Rainbow Dash, half awake rolled to the other side of the bed to grab at Applejack. She grabbed at an empty space, "Applejack?" she asked groggily as she opened her eyes. The room remained quiet; she looked around unable to locate the saddlebag that had been packed just last night. She frowned, snailed off of her bed and towards Raven Flame's room.

Rainbow peeked through the door to find Raven Flame sitting up in her bed, already awake. She knocked lightly and entered the room. Saying nothing, Rainbow Dash hopped onto the filly's bed and grabbed at her, hugging her tightly.

Raven Flame squeaked in surprise, "Uh morning?" she tried to squirm free, "Uh, you okay Dashie?"

Rainbow Dash let go of the struggling filly and lay down on her back, staring at the ceiling, "Applejack left without saying goodbye…"

"Aw, I'm sorry." Raven Flame said sympathetically, "Is there anything I can do?"

Rainbow Dash pulled the filly close and hugged her again, "I already miss her."

"She'll be back soon." Raven Flame patted Rainbow Dash on the head, "Do you want to practice flying?" she asked hopefully, both because she wanted to and because it would take Rainbow's mind off of Applejack.

"I guess."

Raven Flame laughed, "You can do your crazy speeches if you want."

Rainbow Dash grinned and bounced up off the bed, "That's okay." She floated towards the doorway, "Come on! We can't practice inside a stuffy old farmhouse!"

Raven was relieved that Rainbow Dash was acting more like her old self. She grabbed her pendant off the bedpost and slipped it around her neck. She bound after Rainbow Dash who teased her playfully as she flew down the stairs.

"I'll meet you outside. I'll be there in just a minute." Raven waved her hoof at Rainbow Dash. She trotted towards the mantle of the fireplace. She popped open the locket of the necklace and removed a picture of Applejack and Rainbow Dash of similar size from a frame and placed the photo inside. She closed the pendant and trotted back out the door.

"Geez, what took you so long, I think my mane is starting to go gray!"

"Sorry, but your big flank was in the way!" Raven Flame smiled her mischievous smile.

Rainbow Dash let out a gasp, "My flank is not big!"

"So what's today's lesson Dashie?" Raven asked, flapping her wings fiercely pulling her off the ground.

"Uh, honestly I hadn't thought that far ahead." Rainbow Dash thought for a moment, "I guess you keep your hooves up and tilt your head and body based on the direction you want to go."

Raven frowned, "Oh gee, that's helpful."

"Hey! My methods are pure genius at its finest."

Raven Flame scoffed, "More like feather brained at its finest." She thought for a moment about the suggestion though and decided to try something. She dipped her head downward and kicked her legs behind her making her propel forward.

"Great, now turn, preferably before you crash into that tree!" Rainbow Dash called out.

Raven dipped a wing towards the ground, turning her sharply. Unfortunately, she turned directly into a different tree. Rainbow Dash swooped in and grabbed her just seconds before she would have impacted it.

"Clearly I'm going to be Equestria's next great flier." Raven laughed.

Rainbow Dash chuckled as well, "For sure, you'll make captain of the Wonderbolts in no time!"

"First thing I'll do is change the name to the Ravenbolts!" Raven hopped back onto the ground out of Rainbow's grasp, "Don't worry, I'll give you a spot on the team. You can wash our uniforms!"

Rainbow Dash pressed her hooves against her cheeks excitedly, "Oh boy, I can't wait!" she squeaked. "Alright, come on, enough fooling around, let's try again."

Raven Flame nodded, and began to flap again. This time she pushed herself upward, higher into the sky. Looking down from the new height she panicked and her wings flapping became desynchronized. She lost air and crashed into the ground. She grabbed at an extended hoof held out to her and picked herself up off the ground and dusted off the dirt from her coat.

"You know have to flap your wings to fly, right?" Scootaloo said jokingly.

Raven laughed nervously, her heart starting to pick up again, "Oh, hey Scootaloo. Uh what are you doing here?"

The orange filly shrugged, "Just thought I'd stop by." A gust of wind pushed her mane from her face, revealing a large bruise on her forehead.

A look of worry struck Raven's face, "What happened? Are you okay?"

Scootaloo brushed her mane back in front of the discoloration, "It's nothing." She answered quickly

Raven gently poked at the covered spot on the filly's forehead, flinching in pain at the soft touch, "That's what you call nothing?"

Rainbow Dash flew over to the two ponies and pulled Raven Flame aside for a moment, "Applejack told me… Do you want me to give you two some space?"

Raven's cheeks turned bright red as she nodded slowly at Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow cleared her throat, "So, yeah, I just remembered I had a thing, back at the uh place." She said and flew off towards the barn. Raven Flame covered her face with a hoof and shook her head at the unconvincing story.

Scootaloo watched as the blue Pegasus flew off, "What was that about?"

"It wasn't about anything." Raven blurted out nervously.

Scootaloo glanced suspiciously, "Okay…"

"So, are you going to tell me what happened?" Raven Flame asked trying to get the focus back off of her.

"Nothing happened!" Scootaloo shouted turning away.

Raven Flame moved closer, "You can tell me." She placed her hoof on the orange filly, "If you tell me, I'll tell you a secret."

Both intrigued and Raven's warm touch making her feel as if she could tell anything Scootaloo finally gave in, "It was my dad…"

"Your dad?" Raven's eyes went wide.

Scootaloo pulled away, "I don't want to talk about it."

"You can't let him do that to you though! You need to tell some pony."

Scootaloo sighed, "I know… it's just I'm scared…" She turned toward the dark gray Pegasus "So are you going to tell me that secret now?" she asked hoping to change the subject.

"Promise me you'll tell somepony first."

"W-what?"

"You heard me, promise."

Scootaloo looked at the worried blue eyes that stared caringly at her, "I… I promise."

Raven grinned, "Good."

"Well?"

Raven Flame trotted up to orange filly. She moved just off to the side of her, "My secret..." she said nervously. Taking in a deep breath, she pushed her lips against Scootaloo's cheek. "Is that." She whispered, bracing herself for whatever reaction the filly may have.

Scootaloo blinked, her eyes frozen staring forward. Her cheeks felt like they were burning as the pink color seeped past her orange fur. She shook her head, pulling herself out of the love struck daze. She turned towards the Pegasus who turned her neck away from her. She took a hoof and nudged Raven's face back towards her. Staring into the blue eyes, she moved herself closer and very briefly returned the kiss onto Raven's lips.