...Of The Ones We Care For
Rainbow Dash cringed away from the alcohol-sodden wad of cotton as it brushed over the fresh cuts in her wing and retracted the injured appendage.
“Ouch! Twilight, careful with that. It burns like Tartarus!” pressed Rainbow through her clenched teeth.
“Sorry, Dash, but you are the one who landed in a thorn bush and now I’m going to take care of you. No ‘buts’. And I have to disinfect your wounds before I patch you up,” came the purple unicorns firm but gentle reply.
Grumbling at the rather unpleasant outlook of getting tortured by the menacing ball of wool again, Rainbow shot it a grudging glare and hesitantly spread out her wing again to give her marefriend easier access.
With a concentrated expression, Twilight floated the drenched white ball over another cut and cleaned it from dirt and any bacteria that might cause it to fester. Carefully, she tended to each little wound she could find on the wing, gently stroking Rainbow’s shoulder whenever she flinched away from the pain and waited for it to subside. Sometimes she would even place tender kiss on the on the spot she had just washed, earning a little sigh and causing a stirring in her lover’s chest.
Eventually, the last cut was treated, the last bruise smeared with a healing ointment and Twilight floated over a roll of bandages, unrolling the first few inches with her magenta aura.
“Awww… Come on! Is that really necessary?” complained the cyan pegasus and pouted like little filly, “I can forget flying if you put these on me!”
“That’s exactly the point, Dashie,” Twilight explained with a small smile, adoring how cute the pout looked on her marefriend. “You know as well as I that you’re in no state to fly right now. If you stay put for the rest of today and maybe tomorrow and let the ointments do their job, you’ll be as fit as always in no time.”
A short glance in the librarian’s eyes told Rainbow that the unicorn wouldn’t take a ‘no’ for an answer here. Annoyed by the prospect of being grounded, even if it was for less than 24 hours, she threw her head back groaning loudly. “Argh… Fine!”
“Thank you. It’s much easier to take care of you when you are not struggling.”
“Yeah, whatever… Just let’s get this over with.”
Not wasting any more time, Twilight closed in and wrapped the long straps of cloth around the athlete’s injured wing. Soon, it was tightly secured in a comfortable position at her side.
To test if it would interfere with any movements she might make, Rainbow bent her spine in various ways. Satisfied with the result, she stretched her back and turned to the purple unicorn responsible for the restraint, who stared at her eagerly, as if she was waiting for something.
“They’re good, Twilight. Thanks!” To emphasize her point the cyan mare demonstratively moved her wing around within the boundaries of the bandages, before suddenly a mischievous grin snuck upon her lips. “You know… since I’m obviously not able to fly up to my home with this, I’ll have to stay the night here. Any complaints?”
“No, of course not. You’re always welcome.” Twilight laughed and stepped forward to plant a peck on Rainbow’s muzzle. “Why don’t you go upstairs? It’s late anyway and I’ll take care of everything else.”
A short glance outside the library's window confirmed the brash pegasus that her purple marefriend spoke the truth. The sun was setting in a beautiful red glow, bathing the clouds, the town and the inside of the library in a warm light.
“I guess, you’re right… I’m a bit hungry though. Could you get me something to eat?”
“Certainly. Just go up let me do the rest,” Twilight assured the stunt flyer with a smile.
That was good enough for Rainbow. Hesitating no longer, she headed for the stairs and went up to Twilight’s bedroom to make herself comfortable on the new king-sized bed they had acquired when they came to the conclusion that their relationship was stable enough to make investments like this.
Walking by the nightstand, she casually grabbed the latest Daring Do book from it and jumped on the bed.
A content sigh escaped her when she sunk into the soft mattress. Yeah, it’s been definitely worth the price.
Rolling over onto her belly, she placed the book before her and started flapping through the pages until she reached the point she had stopped earlier. Not before long, the pegasus was enthralled by the adventures of her favorite hero.
Rainbow was so enraptured that she barely noticed when Twilight entered the room, a wooden tablet with a tea pot and daffodil sandwiches floating beside her, enveloped in her magenta magic and a folded purple blanket on her back.
A warm feeling crawled up Twilight’s chest when she saw the cyan pegasus on her bed, her wonderful eyes glued to the pages of a novel and a joyful grin spread across her lips.
Silently, she approached her marefriend and carefully placed the tablet on the nightstand. Then she lifted the blanket from her back and unfolded it with her magic.
Finally, Rainbow looked up from the book and greeted the librarian with a delighted expression.
“Hey, Dashie.” Twilight smiled warmly. “I brought you a bite to eat and that tea should have a calming and relaxing effect, so it should be easier for you to stay down when you drink it. And the blanket is just in case you get cold.”
A feeling of love boiled up in Rainbow’s heart. Whenever she had the tiniest problem or injury, Twilight would always fret over it and try to make it better. She always took care of the cyan athlete like a mother of her foal when it hurt itself.
At first, the brash and independent pegasus had been a bit weirded out by this, but as time passed she had learned to appreciate it. All the little things the unicorn did were to ensure she was well and sound, even if she had to compromise on some things, like staying on the ground for a day.
