I made you a Pie, Soarin'
Rainbow Dash and Soarin' have been dating for quite a while now; ever since Rainbow Dash joined the Wonderbolts and graduated Wonderbolt Academy, she had been getting real close to her long-time crush. The Stallion himself soon had a liking for the newbie and began flirting with her. Soon the two fell into each other's hoofs, despite numerous sanctions by Spitfire, who, though not jealous, was a bit concerned that her second-in-command officer was hitting on one of the new ponies.
Rainbow Dash knew, after a few dates with him, that Soarin' loved eating pies. But he did mention one pie that he enjoyed the most eating; the pie he had eaten back in the Grand Galloping Gala; the one sold to him by Applejack. Little did the Stallion know that the baker of that delicious pie was the best friend, and at times, rival of his marefriend.
Dashie, however, was jealous; her own idol and long-time crush favoured something that her rival made. She knew that AJ didn't really have that much feelings for any stallion before, but she thought that her cooking can make anypony fall in love with her culinary skills. She didn't want that to happen with Soarin'.
At home, Dashie tried her hoof in baking. Her kitchen hadn't been used for a long time; the only purpose of the kitchen was to store a refrigerator for her snacks. She didn't want to borrow any cookbooks from Twilight, thinking that the Alicorn might get suspicious and tell her other friends. She tried to make a pie without having an idea how to start; she didn't even ask help from Pinkie Pie for the same reasons she didn't ask Twilight.
Her attempts at pie making by herself all went into disaster; many times did the oven spew out black smoke from a burnt out pie. At other times, the ingredients were all wrong, resulting in her throwing up several times on her kitchen floor. In the end, she decided to finally give up. After cleaning all the mess she had made, she decided to have a quick flyby to cool her head down.
As she flew over Ponyville, she passed by Sweet Apple Acres and saw Applejack bucking some apples off trees. She still had a jealous face on, but it was mixed with a face of giving up. After a moment of thinking, she gave a heavy sigh of relief, then descended down to her friend, who only noticed her when she was a few feet away from her.
"Howdy, RD." said the orange cowpony (cowgirl). "What brings you here to Sweet Apple Acres?"
Dashie landed on the ground, but didn't look at Applejack yet, still trying to kill whatever pride she had left.
"AJ..." she said, a bit discreetly, almost inaudible. "... canyouteachmehowtobakeapie..."
"Beg you pardon?" asked Applejack, who didn't hear exactly what the Pegasus said because of her low voice and fast-paced speech.
"can... you... teach... me... howtobakeapie..."
"Almost got it... can 'ya repeat it for me one more time?"
"teach... me..." time time, Rainbow's face was blushing in embarrassment as she exclaimed, "HOW TO BAKE A PIE?!"
Applejack was silent for a while, then gave a small laugh, saying,
"Is that all?"
"Y-yeah..."
"'Ya didn't have to be shy about it, RD! Of course I'll teach you how to bake a pie! But why'd you wanna bake a pie in the first place?"
At this, Dashie's face grew redder and replied,
"It's... for Soarin'...."
"Soarin'? The Wonderbolt?"
"Yeah..." Rainbow replied. "You see, he keeps saying how good your Apple pies taste, and I sorta got jealous of that. I tried to make a pie by myself, but they all were bad."
"Ahh, Rainbow," AJ said. "You don't need to get jealous because of that; everypony loves my Apple pies."
"Well that's not helping." replied the Pegasus, rolling her eyes at the Earth Pony's statement.
"The point is," Applejack continued. "you don't have to feel bad if somepony else teaches you something you can't do. Don't let 'ya pride hinder you from making something special for your special somepony."
Rainbow Dash looked down for a while, then back at Applejack. She was right; she didn't need to be jealous. She finally swallowed her pride and let Applejack teach her. The two mares went into AJ's house where they began to make an Apple Pie. AJ did the initial parts first, but she then let Rainbow Dash do the rest of the work. The Pegasus made some mistakes again, but they were more forgiving than what she did when she tried to bake a cake all by herself. Soon, Dashie was able to bake an Apple Pie all by herself.
Later that night, Soarin' sat on a cloud looking at the stars; Rainbow Dash had told him earlier to meet her there because she was going to give him a surprise. He didn't notice her flying toward him, carrying in her mouth a platter wrapped in a handkerchief. The mare landed on the cloud, which finally took the attention of the stallion.
"Oh, Dashie." said Soarin'. "Hey."
"Hey, Soarin'." she replied. "How long did you wait?"
"Not that long. I just got here."
Soarin' then noticed the aroma of a freshly baked apple pie. He looked at what Rainbow was carrying and immediately recognized the content of it.
"Is that a pie?"
"y-yeah..." replied Dashie, blushing. "You want some?"
"Well, sure I do." he said happily, his wings opening up with excitement.
Rainbow Dash lowered the platter and unwrapped the handkerchief that covered it. There lay a big apple pie, its smell suddenly filling the air. The stallion looked at it with so much delight; he had not seen a pie that big, nor smelled one that good for a long time.
"That looks amazing, Dashie." He said.
"Wanna taste?" replied Rainbow Dash, bringing out a knife to cut a piece.
The stallion nodded eagerly. With that, Rainbow took cut out a part of the pie and gave it to him. Soarin' took the and ate it. Every bite he made made him moan in delight; his taste buds were partying as soon as it had contact with the pie.
'Oh my Celestia!" Soarin' exclaimed. "I haven't eaten a pie like this since the Grand Galloping Gala."
"So I've heard over a million times." replied Dashie, jokingly, yet a bit annoyed.
"This tastes exactly like the one I bought from that mare, Applejack back at the gala." he continued. "Where'd you get it?"
Rainbow Dash paused for a while, blushing. She then replied,
"I made it..."
Soarin' stopped eating when he heard that. He then looked at her and said,
"What?"
"I made it..." she repeated. "I made it for you..."
The stallion was speechless; he didn't know that somepony as athletic as Rainbow Dash could bake something this good. Moreover, she had made that pie specifically for him.
"You made this for me?"
"Yeah," Dashie replied. "You kept telling me how Applejack's pies were so delicious, so I decided to make one that can match up with hers, so that you can say that my pies are delicious too."
Soarin' smiled at Rainbow Dash and stroked his hoof on her cheek.
"Thanks, Dashie." he said. "It really means a lot to me that you made this."
With that, the two shared the pie up on that cloud, enjoying the night while it lasted, eating that amazing pie that Rainbow Dash had worked so hard on with Applejack's help.