Sonic and Rainbow Dash: Destinies
Chapter 14: 14. Friends and Foes
Previous Chapter Next ChapterA girl was sitting on a big tree branch, at the edge of a dark forest. In her hands, she was holding a small harp, one of those you can carry around you. Her fingers were pulling the strings, making vibrating sounds. Her voice was drifting through the forest and the earth around her. The melody of the song, somehow, started to enlighten the forest. Leafs were growing, so was flowers and roots. Her voice had made everything dark in the forest brighter.
Rainbow Dash was mad. Like, mad. So mad that if you got close to her, she would be carnivore-like. It was Sonic, who made her so upset. Sure, she lost the race and was a servant for 24 hours, but he screwed up even treating her good. She was forced into something she REALLY didn't want to do or talk about. And all because he was so enthralled with the idea. Ugh. Made her sick. And what was his reply?
"You should just have won the race then, blah thee blah thee blah" She grumbled to herself. She had stormed into the forest without a word to the others, but she really didn't care. She had a reason to be mad about, and she wasn't going to stop being mad about it.
Then she heard it. The song. She stopped. A harp was playing in the distance with a voice matching its vibrations. She pressed her hand behind her ear and listened carefully. After a minute, her eyes widened and she flew forward. Forward, towards the beautiful composition. As minutes passed, she finally reached the source. She looked up and saw her. A white puma with curled purple hair, having clothes that definitely matched her thoughts.
"Rarity, is that you?" Rainbow Dash asked aloud. The harp stopped and so did the movement of her fingers. The voice turned into an echo that roamed through the forest before fading away. The puma's head turned around and diamond eyes met the magenta's.
Tails and Twilight were sitting doing their usual business when they weren't snuggling or anything like that. Tails was fixing a B.W.T.C, while Twilight read a book about Mobius. A sudden blur passed them, giving a big rush of wind that, to their annoyance, flipped through the pages of the book and forced the instruments of mechanism away. They both looked annoyed up at the cause of this, rush. Sonic, of course.
"Hey you two, has anyone seen Dash?" He asked.
"No, why?" Twilight asked as she flipped through the pages of the book, trying to find her current reading page again.
"I haven't seen her since we woke up"
"Well, she's properly out or something. You don't have to hang around her all the time you know?" Tails said as he picked up the instruments, quite annoyed.
"I know, I know, but there's nothing fun to do here without her" Sonic sighed. Suddenly the door opened. In stepped Rainbow Dash.
"Oh, hey Rainbow Dash, we were just talking about-" Twilight was cut off when Rainbow Dash stepped beside, and revealed the puma. She gasped.
"R-Rarity!"
"Twilight! Darling, it is good to see you!" Twilight stood up and hugged Rarity tight.
"It's so good to see you too Rarity! I knew you would turn up sooner or later!" The two of them broke the hug and smiled at each other.
"Now we only need to find Pinkie Pie, and the princesses, and we'll all be together!" Twilight said. Rainbow Dash smiled at the sight. It was great to be reunited with someone you care about.
"Looks like you find your friend Dashie. Nice work!"…Except him. She turned around and saw Sonic smiling at her, but she just frowned and growled instead. She turned away from him and walked out again. Sonic's smile faded into a face of confusion.
"H-Hey, Dash?" He asked. She didn't turn to face him, nor did she stop and look back. Sonic rubbed behind his head.
"What was that all about?" Tails asked.
"Not a clue. Why did she just ignore me like that?" Sonic asked. Sonic knew that yesterday before it was revealed that he had won the race, she had treated him quite bad. She treated him as if he was a slave.
"Maybe it's because of that bad attitude she has lately. Like yesterday" Sonic said.
"Maybe so" Twilight said.
Applejack destroyed the last target with a power fist, and the hard ragdoll flew into the wall, completely ruined. She wiped sweat off her forehead.
"Phew. That was good," She said. She walked over to the sideline, and grabbed her water bottle. She let the cold-water flow into her mouth and swallowed it. As she placed the bottle down, she heard someone speak behind of her.
"Not bad" She turned around and faced a certain red echidna that was made into a moron in Sonic Boom.
"Knuckles? What are you doing here?" She asked. He walked over to her as he spoke.
"I was going down here for training, but it seems like you destroyed every single target before I could get here. That was nice" Applejack chuckled, and threw her hair back.
"We are the 'Strongest Things Alive' after all. I wouldn't even deserve the title 'strong' if I couldn't break all these targets with ease"
"True. But both of us are pretty good at getting injured"
"Why are you saying that?"
"Your arm" He pointed at her right arm and she looked. A non-bleeding gap had been between her shoulder and elbow.
"No worries, it's nothing" She said. But it was already too late. He was wrapping a bandage around the gap. Her cheeks turned crimson red as she looked away from the big gap. As he finished up, she turned back at him and retracted her arm.
"T-Thanks" She said while her cheeks turned redder. She turned her back towards him and touched the bandage lightly.
'That was mighty sweet of him' she thought.
"You didn't have to do that you know?" She asked.
"Maybe, but I don't always need a reason, do I?" The words made her turn back to face him. She smiled kindly.
"Sure I guess"
"Well, I better get going. Maybe I can pick a fight with Sonic" Knuckles turned away and walked out.
"See ya," He said before exiting.
"See ya!"
Applejack kept smiling from his words and her cheeks were still red.
