Colorless
A Generation 3 fanfic by SweetHeart-arts
“We can still make it!” shouted Rarity.
The newly crowned Rainbow Princess was in a hurry. She and her friends, both from Unicornia and Ponyville, were on a race against the pink shooting star, the one that represents none other than Rarity herself. She was riding her crystal carriage through the night sky, trying to get home in time. If she failed to do so, she would lose her only opportunity to make the first rainbow of the season and bring color and joy to all the land.
“Are you sure about that, darling?” Rainbow Dash shouted back. Her hair that once was bright and colorful was becoming white and dull. “I don’t want to look like this forever!”
“And you won’t!” Rarity answered. “Trust me!”
“She’s right, Rainbow,” Pinkie Pie said smoothly, reaching her hoof to her friend’s shoulder, “don’t worry about it. You’ll be fine.”
Rainbow Dash found it to be difficult to trust that little baby unicorn. She was always messing things up without wanting to, like that one time she rollerskated around the whole town and ended up falling on a pond of mud, making herself and Rainbow dirty in the process. Believe it or not, she was worse than Minty, and that’s saying a lot! But Rainbow could see that she was trying to do her best to make sure that she wouldn’t fail her friends this time. Somehow, she could feel that Rarity was scared, sad and angry, all at the same time. Angry with herself, sad about her friends, and scared of the colorless future she might unintentionally bring.
But why could Rainbow feel all of that? She then noticed that Rarity’s hair was beginning to lose a bit of color.
“Alright then, darling,” she said, her breath becoming heavy, “I trust you.”
Getting to Unicornia was difficult. It was a long ride, it took all night to make it. There were clouds everywhere, blocking the way and the vision.
Finally getting there, Rarity, Brights Brightly, Whistle Wishes and Cheerilee ran as fast as they could to the crystal dome inside the castle. There, the four unicorns would combine their colors and magic to create the first rainbow of the season.
“Everyone, quick!” Rarity shouted in despair. “We can still make the rainbow!”
But her friends were in the same situation. Their heads were hanging low, their mouths making a frown. They lost hope. Even Brights Brightly and Whistle Wishes, the most excited ponies in Unicornia, were sitting down and looking through the castle’s window, gazing at the sky where there was supposed to be a magical rainbow.
Rainbow Dash was also gazing at the sky through the window, with her face showing a concerned expression. Her hair was now entirely white, not a single strand of color to be seen. Her cutie mark, a beautiful dash of rainbow as she calls it, was also white.
“Come on, you guys,” the baby unicorn said, “don’t give up hope just now! Let’s at least try!”
“I’m sorry Rarity,” said Cheerilee, her mentor, “but the fourth shooting star already crossed the sky. We can’t make the rainbow anymore.”
“Let’s just try!” Rarity said desperately, almost starting to cry. “We don’t know if we ‘can’t make the rainbow anymore’! Have you ever tried to make it after the fourth shooting star?”
“We wouldn't dare to do that!” Brights Brightly said.
“Then why are you so worried?” Rarity asked. “Let’s try and see if we can!”
They were still concerned about it, but who could disagree with her? They could still bring the colors back.
The four unicorns gathered together in a circle under the dome. They touched horns with each other and waited for the rainbow to appear.
Nothing happened.
“I told you, Rarity,” Cheerilee began, not as cheerily as her name suggested, “it’s impossible to make the rainbow after the fourth shooting star.”
Rainbow could still feel all of the little unicorn’s emotions. Anger, sadness, fear. Her baby blue eyes that brought the beauty of the sky were starting to bring the coldness of the ocean, waterfalls streaming down her face.
“No…” she whispered. “N-No! No, it can’t be! P-Please tell me this isn’t the end! Please…”
But it was too late. Before anyone could say anything, the colors of the Crystal Rainbow castle began to disappear, being replaced by a dull white painting. The rainbow colored decorations of Unicornia were also getting the recoloring treatment. Far away, Ponyville’s colors were starting to fade away as well.
Rainbow Dash was staring, perplexed, at the frightening sight of this foreign town. Every rainbow color was being replaced by white.
Looking back inside, all she could see was a little baby unicorn with a light pink coat and white hair. She was sitting alone under the crystal dome, where she had just failed to make the first rainbow of the season and prevent her worst nightmare to come true.
All her friends had left, discouraged from their failure. Her unicorn friends, her Ponyville friends, all got away. With them gone, the poor thing was broken inside. Rainbow Dash could still feel her emotions, each one more intense than the last. Hearing her cries was heart-breaking.
Rainbow leaned closer to the little pony. She sat down in front of her and embraced her in her arms.
“Don’t you worry, darling,” she said, trying to keep her voice calm and friendly, “it’s alright.”
“Alright?!” Rarity asked with anger on her voice. “How can you even say that? Look at the castle! Look at Unicornia! Look at you! I failed everybody just like I always do…”
“Now, now, darling,” Rainbow began, “don’t be so harsh with yours–”
“Oh, just cut the act already,” Rarity interrupted, pushing herself away from Rainbow, “I know you’re not okay about all this. I can feel it…”
Rainbow Dash’s eyes widened by surprise. “You too?”
“What do you mean by ‘you too’?”
“I don’t really know how to explain it, but…” the fashionista started, “I’ve been feeling this ever since the carriage ride. I know you were afraid of this happening, but… some things just don’t end happily ever after…”
The little unicorn began to cry again. “See, I told yo–”
“But that doesn't mean all hope is gone, darling.”
Rarity gave a confusing look at the pony in front of her. “What?”
“We may be a little blue now, or pink as your case may be,” Rainbow began, making Rarity grin a little, “but not all the colors are gone. We may not have any rainbows this year, but you can try again next year.”
Rainbow grabbed the Rarity and embraced her in her arms once more, tears streaming from her eyes as well.
“Besides, I’ll be there by your side. I’ll be your rainbow.”
Rarity couldn’t help but smile. She began to cry even more, happiness and sadness all mixed up. She had failed her friends again, but this time, someone was there to help her fix her mess.
She looked up to Rainbow Dash. Her hair and cutie mark were now all blank, completely void of color. Rarity then grabbed a part of her hair to look, and, as she expected, it was all white as well as her cutie mark, a hot pink heart followed by a trail of what once was a rainbow.
“Colors aren’t what we see, darling,” the fashionista began talking again, “colors are what we feel.”
“But what about our friends?” Rarity asked. “They’re… they’re all gone…”
“Well, I’m here, aren’t I?”
Rarity giggled a bit more this time. She looked around her to see the Rainbow Crystal castle. Just last morning, that place was a beautiful sight to see. Rainbows and colors everywhere, with the light of the sun making everything shine. But now, it was dark and scary, with no light except the one coming from the dome. Rarity couldn’t believe that she used to live there.
“Hey, Rainbow, ya know what?” she said. “For times like these, I usually have a song to make everything better.”
“Sing it then, darling.”
“Every now and then,
couldn’t tell you why,
suddenly I get the giggles~
Simply gotta laugh,
or I gonna bust,
suddenly I get the giggles~
Tee hee hee, you should try it~
Everything is a riot~
Feeling pretty good
soon you will be too
when suddenly you get the giggles~”
“I love you, Rainbow!”
“I love you too, darling.”