Rainbow Dash felt completely exhausted as she came walking into her bedroom, flopping down on to her bed, and groaning loudly while she was glad to finally be back in her home again. She had just been able to escape from the other pegasi of Cloudsdale, after telling them all the truth about her and their Princess, and while getting away from Ponyville without any trouble was easy enough, Cloudsdale was a different story.

After being pressured and questioned by almost every pegasus from the city, she was now able to relax and forget about everything for a little while. Dash knew that this may just be the end of her and Twilight's relationship, but it was done now, everypony knew the truth, and even if Twilight had thought that it was wrong, Rainbow knew that it was the only thing that felt right to her. After all what kind of love would her and Twilight have if they had to hide it from the rest of the world? Certainly not the kind of love she would ever want.

Dash sighed deeply as she looked to her bedsheets, remembering those times that her beautiful marefriend was laying on them, snuggling up in the covers and smiling to herself, looking like a cute little kitten. Dash smiled as she thought that maybe she wasn't even her marefriend anymore, she had just told everypony about their secret, how would she ever forgive her for that?

The alicorn's crying expression was imprinted in her mind as she remembered looking at her, and wishing she could have just flew down to her and made those tears disappear, but knowing that that would have only made things worse for the Princess. While Twilight was standing in that crowd, she was being hidden by her friends, which made it hard for anypony else to see her, but the moment that the cyan pegasus went down there to stand beside her, she would have been seen by all, and would have never been left alone, much like how things went with Rainbow when she told Cloudsdale everything.

What was next now? Rainbow had no idea, all she wanted to do was sleep off her problems, and worry about them in the morning, and so she rolled over on her bed, and was about to cuddle up to try and get some rest, but unfortunately she heard a fairly light knocking at her door, guessing it was another pegasus from Cloudsdale wanting to question her, she really didn't want to deal with that kind of situation right now, and just chose to ignore the knocking, thinking it would go away if she didn't answer to it.

But that didn't seem like it was going to happen as a few seconds later, the knocking continued along with it getting louder now, not stopping for a long while, and when it did, it was only for a couple of seconds before it would start again. Rainbow groaned as she grabbed her pillow and pullled it over her head, gritting her teeth and closing her eyes, trying to bare with hearing that annoying, never-ending knocking at best as she could.

Her efforts seem to have payed off as suddenly there was no more knocking at her door, there was just silence, which Dash smiled at as she sighed with relief and relaxed again in order to try and fall to sleep. However that lasted as long as maybe five minutes or so, afterwards there was again more knocking, this time much louder, sounding like somepony was now pounding on her door and trying to break it down.

Dash sat up on her bed, sighing deeply as she just decided to answer the damn door already, getting the feeling that she wasn't going to get any peace until she did so. She stood up from her bed, and walked out of her room, making her way to her front door slowly, while glaring at the irritating knocking that just didn't seem to be stopping at all now.

"Rainbow Dash, are you there?"

Dash heard a familiar voice call to her from beyond the door, causing her to tilt her head a little and wonder what that pony was doing at her door. Rainbow walked up to her front door, and sighed again, opeing the door slowly and causing her visitor to stop knocking, and greet her politely.

"Fluttershy...what are you doing here, and how did you know where my house was?" Rainbow asked, really never expecting to see the yellow pegasus at her door, they used to go to each others houses all the time when they were younger, but she never thought Fluttershy would be able to remember where her cloudhome was.

"Well I'll admit I did have a little trouble finding your house since I haven't been here for years now, but luckily I was able to roughly remember which one was yours without needing to ask somepony for help," Fluttshy answered as she seemed worried and was talking in a rushed tone for some reason.

"Okay, what's up?" Rainbow seemed confused still as she wondered why the other pegasus seemed so panicked right now, thinking that maybe she should invite her in, after all she did seem awfully out of breath right now.

"Twilight's leaving!" Fluttershy suddenly blurted out, in too much of a panic to try and stay calm, after all every second that she spent stalling, the closer Twilight would be to leaving, without thinking to say goodbye to her marefriend, or maybe she really did want to say goodbye, but she just couldn't bear to see the cyan pegasus's expression when she told her she was leaving everything and going back to her old home.

