I don't own My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic! I just wrote the fanfiction! If any of the characters seem a bit OC-ish then I'm sorry. I also added characters of my own so no flame comments please; I WILL NOT READ THEM. (Italics – thoughts/dreams; "..." – speech) please enjoy and tell me what you think.

Chapter 8 – The Shadow of the Rainbow

Rainbow woke up the next morning feeling rather sore and as she stood from her bed she winced. "Why am I so sore all of the sudden?" She thought. She walked to her dresser and looked at herself; her hot pink eyes widening as soon as she sees a purplish mark on the underside of her chin. "When did I get that?!" She thought. Dash began to panic. "What happened for this to be here?!" She asked herself aloud.

There was a knock at her front door; making her jump.

"J-just a second!" Rainbow called.

"Okay." A stallion's voice said; it sounded like Blue Shadow.

Rainbow Dash brushed her mane and decided to put it up in a ponytail. She then trotted down to the front door and surly enough, it was Blue Shadow who had come to see her. "Hey Blue..."

"Hey." The cobalt stallion said with a small smile. He saw that Dash looked different; a little sad for some reason. "Are you ok? You look upset."

"Can we talk inside?"

"Yeah sure."

Dash moved aside and shut the door and walked over to her couch and sat down. She patted the spot next to her and Blue Shadow sat next to her.

"What's wrong?"

"Something happened last night with Soarin..."

"What happened?"

"He forced himself on me..."

Blue Shadow's eyes widened. "What did he do to you?"

"He kissed me and I told him to leave, and then this morning when I woke up I felt sore all over. On top of all that I found this when I looked in the mirror." Dash said as she revealed the bruise on the underside of her chin.

Blue's eyes widened more. He put his wing around the cyan mare as he saw tears forming in her eyes. "C'mere..." He said as he gently pulled her into him; holding her tightly and warmly.

Rainbow Dash let her tears fall as she sobbed into Blue Shadow's chest. "I felt so violated and dirty!" She cried.

"I know...it'll be ok. I'm gonna stay by you until this whole thing is behind you, no matter how long it takes."

Dash continued to cry.

Blue put his cheek against her face and closed his eyes.

Rainbow's tears rolled down and met the side of Blue's face as she sighed.

"I promise you...everything will be ok."

Dash nodded against his head and sniffled.

Blue wiped her tears away and looked into her eyes. "Did you want something special for breakfast?"

"You can cook?"

"Yeah. I learned from a school I went to."

"Could you make me something then?"

"I'd be happy to." He said after he kissed her forehead and got up. He trotted into the kitchen and got everything he needed.

Rainbow walked into the kitchen to see him already hard at work cooking. "He didn't waste any time..." She thought.

Blue Shadow was making Rainbow bacon and eggs, but his way instead of the traditional way.

Rainbow watched him.

As he moved around the kitchen, Blue Shadow couldn't help but remember when he was just a trainee chief.

~ Flashback ~

"You can make anything you choose, but your work will be judged by food critiques. This is your last test, so those of you who fail will be staying back to do this over again from the beginning. When I say start, you may begin cooking. The food critiques will be here in five minutes, so you have seven minutes to cook something. You may start." A unicorn said. He was considered their instructor.

The chiefs in the room immediately began cooking.

Blue Shadow looked at the clock. "10:30 in the morning. Perfect for what I'm gonna make." He thought with a smirk. He then got everything he was going to need and began cooking.

~ Time Skip ~

"Time's up!" The instructor called.

Blue Shadow had just finished.

"You may present your dish to a critique now." The green unicorn said as he opened the doors to the restaurant floor; an elegant orchestra can be heard playing beautiful music.

Each chief walked out to a table and presented their dish to a critique.

Blue walked up to a pink alicorn; not even knowing she wasn't a critique and placed the dish on the table with his wing and lifted the cover.

The alicorn's eyes lit up.

The instructor looked horrified. "Oh no! She wasn't his critique!" He thought.

"Enjoy madam." H said as he stepped away with a bow.

