A particular jealous griffon...a moody Moon Goddess, and a missing Twilight Sparkle? Uh-oh!
Yes, it says "sex" as a warning, but it's just alluded to, so don't worry! :D So Gilda thinks she can mess with the ponies that humiliated her, Eh? Well...maybe she's right! And Luna is forced to work a job she really doesn't want to, so devises a not-so-evil plan in retaliation! But wait! Twilight's gone missing!? AND SPIKE IS READING A BOOK!? What is this madness!?
By the way, this is my FIRST story here, as well as my first MLP story, so...be gentle... <:D Anywho, hope you enjoy my attempt! I also hope you like the cover for it. Oh, Luna...looking pissed while standing in the rain in a black-and-white comic...
Desc- Apparently, I've become addicted to this wonderful show...why? I honestly don't really know...well, I DO know that the animation is simply amazingly awesome. Some of the best animation I've seen anywhere, so...that's one reason...anywho, getting off point here. So what is this story about? My title doesn't really give anything away, so...I'll have to give you a quick synops here: Griffons, Pranks, Rainbows, Pinkamena, Magic, Schemes, Apples, maybe some fluffyness (maybe...depends on how the reactions in the comments are), and CUPCAKES!...wait! Oh god NO, not THOSE kind of cupcakes! D: Normal cupcakes...maybe... X3 Alright, that probably wasn't the best synops, but I don't want to give away anything, really...let's just say you're ganna see some dark sides. Anywho, enjoy.
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Prologue of Plot-Introductive-ness!
"Ugh! They're ALL LAMEOS! Every last one!" the angry griffon slammed her fist into the tree she was currently standing beside, "Even Dash...I used to think she was cool, but now I see she's just as bad as the rest of 'em! And that stupid pink one...she just ticks me off so much, I could just...just...GAH!" the furious Griffon suddenly clenched her fists, deciding that she was going to do something about her anger towards those ponies, "How far...am I willing to take this...?" she wondered aloud, changing her direction and heading back, "Let's just see how far it goes!" Gilda laughed, almost manically, "It's ganna be a real big 'prank' that they'll never forget!"
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"Okie dokie lokie, Rarity, but what do you want Dash for so badly? You're not ganna turn her into some kind of jacket are you?"
Rarity stared back at the uncannily smiling face of her friend, the party-pony herself, Pinkie, with a look of questioning, as if she felt like something Pinkie just said held meaning, but she shivered and shook the thought away.
"Ah, no, Dearie, not literally, I just would like her help creating a fabulous new dress, using her rainbow mane as guidance." Rarity explained, "Please do tell any of the others to keep an eye out for Rainbow Dash for me as well."
Pinkie gave Rarity a serious-looking salute, going perfectly stiff, "Yes ma'am!" but after only a few short second, Pinkie burst into a fit of giggling and bounced off, back into her bakery to finish more cupcakes.
Rarity sighed, shaking her head, "Sometimes I get the feeling that Pinkie's...oh, nevermind, I've got work to do! Dresses to make!" Rarity turned and began the walk back to her shop, already thinking of new designs for new clothes.
Author Note-To start-off this story, let's see where it's closing-up...
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Chapter 1- At the Gala-actic something-or-the-other
Spike couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was like the Discord incident all over again, except this time, it wasn't the cause of magic. Spike didn't even know the reason for his friends' behaviors! Fluttershy was running around and screaming her lungs out at every animal she saw, and Pinkie was whispering to random objects. Rarity was curled-up in the corner of the ally to his right, rocking back and forth and muttering something incoherently as her eyes twitched, and Rainbow was repeatedly slamming his head into a wall and saying, "Stupid, stupid, failure, stupid..." over and over. Apple Jack was probably still at her farm kicking a dead apple tree for it's non-existent apples...and worst of all, Twilight was nowhere to be found.
In fact, now that Spike thought of it, Twilight's random disappearance a week ago seems to have been the cause of it all. As though someone had planned this...
"But who would want to hurt all of them?...everyone loves these girls!" Spike then remembered the three people who might have something of a grudge against all of them, "I gotta go get the Princess's help on this!" Spike shouted, turning and running inside Twilight's library to send a message to Celestia, "Don't go anywhere, Girls!" he shouted back.
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Okay, okay...now that you see where this is going...we can truly start this story! So Spike, you see, found out about a book that he actually wanted to read and decided to order it to be delivered to Twilight's Library as soon as possible. Upon arriving, he almost tackled the deliverypony for it, then ripped the package open as soon as he closed the door.
