//------------------------------// // NFS-EQ-Underground-2 // Story: NFS-Equestrian Underground // by Razorcat //------------------------------// If someone happened to be walking through the warehouse park on this night, they would be most assuredly be surprised to see 3 very fast, very expensive, and very well maintained cars mixed in with the trash and decay of the area. Of course, that someone would not know that there was a secret street racing circuit operating in the area, and that such cars appeared in the area several times on this same night almost every single week. That person would also most certainly be surprised to know that the flaming red Corvette Z06 was being driven by local physics major Sunset Shimmer, that the electric blue Mitsubishi Lancer GTS with a rainbow tail-fin was being driven by sports star Rainbow Dash, and that the oil black Camaro SS with lightning vinyls was being driven by the up and coming rock star Flash Sentry. These three individuals were all awaiting the light currently hanging above them to turn green. Which would be happening in three, two, one. “GO!” The crowd gathered around them yelled and the three drivers took off. And the race was on. The race was a 3 lap circuit around the warehouse park. Rainbow Dash in her overexcited state had almost gunned her engine prematurely, Flash sentry on the other hand had managed to remain cool, calm, and took off at the exact moment the light turned green, and Sunset Shimmer, despite her intimidating performance a few minutes ago, had actually been so nervous she missed her mark by about 2 seconds. After speeding off from the starting line, the three racers began jostling each other for first place, they may have been friends but now that they were on the track they had to put on a good show otherwise people wouldn't bet, and if people didn't bet then Chrysalis got mad, and when Chrysalis got mad, someone's head rolled. After rounding the first corner, Flash and Dash took the lead, leaving Sunset in the dust. The girl may have had a powerful car but that didn't mean she always knew how to use it. Rainbow Dash took a moment to glance in her mirror and admire Sunset's vette, then quickly re-focused on the task at hand. Flash's Camaro was powerful, almost as powerful as Rainbow's own car. She had raced him before for fun and lost about a third of the time. She wasn't too worried that he would beat her this time, but she was worried that Flash might make this only a near win for her, or even worse a tie, and Rainbow Dash couldn't afford anything less than overwhelming victory if she wanted to be taken seriously by Chrysalis and the rest of the racers, so she did the only thing her over panicky mind could think of at the moment to reassure her victory, she hit the nitrous. At first it seemed like she had made the right decision, but then Dash realized that she was accelerating towards a wall at about 120 MPH. She cut her wheel sharply to the right and went into a drift in order to avoid smashing her car into a pancake, Dash's Mitsubishi kicked up a large cloud of smoke and derbies as it ground to a halt. It was right as the vehicle had slowed down to a safe speed that she heard a crunch and felt the rear end of her car jump into the air for a few seconds before settling down and continuing it's acceleration. Dash had to fishtail the vehicle for a few moments before the nitrous stopped and she was able to regain control of her car. “Fuck!” Rainbow Dash Yelled at herself for being too nervous and stupid to realize how dangerous it was to use the nitrous on that turn. She hadn’t had nearly enough distance to make the turn in time and it had cost her the back of car, and now she would have to the rest of the race without a boost, while both Sunset and Flash could pull theirs out at any time! Rainbow Dash turned the final corner of the circuit that led back to the start, she crossed to finish line with about a second and a half lead on Flash, and a three second lead on Sunset. The last two laps continued on as a battle between Flash and Rainbow, Sunset tried to maneuver her way to first several times but got pushed back each time. In the very final lap, Flash activated his nitrous in an attempt to cross the finish line first. Fortunately for Rainbow Dash though, she had had a large enough lead to be able to hold on to first place, she beat Flash by about 1.3 seconds, and totally destroyed Sunset Shimmer by a whole 3 seconds. As Rainbow Dash got out of her car, the other racers who had been watching rushed up to congratulate her, they praised Flash and Sunset as well, but Rainbow Dash had earned her spotlight and she was basking in it. Suddenly a sharp whistle broke through the crowd. All the racers turned and saw Chrysalis standing standing there with her goons. “Congratulations Miss Dash, you've passed your initiation test.” Chrysalis nodded to one of her men, the goon walked over to Rainbow Dash and handed her a small package wrapped in a plastic bag. “Your winning's.” Rainbow Dash opened the top of the bag, and counted five one-hundred dollar bills. She quickly covered up the money, and tried not to burst out in hysterical laughter. “As for you, Miss Shimmer.” Sunset Shimmer looked like she was about to pee her pants once she heard Chrysalis say her name. “Next time, please try to drive just a little bit better.” Sunset Shimmer tried not to whimper as she nodded in response to the older woman’s “request”. “Excellent, well then racers what are we waiting for, next race starts in 10 minutes, contestants get to your vehicles. The crowd dispersed and almost everyone went back inside. Rainbow Dash, Sunset, and a few other racers stayed outside for various reasons. “You wrecked your car.” Rainbow Dash looked over at Sunset. She was surprised that her frienemy still had the nerve to talk after what Chrysalis had said to her. “And you lost the race.” Sunset Shimmer started laughing, which caused Rainbow Dash to start laughing as well. “Uh, Dash?” Rainbow dash stopped laughing and saw Scootaloo standing there with her arms crossed. “Yeah Scoots, what is it?” “Well, I hate to interrupt your moment but, I think you and your friend should move your cars before the next race starts.” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, It was gonna be a long night.