"Thank you very much, this is just what I ordered." She said before taking a bite of her food. Her eyes widened. "This is incredible, and you made this from scratch?!"

"Yes ma'am."

"Are you a student here?"

"Yes ma'am."

The mare giggled.

"What's funny?"

"I'm not a critique young stallion."

Blue Shadow's eyes widened as his cheeks heated up in embarrassment. "What have I done?!" He thought.

"You're critique was over there." She said pointing to another table.

"Oh no..."

"But I can personally say that I've never tasted anything like this. I'll talk to your instructor."

"That won't excuse this..." Shadow said; his head lowering.

"Oh it will trust me." The alicorn said with confidence. "May I ask your name by the way?"

"Blue Shadow ma'am."

The pink mare smiled. "I'm Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, but you can just all me Princess Cadence or Cadence; whichever is fine."

Blue bowed in respect. "Thank you for your consideration Princess Cadence."

Cadence smiled. "It's not trouble. A great chief like you shouldn't be held back just because you didn't give the food to a critique."

Blue smiled shyly.

The instructor walked out to them. "Blue Shadow..."

"Sir, if I may..." Cadence calmly said.

"Of course Princess Cadence."

"This stallion may not have presented his dish to a critique, but I would like to say that his dish was far better than I've ever tasted from any other chief."

The green unicorn looked surprised. "Really?"

"Yes. Blue Shadow has a real knack for cooking."

Shadow blushed in embarrassment.

"Well. I can pass him, but he still has to present a dish to his critique."

"And I can do that sir." Blue said with confidence.

"Then get to it!"

"Yes sir!" Blue said before quickly going into the kitchen and prepared another dish.

Cadence stood next to the instructor and watched.

The cobalt Pegasus came out with another dish on his wing. He walked over to the table with the critique. "I'm terribly sorry for the long wait sir. Please enjoy your meal."

"It's alright I saw what happened." The Earth pony said before taking a bite of his food. His eyes lit up just like Cadence's did. "You're not really a student are you?"

"I am sir."

"No. Say it isn't so."

"I would, but I'd be lying sir."

"Incredible. Your dish was excellently presented, you respectfully apologized for the wait, and, above all, your choice of dish tasted amazing."

"T-thank you very much sir." Blue said as he bowed; taking his hat off as he did so.

"You're very welcome young stallion." The critique said as he wrote his review for Blue Shadow's dish and performance. The Earth pony stood and walked over to the instructor. "You have a very gifted student. Here is my review."

"Thank you sir."

The two bowed and the critique left.

~ Time Skip ~

An orchestra played as graduating students walked across the stage and received their diploma and chief's license.

Cadence watched each graduate, and finally saw Blue Shadow walk across the stage and receive his diploma and chief's license; she cheered loudly for him with the others.

~ End of Flashback ~

Blue Shadow finished making Dash's breakfast and served it to her. "Here you are Ms. Dash."

Dash smiled a little. "Thanks Shadow."

"You're welcome."

Dash took a bite of her food and her eyes lit up. "Wow! This is awesome!"

Blue Shadow smiled gently. "Thanks."

Dash ate the rest of her food and put her plate in the sink. "That was really good Blue Shadow. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Dash walked over to him and kissed his cheek.

"W-what was that for?"

"It was for being there for me when I needed a shoulder."

"I'm always gonna be here." He said; smiling gently.

Rainbow hugged him. "You're too sweet..."

"So I've been told..."

Rainbow Dash looked up at him; her eyes full of emotions. She leaned up to him and got an inch away from kissing him until she stopped with her nerves getting to her.

Blue Shadow closed the gap between them and their lips gently touched and melted together.

Rainbow's cheeks became a little red as she felt wings wrap around her. She got closer to him and put her hooves around his neck.

Blue's face became just as red as Rainbow's face as their chests met.

Somehow, Rainbow felt as if all her troubles disintegrated when she was with Blue Shadow, when their lips met she felt numb, and they were together it was as if there was nopony else.

There was a large flash of light that made the two part; the light covering them.