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.
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Rainbow Dash gritted her teeth. Her mane whipped wildly behind her like a windsock. Nevertheless, she maintained her revolutions, spinning steadily in a counter-clockwise direction. Holding her breath, she dared to crane her neck upwards.
She saw Stu Leaves and another pony soaring cyclically above her. Then—beyond them—she spotted Sharp Quill and over a dozen other pegasi, each rotating within the conjured tornado at their specified positions.
Holding her breath, Rainbow looked out to her right.
The northern border of the Everfree Forest spun and spun and spun. Between each blinks, Rainbow Dash spotted the rest of the teams seated on the arid plateau, watching them. A few spaces over, Rainbow saw the vaguely gray shape of the Cloudsdalian Weather Commission's table and its elder judges.
"Alright!" she shouted up the translucent funnel. "This is where we seize the moment!" She saluted with her hoof. "Maintain velocity! Just a little while longer! Time to give them a show they'll never regret!"
She was answered by several approving grunts and exhalations. The world continued spinning—blue and gray and green and blue and gray and green and—Rainbow Dash pivoted sideways.
"Alright! Lock wings skyward!"
Following her lead, the rest of the pegasi rotated until they were flying sideways. With their wingfeathers slicing the air, the tornado spun even faster, although it put greater strain on their muscles.
"Hold!" Rainbow snarled.
The cyclone between them spun faster and faster.
"Holddddddddddddddddd!" Rainbow hissed. Her face muzzles rippled from the sheer force.
Up above, a mare quivered—nearly faltering.
"Sharp Quill!" Rainbow shouted.
The stallion flew abreast of the mare, steadying her. The pony caught her breath, then regained balance.
"Good! Awesome!" Rainbow smirked at the twirling world. "Now... bring it in tight..."
The roar of wind grew deafening as the pegasi spun closer together, spinning faster and faster.
"Aaaaaaaaand... twirl!" Rainbow spun completely around, then braced her hooves against the eye of the tornado. "Break off!"
POW! With a thunder clap, the group parted ways, flying in opposite directions. The tornado dissolved immediately, leaving a slowly rotating cloud that swiftly rose towards the heavens before coming back down in a gentle mist of rain.
Once the howling whistle had vanished from the countryside, Rainbow and the rest of her team heard wild cheering and applause. The other teams clapped their hooves against the rocky ground and hollered with pride and joy.
Slowly, the weather fliers drifted back to the former eye of the stone. They all landed in formation, catching their breaths and allowing their aching muscles to rest.
Swooooosh! Rainbow landed at the very tip of the "pyramid." She slid her goggles up and smiled at the rest. She then pivoted to look at the Weather Commission's table.
The representatives from Cloudsdale were busy judging the tornadic performance. However, a few of them were noticeably smirking.
"Way to go, Rainbow Dash," Thunderlane said, trotting over and raising his hoof. "You and your team are gonna get the first sweep for sure."
Rainbow slapped her hoof against his. "Heh... wouldn't be my team if we didn't." She winked. "But hey... so long as we've got an awesome system going, then we're cool to go wherever the judges point us." She smirked back at the group. "How about it, guys?! Are we the best or what?!"
"Yeahhhh!" the pegasi collectively cheered.
"I... I-I'm so sorry, Rainbow Dash," the one mare wheezed. "I nearly broke up back there."
"Hey." Rainbow shrugged. "It's all gravy. You stuck to your position despite the slip-up. And, besides, the team had your back. Isn't that right, Sharpy?"
"Heeheehee..." Sharp Quill smirked, cheeks rosy. "She called me 'Sharpy.'"
"There's still some leftover apple juice at the refreshment stand," Thunderlane said. "We left some for you guys. Come on. Wet your whistle."
"Whew!" Sharp Quill trotted off, following the sweaty, breathless cloud of fliers. "Sure could use it! Who knew breaking wind could be so dehydrating?"
A pair of mares giggled as they shuffled past him.
Sharp Quill blinked, then rolled his eyes before face-hoofing. "Oh goddess dang it..."
