“Ugh…damn it! Not again!”
I fell asleep on my couch with the photo album open again, most of the pictures were spread about everywhere that they shouldn’t be. On the floor, in the cracks of the couch, and one even managed to make it’s way into my shirt collar somehow. Thank goodness none of the pictures were ruined, I would’ve never forgiven myself for even the slightest of wrinkles or folds on even one of them. When I had finished putting away the photos I heard hoofsteps coming from Dashie’s room.
“What happened Pops?”
“Don’t worry about it Dashie, it’s alright. Go back to sleep, you’ve got a big day ahead of you.”
“Okay, G’night Pops. Love you.”
“I love you too, Dashie.”
Dashie truly did have a big day ahead of her, performing with the Wonderbolts is no easy task; you either fly hard and give it your best, or you’re out. I still remember the day that Dashie became a Wonderbolt, we had just been summoned to the Princess‘s (though I like to call her the Queen) quarters to talk about weather matters, apparently the cloud making machines weren’t functioning correctly, and most, if not all, of them were making way too many clouds, I don’t know much more than that, truth be told I didn’t really pay much attention. The entire meeting was boring and used words about weather I couldn‘t even begin to attempt to understand. There were Pegasi ponies everywhere in the meeting room, the Wonderbolts included. There must’ve been at least a quarter of the entire population of Cloudsdale sitting in a large room screaming and arguing with each other about the best possible course of action to take against the problem at hand - or rather at hoof. I still need to get used to this pony vocabulary.
The meeting went on for what felt like hours but eventually it ended when they came to a consensus, splitting into groups of four and taking care of the excess clouds manually. All the able bodied Pegasi were on cloud duty, pretty much if you had a pair of functioning wings and the know-how, which wasn’t much, you were asked to do cloud duty. Dashie’s group was Spitfire of the Wonderbolts, A purple mare by the name of Cloudkicker, and another grey mare whom Dashie calls Ditzy Doo. I think that’s a bit rude just because she’s clumsy she get’s a nickname for it, some of the other ponies even have the gall to call her Derpy, and play it off as if it isn’t an insult. Still, the grey mare didn’t seem to let it bother her so I guess I’m just yelling at air. When Dashie and I left the castle we said our goodbyes, hugged, and she left with her group to clear the sky. I walked home, something I hadn't done in a while, to work on my new wing project, but on the way home I stopped at Twilight’s library for some advice in the matter.
I knocked on the wooden door to the giant tree library, and within seconds I heard hoofsteps inside, or so I thought they were hoofsteps. To my surprise Spike had answered the door, I didn't know how that door opened until I looked down at him. He looked exhausted, his eyes which were glancing up at me had dark purple bags around them, and his scales looked unkempt, Twilight must’ve had him reorganize the entire library again.
“Hey Spike, is Twilight here?”
Spike nodded and turned around, then beckoned for me to follow him. He walked up the stairs to Twilight’s room, after knocking on her bedroom door and Twilight shouting for him to come in, through the door I heard “The humans’ here, Twi. He‘s gotta talk to you or something. I dunno.” Not very eloquent, is he? Well, he’s only a baby dragon but still at least learning my name would be enough, I do have a name after all but most of the ponies just don’t seem to care enough to learn it. I’m constantly being referred to as ‘Rainbow’s Father’, ‘Sir’, or ‘Mister Dash’, and honestly it got a bit annoying after the first hundred times. First it was cute, sort of. Now it just gets on my nerves a little bit. I’m constantly reminding ponies to call my by my first name yet they constantly forget, well, maybe there's a few ponies who remember, but I digress...
I heard the door upstairs open and the hoofsteps echo down the stairs. I knew of Twilight's OCD like behavior from the television show, and her habit of reading for days upon days when something goes wrong, looking for a spell to cure whatever is wrong, but she looked normal to me. It really surprised me, I expected her to be unkempt and on the brink of insanity like in that old episode, Lesson Zero, but she looked perfectly healthy, that‘s the entire reason I decided to visit. Only if she was herself was I going to talk about making a flying apparatus. Her mane had no split ends, she had no awkward smile, her ears weren’t flopping and her voice was calm, not erratic.
“Hello Brian. How are you today?”
I unzipped my sweatshirt and got a bit more comfortable. “I’m good, how about you Twilight?” I was genuinely concerned for her, what with the cloud troubles I‘d thought that she‘d be burying herself in the books, looking for a spell, but she looked entirely normal to me.
“I’m doing fine. What do you need?”
