Show Posts
31
Offtopic / Re: Need some honest words about something I have been writing
« on: January 26, 2013, 02:47:48 pm »
Had to be split into multiple parts due to a character limit but no matter.
“Rainbow Dash!”
“Rainbow Dash, wake up!”
The blue pegasus flailed her waking limbs as she was jolted from her nap. “Oh hey Twilight. Sup?” she greeted the purple unicorn nonchalantly, pretending that she hadn't just been startled out of her wits.
“What are you doing out here?” Twilight scolded. “You were suppose to be at the library an hour ago.”
“What? Wait, where's Applejack? Why didn't she wake me up?” she asked as she picked herself up from her place under the apple tree.
Planting her hoof to her forehead, an exasperated sigh passed Twilight's lips. “Not again,” she grumbled.
“Hey, I'm sorry. It's not like I did it on purpose.”
“Let's just get going,” she said as she turned in the direction of town.
Rainbow arched her back, stretching out her legs and giving her wings a quick snap to straighten any stray feather before catching up to the irked mare. Soon the two were sauntering off down the old dirt road into Ponyville.
“You're not mad at me are you Twilight?” Dash inquired playfully.
“No, I guess not,” she relented.
“Good, cuz that would not be cool. AJ must already be at the library then?”
The only response she got was another sigh as Twilight hung her head to the ground.
“What gives? Why are you acting so weird?”
“Please, no more question until we get to the library?”
“I don't understand why you can't just tell me what's going on.”
“Please Rainbow?”
“Fine,” she huffed as her mood plummeted from playful and upbeat to irritable and annoyed.
The remainder of their journey passed in silence until they reached the town. As they approached the library Rainbow's scowl faded and was replaced with a brazen smile, not noticing the pain engraving itself into Twilight's face as she hid it well. If she, she would have realized that something was wrong. Something was very, very wrong.
As the door swung open, the pair was not greeted by the cheer and festivities Dash had come to expect from one of Pinkie's parties. Instead, they were met by the sober expressions of their friends, bearing varying degrees of sympathy and concern. Stepping inside Rainbow Dash once again reverted from blithe to annoyance.
“Seriously you guys, what gives? Why are you all acting like somepony died? Whatever it is, I swear I had nothing to do with it. And where's Applejack, why isn't she here?”
She was baffled by what happened next as Pinkie Pie began bawling in a heap on the floor, flooding the wood with salty tears. Rarity wrapped a hoof around Pinkie's neck to console the broken party pony and Fluttershy began backing away into the corner away from the scene.
“What's going on guys?” Dash repeated as panic gripped her, her voice cracking.
Taking up next to her Twilight motioned towards a couch, adjacent a couple of chairs and a small simple coffee table, “Please take a seat Rainbow. Fluttershy, can you come sit down too please? We need you for this.”
“Okay...” The butter hued pegasus whimpered in reply as she forced herself against her own will to leave the safety of the corner. She sulked towards to the closest seat, the chair placed at the end of the couch nearest the wall.
Taking her place on the end of the sofa nearest the door Rainbow hesitantly sat down. Something wasn't right and she wanted the easiest and shortest route of escape. Twilight sat in the chair directly across from her. The other two joined, taking up one end of the couch. Rarity was still trying to comfort the pink mare, her own vibrant white coat dulled and streaked where Pinkie's tears had etched trails into it. As the sobs died down into a case of sniffles Dash fractured the tension looming in the stale air only for it to seep into and fill the void her question created.
“Wh-Where's Applejack?” Her tone morose.
A maddening and brief silence.
“That's why were here Rainbow...”
“Did something happen!? Is she okay?” she blurted out, interrupting Twilight.
“That's just it... There is no Applejack.”
“What!?”
“What Twilight is trying to say darling, is that Applejack... doesn't exist,” Rarity interjected as she stared at the azure mare, her eyes exuding hurt, pleading for her to accept what was spoken.
Rainbow crinkled her nose in indignation, “This isn't funny anymore! If this is your idea of a joke then I don't want anything to do with it. Applejack, I am so not helping you with any crummy chores if you're in on this!” she shouted calling her friends bluff. But no amount of bluffing or guile was to be revealed by the pained expressions gazing back at her. Slowly, icy claws of uncertainty began to stab at the corners of her mind.
“Dash, you have believe us... She-Applejack is only in your mind. You created her,” Twilight implored with haunting sincerity.
“Please Dashie, we miss you! We just want you back!” Pinkie croaked, trying to dry her eyes with a hoof as she began to sob again.
“What are you talking about? I've been here the whole time, I haven't gone anywhere. And if Applejack doesn't exist than just who runs Sweet Apple Acres?”
“Sweet Apple Acres?”