"Oh, I see what's going on here" Applejack's eyes widened and she looked at a corner. Rainbow Dash was leaning up the wall with crossed arms.
"D-Dash?" She asked shocked. Rainbow Dash were smirking. She slowly walked over to Applejack.
"You like him, don't you?"
"W-What? N-Nah, n-no way!"
"Oh really? Cause you look pretty red to me"
"W-W-What are you talking about? I-I-It's just because I'm exhausted from training!"
"From training huh?" Rainbow Dash's smirk grew. "I don't think so"
"It's none of your business either! Shouldn't you be with Sonic right now?"
Rainbow Dash frowned at the mention of Sonic. Applejack started to walk out of the training hall but stopped when Rainbow Dash spoke.
"Word of advice, don't trust a boy. They don't understand girls properly" Applejack turned to look at Rainbow Dash, but there was no sign of her.
"Dash? Dash?" Sonic's voice roamed through the hallways of the base. He rubbed his head temple in wonder. Where in the world could she be? Suddenly a rainbow blur passed right over him. His eyes followed the trail as his feet sat in work. As soon as they did, he caught up to her.
"Hey Dashie"
She flinched, but didn't turn around to face him. He could have sworn he heard her growl again. Why was she flying away from him? Was she competing with him? He smirked to himself and went faster. As soon as he was a little closer, he jumped up and caught her. He landed on his feet while being in an embrace with her.
"Gotcha" He chuckled.
"Get, off me!" he was suddenly pushed hard out of the embrace and landed on the floor. He looked at her. She didn't look very pleased back at him.
"What was that for?" He asked as he stood up.
"Cut that off, will you?!" Sonic flinched by her strict mad voice. "I was just flying casually, and you just jump up and blocked my wings! I could have been hurt!"
"Hey look, I'm sorry okay? You don't have to be so mad"
"When something could have happened, yes I can be so mad!" With that she flew away again. Sonic scratched himself behind the head.
"Geez, why is she so mad? What's wrong with her?"
"Tails, what are you doing?" Twilight asked as Tails kept totally focused typing on his computer. He didn't turn around when he answered.
"I'm trying to pick up the energy of The Elements of Harmony from around Mobius, so I can identify their location"
"Wait, you trying to find Pinkie? You would do that for me?" Twilight went down on her knees and hugged Tails from behind.
"Of course I would. Anything to make you happy Twily"
"Thank you Tailsy" She kissed his head temple softly which made him blush lightly. A sudden bright light appeared beside of them.
"What's that?" Twilight asked. She let go of him and stood up. He as well stopped typing on his computer, and looked at the bright light. It suddenly shone brighter, and they both had to cover their eyes.
"T-Tails, w-what is this?" Twilight asked.
"I-I d-don't know!"
An explosion of light happened and their sight was lost. However, it was recovered in less than a minute. They both looked curiously and Twilight spoke.
"Who are you?" Tails gasped as her recognized the person.
"Silver!"
Sonic migrated around his room like an idiot. He just didn't know what was wrong with Rainbow Dash lately. Man, his brain is dead from thinking! He grumbled under his breath.
"Dammit. I can't figure it out. Why is she so mad? Is it mood swings? No way, she never have those" He growled in frustration.
"GRR! Why can't I figure it out?!" He grabbed an empty box and threw it towards a wall. Or what he thought was a wall. It was the door, and the door opened, with Chris and Fluttershy stepping inside.
"Hey Soni-WOAH!" Chris quickly duck with Fluttershy, and the box hit the wall right outside in the hallway.
"Oh! I'm sorry you two. Are you guys okay?" Sonic asked as he helped them up to stand.
"We're fine, thank you very much" Chris said a bit sarcastic. "Why did you do that Sonic?"
"Well, I'm just frustrated" Sonic answered.
"Then you should definitely calm down" Fluttershy hid her face behind hair. "I-If you want" Sonic sighed.
"I just can't figure out why Dash is so angry today. She seems fine around others, but she's just frustrated around me. What have I done wrong?" Sonic asked.
"Maybe…" Chris spoke slowly. "…Maybe she's a bit corrupted by your death and return. After all, she did turn into Dark Dash, and cried for hours"
"I know, I know, but it just doesn't seem to be that. She's just…Argh! I don't know!"
"Y-You could, maybe make her something nice…" Chris and Sonic looked at Fluttershy. Her ears flattened and she once again hid her face behind her hair. "Um, if you want to of course" She mumbled.
"That's it!" Sonic said as he clasped. "Thanks Fluttershy! I'll get her something nice, I promise! Go, go! Nobody can know! This never happened!" Sonic pushed them out and closed the door. He leaned up it and exhaled his oxygen.
"Now to think of something that could please her to the max"
"So, who's here besides you and your Rainbow Mash friend?" Silver ask Twilight, as him, her and Tails walked down the hallways.
"Well, besides me and Rainbow Dash, There's our echidna friend Applejack, our bat friend Fluttershy, and just today, we found The Element of Generosity, Rarity, a white puma" Twilight responded.
"Are you guys all getting along?"
"Sure is" Tails said. "In fact, besides me and Twilight, Sonic and Rainbow Dash are hooked up, Knuckles and Applejack have created a crush for each other, and I bet that Fluttershy has developed a slight crush for Chris as well"
"Are they all nice?"
"They sure are"