Twilight took a deep breath as she stared out the train window. The scenery passed by lazily, slow enough to put a pony to sleep, but that didn’t stop her heart from fluttering with anticipation. This trip had been keeping her on edge for a few days, even though it wasn’t her family they were going to go see. With how little Dash spoke about her father, and what she did say—Twilight understandably nervous to meet him. She wondered if this was how Dash felt when they went to Canterlot to meet her parents.

The rolling scenery, the bumpy ride, the nervousness—this train ride felt all too familiar to her. Twilight glanced to her side. The last train ride they had, her lover had tried to take a nap, but instead of seeing her marefriend lying on the bench, she was sitting there silently. Twilight could see a serious look on her face with a hint of irritation. Twilight sighed a bit. Dash looked much like she had when they left that morning—upset.

The small sigh drew Dash’s gaze over to Twilight. She gave her lover a small smile as she wrapped a foreleg around the pegasus. “Are you alright?” she asked softly.

“How did you talk me into this?” Dash asked back without even batting an eye.

Twilight couldn’t help but giggle a bit. “You were drunk the night we discussed this,” Twilight reminded her.

“We should make a rule about not convincing each other to do stuff when we’re drunk…” Rainbow Dash sighed. Twilight pulled her in closer for a bit of reassurance. She didn’t struggle against the hug, but instead resigned herself to it.

“You would be taking advantage of that rule the most,” Twilight teased.

Dash just laid her head into Twilight’s neck. “That doesn’t mean it’s not a good idea. I really don’t want to do this, Twi…

“It’s the right thing to do, Dashie.”

“I can’t believe it took him a month to set up some time for us to meet…” Dash muttered.

“Between sending letters, and scheduling time that worked for all three of us, it wasn’t too bad. besides, you told me the weather factory can have some really hectic hours.” Twilight rubbed her cheek against Dash’s mane. The two of them sat silent for a moment. “Try not to blame him too much,” she added.

Dash groaned a bit. “I guess…Why do you always have to make so much sense?”

Twilight only laughed. This trip echoing their last one to Canterlot brought out a bit of nostalgia in her. “I just can’t believe it’s already been a month since we told my family,” she mused. “Trust me, Dashie, after we’re done telling your dad, you’ll feel a lot better.”

“I’m not stressing about it like you were…” Dash retorted. “I was fine just sending a letter telling him he’s going to be a grandpa…”

“That’s no way to tell your dad,” Twilight squeezed her marefriend, making the pegasus squirm a bit in her grip.

Dash rolled her eyes. “So what…”

Twilight sat silently for a moment, not sure what more to say. Dash still hadn’t opened up about her father. The only thing she was willing to tell Twilight was that he was a jerk. When Twilight pressed the issue, Rainbow Dash either just avoided the conversation, or told her she didn’t want to talk about it. After how their last argument blew up and involved their friends, Twilight was reluctant to try that again, so she let the issue slide.

Twilight idly rubbed Rainbow Dash’s side reassuringly as she held her. She was preparing for the worst as much as she could with so little information. “She was there for me when I talked to my parents, I can be there for her…” Twilight thought.

“So, where are we even going?” Dash asked abruptly. “We can’t get to Cloudsdale by train…”

“There’s a small town to the north of Cloudsdale that the train stops at. They have charter balloon tours, so I thought about asking one of them to take us up to the city.”

“Sounds like a solid plan there, Twi…” Dash said unimpressed.

“It’s better than carrying me up there yourself, or bringing our balloon.” Twilight replied with a subtle playfulness to let Dash know she wasn’t trying to start an argument.

“I guess…” Dash sighed.

Twilight frowned a bit. “Are you that upset at going to see your father?”

“No, I’m just…tired, I guess…” she replied, nuzzling into Twilight’s neck.

It was a lie. Twilight knew that much. She fought the urge to sigh, which would have told Dash she knew in probably the worst way. The last thing she wanted to do was upset her more. This was stressful for Dash, whether she admitted it or not. “It’ll be fine, Dashie. I’m here with you, and I’m sure he’ll be excited about the news.”

