So, CHS's Winter break is coming up. Pinkie's throwing some Hearths Warming parties. There's also some rivalries. Between Rainbow Dash and Soarin. The two will face off, and guess what? There's a school lock down. What will happen???
CHS's Winter break is coming up. Pinkie's throwing some Hearths Warming parties. There's also some rivalries. Between Rainbow Dash and Soarin. And the Soccer Championships is coming, but then something terrible happens. And, then,a rivalry had to be put away, as the start of a new friendship, and, mischief, and don't forget team drama...
Cover Art not mine, a substitute until I can make one myself.
Note: This story was originally known as "Frienemy Romance" but I changed it. So, don't worry. This is the original story.
Rainbow Dash was at the lunch table with the rest of her friends, chomping on an apple. "You guys excited for Winter Break?" Pinkie Pie questioned. "I can't wait to throw Hearths Warming parties!"
"Parties? As in more than one?" Twilight asked the hyper girl, still not used to her... Craziness? The Pink nodded and smiled widely.
"And all of you guys are invited!" She said.
"Can't wait," Dash smiled.
"Whoo hoo!" Fluttershy cheered with her weak whisper.
"Can't wait," Sunset Shimmer, too, smiled. Applejack and Twilight nodded in agreement.
"As long as you let me bring as many presents I want!" Rarity said, obviously knowing that her friends would try to be modest.
"No. Dresses." Rainbow and Aj both said at the same time. Everyone giggled at this and smiled.
"And guess what!?" Pinkie Pie half-screamed. "I'm inviting you guys over for a sleepover Friday night!" Friday was the day they got off of school for two weeks. Everybody cheered.
"And this time, we won't have to be stressed out about the Battle of the Bands, which will make it a lot more fun! Fun! FUN!!!" Pinkie must have wanted to tell the group this since she planned the sleepover. Which was probably when school started. But this is Pinkie Pie right?
"Mk, I got to go out to the field before school ends. I still got the championships tomorrow." Rainbow Dash said as if there was nothing to worry about.
"Tomorrow?!" Pinkie Pie, who was caught off guard, for the first time in her life, gasped.
"Yeah? What?" The group stared at the Athlete and shook their heads. This was Rainbow Dash. She was prepared.
~~~
"Okay, team!" Dash yelled. "We must be ready for tomorrow. So, I'm going to split up the team. Girls versus boys!"
Everyone on the team looked at her puzzled, as they thought that it wouldn't be fair. "Don't look at me like that! It's perfectly fair. Girls need to work on trying to go against both genders. And boys. You guys need to stop being wimps and don't be afraid to make a girl feel bad!" Rainbow Dash looked annoyed. She was tired that no one treated each other like they were the same gender.
It wasn't Rainbow Dash's fault. "GO!!!" The game started, and easily Dash got several scores for the girls. They aren't afraid of each other now at least... Dash thought. She was about to make another goal, while practically not even trying when the ball was kicked out from under her feet.
It took Rainbow a few seconds to process what had just happened. The athlete turned around to see Rapidfire dribbling the ball. Rainbow went after the ball, seeing that the ball was suddenly at Soarin's feet. He kicked the ball into the net.
"Nice try," The boy smirked, happy that he finally caught Dash off guard.
Rainbow Dash stared at him, a blank expression on her face. "Okay! Score is 4-1! Winning team is girls! First one to 5 wins!" It didn't surprise anyone that she went to five, she wanted to win. Everyone. Especially the boys. It was hard to get even one point. But hey, it didn't matter. It's not like she hasn't crushed everyone before.
The game went on. Rainbow Dash kept thinking about how she lost the ball, in a stupid way. Her teammate, Surprise, tried to kick the ball to Rainbow, but somehow failed. WHY?! Why. Why?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?! UHHGGGG Dash went straight to the ball to get hold of it before anyone else got to it.
But, turns out, she didn't need to. Soarin got hold of the ball before she could. Wait. Did I just lose another ball? Rainbow Dash sprinted to get the ball, but this time, Lightning Streak got the ball from Soarin and made a goal. He winked at Soarin and smiled, " Nice! 4-2!"
Dash grunted. She was about to go to Surprise to give her a piece of her mind. But the ball was ready. She needed to get it. But instead, of course, Dash didn't get to the ball. Luckily, Spitfire had gotten hold of the ball. She looked like she was trying to hold something back.
"Spitfire! Pass the ball!" Spitfire looked ready to pass. She kicked. The ball went over Dash, and straight into the hands, (or feet) of Rapidfire again. Instead of him running away with the ball, he kicked it straight to Soarin. The Navy haired athlete dribbled the ball and kicked another goal.
Am I just not able to win today?!
"Sorry Rainbow Dash. I was dared to. You really need to hang at our table at lunch more." Spitfire told the scowling cyan colored girl. She was definitely not happy. The score was now 4-3. She was not going to loose.
Dash had managed to get the ball and was dribbling the ball to the net. She kicked, not paying any attention to the someone in front of the goal. Wave Chill caught the ball. He winced, no doubt because of the force of Dash's kick into the ball, but he wore a smug smile.
"Oh." Dash looked at him. With sadness in her eyes.
"Dash?" Wave Chill began to let her face sink in.
"Oh." She repeated.
"Rainbow Dash... Common." Surprise whispered into her ear, before getting pushed away.
"Oh." Pause for more effect... "IT IS SO ON!!!!!!!!!!!!" She yelled at the top of her lungs.
Everyone was quiet for the longest time.
After what seemed to be forever, someone yelled. "It sure is!!!"
Everyone looked towards the voice. Rapidfire nudged the owner of the voice in his ribs. "You're in trouble..."
"I'm ready. Is everyone else?" The voice spoke again. Soarin looked around. "What?"
"Game. ON!" Dash yelled.
And guess what?
The bell rang. So, no one got to see who the winner would be. While on the way out, Rainbow Dash was glaring at Soarin with a face that would've scared anyone else out of their wits. But, not Soarin. He was immune to it.