Twilight walked into the main room, quietly singing "At the Gala" in remembrance of how much fun that night was, when Spike's shout of joy cut her off right as she was finishing.
"ACTIC EM...uh, emp...something...or the other..." Spike stared at the book title closely, "Whatever, if this book is as awesome as that one person said it was, who cares if I can't read the name of it!"
Twilight rubbed her ears, attempting to get over the headache Spike's scream just gave her, "Uh, Spike, since when did you want to actually read something?" she asked curiously.
"Since yesterday! Some pon...er, I don't really know. Some shady figure in an ally threw this magazine at me and told me about this amazing sounding book full of action and adventure and epic awesome stuff!" Spike explained bouncing up and down giddily, "So I just had to get it and see!"
"You're really going to take advice from some random person you don't even know?" Twilight asked, giving Spike a skeptical stare.
"Well...it's just a book, not like it'll kill me or something."
Twilight shook her head, "You'd be surprised how...ah, damaging books can be..." Twilight shivered, recalling a short book she once found in her Library that she immediately ripped apart, burned, and sent to the bottom of a lake, "How did that even get in there...I really hope Pinkie or Dash never saw it..." she muttered quietly.
"What?" Spike asked, not paying attention as he was too busy opening his book...upside down.
Twilight rolled her eyes and went for the door, "Nevermind, just...enjoy your book."
"Uh-huh..." Spike answered stupidly, entranced by the nonsensical upside down words he was "reading."
Twilight closed the door behind her, "He such an impressionable kid...huh, who's th-"
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Meanwhile, down at Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie had just finished a batch of cupcakes she made for Rarity to give to Rainbow Dash for...whatever reason she needed her for.
"Rainbow icing and blue bread!" she laughed, "It looks just like her! Hehe." Pinkie set them down to cool, "Boy, it was sure quite annoying to get the bread blue, but keep it so delicious!" she huffed, turning to turn the oven off, "But it was very much worth...it..." upon turning back to her cupcakes, she found that they were gone! Not even the crumbs were left on the plate!
"Did I accidentally put that invisibility potion into the mix again!?" she wondered aloud, sniffing and biting around and on the plate to see if they were still there, "Nope...guess I'll have to start again..." she muttered sadly, going back to the oven, "...WHOOPIEEE! I get to make them all over again!"
Pinkie quickly went back to work, restarting her baking, "All you have to do is take a cup of flower..."
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"Oh...well...this...this is an interesting order..." Rarity looked over her recent, very odd, order for a dress design. Not only was the request a bit...out there, but it was from a griffon all the way out in Griffstown, "I-I've never made a dress for a griffon before..." she muttered apprehensively, "This isn't going to be easy, especially since I don't have any experience in this type of dress, and it's such an odd request!...they didn't even give me any written design!" she pressed the paper close to her face and put her glasses on, scrutinizing it closely, "It looks like they TRIED to draw what it looks like, but all I see is chicken-scratch!"
Rarity sighed and lowered the request, "Well, looks like I'll be quite busy for some time...better see what I can decipher from this...this...monstrosity."
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"Alright, little ones, please do try not to run like that again...it's really not nice to run from friends and family like that...plus, it's really a sad thing to me..." Fluttershy, gently hovering beside the treebranch which housed a family of young squirrels which she had recently saved from a multitude of dangers after they had randomly ran from her in supposed fear, quietly asked said family to not do it again, "I mean, if that's alright with you and all...I would really appreciate it..."
The squirrels nodded their thanks and okays, then went back to their den, leaving an exhausted and beaten Fluttershy.
"Whew..." she instantly stopped flapping her wings and fell onto her stomach, hooves splayed out as she sighed in exhaustion, "That was really hard to do...for such small critters, they can really give me a lot of hassle..." she smiled softly and closed her eyes, "But it's worth it, for them..." She was actually beginning to even drift into sleep when something bounced onto her muzzle, "Huh? Wa...? Oh, Angel! What is it...?"
The small white rabbit frantically pointed to something behind Fluttershy, and after weakly turning her head to see what was happening, Fluttershy sighed again.
"Oh..." with her head hanging low, she flapped her wings once more and slowly rose from the ground. Her head, tail, and legs all hung limp as she floated over to a group of birds that were frantically zipping around and chirping madly, "For...the animals..."