"WHAT? WHY?!" Dash's eyes went wide, while her casual expression formed into one of surprise and worry, she thought that Twilight would just be mad at her for telling everypony about their secret, not leave the two towns.

"After you left, we hid Twilight away in Sugarcube Corner, and she told us everything. How you and her started going out, the kiss that happened that was the cause of it all, what her feelings and your's were, and even...what you two did last night while still being outside in the open," Fluttershy explained as she tried her best to at least talk in a calmer voice now, explaining to Dash all that had happened after she had left.

"She told you all that?" Dash asked in a more of a wondering voice, rather one of disappointment or betrayal like Fluttershy would have been expecting from the other pegasus.

"Yes...but please you have to stop her," Fluttershy pleaded as she was worrying that Twilight was already on her way to the train station.

"Didn't any of you try to talk her out of it?" Dash asked, not seeing what had caused the Princess to make such a sudden and rash deicision. Was it all really because of how bad things had gotten now?

"She won't listen to any of us, Dash you're her marefriend, you're the only one that may be able to stop her,"

"How can I stop her, I told everypony our secret without talking to her about it first, I don't think I should be calling myself her 'marefriend' after doing something like that," Rainbow spoke in a low tone now, while she felt like maybe Twilight was doing the right thing, maybe her leaving and truly ending things between them would be their best option here.

"You can't say that Rainbow Dash, all of us could tell how much she really loves you, and trust me she doesn't blame you at all for all this," Fluttershy tried to convince Rainbow to go and stop Twilight, Dash was their only chance at not losing their Princess and friend.

"I...I...I can't..." Rainbow shook her head, as she didn't see how Twilight would listen to anything she said now.

"Come on Dash, if you really love her like you said you do, then you can't just let her walk away like this," Fluttershy stated, while she really hoped her words would get through to Rainbow soon.

Rainbow stood there, thinking over it all, she did love Twilight with all her heart...but would that be enough to stop her from leaving everything behind here? Dash had no idea how in all of Equestria she would be able to make her stay, it just didn't seem possible to her.

... ...

Spike nervously looked around the train station, as him and Twilight stood there waiting to leave Ponyville. The Princess would have happily teleported or flew back to Canterlot, but Spike convinced her to take the train instead, hoping that it would buy time for a certain cyan pegasus (which they had told Fluttershy to go and get), to show up and stop her marefriend.

Spike could see how the towns ponies acted around their Princess now that this had all happened, as there were a few ponies standing at the station waiting as well, all of them staring to Twilight, before they would whisper to each other. Twilight could clearly hear them, but chose to just ignore them all, and just pretend they weren't even there, focusing more on the train tracks than anything else right now.

The Princess left everything in the library, not bothering to pack anything, after all she could just buy new stuff once she got back to her old home. She was leaving these two towns behind now, so there was no going back for her.

"T-Twilight, are you sure we have to leave?" Spike asked nervously, as he looked to Twilight, hoping he could still talk her out of this, but it didn't seem like that would work right now.

"Yes," Twilight answered simply, not even glancing to the dragon, while she just kept her eyes on the train tracks, looking to them with a blank stare, as her face held an unreadable expression.

"But I don't want to be leaving everything behind like this though,"

"Then you can stay here, but I'm leaving, and that's final!"

Twilight replied as she glared to her assistant now, wanting him to either choose to stay and go back to the library, or leave with her and stop talking and trying to change her mind still. Spike didn't want to leave like this, but he knew he couldn't just let Twilight leave on her own, Princess Celestia had told him to stay together with her, no matter what, and that's exactly what he would do. Even if he really felt like leaving the lavender alicorn and going back to the library on his own right now.

Spike nervously rubbed the back of his neck, wanting to say something more, but honestly not knowing what that something was, while Twilight just wished that the train would come faster, so that they could get away from this place as quickly as possible. Spike opened his mouth, thinkng of something to say quickly, only to stop when he was cut off by another voice.

"Twilight!"

