More To Me Than That
Chapter 8: Relations Shipped; Relations Sank
While Rainbow Dash was in shock of the developments surrounding her two friends officially
being a thing; Twilight was eagerly trotting around Ponyville trying to find Spike to tell him the
good news about her idea to show Tails her love for him. Once she got home and went into her
living room, she saw the weirdest and funniest thing she ever saw in a long time.
Instead of just one Spike dusting off an
emerald couch, there were two. And for some weird reason, both Spikes had two Tails. She
couldn't help but laugh at the strange sight. "You must've noticed the tails." Both Spikes said
simultaneously while staring at her with blank expressions on their faces; causing her to laugh
even more. The laughter caused a familiar pony to appear from the downstairs basement.
Meanwhile… in Cloudsdale…
"Well, pleased to meet you Soarin. Rainbow Dash told me a lot about you." Sonic greeted his
new friend politely. "And the same can be said for the legendary Sonic the Hedgehog. She says
that you're the best friend she ever had since…" Soarin started, then paused, pretending to
think hard. "Since you?" Sonic asked. The two friends and Spitfire laughed over that joke. "Hey,
Soarin and I were gonna head over to the Skypad if you and Rainbow wanna come along."
Spitfire graciously offered. "Sure, that sounds like fun." Sonic responded, "Whaddya say,
Rainbow?" Sonic asked. He then turned to see his friend stare opposite them with a blank stare
and her mouth ajar, clearly shocked at something. "Rainbow?" Sonic asked, trying to get his
friend's attention.
So, back to Twilight…
Or should we say, Starlight? Who was coming up the stairs when she heard Twilight's laugh. "I
guess you saw Spike and I's little surprise?" she said, rather embarrassed. Even though even
she had to admit it was a hilarious mishap. "What were you two up to?" Twilight asked, slowly
regaining her composure after spending a good while laughing. "You tell her." Starlight said,
pointing to the two Spikes. "Who, me?" the first Spike asked, looking at the other in confusion.
The other Spike turned to him and said, "I think she was talking to you." Starlight hoofpalmed
herself in frustration. "You see, Spike came up with the idea of trying to surprise you by
pretending to be Tails so that you could practice to impress him but then, well…"
Back to Sonic, RD and friends…
"Wait, what?" Rainbow said, snapping herself out of her state of shock. "You wanna go have
dinner with Spitfire and Soarin?" Sonic asked her. "They just asked us and I need to know what
you think." Rainbow stuttered momentarily before responding, "Oh yeah, sure. We'll catch up
with you two." she told Soarin and Spitfire. Soarin and Spitfire nodded and went ahead of their
friends into the Skypad Restaurant. "This is so weird!" she whispered to Sonic in a ticked tone.
"What's so weird about it? Your best pony friend has a new marefriend. I'm sure you'll find a
great one someday too." Rainbow was about to interject, but then changed her mind as to not
make it any more awkward for Sonic than it already was getting to be. "Yeah, I'm sure I will.
Let's just head inside, ok?" she asked Sonic. The two then eventually caught up to Spitfire and
Soarin at the Skypad. As they walked into the regal eatery, the first thing Sonic noticed that
there were a lot of fast flyers in the building; as if they were flying in and out of some kind of
racetrack gambling booth (although the line was clearly for superfast and elite athletes due to
the style of the line.) A waitress wearing a fancy white dress stepped forward towards the pair.
"Hello, I'm Whiteflank; I'll be your host today." she said, grinning at them politely. The young
mare looked to be slightly older than Sonic and Rainbow Dash, but only by a couple years. She
looked rather eccentric compared to all the other ponies Sonic glanced at when he was
observing all the griffons, pegasi and other flying creatures he saw in there. "Thanks Whiteflank,
I'm Sonic the Hedgehog. We're here to see Spitfire and Soarin. Have you seen them?" Sonic
politely responded back. Whiteflank chuckled, not expecting this sort of courtesy from someone
before. "Yes I have," Whiteflank replied, "In fact, they're over in Booth 1A, waiting for you. Allow
me to walk you over to your table." she said. The two obliged and were escorted over to their
table. Sonic was catching a vibe that reminded him of Rarity. Except that even though she was
refined and polite, she clearly wasn't extreme at being fancy like Rarity. Whiteflank seemed like
the mare who is refined, can keep up with the rough and tough colts and mares and still be kind
and courteous enough to take you out to a coffee to make you feel better. "And this is your table,
Sonic and Rainbow. I hope you two have a wonderful day." She said, as she finally let them to
their seats where Soarin and Spitfire were patiently waiting for them. "There you two are."
