So I've been recently been moved to Fluttershy's cottage, where there's this really comfortable cotton bed that she must've made for me. I've been begging so much for something as softer than that dainty corner I was given in Twilight's and Spike's room...even if Twilight asked if I wanted to sleep in her bed with her countless times, she realized what she was asking right? So now I'm in Fluttershy's place for the time being, I could get used to this, I mean without the constant arguments I have with Angel.
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I decided to go for a walk after I've finished up some stirred carrot smoothies Fluttershy had gave me for breakfast, they weren't half as bad as I would've guessed.
I reached the park where Pinkie and I had our little outburst, it's become my favorite little hangout place away from pony civilization long enough to have a little "me time".
"It's been only been a few days that I've lived in Equestria and to be accepted by pony kind, I think I could really began to feel attached to this world." I said, stretching the last bit of sleep I had left in me.
"Hmm, wonder if there's anything for me to do in a place such as Equestria... I mean no video games, television, internet..." I put my focus on the fountain. "No video games...." I sighed. "Maybe I've reached a dead end?"
I started hearing a sound getting closer as if someone was screaming in panic.
"Huh, what was that?" I said, looking around the park to see what made that sound.
"Watchoooooout!" said a loud voice.
"What the..!?" I shouted out as soon as I was crashed into by something or someone.
"Ugh...I never knew randomly attacking humans was a law in the world..." I said with my eyes closed, trying to get rid of the pain in my head. "Now why would you-"
I stopped suddenly as I saw a familiar pink manned pegasus child was trying to get rid of her pain the exact same way I was.
"Huh, oh it's you!" I said, still tending the pain in my head.
The pegasus finally opened her eyes and noticed who she had bumped into. "Oh you're that weird human the girls and I saw!" She said pointing her hoof at me.
"Weird...what made me weird for about the ten second we met at that party...?"
"Oh, yea, sorry about that...um...it was Alex, right?" asked the apologetic pegasus.
"Yup, that's my name, by the way, what's with the crashing into me?" I asked, helping the little pony get off of his back. "Kinda too early to start a rebellion."
*****
{"Quick, let's get him!" said the random guy in the camo gear.
"W-what the heck!?" I said running away for my life.}
*****
"Heh, Sorry, I just couldn't fly steady is all." said the pegasus. She lifted herself up into the air above the same level as me. "By the way, the name's Scootaloo!"
"Scootaloo ... sounds like a nice name." I said smiling. "Oh yea, so what was with you loosing control of your flying like that anyways?"
"I was trying to perfect my flying with Rainbow Dash and... it's just... me flying with RAINBOW DASH, I feel like the luckiest pony ever!" She said uncontrollably flying everywhere until she knocked into a tree.
"Ow!" yelled Scootaloo.
"Um...you okay?" I asked, walking over to help Scootaloo.
"Wow, never knew RD was so popular."
"Hey, what are ya doing to Scootaloo ya bully!" said a familiar voice from behind.
"Yea, what's the deal!" said a second voice.
Two little ponies had jumped in the way of me helping Scootaloo up from the ground, they both shot fierce glances at me.
"I was going to --" I was interuppted by the red manned pony.
"You were gonna eat out Scootaloo, weren't ya..." She began to pass tears.
"How could you do that to one of our member after Princess Celestia accepted you, the nerve!" said the purple-violet manned unicorn, with the squeakiest voice I've ever heard.
"Oh crap... now I'm starting to look like a human harassing little girls..."
"Oh come on girls, Alex was just trying to help me, that's all." said the injured Scootaloo.
"Yea, I wouldn't hurt a little pony!" I said saluting.
"Little ponies..?" asked the red manned pony.
"Um, well yea... ANYPONY is what I meant, haha." I said, trying to conserve my innocence
"Well, alright, we'll trust you, for now..." The unicorn paused to ask what my name was.
"It's Alex, could you tell me yours?" I said.
"What, s-so you could eat us too!?" said the frightened little unicorn. I facepalmed at her misunderstanding.
