It was late night at the Canterlot castle, and everypony has finished eating their "feast" like dinner. Lots of talking were heard from the dinner room. Everypony was talking to each other, smiles planted on their faces as their mouths spoke words. It was late night at Canterlot, but not too late. Pinkie was still a little hyper, she was tossing balloons from across the room, Rarity was talking to Princess Luna, Fluttershy was tossing balloons from one side of the room to Pinkie Pie, Applejack was talking to Celestia and Cadence about what food they would serve at the party, and Twilight and Dash were sitting at the table, talking.
"Come on, Fluttershy!! There are two more balloons to your left!!"
Pinkie said with a giggle as she bounced balloons off her forehead. While Fluttershy was trying to keep up with the flying balloons that were being tossed by the hyper pink pony.
"C-could you go slower Pinkie Pie??"
Fluttershy shouted as she bounced a couple of balloons off her forehead, some balloons landed on a short distance, and some landed from a long distance, from where Fluttershy stood.
"HERE COMES MORE!!"
Pinkie said as she launched more balloons towards the poor shy pegasus.
"Oh my.."
Tons of balloons fell upon Fluttershy softly. Fluttershy's head popped out of the pile of balloons that were around her, as she looked at Pinkie Pie from across the room with a grumpy face. Pinkie gave a nervous laugh before, walking towards her shy friend.
"Ehe sorry?"
Applejack scribbled down a few things in her little notepad she had with her at the moment, as the princesses told her some food that would be requested for the party which would come in a few days, which seemed really...really close. As Rarity, and Luna talked about what kind of dresses they'd wear for the event.
"So...you want it all dark blue, and black? Right?"
Rarity said as she let out a nervous chuckle, looking at the serious Luna that was staring back at her. Luna giggled. Rarity gave a confused look at the giggling princess.
"Yes, how did you know?"
"I-uhm...l-lucky guess?"
"It sure was"
Rarity gave out a sweet smile as she looked up at Luna again.
Twilight looked at the pegasus that was lying down on her shoulder with sleepy eyelids. They both sat down at the long table while her other friends sat at the end of the table, or on the sofa. Twilight smirked.
"Sleepy there Rainbow?"
Rainbow opened her eyes fully, and sat back straight down.
"What no..."
"Really? You are resting on my shoulder."
Twikight let out a giggle. Dash yawned before looking at Twilight with sleepy eyes. Dash slid a little closer to the alicorn.
"Just because you see me...tired...doesn't mean i'm tiired.."
Twilight smirked a little at the sleepy pegasus.
"You are tired Rainbow, you can go ahead and sleep here a little if you want, i will wake you up when it is time for us to go to bed."
"Are you sure about it Twi?"
"Yes i am."
Twilight said with a smile, while Dash smirked. Twilight held out a hoof to her friend, as Rainbow got closer to the alicorn, and got her head to rest on Twilight's shoulder. Twilight sighed as she watched all of her friends talking to the princesses while, Herself and Dash watched.
000
"Rainbow Dash~"
Rainbow heard someone say as she jumped in horror at what she heard. Who is there? Was it some monster they had to fight again? Psh couldn't possibly be it...but who was talking to her? Was it herself? Or was she going all loco in the coco?!
"W-who's there?"
"It is me..."
"...you are what? You know 'me' doesn't give any clues at all! Besides your creepy voice that is.."
"I am your fears."
"My fears? Psh i didn't k-know my fears even talked."
"Acting all confident again? Hm! I can easily tell you are scared."
"I-im not afraid of you, you creep!"
"Of course you are."
"Yeah!"
"If you are so 'confident' then why don't you go ask your crush to the event?"
"..."
"Hm?"
"I just don't want to..plus i still have a few days till the event you know."
"Hey, this is your mind you are talking to..i know you want to ask, but you are too afraid that she won't feel the same!"
"...You are right..."
Rainbow said with a whisper. She knew it was true...all of it. She was defeated by her own mind, whenever she tried to ask her, instead she would just say nevermind.
"Pfft, of course i am, i'm your mind!"