Sometimes she felt even a bit guilty and felt like she was using Twilight, but then she saw how happy it made her to take care of her, doing everything she could to give her as much happiness as possible to show how much she cared about the athlete.
In the end, that’s what counts most. Caring about the other. Isn’t it?
“Thanks, but I think I know something better than the tea to keep me down.” Rainbow smirked.
“So? And what could this be?” Twilight asked and curiously cocked an eyebrow.
“Well… She’s purple, has a knack for magic and is undeniably cute. But most importantly: She’s not here on the bed with me!” Rainbow shamelessly grinned.
A light blush formed on Twilight’s muzzle, along with an amused smile.
“I guess I know what you mean…” the unicorn replied and climbed on the bed, spreading the blanket over them.
Carefully, as not to accidently touch the pegasus’ injured wing, the librarian crawled over to her and cuddled herself against the cyan mare’s warm body. They repeatedly readjusted their position until Twilight laid half on top of her lover, her legs wrapped around Rainbow’s neck and vice versa.
Twilight drowned in the magenta eyes of the athlete and bliss washed over her. Gratefulness and unending love lay in her gaze. Seconds became minutes and they simply kept staring at the other, content with the serenity of the moment. Eventually they gave up the eye contact and their lips met in a tender and passionate kiss.
For what felt like an eternity, the tongues of the two lovers danced together and around each other, playing, teasing and invading the other’s mouth whenever an opportunity called for it.
When they finally broke apart due to their lack of breath, Twilight rested her head on Rainbow’s shoulder, panting heavily and inhaling the sweet, fruity scent of the prismatic mare’s mane. Its aroma was more intoxicating than any perfume she could imagine.
While the unicorn was lost in the haze of her mane, Rainbow Dash freed her healthy wing from the embrace to wrap it tenderly around her lover and pressed Twilight against her warm body. Not even a single sheet of paper would have fitted between their coats.
Softly caressing the silken fur of the purple mare in her arms, Rainbow pressed her nose against Twilight’s neck and brushed against it affectionately. The gentle nuzzle drew Twilight’s attention away from the colorful mane of her marefriend and charmed a moan out of her.
Twilight met Rainbow’s gaze and looked deep into her lover’s magenta pools.
“I love you, Dashie.”
“I love you, too.”
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Cute. My favourite shipping is AppleDash but TwiDash is a very close second. Definitely favouriting this.
Awesome
great work have a derpy:
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Well... yeah... I actually dislike AppleDash with only a few exceptions, but okay. I have no right to tell you what to like but will certainly never write one.
Thanks for the fave though!
Very cute,
3598482 you... Dislike.... AppleDash?
SHAME!
Oh well, whatever... Nothing I can do to make you like something you don't. We all have our own tastes
Well that may be the fluffiest thing I have ever read. Like... I'm suffocating in the fluff! It's killing me! What have you done!? It's sentient! The fluff is sentient!
Seriously though, well done.
damn! that was as fluffy as that cotton ball twilight was using! maybe even fluffier than pinkies mane!
To quote that little girl from despicable me:
"IT'S SO FLUFFY I'M GONNA DIE!"
Seriously, this breaks the fluffiness scale. Gotta remember to make that go up to eleven...
Awww, very adorable!
Well a real nice clean and cute story, a nice change of pace from all the clop on this site.
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Mission accomplished!
Kill count: 2
Thanks! Positive feedback is always great.
That was delightfully cute. I really enjoyed it.
All my feels and thoughts on this story shall be shoved aside for a second so I can cover the facts. It was very well written and detailed, I liked it for that.
Now my feels.
Ugh. this whole story is like:
"Come to the dark- I MEAN Twidash side, we have sandwiches and tea!"
and other stories I read are like:
"Love Appledash or else."
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Come to us. Let the TwiDash flow through you. We have the best ship. My logic is undeniable!
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But Appledash can be so adorable sometimes...
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Why choose? For me pretty much every Dash ship works if the story is good. And as long as Dash is happy, I am happy.
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Ignore him. He's too Dash-centered to actually care what ship it is. I know that for a fact. Also, he told me 'Twidash is best ship' himself, so... yeah... What else do I need to say?
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You are my lazy-as-fuck proofreader! You said that on skype! Though... a comment like this pretty much proves I'm right anyway.
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But Appledash is so cute.... and have you seen Castle-mania? There was Appledash references all over the place.
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Don't listen to that guy, he's too twilight centered. Rainbow Dash is best pony
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Seriously, you should have seen his user page a couple of months ago. It wouldn't even load because it was so full of Rainbow Dash pictures!
And yeah... I just can't see Applejack and Rainbow Dash as anything more than best friends, but that, they are, that's for sure. Friends with benefits as a compromise but a romance between them is just something that won't work for me. And references to fanon are only there when you want to see them, so I don't see these references.
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scranton.mylittlefacewhen.com/media/f/img/mlfw1021_Rainbow_Dash_says_youre_awesome.gif
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You're awesome too.
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"Applejack, if your scared you can just tell me, you don't have to put your hoof around me- *THAT SEDUCTIVE RAINBOW FACE*
But, I also see your point. Me and my roommate argue between Flutterdash and Appledash a lot.