"Seriously Sweetie Belle, stop being over dramatic!" Scootaloo said, laughing and trying to restrain her friend.
"Well, just call me Apple Boom, mister!" Apple Bloom said, trotting towards me and giving me a handshake with her left hoof.
"...erm..." I said staring at the three ponies.
"Is something wrong Alex?" Scootaloo asked flying over and waving her hoof in my face.
"Should I tell these girls that they started to be awfully friendly to someone they thought was gonna eat them..."
I shook the thought from my head and and answered. "Uh, y-yea, yea I'm fine!"
"Well, at least we know we can trust you, Alex!" Sweetie Belle said as she got out of Scootaloo's grasp.
"Oh yea, that reminds me, you were those three little ponies who were at the party looking at me oddly --" I was interrupted by Apple Bloom.
"Sorry Alex, we just never saw anything like you before." She said looking at me.
"Hehe, we kind of thought you were a monster, AAARG!" Scootaloo said, playfully reenacting a monster.
"That sounded more like a pirate, Scootaloo." implied Sweetie Belle.
"Aha..." I stared at the hysterical ponies.
"They all act like one whole Pinkie Pie, AMAZING..!"
Scootaloo's ears flopped up in alert. "Oh right, I need to get back to Rainbow Dash, she must be waiting for me!" She said, charging back towards the way she came from.
"Hey wait up Scootaloo!" Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle said chasing their pegasus friend.
I watched the three run off, then I scoped around for any other ponies in sight. "Seems quiet without those girls hear... maybe I should go see what Dash is doing with Scootaloo." I said, running in the same direction of the girls.
*****
After following the path of the three ponies, I came across a bridge with Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom standing on it looking towards the sky. I looked upwards as well finding Rainbow Dash flying down with some serious speed, a few water drops were starting to form around her as she began to get faster and faster.
"Whooooa!" I said, staring at her.
Rainbow Dash was nearing towards the ground, looking as if she had no hesitation to stop or lift up.
"Wait what in the wor-- what the heck is she doing!?" I said, trying to be as loud as I can so the two little ponies nearby could hear me.
"Alright, here we gooooooo!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she began to pick up more speed.
"Go rainbow Dash, go!" Scootaloo said as she was flying overhead of me.
I looked everywhere then put my sight on Rainbow Dash, "Wait, huh!?" I said, confused over what was going on.
"She wants her to rocket to her doom down towards the ground, why!?"
"ALMOOOOOOOOOST..!" Rainbow Dash said almost containing her speed, but then suddenly when it looked like she was trying to pull up, she crash landed into a row of shrubs then knocked into a tree.
"Ooooooh, that's gotta hurt..." I said as I tried to not watch the horrible accident.
The three little ponies gave shocked expressions, along with Scootaloo facehooving herself, then we all rushed to Rainbow Dash immediately.
"Aw, I hope she didn't get hurt too bad." said Apple Bloom.
Once we reached Dash, we all saw her looked unconscious.
"Yup, that did her in ..."
"Rainbow Dash, hey Rainbow Dash, you alright there?" I said looking at her dizzied eyes. "How many fingers am I holding up.
Sweetie Belle responded. "Fingers?" she asked.
"Huh, oh right, I mean... can you see correctly!?" I said. Sadly, Dash hadn't responded and she continued to be spaced out, so I decided to shake her a little to snap her out of it.
"H-huh, what just happened!?" She said, looking around at all of us. "Did I do it while I got knocked out!?" She asked instantly flying wildly around.
"Sorry Rainbow Dash...you didn't do it again." Scootaloo said, making a sad expression.
"Yea, you almost had it!" Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom said together, trying to cheer Dash up.
"Oh, I guess I still need to work on it, heheh." Rainbow Dash said dropping out of the sky and back to the ground with her wings shut in disappointment.
"Wow, wonder what's got her so beat."
"What seems to be the problem, Dash?" I asked.
"Hey mister Alex, have ya ever heard of a Sonic Rainboom?" asked Apple Bloom.
