My Little Pony: Uncommon Connection
Chapter 23: 23. Separate ways
Previous Chapter Next ChapterThe Separate ways chapter(s) are a collection side events that detail the events that occured during the main story. It's pretty simple to understand and you'll see what I mean once you read it. This first Separate Ways chapter runs parallel to chapter 14.
Twilight: Before I forget, André, I used a spell that'll allow you to walk on Clouds just like a Pegasus. So you don't have to worry about being able to walk on clouds or not.
André: Nice. Thanks, Twilight.
Rainbow Dash: Great! Then let's go!
André: Right.
Rainbow Dash: Wait, where's Babe?
André: Babe won't be making it Rainbow.
Rainbow Dash: Aw, what!?
André: Yeah. He's helping Fluttershy get pass her shyness.
Rainbow Dash: Pfft! Good luck with that.
Fluttershy: I was actually going to ask if you and André wanted to-
André: GO to Cloudsdale right away! Thanks for reminding us Fluttershy. We've gotta go. (Leaving the library) Forget Babe, let's get going Rainbow!
Rainbow Dash (chasing after him): Hey, wait up!
André and Rainbow Dash left the library and were on their way to Cloudsdale. Fluttershy and Twilight were surprised at how fast they left.
Fluttershy: Oh my…
Twilight: Man and I thought you were shy Fluttershy.
Outside André got Rainbow Dash as far away from the library as he could.
Rainbow Dash: Hey, don't you think it's time for you to get on my back?
André: Huh? Oh, oh right! Sorry.
Rainbow shook her head and lowered herself. He sat on her back and Rainbow quickly flew into the air. André wrapped his arms around Rainbow's neck in slight fear.
André: Whoa!
Rainbow Dash: What's the matter? Never been this high before?
Andre: I-I have but….on a plane not on a pony.
Rainbow Dash: Then this should be pretty interesting for you. You want to see me do some Ariel acrobatics?
André: N-N-No! That's alright!
Rainbow Dash: Aw, c'mon, where's your sense of adventure? Let's go for it!
André: No, Rainbow, NO!
Not listening to André's pleas Rainbow flew higher up into the air, she even flew past Cloudsdale. The Pegasi of Cloudsdale saw Rainbow Dash with André on her back. Rainbow continued to do her daring aerial acrobatics as André screamed in fear that he may fall but the screams soon turned to laughter, after a few more tricks Rainbow nosedived down to Cloudsdale and landed on the clouds.
Rainbow Dash: How'd ya like that?
André (falling over on the clouds): Hahahaha! That…was fun! Man that was awesome Rainbow.
Rainbow Dash: Well I don't like to toot my own horn but I am pretty awesome, aren't I?
André (standing up): Ha! I meant the acrobatics. Hey, I'm actually standing on clouds, this is cool! I feel light as air. Cloudsdale is so cool!
Rainbow Dash: Enjoying yaself already, huh? I like that, you've got mighty fine taste in what's cool and what not.
The sound of yelling got Rainbow and André's attention. They turned and saw a stampede of Pegasi.
André: What's up with them?
Rainbow Dash: They must be coming to praise me on what an awesome performance I did.
André: Is that so?
Rainbow stood on her hind legs and proudly posed.
Rainbow Dash: You might wanna stand back.
André (stepping back): Yeah. Knock em dead…
Rainbow held her pose as the crowd of Pegasi approached. "Thank you, thank you! You're all are too kind" she said in a proud voice as all of the Pegasi flew pass her and quickly surrounded André.
Rainbow Dash (looking around): Wait? Where's everypony going?
Male Pegasus#1: Hey! I know this guy, he's one of the humans that everypony's talking about!
Female Pegasus#1: Wow! I've never seen a human before!
Male Pegasus#2: This is so cool! Hey, can you fly?
André: Um, no, sorry.
Female Pegasus#1: Where ya from?
André: I'm from….a place, very far away. I'm new here so I'm not really used to these parts of the cloud…
More and more questions piled up from all the Pegasus ponies. Rainbow Dash walked over to the group.
Rainbow Dash: Hey, what gives?
Pegasus: Don't you know? A human is in Cloudsdale! Everypony's really excited.
A female Pegasus in blue outfit approached André. Her eyes were a brilliant orange and her mane was light brilliant orange and light brilliant amber. Due to her blue suit you couldn't really see her coat but judging by the color of her wing she was a light brilliant gold colored coat.
André: (Spitfire? What's she doing here? Rainbow should be here with me…)
Spitfire: C'mon, that's enough guys. He said he's new here, let's not put any pressure on the guy.
All the Pegasi managed to calm their excitement down. André was rather amazed at how welcoming, intrigued and accepting the Pegasi were.