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"Haha! Ahead of schedule!" Apple Jack grinned with pride at her extensive pile of apples. She had spent most of the day collecting them off of her ripe trees throughout her family farm. She had been so into her work, that she was done way before normal, "This is great! Now 'ah can go hang wit Twi and the others!" she cheered, dancing around a bit, "Now lemme just put 'em all in storage and www-what the hay!" The enormous pile of apples suddenly began to tremble, and, much to AJ's fear, started to topple, "Oh no...oh no no no no no!" she wrapped her arms around it as best she could and held tight, hoping to save it, "NO NO NOOOO!" but, it was to no avail and she soon found herself half buried in apples...while the other half rolled away, down the hill, and gone, "Aaaahh, hay-bales!" she shouted, poking her out of the pile and sending practically the rest of the apples out to follow the first half, "Ugh...guess 'ah'll be workin' overtime, t'night..." she grumbled, staring out over her farm in disdain.
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"Oh horse yeah! This is the LIFE!" Rainbow Dash: Mistress of the skies, and arrogant pony. She could fly circles around practically anyone, even her ego...well, it would take quite a few years, but she would get around it eventually.
"Flip! Twist, roll! Uh...dive! Swoop!" Dash narrated her acrobatic performance with great pleasure. She always enjoyed showing off, even if no one was watching. The best part about Rainbow dash might actually be the fact that, whether someone else is watching or not, she'll always be the same: A showboater...
Dash, who and been zipping around with the greatest of ease, was suddenly thrown off balance by a gust of wind, supposedly, and careened into a tree. After regaining herself, she scrambled out of the branches and floated above the tree, grimacing.
"'Crash' wasn't a part of my show..." she muttered, shaking herself, "Geez, that'll hurt tomorrow..." she rolled her neck before puffing out her chest, "Alright, take two!" she prepped herself to zip off again, but just as she started to move, something knocked her off again and she ended up plowing back into the tree and full speed...again.
"FLAMING...FLYING...HORSEFEATHERS!"
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Meanwhile...while all the ponies were dealing with their troublesome problems...one of the two Goddesses of Equestria was staring blankly at the same piece of paper she'd been staring at for the past few weeks...maybe even months? She didn't know, she hadn't been paying attention to how time moved since coming to a recent realization.
"I mean, how can I not notice?" she muttered grudgingly, "Those centuries on the moon really dulled my sense of time..."
Luna, the ex-evil overlord of the night, Nightmare Moon, huffed and crumpled the paper using her magic...for the thousandth time, "And then I...uncrumple it and look it over again..." she angrily muttered, doing just that.
"First I get sent to the moon for a mind-numbingly amount of time, all for wanting everyone to enjoy the night life more!..." this time, the paper was ripped in half as she scowled at it, her horn, and eyes, starting to glow a dark, dark blue.
"Then, the instant I get back, I try it again, so what do I get as a punishment this time? I get to become the ASSISTANT to my sister's pupil!"
Luna closed her eyes and scowled, a dark cloak flying off the shelf of her old room and wrapping itself around her, the hood up, "Fine, I'll go see her little pupil, miss Sparkle...the one that put me in this position...and I'll make sure she regrets being the cause of my punishment!"
Luna then started the trek to Ponyville. She was offered a ride, but didn't want to spend the time with her sister's servants...that was the last thing she wanted to do.
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End notes/-\Oooohhh...looks like little miss Lunacy is a bit sore about everything, eh? Wonder what she has in mind?...wonder what, or IF, she has anything to do with the weird problems occurring in Ponyville? And WHY THE HECK is Spike reading a book!? Madness I say! Welp, hope you stick around to see what's going on here!
'So the mares are all having some trouble? Maybe they didn't do such a good job with Discord, after all...'
Luna made it to Ponyville not long after the problems started occurring and immediately went to the Mayor to announce her arrival. Of course, upon entering, she knew the Mayor wasn't so pleased to have her in town...
"Ah, I remember the last time you made your arrival known..." the Mayor said nostalgically, "You crashed our party for your sister."
Luna rolled her eyes. She had become used to such jokes and jibes lately. On her way here, she was harassed by everypony that recognized her. She even threw one into a tree because he just kept bumping her and tripping her no matter how much she scolded him to stop. She used to try saying sorry, with heartfelt intentions, but after having the ponies she would be apologizing to practically shove her words back down her throat with malicious insults, she just decided that it would be better to ignore them...or remove them from her way.
"I mean, it's all in the past now, right?" the Mayor added suddenly, "Just as long as you don't try to force eternal night on us again."
