Rainbow yawned as she sat up on her bed. She looked out the window and rubbed her eyes. The sun was shining, alright. Groaning, she tried her hardest to stand up and reach for the calendar. Scanning it, Rainbow tried to find today's date. Her eyes widened as she noticed which special event was going to happen next week.
It was Sport's Day.
Sport's Day was one of Rainbow's favorite events. She squealed in happiness on the inside and got ready for school.
"Alright, I'm going to appoint which students are going to do which." The teacher announced, looking around the classroom and shooting glares at the students who barely participate. The picking of students went on and on until the end of homeroom period.
"Pinkieee I'm tiiirreedddd....." Rainbow moaned as she rested her head on Pinkie's table. "Why does school have to be so early!? Can't we just have it in the middle of the day?" She said, grabbing a chair to sit on.
Pinkie sighed and didn't answer. After all, it was a rhetorical question. "What are you going to do in sports day? I'm going to do the bread eating contest." She giggled and took out a loaf of bread out of nowhere. She raised it in the air and reached for it with her mouth. But, as she raised her body, her arm raised too, so it didn't have much of a point.
"Weren't you listening to the teacher at all? Sheesh, and I'm the person that's supposed to be told by those words." Rainbow chuckled and took the bread out of Pinkie's hands. "Alright, here." She said once she readied the position of her arm.
Pinkie clapped her hands and tried her best to eat the bread with only her mouth. After a few seconds, a quarter of the bread was already gone.
"Woah, with your strange speed, you can actually win this thing for the class!" Rainbow thought out loud. She then looked away and yawned. "If you really weren't paying attention, I got picked for the obstacle course." She then looked up and in deep thinking. Oh yeah, and archery too."
Looking back down, Rainbow jumped back. "You're already finished!?!" She yelled. Everyone around her looked at her. Rainbow blushed and looked back at Pinkie. "How the hell did you do that?" Rainbow asked, whispering while she rested her arm.
"Beats me." Pinkie shrugged. Her face lit up as Soarin came by. "Sooooaariiinnn! Your girlfriend is here!!" She shouted even louder than Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow's face overheated as she slapped Pinkie across the face. "What the hell do you think you're trying to do!?!"
Pinkie laughed quietly. "Silly Rainbow, you already know what I'm doing!"
"Hardly." Rainbow groaned as she looked away.
"Hey Rainbow, you and Soarin are dating?" Twilight asked, tilting her head.
Rarity joined in. "I knew you'd get interested in love one day!"
"Man bro, really? I didn't know." Thunderlane said to Soarin.
Soarin blushed intensely. "W-we're not together!" He said, slowly walking over to Pinkie's desk. "A-anyways, we're just friends, so don't get the wrong idea! Right, Dashie?"
"Woah, you already call her Dashie?" Starlight wondered out loud. "I thought only close friends like Pinkie call her that."
Lyra and Bonbon clapped their hands together. "How cute~!"
Blushing, Rainbow slapped Soarin even harder than Pinkie Pie. "What are you trying to make them think!?" She yelled. "Are you and Pink pranking me? HUH!?!"
Soarin rubbed his cheek in pain. "N-no! Why would I do that?"
Flitter turned to Cloudchaser. "Hey, you and Thunderlane are dating, right?" She said, pointing at Thunderlane. "Maybe you two can have a group date with Rainbow and Soarin."
Cloudchaser blushed too. "What are you talking about!?!"
"Why am I dragged into this?" Thunderlane asked.
Rainbow shot a glare at Pinkie, who was grinning. "You'll pay for this."
Pinkie giggled. "You always say that."
After a few days, Sports Day came as if it was just an hour after Pinkie shouted to Soarin about Rainbow Dash. Rainbow tried to forget, but it was hard to do that if every girl keeps reminding her and her classmates give her weird looks when she's around Soarin. Heck, it's become the most famous rumor around school.
"I'm sick of these rumors!" Rainbow yelled at Pinkie as she put on her P.E. uniform. "But I betcha if I make the class win, everyone will forget! So I'm givin' it my all!" She said, raising her fist in the air.
Pinkie chuckled. "You seem very pumped." She said. "Is it because you want to show off to Soarin? Don't forget that you're also trying to win him over."
