Pinkie Pie was well-known for doing crazy things. For instance if you were new in town she might break into your house and throw you a party. Actually, she definetly would. As one got used to living in Ponyville they'd get used to Pinkie. She was a harmless kook and only occassional public menace.

However sitting in a tree with a maniacal grin on her face while holding a net was crazy even by her standards. As Twilight trotted along she couldn't help but notice her pink, party-loving friend up in the tree.

"Um, Pinkie? What'cha up to?" Twilight asked.

"I'm going pegasus catching!" Pinkie announced, waving the net back and forth, her grin widening.

"Pegasus...catching?" Twilight asked, wondering if she should alert the authorities.

"Yep! Dashie has been soo busy with her job she hasn't spent anytime with her ol' pal Pinkie! So I'm going to catch her!"

It was true. Rainbow Dash had been swamped at her job as the weatherponies were trying to bring enough rain for the upcoming harvest but not so much the crops would drown. It was a delicate operation.
"Pinkie...you can't force someone to spend time with you." Twilight said, very slowly.

"Sure you can! Wait, I think I hear pegasii wings!" She swung the net wildly.

"Oh! Oh my!" A meek voice exclaimed. A yellow pegasus was caught up in the netting.

"Fluttershy! You're not the pegasus I want!"
"Oh, oh I'm sorry." Fluttershy said as she untangled herself from the net.

"Don't be sorry, silly!"

"Oh I'll try not to be...sorry."

Pinkie patted her head like one would do with an adorable child.

"So, have you seen Rainbow Dash around?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"No, I haven't seen Dash today. She's very busy at work."

"She'll come around..." Pinkie mumbled.

"If it's not too much trouble I need to get back to my animals. Angel has a cold." Fluttershy said.

"Okay. See ya later Fluttershy!" Pinkie said as the pegasus flew off.

Pinkie sat against the tree trunk, feeling dejected.

"Well...um...I guess I'll go now." Twilight said.

"Bye Twi." Pinkie said as Twilight trotted away.

Meanwhile Rainbow Dash was pushing clouds around.

"Okay, so we need a light rainstorm in...oh, shit, now!"

She zoomed around pushing more and more clouds into the sky and cursing the ancient, long-vanished human race that had so utterly destroyed the enviroment that had once gverned itself so well.

"Mrs. Dash, we need that rainstorm!" Her manager cried as she chomped on a donut while lazily floating in the air doing nothing of any value at all.

"Right on it, Heavy Tail."
"Five minutes or your fired." Heavy Tail declared as she floated away.

Rainbow Dash growled to herself as she at last gathered the last few clouds and stomped on them, summoning the rain that Applejack had complained about not having enough. She grinned to herself as she saw Applejack get soaked in the downpour.

"Alright, now for a little break." She said as she zoomed towards a favorite napping spot only to be stopped by Heavy Tail.

"We're having a meeting on interfacing and communacative interpersonal disputes. I thought you'd like to come."

Dash groaned. "Is this about how I took Derpy's muffin?"

"She cried. You made her cry."
"I didn't know it was her muffin."
"It had her name on it. You do read right?"
"Well...kind of..."

"Meeting. Now."

Dash reluctantly followed her manager.

Meanwhile Pinkie Pie was getting bored sitting up on her tree branch. She looked into the sky, hoping for just a glimpse of a rainbow-colored mane or tail. She sighed and jumped down from the branch.

"This is boring." She declared then went hopping down the street. She hopped all the way to Sugar Cube Corner and to the kitchen where she began idly making cupcakes. She made more sweets than the Cakes could possibly sell, but they let her eat the surplus. She sighed after eating three or four of the cupcakes then brightened.

"I'll go visit Twilight!" She said then bounced away towards her intellectual friend's house.

"Hiya Twilight!" She anounced as she galloped into the library.

Twilight smiled at her. "Hi, Pinkie. You didn't catch Dash yet?"
"Not yet." Pinkie said a little sadly.

"You'll get her one day."

"So...can I watch you do some magic tricks? I'm bored."