Soarin too had an interesting face on. He had a giant smirk. Who knows what he's thinking.
"It. Is. On. Tomorrow." The Rainbow Haired girl said, with an even more evil glare than before. This almost freaked out Soarin.
After school the seven girls were in the band room, and they were practicing. Since Twilight was new to the group, she decided she would sing. "Wow, Twi, you really can sing," Rarity noted.
"Yeah. It really is nothing." Twilight said, being modest.
"Well, it's true darling," The fashionista ended. "So, Rainbow, I heard that you didn't win a game at lunch?"
"Yeah. We didn't get to finish." The cyan athlete responded.
"And there's a new rivalry?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Between... You and who?"
Rainbow sighed,"Soarin."
"Ooooh. So it's a boy!"
Dash glared at Rarity, obviously knowing what Rarity is thinking. Don't ask... Don't ask... "So, anything going on between you?" Rarity said, as if she wanted to make Dash mad. "Hmm?" Rainbow Dash grunted, showing that she did not want to talk about girly things. The rest of her friends 'ohhed' and 'ahhed" at this.
"What are you guys? 3rd graders?" The rainbow haired girl had a hard time keeping her cool.
"Don't give me that! Is there?"
"No! Its just a game!"
"Uhm, are ya okay sugarcube?" Applejack asked, " 'Its just a game' is not somein' ya would say."
Rarity gasped. "Rainbow Dash! Do you..?"
"No!" Dash ran out of the room, obviously upset.
"Girls!" A voice whisper shouted.
"What is up with her?" Rarity said.
"Ya dun think she..?" Applejack pondered.
"Girls!"
"When was the last time she lost her cool?"
"Ah just dun get it. She never does!"
"Girls!" Fluttershy managed to yell loud enough.
"Huh?" Rarity and Applejack chorused.
"I expected better from you! Especially you Rarity! You should've seen it."
"I should've seen what?"
"She's stressed! She's not prepared for tomorrow!"
"What do ya mean, sugarcube?"
"Her game is tomorrow! The championships!" Fluttershy sighed, "I'm going to go talk to her. This isn't the first time this has happened."
"This has happened before?" Sunset Shimmer asked, and received a nod from Fluttershy.
"See you all tomorrow." And the yellow girl left the room.
~~~
Rainbow Dash was kicking several balls into a the net. "Ugh! Why! Why. Why can't I just do this! ARGH!" She kicked a ball infuriated. "All I want to do is actually win! Not just make it to the finals. I need to WIN!!" Again, Dash kicked another ball, with extreme force.
Rainbow did not not see the pink haired girl walking up behind her, and was startled when a hand touched her shoulder. "Are you okay?"
"Ach!" Dash missed the ball under her feet. "Huh? Oh. Flutters."
"You stressed out for tomorrow?"
"What? N-no! Why-" Dash sighed. "Yeah, I am. I mean, every year, we make it to the championships. But then we lose to Chrystal Prep."
"But we're their friends now."
"Yeah, but that doesn't get rid of the fact that they are better than us."
"But we tied with them at the Friendship Games."
Rainbow managed a chuckle. "Yeah, your right. We have been doing better."
"You can do it." Fluttershy hugged Dash. "What time tomorrow?"
"Its at five."
"I'll tell the others. We can cheer you on."
"Heh. Thanks. I don't know what I would do without you, Flutters."
Fluttershy smiled. "But really, what happened at lunch?"
"Well, I had scored four points, but then," Rainbow began telling the entire story of what happened.
"Then why are you mad at Soarin? It seems that all the boys were in on it,"
"Oh, I forgot. I kinda freaked out, and Soarin was the one who just triggered more anger," Dash explained. "I think he was also the leader of the plan,"
"Makes sense," Fluttershy said.
"Well, thanks for talking with me. I needed that,"
"You ready to go back inside?" Dash nodded to this.
"Yeah. Lets go,"
~~~
"Your back!" Pinkie Pie said.
"Mhm," Rainbow Dash nodded. "And I'm ready for the game tomorrow!"
"Whoo Hoo!" The Pink girl shouted.
"Its getting late girls, so why don't we go get some smoothies?" Rarity suggested.
"Sure." Dash agreed. The rest of her friends nodded or said 'sure' or 'okay'.
~~~
At Sugar Cube Corner Rainbow Dash was just finished retelling what had happened at luch earlier that day. "So your just... Jealous?" Twilight Sparkle said, oblivious to how Rainbow Dash would react to this.
"What? No!" She claimed. "Why would I be jelly?"
"Because your not jelly Dashie!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Your a girl! Unless... Is your real name Jelly? Because that would be a really weird name."
"Uh, Pinkie?" Applejack stopped the Pink from blabbering more. "Jelly means Jealous."
"Ohhh! So her real name is Jealous, but her nickname is Jelly? Makes sense. But why do we call her Rainbow Dash then? Is it just another nick-"
"Ah can't take this anymore!" Applejack said, shoving a napkin into Pinkie's mouth.
"Mmmm. Nampin"
Twilight ignored this, and spoke again. "So your not jealous about them beating you?"
"Nah. I was just stressed," Rainbow said, half lying. Thank Faust I'm not the Element of Honesty...
"Right,"
"So, are you guys going to be able to make it to the game tomorrow?" Dash changed the subject.
"When is it?" Sunset Shimmer asked.
"Its at five," Rainbow answered. "I'll be there around 4:15 along with the rest of the team. We have to get some more practice in, even if we are practicing at lunch and right after school,"
"Okay, I will be able to make it," Sunset smiled.
"Of course I can! I can leave Gummy with Pound and Pumpkin. Hopefully he doesn't take Pound Cake's Pacifier..." Pinkie said.
"I'll make it," Fluttershy told Dash.
"I don't have any orders at the boutique, so sure," Rarity beamed.
"Harvesting time isn't until next week, I can go," Applejack too, was able to make it.