I started to twiddle with my thumbs, I felt as if my request was silly. Wanting to fly. Humans aren’t meant to fly, not least by themselves. The flying wasn’t for me though, it wasn't even for Dashie. It was for us as a whole. To fly with her would be a dream come true. Literally. Dashie and I share dreams sometimes, it’s a side effect of the teleportation that we had both undergone. In these dreams I’m a Pegasus, but sometimes I'm human. Dashie and I fly over forests, valleys, and mountains alike. I’m a full grown Pegasus stallion, my brown coat is flawless and my wings are large and powerful, my jet-black mane and short cropped tail flow gracefully in the wind, and from what Dashie tells me I have got giant blue eyes like Pinkie.
“Twilight, I-I want to know if there’s a way that I can fly with Dashie.”
Confound these cliffhangers, they drive to me to press F5
Ah, yes, it has been continued!
109619 bwhahahahah that was funny i agree with him or her.... <_< >_>
Reading this from my ipod! Woot! I'm really happy that some closure will be brought to the story, though I wish the original author would write it. Can't wait for chapter two!
Reading this from my ipod! Woot! I'm really happy that some closure will be brought to the story, though I wish the original author would write it. Can't wait for chapter two!
So let me get this straight. MLP gets a fanfic called My Little Dashie, Which then gets a fanfic called My Little Dashie: A Sequel, correct? Now that in itself gets it's own fanfic called My Little Dashie: A Threequel? sometimes, I am simply amazed. I'll be watching this fic to see where it goes.
I do hope that nobody minds, but I'm trying to give some identity to Dad. I'm giving him a name but not without reason to back it up, the image 'My Little Dashie' was based on, 'Happy Birthday Rainbow Dash by Oppositebros on deviantART', has a second part whereas Dad dies, presumably. The newspaper says "Brian Sykes, Age 34, has suffered from a heart attack. Today, a light blue pony sat by his side the whole day." Dad took care of Dashie for fifteen years, so he must be a responsible young adult. My guess is around his early twenties. Fifteen years passed, he's in his mid thirties. Dashie is taken back to Equestria, the sequel written by ty500600 takes place over the course of about three months, give or take. If not three months, it's no more than a year. In my Epilogue, Dad has lived in Equestria for five years, so he is in his forties.
So, we've got age and a name so far. Once again, in the image 'Happy Birthday Rainbow Dash' the person holding a filly Rainbow Dash appears to be Caucasian, the only bit of skin that is seen is his neck. So Dad's a forty year old white guy named Brian. Most white people have brown or black hair, so I think it fitting that Dad has brown hair and brown eyes because Dad seems like an average guy. But ponies don't commonly have brown eyes, they have bright colored eyes. Therefore in the dreams when Dad is a Pegasus Dad has blue eyes, one of the more common colored iris for ponies. Ponies do seem to have brown manes so that doesn't need to be changed, but a brown coat and brown mane with blue eyes wouldn't look as appealing as a brown coat with a black mane and blue eyes, so I decided to change it to the latter.
Most white people have brown or black hair - black? this is kinda new for me :P
well i hope this sequel of the sequel will settle it...
i don't approve of the idea to give dad a name, age etc.pp, but it's not in my area of responsibility, or let's say rather possibility.
110023 I'm sorry you don't like the idea of me giving Dad an identity, I only will go as far as I went in the prior comment. There is still a lot of anonymity in Dad left up to the reader's imagination, for instance his childhood. We readers have nothing to go on when thinking about his childhood, he could've had a great childhood and amazing parents, it could've been crappy, we don't really know. Much about Dad is left out because the author of the original 'My Little Dashie', ROBCakeran53, wanted people to be able to think about it.
Its an epilogue of an epilogue! Epicepition!
Could keep reading this story forever. Brilliant continuation, good sir
I like how the epilogues are somewhat similar. I could imagine them weaving together.
Also, will there be moar?
*Reads My Little Dashie , Reads sequel , reads threequel *
I believe its called a trilogy..?
But hey, I'm not complaining, I want moar!
I believe its called a trilogy..?
But hey, I'm not complaining, I want moar!
109999 That;s recursive fanfiction for ya
I'm curious to see where this will go and how it will compare to the other two.
If Equestria was real, and I had a chance to live there forever, I would go I really would I would abandon everything on earth and live on Equestria if I had the chance. To bad I'm a planet sized robot.....
*Eats*
It is good but My only regret is that you had it be five years after Brian got here. It would be good to read about what they did immediately after getting here/
Please stop with these MLD spinoffs for Celestia's sake.
110117 There will be MOAR.
110136 What's wrong?
110275 I would too. Life here on Earth sucks.
110308 That was taken into thought, I will put some back story into what happened during his time in Equestria.
110343 Nah.
Also, everybody else, please don't down-rate my story because you don't like the premise, down-rate it if it needs improvement. Not hating, just saying. Last night I had a nearly perfect 4.8 rating, now it's a 4.5 Somebody is down rating my story without reason. I'm just confused as to why, If I need improvements please by all means do tell me in a private message, comment, or Email. I also have no proofreader as of yet, and the cover art is just something from Google images. If anybody has an interest in either of those positions as proofreader or cover artist, you will be given full credit for your work.
