Rainbow Dash lives an exciting life and is swiftly becoming the most daring, awesome pegasus in all of Equestria. She would gladly give it all up, though, just to confess her love to Applejack.
"Here, Trixie," Twilight calmly stammered, helping the other unicorn into the mouth of the cave. "Our tent's over here. Easy. One step at a time..."
"No fair—HIC!" The mare teetered in her grasp, eyes rolling as she shuffled left and right with rosy cheeks. "Sparkle cheated! HIC! Trixie knows it!"
"Heh... yes, well, whether I cheated or not, we can discuss that in the morning." Twilight smiled, opening the zippered entrance to their tent. "Right now, let's just get you to rest. You've had a long night of... uhm... taking shots and eating marshmallows."
"Trixie WILL find Sparkle's weakness! HIC! Trixie swears... mmmmm... zzzzzzzz..."
Twilight sighed. Rolling her eyes, she smirked at the other mares. "Thanks for being such good sports."
"Hey. Don't apologize." Rarity smiled as she and Pinkie trotted off to their tent inside the cave. "I found the experience rather... enlightening."
"Yeah!" Pinkie nodded. "Who knew that a pony that age had such an acute phobia of papercuts!" She blinked. "...and a demented love for pine cones?"
"Good night, girls," Twilight said, waving as she closed the tent. "See you all in the morning."
"Yes, good night, Twilight," Rarity said, stifling a yawn. "Fluttershy, darling, are you coming?"
"Mmmmm... yes." Fluttershy nevertheless lingered behind the others. She looked over her flank with a nervous expression.
Rainbow Dash strolled lonesomely towards her tent. Her head was bowed as she sighed quietly to herself. With gentle motions, she unzipped the thing and stepped inside. The mare was in the process of rolling out and fluffing her mattress when—
"Good night, y'all! Rest easy, now! We've got ourselves one heck of a hike in the mornin'!" And the tent closed up behind, twice as warm as before.
"Huh...?" Rainbow Dash blinked. She turned around, gaping at the other pony. "Applejack?"
Applejack stifled a yawn. "Heck of an evenin', huh, Sugarcube?" She smiled blearily as she shuffled over to her own sleeping mat. "I'll take the north end again."
"What are you doing here?" Rainbow squeaked.
Applejack squinted at her. "Uhm... catchin' some z's?"
"Yeah, but..." Rainbow gulped. "I figured that... that after what I had said earlier..."
"Huh?" Applejack blinked. Her ears twitched, and she smiled softly. "Oh... heh... yes, well..." A shrug. "That's silly games for ya. No hard feelings."
"No hard feelings?" Rainbow grimaced. "I just... totally lashed out at Stu Leaves for... for..." She clenched her teeth, then looked aside. "Never mind."
"No. It's obviously very important to you, so no point in ignorin' it." Applejack turned around three times and plopped down onto her sleeping mat. "Mmmmm... besides... reckon yer not the one who needs to be apologizin'."
"Huh?"
"Things got a mite bit heated back there." Applejack swallowed a lump down her throat. She avoided Rainbow's gaze. "Reckon I... d-didn't know why you was gettin' so competitive. And I... eheh... I-I reached a bit. Said some thangs I really shouldn't have."
Rainbow shrugged. "It's alright."
"I beg to differ." Applejack stared up at Rainbow, eyes narrow. "Yer one of my best friends, Rainbow. T'ain't proper for me to be throwin' jabs at you that ya dun deserve. Especially when we're supposed to be relaxin' all friendly-like."
"Yes, well... that's my fault." Rainbow sighed. "Stu Leaves isn't even here right now... and yet... I-I just can't let him go."
"Mmmmhmmm." Applejack smirked wryly. "The stallion does have a habit of stickin' to ya."
"But... but—like..." Rainbow grimaced. "He knows his boundaries." She sighed, hanging her head. "Which is the least that can be said about me."
"What makes you say that?"