"All you guys are going, so I might as well. I've been meaning to say hi to some of my new friends at Chrystal Prep anyways," Twilight gladly said.
"Great!" Rainbow Dash group hugged her friends. "Well, I got to get some shut eye. So Im gonna' go home." Rainbow walked to the door and waved goodbye. Tomorrow will be fun... She thought as she walked home.
Rainbow Dash was sleeping, dreaming. It was a weird dream. This dream, was not about her fighting changlings. Dash wasn't dreaming about flying again, wasn't dreaming about being a pegasus. She wasn't even dreaming about girly singing flowers.
The cyan girl was dreaming about the championships. Dash was out on the field, and Chrystal Prep was winning the game.
"Spitfire! Pass the ball!" Dash shouted, reciceving the ball from the girl.
"Watch out!" Fleetfoot warned Rainbow.
"Huh?" Dash didn't notice, but a Chrystal Prep student had stolen the ball from her. It was Sour Sweet.
"We're friends!" She shouted to Rainbow Dash. "But we're still gonna' beat you!" She finished, living up to her name.
"Oh it's on!"
The rest of the game went terribly. Surprise once again, flubbed a kick, and the Wondercolts lost yet another point. The next time, Lightning Streak somehow managed to kick the ball into the other team's goal. Then, Spitfire kicked the ball over Dash's head, giving the ball to the other team.
"Ugh!" Rainbow vented. "Why is my team suddenly doing the worst possible?"
"Rainbow Dash! Heads up!" An unknown voice yelled, and the rainbow haired girl looked up, to see a ball going strait towards her head.
WHACK!!!
Rainbow stirred in her sleep. She didn't like this dream. "Uhnnn," she groaned.
BEEP BEEP BEEP
"WAAAaaahhh?!" Dash jerked up, falling halfway off her bed. "Ughhh. I hate Mondays..." But then, she looked up at her calander, seeing that it was Thursday. "WHAT?!"
Rainbow jumped out of bed and went to her kitchen. "Hey Mom! Hey Dad!" She ran over to the counter to find already made pancakes. The athlete shoved two in her mouth then held another in her hand. "Omph! Fansks fuh mafing brakfafs" Dash ran back to her room.
"Where is it?" Rainbow was panicking. Thank Faust my friends aren't here.. "Finally!" She held up a Canterlot High jersey, and got her running leggings, and ran to the bathroom.
Ehh.. I can skip brushing my hair... Dash thought as she brushed her teeth. Ever since Colgate embarrassed her in elementary school about her bad breath, she brushed her teeth no matter what. Rainbow spit out the toothpaste saliva mixture, she grabbed her backpack and ran out the door.
"Bye Mom! Bye Dad!" Firefly and Rainbow Blaze both waved goodbye.
"We'll be at the chapionships! Don't worry!"
Better be... I'm stressed as is...
~ ~ ~
As Rainbow Dash was walking to school her mind wandered to her dream. I guess I'm more stressed than I thought... That championship game was absolutley terrible. Dash recalled the Championships from the year before. The games were right after she, Fluttershy, Aj, Rarity and Pinkie all split up. At least my parents were there...
Dash looked up to see the school in view. The rest of her friends were sitting in front of the Wondercolt statue.
"Hey Dashie!" Pinkie yelled.
"Oh, hey Rainbow," Sunset smiled.
"Ya prepared fer the game this afternoon?" Aj queered.
"I guess. It will definatly be better than last year."
"What happened last year?" Twilight asked, oblivious to what had happened back then.
"Well, lets jus' say that we weren't exactly goin' through the best of times," Applejack sighed.
"And I didn't really help either," Sunset admitted.
"Oh. Sorry I asked," Twilight apologised.
"Eh, it was in the past. At least this year, I'll have you all of you guys," Dash said with an exagerated 'cheesy' tone. Everyone nodded. "But! Its not like I'll need it!"
Applejack facepalmed, thinking her friend was actually not going to boast.
"My team- I uh, I mean..." Dash said remembering what happened at the Battle of the Bands. "The Wondercolts will win this year- I know we will!"
"GO DASHIE!" Pinkie shouted.
"You sure have alot of confidence in the team," Twilight said.
Even if I'm hiding my nervousness....
"You sure you aren't nervous at all?" Rarity questioned, as if reading Dash's mind.
"What? Nah! Im excited, if anything," the athlete answered.
"Oh! Are you nervoucited?" Pinkie suggested.
Rainbow Dash sighed. "Sure, I guess I'm nervoucited..."
~ ~ ~
"Hey! Rainbow Dash!" A voice shouted.
"Huh?" The rainbow haired girl turned around to see Spitfire and Fleetfoot motioning for her to go over to the two. "Oh, be right back guys!" She ran over to her teammates.
"Mornin'," Fleetfoot said.
"What's up?" Dash asked.
"The sky." The mint haired girl snickered at her answer.
"So, you got a plan for lunch practice?" Spitfire queered.
"Yeah, but you'll have to wait to see what."
"Great! Now I have a huge question for you," Fleetfoot spoke energetically. "Have you heard what happened at lunch at the field yesterday?"
"Duh. I was there," Dash rolled her eyes.
"No, I mean, the rest of the school thinks that... Something else happened."
"I have no idea what then."
Spitfire frowned. "Well.. We should tell you. But you have to promise not to freak out."
"It can't be that bad," Rainbow shrugged. "It's probably along the lines of, 'Rainbow Dash had a drama queen breakdown, then got into a fist fight, then ended up getting banned from captain of the team'"
"Not even close," Fleetfoot snickered. "But saying that you had a drama queen breakdown, would be funny!"
"Well.. How do I say this?" Spitfire chose her words carefully.
"The school likes to exaggerate," Fleetfoot said, with a not-so-real-laugh.
"Yeah!"
"They obviously know that its not true!"
"And we and your friends know its's not true!"
"Its not like,"
"They think that,"
"There was a thing,"
"Between you and,"
"Soarin?"
