Rainbow yawned as she flew to a nearby cloud. She had been tempted to check in on Twilight again, but she was sure her concern would have been buffeted away with the same thing she said every time. 'I'll be better when she comes for me.'

Rainbow had instead gotten a few hours of flying practice in and now she was looking to nap on any cloud. Applejack had been looking for help on the farm and that is why Rainbow didn't just go home. She would much rather nap on a cloud where the earth pony could not find her. She sighed contentedly as she curled up on the cloud and closed her eyes.

She had almost drifted off when she felt another pegasus slam into her sleeping form. She opened her eyes to see a cyan coat lying on top of her. "I'm trying to sleep!" she yelled as she pushed the pony off of her who. "Who the hell do you think you are?"

She was shocked into silence as she saw the face of her attacker and heard her say, "Duh, only the coolest pony alive." with a large grin and hoof held to her chest in pride. "Who else would dare to wake up the great Rainbow Dash from a nap."

"You're me." Rainbow said as she stared at her apparent clone.

"Yup." the other pony responded.

"I swear to Celestia, if you're a changeling, or this is Pinkie's idea of a joke, I'll strangle somepony." Rainbow groaned.

"Why would you assume it was Pinkie?" the clone asked.

"Because for some reason, I don't think you're a changeling, but then it doesn't make any sense." Rainbow said. "Therefore the only thing that would make sense, was if it was Pinkie."

The other blinked before chuckling. "Yeah, I'd probably assume the same thing." she said. "No, I'm the you from another dimension." she said. "You can just call me Rainbow and I'll call you Dash."

"Whatever." Dash said. "Even if you are me, why are you waking me up?"

"Cause, how often do you get to meet the coolest pony in the world?" Rainbow asked.

Dash laughed slightly. "Yeah, I guess you've got a point." she said with a yawn. "What are you doing in Equestria?"

"I came as moral support for Pinkie. Her and Twilight are in the process of making up now." Rainbow said. "That's why I kinda wanted to leave the castle."

"Yeah, well it was nice meeting you." Dash said as she opened her wings. "I'm gonna go nap."

"Wait." Rainbow said as she placed a hoof on her doubles wings. "I just wanna talk a little longer." she pleaded.

Dash groaned. "Fine." she mumbled. In truth she was glad to have her double to talk to. They were obviously very different, but similar at the same time. It would be a neat experience to learn just how different she was. "What's your world like then? You've seen mine, I wanna know about yours."

"Well, it's kinda big. Instead of small houses and one castle we have huge buildings that are hundreds of feet tall."

"Feet?"

"It's a form of measurement." Rainbow said, deciding that would be the best way to explain.

"Is it like a hoof?" Dash asked.

Rainbow nodded. "Sort of, yeah."

"Wow." Dash said.

"Where's Fluttershy?" Rainbow asked. "Is our girlfriend as cute here as she is back home?"

Dash's features darkened and she turned away from her clone. "She's not our girlfriend here." she said. "I guess you two haven't broken up yet in your world..."

"What are you talking about?" Rainbow asked quietly.

"We broke up here... just a few months ago." Dash said. "It was awful and I don't want to talk about it. My advice? Get away from Fluttershy while yo-"

A bright blue hoof to the face cut off Dash's words. "What the hell is wrong with you?" she demanded. "Why would you ever leave Fluttershy behind. She's our butterfly... we love her!"

"We did!" Dash yelled. "Not anymore!"

Rainbow raised her hoof to hit her pony counterpart again, but was cut short as Dash flew into her and pinned her to the cloud. "Stop and listen!" she roared.

"Not to you!" Rainbow cried. "You can't really be me if you'd hurt Fluttershy! I love her more than anything else in my life and I'd be lost without her! I could never stop loving her, no matter what!" Rainbow huffed loudly for a moment before meeting Dash's eyes. "Why'd you hurt her... why'd you leave her..."

"You don't get it." Dash whispered. "I didn't hurt Fluttershy... she hurt me... she left me..." Dash fought back her tears for a moment before realizing, if there were anypony she could be vulnerable around, it was the mare beneath her. She sobbed loudly as she continued speaking. "It hurts so much..." she cried as she fell atop her double and cried into her shoulder. "She left me! It was terrible. I spent two weeks cooped up in my house staring at the walls and wishing she was there with me..."

"What happened?" Rainbow asked quietly.

Dash shook her head. "I shouldn't tell you..." she said. "You need to just be happy while you can..."

"Please..." Rainbow begged. "Maybe there's some way to stop it, or to win your Fluttershy back."

