> My Little Pony: Friendship is a Magical Series of Short Stories > by ShikimaAkemi > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1 Rainbow Crash... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainbow Crash... And how she got a reading day with Twilight every week... By Akemi Shikima Twilight was sitting on the library, focused on reading her newest book: Daring Do and the Black Crystals. It was brand new, still folded on its plastic wrap, ready to be opened; she felt butterflies on her stomach for the excitement, the same excitement she felt every time she was ready to learn and practice a new spell. Carefully, she started to open the plastic wrap, willing to unfold it, but, it would have to wait... "LOOK OUT BELOW! " That scream... that unmistakable voice producing that scream... Twilight could just snort in deep frustration when without any warning, she felt the pressure of a certain furred weight on top of her back, followed by some dust falling on her nose, making her sneeze... Darting her muzzle to the air, she could just let out two single words in response to this new event: "RAINBOW DASH!" Rainbow could just turn her head to one side, ending face to face with a purple stare, a stare that could easily compete with Fluttershy's; knowing herself with no escape, the cyan pegasus played the only card she had left: pull a silly grin o her face from ear to ear, flat her ears to her head, and try play the cool: "Hehehe... Ahm, hey, egghead..." Twilight just huffed in silent protest, never breaking the eye contact with her friend: "Ahm... excuse me? " A sheepishly smile drew its way on Rainbow's face, once she knew pretty well what was coming... “Excuse me... Excuse me?! Get off of me, NOW!" No wasting any time on a second thought, Rainbow Dash jumped in the air for the scary shiver she got running through her back after that cold scream from Twilight, shaking her hooves and wings for the impression, who could have said her best friend got such a powerful voice, it was twice stronger than Princess Luna's "royal tone". "Sigh, Twilight, cool down..." "Don't you dare try to play "the cool" on me, Rainbow Dash, that's not working!" Said Twilight while pointing at her flying friend with her right hoof. "Fifth time. This is the FIFTH time THIS WEEK that you crash on my library! And it's just WEDNESDAY!" "I'm sorry, Twilight, I swear; I'm trying a new trick, and you know how it goes." Rainbow said while landing on the floor. "... And just WHY don't you go practice to the far outsides of Ponyville?" Twilight retorted, still the angry glare on her expression. "Well, uhm, you see... it is... there's this reason, a good one... I, ahm... " Rainbow felt her wings trembling while she was between tapping her chin with her hoof, scratching the back of her head, and caressing one hoof with the other, feeling Twilight's merciless glare over her, waiting for the answer... The door of the library cracked open, saving Rainbow, or at least, that's what she thought: "Hey ya Twi! Oh, hi to you too, Dash!" Pinkie Pie entered the library, bouncing like always, with a helmet on her head. "Hi, Pinkie" answered the unicorn on a deep tone. Never breaking the cold glance she got over the pegasus. "H-hey, Pinks..." That was the only Rainbow Dash could manage to mutter, never loosing the eye contact with Twilight, always flattened ears and twitching wings, her nerves betraying her, for she knew his time she had gone just too far. "Wow, Dash! I knew you would crash on Twilight's library, but I never knew you would do such a mess." "Wait, what?!" That was Twilight's shock speaking for her. Now both Twilight and Rainbow turned to see Pinkie Pie while their eyes grew triple their size, Twilight for the confusion, Rainbow, on the other hoof, started to freak out; a panic attack overcame her the mere moment she turned to see her pink friend, shaking desperately her hooves in the air with a begging face, trying unsuccessfully to make Pinkie Pie shut her muzzle... too late... "Pinkie Pie, you knew Rainbow Dash would crash down on the library? How did you know it, your pinkie-sense? ... And why the hay are you wearing a helmet?" "Of course not, silly filly, Hehehe. I knew all along she would totally do that! That's why the helmet." Pinkie gave three taps with her hoof at the helmet on her head to empathize her answer "She had planed it since two weeks ago, and she went to ask me for help, so she could catch your attention, and then she could ask you a big bright question! By the Way Dash, did you ask her yet?" Pinkie finished her monologue with a huge smile o her face. Feeling defeated, Dash just answered frustrated on a low voice to her pink friend, while pinching her nose with her hoof: "... No, Pinkie Pie, I haven't asked her yet..." "Oh well, I'll leave you two so you can ask her!" Pinkie Pie disappeared bouncing trough the library's entrance, leaving a confused unicorn, and a really embarrassed