Rainbow Dash stood in Sugarcube Corner with her saddlebag on, tapping impatiently for the pink earth pony to come back with the last sweet to deliver. She had ordered her flight team to start a storm without her while she helped out Pinkie Pie and the Cakes' with their new catering service. So far, it proved to be a bad idea for them. Too many ponies had relied on them to deliver their pastries and sweets. They couldn't keep up with baking and delivering at the same time not to mention that taking care of the twins also took up a lot of their time.
"Pinkie Pie!" Rainbow Dash called out. "I don't have all day! My weather team is about to start the storm soon and I need to make sure they'll have it under control!"
Pinkie Pie burst through the double doors from the kitchen in the back. "Okey-dokey, Rainbow Dashie!" she said, earning a unamused look in return.
"Well, where is it? Who and where am I delivering to?" Rainbow Dash asked.
The party pony pulled a box of chocolates out of her mane with a little stickie on it. Using her mouth, she expertly tossed it right into Rainbow Dash's saddlebag without missing.
"That's your last delivery! Thanks for all the help by the way. This is for Rarity," Pinkie Pie said, bouncing up and down in place.
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah.. you're welcome. What happened to the pegasus who was supposed to deliver all the muffins?"
"Oh, she came back earlier and asked to be paid in muffins! What a silly filly! She must have been really hungry to do something like that!" Pinkie Pie replied.
"Figures. Look, I really gotta go. Later, Pinks," Rainbow Dash said and glanced at the clock.
The clock made a clicking noise as the little hand reached the ten. Rainbow Dash sprung into action, leaving the confectionary in a rainbow blur as she pumped her wings. Within seconds, she was already at Carousal Boutique. She knocked on the door but there was no answer.
"You gotta be joking me!" Rainbow Dash complained out loud. She kept knocking on the door but Rarity or her little sister didn't answer. The lights were on but nopony was getting the door. Finally, Rainbow Dash tried to open the door and let herself in. To her surprise, it was unlocked. She swung the door wide open and hurried inside.
"Rari-" Rainbow Dash started to call out but was interrupted by the loud sound of thunder.
The thunder was followed by the sound of rain hitting hard on the roof and ground. The door was still open, making the noise of the rain unmuffled and very loud. Rainbow Dash sat down in frustration. This was the very thing she so dearly wished wouldn't happen again. It happened before when she was hanging out with Fluttershy at her cottage. She had gotten trapped by her own storm-again.
Seconds after Rainbow Dash sat in her anger, Rarity emerged from her "inspiration room" to investigate the loud noise of the rain. Her face wore a look of confusion and panic as she saw Rainbow Dash sitting in the middle of the room and the door wide open, letting the rain splash inside. She closed the door with her magic and faced Rainbow Dash.
"Rainbow Dash! Why did you leave the door wide open and let the rain in?" Rarity asked.
"Oh look, now you came. I was knocking on the door for like ten minutes! Thanks a lot, by the way," Rainbow Dash complained.
"What are you even doing here?" Rarity asked.
Rainbow Dash reached into her saddlebag and tossed out the box of chocolates. "Oh, just bringing your dumb box of chocolates for you, lazy flank," she spit out.
"Lazy? You're one to talk! All I have ever seen you do is take naps on the clouds," Rarity said.
"What do you mean by that?" Rainbow Dash asked, getting close to her face.
Realizing that they were coming close to a fight, Rarity stopped herself and re-adjusted her mane. "Look Rainbow Dash, I think we really came off the wrong hoof. Now, if you could stop yelling, why don't we just try to sort this out," she suggested.
Rainbow Dash murmured, "You were yelling too" under her breath but the unicorn didn't seem to hear it. "Sure, I guess so," she simply said and sat down with a unhappy look.
"I'm sorry if I made you wait for long. Honestly, I was in my inspiration and to make it short, I was in the zone, working on this outfit design that I just came up with. I didn't hear anything at all until you left the door open and it started raining," Rarity explained.
She extended out a hoof towards Rainbow Dash as means of shaking off in apology. Rainbow Dash knew it was implied that she was to say her apology back and then shake hooves. Still, she felt no remorse on her part as if there was nothing to blame on her. Reluctantly, she stuck out her hoof and met Rarity's.
"Okay," Rainbow Dash said, rolling her eyes. "I guess I'm sorry for yelling."
Rarity raised an eyebrow. "And for leaving the door open," she added.
"Whatever, and for leaving the door open," Rainbow Dash said and shook hooves.
"Now that we got this over with, what was the dilemma, Rainbow Dash?" Rarity asked.
Rainbow Dash got up and started to walk around the room. "Nothing really.. now I have to go through my own storm just to get home!" she said, turning around to glance at her.
"Well, I'm sorry. Are you really going to fly through that cold, windy, and unforgiving storm?" Rarity asked, watching Rainbow Dash walk up to the window and look out.
"I'm going to have to. I can't leave my weather team to take care of it themselves," Rainbow Dash said, looking at the miserable sight of the storm.
It was dark and gloomy outside. Nopony was foolish enough to be out there in the cold rain. All the houses around had their windows blinds closed and light leaking out from the spaces. Rainbow Dash never really had an opportunity to be on this side of the storm except for the time she spent it at Fluttershy's cottage. Of course, that was something that she never told anypony about. She ended up spending that day being hugged by a terrified Fluttershy as it continued to thunder loudly. Yet, she still couldn't say that she didn't like it.
Rarity interrupted Rainbow Dash's thoughts. "Why would you think that they couldn't handle a little storm? Why don't you just let them take care of it while you spend the day here?" she suggested.
Rainbow Dash turned around. "No thanks," she quickly replied.
"Nonsense! It would be rude of me to let you go out in that horrid storm. What if I fixed us something to eat?" Rarity asked, hoping to convince her.
The cyan pegasus turned around again. She had been enticed by the offer of food. Rainbow Dash put a thoughtful face on. At this point, Rarity was begging her to stay for reasons of feeling guilty. As much as she wanted to help her team, she did believe that they were fully competent at their jobs. She took a glance out the window and then reluctantly walked towards Rarity.
I can't believe that I'm going to do this. This is like the last place I want to spend my time. It better be worth getting something to eat and staying warm and dry, Rainbow Dash thought.
Rarity nodded and squeaked in delight. "This is great! We'll have so much fun today! We're going to play dress up, do our manes, and have a pleasant little tea party!" she said as they walked into the kitchen.
"What have I gotten myself into?" Rainbow Dash whispered to herself.