When The Sky Falls

Part I - Fillyfriends

One week before the incident.

Twilight Sparkle nervously glanced up at the clock. Her date would be here any minute, and she refrained from tearing her mane out from the stress of making sure nothing went wrong. Her friend was very special to her. One of her best friends, actually.

She smiled as she remembered her flowing, rainbow coloured mane, and her graceful soars through the sky. But Rainbow Dash would have a fit if she was called 'graceful'. She giggled to herself and once more glanced at the clock.

"Any second now," she murmured, suddenly fearful and sweaty. "Oh maybe I should just say I'm busy with something the princess said to do-"

*Knock knock knock, knock knock*

Twilight cocked an ear out at the slight pause in the rhythmic knocking.

*Knock knock*

She gave a small shriek and scurried forwards. "OK, deep breaths." She took a deep breath and grasped the door, pausing for a moment and giggling away to herself like a madpony.

Rainbow Dash stood there, with her usually untidy mane in a nice little knot at the end. She smiled at the unicorn and winked. "Hey, Twi. What's so funny?" she asked.

Twilight blushed and gestured inside. "Nothing. Come in Rainbow, please," she tittered.

The pegasus obliged her and stepped inside, rustling her wings and glancing around.

"Can I get you anything, D-Dash?"

Rainbow raised an eyebrow at the stutter. "Sure. You got any AJ?"

Twilight blinked. "AJ? Applejack?"

"Apple juice," Dash deadpanned and smiled a bit at her friend's ineptitude.

"Oh right. Yeah, one second."

The unicorn trotted away, feeling a hot blush spread across her cheeks. Of course she meant apple juice. We don't drink our friends.

The pegasus grinned to herself and leaned against the wall, playing with the knot in her hair. She watched the back of the unicorn's head and scratched her own. C'mon, Dash, say something. You've been waiting for this for days.

Twilight trotted back with a glass of the orange liquid in her magical grasp. "Here you go, Rainbow. Anything else?" she asked, somewhat eagerly.

"No thanks, Twi."

An awkward silence fell upon them. Owlowicious hooted in the corner as he watched the two mares with his beady owl eyes, wondering what the flying feather was going on.

Twilight shot him a death glare and inched closer to her friend. "So, uh... what do we do now?"

Dash gulped and smacked her lips together as she set the glass down. "Uhh... I think... we do this," she mumbled and leant forwards.

The unicorn watched as her friend's face filled her vision, an their noses pressed up in a tender gesture. She raised her hind leg slightly as they pressed their lips to one another.

Dash suddenly pulled away and scowled. "Uh, sorry, Twi if that was too fast for ya. I know not all ponies can keep up with the Dash," she said, back in her normal 'Rainbow Dash' mood as the trotted over to the couch.

Twilight giggled and batted her eyelashes. "Oh yeah!" she suddenly cired and turned around. "Where is it, where is it?" she muttered.

Rainbow glanced around and shifted out the way just in time. "Uh, Twi? What're you looking for?"

The unicorn shot up and blushed. "Ah, um, surprise. For you. As a sort of present. From me. To you."

Dash rolled her eyes. "Twilight, we don't have to start giving each other presents yet. I mean, we have been going out for two months now, but you don't need to start the random gift giving. That's Pinkie's job."

"No, I mean for your bir-" A purple hoof promptly shoved itself into her mouth and refused any more words to pass.

The pegasus's eyes widened. "My what?"

Her jaw worked up and down for a moment. "Birthday," Twilight squeaked and turned away again, bright red and cursing herself for ruining the surprise.

Rainbow blinked and furrowed her brow. "My birthday? My birthday's not 'till next week."

Twilight turned back and blushed. "Well, it's your first birthday since 'us' and I thought I'd like to give you something special, as an early birthday present." She glanced over her shoulder and sprang out of her seat. "Aha! There it is!"

The cyan pegasus sat back, slightly transfixed by the wiggling flank of her fillyfriend inches away from her face.

The unicorn giggled as she flicked through the book. "I really think you'll like this spell. Its purpose is to make the caster, or the receiver, faster."

"Uh huh," Dash murmured as she watched Twilight's cutie mark. "Just a pinch couldn't hurt," she told herself and bit her lip. She carefully and slowly extended a hoof and stroked her fillyfriend's back, eventually pinching the tender magenta area.

Twilight blushed deeply and pulled back, resting her forelegs on the edge of the sofa and turned to face Rainbow Dash. She raised a hoof and placed it on top of the pegasus'.

Rainbow blinked and suddenly pulled away, turning as red as the red streak in her mane. "S-sorry, Twilight," she mumbled and glared at the hoof which had stroked her friend's back. "I just really wanted to-"

She was silenced as Twilight leaned in and pressed their mouths together again.

They kissed passionately.To them, the world was a blue face and a purple face, pressed up in an intimate action, for all the world to see.

Twilight broke the kiss and felt her eyelids flutter.