"Pfffft. Isn't it obvious?" Rainbow bit her lip. "I'm... I'm jealous."
Applejack raised an eyebrow.
Rainbow looked up. "Jealous of how easily he's... mmmm... become such a good friend to you, Applejack." She shifted where she stood. "I know it sounds childish."
"Not at all." Applejack slowly shook her head. "Besides..." She smiled warmly. "Must be hard holdin' back when yer so... so..."
"... ... ...loyal?"
"Heh... right."
"Heheh... yeah..."
"Heheheh..."
Silence.
"AJ..."
"Yeah, Rainbow?"
Rainbow sat down, hugging herself with a slight shiver. "Do... do you really think I've been doing extra work as of late just to avoid you and the other girls?"
Applejack hung her head with a sigh.
Rainbow stared at her pensively.
"Lie down and get comfy, Rainbow..." Applejack slid underneath her own sleeping bag. "Let's have ourselves a little chat..."
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Ohhhhh, boy.
This don't bode well.........
I am very much looking forward to this.
Yeah, keep telling yourself that, AJ.
Rainbow isn't going to say shit. I'm calling on that one.
*looks at chapter name, reads chapter*
this could either be very very good, or very very bad.
Dash..phrasing, really, you make it sound like you're crushing on him.
In regards to my comment yesterday, it looks like they were venting.
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Maybe not to you, but any chapter with Applejack speaking is an incredible chapter.
I'm all out of over the top metaphors, I'm just so goddamn happy this is happening. I fuckin love how distraught AJ really is about Rainbow's absense, as another commenter said this story is an incredibly one sided point of view, (not a bad thing), it just makes it that much more intense when another character like Applejack gains such a powerful influence on the scene's direction.
I've been saying that Applejack seems... slightly odd lately. Maybe now we'll get to the bottom of it.
6805074 True.
We gonna get some answers.
Whoa, she actually admitted her jealousy to Applejack. That's... really surprising.
Normally this would be the point where I would predict the next chapter as more of Rainbow's verbal gymnastics to avoid ever having a real conversation with anyone, but damnit now I've got a sliver of hope.
Obviously I'm not hoping for much, as we still have a lot of story left ahead of us. Still, maybe, just maybe, we'll see a genuine heart-to-heart.
There's a first time for everything.
So....now AJ thinks Dash likes STU and is jealous of her because she's been spending so much time with him.
That's what I read from this chapter, nicely worded RD.
#pillowtalk
I thought that I couldn't care too much about this story's plot anymore, but suddenly I'm living and dying by every conversation between AJ and Dash. How? I know that nothing will come of it! What is wrong with me?
That. Is one of the most ominous things any love interest could ever say. Ever.
I would have had a heart attack.
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Resistance is futile. Embrace the Love side.
Finally! It's so not going to be the real reveal, but finally shall AJ hopefully learn of RD's adventures/know of them all along! Maybe... Hopefully... Then again who knows with this fic...
Well, Dash finally admitted her jealousy. Sure, it's only a small thing, but this means she's finally starting to open up. Soon she'll be gushing like a waterfall. To be fair, Dash has revealed more about herself and her life to the girls in this arc an the rest of the story put together. Let's hope it continues, eh?
Applejack and Rainbow Dash are actually talking. To each other. Pinch me, someone, I must be dreaming.
Holy shit man, rainbow may not of blown up about the adventures but holy shit she has opened up SO much. This is good, veeeeryyyy good.
Sonofabitch!
Of course this is the spot I finally catch up on!
In the case appledashery actually happpens, it wonder if the story go over the actual relationship, not in the epilogue, but as a source of conflict and plot for quite a while.
Oooooohhh! Something is happeniiiiiiiiiiinnng!
...
You're teasing us. *pouts*
Inb4 miscommunication and false assumptions and jumping to conclusions.
It would be nice, though, if they could maybe... possibly just have an honest heart to heart?
Abort abort abort
And... stalactite.
I am grinning and rubbing my hands together right now.
That went better than I dared hope!