Well, here's the next chapter. I think it turned out okay, but I'll let you be the judge of that.

I walk back into the hospital room, where I see an excited Scootaloo bouncing up and down around Rainbow Dash. Applebloom was talking to Applejack over on the other side of the room, a smile on her face. Sweetie Belle was standing by the door, waiting for her sister.

I walk over to Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo, pulling out my laptop.

“Hey Dash, check it out.” I say, getting both her and Scoot’s attention.

I open the folder with the cover art for ‘no good name5’ and show it to them.

“Me and Vinyl were recording today and we got an entire album finished! It’s pretty sick, got a ton of good tracks on it.” I tell them this, excited at my project, “All I’ve gotta do now is print the image we’ll be selling these records soon, hopefully before the concert.”

“Why do you want to sell them before the concert?” Dash asks me, confused.

“Well, ponies will be more excited about the concert if they hear more of his music. Also, I have zero funds to get all of the lights that I need.” I say a tinge of sadness in my voice.

“Well, I could help you out with that.” I hear Dashie say, smiling, “My job makes a lot of money and I usually have quite a bit left over. Plus, I really wanna see this concert.”

“That’d be awesome Dashie, and I promise I’ll pay you back.” I see her smile even wider at this, “I’ve gotta get home, do some mixing, ya know.”

“Could I help?” I hear Dash say in a curious tone.

“Well, umm.” I think about how I could include Dashie in this project, then I have an idea, “Yeah, you can tell me if it sounds 20% cooler or not. There are some songs that I wanna keep secret, so don’t expect to be able to hear all of the songs.”

“Okay, that sounds awesome!” I chuckle a bit as she does a little backflip.

“Sweet, I’ll tell everypony that we’re heading back now.” I walk over to the rest of the girls. (Scoots must’ve ran over to them while I was talking to Dash.)

“Hey, me and Dash are gonna get going now. I’ve got a concert to mix, see ya later.”

“See ya’ll later!” Says Applejack.

“Bye!” Says Scootaloo, waving her arm frantically.

“Bye mister Danny” Heh, that Applebloom.

After I say my goodbyes to the rest of the girls, me and Dashie set out. I decide to go to the boutique first, as my bike is still parked there. I look down at my watch; 6:20.

“Yo Dash, I gotta get my bike from Rarity’s.” I say, walking down what I’m pretty sure is the road to Rarity’s place.

“Okay, let’s go then. Hey, what do you use to mix music?” She questions me.

“My laptop, I’m gonna use a sound editing program to mix every song together.” I explain to her. I see her thinking a bit as we walk down the path together. I see Rarity’s place over the horizon, and before long, me and her are at the entrance.

“So wait, you could mix songs anywhere?” She asks me.

“You wanna… stay at my place today.” She says quietly, blushing.

“Wait, how? You live in a cloud house, right?” I ask, confused by all of this.

“Yeah, but- just wait here for one second!” She bolts up into the sky and returns to me with a cloud. She sets the cloud down at my waist level.

“Dash, this isn’t going to work. Humans can’t walk on clouds; we never have been able to.” I explain.

“Just try it, cmon!” She says, encouraging me.

“Fine, I’ll try it.” I give up and sit down on the cloud. Woah woah woah, sit down? On a cloud? WTF. Reality Y U NO work here.

“Well, this is new.” I say, getting a feel for the cloud.

It feels like a really really really soft mattress. It feels sort of like plushy cotton. I lie down on the cloud and close my eyes, letting the fluffy mattress mold into my shape. Damn, this is nice.

“Awesome! You can sit on clouds!” Dash exclaims, snapping me out of my trance. I sit up and face her, smiling.

“Yeah, it’s pretty cool. Really comfy, too.” I say, admiring the fact that this free cloud was over 9000 times more comfortable than my $300 mattress.

“So, you wanna go?” She asks, grinning.

“Sure, how am I gonna get there?” I ask, “Cause I’m pretty sure I can’t fly.”

“No prob, just hang on!” She flies around behind the cloud and begins to push. Oh shit.

I grab onto the cloud as the speed accelerates way past a comfortable pace. I can see everything turning into a blur. Oh sweet Jesus, it’s like the Top Thrill Dragster all over again. I am holding on for my life, not feeling like dying again. Suddenly the cloud slows to a stop. I lay back on the cloud, panting from the huge rush.

“Here we are, my house!” I hear Dash say proudly. I manage to sit up and get a good look of the place.

“HO-LY-SHI-YAT!” I exclaim, amazed at the structure before me. Goddamn is it huge, with huge rainbow waterfalls and gigantic roman-style pillars.

“Pretty cool, huh? Took me awhile to save up for this house.” She smiles, “Wanna come inside?”

