Chapter 13: Serving the Rainbow
Author's Note: Christ, I'm so tired. I really should quit procrastinating everything, but I can't help it. Ugh, don't even care about Halloween this year. I'm getting braces on that exact day so meh. That's not even the end of it! I have to get my wisdom teeth pulled and jaw surgery. Damn braces, damn my jacked up jaw to hell. -.- Yuh, so if any of you care I just made a profile thingy on MLPForums. I'm also doing little drawings for people so check out my request shop on there. My username is Cupcakes14. I mean I'm drawing ponies for free. Why not go make me draw your ponies? You'd be crazy if you didn't. –NinjaDino4
Disclaimer: I don't own MLP. Hasbro does.
"Jesus, finally done." Emma wiped her forehead after letting the rake fall to the ground.
The trees in her neighborhood always seemed to lose their leaves right around Thanksgiving time. Her father was a complete lawn freak. Every patch of their yard was a lush green most of the year. His need for everything to be perfect seemed to rub off on her.
Emma admired her hard work. The sight of the backyard would bring tears of joy to any lawn enthusiast. Just as she grabbed the trash bags filled with autumn leaves a giant gust of wind blew, knocking her neighbor's loose leaves all over her beautiful plot.
"What the fuck?!" She screamed at the top of her lungs. Emma sighed in frustration, falling to the ground in a fit of rage and devastation. "I give up. Forget it."
Her sob fest got cut short when she heard the familiar whine of none other than Rainbow Dash. For some reason Rainbow had become extremely needy, seemingly taking advantage of everyone at any possible chance.
"Now what?" Emma moaned. She was starting to get fed up with running around her injured friend's every need, but on the other hand it was the right thing to do. Her own personal value's also influenced how she was handling the situation.
"What do you need?" Emma asked walking into the living room for what felt like the billionth time today.
"I ran out of yogurt. Could you get me some more?" Rainbow Dash asked with the saddest face she could produce.
"I don't know...I'm kind of tired." Emma replied back with uncertainty.
"Please. Pleaaaase." Dash whined with eyes as big as the moon.
"Well...it's just that-" Emma started to stutter until Rarity grabbed her by the shoulder.
"Just do it. I'm begging you. I don't know how much of this I can handle. Rainbow Dash has been whining and complaining every single second. Take me with you. Please." Rarity pleaded quietly to where only they could hear.
"Okay. Okay. I get it." She whispered back.
"Well?" Rainbow Dash interrupted them.
"Fine. I'll go get you some. Just hang tight...I guess." Emma responded to which Rarity nearly squeaked in delight.
"I'll just tag along, to um keep Emma company." Rarity added grabbing Emma's arm and dragging her to the front door. She opened it as quickly as she could only to be overwhelmed with flashing cameras.
"Quick! Back in the house!" Emma screamed taking Rarity by the arm and locking the door behind them. Her back was against the front door as she slowly slid to the ground. "Just. Great."
"Back so soon?" Twilight questioned with a yawn passing by as she walked out from the hall.
"Are they gone?" Rarity asked as her heart slowed down.
Emma glanced out of the peep hole. "No...crap."
"How are we going to sneak past them?" Rarity asked taking a glance at the window.
Emma sat in silence for a moment before an idea struck her. "PINKIE! I need your help!"
Faster than lighting Pinkie appeared next to them.
"Help with what?" She questioned with a smile.
"I don't know how the paparazzi figured out that Rainbow lives here, but I need you to distract them."
"Distract them? Sure!" Pinkie agreed, she reached for the doorknob, but was stopped.
"Don't mention anything about Equestria or being a pony. Got it?" Emma stated.
Of course, silly filly." She grinned, although her remark didn't make all that much sense since they weren't ponies.
"I need you to Pinkie promise that." Emma said with seriousness all over her face.
"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Pinkie recited doing all of the gestures.
"Just distract them until I'm out of sight." Emma reexplained.
"Gotcha!" Pinkie gave a wink before bouncing out of the house.
Emma and Rarity ran for the back door grabbing the car keys on the way.
"Don't be too long." Applejack, Twilight and Fluttershy stated in unison with worn out smiles.
All of them were extremely tired because of Rainbow's attitude. It was as if she happened to be oblivious to their feelings. She was thinking more about herself than her friends.
