This fic is getting more and more intriguing with each passing letter and word. A dragon getting wings, then a pegasus teaching him how to fly? And now there is a supposed race that you all are expecting? Let's hope it is that simple. Probably not. Wait, where are you taking me? I'm not crazy! I'm just writing an innocent little story! I'm not crazy, I tell you! Unhand me this instant!
The sweet little town of Ponyville was once again radiated by The Sun, which had been magically placed in it's right position by our lovely Princess Celestia. Back in Canterlot Castle, Princess Luna was preparing herself for the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration as it is her first one since she first turned good. Celestia was prepping the sun for it's arrival the next day on the balcony.
"Hmm, what to wear..." She pulled out her old Nightmare Moon robes. "Ugh, I cannot believe I liked this fashion."
She threw the robe back into the 'No' pile. "My sister deserves the best at her celebration and I shall make myself look as royal as can be!" She put her flank down and thought about answers.
"Maybe Fancy Pant's will be able to make some formal attire..." Right then, the idea hit her like a moving train. "I'll consult the Element of Generosity! I do hear she makes some very elegant clothes. Her horn lit up with the faintly blue aura that looked strikingly similar to her mane and in an instant was whisked off to Ponyville. She teleported herself in the middle of the market, surprising everypony and causing them to bow. She apologized for the sudden surprise and strode in the direction of the Boutique.
The only problem was, she didn't know where the Boutique was.
Her teleportation only worked when she knew where she would teleport. She couldn't start exploring randomly, that would waste too much time. She decided to consult Twilight, she will surely know. She strode off in the direction of the library, not paying mind to all the ponies bowing before her.
She reached the library and walked up to the door, though as she was about to open the door she heard arguing coming from within. She thought it was a bad idea to eavesdrop, but she was the Princess. She was supposed to help her loyal subjects.
"But, Twilight, it's not her fault that I came home late!" She heard the voice of that little purple dragon who was Twilight's assistant. 'Spike', she thinks he was called.
"No excuses! If this happens again, I'm not letting you train with her anymore!" Said the voice of Twilight Sparkle.
She decided to enter, thinking that the argument had ended. Twilight, who was still infuriated, was inside pacing back and forth. She didn't notice Princess Luna enter the room.
"Ah, Twilight Sparkle?" Princess Luna said.
"Oh, Princess! I wasn't expecting you. Is there anything that you need?" Twilight said, frantically trying to look her best for the Princess, though her frizzy mane wasn't helping.
"Please, call me Luna. Sorry to unexpectedly drop by, but i need directions to the Element of Generosity's Boutique." Princess Luna said.
"Oh, you mean Rarity? She's just down the road to the left, you can't miss it. What exactly do you need from her?" Twilight asked curiously.
"I need to prepare for the Summer Sun Celebration and none of my clothes will suffice. Hearing all the marvelous stories from my dear friend Fancy Pants, I've decided to ask her to make my robes."
The words Summer Sun Celebration rung in Twilight's ears. She completely forgot about her teacher's Celebration. She dreadfully looked at her calendar and saw that Luna was correct. She completely forgot about it, having to worry about Spike and his training with Rainbow Dash. The book that Bright Idea gave her said that after dragon's grow their wings, they start to get more and more defiant with each passing day. She was afraid of losing her dragon assistant and she increased supervision on him ever since.
"Oh, well Luna... Nice to see you again, now I don't mean to throw you out, but i need to work on something private and I must concentrate! Bye, and come again!" She proceeded to open the door for Luna, who confusedly looked at Twilight as she walked out. Twilight nervously smiled at her, hoping she wouldn't realize that Twilight had forgotten about the Celebration. Twilight shut the door and immediately went to looking for her Grand Galloping Gala gown. She figured she could use that and not worry about anything else. Unfortunately, when she found the dress, it was filled from top to bottom with dirt and stains. She forgot to wash it after the Gala and now Karma came to bite her in the flank. She couldn't wear it like this and Spike was the one who always washes all the clothes.
"Spike!" Twilight yelled.