Twilight chuckled. "Pinkie Pie, I didn't know you got bored. Okay, I'll do some tricks for you." Her horn glowed with the mystical energies that brought forth creation itself. The unicorn channeled these awesome powers and transformed a nearby pencil into a...pencil with frog legs. Pinkie clapped her hooves enthusiastically.

While Twilight entertained Pinkie Dash was struggling to stay awake. A "communicative dispute specialist" had come to the meeting and had spent the past ten minutes babbling nonsense.

"When engaging in an interpersonal and/or intercommunicate interaction with a potential litigant it is important to excercise sympathetic and empathetic listening skills-"

"Hold up, potential litigant? Is Derpy suing over the muffin?" Dash asked.

"Derpy feels discriminated against as a differently-eyed individual."
"You mean cause she's cross-eyed?"

"Miss Dash! We do not use such offensive terms!"

Dash turned to Derpy. "Derpy you are seriously suing the company because I stole your muffin?"

"The lawyer said the lawsuit would be very lucrative."

Dash groaned. "I'll pay you back."

"I need one-million bits."
"You need one-million bits...for a muffin?"

"Dinky Doo needs to go to college." She noticed a pegasus with a clipboard cutie mark making frantic gestures. Her lawyer no doubt. "Er...I mean...I experienced grave emotional distress. Yeah, that's it."

"Derpy, you stole my cupcakes last month and you don't see me suing."

"I refuse to acknowledge your slandourous accusations." Derpy said.

Dash groaned.

"This is a perfect example of a breakdown in sympathetic listening by the communicative participants." The communicative dispute specialist began to drone.

Dash wanted to bang her head against something.

...

Pinkie found herself in the tree again after a very entertaining magic show. She still had her net, but she doubted she'd catch Dash with it. She wasn't sure why she wanted to see Dash so much. Sometimes her feelings even confused her. She loved her other friends, but there was something about her Dashie...

At that moment she caught sight of a rainbow-maned pegasus zooming towards her. She whooped in joy and swung out the net catching her.

"Hey, what the HELL?!" Dash cried as she flew wildly, dragging Pinkie Pie along after her. They fell towards the earth, Pinkie latching onto Dash.

Finally they fell, Dash's wings lowering them gently to the earth. They were tangled up in the net, Pinkie Pie in the very comfortable position of resting on the pegasus's stomach. She wrapped her hooves around Dash, snuggling into her fur.

"What. The. Fuck. Pinkie Pie?" Rainbow Dash demanded staring at her strangely.

"You weren't spending anytime with me so I decided to catch you." Pinkie explained a hint of a pout creeping into her voice.

"Oh, Pinkie..." Dash wrapped her hooves around her. "I haven't been spending time with any of my other friends either. Me and Applejack went racing last week and that was about it. I was so busy at work." She ran a hoof through Pinkie's mane. "And work is gettng so frustrating lately."

Pinkie let out a little sigh of pleasure as Dash continued to stroke her mane.

"I just...I really missed you, Dashie."
"I missed you to, Pinkie. In fact, I was heading to Sugarcube Corner to see you."

PInkie Pie laughed. "Oh, silly me! I didn't even need the rope!"
"I don't mind being tied up with you." Dash said, then blushed.

Pinkie lifted up so their muzzles were almost touching. A blush spread across her face.

"Y'know what Dashie? I don't mind being tied up with you either."

"I wouldn't mind just...staying like this for a while." Dash said. Pinkie laid her head back on Dash's stomach. Dash wrapped a hoof around her and began to drift off.

"Rainbow Dash, can I tell you something?"
"What?"
"I like you. I mean I...I really, really like you."

"I really, really like you to." Dash said, sounding confused.

Pinkie Pie sighed then buried her face in Dash's neck, breathing in her scent.

One of these days I'll tell you, Dash. Tell you the name I want to give to the foals we'll adopt, what color I want the flowers in our wedding to be...one day...

"Hey, Pinkie?"
"Hm?"
"You make me happy."

"You make me happy too." Pinkie told her.