• Published 8th Apr 2019
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Dash's Little Big Problem - pandaxxus



Rainbow Dash and Big Mac have been together for five years. The relationship is going strong, and the two decided to even take the next big step and move in together. However, a familiar face shows up and tests their relationship. What will happen?

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The Big Move

A short, middle-aged woman stood with tears in her magenta eyes. She wore a large, sad smile on her freckled face. Her short, pink hair hung just a small bit above her shoulders as she looked at her daughter. Her name was Windy Whistles, and she had just finished helping her twenty-two-year-old daughter pack up to live in a new home with her boyfriend. There, in the doorway of her small home stood her rainbow haired daughter smiling back at her right next to her partner. Windy Whistles suddenly began to remember all of the moments she’s had to raise her only child, Rainbow Dash. Rainbow inherited her light blue skin and bright magenta eyes, yet everything about her reminded her of her husband, Bow. Rainbow not only adopted his prismatic hair, but also his smile, attitude, determination, and love for soccer. He sadly passed away when Rainbow was just seven years old, but Windy could tell that Rainbow wanted to make him proud.

Rainbow had met her boyfriend, Big Macintosh when she had first moved to town in the third grade. The two did not end up falling for each other until Rainbow’s junior year in high school. Windy remembered when the two had first started their relationship. That night, Rainbow came home with the biggest smile Windy had ever seen on her daughter’s face. She couldn’t stop smiling as she told her mother that she had found her first love. Windy knew that whoever had caught Rainbow’s heart must have been amazing because it was rare for her daughter to have crushes or to show any signs of affection.

However, as Rainbow told Windy about him, Windy saw how happy that this guy had made her. It seemed to be as if Rainbow became even happier as the time went on. Soon after, Rainbow had invited him over for dinner, and he accepted the offer, willing to meet her mother. When Windy laid her eyes on him, it was almost that she felt that he was the one. He had emerald green eyes that complimented his peach-colored skin. He had freckles that stood out dramatically, and he had short honey-colored hair. He was tall and broad, yet Windy later learned that he was very quiet and shy. It was almost impossible to figure out how Rainbow fell for him, as they had so many differences. Windy then saw how the two looked at each other, love both clearly found in their eyes. He constantly checked up on both her and on his girlfriend, and he was well-mannered and polite.

Windy felt that nothing would go eerie between the couple, but was almost proven wrong. She remembered one day when her daughter didn’t return home. After calling thousands of times, Windy was close to calling the police. However, just as she was about to, she had gotten a call from Rainbow’s best friend, Fluttershy. Fluttershy explained that Rainbow would be staying over that night and that things weren’t okay between her and Big Macintosh. Windy recalled Rainbow coming home the next day and locked herself in her room. She heard her daughter’s soft sobs coming from the other side but wanted to give her space.

It had broken Windy to see her daughter so hurt. Rainbow was never one to express her feelings, she always held it in and kept as strong as she could, a trait she had gotten from her father. Her daughter also doesn’t usually come to Windy whenever she is upset. Windy knows that she wants to seem strong for her mother so that she wouldn’t have to worry. She feels as if she burdens her mother, and that since her father is gone she has to be as happy as possible.

Just a few hours after Rainbow locked herself up, Big Macintosh and his sister knocked on the door, pleading with Windy to let them in and fix things. She reluctantly let them in, not wanting them to hurt her child even more than they already did.

However, after a few hours, Rainbow was heard laughing from behind the door. Windy was relieved that they had seemed to make up, but she was more relieved to see her daughter happy, and not broken again. The couple had apparently broken apart, but Big Macintosh explained that he was only looking out for Rainbow Dash and Applejack’s friendship. Windy was confused at first, but she learned that both Applejack and Rainbow had an argument, and he thought that if their friendship had ended, Rainbow’s heart would have shattered.

She saw that he didn’t do it to break Rainbow’s heart, but to save it. He just wasn’t thinking. Windy came to the conclusion that Big Macintosh was the only one fit for her daughter, and nothing would ever change that.

Now, here she was five years later, watching her daughter make the next big step in life. It was bound to happen one day, and Windy didn’t want her child to live with her forever, yet it was still heartbreaking to watch her only child growing up. Rainbow was standing next to her boyfriend, who had just finished packing the last of Rainbow’s belongings. Rainbow’s long, chromatic hair was tied up in a high ponytail and her white t-shirt was covered in a bunch of grey and blue paint, most likely from renovating her apartment.

“My little baby bird is leaving the nest!” Windy whimpered, her voice cracking as she cried. She leaned over and pulled her only daughter into a tight hug.