"If you are my mind, then why do you say negative things to me?!"
"Well, it is because i am your fears...your negative thoughts you know, i am one part of your mind."
"Then stop bothering me!"
"I won't..that is until you confess your love to Twilight Sparkle."
"I JUST CAN'T OKAY?! LEAVE ME ALONE! FOR ONCE!"
"No..."
Rainbow gave out a growl before laying down, covering her ears with her hooves hoping that her fears would go away from her. That is, until she heard magic being used from far. Rainbow opened her eyes fully, and looked up...to see Luna flying slowly towards her. Rainbow stood up, and gave a bow to the princess.
"Hello, Rainbow Dash."
"H-hey princess Luna...what are you doing here?"
"I prevent nightmares, it is my job here in Equestria."
"Oh...i knew that."
"Of course,...what seems to be the problem?"
"...Nothing."
"It seems like something to me."
"I-no it is not.."
"Rainbow."
"F-fine it is something..."
"Do you mind telling me about it?"
"I-i can't...i can't tell you..."
"You d-do trust in me right?"
"Yes..."
Rainbow Dash~!! Rainbow~?
Rainbow Dash groaned a little as she shut her eyes. Luna looked everywhere, Luna now remembered how this worked..It happened to her a bunch of times, like that time with Scootaloo, she knew Dash was waking up...and Luna had to go. Luna began flying backwards, away into the blackness away from the pegasus. Rainbow opened her eyes to see Luna going away. Rainbow's eyes went big as she saw the princess go away
"Luna!"
"DON'T FORGET TO HAVE COURAGE IN YOURSEELF~!!"
000
"RAINBOW~!! RAINBOW WAKE UP!! ohh not again!"
Twilight said as she held the sleeping pegasus in her hooves. She shook her once more, before she saw the pegasus' eyes slowly opening, Twilight let out a sigh of relief. Rainbow's half opened eyes, looked at Twilight, before opening fully. Rainbow let out a scream, leaping away from the alicorn.
"GAHH!!"
"AH!!"
"Twi! You've got to stop doing that!"
Rainbow said as she took in breaths, trying to calm herself down from the scare. Twilight let out a nervous giggle, before Dash looked at her again. Twilight looked away, with the look like if, she was trying not to laugh. Rainbow sighed, before looking at the alicorn.
"How long did i sleep?"
"Hm...Almost an hour or so."
"That long?"
"Yes...you are a sleeper!"
"You got that part right!...Why did you wake me up anyways?"
Rainbow said as she stretched a little.
"Well, i woke you up, because we were heading to bed."
"Already?"
Twilight nodded with a sweet smile, before she got up, and started walking to the open doors. She stopped as she went halfway out of the room, and looked back at the staring pegasus.
"You coming?"
"Oh, i-i yes, i am!"
Rainbow said with a nervous smile planted on her face, as she flew up, starting to fly towards where Twilight was. Twilight looked up at the pegasus with a smirk, then started walking out of the room, heading down to her bedroom. Rainbow followed, except she had to go to her own bedroom.
"So...Excited for the Event?"
"Hm? Oh, yeah...sure."
"Something wrong?"
"Psh, no.."
Twilight gave a are you serious look to the pegasus. Rainbow looked back at her. Rainbow sighed.
"No Twi, there is nothing wrong."
"Are you sure? You know, i can help with whatever is wro-"
Rainbow flew down in front of her bedroom door with a quite fast landing, before opening the door, looking back at the confused alicorn.
"Nothing. Is. Wrong!"
Rainbow said as she gave a weird face back at Twilight, before slamming the door shut. Silence now filled the hallways, as the alicorn stood there. Twilight continued walking by Dash's room, looking at the door as if she can see whatever Dash was doing in her bedroom, with a worried looking face.
"Where are you, CONFIDENCE?!"
Twilight jumped a little from the shout Dash gave out at the end of her sentence. Twilight gave a shocked face before trotting fast down the hallway, down to her room. Twilight looked back once she got to her bedroom door, seeing black...It was all silent...nothing moved, nothig talked, except for the blue pegasus that is. That is until Twilight jumped again from the sound of hooves. Twilight shakily opened the door to her bedrroom, and got inside her room, slamming the door...shut.