Spitfire said in relief. "We thought you guys were too slow to catch up." She said in an obviously
sarcastic, joking manner. All of them halfheartedly laughed at the joke.
Back to Twilight…
"I think I get the point here." Twilight said, chuckling a bit. "It'll take a while to get it back to just
one Spike though." one of the Spikes said. Starlight looked down at the ground in
embarrassment. Twilight gently trotted over to her. "It's alright. I knew you two were only trying
to help." She said, sympathetically. "Besides, I have my own great spell idea to help Tails know
how much I love him." she said, "But our author buddy can't go revealing it until I give him the
ok." she said, winking at… Oh yeah. Right. Me. Anywho, I'll be on my way (hoping things go
well)...
So back to Sonic and Dash, because, what other choice do we have at this point…
As the foursome sat down eating and making happy conversation, Sonic just sat down and
soaked up the atmosphere. His best friend took him to Cloudsdale, having a pleasant and
relaxing dinner with some new friends as well. What could go better? For Rainbow, however,
things were getting very tense. On one hoof, she was glad that her 3 friends were having fun;
and she really did try to have fun and laugh in all of their jokes. Yet she couldn't shake off of the
feeling of surprise and disappointment. Soarin was a main (mane) reason that Rainbow wanted
to join the Wonderbolts. She grew up idolizing the group from a fairly early age; and sort of
fangirled over Soarin in particular, but it was later on when she really considered the possibility
that her feelings towards him were more than that of a "fan" but more of that of a respected
friend or sister, but most of all, a crush. Rainbow really did appreciate Soarin's friendship, and
she was hoping to wait for the right time to tell Soarin about her feelings. But as Sonic liked to
frequently taunt when he and Rainbow raced, she was too slow. And now, she saw what being
"slow" did to her chances. "Is something wrong, Rainbow?" Rainbow snapped out of her trance
to see her friends staring at her in concern. "Huh?! What was that?" She asked, snapping back
into reality. Soarin then spoke up. "Sonic just asked if something was wrong; you were sitting
there with a blank-flank expression and you didn't even tell us what you wanted for dinner yet."
he asked, genuinely concerned about his friend's well-being. "Right, sorry; it's just that…"
Rainbow awkwardly stammered, then paused before resuming, "Would you mind if I talked to
you for a minute?" Rainbow asked. Soarin looked over at Sonic and Spitfire, "Yeah, go ahead."
Spitfire affirmed, "Just make sure you don't help our friend too much." she said, winking towards
him on that last part. "Will do, beautiful." Soarin responded, stroking his main to punctuate it as
Rainbow just shook her head in disdain. Sonic was about to go after Rainbow, but Spitfire
stopped him, saying, "Hey, I think those two can handle themselves just fine." Sonic reluctantly
sat back down and agreed. "Sorry," Sonic said apologetically, "she's just been acting strange
ever since you two walked up. Not that you two were trying to be rude, by any means." Spitfire
just smiled, understandingly, at him. "Yeah, I think it's when I revealed that Soarin and I were
dating that things kind of flew sideways from there." she said. "Rainbow liked him too, huh?"
Sonic guessed. "Rainbow tell you about that?" Spitfire asked, guessing whether or not Sonic
knew about her friend's interest in Soarin. "Well, she told me about her and Soarin being tight,"
Sonic admitted, "I didn't know she was that into him." Spitfire's countenance then turned into
that of pity. Sonic was confused as to why that happened. "Is something wrong, Spitfire?"
Spitfire nodded. "I just feel bad that she didn't tell you about this sooner." she said,
sympathetically. "About what sooner?" Sonic asked. "Her being in love with Soarin." Spitfire
responded. Sonic put his hands back in realization, knowing very well where this was going.
