• Published 19th Nov 2012
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If Only They Knew - StormHoof32



Dash is crushing on spitfire, and spitfire is crushing on dash, but do either of them know it?

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"So...you uh...know about the nickname huh?"

"Mhmm. I gotta hand it to Pinkie, she certainly came up with a cute name for ya." Spitfire said with a wink.

Rainbow fought the blush that threatened to creep onto her face, "S-so what're you doing here? Not that I'm complaining or anything." Dash asked, leading her new-found lover to another nearby cloud.

"Nothing really. I finished all I needed to do today, so I figured I'd come and visit." The Wonderbolt said, taking the spot on the cloud next to Rainbow Dash. Dash simply nodded and continued to watch the various ponies as they went about their day. The two sat in silence, but as time wore on, the cyan pegasus could tell something was bothering her marefriend due to the occasional sigh.

"Something wrong Spits?" Spitfire gave Dash a questioning look at the new nickname. "Not workin' for ya? Hmm...I'll think of something. But seriously though, is something the matter?"

The flaming pegasus sighed, "Yea."

Dash waited for more, but when none came, she spoke again.

"Do you...wanna talk about it?" Spitfire could tell Rainbow wasn't exactly good with this kind of stuff as she watched her fellow pegasus's eyes dart about as she no doubt tried to figure out what to say next.

"It would probably help." Dash smiled and gave Spitfire her full attention. Then, the Wonderbolt began to explain what had happened with her brother and fellow Wonderbolts.

"What?! I can't believe that! How could Soarin' do that?" Spitfire shrugged and sighed, lowering her head onto her hooves.

"I wish I knew...him and Rapid were really close friends. I can't imagine why Soarin' would ruin their friendship like that."

"Well...uh...I'm sorry that happened to your brother."

"Thanks Dash." Spitfire gave the prismatic pony a side hug which was happily returned.

"So what're you gonna do? I can't imagine that things'll be the same."

"No, unfortunately not. At least, not right away. However, we have a duty as Wonderbolts to give ponies a good show when we preform so we still have to associate until the time comes for forgiveness." Rainbow nodded and hugged Spitfire a little tighter. Spitfire chuckled and the two stayed like that until Celestia's sun began to touch the horizon.

"Well, I guess this is where we part ways for the day?" Rainbow asked, standing up and stretching.

Spitfire followed suit and said, "Yea, for now. And again...thanks for listening. It felt good to relieve some of that frustration."

"Anything for you." Spitfire rolled her eyes playfully at Dash's grin. The Wonderbolt took one last look at the ponies on the ground before turning back to her marefriend. However, whenever she turned back around, her lips made contact with Rainbow's. Spitfire hadn't noticed that the other pegasus had moved and couldn't help but chuckle against her lips.

When they finally pulled away, Spitfire stretched out her wings and with one powerful flap, was airborne and headed for home. Rainbow watched her go until she was a dot on the horizon and even then, waited until the little amber dot had completely disappeared from sight. "Guess I'll go fly around 'til it gets dark." So after she stretched her wings out a little, Rainbow dove off the cloud and at the last second allowed her wings to flare and send her back into the open sky.

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When Spitfire returned home, the first thing she noticed was that the house was dark, save the kitchen. When she walked in, she nearly backed away in surprise. Rapidfire was sitting at the table with a half eaten meal and a tub of ice cream in front of him and he himself had his head on the table and Spitfire could hear his nearly silent sobs.

"Rapid..." The stallion looked up and Spitfire almost started crying with him. It was obvious that he had been crying for as long as he had been up: his eyes were dark and bloodshot, the fur under his eyes was matted down from the constant tears, his nose was running, his mane was an absolute mess and worst of all, his eyes were also dull and void of life.

Spitfire quickly moved to her brother and pulled him into a tight embrace. The heartbroken stallion hugged her back, mumbling over and over about how it was his fault that Fleetfoot left him. The Wonderbolt whispered words of comfort over and over to her brother, stroking his back lightly and occasionally brushing his mane. When Rapidfire had finally calmed down, he sat in silence while his sister cleaned up the food. When he finally spoke, his voice was a little raspy.

