Feared Love Divided: Chapter 09/Filly Falls

Halfire and Rarity walked up to the town. Rainbow Dash and Sprite were flying about, with Ainé and Fawn pulling the carriage, though disguised as Daisy and... he knew Fawn most definitely had some alterior motives for disguising herself as Octavia.

The town had a waterfall in it's center, beautiful rainbow in the warm light of the day. Halfire craddled the rifle over his shoulder as he spoke, "Quaint little town." he stated.

"I think it's charming." Rarity beamed. "Rainbows are so beautiful. What do you think, Rainbow Dash?"

"Yeah, yeah..." Rainbow Dash stated, "rainbows are beautiful and whatnot."

"My thoughts, exactly." Halfire stated.

"Do-oc!" Rainbow Dash whined.

"What?" he asked with a wide smirk, "I'm agreeing with you."

"That's not what I meant..." Rainbow Dash tried to say.

"Rainbows are exceptionally beautiful..." Rarity stated.

"Not you too, Rar?!" Rainbow dash asked her.

"Is it not breathtaking?" Rarity asked.

"I'm a Wonderbolt..." Rainbow Dash snarked, "nothing takes our breath away."

At this point she felt a slap on her rump, and only then realized she had nearly dropped to the ground. She tried to say something, but had to pause to take in the breath. "That's cheating..." Rainbow Dash lightly admonished.

"And that gives me no incentive to play fair." Halfire stated.

"Isn't that like a knight thing or something?" Rainbow Dash asked him.

"We might talk first, but a fight is a fight." Halfire stated, "We can't exactly expect to take a Dragon by playing fairly. My master's fighting style focues on striking before your opponent even knows what's happening. He has given me multiple lessons in not thinking and simply tally forth."

"You do tend to overthink things." Rainbow Dash voiced.

"Did he really say tally forth?" Rarity asked.

"No." Halfire said to Rarity and turned to Rainbow Dash, "Lucky for you." Halfire said to him.

"Huh?" she asked.

"Mayhap it was the Dragon's courage that let me seduce you."

"Oh, come on, Doc," Rainbow Dash coyishly stated, "with all the fillies you've had, you can't exactly call yourself shy."

"None of them have ever meant a thing to me." Halfire sighed.

"Except Dahlia." Rainbow Dash stated.

"Except Dahlia." Halfire affirmed.

"Are you ever going to tell me the story?" she asked.

"Do you want me to?" he asked her, and she wasn't sure if she wanted to know the truth.

"It is also one of the only things I am truly regretful of..." Halfire grumbled, "truly ashamed of..."

"Then perhaps we should continue on?" Rarity interjected.

"Mayhap?.." Halfire asked as he looked into the distance to see Ponies approaching them, "The first rule of diplomacy is to have them come up to you. Hail!" he shouted, and two of the mares nervously approached him. "To make this short and sweet, do you blindly follow Harmony Undivided?!" he called to them.

"What kind of question is that?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"The most pertinent one I could think of." Halfire replied. The mares looked at each other before looking back to them questioningly. "Since I have already spent my introduction, I will leave it to Rarity for the time being."

"Uh, hello?.." Rarity asked, "I am Rarity. I am from Ponyville, but for a time, I was the toast of Canterlot?" and batted her eyelashes.

An awkward silence followed.

"Alright," Rainbow Dash stated, and landed between the two groups, "I'm a Wonderbolt, Doc's a Dragoon, and Rarity is... well... she makes dresses..."

"You could introduce me as a countess." Rarity huffed.

"Uh-huh." Rainbow uttered, "Big, important hoity-toity. Anyways, we're here to save you!"

"From... what?.." a yellow mare asked.

"That part we don't know," Halfire interjected, "but Princess Twilight herself believes it to be true, and obviously the Marquess Spike." He looked at them, but they had no recognition of the latter, "yes, well, Earth Ponies are oft detached from the goings on in Canterlot."

"You're from Canterlot?" a blue mare asked.

"A few years hence, but yes." Halfire replied. "Before being knighted as a Royal Dragoon, I was a doctor of equipology at Canterlot University. The Wonderbolt is from Cloudsdale, as can be expected."

"So, what are you doing here?" the yellow mare asked.

"If you would do us the courtesy of introducing yourself?" Halfire asked.

"I'm Miss Missie." the yellow mare stated.

"And I'm Bea Beata." the blue mare added.

"Charmed." Rarity said, as she walked towards them. She held out her hoof, and the two shook it in turn. "And I'm afraid we have had a long journey, so is there any place we could maybe sleep for tonight?" she asked, once against batting her eyelashes.

"We have a hotel?" Bea Beata asked.

"That would be wonderful." Rarity stated.

"Room sufficient for six?" Halfire asked.

"Blah-blah." Rainbow Dash stated, "We aren't afraid of cuddling, so as long as you have a couple of rooms, we'll be fine."

"I... can show you the way..." Miss Missie nervously stated.

Rainbow Dash looked back at Halfire whom had a smirk on his face. "What?" she asked him.

"I'll tell you later." he smiled.

"I don't know if I like the sound of that..." Rainbow Dash nervously voiced.

"You always say that, but always do." Halfire beamed.

"Perhaps you two could contain yourselves enough for us to get to the hotel?" Rarity curtly asked.

