Chapter 6: The Plan

Twilight was running across Ponyville when she heard Shining Armor cry out in terror from somewhere behind her. She turned around in time to see her brother being carried away by his subordinates, Princess Cadance in tow. Looks like he's in trouble Twilight thought, a small giggle escaping her. After she lost sight of her brother she quickly turned back around and continued running, heading towards Rainbow Dash's cloud house. She quickly reached the ground beneath the house, but with plan to get up she opted to throw rocks at the windows in an attempt to get Rainbow's attention.

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Rainbow was lying on her bed, face in her damp pillow. She couldn't get over what happened. She had finally showed Twilight how she felt, and things were going well, and then, suddenly, it was over. Knowing that Twilight could be very stubborn when it came to books Rainbow was under the impression that they would never get back together, and just the thought of that made Rainbow want to fly away from Ponyville, never to be seen again. There was just no way she could watch Twilight date somepony else, it would just be...

WHACK!

"What the hay?!" Rainbow shouted as she got to her feet after being knocked off her bed. To her surprise she saw a fairly small rock sitting on her bed where her head used to be. She was getting ready to go flying out her window to beat up whoever threw the rock when she noticed another float up, surrounded by purple magic. "Twilight!"

"Oh, Rainbow, thank goodness you came out, I was running out of rocks" Twilight said as she dropped the rock she was levitating.

"Ran out of rocks?" Rainbow asked as she looked around, noticing dozens of rocks littering the ground beneath her house, "Oh..."

"Yeah, apparently I'm not very good at throwing rocks..." Twilight said sheepishly, "But that's not why I'm here!"

"Okay, so if you weren't her to stone me, then what are you doing throwing rocks at my house?" Rainbow asked angrily.

"I wanted to talk to you" Twilight said bluntly.

"So? Couldn't it have waited?"

"No" Twilight said, a look of determination on her face.

"Okay, so what is it?" Rainbow asked, getting impatient.

"I wanted us to get back together"

"What?" Rainbow asked in confusion.

"I want to date you again" Twilight said while blushing furiously.

"Why?"

"Because I was stupid to take the book seriously"

"So?"

"I know that I want to be with you, even though I don't know why"

"Okay"

"What?" It was Twilight's turn to be confused.

"I said okay"

"To what?"

"Us getting back together"

"Really?"

"Yes"

"YES!" Twilight shouted, her confusion replaced by pure joy, as she was now back with her marefriend.

"Okay, okay, calm down" Rainbow said as she covered Twilight's mouth, "You don't want to wake the whole town do you?"

"Actually I do" Twilight said happily.

"Why?" Rainbow asked while giving Twilight a weird look.

"I don't know, but I just want everypony to know that we're together!"

"Maybe we should just tell our friends first"

"Oh, yeah, I guess we should do that"

"So, uh, what are we going to do this time?" Rainbow asked as she got closer to Twilight.

"What?" Twilight asked as Rainbow put her wing across her.

"Well, last time we went fairly fast, and look what happened"

"Good point..." Twilight said as she rubbed her chin, "Maybe we should wait a little while before we go on a date"

"Yeah, and maybe we shouldn't get all lovey-dovey every time we see each other"

"I'll agree to that" Twilight said as she nuzzled Rainbow's neck.

"I thought we were going to go slow" Rainbow said with a grin as she looked at Twilight.

"I think it's okay for us to do this" Twilight said as she continued to nuzzle Rainbow's neck.

"Oh, okay then" Rainbow said as she began to nuzzle Twilight's neck. The two of them stayed there for a good thirty minutes, until Twilight pulled away and waved goodbye. Rainbow quickly shot over and gave her a quick hug and then went back to her room. She turned her pillow over so she wouldn't have to be reminded of how she had cried.

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"So, Twilight, you and Rainbow are officially together now?" Applejack asked as Pinkie sat down. Earlier in the day Twilight had Spike run around and gather up their friends, telling all of them to meet up at Sugar Cube Corner. With Rarity being the last one to still show up the five that were there had already ordered their lunches.

"Yes, we are now official marefriend, coltfriend" Twilight said as she took a bite out of her daisy sandwich.

"So, if you don't mind me asking," Applejack asked after finishing her mouthful of salad, "Who's who?"

"Uh..." Rainbow quickly shot Twilight a confused look.

"We haven't decided that yet" Twilight said calmly.

"I think Rainbow should be the coltfriend!" Pinkie shouted in her usual happy way.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Rainbow asked angrily.

"Calm down Rainbow, she didn't mean anything by it" Applejack said as she held Rainbow back.

"Maybe she just meant it because you have a more, um, coltish attitude" Fluttershy said quietly.

"Really, am I that manly?" Rainbow asked as she floated back into her seat.

"Not really, but you are more, uh, coltish, than Twilight is" Applejack said.

"Well, I guess your right..." Rainbow said, defeated.

"It's okay Rainbow dear, I think you'd look good in a suit" Rarity said as she got close to the table the girls were sitting at.

"Nice of you to show up" Rainbow said sarcastically.

"Oh, don't be so rude, I was saying the truth" Rarity said.

"So, what are you two going to do?" Applejack asked.

"Well, we're going to go slow, and then we'll see how it's going after a while" Twilight said.

"And if things are going well?" Fluttershy asked.

"We don't know yet, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it" Rainbow said.

"Well, I think I speak for everyone when I say we wish you the best of luck" Rarity said as she raised her glass of apple juice. Everyone else nodded in agreement and they each raised their glasses to the new couple. Meanwhile Twilight and Rainbow looked at each other and leaned forwards into a kiss. One that was met by cheers from their four friends, each of them happy to see their friends finding love in each other.