A gasp left Twilight's lips as her eyes went wide, and her ears twitched to the unmistakable voice of her marefriend calling to her. Both Spike and Twilight slowly turned to look to the cyan pegasus, who seemed a little out of breath, as she stood there panting slightly, before she straighted up and gave the alicorn a stern stare.

"Just where do you think you're going?" Rainbow smirked as she raised an eyebrow to Twilight, while Spike smiled, happy to see that Rainbow must have listened and agreed to Fluttershy's plea for help.

"What are you doing here Dash?" Twilight asked after she paused for a little while, not speaking a word before that. Now feeling nervous Twilight was wondering just what Dash was planning to do, she guessed she was going to try and convince her to stay, but nothing that she said would make her stay...right?

"What's it look like, I'm here to stop you from leaving of course," Rainbow stated in a proud voice, speaking loud and clear, not caring about who may hear her at all.

Twilight sighed as she gritted her teeth and looked to Spike for a moment, "Spike could you keep an eye out for the train please? I need to talk with Dash here for a minute," she instructed to the dragon, giving her smirking marefriend a displeased look for showing up here out of the blue, she wouldn't speak to anypony but her, but she wasn't going to be happy about it, and she definitely wouldn't let her words get to her.

"S-sure," Spike nodded with a smile, glad that Twilight was willing to talk to Dash at least, and hoping to Celestia that the pegasus would get through to her in some sort of way.

Twilight nodded as she walked away from Spike, walking up to Rainbow Dash, and gesturing for her to follow her, while Rainbow nodded back to Twilight, before the two mares walked off together to hide off to the far left side of the train station, now being able to talk in a more private place with no eyes on them, but still close to see when the train was coming, since Twilight was clearly still fixed on leaving it would seem.

"What do you want Dash?" Twilight asked as her voice now had gone back to it's usual tone, rather than the cold one she was speaking in eariler.

"For you to stay of course," Rainbow answered as she also had more of a caring tone to her voice now, while her expression was much softer and that smirk of her's, was now a kind smile.

Twilight could feel her heart ache at that smile, wanting to just run into Dash's embrace, and never let her go, but shaking her head as she turned away from the pegasus and hid her expression behind her long mane, "Well sorry, but I'm afraid I can't do that,"

"Why not, because things have gotten bad now?"

"Because it's all too much for me, I thought I might be able to deal with everypony knowing about us, but I can't...I don't feel safe anymore Dash. I'm so... scared," Twilight felt like crying as she hung her head low, and couldn't bring herself to look Dash in the eye anymore.

Rainbow's eyes widened a little, as she understood how Twilight felt, both of the towns were now treating the alicorn how Ponyville had always treated her since the separation happened. They were both being treated the same now, and Dash knew how frightening it really was to feel like you just didn't belong,

"I know Twi, I'm scared too," Rainbow smiled as she sighed a little, walking closer to Twilight, causing Twilight to instandly shake her head and scream back at her.

"NO, DON'T! Don't you dare come near me...please..." Twilight bit her bottom lip, trembling as she couldn't help but glance to Dash, while the pegasus seemed a little surprised by her raised voice, "Please...just stay away..." Twilight whispered.

Rainbow sighed as she looked to Twilight with a concerned expression, wondering for a little bit, as she was figuring out what to say, and to hopefully not cause Twilight to become even more distressed then she already was.

"Okay I'll stay away, but just listen for a minute, alright?" Rainbow spoke in a calm and low voice, hoping that Twilight would just hear her out for at least a little while.

"Okay..." Twilight nodded slightly, as she glanced to Dash, but still kept her head tured away from her, knowing that if she looked too much she would quickly get drawn in.

"Good," Rainbow sighed with relief, glad that Twilight was at least willing to listen to her if nothing else, "I know it's all different now, and I know that you're scared of what might happen from here, but you can't just leave things like this,"

"Why not?" Twilight could feel tears welling up in her eyes, while she bit back slight sobs.

"Because I love you,"

"I love you too Dash, but it's over now...there's no way we can 'fix' this anymore," Twilight wiped her tearful eyes as she turned her back to Rainbow, and sighing deeply, seeming like she had completely lost all hope.