pegasus behind. Both stood there in complete silence, Rainbow didn't dare to talk or face her friend; Twilight blinked twice before she could shoot her mouth and break the silence: "So... what's the story, Rainbow? And I want the truth now..." Was the last Twilight said. No, there was no escape, Rainbow had to talk, she wanted it or not, so, she just left escape a single sigh in protest, her head hanging to the floor, her eyes averted to whatever but Twilight, and she spoke: "Well, I suppose there's no point on hiding it any longer..." "I doubt so..." "Ok, thing is... I KINDA crashed on purpose on your house..." "Kind of?" Was Twilight's almost apathetic answer while watching the mess around. "OK, OK! I DID IT on purpose! You happy now?!" This was Dash's defeated scream. Now it was not just the embarrassment speaking for her, but her frustration, all that planning, well done calculations, mental practices, and the way she pictured on her head how she would phrase it to her unicorn friend, for nothing! "Huh, I pretty much got that clear, but what I really want to know, is why did you do all that?" Twilight fixed her eyes on her friend; the anger was gone, replaced with confusion, and something she couldn't define at that moment. This question send a new shiver to Dash's back, she knew her friend would lecture her, and probably she would vanish her from the library and prohibit her the entrance to it for at least half her life, but along with this back-shiver came a sensation of butterflies on her stomach, thanks to Twilight's voice full of concern and sweetness; with that, she got the nerve to keep talking, yet ears and voice as low as always, and her wings still shaking a little on her sides, so, after a deep breath, she spoke: "I... I was trying to look casual, so nopony would wonder why I came over here. I wanted to come ask you if I could borrow your Daring Do books, but you know I don't want anypony to mock me about the whole reading thing, or think that I'm an egghead now, and all that... No offense Twilight, I mean, you're awesome that way, and it totally suits you, 'cause you're pretty smart and all, you think fast, and you know a lot of things, and you know I would never use it on you like an insult, and you're Princess Celestia star student, Princesses' students are suppose to know tons of stuff, but, for a pony like me, that is always on the race and all, they ALWAYS assume that I'm just too dense and half brained to that sort of things, just like with feelings or the girly things, I'm NOT girly frou-frou just like Rarity, but I DO like to look good sometimes, just like on the Gala... It can get pretty annoying once you piece everything together, you know?" The last part came out of Rainbow's throat with a broken tone, like she was about to start crying. Then, silence came again, but just because Twilight was thinking hard: on one hoof, she saw the clear hurt on Dash's face, that saddened look was something she never saw before on Rainbow Dash since she met her, that deep and sensitive side of the cyan pony was something she'll never let anyone see, maybe because of her self-pride, or maybe, just maybe, because that way she was protecting herself, and Twilight knew that feeling pretty well, because, on the other hoof, right now her head recalled a similar moment on her life, with that exact same feeling, the one on the back of your head that tells you that no matter what you do, everyone doubts of you, that memory was from the day she told her parents she was moving to Ponyville because she would be closer to her friends, at what her parents' answer was "What friends? You've never had any friends; you're not the kind of pony to make friendships..." That was the most hurtful thing they have ever told her in her life, and Shining Armor noticed that, and was the only one that actually believed on her statement, her parents needed from Princess Celestia's confirmation on her daughter's new studies on friendship to believe, and then yet, they just saw it like that, another "Princess' star student assignment". Without noticing the moment it happened, Rainbow felt a warm presence under her head, Twilight was nuzzling tenderly her head against Rainbow's neck, Dash corresponded immediately, pressing her chin on Twilight's head in the softest of ways, and wrapping a hoof under the unicorn's neck, both with a warm smile on their faces. After a minute or so, they decided to break the friendly hug to talk again, being Twilight the first to talk, always with a sweet smile on her muzzle: "You know? You didn't have to go through all this just to come borrow the books, Rainbow, you know by first hoof that I would share them with you with pleasure" now she draws a playful grin on her muzzle “besides, I hope you do remember this is a public library, now do you?" "... hehehe, yeah, I think I kinda forgot that..." They both started to giggle. "I noticed that. Anyhoo, I have a