Words are powerful things. They can hurt, and they can heal; you just have to know the right ones. But when somepony loses their father, what are the right ones?
I like to believe that I am the strongest of anypony I know, that I have no weakness. And I like to believe that I am the strongest out of my friends, for certain reasons. I couldn't be more wrong.
A portal spell gone wrong sends Rainbow Dash much farther than originally intended, and crashing into the unexplored and endless desert of the Red Sands.
Rainbow Dash loses her temper and yells at Pinkie Pie, driving the talkative party pony to make a drastic promise. Now, it falls to Rainbow Dash to fix the mess she's made, lest Pinkie lose a vital part of herself forever...
Twilight Sparkle walks home with a spring in her step. The calm blue sky shines above and the birds chirp away from their roosts in the trees. Twilight has the perfect dinner date planned for her and Rainbow Dash. Nothing could go wrong, could it?