AJ's POV

When we arrived back home we quickly cleaned up from my work outside, then went inside to wake up Pretty Princess. Rainbow walked ahead of me and opened the door. Cissy looked angelic the way she slept.

"She is adorable." I whispered.

"Are you sure you wanna wake her up?"

"Do you?"

"Not really. What I wanna do is cuddle with you."

I smiled at Rainbow's comment. "Ok... I guess this is the first good night's sleep she has had."

"Come on." Rainbow whispered, leaving the room. I looked at our daughter one last time, then followed. When we got to our room, Rainbow closed the door, then jumped on top of me, kissing me.

"I love you, AJ."

"I love you too, sugarcube."

She kissed me again, eagerly this time. I laughed. "The last time you kissed me like this was the day you proposed!"

"It's been too long!" Rainbow said, looking in my eyes. I could see how much she loved me. The love radiating from her eyes made me melt. I had never seen her so... Romantic. I could hear my uneven breathing. She laughed and kissed me lightly on the nose. I sighed and snuggled close to her.

"I'm glad someone's heart gets excited!" She giggled.

"Rainbow, ah've never seen you like this!" I exclaimed.

"Well, it only happens when... I honestly don't know." She frowned. "Do you not like it?"

"Are you kidding?! Rainbow, ah love it!" I exclaimed, putting a smile on her face.

"I'm glad you like the new me." Rainbow said. "Hang on, is today Thursday?"

"Yes."

"You promised everyone that you would take them out for tea."

"Ah did?" I said, trying to go back in time.

"You go. I'm going to show Pretty Princess the town."

"Are you sure?" I said. "We can bring Pretty."

"Go. I'm going to wake her up and show her around Ponyville." Rainbow said, smiling and getting up.

"Alright. I'll meet you somewhere, ok?"

"Meet us at Zecora's."

"Ok. See you in a few hours."

"Bye." She kissed me again, not as urgently this time, but sweet. I looked at her confused. I shook off whatever doubts I had and got up and left. As I walked towards Sugarcube corner, I thought about how Rainbow was acting. She sure was acting strange. I wondered why she didn't want to go for tea. As I walked through the beautiful countryside I realized she probably just wanted to spend time with Pretty alone. I looked ahead and I saw the city. I started to run. I did not want to be late. As the city grew nearer and nearer I got more confused. Why would she pass up hanging with our friends? I decided to mention this at the gathering. I was almost there. I had no idea how fast I was running. As I reached the city I slowed down to a walk. I saw Sugarcube Corner and walked toward it. As I reached the door I saw that Pinkie was getting ready, and all the ponies were there. I stepped inside.

"And then I was like 'no you can't, only I can do that!' I was all like 'no, I so can' and- oh hey, Applejack!- then I just walked away." Pinkie was being her normal random self. I was happy at that moment, just seeing my friends together laughing.

"Hi, everypony," I said.

"Hi!" They replied back. I sat down with them.

"Where's RD?" Twilight asked.

"At home. She is showing Cissy around town. Speaking of Rainbow, she has been acting weird lately."

"How so?" Rarity asked.

"She has been so... romantic. ah've never seen her like this before. It all began a few hours ago... No, last night. Rainbow got a letter from the Wonderbolts. They wanted to see her. This mornin' she went to see them. They wanted her to join them, but she couldn't. She was bein' her element, again. They said, "that lucky stallion" and Rainbow told them about us, and they were making fun of her. She couldn't stay with them because of that."

"Understandable." Twilight said, nodding her head.

"When she came back this mornin'," I continued, "she was all upset. I helped her feel better and tried to convince her to do her dream. She started boasting about how she was the best, the usual. So then I challenged her to a race. She started acting all romanticish then."

"Not a word," Twilight whispered.

"That just shows how much she loves you, Applejack! Dashie was just being loyal to her family." Pinkie said.

"But why would she pass up a chance to hang out with ya'll?"

"Maybe she wanted some quality time with your new daughter," Fluttershy said. "I'm like that when I get a new animal!"

"Maybe," I said.

"Oh, speaking of Pretty Princess, I need to make her a dress!" Rarity exclaimed.

I rolled my eyes. "Nothing too... Frilly... I hope."

"Of course not!" Rarity said, "what is her talent?"

"She has many."

"We will have to wait, then!" Rarity said, a little frustrated.

"But ah want to be able to spend time with both of them... But the only thing is, they both can fly!" I think my voice cracked as I looked down. Everypony was quiet. Then Twilight came over to me.

"I can make wings for you. They won't be the same ones as Rarity's. These ones will be more sturdy."

"Oh, Twi! Thanks!" I felt better. I wasn't worried anymore. "Twilight, can you... Um... Do the wings thingy now?"

"Oh, sure!" She paused for a minute, then her horn began to glow. A few seconds later, I had Pegasus wings.

"Awesome!"

"Go! Have fun!"

I flew out the door. I rose up above Ponyville and looked to see where my family was. I saw them far ahead, apparently racing. I flew towards them and quickly flew behind Rainbow.

"Hiya, sugarcube!" I said, trying to keep a laugh from escaping.

Rainbow looked down at the ground. Not seeing me, she turned to Pretty and asked her, "did you hear Applejacks voice?"

"No."

I laughed. "You heard my voice, alright."

The two ponies turned around.

"Applejack?" Rainbow said, her eyes widening.

"How are you up here?" Pretty Princess asked.

I turned to the side, showing off the Pegasus wings.

"Wha-?" Rainbow said.

"Now, it's only temporarily... Only lasts a day." I began.

"This is awesome!" Rainbow said, flying all around me. "Lets all have a race!"

I sighed and waited for-

"Onetwothreego!"

I started to fly really fast. I easily kept up with Rainbow and Pretty. It wasn't that hard. Rainbow looked really surprised. She dashed ahead of me, but I kept up. Suddenly I felt a Sonic Rainboom. Looking over at Rainbow, I noticed she was beginning to make one too. We looked at each other, then flew even faster, until BOOM, a triple rainbow appeared.

"Whoah!" We heard chorus' of people gasping. We flew around and started to make shapes. We made a heart, then we signed our names. We landed back on the ground. Pretty Princess looked at Rainbow. Rainbow smiled kind of wearily, and nodded. She quickly walked away.

"What in Tarnation was that all about?" I asked.

"Um... Applejack... I have some bad news to tell you."

"What?"

"Lets take a little walk." I followed her, as she started walking towards home. "Ever since the changling attack, Princess Celestia has wanted reinforcements. And... Well, it's my time to go serve our country."

"No... Rainbow... Ya can't! We just adopted! Can you please try to talk to the Princess? I know she will understand."

"AJ, I know it's hard... But I need to go." Rainbow sighed.

"When?" I asked, a little nervous about the response.

"Tomorrow."

A/n Well, that explains a lot! How many of you thought they were separating? Don't worry, there will still be a lot of Appledash, don't worry! What did you think? Is it good? Please tell me!