Spike came down the stairs a few moments after she called out for him. "What is it, Twilight?"
"Can you wash this dress for me? I need it for tomorrow at the Summer Sun Celebration. While you're at it, wash your tuxedo as well." Twilight said, relieving at the fact her number one assistant will get rid of her problems.
She levitated the gown over to Spike, who looked infuriated.
"You know what, Twilight? No. Wash it yourself." Spike said.
"What?!" Twilight said, shocked by the young drake's answers.
"I said No." Spike closed his eyes and crossed his arms.
Twilight's worst fears were confirmed. Spike was never this cross with her before. He would always gladly accept any task she would give him, but now he was not gonna stand for it. If he wasn't allowed to stay up one minute late, why should he have to do her dirty work?
"Spike, what's gotten into you?" Twilight said worryingly.
Spike felt deja-vu coming on. "You want to yell at me for being up one minute past my curfew? You can do the laundry yourself."
Spike angrily flew out the window, leaving a confused Twilight standing in the middle of the library wondering what just happened. She didn't even try to stop him as he just kept flying. Her innocent little drake, now defying her? The book was right, only she wished she realized sooner. She got up, realizing she must do right by her assistant. First things first though, she has to go see Fluttershy and ask her to wash the dress. She didn't want to look like a fool to her master.
Spike, who was still flying angrily to Celestia-knows-where didn't care where he went. As long as he was away from Twilight, anywhere was perfect. He got the idea to sleeping on a cloud from watching Rainbow Dash do it so many times. He looked around for a nearby cloud, but no such luck was found. Apparently, the mayor requested a clear day. This was bad for Spike as he realized he has to look by the mountains for a comfy cloud to lay on. He flew over to the mountain range, in search of a fluffy white puff he can call his bed.
As he rounded the mountain where The Elements had conquered that other dragon, he found one cloud and flew hastily towards it. He quickly came to a stop right next to it and stepped on. He positioned himself in the middle of the cloud and curled up into a ball, closing his eyes and waiting for sleep to take him away to far-away lands. He cleared his mind of Twilight and hoped to just get some peaceful sleep and cool off. He will apologize to Twilight in the morning, as he had been a bit brash with her.
Twilight was trotting over to Fluttershy's cottage, trying to clear her head about Spike. She couldn't stop remembering all the good times she has had over the years since she first got him as an egg. She remembered her entrance exam where she got Spike, and how she had turned him into a full-grown adult when Rainbow Dash did her sonic Rainboom that caused he magic to go wonky. She aced the test, giving her her cutie mark and her powers today. Getting Spike as a baby was just icing on the cake for her. Though she hasn't taken care of a baby before, she read a book about it. There were times where she had blown a gasket at trying to care of Spike, but she succeeded and created who he was today.
She didn't realize she arrived at Fluttershy's cottage and ran headfirst into the door. The resulting "Ow..." from Twilight and the thump on the door informed Fluttershy, who was tending to her hummingbirds inside, of her presence. She walked to the door and opened it gracefully, giving a kind "Hello?" to whoever was there. She found her friend Twilight lying on the floor and rubbing her forehead with her hoof and carrying her Gala gown.
"Twilight, are you okay?" Fluttershy said, helping Twilight up.
"Yeah, just fine," Twilight said. "I need to ask you a favor though."
"Anything for my friend, Twilight." She said while inviting Twilight inside. "Come in and I'll make us some tea, I mean, if that's okay with you..."
Twilight went in and sat herself down onto the couch. She noticed all the animals that seemed to be leaking through all of the holes and cracks of her house. She was surprised Fluttershy could take care of all them with no problems whatsoever.
"You certainly have a lot of... Company, Fluttershy." Twilight said, still looking around.
Fluttershy came out of the kitchen, carrying a platter with two tea-cups on it. "Yes, but they are nice to me and help me around my cottage. In return, I care for them whenever they are hurt and give them food. Now then, what was the favor you were going to ask me?"
"Oh yeah, I was wondering if you could wash this gown for me?" Twilight said.