Rarity and Emma hurried to the side of the house. Both of them spotted the paparazzi circling around Pinkie Pie. She was doing an excellent job at keeping their attention.
They took the opportunity to silently run to the car making sure to be discreet. Emma jammed the key into the ignition and pulled out of the driveway. Somehow Pinkie kept the news people stalled long enough for them to escape.
"What is with Rainbow Dash? She's become quite...needy." Rarity stated.
"Needy? That's an understatement. More like annoying, but I just can't stop saying yes to her. I feel really bad about what happened." Emma sighed as she continued down the road.
"I completely agree. Still...how did she even get this attitude?" Rarity questioned resting her arm on the side of the door.
"I don't know, but I hope she gets some sense knocked into her. It's driving me nuts." Emma complained.
"It's driving us all nuts. I haven't felt this aggravated since Sweetie Be-" Rarity stopped mid-sentence growing a sorrow filled expression on her face.
"You alright?" Emma asked in concern.
"It's just...I haven't thought about Sweetie Bell since we got here..." Rarity bit her lip, tears starting to well up in her eyes.
Emma felt terrible. She couldn't imagine what it was like to be torn from your family and thrown into a completely different world. "I bet she's doing just fine. She's got Applebloom and Scootaloo to be there for her. No need to worry about it."
Rarity sniffled a bit as she wiped away her tears. "I know..I just can't help, but feel like this."
"Look at it this way. You're not the only one who is away from family. I mean, Twilight has to deal with being away from her brother, mom, dad, Spike and the Princesses. Fluttershy is away from her animal friends. Pinkie left behind the Cakes. Applejack's family isn't her and Rainbow's biggest fan is in another world." Emma said.
"And how exactly is that supposed to make me feel better?" Rarity asked in a bitter tone.
"The point is, you aren't the only one who had to leave behind someone close to your heart. Whenever you get home...you'll have somebody waiting for you..." Emma's voice quivered near the end, thinking about her own torn family made her start to get emotional.
"Darling, are you alright?" Rarity tilted her head in curiosity.
"It's just...you all have friends and family. I barely see my dad...my mom, I'd rather not say...and Jaden's the only one ever there for me." Emma concentrated on the road in front of her.
Rarity had no idea what to say. She never had to worry about a dysfunctional family. Most of the ponies were always friendly so making friends was a snap.
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"Alright, we just gotta go in and out. No funny business." Emma sternly said getting a sheepish smile from Rarity.
"Right. I promise." She responded.
Both headed for the yogurt isle. As they walked by they earned a few looks from random people.
"Why is everyone staring at us?" Rarity asked quietly.
"Just ignore them. People are weird." Emma replied back as she grabbed a few packs of yogurt.
Rarity felt a tug on her dress, which she cast her attention on. When she looked down she saw a small girl.
"What is it, darling?" Rarity questioned with a small smile.
The little girl gasped in excitement. "You even sound like her! Oh my goodness!"
"Whatever do you mean?" Rarity rose an eyebrow in confusion.
"You sound just like Rarity! And you look like her! You even talk like her! Are you really Rarity?!" The little girl squealed in joy.
"Um..." Rarity was tongue tied at the out of the blue question.
Emma looked over and quickly spoke up. "Of course not. She's not a magical unicorn. She's just...um...a huge fan of the show. Her favorite pony is Rarity so she likes to be just like her."
The child's face lit up like a Christmas tree. "My favorite is Rarity too! She's so pretty! And she makes cute dresses! I wanna be a dress maker when I grow up just like her!"
Rarity blushed at the comments. "I'm sure you'll be a great dress maker."
"I'm so sorry. I hope she didn't bother you." A woman walked up taking her child by the hand.
"It's fine. She was no trouble at all." Emma replied happily. 'Thank god her mom stopped this awkward conversation.' She thought to herself.
"Mommy! She likes Rarity just like me!" They heard the little girl tell her mother as the two walked away.
"What's this favorite pony thing all about?" Rarity questioned as the left the isle.
"Oh, that. Well...people have their favorite pony out of the six of you. Some also have their favorite crusader, Princess or background character." Emma stated.
"So...who's your favorite? It's me isn't it?" Rarity batted her eyes as if it would somehow persuade Emma to say yes.
"I like all of you...but if I had to choose...it would probably be...Pinkie." Emma replied back.
