Chapter 1
Faith
By: The_Incredible_Blunderbolt
Heavy hoofbeats pounded on the earthen roads of Ponyville. In the dim light of the setting sun, a pegasus chased a unicorn, occasionally speeding up to nip her on the ear before slowing down just enough to bump into her side. The air was filled with light, playful laughter as the unicorn tried (and failed) over and over again to avoid her marefriend's bites.
A picnic basket was strung over the pegasus's side, tossing and turning with every jostle its carrier inflicted upon it. The pegasus didn't care, it was empty anyway. And besides, nipping the ends of her giggling partner's ears was simply too much fun to stop even if it had been full. Again, she leaped forward and caught the unicorn's ear in her mouth, a sharp shriek, then a laugh ensued.
“Stop it, Dash!” she giggled.
“Never, Twi!” the pegasus cried. “That ear is mine!”
It'd been during their picnic—or rather, the tickle fight that followed the picnic—that this pegasus, self proclaimed fastest flier in Equestria, had discovered her marefriend's one fatal weakness: her ears. Now, she planned on exploiting it as much as she could until Twilight begged for mercy through choked laughter—such is the way of a date with Rainbow Dash.
They raced through the empty town to the library, Twilight's house and Dash's home away from home. Cackling like a pair of hyenas, they dashed up the steps and to the door. Twilight cried out in surprise as she tried to turn the knob and found it locked.
“Ah, ha!” Rainbow laughed triumphantly. “Gotcha now!” She pounced onto her date's back, and they both went tumbling to the ground with a chorus of chuckles. Capitalizing on Twilight's momentary incapacitation, Rainbow poked a hoof under her ribs and was rewarded with another fit of giggles.
“Rainbow!” she managed between breaths. “Stop it! Can't... breathe!”
Mercifully, the pegasus halted her torturous tickling. The unicorn continued gasping and giggling alternately. Rainbow felt the corner of her mouth perk up at the sight—she didn't know how she managed to catch the eye of a filly like Twilight; she was so sweet, so innocent, so carefree, and somehow, so hers.
“You're cute when you laugh,” Rainbow said softly, running a hoof through Twilight's indigo mane. “You should do it more often.”
The redness fading from the lavender pony's face came back full force. “You think so?”
“I know so.”
Suddenly, it was Rainbow's turn to be dragged to the ground as her marefriend pulled her down and squeezed her tightly. “You're the best, Rainbow.”
“I know that too,” the pegasus answered with a smirk.
Twilight rolled her eyes, but nuzzled her anyway. “Of course you did.”
Dash began to move, shifting her position so that Twilight could get up off of the ground, but paused when she heard paper crinkle under her hooves. “Oops,” she said, spying the scattered envelopes below them. “I think we crushed the mail.”
Twilight got back onto her hooves and dusted herself off. A wide grin still played on her lips and her breathing was still shallow. “That's fine,” she panted, scooping several envelopes up. “They're just a little wrinkled.”
As Twilight flipped through the day's postage, Rainbow knocked a hoof off the door to the library. “Spike!” she called out. “We're back, let us in!”
“That's funny,” Twilight's surprised voice followed. “Rainbow, there's a letter here for you...”
Dash turned around and observed the letter floating before her. Sure enough her name was written tidily in the center. “Why's that funny?” she asked, plucking it out of the air.
“Well,” Twilight began, searching through the remaining letters. “I just don't understand, I guess. Why would anypony write to the library if they wanted to reach you?”
“Um, well...” Dash felt her cheeks grow warm. “I kinda told Derpy to forward my mail here... Is that okay?”
Twilight smiled. “Of course it is!” she laughed. “So, who's it from?”
“Oh, right.” Dash flipped the envelope over in her hoof and read the return address. “It's from...” she paused, then gasped excitedly. “My dad!”
Just then, the door to the library slid open, and a tired young drake appeared in the frame. “Hey—” was all he managed to get out before he was scooped up and carried swiftly into the lobby.