Athanix is a sucker for sob stories.
Keep 'em coming.
. Nuff said.
Well I can only find one thing wrong, the whole dash has been in equestria for 5 years now means that Brian is 3,175 years old on Earth and still kicking. Remember that in Rob's story, a day in equestria was a year on earth. Other than that I can't wait to hear more.
[3 years later]
My Little Dashie: A Fiftythreequel.
IDK what's wrong with me, a 24 year old man just squeed when I found out he had a name
excellent job btw. Let me help you with those missing stars
111545 So when Ty decided to leave the story open ended it was a good idea! Awesome!
Make sure to message me when that comes out!
~Athanix,
Peace.
111543 I did a 'bit' and by 'bit,' I mean a fairly decent amount of math in the matter a while ago on the sequel.
Dashie was with Dad for 15 years, correct? Twilight said that Dashie was gone for "About 15 days." That's all we have to go on. Let's get started, shall we?
Earth Time Equestria Time
15 years = 15 days
1 year = 1 day
1 year = 12 months 1 day = 24 hours
1 month = 2 hours
1 month ≈ 30.5 days 2 hours = 120 minutes
1 day = ≈ 3.93 minutes because 120 / 30.5 = 3.934426...
.93 = 93%
1% of a minute = 0.6
0.6 * 93 = 55.8
180 + 55.8 = 235.8 seconds
1 day = 24 hours
1 hour = 9.825 seconds because 235.8 / 24 = 9.825
1 hour = 60 minutes 9.825 seconds = 9825 milliseconds
1 minute = 163.75 milliseconds because 9825 / 60 = 163.75
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 second = 2.72 milliseconds because 163.75 / 60 = 2.729
1 second = 1000 milliseconds
1 millisecond = 0.00272 milliseconds because 2.72 / 1000 = 0.00272
0.00272 * 1000 = 2.72 microseconds
1 millisecond = 1000 micro seconds
1 microsecond = 0.00000272 microseconds
0.00000272 * 1000 = 0.00272 nanoseconds
My logic is that time passes at the same speed in both Equestria and Earth, but time itself is different. It's hard to explain, but let me attempt to do so. Say you're drinking a cup of coffee on Earth, it takes you five (5) minutes to drink it, on Equestria that would be 818.75 milliseconds. But if you're in Equestria and you're drinking the same cup of coffee and it takes you the same amount of time, five (5) minutes, it will feel as if it's the same exact amount of time but in actuality it would be different because the worlds are in different dimensions. It's extremely difficult to explain but makes sense in my head.
If anybody else can find a better way to word that without as much verbiage, I'd be grateful.
111678
The only physically possible way for what you're implying to be true is if Equestria had an outer speed of 99.9^20+% the speed of light. If it did, to prevent inner objects to exceed the speed of light, time is slowed down to just about nothing whatsoever, yet the inner objects/people/ponies do not notice a difference whatsoever.
So, are you saying that the pony planet itself is going at a constant speed of 299,792,457.99999999 meters per second? If not, then this story is irrelevant.
That count as a better way?
Yeah, I don't really like this. The entire plot of issue #2 was that Celestia and company were firmly convinced that humans simply could not exist in Equestria, period, end of story. You basically just skipped over that entirely, resolving it off-panel. I mean, it's nice to see the guy living well and all, but completely ignoring the conflict that was the entire point of the previous installment of this series just does not sit well with me.
Also, he should by all rights be dead, because you mentioned that he hasn't eaten any meat for five years, but humans biologically require meat. There are proteins and amino acids in meat that we cannot get from other sources, barring an absurdly complicated method of farming various species of nut that literally grow on opposite ends of the globe. He could survive off of fish or eggs, both of which have been demonstrated to be ethically eatable in Equestria, but he can't forego it entirely.
111750 This is fimFICTION, Fiction isn't real therefore I can break the laws of physics and inter-dimensional time barriers whenever I want, and the story can be as irrelevant as my mind makes it up to be. I don't understand you, you come into my fic, tell me to "Please stop with these MLD spinoffs for Celestia's sake." when there's a myriad of others enjoying the fic, and then have the gall to be a total when I clearly wanted simpler wording, not advanced stuff that nobody can understand. I don't know if you're trying to be a parasprite or you truly think the way you responded was appropriate. It wasn't. Stop being so picky, it's extremely irritating.
111837 Did you read the epilogue or even the last chapter of the My Little Dashie Sequel written by ty500600? Dad is living in Equestria with Dashie. Also, ever hear of vegans? They exist and they're very much alive even though they entirely eliminate the use of any animal products. Food is just a bunch of nutrients, it matters not where you get them but that you do get them from somewhere and the right balance of fruit and vegetables is a perfect substitute to meat. Humans are omnivorous, we can survive off just meat or just plants, it's by choice that people live the way they do.