“Of course! Let’s go!” I turn myself and set my feet on the cloudy floor. It feels a tad firmer than the cloud I’ve been laying on. I balance myself out and begin to walk towards her front door. She walks beside me and opens the door, allowing me inside.

“Dang, nice setup you’ve got here.” I am in awe at her first room. The ceiling must be at least fifteen feet up there! Jeez! I look over to one side of the room to see what I’m guessing is a kitchen, due to the table and sink. On the other side of the room, there seems to be a cloud sofa with a large Wonderbolts poster hanging on the wall above it. To the left of the sofa is a cloudy door.

“Glad you like it, you can do your mixing over there.” Dash points over to the sofa, “Tell me when you want me to hear it, kay?”

“Got it Dash.” I say, ready to begin mixing. I open a sound editing program and begin to mix, relaxing in Dash’s comfy cloud mattress. I take off my backpack and set it down on the floor, careful to make sure that it won’t fall through. I take out my laptop and my headphones. Okay, now let’s get busy!

Opening the sound files for both ‘Some Chords’ and ‘A City In Florida’, the first two song of the concert. Hmm, now how am I gonna do this?

I decide to slowly fade out the ending of ‘Some Chords’, so that the ending beat is replaced with the beginning of ‘A City In Florida’. I make the adjustments to the tracks, and in no time, I have a pretty good transition set up.

“Hey Dash, check this out!” I call out to her, excited to have produced my first true mix in a matter of minutes. I check my watch; 7:40. Still got time to mix a few more songs.

“What’s up? Did you make a mix?” She looks excited.

“Yeah, I mixed the ending of ‘Some Chords’ to the beginning of ‘A City In Florida’. Made it sound like they just meld into each other. Check it out.” I take the headphones and put them over her head.

I make sure to start the song near the transition, so as to not spoil the beginning for her. She begins to bob her head once she settles on a beat, then the transition comes. Over the course of twenty seconds, the two songs meld overlap. She, however, doesn’t stop bobbing her head, which is a good sign. Once I get about forty seconds into the song, I press pause.

“Hey, what’s up?” She looks at me, slightly annoyed.

“Can’t spoil too much of the songs. Still gotta make it a surprise.” I flash her a smile.

“Oh yeah, right.” She rubs the back of her head, embarrassed at her comment.

“Anyway, what did you think of the mix? Do you think I did a good job melding the songs?”

“Yeah, I could barley tell that those were two different songs! You did a great job.” She say, making me feel much better.

“Thanks Dash, means a lot when you compliment me.” I smile, then put my headphones back on.

I get back to mixing. I also manage to mix ‘Illmerica’, ‘Ghosts N Stuff’, and ‘Moar Ghosts N Stuff’. By the time I finish showing Dash the transition from Ghosts N Stuff into Moar Ghosts N Stuff, it’s around 10:30.

“Well, that’s all that I’m gonna do today.” I say, shutting my laptop. I look up to see Rainbow Dash standing over me with a wide grin.

“Yeah, what’s up?” I ask her, the awkwardness seeping in.

“Well, I made you dinner! I was waiting for you to finish.” I look over to the kitchen and see a plate sitting on the table. The plate has a sandwich on it, but I really can’t tell what kind of sandwich. I walk over and take a bite regardless, as I am fucking hungry. It turns out to be some sort of salad-wich, but it tastes really fucking awesome.

“Damn, this is awesome! Why is everything in this world so freaking great?!?” I say after chewing my first bite of sandwich.

“Heh, thanks. Glad you like it.” I look over to see her smiling. Suddenly, I begin to feel cold.

I begin to shiver. It feels as if icicles are piercing my soul, I am frozen. I look around for a blanket, or something. Seeing nothing, I wrap my arms around myself in a vain attempt to insulate myself.

“You cold?” Rainbow Dash seems to take notice of my situation, sympathy in her voice.

“Y-Yes, f-freezing. S-So cold.” I have no idea why I am suddenly freezing, but I think that it must have to do with eating. That and the fact that I’m basically shirtless.

“Wait one second, I’ll get you something.” I see her run off into the door next to the couch. Brrrr.

I walk over to my laptop and decide to play some music. Different music. I select play. I begin to sing to the song. I close my eyes to focus on the song, but instead end up focusing on Rainbow Dash.

“You had a lot of crooks tryna’ steal your heart” My voice comes out more clearly than it ever has before. I remember Dashie telling me about her past coltfriends using her for one night stands.

“Never really had luck couldn’t never figure out” I imagine her heartbroken reaction to being used so many times. I sound amazing, a nice contrast to my usually awful singing voice.

“How to love” I imagine myself, hugging Dash tightly. She means the world to me and I really do love her, even if I can’t say it.

“How to love” I remember the kiss that she gave me. I say this last line with all my emotion.