Rainbow's jaw dropped. "What-"
"But they also think that," Spitfire continued.
"You guys broke up,"
"And hate eachother."
"WHAT?!" Rainbow Dash yelled.
"I should've made you Pinkie Promise.." Spitfire mumbled under her breath.
"I am going to hunt down the person who started this! And I..." Dash paused. "I'll get Pinkie."
"We don't know who it is..."
"I. Will. Get. Everyone. Who. Believes. It. Then."
"Uh Oh." Spitfire and Fleetfoot both said in chorus.
Rainbow Dash was walking over to her other friends, with Fleetfoot and Spitfire. "Did you guys know that there's a rumor going on about what happened yesterday at lunch?"
"NOPE!" Pinkie said, smiling awkwardly.
"Um... No? I thought that no one else knew about it," Fluttershy timidly said, avoiding eye contact with the others.
"Clueless," Sunset answered.
"I have no idea," Twilight bluntly stated.
"Darling, is this why you were yelling over there?" Rarity said, with a hint of nervousness in her voice.
"I can say that I know at least some of it?" Applejack said, telling most of the truth.
"Can it! I know you guys know," Rainbow sighed. "I can't believe it! Who would start such a thing? I mean, I'm way too busy being awesome, to even think about having a boy... Boyfriend!" Rainbow cringed at the last few words.
"It'll probably pass soon, Dash, don't worry," Sunset said reassuringly.
"Plus, darling, you have to worry about later today don't you?" Rarity reminded Rainbow.
"Yeah. I guess your right." Dash gave in. I am so going to have to talk to the team today...
~ ~ ~
"Okay team!" Rainbow shouted. "Today, we are going to do a battle.. Uh.. Battle thing!" She couldn't think of the right words.
"Great name!" Fleetfoot said laughing her head off.
"So, heres how this works! We are going to do a bunch of 1v1's, first one to get 3 scores wins. Winner of that round goes against another winner. Goes on until the finals."
"What if we run out of time?" Lightning Streak queered.
"Oh yeah! And you only get 2 minutes! If someone doesn't reach 3 scores, the one with highest score wins."
"And if it's a tie?"
"You... Rock Paper Scissors?" Dash answered. "Okay here's the starting pairs: Me and Spitfire, Fleetfoot and Soarin, Blaze and Misty Fly, Surprise and Rapid Fire."
"Who goes first?" Surprise asked.
"Me and Spitfire," Dash smirked. "You ready?"
"Somewhat..." Spitfire answered. The flame haired girl, was not excited. She was going against Dash, who was a overall beast of a Soccer player, but she was also mad, from what happened before school.
"One... Two... Three-Go!" Dash started the game. Only a couple seconds in, Dash was already failing. She was going towards Spitfire's goal. And about ready to kick.
Then, Dash surprised Spitfire by turning around, and kicking the ball all the way into her goal. "Gotcha" Dash smiled innocently, and went to get the ball.
"I swear, that girl doesn't even have to try..." Spitfire muttered.
"Are you even paying attention?" Rainbow Dash asked, dribbling the ball around Spitfire.
"Oh!" Spitty tried kicking the ball out from underneith Dash's feet, but Rainbow was too quick. She quickly kicked the ball up high into the air, and made another score.
"Thirty seconds left!" Surprise said. The blonde Pinkie figure had been counting. From 120 backwards... How? No one knew how she did it naturally. But people learned to not question her, just as Pinkie.
"Want a half-freebie?" Rainbow Dash asked Spitfire.
"What do you mean by half?" the flamehead answered.
"I will stand in front of the goal, you try to kick, and I will catch the ball," Dash explained, "I'll basically be a goalie."
Spitfire sighed. "Not like I have much choice."
"Okay!" Rainbow jogged over to a goal.
"20 SECONDSSS!!" Pinki-Surprise shouted.
"I got this," Spitfire took a deep breath, and kicked the ball towards the goal. The ball was spinning, zooming through the air, and it made a soft whistling sound as it zoomed across the bright green grass. Spitfire thought that she was actually going to make a goal but-
"10, 8, 9!" Surprise made her jerk her head towards the blonde.
"Huh?"
"Aruagh!" Spitfire turned in time to see Rainbow Dash mid-flip, arms in front of her, with her hands on the ball.
"OH COME ON!" the flame haired athlete screamed.
"I would've won anyways," Rainbow assured, trying to say something other than, I JUST BEAT YOU! HA, HA! Spitfire just sighed. "Well, next team. Who wants to go next?" A light blue hand went up. "Okay, Fleetfoot and, Soarin." Saying 'Soarin' dropped Rainbow's spirit. She wanted to forget about the rumor, partially because it was embarrassing and she had a reputation to keep up, and also, she didn't want to worry about a rumor when she had a giant championship game in less than 5 hours.
"Yes!" Fleetfoot exclaimed. "Watch me do even better than you Spitfire!"
"You mean doing an even better job of failing?" The flame-head sighed.
The mint haired girl just snickered. "You'll see!" Fleetfoot and Soarin took their spots on the field, and got ready.
"BEGO!" Surprise said.
"What does that even mean?" Rainbow asked the blonde, as the tourniment began between Soarin and Fleet.
"It's a mixture of 'Begin' and 'Go", Silly! Duh!" she answered.
"So you- nevermind." ~ ~ ~
Fleetfoot and Soarin were pretty good out on the field, although, they were using eachother's weaknesses. See, Fleetfoot was on defence, and Soarin offence. This meant that Fleetfoot could keep the ball from getting into the goal, and Soarin was better at keeping it near her side.
Soarin was a good player on both defence, and offence though, and this meant that he had an advantage. He was able to make a goal with one minute remaining. Fleetfoot also managed to get a goal, 90 seconds into the game.
Soarin grumbled something to himself, and went full "In going to win this!" mode. He got the ball, and charged towards Fleetfoot, managing to get past her. He kicked, the ball getting into the goal.