proposition for you: why don't you come here once a week and we read together? I always wanted to have somepony to read with; besides, here I have food, the fireplace, tons of cushions; we have everything we could need." "You, you really mean it?" Twilight nodded happy “AWESOME!" Rainbow jumped and made some little loops for the emotion, landing back on the floor with a huge smile and flapping wings "Now we're reading buddies!" "Just one question, Rainbow Dash: weren't you buying the books already?" "Oh, that, well, let's just say I got ran out of bits, so I couldn't pay them anymore." She answered sheepishly rubbing the back of her head with a thin pink hue on her cheeks, she knew the reason for her broken money-saves, but again, too cool to admit the real reason. "Since which number?" "Number three..." "Oh..." Both of them started to giggle again, and stopped after few moments for the lack of air. "Well, I think I hafta start to clean up this mess... sorry for the whole thing Twilight..." "Don't worry, Rainbow." Was Twilight's answer with a warm smile on her face. Rainbow took some steps, and shacked her hoof on the messy ground, revealing the still plastic-wrapped book; she took it on her muzzle and walked closer to Twilight, offering her the book, which Twilight took on her magic grip. "I guess you were about to read it." Rainbow caressed her left hoof with the right one. The unicorn contemplated the book for a brief moment, and then a timid smile drew its way on her face: "This one can wait until we reach it. What do you say if we start today with the first book of the series?" "But, but... what with the mess?" "Allow me..." With a glow of her horn, the whole room was covered in purple magic, and turned everything back to normal "... done!" "Wow... You, really, are, AWESOME, TWILIGHT!" Rainbow screamed, darting to the air, just to dart herself to hug her friend. "Hehehe, thank you, Rainbow." She said with a soft voice and a little blush, regaining composure really fast "Now, can we start?" "I'm right behind you, egghead..." With that last statement, and a slow trot upstairs to Twilight's room, they started to share a new bond on their already strong friendship, just by sharing something so small like a book... The End > 2 Puffy, Cutie Cloud > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Puffy Cutie Cloud. By Akemi Shikima There she was! If you focus your view a little, you can see the colorful tail hanging on the edge of a cloud. That's where she is, Rainbow "I'm so bored" Dash. It was a REALLY boring day in Ponyville, the same old houses, same old ponies, and no weather work for today. Yeah, what a productive day this is. "Say that to me, sister... Ugh..." Dash rolled over, now her back was on the cloud while she faced the sky, her tail was hanging still, just like the rest of her, and with such a grumpy face... "I got it, this IS boring. You don't have to describe it to tell how LAME it is." Well, if you think that's lame, why don't you do something interesting for a change? "Come again?" Her head poked up of the cloud "You are conscious that I'm lying on a cloud, alone, on a heat-to-death day, right?" You ARE a pegasus, you ALWAYS want everyone's attention, so make my day and do something! "Fine, fine! Geez... somepony needs a nap, aside of me, that is..." She got on her hooves and stirred like a cat, then, she sat on her haunches "Watcha want me to do?" She... wait. ME?! I'm just the narrator! "Yeah, so that means you're the boss, boss..." And to make it worse, you make it look like if it was easy to do! "It is. Well, it is, unless you think you can't do it. Let's face it, Kim, you're a bit rusty since you last-time wrote something, hehehe..." *Blushes and shivers* S-shut it, Dash! "Bwahahahaha..." ... Is she laughing at me? That's just great... OK you, funny queen of the huge ego, now that, at last, you decided to get up, let's go to work, why don't you humor me and the audience here: you're on a cloud right now, isn't it? So let's play a little shape-game. Try to shape the fluffy ball you're sitting on into something more interesting. "Mneh, that's boring...." In other words, you can't, don't you? "... Oh, you-are-so-on!" Well, prove it then. "On it!" *With some pats and moves of her hooves here and there, and tongue always hanging out at the side of her mouth, Dash works part of her cloud to change its shape, like someone working on a crafting table.