I don't own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic! I just wrote the fan fiction! If anypony in this fan fiction seem OC-ish then I'm sorry; Nopony's perfect! Some personalities may change throughout the course of this story so DO NOT TELL ME BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW! (Italics – thoughts and dreams, and of course "..." – speech) Please enjoy the story, and remember: I WILL NOT even so much as glance at negative comments, so if you don't like the pairing then please save your time and my own as well and DON'T READ THE STORY!
Chapter 1 – The Date
The Gala was nearing the end as Rainbow remained at the table she was sitting at. She sat and watched her friends talk with other ponies until she felt somepony touch her shoulder. She turned to see Soarin' and was relieved. "Oh...it's you. Sorry I'm a bit jumpy after what happened on stage..." She said with a small blush.
Soarin' smiled and put his hoof out to her. "You still up for dinner Dash...or a dance for starters?" He said with a shy smile as he blushed.
"S-sure...I'd love to." She said taking his hoof.
The stallion lead her to the center dance floor near all her friends; making her smile.
Discord saw that he had quite the competition. "My, my, what competition do I have here? Soarin' of the Wonderbolts? Hm...I wonder if I can beat him somehow..." The Draconequus thought as he watched the six mares danced with other ponies...mainly other stallions; which had begun to make him jealous.
The song slowly came to a slower tempo; catching the light was the cyan pony's rainbow mane.
"R-Rainbow?"
"Huh?"
"Y-your mane..."
What about it?"
"It's...it's so shiny..."
"Shiny what are you-" She said before gasping at her light-radiant mane. "It IS shiny!"
Discord chuckled as he fiddled with the lighting.
Fluttershy walked over and poked him. "Discord?"
"Huh? Oh hehehe hello Fluttershy. Enjoying the Gala?"
"Well yes, but what're you doing with the lights?"
"Just helping a friend..." He said with a sheepish smile.
"I think she can do the rest by herself Discord. Why don't you come sit with me and Big Mac?" She said with a kind smile.
"I-I guess...I don't see why not..." He said with a shy smile.
"Good. C'mon; the table is this way." She said as she led the way.
Discord shyly followed.
Fluttershy sat down with Big Mac and patted the seat next to her. "Come sit."
"O-ok..." He said as he walked over and sat down. He watched as Soarin' danced with his Rainbow Dash. "You want competition? You got one!"
"Discord?"
"Yes Fluttershy?"
"Are you alright?"
"Oh yes...I'm perfectly fine."
"Okay, but if you ever wanna talk...I'm right here, and so is Big Mac, right Honey?"
"Eeyup." He said with a smile.
Discord smiled. "Thanks you two..."
"It's no trouble. Anything to help out a good friend." They said with a smile.
Twilight walked over to Rainbow after the song ended and Soarin' had gone to get them drinks.
"So what's it like dancing with a Wonderbolt...Rainbow Rookie?" Twilight joked.
"Aw c'mon Twi stop it..." She said blushing.
"You like him."
"Really?! Is that why I accepted his dinner invitation AND danced with him?!"
Twilight laughed. "You and Soarin' make such a great couple." She said with a smile.
"R-really?"
"Totally!"
Applejack walked over with Full Steam. "Howdy everypony."
"Hey AJ." Dash said with a smirk.
"So how are y'all enjoyin' the Gala?"
"It's really fun. It's definitely better than last year!"
"Probably because Princess Celestia had help from Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, and Twilight of course."
Twilight blushed a little. "A thanks Applejack..."
"No problem Sugar Cube." She said with a smile.
Full Steam put a hoof around her and smirked; making her smile up at him.
"So is this the special somepony?" Rainbow said with a sly smirk.
Applejack blushed "Yeah...this is Full Steam. He was one of the strong stallions pulling the train to Appaloosa."
"Oh yeah I remember you. Good to see ya again."
"Good to see you too Ms. Dashy." He said with a small bow. "Princess Twilight...it's an honor to meet y'all."
Twilight smiled and bowed. "Same to you too Mr. Steam."
"Please. Mr. Steam is my father. Just call me Fuller." He said with a smile.
"Okay...Fuller."
"Fuller...it's a cool nickname." Rainbow Dash said with a smile.
"Aw thanks Sugar."
"No problem."
Soarin' walked over and placed a drink on Rainbow's wing.