This got the mint haired girl infuriated. She often times was the person always there to lighten up the mood, and brag, often times like Rainbow Dash. (Though not quite as much.) But, when she got mad, she was a totally different person. She could've even stolen Spitfire's fire hair, and lived with it.
'Fifteen! Thirteen! Fourteen!" The counter counted off.
Fleetfoot dribbled the ball, and when she was in shot of the goal, she kicked with such force, she flipped backwards.
"Thanks Fleetfoot!" Soarin came over and helped her up.
"Wait, huh?" Fleetfoot said groggily. Soarin pointed over to Rapid Fire, who was holding score cards. One labeled '1' and the other, '3'.
"You gave me a point."
"I what?!?!"
Spitfire was walking over to Fleetfoot, ice in her hands. "You managed to flip, and make a goal into Soarin's side." She stated, with a small snicker. Rainbow too, was walking over.
"Heh. Remind me never to get you mad! I don't feel like getting the wrath of the 'Mint', or having my team lose because you make a goal for the opponents." She joked, handing the 'Mint' a water bottle.
"Thanks," she said.
~ ~ ~
The rest of the day went, and the finals were coming to the little game the team was playing. The game ended up with Surprise beating Rapidfire by Rock-Paper-Scissors, and Misty Fly beating Blaze. Then went on to Rainbow beating Surprise, Soarin beating Misty. This meant that they would have to go against each other.
Rainbow was annoyed by this, yet pleased. She had expected it to come down to this, since Soarin was the next best player, tied with Spitfire, so she thought that this would be a good opportunity to get back at him for his plan against Dash the day before.
Most of the kids who were eating in the cafeteria, were done, and wandering around the school. The group of girls were walking over to the field, and Pinkie, was doing cartwheels all the way to the Rainbow VS Soarin showdown.
"Darling, must you do cartwheels while wearing a skirt?" Rarity asked, annoyed with Pinkie's antics.
"Wait, how are you keeping your skirt down anyways?" Twilight said, confused.
"We've learned to just get used to it, so don't even bother," Sunset Shimmer chuckled.
"Esspecially when she starts talking to the sky...," Applejack whispered.
"Hey! I heard that! And why would you make her say such a thing!?" Pinkie said, whilst doing a one-handed cartwheel, using her other hand to point to the sky.
"So she- Never mind." Twilight shook her head.
"GET READY EVERYBODY!" A new high-pitched voice called.
This got Pinkie's attention. "COMING SURPRISE!"
"We better hurry, we don't want to miss this," Sunset jogged towards the soccer field.
"Oh no," Rarity's eyes widened.
"What is it?" Applejack said. "Oh."
"Uh-oh," Fluttershy whimpered.
"What?" Twilight said, not noticing what the others were looking at.
"Rainbow's against Soarin." Rarity answered.
"So? What's the worse to happen?"
"A LOT. Ya really need to get used to these sorts of things," Applejack grimaced, and followed the rest of the group towards the bleachers.
~ ~ ~
Rainbow noticed her friends, and walked over to them. "Wassup?"
"Oh, we just wanted to see you-" Rarity began before getting cut of by Pink.
"BEAT SOARIN OF COURSE!" Pinkie shouted. "We know you will win!"
"Yeah. I think I know that, Pinkie Pie." Dash chuckled.
"RAINNNNBOOOWWWW!" Surprise called.
"I need to get started. Class is gonna start soon, and I need to actually finish."
"BYE RAINBOW DASH!!!!" Pinkie got a megaphone out of her hair and shouted.
Rainbow walked over to the field, and was ready. All she needed to do was beat the guy right? Not much harder than that. She was going to play offence, but go defense when needed. He gets the ball past mid line? So what? She could do a flip and block the ball. If Soarin went defense, she would go offence. When it game to games, Dash personally thought that it was the only time where she could defy logic. No one else could do as well as she could. And that's why shes captain.
Rainbow's senses went haywire. She could smell the grass, and hear the faint whistling the wind made. She swore she could see a ladybug on Fluttershy's finger, who was several yards away. She tasted victory.
Okay, that last one was only a hunch. She had a feeling she would win.
But, she also felt like something big was going to happen. Maybe I'm just getting that feeling because the game later, she thought to herself.
"READY?!" Surprise yelled. Both Dash, and Soarin nodded. "ON YOUR MARKS. GET SET." She paused. "SQUIRREL!" The crazy blond jerked her head towards a bush and pointed. Then, she got down on all fours and trotted (?) over to the bush, with her tongue hanging out.
Everyone just looked at where Surprise went, dumbfounded. "Does this happen alot?" Twilight broke the silence.
"Surprise is basically Pinkie Pie, just... I'm not even sure honestly." Rarity answered.
Rainbow cleared her throat. "Can we get this game started?"
"Yeah. Okay. ONE TWO THREE FOUR!" Fleetfoot yelled. No one did anything, so she spoke again. "Four means GO!"
Rainbow Dash mentally face palmed at this. She knew that she had to stay focused, and her thoughts cleared. Eye on the ball, she thought to herself. Dash had only one thought. Dont worry about anything except for winning.
As Rainbow ran to the ball, she noticed that Soarin hadn't moved yet. He just stood there with a determined look on his face. He looks like he's constipated, the rainbow haired girl snickered in her thoughts.
Dash dribbled the ball towards Soarin, and he finally made his first move. The navy haired guy walked backwards, an stood in front of thegoal. So he wants to play defense? Rainbow put most of her thoughts into offence mode. Don't let him trick you, she noted, again in thought. He may go offence after I assume he's defense.
Rainbow went to the side, and was preparing to kick. She brought back her legs, and swung forward with force. The ball glided over the grass, and it spun, causing Rainbow to go into a trance as it did so.
She was quickly brought back into reality when she heard the crowd cheering, and she looked at the goal. Soarin was hunched over, hands on his knees. He was panting.
