three days. No pony had seen her, nor talked to her. It was just isolation. Even though she was the main weather pony and had a job to clear out the clouds over Ponyville, the weather factory sent a different Pegasus on the second day the clouds weren't clear. It had been so long since the rainbow Pegasus had felt the sunlight on her back or the ind in her mane. She knew that she needed to go outside but lacked the motivation to simply get out of her soft bed. Rainbow Dash was aware her friends were worried sick about her. She never did give a reason or explanation for her behaviour. Three days ago Pinkie Pie had told Applejack and Rainbow that she had a crush on Fluttershy. When the words came out of the pink pony's mouth, it felt as if somepony had took it out of her chest and beat it. So she flew away to her home in a rush, not knowing what to do. Since then, she couldn't get the words out of her head. They kept ringing and ringing like a never ending bell. She tried to read some of her Daring Do novels to try and get her mind off of these thoughts but it was of no use. All she could think about was how Pinkie Pie had broken her heart. Rainbow knew better then to blame her hyper friend though. In all reality, it was only her own fault. If she would of told Pinkie how she felt for her sooner, then maybe Pinkie would of liked her too, instead of Fluttershy. It was around noon when Rainbow Dash awoke in her bedroom. Her mane was all messy and she felt like throwing up. Laying down to relax for a minute she finally forced herself to get out of her bed. She needed to go down to Ponyville and she knew it. She needed to go find Applejack, Pinkie, and Twilight and apologize for what had happened a few days before. With a small bit of doubt in her mind, she got out of her bed and walked over to a mirror set on the wall. Looking at herself seemed foreign. She looked terrible to say the least. With a long sigh she made her way to her bathroom to wash up. Her bathroom wasn't like any other one in Ponyville. It was just white clouds (go figure) and a darker rain cloud above. With a quick squeeze of the rain cloud all the water came gushing out over top of the Pegasus. The water felt amazing on her coat and mane. She hadn't washed up in over three days after all. When the cloud was drained of its fluid, Rainbow dried off with a towel she kept on a cloud shelf. She felt much better after that and decided to make her way to the front door of her home. There was no time to waste. Just as she had reached the door she heard a familiar voice. "Um, hello? Are you home Rainbow Dash?" The voice was soft and quiet. Rainbow heard some tapping on her door. She opened it to revile Fluttershy standing there. "Rainbow!" Fluttershy said with a smile. "I'm so glad your ok. You have everypony worried about you, you know!" "Hi Fluttershy. Yeah I know, I was going to apologize to our friends about that." "Oh, I see. Well, what happened? Rarity and I weren't there but Twilight told us that you just flew off to your house." She continued. "And that was three whole days ago. I got so worried so I finally decided to see if everything was ok..." "Thanks Fluttershy. I appreciate it but I don't really want to talk about it. There is a lot on my mind still. Maybe another time." Rainbow said trying to avoid eye contact with her fellow Pegasus friend. "Oh, well, ok...sorry." The shy pony said with her head down. "Do you want to join me for a bite to eat? Maybe it would get your mind off things...if that's what you want of course." Rainbow Dash considered this for a moment. Did she really want to go out to lunch with the Pegasus her crush has a crush on? Maybe it wouldn't be so bad but looking at Fluttershy made Rainbow think of Pinkie. "Actually Shy, I need to get things done today, sorry." She said. "O-oh ok. No problem. I need to go do some things for the animals, so I'll see you later Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy started to flap her wings and take off back towards her cottage. Pull yourself together Rainbow Dash! You have to go see your friends and apologize! Go! Rainbow thought to herself. She forced her wings up and took off towards the Sweet Apple Acres. She figured that Applejack should get an apology first. Rainbow and Applejack were closer then most of their other friends so it was natural for Rainbow to say sorry to her first. Maybe Rainbow would eventually tell Applejack what she had been feeling towards Pinkie. She would definitely know what to do about it. But not now. Getting things straight with her friends was top priority for today. Rainbow felt good to be flying again. She