Rainbow Dash didn’t respond right away.Twilight rubbed her cheek against her lover’s mane again. “We have to do this, Dashie.”

“No, we don’t. You just think we do…”

Twilight frowned. “It’s the right thing to do, and it’s important to me.” Rainbow Dash tried to pull away from Twilight, but she held her close. “I know it’s kind of crazy Rainbow Dash, but we’ve been together for three months now. I like to think we’re in a pretty serious committed relationship, so I want your dad to know about me—about us…”

“I know…” Dash said reluctantly. “I know it’s the right thing to do, but that doesn’t mean I want to go through with this though.”

“It’s been a whole month since we planned this, and you still haven’t told me anything about your dad, or why you hate him…” Twilight gently rubbed her marefriend’s foreleg as she held her. She could feel Dash relax in her embrace. Twilight knew she was starting to open up. They were on their way to Cloudsdale, she didn’t have much choice now. Rainbow Dash couldn’t just pretend they weren’t going to see her dad anymore.

“I told you that my mom’s not around anymore, right?” Dash said softly.

“Yeah…” Twilight replied, keeping the same soft tone that Dash had. She glanced around the train car, finding that they were the only ones present.

“Well, my dad blames me for that…” Dash answered.

“What?” Twilight asked in disbelief. The mere notion sounded ridiculous to her. A father blaming their daughter for their wife’s death just seemed ludicrous to the unicorn.

“Yeah. He blames me for my mom dying.” Dash sighed for a final time. She pushed he marefriend’s foreleg from around her, but made sure to hold Twilight’s leg tightly. She rolled onto her back, and rest her head against Twilight’s side, and looked up into her lover’s eyes in an almost shy sort of way. It was a rare moment for Twilight to see Dash so vulnerable. “I just know he hates me because of it…” the pegasus added softly.

“That can’t be true, Dashie.”

“I’ve lived it, Twi. I know he does.”

Twilight stared down at her, not too sure how to proceed. Her own dad was a kind, caring stallion. She couldn’t picture a father treating a daughter like that. “I know I’ve asked this before, but did he beat you or anything?” she asked timidly.

“No, he was always just…” Dash trailed off as she stared up at the ceiling. “I don’t know…”

Twilight’s hoof brushed the pegasus’s mane out of her face. She noticed Dash’s eyes look at her, and she smiled. “Even if you’re not close with your dad like I am with mine, it’s fine. I just want to introduce myself and tell him he’s going to have a grandchild.”

Dash cracked a small smile. “Yeah…It’ll be easy, right?”

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Getting a balloon to take the two of them to Cloudsdale wasn’t a difficult task. The pony running the business was happy for some customers, though he did give Rainbow Dash a strange look. Pegasi don’t usually charter a trip home when the can just easily fly there themselves. Dash ignored the look though, and just went with it. She had bigger things on her mind than what some random pony thought about her.

It was obvious to Twilight that this was the pilot’s first time taking two ponies actually to Cloudsdale, rather than just showing them the cloud city. Earth ponies and unicorns didn’t go to Cloudsdale unless they had a spell and a reason. His eyes nearly popped out of his head when Twilight teleported off the balloon and safely onto the clouds without falling through.

“I bet that guy doesn’t get many unicorns wanting to go to Cloudsdale, huh.” Dash gave Twilight a small nudge after she set down on the cloud next to her. She flashed a small smile when her marefriend looked back over at her.

Twilight laughed a bit. “Probably not. Most ponies wanting to come here would probably use the pegasus chariot service in Canterlot.”

“Why didn’t we just do that then?” The pegasus raised an eyebrow. Canterlot was a closer trip than the little town they stopped off at. They even had to go through Canterlot station to get out to Cloudsdale.

Twilight saw the look on Dash’s face and rolled her eyes. “Because it costs about three times as many bits,” Twilight replied with an unamused look. “Money’s rather tight after our trip to Canterlot last month.”

