Twilight exits the upstairs room first, having calmed down a little from the 'incident' just moments ago.  Fluttershy lays back in Twilight's bed and exhales, still having a discussion with Courage within her mind.

Looks like Dashie got to see you two anyway huh?  The voice teases and prods at the shy pegasus, never letting up for a moment.

That was so embarrassing... I hope she doesn't think less of me because of that,  Fluttershy doesn't even try to fight it, feeling almost like she deserves to be laughed at.

Pfft, if anything she'll be proud of you.  Just look at how tense Dash seems to be, when's the last time you think she got any action?

Oh that's none of our business...  Fluttershy quietly mouths along with her inner dialogue, losing herself in her own little world as Twilight converses with the nosy mare downstairs.

Hey it's our mind, everything's our business,  

I guess that's true...

Hey, Co-pilot, guess what?

What?

We're talkin' again,

Uhm, yeah? So?

So? What do you mean so?  You usually do everything in your insignificant little power to try and shut me up, but we're talking... we haven't spoken since we were fillies,

Well... that's kind of your fault you know,

Yeah, you're right,

Fluttershy doesn't quite know what to think or say, for the first time in ages she actually came to a peaceful resolution with Courage.

The canary-yellow pegasus decides to break back into the real world and actually get up, taking a glance out the window to check the time of day.  The overcast skies cover up the sun and paint the entire landscape a dreary gray, so she figures it would be best to just get up and go see Twilight before it got too late.  

The pegasus gingerly stretches her wings and flutters down toward the steps, trotting along at a gentle pace and peeking her head around the corner to see Twilight, Spike, and Rainbow Dash sitting together.  At this time they had gotten past the 'lecture' Twilight was giving Dash about knocking and had moved on to a simple chat about Twilight's relationship with Fluttershy.

"So I guess you two are gettin' pretty serious eh Twi?"  Dash speaks with a mocking conviction in her voice, poking fun at the embarrassed unicorn.

"Not that it's any of your business... but yes, she and I have agreed that we want to stay together, but she doesn't want it to be a public spectacle quite yet,"

Fluttershy feels a small warmth spread through her heart that Twilight really listened to her; she expected it, but it always helps to hear it naturally said.

"I hear ya, I hear ya... I'm not about to go around telling everypony I see,"

"Or Pinkie Pie..."  Twilight snaps at Rainbow, scowling a little bit and knowing that she needed to be sure before making any assumptions.

"Fine, Twi, I won't tell anypony... happy?"

"Yes, yes I am,"  Twilight sits back and wears her signature self-important, closed-eye smile.

"I am too..."  Fluttershy speaks up and slowly walks the rest of the way into the library, smiling gently down onto the three of them.

"Heya, Fluttershy,"  Twilight says as she scoots over to make room, "Uhm, how long were you standing there?"

"Oh not too long,"  The pegasus replies, smiling around the room but reverting to her usual shy self.  She doesn't make eye-contact with anypony and just sits down next to Twilight, wrapping her wing around the unicorn's back.  

Spike, sitting still and bored, listening in on the conversation gives a deadpan stare at the emotional overload from these past few days.  The dragon doesn't really have anything to contribute to the conversation, and so just stands up to walk away.  Almost as soon as his back is turned on the trio, Twilight asks him to go make some tea; he begrudgingly obliges.

"You two really do make an adorable couple, y'know that?"  Rainbow says as she sits back and makes herself comfortable.

Both of the target ponies grin sheepishly at the compliment.  Fluttershy looks up at Twilight and kisses her cheek, making the unicorn turn the faintest shade of pink across her nose.  

"Thanks, Rainbow..."  Fluttershy says gingerly as she rests her head on Twilight's shoulder.

"You know... I've always wondered why you're rarely spotted with other ponies... You seem charismatic enough,"  Twilight says, referencing Rainbow's almost perpetual single-ness.  

"Ah, uhm... well, I'm just not really looking for a relationship, I guess. It's never really been super important to me,"  A bold faced lie from the mare, she's still just too embarrassed to admit to anypony else that she doesn't like colts.

"Fair enough, I was just curious...  As long as you keep yourself happy that's all that really matters,"  Twilight casts her a soft smile and leans her head against Fluttershy's, resting her temple up by the pegasus's ear.  Rainbow Dash nods, smirking a little and relaxing, just enjoying the time that she can take for her friends.  The happy couple on the adjacent couch try to avoid doing anything too overtly 'lovey' for Dash's sake.  Spike enters the library from the kitchen, carrying a large platter with three teacups, a teapot, and some sugar cubes, grumbling a little bit and leaving immediately after dropping off the provisions.  

Twilight calmly pours some tea for all three of them, dropping in two sugar cubes in each cup.  Just as they're about to take their first sip, a panicked knock at the door breaks the comfortable silence.  The lavender unicorn sets down her cup and walks over to the door; halfway there being attacked by another set of frantic knocks.  She opens the door to see a very nervous Applejack standing on the front walkway.  

"Hey Twi, is Rainbow here?  Oh there ya are!  Rainbow, you need to come with me, something bad's happened."  Applejack looks over Twilight's shoulders as she speaks and spots the cyan pegasus sipping tea with her friends.  

"What's the matter, AJ?"  She calls, not taking the nervous speech as any real sign of trouble.  

"It's your home... It's uh... uhm... Well, it's collapsed,"  AJ says, trying to break the news delicately but unable to form the right kind of sentence in her mind.  

"What!?  What do you mean?"  The pegasus almost drops her tea onto the table and runs to the door, looking the earth pony in the eyes.  

"I mean it collapsed... I was out shoveling the snow before it got too heavy and I saw that fancy fountain of yers fallin' out of the sky.  I went to take a look and it looked like the roof had fallen in, but I couldn't see much since I couldn't fly up there.  Either way it didn't look right at all,"  Applejack seems almost defensive and backs away, looking over her shoulder and beckoning them all to follow her, "Just come see for yerselves,"  And with that she takes off in a gallop, followed immediately by the rainbow-maned pegasus.  Fluttershy and Twilight look at each other and shrug, figuring that they'd better follow in case something really did happen.  

Rainbow Dash takes off far ahead of Applejack, leaving behind her a thick rainbow trail that leads a b-line directly to her home.  Applejack gallops at full sprint, which Fluttershy and Twilight have difficulty keeping up with.  Eventually all three ponies arrive, Dash is already at her front step, or what used to be anyway, and standing awestruck at her destroyed home.  

"I didn't even know cloud homes could collapse..." Twilight says, looking in disbelief at the ruined structure.  The rainbow fountain had been destroyed and was trickling down off of all sides, while the roof definitely had caved in.

"Regular clouds would diffuse into the atmosphere really quickly, especially this low to the ground.  The ones we make our homes with have to be packed in until they're really dense, which makes them heavier...  That's why most cloud structures have big pillars: it's to hold all that water weight, one of hers must have failed,"  Fluttershy says as she stares at the disaster.  Without anymore hesitation she flies up to the grieving cyan mare, leaving the two earth-bound ponies to sit and watch as rain falls in torrents from beneath the foundation of Rainbow's home.  

The canary yellow pegasus lands next to Rainbow Dash, who kneels on the side of her home and digs through the rendered cloud.  The trembling pegasus balances on her knees, pushing aside the 'debris' and trying to salvage anything she can.  Most of her furnishings were made of the same cloud material so she can't really pull much from the wreckage, but does manage to find her photograph of her and her friends.  Fluttershy rests her hoof on Dash's shoulder, trying to offer some kind of comfort.  The pegasus pulls the photo and the shattered picture frame out of the puffy-white rubble; she turns to look at Fluttershy with tears streaming down her cheeks.  

"I'm so sorry, Rainbow..."  Fluttershy says barely above a whisper in the most comforting tone she can muster.  The yellow mare even feels her own lip start to quiver at the sight.  Rainbow stands up and hugs Fluttershy, not quite wanting to let go and clinging onto any small bit of comfort that she could find.  "Come on,"  The canary pegasus tugs gently on Rainbow and tries to get her to leave, just to go see the other two, "Twilight and AJ are probably worried, I know it's hard, but it's probably best to just go calm down and come back a little later, okay?  You and I both know there's nothing we can do until most of the water stops,"  The sobbing pegasus tries to calm herself down, mentally assaulting herself for crying in front of Fluttershy of all ponies, but ultimately ends up unable to fight the emotions.  

Eventually she calms down and only produces a few sniffles, walking toward the edge of her cloud-home and looking down at the two ponies below who sit patiently and wait for the duo to return.  Fluttershy steps to the edge and looks Dash in the eye, taking her hoof with hers and falling off of the artificial cliff, plummeting toward the ground.  She snaps her own wings open, not letting Rainbow go even as the rainbow pony opens hers almost in unison.  They descend together and drop onto the ground, walking up to the worried mares.  

"You okay sugar-cube?"  Applejack asks, immediately noticing Dash's bloodshot eyes and depressed demeanor.  

Dash just looks away, and Fluttershy never leaves her side, "Everything's wrecked AJ... We need to wait for the water to drain before we can get started cleaning it up..."  The cyan pegasus finishes her sentence with a sigh, never quite making eye contact and just trying to wall her emotions up.  

"Horseapples... I'm sorry, Dashie... You're perfectly welcome to bunk with me and mine until everything's fixed up the way it should be; we've got plenty of extra room,"  Applejack steps up and looks the pegasus in the eye, forcing her to bring her head back up away from the ground,  "and I won't take no for an answer... I couldn't sleep at night knowing you're out on the streets in the dead of winter,"

"Thank you, AJ...  You're a good friend,"  Dash responds, sniffling into her foreleg and prompting Fluttershy to let her go; she steps forward and hugs the earth pony very tightly.  

"There there, sugar-cube... T'ain't nothin' you wouldn't do for me if ya could,"  She gingerly wraps her own foreleg around Dash's back, holding her close and comforting her,  "Besides... you're family.  I'll help you anyway I can, but I'm fearin' I won't be able to actually help you clean this mess up after it dries out..."  

Fluttershy and Twilight sidestep to stand next to each other, both moving in to offer their services for helping Rainbow Dash out as well.  

"We'll help you get your home fixed up Rainbow, I'm sure I can find some books back at the library on cloud construction that can help us out... and I'm sure there's a spell or two that'll allow us to stop the clouds from dissipating so we won't have to worry about getting too much more material,"

"Mhmm, and I'll help clean up any of the stuff you had in there that may have gotten soaked with water, you keep valuables in waterproof boxes right?"  

"Mhmm, some..."  The melancholy mare sniffs between words and sighs, her wings drooping and laying on the ground.

"Well don't worry about it sugar-cube, we're all here for you.  We all love you very much,"  Applejack smiles and drapes her foreleg around Dash's withers.  Twilight and Fluttershy nod and comment in turn with Applejack, helping to try and cheer the pegasus up.  

"You guys are the best,"  She says and hugs Applejack once more.

The four ponies all walk Dash back to Applejack's farm, each one reassuring the miserable pegasus over and over again.