Chapter 4
"What would you like to eat?" A waitress pony asked once the 6 friends had gotten to the LongHoof restaurant.
"Oh darling it's about time" Rarity sarcastically remarked as the waitress finished her question.
Twilight just rolled her eyes before politely answering. "I'll have the burnt crispy haystraw, with a side order of oats and hayfries please" Twilight asked, getting a small nod from the waitress pony.
But while the other ponies ordered what they wanted, RainbowDash just sulked from where she sat. Her thoughts were just dwelling too much on Lightning Dust and BeautyBrass at today's tryouts.
She sighed.
H-How could these ponies run into me and my friends yet again after all these past months? I-I mean... I didn't know they liked Basketball!
Rainbow's thoughts then drifted back to the party night, where she had really first met them. She could still just hear the two ponies' voices running through her ears.
"Isn't this party GREAT!?" PinkiePie turned to ask RainbowDash who was admiring all of the Guests. "Sure is! I can't believe you even invited all of these ponies!" Rainbow admired. "Well duh! This is a party to let every pony know how much Fluttershy really truly needs a friend right now in her life. Every day she gets bullied or pushed over" Pinkie sadly then remarked, making Rainbow nod seriously.
"So... This party is gonna help her get friends?" Rainbow then asked, not knowing what the real meaning of the party was yet.
"Yeah in other words" Pinkie smiled, just as Fluttershy suddenly came hurrying over to them.
"O-Oh my! S-So many ponies! I-I don't like being the center of attention!" Fluttershy quickly commented to PinkiePie who didn't seem to take notice of Fluttershy's main problem of shyness, seeming this party was for the point of it anyways.
"Oh nonsense! You'll soon love all of the attention!" Pinkie yelled happily as she then pressed a small button, unrolling a large banner overhead with a picture of Fluttershy on it.
Fluttershy gasp, making Rainbow quickly realize what really was sorta going on.
"W-Wait... You really don't like this party we threw for you?" Rainbow asked suddenly, making Pinkie's smile suddenly quickly fade at the question.
Fluttershy gulped, not knowing how to put this.
Sure Dash knew Fluttershy was... well... shy. But to not want attention? Rainbow loved attention, especially when it was all based on her.
"W-Well... I guess if you p-put it that way then... yes. I'm really not enjoying this party... I mean... it's g-great and all. And I loved the fact that you two cared for me... but... I-I just didn't ask for this" Fluttershy explained slowly, flinching every few seconds as some ponies trotted by her or something.
PinkiePie suddenly then recognized what was happening finally. "OOOOOOH... so you don't want a party?" Pinkie then asked again to make sure.
"N-No." Fluttershy answered firmly.
At this rate, Guilt began to prick Rainbow and Pinkie now. They hadn't even thought of Fluttershy being shy of her own party being thrown for her shyness!...
Pinkie finally then sighed though. "Oh... Ok.. I'm sorry for putting you through this mess... You can even go home if you want too.. seeming the party just started" Pinkie then suggested, making a small sad smile appear on Fluttershy's face. "Oh... thank you" She said, as she then spreaded her wings. Rainbow and Pinkie was watching her go when IT happened...
Just as Fluttershy was lifting into the moonlit nightsky, these two ponies suddenly trotted up from in the crowd.
Rainbow instantly recognized the first green pony who appeared, which was Lightning Dust from back in the Wonderbolts training session season. The other?... Rainbow had no clue.
Lightning Dust quickly paused and stopped her chatting with her friend though, once she spotted Fluttershy.
"O-Oh em gee... Is that the party girl? Like, was this party thrown for this girl?" Lightning asked in a sudden cocky tone, making Rainbow quickly grow suspicious.
Fluttershy quickly heard her name and landed again. "O-Oh um yes" Fluttershy answered as kindly as ever.
Lightning Dust took one long look at the yellow Pegasus before she suddenly rammed her hooves into Fluttershy's side, causing Fluttershy to fall to the ground, landing helplessly in a puddle of mud from lastnight's storm.
Pinkie and Rainbow quickly reacted to this sudden action instantly. "HEY! why did you just push Fluttershy down?" Pinkie asked quite kindly, as if it was an accident. But Rainbow had seen the whole thing...