“My Dad wrote me a letter, Spike!” Rainbow cheered, happily bouncing around the room.. “I haven't seen him in forever! He's been out of town for almost a month!”
“A month?” Twilight said uncertainly, picking her assistant up off of the floor and setting him on his feet. He shut the door and waddled off, mumbling something about insane pegasi. “Isn't that a little long?”
“I don't know, Twi,” the cyan pegasus said slyly. She nudged the unicorn and pointed at the calendar, upon which 'One Month Anniversary!' was written in bold red letters and surrounded by a good number of circles. “Is one month a little long?”
Twilight blushed and looked down at the floor to watch her hoof make circles.
“Guess not!” Rainbow laughed, opening the envelope excitedly. “Let's see,” she mumbled to herself as she unfolded the paper inside. “What's going on, Dad?”
Dear Rainbow,
How are you honey? I'm sorry for suddenly disappearing like that, but I'm back in town now, and I bear great news: I've gotten married again!
Dash felt her heart stop. Suddenly, she felt clammy all over, like somepony had turned down the thermostat too far. “Wh-what?” she stammered, “Married?” She couldn't believe it! Her father, her own father, had just gotten married to somepony she'd never even met! Worse still, was the feeling that Rainbow got when she realized that she hadn't even been invited to the wedding!
Now, I know this may come as a bit of a shock to you,
“No kidding,” Dash spat venomously.
you are probably upset and scared, and you have every right to be, but, as always, I have my reasons for everything that I do. Trust me when I say that it is better that you find out this way.
Now that everything is out of the way, we'd love to extend a hoof to you and invite you to dinner tomorrow night. We can get some important catching up done, and I can explain everything to you. Show up anytime you like; my little Dashie is always welcome home!
Thunder Strike
Dash stared at the letter held in her shaking hooves. That was it? Everything? A whole month and the most her father could muster up was two stinking paragraphs? How about a name? Or heck, how about telling her how the hay he'd managed to get married in one month? He hadn't even been dating last time she saw him! This wasn't fair! Her father had never done anything like this to her! She felt cheated, wronged, violated in a way that cut so deep, she just wanted to punch something.
“Um... Rainbow?” Twilight's voice pulled her attention from the most vile piece of mail she'd ever received. “Are... are you okay? Is it bad news?”
“Bad news?” Dash growled, crumpling the paper up into a ball. “No, just my father getting married without even saying anything to me!” She threw the paper ball at the wall, where it bounced rather anticlimactically to the floor. The letter lay there for a moment, the focus of her glare, as if she could somehow intimidate the words to change into one of the messages of happiness and good times she usually got from her father.
A violet aura surrounded the crumpled ball as the unicorn picked it up and unfolded it with her magic. Rainbow waited for her marefriend to read it, her tail swishing back and forth in unbridled rage. Slowly, Twilight's face drooped. When she brought the letter down, Dash saw the concern in her eyes.
“Rainbow,” she whispered, wrapping a foreleg around her lover's neck. “I'm sure he had his reasons.”
Dash growled and fought the urge to shove Twilight away. She didn't want to be touched right now. In fact, she just wanted to be left alone, but she owed it to Twilight to be the best partner she could be, and that meant enduring the embrace that was meant to comfort her. She hung her head low. “I just don't understand...” she choked, “He's always told me everything, so why stop now?”
Twilight's hold only grew tighter. “I don't know Dash,” she said. “I don't know. But why don't you go to that dinner tomorrow? It sounds like you two have a lot to talk about.”
That did it! “I don't want to eat dinner with some stupid mare my dad married!” she roared. Suddenly very claustrophobic, the pegasus threw her partner's forelegs off of her with great force. Ignoring Twilight's yelp of surprise, she began pacing up and down the aisles of the library. “I want to talk to my dad! I want him to look me in the eyes and tell me why his only daughter wasn't even invited to his wedding!” She emphasized the last sentence by punching a book case. The heavy wooden book shelf swayed back and forth dangerously before dumping several dozen books on top of her.