“Well, we didn’t have to stay in such a nice hotel.” Dash rolled her eyes too.

“It was the cheapest one I could find.” Twilight pressed her hoof to her face as she shook her head. “I don’t want to argue about finances. We’re here, we got a hotel to stay a few days, and we’re not broke. We don’t need to fight about money…”

“I wasn’t fighting. You brought it up,” Dash retorted.

Twilight decided to let that point go. “At least Cloudsdale isn’t as expensive as Canterlot was. I guess because earth ponies and unicorns can’t usually come here unless they’re using magic. The tourism industry probably isn’t bustling here.”

“Yeah, I don’t think I ever saw a non pegasus here when I was growing up.”

Twilight looked around with a smile. The puffy cloud architecture was something she admired about this city. She found herself entranced with it last time they were here. It felt so exotic when compared to the mixture of modern and classic of Canterlot, or the rustic appeal of Ponyville. With Cloudsdale, Twilight felt like she had just stepped back in time.

The puffy sculpted cumulus columns leading into wispy cirrus ceilings. The building design was very much classical pegasus in origin and rarely seen today. With such a simple, uninteresting building material, it was amazing the complexity of the architecture they could craft. It reminded Twilight of Rainbow Dash’s house. The only thing she found herself wanting more of was color. It was white a blue as far as the eye could see—a sight that could get visually boring if she stayed here too long.

Dash took a few steps forward before glancing back at the unicorn. She cleared her throat, pulling Twilight from her musings. Once she had Twilight’s attention, she motioned with her head for her marefriend to follow.

Twilight slowly shook her head in protest. “Let’s go to the hotel first. I need to drop this saddlebag off,” Twilight suggested, stepping next to Dash.

Dash shrugged her shoulders. “Alright, we can get something to eat after, and then head to my dad’s house. He should be off work by then.” There was a small hint of disdain in her voice when she mentioned her father, but Twilight chose to ignore it.

She needed to remind herself about what she said on the train ride. Their trip here wasn’t like their trip to Canterlot. She couldn’t change Dash’s mind about her father—especially since she didn’t know if he was worth Dash changing her mind over. All she had to do was introduce herself, inform him of their relationship, and make him aware of their foal; that was all Twilight needed to do to be satisfied. It was simple enough in theory, but if this whole ordeal had taught her anything, nothing was easy in practice.

The two entered the bustling center of Cloudsdale. It was interesting compared to the other cities of Equestria that she had visited. The biggest difference was the streets were almost dead aside from a few vendors and a hoofful of shoppers. That didn’t mean the city wasn’t bustling though. A constant roar of a crowd was just overhead. Most of what would be street traffic in other cities was zipping by up above.

“Everypony flies around here, don’t they…” Twilight mused as she glanced up.

“Yeah, you saw last time you were here, right? Flying’s way faster than walking, so pretty much nopony uses the roads unless there’s something down here they need.” Dash, wrapped a wing around Twilight, which drew the gaze of a few ponies around them.

Twilight noticed the onlookers as well when she took her eyes off the sky. “Is it alright for you to keep your wing around me like that? I thought you said Cloudsdale wasn’t as accepting of same-sex couples as Canterlot…”

“I’ve already got a bit of a reputation around here, so I don’t care…” Dash said just loud enough for Twilight to hear. “Besides, I can’t let any of the stallions around here think you’re free game.” Dash gave a small laugh.

“Do you really think I’d get hit on here?” Twilight laughed back. “As big around as I’m getting? And with you next to me?” Twilight gave the pegasus a teasing grin.

“You don’t see a unicorn up here everyday, so I’m not taking my chances. Somepony around here might have a thing for horns.” Rainbow Dash pressed her side against Twilight’s as she teased her.

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Twilight and Rainbow Dash strolled down the street side by side. Held in Twilight’s magic were two vegetable gyros just in front of both of their mouths. Twilight glanced over at Dash just in time to see the pegasus take an awkward bite of her floating meal.

