The Rain in the Boom

by Neon_Spirit


The big entrance

The wind was hitting hard against her flowing multi-coloured mane,
The pressure and speed hit against her wings,
The glow of the sun in the sky was leaning against her cyan coat,
She loved it.


Rainbow Dash was one of (or overall) the best flyer in all of Equastria. To some ponies it may have been surprising that she had not been asked to join the wonderbolts sooner, however Dash knew why.
She was over-confident and self absorbed.
But now, she had become and grown into a potential leader, despite the fact that Spitfire is the captain of the bolts.
"One day..'' she thought to herself whilst still maintaining the same speed, ''I'll be the captain, and my awesomeness will be noticed even....'' she hit her head with her hoof. "... no... I need to be less self absorbed. Less self absorbed. Less self absorbed...'' these words played in RD's mind when all of a sudden, still in the sky, she bumped into something, not painfully, because it was soft, although it was somepony.
"hey Crash!'' the voice crept into Rainbow's ears, not because of the tone, but because of her nickname.
"hey Flatfoot.'' Dash remarked as Fleet foots smirk curled downwards slightly upon her own nickname rasping through her own ears.
Both pegasi were just above the runway.


Dash turned to Fleet foot with determination painted on her face. "Oh no... I hate it when you pull that face;'' Fleet foot started to say with annoyance in her voice.
"... it means you have a plan, and your plans aren't exactly that bright.''
Rainbows jaw dropped from this insult.
"I'll have you know, that my plans are very effective. Remember the time I,... er, that didn't go so well. OH WAIT! How about the time I, no.. that didn't go so well either.'' Rainbow muttered underneath her breath as she cringed from remembering how she tried to get rid of her awful nickname.


"Just forget it Crash, you never think your ideas through, so why do you think the idea you came up with a moment ago would be remotely a good Ide-'' Fleet foot was about to continue until Rainbow announced 3 words which repeated numerous times in Fleet's head, which sent goosebumps down her spine.
"A Sonic Rainboom.''


"A-are you crazy????? That's too dangerous! I mean; you've only pulled that off like, three times? What if it goes wrong? What if.....''
"trust me'' is all Dash answered as she sprinted up into the air before Fleet foot could continue.


As soon as Dash was at a good height, she turned and flew as fast as her wings would take her towards the runway.
A cone started to form around her, as all of the bolts whom had ran outside to witness the so called 'old mares tail' gasped, and soon enough, the circle of light pierced and flooded the sky with a set of colours, and the sound followed the amazing sight as it hit all of the pegasi ears.
But to one bolt it was more then legendary,
To one stallion it was more then outstanding,
To one navy blue maned stallion it reminded him of when he first met the mare he cared for most in Equastria,
It reminded him of the time Rainbow Dash had saved his life.


As much as Rainbow enjoyed all of the praising words from the ground where she had performed the amazing stunt, she couldn't help but feel worried about Soarin who was just standing as stiff as a tree glaring at the floor as if he was thinking. Thinking hard.
Spitfire had spotted him and was confused as to why he was so motionless, so she decided to wake him up from his thoughts.
She trotted towards him with her clip board in her hoof and her whistle around her neck.



Soon enough Dash landed gracefully on the ground, whilst panting for air. Every pony ran up to her in excitement, accept for one pony. That was Soarin.
Memories were flowing through his head, such as when Rainbow had saved his life, when she had performed a Rainboom at the Canterlot wedding, and then danced with him, at this moment his brain only focused on these memories, until...
"Soarin? SOARIN!!!!!'' the loud echoing voice was followed by a whistle that crawled through his mind sharply.
Spitfire had a face of rage, whilst standing right before him. His first thought was 'wow; she's using her inside voice' Soarin was sweating trying to think of what to say. "you love using that whistle.. don't you?''
Spitfires lips curled into a smile, slowly, but eventually she smiled. "yeah, I love my whistle.'' she said whilst tapping it gently with her hoof. "don't know what I'd do without it.'' she turned from Soarin and trotted off. Soarin shook his head and chuckled.
Until... he heard a voice with made his heart beat through his pulse.


"Hey Soarin! What did ya think of my sonic rainboom? Impressive, right?''
Soarin stayed firmly in place, and started stuttering, ''y-yeeahh, Prett-y awe-s-ssome just l- like you..'' Soarin mentally facehoofed knowing that Dash would tease him about the unclear words he had just said. However, to his surprise, he could hear muffled chuckles from the mare.
"you're awesome too ya know, its just that I'm the princess of awesome.'' Rainbow stated proudly.
At this moment Soarin felt his grin rise. "A princess doesn't go around boasting about herself awesomeness, however I..''
''YOU?'' Dash burst into a fit of laughter. "sure Soarin, I bet you're gonna strap a fake horn on your head and say,'' RD started in a mocking voice as she got into character, ''I am Soarin, princess of goofiness and eating pies.''
They both hit the flour hard in laughter. Soarin helped Dash back up, and they both headed towards the wonderbolts HQ.