“Uhh, yeah?” she said rolling her eyes and crossing her forelegs across her chest. “You know the apple farm on the edge of town? Where everypony gets their apples from? The one I was napping on when you came and woke me up to pull this lame prank?”
“Rainbow, the only apple farm in town is Flim Flam Fields.”
“Are you kidding? We ran those crooks out of town a long time ago. Why don't you just drop this weak charade?”
“Do you honestly belief I would partake in such crude and boorish games? Such horrid behavior, it's unbefitting a lady such as myself.” Rarity prompted, flipping her perfectly curled amethyst mane in emphasis.
Rainbow Dash knew she was right. Rarity was never one for pranks, especially ones as tasteless as this. A tingle crept up her spine as she began to further foster her own doubts, allowing for the possibility that what her friends were saying might be true. Her uncertainty was abated with a flash of anger as she stood up, refusing to believe any such equivocation.
“This is stupid! Honesty my hoof,” she muttered to herself as she made a deliberate march towards the kitchen. Upon breaching the threshold she stopped to scan the unoccupied room. “Where are you Applejack? This has gone to far.”
Not satisfied by the lack of response, she returned to the other room where her friends had risen from their seats and were making their way to follow her tirade.
“Rainbow. Stop, please.”
Ignoring their presence or the fact they were trying to talk to her, she walked straight past them on her way up the stairs, the only room left to check. Entering the bedroom, a stack of books toppled onto the floor as she callously brushed past the table they had been precariously perched on. Inciting Twilight's anger with her disregard she was stopped dead in her tracks.
“Rainbow Dash! Would you just listen to us?”
Whipping around she bore down on her friends, her eyes smoldering with fury, “Why should I!?”
“Because we're trying to help you!”
“Yeah you guys are real helpful! Don't know what I'd ever do without your help!”
“Dashie, please stop!” Pinkie was a blubbering mess on the floor, soaking in a pool of her own tears. She was devoid of any vibrance, the tufts and curls of her pink mane were instead slicked in a sickeningly flat sheet.
“Rainbow, you're being simply abhorrent. Can't you see you're hurting your friends,” Rarity scolded. Her words were the hammer that drove home the dagger that Pinkie's wretched state had sunk into her chest.
“But-”
Fluttershy who had remained quiet through the entire conversation, pensively biting her lip and fighting back tears of her own, finally broke the barrier of shyness that had been keeping her silent. What she said came crashing down like an avalanche on the distraught pegasus, relentlessly burying her under the weight of her words.
“She doesn't exist! She's a figment of your imagination! There never was an Applejack! She-I...” she stumbled as she began to shrink away unable to make eye contact, “I-oh Rainbow. I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I didn't... Please... I'm sorry!” Finally bursting into tears Fluttershy fled down the stairs.
“Fluttershy! Wait!” Rainbow begged as tears of her own welled up.
The slam of the door signaled her departure though her cries could still be heard before fading into the distance.
“Fluttershy... I... What's happening?” Dash murmured, her ardent pride imploding after Fluttershy had abashed any defiance or fire she had left. Her chest heaved as tears began to stream from the corners of her eyes and spatter on the floor.
She was startled by the sudden embrace of Pinkie Pie but at this point it wasn't unwelcomed. Her friends that remained soon joined before releasing her.
“I'm so sorry Rainbow. I know it's been hard ever since the accident.”
An insufferable silence poisoned the air.
“Accident?”
Twilight sighed as though an immense and unseeable weight had been placed upon her chest, “It was almost a year ago. You were in charge of the weather team responsible for getting water up to Cloudsdale. When the tornado broke up the second time...”
“No. We made it the second time. Everything worked out. In fact if it wasn't for Fluttershy-”
“I know that's what you want to believe, but it's not what happened. You were approaching the wing power needed but it was too much for Fluttershy. When she was thrown from the tornado, you only saw her as she the ground. You stopped and tried to get to her but you collided with another flyer... The funnel was ripped apart from there.”
“How is that possible?” Rainbow demanded. “That doesn't make sense, I was there. I know what happened.” She couldn't possibly believe what Twilight was saying was true.
“I know it's difficult darling, but you were unconscious in the hospital for a week. Pinkie stayed with you and Fluttershy the entire time,” Rarity added.
“It's true. I brought you balloons, and flowers, and cupcakes every day. I'd sing you songs... Don't you remember?” Pinkie pleaded through glassy blue eyes.
“No... I'm sorry.”
“Fluttershy got the worst of it. It was almost a month before she finally woke up. You never left her side. The whole time though all you could talk about was somepony named Applejack. You kept going on about how she would never let anypony down, and how she was always their for her friends, putting them above her own safety and how you promised you would be like that. You began inserting her into everything we've ever done. You created an entire persona for her, even describing what she looks like. You even made a family for her.”