She couldn’t help but giggle. “Still not used to it?”

“No…” she muttered, trying to hide her embarrassment. Rainbow Dash wasn’t used to Twilight doing something like this, even after three months together. It wasn’t every day she got fed with magic like her unicorn lover did. She also didn’t make it a habit for her marefriend to feed her either. Dash glanced to the side, noticing some more stares, and even a few snickers. She shot them a glare. “Couldn’t we just have eaten at the restaurant?”

“We would have been running late then,” Twilight replied before taking a bite of her own lunch.

“I told you it didn’t matter…” Dash said dismissively.

“I like to be punctual, Dashie.”

“I know you do…” Dash rolled her eyes at the mere notion of Twilight being tardy.

“When was the last time you saw your dad?” Twilight asked, shifting the conversation back to the topic she was actually interested in.

Dash groaned. “Again?”

“Yes, again.” Twilight polished off her lunch with one final bite.

The pegasus shook her head, but reluctantly gave in. “I stopped by after the Young Flyers competition a while back…” she said with a sigh. “I told him how I did the sonic rainboom again, and we talked for a bit before I couldn’t take it anymore and had to leave.”

“Why?”

“He just…” She glanced at Twilight with apologetic eyes. “Sorry, but he pisses me off…”

“Dashie, I know I’ve asked you before, but could you please tell me why he upsets you so much?” Twilight was careful with her words. She didn’t want to upset Dash just before they met her father, but this was a touchy subject with the pegasus.

“I already did, Twi…” she replied angrily.

“Well, there has to be a better reason than he blames you for your mom’s death…”

“Look, he never beat me, he never abused me, he never raped me—nothing! There’s nothing tragic about it! I just…We just don’t get along. He’s kind of cocky, comes off as a jerk, but he’s a smartass too…”

“So, he’s basically just like you,” Twilight replied with a small snicker.

Dash shot her a glare. Twilight just continued to smile, which slowly loosened the athletic mare up. “Don’t say that…” she said grumpily.

The two walked in silence for a bit while Rainbow Dash finished her late lunch as they strolled. Twilight was able to keep pace with Rainbow Dash, making sure not to stray too far as they roamed the streets of Cloudsdale. The maze of clouds and blue sky was enough to confuse her, and she prefered not getting lost in a strange city. Before she knew it though, they were out of the busy center of town. Large warehouses, and factories dedicated to weather production were replaced with houses and stores.

For the most part, buildings were all the same. Each was white, and made out of clouds. The designs were different too compared to the classical architecture of the city center. Buildings looked more like regular houses earth ponies and unicorns lived in. It seemed the further away from the center of town, the less classical the architecture became. Small flourishes were on the houses, most likely to set them apart from each other. A few houses had rainbow waterfalls, or fountains to distinguish them from their neighbors.

“How do these ponies tell their houses apart?” Twilight mused as she walked. “A pony could get lost up here…” Twilight said softly, mostly to herself.

“You get used to it. Like, none of the houses up here are the exact same, so you can pick them out after a while.” Dash said, keeping an eye on the row to her right. After a few more houses she gave a small nod to herself. She and Twilight came to a stop at a small, unassuming house. It had no identifying features aside from a mailbox out front with an address.

Dash sighed heavily. “Here we are.”

Twilight wrapped a foreleg around her marefriend. “We’re just here to talk. We don’t have to stay long,” Twilight reminded.

“I still don’t want to do this…”

“I know you don’t, but I’m happy we’re here. This means a lot to me.”

A small smile found its way onto Dash’s face. Her eyes met Twilight’s for a brief moment before she planted a quick kiss on the unicorn’s cheek. After the quick peck, Dash looked back towards the door. “Let’s just get this over with…”

Rainbow Dash walked up to her dad’s house. The pegasus’s eyes narrowed when she realized she was about to talk to her dad. The little joy she had earlier vanished in less than a second. Dash glanced back over her shoulder when she noticed she was standing there alone. She motioned for Twilight to join her at the door.