I was confused over what she asked and instantly answered. "Well, can't say that I have, i-is that some kind of special move!?" I said with a blank face, the other two little ponies laughed at my misunderstanding.
"No silly, it's one of Rainbow Dash's high flyin' skills!" Apple Bloom corrected. She jumped in the air and did a "boom" impression of how it was like.
"So... is that what Rainbow Dash was trying to pull off?" I asked staring at Dash, who still seemed to have recovered from her failure and looked as if she was about to try again.
"You bet, I've been trying all day to perfect it!" Rainbow Dash said, giving an arrogant pose.
"Well, she HAS been trying, but she never got it...I-I mean not yet at least, haha!" Scootaloo said with a cheer for Dash.
"Wow, that actually sounds pretty awesome!" I commented.
"To be honest, I thought that was some kind of cool signature move on a game ... well that was a total fail."
"Hey Rainbow Dash!?" I shouted to her as she was making her way back into position to give it another try.
She stopped flying for a moment and listen to what I said. "Yea, what is it, Al?"
"What do you need to do so you can perform that Sonic Rainboom anyways?" I asked.
Dash grinned and started to explain. "Well besides being the ONLY pegasus to do it, there's not much to it really." She boasted as the three little ponies nodded their heads in agreement. "It's just hard to get control of, the Sonic Rainboom has to be done with the FASTEST amount of speed as possible!" She said zipping around to show how fast.
"Wow really?" I said as I was amazed how much potential Dash had, then I got to thinking. "Say, mind if I help you out on mastering it?"
Dash quickly shook her head and fled down to me. "Aaaah sorry there Al this needs to be done by pegasi skills and pegasi skills alone." She said, patting my shoulder. "Don't worry, I got this!" Dash put on a smirk and fled high into the sky so she could be in position to try again.
I sighed and looked up at Dash.
She began to accelerate extremely fast while Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were cheering her on. She zoomed threw a few clouds that were in her path, poking holes in the shape of the way she entered through them, and her face started to show that she had reached her top speed once again.
"And..." I said, using my finger to follow Dash's descent from a far enough distance to track her down until she reached the ground.
She then lost control and landed in a bush, this earned gasps from the three cheering ponies.
"Splat!" I said humorously. Me and the girls had walked to Dash to see if she was okay for the second time. I helped her back up on to her wings.
"Ow, that... wasn't supposed to happen..." Dash said achingly.
"Gee, ya think?"
Dash looked at me with a pouting face, I returned a stare. "I...*mumble mumble mumble*" She said turning the other way.
"Huh?" I said leaning towards her with my hand over my ear.
"I said I need ... *mumble mumble*" She said, trying to turn away again.
"I'm sorry I couldn't hear you, what do ya need?" I said laughing a bit.
Rainbow Dash looked at me with a flustered face full of embarrassment and screamed in my ear. " I SAID I NEED YOUR HEEEEEELP!" She gave a smirk at the end.
The scream made my ears ring intensely which made me fall to the ground. "O-Ow that could have made me deaf!" I said tending my ear, then I got up and gave an arrogant pose to Dash. "Well, you did admit you'd need help, so I feel pretty good about that!" I said laughing.
*****
After all the talk about the Sonic Rainboom, I've learned that what they said about Dash being the only pegasus that could perform the technique, which impressed me, but back then she pulled it off at least once when she was a ...what I think hey call young ponies as a filly. I also told Dash how I got first place in a lot of track and field races when I was in high school.
"Track and field races, what are those Alex?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Oh, well it's like a race like what pegasi have, but it's to show off everyone's speed on the ground." I replied jogging in place.
"Yea you may have sweaty guys and people panting around you in the end...but at least you'd have fun with it!"
"Wow Really!?" asked all three of the fillies. I nodded.
"Wow, so your world has races too?" Dash asked flying over to me.
"Yup, but no one's as fast as me!" I replied confidently.
*****
{"Go Alex, go!" The coach shouted as I came near the finish line.
"I got this in the ba--" before I was a few second away from the finish line, I tripped and fell flat on my face.