Seething, Dash picked herself up off the floor and made to stomp away, only to slip on a fashion magazine and fall straight back on her face. Giving up on getting back to her hooves, she just lay there and pounded on the floor with her forelegs. Sometime between her ghastly fits of rage and her bitter prophecies of revenge, Twilight had sidled up beside her and taken a seat. Dash froze in mid-stomp when she felt a hoof run through her mane.
“Shh,” Twilight whispered calmly. Again, she dragged a hoof through the pegasus's polychromatic hairline. After a moment or two, Rainbow allowed Twilight to scoop her up and hold her again. “It's okay.”
Dash closed her eyes and lost herself in Twilight's embrace. She took a deep breath and tried to regain control of her breathing, but as she did, something wet slid down her cheek. “Why?” she croaked, more to herself than to her marefriend. She'd never thought her father capable of such treachery; he was the greatest dad in the history of dads! He was always there! He'd been cheering her on from the sidelines for as long as she could remember! And he didn't want her at his wedding? Was it her? Did she do something wrong?
Was she not wanted?
She didn't know how long they sat there together, but eventually, Rainbow managed to calm down, due in large part to Twilight's comforting hoof rubbing her back. She nuzzled the unicorn gratefully; previously, the only shoulder she dared cry on was her father's, if he wasn't around she'd simply bottle her emotions up or scream into clouds. It felt good to know that Twilight was here, just a short walk away.
Breaking away from the hug, Rainbow's magenta eyes met Twilight's purple ones. “Thanks, Twilight,” she managed, her voice cracking only slightly.
“Any time, Rainbow.” Twilight squeezed her one last time before letting her go. She gestured to the letter, now rolled up and abandoned on the floor. “Are you going to go?”
Cyan shoulders shrugged slowly, and she looked at the floor before responding. “I don't know...” she said. “Maybe... Probably...”
Twilight gave her a warm smile. “Why don't you sleep on it? Decide in the morning, when your mind's clear?”
Dash nodded. “Yeah... sounds good.” Suddenly, she looked back up at Twilight, locking her gaze. “If I go... can you come with me?”
If Twilight was startled by Rainbow's sudden burst of passion, she didn't show it. “Really?” she asked. “You want me to go with you to such a... personal thing?”
“Yes,” Dash answered firmly. Rubbing a hoof on the floor, she continued. “I... I don't really wanna go alone...”
“Why not?”
Rainbow Dash cursed her own vocabulary. She didn't know any words that could describe how she felt right now. She looked up at the expectant unicorn; she'd asked a fair question, but she still couldn't answer it. “I just...” she tried. “I just need you there—with me—if I go.
“Besides,” she added as an afterthought. “You'll have to meet my Dad at some point, right?”
Twilight gave her a smile. “Of course I'll go with you,”
Dash breathed a sigh of relief; that dinner was going to be so much easier with her marefriend by her side. She thanked Celestia that Twilight was awesome enough to go with her on such short notice.
A clock chimed in the lobby, alerting the duo to the time. “Wow,” Twilight mused. “Is it that late already?” As if to confirm the clock's judgment, Owlowiscious glided around the leaning book case and landed on her with a hoot. The owl hopped around a few times on its owner's back before taking off again, flying out the window to catch his breakfast.
“Guess it's bedtime, huh?” asked Twilight.
“Yeah,” Dash agreed softly, her mind only partially in the moment. Better you find out this way... she growled inwardly. Why? Don't you love me anymore Dad? “Guess so.”
“Hey.” A hoof on Dash's shoulder brought her back from her brooding. “Don't worry about it, okay? I'm sure everything will be just fine, you'll see.”
“Yeah...”
“Good night?”
“Good night,” she replied automatically. It wasn't until Twilight had turned around and was halfway up the stairs that Dash was fully pulled from her thoughts. “Wait!” she cried, bounding up the stairs in a panic. Just because she'd received some bad news didn't mean all of her plans had to go to waste!
Twilight paused as Rainbow enclosed on her position; Dash noted her cocked eyebrow. “Yes?”
