Dash didn't know what made her think the song Sonic just sang was for her. But the moment Amy tackled him, she was devastated. Before any pony could see her crying, she ran for Sweet Apple Acres and found a place to let it out. The snow on the ground only made her depression worsen because the cold on her hooves was like hundreds of needles pricking her at once. She stayed in her little hideaway until night fell. Then she remembered the scheduled snow storm and it all went downhill from there.
Rainbow knew better than to be out in the middle of a Snow Storm, but she already was, and she was trying to find the barn. Finally the weight of the snow on her back became too much, and she just collapsed. This was the most depressed she ever was, she just wanted to lay there and let the Cold take her, because what would life be worth, if she would never be the one the song was meant for?
SonicThe Werehog was searching every inch of Sweet Apple Acres. And every time he smelled a tree, he knew Dash was there. Finally he opened all of his senses at once. He saw a trail of light blue swiveling around the trees and it was growing faint. Finally he found the place where it was strongest.
At the end of the trail was a pile of snow. Sonic knew better than to doubt its significance to his search. He brushed off some of the snow and found a Rainbow. He picked up the whole pile and shook it confirming it was Rainbow that he found. Opening his senses again, he found the Barn, not too far away and stretched his arm to reach it.
Sonic pulled himself and Dash into the barn. There was a furnace in the middle of the room, which somehow filled the barn with its heat, but not the outside. He put Rainbow near the furnace and waited. Eventually she started stirring.
Rainbow DashRainbow had a nightmare. In it Sonic was with Amy. And even every time Sonic passed some pony he became a deeper shade of grey. Finally they passed Rainbow, and sonic lost all color to him whatsoever. Amy glared back at her and smiled, turning into a smoky cloud of shadows which chased her.
Finally she just gave up, and let herself be swallowed by the Shadows. Before they could completely devour her, an Alicorn of black and blue dashed through the shadows, and pulled Rainbow out. She looked up and found Luna, princess of the night.
"It is not your time, Rainbow Dash."
That was all Luna said, before Rainbow woke up. When she did, she found herself in the Sweet Apple Acres Barn. She had no idea how she got there from the middle of a blizzard… until she heard a voice.
"About time you woke up…" Dash looked and found Sonic the Werehog… he was the last person she expected to find at a time like this. "Why'd you run off?"
"I felt… betrayed…" She explained. "I don't know why I thought that song was for me."
"Funny…" Sonic said. "It actually was."
Rainbow was shocked. "But… Amy…"
"Humph…She thinks everything I do is for her, when actually I'm only saving her because she's always sticking her neck out a little too far. Don't get me wrong, she is still a great friend, but she just goes a little too far."
She was still confused about a few things, but the biggest question she had was the one she asked next.
"Why me?"
"What was that?"
"Why me!? What do I have that anyone else doesn't!?"
"Just look at yourself… you're you, and that's all I want from a girl. Someone who wouldn't be anyone but themselves."
Daybreak came and Sonic didn't notice the transformation that came with it. Rainbow was trying to figure out what Sonic was doing. She was never really good at finding the truth. She always found traitors, not liars. She was going to ask how she could tell if he wasn't lying… just when Sonic came up and kissed her.
During this kiss she felt a strange bump on his chest. It was shaped like an X, and she felt the same thing on the other side when she hugged him after that. She never wondered about these bumps… then the spring came.