Luna groaned and tried to refrain from stomping and demanding that the Mayor go screw herself. She did that once, and her sister scolded her on it for an hour. As much as she hated being the younger, less powerful, and more hated, sister, Luna always followed her older sis's requests. She owed her that much for all the trouble she had (and will probably continue to) cause.
"If you could please just direct me to Twilight Sparkle's Library, I will be out of your mane." Luna demanded in a calm manner, "Please..."
The Mayor could still tell Luna was upset, but did as she asked and pointed her in the correct direction. Luna said, "Thank you." but would have rather said something much more vulgar that also ended in a "you."
"I remember when we were worshiped and respected...oh wait..." Luna quietly thought out loud as she walked in the direction the Mayor had given her, "They still do, except just my sister, now..."
While Luna brooded and complained about how much life was sucking for her, Rainbow Dash, after receiving a concussion from her repeated failed attempts to fly and getting treated by a medic, wanted to see if Twilight could do a bit of her magic to heal her quicker so she could get back to flying. She was told to stay on the ground until better...
"'Doctor's orders!' Blah blah blah..." Rainbow grumbled angrily, tugging at the white bandage around her head, "Nothing is allowed to keep me grounded!" She sighed in relief upon seeing that she was near Twilight's Library, "Sweet! Hey Twilight!" she shouted, galloping towards the door frantically, "I need your help with something!" Dash slid to a halt in front of the door, then knocked a couple of times with her hoof, "Hey! Twilight! Open up!...Spike? Hello?" after not receiving a response from both normal residents, Dash decided to let herself in, "Anypony home?"
Upon opening the door, Dash found that all of the lights were off and seemingly no pony was there, "Helllooo...?" Dash stepped inside tentatively, "She's probably asleep, I guess...I should go wake her up!" Dash, getting ahead of herself and rushing in the direction she thought the stairs were, galloped head-first into a bookcase instead, "AWWOO! My HEAAAD!" she stumbled back, swaying as her head throbbed and her vision went fuzzy, "Whoa punt hat coolbase, ug, ether?" she mumbled before falling back and saying "Hello!" to the ground, out like the lights.
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Rarity had decided that it would be best for her own health if she were to take a break, as much as she hated the idea. It had to be done, else she might go insane and just sit in a corner, rocking back and forth like a madmare!
"Oh...this new request is a bit of a hassle...plus, I'm falling behind on my other commissions!" she huffed, making her way to her usual spa, "I hope Fluttershy gets the message and can make it. It would do me well to chat with her in my current state." Rarity walked in to find that Fluttershy was indeed there, much to her delight, "Oh, Fluttershy, dear! Glad you could make it!" Rarity cheered happily, clapping her hooves.
"Well, anything for my friend, Rarity." the meek pegasus responded, rubbing her shoulder, "But did you hear? Luna'a in town?" she asked, feeling nervous about even mentioning her name.
"Oh no...I have not heard anything, actually, I've been too busy with my dresses..." Rarity admitted, "Which is why I asked to see you. I just needed a good break. Even for a magnificent artist like me, the workload was just getting too...cumbersome."
Fluttershy nodded sympathetically, "I understand. I've been dealing with every animal in all of Ponyville, you see...they all seem to be getting scared at anything, and I have to chase them down before they get themselves hurt."
"Really? That's odd..." Rarity thought that there might be the slightest chance of a connection between their grievances, but waved it off with a wave of her hoof, "Then a nice evening of pampering and relaxation is just what we need!"
As the two started the walk to the massage tables, Fluttershy, curious about Rarity's recent and apparently very important desire for a certain rainbow-maned pegasus, decided to ask about her relationship with Rainbow Dash, "So, Pinkie told me that you've desperately been trying to get Rainbow Dash to come over your place for a while now." she stated shyly, "And, um, I was just...kinda wondering why, uh, that is..."
Rarity, without missing a beat, answered with extra regality than normal, "Because her lovely rainbow mane would be perfect for a new design I'm trying."
Fluttershy could tell that she was lying, but knew how to take a hint and just nodded, "Okay..."
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"Not even thirty minutes here and I already have an unconscious pegasus and a missing student..." Luna paced back and forth, trying to decide if she should call for help from her sister or the mayor, or just ignore the problems, since it got her out of the clear, "Her eyes must not be as used to the darker light like mine are." she stopped her pacing to stand over her new and surprise patient. Luna was enjoying the dark, yet comforting glow of the lunar light, the peace, and the quiet up on Twilight's vacant bed when sounds of scuffling and talking reached her ears. She was about to dismiss it as Twilight's dragon assistant, Spike, until multiple bangs and crashes rang throughout the house. Deciding that it would be best to not have somepony die while she was alone in a house that wasn't hers would not help her already broken public image, she grudgingly made her way downstairs to find the injured Rainbow Dash on the floor amidst a pile of books.