The unicorn hesitated for a moment before following. “Don’t you want to ease him into this first? Like I did with my parents?”

“Nah,” Dash said as she knocked.

Twilight felt her heart freeze for a moment. Between trying to get Rainbow Dash to open up, and be there for her, she completely forgot how unprepared for this she was. Her mind flash to when she introduced Rainbow Dash to her parents, and how calm the pegasus had been. Twilight swallowed a forming lump in her throat.

“Just play it cool, Twilight…” she thought to herself. Dash had made this look easy, so maybe it wouldn’t be so bad. All she had to do was just be sincere, and not dive right into telling him she has a freak of nature in her belly. Twilight’s whole body went stiff when she came to that. “How am I going to explain that?”

“Maybe we should have prepared a bit more…” Twilight said quietly, just loud enough for Dash to hear her.

“What?” Dash raised an eyebrow as she looked at her marefriend.

“I’m nervous about telling him the news.”

Before Rainbow Dash could respond, the door opened. Standing in the doorway was a male pegasus with a coat a few shades darker than Rainbow Dash’s. His mane was a multicolored mess of a rainbow, but the colors weren’t quite as vibrant as the athletic mare’s. The muscles under his fur were well defined, and he stood tall. He had a small, warm, but still somehow confident smile on his face as he opened the door. The family resemblance was undeniable between the two—this was clearly Rainbow Dash’s dad.

The stallion’s eyes shifted from Rainbow Dash to Twilight. Immediately his eyebrow raised in surprise, though his smile didn’t fade. His eyes bounced back to his daughter before speaking. “Hey, Rainbow!” he said cheerfully. “It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. Come in,” he said, opening the door for the two mares. The stallion took a few steps back, giving them room to enter the house.

The two stepped inside, and found themselves in the living room. It was much like the outside—white cloud walls, with a cloud ceiling. The furniture was made of clouds as well. There was a couch, a chair, a coffee table, and in the corner of the room, a bookcase. Along one of the walls was a case containing a few photos, and even some trophies. Once Twilight and Dash were inside, Dash kicked the door closed behind her. Her father didn’t seem to mind, but Twilight still shot her a small glare for being so rude.

The stallion cleared his throat after he turned around to greet the two mares properly. “Sorry about the mess. Rainbow didn’t tell me she’d be bringing a friend,” he said with a small laugh. Mess was an exaggeration—even by Twilight’s standards. At most there was a book sitting on the coffee table, a plate with a few crumbs, and a cup of coffee. Everything else was relatively orderly as far as the librarian could tell. “I’m Rainbow Blaze, Rainbow Dash’s father.”

Twilight shot a second glare at Rainbow Dash, to which the athletic pegasus only averted her gaze. “Twilight Sparkle,” Twilight said extending a hoof.

Dash’s father took Twilight’s extended hoof, and shook it. “Twilight Sparkle? So, you’re Rainbow’s friend. I’ve read about you in the papers a lot.” He gave a small, curious glance at the librarian’s side. “You really are a unicorn, huh…”

“Umm, yes…” Twilight said nervously.

“Haven’t actually seen one walking on clouds before. Did you have pegasi parents or something?”

“It’s a spell, Dad…” Dash said with more than a hint of aggravation in her voice.

The stallion seemed to ignore his daughter’s tone instead of engaging with her however. “Would you two like something to drink? I don’t have much, but I’ve got some tea—”

“I’m fine…” Dash walked past her father, further into the living room. She stopped in front of the couch for a moment before sitting down.

Twilight sheepishly followed. “I would love some tea.” Twilight gave a smile, to which the stallion nodded pleasantly.

“Sure,” Dash’s father smiled. He turned his back for a second, and started walking down a hallway off the livingroom. After a few steps he turned his head, and called back. “I’ve got some of that berry tea you like, Rainbow. Want me to make you some?” he asked again, a hint of teasing in his voice.