"Why?"

"I wish I knew." Rapid nodded slowly and was silent once again. Spitfire hated to see her sibling so torn up inside and wished she could do something, ANYTHING to help him. "Is there...anything I can do?" Rapid's head shot up and Spitfire was afraid of what she saw in his eyes. Behind his eyes was pain, sorrow, and hate.

"Yes. You can make them work extra hard! Run them until they're ragged and want to quit being Wonderbolts! Make their lungs burn and their wings ache from exhaustion!" He was standing now, his face inches away from Spitfire's.

"I'm as upset as you are, but listen to yourself Rapid. This isn't like you."

Rapidfire frowned and said, "That tends to happen when your heart is ripped apart."

"I'm sure, but wishing pain upon another pony is just wrong. Besides, as much as I want to make them sweat for their forgiveness, I can't just overwork them. In that stadium, we are Wonderbolts. We leave our individuality in the locker room when we enter and get it back when we exit."

Rapid scoffed and said, "Whatever."

"Rapid, knock it off. Your moodiness is just being annoying now." Rapidfire glared at his sister, but said nothing. "I'm sorry Fleetfoot is an idiot, and I'm sorry Soarin' is a jerk, but look at it this way: you can do better than Fleetfoot. If she's too much of a foal to realize what a great guy she had, then that's her problem." Spitfire said.

She smiled when she heard the small chuckle leave her brother's lips. "That's the spirit. Now c'mon, let's go get you cleaned up and we'll go out to eat. My treat." Rapid nodded and wiped his eyes. "Thanks sis...and sorry about that."

Spitfire waved the apology away and said, "Anything for you dear brother. Now come on or else all the restaurants will be closed." Spitfire said, shooing her brother to the bathroom while he laughed. 'Well...at least I could help, even if it's just with something as buying him dinner and making him laugh.' The Wonderbolt thought.

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When Spitfire woke up the next morning, the first thing she noticed was the soft glow of her clock. It read eight-forty three. With reluctance and slow hooves, Spitfire made her way out of bed and headed down to the kitchen. However, she was shocked out of her grogginess when she saw Rapidfire in the kitchen cooking what she figured were waffles (the only thing he could really make without burning). "Mornin' sis."

"Rapidfire? What's all this about?" Spitfire asked as she took a seat.

"Well...I figured that since you went out of your way to cheer me up last night, the least I could do was make you breakfast."

"Thank you, but you didn't have to do that." The stallion shrugged and a few moments later, served his sister a stack of two blueberry waffles. The Wonderbolt ate her breakfast and conversed with her brother. When she finished, she washed her plate and turned to Rapid, "Well...In any case, I'm glad that you're feeling a little better."

Rapidfire nodded and gazed out the kitchen window as he ate, obviously getting lost in his thoughts. 'Well...it's a start.' Spitfire thought as she headed out to do a few morning routines to get herself ready for the day. When she had finished, Spitfire headed back inside to brush her mane and to grab the book that held the would-be schedule for the Wonderbolt's next season.

However, despite the need to get it over with, Spitfire found herself stalling as she made her way to Soarin's home. 'Just go over there and get it done!' She told herself mentally. "Right, no need to drag it out like this." The captain mumbled. When she arrived, she knocked a few times and waited. Seconds later, Soarin' opened the door.

"Oh...hey Spitfire." The orange pegasus pushed her way past the stallion and walked into his living room. Soarin' followed and Spitfire could easily tell that he had no idea what to do or say. He opened his mouth, but Spitfire cut him off.

"Don't say a word. I really don't want to talk about it right now. I'm only here to talk to you about the schedule and I'll be on my way." Soarin' nodded and took the seat opposite her. The two weren't even halfway through when a knock came at the door.

"Sorry." Soarin' said quickly as he bolted to the door.

Spitfire heard him mumble, then she heard, "What? Speak up and-" The voice stopped dead and the captain saw Fleetfoot standing in the entry to the living room. "Oh...h-hey Spitfire. What're you-"

"I'm discussing next season's schedule."

"Oh...maybe I should come back at another time." Fleetfoot suggested, already heading towards the exit.

