AppleDash Group Collab

by DbzOrDie

Sequel - YoshiFawful64

Twilight could barely contain her excitement. She grinned at her friends, seated as usual around the Cutie Map table, and began speaking. "Last week, an expedition set out to explore a recently discovered tunnel in the caves of Canterlot Mountain. They ended up finding an ancient town — one that dates all the way back to the founding of Equestria!"

This was met around the table with surprised faces and curiousity. Even Rainbow Dash gave an interested eyebrow-raise.

"Gosh, they must be uncovering all sorts'a interesting info about those times!" Applejack said.

"Oh, you bet!" answered Spike from Twilight's right side. "Already, they've found the journal of Clover the Clever herself! It details everything that happened after the Windigo incident — which has previously been a huge blank in history books! Even the Princesses barely remember anything from so far back."

"And that brings us to the reason we've called you here," Twilight said. "You see, Princess Celestia wants a play based on those events to be created." She could practically feel her eyes sparkling as she continued, "After centuries of remaining virtually unchanged, the traditional Hearth's Warming play is going to have a sequel — and since our performance a few years ago was popular, Celestia would like us to act in it!"

Once they found their voices again, the other ponies enthusiastically agreed. Then Rarity wanted to know about the costumes they would wear, Fluttershy asked whether her animal friends could be of any help, and a pleasant buzz of conversation quickly filled the room.

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Finally, once the basic details had been sorted out, the others went to return to their homes.

Twilight bit her lip. This was the part she'd been nervous about. "Applejack? Rainbow? Could you stay for a few more minutes?"

The two in question shot a curious glance at each other, then shrugged and returned to their seats. "What is it?" asked Rainbow.

Twilight waited until she heard the front door close behind Rarity, Pinkie, and Fluttershy before responding, "Well, you see… we didn't want to mention it in front of the others so it wouldn't get more awkward than necessary, but…" she trailed off uncomfortably.

"…um, well, it turns out that about a year after Clover and the others all befriended each other…" Spike continued.

"…Commander Hurricane and Smart Cookie… they, um…"

"…they sort of, uh… fell in love?"

Rainbow's jaw dropped a little at that. Applejack's expression showed some kind of emotion — probably several — but Twilight had no idea what.

Applejack opened her mouth to speak. Nervously, Twilight cut her off. "Of course, it's perfectly okay if you want to back out of the play!"

"Yeah, we completely understand if you'd feel awkward with… you know…" Spike added.

"…there being scenes where you'd have to… to…"

"…to kiss each other, and stuff."

Twilight bit her lip again. She tried to monitor her friends' response.

She still couldn't read Applejack's face, and Rainbow was still slack-jawed. Suddenly, the pegasus said, "…I'm okay with that."

Her eyes became slightly dreamy, the corners of her mouth tugged upwards, and her cheeks showed a hint of pink. "…I am definitely okay with that."

"Is that so, sugarcube?"

Rainbow yelped and scrambled off her chair, having seemingly forgotten Applejack was in the room. "Wha— no, I… I mean… I didn't mean it like—"

Applejack cut her off. "'Cuz I was thinkin' we should find a nice, quiet spot, just for the two of us, so we can…" she slowly lifted an eyebrow, "…rehearse."

Rainbow's face turned fuchsia. "Y-Yeah, that sounds good." She made a poor job of concealing her eagerness as she half-trotted, half-galloped outside, and Applejack followed.

Twilight and Spike stared after them in silence for a moment.

Finally, the dragon asked, "So does that count as method acting?"

Comments

[DeathFox4]

No, Spike it doesn't count.

[WhitewolfStormrunner]

Love this!

My gosh, this is SO close to my own headcanon for Hurricane and Cookie after the Founding, it's scary!
It's absolutely perfect!

*snrks* And I also get the feeling that AJ and Dash are a thing themselves.

Love it.