Creating A Hive

Dynamite Don't

She didn't say a word to me, not even when I made the tent construct itself in four seconds. A personal best.

==CAH==

We found Rainbow Dash the next morning not long after the sun went up. She was sitting in the middle of a clearing, obviously let down. Yet everypony in her friend group thought she'd been hurt.

"Thank goodness you're alright!" Rarity exhaled, relieved.

Twilight went to Rainbow's side. "Quick, where does it hurt?"

Rainbow Dash put a hoof over her heart. "In here. Daring Do and the ring have been captured by the dreaded Ahuizotl, and it's all my fault." Rainbow Dash sighed. Everypony gasped. She turned to me. "Why didn't you say anything?"

"It was an honest mistake. And despite how much I may act otherwise, I am not God. Nothing could have stopped you from fangirling out in front of your favorite character."

"But you never do!" Rainbow Dash complained.

Killjoy snickered.

"Shut up." I warned her.

"She was a mess when she met her favorite character-"

"I told you to shut up!"

"Really, I don't think I had a better day than that call she gave me after-" I used magic to cover her mouth again.

Rainbow Dash let out a long defeated breath. "Whatever. Let's just go home."

"We can't go back now! From what Ra- Morgan told us, she needs our help more than ever!" Applejack explained.

"Trying to help is how I got in this mess in the first place." Rainbow Dash explained. She got up, walking off probably towards Ponyville. "You were right, Twilight. We should've stayed out of this."

Twilight went to walk beside her. Lilac looked over my head to watch the exchange. "Look, there is more going on here than meets the eye. In every Daring Do book, there always is! We can't turn our backs on her!"

"She doesn't want my help, Twilight." Rainbow Dash countered.

"Perhaps. But she might need it anyway." Twilight pointed out.

"No. My hero's way better off without me." Rainbow Dash sighed, her head lowering towards the ground.

"This don't sound like you." Applejack commented.

"Where's the Rainbow Dash who would help anypony at the drop of a hat?" Pinkie asked, jumping on Dash's back.

"Or pith helmet, as the case may be." Rarity spoke up.

Killjoy gave me a look. I dropped the magic around her mouth. "Where's the Rainbow Dash that threatened to kill me if I ever dosed her with Poison Joke again?" Killjoy asked. "It's not fun to torture you if you're this dead inside."

"She's here where she's got no business being. She should be at home." Rainbow Dash argued. She walked a little faster.

"It's fine to look up to Daring Do, but you've put her so high up on a pedestal, you can't even see your own worth anymore!" Twilight yelled. Rainbow Dash paused in her steps. "She's in the fortress, and we're here, and we wouldn't be who we are if we didn't go in after her! And neither would you! So, are you with us, or not?"

Rainbow Dash hesitated. "Morgan already has a plan?"

"Pfft." I scoffed.

Rainbow Dash glanced over her shoulder. "Will it work?" I gave her a look. "Right...what can I do?"