Dash looked for the ball, which was sitting in the corner of the net. Rainbow sighed with relief. She looked at the crowd again, to see more people. Thunderlane, Lightning Dust, Derpy, and others were walking over to the bleachers. More people coming to see my awesome-niss? She boasted to herself. Then she realized something.
What if they are here because of the rumor? What if they really believe in it? Rainbow was beginning to regret doing this game. And letting Soarin on the team. And her mind was filling up with thoughts she didn't need.
Focus, she told herself. Dash refocused, and she backed up so the ball could be put in center again. "Can someone count down?" She called out. She and Soarin were ready, and Fleetfoot was too.
"Four! Two! Wait..." The Mint paused. "Begin!" she shouted.\
Rainbow Dash went full gamemode. The round would end soon, and she had to make at least another goal. Well, she didn't have to, but she wanted to win by more than one point. Though, Rainbow took note of something. Soarin was going offense this time.
"Well that makes life so much easier," Rainbow grumbled under her breath. Dash went defense, standing in front of the goal. She kept a close eye on where Soarin was going, and noticed that he wasn't going in from either side. He was going to shoot from the center. Rainbow got ready, because Soarin could kick the ball any second.
"Come at me," she said, in a soft, but brash and almost mean voice.
But this was when Soarin did something unexpected. He veered to the right, and took shot. He kicked with amazing force.
The ball flew through the air, making the ball seem to be whistling. Soarin thought he had the most lucky shot ever.
Rainbow Dash, though, was not so lucky. Rainbow jumped to catch the ball.
GASPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rainbow fell out of the air, the ball in her hands.
Rainbow Dash couldn't see anything, couldn't taste anything, or smell anything. The only senses that were working were hearing and feeling. But, in a way, the only thing she could feel was... well, it's hard to describe. Dash felt like time was slow, that there was space around her. Along with a soft object under her.
The girl could hear people, though they sounded distant, echo-y. She couldn't make out who was speaking. They were just voices. Rainbow also couldn't answer. It was almost like a limbo of some sort. What on Earth happened to her?
"Is she going to be okay?!"
"Yes, now be quiet!"
"Darling, you must stop talking."
"That includes ya too!"
"What about the championships?"
"Hey, she'd win at that. A championships for getting knocked out!"
"Does this happen a lot?"
"Depends. She gets hurt often, but it has never been a concu-"
"QUIET!"
Rainbow heard everything, but hated that she could do no more than listen.
Suddenly, Dash's senses turned on. She smelled an office. Then she realized which office.
It was the school Nurse's office. She had been there on plenty of occasions, being in plenty of sports. Then she tasted the grass, she spit grass out, and there was a gasp.
"SHES AWAKE! SHES AWAKE!" Pinkie Pie shouted.
Rainbow opened her eyes, and her head was pounding. "Urrrgghhhdds?" She made a noise. Nurse Redheart came over and she stood over the athlete.
"Oh, good, you're awake." She glanced at Pinkie. "Your friend here has been shouting that you were awake every time you stirred."
"Hmm?" Dash's vision finally cleared, and she saw who was in the room. Her friends,(as in the Main 7) along with Spitfire, Fleetfoot, and Soarin.
"Hey, why did you have to do that?" Spitfire asked.
"Uh.. Dughh, I was tryn to winn," Rainbow said, her words coming out odd. She tried shaking her head. It felt like she had just gotten hit by a soccer ball, and well, she had. Sorta.
"Do you realize what you have done?"
"HAS SHE KILLED ALL THE CAKES IN THE WORLD!?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"No," Spitfire told her, as she had with Surprise many times before. "You can't play at the championships now!"
"Oh~ dats finnn- WAIT WHAT?!" Rainbow squeaked.
"Well, you sorta have a concussion." Fleetfoot answered bluntly.
"But- But its the championships!"
"Well, darling, we don't want you to get any more hurt than you are," Rarity stated.
"But hey! Um.." The Mint began. "At least you had the ball in your hands AFTER you got hit... Right?"
"I need to play so we can win!"
"Well... We will just have to ask one of the Lightning twins to play for you," Spitfire added.
"Uh- guys..." Soarin spoke up. "It's almost four, we should get going. We uh, we don't want to be late to CPA right?"
Everyone looked at Soarin. "Well, I suppose." Was all Rarity said. Then Rarity perked up, realizing something. "Well, I um.. I must get ready! To go.."
"Hey- Guys, I'll talk to Redheart and I'll see if I can go. Though I won't be leaving for a bit." Dash saddened. "I don't want to see the practice, otherwise I'll force myself to play."
No one realized that Rainbow was plotting something. What makes them think she will be able to watch the game, if she can't watch practice? "You guys go. I'll meet you there a couple before the game starts."
"Yah sure she doesn't have amnesia?" Applejack questioned. "She's not tryin' to get out of here as soon as possible.."
"Yeah, but I am actually hurting. My head throbs." Rainbow Dash half-lied. Her head did hurt some, not like, 'I'll never feel better!' kind of hurting.
"Well, okay. Like I said before, I have to get ready for Fanc- for the game!" Rarity walked towards the door. "Bye girls, Rainbow Dash." The fashionista waved, and left the room.
"We should get going, see you later Dash!" Sunset Shimmer motioned for the rest of the girls and soccer team to leave.
"Bye Dashie!" Pinkie Pie said. "And make sure to eat plenty of cake!"
"Uh, sure." Dash made a mental note to tell Pinkie that she ate some cake.
"Don't get hurt anymore," Spitfire waved bye, walking out of the Nurse's office.
"You don't want to see the wrath of the Mint!" Fleetfoot winked, and went out the door snickering to herself.
Soarin, who was holding the door for everyone, closed the door when everyone was out of the room.
"Hey, uh, Rainbow Dash?"
"Wassup?"
"I, uh.. Just wanted to say sorry for giving you a concussion." Soarin rubbed the back of his head, looking pretty sorry. "I never would have tried to do that. I was just trying to, well, win."