"So that's it, you're just giving up? You never let me give up, no matter how stubborn I was, so I'm going to do the same with you," Rainbow spoke in a serious tone now, while she gave Twilight a stern stare again, she wasn't going to let Twilight throw this all away just because they made a mistake.

"Dash I know what you're trying to say, but I really don't see a way where we can make this work, we tried, and something went wrong, now we can't go back, so you should just stop already, maybe it was never meant to work between us after all," Twilight confessed as she really didn't want to end things with Rainbow Dash, but seeing it as the only way of her being able to let the pegasus go, and saying goodbye without breaking down into tears in the process.

"What are you saying?" Rainbow couldn't believe what Twilight was saying to her right now, was she really breaking up with her?

"Goodbye Dash," Twilight smiled with slight tears welling up in her eyes again, before she turned away from Rainbow, and began to walk away from the pegasus, hoping that she would at least walk away with her pride intact, she had lasted this long, and just felt like she was going to collapse and regret doing this any minute now, just as long as Dash didn't stop her then she would be fine.

But Rainbow Dash wasn't going to accept that, as she shook her head and swallowed slowly, running up to Twilight a second later and resting a hoof on her shoulder, causing the alicorn to stop in her tracks and glance back to Dash.

"Weren't we going to get the two towns to make up and start again?" Dash asked in a low voice.

"Dash-

"Twilight..." Dash cut Twilight off as she lifted her head, and sat down on the ground, sighing deeply, smiling to Twilight as she let her tears run down her cheeks, while she held her hooves out for the alicorn.

Twilight's eyes widened as she couldn't fight it anymore, her heart ached when she saw those tears stream down Dash's cheeks, she had tried all she could to not break down and lose her composure, but this was too much for her to deal with now, as she could feel tears welling up in her eyes again, letting them stream down her cheeks, before she ran into Rainbow's embrace, crying while the pegasus held her close.

Rainbow smiled as she held on to Twilight tightly, not wanting to ever let her go, while Twilight buried her head into Dash's chest, sobbing slightly, as she clenched her teeth together and hugged Dash back, forgetting about leaving completely for a moment as she sat there, snuggling into Dash's warm and loving embrace, and nuzzled into her neck.

"I...I love you Dash...I'm sorry I love you so much Rainbow Dash!" Twilight cried as she sobbed harder into Dash's chest, while she never wanted to leave her now, she may not feel safe in this town anymore, but the longer she sat in her marefriend's embrace all her troubles felt like they were beginning to melt away. Maybe her home in Canterlot wasn't the only place she felt safe in after all.

"I love you too Twilight," Rainbow sighed as she rubbed Twilight's back in a comforting manner, starting to rock her in a calming motion, "And don't worry, we'll work this out,"

Twilight looked to Dash, gazing into the pegasus's eyes, while she sniffled a little and seemed to be a little calmer now,

"How?"

"We'll find a way, together," Dash replied as she kissed Twilight's tears away, and lightly pecked her forehead.

Twilight nodded in return slowly as she smiled back to Rainbow, and chuckled slightly when she felt the pegasus kiss her forehead lightly, glad that Dash hadn't given up on her there, she was already close to breaking all she needed was that small push to make her follow what her heart was telling her to do.

Rainbow moved Twilight's mane out of her eyes, as she closed the small gap between them and brought her into a sweet, loving kiss. Twilight closed her eyes and kissed Dash back in return, letting a pleasant moan escape her throat as their kiss deepened and Twilight actually felt really glad and thanked Celestia that Dash had stopped her after all, now feeling like she couldn't be more happy to be wrapped in her marefriend's love once again.

... ...

After talking to Spike, and bringing him up to speed on what had happened, the dragon happily ran off to go and tell the good news to the others in Ponyville, before he would head back to the library, overjoyed at the fact that Rainbow Dash had convinced Twilight to stay, making him so glad that he and the Princess weren't leaving after all.

Meanwhile Rainbow Dash and Twilight went on a long fly together, getting away from both towns for a little while, spending there day off out together and not coming back until late at night. Choosing to hang around the outskirts of the separated towns for a little bit longer, while they waited for the majority of the two towns to head back into their homes for the night, before they both successfully snuck into Rainbow Dash's cloudhome up in Cloudsdale, the two not wanting to leave each other's side for the night.