"What?! Why her?" Rarity was taken aback by her choice.
"I guess cause Pinkie is friends with everyone. I always envied that about her since I don't really have any." Emma shrugged scanning her items at the self-scanner.
"I suppose that answer will suffice." Rarity said resting a hand on her hip.
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Emma pulled into the driveway carefully, as she did not know if the group of camera whores were in the vicinity.
"One. Two. Three. Go!" Emma yelled, both ran out of the car with a couple bags as quickly as they could.
They heard the sound of multiple footsteps scattering towards them which caused their leg to speed up towards the house. Just before they were caught in camera crossfire Emma slammed the door behind them and locked it.
"We're back." Emma called out setting the bags on the dining room table.
"Awesome. Can I get some of that yogurt now? I'm so buckin hungry." Rainbow groaned.
Emma did as she was told and paraded around as Dash's slave.
"Would you excuse us for a sec, Rainbow? I need to talk to them." Emma grabbed motioning the five to the backyard where they would be out of hearing range from Rainbow Dash.
"What's with tha group meetin?" Applejack asked curiously.
"We need to figure out just why Dash is being a bratty spoiled whiny baby." Emma explained in an annoyed demeanor.
"And how to stop it." Twilight added.
"You got that right. She's been ordering me around all day." Rarity huffed.
"Maybe she doesn't realize what she's doing..." Fluttershy stated softly.
"Dashie's being a teeny tiny bit of a little foal. A little bit like the baby Cakes, only older and talkier." Pinkie said making different gestures with her hands.
"And I thought my mom was annoying." Emma mumbled to herself.
"Your mom?" Twilight asked after overhearing Emma's comment.
She didn't realize that anyone would hear which caught her off guard. "Oh...yeah. My mom was like twenty times worse than Rainbow. She was super needy. Always making me do things for her."
"That's tha first we've ever heard bout yer mother. Why'd ya never mention anything specific bout her till now?" Applejack questioned. Comments popped up here and there, but Emma never specifically stated anything about her mom.
"I don't know...she was just a terrible person. I don't really like to talk about her to anyone..." Emma stared at the ground, her view unmoving.
"Was?" Fluttershy said catching the word that pretty much stood out to her.
"She's...gone. I don't think now is the time to talk about it." Emma walked back in the house without another word. The five gave each other looks as they watched their friend avoid the topic just like she always did.
Emma sat on the couch right next to Rainbow Dash. She really didn't want to beat around the bush. She thought the best thing was to cut right to the chase. "Can you please cool it with the orders?"
Rainbow gave her a questioning look. "Cool it with the what now?"
"Can you quit ordering all of us like servants? It's getting a tad annoying." She restated.
"Oh...I...I'm sorry. I guess I wasn't really thinking about you guys..." Rainbow laughed nervously.
"Who even gave you the idea?" Emma responded.
"Well...Jaden did." Dash replied, just then the door clicked and opened.
"Hey girls! I'm off work!" Jaden announced walking into the living room. It was his last day declaring his few days off work in the name of Thanksgiving.
Emma blinked a few times before standing up. The five reentered the house only to see Emma yanking Jaden by the ear.
"I can't freakin believe you told her to make us servants! You douchebag!" Emma scolded practically throwing him to the floor.
"I-I didn't mean it like that! I swear!" Jaden stuttered, wincing through the pain.
"I don't believe you." Emma furrowed her brows, not budging one bit.
Rainbow sighed and shook her head. "He's telling the truth. I think I took his words a little too literally."
"Ya think?" Applejack grumbled under her breath.
Emma let go of Jaden and rolled her eyes. "Fine. Whatever."
During the awkward silence Rainbow Dash coughed, at first it seemed like nothing, but it started to grow more violently. Her face grew sickly and her eyes started to look worn down.
"I don't feel so good..." Rainbow complained grabbing her face. "I think I'm gonna pass out..."
"Are you kidding me?" Emma said a bit shocked at the sudden turn of events. At first she thought Rainbow was just getting back at her for calling it quits on the whole servant act, until she blacked out right in front of all of them.
Yup. I'll try not to update it this late. It's almost midnight…and I have to get up in like six hours. Ugh kill me. I hate school. Especially Washington schools. Who the heck goes to school at 7:20!? I want to go back to Texas already -_-