I'm Sorry

The noose was tied. The note was written. Rainbow Dash was crying. She stood on the chair and slipped her neck through the loop. She was about to kick the chair over when Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie burst through the door.

"Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie yelled. Dash looked over to them.

"Oh thank god!" Fluttershy ran over to Dash and took the noose from around her neck.

"What are you guys doing here?" Dash was completely confused, but slightly grateful.

"Pinkie Pie had a combo and told me about it. We came here as soon as we could." Tears were rolling down Fluttershy face as she spoke. She clung to her ex like her life depended on it.

"What were you thinking!" Pinkie Pie started. "You can't kill yourself!"

"Well it doesn't really matter now." Dash turned away as tears started to roll down her face.

"Dash, why would try to do such a thing?" Fluttershy asked.

"I don't want to talk about it" Dash tried to walk away but Fluttershy grabbed her.

"Dash-" Rainbow Dash pulled away.

"I don't want to talk about! Leave me alone!" She shouted. Tears welled up in Fluttershy's eyes.

"Come on Pinkie. We should go." Fluttershy turned towards the door. Just then it started to thunder and rain really hard. It was far to stormy for Fluttershy to fly and there was no other way out. Fluttershy turned to Dash and gave her a look that meant "I'm Sorry". Dash merely sighed and went to her room.

Pinkie and Fluttershy were in the living room. The noose was still dangling above the knocked over chair. Pinkie was pacing while Fluttershy was crying silently on the couch. The rain hadn't let up at all and it had been at least two hours.

"What if we just jumped. I think my trampoline is still down there." Pinkie Said after a couple of minutes.

"No, with these winds the house has probably moved. Plus we need to help Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy replied. Pinkie sat down beside her.

"But she doesn't want to talk to us" Pinkie said. She really wanted to help her dear friend but just didn't know how. Fluttershy then got up and walked decidedly to Dash's bedroom door.

"Dash, are you okay?" she said meekly.

"I don't want to talk Fluttershy." Dash said after a moment. Fluttershy, being very out of character, opened the door and went in. Pinkie's jaw dropped at the sight.

"I said I didn't want to talk" Dash said when she looked up and saw Fluttershy walk in. She was just as shocked as Pinkie.

"I don't care. You need to talk to me." Fluttershy sat down on the bed next to Dash.

"Look, I don't want to talk about it." She turned away.

"But you have to. You can't keep this bottled up" Fluttershy replied. She wasn't going to stop until Rainbow Dash talked.

"Why do you even care? You don't love me" Fluttershy felt like she had been stabbed.

"I still care about you." She whispered, trying not to cry. They just sat there for a while. It was already dark when Pinkie Pie came in to inform them that the storm was starting to let up. Fluttershy looked out the window but didn't recognize any of the scenery.

"Uh oh" She said.

"What?" Dash asked, and went to go look out the window herself. "Oh great! The storm must have blown us away" She scanned the horizon for something familiar but she didn't see anything.

"What are we going to do?" Said Pinkie.

"Well, It's too dark to be going anywhere so I guess we'll have to stay here for the night." Said Dash, getting increasingly more irritated. She went to go get some pillows and blankets for the two other ponies. They would sleep in the living room.

That night Fluttershy couldn't sleep. She kept replaying the events of the day in her mind. She thought about what Rainbow Dash said, about Fluttershy not loving her. She felt like it was her who made Dash want to kill herself. Then Fluttershy saw something move in the kitchen so she went to go check it out. She turned on the light and found Rainbow Dash leaning over the sink.

"Dash, are you alright?" She said. Dash turned towards Fluttershy. Her eyes were blood shot, like she had been crying. The ponies just looked at each other for a moment. Then Dash broke. She fell to floor sobbing. Fluttershy went to hold her and she spilled everything.

"I never wanted to hurt you, Fluttershy, but the thought of you with any pony else just got to me. I can't live without you" She held on to Fluttershy and never wanted to let go. "I love you, Fluttershy" Fluttershy didn't know what to say.