"Huh? Oh hey thanks."
"Sure thing Dashy."
Rarity and Fancy Pants walked over. "Hello everypony."
"Hey Rarity...and Fancy Pants." Rainbow, Applejack, and Twilight said together.
"Charmed." He said with a smile and a bow.
"Hey." Soarin' said as he waved at him.
"Ah yes. How are you Mr. Soarin'?"
"I'm good. How 'bout you Fancy?"
"I'm rather feeling very good and delighted to be here."
"Same."
"Why are you so delighted?"
"I'm here with Rainbow Dash..." He said blushing.
"Ah yes. The newest member of the Wonderbolts."
Rainbow nodded and smiled.
"So why are you happy to be here?"
"I'm spending my evening with the lovely Ms. Rarity." He said as he leaned his head on Rarity's; making her blush.
"Oh you..."
Fancy Pants chuckled and kissed her forehead.
Fluttershy and Big Mac walked over with Discord. "Hey guys..." Fluttershy said with a rather cheery tone.
"Hey Flutters, Mac, and Discord." Dash said with a smile.
"Hey Fluttershy." Applejack and Twilight said.
Soarin', Fancy Pants, and Full Steam waved.
Big Mac smiled, Discord shyly waved, and Fluttershy smiled at her new nickname.
"Where's Pinkie?"
"Right here!" She said with her giggly and cheery voice. She and Royal Riff trotted over to the rest of the gang. "Say hi to my new coltfriend (boyfriend) Royal Riff!"
"Hey!" Rainbow and Soarin' said.
"Howdy!" Applejack and Full Steam said.
"Hello." Twilight said.
"Charmed." Rarity and Fancy Pants said with a bow.
"Hi everypony! Nice to meet you." Royal Riff said with a bright and toothy smile.
Everyone laughed as Vinyl Scratch came on the microphone.
"Alright you party ponies, it's time I wrapped this Gala up! Here's to you princesses!" She said starting a fast and up-beat song.
Everypony was dancing, including the princesses.
Princess Luna walked over to the gang and started dancing with them; catching the other two princesses attention after they noticed she wasn't there anymore.
"Hey Luna."
"Oh hey Tia."
All the ponies in the ball room danced the entire time until the song ended.
"I hope you had just as much fun as I did! See ya next year! This is DJ Pon-3 signing off, good-night everypony!"
All the ponies cheered and stomped as Vinyl left the stage with her equipment.
"So now what?" Twilight asked.
"Now you're free to go do anything else you planned for your evening." Celestia said with a smile.
"If you wanna go out to eat, or something else like that than feel free Twilight." Cadence said.
"Oh I dunno...I'm not really sure if I could..."
"Oh c'mon Twi give it a try." Applejack said.
"I-I guess I could try going out for dinner with somepony, but who?"
"How 'bout him?" Full Steam asked as he nodded toward Blue Blood.
"H-him?! I dunno if I could..."
"Him?!" Rarity and Rainbow Dash asked.
"Why not...it's one dinner date..."
"One turns into more than one Twilight!" Fluttershy said.
"Eeyup!" Big Mac said as he gave Twilight a worried look.
"Guys I'll be fine with ONE date. Trust me."
"Okay." They sighed.
"Honestly he's like a mare that prince..." Fancy Pants said as he rolled his eyes.
Rarity giggled. "That's exactly what I was thinking on the way home last year..."
"Really? That must be very coincidental then."
Rarity smiled and nodded.
"We're gonna hit the donut shop!" Pinkie and Royal said before trotting off toward Pony Joe's donut shop.
"We're going to go and eat at the fanciest restaurant in all of Canterlot." Rarity said.
"Fuller here was gonna talk me out to the café for something small to eat."
"How come?" Twilight asked.
"That's all I really want. I don't want nothin' fancy!"
"Oh ok."
"See y'all later." She said before leaving with Full steam.
"Rainbow Dash!"
The cyan pony turned to see her favorite bubbly mare trotting toward her and Soarin'. "Huh? Oh hey Derpy." Dashy said with a smile.
"Hey Wave Chill." Soarin' said with a nod.
"Hey Soarin'." Wave Chill replied. "You're out with Ms. Rookie Dash?"
"Yup." He said with a small chuckle.
"Hey Rainbow Dash?"
"Yeah Derps what's up?"
