Chapter 1
THIS CHAPTER IS CURRENTLY IN EDITING SO IF IT LOOKS WEIRD, THATS BECAUSE I'M EDITING IT...
[Soarin's POV]
I... I get it now. I get what she was trying to say... how Rainbow left that day... the way she was acting... ugh... how stupid was I...?
Flashback
"Soarin!" a voice called, stopping a certain colt in his tracks.
Soarin turned around, raising an eyebrow. "Hmm?"
"Soarin! There you are!" Fleetfoot skidded to a stop in front of him, "Dashie wants to talk to you!" she giggled, Spitfire rolling her eyes at the pet name she gave for Dash.
"What for?" Soarin inquired, tilting his head.
Suddenly realising what she was doing, Fleetfoot only looked at Spitfire and bit her lip. "Uh..." Spitfire raised an eyebrow. "Maybe she should go to him in her own time..."
Soarin furrowed his eyebrows. "Um, what?"
"NOTHING!" Spitfire shouted, "Um, uh, yeah," Spitfire glanced at Fleetfoot,"like Fleet said, Dash wants to talk to you... I think...? UM yeah she does! Uh, yeah... Sweet Celestia, what am I saying?"
Soarin eyed her suspiciously before tilting his head at Fleetfoot. She only shrugged before adding a small smirk on her face.
Spitfire glared at Fleetfoot fiercely and grumbled something under her breathe. "Never mind. Shut up Soarin and lets go!"
"What? I didn't say any-"
"SHUT UP!"
"DASH!"
"AH!" Rainbow Dash yelped and looked behind her. "Oh! Hey Fleets! Spitfire! ... S-Soarin."
"Hi!" Fleetfoot chirped.
Dash furrowed her eyebrows at the mare before shaking her head. "Uhh, Soarin? Can we have a moment for a few seconds?"
"Um, sure...?"
As soon as he was gone, Rainbow whipped her head around to the two mares. "Why did you bring him?"
Fleetfoot frowned. "You're going to have to tell him at some point... and we're only trying to help!"
"Actually, it isn't helping and you dragged me into this." Spitfire mumbled before getting a rough shove from Fleetfoot.
"Not helping!"
Ignoring them, Rainbow cut in. "B-but... I have NO idea how to tell him! I was going to tell him! Just... just not yet..." she took in a deep breathe. "Do you think I really want to move away from Cloudsdale and leave?! Leave him?!"
Fleetfoot huffed and looked to the ground. "No..." she looked back up at Dash "Ponyville's a nice town, you'll make friends! Fluttershy is moving there too, right?! And if you want a... friend that is a colt, you always have Zephyr Breeze!"
Rainbow looked at her with disgust. "Fluttershy's brother? Are you KIDDING me?! You don't even know him! He has a massive crush on me and is the biggest flirt... it's SO annoying..."
Fleetfoot smirked. "You have a massive crush on Soarin!"
Rainbow glared at her and puffed out her cheeks. "Y-yeah well... it isn't obvious... is it...?!" she looked to Spitfire to see her roll her eyes and shake her head at her. "Good... wait... what if he doesn't care about me?! What if he doesn't care at all?!"
Spitfire snorted. "Stop imagining and thinking the worst, that will never happen."
"What will never happen?"
Eyes widening at the voice, Rainbow flinched so hard that she had managed to knock Fleetfoot over. "AH!" her eyes widened as she saw Soarin. "WHAT DID YOU HEAR?!" she shouted, glaring at him.
Soarin pretended to think. "Oh, just... all of it..." he smirked playfully.
"It was a joke." Fleetfoot quickly said.
Soarin quirked an eye brow. "I was kidding. I only heard Spitfire, I got bored,"
"Over 30 seconds?" Spitfire asked flatly.
Soarin flattened his brow, looking towards her. "I get bored easily, okay?"
Rainbow laughed nervously, rubbing a hoof behind her neck. "Uh... IhavetogonowBYE!" whilst she tried getting away, Fleetfoot huffed in frustration and stood on her tail.
"OW!" Rainbow looked back at Fleetfoot and glared.
"You're going to tell him."
"Tell me what?"
Dash gave a desperate look to Spitfire. She bit her lip and looked away whilst Soarin looked between them. She took a deep breathe. "I... I'm... GOING."
After Fleetfoot face palmed and Spitfire sighed, Rainbow nervously scampered away, leaving a dust trail in her path.
"Uh... what?"
Soarin hesitantly knocked on Rainbow's door. Spitfire had suggested that he should go and talk to her and he was worried something was seriously wrong. Fleetfoot was standing behind him, peering over his shoulder.