"Oh was that Fluttershy? The party girl?" Lightning asked sarcastically in a dull tone.
"UH YEAH IT WAS FLUTTERSHY! What? do you have something against her?" Rainbow then questioned challengingly.
PinkiePie was just now trying to help Fluttershy up. The poor yellow Pegasus already now had tears running down her face from the shove.
Lightning quickly gave a small dramatic gasp once she finally then noticed Rainbow though. "Oh hey Dash! I remember you! Me and you used to be pals back in the Wonderbolts training session remember?" Lightning asked, not seeing where this was yet going.
"Uh yeah I remember! Who wouldn't? Besides, it was only like a few months ago" Rainbow replied sharply, still eyeing Lightning suspiciously.
Pinkie then though budded into this starting quarrel. "Uh you two used to be pals?" Pinkie questioned.
Rainbow instantly realized her mistake. "Uh... well... kinda yeah" Rainbow then admitted, getting a small chuckle of amusement from Lightning's friend still standing there with her..
Lightning just rolled her eyes. "Whatever... Hey so um have you joined the Wonderbolts, officially now?" Lightning then randomly asked, making Rainbow pause in her suspecting for a second.
"Have I What?" Rainbow asked again.
Lightning's friend then replied to this. "Huh? We thought you were one of us? As in, being a Wonderbolt"
Dash for once didn't know what to say to this.
Lightning then turned to her friend after a moment. "I guess I was wrong BeautyBrass, I guess she's lame like you said she would be, months later" Lightning muttered, making Rainbow suddenly see what was happening.
"WAIT WHAT!? You think I'm lame for not being completely in the Wonderbolts? You know I'm a trainee right? So technically I'm in-" Rainbow began running her mouth when Lightning Dust's friend just cut her off again.
"Yeah but your still lame. I mean, even the way you stood up for this poor pathetic yellow pony here" BeautyBrass then pointed out, nodding to Fluttershy who was still crying.
Rainbow quickly twitched at the word 'Lame'. She hated being called uncool.
This instantly offended her.
"Uh well yeah duh! She's my friend, and I'm LOYAL to my friends" Rainbow made her point.
This made Lightning and BeautyBrass only laugh though. "Wow, you hang out with someone like her?" Lightning Dust continued to make fun of BOTH Fluttershy and Rainbow now.
Horror at this moment was striking Fluttershy in her chest. Fluttershy watched on and on as her friend went at it to defend her and all she could do was sit here and cry?
W-What's wrong w-with me...
But Fluttershy had no choice but to watch on continuously.
Pinkie then poked Rainbow on the side. "H-Hey Dash, how about we just leave?" Pinkie suggested, but Rainbow just shrugged her off. Rainbow knew she was better than this. And she wanted to prove herself to these brats!
"Wow. You also hang out with this pink loon? Just proves how uncool and how strong you just really are" BeautyBrass then chuckled, making Rainbow then zip up to the prissy pony's face.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!? I am WAAAY stronger than the both of you! and also way cooler!" Rainbow sneered, making the two ponies just look at each other before replying.
Fluttershy shrunk back into her long mane at this. She couldn't just let RainbowDash do this!... But it was too late.
"Fine. Then prove it. Let's have a wingwar right here. right now" Lightning Dust suggested, making BeautyBrass give a small snicker from behind.
Dash quickly smirked at this. "YOUR ON!"
"Dashie! let's just leave! Your ruining the party for Flutter-" Pinkie began but Rainbow quickly just cut her off.
"Shush Pinks, I've got this!" Rainbow assured, basically lost in her own world at the moment. She was just so ready to prove herself that she had even forgotten about the true meaning of the party like Pinkie had said...
"Fine, over here" Lightning nodded in the center of the party clearing, where all could see.
Rainbow just shrugged. She didn't care if Lightning wanted to get seen failing, by all.
Lightning then flew over to stand on one end of the clearing, while RainbowDash went to the opposite end. Fluttershy shifted from PinkiePie's helpful grasp to catch a glimpse at what was about to happen...
"Ready loser?" Rainbow taunted, making Lightning just shrug.
