Rainbow Dash sat bolt upright. Unsure of what just happened or where she was, she looked around her. The first thing she realized was that she was in her own bedroom, which came as an instant relief. Her best friend Pinkie Pie was not dying, it had just been a terrible dream.
Unknown to Rainbow Dash, all dreams pack a powerful message.
Rainbow Dash sat in her bed, small beads of sweat rolling down her forehead. She began to think about the dream, however she had already forgotten a good part of it. There were small snippets of scenes still burned into her brain, but the rest had escaped her memory.
What she did remember though, were the worst parts. Having to see herself and Pinkie in tears. The hole in Pinkie’s chest. All the blood on Pinkie’s coat. What had her most intrigued though, was what she was about to tell Pinkie at the end of the dream. Somehow, she had forgotten what was probably the most important moment. It was in her mind somewhere; but she just couldn’t get it out. She was sure that it would come to her one day at the most random of times; that’s just how it tended to be with forgotten dreams. And anything that’s related to Pinkie Pie.
Rainbow Dash decided to leave it be for now and to go one with her daily activities. Flying; controlling the weather; giving Scootaloo a few flying lessons; and most importantly - being awesome. She considered stopping by Pinkie Pie’s a bit later on, that could help settle her nerves. But for now, she had to prepare herself for the day ahead; a cool pony doesn’t like to mess things up.
After her general morning activities of eating breakfast and brushing her teeth, Rainbow Dash decided to treat herself to a steaming hot bath – something she rarely did. Rainbow Dash trotted into her bathroom and pulled her hot water rain cloud out of its respective spot. Rainbow Dash lowered the rain cloud to the level of her bath and flew on top of it. She began to bounce of the cloud, causing it to empty the water inside of itself.
“Hmm, running on empty. Better go get a new cloud made at The Factory…” Rainbow Dash muttered to herself.
Once the bathtub had filled up to her liking, Rainbow Dash hopped in. She didn’t test to see how hot the water was using her hoof, and she soon regretted it.
“Phwaaaaah! Hot! Hot!” Rainbow Dash yelled. However, she decided not to hop out of the bath and get her cold-water rain cloud out to reduce the temperature of the water. Instead she relaxed; relaxing helps to get used to any given temperature.
“Damn this water is hot…” Rainbow Dash paused. “Just like me.” She laughed to herself. A bit of early morning reassurance about her looks was always welcome, even if it came from herself. She knew that it didn’t matter who said it, even if it were herself, because it was true anyway.
She spent a good amount of time in the tub, lying down and doing absolutely nothing. Very soon after, she decided that the bath was getting just a little too boring for her standards. To fix this, she stood up and shook the water out of her fur. Clouds made the walls and floors of her house, so it didn’t matter where the water splattered. Once dry, Rainbow Dash stepped out of her tub and opened a cupboard under her sink, looking for her trusty bath partner.
After a bit of rummaging around the cupboard, she found what she was looking for – a rubber bath pony. But not just any rubber bath pony, it was a Wonderbolts replica of Spitfire. Giving a little fan-girl squeak, Rainbow Dash hugged the little bath toy and jumped straight back in the tub, sending water spraying all around the place. This little replica pony had been gifted to her when she was a very young filly. It may have been what got her so into flying and training for the Wonderbolts. And after all these years, she still had it.
After about an hour of splashing around with toy Spitfire, an almost dry Rainbow Dash decided to finally get out of the now almost waterless tub for good. Her hooves were wrinkly from too much water exposure, but she didn’t mind. She was feeling much more invigorated and rejuvenated.
“Huh, I wonder what sort of cool stuff I could do today; maybe save a few ponies, do a sonic rainboom…” Rainbow Dash wondered whilst shaking out any excess water in her coat.
“Nah… I think I’ll just lay back today…” As she was thinking, the dream crossed her mind for a mere nanosecond. But it was enough to reset her mindset.
“…Maybe I’ll visit Pinkie Pie…”
And visit Pinkie Pie she did.
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Several hours after Rainbow Dash’s morning of lounging around, she decided that it was finally time to follow up her idea to visit Pinkie. She wasn’t sure if she would mention the dream or not, but she soon decided that was something that she didn’t really want to put Pinkie through, even though she knew that Pinkie would probably just laugh it off and call her brain silly.
Shrugging off the thoughts, Rainbow Dash trotted out of her cloudy home and hopped onto the ground below. Many years ago, when Dash was just a filly, getting from her home to the ground without falling would take much longer than it currently does. However, after meeting her Ponyvillian friends, Rainbow Dash decided that she should move her home much closer to the ground without building a new one from scratch. Moving such a large mass of clouds was difficult, even for a pegasus with her skill and ability. But she had got the job done without making a mess of her home. Ever since then, she simply had to hop off her porch to reach the firm ground below.
Rainbow Dash trotted towards Ponyville calmly. She was in no rush; there was plenty of time left in this glorious day. Normally at this time, Rainbow Dash would be napping in the confines of her home, or sleeping on a branch of an apple tree in Sweet Apple Acres. Today however, she was out and about, enjoying the weather and feeling rather grateful about, well, being alive. It was most unlike Rainbow Dash to have this sort of mindset, but she quite liked it. It was a great way to loosen up.
Soon after, Rainbow Dash reached the outskirts of Ponyville. From here, it wouldn’t take too long to reach her desired destination – Sugarcube Corner. She suspected that if Pinkie would be anywhere, it would most likely be there. However, Rainbow Dash did not even need to venture any further, for standing in front of her…
…Was none other than Pinkie Pie.