Dash sighed reluctantly. “Yeah, I guess…”

Twilight took a seat next to her marefriend, but Dash didn’t look like she wanted to talk. She leaned back, and crossed her forelegs. A small frown had found its way on to her face in the time since she sat down on the couch.

Twilight didn’t know why Dash was getting so upset. Her father seemed nice so far. He was hospitable, and as far as Twilight could tell, a nice guy. His friendly, relaxed demeanor reminded her of someone she knew very well, and it put her at ease. Yet, Dash was acting as though he was being rude to her. “Dashie, why are you getting so upset?” Twilight asked softly.

“I’m not, Twi…” she muttered.

“You are. Just try to relax a bit. He hasn’t done anything wrong…”

“Just wait…” Dash replied as she dug her hooves further into her forearms.

“When he gets back, we can talk. It’ll be over soon, okay?” Dash only nodded to her as a response. Twilight was already getting the feeling this trip wouldn’t go well, but she had the distinct impression that Rainbow Dash’s father wouldn’t be the cause of it.

Twilight glanced next to her, taking notice of a picture sitting on a table. Three ponies were all smiling with a bright blue sky for a background. Twilight recognized two of the ponies in the picture. One was a very young Rainbow Dash boasting a huge smile. Twilight couldn’t help but smile herself as she looked into the young filly’s face. She didn’t have a care in the world it seemed—so not much had changed. To Dash’s right in the picture was her father, and to the left was a mare with a pink coat, and a wild blue mane. Twilight took a guess that it was her mother.

They all seemed to be happy in the picture. She glanced back at her marefriend, trying to figure out what could drive such a divide between a family. Her mom’s death couldn’t be the sole reason behind Dash’s dislike of her father. Twilight was snapped back to reality by the soft clatter of china coming down the hall.

“So, Rainbow, what did you want to talk to me about? I don’t get letters from you very often. and I doubt you wanted to just introduce me to your friend here,” he said as he came back into the living room. Balanced on his hoof was a tray with three mugs. He set the tray down on the coffee table and took a seat on the free chair. With his hoof he offered the two a cup, which Twilight levitated with her magic.

Twilight took a sip of the faintly red colored beverage. As soon as the tea hit her tongue, she found it unbelievably sweet. Twilight was starting to see a pattern between Dash and her father; they both liked sweet things. Twilight looked over to Rainbow Dash to find the pegasus holding her cup, but merely staring into the steamy liquid rather than actually drinking it.

“Actually, I kinda did…” Her dad gave her a confused look while Rainbow Dash took a deep breath to start speaking again. It wasn’t so much to ready her nerves like when Twilight did it, but to rush and get it out as fast as possible. “TwilightandIaredating,” she said too fast for anyone to understand.

Rainbow Blaze blinked a few times, leaving a vacant stare on his face. His cup only a few inches from his lips. “One more time?” he asked after a second.

“Twilight and I are dating…” Dash said slower. Her eyes looked off to the side. Twilight felt this situation was very similar to her own yet again, but instead of avoiding eye contact because it was awkward like she and her parents had done, Dash was doing it out of frustration.

The stallion’s eyes went wide for a second as what his daughter was saying sunk in. He looked down at his cup of tea in his hoof, and gently set the glass down. Once his cup was safely on the table he looked back up at the two mares sitting on the couch.

Flashbacks to when Twilight and Dash told their friends back in Ponyville came flooding into the unicorn’s mind. Applejack had been reluctant to accept their relationship, so Twilight feared Dash’s father would be the same. Unicorns were an exception when it came to views on sexuality—she had to keep reminding herself of that. Ponyville had been rather tolerant of their relationship, but that was most likely due to the number of unicorns in the town.

They had been getting looks since they came to Cloudsdale. It was very possible Dash’s dad wouldn’t approve. He might even throw them out before they had a chance to even tell him the important news. Twilight looked at Dash’s dad. He didn’t seem like the type of pony to overreact like that.