"I get that. And you have nothing to be sorry for." Rainbow remembered the fit she had thrown. "Honestly, the competision was kind of fun. Not many people can beat the Amazing Spectacular Supreme Rainbow Dash! "
Soarin chuckled. "I just wanted to say sorry Da- Dash," He walked backwards waving.
Rainbow sat up. She needed something done. But, she couldn't do it alone. "Soarin, wait. I have a plan." Rainbow Dash had an idea. An awful idea. Rainbow Dash had a wonderful, awful idea.
Soarin Left the room, waving goodbye. The guy had a huge grin on, knowing what was going to happen. Rainbow got up, a little too fast, and was surprised at the slight dizzyness she had for a couple seconds. She shook it off and walked towards Nurse Redheart.
"Nurse? Uh, I wanted to know if I could be released so I could go to the championships." Rainbow Dash quickly added though, "I don't want to miss the game, to uh, watch it, of course!" The athlete tried to look as innocent as possible, with a soft smile on her face.
Redheart sighed. "I suppose. But you should be very careful. Do NOT play, as your friend's said, you have a concussion," She bluntly stated.
"Yeah, yeah, yaddy yada."
"Now then, off!" The nurse shooed Dash away.
"Rainbow walked out of the office, taking one last look at it. The pale purple walls, with the gold trim. The curtains, and the white bed sheets. The faint smell of rubbing alcohol, from the sanitary cleanings.
The cyan girl took one last thought. What if I do get hurt again? But she ignored the ponder. She had to help win the games. Dash was going to help, be a part of. For her- no everyone's team. She wasn't going to let them loose again. They hadn't won for years. Let alone beat Chrystal Prep.
While walking down the hallways to the front door, she saw two girls waiting for her. Oh crud.
~ ~ ~
"Wheeee!" Pinkie Pie yelled, her head sticking out of her car's windows.
"I'm glad your the one driving, Applejack." Rainbow stated. She wanted to say something that wasn't related to the games at all.
"Me too! I mean, I would have to be all serious and have to pay attention to the road and things like that but, when I'm in the backseat! Boy, you can do everything!" Pinkie did a handstand in the backseat of the convertible for emphasis.
"Pinkie!" Applejack yelled. "Sit down. I dun't want to be pulled over."
"Fineee...." The Pink saddened. Though that didn't last long. She did a somersault. Or, tried. Applejack kept one hand on the wheel, and used her other to grapple the back of Pinkie's collar.
"Take a right here?" Applejack questioned Rainbow.
"Yeah." The farmer turned the wheel, while Pinkie Pie was sitting down with her legs sticking out the window. "Okay, Pinkie, you should sit up. The school's in sight." Rainbow pointed towards a crystal-looking building with a wall surrounding it. "You're going to want to go to the back. The parking lot has an area that goes straight towards the Soccer Field."
"Eyup!" Pinkie hollored, finally sitting up right. Still though, her head was sticking over the door.
The group pulled up and parked. When they got out Rainbow walked over to the locker rooms. "I still have to give a pep talk to the team."
"Since when did ya give pep talks?" AJ questioned. "The only thin' ah've heard you tell them is, 'We're going to win this!' "
Rainbow glared at her, and walked away. AJ was right though, she never really did that. Rainbow walked into the school, looking around at the crystal walls. Man, they don't call it Crystal Prep for no reason..., she thought to herself. Rainbow finally spotted a bathroom. She had to put up her hair.
Rainbow Dash was a girl who hated loose ponytails, especially during a game. And in order to put up a high, tight ponytail, she had to use a brush in the mirror.
The athlete pushed open the door, to hear someone speaking. She recognised the voice. It was someone she knew very well.
"Darling, I'm getting ready. I want to look nice for you." the voice said. The door of the bathroom closed. The other girl in the bathroom gasped. "I must go!" She whispered.
Well, too late. Dash thought. "Hey, uh, Rarity." she said,
"Um, just someone, I Fancy..." The fashionista answered.
"Rarity, I'm not as dumb and thick as you think."
Rarity blushed softly, because of what Rainbow said, and sighed. "I was talking to someone I was going to ask o-"
"And I'm no longer listening." The cyan girl said, ignoring Rarity, and put down the backpack she brought with her. She searched her bag, and pulled out a brush, and tried looking for a hair tie.
"Hey, uh, Rarity." Rainbow was going to regret asking this, but she did. "Do you have a hair tie?"
Rarity seemed confused for a second. Then her eyes were wide. "Well, uh, gahh... Yes! Sure! Of course!" the girl searched her purse and pulled one out. She handed it to Rainbow Dash. "Trying to dress up for someone I presume?" Rarity said slyly.
"Yeah sur- Wait what?" Rainbow said, not paying very close attention. "Whoah.. No, no, no and did I say no?"
Rarity just raised an eyebrow.
"Im serious. But, uh, thanks, Rarity." Rainbow walked out of the room, with her hair in a tight ponytail. She walked into the girls Locker room, surprising everyone.
"Rainbow Dash?" Spitfire said. "What're you doing here?"
"Duh," Fleetfoot said. "She's here because she hurt herself again. Though, she doesn't want to feel the wrath of the Mint... So maybe not?"
"Uh, you guys will need to be quiet, but I'm playing."
"WHAT?!" All the girls said.
"I'm playing. No matter what. And you guys aren't going to stop me." Rainbow walked out, to where the team met. "You guys can't tell anyone, but the team. Except the coach.. just the players."
Walking onto the field, Rainbow ignored her friend's surprised faces. She had to focus. When the guys came out of their locker room, Lighting nor Fire Streak were there, which was a good thing. That meant that Soarin did his part of the plan.
Rapidfire walked up to her. "I thought you couldn't play?" He said.
"Well, I'm not going to let my team lose!" Dash threw her hands in the air.
"We could've won without you..." Fleetfoot mumbled under her breath.