"Of course Twilight, I have one question though if that's okay with you..." She said shyly.
"Go ahead Fluttershy." Twilight said.
"How come you didn't ask Spike to do it?" Doesn't he always do what you ask?"
Twilight tilted her head down. "The thing is with Spike... He's been acting a lot more differently ever since he grew those wings at the picnic."
Fluttershy remembered seeing Spike go through extreme pain at the picnic and the wings popping out of his back. "Yes, that must have been very painful for the poor guy. I would have taken care of him if you simply asked, Twilight."
"I didn't want to burden you, Fluttershy, seeing as how you already have so many animals to take care of."
"It would have been no problem, Twilight, really." Fluttershy said. Her words ring the truth, as she always wanted to spend more time with Spike ever since he first got to Ponyville. Even after the little dragon told her his life story, she still felt like she barely knew Spike. He was always so kind, and he was a hard worker. He was even kind of cute too. Fluttershy knew of his crush on Rarity and always stayed away, but ever since she found out about the whole 'Just Friends' event from her at the spa, she has been trying to get closer to Spike. She never told her friends about her wanting for the little dragon to herself.
"Anyway, what happened was, when I asked Spike to wash the gown for me, he got angry. He said about how I yelled at him for being up past his curfew, and how I should wash it myself."
Fluttershy looked confused. "How late was he?"
"One minute..." Twilight twiddled with her fore-hoofs.
"One minute? I hardly think that's worth getting yelled at, Twilight..." Fluttershy said, taking Spike's side.
"I know... And I shouldn't have done it. He just flew off randomly and I didn't have a chance to stop him." Twilight said while looking down.
"You don't know where he is?" Fluttershy said worryingly.
"No, I tried looking for him but it seems he went off flying. I'm sure he just needs time to cool off. I was thinking of apologizing to him when he gets back."
Fluttershy nodded. "Well, I'm sure things will be fine. Anyway, by when do you want this dress back?"
"I was hoping you could get it cleaned by today. I need it for the Summer Sun Celebration tomorrow."
"I'll deliver it to you later then."
"Thank you, Fluttershy." Twilight sighed in relief, knowing one of her many problems was solved. She left the gown with Fluttershy, who picked it up and went to back to her business. Twilight left the cottage and went about her day merrily.
Meanwhile, everypony's favorite princess arrived at Carousel Boutique. Thankfully, the shop was still open. She entered the shop in her royal posture. Rarity was inside working on a small order she received a few hours ago. She just finished the making the order, which was a tuxedo for a young stallion and a bridal dress from a mare. The young couple were getting married and they trusted Rarity to provide. She always made her dresses exceptionally well when it came to weddings. She hoped one day the stallion of her dreams would one day propose to her and she would make her own bridal dress. She set the clothes aside and continued to work on the next order when Princess Luna stepped in.
"Are you the one called Rarity?" Princess Luna proclaimed.
Rarity was startled at the loudness that was Princess Luna's royal voice. She felt the ground shake whenever she heard that voice. She looked in back of her to find Luna staring at her other dresses.
"Ah, Princess! How may I be of assistance to you?" Rarity said, in her 'ladylike' voice as she would describe.
"You are the one that has made all these fine masterpieces?" Luna said, distracted by the beautiful gowns and dresses that Rarity made.
"The one and only!" Rarity said.
"I see I have come to the right mare then." Luna proceeded to sit on Rarity's 'drama' couch. "I need you to make me a royal robe for my sister's celebration tomorrow."
"You mean the Summer Sun Celebration? Darling, you are in luck. I have been making special dresses for just this occasion."
Rarity went over to one of her infinite curtains and pulled the rope, revealing the line of pony mannequins wearing very fancy dresses. They were especially designed for alicorns, such as the Princesses. Luna, awe-shocked from the mastery that was Rarity's dresses, couldn't help but think of one thing. Why did she make dresses that were designed for alicorns she didn't even know of Luna's request? She shrugged off as simple coincidence and luck and moved on.
"These dresses, they are simply divine." Luna said while walking up to one dress that caught her eye.
