I'll Protect You: An Appledash Fanfiction |ON HOLD

OH, COME ON!

Rainbow's POV
I woke up to the morning sun on my face. The weak sound of crinkling faintly fills my ears. I see and read the note from AJ. That explains the blanket. It's kinda embarrassing that she did that. I get up, grabbing the blanket. I stop in my tracks when I hear two not so hushed voices. "Twi, I don't think we should prank them." "Don't worry so much! Leave those cans of whipped cream. We don't want to drop them or something. Now follow me so we can go get a chicken feather." As soon as I hear them shut the door, I sneak into the hallway. I nab the cans of whipped cream and run to where Applejack was sleeping.
"AJ, wake up!" "What?" she wined in a slightly raspy voice. "Sunlight was gonna prank us. The second they come in the door, hit them with this!" I hand her the other can and we hide behind the door. The door squeaked open. I let her rip. "OH, COME ON! I told you Twi, it backfired on us." That's when Twilight picked up a pillow and slowly walked towards Apples. I dashed to grab the pillow, but miscalculated and wound up eating a pillow. "Pillows don't taste good!" I complained. We all started laughing hysterically. "What's all the ruckus?" Scootaloo groaned as she walked in hand in hand with Applebloom. After seeing the cans of whipped cream, they simply shrugged and walked out.
After a hearty breakfast of pancakes, I walked back home on my crutches. On the way in, I retrieved the mail. It was just a bunch of adds. "Erro? Any uncle home?" I hollered. "Dashie! So, how was your day yesterday? Did you have fun?" He asked, acting a bit suspicious. "Uh, yeah. Sunset and Twilight were over there too and tried to whip cream us, but it backfired. Oh, I got the mail on the way in. Why are you acting so weird?" A flash of nervousness zoomed across his face. "What ever do you mean? I not acting weird, you're just tired. How about you go take a nap?" He ushered me up into my room. My uncle is a horrible liar. After half an hour, I get a call from Pinkie. " DASHIE, GUESS WHAT? I'M THROWING YOU A HALF BIRTHDAY PARTY! IT'S ON FRIDAY AT THE BARN! I'LL TEXT YOU THE TIME. BYE!" she quickly spouted. Well, I guess Pinkie got ahold of Soarin's number. Wait, it's only September and my half birthday is in January. This is getting REALLY suspicious. I was about to walk out the door when I heard a knock. Leaning back on my bed, I groaned,"Come in." My uncle walked in. He started twisting his finger, like he does when he's nervous.
"Rainbow, you like it here, right?" "Yeah...." "That's good, because we won't be able to move for at least another five years. And, I was thinking... Why don't I adopt a child? You've never had a sibling and then you won't be so bored. What do you think?" My mouth was gapping like a fish for a while. "YES! OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH, OH MY GOSH! But, wait, doesn't it take a while to adopt?" "Well, yes, but I had already applied a few years ago, and it was accepted. Tonight, do you want to head down to the orphanage?" "Sure, we can go after lunch, and tonight we can all eat out." "0k, great! We can leave in an hour or two. I'll call ahead." My uncle walked out the door, leaving me to my own devices. That's when realization struck me.
I have school tomorrow. Clouds. My mind started to melt to darker times. That's when the panic attack began.
This is kinda dark cause I was sad while writing this and it was like midnight because I couldn't sleep. Well, anywho, on with the flashback/ nightmare
I was walking down the hallway with my friend Gilda. While sharing some banter, she lightly punched me in the arm. I jumped. "Dash, dude, why did you jump?" "Oh, uh..... I thought I had forgotten my...markers! Yeah, my markers. But I didn't, they're right in my bag," I made up quickly. She believed the fib.
That's when I walled into Lightning Dust. We were fierce rivals and archenemies. "Oh, I saw that, Rainbow Crash. You can't even take a little hit. Why don't you run home to mommy? Oh wait, you don't have one." Even for Lightning, that was mean. All the students around me started laughing, even Gilda. She walked over next to Dust and gave her a fist bump. "Dash, since you're such a dumb loser, I bet you don't know what happened. But since I'm so gracious, I'll explain. Gilda was never your friend. She was just posing." After that, they all beat me up. From that day forward, I was bullied. Then, a few weeks after the betrayal, Gilda started a rumor that I ate boogers of the bathroom stalls.(Is it sad that this has actually happened to me?)
The image changed to me tied to a wall. I looked around the dark and unfamiliar surroundings. I saw an oak door about five yards away. The door creaked open and in came in anyone and everyone in my life. My uncle, Mr.Dumbbell, Gilda, Dust, him, even Applejack and the girls.
"Oh, look at her, she thought you loved her, Miss Apples." He said. AJ scoffed. "Me, liking her? What a ridiculous sentiment. Now, can I go first?" My eyes grew wider in fear. In the dim light, I saw some spiked soccer balls. Clouds. I'm dead.
Then, as if I were underwater, I heard the angelic voice of the girl I'd come to love. With deep sadness in her voice, she cried,"Dashie, please wake up." I tried to speak, but no words came out. With my last reserve of strength, I managed to squeeze her hand. "Rainbow? Rainbow, come on, wake up. I'll give you some skittles." That really gave me inspiration. I forced my eyes open to find myself on my bed. "Dash! You had me so worried!" Applejack said while giving me a hug. "How long was I out?" "Two hours. We've been trying to wake you up for a half of that." I sit up. Beside AJ is my uncle. We embrace. "But Apples, why were you trying to wake me up so badly?" Nervousness flashed across her face. "Um.......uh.......Cause you're my friend? Anyway, I'll just be leaving." She darted out of the house faster than a runaway train.
If you couldn't tell, the nightmare is over.
I turn back to my uncle. "What time is it?" "One o'clock. We can head over any time you want." "Let's go, then!" I say jumping off the bed. Being the smart person I am, I don't remember I had a broken leg, and fall on my face. I groan and Soarin helps me get up and go downstairs. We load into pickup and drive off into the city.
After a mostly boring car ride, we walk into the orphanage to find a kid being beaten. The lady, who I presumed ran the place, was yelling horrible names at them and was hitting the child with a baseball bat. "What are you doing?" I screamed at the top of my lungs. My uncle runs and tackles her. Dropping one of my crutches, I dash to the kid
"Scootaloo?"

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