"Do you think that you, Soarin', Wave Chill, and of course myself could go on a double date?"
Rainbow looked at Soarin'.
Soarin' nodded.
"Sure we'd love to."
"Cool. I know the best place to eat here in Canterlot!" The blonde mare exclaimed; making Wave Chill chuckle a little. "What is it Chilly?"
"Nothin'...you just sounded really cute."
"Aw thanks B (babe/baby)." She said with a smile.
Wave Chill smiled.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go! Lead the way Derpy." Rainbow Dash said.
Derpy nodded and lead them to a nice restaurant. "Here it is. Isn't it wonderful?"
"It's looks really nice on the outside, but what about the inside?"
"Oh you're gonna love it!" She said as she opened the door.
Rainbow and Soarin's eyes widened as they walked in to see an elegant layout of furnishings and floral décor.
"Do you like it?"
The two pegusi nodded with gapping mouths.
She giggled and closed their mouths. "It's a little rude to be starring, even though you really like something."
"S-sorry." They said.
Derpy smiled. "It's okay, I'm sure it was an honest mistake right?"
They nodded.
"Okay good, then let's go and get set up with a table."
"Sounds good."
They were seated and served. They enjoyed their meal that Soarin' and Wave Chill paid for.
"That was amazing." Rainbow said with a bright smile.
"Yeah. When you said you knew the best place to eat, you weren't lying." Soarin' said.
"Why would I lie to my friends? I just want what's best for ya." She said with a smile.
"Well I best be getting Ms. Hooves home. I'll see you two at the practice race next week."
"See ya Wave Chill." Soarin' and Rainbow said.
"Where'd you wanna go now?"
"I should be heading back to meet my friends so we can go home." She says before yawning. "I'm exhausted..."
"Probably because you danced a lot, and on top of that you did sing so that counts for a small part of it. Did you want me to carry you?"
"You'd do that?"
"Sure. Hop on." He said patting his back.
"O-ok..." She said in a shy tone; a small blush had crawled its way across her cheeks. She climbed onto the stallion's back and got comfortable.
Once she got comfortable, Soarin' headed back to the castle to meet up with Rainbow's friends. He saw them waiting at their carriage for her very patiently. He walked over and received many worried looks.
"Don't worry she's just tired is all." He said with a sheepish smile.
Rarity used her magic to pick up the exhausted Pegasus and put her in the carriage.
"See ya next week Soarin'..." She said with a tired voice.
"See ya Dash. Get some rest."
"Sure..."
"Alright Big Mac! We're ready." Fluttershy said.
Big Mac nodded.
Soarin' smiled and backed up to let Macintosh through.
Discord watched as the carriage pull away and head toward Ponyville. He sighed seeing them all laughing and enjoying their ride home. He noticed that Rainbow was the only one who was asleep and smiled.
Big Mac got to Rainbow's cloud home first.
"Rainbow...Rainbow Dash. Wake up."
The Pegasus's eyes slowly opened. "W-what?"
"We're at your cloud home. You should fly up, get changed, and then go to sleep." Rarity said with a warm smile.
Dash nodded and stepped out after Discord himself opened the door.
He closed the door and picked up the sleepy pony. "Allow me..."
Rainbow's face turned a bright red as she looked at him sleepily. "T-thanks...Discord..."
"It's no trouble at all." He said with a loving smile.
The spectrum-manned pony felt a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach that made her wrap her arms around the Draconequus's neck.
The rest of the ponies looked at them in shock...Rainbow Dash; the dare-devil of Ponyville, and the new rookie of the Wonderbolts; was letting herself be carried/ flown up to her cloud home.
Discord flew up to Dash's cloud home and went inside. "Where's your room?"
"Up stairs to the left...second door."
"Alright then." He said before walking upstairs with the cyan mare in his arms. He opened her bed room door and walked over to her bed. "Now get some rest. You look exhausted." He said putting her in bed and tucking her in.
"Thanks Discord."
"Not at all Rainbow Dash." He said. "Is there anything else you need?"
"C-could you maybe stay here, just in case I do need something?"
"Of course I can. What are friends for?"
Rainbow smiled and closed her eyes. "Thank you." She whispered.
Discord smiled. "You're very welcome." He said before curling up on the floor next to her bed. "I'm right down here if you need anything."
"Okay."