"Heheheh..." Rainbow smirked. "He sure caught himself off guard, eh Stu?" She looked over.
Stu Leaves stared at the ground.
"Hey, you've been doing awesome up there, bud," Rainbow said. "Like... for serious. The tornado would completely unravel if it weren't for your strong wings maintaining the cyclone above me." She winked. "So... good work. Glad to have you on the team."
Stu inhaled slowly... then exhaled with just as much passion. He bit his bottom lip.
Rainbow blinked. "Yo. Equestria to Stu. Got leaves stuck in your ears?"
"Hmmm...?" Stu looked up. "Oh! Heheh..." He smiled. "Proud to lend a wing, Rainbow. You're the best leader there is."
"Is..." Rainbow squinted. "...everything cool?"
Stu opened his muzzle.
"Hey! Rainbow! Stu!" Thunderlane hollered from a distance. "Apple juice! Get it while it's wet! Haha!"
"Uhhhhm..." Stu coughed, then shuffled off at a brisk trot. "Holy Tartarus, am I parched."
"Yeah..." Rainbow gazed after him, brow furrowed. "Me too." Eventually, she cracked the joints in her neck and flew towards the refreshment table with a smirk.
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STU FOUND THE LETTER I REPEAT STU FOUND THE LETTER THIS IS NOT A DRILL PEOPLE
Alright what's up with Stu? And how many chapters until the apocalypse?
Hate to brag but I fuckin called it, Stu found the letter.
6883336 6883378 The way he's acting in this, it makes me wonder if that's not the case.
If he has... Ohhhhhh, boy!
Drama incoming!
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Yeahhhh!
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
(BTW, did the mare I helped have a gray coat and blonde mane?)
6883387 It's the only thing that makes sense for him to suddenly be super awkward and nervous when talking to Rainbow. remember fundamentally Stu is a good guy no matter how much we hate him he is still so far just a good guy, finding the letter and reading it would probably make him feel bad about being with Applejack after finding out that Rainbow had loved her for so long and was going to confess with said letter. Or, he killed Applejack hid the body and the stories over.
Huh... I wonder what's wrong with Stu—
6883336 ...
6883408 True.
But if he did read it, that honestly just makes me like him even less. Especially when it was addressed specifically to Applejack.
As to that last bit, I rather doubt that that's happened,
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A perfectly possible option. Though we'd have to resort to StuDashery in order to fill the promised cuddle-quota...
Ah. I see how this is gonna go. Now we have two ponies full of self loathing who refuse to commit to Applejack because they think they know what's best for her, and they both don't want to talk about it because they think it would destroy what they currently have with her. Both are too loyal in completely opposite ways, and Applejack's going to murder both of them for being -- and I predicting exactly what I expect her words to be -- "plum darn idiots".
That's the point that PG rated angry make-up cuddles ensue or we learn of Applejack's deep-seeded hatred of all things plum in yet another long cuddleless arc.
Ok, I have a theory, and I'm feeling that because Im saying it, it's less likely to happen. But I think skirts might actually try and guilt trip us again, like others said, stu found the letter and is realising that all these great things happening for aj aren't just good luck and now he's feeling pretty bad and will slowly back off for rainbow and making us feel really guilty for wanting Appledash to happen, but not before skirts baits and switches and then rainbow becomes all sympathetic and gets them back together, then going back home pretending she's happy but falling apart inside and outside in which applejack proceeds to completely ignore her or talk about stu ALL THE FUCKING TIME WHICH CLEARLY MAKES RAINBOW UNCOMFORTABLE, because aj has been a right dick in the recent story AND DOESNT PAY ATTENTION TO ANYTHING. Thus repeating the torture rd's soul rotation in the story at an agonising pace.
Yes, I am frustrated with this story.
Yes.
I think for plot progression, it would be great if Stu found the letter, but I doubt it. I think it's more likely that Stu is lost in thought about asking AJ out on some date or something
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I actually kinda hope that isn't the case. If RD is gonna end up with AJ, it's gotta be because AJ falls for her, not because Stu backs out in guilt.