Spitfire: Welcome to Cloudsdale. My name is Spitfire and I'm captain of the Wonder Bolts. It's a pleasure to meet you.
André: No, no it's a pleasure to meet you. I've heard so much about you and your team.
Spitfire: Oh yeah? Ever see us in action?
André: Sort of.
The celebrity flyer chuckled.
Spitfire: "Sort of" That's kind of a weird answer.
André: Right…Why did I say that? Messing up in front of a celebrity is kind of embarrassing.
Spitfire: It's alright. Don't beat yourself up about it.
André: Sorry about that. It's my first time meeting you and I'm making a fool out of myself.
Spitfire: Don't sweat it. You're cool, uh, what's your name?
André: I'm André. My other friend, Babe, was supposed to be here with me but he stayed back in Ponyville.
Spitfire: Aw, that's a shame. Humans seem awesome. You wanna hang out?
Rainbow heard Spitfire's offer and she couldn't believe her ears. She didn't believe that her idol would have been so openly cool with André who hasn't even been in Cloudsdale for more than 10 minutes. With all the attention Rainbow Dash thought her human friend had forgotten about her. She turned away from the crowd and began to walk away.
André: That sounds cool.
Spitfire: Nice. I know a good spot we could go for drinks, you thirsty?
André: Yeah. I'm a bit parched.
Spitfire: Great, I've got some free time so we could check it out. Wanna go now?
André: Sure, well, normally I would but I'm here with my friend, Rainbow Dash. I promised her we'd spend the day together. Can we reschedule?
Rainbow Dash (turning to the crowd): He didn't!
Spitfire: Lookin' out for your friends?
Rainbow Dash landed in front of André and put her hooves on both sides of his cheeks causing his lips to poke out in a strange way.
Rainbow Dash: Are you crazy? How could you turn down an invite to hang out from Spitfire!?
André: You're squishing my face...
Rainbow Dash (turning to Spitfire): Please, excuse him. He's new and doesn't know who you are exactly.
Spitfire: It's alright, he's cool. There's no need to apologize for him.
Rainbow Dash: Really?
Spitfire: Yeah. He didn't want to hang out because he said he has plans to hang out with you for the day.
Rainbow Dash: Really?
André: Let go of me…
Rainbow released André from her grip. He began to rub his slightly sore cheeks.
Spitfire: Yeah.
André: We do have plans right?
Rainbow Dash: Uh, yeah. We do…
André: I'm not leaving you hanging, Bronies before Phonies, even though…you're a girl.
Rainbow Dash: I understand. Thanks for looking out for me.
Spitfire: We'll just hang out some other time. Just look me up whenever you're free.
André: I gotcha.
Rainbow Dash: Now if everypony can excuse us, we've got plans to take care of!
All the Pegasi sulking walked away, they still had lots of questions for their human visitor. Spitfire was getting ready to fly away.
André: Whoa, whoa, hold up Spitfire!
Spitfire: What's up?
André: Could you do me a favor?
Spitfire: Sure.
André went over to Spitfire and whispered into her ear. Spitfire giggled at what André was telling her. After he finished he stepped back.
Rainbow Dash: What did you-?
André: Sssh! Ok, start.
Spitfire: Alright. Um, I'm the S to P.I.T.F.I.R.E and ain't no other pony throws it down like me, I'm Firelicious.
André: AHHH! SHE SAID IT!
Rainbow Dash: HUH!?
Spitfire: Like that?
André: Yes! Yes, that was brilliant, thank you so much Spitfire.
Spitfire: No problem. See you two later.
Spitfire takes to the sky leaving André and Rainbow to enjoy their day together.
Rainbow Dash: What was that about?
André: It's just this thing I wanted Spitfire to do, why don't you do it?
Rainbow Dash: What?
André: Spell your name and say something cool, once you do that you say your name again but with licious at the end of it. But don't forget to say something that nopony can do that you can do better before saying the licious part at the end.
Rainbow Dash: ….
André: C'mon! Do it for me!
Rainbow Dash: ….Ok.
André: YAY! Say it like how Spitfire did it.
Rainbow Dash: ….
André: Well?
Rainbow Dash: …..I'm the….R to the A.I.N.B.O.W Dash….and ain't no other pony….Rainboom it like me. I'm….Rainbowlicious…
André: What was that?
Rainbow Dash: I said I'm….Rainbowlicious.
André: HAHAAA!
Rainbow blushed, she found what she did embarrassing after André had laughed but she was unaware he was just happy she said it. As night began to fall in Ponyville Rarity was getting Babe ready for his "date" with Fluttershy.
Rarity: Oh, Babe, darling you look absolutely stunning!
Babe: Well…sure but, Rarity, isn't this a little overdone?