"How did you know I was at the train station?" Twilight asked as she and Dash were now laying on the pegasus's bed, talking the night away, while they were happy to have spent the rest of the day without any drama, whether tomorrow would be the same or not was something to worry about in the morning, for now they would just enjoy this time alone together.

"Fluttershy came and told me, AJ and the others must have told her to come and tell me what was going on, and then she practially begged me to stop you from leaving, saying that 'I was the only pony you would listen to right now'," Rainbow answered sighing slightly as she had her chin resting on Twilight's chest, while Twilight was laying on her back, and looking to her with a slight smile.

"Well to be honest, you pretty much were, I don't think I would have agreed to stay if it was anypony else but you Dash," Twilight smiled as she rested her head back on the pillow, chuckling slightly when she could feel her marefriend nuzzling into her chest.

"Did you tell Cloudsdale the truth about us as well?" Twilight asked as she looked up to the ceiling, and sighed a little, glad that Rainbow and her had at least this night together after the peaceful afternoon they had spent staying away from all of their troubles, but knowing they most likely couldn't do that from now on, or even just tomorrow probably.

"Yes, and I got chased and questioned by pretty much every single pegasus in the whole city afterwards," Dash nodded as she remembered how exhausted she had felt eariler, where as now she didn't want this night to end.

"I bet that was fun," Twilight smirked as she looked back to Dash, and ran her hoof through the pegasus's bright rainbow mane, getting a delighted 'hum' in return from her.

"Oh yeah it was great, let me tell you how many times I got the same questions over and over again for maybe about two hours straight," Dash rolled her eyes and she playfully headbutted Twilight's hoof off of her head.

"What were you expecting Dash? Do you see now that maybe it wasn't the best plan to tell all of them the truth so soon?"

"It was either that or have them find it out for themselves later on," Dash pointed out.

"I guess that's true, and I bet that would have been even worse, since Applejack and the others would have been kept in the dark for even longer then they were before I told them everything," Twilight rested a hoof on Rainbow's head, as she watched her move slightly and reach over to one of her alicorn wings, starting to preen the lavender feather, while Twilight felt a soothing sensation flow through her nerves.

"Oh yeah, how did that go anyway?" Rainbow asked as she slowly licked Twilight's feathers, closing her eyes and smiling when she heard the alicon give out a pleasant moan in return.

"Well it was actually okay, once they had all stopped questioning me about this or that, and were willing to just stand there and let me explain everything to them. And then when I had explained it all to them they all seemed fine with it...well until I told them about last night, but it wasn't too much of a problem for me, and luckily I was able to stop them from lecturing me about it," Twilight explained as she figured that her telling the others about everything had actually gone better than she thought it would have.

"By telling them that you were leaving?" Rainbow raised a eyebrow, as she had her eyes half-open, while she lightly stroked Twilight's wing with her hoof, causing the alicorn to shiver slightly, as she blushed a little.

Twilight just nodded in reply, before she glanced away from Dash, using her wing to lightly hit Rainbow's hoof away from her. Rainbow smiled as she snuggled up close to her marefriend, and lightly kissed her neck, causing her to tremble in return.

"So we aren't over right, Twi?"

"Of course not! I mean I still don't feel safe in either of the towns...but I love you Dash, and I don't want to lose you," Twilight stated as she reached her hooves up to Dash's cheeks and brought her head up to look at her in the eyes, resting her forehead against Dash's while she closed her eyes, and held back her tears.

"I'm glad. I love you too Twilight," Dash smiled as she pecked Twilight's forehead lightly, and nuzzled her lovingly.

Twilight whimpered slightly as she linked her forelegs around Dash's neck and held her close, buring her head into Dash's shoulder, while Rainbow smiled and hugged Twilight back, now standing over her and rubbing her back again in a calming motion, whispering quiet words of comfort into her ear, while she felt the alicorn nuzzling into her neck.

