Rainbows don't give up!

by The PatioHeater

I just want to tell you how I'm feeling

It was raining slightly, although it was likely to get heavier. It set the mood perfectly, a solemn feeling of grey cast down over Ponyville. Rainbow Dash was stood outside, her heart heavy and her mane wet. She had been standing there for Celestia only knows how long, she was sure the sun was still up when she got there but now it was the dead of night. She had no idea what she doing, and that was unlikely to change.
She looked down at the ground, her eyes closed, an unfamiliar feeling of dread in her stomach she hadn’t been able to rid herself of for years now, but only recently had she managed to learn the reason behind it. A shiver ran down her spine, it violently shook her and brought her back from her depressing thoughts. She looked up, some of the lights were still on, possibly only a dim candle light but it was enough. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

Some fumbling could be heard coming from inside as well as some angered whispers. Eventually, the numerous locks and door chains could be heard clicking out of place and the door swung open.
“Oh… hey Rainbow Dash,” Twilight Sparkle said, her voice was laden with confusion and tiredness. She saw Rainbow standing in the freezing cold, her mane and coat drenched in rain, she was shivering profusely. “Oh my gosh, Dash, get inside. Quick!” Twilight quickly unbolted the second part of the door and opened it fully, allowing Rainbow Dash to walk in. “Are you alright Rainbow?” Twilight asked as she tried to hug some warmth into her. She lead her through to her study, she had a fire going in there. She went and found a blanket and put it over Rainbow, tucking in the loose edges under her as she sat on a bean bag chair. “What are you doing here Rainbow?” Twilight asked, her voice full of concern.
Rainbow said nothing, all she did was un-tuck an edge of the blanket and gesture Twilight to come lay next to her, and she did happily. As Twilight nestled in close, Rainbow let out a content sigh.
Twilight shivered as she felt Rainbow’s wet coat on hers. “How long have you been standing out there?” Twilight was determined to get an answer, but she didn’t, instead she got nuzzled by Rainbow and felt a comfortable feeling inside. Twilight rested herself into Rainbow and dozed off in the warmth of the fire.

Sometime later, she awoke to the sound of quiet, quivering tears, coming from the mare beside her.
“Rainbow,” she whispered, “What’s wrong?”
Rainbow looked up, her eyes gave away the fact that she had been crying for a while now. “Twilight…” her voice quivered as she spoke through the tears.
There was a long pause. “Come on Rainbow, you can tell me,” she said in as friendly a manner as possible.
“I… I…” Rainbow paused for a deep, cleansing breath. “I h-have to tell you something.”
“What is it?”
“Ever sin-,” Rainbow growled angrily at her inability to think of how to start.
“Take your time, Dashie. We have all night.”
“Ever since… y-you came here,” she paused again. “Ever since I crashed into you that one day I-,” her voice faltered to a halt.
“What?” Twilight whispered affectionately.
“You see… well…” she tried to think of something to say. “Twilight, we’re no strangers to love, are we? I mean, you know the rules… and so do I,” she said quickly.
“Huh?” Twilight was confused, she knew very little about love, let alone the rules. In fact, she hadn’t even heard of the rules of love until just then.
“This might seem a little forward but… a full commitment is what I'm thinking of. And I know you wouldn’t get this from any other mare.”
“What are you saying, Dash?”
“I-I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling. I just gotta make you understand.” Rainbow sat up and put a hoof on Twilight’s chin to turn her face to hers. She looked deep in her eyes, they penetrated her soul and gave her courage to continue speaking. “Twilight, I'm never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you. I will never make cry, or say goodbye, I’ll never tell a lie, or hurt you.”
“What Rainbow Dash, seriously, I'm confused.” Twilight was getting nervous.
Rainbow fell back down onto the bean bag, she saw that Twilight wasn’t reacting in the way she hoped and burst into tears.
Twilight stood up from next to her, which only intensified Rainbow’s tears. Twilight walked around in front of Rainbow and stooped down so their faces were mere inches from each others. “Rainbow, we’ve known each other for so, so long.” Rainbow looked up and saw the smile on Twilight’s face, she just couldn’t help but smile back. “It’s obvious that your heart’s been aching but you were just far too shy to say it. Inside, we both know what’s been going on. We know the game and we’re going to play it.” Twilight helped Rainbow to her hooves. “And Rainbow, if you ask me how I'm feeling, don’t tell me you’re too blind to see.”
“Twilight?” Rainbow said, once again on the brink of tears, but this time happy tears.
“Ssh ssh ssh.” Twilight put a hoof of Rainbow’s lips. “Rainbow Dash, I'm never going to give you up either! Or let you down. Or run around and desert. I won’t ever make you cry , say goodbye, lie or hurt you.”
Rainbow Dash could have exploded with joy, but decided against it. Instead she went for the better option and lunged at Twilight, tackling her to floor and pinning her there. She froze for a second, moments before she knew exactly what she planned to do afterwards, but now that she was there she wasn’t sure if she should or not. Fortunately for her, Twilight was hoping for the same thing, and pulled her down to her. The kiss was unexpected for all parties, but nopony was disappointed. Rainbow had some practice under her belt and Twilight seemed to have a knack for it. It was perfect, and couldn’t last long enough.
Rainbow pulled away. “I will never give you up,” she whispered tenderly.
“I will never give you up,” Twilight whispered back, planting another small kiss on Rainbow.

