One afternoon at the Wonderbolts Academy.
The academy, as usual was packed with pegasi aspiring to be part of Equestria’s famed flying organization. Among them was Greenie Hats who had joined a few months ago, apparently to follow her parents’ hoofsteps.
“Wow, Greenie, that was some terrific move!” cried a pegasus as she saw Greenie landing after maneuvering an obstacle course.
“I couldn’t even follow you.”
“Heh-heh, no big deal. I just wanna be like my mom, after all,” chuckled Greenie.
“No big deal, huh? How about taking your hat down? I think you’ll fly faster…”
“Thanks, but… hey wait!”
But it was too late.
The Pegasus that had just spoke took her hat away, revealing her out-of-the-ordinary huge ears.
Everypony gasped with surprise upon seeing her ears.
“Wow! Your ears are cute!”
“And amazing!”
“Can I touch them?”
“No, wait, please, stay away!” bellowed Greenie, covering her ears. “Please, I had enough of that at school already. Don’t make me remind of these dreadful incidents…” She finished with tears. Indeed, Greenie was always bullied at school due to her huge ears that she had to wear her own hat whenever she goes. Somepony taking her hat away in public was embarrassing enough for her.
“Is that so?” All pegasi looked at each other with doubt.
“Cheer up, buddy!” said Scootaloo, who saw the commotion. “Just don’t care what they say. I like your looks, after all.”
“Sorry Greenie,” apologized the Pegasus who took her hat. “I didn’t think that would happen…”
“Well…” Before Greenie could forgive him, they heard a shout from the sky.
Everyone turned to see a figure falling from the sky.
“Who’s that?”
“Oh, no! I can’t look!”
Greenie stared at the falling object wide-eyed, but she was able to take back her hat.
Just as it was about to hit the ground, a streak of rainbow flashed by and caught it.
“Whoa, hey, watch it!”
It was Rainbow Dash, and the one she rescued was her son Thunder Clash.
“Oww…” cried Thunder.
“You okay?”
“I… I think I hurt the tip of my wing…”
“Thunder! What happened!” cried Greenie anxiously as she rushed over to see his condition.
“I was about to pass that ring, when I felt something clipped my wing. The next thing I knew, I tripped over a small cloud and I couldn’t keep my balance anymore…”
“Be careful, fella. Some guys here may do rough, though.”
“Looks like you’re yet another victim,” said Rumble.
“Thanks, but I’m starting to feel some pain on my wing now…” He kept his right wing open to show that he was really hurt.
“Let me see,” said Greenie as she felt his wing, then stopped when she touched his severed part and he shouted.
“Gosh, this is serious,” declared Soarin.
“She needs help immediately,” added Scootaloo.
“What’s going on here?” The respectable captain of the Wonderbolts, Spitfire came to see what happened.
“Madam Spitfire, my brother just had an accident. Can you see what’s wrong?”
Spitfire felt Thunder’s wing all over.
“Not much a big injury,” she said at last. “You just need some rest at home and you’ll be fine!”
“Thanks, madam. I was so scared…!” Thunder hugged Spitfire and he cried.
“Don’t worry. Where’s your sister?”
As Thunder went to hug Greenie, she turned to Rainbow Dash.
“Your way of saving somepony from danger in the nick of time never changes, huh, Rainbow Dash?” She smiled at her.
“Guess I couldn’t fancy myself.”
“Whatever it is, I still remember the night you saved my pie,” recalled Soarin.
“Rainbow Dash’s forever our best savior!” declared Fleetfoot.
“Yeah, the one who saves everypony in the very last moment!” agreed Misty Fly.
“All hail Rainbow Dash!” said Surprise.
At once, everypony gathered and said numerous praises about Rainbow.
“Eh, I appreciate that,” said Rainbow Dash, blushed. “But now can we give my son a treatment?”
That night, at Rainbow Dash’s home, Thunder was sulking in his bed with his bandaged right wing. The paramedics told him that he can’t fly for the next two weeks.
“Ugh,” he complained to his friends when they visited him. “What am I supposed to do when you can’t fly for two weeks? I hate staying at home! I just wanna explore all of Equestria with Big Sissey.”
“Aren’t you not enough performing with us?” reminded Pizza Frenzy. “You don’t need wings while doing your guitar!”
“I know that, but I wanna be in mid-air while performing! Besides, I just can’t help you to make pranks around…”
“But you don’t need to be in the air when you make pranks sometimes,” said Chaos Control.
“How about a little pick-me-up?” Greenie appeared with Melody Aurora, holding a Daring Do book.
“What’s that?”
“It’s Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone,” explained Greenie. “Mom liked AK Yearling’s books, you know.”
“Daring Do series?”
“I remember that Mom told me that Rainbow Dash used to hate reading and it’s for eggheads,” recalled Melody. “But in the end, she ended up liking the books.”
“Is that so?”
“Trust me, she even ended up meeting the real Daring Do! I just wanna meet her someday.”
“In your dreams, Greenie!” joked Platinum Royale.
“Now if you excuse me, he needs some rest now, so thank you for coming and see you again next time!”
“Don’t forget our next schemes tomorrow!” shouted Pizza before they left.
“I will!”
As the visitors left, Thunder asked Greenie.
“Are you sure the real Daring Do exists?”
“Really! She does! It just kinda makes me visit her someday, and get her autograph!”
“Oh…”
“Listen, I’d already been a Daring Do fan when I was a filly. Mom read me her books before bedtime!”
“Aren’t you bored listening to the same story over and over again?”
“Nah, I loved it. All those thrills and spills, it kinda makes my heart pump like crazy. Not to mention those exciting moments when she beat that Ahuizotl guy.”
“That dog-like guy? I guess he’s ugly.”
“He is ugly. Weirdo, though…”
“Anyway, can you tell me the story now? I wanna know everything.”
“You do? Then let’s begin…”