"Where is that baby dragon, anyway? I haven't seen him...maybe he's out with Twilight..." Luna walked to the window and peered outside to find that, while she was tending to Dash's wounds, the sun had sunk far to the horizon, casting beautiful colors of red, violet, and orange through the sky. Luna couldn't help but smile, "While I still think the night is superior...sis, that's one amazing picture you manage to paint every day." she took a few more moments to soak in the sight before remembering that she had to do her part in the cycle of Day and Night, "Now it's time to present real beauty."
Luna walked outside, then spread her wings wide before making her way to the top of the Tree-Library, standing on the highest, firmest branch. Luna readied herself for the minor challenge ahead. She had done it many times, but it still remained an exhausting experience, and that would never change, "Alright..." Luna started to concentrate, her horn gaining a faint, dark blue glow, "...rise and shine!"
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Twilight jolted suddenly, sensing an overwhelming amount if magical energy nearby, "Who-whaaa...?" after realizing that she was in what appeared to be a basement, Twilight started to stand so as to get a better understanding of her surroundings and situation, but this quickly proved to be a bad idea when her head suddenly throbbed and everything started to go fuzzy. She quickly dropped back down before she passed-out, then, after a few minutes of controlled breathing, she brought a hoof up to examen her head, expecting the worst.
"Whew..." her horn was still there, and there appeared to be no signs of head injury, so then whey did she feel light-headed and dizzy? "Maybe...I've been drugged?" Twilight considered the option, which, if she was right, combined with her surroundings and lack of knowledge on her arrival there, that she had been fillynapped, "I guess I should break out with magic while I can..." she muttered, noticing that it was actually very hard to stay awake and concentrate, 'Oh no...' she conjured a guess that the reason she had been drugged was probably to reduce or impede her ability to use magic. Her suspicions were confirmed when she attempted to lift a small wrench off the floor nearby only to have it wobble slightly before sliding about a centimeter closer. The purple mare was beginning to panic, her half-asleep mind racing with hundreds of thoughts. Who was her captor? What did they want? Is she safe? Are the others looking for her? Did she leave the lights on back in the library...? 'Oh no...I think I DID leave the lights on!' Now imagine if she wasn't drugged...
"Gah, get ahold of yourself, Twilight!" she shouted to herself, taking slow, calming breaths, "The drugs will be worn out of my system eventually, then once that happens, I'll escape...if only I knew who captured me." Deciding to pass some time, she looked around her surroundings. She already concluded she was in a basement, even though the only visible light was from a grimy window on the other side of the room. Although, the light looked more...serene, than normal. Since she couldn't see through the darkness around her and explore the rest of the basement, she decided to see why the sun was different. Slowly crawling her way to the window, she soon realized that it wasn't the sun which was giving her light. It was the moon.
"Wow...a full moon..." Twilight muttered, almost awestruck, "I forgot that it was a full moon scheduled for today..." Twilight just stared at it for the next couple of minutes, almost as if in a trance, "I don't think I've studied the moon like this since realizing Nightmare Moon's imminent return...I should do this more often..." she seemed to have forgotten the situation she was in.
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Luna returned to the inside of Twilight's Library feeling accomplished, even more so that normal, "I can't place my hoof on it, but..." she paused, her mind deep in thought, "I feel as if someone important is actually noticing my handiwork." she thought for a while longer, then shrugged it off, continuing up to Twilight's room to lay down a bit before starting breakfast, "Er, dinner...I forget that they all eat dinner at this time..." the night-blue alicorn was almost back up the stairs when she remembered the unconscious pegasus downstairs, "Gah! Almost forgot about her!" Luna raced back down to find that she was gone, "Um...I guess she left while I was raising the moon..." Luna slowly turned and made her way back to Twilight's room again, but upon entering the dark room, she noticed that she was emanating a soft glow from her horn, "Huh?...why is-? Whoa!"
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'Help me!'