“I'm never gonna let you down.” “Never gonna let you down.”
“I'm never gonna run around,” “Or desert you.”
“I'm never gonna make you cry.” “Never going to make you cry.”
“I'm never gonna say goodbye.” “Never say good bye.”
“I'm never gonna tell a lie,” “Or hurt you.”

Rainbow started crying slightly, she never expected Twilight to return her sentiment. She started laughing as well, joined in instantly by Twilight. They kissed again except more passionately, but they could barely keep their faces in the correct position as they tried to pull back into a smile every time either of them realised the situation they were in.

What felt liked eons later, Rainbow rolled back off Twilight and lay on her back, feeling a weird desire to unfold her wings, and she did so. The feathers on the tip of her wings tickled Twilight, making her giggle uncontrollably, so Rainbow continued until Twilight was in fits of hysterical laughter, her back arching as she tried to control herself and begging Rainbow to stop, although this only spurred her on.
“Rainbow, stop! I'm going to wee myself!” Twilight laughed.
Rainbow slowed to a stop grudgingly. She looked over at Twilight trying to recover from the tickling. She rolled onto her side, shifting uncomfortably to free her trapped wing, and got a closer look at her. There was nothing about her she didn’t like. Nothing she didn’t love about her.
“Twilight?”
“Yeah Rainbow?” Twilight said in the final few giggles of her recovery.
“I love you.”
“I love you too,” Twilight replied almost instantly, as if she was dying to say it.

They rolled into each other and took each other in a tight embrace. They held each other so tightly that they seemed to merge into one.
“And I'm never gonna give you up,” Rainbow whispered.

They both fell asleep moments later, and didn’t rise until morning. They lay on the floor, holding one another, not wanting to give each other up… ever.

Comments

[That_one_guy]

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[OminousBrony]

...They Rick Rolled each other.... FIVE FUCKING STARS IS NOT ENOUGH!

[RazedRainbow]

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I've...just been...rick-rolled...by a...fanfic....
Five stars to your face, dear sir.....Five stars to your face

[warbler89]

You know the rules. So do I. Five stars.

[Meadow_Elune]

At first I was like but then I

[0956]

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[frutineo]

It was a sweet story, really funny because of the song... it's so meant to be a one shot, but if you want to do another chapter, I support you. Though I think that it should not come to that.

[Magical Trevor]

Wha... But ho... When di... But tha...

(Congrats. you managed to get Magical Trevor speechless...)

~ Moonstone, Minstrel of Equestria

[The Fallen One]

I think the only emoticon that can properly express this is

Seriously, /take all my stars/

[Awesome Sauce]

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[Derpmind]

We've come full circle. Rick-Roll, actually romantic! The power of Ponies compels you!