"It doesn't matter where I am anymore, as long as I'm together with you then I'm already home," Twilight whispered as she could feel a couple of small tears slowly running down her cheeks, letting a few sobs escape her lips.

"Alright shh...no more crying now, I'm here," Dash calmed Twilight's cries as she moved her hoof in a circling motion, stroking Twilight's back softly, while she lightly kissed away her tears.

Twilight sniffled slightly as she pulled away from Dash a little, swallowing as she choked back more tears, as she sighed deeply and rested her head aganist her marefriend's chest, listening to the slow rhythm of her heartbeat, letting it soothe her till she was able to relax again.

"What are we going to do Dash?" Twilight asked as she gazed up to her marefriend, feeling her worries going to the back of her mind, while Dash cuddled her close and held her tightly. She still felt worried about where they would go from here, they still had things to worry about, and Twilight wasn't exactly sure that it was all really going to work out. After all looking at how things were now, it almost seemed impossible for it to actually turn out for the better to her.

"I'm told you, we'll work it all out,"

"I know...but..." Twilight paused as she gritted her teeth and had a saddened look, while Dash looked down to her with an concerned expression, "...are we going to be okay Dash?"

Rainbow looked to Twilight for a moment, before she smiled and kissed Twilight's lips lightly before answering her,

"We'll be fine, Twilight," Rainbow reassured as she felt a warm seastion fill her heart when she saw that beautiful smile of Twilight's return to her lips again.

Rainbow leaned more into Twilight as she gave her ear a slow lick, causing the alicorn to shiver slightly, spreading out her lavender wings from her sides, before she pulled the pegasus into a deep kiss, smiling when she returned it and pushed her tongue in. Twilight moaned a little as she happily let Dash dominate her, loving the way she would lightly suck on her tongue and make her head spin with every little movement she would make with her tongue and hooves, running them along her sides, causing the Princess to squirm against her.

Their lips parted as the two lovers gazed into each others eyes, smiling while they didn't want this perfect moment to end, but both knowing that it eventually would. Twilight sighed as she carnessed Dash's cheek with her hoof, Dash closing her eyes and nuzzling into the alicorn's touch, clearly asking her for more.

Twilight watched Dash's reaction as she brushed her hoof along the pegasus's forehead, travling slowly, running through her long rainbow mane, descending down to end at her neck, going back to repeat the motion once or twice more, all the while Dash was arching her neck and smiling in delight, enjoying all the attention she was getting from her marefriend, giving out small 'hums' while Twilight smiled at the way Dash would react to her being to so affectionate towards her.

"Hey Dash..."

"Hmm?"

"I know it's not as exciting as being outside on a cloud or anything...but, do you think we could keep going?" Twilight asked as she stroked Dash's folded up wing, causing her to shiver and extend it, feeling Twilight's hoof brush against each and every one of her cyan feathers, while she looked to Twilight for a moment, and wondered if she was really asking her for what she thought she was asking her for.

"You sure Twi?" Dash rested her forehead against Twilight's looking deep into her eyes, and making sure there was now regret behind them, but all she could see was longing behind those dark orbs that were gazing back to her.

Twilight just nodded in reply laying a light peck on Dash's lips, before she linked her forelegs around the pegasus's neck again, and held her close, letting her marefriend pin her down on the bed, moaning slightly as she blushed slightly, while she felt Dash kissing her neck lightly again, now being a little more aggressive with her advances, gladly obliging to the alicorn's request.

"I love you Rainbow Dash,"

Twilight whispered with a smile, hearing Dash whisper her own 'I love you' in reply, holding her close as she felt her marefriend wrap her in a loving embrace. Now knowing that no matter what life may throw at them from her on out, she would happily pull through it all as long as her love was standing beside her, while Twilight felt that wrapped in Rainbow Dash's ever longing love was where she truly belonged, knowing that she would never want to let her go ever again. And whatever the future may hold for them, it would all be worth it as long as they were walking together through it all.

Author's Notes:

And with hope, they are both sure to live happily ever after.

Thank you ever so much for reading
(I really did enjoy every part of creating this story, and I hope you liked reading it as much as I did writing it for you all )

KillerChainsaw ;)