"Ooooooooh..." The entire crowd said in the stadium.
"That, folks, has gotta hurt!" added the announcer.
The other racers had crossed the finish line as the announcer called out saying a girl had won first place, with me in dead last. The coach facepalmed in disappointment.
"Aww... crab baskets..." I said, burying my face in the ground out of humiliation.}
*****
"Yup... no one's faster than me....haha." I said, smiling sarcastically.
"Cool, are you really that fast!?" Scootaloo asked flying up to me.
"Yup!" I replied. " But... not as fast as Rainbow Dash, trust me, I'd need my own pair of wings to keep up with your speed!" I said trying to contain my dignity.
Dash blinked and had an idea erupt in her head, she laughed in an evil sort of way. "Care to see just how fast we are on ground then?" She asked.
I looked her dead in the eye and I could just sense the fire in her eyes, and so I answered. "alright then, you're on!" I said with hyped up spirit.
Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo shook their heads of the idea, then zoomed off to somewhere then quickly came back with as checkered flag, a finish line strip, and pegs to hold the finish line strip.
"W-Wait how did you just..." I gave dumbfounded stare at the ponies.
"You can start here if you'd like and whoever gets over to the tree Rainbow Dash crashed the first time, wins the race!" Apple Bloom said with joy.
Rainbow Dash and I took our starting positions and we both had nothing to focus on but to finish first place in the race. She shot me a glare and said " Good luck, Al!"
I replied "You too!"
Sweetie Belle readied the checkered flag, the wind was blocking just right for perfect flying condition, but this race was full on terrain. "Okay, get ready..." Scootaloo said as Sweetie Belle held the flag in her mouth readying to wave it.
"Set..." Dash huffed and scrapped the ground with her hooves like a bull just waiting to strike it's target, I did the same... except when you have hands the scrapping kinda hurts.
Scootaloo held both her hooves up and finally said "Go!"
And with that, Sweetie Belle waved the flag down, Dash and I took off with both of us using full blown speed just to kick the race off to a good start. We stayed neck and neck for about the whole beginning, the run from the bridge to the tree looked short but it seemed like forever, that is until we both saw the finish line.
"I've so got this!" Dash said speeding up a little.
"Oh yea well, that's not happening RD!" I said, also picking up a little of my speed, just enough to catch up to Rainbow and potentially pass her up.
"What, no way!" Dash said with an awe expression.
I felt like chanting a victory dance right then and there, but I continued on towards the finish line in front of me "This... is... VICTORY!" I shouted as I was a few second away from the flag, but suddenly... I tripped.
"Uh oh!" said the three fillies who were waiting at the end of the finish line.
I slide about a few centimeters with my face on the ground towards the finish line, I raised my head up and tried reaching for it, but Rainbow Dash slowly flew through it in a mocking way. I froze in place over the realization of déjà vu I just encountered.
"D-dang it..." I said putting my hand down. Then a large object fell on top of my head which caused my face to get planted towards the ground again. Turned out to be a mail bag.
"AHW CMM UN! (Aw come on!)" I said, with my face buried to the ground in utter defeat and embarrassment again.
"Whoops, my bad!" shouted a voice I could only have guessed would be Derpy.
Dash fled over to me and poked my head. "Guess that race answered who was the fastest, didn't it?" She said chuckling.
I grumbled as my face was still buried to the ground.
*****
The race was set, Dash won... by luck, and I was proclaimed the loser and the phrase "eat my dirt" took it's literal turns for Dash. Once that all cleared up, we got back to the matter at hand, perfecting the Sonic Rainboom.
"Alright, with all joking aside, we should get back to doing that Sonic Rainboom!" I said, wiping the last bit of the dirt that was on my face.
"I know you can do it Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo cheered.
"Uh huh, you can pull off a Sonic Rainboom!" Sweetie Belle follow up.
"That's right, You can do it!" Apple Bloom added.
"You can make a Sonic Rainboom, Rainbow Dash!" The all cheered in unison.