"Come on Lightning! kick her pretty little rainbow tail!" BeautyBrass cheered from on the sidelines.
Rainbow didn't say anything. She just already knew she was stronger at Wingwars.
She then opened her wings, as did Lightning Dust. Then the two flew at each other's side, their wings interlocking and pushing for dominance. Fluttershy watched on in horror. All this for her? A shameful feeling began bubbling so deeply inside of Fluttershy making small tears form on the edge of her eyes again...
Pinkie only watched on as well from beside her...
Rainbow was currently to the right side of Lightning's side, and Rainbow was to the left of Lightning. Their wings pushed each other the opposite way, making it harder and harder to push forwards for the two.
Rainbow felt herself easing though just slightly with more power. She was beginning to push Lightning backwards!
Lightning let out a small pant from pushing, but she then began scooting Rainbow backwards now.
Dash quickly didn't waste anytime. She pushed harder and harder, her hooves tearing the grass up now. She was then becoming dominant once more!
"I-I'm W-Winning!" Rainbow spoke through heavy pants and struggling noises.
Fluttershy couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't help but give a horrible shameful shriek making everypony at the party slow down...
Lightning just grunted before suddenly everything stopped.. The noise, the chatting and the music.
Instantly every pony became silent, as they all looked RainbowDash's and Lightning Dust's way.
Rainbow felt all eyes turn to her, and with that, she quickly ended the war by tearing away.
Her right wing was now shaking from aching pain but she didn't care. "W-What's going on?" Rainbow then asked the crowd of watching ponies.
Twilight simply stepped out from amongst the crowd. "Wow Rainbow.. Just wow. Way to help Fluttershy make some friends. Looks like the party is all based around you now..." Twilight snarled before she took off into the night sky with her alicorn wings.
Confusion clouded Rainbow's mind at this sudden harsh remark. "W-What?"
Every other pony muttered and groaned from annoyance at the two jousting Ponies as well but Lightning Dust didn't seem to care... yet Rainbow sure did.
"W-What? H-Huh?" Rainbow jerked her head in every which way to see ponies leaving in all directions.
She quickly flattened her ears and slumped her shoulders. "W-What have I done?" She muttered to herself as she glanced slowly over to where Pinkie and Fluttershy were last standing... apparently they had ran off now too...
Next BeautyBrass's voice rang through her ears though, making Dash look up. "Wow. You really ARE LOYAL to your friends" Brass teased before she and her friend Lightning Dust just simply took off... leaving one depressed Rainbow alone in the clearing...
"W-W-What have you done Dash?"
Dash...
Dash...
Dash...
"Dash! RAINBOW WAKE UP!" The loud squeal of PinkiePie, interrupted Rainbow's overflowing memories, bringing her back to reality. "H-Huh? W-What?" Rainbow shook her head as she realized she was back at the restaurant with her friends.
"Rainbow! Snap out of it!" Applejack's country accent then sounded.
Rainbow quickly took control again to realize that everyone was getting up to leave now.
"W-What have you been doing darling? You've been just off in your own world the whole entire time!" Rarity explained, making Rainbow turn red slightly.
"Oh uh.. S-Sorry..." Rainbow slumped her shoulders. But she quickly then realized that she had forgotten to order and eat!
"W-WAIT! we're not leaving already now are we?" Rainbow quickly asked frantically.
"Uh yeah? Why? We've been here for like an hour now" Applejack then replied.
"B-But I didn't get to eat!" Rainbow protested making everyone just glance at each other.
"Well we thought you weren't hungry... so... we just ate without you" Twilight explained, her eyes suddenly beginning to worry. "A-Are you sure your ok?" She asked next, making Rainbow just glare at her. "Fine. Perfectly fine" she answered, narrowing her eyes in frustration.
Applejack just scoffed. "Ok then" She taunted with a look.
"Oh well in that case, let's get going! I just got a text from the coach by the way saying he wants us at practice by tomorrow night" Rarity then announced as everyone scooted out from the booth table they had been eating from.
Fluttershy just stared sorrowfully at Rainbow, while Applejack just gave a confused sneer at her, turning away.
Rainbow sighed.
This is gonna be awful...
Please review! for this chapter had over 2,000 words! lots of effort was put forth...