* "Tah-dah!" Huhh... what's that? "It's a parasprite." Proud of ourselves, aren't we? "Hey! What's that sarcastic tone supposed to mean?" Dash, that is just a cloud-ball, not a parasprite. "It lost its wings, duh!" And so did the eyes and little feet too. "You don't even know how they look like!" Hmmh... *Draws a parasprite at Dash's side* something like that? "Eep!" *Jumps and hides on the cloud* Erase it! Erase it, NOW! Ok, ok! Sigh~, you need to relax, girl. *Pokes her head out of the cloud* "Smarty pants..." Well, we are on a tie, so, let's just try again, shall we? "Fine~" *With new puffs and pats, she welcomes a new shape* "Cloud-bunny! You like it?" It's adorable! "Heheh, knew it; that's a classic on flight school." Well, you got a point to your favor, now, let's hit it a notch, ok? "You want an ordeal of bunnies?" Even if that would look adorable to no end, no. Let's see... why don't you try to do the first thing that crosses your mind? "... O-ok..." *After a heavy blush, and thirty minutes of yet more cloud shaping, she finishes her masterpiece.* Wow, I, uhm... ok, I REALLY wasn't expecting, well, that one. "What? Did I do wrong? I didn't forget something, did I? There's no way I could have forget..." *Blushes a little* Oh no, no! You did just perfect, it's just that is a rather impressive and perfect cloud-sculpture of Twilight, but now that just started a storm of questions on my head, that I choose to stick with the OBVIOUS one: why Twilight? "Well, I... ahm... c-can I tell you something?" Sure thing. "But, you don't say a word, right? I mean, how many "audience" are we talkin' 'bout?" Mneh, right now, it's just me, my dog, and my four cats, so go ahead, I'm not that popular around here anyway, now that if you want a real public show, I can always launch this on DeviantArt... "No, no! Thanks, for the offer, I mean, but no, I'll just have to pass on that by now. I'm cool being just the seven of us." Well then, what did you wanna tell me? "I'm a... I might have a teensy weensy crush on, Twilight..." *Arches an eyebrow* Seriously? "OK! I DO have a massive crush on the princess egghead, happy?!... I'm always makin' cloud-shaped Twilights to cuddle with them when I'm reading alone on my cloud-house, or to hug them at night when I go to sleep... sounds lame, isn't it?" Nah, I think that's kind of cute, and cool too, I mean, you have some talent here; look at your work, your Twicloud looks awesome! "T-thanks..." *Crimson blush appears* Well, wanna try something else? But you need to say good bye to your cute cloudy friend first. "Ok... Bye, Twily Cloud..." *She leans forward to kiss her cloud friend on the lips, closed eyes and intense blush on her face, hooves up, pressed to her chest.* Ahm, Dash... Dash... Hey Dash! "What?!" "Rainbow Dash? What are you doing there?" *Rainbow's eyes open at full, after she hears the soft voice* "Guh... T-T-Twilight! I-ah..." *flicks her tail to destroy Twily Cloud* *Giggling softly* "Sorry I startled you. I was just wondering, maybe, if you're not too busy that is, would you like to come to the library with me, to have some cake with orange juice, and maybe read some books, together?" *She blushes a little* "Sure thing, Twi!" "Perfect! May we go now?" "I'm right behind you, Twi!" *Twilight flies away* What? Why are you looking at me like that? "Did you do something, to her?" You mean if I altered her feelings? *Dash nods with a concerned expression* Then the answer is no; I just gave her some Daring Do books I wrote myself, Rosetta involved, if you get the hint, the rest is up to you two. *A wide grin appears on her face* "Oh thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I owe you big time for this!" Don't mention it, it was my pleasure, besides, you accepted to play with me in the end, and even shared your secret, which I'm glad to help with. Now, go get that alicorn, Dash! "Oh, sure I will. Thanks and see ya, Kim!" *She flies out of sight* Well, now that she's gone, let's go get a snack and play some more. Someone wanna join me?... The End...? > 3 It's Over... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's over… Darkness… Coldness… Emptiness… Silence… Those words describe the state of the room right now, or, more like the state of two broken souls, but, how else would it be? There's no better state for a broken heart… The main hall of the library was dark, darker than always, the only sound, some sobbing in the middle of the room, a bit muffled by the usual bed of cushions that adorned the floor. Twilight and Rainbow were right now at the center of that improvised bed: Twi, curled into a tiny ball, sobbing uncontrollably; Dash, was sitting next to her, with a hoof on Twilight's head, trying to comfort her, even though she made her cry on the first place. "Calm down, Twilight, please… This is just making things worst…" the sobbing just increased "Twilight…" said the pegasus, a hint of hurt on her voice to see the unicorn devastated like that, maybe it would have been better to keep it shut, to never say a word… no, Twilight was just too smart, she would have find out eventually, and that would be even worse than this, and she would hate Dash for keeping that secret from her… no, the better way to take things was this, after all, the pain would disappear, eventually, it always goes away… Dash decides to lift the unicorn up and pull her into her arms, enveloping her on her wings as well, something that seemed so natural now