“You had a lot of moments that didn’t last forever” Once again I remember her past relationships. My voice nearly snaps as I imagine a crying Rainbow that had just been dumped.

“Now you in the corner tryna put it together” I see another vision of Rainbow Dash, this time heavily in thought. I can clearly see that her eyes are red-tinted and tears still trace their way down her face.

”How to love” I imagine myself, kissing Rainbow Dash on the lips. I blush at the thought.

“How to love” I see yet another picture of Rainbow Dash, except this time, she is simply smiling at me. She truly is amazing.

“For a second you were here, now you over there” I see many images of her with different coltfriends. She looks more and more desperate each time.

“It’s hard not to stare, the way you movin’ your body like you never had a love” I see her, gently flying high in the sky, the sun gently reflecting off of her coat in a radiant display of beauty.

I sing the entire song, visions of Rainbow Dash moving through my head. I never once sing off key, which amazes me. As I approach the bridge, I open my eyes, to see the Rainbow mare staring at me. How long has she been here. Aw, who cares. I’m gonna finish.

“See I just want you to know, that you deserve the best” I sing this line with my eyes wide open. I look at Dashie while singing.

“You’re beautiful” I point towards her, causing her to blush. I smile, knowing that this compliment is genuine.

“You’re beautiful” I continue to point towards Dash, causing her blush to intensify.

“Yeah, and I want you to know” I ready myself, preparing all the emotion I can muster.

“You’re far from the usual, far from the usual” I pour my heart into this line, funneling all of my feelings into a simple statement. I gaze deep into eyes, surprised at what I see. I don’t simply see eyes, I see a beautiful rose world where oceans melt into the sky. A world where beauty is everywhere.

I begin to sing the the next line, but lose interest, as my eyes lock into Dashie’s beauty. She walks up and sits next to me on the couch, snuggling up next to me.

“You know, you’re amazing Danny.” I hear her whisper.

“Not as amazing as you.” I whisper into her ear. I pull her in close, forgetting the cold. I forget everything; nothing matters except for the beautiful mare in front of me. I stare into her eyes, clutching her body.

I just lie there, holding her, for what seems like forever. I finally break the silence.

“Dash, you know when I almost died?” I bring up the events that had occurred earlier today.

“Yeah, but you came back.” She continues to clutch me.

“I should’ve died. I shouldn’t have lived long enough to get to the hospital.” She pulls away and seems shocked at my story, tears starting to form.

“W-what?” Is all she manages to utter.

“When the manticore struck me down, it sliced me open. I passed out due to blood loss for a second.” She continues to stare in disbelief, “I saw my entire life flash before my eyes, I saw how awful it was. I saw the way people treated me, the way the world was. Then I saw you, alone, crying. You were crying because I was dying, because I was leaving you. That alone gave me reason to spit in Death’s face and refuse to die. I refuse to die, I refuse to leave you.”

“Danny…” She is in tears.

“You are my primary reason to live and I’ll do anything for you.” I pull her in close, letting her wipe her tears on me. She buries her head in my chest for a second, then pulls back out. The tears continue to floe down her cheeks.

“W-When I heard that you had gotten hurt, I-I didn’t think that it was that bad, that i-it was as bad as it was. I-I got t-to the hospital r-right when Rarity was t-telling the story o-of what h-happened in the forest.” She was letting the tears flow freely now, “S-she told e-everypony how bad y-you got hurt. I-I couldn’t believe it, I-I almost lost you.”

“I’ll never leave you. I promise. Cross my heart.”

“Hope to fly.” Rainbow Dash continues.

“Stick a cupcake in my eye!” We both fall back, giggling. She closes her eyes and unfurls her wings. She wraps her wings around my body, the feathery texture consuming me. She lifts her head up for a second, staring into my eyes. I say the only words that wouldn’t completely ruin the moment.

“I love you, Dashie. Now and forever.” I whisper, pouring my emotion out.

“I love you too.” She replies without hesitation, shocking me.

I feel our heads moving closer together, my blood pressure rises. I close my eyes, ready. I feel our lips connect, the ecstasy making my head reel. It tastes like the sweetest piece of candy I’ve ever tasted.I can tell that she’s enjoying it too. I have to break away from the kiss eventually to breath.

“Goodnight Danny” She says, her eyes still closed. She wraps her wings around me.

“Goodnight Dashie” I whisper, feeling happier than I ever have in my entire life.

Well guys, I’m really depressed right now. Every fic I read gave me that sad feeling, ya know? I’m just glad I got this finished quickly, I personally love the ending. BTW, hate to ask this again, but are there any DashxHuman fics that you can think of? Sorry to bother you again, I just love reading that type of fic. Random Quote: ‘Nope’