Soarin's Nightmare
Chapter 1
Soarin’ awoke from his sleep, breathing heavily, and sweat covered his entire body. When he sat up he noticed the yellow mare at his side was still fast asleep. He decided to go down to the kitchen of his Canterlot flat. He went to his fridge and got out a bottle of whiskey, poured some into a glass and sat at the kitchen table. As he looked out of the window he noticed that the moon was at it’s peak in the sky, he took a sip of his drink, savouring the taste of the Irish drink as it went down his throat.
It wasn’t the first time Soarin’ had woken up in such a state. He just let the dream fly over as he told himself “it’s only a dream” even if it did recur every night. As he finished his drink he heard hoofsteps coming down the stairs. He then turned around and saw a very tired Spitfire.
“Oh, hi Spits.” Soarin said through a yawn. “How come you're up so early or late or whatever?”
“I, um, fell out of bed.” she said, rather embarrassed.Soarin’ couldn’t help but giggle a little, trying to hold back laughter. “Why are you up?”
“It doesn’t matter,” Soarin said. “Lets go back to bed.” She knew something was up, but she was too tired to say anything.
With that Soarin’ walked his bottle of whiskey to the fridge and put it in, and followed his marefriend up stairs. When they got to the bedroom they both got into bed, Spitfire immediately closed her eyes and went to sleep. But Soarin’ on the other hand just layed there on his back, with his fore legs behind his head, looking at the ceiling.
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The next day both Wonderbolts were awoken by a knock on the front door, Soarin’ got out of bed and had a good long stretch.
“I’ll get it.” he said as he walked to his bedroom door. When he got downstairs the door knocked again. “I’m coming, I’m coming” he mumbled as he made his way to the door. When he opened it he was shocked at who he saw standing on his door step.
“F...Fleetfoot? What are you doing here?” He asked raising an eyebrow in his confusion.
“Is the Captain here?” The snow maned mare asked.
“Uh yeah she will be down in a second, why whats up?”
“I will tell you when Spitfire comes down”
“Ok, come in, I will get us some coffee.”
A little while later Spitfire emerged from the hallway and walked into the room Fleetfoot and Soarin’ are in.
“Oh hey Fleet what’s up?” Spitfire asked.
“Well it’s about the show this weekend” Fleetfoot started. “Your brother, Rapid isn’t gonna be able to be there, due to the fact that he is at a meeting with your Father.”
“But Dad is the pony who put this whole thing together! Spitfire exclaimed. “Why would he pull Rapid out if his solo flight was gonna be first?”
“I don’t know but it means that we will have a lot of work to do, we are gonna have to change a few things around. Or get Misty to fill in for him.
“Ok I will get that sorted, and get back to you.” Spitfire said. “Do any of you know where to find her?”
They both just shrugged and they all sat in silence for a while. After a few minutes Fleetfoot had left the Canterlot flat. The sun was at it’s peak in the sky. Soarin sighed as he got up.
“Can’t let a day like this go to waste now, can we?” He asked.
“No we can’t, let’s fly” Spitfire said as she shot up.
They flew for a while, they both raced each other through Canterlot town and around the outskirts of the city. But he knew it wasn’t going to last.
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Fleetfoot was flying back to the hotel that she was staying at, but as she flew she saw Misty. So she thought she should tell her about Rapid and how she’s going to have to fill in for him. Fleetfoot swooped down and lightly landed behind Misty. The yellow mare just stood there looking at a poster as if Fleetfoot wasn’t there.
Fleetfoot took a step closer until she was near enough touching the other mare’s flank. A smirk appeared on her face as she thought of an idea to startle the other mare. She raised a hoof into the air, a lightly smacked Misty’s flank.
“Ow What was that for?” Misty yelped, as a light shade of red appeared on her cheeks.
“Oh, you know,” she replied. “Just wanted to get your attention.”
“Well you have it, so whats up?”
“The sky?” Fleetfoot replied sarcastically. “But in all seriousness. you are gonna be filling in for Rapid this Saturday”
“Umm ok then, why?”
“That doesn’t matter, Spitfire will fill you in tomorrow.”
“Ok then,” Misty said as she was about to take off, but she was stopped by Fleetfoot.
“Um, I was wondering if you wanted to hang out for a while?” She asked.
“Yeah, sounds like fun,” Misty replied.
After that they both took off and went for a flight.
After a while they saw Soarin and Spitfire flying, “Hey, Fleetfoot?” Misty asked. “How about we speed past them and see if they chase us?” Fleetfoot just nodded, as they picked up speed. After they caught up, they picked up even more speed zooming past the two lovers.
“Hay!” Spitfire yelped in surprise, “It is, so on!” She exclaimed, as she sped up, Soarin not far behind her. Soarin and Spitfire soon closed the gap between them and the other two mares.
The four Wonderbolts flew around for hours, unknowing that darkness will soon fill the land. When they noticed that the sun was setting Soarin’ and Spitfire went back to Soarin’s place while Fleetfoot and Misty flew the other way.
“Wanna, come stay at the hotel with me tonight?” Fleetfoot asked in a nervous tone of voice.
“Um, sure, I guess.” Misty replied with a confused look on her face.