“Well... I, uh,” the pegasus fumbled. “You see, I was just wondering... you know, since it's been a month and all...” her voice trailed off. She's looking at you funny Dash! she thought frantically. Abort! Abort!
“Yes?” Twilight encouraged, a look of mystery still on her face.
Dash took a deep breath and bit her lip. “I was wondering if maybe, um—just for tonight—we could, uh... sleep together?”
Twilight's eyes widened in surprise, but only for a second before they went back to normal. “Why Rainbow,” she said, hiding a chuckle behind her hoof. “You're so forward.”
“What?” Dash exclaimed. Her wings immediately snapped to attention as she began blushing and spluttering nonsensically. “No! I-I-I just meant for us to sleep together!” She paused, partly from embarrassment, and partly from uneasiness. She'd been planning this for a week, and she still messed it up! “Y'know... in the same place and all,” she added sheepishly. “It gets lonely in the guest room sometimes...”
Twilight's face only grew redder the longer the cyan pony defended herself. “Not that I'd say no to that, or anything,” she added hastily. “But that wasn't what I meant, and...” her voice trailed off. Way to go, Dash! she thought bitterly. Now she probably thinks you're some kinda pervert!
Just when the red on Twilight's face rivaled Big Macintosh's, the unicorn burst out in hysteric laughter. She stomped a hoof on the floor, the power of her raucous guffaws too much for her lungs to handle. “You...” she attempted between laughs. “You should have seen the look on your face!”
Rainbow's brow furrowed in confusion. What is she... Then it dawned on her. Fighting back a smile, the young mare attempted to salvage what little remained of her shattered dignity. “Very funny, Twi,” she deadpanned, or at least, tried to. A short giggle escaped from her throat. Quickly, she covered her mouth with a hoof.
No, no, no!
Very much against her will, a stronger, heavier chuckle found its way out of her mouth, followed by a hearty laugh. Soon the two ponies were leaning against each other, each supporting the other as they shared in the humor. “You got me good!” Dash laughed. “I thought you were being serious!”
“Well,” Twilight responded through choking guffaws, “I learned from the best!”
They laughed for a few more minutes, before finally managing to catch their breaths. Dash awkwardly studied her hooves, still unsure what her marefriend's response would be. But, without speaking a word, Twilight turned around and motioned for Rainbow to follow her down the hall.
“Yes!” she cheered quietly, pumping her forehoof. “Awesome!”
Twilight turned back around, her eyebrow cocked. “What was that?”
“Nothing!”
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oh
a sequel
i liked the original a lot
it was one of the first mlp fics i ever read
update soon plz
also her dad probably married a stallion
or something
and everything will work out
in the end
^_________________^
i will give you a million dollars
if you don't make it that simple
I haven't even read the first one, and I'm already really liking this.
D'awwwww. I loved the first story, and this one is most definitely living up to its name! Can't wait for the next update!
He remarried her mom so thats why she wasn't invited to the wedding
A sequel to one of my favorite stories?
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My vote is for Twilight's mom.....cause she's single....as of now-ish.
if is Twi's mom, rainbow gonna have a bad time
...
...
Talk about making an elephant out of an ant hill...
I liked Trust a lot, but reading this has left me... skeptical.
What ?
A sequel to one of the best TwiDash fics ?
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Of course kind sir, I want another piece.
I personnaly can't wait for the next chapter, I'm just hoping that Rainbow's father doesn't married a stallion, to avoid the "obvious" scenario..
Good luck.
Cédric
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I'm sorry you feel that way, Karrakaz. I aim to please all of my readers—especially those who have been with me since the beginning.
However, I must point out that this was the storyline that I chose out of a page-full of sequel ideas. I know how much Trust was loved, and I wanted to do it justice. I feel that maybe you are letting your protective instincts cloud your judgement—this is only the first chapter after all, and its job was to set the scene.
Don't think that I can't take critisizm—in fact, I invite it, but I feel its just a little early to decide if this fic matches up with Trust.