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Rarity reared back in shock, recognizing that voice, "Twilight!?" the mare's composure quickly returned, but she retained a deep sense of fear for her friend, "What was that? How come I heard her voice in my head...? And what did I see?" Rarity pondered the strange event, "I was hoping stressful days would end peacefully..." she mumbled, changing direction from home to Twilight's Library, "The spa, Fluttershy...oh it was soooo delightful! I hope Twilight just messed-up on some spell of hers...or something...oh dear! And that she's okay, as well!" Rarity started to gallop towards the Library ahead, but she suddenly came sliding to a halt with a look of confusion and embarrassment, "Who...was I talking to...?" shaking her head in frustration, she quickly continued onward.
If anything happened to one of her dearest friends, Rarity would...she would, uh...she really wouldn't know what to do, actually. She couldn't bear the thought of something bad happening to any of her friends, it was just too tragic!
"Rarity! Hey Rarity! What are you doing?"
Rarity slid to a halt again, looking up at the sound of Rainbow Dash's voice, "Rainbow Dash!? What are doing up this late?" she shouted while the blue pegasus started her descent towards her, "Um, Rainbow Dash, you're going a little...whoa!" Rarity quickly turned and tried to evade the rainbow bullet, but she wasn't fast enough, so rainbow collided with white as the two rolled across the ground, coming to a stop in a heap of mane and hooves.
"Who-hoa...sorry, Rarity..." Rainbow apologized starting to sit up even though everything was purple and sparkling.
"AUUUG! My COAT!" Rarity screamed, sitting up as well, staring down at her dirtied and scuffed white coat, "My mane...my POOR mane!" she held her violet mane tenderly, stroking it in hopes of straightening it back out and getting the dirt off, "What was that for?" she asked sadly.
"Heh, I...uh, can't seem to fly straight today..." Rainbow answered, rubbing her still bandaged head in pain, "Sorry 'bout that."
Rarity instantly got over herself upon seeing Rainbow's bandages, now becoming more concerned with her friend, "Rainbow Dash!" the uncanny severity in Rarity's voice caused the blue pegasus to flinch, starting to apologize again, only to be cut off by the white mare's silencing hoof to her mouth, "Quiet! Now whatever the heck happened to that thick skull of yours obviously messed-up your head," she started, standing and forcefully lifting rainbow with her, "So you are going to stay right beside me until I deem you healthy enough to leave my side!" ignoring her confused and annoyed friend's complaints and shouts, Rarity pulled Rainbow with her to Twilight's Library, "I think Twilight might be in trouble, so, please, right now, just follow me and stop complaining."
Rainbow calmed down upon hearing about Twilight's possible trouble and followed Rarity obediently, "I was just in there, ya' know...I ran my head into a wall..." she admitted bashfully. She hated admitting her screw-ups. Rarity turned her head to listen while they continued on their way to the library, "I last remember being on the floor, but woke-up on the couch." she explained, "So she probably treated me after I probably woke her up!" she left-out the part about how that's what she trying to do anyway, "And after seeing that I was fine, she went back to sleep."
Rainbow Dash didn't know it, but she was actually close to the truth. She just had the wrong horned pony.
Rarity stopped to give Rainbow Dash a skeptical stare. She knew what she heard and saw, but Rainbow Dash wouldn't lie to her. Rarity bit her lip, her mind racing with conflicting thoughts, "Well, we should check on her at least..." Rarity suggested, raising a hoof and motioning to the door.
"But you don't wanna wake her up, do you? I'm sure she's fine!" Rainbow wrapped a wing around her friend and started to lead her away, "Besides, Spike would tell us if something was wrong, right?"
Rarity sighed, unable to argue against Rainbow's logic, "Alright..." and that was when she noticed Rainbow still had her wing around her, their bodies pressed close together...her warmth...Rarity would never admit it at the time, her pride wouldn't allow her, but she was greatly enjoying the moment, probably a bit too much. She just hoped Rainbow didn't notice...
"So now that all this is done with, I'll be, ah, goin' home now!" Rainbow started to walk away so she could take off into the air, much to Rarity's disappointment.
"Wait! Rainbow Dash, don't leave please!" Rarity shouted out a bit too desperately. She realized her despairing voice and quickly composed herself in time to hide it from Dash.
"Yeah, what is it, Rarity?" she asked, catching herself in mid jump.
Rarity started to panic, in her mind, of course, but was able to hide it from her oblivious friend. She thought quickly and remembered Rainbow's head condition, "You need to stay in my care until your head clears up!" she shouted somewhat excitedly.
"I appreciate the sympathy, Rarity," Rainbow started, beginning her take-off again, "But I'll be fine, really."