111876 Don't listen to them, your doing great. As for the whole time difference thing wouldn't he be living on Equestria time after he went through the portal? Think of like this you have to two wheels spinning one inside another, the one on the inside(Earth) is spinning much faster than the one on the outside(Equestria), you step off of Earth where your making 5 times the rotations as Equestria thus getting 5 times older(in theory) you step onto Equestria and your aging slows down. If you wanted to get technical he'll live a whole lot longer in Equestria because of this, because his human years will take so long to catch up.
111917 Don't be mad at them. They are just voicing their opinion.
They are just trying to make sense of this story and that by all means is fine.
However you must not take it as a negative thought and lash back. How about you take it as an opportunity to look at your story and look towards the future of its development. Something that you can always think about.
However you don't have to listen to me, for I am of course just voicing my opinion as well.
~Athanix,
Peace.
It's not like I don't like it, in fact I love it!! I'm just saying that any critic would point that out. But still a great job :D
It's not like I don't like it, in fact I love it!! I'm just saying that any critic would point that out. But still a great job :D 11167 and I was never good at math but yeah :P
111991 I wasn't trying to come off as mad, I was simply frustrated. But regardless, you are correct and I was wrong to reply the way that I did.
112069
I'm watching you....
When is next chapter coming out? You can't just leave us on a cliffhanger! I want MOAR!!!
Um... If that's ok with you....
112069 Sorry I didn't mean to get you frustrated forgive me?
should ask pinkie she has flying machines
111876
First post was serious. This is getting almost as bad as Fallout Equestria/Cupcakes, you can't even defend this because you've just stolen someone else's fic.
Second post was a joke. Get over it.
110550
Yeah, I also heard about a plague of low-raters!
109619
What happens when you press F5? I'm on a MacBook and it doesn't do anything when I press F5.
110275
When you're on earth, 1 minute will feel like a normal minute, but in Equestria, way less time has passed. When you're in Equestria, 1 minute still feels like a normal minute, but on earth, way more time passed.
Agreed x 1000!!!
Whoops! The "Agreed x 100 was for Unicron (110275).
Whoops! Again! it isn't "Agreed x 100", it's "Agreed x 1000"!
Can I haz link to sequel?
Can I haz link to sequel?112719 (Me again)
Sorry, didn't realise. Gonna read.
111876 Wow, I certainly didn't expect that level of hostility. I thought for sure I worded that politely enough not to cause offense. Guess not, my bad.
First off, yes, Dad is living in Equestria, but the epilogue to part 2 has him living in secrecy. By which it is meant, nobody except him and Dash and possibly Pinkie know he exists. Given Celestia's prior actions as well as those of the rest of the mane 6, it's reasonable to assume they would not accept his presence and would attempt to send him back home. Given we spent an entire story on that exact premise, a throwaway sentence about how they tried that and it didn't work and they gave up just plain is not sufficient for a plot point as major as this.
On the vegan thing, that method of farming nuts native to opposite ends of the globe thing I mentioned in my first post is exactly how the vegan diet works. In order for a human to survive in Equestria without meat, he'd need to know his nutritional requirements, know where to get the proper substitutes for those requirements, and be able to get those substitutes. In Equestria, ponies don't really have any reason to have most of those substitutes, since their staple food is hay. They might even be allergic to the required nuts; chocolate, for example, is poisonous to just about everything except humans. There's a reason you die if all you ever eat is apples.
I'm assuming that Dad's an average human. The average human is not a vegan, and in fact is perfectly comfortable with eating the meat that our bodies are biologically designed to eat. It's not especially likely that he's done much research, if any, on what you'd need to eat to survive on a vegan diet, so he can't reasonably be expected to survive on one in a land of creatures that don't know what his dietary requirements are either.
But, y'know, magic would work too, once he's managed to make Celestia/Twilight/Rarity stop wanting him banished to the Earth for a thousand years. Which, again, requires more than a single sentence for it to happen.
:pinkieshrug:
Apparently Fimfiction linked to the wrong post. Meant to link to this one 111917
112830 I am very sorry about the way I responded to you. It just bugs me when people nit pick every little detail in fiction stories, I firmly believe in the Willing Suspension of disbelief and don't understand why other people don't. Fiction is called fiction for a reason, because it isn't real. However, the points you brought up about the details of Dad's diet are far too large to ignore. I will edit the first chapter soon about the details of Dad's diet and in a future chapter explain why and how he's still in Equestria, don't you worry. Thank you for the constructive criticism, you clearly put time into those two essay sized critiques and I was wrong to be offended.
Brian...
Brian? That is his name? Brian seems to be a popular name. 112477 f5 = refresh page