𝙴𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚍: 𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚘 𝙸𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎

11. Afraid of Love

𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑏𝑜𝑤𝑠,

𝐼𝑚 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑢𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚. 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑒, 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑢𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒...

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Tears started to fill up Rainbow Dash's eyes as she read on. Her friends looked worried.

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...𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝑂𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑝. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚, 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡? 𝐼𝑓 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚, 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝. 𝑆𝑜, 𝑖 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑏𝑦𝑒. 𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑏𝑜𝑤 𝐷𝑎𝑠ℎ. 𝐴𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒, 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙......------>

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Rainbow Dash couldn't believe what she had just read. She noticed the arrow on the bottom on the page, and flipped it over to read what was on the other side....

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𝑃. 𝑆: 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑦, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑙.....

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"WHAT?!" She screamed. She turned to the sound of shocked gasps and screams near the Ferris Wheel. They were all looking up at someone on the top of it. It was Zephyr! He stood with his back towards the edge of the Giant wheel, that was at least 6 stories tall. With 2 steps, he walked backwards off the edge....and jumped. He had his back to the ground so he wouldn't see his terrible fate.

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"𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝.....𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝...𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝...." he repeated for himself. The Rainbooms watched in horror from very far away. They were like halfway across the park. "ZEPHYR NOOO!" Rainbow Dash screamed as she used her geode to dash across the park to save him.

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Fluttershy would have done it, but nobody in the world is as fast as Rainbow Dash. She leaped over the crowd of people while ponying up to get her wings to fly up and save him. People started recording the incident as a rainbow blurr whizzed pass toward the falling human.

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The Rainbooms had gotten out of their seats to get closer to the action. When Zephyr realized that he wasn't gonna wake up, he gave up on everything and decided to die. That is, until he was caught by a flying Rainbow Dash. She brought him down to safety just outside of the shocked mob.

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Her friends were also near by. Once Zephyr was safely on his feet, she backed up a little to catch her breath. "ZEPHYR! WHAT THE FUCK? WHY?!" She fussed, still trying I catch her breath. "Did you read the paper?" He asked.

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"Yes but--" she was cut off. "Then you know why." He said firmly. "My question is, why the hell would you step in?" He asked. "When I told you to believe in yourself, and that you had all those great qualities, did it just go in one fuckin ear and out the other? Like what?" She fussed.

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"You hurt me for years! I loved you, and you always avoided me, ignored me, pushed me away. You broke my heart so many fuckin times! Yet I still tried like an idiot. Knowing you would never love an idiot like me, and I thought that kiss meant something, but I'm still not sure. Because of how much you hurt me, I couldn't take the hurt anymore. Why would you do that to me? You know I loved you, yet you constantly reject me. There are years of built up hurt in here! So yes, I tried to commit suicide. Until your dumbass saved me. I don't appreciate--" She cut him off.

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"IM AFRAID OF LOVE DAMMIT!" She yelled, flying up in the air with tears streaming down her face. People were still recording. Zephyr froze. Everyone froze. There was silence for a moment.

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