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// AJ vs. RD 
// Story: Of Fluff And Feathers 
// by Moowell 
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Applejack was almost at the door when suddenly a blue and white streak smashed into her with a soaking wet smack from the side. 

"What in Tartarus?!" AJ cried, upset at being caught off guard and hit with a sopping wet lump of cotton. "Rainbow Dash, what're ya doin'?!"

"Getting even," RD replied, still upset. "That's for waking me up!"

"What? I didn't do anything!" AJ retorted, unaware that she had, in fact, done something.

"Really, Applejack? Then how do you explain me getting hit by three pillows, and you're the only one out here carrying a pillow?!"

AJ considered. "Huh. Maybe Ah did hit ya."

"I knew it!" RD charged, pillow in hoof. 

"Wait, Rainbow-!" She didn't get the chance to respond as RD slammed into her again, launching a full frontal assault with her pillow. Applejack did her best to keep RD at bay, but several blows made it the and struck her in the face, soaking it with dew and cloudstuff with each hit. Finally, she had enough. "Rainbow, quit it!"

With a powerful heave, AJ whirled and crashed her pillow, now also soaked with dew, into RD's side, sending the cyan pegasus flying without using her wings. The farm mare bucked two more pillows at RD, the ones that had flown through the cloud and finally fallen back to the ground, each striking home and smacked RD in the head. 

Naturally, this didn't make Rainbow Dash particularly happy. With a growl, she leapt into the air and flew in a rapid circle to form a small twister which caught and picked up each of the pillows. 

Applejack gulped. "Now, now, Rainbow... Don't get hasty!" Once it picked up speed, she launched the twister at AJ. "Whoa, nelly!" AJ tried to run, but the twister drew her in and barraged her with pillows. 

"Hah! That's what you get for-" RD never got the chance to finish her sentence, for just at that moment, four pillows all surrounded her and pinballed her through the air until finally smacking her down to the ground, forcing her to take a bite out of the earth. As she stood back up, sputtering and spitting out clods of loam, she spied Rarity walking toward her from the castle entrance. 

"Rainbow Dash, it is terribly uncouth for somepony to interrupt another mare's battle. You wouldn't like it if I did that to you, now would you?"

Applejack walked back up and stood across from RD and Rarity, and the three exchanged glances. "You're right, Rares. I don't like it."

"Then do be a dear and run along. I have some unfinished business with Applejack."

"Not happening." 

Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack all stood in a three-way stand-off, each daring somepony else to make the first move.