Before she could get anywhere, Rarity grabbed Rainbow's tail in her mouth and pulled her down, preventing her from escaping, "Sorry to impede, miss Dash!" she shouted through clenched and rainbow-tail-filled teeth, "But I simply MUST insist upon this 'special treatment'!"
Ignoring her complaints, Rarity dragged her friend all the way back to her boutique. Rarity was going to enjoy herself that night, especially after remembering that, starting in the morning, she'd be working on dresses and designs until she either dropped from exhaustion, or death.
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End Notes- Some may think Luna will be acting OOC, but...well, when I'm writing this, we don't really get any insight on her personality, so...yeah...got complaints? Voice 'em! I'd LOVE to hear them. Honestly, I love complaints...seriously.
"H...hah!" Apple Jack, once again, shouted triumphantly at her harvest, "It may be, ah...two in th' mornin' but...I got mah harvestin' done!" the earth pony got her third enormous pile into their boxes and stored away, this time without a hitch. The second batch had been ruined while boxing them, as some freak wind blew by and sent the cart they were in down into a stream. She was offered help by her family, of course, but she wouldn't let what she thought were her mistakes cause the others to work harder, "Now...ah I get t' hitt'n the hay!" she yawned, slowly making her way to the house for some well needed shut-eye, "Hopefully t'morrow won't be s'bad..." she hoped.
Of course she was wrong...
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At that very moment, the ever hyper pink party pony, Pinkie Pie, bounced her way towards Rarity's boutique, a plate of cupcakes atop her head. It was a wonder that they never fell off, yet bounced around with her.
"I can't wait to see their happy faces after they eat these!" Pinkie shouted joyfully, not fully realizing that it was the middle of the night, "It's kinda sad that the first batch disappeared, though...they never got the satisfaction of being eaten by a hungry pony!" she giggled, pausing in her bouncing and placing a hoof to her chin in thought, "I wonder what it's like to be eaten...?" shrugging, she continued on her way, happily humming a song.
Once she reached her destination, Pinkie brought a hoof up and knocked on Rarity's door, her anticipation building at the thought of what her friend's reaction would be once she saw her fresh batch of scrumptious cupcakes designed to look like Rainbow Dash. Surprisingly, Rarity actually opened the door after only a few short seconds.
"Pinkie? What are you doing here so late...?" Rarity asked, looking around at the nighttime around them.
"I baked these cupcakes for you to give to Dashie!" she exclaimed happily, jumping, doing a backflip, then catching the tray holding the cupcakes, "Tadaaa!"
Rarity stared back and forth between the excited pink pony and the tray, utter confusion plastered all over her face, "Uh...Pinkie Pie...there's nothing on the tray, Dear..."
Pinkie giggled at this, "Whaddya mean, silly filly! Of course there's-WHAAA!?" Pinkie looked to the tray to find Rarity wasn't lieing. The tray was as barren as a desert, "But...but..."
Rarity didn't really know what was going on, and she actually didn't want to know, so she tapped Pinkie's shoulder, bringing her attention from the tray to her, "Pinkie, it's past two in the morning and you really need to get some sleep. I know I need some well deserved beauty sleep, dear..." Rarity yawned daintily, "Go home, Pinkie Pie. You, for once, look tired."
Pinkie had to admit that, after baking the same dish the entire day, she really felt exhausted. Maybe she just left them at the bakery? No...she clearly remembered putting them on the tray, "Okay..." she muttered sadly, turnig and heading home, "Sorry for waking you..."
Rarity waved goodbye before closing the door, "I was actually not asleep, yet..." Actually, she was already up, making a few finishing touches on her journal for the day. And oh what a...lovely couple of pages she had filled...minus the beginning, anyway. Rarity walked her way back to her room, making sure not to make too much noise. Upon entering her room, she walked over to a small desk in the far corner. A small lamp was on and shining on her recently completed journal for the day. She stopped beside it and read over the last few pages of perfectly neat cursive writing silently with a small grin...
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...thankfully, she didn't complain or resist as much as I thought she would when I literally dragged her home. Well, she DID have a concussion, so maybe resisting might have been a bad idea, now that I think about it more...So upon arriving back at the boutique, I told her to wait while I ran a bath for her. She gave me a look of protest and annoyance, continuing to insist that she would be fine, but I merely shrugged and waved her off with a smile. She stopped talking after I flashed her the smile, oddly enough.
After the bath was all set, I started to help Rainbow Dash in, but she tried to resist, much to my displeasure...
"Rarity! You don't need to baby me like this!" she complained, backing away.