By the way, TheShadow has a point. Where is your photographic evidence?
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It's a skype conversation with different names. A screencap of it would prove shit.
And I'd call that look rather smug then seductive... Anyway, my opinion on AppleDash is very thought through and goes along with my perception of their characters and my opinion on their respective character traits, i.e. you won't be able to change my mind on this topic. bookplayer and bats already gave up trying. No offense.
That is, if you want to convince me to like AppleDash. If you annoy me long enough with it, it'll make me dislike this ship even more.
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No offense taken. I'm horrible at persuasion anyways, I just wanted to prove my point even though I see where you're coming at since Rainbow Dash is the most competitive pony in the whole TV show. But since we are two people with complete different views and beliefs on the subject at hand (or hoof, lol that pun) I can see how one may be believe that the face made was seductive and the other may believe that it was competitive, also we need to take in the fact that this is a childerns show and I doubt that Megan McCarthy meant it to be taken in as seductive.
So you're probably right.
I still think Rainbow Dash is a fillyfooler.
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Yeah. Hopefully there will be never any ships in the show. For that point I'm glad that Flash Sentry stayed in the movie.
After all, every single fanwork, may it be a fic, a ship or a picture, is still a fanwork. True is only what is shown on screen. Everything else is subjective and unprovable. Even TwiDash.
Though... that leaves me more room for other ships like Rarilight or Raridash or even Flutterjack!
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Yes, thank Celestia herself that Flash Cen- I mean, Brad, is not a charter in season 4. As much as I wish Appledash was real, I need to remember that this show is all about a unicorn (Or Alicorn) who is learning about the magic of true friendships.
That's why we write Fanfics so they can be more than just friendships.
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Indeed. In this regard: Enjoy as much different things as you can! Just don't try to convince others to share your opinion. You may give them any information you have and let them work with it, but opinions are all equally wrong or right, since they are all made up by the human mind. Pretending that your opinion is the right one would be hypocrisy at its finest. I know that includes my own, but such is the way things are, no matter how much I like or dislike it.
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oh really... says the one who wrote the flowing quotes...
"Come to us. Let the TwiDash flow through you. We have the best ship. My logic is undeniable!"
"Ignore him. He's too Dash-centered to actually care what ship it is. I know that for a fact. Also, he told me 'Twidash is best ship' himself, so... yeah... What else do I need to say?"
Any of these ring a bell..
:)
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Yes. But I thought these are distinguishable as jokes when I wrote them. My fault then...
Dat story art tho
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I understand it was a joke, I was just trying to be a butthead.
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Well... I'm lucky to be rather immune to it then.
Or maybe I'm just too stupid...
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Anyways, you can successfully say you made a Twidash fan out of me with this story, congratulations.
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I couldn't ask for more. I already accidently converted my proofreader and now you. Maybe I should try to do it for a living?
Anyway, I hope you have fun with your new pairing. It offers and incredible amount of possibilities for original stories. I could say more, but I'll let you discover it for yourself.
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Still an Appledash fan
And again, thanks, ya know, it's not really everyday a writer sits down and has a grown up conversation with a reader. In all the stories I'v read more than half the readers don't even stop to say "thank you" to a complement. I mean, I get some people are busy and all, but just bugs me.
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Damn...
I actually like discussing something on my stories. Sure, I might not like some comments on it,(I am not really fond of how many comments here concern Appledash) but it's my story so I have every right and obligation to defend my opinon here. The only problem is to find the point where everyone can stop to reply without looking stupid or ignorant, despite how shallow the conversation has become. And for my sleeping schedule's sake I'd say we end it here. I'm tired as fuck right now...
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I completely understand, I don't really like to reply to hate comments or anything meant to be rude of inconsiderate... And especially when I'm running low of sleep. it ends up being like:
"If you don't like my fucking story then why the fuck are you still here? Didn't your parents ever teach you if you don't have anything nice to say then just shut the hell up and leave?
"
Anyways, awesome story, I hope you keep writing awesome stuff like this and get some sleep. This is farewell.
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I don't really like AppleDash either...
3604417 k den. To each his own
This was an adorable fic and I loved reading it! Twidash for the win. That said, I'm also a big fan of Twiluna and Twishy.
I has just so much love for my Twilight~
Well good job bro all I have to say.
ok so you have 43 comments (counting this) and thats awesome and all, but its sorta suprising, your story is very good, but i've seenr really long stories that might of taken atleast 15-20 hours, and they usually have about 12 comments...
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Well, half of the comments are from me and that lightningstorm740 guy.
For the other half... It's pretty short something people like read, so it's more likely that they actually comment on it, since they don't have to think very long about what to write.
Other than that, I know that feel all too well... getting little to no comments and barely any views.
to make you fell better, ill tell you that i enjoyed your story ( with a like and fav
)
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Weeee!
Thumbs and stars! I like them so much! Thank you!
No problem man since its the best i can do!
< yea i like the part where i kissed twi!
< oh rainbow stop your making me blush!
heh
3607920 Luna Is Best Princess
twilunashy sounds interesting 
3719747 - It does huh. Maybe I'll write it one day.
3726134 YAAAAY