Rarity, giddy over the fact a princess complimented one of her dresses, simply kept calm and nodded.
"Thank you, Princess. It is an honor."
"I would like to take this dress." She pointed over to a dress that matched her in every way. The silk that was used to make it had been the same color as her and the dress came with a small veil. "I shall send payment when I return to Canterlot."
"Oh, Princess, you don't have to pay. Free of charge, to the ruler of the night." Rarity said elegantly.
"I see you are certainly living up to your name as the Element of Generosity. I thank you dearly." Luna said. "I hope to see you tomorrow."
"Same to you, Princess."
"Please, call me Luna." Luna used her teleportation magic once again to reappear back in Canterlot Castle. She went to her quarters and tried on her dress. Luckily, it was a perfect fit. With that, the princess rested, waiting for her time to raise the moon.
Back on the cloud, Spike woke up to find it was late. The moon was up and the cloud had drifted over to the top of Sugar Cube Corner. They were still ponies up and about, including the pink party ponie. She was outside, advertising for more customers.
"Come one, come all! Sugar Cube Corner is always the best bakery all around! Get a taste of our signature Sugar Cakes, the best cupcakes in town, and maybe even Equestria!"
The advertising was obviously working, as more and more customers were flowing into the shop. Mr and Mrs. Cake were inside filling all the orders, all the while smiling as they could get some extra orders done before they close.
Spike flew down off his cloud balcony and met Pinkie Pie who stopped yelling to talk to Spike.
"Heyyah, Spike! What are you doing here so late? You hungry for some gem cupcakes?" Pinkie said ecstatically.
"Nah, Pinkie. I was just sleeping on that cloud up there and it drifted over here." Spike looked up back at his former resting place. "Huh, what a coincidence."
"Oh, I've been meaning to tell you. I wanted to throw you a party for your new wings, but whenever I would try to ask, you would be off with Rainbow Dash learning some tricks."
Hearing Rainbow's name again reminded him. He had completely forgotten to visit her like he promised. Even though he finished his training a week ago, he still visited Rainbow Dash to practice with her. Besides, practice makes perfect. He also just wanted to hang out with Rainbow more often. He grew more closer to her while they were training and soon they were the best of friends. Spike couldn't help but feel something for the cyan pegasus. Something about her made him love being around her. Her awesomeness, great flying, her loyalty...
"Oh, um... Sorry, Pinkie. I would love for you to throw me a party." Spike said, making Pinkie jump for joy at the sound of another party.
"Yes Yes Yes Yes! Trust me, Spike! This will be the funnest party you will ever have!" Pinkie kept jumping as Spike smiled kindly.
"Well then, I should go. See you later, Pinkie." Spike began to walk away.
"Bye, Spike!" Pinkie yelled.
Spike began his journey back to his home. Though, as he walked he couldn't stop thinking about Rainbow Dash. He shook his head trying to focus on the task at hand. Twilight. He remembered at what he did and he felt extremely guilty about it. He shouldn't have been so mean towards the pony that has been taking care of him ever since he was just a baby. She always took care of him and in turn, he took care of her. She was like a mother to him. Spike recollected his thoughts and decided to apologize when he arrived.
When he got to the towering tree that was Golden Oaks Library, he was nervous about opening the door. He didn't know how Twilight would react. If she was going to angry, depressed, or maybe both. He finally worked up the courage to open the door and step in.
Twilight, who was inside reading one of her favorite books, turned her head to see who entered the library. She saw Spike and immediately galloped towards him as fast as she could.
"I'm sorry, Twilight! Please don't puni-" Spike was interrupted as Twilight locked him in a tight embrace. Spike was confused as he had thought that she would be angry. "Twilight?"
"I'm sorry too, Spike... I shouldn't have punished you for that stupid curfew thing." Twilight tightened her hug. "Please forgive me?"
"It's alright, Twilight. I should be the one apologizing. I shouldn't have said that to you." He returned the hug and tightened it even more to the point where he could barely talk.
The two released their hold on each other and smiled. "Well Spike, I'm happy to let you know I'm bumping your curfew up. You can be up one hour later."