"Wait a minute… you're not saying that…"
I'm NOT, Sonic! We're just gonna go over to Rainbow Dash and Soarin for a while, see what
they did while all that was going on…
"So, Rainbow; care to fill me in on what's... " Soarin asked in concern, before being interrupted
by Rainbow suddenly crying softly and hugging Soarin. "I loved you too." she said, gently
whispering to Soarin before breaking from the embrace and getting up. He just stared at her
with an expression as blank as a new whiteboard. Rainbow sighed in relief, grateful to get that
off of her chest. "Well, thank you for letting me say that." Rainbow said gratefully. She was about
to head back to the seat, but was immediately caught by Soarin. "Whoa whoa whoa. Hold up,
Rainbow Dash." Soarin said, still in shock as to what happened. "You loved me too? I mean,
how did that even…?" "Look, before I joined the Wonderbolts, I saw you flying up there with
them doing the most awesome spectacular stunts while you were flying right over my head and
since then, I've wanted to be a Wonderbolt. But as I came to know you better, I could see that
you were the most awesome horse ever and I was looking forward to making you my coltfriend
for some time." Rainbow's tone then changed from that of excitement to that of heartbreak. "But
I waited and waited so long for just the right time, that I struck out. And now here I am never
knowing… never known…" At this point in time, Rainbow was just flat-out in tears. Soarin lifted
her up gently to his level and gave her a sympathetic hug. As soon as Rainbow started crying,
Soarin heard the footsteps of Sonic and Spitfire coming from behind him. "It's ok, Rainbow."
Soarin said, calming her down and easing her pain. He briefly turned towards Sonic and Spitfire
and asked them if he could have a few more minutes. They both agreed, but stayed close by in
case either Soarin or Rainbow needed help. "You know what I think, Rainbow? I think that, no
matter who I fall in love with, I'll still always love you." Rainbow buried her head in his chest
crying much happier tears now. "Really? You think so?" Rainbow asked. Soarin nodded. "Look, I
love Spitfire, and I am the luckiest colt in the world to have her as my marefriend; but that
doesn't mean I'll stop being your friend and loving you. Ok?" he asked. Rainbow nodded and
then broke from her embrace.
Meanwhile, Sonic and Spitfire both sighed in relief that their
friends were feeling much better and they walked back to their table because the waiter needed
to know their order. "So, Speedy," Spitfire asked, "right before we went to check in on them; you
said that you needed my help because you two put on a friendship bet?" "Yeah, that's right…"
Sonic affirmed, but before he could continue, he was quickly interrupted by her. "Have you tried
talking to Twilight? She is the Princess of Friendship after all." Sonic sighed in dejection. "She
was the first one I asked, but she's got her own things to worry about." "Getting the Week of
Elements set up, no doubt." Spitfire guessed. Before Sonic could respond, Whiteflank strode up
to the table, "Yeah, I know what it's like to be busy with all of the stress." she concurred. Then
she turned to see Soarin and Rainbow finishing up. "Are your friends ok? Are they ready to eat
now?" she asked. "I don't know, I'll ask." Sonic responded. "Hey guys, are you ready to come…"
But before Sonic could respond, Rainbow and Soarin were already over there. "You bet, Sonic."
Soarin said, clearly relieved and pleased about everything being cleared up about Rainbow.
"Now, what's on the menu, Whitey?!" Rainbow asked, in a obviously pumped-up kind of way.
A few hours later…
After they finished eating, the quartet went out their separate ways towards the ways towards
the hotel they were all staying in for the night. Before they all said their goodbyes, Soarin
whispered one last bit of wisdom into Rainbow's ear. "The next guy that's special in your heart; if
you keep waiting until the 'right' moment, the moment's never gonna be right." Rainbow kept
that in mind as the four friends finally walked up to their hotel after a very delicious meal. "But
how do I know when the "right" moment is?" Rainbow thought internally, "I hope I can find out
how to tell you how much I appreciate you, Sonic. It would be the most spectacular, awesomest,
epicest way ever. Because that's what you are." she spoke internally in excitement, before
realizing (in her head), "If only I could know how."
Alright everyone, so this is actually a special Valentine's Day chapter (in a way). You'll see. ;-)
Oh, Pinkie-Pie?! Where ARE you?
You see, I have a little something special for our energetic, pink
horsey friend here, but I actually haven't seen her all day. Anyhow, while I wait, I wanna…
*gets tackled by you know who…*
Pinkie *in a Western accent*: Alright there pardner. Where are they? WHERE ARE THEY?!
Me: Oh, hey Pinkie. Nice cowgirl duds.
Pinkie: Thanks, I had Rarity hoof-make these for me once I found out that you wanted to have a
shootout.
Me: A WHAT?!
