I wasn't expecting to be writing this again, I kinda gave up, but a couple of my friends told me to go on, and thanks to Rainbowderp98(Deviant art=) for the idea of the problem although there might be some more, ...Drastic..., problems later this one is just a minor speed bump. But who wants to hear me ramble on *PLAY THE STORY* hey you shut the heck up!
*ALARM CLOCK SOUNDS*
"Shut up!" Oh wait that's an inanimate Rainbow dash brain a little slower than usual, checking the time she saw that it was 4:00 PM which was normal for mid-day nap.
Then she started to remember the gala, mainly the parts about Soarin, oh who was she kidding only the parts about Soarin. Knowing that she was suppose to meet him at 5 at the Canterlot Castle Gates, which was only an hour and a half fly.
Wait some math wasn't adding up, 4:00 right now, hour and a half flight, meeting at 5. She was going to be late to a date with the most famous stallion in all of Equestria.
5 minutes later and about 15 miles, she knew she didn't get her name for nothing. If she was timed she probably would have broken a new record.
All she was thinking about was, "If Soarin left because she was late, or he just said that to be nice to her, but he told me to stay pretty, what does that mean?" She didn't have time for these thoughts, she realized that she was starting to act like Rarity.
"Okay Dash get the game face on and just be nice." She thought as she landed at the main entrance, quickly looking at the clock on the tower. "Phew exactly 5:00, I mean for the best flyer in Equestria this is nothing.
"Now where is Soarin, he's not one to be late. I think."
Enter Soarin
"I am so screwed!" Was all that was going through Soarin's head, he had completely forgotten to clear Thursday so he could hang out with Dash. Spitfire had almost broken a gasket when he asked if he could be pardoned from this practice five minutes before it started, and now here he was flying as fast as he could to the Castle's main gates .
Even before he landed he knew she was not here. It was hard not to see a multi-colored pony standing out in a group of ponies and the lack of color told him all he need to know.
"Have you seen a really colorful pony, a little under my height" He asked the nearest pony, to which all he replied was a subtle no.
He kept asking trying to find someone that had saw her, until he came face-to-face or rather face-to-chest with a rather dark coated mare.
"P-Princess Luna" He quickly bowed, 'what is she doing here?' He thought
"No need for formalities, young stallion, and as for your question to why I am here is simply to help you along the path you have chosen" She replied mystically.
"Umm, not to upset you or anything like that, but what does that mean?" He inquired
"Here let me put it in simple terms, Rainbow Dash has gone back to her home in ponyville, and I expect you to make the right choice, we can't have one of our elements, 'out of a job' so to speak, but just remember if you say the right thing she will forgive you."
"Princess I don't know what to say, but thank you, thank you so much" he replied as he started to lift off the ground. He now had a mission so to speak, the objectives, one find where Rainbow lives, two don't look like a stalker, three get her to talk to me somehow, and last but must certainly not least, apologies.
Now that he thought of it, he felt like a total jerk, 'I total stood her up, I have dug this hole pretty deep,' he thought, but enough of this deep thought I have to get to ponyville and fast.
Being a Wonder Bolt you get around a lot so he knew were all minor and major towns were, ponyville another hour and a half of flying, after practice, 'Oh great! I'm not even going to be able to walk tomorrow.'
By the time he got to Ponyville, he was exhausted, the first house, he thought it was a houses, he came up to was a giant tree, with windows. He quickly knocked, nearly falling asleep on his hooves.
The door was answered by a lavender pony, with a baby dragon asleep on her back. Well that's a first never seen a baby dragon.
"How can I help you" the pony asked.
'Oh yeah she probably doesn't know who I am I not in costume.' He thought.
"I'm, umm Soarin and I'm, lookin' for Rainbow Dash." His words slurred and broken from the exhaustion.
"Well, you're not looking for her now it's almost one in the morning and you need your sleep, come with me."
He followed like a mindless robot.
"You can sleep on the couch if you'll just stay here till I get the pillow and sheets." By the time she got back and saw Soarin asleep already on the bed snoring and sleep talking of pies.
"I guess I'll just tell Dash her number 1 idol is in my house tomorrow.
One night of dreams of pies later.
"Wahh, where am I." I groan as look around the room I was in, well there's two things different than I'm used to first where am I? And next why are there fives very angry mares staring at me.
"Um, hi?" Was all I could think of saying.
The purple pony was the first, to speak, apparently the leader of the group. "Hello, i'm Twilight Sparkle, These are my friends other than dash at the moment, but we'll get to that in a second."
This is Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie, we're all here because our friend Rainbow Dash is extremely upset and won't leave her house, and we know it's because of you."
"Yeah I screwed up major" Was all I could say.
"Well we noticed that, but how you goin to fix it?" Asked the orange pony with a cowboy hat, Applejack if he remembered.