[Dash Is Best Pony]

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

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20% cooler than most other TwiDash fics. Quite the shame it's a one-shot though!

[OniLinkPlus]

BEST. FANFIC. EVER.

[That Awkward Feeling You've Forgotten Something Important]

I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND TOLERATE YOU TO OBLIVION!

5 STARS!

SCREAMING!

[Delta Gamma]

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They said it couldn't be done!

ΔΓ

[AmazonRiderRX]

Now my life is closer to complete

[The Incredible Werekitty]

I LOL'd.

Rick Astly as a pony... What would HIS cutie mark be? It's as much a conundrum as Eddie Izzard's.

[Rainbowrash]

I once searched up a song called Never Gonna Give You Up. Got rick roll'd. Pissed me the buck off

[torrentialCAM]

I so dare Seth to feature this on EQD and roll the entire Pony fandom.

[jangledorf]

As soon as I read "We're no strangers to love" I immediately scrolled back up and gave this 5 stars.

This is beautiful.

[primalcorn1]

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[∀]

...Well played, The PatioHeater. You win this round.

[Pemberton]

>Reading
>Half way through fic
>"I can see where this is going"
>Rage anyway

10/10 for subversive semi-trollfic

[CluelessDetective]

Best story ever!
204904 WIN!

[punisher143]

204904 pure win.
I love the song and the fic made me lol. You gotta work on some spelling errors though. Late in the fic you confused a span of time for this. V
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Still pretty good.

[Petrichor]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.....

Aside from the Rick-Roll, that stroy was brilliant!

[Insert Clever Name]

Oddly enough, I was listening to rick roll when I was reading this.

[Meltian]

How did I not see this when I read the title of the fic, and saw it was crossed over with a song.

All my stars, good sir. All my stars.

[DemonRykuKyuubi]

Rick Roll'd, and the story was actually really good! Nice work!

[Arthtrott]

Stupid song! Now I can't get it out of my head? Never gonna give, never gonna give, never gonna give you up...

[avacadobook]

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It just HAD to be so well written . . . DIDN'T IT!?

[Crowquill Symphony]

You magnificent genius. Well Played. Well Played.

[Owndapwn]

I could counter troll and tell you I'm deaf.
But then I'd be lying. I could hear the song in my head.

[Doxkid]

I couldn't stop laughing long enough to read it all. The chapter title made me giggle and once I realized it was really a Rick-Fic I couldn't restrain myself anymore.

I...I'm not sure how I feel about this.

[Rainbow Crash 34]

204570
WHERE CAN I FIND THAT SHIRT??

[ty500600]

awesome 5/5

[TwinkieSpy]

HAHAH
I knew it. But I read it anyways.

[Lilsane]

Simply adorable! Gotta love being rick-rolled into love

[Fox-Sama]

this was rather funny, but not much else

[Dash Is Best Pony]

205235 Try Welovefine.com. It's an awesome place, there are tons of pony shirts.

[Kagitaar]

I have to thank Primal for bringing me here, this is the best suprise Rick-Roll since the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from a few years ago. All my stars, sir, all my stars.

[Diamond Sparkle]

A rickroll fic, very funny.

[kilkennycats]

ALL OF MY STARS. TAKE THEM.

[Fenrir]

I hate you with all of my hate('');..5 stars for you

[wowowow]

just

[Zanzibar]

By Celestias beard!

I hate you :P. Well, not really. The dialogue felt seriously stilted and the story lives on the joke alone.

That said: Well played! It's a good joke and caught me by surprise.

I still believe you should get someone to help you make this more readable, and try to add another 1000-2000 words to it, get it posted on EQD. Rickroll Everypony :).

[wackyteen]

oh, this was gold.

[Dew Drop]

I loled so hard, nice job

[kirbuu]

I hate you with the fire of a thousand suns. Bravo.

[awesomekik]

As soon as I read the chapter name I knew it had that song in it.