Rainbow lifted her head from the gray cloud, her eyes all out of tears. A timid little earth pony that's scared of a little ladybug...why, of all ponies, would they choose her instead of me?! Or anypony else, for that matter?! She picked herself up and walked over to the fainted earth pony. She gently kicked her, to make sure she was still alive.
Sure enough, Lily opened her eyes and let out a soft moan before looking around and asking what happened.
"Your a Wonderbolt, now, I guess." Rainbow answered, "welcome to the club."
"Oh! Are you a Wonderbolt...to..?" Lily asked, almost instantly regretting for she remembered Rainbow's freak out before she fainted. "N-n-nevermind...forget I asked..."
"No, it's fine." Rainbow replied, "you just took all of my hopes and dreams and threw them out the window, it's not anything serious." Lily bowed her head making Rainbow instantly notice her mistake. "Hey, I'm sorry. I guess I'm still upset that the Wonderbolts denied me into their team."
"I understand. I didn't really want to be a Wonderbolt in the first place." Lily said, "I was just tending to my flowers when some pegasi held me down and a unicorn cast a spell over me. I got so scared, I fainted and the next thing I knew, some pegasi was trying to get me to get onto the stage..."
Rainbow let herself hover as she pondered over what Lily said. "Weird..." Lily nodded in agreement. "I wonder why they would do that..."
"They said something about Rainbows and Dashing before I fainted in Ponyville." Lily offered, turning her head to look at Rainbow. "What you you think they meant by that?"
"Rainbows and Dashing?" Rainbow asked.
"Yeah, Rainbows and Dashing." Lily confirmed.
Rainbow knew for certain they were talking about her. But...why? They didn't have anything against her, right? "Hey, uh...Lily?"
"Yeah?"
"Do I look like I belong in a mares clothing store?" Rainbow asked, not sure how to say that without having her cheeks turn pink. "I-uh-Spitfire told me I did, so I just wanted an outside opinion."
Lily looked terribly confused as her mind went over the question Rainbow just asked multiple times. She eventually found a reasonable answer that wouldn't have her shouting, freaking out, or fainting. "No, you don't look like that at all! You actually look like a Wonderbolt, except without her-er-your uniform." Why this pony didn't see that was beyond Lily's range of mind.
"Really?" Rainbow beamed. The nod of confirmation from Lily made Rainbow's already high ego soar. "Thank you!"
"Your welcome," Lily smiled, "you still haven't answered my question quite yet, though."
"Oh! Right. That thing about Rainbows and Dashing." Rainbow mumbled, "do you want to know what I think it means?"
"Yes, please," Lily answered. Rainbow flew to land in front of the timid and nervous earth pony so she wouldn't have to be craning her neck for their whole conversation. Although it was a nice thing to do, it would be pointless in a matter of seconds.
"I think it means I need to talk with my idols." Rainbow said, determination washing over her. "It was nice talking to you, Lily."
Lily smiled. "You too, uh---" She blushed before continuing. "I'm sorry, I don't think I caught your name."
"Rainbow Dash." Rainbow informed her before lifting her wings and zooming off to the distance, soon far behind Lily Valley.
The now nerve-racked flower pony stared off into the distance before fainting. The two pegasi also said that Rainbow was a wanted criminal. In her unconscious state, Lily dreamed it was either a lie or a bad dream inside a dream. Rainbow seemed really nice for somepony who was 'wanted'...Right..?
Little did Lily know, the cloud walking spell cast upon her was about to wear off...