(click to show/hide)
“Rainbow Dash!”
“Rainbow Dash, wake up!”
The blue pegasus flailed her waking limbs as she was jolted from her nap. “Oh hey Twilight. Sup?” she greeted the purple unicorn nonchalantly, pretending that she hadn't just been startled out of her wits.
“What are you doing out here?” Twilight scolded. “You were suppose to be at the library an hour ago.”
“What? Wait, where's Applejack? Why didn't she wake me up?” she asked as she picked herself up from her place under the apple tree.
Planting her hoof to her forehead, an exasperated sigh passed Twilight's lips. “Not again,” she grumbled.
“Hey, I'm sorry. It's not like I did it on purpose.”
“Let's just get going,” she said as she turned in the direction of town.
Rainbow arched her back, stretching out her legs and giving her wings a quick snap to straighten any stray feather before catching up to the irked mare. Soon the two were sauntering off down the old dirt road into Ponyville.
“You're not mad at me are you Twilight?” Dash inquired playfully.
“No, I guess not,” she relented.
“Good, cuz that would not be cool. AJ must already be at the library then?”
The only response she got was another sigh as Twilight hung her head to the ground.
“What gives? Why are you acting so weird?”
“Please, no more question until we get to the library?”
“I don't understand why you can't just tell me what's going on.”
“Please Rainbow?”
“Fine,” she huffed as her mood plummeted from playful and upbeat to irritable and annoyed.
The remainder of their journey passed in silence until they reached the town. As they approached the library Rainbow's scowl faded and was replaced with a brazen smile, not noticing the pain engraving itself into Twilight's face as she hid it well. If she, she would have realized that something was wrong. Something was very, very wrong.
As the door swung open, the pair was not greeted by the cheer and festivities Dash had come to expect from one of Pinkie's parties. Instead, they were met by the sober expressions of their friends, bearing varying degrees of sympathy and concern. Stepping inside Rainbow Dash once again reverted from blithe to annoyance.
“Seriously you guys, what gives? Why are you all acting like somepony died? Whatever it is, I swear I had nothing to do with it. And where's Applejack, why isn't she here?”
She was baffled by what happened next as Pinkie Pie began bawling in a heap on the floor, flooding the wood with salty tears. Rarity wrapped a hoof around Pinkie's neck to console the broken party pony and Fluttershy began backing away into the corner away from the scene.
“What's going on guys?” Dash repeated as panic gripped her, her voice cracking.
Taking up next to her Twilight motioned towards a couch, adjacent a couple of chairs and a small simple coffee table, “Please take a seat Rainbow. Fluttershy, can you come sit down too please? We need you for this.”
“Okay...” The butter hued pegasus whimpered in reply as she forced herself against her own will to leave the safety of the corner. She sulked towards to the closest seat, the chair placed at the end of the couch nearest the wall.
Taking her place on the end of the sofa nearest the door Rainbow hesitantly sat down. Something wasn't right and she wanted the easiest and shortest route of escape. Twilight sat in the chair directly across from her. The other two joined, taking up one end of the couch. Rarity was still trying to comfort the pink mare, her own vibrant white coat dulled and streaked where Pinkie's tears had etched trails into it. As the sobs died down into a case of sniffles Dash fractured the tension looming in the stale air only for it to seep into and fill the void her question created.
“Wh-Where's Applejack?” Her tone morose.
A maddening and brief silence.
“That's why were here Rainbow...”
“Did something happen!? Is she okay?” she blurted out, interrupting Twilight.
“That's just it... There is no Applejack.”
“What!?”
“What Twilight is trying to say darling, is that Applejack... doesn't exist,” Rarity interjected as she stared at the azure mare, her eyes exuding hurt, pleading for her to accept what was spoken.
Rainbow crinkled her nose in indignation, “This isn't funny anymore! If this is your idea of a joke then I don't want anything to do with it. Applejack, I am so not helping you with any crummy chores if you're in on this!” she shouted calling her friends bluff. But no amount of bluffing or guile was to be revealed by the pained expressions gazing back at her. Slowly, icy claws of uncertainty began to stab at the corners of her mind.
“Dash, you have believe us... She-Applejack is only in your mind. You created her,” Twilight implored with haunting sincerity.
“Please Dashie, we miss you! We just want you back!” Pinkie croaked, trying to dry her eyes with a hoof as she began to sob again.
“What are you talking about? I've been here the whole time, I haven't gone anywhere. And if Applejack doesn't exist than just who runs Sweet Apple Acres?”
“Sweet Apple Acres?”