1835057
Can I get a check?
1837655
Okay, without taking Trust into account:
Dash's reaction to the fact that her father has gotten remarried is one of the world ending.
Either he was a reasonable dad at best, and she should be a little upset.
OR he really was the greatest dad ever and she should want to hear him out before jumping to anger.
Besides that, we're introduced to the character through a letter, which indicates that her father has been living in Ponyville all along (or at least visits regularly) yet Twilight has never seen him.
In short: Dash's anger is WAY over the top and feels more than a little forced.
1839017
Dash has been known to blow things out of proportion. Wouldn't you be upset if your father, the only parent you had that still loved you and who you thought you were closer to than any other person on the planet, suddenly got married to someone you had no idea who they were, and you weren't even invited to the wedding? And then you were told through a letter, and not in Person?
1839379
Me personally ? no, I'd simply be happy for him.
My point is that it -feels- forced.
But in the end, you're the writer, so I won't say another thing
Despite whatever criticism I've read I'm excited. I can see RD's anger to be kind of her thing really. To be honest I'd be pretty pissed to if my mom or dad just got remarried that quickly without telling me anything. It's a pretty serious thing.
You got me hooked, now I'm just excited for the rest of the wonderful ride that I'm sure you will create. Thank you for this ^_^
I'm loving this so far
I can't wait for the new chapter. You earn a thumbs up and favorite 
Hm...This looks interesting, but I don't want to read it without first reading the prequel...
I'll be back!
Why do I feel like it's somehow her mother he RE-married?
"It's better you find out this way." <--- Seems the only answer I can come up with where this sentence is involved.
Of course. I could be completely wrong.
Though I do like to think outside the box... Or would it be inside the chimney?
1884259 Can't forget the old standby of "knocked her up, did the 'right' thing," or various shades of nonsense like that.
Alright then, it's time for a wild stab in the dark:
Rainbow's dad is gay.
In any case, the lack of a sad or tragedy tag means things will probably work out in the end.
2178977 If it wasn't for the fact that "Trust" clearly established that Dash's dad knows she's gay, I'd say the Comedy tag meant that there'd be hijinks related to it.
Dad: "I'm sorry, honey, I didn't know how you'd react to my being gay."
Dash: "Dude... Dad... I'm totally nailing another chick... And you've known I was gay since I was a filly..."
Dad: "... Touche..."
Is this going to ever be Off Hiatus?
3161407
Yes, it will be.
3161414 got any idea when? i just read this, and the first one, and i really want to see how this all plays out!
So when can a rough estimate of an update be placed?
3556071
I'm not entirely sure, actually. Whenever the proper mood strikes me to retake the reins of this fic. Not that I don't want to write it, but I don't want this to fall victim to horridsequelosis, if you know what I mean.
I'll try to write a bit for it tonight, if that helps; guess I'll just have to take it chapter-by-chapter, for now.
This is really good. I do hope you continue.
A sequel to trust yeeeessss! thank you Blunderbolt.
1835057 i have that same felling that her dad married a stallion.
Hope you can update this soon because I love it!
This story has made me realize just how much I hate the word 'hiatus'. At least I know you're not working on it and haven't forgotten to mark as 'on hiatus'. I hate it when that happens! Kinda makes me wish authors would let us know exactly what they're working on at any given moment. But that's just me being, well, me I guess. Don't know how else to describe it. Keep up the great work.
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this needs to be finished!
I love how one month is apparently a long period of time.
Guess the sequel will never be completed.
5084390
Read the later bit of this and you'll see that this sequel is going to be replaced with another.
And also that I no longer have a way to write...
5084421
Sad about your laptop I've gone through three for different reasons.
Happy that you'll be doing a career you seem to want to do, not many people get to do so.
Content in having to wait for more stores, hopefully my read later list will shrink some, bah who am I kidding it might go up by quite a bit.
5084421 so uh, have you made the new sequel?
Wait...
Faith
Trust
.... Pony Dust..?