//------------------------------// // Argument // Story: A Ghostly Adviser // by Just A Random Pegasus //------------------------------// Rainbow's friends gave her angry glares as they stood around her. The cyan Pegasus gave a nervous chuckle. "Hehe... I'm sorry..." Rainbow noticed that her friends were still staring her down, and she knew if looks could kill, she would be long gone by now. "I guess I went a little bit overboard..." "A LITTLE BIT!" Twilight boomed, causing Rainbow to flinch. "I HAD TO ASK PRINCESS CELESTIA TO COME ASSURE ME THAT I AM STILL BEING A GOOD PRINCESS BECAUSE OF YOUR STUPID PRANK! HECK, SHE PROBABLY THINKS THAT I AM READING TOO MANY BOOKS! YOU THINK YOU ONLY WENT A LITTLE OVERBOARD?!" Twilight finished, still glaring at Rainbow. "Not to mention that the vampire fruit bats are leaving the west orchard! After you put the one back, they all wanted to go to the main orchard! Do you know how much work we're going through to get the bats out of the trees and back to the west orchard?!" Applejack added on as Rainbow lost her sheepish grin. "When you splashed me with that filthy lake water, the dresses I was levitating got soaking wet!" Rarity recalled as Rainbow raised an eyebrow. "Can't you just get the water out of the dresses?" She asked as Rarity gave her a sterner glare, if that was even possible. "No, Rainbow Dash! Water can't get on that certain fabric! It never comes out! And now I have to start all over on my line!" "So... you can never wash that fabric?" Rainbow questioned, obviously wanting to make things better for herself. "You can only use a special material to clean that fabric!" Rarity answered, her voice getting stricter. Rainbow turned to find Fluttershy right up in her face. "I didn't do anything to you! I just jump-scared you! You can't be mad at me for that!" Rainbow remarked to Fluttershy, who was still glaring. "Rainbow, you're wrong if you think you only scared me! You scared the animals I took care of! Those certain animals are endangered, and were sent to me from Saddle Arabia. I was supposed to take good care of them! And since you scared them, they ran into the Everfree Forest! I may never be able to find them again!" Fluttershy ranted. Rainbow was taken aback. Fluttershy had never raised her voice like that at her. Pinkie Pie then tapped Rainbow's shoulder as she turned around, not wanting to receive any more rants. "The cupcakes that you threw on the floor were supposed to be for Sapphire Shores! She is coming into town tomorrow to pick up her cupcakes! And now I have to remake all of them! I probably won't get a wink of sleep tonight, since she asked for a lot!" Pinkie explained as Rainbow nervously looked around, embarrassed. "You see, Rainbow Dash? You hurt all of us just because you wanted to win a silly award!" Twilight accused, which caused Rainbow to send her a glare. "I thought you said you liked being pranked!" Rainbow remarked as Twilight raised an eyebrow. "Yes, Rainbow. I did say that. But nopony likes it when they are bullied!" "I was not bullying! I was just poking fun at you guys!" "Well, you were being a bully. How would you feel if I wrote a letter to you saying that you were not accepted into the Wonderbolts?" Twilight questioned. "I would feel... upset and betrayed..." Rainbow's look softened. She realized that she had been doing that to her friends; betraying them for some stupid award. "Exactly. Next time, think of other's feelings before you act," Twilight informed. "I'm sorry. I didn't realize what I was doing. Is there any way I can make it up to you?" Rainbow questioned. "Stop pranking!" Rarity suggested. Everypony else nodded their heads in agreement. "WHAT?! YOU EXPECT ME TO STOP ONE OF MY SOURCES OF ENJOYMENT JUST BECAUSE OF SOME MISTAKES?!" Rainbow questioned as Twilight gave her a glare. "It's only fair, Rainbow." "But I promise to never go overboard again! I'll think of everypony else before myself!" Rainbow declared as her friends still glared at her. "I'm not sure..." Twilight said as Rainbow got an angry glare. "WHATEVER! YOU ALL CAN'T CONTROL MY LIFE! THAT EVEN GOES TO YOU TWILIGHT!" Rainbow hollered, pointing her hoof at Twilight. "What do you mean?" Twilight questioned. "SINCE YOU'RE A PRINCESS, YOU THINK YOU CAN CONTROL ME!" She answered as Twilight was taken aback. "RAINBOW! YOU KNOW TWILIGHT ISN'T LIKE THAT!" Applejack responded as Rainbow started to hover above the ground. "MAYBE SHE'S NOT! BUT I DO KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HANG AROUND ME IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY PRANKS! YOU CAN'T STOP ME FROM ANYTHING!" She yelled before flying off, causing a rainbow trail to form in the sky. Her friends stood there with their mouths open. Tears started to form in Twilight's eyes. "Am I really as bad as she thinks I am?" Twilight questioned as Applejack walked up to her. "Of course not, sugar-cube. Rainbow is just upset. Don't listen to her," the Element of Honesty assured. Twilight smiled. Rainbow flew into her bed and lay down. She then let the tears fall onto her pillow. "What have I done?" She asked herself as tears continued to fall.