The stallion’s eyes bounced to Twilight, staring at the librarian for a second before looking back at his daughter. Twilight had a small, sincere smile on her face, hoping to sway Blaze from being upset, but the stallion’s reaction didn’t seem to be that of anger. “I never would have guessed, Rainbow.”

“It’s not a big deal if I like mares too…” Dash crossed her forelegs again after she set down her cup of tea. Twilight didn’t understand why she was getting upset. Blaze’s reaction didn’t seem like one of anger or disgust. There didn’t seem to be a reason for her to get upset.

“I guess not…” Blaze sat back in the chair. “It’s not really any of my business who you’re with, as long as they make you happy.”

“Thanks.” Twilight gave a smile to the stallion, and then looked back at Rainbow Dash. Her father’s acceptance didn’t seem to cheer her up in the slightest.

Dash grit her teeth angrily. “Why do you always do this?” she asked softly. Twilight could see her lover’s foreleg was tense, like she was squeezing as hard as she could.

Twilight barely heard what Dash said, but her father seemed to know without even hearing it. Twilight saw a subtle shift in his smile from one of acceptance to one of reluctance. He was readying himself for something. Twilight placed a hoof on Dash’s shoulder. “He said he’s fine with us being together, Dashie.” Twilight looked up for confirmation, but Blaze didn’t move.

“No he didn’t. He said he didn’t care…” Dash snapped. She threw her head back in anger before standing up off the couch.

“Calm down. He did not say that,” Twilight tried to reason with her, but her words went in one ear and out the other.

“Why do you always act like everything I do is no big deal!” Dash shot him a glare. “Every time I tell you something, you just act like it’s nothing! You don’t even care about anything I do, do you!” There was a small narrowing of Blaze’s eyes, one that Twilight doubted Rainbow Dash even noticed. What she just said hurt him far more than what he was showing on the surface. “This is why we don’t ever talk…Because when we do, you never care about what I have to say! You always act like I’m never good enough—like I don’t matter!”

“Rainbow, I never said that.” He stayed calm, even though Rainbow Dash was yelling.

“You didn’t have to!” she snapped. “It’s the way you act, Dad!” She slammed her hoof into the cloud floor. Twilight expected a loud clop, but it didn’t come.

Blaze looked sad for a moment, as he collected his thoughts. “I’m sorry, Rainbow. If your mom were around, she would—”

“Don’t bring her up! You always do that! I’m sorry I can’t be as good as her!” Dash said sarcastically. She ran her hoof threw her mane, too upset to even know what to do with herself. Her wings twitched in anticipation, ready to spring to action in a moment’s notice. The two stared at one another in complete silence for a few tense moments; her dad feigning calm, and Dash utterly fuming. “I got to get out of here…” she said throwing her hoof at him in disgust.

“We just got here!” Twilight tried to reign Dash in again, but she completely ignored her. The pegasus angrily stomped towards the door, not even waiting for her marefriend to set down her tea.

“Where are you going?” Twilight asked, standing up herself.

“I need to get out of here…” she said, opening the door and taking to the sky. Twilight stopped following as soon as Rainbow Dash flew off. She stared out at the open door for a moment before looking back to Dash’s father.

He didn’t seem at all surprised by his daughter’s reaction. In fact, he gave a small, almost hysterical laugh. “Miss Twilight, you won’t be able to catch her on hoof. Rainbow’s too fast—but I’m sure you already know that.”

“I should still go get her.”

“She does this almost every time she visits. We can rarely have a whole conversation. She’ll be back to pick you up though in an hour or so, so don’t worry too much. She’s not the type of pony to leave you here alone.”

Twilight looked back outside the door, finding her marefriend’s rainbow streak in the sky fading off into the distance. she sighed before turning back to Dash’s father. “I don’t really understand what just happened though…”

“It’s complicated…” he said with a sigh.

“Usually I’m the one saying that…” Twilight walked back over to the couch. With a small sigh, she took a seat, and waited for her marefriend to come back.

Author's Notes:

Dash couldn't take it anymore. She had to go get some ice cream to go with her tea.