//------------------------------// // Where's The Proof? // Story: A Rainbow's Jealousy // by Squiggly Cup //------------------------------// Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Applejack all stood around behind the Sweet Apple Acres barn, all having received a letter from Rainbow meet at this time. As each pony showed up, they would question her and she would question them, no one getting any final answers until eventually they spotted a rainbow streak headed down towards them. Bursting through a low hanging cloud Rainbow quickly folded out her wings more to slow herself down, slowly flapping them into a descent amongst her friends, who didn't hesitate to badger her with questions. "Rainbow why did ya' bring us here, where the hay is Twilight?" Applejack asked amongst a series of similar questions. Rainbow shushed the others and turned to her apple bucking friend. "Well she didn't exactly get invited" "Why's that darling? Did you two have a fight?" "What? No. It's just... well.. alright here listen.." and with that Rainbow pretty much explained everything that happened similar to how she did to Twilight. This time though she added in the final detail, which was Coleus threatening her. "That's horrible" Fluttershy whispered. "That's terrible" Pinkie exclaimed. "That's dastardly" Rarity said. "Well ah say we go down there and settle this!" Applejack demanded as she stomped off. Rainbow sped forward and pulled her back from the shoulder. "We can't just go in there and buck him in the face AJ!" "And why not?" "He's Twilight's friend" Rainbow muttered. Everypony else looked at her curiously. "Then what do you suppose we do?" "Plan A is we all go tell Twilight when Coleus isn't there" _______________________________________________________________________ "Girls, you're being ridiculous, and i'm ashamed of you Rainbow. I told you to drop it and you did the exact opposite!" Twilight yelled, causing Rainbow's ears to fall back. With that Twilight magically slammed the castle door shut. Everpony listened and could hear their muttered conversation from outside. It sounded like somepony had just come into the front hallway, Rainbow gently pushed the door open slightly. All of them peeked through the open door slit, one head on top of the other like a cartoon. "Uh is everything okay... were those your friends out there?" Coleus asked. "Yeah everything's fine, they were just stopping by for something, maybe you can meet them later when they're being less crazy" Twilight said. The two carried on down the main hall until finally turning left into the library section. "Well I must say, he was incredibly handsome" Rarity gushed, much to the annoyment of everypony else. "Yeah I know, and that's why I want him away from Twilight. Plan A failed but Plan B is still good to go" "What is plan B?" Fluttershy asked. "We scare him out of town" ____________________________________________________________ It was late at night now, Twilight had offered Coleus one of the many bedrooms in the castle to stay in while he visited. As Twilight turned in for the night, Corelus decided to stay up a bit longer. He found a nice spot for himself in the huge library section and settled into a comfy beanbag chair with a book, candlelight by his side. "You know you'd think they would realize weddings are a bad idea" Coleus muttered as he tossed his now finished "Mane of Thrones" book on the floor. Completely disregarding the fact that Twilight wants everything neatly organized on the shelves. "ooooooohhhhh...." Coleus whipped his head around, the library was dimly lit at this time of day and the sound was coming from the pitch black part of the room. Another ghostly moan echoed out from the darkness, causing Coleus to turn back around to see another wall of darkness. He quickly took the candle by him into his magical grasp, levitating it beside him. "Leeeaavveee Noww.... or we'll haaavvee youurr heeaaddd" it moaned. At this point his teeth were chattering as he began stepping forward with the candle. As he trotted the darkness ahead of him became clear, but the path behind him would soon become engulfed in darkness again. He held the candle tight in his grip, it was the only thing keeping the ghosts at bay.... or so he believed. "Boo!" His head whipped back behind him to see a white ghostly figure floating just behind him. "Ahh!" Coelus screamed as he bolted off in the other direction. As he ran another ghost stepped into his path causing him to take a hard right down the nonfiction aisle. He was running so fast he couldn't slow down in time when he reached the end of the row, he tried to skid to a halt but only slid into a bookcase at the end knocking over a series of books on top of his head. As he recovered from the book attack he picked up one that landed in his lap called "Are Ghosts Real?". He growled at it and quickly chucked it into another book case and got back to his hooves just in time to avoid a ghost that swooped right down to him. He narrowly ducked out of the way and took off running down another aisle, the exit becoming a fleeting hope for him. Each time he found himself with a direction to choose another ghost would block one of the paths forcing him to go one way. He was scared out of his mind, frantically scattering back and forth to avoid the paranormal creeps. After a few more close calls he exited out of an aisle into an open area of the library, the door to the hall way being a few feet away. As Coleus made for the exit, a ghost stepped into the doorframe to block his path. He skidded to a halt, dropping his candle, and whirled around to