missed the wind and sun. She zoomed over the apple trees below her and made her way towards the northeast orchard where Applejack was busy bucking the apples like she was every day. The two ponies had known each other for so long that Rainbow knew Applejack's schedule for her chores. The Pegasus finally saw her friend and descended towards her. "Uh, hi AJ." Rainbow said kind of shyly. "Rainbow! There you are!" Applejack tackled her and hugged her friend. "We've been so worried about you sugarcube. Where have you been?" "In my house. I was just dealing with a lot of stuff. I kind of still am. But that's not important. I'm really sorry for what happened a few days back." "Oh Rainbow, it's alright. Don't get your mane in a twist about it. I don't know why you flew off like that but I'm sure you had your reasons." The work horse said calmly. "Thanks AJ. I'll tell you why another time. I need to find Twilight and Pinkie. Do you know where they are?" Rainbow asked. "Sure do! They're in the barn. They both offered to help me with some stuff in there so I left em to it. They will be mighty glad to see you, I'm sure." "Alright, see you later!" Rainbow said as she jumped up and beat her wings to go forward towards the barn. Once more, Rainbow felt the wonderful winds as they swept atop her mane and around her face. She truly felt alive but knew it wouldn't last as she came up to the barn. As she landed she look in a deep breath and slowly made her way to the slightly open big red wooden doors. Rainbow was just about to walk inside when she heard Pinkie Pie and Twilight talking. "Twilight, I miss Rainbow Dash. She hasn't come out in three days!" A high pitched voice said. "I know Pinkie but I know she will. I don't know why she flew away but I'm sure she had a reason." Twilight said as she pushed a bundle of hay into a corner. "But...I think I know why. She flew away because I said I have a crush on Fluttershy! I just know that she doesn't approve and hates me now!" Rainbow could hear the sadness in Pinkies voice. "Come on Pinkie. Rainbow Dash is your friend. Of course she supports you. Don't beat yourself up over this." Twilight put her forehoove over her sobbing friends shoulder. It was true. Rainbow Dash did support Pinkie's choice. It was just difficult to handle. She had to stay strong and a good friend to Pinkie no matter what. After all, she was the element of loyalty. Rainbow took a few steps back and thought for a moment. She thought about everything that Pinkie had supported her in. How great a friend she was. That's why Rainbow liked her. Rainbow Dash was now on her back haunches a few steps left from the barn door. She went into deeper thought about the day when she actually met her crush. "I don't want to go to this place!" Rainbow Dash whined. Her and Gilda the griffon were on there way to a local 'hang out' place that Gilda knew about. It was almost nighttime and the bright sun made the small Pegasus squint her eyes. Her feathered friend walked tall and proud like she had always done. Gilda wasn't the nicest person but she was Rainbow's only real friend. And she was unquestionably, undoubtedly, awesome! Well, at least in the eyes of the cyan filly. "Don't be a cry baby, Dash! You'll like this place. It's got cool music and lots of stuff to do. They even host races sometimes!" Said the griffon. "Ugh," Rainbow sighed. "Fine, let's just go. I'm not making any promises of staying though." As the two friends rived at their destination Rainbow sighed one again and they both went inside. Once they were inside the music pounded on the filly's ears like a jackhammer. The lights were flashing so fast it was enough to make somepony sick to their stomach. Rainbow wondered what kind of place that actually was. It was so flashy and bright. Not to mention loud! Rainbow Dash was about to ask if they could leave but when she looked around, she couldn't find Gilda anywhere! Rainbow worried for a moment but realized that she was right next to the door that led to the streets of Ponyville. Looking around one last time for her friend, she decided that she'd leave. Gilda could take care of herself. With that, she stepped out the door. It was dark out now and Rainbow was alone by the strange club-like place. She didn't know anypony in this town so she was very nervous and scared at the moment. "Hey! What's your name?" A voice said. Rainbow jumped in shock only to see a small pink filly with puffy pink hair standing next to her. "Oh um, I'm Rainbow Dash." "Hi Rainbow Dash! My name's Pinkie Pie. You looked all alone so I decided to say hi and be your friend!" Pinkie said with a huge grin. "Want