“Mom, I told you that I’m not moving that far away,” Rainbow sighed as if she were annoyed, yet she hugged her mother back just as tight. Rainbow seemed to act as if she were fine, but deep down, Windy knew that she was just as emotional.

“And you,” Windy broke the hug and turned to Big Macintosh, her hand cupping his cheek, “I don’t think I would be any happier knowing that you are the one who stole my daughter’s heart. Her father would love you.”

Windy noticed Rainbow’s eyes gloss with tears instantly at the mention of her father. The two were very close when Rainbow was a child, and she still misses her father dearly.

“Yeah, he would wouldn’t he?” Rainbow added, smiling at her boyfriend.

A small smile made its way onto Big Macintosh’s freckled face, and his cheeks grew pink.

“Thank ya, Mss. Dashall,” his deep voice was soft.

“I think we should get going mom,” Rainbow said suddenly, picking up one of her boxes.

“Why, of course! I don’t want you two being out too late. You still need to get settled in your new home.” Windy agreed and gestured for the young adults to start heading out, further onto the porch.

Big Macintosh lifted a few more boxes before speaking up once more.

“Ah’ll go put these in the truck,” he stated, tilting his head to his red pickup truck that he had gotten in his senior year of high school, “Ah’ll see ya next time Miss.Dashall.”

With that, Big Mac headed down the small flight of stairs and made his way across the street where the car was parked.

Before her daughter left, Windy pulled her into one last hug. Rainbow rolled her eyes but didn’t hold back. Windy took the time to kiss her daughter on the cheek, earning another eye roll from the girl.

“If you ever need me, you let me know, you hear? You don’t have to do everything on your own,” Windy said firmly, holding her daughter’s hand.

“Of course, mom,” Rainbow replied with her raspy voice.

“I love you, Dashie.”

“I love you too, mom.” Rainbow gave her mother a toothy grin, before hopping down the stairs and got into the passenger seat of her boyfriend’s car.

Windy watched the couple drive away with more tears in her eyes. She now only had the house to herself. Walking back inside, her eyes fell on a brown picture frame holding a family portrait. She picked it up and saw herself beaming in the photo, next to a purple skinned, rainbow-haired male. His yellow eyes were bright and he wore a huge smile on his face as he held his six-year-old daughter with the same rainbow hair.

Windy’s eyes focused on the young girl sitting in between her father and mother. Her rainbow hair was tied into two pigtails, and her bangs hung over her eyes. She managed to keep a bright smile though, and her magenta eyes shimmered with happiness.

Windy smiled as she noticed how much her daughter had grown, and how successful she had become. Looking at her deceased husband, Windy gave a sad smile.

“We did good, Bow,” she said, touching his figure on the photo, “We did good,”


The sound of the keys jingled through the halls as Rainbow tried to open the door to her apartment.

“Need help?” Big Macintosh smirked, watching his girlfriend struggle.

“Nah, I got this.” Rainbow huffed.

“Alright then..” Big Macintosh looked at the ceiling, waiting for Rainbow to give in and allow him to help.

“What is wrong with this thing?” she grumbled, getting irritated with the locked door.

Big Macintosh looked down to see what was causing her so much trouble and chuckled a bit when he finally saw what was going on.

“Sweetheart,” he managed to get out through his giggles.

“What?”

“Ya gotta turn the keys left to open the door, not right.”

He watched as Rainbow paused for a moment, her face turning a shade of crimson red.

“I knew that,” she said dismissively, before finally opening the door the correct way.

Rainbow looked around at her new home with a smile on her face. The door opened into the living room, which was painted a bright, sky blue, and had a rainbow streak going along the side of the wall. The wood floor was chocolate brown. Rainbow looked to her left to see her kitchen. The countertops were made of black marble, and there was an island in the center. There was a lot of space, but there was still some furniture that needed to be placed down.

Rainbow was ecstatic. She had a place all to herself, she had just finished her four years college and had even attempted to make the Wonderbolts soccer team. She had practiced and dreamed of making the team for practically her whole entire life, and she felt as if her dream was finally coming true.

Her best friends all seemed to be doing well in life, and Rainbow saw them as much as she could.

Pinkie Pie was an energetic, pink-haired twenty-two-year-old woman. Rainbow had known Pinkie since she was just eight years old, and Rainbow believes that she had never changed. Pinkie was always bouncing around and was extremely loud, which sometimes bothered Rainbow. Nonetheless, Rainbow couldn’t help but chuckle at her friend’s bubbly nature and crazy antics. After high school, Pinkie Pie chose that college wasn’t for her, and helped run Mr and Mrs. Cakes’ bakery. They were close friends with Pinkie Pie’s mother, and Pinkie had spent a lot of time with the family. She had met a man named Cheese Sandwich just a few months ago. The two began talking and eventually started dating. Rainbow thought that Pinkie couldn’t get any happier than what she already was, but Cheese Sandwich had proven her wrong.

