Dying Wish

by gb2matty

Chapter 2

The walk back to town was silent. The two walked side-by-side, matching each others pace. Twilight rested her head on Dash, relying the azure pegasus with the gorgeous eyes would bring her in the right direction. They hadn't even made idle chit-chat, although that fact was about to be broken.

"I never knew you were a poet," Twilight mumbled into Dash's ear. The pegasus perked up, becoming more alert compared to her dreamy waltz through the woods.

"Huh? What was that?"

"That speech you gave me, it was absolutely beautiful. I never knew you had such an artistic way with words," Dash blushed at the compliment.

"Oh, ah, it was nothin', really. I guess it's just you. The desire of wanting you made me think. At least, much more than I'd normally be willing to think when doing something. I dunno," Dash sighed contently, and slacked her head down.

"Oh, how sweet. You really must be soft and mushy underneath all that muscle Dashie," Twilight had begun to rub up against Dash, as to feel the silky smoothness of her coat, when Rainbow giggled. Twilight frowned. "Hey, why are you laughing?

"Heh, well it's just... no one but Pinkie calls me 'Dashie'. I guess it..." Dash paused for a moment, looking for a way to say You saying Dashie makes you sound stupid in a way that only implies stupidity. "...Sounds silly coming from you. Yeah, silly."

Twilight glared in a non-specific direction, trying to figure out why Dash sounded so... suspicious. She eventually just shrugged it off, instead fixing upon a more playful demeanor. "Well, you better get used to it. I'm going to be calling you 'Dashie' a lot now."

"And, hehe, why is that?"

"Oh, but Dashie, I would think of all ponies you would know," Twilight said in a sarcastic tone, before pecking Dash on the cheek.

"Heh, I guess it kinda sounds a little cute coming from you," Dash mumbled, albeit purposefully loud enough for Twilight to hear, accidentally nudging her in the process. Twilight noticed this nudge in a different demeanor, however, and a brilliant idea formed in the usually innocent mare.

"Oh, really? How cute, Dashie? I want to know exactly how cute it sounds when I say Dashie." Twilight pulled a sly grin, and nudged Dash back, harder than the accidental one from the azure pegasus.

Dash stifled a laugh and attempted to hide a blush at the same time, no matter how impossible such a thing is. "Okay, maybe a little more adorkable than I'm saying." Along side the emphasis on "little", Dash nudged Twilight back quite hard, causing the unicorn to stumble a bit to the side, in which she immediately pull her back to where she was a second ago. The added force of the mare's propulsion caused Dash to knock over flat on her side. Instantly Twilight became worried of her friend's, or more appropriately "marefriend"'s, health.

"Oh no. Dash, are you hurt? I... I didn't mean to hit you so hard, it was just a game! Oh, Celestia, what have I do-wah!"

At that moment Dash jumped up, tackling Twilight to the ground. They rolled over a couple of times, fighting with their hooves locked, until they reached the other side of the path, at which point Dash emerged on top. They locked eyes for a moment; Dash's fierce with competition, but still loving, and Twilight's bewildered, but still compassionate. Dash leaned in quick, giving Twilight a quick peck on the lips. Remaining on Twilight's limbs, Dash stood upright.

"Why didn't we do this before? It's so..."

"Fun?" Twilight asked. Dash nodded.

"More fun and exhilarating than learning a new trick, or mastering an old one." Dash said with a smirk.

"More fun and exhilarating than learning a new spell, or creating a new one." Twilight concurred with a smirk.

"More fun than I thought I could have with an egghead..."

Twilight giggled at the name. "More fun than I though I could have with a jock, if we're going with name calling."

"Hey!" Dash exclaimed, pretending to be flabbergasted. "I am not a jock, I am just athletic. Big difference."

"Yeah, whatever," Twilight grinned. "Point was that I didn't think you and I could ever be..."

"Lovers?" Dash asked, making the two of them blush a deep crimson.

"I was going to go a bit lower on the latter and say similar, but I guess that works too." They both laughed at the insult.

Wow, Dash laughs loudly. Never knew. Twilight opened her eyes and saw something peculiar; Dash wasn't laughing. And neither was she.

And what she was hearing wasn't laughing.

It was growling.

Comments

[gb2matty]

I will finish this story! Probably! Someday! But first: cliffhangers! Because regardless of word count, the cliffhanger must be there. Oh, and chapter updates will be stupidly irregular because I bought Fallout: New Vegas and because of that I have been forgetting to eat regular meals, let alone updating a story. But do not worry! I will finish!

[Lostzilla]

goddamned steam and your selling stealing souls

and i hate cliffhanger, is sooo hard to not drop

[ArcaneTrex]

DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN
cliffhangers...we meet once again