to go run somewhere? I love running!" "You're funny Pinkie Pie! I'll race you too that tree over there! One, two, tree, GO!" Rainbow said. She didn't know why, but she liked this pink pony. There was something different about her. From that day on, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were best of friends. Rainbow Dash smiled to herself. She had to tell Pinkie how she felt. But not now. Like she thought about before, just apologizing was enough stress on her today. Rainbow Dash got up on all her four hooves and finally made her way into the barn and saw Twilight and Pinkie taking a small break from the work. They both looked up in unison. "Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie screamed in excitement. She ran at the multi-coloured mare. And leaped on her with more force then Applejack. "Where were you? Are you ok? We were so worried about you!" "Ow Pinkie!" Rainbow said as she was being tackled. Pinkie stepped off and hugged her. Rainbow returned the hug and Twilight stepped up beside Pinkie. "I'm sorry about the other day you guys. I just had a lot of things on my mind. I just couldn't deal with anything. But I'm all better now. And before you ask what was on my mind, I can't tell you just yet, sorry." "Rainbow it's ok! We're just glad to see you again!" Twilight said as Pinkie nodded in agreement. "I'm glad to see you guys too. Hey Twi, could I talk to Pinkie for a minute?" Rainbow asked. "Oh, uh, sure thing. I'll see you tow in a minute then." Twilight said as she exited the barn. Pinkie was sitting on her back haunches as Twilight exited. She was looking at Rainbow with a hint of both happiness and confusion. "What did you want to talk about Dashie?" Pinkie asked. Rainbow Dash had decided that she needed to tell Pinkie how she felt. It would get a lot of stress off of her chest and she could breath easier at least knowing that Pinkie knows. At the same time while thinking this, thousands of other thoughts were going around in her brain. How would she react? Will she hate me? Rainbow was able to to push these thoughts away and take a deep breath. "Listen Pinkie, this is going to be odd and strange. It will make you feel awkward and concerned. I'm just going to say it straight out, alright? But Pinkie Promise me you won't tell anypony and you won't be mad at me, ok?" Rainbow said. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" Pinkie said with a smile that made the cyan pony feel relaxed. "I know you have a crush on Fluttershy but," Rainbow bit her lip. "I have a crush on you." Pinkie sat there with a face that basically said, 'what just happened?'. Dash liked HER? It was certainly a shock to Pinkie but never ever would she be mad at Rainbow Dash. "Wow, really?" Pinkie finally said. "Yeah, but I respect your liking of Fluttershy and I fully support you ok? I just needed to let you know. If you ever get hurt, or are sad, I'll be here Pinks." "Rainbow..." Pinkie started off slow. "I understand. But you need to know that I can't return the feelings. Sorry, but it just has to be this way, ok?" Rainbow held back her tears. "I understand Pinkie. Thank you for being my friend." Holding back the tears was pointless now as Rainbow burst into a sobbing state. She fell into Pinkie's arms and just held on as if it was for her life. Pinkie held Rainbow Dash like she would Fluttershy if they were together. Pinkie loved Rainbow Dash as a friend and it just had to stay that way. "P-Pinkie?" Dash said while taking heavy breathes. "Let me help you and Fluttershy be a couple. Please. I need to see you happy." Pinkie started to tear up as well but they were tears of joy. She knew that Rainbow Dash would never do anything to hurt her or Fluttershy she lifted Rainbow's head from her chest and looked at her. Pinkie noticed that Rainbow Dash was still crying, but, they too, were tears of joy. All Rainbow Dash wanted now, was to see her friend happy. "Ok Dashie." Pinkie said. It was all that needed to be said and heard from Rainbow Dash. "T-thank you Pinkie. So much." It was a rough day for Rainbow Dash. She had the stress level that she thought was not even possible to have. Her thoughts were bouncing around and her inner voice was telling her to say different things ever ten seconds. It was too much for her to handle. But laying in the arms of Pinkie, every pain she had ever felt, went away. Not because Pinkie was the pony she loved, but because of the friendship that heated their hearts together. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash would always be there for each other, friend or foe. For better, or worse. Until the very end of times.