Rainbow’s other friends, Twilight and Sunset, had gone away to college and decided to keep going further, and since it was pretty far, the girls weren’t around as much anymore. However, whenever they had breaks, they would come over to spend time with their friends. Rainbow missed seeing her friends and teasing them for always being buried in their books, but at least they were happy.

Rarity also went off to college, and the rest of the girls quickly found out that she had put out her own line of clothing. Rainbow remembers seeing Rarity’s curled purple hair and blue eyes on a billboard while driving, advertising her new clothing line. Rarity later explained that she wanted it to be a surprise, but apparently, she had never found the time.

Fluttershy was still very close with Rainbow Dash and attended the same community college as her. She was still just as shy as she was in high school, and not much has changed in the past four years. Fluttershy wants to go back to college and prepare to become a veterinarian but would like to take a year off to explore new things and make sure that this is what she wanted to do. Fluttershy lives on her own and was single. After her small confession to Rainbow in high school, Fluttershy had never mentioned anything about finding someone to love.

Applejack on the other hand still worked on Sweet Apple Acres. She was Big Macintosh’s younger sister, and one of Rainbow’s closest friends. The two had a slight falling out in the early stages of Rainbow’s relationship with Mac, After the argument, things continued to go downhill. Big Macintosh broke up with her, Rainbow questioned her loyalty, and she felt crushed. However, the two eventually made up and Applejack had been supportive of the couple ever since. Rainbow and Applejack always competed against each other in high school, and still continue from time to time.

The past five years with Big Mac had been amazing. Rainbow felt lucky, as most people don’t usually stick with their first love, but she found as if she had found the one and didn’t need to search anymore. She was happy to be taking this next big step with Big Macintosh and his family.

Smiling, Rainbow began taking some cups and dishes out of the small cardboard box that was placed on the counter and started placing them in the cabinets above.

“Can you believe that it’s been five years since we got together?” She asked Mac, who was setting up some furniture in the living room.

“Ah know, five years of puttin’ up with you.” he smiled, waiting to see Rainbow’s reaction.

“Putting up with me?” the prismatic haired girl laughed, “Please, the only thing you’ve been putting up with is my pure awesomeness.”

Big Macintosh let out a deep, hearty laugh before getting up.

“Well, darlin’, Ah think Ah have a problem.” Mac scratched the back of his head, looking at the small issue in front of him. He had found out that he had no way to hang up any of the paintings and pictures on the wall. He also found that he was missing a few other supplies needed to finish renovating the home.

“What is it?”

“Ah’m gonna have to go to the store an’ pick up a few more things. Turns out we did have more shoppin’ to do.” Big Macintosh said sheepishly, scratching the back of his neck while getting up from one of the gray couches sat in the living room.

“I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so,” Rainbow smirked and winked. The two had bickered for a while on the way home, arguing whether or not they were done shopping for the day.

“Ah’ll be back,” Big Macintosh laughed as he headed out the door.

Rainbow proceeded to unpack and place things inside of her new kitchen, and after about twenty minutes, there was a knock at the door.

“He’s back already?” Rainbow mumbled to herself, placing a cup down on the counter. She walked over to the locked door and opened it, expecting to meet her boyfriend’s green eyes, but stepped back a bit when she was instead met with magenta ones.

Instead of her boyfriend, there was a young woman who stood with a small, pink frosted cake in her hands. Her magenta eyes sparkled as she stared at Rainbow Dash. She had curly, grape-colored hair which was tied into two short pigtails with a blue barrette. The smiling woman had a pinkish skin tone and a bright smile. Her long lashes were lined with thick, black liner and she had blush on her already rosy cheeks. She wore a light blue, sleeveless sweater, and a short bubblegum pink skirt.

“Uh...hi?” Rainbow greeted awkwardly, not knowing what to say to her eager guest.

“Hi! I don’t mean to barge in unexpected, I just heard that you were new around here, and I wanted to greet my new neighbor! I didn’t interrupt anything did I?” The young woman asked worriedly and lowered her cake.

“No, you’re cool,” Rainbow assured the girl and opened the door wide so she would be able to walk in.

“This is for you,” the girl smiled and handed Rainbow the cake she had been holding. Taking it, Rainbow smelled the scent of sweet strawberry, and she could tell that the cake had just come out of the oven.

