The Pebble and the Pony

chapter 4

After what felt like forever traveling, Flash and Rainbow finally woke up. They were covered in seaweed and weren't in Ponyville or the ship Misery. They looked as though they were on some sort of island, isolated from the other ponies of the world. 

"Hey, where are we?" Flash asked, once he woke up.

"Let's see," Rainbow Dash stretched and studied her surroundings. "Judging by the heat, I'd say I died and went to Ponyix."

"Rainbow Dash, look, ponies!" Flash pointed with his hoof to some inhabitants. 

"Looks like some private beach," Rainbow shook the seaweed off from herself. "We must be in Manera or Tahorsey."

"How do they live like this?"

"They pay for it."

"I wonder how it's from Ponyville." Flash followed the pegasus pony as they explored.

"3,000 miles in that direction," Rainbow pointed with one of her wings backward. "But, you'll never make it."

"I will so!" Flash boasted and stretched his muscles. "I'm fit!"

"Trust me on this one. You've gotten 'eat me' written all over you!"

"I'm a good swimmer!"

"You don't know these waters like I do," Rainbow bit off some seaweed from his back foot. 

Flash looked around and looked down at the sand, looking glum. "You're right, I'm lost."

"Yep, you're lost," Rainbow kept gnawing at the seaweed, but it made Rainbow go up in a tree while Flash plopped down in the sand safely. "And I'm looking at a dead bronco. Yeah, I give it two day tops and you'll be in the belly of a killer dragon to a petting zoo animal!"

"Getting to Twilight is all that matters to me," Flash sighed, eager to get back to Ponyville. "I mean, Rainbow Dash, I dream about her night and day. I see her face when I close my eyes, and this," Flash showed his proposal pebble. "Wow, is that an engagement pebble or what?"

"Do you have to gush like that?" Rainbow Dash cringed at his sickening sweetheart phase.

"You're wondering where I got it, right?"

"Yeah...?"

"Picture this, jewel beach, moonlit sky, gentle breeze--"

Rainbow Dash grew impatient. "Come on, come on, get on with it!"

"And suddenly, I look up!" Flash continued. "And there it is, the first evening star."

"Summarize, summarize..." Rainbow Dash was still impatient.

"What do I do? I make a wish, and like magic, it jets across the sky like a blaze in glory and it landed right in front of me!"

"Really?" Rainbow Dash sounded a tiny bit interested. 

"I picked it up and shining deep inside there is the face of my true love, Twilight!"

"Oh, so special, so unique," Rainbow Dash smiled, then frowned in irritation. "So what!?"

"Don't you see?" Flash looked into her eyes. "It's my fate, Rainbow Dash! I'm destined to marry Twilight Sparkle. It's in Princess Luna's stars!"

"'I'm destined to marry Twilight'," Rainbow Dash began to mock the stallion. "'It's in Princess Luna's stars!' Yap, yap, yap, why don't you get that thing fixed!?"

"Oh, sorry," Flash grew sheepish. "I guess nopony likes a blabber mouth, right?"

"No, you think?" Rainbow Dash grew sarcastic. She finally bit the last bit of seaweed and was now free from Flash. "There, I'm free of you at last. Now go, shoo, adios!"