"No, I've tried." Dash said. "Every time I try to talk to her about it, she just ends up crying and asking me to leave." she said.

"Still... I wanna know." Rainbow said.

"Alright Rainbow... if you really wanna know..." Dash said quietly. "I woke up one morning and she gave me the best sex of my life. She was so aggressive and forceful and it was really awesome. When it was over I asked what had gotten into her... at first, all she would say was that she loved me... then after a while she said 'I don't want to be with you anymore'. I didn't know what to say. She told me that she couldn't keep having a relationship with me, because she wouldn't risk our friends finding out.

"She abandoned me and I haven't been the same since... that's why... that's why you should leave her now... before she breaks your heart..." Dash was fully sobbing and sniffling by the end, and Rainbow reacted the only way she could think to. She held her close and stroked her mane.

That was when her words hit Rainbow. All she would say was that she loved me, She gave me the best sex of my life, I don't want to be with you anymore. Images flashed in her own mind. Fluttershy forcing her onto her bed and absolutely controlling the night. Fluttershy smiling and saying 'I love you, Dashie' and then the words 'I don't' before the phone interrupted her. That was the day the video got out.

Rainbow grit her teeth as she realized just how closely she had come to living through the same experience herself.

Fluttershy trotted across her room, lazily flying to the higher nests in her home to feed her furry friends. She was still upset at losing Dashie, but the only thing that got her through her day was the fact that her animal friends depended on her. She hummed a sad quiet tune as she worked and kept to herself. She didn't even talk to her animal friends lately.

She sighed as she realized she would be forced to have pony interaction soon. She needed to go to town and get food within the week. She wished there were a way for her to avoid it, but she knew there was no such way.

A knock at the door alerted her to the presence of company. She sighed as she realized who it probably was. Twilight was still upset about Pinkie, Applejack was hard at work on her farm with Rarity keeping her company, and Pinkie Pie was preparing a party for... something. It could only be one pony.

Fluttershy flew to the door and considered ignoring it, but she decided that would be rude. She opened the door and found herself face to face with Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow..." Fluttershy said sofly. "Please, we've been over this..."

"No 'we' haven't." Rainbow said.

Fluttershy was about to respond when she was shocked into silence by the appearance of a second Rainbow Dash. Her jaw dropped and she simply stared at both Rainbows.

"I tried to stop her." The second Rainbow said. "Sorry."

"You're..."

"Yes, two of me." The first Rainbow said. "I'm the Rainbow from another dimension. Call me Rainbow and your Rainbow is Dash until I leave."

"I don't understand." Fluttershy said. "Why are you here?"

"Well, I did wanna check and see if my girlfriend was still cute in this world, but then it turns out the me here is single." Rainbow said in a huff. "What the hell, Fluttershy?"

"I'm sorry." Fluttershy began calmly. "This might sound rude, but you aren't my Dashie. Why is it any of your business?"

"When did you get so aggressive?" Dash asked. "You've never talked to anypony like that before..."

"That doesn't matter." Rainbow said as she glared at her double's ex-girlfriend. "Why did you break up with me?"

"Because, I can't risk our friends finding out." Fluttershy said calmly. "I don't want them to judge or hate either of us."

"Are you stupid?" Rainbow asked loudly.

"Hey!" Dash yelled.

"Shut up." Rainbow responded. "You're just as bad as she is. In my world, you two are probably the happiest couple in the entire world. I can't believe you" she pointed a hoof at Fluttershy, "would be too scared to enjoy your relationship with a pony that treats you like you're the best thing to ever happen to her. You know why she treats you like that? Because, you are the best thing that's ever happened to her." She pointed her hoof at Dash. "You shouldn't have let her leave. You shouldn't have just swept your relationship under the rug to protect her. You should have told everyone so she could see how much they actually care and then she never would have left you."

"Get real!" Dash yelled. "You would have done the same. You love Fluttershy way too much to risk hurting her like that! And don't tell me you would, because, news flash, I am you."

"Yeah, but you still shouldn't have given up that easy!" Rainbow yelled. "We don't quit!"

"I didn't quit!" Dash yelled loudly. "I was kicked out of the game sure, but I never quit. I never stopped." she took a shaky breath as her gaze turn to fire, despite the tears now running down her face. "I never stopped caring. I never stopped loving her. I never stopped thinking about her, the way she looks, the way she smells, the way her fur felt against mine. I never stopped laying awake at night thinking about just how beautiful and amazing she is. I never stopped thinking about how, after Dad died, she was the only good thing I had left in my life. I never stopped feeling that pain in my chest when I would see she was upset.... and since she left me... I've never stopped hurting..."

