Little Uncertainties
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Chapter 2
Rainbow Dash watched sadly as the four ponies that she had really started to like took flight as fast as they could in the opposite direction away from her all thanks to Dumb-Bell, Hoops, and Score trying to cause trouble for her again.
"Let me talk to them," Derpy said as she patted the cyan Pegasus on her back, "Jet Stream and Setting Sun just have a bad temper. I'll get them to come around."
Rainbow Dash watched as the grey Pegasus took off after her four friends. The rainbow-maned pony whirled on the three stallions that were laughing hysterically behind her.
"How dare you!" Rainbow Dash spat, "That was totally un-cool. Why would you spread lies like this? How do you even know about Soarin' and I?"
"My cousin was at the Hearth's Warming Ball and witnessed your little interaction with that Brit-trot-onian Lord," Dumb-Bell chortled out, "Must be real nice to know that you don't have to work hard to be a Wonderbolt, Rainbow Crash."
"Yeah," Hoops agreed as he bro-hoofed with Score, "Loser!"
"Excuse me? What did you just say?" a voice said from behind the three stallions as Rainbow Dash's eyes widened.
The young stallions turned and then gasped in disbelief when they saw Soarin' standing before them still in his uniform. The larger stallion drew himself up to his full height and looked down on Dumb-Bell, Hoops, and Score with angry, chilling eyes. "Did you just call my life mate a 'loser' just now?" the Wonderbolt growled out as he advanced on the awestruck stallions, "Well?"
"Um…uh…well," Hoops stuttered out as his two friends cowered behind him, "We weren't doing nothing."
"I know who you three are and exactly what you were doing. Back off!" Soarin' demanded as he placed himself between his youngest life mate and the three idiots, "My life mate is not a 'loser' nor is her name 'Rainbow Crash.' You three got that? Now get out of here before I have all of you permanently banned from all Wonderbolt shows for the rest of your lives!"
Rainbow Dash watched as Dumb-Bell, Hoops, and Score took off like their hooves were on fire. Irritation rose up in the mare as she hung her head down.
"Baby, are you okay?" Soarin' asked in concern as he trotted over, "Did they touch you? Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine," the cyan Pegasus replied grumpily as she looked away, "I didn't need your help. I could have dealt with them myself."
The stallion stepped back in surprise and a little hurt. It was not until Soarin' felt some of his youngest life mate's emotions leaking through their bond did he understand. Rainbow Dash was embarrassed and upset.
"I'm sorry that I jumped in like that," Soarin' apologized as he pulled the filly close and nuzzled her, "I have no doubts that you could have handled those three just fine, but you know me. I can't stand when I hear anypony insulting my life mates and I just…um…react."
Rainbow Dash smiled up at her life mate. Soarin' was right. He would always be the same over-protective stallion no matter the situation.
"I know," the rainbow-maned filly sighed before turning remorseful eyes on her life mate, "I'm sorry Soarin'. I…I shouldn't have snapped at you like that."
"It's okay, Baby," Soarin' acknowledged as he rubbed noses with the filly, "We all get upset about things sometimes and I know that you must be frustrated that those three just won't leave you alone."
The two life mates looked up when they heard somepony call their names. Spitfire was hurrying over to the two with a concerned look on her face.
"What's going on?" the golden mare asked as she cantered over, "Why do I sense that the two of you were upset?"
Rainbow Dash and Soarin' smiled at Spitfire and went to her side to nuzzle the golden Pegasus to reassure her.
"The three stooge-stallions showed up," the cyan Pegasus explained as Spitfire cuddled her close, "Hoops, Dumb-Bell, and Score were being mean again and Soarin' made them stop. Then I was all embarrassed and acted ugly to Soarin'."
"It wasn't Baby's fault," the stallion immediately defended, "I kind of jumped in before letting Baby even have a chance to deal with the situation. You know me."
"Bonded stallions," Spitfire and Rainbow Dash echoed as they playfully rolled their eyes at their life mate.
"Still I don't like the idea that three stallions are gaining up on one pony at a Wonderbolts' show," Spitfire stated with a touch of anger, "I am going to have to talk to Princess Celestia about having more security."
"What?" Rainbow Dash groaned out, "That will make the three stooge-stallions think that I'm being all protected or something."
The rainbow-maned mare frowned when she heard her two life mates chuckling. What was so funny?
"Little One," Spitfire gently explained as Soarin' leaned his neck over the cyan Pegasus' back to pull her closer, "It just so happens that you were the pony being bullied this time, but it could be any other number of ponies next time. As the co-captains of The Wonderbolts, Soarin' and I have to assure the safety of our guests. I don't want this to happen again."
"Oh," the young filly breathed as she blushed.
"Let's go and say goodbye to the team," Soarin' encouraged as he pushed his youngest life mate towards the locker room, "Then we can go check out that new restaurant High Winds been talking about for dinner. Why don't we celebrate the opening of a new Wonderbolt season?"
Rainbow Dash perked up and allowed herself to be pulled into the locker room so that she could congratulate the team on a job well done. Spitfire sedately followed behind her two life mates. Calls of "RD" and "Rainbow Dash" filled the air as the team greeted their co-captains' youngest life mate.
"How was the show?" Rapidfire asked as he flitted over to his "adopted, little sister."
"So cool," Rainbow Dash gushed as she scampered over to her "older brother," "That was like one of the best Wonderbolts shows ever."
"Don't you know it," Rapidfire bragged as he bumped hooves with the filly.
The rest of the team rolled their eyes and continued getting ready to leave as the two ponies began chatting over the finer details of the show. The Wonderbolts were used to Rainbow Dash's and Rapidfire's unique way of talking with one another. Finally, the Triad said their goodbyes and left to have dinner together. Rainbow Dash chatted happily with her life mates throughout the evening, but something felt off to the two older ponies.
