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.
...Rainbow Dash flung her hooves over her muzzle. She awoke in a fright, eyes twitching. She looked left and right, staring at the sunlit lengths of the tent. The crickets were all silent—replaced by the chirps of waking songbirds in the crisp morning air.
All was still... and peaceful.
Then something tiny flew down and perched on Rainbow's fetlocks.
The mare's eyes focused on it.
A lightning bug gazed back, antennae twitching. Its wings flexed, and there was a brief pulse of yellow light from its abdomen. Then—just as softly as it had landed—the insect took off again, zooming out the blinding-white open entrance to the tent.
Rainbow squinted. She stirred, stretching her fuzzy limbs. At last, she slid out of the comfy confines of the sleeping bag and crawled onto all four hooves. Teetering, Rainbow reached up and rubbed her fuzzy muzzle a few times, blinking her eyes until the world stopped stabbing her retinae so painfully. There was a tiny flicker of orange flame outside—and standing beside it was another orange shape... and a beautiful one at that.
"Ermmm... uhh..." Rainbow Dash stepped out—only to trip on the lid of the tent. "Gaah!" She flapped her wings to balance herself, ultimately hovering in place. "Whew."
"Hmmm?" Applejack looked over her flank. "Oh! Mornin', sugarcube!" Tilting her hat forward, Applejack returned to shaking a skillet over the crackling flame. "Hope ya like hashbrowns! Figured I'd make a hoof-lickin' good breakfast for the gals to start the day."
"You... uhm..." Rainbow blinked tiredly. "...you're up this early?"
"Well... yeah." Applejack chuckled breathily. "I do live on a farm, remember?"
"Oh right." Rainbow stifled a yawn. "Apples."
"Heheh... eeyup. That's right, Rainbow." Applejack smirked. "Apples."
"That's... uhm... super nice of you..."
"My pleasure, darlin'." Applejack sighed. "Actually, I find it mighty refreshin'."
"How so?"
"I'm used to makin' breakfast for the same three family members ever mornin'! One of them's a finicky little varmint, one's a big ol' hungry horse, and the third one can't even use her teeth no more! Hah! If it weren't for a hearty selection of apples to slice and bake and mash every day, I'd have lost my mind ages ago!"
"Yeesh..."
"Tell me about it! Whew! But fixin' somethin' up for you girls?" Applejack chuckled. "It's a nice change of pace. And Pinkie Pie's frying pan here is comin' in handy!"
"Do you... need any help with that?"
"Uhhhhh..." Applejack smiled over her shoulder. "You dun exactly strike me as the cooking type, Rainbow."
Rainbow bit her lip. "Guilty as charged."
Applejack gestured at one of the logs encircling the fire. "Just have yerself a squat and relax. There's some apple juice in the jug over yonder."
"Heh..." Rainbow trotted over as instructed. "Guess it's too early for cider."
"Reckon there are worse habits in the world."
"Well that's reassuring," Rainbow droned. She sat down—but instantly fidgeted. "Ermm... AJ?"
"Hmmm?" Applejack paused to pick up a canteen of water, sipping from it. "What is it, Rainbow?"
"I... You... that is..." Rainbow finally took a bold breath and spat: "You didn't by chance hear me talking in my sleep, did you?"
Applejack finished sipping. She looked over, brow furrowed. "Beg yer pardon?"
Rainbow blinked. "Er..."
"Talkin' in yer sleep?" Applejack blinked. "Like... what about?"
Rainbow Dash looked at Applejack.
Applejack looked at Rainbow Dash.
"Heh... heheheheh..." Rainbow Dash wheezed.
Applejack chuckled. "Heheheheheh..."
"Heeheeheehee!" Rainbow Dash hugged herself.
Applejack slapped her knee. "Hahahahahah! Whew..." She sighed, then blinked. "... ... ...what are we laughin' about?"
"Beats me." Rainbow coughed. "Where's the apple juice again?"
"Over ther—"
"GLUG!GLUG!GLUG!" Rainbow glug'd.
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Welp.. Dash had a nice conversation with her subconcious wearing AJ's visage.
Wonder if she's ever had the opposite dream, where she's cloaked in AJ's likeness while her subconcious runs through the cofessions in her head at her.
and she managed to deflect a question she could have easily answered without arousing suspicion in the mos suspicious way possible
I was almost hoping for Dash to spill the beans in her sleep. I'm hopeless, I know.
Yeah, we all would have started glugging down the apple juice too, Rainbow.
I guess that would've been too easy.
So I'm guessing that's a "yes" and that she probably blurted out her name as well.
THAT WASN'T A DAMN ANSWER.
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You call that hopeless? I'm still waiting for Roarke to come soaring in on an airshi—
Wait, wrong story. Never mind.
I'm still discussing with my USA friend what is cider and what is apple juice.
6759558 Apple juice is filtered; cider isn't, so it has pulp in it.
6759800 For me, juice is the result of applying to apples the same process one uses to make juice of other fruits (squishing or blending or whatever you like), while cider is fermented, alcoholic.
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Just throwing in my two (worthless) bits here, but I agree with Leftover of Saikano in regards to this. Maybe it's (yet another) culture difference?
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It may be a cultural difference. Fermented cider is known as hard cider here.
Remember that MLP writers are American, so the cider produced by Sweet Apple Acres is non-alcoholic. One could argue that they make the hard variety as well, but that will never be shown in a cartoon for children. Also, in Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 there was clearly no time for fermentation.
Besides, what would ponies do with alcohol? They get drunk on salt.
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Roger that -- in the US (and maybe Canada?) 'cider' is non-alcoholic (but different than apple juice -- sharper in taste -- commercial apple juice usually has added sweeteners, apparently). 'Hard cider' is the yummy yummy alcoholic variety. Also, both soft cider and apple juice are available unfiltered, which just makes things more confusing. Soft cider and apple juice are almost always pasteurized to them from spoiling.
Oddly enough, 'raw' soft cider will usually begin self-fermenting within a couple days. Before refrigeration, most cider was in some degree or another 'hard' due to this process.
And then there is AppleJack, a high-ish proof thing made by concentrating hard cider (originally by freezing, currently by distillation).
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That episode of MLP actually wasn't aired on English TV due to the fact it's called 'Cider'. Funny, huh?
Also in other news, Dashie still refuses to progress the storyline beyond the point of an awkward bout of friendshipping! Woo!
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I actually think that's an urban legend. I've heard of horses getting something referred to around here as 'the staggers' from a lack of sodium, but that's a pretty dangerous condition which is often followed by a coma and usually caused by neglect.
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Huh, I've never heard of that one, is it any good? In my area a drink made by blending spiced cider and grain liquor (usually moonshine) known as apple pie is pretty popular. The stuff is amazing if you know somebody that's good at making it.
6760818 It's canon. In Over a Barrel, we see a pony getting drunk on salt licks. I have no idea if this was based on an urban legend or not, but a children's cartoon cannot show someone getting drunk on alcohol. So salt is used as a substitute. The kids are clueless, and us adults know what they're really referring to.
Heh