6883803 Nah i doubt that would happen more likely Stu confronts rainbow about it, then we all get to watch as the last piece of her soul dies off as she tells him something about how he makes her happier then she's ever been able to and she doesn't want to see her lose the pony that makes her feel that way and tells stu she'll never do anything to come between Applejack and himself, then we all cry then something with the tornado happens then a villain shows up and of course Rainbow is hospitalized by her Atrophy
6883336 Hahaha you win best comment, I loled at this hard. Either that or him and AJ had their first fight or something and things aren't going as swimmingly as he'd hoped.
Last we saw, him and AJ were going for a lovely walk together through the orchard, so maybe they found it together? Or he found it, snuck it away and read a letter addressed to AJ like a dick? Or AJ read it cuz it was addressed to her, got her mind blown, and told Stu she needed some time alone. He maybe took it as her wanting to take a break from their new relationship and is bummed?
Next chapter is even more highly anticipated than normal
6883900 heeey, congrats on the catchup, and make sure your feels shield is overcharged 10x for The chronicles of east horse, hope to see you at the front lines with the rest of the Jury/Ninth soon.
6881036 I prefer to give Changelings as a race some dignity by assuming that Chrysalis, as a queen, never needed to do any infiltration work herself, and was therefore terrible at it.
Perhaps Stu is such a perfect actor that he even dreams in character.
6883900 I'm still only half way through innavedr, enjoy the East horse stories.
6884049 Is all that worth reading i've had the first one bookmarked for like months now, but i don't know if i want to start the series
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6884053 I think majority of people here would say it is, but that's because we've been reading it for a looong time.
edit: 150 weeks in my case, nearly 3 years.
But the consensus is usually, give the first book try, read it all the way to the end, if you're enjoying it, keep reading, if not, the end of book 1 is the perfect jumping off point.
So give it a shot...it's well worth that at least.
6883744 the irony is that aj wouldn't consider dating without all these good things happening to her. so rainbow invested on getting her comfortable and then didn't use that, which would have been only fair. a fact used by rainbow is "epic acts are so epic that it would be unfair using them for romance AND without actually being with aj as in socializing & etc we cannot date" jeez. rainbow, accept that you are epic, you will continue to be epic, and that aj will have to deal with it anyways. as for the second thing, seems she missed relationships 101.
Rainbow Dash has already embraced the thrist.
6884053 Do it. It's a great story full of twists and turns and purple mountains. The sooner you start, the sooner you will catch up and be able to comment daily with other readers and maybe have your comment referenced in the story. Like the comment section of this story, but in a bigger scale.
6883336 How long do you think it'll be before this actually comes up in the story, though? Five chapters? Ten?
Either way,
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6883474 That is a brilliantly looped .gif right there.
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If he killed Applejack, then there would be no apple juice.
6884053 Yes, its a fantastic story with a deep plot from what I've read so far. Don't read it fast though, there is a lot of details to take in.
Or it's the awkwardness of a stallion wanting to ask a mare to marry him. And wanting the help/advice of her best friend.
But we all know he's a changeling, so he's gonna mess up soon!
6884110 I'm sure they keep some in stock that Stu stole... after killing applejack 10/10 plot line
Calling it now, Stu found the letter and will refuse to date AJ out of guilt while AJ refuses to date either one of them to keep from causing a divide between friends because this is Appledashery and nopony is allowed to be happy.
6884146 Hey, look! I also thought he'd want to marry her... I think he's doing things a bit too fast, don't you think?
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It would taste terrible.
6883900
2.6 million words today, but 2.7 million tomorrow. Chop chop!
I'm actually worried about Stu.
Something's wrong...
I'm a horrible person for immediately being hopeful that AJ and Stu aren't working out, aren't I.
Oh hey, what if he found the letter?
From all the comments and Stu's behavior I'm gathering he's either a murder, found the letter, or is a changeling.
There's a surefire solution here; eliminate Stu! You have a tornado Rainbow, fill it with gators or dragons or something and let Stu have it! It's the perfect plan!