Chapter 25-How The Past Affects The Present.

Yeah, okay, but why am I here? Oh, okay. Hey, just curious, am I still getting paid for this? Oh, okay. Hey, everybody, it's Violet. UltimateDisneyInfinityFan has asked me to explain to you guys something. You're probably wondering why Dash said, "Not again." Well, it happened just like this, about five months ago…

Dash was outside playing with a remote control helicopter when he saw a moving van. He watched it go by and stop at an empty house. He looked and saw a young girl with auburn hair jump out of the back seat with a white dog, black cat and brown hamster following her.

"No way. Is that…" he said before he realized it was who he thought it was. He walked over.

"Hi there." he said, getting the girl's attention.

"Hi." she said with a smile before she shook hands with him.

"I'm Dash, and I recognize you from that TV show. You're Penny, right?" he asked.

"You got it. Wanna be friends?" Penny asked.

"Yes. I would like nothing better than to be friends with the star of my favorite action show." Dash said.

After his family introduced themselves, they helped them unpack and invited them to dinner, where they got along really well.

After that day, for the next four months, Dash and Penny grew closer, they hung out a lot, played video games, watched movies, played a joke on Mr. Kropp, and more. It got to the point that Dash developed a crush on her, but he was too afraid to tell her. Not only that, but Penny happened to be a fan of the Incredibles, especially Speed Demon, since he reminded her of Bolt. She was such a big fan that he stood for photos, signed every scrap of paper she pushed at him, but, one day, everything went wrong. Penny happened to be near a getaway vehicle that robbers had crashed and was about to explode. Fortunately, Speed Demon was nearby and got her out of the way before it blew, but when it did, the explosion ended up costing him.

"Look out!" Speed Demon shouted as he tackled Penny out of the way of the explosion, but both of them went flying a bit. They landed unharmed on the street.

"Hey, Speed Demon. You okay?" Penny asked as she looked in his direction only to see a sight that shocked her. His mask had been blown off, showing he was Dash.

"D-Dash?!" Penny asked.

"Huh?" the boy asked before realizing how she knew.

"Uh-oh!" he said as Penny walked over.

"You're a superhero?! Why didn't you tell me?!" Penny asked, feeling betrayed.

"Ever heard of a secret identity?" Dash asked as he stood up and put his mask on.

"Yeah, but you kept a secret from me! You don't keep secrets from your best friend! How could you, Dash?! I thought that you trusted me!" Penny said, now angry.

"It was just one secret. I didn't think it would matter!" Dash said.

"It does matter, Dash! You know what, I understand this, but I can't trust you after this! Our friendship's done!" Penny said, pushing him down before she started walking away.

"Penny, wait! I never got to tell you that I-" Dash didn't get to finish before Penny yelled, "BE QUIET!" before running off.

After that, Dash was a saddened mess. He moped his way back to NSA HQ with tears running down his face and his head down. We were having a dinner party at NSA HQ, but when Dash came in with his head down, we got worried.

"Hey, Dash, what's wrong?" asked Violet as Dash sat beside her.

Dash slammed his head on the table and started sobbing, "Penny found out who I am! An explosion blew off my mask and she got mad I kept a secret from her and ended our friendship! She can't stand me anymore!" he said between sobs as the others looked at him with sympathy.

"I'm just saying, she wasn't wrong to be mad at you for keeping a secret from your best friend, but ending your friendship over it? That's overreacting a little bit." Eric said.

"Hey, cheer up, Dash." Elastigirl said as she put her hand on his shoulder.

"I can't cheer up! I loved her!" Dash finally yelled, surprising everyone.

"Shoot, that just makes it worse." Mr. Incredible said.

It just got more worse for a time from that point. Dash stayed in his room in depression, not coming out for anything. He didn't go to track meets, meet and greets for the Incredibles, nothing. Not only that, but Speed Demon was also absent from crime battles because of that. After about two weeks of this, we were walking down the street when we saw a U-Haul truck going by. Dash looked in the window and saw Penny in it. She didn't even spare a passing glance, making the poor kid sad.

One day, Dash sat on his bed, saddened, when Helen came in and sat beside him.

"Hey, Mom." Dash said.

"Dash, listen, I know you're upset about Penny, but I want you to cheer up. Listen to me, when I was your age, I had an interest in someone before I met your dad. Once he found out that I was a Super, the same thing happened. But, I kept my chin up because my mom told me that there's always someone out there to love me for who I am. You just keep thinking that and you're sure to find someone, okay?" Helen said.

Dash looked at her and smiled and said, "Thanks, Mom."

After that day, it took about a week, but Dash's spirit came back, and with it, Speed Demon did, too. Dash was still sad about Penny, but he just kept going by our mom's words.

And that brings us up to date…

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