000
"Why won't Rainbow talk to me? I mean, she is my friend after all.."
Twilight said as she sat down at her bed, with her lamp turned on, lighting the whole dark room. Twilight sighed before resting on her side, and throwing the blanket over herself like nothing. She turned off the lamp, before slowly drifting off to sleep, closing her eyes. She smiled, as she started to dream. Dream about anything that kept on her mind since this morning. She could see herself, at the beach, sursurrounded with big beautiful waterfalls, and palm trees, everything tropical galore! She smiled, as she let out a sigh of relaxation. The alicorn began walking, passing by shells, and other few ponies she knew by heart. Twilight cut off a few trees with her hoof, sliding them down so she can pass by. That is when she started hearing music...Hawaiin music.
"Ooh! This is really nice! I wonder what else this place has to offer to me~!"
Twilight said as she came out of the palm tree leaves, she saw her friends surrounding in a circle, like if they were watching ponies soing something.
"H-hey guys! What are you watching?"
"Oh! Darling! Pinkie finally persuaded Rainbow to do the hula with her!"
"The what?!"
Twilight said with a shocked face, as Rarity took her hoof, and started leading her in front of the crowd of her friends. Dash? Hula? No way! How would Pinkie even persuade Dash to do that dance?! Twilight finally got lead to the front of the group...her heart stopped at what she was seeing...she was seeing Dash to the..the hula. Twilight saw as Pinkie giggled, while she showed Rainbow how to do the hula as Rainbow followed along watching Pinkie do every step...
"H-how did she-?!"
"Oh that was easy! Pinkie got some free coupons to a fancy restaurant, and since you and Dash are together now, Pinkie told Dash if she did the hula, she'd give Dash the coupons for your next date!"
"Wait..COUPONS?! TOGETHER?! DATE??!!"
"Why yes!"
Twilight's wings suddenly popped out from her body in her dream...and her wings did the exact same thing in reality...Which made Twilight wake up. Twilight opened her eyes fully, to see she was being covered from her blanket, from seeing her whole room...
"ARGH!! But it felt so real!!"
Twilight let out a whimper before facehoofing her face. She laid back down, hoping she'd fall asleep again, and dream the same dream again...but for the next five minutes she kept tossing, and turning, tossig and turning, there was no way to stop this now. Twilight sighed, as she got up from her bed, and started heading towards her bedroom door, which she opened. Twilight looked to the right and to the left before walking straight heading towards the kitchen the princesses had. Which she soon came to. Twilight sat down in one of the kitchen's chairs.
'How did that feel so...real? And why did my wings have to wake me up?! That was like...a magical dream.'
Twilight said as she rested her hoof on her cheek, looking up at the ceiling thinking about...the pegasus...again. Twilight then stopped when she heard hoofsteps coming her way. The alicorn froze in place wih a shocked face, looking at th open doors..as if it were a horror movie. That is when she saw the cyan blue pegasus walk in, and turn her head to see the alicorn...Rainbow jumped in horror, like if a cat was scared by a ball hitting the floor out of no where. Twilight let go a sigh lf relief, and giggled once Dash calmed down. Rainbow looked at her back with a smirk, as she began walking towards the alicorn.
"What are you doing here, egghead?"
"I came here because..i couldn't sleep."
"Hm, i couldn't either!"
"Really?"
"Yeah...i had a nightmare."
"A nightmare?"
"Yes.."
"Oh, well..now that we are here..what do you want to talk about?"
"Isn't it a little too early to talk, Twi?"
"Well maybe, but it might tire us enough to make us go to bed."
"Sounds good to me!"
"Yes, so...what do you want to talk about?"
"Hm...i don't know..what do you want to talk about egghead?"
"How about the...event?"
"The event?"
"Yes!"
"Well, alright."
Rainbow said as she jumped on to one of the chairs at the kitchen table. Once she did, she looked at Twilight.