Rainbow Dash lives an exciting life and is swiftly becoming the most daring, awesome pegasus in all of Equestria. She would gladly give it all up, though, just to confess her love to Applejack.
"The truth is simple, I tell ya!" Lyra's voice cracked over the bar table. "The music industry is tanking!"
Vinyl Scratch chuckled, shaking her head as she scribbled across a music sheet. "The music industry is not tanking."
"It sure as Tartarus is!" Lyra frowned, levitating a half-empty glass of cider. "How is a self-respecting musician supposed to make money in a world where any random pony can break into entertaining song at the drop of a hat!"
"I'd pay to see that," Caramel said with a bashful smile.
"But you don't have to, girl!" Lyra exclaimed. "Which is the whole point! Just a take a walk down Ponyville's Main Street! Boom! You're gonna get serenaded eventually!"
"Could you give us an example, Lyra?" Bon Bon asked. "Because I have no unearthly clue what you're talking about."
"Don't you? Really?" Lyra squinted in the red light from the bar sign through the window. "Just wait around Sugarcube Corner. It'll happen eventually."
"Yes, well..." Bon Bon giggled. "That's Pinkie Pie, though."
"She's an earth pony!" Lyra growled. "She has no business being extra friggin' magical!"
Caramel giggled, nearly dropping the cider glass from his grip.
Vinyl rolled her eyes beneath her shades and glanced Rainbow Dash's way. "Rainbow, you know Pinkie the best out of all of us. Is Lyra full of it or what?"
Rainbow sat, cradling a mostly-empty glass of water. She stared dead ahead of her with a vacant expression.
Vinyl arched an eyebrow. "Well, if that wasn't a convincing argument, I don't know what was."
"You okay, Rainbow Dash?" Bon Bon asked, looking concerned. "You seem... distant."
"... ... ..." Rainbow Dash eventually looked up. "Hmmm?" She blinked. "Hmmmfff... oh, I'm good. Don't mind me."
"You... uhm..." Caramel squinted at the mare's glass. "You're not interested in cider tonight?"
Rainbow winced for the first time in hours. "Thanks, but no thanks. I'm just here to... uhhh... t-to enjoy your girls' company."
Silence.
"Riiiiight..." Lyra nodded. "You know, Rainbow, a lot of ponies drink to depression. You're the first mare I've seen undrink to depression."
"Look, I'm just not in the mood for cider right now," Rainbow Dash said. "Not for a while, at least."
"Is everything okay, Rainbow?" Caramel asked. "You... you were gone for over a week." He gulped. "I... uh... I heard some rumors about what went down in Fillyda."
"Whoah, wait..." Vinyl looked over. "You were near to Mareami and you didn't tell me?"
"No, nothing like that," Rainbow said in a dull tone. "Look, is it so weird that maybe I wanna hang out and chillax without drinking?"
More silence.
"Wanna sing about it?" Lyra said, smirking. Bon Bon and Vinyl hissed at her.
Rainbow let out a long sigh. She dropped a few coins on the table and stood up.
"Really?" Lyra blinked. "That's water you're paying for."
"Add it to you guys' tab," Rainbow muttered. "This... this was a bad idea. Sorry, everypony. I'll... uh..." She sauntered off. "I'll be awesomer next time. I promise."
"But... but just having you around is awesome enough..." Caramel gazed after her. "...Rainbow." As soon as the pegasus had cleared the bar's front door, he winced, slicking his mane back and looking demurely at the others.
Lyra folded her forelimbs. "Hrmmmf." She smirked. "She's gonna sing to the moonlight. I just know it." Bon Bon smacked her upside the head. "Owch!"
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Okay, she's gone from meditative to downright moody. She needs to go see Fluttershy, since she apparently refuses to completely open up around anyone else.
Something Romulus this way comes...
Oh how I missed the old gang. You've really made a delightful little group out of four seemingly random background ponies here.
Now to wait another 200 chapters to see them again.
5951381 Called it.
5951403 That's what I'm afraid of, too.
Pity he, and whoever comes to Ponyville with him, doesn't know what he (they) are gonna walk into.
I can't wait to see him, as well as the Psycho Twins, and Sunset (started to write Sunshit there) Shimmer, get their much-overdue comeuppance when they do!
5951521 Yep, you did.
5951525 That makes me wonder, they are the Elements of harmony so wouldn't Flim and Flam know about them or at least Applejack? You would think they would know better then to deal with ponies who are famous for defeating Nightmare Moon and aiding during the changeling invasion. Perhaps being in Ciderspace for so long has twisted there view on their capabilities?
Phew! I think I read over 200 chapters in the last 24 hours and finally got caught up.
Now I get to enjoy the agony of waiting for this to update on top of Ynanhluutr.
So, I'm just waiting for something important to happen.
5951678 That's...a very good question; one that makes me wonder if you're right.
And as to the latter bit of it, I think that they were already twisted even before they started all that crap.
Honestly, the one thing that I don't fault them for is their obvious love for their late mother. But even then, they went way too far in what they were doing to make her happy.
'Cause c'mon, Anyone who would put the national security of their country at risk like that, and didn't even think twice about it, has got to be more than a little twisted to start with.
5951870 Oh, okay.
And the only reason that I mentioned Sir Robin is because i'm not familiar with the other one that you mentioned.
Robin Hood, I am.
Whether he's portrayed by a cartoon fox from Disney, or the venerable Errol Flynn.
I know everyones been saying this, but this feels more and more like the calm before the storm. Heres my prediction,
"Applejack, theres something I should have told you long ago"
Applejack looks at her, intrigued and blushing slightly.
"I-"
Then suddenly the whole crew of evil characters show up.
5952569 The way this whole thing has been going for Dash, and AJ, I'm betting your right with that prediction.
Rainbooooooowww...
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You're shirking your friendshiiiiiiips...
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That is not a sign of a fulfilled and emotionally stable ponyyyyyyy...
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If i would act like this... my best friend would just slap me in the face and tell me how unhealthy my love for someone is. He'd call it an obsession. Im pretty sure thats not the case with Rainbow Dash. Her friends dont even have the slightest clue as to what bothers her, meaning they cant give her the advice she really needs. Tbh, i think the pony she needs to talk to the most.. Is Applejack.
Lyra is now diet Zaid for this story. #Austraeoh
5951381
I can't wait to see Rarity's reaction. I bet she'll give Pinkie a run for her money with smiles and giggles.