“Uhh, yeah?” she said rolling her eyes and crossing her forelegs across her chest. “You know the apple farm on the edge of town? Where everypony gets their apples from? The one I was napping on when you came and woke me up to pull this lame prank?”
“Rainbow, the only apple farm in town is Flim Flam Fields.”
“Are you kidding? We ran those crooks out of town a long time ago. Why don't you just drop this weak charade?”
“Do you honestly belief I would partake in such crude and boorish games? Such horrid behavior, it's unbefitting a lady such as myself.” Rarity prompted, flipping her perfectly curled amethyst mane in emphasis.
Rainbow Dash knew she was right. Rarity was never one for pranks, especially ones as tasteless as this. A tingle crept up her spine as she began to further foster her own doubts, allowing for the possibility that what her friends were saying might be true. Her uncertainty was abated with a flash of anger as she stood up, refusing to believe any such equivocation.
“This is stupid! Honesty my hoof,” she muttered to herself as she made a deliberate march towards the kitchen. Upon breaching the threshold she stopped to scan the unoccupied room. “Where are you Applejack? This has gone to far.”
Not satisfied by the lack of response, she returned to the other room where her friends had risen from their seats and were making their way to follow her tirade.
“Rainbow. Stop, please.”
Ignoring their presence or the fact they were trying to talk to her, she walked straight past them on her way up the stairs, the only room left to check. Entering the bedroom, a stack of books toppled onto the floor as she callously brushed past the table they had been precariously perched on. Inciting Twilight's anger with her disregard she was stopped dead in her tracks.
“Rainbow Dash! Would you just listen to us?”
Whipping around she bore down on her friends, her eyes smoldering with fury, “Why should I!?”
“Because we're trying to help you!”
“Yeah you guys are real helpful! Don't know what I'd ever do without your help!”
“Dashie, please stop!” Pinkie was a blubbering mess on the floor, soaking in a pool of her own tears. She was devoid of any vibrance, the tufts and curls of her pink mane were instead slicked in a sickeningly flat sheet.
“Rainbow, you're being simply abhorrent. Can't you see you're hurting your friends,” Rarity scolded. Her words were the hammer that drove home the dagger that Pinkie's wretched state had sunk into her chest.
“But-”
Fluttershy who had remained quiet through the entire conversation, pensively biting her lip and fighting back tears of her own, finally broke the barrier of shyness that had been keeping her silent. What she said came crashing down like an avalanche on the distraught pegasus, relentlessly burying her under the weight of her words.
“She doesn't exist! She's a figment of your imagination! There never was an Applejack! She-I...” she stumbled as she began to shrink away unable to make eye contact, “I-oh Rainbow. I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I didn't... Please... I'm sorry!” Finally bursting into tears Fluttershy fled down the stairs.
“Fluttershy! Wait!” Rainbow begged as tears of her own welled up.
The slam of the door signaled her departure though her cries could still be heard before fading into the distance.
“Fluttershy... I... What's happening?” Dash murmured, her ardent pride imploding after Fluttershy had abashed any defiance or fire she had left. Her chest heaved as tears began to stream from the corners of her eyes and spatter on the floor.
She was startled by the sudden embrace of Pinkie Pie but at this point it wasn't unwelcomed. Her friends that remained soon joined before releasing her.
“I'm so sorry Rainbow. I know it's been hard ever since the accident.”
An insufferable silence poisoned the air.
“Accident?”
Twilight sighed as though an immense and unseeable weight had been placed upon her chest, “It was almost a year ago. You were in charge of the weather team responsible for getting water up to Cloudsdale. When the tornado broke up the second time...”
“No. We made it the second time. Everything worked out. In fact if it wasn't for Fluttershy-”
“I know that's what you want to believe, but it's not what happened. You were approaching the wing power needed but it was too much for Fluttershy. When she was thrown from the tornado, you only saw her as she the ground. You stopped and tried to get to her but you collided with another flyer... The funnel was ripped apart from there.”
“How is that possible?” Rainbow demanded. “That doesn't make sense, I was there. I know what happened.” She couldn't possibly believe what Twilight was saying was true.
“I know it's difficult darling, but you were unconscious in the hospital for a week. Pinkie stayed with you and Fluttershy the entire time,” Rarity added.
“It's true. I brought you balloons, and flowers, and cupcakes every day. I'd sing you songs... Don't you remember?” Pinkie pleaded through glassy blue eyes.
“No... I'm sorry.”
“Fluttershy got the worst of it. It was almost a month before she finally woke up. You never left her side. The whole time though all you could talk about was somepony named Applejack. You kept going on about how she would never let anypony down, and how she was always their for her friends, putting them above her own safety and how you promised you would be like that. You began inserting her into everything we've ever done. You created an entire persona for her, even describing what she looks like. You even made a family for her.”
)
).