Everyone in the room was silent, save for the occasional sob. The air in the room was thick and cumbersome, the thoughts drowning them all as they considered what had just been said. Dash fell to the floor and began sobbing again. Rainbow reacted similiarly, however she drew herself close to... herself and held herself tight as she cried. She had no idea how much pain Dash was in right now, because she hadn't even been this torn up when her father died.

Fluttershy merely stared at the floor, her face hidden behind her pink locks. "I just couldn't bare the idea of our friends-"

"What the hell does it matter?" Rainbow asked. "If you loved me as much as I love you, why would you care that much about our friends. If they didn't love us enough to stay with us... well, at least we would have had each other..."

"I feel like I have nothing now." Dash chimed in. "I feel like no amount of friends, or family can help with how bad you've broken my heart." she sobbed quietly.

"I didn't think..." Fluttershy sniffed. "I didn't think I actually meant this much to you..." she said as she sat between both Rainbows and placed a comforting wing on them both. "I just thought I was never... good enough for you... that you considered me a passing crush and that when you got bored of me... we'd fall apart anyways..."

"Don't be stupid." Dash said. "You mean everything to me..."

"You always have..." Rainbow said quietly.

"And you always will." Dash finished.

"Why didn't you ever tell me that?" Fluttershy choked slightly on the last word.

"I did." Dash said. "I told you 'I love you' every day."

"You always said that, but I-" another sobbing, "I always thought you were just saying it... I didn't think you meant it..."

"I never say anything I don't mean." Rainbow said.

"I've only ever told two ponies I loved them." Dash whispered. "You and Dad... now Dad's gone... you were all I had left..."

"I'm sorry." Fluttershy sobbed loudly as she buried her head in Dash's mane. "I'm so sorry... I can't believe I- I never should have- I just thought... Can you ever forgive me?" she pleaded quietly.

"I-I." Dash hesitated and looked at her double. Rainbow smiled weakly and winked at her once before slipping from Fluttershy's wing. Dash smiled back. "I can. It might take a while for me to fully get over what happened... but, I-I think... I can."

Fluttershy smiled through her pain and wrapped her wing more tightly around Dash.

Rainbow smiled at the pair. She and her Fluttershy would definitely need to have a talk when she returned, but she was glad that this version of her saw the error of her mistakes.

"What about our friends?" Dash asked quietly.

"I'm still scared, but we kept it secret before... we can do it again." Fluttershy whispered.

Rainbow made a loud 'buzzing' noise at the couple, startling them both. "Wrong answer." she said.

"What?" Dash asked.

"You both need to tell your friends that you're in love with each other." Rainbow said. "They are going to love it."

"You mean in your world-"

"Yeah." Rainbow grinned. "In fact, why don't one of you tell me where Rarity is today." she asked.

Fluttershy frowned slightly. "She's keeping Applejack company on the farm. The rest of us were too busy to help..."

"And too busy to notice they started dating." Rainbow said. "In my world, they came out as a couple about the same time me and Shy did." Rainbow explained. "I'm guessing, between Twilight and Pinkie's problems, and you guys avoiding everyone else, that they haven't really had enough of you together to announce it, but they're bangin'."

"Bangin?" Dash asked.

"Fucking." Rainbow said.

"You mean they're-" Dash stopped. "Ooh..."

"Yeah," Rainbow said. "When we came out, they told us they hadn't been together very long. They weren't hiding it or anything, they were just waiting for the right time to announce it."

"I can't believe the other me did it." Fluttershy said quietly. "I never thought I'd have the courage..."

"You didn't." Rainbow said, her muzzle set in a grim line. "You just didn't really have a choice."

"Well, that settles it." Dash said. "After the other PInkie and Rainbow leave, we should all meet at Twilight's castle and talk about it. Everypony can just put everything out in the open."

"That's exactly what you all need to do." Rainbow said with a smile. "When I get back, I think we're all gonna do the same."

Melody wracked Trixie's brain. Where did she live? She could have asked, Trixie was a good conversationalist, but she wanted to figure out how this new brain worked. The streets were dark now and she knew Trixie's mother would be an unbearable bitch if it took much longer for them to get home.

She had a memory as she took a shortcut through an alley. "Are you sure it's safe to come through here?" Trixie asked.

