I got this. Air rushing past my face. I'm not going to quit. The G forces on my body were killing me. If I could just pull this off... It got harder and harder to here my own thinking when I neared the sound barrier. I...CAN...DO...THIS...

Bang.

I was now traveling faster than sound, and ow did it hurt. I couldn't even begin to explain how much pain I was in from pulling that Sonic Rainboom off.

Shaking it off I began to perform the rest of my routine, A quick upward dive, followed by a Corkscrew Dive. As I neared the ground, I pulled up to level out. On doing so, the pain was excruciating. My vision became blurred, and I had an out of body feeling. Like, well its very hard to explain it. It felt like I wasn't there, as if I didn't exist. Okay, enough thinking, I need to get back to this routine.

As I finished the rest of my routine, and my hearing came back, I could distinctly hear my name being shouted. My wings were sore, and all I wanted to do was land before I heard any praising. Then it all went black, and I could hear someone shouting my name. Dash, it yelled. It sounded familiar.

Dash.

Dash!

DASH!

RAINBOW DASH!

RAINBOW DASH!

I jolted upright. Looking around frantically, I tried to see what was going on. All I found was Spike and Twilight yelling at me.

"Sorry, whats wrong?" I asked.

"You've been asleep for aleast 2 hours, and we've been trying to wake you up." Spike responded.

"Im so sorry, I didn't mean to-" I was saying, but was cut off.

"Its fine, its fine. Don't let Spike make it sound anymore worse than it was. We've actually been trying to wake you up for about ten or so minutes." Twilight said "We got a cart and filled up the books in it. Since you've been sleeping so long, we thought you'd be in better condition to pull it."

"Sure thing." I replied. Had I really been asleep for that long?

"Okay, well we should go, its better to get going sooner rather than later. Its going to get to be dark when we get back." Twilight said, latching on her bags.

"Okay, well lets get going than. Spike could you help me put the harness on?" I asked.

"Sure, I'd be glad to help." He replied. I walked over with him, and we got the harness hooked on me nice and tight. Tomorrow's going to be a good day, I haven't got anything planned. I'm going to be able to work on my routine all day. I should make it like the one in my dream.

"Alright, lets get going." Twilight announced. We again started our 2 hour walk back. Man, I can't wait. I'm so excited, I'm going to be the best Pegasus out there. Twilight, and Spike were having a normal conversation about the library, and anything in general.

"So what ya guys talking about?" I butted in.

"Oh nothing." Twilight said giggling.

"Oh come on, you don't have to lie to your old pal Rainbow Dash." I said jokingly.

"Well, it just about Appeljack..." Spike said.

"What? What about her?" I asked intrigued. What is he talking about? Is it something bad?

"Oh, its just something that the rest of us think." Spike continued on. What the hay was he talking about? I needed to know.

"And what have 'We' all been thinking about her?" I almost sounded like I was begging for the answer. Crap, why did I sound like that?

"Well its not exactly about her, more of someone related to her." Twilight answered.

Oh no. Do they know? I've had a crush on Big Macintosh for about 3 years. I haven't told anyone ever, not even AJ. "Y-yeah, what about her relative?" I asked about to stammer.

"Well, no one really. Just, Big Mac." Spike said nonchalantly. It felt as if my heart skipped a beat. Who else knows? Am I that obvious? Oh no, did he know?

"A-and what about B-Big Mac?" I asked, clearly blushing. I need to stop this. I felt as if I was sweating after running from dawn to dusk.

"Don't worry so much, the only ones who know are Fluttershy, Twilight, and Myself." Spike said.

"How did you guys find out?" I questioned. Thank Celestia. I began to calm down a bit. At least it wasn't that bad. Fluttershy is fine, but Spike might be a problem, I mean he does have a problem with saying things he shouldn't.

"Its just from what you do, and how you look-" He was cut off by Twilight.

"Fluttershy told us. She said she heard you talking while you were sleeping, about you two going on a picnic or something." She said. Damn, that dream? I had a tendency to do that while I slept. Wait, did she hear all of it? Long story short, It wasn't exactly a "innocent" dream.

"What did she tell you?" I said, I really wanted to know this. It could be very, very bad if she had heard the rest of that dream.

"About you just saying Big Mac over and over again, and going on about how it was the best picnic of your life." Twilight replied. Thank you Fluttershy. She probably didn't tell them because she didn't want to embarrass me.

"Are you going to tell anyone?" I looked at both of them, with the if you say yes, I'll burn everything you love kinda look. What? No I am not mean, its just if they told anyone I'd be ruined.

"Of course not." Spike was the first one to speak. Twilight's response was basically the same thing.

"Okay, well don't mess around like that." I said.

"We were just talking about how happy you two would be." Twilight responded.

"Well, what about you Spike? What happened to your crush on Rarity?" I looked towards him, and started messing with him.

He began to blush very hard. He looked away. "I-I..." was all he could stammer out.

"Oh, its okay. I was just messing around." I said, hoping he would get mad or something. He remained silent. I looked over to Twilight, she looked back at me with the same confused look. We were silent for the next half-hour. We finally got to the outskirts of town. "Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm tired." I said.

"Same here." Twilight responded.

"Yeah, me too I guess." Spike finally said something. There was something in his voice, I couldn't quite tell whether he was sad or not.

"Well Twi, where do you want this?" I said, pointing towards the cart.

"Just leave it outside the library, Spike and I will unload everything." Twilight said "And don't stay up all night practicing, go at it first thing in the morning."

"Fine, mom." I said to her, and we both laughed.

"Okay, well have a good night." She replied.

"Alright, well you guys sleep well. Spike," I said looking towards him "don't be all sad. I'm the only other Pony that knows. And your secret is safe with me, as long as I can trust you with mine?"

"Sure thing Dash." He looked happier now. I bet that was all that made him worried, the fact that I could tell another Pony about it.

"Alright, well good night guys. If you need me, you know where to look." I said and then looked up. It was a beautiful night, but twilight was right. If I was going to practice, it would be better to do it during the day.

"Okay, you too." They both responded. With that I left back towards my house. What a day. I thought no one knew that I liked Big Mac. Well at least I don't have to worry about him finding out. I thought as I flew back towards my house. Tomorrow is going to be a tiring yet, easy-going day. Hopefully no one will need me too much...

Author's Notes

Hai guise! Well that's the third chapter for ya, hope you're enjoying it so fair. And yes I do believe that Rainbow likes Big Mac. Will it play out later? Or is this the only time this is going to be mentioned? Will Spike be able to keep Dash's secret? What will Dash's routine look like? WILL I LEARN SPANISH? The answers are Maybe, Maybe, Its undecided, Amazing?, and Yes. No but seriously, I kinda just made this part up as I went, and I think it turned out well. Please review, your suggestions are Invaluable to me. Thank you all and goodnight

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