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by CharmingChaos

Chapter 2: Old Dreams

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Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy sat in Dash's kitchen, enjoying some tea while Dash's three pegasi foals and Fluttershy's two explored the attic, apparently looking for "ancient remments," because no-one had the heart to tell them it was remnants.
Muffled shrieks and bursts of laughter could be heard, and with the rain pouring down outside, the scene was altogether very peaceful. Rainbow Dash had invited Fluttershy to her home in Cloudsdale because Big Macintosh was on a business trip to Appaloosa with Applejack, and besides it was raining in Ponyville, and sunny above the clouds in Cloudsdale.

"... So, as I was saying, Rarity offered to make us an all new Nursery Set for Caramel Apple, but Big Mac said no, because the Apples always reuse things 'til they're plum worn out, and..."Fluttershy's soft voice gradually made its way into Raibow Dash's thoughts, chattering on about her simple home life on Sweet Apple Acres with Big Macintosh. poor thing, Rainbow Dash thought to herself.She probably hasn't had anyone to talk to, what with all the Apples so busy and Twilight in Canterlot and the rest of us never free for a chat. She shifted her attention to her shy, yellow guest.Fluttershy was going on now about how Angel Bunny refused to eat anything but cherries, which naturally deeply insulted the Apple family, and what was she going to do, because she didn't want him to starve, but she just couldn't let him eat cherries when they lived on an apple farm. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes when Fluttershy wasn't looking, wondering how she had changed from Miss Awesome Cool-pants, as Pinkie called her when they were younger, to a mare who would invite Fluttershy over on a rainy day for a chat and a cup of tea.

"Well, I should really get going," Fluttershy said finally. "Angel Bunny needs his dinner, and I promised Granny Smith I would help her with the canning.Bye, rainbow Dash. Come Visit soon."

Rainbow watched as Fluttershy called upstairs to her two foals. Green Apple and Sugar Tart came bounding down, bot bothering to use their wings, despite their mother's soft complaints. Green Apple tumbled to a stop at Fluttershy's feet, a little gold horseshoe clutched in his mouth.

"Look what we found, Mama! Look, Auntie Rainbow Dash!" Sugar Tart and the other foals fluttered forward as well.

"What is it, Mummy?" asked Rainbow Shine.

That was a prize I won in a flying competion when i was just a little filly. See? It's even signed by the Wonderbolts." Soarin's name always stood out to Rainbow Dash on the little trophy, which was why she kept it packed away instead of displayed with the others. "SoarinDash, go put it back where you found it. I wouldn't want it to get lost."

Fluttershy gently guided her foals towards the door. "Bye Rainbow Dash. See you soon." she said quietly. The foals cheered and shouted goodbyes for as long as they could hear each other, but eventually Dash herded them inside for their afternoon nap. She stared at the little gold trophy, which SoarinDash had forgotten to put away, and traced her hoof along her missing husband's name like she used to as a filly. She sighed as she thought of the first time they had spent time together, after the Best Young Fliers competition.

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Rainbow Dash was only eighteen at the time, and Soarin was twenty four, but she didn't care. The two of them ditched the other Wonderbolts and chose instead to spend the afternoon in Applejack's hay-loft, talking and drinking hard cider straight from the barrel. Rainbow Dash's whole body shook from both the closeness of their bodies and the sheer willpower it took to keep it cool and not scream like the fangirl she was. Keep it cool, Dashie, she thought to herself. You don't want to screw this up, do you?

The hay-loft was a scratchy, pokey place, but the puffs of cloud Soari kept dragging in combined with the large amount of alcohol they had consumed softened it to a relatively comfortable hideout. Rainbow lay on her back next to Soarin, perfectly relaxed and feeling oddly triumphant. Her thoughts were hazy from the cider, and she wasn't quite sure where they were, or what they had done.

Pinkie Pie's high-pitched voice cut through the haze, jostling Rainbow Dash back into reality and leaving her wit a pounding headache and an inability to see straight.

"So, as i was saying, AJ, I think we should throw Dashie and the Wonderbolts a surprise Party!" Pinkie squawked.

"And as Ah was sayin' Ah think we should leave 'em alone." Applejack spoke through a mouthfull of Pinkies curly tail, holding her back and gently but determinedly leading her away from the barn.Dash sat up slowly and prodded Soarin with her hoof.

"I think we should get out of here," she whispered. Soarin looked up at her with a glazed-over expression, uncomprehending.

"I think we should leave," Dash repeated. "My friend Pinkie Pie almost just found us, and she can be a royal pain." Irritated that his drunken stupor prevented Soarin from moving without help, Dash tugged his mane until he got up and followed her to the window. When she looked down, Rainbow Dash saw the ground start to sway. She hesitated to fly, but Soarin plunged out taking her with him. He rolled onto his back and, after almost tipping over a few times, managed to lodge Rainbow on his belly for transportation. They flew erratically towards Cloudsdale, with Rainbow Dash steering by turning his head in the direction she wished to fly. Soarin seemed to like the idea of being a live flying machine, and at first he refused to allow her to get off when they got to her house. So Rainbow lead steered him to the bedroom window, and they landed with a thud and a puff of cloud on Rainbow's bed. They lay together for a while, silent, but soon Soarin passed out from all the cider, and Dash, suddenly hungry, made her way downstairs to find a snack.

When Rainbow came back upstairs to go to bed, Soarin was still out cold. She wished they could have repeated their afternoon session, but simply curled up under his hoof and went to sleep, because what else could she do with him dead to the world?

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Rainbow Dash slowly flew upstairs and replaced the trophy to its shelf, still half-enveloped in her daydream. she remembered waking up with a powerful hangover, but no Soarin. Twilight had given her some kind of tonic from Zecora, which made her head feel almost normal and her wings about 90% functional, but all in all she didn't remember much of the next day. Dash shook her head to clear it of the daydream, and slowly made her way outside. She had promised to help Scootaloo with a new trick, and even at seventeen the stubborn filly would have her heart broken if Rainbow didn't show up. And as her official mentor, Rainbow Dash couldn't afford that.

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