"Wow, aren't they the little cheerleaders."
Me and Rainbow Dash started on a few trails to see just how fast she could fly, breaking each of her total speeds every few minutes. We did lap after lap around the bridge and the tree she crashed into and back, to my surprise I really was able to keep up with her speed for only a short matter of time. The three energetic fillies continued to cheer us on, there were times that we had to stop and take a break to recover our energy to keep us going. There were also a few times I had tripped and fell while Dash had easy runs throughout the entire time. After what seemed to be hours of trail runs, Rainbow Dash had gotten progressively faster.
"Wow, that was some tough training, kinda reminds me of the times I had with Gilda and Fluttershy up in Cloudsdale." Dash said restlessly.
I stared at her with a confused look. "Who's Gilda?" I asked.
"Well she was a friend who...um...never mind." She replied, hesitating at the mention of the name. "Hey, ya know I think I could actually pull it off this time, Alex!"
"Right...okay let's see just how awesome you are!" I said as I watched Dash fly up towards the evening sky.
"You can do it Rainbow Dash!" screamed Scootaloo.
"Yea, pull off a great Sonic Rainboom!" shouted Sweetie Belle.
"We know you can do it!" Apple Bloom shouted.
"SHOW US ALL AN AMAZING SONIC RAINBOOM!" The three fillies cheered aloud.
"With that type of spirit they have, I'm sure Rainbow Dash can't mess this up!"
I turned my attention away from the girls and focused only on Rainbow Dash. "It's all you, Rainbow Dash!" I chanted underneath my breathe.
Dash gave a small sigh then accelerated downward so fast it was almost too fast to keep up with her, there were even water droplets forming again like last time, then the clouds were spinning wildly as she passed by. The girls had cheered louder and louder to keep Dash in high chances of performing the high flying trick, just then other ponies that were around the area we were in looked towards the sky aware of Dash's intense speed. Dash neared closer towards the ground, almost near the exact altitude from when she crashed last time, I feared that she would mess up at this point and lose control of her flying. Suddenly, she made a super fast upward turn with a huge glow of lights and colors appear. The colors extended and extended ALL across Ponyville, everypony were in awe of the beautiful scene they just witnessed. All that was left covering the skies were dazzling colors of the rainbow.
"She did it, she did it, A SONIC RAINBOOM WOOHOO!" screamed he three little fillies. The jumped up and down with the ending in laughter and still cheering on the ground.
I looked up into the sky, turning every direction around me seeing nothing but a colorful sky, it could almost be compared to the Northern Lights, but more beautiful. As I was stuck staring at the sky, my attention was on Rainbow Dash, who was speeding back over to where I was.
Dash stared at me. "Well..?" She said, looking at me with some "was is awesome?" eyes.
"I...I...I..." I repeated, sounding like a broken record player.
"Hey, Al, you feelin' okay?" Dash asked, waving her hoof in front of my eyes.
"That was...ONE OF THE AWESOMEST THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!!!" I said with my arms waving wildy in the air.
The fillies giggled at my explosive reaction. "Heheh, I knew you'd say something like that!" Rainbow Dash said flying over and lying down on one of the clouds that was over head.
I was freaking out over how awesome the view was up until the point where I became exhausted and passed out on the ground, laughing a little. Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle walked over to see if I needed any help. I shook my head and looked towards the sky.
"No, n-no I'm fine haha...just a bit too excited." I replied.
"Haha, I know right!" Scootaloo added on. "I wouldn't blame you because Rainbow Dash is sooooooo cool!" she said with sparkling eyes.
"Yea... think I'm gonna enjoy this view just a little longer, if that's okay." I said, resting on the soft grass.
The fillies nodded and headed towards town to talk about the Sonic Rainboom all of Ponyville had just witnessed. I closed my eyes to relax and save the memory of the event.
"A Sonic Rainboom....and Dash is the only pegasus to pull it off...wow, SO EPIC!"
"Now moments like this is why I'm glad to have come to Equestria..." I mumbled to myself as I started drifting off to sleep.
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