"Yeah... yeah..." Rainbow Dash mumbled. "I will say the rainbow from the waterfall is wicked cool."

"Some would all it beautiful." Halfire said with a wicked grin.

"If you say so." Miss Missie stated, and Halfire developed a perturbed expression, though tried his best to hide it.

"Fawn, Ainé?" he asked, "could you check us in? I'd like to have a look around the town."

"Of course..." Fawn replied.

"Don't worry." Ainé stated.

"I think I'll accompany them." Rarity said, looking towards Halfire, Rainbow Dash, and Sprite. "If I can make a Dragon's lair fabulous, imagine what I could do for a couple hotel rooms?"

"Is that all she thinks about?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"The map of friendship moves in mysterious ways." Sprite snarked.

"Yeah, yeah." Rainbow Dash affirmed. "Where we off to, Doc?"

"Mayhap a vantage point." Halfire replied.

"I know just the place!" Rainbow exclaimed, and swooped over, grabbing Halfire, and flying away.

"She?.. just?.. got?.. here?.." Bea Beata replied.

"I'm afraid that she is prone to... being a bit excitable..." Rarity voiced. "Now, yes, if you could show us to the hotel?"

"Oh... yes..." Miss Missie mumbled.


"Doc?" Rainbow Dash asked, leaning slightly towards him, but stopping herself from leaning any more, the two looking out from the overlook over the village.

"hm?" he replied without looking at her, and she leaned a little closer.

"It's just so beautiful." he uttered, "I cannot fathom how they cannot see it?"

"uh-huh?.." Rainbow Dash asked, leaning a bit closer.

"Did you want something?" Halfire asked her.

"Not playing fair, Doc..." she breathed.

"uh-huh?.." he voiced.

"Do-oc?!" she whined.

"You know what he wants." Sprite said to her, and lightly pushed her flank on Rainbow Dash's.

"cuddle me..." Rainbow Dash mumbled, and Halfire instantly moved into her. As soon as he touched her wing she felt her legs getting weak and nearly collapsed. He breathed over her muzzle and she had to lie down. He and Sprite lied down on either side of her, snuggling up.

"As soon as you recover..." Halfire mentioned to her, "I will need your eyes."

Rainbow Dash breathed in deeply and reopened her eyes. "What do you need me to see?" she asked him.

"Does anyone look happy?" Halfire asked, "Engaged?"

"Like we are?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"We're married." Halfire stated.

"He means energetic." Sprite added.

"Uh-huh..." Rainbow Dash voiced, and looked about. She looked back and forth a few times, each more urgently than the last, before inhaling deeply.

"They do not know joy..." Halfire uttered.

"How did you know, Doc?" Rainbow Dash asked him.

"I'm sure you two could have figured it out on your own." Halfire replied, "Here we can do this from a beautiful view with a lot more cuddling."

"Why don't I ever get tired of you, Doc?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I have not the foggiest..." he voiced, "I find it startling... and perturbing..."

"You don't like me, Doc?" Rainbow Dash nervously asked.

"No, I love you dearly..." he replied, "I just wonder... how... such a wonderful... dynamic... mare like you... could... be happy... with a fuddy-duddy like me..."

"We have more threesomes than twosomes." Rainbow Dash said to him, "You are hardly boring."

"I thank you for saying that." Halfire replied.

"I'm not just saying it, Doc." Rainbow Dash lovingly said to him. "Just promise you won't tell anypony about how girly my voice can get."

"That I will promise." Halfire stated.

"Doc has opened my eyes," Sprite said from beside her, "for more things than I can fathom."

"I try to have that effect on Ponies." he stated.


Rarity opened the window to the hotel room and looked outside. "Hey, Rar!" Rarity heard from outside the window.

"Rainbow Dash?" she asked, "I should not be surprised."

"Can I come in?" she asked.

"There is a door, you know..." Rarity mumbled, "but if you insist." she added, and stepped back from the window. A rainbow blur came inside and spun around the room a few times before landing.

"Guess what?" she asked, "Doc figured it out?"

"He did?" Rarity asked.

"Yeah, the town has no energy..." Rainbow Dash added.

"It is absoluely dreary..." Rarity grumbled, "I did not want to bring it up... as I figured... you... would just laugh at me..." she pouted.

"I'm sorry for any time I've done that." Rainbow Dash apologized. "You know I never meant anything by it..."

"It's good of you to say..." Rarity uttered, "but I've learned just how wonderful you can be, if you are a bit gruff around the edges and all..."

"And you are fabulous," Rainbow Dash stated, "and the first time I've meant that as a compliment."

"Thank you." Rarity warmly said to her.

"I know how much being fabulous means to you..." Rainbow Dash added, "and it's saved us enough time for me to not question it anymore. Besides, if you promise not to tell anypony, I do love... being beautiful..."

"Especially when Halfire sees you that way." Rarity said with glee.

"I will admit it." Rainbow Dash added. "It doesn't matter how fabulous you make me, he never thinks of me as being any less powerful. I never knew how powerful being all girly and feminine could be..."

"Yes, well," Rarity said, and flicked her main, "being fabulous is perhaps the second most powerful thing in the world."

"Don't know if I'd go that far." Rainbow Dash said with a smile.