The Pebble and the Pony

chapter 6

After so long of traveling, Flash finally woke up and stretched in the boat he was in with Rainbow Dash. He rubbed his eye and gasped with a wondrous smile as the boat was headed to a giant part of land with Derpy Hooves bouncing on a cloud and munching on a muffin.

"Hey, Rainbow Dash, wake up!" Flash gently shook the pegasus as she continued to sleep. "Look!"

Rainbow Dash murmured in her sleep, nearly snuggling up to Flash. She then woke up, wondering what the fuss was about. "What? Where? Who?" 

"Isn't it beautiful?" Flash wrapped his fore leg around her to pull her into a hug.

"Oh, yeah," Rainbow smirked. "I mean, it certainly looks better than a Tartus demon."

"It's our first sight of home," Flash pointed to specifically Derpy Hooves. "We're almost there!" he looked at Rainbow. "Look, uhh... If it's alright with you, wanna split up? I understand, no hard feelings."

"It's probably for the best," Rainbow Dash shrugged. She had wanted to be rid of Flash Sentry since she first met him, but he kind of grew on her. Though, of course, she didn't want to admit that to his face. "Well, give my regards to Shining Armor."

"Shining Armor? Oh, yeah," Flash smiled sheepishly. "I sure will, Rainbow Dash, there's something you should know. Shining Armor doesn't know magic elements."

"WHAT!?"

"I needed you to show me the way home. I didn't think you'd do it if I just asked, s-so I made up stories about make believe magic from a stallion guard named Shining Armor."

Rainbow Dash grew angry. She then cracked her hooves together and snorted heavily.

"Well, say something..." Flash grew worried of her quiet response.

"You told me a lie!?" Rainbow Dash swooped in front of him and swooped down to attack him. "YOU DUMB PONY NERD!"

"Rainbow Dash, stop!" Flash cried.

"I could've been back on that beach with those other ponies!"

"I'm sorry!"

"Feeding me because I'm a cute pegasus!"

"I said I'm sorry!"

Rainbow Dash then tackled him into a mud pit. She was attacking him without mercy. Rainbow Dash apparently doesn't take being lied to very well. "No, you decided to lie to me, drag me through 3,000 miles of wastelands and Tartus demons!" she then started to choke the stallion. "You're a dead thing! You are! Clear--" Rainbow then stopped, slowly and started to laugh. "You're either the greatest romantic hero of all time or you're the stupidest pony that ever lived!"

"I'm sorry I lied to you, Rainbow Dash," Flash settled himself. "Who really likes a liar? Not me. I really needed your help anyway. Look, if you're ever outside of Canterlot, just look me up..."

Rainbow Dash stopped laughing. She then smiled at Flash as they drifted closer and closer to Ponyville for the ceremony. "In four days, I'll be Ponyville. Where will you be, huh? Try to keep up!" she then tried to make the boat get faster to Ponyville.

Derpy Hooves glanced down at their argument, saw her muffin was now gone and got bored, and flew away.

"Looks like I got me a student," Rainbow stood right next to Flash. "You know anything about fightin'? How do you handle pain?"

"What?" Flash asked, turning pale.

"I was just kidding!" Rainbow Dash laughed, then grew serious. "How 'bout blood?"

Back in Ponyville, Twilight was climbing up the hill Flash Sentry usually was. She looked up at the moon, feeling in distress. She really wanted to marry Flash instead of that creep, Discord.