"No. You're already here and it saves me the trouble of having to find you or have Soarin' explain it to you. So both of you get back in here and let's just get this over with." The two other Wonderbolts nodded and sat next to each other on the opposite side of Spitfire. As they went through the events, Spitfire saw the two sneaking glances at each other. When they had finished, Spitfire snapped the book shut and said, "Good. I'll see you two at practice."

She walked past them both, but was stopped by a hoof on her shoulder. "Spitfire, please wait." Fleetfoot said softly.

However, Spitfire shrugged the hoof away and said, "No. I have other business that calls for my attention." She attempted to keep walking, but this time Fleetfoot jumped in front of her.

"How...how is Rapidfire?" Spitfire's eyes narrowed into daggers and her next words were coated in venom.

"How dare you ask that! I mean, you break his heart and then ask about how he's doing?! What's wrong with you?" With that, Spitfire stormed past Fleetfoot, bumping into the lighter pony as she walked by. As soon as she was free of the house, Spitfire took off and headed for home. She arrived not even ten minutes later. However, before she actually went inside, she took a few minutes to cool off.

"Guess that'll remind'em why I'm named Spitfire." She mumbled before heading into the house. "Rapid? You home?" Spitfire was answered with silence. "He probably wanted to get away from the house for awhile." The Wonderbolt pondered aloud as she headed up to her room to drop off the book. When she dropped it onto her bed, she glanced at the clock. "Wow...that took a lot less time than I thought. It's only nine-thirty three..."

The fiery pegasus looked out her window and saw the town of Ponyville just shy of the horizon. Spitfire smiled and left her home after leaving a note for her brother and headed for the home of her lover. "Hopefully I can cool down with a few races with Dash. It'll be just like old times." Spitfire said as the wind rushed past her face.

Occasionally, the captain would close her eyes and close her wings to feel the rush of adrenaline pump through her body. 'This is why I became a Wonderbolt...' Spitfire thought. Every pegasus could tell their own story of why they loved to fly. Spitfire herself loved it because of how free she felt whenever she flew alone.

To be able to feel the wind in her mane, to see the world expand before her very eyes, to be able to just relax and do as she pleased while she was in the air. Every moment Spitfire was alone in the sky, she wanted to just cry out in joy and to weep for the ponies stuck on the ground. "To be stuck on the ground and only look up to the sky must be a sad existence indeed..."

She said aloud as a single tear left her eye and fell from her face to fall for who knew how long before it would meet the ground. 'Maybe that's why I love Rainbow so much...she can relate to this freedom.' The amber pegasus thought as she took her final descent towards the town of Ponyville.

Author's Note:

To all who read this chapter, Id like to give thanks to Nightroad for his help. He is the one who wrote this chapter, and I feel privileged to have such an amazing writers help. i would also like to thank Schitzoid nightfall for his help as well. Thanks for all the support everypony!! And I hope you are enjoying this as much as us three have enjoyed writing it.

Comments ( 8 )

Hmm, I Can Tell That This Wasn't Written By You, It May Be Good, But It Doesn't Have That StormyHoffness To It.
Hope To See That Again Soon.


~Your Mate, DarkDarsi

A bit fast paced and skippy, if you ask me. Oh well, I'm still liking the story :D

1936411 part of it was written by me. i have two co-authors. Schitzoid nightfall, and nightroad. So please, show them some love aight. thanks. also, the next two chapters will most likely be written by me.

1978919 u gladden me with your words, my friend. thank you. and a new chapter wont be out for quite a bit, im going for 3000+ words on this chapter. i want to make it a good one. I also need opinion from everypony on whether I should maybe add a mild clop scene or not. i figured a quick harmless clop scene, that doesnt delve into tooo much, might actually work. let me know what you think.

1979332 I can do that easily. like i did with my appledash fic.

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Write more :p
Although iv read better I feel this could turn out very good if it continues its path

I think this is a good story. Can't wait for new chapters when you start working on it again. OH and the people who disliked this should this in their face:flutterrage:

WAIT! How will Rainbow Dash break it to her 'little sis' Scootaloo and the rest of her friends about her hot relationship with Spitfire?

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