Rarity: Nonsense, this is your first date in Ponyville and Fluttershy's first date in her life. We must make sure everything's perfect.
Babe: I don't see why I just don't be myself.
Rarity: Hmp! I won't stand for it! Represent me good Babe darling!
Babe: Mmmmm…
Rarity: Watch that tone with me mister!
Rarity tightened Babe's belt a bit too tight and caused him to slightly grunt.
Babe: Uh! O-Okay, I'm sorry…
Rarity: Good.
Applejack: Ah must say Babe, you do look amazin'
Babe: Thanks AJ.
Rarity: Applejack, dear, do you think Babe needs a little more hair grease to make sure his hair is nice and kept down?
Applejack: Its fine Rarity. You know I'm not one to be the judge of this kind of thing.
Rarity: I suppose this is fine.
Babe: Thank goodness.
Rarity: yes, this is perfect!
Babe: Finally…
Rarity: What was that?
Babe: Nothing! You must be hearing things.
Rarity puts her teeth around Babe's belt buckle again and yanked it even tighter making him grunt even louder.
Babe: UH!
Rarity: Your belt was looking a little loose. I just want to make sure it's on right.
Babe: O-O-Ok…..
Applejack: It's almost time for you to be off. You don't wanna keep your date waitin'
Babe (loosening the belt and exhaling): Right…thanks again, Rarity.
Rarity: Anytime darling! Enjoy yourself!
Applejack: Good luck Babe. Fluttershy's gonna be one tough cookie to crack.
Babe: I'll do my best.
Rarity and Applejack watched Babe leave the boutique. The two couldn't help but laugh at how funny a couple like Babe and Fluttershy made. Babe walked down the road heading toward Fluttershy's cottage.
Babe: Rarity seriously put this belt on too tight. She almost killed me…not only that I'm way too fancy dressed. I hope Andre has had more luck than I'm having.
Around the same time at Rainbow Dash's house André and Rainbow have appeared to have gotten into a fight…Rainbow's house was messy and the two kept tackling and throwing each other around the room.
André: Come on! Come on then!
Rainbow Dash (getting up off the floor): You're going to regret that!
André got in a sumo stance before being tackled by Rainbow. The two are caught in a rolling struggle on the floor.
Rainbow Dash: You're not beating me!
André: I can say the same to you!
The struggle continued for minutes, André nearly managed to pin Rainbow to the floor but due to him losing his footing he trips back over and Rainbow gains the upper hand on him.
André: Uh!
Rainbow Dash (standing over top of André): Gotcha! Don't even think about moving!
André: Why you little…
Rainbow Dash: Hmp! Pinned ya.
André: Heh…hehehe…
Rainbow Dash: Aha…ahahaha…
André&Rainbow Dash: Hahahaha!
Rainbow rolled over to her backside beside André. The two lay on the floor enjoying a good laugh with each other.
André (turning over to Rainbow): Heheh!
Rainbow Dash: Haha…hey, whatchu staring' at?
André: You. Next time you're going down.
Rainbow Dash: Ha! That'll be the day.
André got up and walked over to the couch. He sat down with his head lazily hanging on the back. He was rather exhausted after play fighting with Rainbow Dash.
André: …
Rainbow Dash: You okay?
André: Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little tired. Today was great. We should do this again sometime.
Rainbow Dash: Defiantly. We can do this whenever you have free time.
André: I'll have to make sure I don't have anything else planned for the upcoming days, other than meeting with Princess Celestia of course.
Rainbow Dash had forgotten all about Princess Celestia's meeting with Babe and André. She flew over to the couch and laid her head on Andre's lap. She closed her eyes. André raised his head and looked down to see Rainbow resting. He smiled and gently petted her from head to tail. The petting was very soothing for Rainbow and made her even sleepier.
Rainbow Dash: So…what do you think it's about?
André: What?
Rainbow Dash: The meeting with Princess Celestia. You think it's for something bad?
André: No, I doubt it. Twilight said it wasn't anything like that. She probably just wants to meet us or she probably found a way to get us back home.
Rainbow Dash: ….I was afraid you'd say that.
André: Huh?
Rainbow Dash: I don't want you to leave yet. I want you and Babe to stay here, that'd be so cool…it'd make (yawning) Ponyville 20% cooler…
André: Heh. Yeah?
Rainbow Dash slowly and silently fell asleep. André knew she was asleep and didn't say anything else. He looked over to the window and saw that it was dark. It was too late for him to go back Ponyville. He began wondering what the meeting with Princess Celestia could possibly be about.
André: ….Princess Celestia. I hope everything plays out smoothly.
Credit goes to Tara Strong and Black Gryph0n for the introduction to the whole pony-licious gag, Rainbowlicious is already up on youtube and all but I just had to do it here, it was so funny XD