"Enough with that topic!" Rainbow shouted angrily. She then calmed herself down and shut her locker. "Whatever. I'm gonna show Lightning what I'm made of even if you don't say that." Rainbow smirked and turned to Pinkie. "Are we going or what?"
"Oh, right!"
Rainbow nailed shooting the targets. She was the top of the school, and her fanclub was cheering for her. Yes, her fanclub. After a while, the obstacle course came, and Rainbow stretched in almost every way there is in front of Lightning Dust, trying to show her that she won't give up. Turns out, Lightning also got chosen for the obstacle course. "You don't stand a chance." Rainbow smirked.
Lightning Dust rolled her eyes with a scowl. "Right. But you don't either."
Rainbow stood straight and raised her eyebrow. "Won't that make both of us lose?" She questioned.
"Well, it's better than losing to a loser like you." Lightning shot back, strutting away. Rainbow snickered and continued exercising as Pinkie cheered for her like a cheerleader.
A few minutes later, the referee shot the air with the fake gun. Immediately, all the runners (except for some) started running as fast as they could. Rainbow and Lightning exchanged a nasty look every time they passed each other.
"Woohoo! GO RAINBOW DASH!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Give me a D! Give me an A! Give me an S! Give me an H! What does that spell? DA-"
"I think we get it." Soarin said to Pinkie as a bunch of people were looking at her. "You're just embarrassing yourself."
Pinkie Pie shrugged. "Haven't I always?" She giggled. She then ran to the Rainbow Dash fanclub and cheered along with them.
Rainbow used a very brief moment to wink at her fanclub, causing them to squeal and cheer even louder. However, this gave Lightning an advantage to speed up even more. Rainbow's eyes widened a little but accepted the challenge, so she ran as fast as she could.
But, since this was an obstacle course and not a race, they had to jump and duck every time there was an obstacle, this slowed all the contestants down, but they tried their hardest nonetheless.
Once Rainbow saw the finish line, she grinned and ran even faster. But, Lightning ran faster, making Rainbow hesitate a little. She shook her head and ran even faster. She was so fast, it looked like she left a rainbow trail. In the end, it looked like a tie.
But, luckily, one of the students took a picture of the two of them crossing the finish line, and it seemed as though Rainbow won since her arm crossed the finish line first. Rainbow jumped in the air happily as Lightning's mouth fell agape.
"Wait...what the...?" She said, trying to look for something to say. "But...that's not possible! We're a tie!"
Pinkie rolled her eyes and punched Lightning on the shoulder playfully. "Rules. Are rules!"
Soarin did a fistbump with Rainbow. "You did great!"
Rainbow looked away and blushed. "Th-thanks." She muttered. She then turned her back on Soarin and crossed her arms. "W-well, I guess it's your turn now!" She said loudly.
Soarin chuckled and rubbed the back of his head as he walked towards the basketball players. He couldn't think of anything else to do, so he just has to throw as much basketballs as he could in the basket.
Pinkie Pie lightly slapped Rainbow Dash in the back. "Come on, aren't you gonna cheer for your boyfriend?" She said, raising her eyebrow with a smirk.
"For the last time, he's not my-"
"Rainbow, as a girlfriend, you should cheer for him!" Rarity pointed out with a grin. "It's what couples do. Support each other!"
Rainbow blushed. "W-we're not dating, alright!?" She whispered quietly to the two of them.
Applejack wasn't particularly interested in gossip, but she just wanted to know the truth. "Are you sure?" She asked Rainbow. "You two seem awfully close."
Rainbow grunted and sat up. "Really? Now Applejack's in on this?" She said with a blunt and bored face. "Alright, alright, I'm cheering for him. But we're not together." She then jumped up. "Go Soarin! I'm routing for you!" She shouted to Soarin, blushing.
Soairn blushed a little and tilted his head. "What is she doing?" he thought to himself. But then, Lightning Dust, somewhere in the middle of the Soarin fan club, was raising her hands in the air.
"Soooaaarriiinnn!!!" She yelled along with the other Soarin fans. "Go Soarin! Yeah!"
Soarin looked away and shivered. "What situation am I in right now?" He asked himself.
He then turned his attention fully to the basketball court. Sure, he needed the support from the audience, but he still had to focus. As the referee blew the whistle, he dribbled the ball and ran across the court. After a few seconds, someone stole the ball from him, and he became startled.
It was Quibble.
He shook the thought off his head and ran after him.
To be continued...