Rainbow did the same and gently stroked the side of her friend's face. "Twi... do you... wanna... go upstairs?" she murmured and moistened her lips.

The unicorn nodded with a slight grin as she took her fillyfriend's hoof and led her to the bedroom.

~~~

Three days before the incident.

Twilight poured her eyes over the spell book once more. She'd been staring and glaring at the same page for the better part of three hours, all while Rainbow Dash sat opposite and immersed herself in Daring Do's world once more.

Occasionally, they glanced up at each other with grins and blushes. And also occasionally, Dash would slide her hind leg up the inside of the opposite mare's, eliciting a couple of giggles and joking scowls, as would Twilight, who gladly returned the gesture with a titter and a smile.

"So how long will the spell last?" Dash asked, breaking the silence that had fallen between them.

Twilight glanced down at the book again. "About... twelve minutes if I'm reading this right. That's plenty of time to do something dashing isn't it?" she giggled and glanced up again.

Rainbow's cheeks were a colourful red as she furiously turned to the book. Unbeknownst to Twilight, this was one of Daring Do's more... exciting books. And it was making her sweat. Every time Dash glanced upwards, she felt the need to re-enact several scenes from her book with the aid of her companion.

"But I think we could perform it soon," Twilight said, making the pegasus's head raise once more. "I mean, there are still a few calculations to perform, and a few bits here and there I would need to tweak, depending on your wing span, and your top flight speed already."

Rainbow grinned. "I'm sure by now, Twi, you'd know my full wing span," she said, matter of factly, as she felt her wings rise of their own accord.

Twilight blushed furiously and giggled softly. "I guess I do. But we still have a few modifications. It says there's a high chance of... crashes." She winced and glanced up once more. "I... I don't want anything to happen to you, Dashie. I love you too much, as a friend and a fillyfriend. If anything happened it would be my fault..."

Dash quickly set down the book and moved around the table, hugging her fillyfriend tightly and whispering sweetly, "Nothing bad's gonna happen. Trust me." She suddenly frowned and leant back. "What do you mean 'my top flight speed'? Surely you of all ponies should know, that the Dash doesn't have a top flight speed. I just keep goin', remember?"

Twilight giggled again and rested her face in her hooves. "Alright, alright. But I want this to be your birthday present. That's only three days, remember?"

Rainbow sulkily picked up her book again. "I guess so," she huffed. "But I don't wanna wait three days! I wanna go faster than I've ever gone before," she said, subconsciously referencing a scene in the book. "And I want you to help me get there, Twi."

The unicorn turned red and smiled weakly. "And I will, don't worry, but I still refuse to do anything until your birthday," she said stubbornly and turned her nose up with shut eyes.

The pegasus frowned as she watched her fillyfriend's mouth twitch upwards. "Oh, yo do, do you? Well then. Take... this!" she cried and lunged forwards, mercilessly tickling the unicorn's soft belly.

Twilight shrieked with glee and tried to fight her off. Tried being the key word. "Rainbow! Sop it! I can't breathe!" she gasped.

Her tormentor released her hold and helped her up. "You're too easy, Twi." She walked around her fillyfriend and grinned mischievously, drawing her tail across the purple flank. "Plus, I know your ticklish spots."

Twilight blushed and swiped her away. She smiled and yawned.

Dash saw her cue and inclined her head for a nuzzle.

Twilight happily returned said nuzzles and smiled even more. "We should probably... *yawn*... ahh... get to bed."

The pegasus nodded. "Your house or mine?"

Her fillyfriend's face fell momentarily. "Oh... I just remembered I need to be up early tomorrow. The princess is coming to visit," she apologised. "Sorry, but it looks like we're gonna have to sleep in our own beds tonight."

Dash huffed and sulkily nodded. "I suppose. Goodnight then, Twilight Sparkle."

"Goodnight, Rainbowlicious."

Rainbow Dash froze and her pupils shrank to pinpricks. "You promised you would never call me that again," she whispered.

Twilight fell back laughing.

"It's not funny."

"It is."

"Not."

"Is."

"Not!"

"Is!"

"You keep arguing and Im gonna have to tickle you again," Rainbow warned.

Twilight stuck her tongue out as she dusted herself off. "You'll have to catch me first!" she cried and darted of to the left.

The pegasus snorted and rose into the air. "Have it your way, Twilightlicious."

~~~

After the chase, Twilight waved goodbye to her companion for the night. At that moment, she realized she hadn't seen Spike all evening. "I wonder where he is?" she murmured as she straightened her mane. She tutted at the messiness of her living room.

She sighed contently as she flared her horn up and started picking everything up. "Where would I be without magic?" she wondered out loud with a light chuckle.

As the books danced themselves to the shelves and the wash towel dried up the coffee spills on it's own, she smiled to herself and trotted upstairs, up to her bedroom and her comfy mattress.

She reached under her pillow and took out a small, blue feather. She hugged it to her chest as she drifted off to sleep with a smile on her smitten face.