"You've done it." Melody said with a shrug. "Besides, even if your body is weak, with me at the wheel we'll be fine. If our body dies, I die too. I'm not gonna let anything happen to it."

"Whatever." Trixie said. "I'm just saying, I've never cut through here at night."

"Duly noted." Melody said. She spotted movement in the dark, close to the alley's exit. She mentally prepared all of her normal defenses, plus a couple extra she found in Trixie's brain.

"Hold it." A deep male voice called in the dark.

Melody stopped as she placed a hand on her hip and a smirk on her face. Three men slithered from the shadows and surrounded the girl.

"What's a pretty face like you doin' here?" The biggest man said. All of the men were obviously the stereotype thugs. Clad in leather, each with a bandanna tied to the arms of their coats.

Melody's smirk grew. "Just so happen to have been looking for some punks to rough up. Are you volunteering?" she asked, her voice dripping with malice. The unspoken threat seemed to demoralize two of the thugs, but the speaker didn't notice.

The speaker simply growled softly and said, "I don't think you realize who you're messin' with."

Melody laughed loudly as she slipped a hand in her pocket. "No, I know full well what I am up against." she said. "I don't think you realize just what kind of monster you've targeted tonight.

"Is this a good idea?" Trixie asked.

"Shut up, Trixie." Melody mumbled under her breath.

"Trixie just does not want to die tonight." Trixie said.

"You can drop the tough girl act." the thug said. "You ain't gonna bluff you're way outta this."

Melody laughed before pulling her hand, now full of powder, out of her pocket. "Who said anything about getting out of this?" she asked quietly. "I've been feeling violent all day."

Melody threw the powder on the ground, enjoying the gasps of surprise as it turned to smoke that destroyed all visibility in the dark alley. She quickly stepped where she knew the first man would be and delivered a swift elbow to his crotch. She enjoyed the feeling of something flattening under her elbow.

She heard a click, presumably a knife being drawn, from about two steps to her right. She guessed the men were all around six feet tall, so she threw a kick where she knew it would meet another sensitive area. The following cry of pain and thud as the man fell on his knees were almost divine. The knife fell to the ground and bumped her foot.

Melody grinned as she lifted the cold steel. The third man was careful not to make a sound as he approached, however the movement in the smoke grabbed Melody's attention. She quickly dropped to a crouch and as the man passed she jumped onto his back and pressed the knife against his throat.

When the smoke cleared, the men froze. The first one had a small pool of blood at the front of his jeans. The second one stared wide-eyed at his friend. Melody smirked as she pressed the knife more firmly against his throat. "Please, give me an excuse." she said.

"Please don't kill anyone!" Trixie yelled in her mind. "Please!"

"Don't worry." Melody laughed slightly as she spoke. "I'm not going to kill anyone. I'd hate to go to prison and waste my newfound freedom." she quickly slammed the butt of the knife into the side of the man's head, rendering him unconscious.

The third man whimpered and threw his arms over his head. Melody inspected the spike's on his leather sleeves and grinned. "Nice jacket..." she said coolly.

The man looked down at his jacket before quickly pulling it off and holding it out to the girl. Melody smiled as she quickly slid it around her shoulders.

"It smells bad." Trixie noted.

"I'll wash it later." Melody mumbled. She stared at the knife in her hand. It was about nine inches long, with a heavy steel handle. She found a hidden sheath sewn into the inside of the jacket, presumably custom for the knife she now held. "I'm keeping the knife too." she said as she walked past the whimpering man. He simply nodded and lowered his head as she passed. "Pathetic humans..."

"They'll be okay, right?" Trixie asked, the compassion in her voice made Melody want to gag.

"Yeah, they'll live." she said. "Two of them probably won't reproduce, but we'll consider that my first contribution to the human race."

Melody went through Trixie's memories for only a moment before turning down the street towards her house. It was probably time to go home.

"So, you really killed Adagio?" Trixie asked. Melody nodded. "Why did you kill her and not them?"

"Because," Melody shrugged. "I didn't have full control of myself. I was kind of primal I suppose. Now, however, I am one hundred percent in control."

She grinned. It was good to be in control.

Author's Notes:

So, next chapter the focus will finally be on our main character, Adagio. For a minute anyways.

Next chapter we should start to learn more about Adagio's background from her time as a regular pony. Or I might let my ADHD take over, and we could have something completely random. You never know with me.

Feel free to leave any thoughts and comments. Tell me what you guys thought about Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy's piece of this story. Or tell me I'm a literary hack and you hate me. Whichever one tickles your fancy.

I regret nothing.