retreat, but that only to served to reveal three other ghosts behind him. He backed away from them, but slowly to avoid the ghost at the door. He was doomed and this was it, he knew it, he always knew it, even when he thought he didn't know it he most definitely knew it while others figured he must not have known it he indeed did know it. The candle's light went out and the room had become significantly darker, though even as he closed his eyes to meet his fate he could still pick up on the sudden abundance of light. His eyes peeked open to find that Twilight had flashed into the room before him her horn glowing brightly, illuminating the room. As someone who knew where everything was around here it was easy for her to flip the light switch with her magic from across the room. The room was suddenly filled with light, allowing the two ponies to see the "ghosts" What looked a lot scarier in the dark, seemed to be nothing more than bed sheets with holes in them, some even having holes cut in the sides for wings. Two of the ponies with those cloaks had very familiar yellow and cyan wings. "What do you girls think you're doing!?" Twilight yelled, everyghost stumbling back in surprise. Coleus put on the puppy dog face and wrapped his hooves around Twilight, Rainbow glared at him through the sheet she wore. "Thank goodness you showed up Twilight, I was so scared but you rescued me!" Coleus wailed. A few ponies but Twilight rolled their eyes, but no one could tell since they wore their sheets. Twilight softly rubbed circles in his back as she spoke "It's alright Coleus, it's just my friends and marefriend messing with you. It was a prank... a STUPID IMMATURE AND IRRESPONSIBLE PRANK!" Twilight roared. Everypony in the room awkwardly began to remove their cloaks to reveal none other than Twilight's friends, Coleus made a fake shocked expression. Rainbow Dash stood blocking the door, and the other three ghosts were Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack. "All of you... OUT!" In single file line they were all led out of the library, into the hall, and to the front door. Each one muttered an apology as they passed Twilight on the way out, who held out a pointed hoof outdoors. "Sorry" Fluttershy weakly muttered. "Quite sorry dear.." "Sorry bout' that..." When no pony else went to step out Twilight turned to look at Rainbow Dash headed the opposite way. "and where do you think you're going?" Twilight called out, causing Rainbow to stop in her tracks and cringe at the harsh tone of voice. She nervously turned around to face her. "Uh.. up to our bedroom... to um... cuddle?" Rainbow said sheepishly. Twilight simply gave her a deadpan look and pointed towards the door again. "Twi, you can't be serious!" Rainbow's tail was surrounded with a purple aura and she was lifted into the air upside down. As she was levitated towards Twilight her marefriend spoke. "I'm sorry Rainbow but you can't just act like this and think every thing is okay. As punishment number one, no cuddles-" "aaawww" Rainbow whined. "number two, you're out of the castle for tonight" "okay... and number three?" Rainbow asked, still slowly being levitated toward Twilight upside down. "number three is you're going to stay with a friend" Twilight stated, Rainbow raised an upside down eyebrow at her. "Why's that one bad" "Because you'll be staying with Rarity" The unicorn's ears perked up from outside. "Oh that's wonderful dear, I'll finally be able to get you to model some dresses for me" Rarity beamed at her, Rainbow only looked at her in fear and then to her marefriend. Twilight slowly levitated an upside Rainbow just beside her. "Twi... ANYTHING BUT THAT!" Rainbow whined, Twilight simply rolled her eyes. "Rainbow i'm sorry, this hurts you more then it hurts me" Twilight said, and she slowly flipped Rainbow right side up with her magic and levitated her close. "Wait that's not how that expression goes-" Rainbow added Twilight leaned forward and gave her a gentle kiss on the cheek, making the pegasus blush. Immediately after the nice sentiment she tossed the pegasus outside with her magic just beside the gleeful unicorn who took her hoof in her own. "Twilight please!" Rainbow pleaded, but it was on deaf ears as her marefriend only watched in amusement. Rarity took Rainbow's hoof in a death grip and happily trotted off with her pegasus prisoner in tow. "I have got A LOT of dresses for you to model, do you like pink? because I have plenty of those ones that even Applejack won't model for me" Rarity said in a sing song voice, Rainbow only whined more screaming "Nooo... Nooo!" "Oh be quiet it's not that bad. Plus since you're modeling i'll have to take PICTURES for reference. I bet i'd get Twilight in better mood to see you all nice and pretty" "No anything but that! Anything!" Rainbow begged as she tried to dig her hooves into the ground. Rarity only continued to pull her along, her strength being shockingly strong when fashion was on her mind. Rainbow's reluctant hooves dragged through the ground causing a rough line of dirt to be left in their path as she was taken away to her own personal tartarus. Twilight just shook her head and turned to head back inside, but before she shut the door another ghost popped up right in her face causing her to reel back with an "eeep!" As soon as she recovered from the scared she glared at the ghost, who lifted up her cloak to reveal her bubbly face. "Hiya Twilight!" Pinkie said cheerily. Twilight simply gave her a glare in return, snatched her in her magic and threw her outside. She even slammed the castle doors behind her without even looking back.