"Actually AJ I want to hear why he made Dash upset." Said Twilight Sparkle
"Well we were suppose to hang out yesterday, but being a Wonderbolt, I completely forgot we had practice that day. So I got there just a tad bit too late."
"And how late was that?" Said Rarity.
"Um, well ah, an hour." He whispered.
"You kept the most impatient mare in all Equestria waiting for almost an hour?!" Yelled Rarity, "How ungentle colt-like."
"I know, I know but I just have to fix this as soon as I can, I don't want her feeling to bad."
Then out of nowhere Pinkie Pie was sitting next to him " I know if she accepts your apology we are going to throw a giant apology party!"
Soarin thought about this for a sec then he had a great Idea, ok Pinkie you got yourself a deal."
"Ah don't like the sound of this" Said Applejack. "But I'm just going to have to trust you, you seem like an honest enough pony"
"Great, ok Pinkie can you have that party ready in about an hour?"He asked the excited pony.
"I could have it done in 45 minutes" She said without hesitation, I looked at the others and they all just nodded like it was a usual events. 'Man these mares are ahh I guess the right word would be, eccentric.'
"So which house does she live in"
"Well she lives in a cloud house, the only one around here, it moves so it should be easy enough to spot." She replied
"Ok, thanks everypony, I'll make sure Rainbow is happy again!" He said while mentally preparing himself for the oncoming task.
"Make sure you do, and watch out she my beat you up if you say the wrong thing."
Said Twilight as he left.
"I'll take that into account."
The flight up was easy, kinda hard to miss a giant floating home with rainbows coming out of it, but there was something different about these rainbows he noticed as he got closer, they were dull and drab.
"Well this shouldn't be too hard I mean it's just apologizing, to an emotionally unstable mare. Nothin' to it!" His last thoughts as he landed in front of the door, were what did I get myself in too?
He knocked on the door three times, waiting for a reply. Nothing. He tried again. Nothing. How bout I yell. "Rainbow Dash I know you're in there, and I know you can here me now let me in!"
All he heard was a slight sob directly on the other side of the door. Then "Go away Soarin, I already know what you think of me."
Well at least it's a reply, albeit maybe not the best one. " Rainbow, I came here to apologize, I feel terrible, and like a total jerk for sticking you up, I couldn't get out of practice, and I really do care about you, but if you don't want to talk to me I understand."
He started to walk toward the end of the cloud until he heard the slight click of a door opening, he turned around to see a tear stained mare staring back at him.
"Aw Dash, don't cry over some jerk like me, anyways it doesn't look good on you. A happy dash is the best kinda dash" This elicited a slight chuckle from the mare.
"You know I thought you had done it on purpose, because you didn't like me at all." She said her voice starting to wobble.
"Dash I care about you, I tried as hard as I could to go see you, but you know how it is being a wonderbolt. I would have met you there if it was in my power. I really want you to know that I feel terrible about it, and I really like you " He whispered the last part.
Dash started to think it over, her facial expression changing a thousand times, and then came to a decision." Okay, I forgive you, but you have to make it up to me."
"My plan was going perfectly now to see if I can 'hook the fish, how bout, my favorite, pie! at Sugar Cube Corner" How I love pie, wait back to the situation.
"Well how can I say no to that kinda question. Anyways I could do with a couple of cupcakes." Perfect everything was going to plan.
The flight down was fast and quiet with rarely a word passing in between the two. By the time they reached Sugar Cube Corner, he could see all the lights were out.
"Maybe there closed" Dash said before turning around "There's plenty of other places to go to though.
"Well why don't we go check if there closed, if they are then I owe you 10 bits"
Knowing that he needed her to get into the bakery, and the fact that he made 10 bits about every 2 minutes, knowing she would never turn down a bet.
"You got yourself a deal," she stated with a bit of pride in her voice "Ten free bits for me"
"I'll just prove you wrong, as she opened the door I could not hold a straight face, and had a giant goofy grin on. The next thing he knew Rainbow Dash, had jumped about 15 feet in the air from surprise. His plan had gone perfectly.
After recovering she looked back at him and smirked "You planned this didn't you?"
"I might have had a say or two in the making of this party, maybe" The next thing he knew Rainbow Dash had come up to him and gave him a light peck on the cheeks, Soarin was in heaven, his mind had left this earth, and entered some euphoria with Dash's kiss at the center.
"You all right there lover boy, Manticore got your tongue?" Dash smirked at him again.
"W-What, me? Never!" She was still smiling that big smile, "Oh be quiet and enjoy your party." He said as he walked into the DJ, Pon3, and the smell of hard cider. His last thought before he went into crazy party mode was, 'I guess you could say today was pretty good day.' Then the party Chaos.
I think I did pretty good, tell me what you guys think though, I was listening to some great pony mixes, also once again thanks to Rainbow derp and my other friend hamtro1, for helping me with this.