"I am not babying you!" I shouted, "What if you slipped? And hit your head...." I trailed-off refusing to think of such a terrible thought...and giving Rainbow a bit of a sob-show.
"Rarity...c'mon..." she said quietly, walking over to me and comforting me. Albeit, she moved a bit awkwardly, but it's the thought that counts, I guess, "If you'll really feel better about...giving me a bath, then..." she trailed off this time, "Plus...don't you need one as well?"
I would normally take such a statement as an insult to my beauty, but, seeing as I WAS covered in dirt, AND she just offered to let me take a bath with her...oh! I could barely prevent myself from jumping and clapping my hooves in joy.
Rainbow Dash seemed to be apprehensive the whole time we shared the bath. I guess it was because she had never done anything this personal with anypony else. Fluttershy and I would sometimes help clean eachother during our spa visits in the hot tub...I-in a completely platonic manner, of course! And, actually, I am a bit embarrassed to say that I was in a fluster the entire bath. Although, Rainbow's childish annoyance and complaining every time I started to soap-up her mane or coat...well, let's just say it did more than make me giggle...I'm surprised she didn't notice that I rubbed her body a bit more than what was probably necessary, but I was enjoying leaning over her shoulder and wrapping my arms around her too much to really notice I guess.
Once the bath was done, and we dried ourselves off, I lead the now sparkling clean Rainbow Dash up to my personal room.
"Rarity...PLEASE don't tell me you're going to make me sleep on YOUR bed..." she whined once we got there.
'Aww...' I thought, 'She doesn't want me to go out of my way to help her so much...too baaad!' "But of course I do!" I countered, turning on her and giving her a bright and devilish grin, "You are a guest in my residence, and a hurt one, no less..." I walked beside the annoyed pegasus, leading her to my bed through a series of gentle nudges, "It's only proper of me to give you the special treatment." With one more push, Rainbow flopped down onto my bed, "But I do request that you not make a complete mess of my bed, Dashie..."
I uttered her nickname before I could catch myself, placing a hoof over my mouth after realizing what I had said, "Dashie...? Since when did you ever call me by anything less than my full name?" she asked me curiously, sitting up with a quizzical look.
"Oh...it just slipped out, is all..." I answered with a nervous laugh, "Now get some rest!" I demanded pushing her back down gently.
Rainbow Dash seemed like she had some questions to ask, but fortunately, she did as I asked and turned over. I was just glad she obeyed without much trouble this time. After that, I waited beside the bed until she was asleep, watching over her with a loving smile. I knew without a doubt that she was asleep when she suddenly turned about in her sleep, her mane splayed about with a hoof across her chest and her mouth hanging wide open. I stifled a giggle at the...how should I say?...unique sight.
I looked about my room cautiously before leaning down and planting a quick kiss on my little pegagus' cheek. Now I'm off to the guest bed...maybe one day I can sleep in the same bed as her...here's hoping!
Ta-taa! ~R
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Rarity sighed in delight, looking over to her sleeping companion, 'Heh...someday.' She then left Dash to sleep, turning her lantern off.
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Luna paced around Twilight's room, thoughts flying through her mind frantically. She definitely just received a telepathic message from another magic user not too far away. From the sound of the user's voice, Luna had put together a scenario on what was happening.
"The voice, if I remember correctly, is Twilight's, meaning that the reason she's been gone is the same reason she sent a distress message..." Luna stopped her pacing, biting her lower lip, "Ugh...I could probably track the message...but it was so weak and short...plus, I think it was an open broadcast, making it harder to track..." Luna sighed, heading for the stairs so she could start, "I could get my sister's help on this...she'd probably do it better, anyway..." Once outside into the moonlight, Luna grinned, "Or I could do it myself! Yeah, it'd be a bit annoying, but I think this'll be a perfect way to start that bonding process my sister wanted me to get into, or something." So with that semi-helpful thought in mind, Luna used her magic to bring her cloak back out of the Library, wrapping it around her with the moon casting it's dim and serene light through the cloudless night, "Maybe I'll get to take my frustration out on somepony along the way, too!"
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YAY, Luna's big night finally happened! I LOVED IT! Especially since she kinda fit my judgement of her personality from JUST the second episode of Season 1. The only things I had wrong was her SEVERE lack of modern scial skills. I just thought she'd act kinda loud or really quiet, not loud and super old-fashioned...as well as refer to herself as herseLVES. I just didn't really get that plural thing. Did she mean her and the moon?...I don't know, but HEY! LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNA! Amirit?
