Rainbow Dash flew over to Sweet Apple Acres so she could hang out with her new found friend, Applejack. She couldn't see the bright orange earth pony anywhere. She landed and walked around for a bit, still looking for her. She heard something that sounded like somepony crying. She followed her ears until she found the source of the noise. It was Applejack, she was sitting huddled under a tree holding her hat and sobbing.
"Applejack, are you ok?" Rainbow Dash asked as sweetly as she could manage.
Applejack turned to see Rainbow Dash. She quickly wiped her tears away and put her hat back on. She gave Dash a fake smile and said, "Yeah, Ah'm fine."
"You're not fine, you were just crying. You can tell me what's wrong." Rainbow Dash said, putting her leg over AJ's shoulders. Applejack sighed and sat back down underneath the tree. Rainbow sat down next to her.
"Well you see, when Ah was a youngin' my mom and dad were killed in some kinda freak accident. Granny never told me what happened because she said Ah would blame myself. Ah still remember them a little bit and Ah remember how much they loved me and my brother." Applejack had started crying again, tears slowly rolled out of her eyes. Rainbow Dash wiped them away with her hoof. Applejack looked at her and gave her a weak smile.
"Is that all?" Rainbow Dash asked, using a sweet, calm voice.
"No, it ain't. Do you know why Ah always wear this hat, Dash?" Applejack asked.
"No, why do you wear it?"
"It was my dad's. Granny said that Ah was closest to him, not Big Mac." She paused. "Big Mac's my brother. Anyway, Granny said she was with them when the accident happened. She told me that my dad gave her his hat and told her to give it to me when Ah was older. She gave it to me the day Ah got my cutie mark." Applejack said, smiling at the memory.
"Applejack, I'm so sorry. Is there anything I can do?" Rainbow Dash asked, wrapping her leg around Applejack in a side hug.
"Nothing Ah can think of. Ah just need some comfort right now." She sniffed and more tears rolled down her cheeks.
Rainbow Dash hugged her again, and wiped away her tears, doing her best to keep herself from crying as well. "Everything is going to be ok now, Applejack." Rainbow Dash said, patting her back gently.
"Thanks Rainbow Dash." She paused and fiddled with her mane a little. "There's ummm... There's something Ah want to tell you."
"What is it?" Rainbow Dash asked, not realizing that her wings had shot out by themselves.
Before Applejack could confess, thunder and lightning flashed through the sky.
"Oh no! I totally forgot there was supposed to be a storm today." Rainbow Dash said.
"Come on, you can stay here for the night." Applejack said, she stood up and started galloping towards the barn. Rainbow Dash followed her, though not of hoof.
The rain had started just before they made it into the barn. It was pouring really bad, so even though they were only in it for a brief second, they were already soaking wet. "Looks like we'll have to sleep in the hay tonight." Applejack said.
Rainbow Dash shook the water off her like a dog would, leaving Applejack even more soaked than she was before. "Oh, sorry Applejack." Rainbow Dash chuckled.
Applejack shook the water off as well, none of it hitting Rainbow Dash. She took her hat off and set it on a hook. Her hair tie had fallen out while they were running inside from the storm and her mane hung down over her face. She shook it slightly to get it out of her way. Rainbow Dash just stared at her with her mouth wide open.