for the pegasus and the unicorn; Dash started to talk to her on a soft voice, stroking her mane and back with her hoof "Please, Twilight, don't cry… It'll pass, to the both of us. It always does…" "B-but, t-that's just…" The poor thing was trembling now, making the "strong" mask of the cyan pegasus break down, falling apart in the form of tears. "It just isn't fair, Dash.. I-I loved-" "Shh…" Dash put a hoof on Twi's lips, locking eyes with her tenderly "I know, and I did too, but, it was meant to happen anyway, we both knew it well, it was starting to get boring for the both of us, what started like the greatest thing ever, just became tiring; we knew it well, only we didn't want to admit it… You know what they say after all: everything that has a beautiful beginning has to end at some point as well." From a far corner of the library, a frustrated groan escaped the baby dragon's mouth "Argh… chill-pills girls, it's just a book! Sigh…" Spike retorted, leaning against one of the bookshelves, crossed arms and frowned face. On that moment both ponies felt their eyes twitching, and just after a small lapse of silence, both shouted in unison "Just a BOOK!?" "Uhh, yes?" They both drew daggers at him with their eyes, and yelled at him merciless "SPIKE!" And~ so, may the lecture of both fillies begin, and well deserved none the less, after all, how dare that punk disobeying baby dragon say that Twi and Dash's favorite book was just a book, especially now that they knew the author would not write more, and the fear of their reading afternoons together could be reaching its end… unless… "Hey, Twi?" "Yes, Dash?" "Wanna start reading that book of E.Q.G.C.W.? " "Hmhm, sure thing, Dash…" > 4 A Roll on the Hay > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Roll on the Hay It sure was a hard work, with little time to waste on relaxing, never been easy, but, it was a farm after all… AJ, as always, finished pulling together the last pill of hay she had to move that day to the barn. With a little spark on her eyes, she turned to all directions, making sure she was alone, and with the confirmation that she indeed was, she jumped happily onto the hay. Kicking and giggling and throwing the hay in all directions, even up to the roof so it would fall back on her head, she felt like a little filly back again. But her happiness disappeared the moment she spotted something, or more specifically, someone. Poor Applejack, froze in place, her muzzle turned crimson in embarrassment; in front of her, with a huge grin on her face, was Rarity, looking directly at her. "Huhh…. A-Ah can explain!" Not wasting words on an answer, Rarity jumped and tackled AJ back into the pill of hay; all lady-like manners forgotten, as they started to play like fillies once again, now they both were giggling and throwing hay at each other. The world around them disappeared, they were happy on their little spot… until a certain throat made them froze once again, and turning their gaze to the barn's door, they saw Big Mac and Applebloom; the little filly had a huge grin on her face, just like Rarity before, but Big Mac, he had a silent expression that said 'You two are cleaning this up now!'. Rarity and Applejack blushed furiously and sank under the hay, flat ears; only their concerned eyes were visible now. Suddenly, Applebloom broke the silence with an eager question directed to the two ponies under the hay "Can Ah play too?" Big Mac covered the filly's eyes and answered "Eenope" and took her out of there, giving the other two a killing stare before leaving… > 5 What's so interesting anyway? > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's so interesting anyway? A beautiful day in Ponyville's market, with fresh food, and lovely stuff. Fluttershy was on her way back to her cottage, when she heard a gasp close to her; turning to her right, she saw Pinkie Pie, mouth agape, eyes as tiny dots, a pointing hoof to the front sky. Concerned, Fluttershy trotted next to her friend, waved a hoof in front of her, even tried to talk to her… nothing, Pinkie's gaze was fixed on the direction she was pointing at. Intrigued now, Fluttershy decided to follow her friend's eyes, trying to figure out what she was looking at so intensely. As if that was her cue, Pinkie drew a mischievous grin on her face. As fast as light, she turned to the side where Fluttershy was, and gave a peek on the shy pegasus cheek, whose reaction was a cute squeak, sinking herself in the ground, covering her deep-red face with her front hooves and wings, while Pinkie giggled and patted her on the head. > 6 Totally Worth It! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totally Worth It! Sunny day in Ponyville, and Twilight was getting ready to go outside, read under the calming shadow of a tree, and have a relaxing day, but just when she was about to leave, Rainbow Dash made her big entrance trough the door with a loud bang of her front hoof to open it. "Twilight, come here, hurry!" "Rainbow Dash!? What's wrong!?" Rainbow took a few steps, just to fall dramatically on Twilight's hooves, the poor unicorn mortified, running at full speed a multiple number of scenarios of what could have just happen to her friend. "Rainbow Dash! Are you ok? What happened?" "Twilight, please, come closer, I need, to tell you…" "What is it, Rainbow?" "Closer, please…" "Tell me, Rainbow" Dash was talking on a barely audible voice, so Twi got as close to the other pony as she could, being caught off guard when said pony stole a kiss from the unicorn's lips, then, with the smuggest triumphant smile she could muster, and a happy tone on her voice, she asked "Wanna go out with me?" Outside of the library, Fluttershy was about to knock, when the door swung open, just to allow an infuriated Twilight to throw the pegasus outside with a blast of magic, flying and landing far away among some bushes in front of a tree. "Oh my goodness! Rainbow Dash, are you alright!?" Fluttershy hurried to aid her friend. "Never better~" Right behind Fluttershy came Spike, running as fast as his tiny legs allowed him. "Wow! 36 meters, now THAT'S a new record for Twilight" "Twilight?" Asked the shy pegasus in disbelief. "Yup! She's the one who threw Rainbow Dash out of the library." Answered the baby dragon, proud of his friend aka big sister, this was the proof that she could take good care of herself. "Humm… So, Rainbow Dash, I take it that you decided to go through with your plan?" "Yeah~" Answered Dash all dizzy. "So I guess it failed, since Twilight threw you out in such a forceful way." The creamy pegasus was sort of mad, her tone was the one of a mother scolding her child, but before Dash could say a word, Spike answered Fluttershy's doubt. "Nah, don't worry Fluttershy, this was actually a good sign, Twilight must think that Rainbow is really special." "What do you mean, Spike?" "Well, because the last jerk, I mean, pony that tried to flirt with Twilight with the same bad manners as Blueblood, ended up landing right inside Celestia's castle, in the middle of her court, and being scolded by the princess herself for importunating her precious student. Even I almost felt a little bad for the poor guy… almost." "Oh my, poor Twilight, it must be really exhausting to deal with that kind of ponies for her to react that way." She turned her head to direct her scolding stare at the other pegasus "Well Rainbow Dash, I hope you are ashamed of yourself young lady, was it really worth it to importunate poor dear Twilight like that?" Again, before Dash could say a word, Spike interrupted to give her a message: "Oh! By the way, Rainbow Dash, Twilight says that she would be delighted to accept your invitation, just say the when and where, BUT, next time, don't be so sneaky, or she'll make sure to put you on Tartarus herself." Now he gets closer to her, and uses his hand to make a barrier to assure that only she can hear "Listen, if I were you, I wouldn't show my face around the library for the next two days, give Twi some time to cool off, then, the day of your date, bring her some vanilla candles and some red camellias, she adores those things, it will make her happy, and trust me, this way she'll be the one giving you the kisses herself." *Pomf* With her wings open in joy, and a massive smile and crimson blush on her face, Dash turns to answer Fluttershy's question: "It was TOTALLY worth it, Fluttershy!" And she fell back inside the bush again, leaving Spike and Fluttershy to share a laugh. > 7 New Year Resolutions… > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Year Resolutions… Twilight was standing in the center of her library, the newly turned alicorn marveled at her own hard work: all her books organized in the exact order she will study each subject: started with science, followed by arts, next were maths, and then music, next came history, followed by literature, and so on until she could finish each book. This was her year, this was her resolution: to study all year without mayor interruptions, because, ever since she came to live in Ponyville, her studies became nonexistent in favor of leisure and other distractions. But not this year, this year for sure she was going to study no matter what, nothing could keep her away from her studies, this year nothing would distract her, nothing can- "Hey, Twilie!" Rainbow Dash slammed the door open and trotted inside as if this was her own house, nonchalantly giving a kiss on the lips to her girlfriend, draping a wing over Twi's back while closing the door with her back hoof, and dragging the shocked alicorn to the fireplace to cuddle with her on their favorite set of cushions "Let's go egghead, I got the new Daring Do book just for you" … Pony feathers… And just like that, all her resolutions had crumbled apart, but with a happy sigh none the less, after all, how could she say no to her always loving girlfriend. The end