Chapter 1: The Statement that Crushed a Thousand Shippers

AN: Lets start with something simple.

"Hey girls, what's up?" Rainbow Dash asked as she came in for a landing. Rather than respond the rest of the mane six simple exchanged looks.

"What's going on?" Rainbow Dash asked, confused by the silence. "Well, it's just..." Twilight started, only to be interrupted by Pinkie's shouting, "What's the secret!?" Rainbow Dash tensed up at the words.

"W-what are you talking about?" Rainbow asked, trying and failing not to sound suspicious. "It's just, you've been coming in late to work and leaving early." Twilight said. "And you've been sneakin around at night and even sneaking away from us." Applejack said. "Not to mention that when you are around your always horribly distracted." Rarity said. "You've been like this for weeks!" Pinkie pointed out. "We just want to know if anythings wrong." Fluttershy told her.

"Well you can all stop worrying. I'm fine." Rainbow assured them. "Pinkie Promise?" Pinkie questioned. "Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a cupcake in my eye," Rainbow Dash said in an attempt to put her friends worry at ease, "Well, I gotta go, see you later." "Wait, where are you going?" Pinkie asked. "Work. Like you said, I've have been slacking off recently." Rainbow Dash said, taking off.

"What do you think?" Twilight asked Applejack. "She was tellin the truth when she said she was fine, but she's definitely hidin something." Applejack said. "But if she's not in trouble then there's nothing to worry about. Right?" Fluttershy asked. "Not quite. She could still be in trouble and just think she's okay. If she doesn't think she's in trouble, she isn't lyin." Applejack explained. "So, what do we do?" Pinkie asked. "I guess we leave it alone for now. But if it turns out that Rainbow really is in trouble, we need to be there for her." Twilight said.

While Pinkie had registered the phrase 'leave it alone', she had no intention of doing so. If there was a possibility that something could be wrong, Pinkie needed to find out what it was so she could help fix it. So, using a mechanism comprised of balloons and handles for steering, she followed Rainbow Dash back to her house in Cloudsdale. Inevitably, Pinkie chose exactly the wrong moment to burst through the door.

"Pinkie!" Rainbow Dash cried, rushing to cover up the scene. Pinkie's mouth dropped and her balloons actually popped from the sheer shock of what Pinkie saw. Pinkie fell through the clouds, barely registering that she was falling. Luckily a hay bail broke her fall. The moment the shock wore off enough for her to move, Pinkie charged to find her friends.

Rainbow Dash knew that Pinkie wouldn't keep in quiet. The girl's mouth was a reverse black hole. There would be no more denying it now. Rainbow Dash could do nothing but prepare for the confrontation that was waiting for her the next time she saw her friends.

No pony could believe it, but Pinkie had seen it herself. In a way, it was admirable, no on pony else had been able to find out what she was hiding. Twilight's research came up empty. Rarity found no gossip, or at least none that could be trusted. Applejack and Fluttershy's previous attempts to talk to her had been hilariously ineffective. And now here Pinkie was telling them she'd caught Rainbow Dash with her pants down,in more ways than one. Rainbow Danger/Professionalism Dash, had taken a lover.

Very little was said about the subject until Rainbow Dash showed up the next day. "Hey everybody." She said hesitantly.

"Who-what-when-where-how?" Pinkie questioned. "It was Soaren. A few weeks ago he came to watch some of the recruits practice. Me and him started talking, one thing led to another, and we started seeing each other." Rainbow Dash explained.

"Seeing quite a bit of each other from what Pinkie tells us." Rarity said. Rainbow Dash blushed hard. "Yeah, sorry about that Pinkie." "It-it's okay." Pinkie said, currently sweating from places she didn't even know she had places.

"Well, I guess this explains why you've been so out of it lately." Twilight said, also blushing. "Yeah, I guess so." Rainbow Dash said awkwardly.

"What I don't understand is why you wouldn't just tell us about it." Applejack said. "I don't you guys. I guess I was just afraid of, well, this conversation." Rainbow Dash said.

"Um, Rainbow, you do know this conversation probably wouldn't have happened if you'd just told us." Fluttershy pointed out. Rainbow Dash chuckled, "Yeah, I guess I didn't really think that one through." "Well," Pinkie said, having gone far too long without saying something, "When do we get to meet him?"

AN: 'But Webhead, why is Rainbow shipped with Soaren? But Webhead, why isn't she shipped as a lesbo? But Webhead!' Aw shut up! To be perfectly honest, I doesn't matter who she's shipped with, so long as it's a guy. Why a guy? Simple, this may be a fanfiction, but I'm trying to make this as close to what the show would have as possible. And if the show were to ship Rainbow Dash, if their smart, they'd ship her with a guy. Why? Because lesson, that's why. Yes, she's the butch one, but in no way does that automatically mean she bats for the other team. Now, if you want to leave a comment telling me why she should be homosexual, go ahead. But know this, if the reason you leave isn't something other than that she's the tom-boy, then, and I quote, 'Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listen to it. I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.'