Soarin looked back at Fleetfoot in confusion. "Why are you here?"
Fleetfoot snorted and rolled her eyes, "Seriously? Do you think she lives on her own?" She waved her keys in his face. "I got this magical thing right here, ever heard of room mates? I could easily open that door if you would move your fat litt- big body!"
Soarin blinked in realisation, ignoring her last remark and stepping aside, "Heh, yeah, right. Okay. You, uh, just use those keys... to open... this door and..." he paused when he saw her looking at him weirdly. "W-what?"
Fleetfoot huffed and rolled her eyes, "Never mind. Move asi- never mind you already have... for the first time!" she snickered, tossing her keys to her other wing before selecting the right key. "Don't make too much sound, okay? I don't want to risk waking her up if shes sleeping," she shivered, "You don't wa-" her ears perked up. "Wait... do you hear that?"
Soarin remained silent and dragged his ear to the door. He could hear Dash and a stallions voice through the door. "Is she seeing somepony?"
Fleetfoot looked at him in confused. "Seriously?"
"... what?"
"Don't you see she clearly likes- argh, never mind..." Soarin raised an eyebrow. "No. She isn't seeing anypony," she paused, glancing towards him. "Yet."
Soarin quirked an eyebrow. "Oh... so she likes somepony?"
"Uh... yes."
"Who is it? I can help!" Soarin smiled.
Fleetfoot froze. She wasn't meant to tell him this much! "... I-it'd be better if she'd tell you..."
"Uh... alright...?
Flashback over
Ugh here I am, 6 years later, wondering about my old friend whilst I'm about to judge a competition. For young flyers. Great, I'm probably like younger than most of them! Jeeze even I could bang them out any-day!
Wait.
No.
That...
That isn't her... it can't be...
"Come on Soarin! Be on alert! Especially... with that... err... unicorn? What kind of wings are THEY?!"
"U-uh... sure... yeah..." I mumble, completely oblivious to what Spitfire had just said.
How could Spitfire and Misty not recognise her? She stands out so clearly... wait... she'd probably... hate me... to death... I never visited... I never cared... I never knew...
"AAHHHHHH!!"
"The mare? Ughr I saw this coming, C'MON GUYS!" Spitfire suddenly commanded, shooting down.
I sigh, concerned about this mare although Rainbow on the back of my mind.
I recovered from the fall, all I can remember is getting kicked in the face and a rainbow blurr... oh...
-3rd person-
Rainbow looked to the ground, looking back at the wonderbolts who had just congratulated her... Soarin. He... he was in the wonderbolts now? To her, it was obvious that Spitfire was in, though... Soarin promised her... he said... said... to think she believed he really hurt himself badly, so bad that he died...
"Rainbow...?"
"Hm? Oh hey Flutters..."
"Is... is..."
"Yeah. That's Soarin." mumbled Rainbow flatly.
"O-oh Rainbow! I-I'm so sorry..."
"You don't need to apologise Shy, it's HIS fault... he LIED to me. I can't... I can't..." cried Rainbow, looking to a side.
Fluttershy frowned, seeing her distressed, especially in a place like Cloudsdale, so open, Dash only ever shed a few tears when they were alone and when her parents died.
"Shhh, it's alright Dashie..." whispered Fluttershy, gently draping a wing over her.
"I-I just want to... to..."
"No pony's around... let it out..." mumbled Fluttershy gently, hugging her.
Soarin stared at the two, about to go get Rainbow to go talk to her when he stumbled across the two. He really let her down...
"I shouldn't even be able to be friends with her... I don't deserve it." mumbled Soarin, staring at the two friends intently, not taking his gaze off them.
Fluttershy suddenly flinched and looked behind her, her pegasi senses saying somepony was spying on them, instantly spotting Soarin and remaining silent.
Soarin's eyes widened as the two looked at each other and Fluttershy looked away nervously, going back to Rainbow.
"Oh dear..." sighed Fluttershy under her breathe.
"W-what?"
"E-err... n-nothing..."
"Umm okay..." sighed Dash, looking to a side and looking up to the sky.
Soarin looked at her for another few moments before making his way over to Spitfire as she raised an eyebrow at him.
"Soar? Where have you been?"
"Nowhere ma'am!"
"Soarin... we've been over this..."
"Sorry I'm used to my moth- y-you know..."
"Oh... right" mumbled Spitfire, feeling ashamed, deciding not to push him.
"Spitfire... did you... did you recognise anypony in there from... flight school...?"
"Flight school?!" scoffed Spitfire, rolling her eyes, "There are EXACTLY two ONLY ponies I miss from flight school that are Fluttershy and Rai- sorry..."
"N-no! It's uhm fine..."
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