"Thanks, Twilight." Spike said.
"But for today, you have to go to sleep early because tomorrow is the Summer Sun Celebration. By the way, Fluttershy told me to say hi."
Spike simply nodded and headed upstairs. He crawled into his bed and and closed his eyes, content that his caretaker had forgiven him.
Twilight went to bed soon after, preparing for tomorrow. She jumped onto her bed and didn't bother on covering herself with the blanket.
The next day was certainly a big one, as all the ponies in Ponyville were gearing up for the Summer Sun Celebration. Twilight and Spike were waken by all the commotion going on outside as all of Ponyville were finishing up decorations and such for the Princesses arrival. Of course, Twilight immediately rushed to start getting dressed as Spike groggily woke up.
"Get up Spike! We need to get ready!" Twilight said, while rushing into the bathroom. She immediately started to get dressed as Spike pulled out his clothes (which was only a tuxedo) and laid it out before him. There was a problem with his tuxedo. It didn't have a hole for his new wings. If he attempted to put it on, it would tear in half due to his wings.
"Err... Twilight, we have a problem." Spike said, still looking at his unusable tuxedo.
"What is it?" Twilight said, while brushing her teeth.
"My tuxedo doesn't have a hole for my wings." Spike raised his tuxedo to show Twilight. "See?"
Twilight finished brushing her teeth and left the bathroom. "Hmm... I got it!" Twilight used her magic and grabbed the tuxedo and proceeded to precisely cut out two holes in which Spike can fit his wings. Spike folded his wings up and put them through the two new holes inside his tux. He proceeded put his arms through the holes. Luckily, he could still extend his wings without tearing his tuxedo, considering it was his only piece of clothing that he actually used.
"Fits like a glove." He proceeded to put on his gloves. "Ready."
With that, him and Twilight left the library.
The town was decorated for the celebration, streamers and small ornaments that were shaped like the sun were hung everywhere. On each street light, they would be multiple banners with sketches of Princess Celestia raising the sun with her magic. The centerpiece of attention was the giant stage set up in the middle of the town along with the altar for the sun to shine through. Soon, the sun would be radiating through the altar causing a mixture of ray's to refract and collide, making a sight to see.
Twilight arrived with Spike flying right above her. Rarity and Applejack were off to the side. Applejack was selling her famous apple pies and making lots of bits while Rarity was making sure her dress didn't get ruined by any crowd-goers. Fluttershy was preparing her hummingbirds and singing in tune with them for the Princess's arrival. Pinkie Pie was in the middle of the crowd, detonating her Party Cannon every five seconds due to the large party that was going on. Everybody was here except for one person. Rainbow Dash.
"Um, Twilight, where's Rainbow Dash at?" Spike said, scanning for the crowd for her. Good think she was the only pony he knew with a rainbow colored mane. Unfortunately, he couldn't find her. "I don't see her anywhere."
"I honestly don't know." She started searching along with Spike. "Maybe she's kicking clouds?" They both looked up at the sky to find no clouds in the sky at all. "Where in Tarturus could she be?"
Rainbow Dash was hired to do a Sonic Rainboom for the Princesses arrival. That meant she had to watch for the Princesses carriage in the sky and she couldn't go mingle in the party. She was waiting atop a cloud, all the while keeping watch as she had to time the Rainboom for as soon as she left Canterlot. She was melancholy as Spike didn't go to see her yesterday. She was wondering why he couldn't come, trying to think of a logical reason. She thought it was might have been Twilight, she has been nagging her about him staying up late. Though while she was thinking, she heard the sound of flying pegasi. She looked over the cloud to find the two royal guards pulling Celestia and Luna, who was wearing a very lovely dress. She knew it was time.
She stretched about and prepared her wings. As soon as she was ready, she took off of the cloud and dived down. She moved the cloud so she could have enough velocity to perform the technique.
