Ponies get older over time. They slow down. This is a part of life. But Rarity, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie can keep pursuing their dreams as they get older. Rainbow Dash can't. This is her last chance to be a Wonderbolt, and despite working her tail off, she's not getting any better. In fact, she's getting slower. She just wants things to be fair. She wants one last chance to achieve her dream.

She wants to be faster.

This is what happens when she gets her wish.

A three part story.

Featured 10/7-10/9/13. Posted to Equestria Daily on 5/2/14.

Now with a sequel.
MEDALS AND RIBBONS:

This story is part of Twilight's Library because of Skeeter the Lurker.

Twilight's Library Ribbon

And

It also won Skeeter the Lurker's medal.

Skeeter the Lurker's medal

Entry for the Writer's Group Contest & the Rainbow Dash Contest.

Winner, 2nd place, Rainbow Dash Contest.

Voted in by Twenty Great Stories on 11/3/13.

Voted in by The Royal Guard, March 2014

Edited by: SpaceCommie, Cola Bubble Gum

Artwork by: 2135D

An earlier draft of this cover art was featured on EQD.

All these years there has been a piece of information about Rainbow Dash's family that even she didn't know about. One day, her father comes to visit her from Cloudsdale, bringing with him a long lost family member; Rainbow Dash's twin sister, Spirit Dash. Rainbow Dash finds herself all alone when her friends discover that they like Spirit better than Rainbow.

A look back at Rainbow Dash's first meeting with Fluttershy in their school days, and their adventures together. NO SHIPPING! Roughly 10 years before FiM. Three seasons and still canon!

When Rainbow dash is turned in to a foal by a strange new plant in the Everfree Forest, it will be up to Fluttershy to take care of her, will this help them become closer as friends or more, or will they fall apart.

When your life is as dull a gray as the world that surrounds you, the mundanities can make it all seem meaningless. Sometimes all we need is a little color -- or six -- to reintroduce us to what truly makes life worth living.

*6-16-2017 Edit, added Rainbow Dash tag because it triggered knighty.*

At Elementary School, Rainbow Dash meets Fluttershy, who relays her the legend of the Sonic Rainboom. Supposedly a beautiful sight for all to behold, an event that influences many lives once it occurs. Dash wanted to be a part of it, or at least see one. And one day, she did manage to get a view of it.

Unfortunately, she was the only one who did.

Apple Bloom is sick and tired of having to do everything Applejack tells her just because she's the younger of the two. So when a certain embodiment of chaos offers to fulfill her desire to be the older sister, how could she say no? After all, she's always wanted to be older. This, however, wasn't exactly how she envisioned it.

Written for the Transformations group's prompt contest!

Thanks to Bitz for the cover art!

As you all know Scootaloo is a Cutie Mark Crusader but she never has been given a back story so these are my ideas on how she came to be in Ponyville

As Twilight goes throughout her new life, she takes care to never forget the special ponies that helped to mold her into who she is, even with the pain that comes with the remembrance. One pony in particular, however, stands out among the rest.

When an unknown future beckons, she calls upon the blissful memories that she treasures so much, and remembers the pony who taught her the most important lesson of all...

How to love.

Cover art provided by SilFoe, used with permission.

Recommended music for the letters: Green and Blue - Halo 4 OST

Scootaloo's final thoughts as she plummets to her demise.