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.
Rainbow Dash flew east.
She huffed and puffed, squinting her eyes to the dusty winds of the desert.
Craggy mountains and arid valleys stretched north and south of her.
Barely two minutes of flying, and her muzzle already felt horribly parched.
She ignored it. She ignored everything: the pain, the lethargy, the thirst...
...the anger.
In the distance, Las Pegasus peeked over a ridge of dull orange stone. Rainbow saw the glistening tower connecting the Lower and Upper halves of the gambling town. Then, all of a sudden, the city stopped growing closer.
Because Rainbow had stopped flying.
She descended onto a plateau, panting for breath. The mare clenched her eyes shut. She shook in place. She gnashed her teeth.
"... ... ..."
Fuming, the mare reopened her eyes, glaring.
Slowly, like melting ice, her ears drooped. Her tail hung limp.
At last, Rainbow Dash clenched her jaw tight. She pivoted... she turned around...
She sighed.
Listing Breeze finished the last of her water bottle. Leaning against the side of her carriage, the mare stifled a burp, then crushed the plastic thing to her forehead. With a grunt, she spun and tossed the bottle into the sea of junk.
Clap! A blue hoof caught the plastic wad in midair.
Listing blinked. "... ... ...that's quite a catch."
"You have no idea," Rainbow muttered.
"So your legs aren't so useless after all."
"It's not my legs that brought me here," Rainbow said, touching down.
Listing smiled. "Then what did?"
"I don't know." Rainbow tossed the bottle overher head and bucked it into the rusted debris with a rear hoof. "Guess I'm just a glutton for punishment."
"Same booger as ever."
"Shut it." Rainbow squinted. "Tell me what the problem is so we can get this crud over with."
"You sure?"
"No." Rainbow snorted. "Now start talking."
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understatement of the century
7174269
And three chapters in one day?! Am I going insane?!
(Don't answer that.)
Pretty much. With a majority of it being brought upon yourself.
Oh my. It seems rainbow is into the muscular gals.
Finally! Our questions will (probably) be answered.
Oh come on is she really doing this?
Listing is not how I expected her to be. I had pictured RD basically collapsing into a PTSD heap when Listing eventually showed up.
Are they actually going to make up?... I feel bad, but I hope not.
This might actually be a good thing, potentially. Maybe Listing was a female dog in the past... and maybe she still is, I dunno. But this whole chapter of Rainbow's life seems to have been hanging heavy over her head, and if the two of them can achieve something--forgiveness, respect, even catharsis--it would only ever be a positive thing for Rainbow.
Or it could be a disaster. Only time will tell.
7174274
Did you have any sanity left to lose?
(Answered ya' anyway. Eeyup. )
7174562 Nope, it is not!
7174572 No, not really.
And yeah, I noticed that.
This can't end well...
Bit off the subject, but I was thinking of something back when Rainbow was getting beaten up.
I don't really care if Rainbow ends up with Applejack or not. Blasphemy, I know. Rainbow's gotten herself into a position where the only way for her to be happy is to be with Applejack. If they ended up together in this state, it would be oddly sad, because the way things are, Rainbow views it as the only solution to her life, which is kind of weak sauce. Really, I just want her to be happy, however that happens. To put it mildly, Rainbow Dash is not "well" right now. Maybe Applejack could save her, but I'm not sure she's ready for any kind of intimate relationship.
Also, I like the three chapter dumps.
I can't picture Listing in anything but a worn and stained white wife-beater, and for some reason the image just makes me giggle.
I figured it was gonna be Listing
I also figured JE would redeem her and even though the comment section would hate it he would make them love her
Now we just need the arc that ships Rainbow with Stu where the comments don't hate it and I'll officially have seen it all
..so I can only imagine how absolutely outof their skulls with worry Vinyl, Lyra, Melody and Bon-bon are right now, and how angry they're going to be when you roll back into Las Pegasus with Listing.
...but then, you patched things up with Gilda earlier, didn't you Dash? Hoping the pattern holds true?
This is going to end incredibly badly.
Not one to turn down a key source of sustenance (other than booze) in this post-chance-of-AppleDash-happening world, Rainbow decides to hell with it and attempts to continue mimicking the Common Appledashery Reader in seeking some form of prolonged agony.
7174379 Plot progression laughs at logic
It shall turn out that Listing and Stu are cousins. Stu is going after AJ's heart as part of Listy's plan to get Dash back. Reader outrage forces JE into hiding.
Gonna borrow this: *ahem* "nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope"
7174782
I agree. But I have a feeling that if Rainbow does end up with AJ. She'll be happy for awhile but then realize that she doesn't love AJ as much as she thought. Its like Eminem said in one of his famous songs named Space Bound
Idk I hope no one crashes and burns
7174376
Even worse.
7175682 "Even worse" is only four letters removed from "East Horse."
7175791 If that's meant to be funny, the attempt was mediocre. Which is thematically appropriate, so have a like.
Eh, I like her. I mean, I reckon we haven't seen her bad side any as of yet, but she seems fairly reasonable thus far.
I can't say I have any affection for her taste in nicknames though. Booger? Really?
... Damnit, I actually like her. Damn it all. Maybe it's just because she's (so far) been fairly reasonable? Maybe that'll change in a few chapters. Oh, I don't know... I'm just along for the ride. If she's alright, she's alright. If not, I have a few pitchforks spare if anyone wants to borrow some.
7175921
As usual.
Dammit Rainbow, you're too loyal for your own good.