“Thanks,” Rainbow smiled at the girl. Looking at her, Rainbow felt as if she had seen this girl before, but she couldn’t place it exactly.

“I’m Sugar Belle by the way,” The girl introduced herself, walking into the semi-empty living room and taking a seat on one of the couches. Her voice was high-pitched, yet soft like Fluttershy’s.

“Rainbow Dash,” Rainbow replied, smiling a bit.

“This is a big apartment just for one person,” Sugar Belle commented, looking around.

“That’s because I’m moving in with my boyfriend,” Rainbow admitted confidently.

“Aww, that’s so sweet!” Sugar Belle cooed and began looking at Rainbow’s hair.

“Your hair is beautiful by the way. You were born with your hair like that?”

Rainbow chuckled a bit and answered.

“Yep. My grandmother passed it onto my dad. My dad passed it on to me.”

“That’s amazing,” Sugar Belle smiled sweetly.

Suddenly, the door opened. Big Macintosh had a few bags in his hands and walked right into the kitchen, not noticing the girl sitting on their couch. Rainbow saw Sugar Belle’s eyes narrow at the sight of Big Macintosh.

“Macintosh?” Sugar Belle questioned, standing up as if she were trying to get a closer look.

Big Macintosh’s eyes widened at the sound of her voice. Rainbow raised an eyebrow but remained silent.

“S-Sugar Belle?” Big Macintosh’s deep voice quivered.

“Oh my goodness it is you!” Sugar Belle squealed before rushing over to give the broad man a hug. Big Mac hesitated a bit before hugging her back slightly.

“Ah didn’t know ya lived here…” Mac peeped as he broke the awkward hug.

“Yeah...I moved away with my mother back in high school. After I graduated, I came back to Canterlot to see if I could find you again, but I didn’t have any luck. So, I found an apartment and stayed here!”

Find him again? Rainbow pondered and thought about what Sugar Belle could have meant by that.

“It’s really nice of you to help Rainbow and her boyfriend with their big move.” Sugar Belle smiled innocently.

Rainbow’s eyebrows furrowed as she listened to what Sugar Belle had said, and was about to interject. However, Big Macintosh beat her to it.

“Well, Sugar Belle,” Big Macintosh avoided looking the sweet girl in the eyes, “Ah am the boyfriend.”

Rainbow watched as Sugar Belle’s smile faltered a bit, but managed to keep her composure.

“O-oh..” Sugar Belle said quietly, “That’s...that’s really….I’m happy for you.”

After struggling a bit, Sugar Belle put on a sad smile. The three adults fell into an awkward silence, Rainbow crossed her arms, feeling as if something had been going on between the two, and didn't want to interrupt.

Sugar Belle eventually fixed her sad mood and looked up at Big Macintosh.

“So, what do you do now? You don’t live on the farm anymore, so how do you work?” Sugar Belle asked, trying to start a conversation and end the awkward feeling.

“Oh, Ah still pitch in at the farm. Durin’ the week, Ah go over there an’ work. Ah have weekends and Fridays to myself.”

“Wow, you really are dedicated to your farmwork huh?” Sugar Belle laughed slightly.

“Well, o’ course Ah am. Ah can’t just leave my family hangin’ like that.” Mac replied without hesitation.

Rainbow smiled sweetly at her boyfriend’s loyalty. It was one of her favorite things about him and one of the reasons as to why she fell for him. He cared about his family, and even if he was miles away, he would still figure out a way to help them.

However, Rainbow stopped smiling when she saw that Sugar Belle seemed to be looking at him the exact same way. Her eyes sparkled with admiration, and she had a dreamy smile plastered on her face.

“You didn’t change one bit…” Sugar Belle giggled, yet stopped when she had seen Rainbow staring at her.

“Well,” the girl coughed awkwardly and shifted her feet, “I’ll leave you two be. You probably still have a lot more to do around here. I’m right down the hall if you guys ever need me. Goodbye!”

Sugar Belle cheered before quickly leaving the apartment, leaving the couple alone. Big Macintosh noticed the cake that Sugar Belle had brought, and his eyes quickly traveled to his girlfriend, who had gone straight back into the kitchen to unpack as if nothing happened. She had a blank expression on her face, and she said nothing. This worried Big Macintosh, as he was afraid that Rainbow had gotten the wrong idea, and he quickly spoke up.

“Darlin’ look-”

“Mac, it’s fine.” Rainbow interrupted him, not giving him one glance.