Spitfire studied her youngest life mate carefully as she felt the swirl of emotions through her bond with the filly. The older mare knew that there was more going on with Rainbow Dash than she was letting on. Soarin' exchanged looks with Spitfire to let her know that he was picking up on this as well. The two older ponies knew the young filly backwards and forwards. Rainbow Dash would hold everything in until she was nearly full and then finally spill her guts when she was ready so the two Wonderbolts held their tongues and waited.
When the three got home, Rainbow Dash excused herself to go lie on the Triad's bed alone. The cyan Pegasus stared up at the ceiling and allowed the conversation with Derpy's friends to replay in her mind. Then she began to remember the looks of anger and apparent hatred that the four ponies sent her way towards the end. That hurt. That hurt so bad to remember.
"Rainbow Dash?" Spitfire said as she came into the bedroom having finally had enough of waiting for the young mare to tell what was bothering her, "Little One, what's wrong? More happened today than Soarin' witnessed, didn't it?"
Rosy-hued eyes turned towards the golden Pegasus. Spitfire winced at the conflicted emotions in her youngest life mate's eyes.
"Tell me what happed," the older mare gently ordered as she crawled up on the bed to sit beside the filly.
Rainbow Dash sat up and told her life mate the full story. The young mare described her happiness at meeting new friends and then how upset she was that these same new friends turned so quickly on her. She reluctantly told the golden mare about how Dumb-Bell, Hoops, and Score had basically accused her of using her bond with her life mates to get into The Wonderbolts.
"Setting Sun and Jet Flight called me a 'cheater,'" Rainbow Dash mournfully whispered, "Jet Flight even said that is why I won The Best Young Flyers competition. I…I tried to tell him that wasn't true, but they were all so angry at me and they wouldn't listen."
"Oh, Rainbow Dash," Spitfire breathed as she pulled the younger mare into a hug, "I am so sorry you had to go through that, but there is something we need to talk about. You are the life mate of two Wonderbolts. Ponies are going to accuse you of special treatment a lot just because of who Soarin' and I are. Unfortunately, that is one of the downsides to being famous. A pony's fame can affect his or her family and friends."
"But why do ponies always assume the negative?" Rainbow Dash lamented.
"Because a lot of ponies want to believe that something besides hard work got another pony places in life," Spitfire gently explained, "Hay! I even tried to accuse Soarin' of getting into The Wonderbolts because of his parents. I was young and stupid. It was wrong for me to do that."
"But he forgave you," Rainbow Dash said, "I'm not sure if Derpy's friends, or any other ponies that say the same thing, will even hear me out."
"I can bring fire and brimstone down on all of their heads for you, Baby," a voice said from the doorway as Soarin' came into the room.
"Soarin'!" Rainbow Dash giggled with a smile as the stallion tackled both of his mares on the bed, "You'd get into trouble. You can't do that."
"I can if they hurt my life mates," Soarin' playfully growled before turning serious again and sitting back up with his two bonded, "We all knew that eventually word would get out about the Triad. Baby, Spitfire is correct in what she is saying. You are going to have to be very strong from here on out."
"Strong? I'm strong," the cyan Pegasus boasted as she flexed her muscles, "I'm also lean and mean."
"That's right," the stallion chuckled out as he and Spitfire exchanged amused looks, "Ponies are going to try to tear you down throughout your life. Baby, you have to be confident within yourself to be able to withstand what others will say about you. Keep your head up and don't allow their words to bother you."
"Okay!" Rainbow Dash cheered as she jumped off the bed and struck a pose, "I'll show everypony. When I win the next Best Young Flyers competition then they'll know that I've got what it takes to earn a spot in The Wonderbolts. Ha!"
The rainbow-maned pony ground to halt when she saw her life mates blanch. Rainbow Dash knew immediately that something wasn't right.
"What?" the filly inquired in bewilderment.
"Little One, you can't enter the next Best Young Flyers competition this year," Spitfire stated with remorseful eyes.
"Why?" Rainbow Dash demanded as she looked between the two older ponies.
"Because The Wonderbolts always judge," Soarin' added as he pulled his forlorn, little mare closer, "It wouldn't be fair for you to participate since you are our life mate, but all of Equestria already knows what a great flyer you are, right?"
"Right!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she perked back up again.
"Soarin' and I will train with you even more than the three of us already train," Spitfire continued, "That way when it is time for try-outs, your talent alone cannot be questioned. How does that sound?"
"Awesome," the filly answered as she grinned at her two life mates, "I'll show everypony that I rock!"
The Triad settled down and simply enjoyed one another's company while in another part of Equestria a different conversation was taking place. The weird thing was that the conversation was taking place between one individual that was hidden away in the Everfree Forest.
"So we know their names now!"
"What names?"
"The names of the ponies that took him away from us."
"We do? Tell me!"
"They are the Elements of Harmony. Twilight Sparkle is the Element of Magic, Applejack is the Element of Honesty, Rarity is the Element of Generosity, Fluttershy is the Element of Kindness, Pinkie Pie is the Element of Laughter, and Rainbow Dash is the Element of Loyalty. They all live in Ponyville."
"Ponyville?"
"Yes, Ponyville."
"Isn't that kind of a cliché name for a town made up of ponies?"
"Shut up!"
"You, shut up!"
"Bite me!"
"I'd be biting you, idiot."
"Quiet! I am trying to think up a plan. Those ponies will rue the day that they ever took him away from us."
"That's right!"
"Shut up!"
"You, shut up!"
"I am trying to think here."
"You do realize that you are talking to yourself, right?"
"Shut up!"
"Oh, boy."
To be continued…