AppleDash Group Collab

by DbzOrDie

Horizon - TwilightUCrazy

Rainbow Dash lay on the floor, her tail erect and visible. She waited in predatory stance, and slowly glided along the floor, ruffling carpet fibers with her stomach.

Somewhere nearby, her prey waited with little orange wings buzzing in anticipation.

Rainbow couldn't look up though. She acted as the alligator after all. She couldn't look up, climb, or move except for crawling. Those were the rules.

Her stalking slowed to a halt, and she paused, pretending to listen. Rainbow whirled around, charging to the base of the ottoman while "rawring" loudly and gnashing her teeth together.

The surprised Sunshine Delight above screamed. Rainbow grinned and spared a look up at her filly as she dove behind her pregnant mother's large belly. Applejack smiled warmly back at Rainbow before Sunshine poked her head out from her mother's golden tail.

"Daddy looks pretty hungry fer filly-belly," Applejack smiled to her daughter.

Sunshine giggled and waited for her Daddy to continue stalking the carpet swamps once again. She stood at the edge of her perch and waited.

At last, Rainbow turned her back to her, and she heard Sunshine bolt towards the safety of the couch. Rainbow reeled about immediately with a loud roar and scooted across the carpet after her. Sunshine shrieked and ran for the coffee table where Daddy couldn't follow her as easily.

Rainbow pounced, though, and pinned the little filly beneath a hoof. She "gobbled" up her foal, tickling her stomach with nuzzles and nibbles and making decidedly appropriate sound effects. Sunshine giggled and struggled for freedom, kicking at Rainbow's chest and hooves to try and break free.

Rainbow sighed tiredly and rested her chin over her filly's back. "Okay... time for a break," she sighed.

"Nooo! One more!" Sunshine pleaded.

"Sorry sweetie; Daddy's full from gobbling up so many little fillies today," she winked and nuzzled her mane.

Rainbow hated to see Sunshine disappointed, but caring for a child had turned out to be a lot more difficult than any flying marathon. She simply hadn't been prepared for the effort it took to keep up with her foal.

Rainbow frowned to Sunshine's sagging ears, and reached up to raise her daughter's chin with a hoof.

"Tell ya what. Maybe after dinner we can all go for a walk through Whitetail together."

Sunshine's spirits soared immediately, and she happily ran back to the ottoman to snuggle up to her mother, "yaying" all the way. Applejack smiled and tucked her filly beneath her foreleg.

"If I could just fly, the alligator would never catch me!"

Sunshine had meant it playfully, judging from the blissful smile on her face. But Rainbow, however, felt a twinge of dread in her gut, and looked up to Applejack.

As she thought, her wife shifted uncomfortably, as she did whenever the subject came up.

Rainbow knew what it meant. Their little Sunshine Delight had been giving thought to flying. She had been born a pegasus after all. Inevitably it would have occurred to her that she had wings of her own.

Applejack didn't like it, and told her so regularly.

"Daddy, can you take me flying soon?"

Rainbow averted her eyes. "I... that's not up to me Sunshine. Ask your mother."

Since Sunshine had been born, Rainbow had given thought regularly to how she would teach her daughter to fly. She had envisioned taking her to the top of the world, going into a dive, and pulling up at the last moment. She had thought of teaching her how best to flap and shape her wings to achieve optimum lift, and how to feel shifts in the air currents.

It was something Applejack couldn't participate in or understand all that well. And it broke her heart to feel so detached from her child.

Sunshine looked up to her mother with expectant eyes. "Mommy? Can Daddy take me flying?"

Applejack gulped. Rainbow could see how much it hurt her to be asked that question over and over again. The horizon'll be there tomorrow, she would say to her. What's the rush?

That much was true. But Rainbow also understood how hard it must have been for the little filly to deny her birthright for so long. That hunger, that heat, that need to spread her wings and fly.

Applejack unleashed a shuddering sigh and swallowed. "Soon, sugarcube. Real soon," she promised, nuzzling her daughter's mane before giving her a little knock to her flank. "Now. Why don't ya go out and find yer Auntie Applebloom? She might need some help with bringin' in the crop."

Sunshine frowned dejectedly, but obeyed her mother and ran towards the door.

Rainbow stared up to her wife from the floor, magenta eyes swimming with conflict. Applejack couldn't hold her gaze and turned away, shame written all over her features.

She got up and walked over to her wife, knocking her muzzle with her own.

It was time to talk...

Author's Note:

I really like this one :)

Comments

[Themaskedferret]

Very solid. I'd like to see more of this particular family.

[wzium]

Wow. It almost broke my heart D8 It must be very hard to AJ, that feeling of being different. it's so unfair that earth ponies are often seen as worse. unable to do something as unique as magic or flying. It'd be great to see a continuation of this one. very good job ;)

[Fury of the Tempest]

Oooooh... this needs a follow up...