“But-”

“I told you, it’s fine.” Dash repeated, closing the cabinet and looked at her boyfriend, “So, you two know each other. It doesn’t mean anything. I’m not one of those clingy, crazy girlfriends who get jealous if their boyfriend makes friends with someone of the opposite sex.”

Big Macintosh sighed and looked down at the counter.

“The thing is darlin’, she ain’t my friend.”

“What do you mean?”

“She’s...my ex.”

Rainbow grew silent before replying with a simple, “Oh.”

“We dated for a bit in high school. We started datin’ in our freshman year and broke up in the middle of our sophomore year. We had spent a lot of time together, and we were very close. Everythin’ was going fine until her ma found a new job, and she had to move across the country. We were so in love, but neither of us thought a long distance relationship would work out an’ decided it was best if we broke up. But on the day she left, Ah promised her that one day we would find each other again and pick up right where we left off…” Big Macintosh explained awkwardly.

Rainbow couldn’t help but feel as if her heart was being squeezed. Why did Big Macintosh never tell her any of this? Did he even love her as much as she thought? Her mind replayed every word that he had just said and focused on how he made it clear that the two were very in love before she moved.

She shook her head, as she thought she was being irrational but didn’t say a word.

“Rainbow Dash?”

Rainbow looked up and began wiping the counter off with a small rag.

“So...you promised her?” Rainbow asked. It was the only thing running through her mind at that moment. She cringed as her voice cracked when she spoke.

“Rainbow,” Mac sighed and quickly made his way over to Rainbow to wrap her in a tight hug.

“Listen to me,” Big Macintosh said firmly and took his girlfriend by the shoulders.

“That was almost ten years ago. Ah was fourteen, an’ she was my first love.”

Rainbow looked down as more thoughts ran through her mind. She knew that everyone always had a special connection with their first love, and by the way Sugar Belle looked at Mac, this situation was no different. If Sugar Belle never moved away, would Big Macintosh ever show any interest in her? Where would they be? What would Rainbow be doing?

She tried to push those thoughts away as much as she could, convincing herself that she was being overly dramatic. This wasn’t that big of a deal.

“I get it, Mac,” Rainbow said, trying to keep her voice from breaking again, “And I told you that it was okay. You don’t have to worry about me remember?

“Darlin’...” Mac sighed, knowing that Rainbow was upset.

“Ah love you, you know that right?”

“Of course you do, Mac.” Rainbow smiled slightly, “I love you too.”

Rainbow then realized that she had been done unpacking and setting up her kitchen.

“I’m going to go fix up our room for a bit...why don’t you go finish out here and I’ll see if I can have the room ready by the time you’re done.” Rainbow gave a small smile.

“Alright..” Big Macintosh muttered, knowing full well that things still weren’t fixed.

He watched as Rainbow silently made her way into what would be their bedroom and closed the door. He heard the sound of the door lock, and he shut his eyes.

Biting his lip, Big Mac was torn. He was upset that he had hurt Rainbow Dash. She was the love of his life, and he didn’t want to ever let her go. Maybe he shouldn’t have told her everything about his relationship with Sugar Belle. On the other hand, he saw the heartbreak in Sugar Belle’s eyes when he had told her that he moved on. He absolutely hated it, yet he didn’t want to make the situation worse.

In the other room, however, Rainbow Dash was pacing in front of the mirror that Big Macintosh had placed down.

“Get it together, Dash,” she mumbled to herself, looking at her reflection.

“So? Mac has an ex-girlfriend, he moved on and found you. He stayed with you for the past five years. He bought a whole new apartment, moved away from his family, to live with you.”

Rainbow continued to give herself a small pep talk.

“He fell in love with you because you are awesome, amazing, awesome, loyal, and did I mention...awesome?” Rainbow smirked at herself.

But a promise is a promise. You know how Mac keeps his promises.

“Shut up!” Rainbow seemed to be yelling at the voice in her head, that was doubting everything.

You heard him, they were in love. They never even wanted to break up, it was only because they were forced to. And she was really pretty, it’s possible that Mac might fall for her again.

Rainbow groaned.

“But he won’t. He wouldn’t do that…” Rainbow looked at herself in the mirror one last time, her confident grin now turning into a scared frown.

“Right?”

Author's Note:

Sooo, this sequel happened sooner than I thought. I was going to wait for a while before starting this back up again, but my ideas kept coming and the next thing I knew, I had finished a chapter!

So, those of you who followed my last story, what do you think? And if you are new, this story is a sequel to Dash’s Little Big Secret! Please go read if you haven’t!

Thank you all for reading! As I always say, I’ll see you next time! :yay: