Now, Pinkie was always known for occasionally childish actions, and in truth, her friends had always found that to be endearing. Today, it appeared as though she was doing more of the same, as she was presently sitting behind the wheel of the currently-switched-off old school bus, Rusty. The very vehicle that had taken them to one of their live shows, it now stood idle in its home in Applejack's back yard. But, it was not the young farmer herself who was present here, but Rainbow, who placed her hands upon her hips as she shook her head to Pinkie's current antics. It wasn't annoyance, and in fact she was even smiling at the sight of her colleague making some imitation driving noises back there. But, she nevertheless let out a long sigh, before promptly striding forward and hopping into the open door of the bus. Standing next to her friend by the drivers' seat, the athlete smirked slightly, listening on as Pinkie continued to play out her driving fantasy.

"Screeeeeeech! She makes the turn, just dodging the cars on the other side! Can she make it across the line? Can she? Yes, she can! And the crowd goes wild!"

Folding her arms, Rainbow let out a chuckle.

"Enjoying yourself, Pinkie?"

The party-lover gave a wide smile to that.

"You know it, Dashie!"

Still smiling, Rainbow made her way over to one of the nearby seats within the bus, sitting herself down and letting out a contented sigh.

"Pretty sweet day, right? Nothing to do but kick back and relax."

Pinkie nodded to that, getting up from the drivers' seat and joining her friend.

"Yep! Well, that, and thinking on where to go for our next band performance."

Rainbow nodded, a slight smirk creeping onto her lips.

"Yeah, it'll be pretty nice when it happens."

Another chuckle escaped her.

"Here's hoping it doesn't go like last time. Granny Smith's one heck of a driver, but I think we could all do with a few less detours like that."

Pinkie's shoulders slumped upon hearing that.

"Awww, but it was fun! All the twists and turns...

A knowing look came to her.

"...and let's not forget me being able to just use my awesome magic!"

Here, Rainbow paused, looking to her friend with interest.

"Yeah...that was...something."

Now, while Pinkie might not have been the absolute best at reading people, there were nevertheless times when she could sense that her friends were thinking about stuff, and this was just such an occasion. So, raising an eyebrow, she glanced to her friend.

"Something up, Dashie?"

Rainbow paused, thinking on how best to word her thoughts.

"Well...it's just..."

A sigh escaped her, and she leaned forward slightly.

"Don't get me wrong, Pinkie, your magic is awesome, but..."

Pinkie leaned closer to her.

"But what?"

Rainbow blinked to her, before finally just blurting out what she wanted to say.

"Do you ever feel that your magic is a little bit...you know...destructive?"

But Pinkie, rather than be offended by that, simply snorted and rolled her eyes.

"What? No! It's not that bad!"

Rainbow's eyes narrowed.

"Pinkie...your power is literally being able to cause explosions to stuff you throw."

Raising one hand she started counting off her fingers.

"I have my speed, AJ has her strength, Rarity makes those diamond shield thingies, Twilight lifts stuff up, Fluttershy talks to animals, Sunset reads minds..."

She turned to her friend once more.

"But you? Your power is pretty dangerous compared to all that."

Pinkie, for the first time, seemed to think hard on that, now that it had been laid out for her in the way Rainbow just had.

"Yeah...I guess..."

She then frowned.

"But you guys can do dangerous stuff with your powers too. AJ's strength can hurt people if she wanted, ditto for Twilight if she lifted up a whole bunch of heavy stuff. Fluttershy, though I love her to bits, could just command a big bear or something to rip someone to shreds."

Rainbow, thinking on that, let out a chortle.

"Yeah...can't really argue with that."

She leaned back further into her side of the bus-bench.

"If you'd have asked me what kinds of magic you specifically would get, I'd have said being able to make...I dunno...a bunch of confetti spew out from nowhere at the snap of your fingers or something."

Pinkie, contrary to how she usually seemed, appeared to be rather taken aback at this new line of thought her friend had brought up for her, and this was reflected in her tone as she spoke.

"Yeah..."

Then, her eyes widened.

"Gah! I could have killed someone!"

Rainbow looked to her.

"What?"

Pinkie looked right back.

"Back at Camp Everfree, when we were making that dock, I almost hurt a whole bunch of you when I threw those nails! if my magic had been going on at the time, you could have all been killed!"

A grimace crossed Rainbow's face at that.

"Yeah, I'll be honest, that hadn't really escaped our notice."

Pinkie groaned, starting to slump down onto her seat.

"Urrrrrrgh! Why'd I have to get saddled with the blowy-up power? Now I'm just...sad!"

Rainbow, realising that her words had upset her friend, frantically thought of how best to respond to this. Eventually, and after putting on a smile, she leaned forward, giving a friendly pat to Pinkie's shoulder.

"Hey, I know things seem bad, but it's actually okay!"

Pinkie looked to her, clearly not quite believing what she was hearing, which prompted Rainbow to continue.

"Seriously, I mean it! Sure, you might have had dangerous powers back then, but now? Now, you can control it, just like the rest of us! And you're not some crazy nut-job who wants to blow stuff up! You're Pinkie Pie! You only ever want to make people happy!"

Confidence appeared in her expression soon afterwards.

"So as far as I'm concerned, there's no danger from you, Pinks. You only use your magic when you need to, and when it comes to powers like yours, I can't think of anyone I'd rather give it to."

The look on Pinkie's face made it very clear that she was touched by what her fired had just said to her, and before Rainbow could say anything else, she was suddenly struck with an enormous and tight hug from her companion. Eventually, however, she settled into it, letting out a brief chuckle and returning the embrace. But, when they parted, Pinkie looked a lot more relaxed than she bad been for the past few minutes, and after letting out a sigh, she folded her arms, looking more than a little confident.

"In that case, I swear to only use my powers to blow up the right stuff!"

Rainbow, giving a slow blink to that, let out a sigh of her own, raising her hands and giving her temples a rub.

"Pinkie...maybe try coming up with a less scary thing to say next time?"