She got past the initial G-force and kept diving, increasing speed with each millisecond. She could feel the wind bending to her will as her speed peaked. She already broke the sound barrier and it wasn't long until the Rainboom happened. Right then, the her speed reached maximum and she was going at almost light speed, leaving behind a trail of rainbows. The expanding rainbow ring captured the sight's of all the ponies back in Ponyville. Especially Spike.
"Only one who can do a Sonic Rainboom, huh?" Spike said to himself.
She redirected her direction towards Ponyville, going through while still leaving behind a rainbow trail. When she entered the vicinity of Ponyville, she curved the rainbow as needed to be exactly over the large stage. The onlookers from the stage could do nothing, but admire the array of colors that played out before them. While Twilight was still distracted, Spike flew off in the direction he thought the rainbow was going to end. You know what they say, at the end of every rainbow is a Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash decreased her speed, knowing her job was done. She flew at a normal rate towards her favorite resting spot. Spike knew she was going to start resting after that, besides it must take up a lot of energy to perform a Sonic Rainboom. She told him about all her favorite resting spots, so he knew by heart all the locations she would be in.
She approached the cloud she loved so much. It was a special cloud, it never got too heavy to start raining nor too light and would dissipate. She positioned the cloud to be overlooking the Summer Sun Celebration. She rested, not noticing an oncoming Spike. He flew up to the cloud to see Rainbow Dash just resting there without a care in the world. She was lying on her back, leaving her stomach exposed. Twilight told him before that all pegasi were extremely ticklish on their stomach. Spike decided to go up to her and start tickling her to wake her up. Spike proceeded to put his hand on Rainbow's exposed stomach and twiddle his fingers. Rainbow Dash started laughing hysterically.
"Stop! I give! I give!" She was still laughing. Spike stopped tickling her and started laughing with her. She was still laughing, even though Spike stopped tickling her. She got up and saw Spike on the cloud floor still giggling. "Hey Spike!"
"Hey, Rainbow. Nice Sonic Rainboom you did there." Spike said, stopping his laughter altogether.
Rainbow Dash blushed at the compliment. "T-Thanks Spike." She laid back down, patting the area next to her and signaling Spike to lay next to her. He did as he told and laid right next to Rainbow Dash, while watching the Summer Sun Celebration.
"Man, that Sonic Rainboom must drain you, huh?" Spike said.
"Eeyup." She felt like she heard that somewhere before. "It seriously does. Hey, can I ask you something?"
"Sure, what up?" Spike said.
Rainbow Dash turned her head and looked at him. "How come you didn't come visit yesterday?"
Spike sighed. "This whole thing with Twilight I got into."
"What happened?"
Spike continued to explain the events of yesterday.
"Oh. Looks like it's all my fault you got in trouble." Rainbow Dash said sadly.
"No it's not, Rainbow. Your completely innocent. Your just trying to help me become a great flyer like you." Spike turned his head to meet her gaze.
"I guess." Rainbow Dash stared into Spike's eyes for a moment before both of them started blushing and looked away.
"Hey Rainbow," Spike said. "Can i ask you something?"
"Shoot." Rainbow Dash said.
"I know my training is done and all, but there's still one more thing you haven't taught me yet."
Rainbow Dash looked confused. "Really? I thought I taught you everything."
"Well, that's the thing." Spike said. "The one thing i wanted to know was how to do a Sonic Rainboom."
Rainbow Dash sighed. "Sorry Spike, your skilled and all, but you need a little more experience under your wing."
"Come on Rainbow, I pretty much aced all the tricks before and you gotta admit, I fly pretty fast."
"Still no Spike. Sorry." Rainbow Dash said.
Spike was disappointed , until he got the craziest idea in all of Equestria.
"Hey, Rainbow Dash..."
"Yeah, Spike?" Rainbow Dash said.
"Lets race! If I win, you gotta teach me how to do the Sonic Rainboom!" Spike got up in excitement.
"HAH! You think you can beat me?" Rainbow Dash started laughing again.
"I KNOW I can." Spike taunted Rainbow Dash.
"Alrighty then, You. Are. On. You lose, you gotta be MY assistant for a month!" Rainbow Dash taunted back.