"Sure, that's why we won every time before this, even with Dash on the team." Soarin stepped in, and made his point.
"Yeah yeah." The Mint crossed her arms.
Will the teams please get ready? They heard through the speakers. Principle Cinch was getting the game started. When the Wondercolts were where they needed, Rainbow caught eyes with Sour Sweet. She smiled sweetly. Then stuck her tongue out and shook her head. Talk about childish, Dash thought to herself.
Then the cyan girl mouthed You're going down, and made a thumbs down.
"GO RAINBOW DASHH!!! EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE PLAY-" Rainbow just managed to look over at the bleachers and see Pinkie Pie with a megaphone getting hushed by Applejack.
Rainbow Dash stole a look at her team. It looked good. They would win this year. She locked eyes with Soarin and mouthed Thanks to him. He just smiled and nodded.
Then a thought crossed her mind. Where's my parents? She looked at the bleachers, not seeing them. Then she felt sick. A wave of nausea hit her. They aren't here...
"Hey, you okay? You don't look so good, you sure this is a good idea?" Spitfire put her hand on Dash's shoulder.
"Ye-Yeah. I'm fine." Rainbow turned and looked at the center of the field. The coach was ready, whistle in his mouth. He blew it.
Rainbow Dash went complete offense, she managed to get the ball first, and needed to get as far as she could to the goal. She saw Spitfire up ahead and saw an opening. The athlete kicked the ball, passing it to Spitfire. Running ahead of the flame head, she prepared herself. Spitfire had the choice of passing it to Dash, or to even make an immediate goal.
But she did neither, kicking the ball towards Indigo Zap. But luckily, she didn't get it! Soarin swept forward, and got the soccer ball before a Shadowbolt could. He ran past Spitfire, and Rainbow Dash, and kicked with force. The ball flew through the air, and made a small whistling sound as it soared across the grass.
A cheer went up in the Wondercolt's bleachers. The ball was sitting in the corner of the net, with a the Shadowbolt's goalie panting with their hands on their knees. They had made a point.
Spitfire and Rainbow both high-fived Soarin, then went to where they needed to go. The coach blew the whistle, and Sour Sweet went straight towards the ball, and managed to get to it. Fleetfoot was the first to notice this and motioned for Dash. The Rainbow haired girl responded to this by running, and catching up to Sour. "How ya' doing?" Dash asked.
"Just fine, since you're not paying attention," she answered.
"You sure I'm the one not paying attention?" Rainbow snatched the ball out from Sour Sweet's feet, and dribbled it towards the goal. Surprise was just up ahead, and would be able to take the ball from Dash. The athlete kicked the ball to her, and the blonde was skipping while dribbling the ball.
Rainbow Dash looked in the direction of the bleachers once again, and for the second time, was not able to see them. Slowed down, and her shoulder brushed past someone, whom she never noticed; Soarin. She quickly said sorry, while never looking back. Her eyes were back on Surprise, who was passing the ball towards Spitfire.
The ball never made it though, having Jet Set take it instead. Rainbow chased after the enemy, and watched Fleetfoot, also, pursue after him too. Though, neither made it. Watching Blaze, the Wondercolt goalie, jump for the ball, never to actually block it, saddened Dash. But didn't bring her hopes down.
When the coach blew the whistle for the third time, Rainbow Dash was trailing Spitfire who had the ball. She slowed down, letting Dash get ahead to catch the ball. Rainbow Dash caught the ball between her feet, and dribbled, ready to make a goal. All thoughts cleared from her head, and she brought her leg back, about to kick the ball.
"GO DASHIEEE!" She heard Pinkie's megaphone voice, and her mind wasn't quite so clear anymore. It was actually kind of muddy. She kicked the ball making a goal, but she wasn't quite happy with it. Dash wasn't in a good mood, partially because her parents broke a promise, and Rainbow's head was starting to throb. She was going to regret playing, at some point in the future.
Forget it. Dash thought. Just win. That's why we did this. As the crowd finished cheering, Dash ran to get ready for a new vollie. On the way she high-fived Spitfire and Soarin, and getting hugged by Surprise.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOO DASHHHHHHHHHIEEEEEEEEEEE!" Pinkie cheered again. Rainbow Dash looked at her friends and smiled. A genuine smile. My family is here. And they are an amazing family, huh. She waved, turning around before she got too distracted.
The coach's whistle was blown and Rainbow Dash had the ball, and the game continued. After losing the ball once, her team managed to make a goal. Then another. Unluckily, the Shadowbolts made the next goal. By the end of the game, it managed to be seven to four, making the Wondercolts the winners.
"Oh yeah!" Rainbow Dash cheered. Her team had won the championships. No- not her team. Canterlot High's team. They all won. And she was mighty proud of it.
Pinkie Pie, who was running over to the victorious team, tackled Dash and gave her a huge hug. "C-an't.... Br-eath," The latter gasped for air.
"Whoops!" The Pink haired girl put out a hand for the rainbow haired girl to get up off of the floor. Pinkie ran off to say hello to Surprise, and the rest of the team. Meanwhile, all of the remaining friends of Dash went in for a group hug for the athlete.
"Hey, guys," Rainbow stopped them, releasing the hug. "It wasn't just me!" Rainbow pointed towards the team.
"Uh, ya okay Rainbow?" Applejack questioned, puzzled by the fact that Dash was being modest.
"Sure!" The athlete leaned in and whispered in AJ's ear, "Though, they wouldn't have done it without me." She smirked at the team.
"Oh, my, BANNANAASSS!" Surprise shouted. "We won!" She started dancing, and the team and Rainbow's friend's stared at the girl. Then Pinkie joined in.
"Normal?" Twilight asked Sunset Shimmer in a whisper, while Pinkie and Surprise did the Moonwalk. The bacon haired girl just smiled softly and nodded.
"Why don't we celebrate at Sugar Cube Corner?" Bacon Hair called, and everyone cheered. "Yes, Twilight, this is all normal."