Pinkie: You know, those old Western showdowns where they take 10 paces back to see who's
the fastest.
Me: Pinkie…
Pinkie *completely ignoring me*: And I've got your costume all nice and ready right here for ya.
*tosses costume at… oof*
Me: That's nice, but Pinkie…
Pinkie: So I have the blanks and pistols all set up for ya so that we can have a rootin'-tootin',
licker-splootin', scalderootin, extra-scoopin'...
Me *stern*: PINKIE-PIE!
Pinkie *finally drops the accent*: Yes, super-special-awesome-author-pal?
Me: You misunderstood me…
Pinkie *interrupts*: I'm pretty Pinkie sure that you said you wanted to have a shootout.
Me *annoyed that she didn't get it*: No, I said I wanted to do a SHOUTOUT before I make a
special announcement.
Pinkie: OH! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D Well, why didn't you just say so. Who're the shoutouts to?
Me: This go around, I want to send a shoutout to wendsayponythomasfan for helping me get
some information about Rainbow and Soarin, as well as being an amazing helper throughout
and putting me in their story, "The Adventures of Pinkie Pie and Shadow the Hedgehog."
Pinkie: Ooooooooooh, how fascinating. Sounds like a great read.
Me: Indeed it is. Also, shoutouts to leatherhead2020 and Moonlight Arc
for their respective stories, "My Little Pony: Sonic in Equestria" and "Friendship is Fate". All 3 of
these stories, as well as their authors, deserve a huge round of applause for their efforts and I
am looking forward to seeing all of those stories updated real soon.
Pinkie: So, what was that other announcement you were going to make? Y'know, the one before
I started going all cowgirl crazy on you?
Me *nervous*: Right… that one. Oh boy.
Pinkie: Ooooooooooooooooooh, I am so dying to know what it is! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
Me: Right, well, it's, uh… a bit hard for me to expl-
Pinkie *shakes me violently with her hooves*: JUST TELL ME ALREADY!
*a small, red colored envelope with Pinkie's name on it falls out of my coat pocket*
Pinkie: *picks up the envelope and opens it and gasps with… Idk, I just hope it turns out-* WILL
YOU SHUT UP ALREADY?!
Me *nervous*: Oh boy.
Pinkie: I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT!
Me: So you wanna go wi… ? *gets tackled again*
Pinkie: Oh, of COURSE I wanna go watch Dashie at the Games with you.
ILOVEITILOVETHEGAMESILOVEDASHIE… I LOVE YOU!
Me: Well, I was hoping that you'd like it. I know the last time that you offered to take me out
someplace, I was a jerk and told you I didn't wanna go. But, I figured since we were getting
closer as friends and that I kind of figured you'd remember Valen… er, Hearts and Hooves day
was around the corner, I thought I'd get my friend something special.
*Pinkie looks at me in realization*
Me: Uh, Pinkie, are you ok?
Pinkie: OHMYCELESTIA, I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT HEARTS AND HOOVES DAY,
ANDIUSUALLYNEVERFORGETABOUTAPARTYORACELEBRATIONORAFEASTORANYTHIN
GSUPERFANTABULUSOSPECIALNEVEREVERNEVEREVER! *breathes* And you thought of
something special for me anyway.
Me: Uh, Pinkie; you don't have to…
Pinkie: I'LLBERIGHTBACKLOVEANDBUDDY, THANKSFORTHEFREEPASS! :-D :-D :-D :-D
:-D :-D
Me: Well, I guess that's it for this chapter. Until next time…
*Pinkie comes back with… wait, how did she get chocolates, balloons, a cake, one of those
Beauty and the Beast candles AND a heart-shaped olympic-sized swimming pool over to my
house in a matter of milliseconds?!*
Pinkie *dramatically*: Because I'm Pinkie-Pie. Yeah, you heard it first, HISHE! :-D :-D :-D Hey,
can I close it off this time?!
Me: Sure, go ahead.
Pinkie: Keep on Loving, Keep on Edifying, and
KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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on LoveandEdifying! :-D :-D :-D :-D What are you waiting for? I got your swim stuff already!
Jump in! :-D :-D :-D :-D
*Pinkie cannonballs in the pool, somehow without splashing me*
Me: Then again, with her; who cares about how she does it? It's the thought that counts. :-)
Now, about cannonballs… Hey Pinkie, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
*proceeds to cannonball, splash around and have fun with my pony friend*