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In The Rain Ending: Storm

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Warnings and Disclaimers:

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This is the one of two different endings for In The Rain. A link to the other can be found in the Author Comments
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Characters in this work are property of their respective owners, I do not own any of them, and do not intend to make any sort of profit off of this work.

This My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfiction involves shipping. If you don't know what that means, please go read up on it at tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php… before reading.

If you are made uncomfortable by ANY form of romance between ANY two intelligent beings, this fanfiction may not be to your liking. Continue only with caution.

And now, on with the show:




As soon as Rainbow Dash  was out of the library, the weather assaulted her. Heavy drops of freezing rain pounded the pegasus pony in a torrent that drenched her nearly instantly. The wind whipped at her, and she dug her hooves into the mud to keep herself from being blown backward. The world was consumed by a flash and a deafening boom of thunder as a brilliant jagged lance struck the lightning rod on a home a few dozen yards away from her. The light revealed Twilight Sparkle not too far ahead of her, struggling slowly away. Dash shouted at the unicorn, but if Twilight heard, she gave no sign. Her horn glowed dimly, and Dash suspected that the unathletic unicorn was using magic to make progress against the fury of the storm. Unable to risk taking to the air, the pegasus fought forward on hoof, not knowing what she'd do when she caught up with her friend.

Dash's progress was slow, but the intermittent flashes revealed that her friend's lead was shrinking. The strikes were becoming more infrequent, and the time between lightning and thunder was growing. As the world was lit less and less often, it seemed to grow darker; Rainbow Dash relied increasingly on the light from her friend's horn, bobbing in the distance, to show the way. The pegasus, unable to see far in the downpour, hoped that Twilight knew where she was going.

Eventually, the lightning stopped altogether. The rain continued, seeming to drive ever more mercilessly from the uninterrupted inky blackness of the sky. The muscles in Rainbow Dash's legs burned from fighting through the thick mud, but she redoubled her efforts as Twilight's horn grew closer. With a final burst of speed, she caught her friend, grabbing the unicorn's tail with her teeth. She pulled, expecting resistance from the unicorn, but Twilight just stopped. As Dash released Twilight's tail, intending to give her friend a piece of her mind for instigating the ridiculous chase, the unicorn whirled, quickly turning to face her. The purple hornlight gave just enough illumination to create an island of visibility in the surrounding dark; Twilight seemed to float in a void, the light not quite reaching the muddy ground. Before Dash could say anything, Twilight leapt at her; the unicorn threw her hooves around Dash's shoulders, and as the light from the unicorn's horn winked out, their lips met.

Rainbow Dash's reaction was instant and decisive; she reared away, breaking Twilight's grip on her. The lightning began again, and the first flash illuminated perfectly the look of momentary disgust that had passed across Dash's face. Dash knew that her friend had seen the expression when the next flash showed that Twilight's countenance was a mask of utter despair. Understanding washed over Dash, and all the strange things Twilight had said suddenly made sense. It was so obvious in retrospect, and Dash cursed the situation; she didn't want to hurt her friend, but Dash couldn't think of Twilight that way, think of mares that way. The pegasus did what she had to do.

Rainbow Dash gathered Twilight Sparkle into a hug. With Twilight's head on her shoulder, as rain drenched both their coats, Dash felt hot drops mix with cold. She felt her friend shake with sobs. Rainbow Dash knew that she couldn't be who Twilight wanted her to be, but she was loyal. Dash knew that the least she could do for her friend, for Twilight, was hold her.

As she cried.

In the rain.
The other ending is here: [link] .

I promised myself that In The Rain would have a happy ending when I started, and it does, in Silence

But for some reason I'm compelled to write sad endings. It's a curse!

So yeah. Two endings.
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Vashthepsicho's avatar
it was nice, but i liked more the happy ending ^^