"I-I-I love you too, but I don't know if I can forgive you." Fluttershy said, knowing she was hurting her love.

"Please, I'm sorry. I promise I will never treat you like that again. Fluttershy, I need you." Fluttershy just turned away.

"I'm sorry." She had to walk away before she started crying. As she left the room Rainbow Dash curled into a ball and cried.

When morning came Pinkie Pie found Rainbow Dash asleep on the kitchen floor.

"Dash?" She she shook her friend softly "Dash, wake up" The ponies eyes opened slowly.

"Oh hey Pinkie" Dash sat up.

"Why are you sleeping on the floor?" Pinkie was thoroughly confused.

"It's a long story"Dash said.

"I got time." Pinkie sat down next to her friend. Dash told everything that happened last night, trying hard not to cry.

"I'm so sorry Dash." Pinkie wasn't sure what she should say so she just told the truth. "You know Fluttershy really does want you back" Dash looked at her friend. She didn't want to get her hopes up, but the idea of Fluttershy feeling the same way was just too good.

"I'm gonna go wake up Fluttershy" Pinkie said. "We need to figure out how to get back to Ponyville." Dash went to the window to see if she recognized anything. She did. They were on the mountain were the Dragon used to live. She ran into the other room to tell her friends.

The ponies started to walk back to Ponyville. They had decided that when they got there they would get help to get the house back. As they trekked down the mountain Dash couldn't help but look over to Fluttershy, who kept her eyes on the ground.

"Hey, Pinkie, do you think you could talk to Fluttershy for me?" Rainbow Dash whispered. She had to know what she thinking about right now.

"Sure" And Pinkie pranced over to the pony.

"Is everything okay, Fluttershy?" She said.

"No, not really" Fluttershy said, eyes still on the ground.

"What's wrong?" Pinkie asked

"It's Rainbow Dash. She still loves me."

"And you don't love her?" They lowered their voices so that Dash wouldn't hear.

"Well...actually I do."

"That's great!" Pinkie shouted.

"Shh! Pinkie" Fluttershy didn't want Rainbow Dash to hear "I can't be with her"

"What? Why not" She was back to a whisper. Fluttershy explained how she had been hurt too much to forgive Rainbow Dash.

"Fluttershy, that's so stupid" Pinkie Pie said frankly. "If you love her you should be with her"

"It's more complicated than that" Fluttershy was just barely holding back the tears.

"No it's not. I understand that she hurt you but you hurt her just as much and I think it's time to forgive and forget."

"I can't Pinkie, I just can't" tears were rolling down her cheek now. Pinkie grabbed her friend.

"Yes you can. You love her and she loves you. Why can't you guys just be together" Pinkie was beginning to get frustrated with her friend.

"Because she almost killed herself because of me!" Fluttershy shouted, not even caring if Rainbow Dash heard. "I put her through so much pain. I don't want to do that again." she started to walk away. Dash, figuring now was a good time, stopped Fluttershy.

"Fluttershy, it wasn't you who made me want to kill myself. It was me. I couldn't live with myself for hurting you." Dash looked at Fluttershy.

"I'm sorry" Fluttershy said.

"For what? You didn't do anything" Dash said, running a hoof through Fluttershy's mane.

"For not being able to forgive you. I really want to." Fluttershy pushed away Rainbow Dash's hoof.

"Then, please, just forgive me." Dash lifted Fluttershy's face so that she was looking into her eyes. Fluttershy couldn't take it anymore. She burst into tears and flung herself into Rainbow Dash.

"Yes, I forgive you!" She said between sobs "I love you" Dash smiled.

"I love you too" and she kissed Fluttershy (something she had been longing to do for a while now).

"Yay!" Pinkie yelled "I think this is cause for a celebration!" and right away started planning their "Getting Back Together Party"