The next day, Rainbow woke up and rolled out of bed, though she would have preferred a more gentle way to wake up. She went to her kitchen. She didn't really feel the need to eat since she could feed off emotions, she could eat whenever she wanted to.
Since I don't have to work for the week, maybe I could see what my best pals are up to. I didn't really hang out with them with all this Wonderbolt stuff. Speaking of pals, where's Ta- Her thoughts were interrupted by something slamming into her head. "Gah!" Dash cried. She looked at the direction of her attacker to find Tank hovering at Dashs eye level and looking at her with a look that said, Can you give me something to eat?
"Oh, sure. I think there's food in the fridge, I'll go get it." Rainbow said, walking towards the fridge before she stopped and added, "And try not to give me a haircut with that propeller."
Rainbow went out to check on Applejack since she lived the nearest to Sweet Apple Acres. She flew over the field of apple trees, hoping to find her friend.
Applejack was hard at work. She was scheduled to buck the apple trees all morning. Phew, it sure is a nice day today. I wonder how mah friends are doin'. Applejack thought before a familiar voice broke her train of thoughts.
"Hey Applejack!" Rainbow greeted loudly, startling the farmer.
"Gah! Rainbow."
"Hehe, I'm just playing with ya. Sure is nice today, huh?"
"It sure is. You on your day off again?" Applejack teased.
"Hey, I need a break every once in a while." Dash defended.
"Yeah, but don't get too comfortable."
"Yeah, yeah. I know. I can see you're busy so I think I'm gonna check on everypony ok. Bye AJ." Rainbow said as she waved.
"See ya RD." Applejack waved back.
Rainbow flew to Fluttershys cottage next and knocked on the door. When it opened, she saw the annoyed face of Angel Bunny.
"Oh, uh. Hey Angel, have you seen Fluttershy around here?" Rainbow asked and as if on queue, Fluttershy walked up to the door to greet her guest.
"Oh, good morning Rainbow! Nice to see you." Fluttershy greeted.
'"Hey Fluttershy! How's it been?"
"It's been fine here in Ponyville, would you like to come inside?" Fluttershy asked as she stepped aside to let her friend in. "How's the Wonderbolts training coming along? I hope they're nice to you."
"Thanks, and the training's fine. It isn't that hard. They're letting me train the recruits at the academy, but since registration is closed for now, I can rest a little more." Rainbow explained.
"Oh, so that means you're on your leave?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yep."
"Oh, that's good. Would you like some tea?" She offered.
"Nah, tea's not really my thing. Plus, I'm not that thirsty."
"Oh, ok. How about a sandwich?"
"I just ate a sandwich for breakfast. Don't worry, I'm fine." Dash reassured.
"Oh, ok." Fluttershy smiled. Something tugged at her mane, she looked down to see Angel Bunny looking more annoyed than before. He pushed his bowl closer to her.
"Oh, I guess it's time for me to feed Angel. Bye Rainbow!" She waved.
"Ok, cya Fluttershy!" Dash waved from the door and strated her decent.
Rainbow flew over Ponyville and towards Sugar Cube Corner where she saw Pinkie looking out of the window on the second floor. She gazed up at Rainbow and the next second, she was gone. Rainbow was left confused by Pinkies action.
She eventually reached her destination and landed. She entered the building and saw Pinkie at the counter preparing some cupcakes.
"Oh, hi Pinkie! How's the bakery doing?" Rainbow asked cheerily.
"Hiya Dashie! The bakery's been going great! We just came up with a new recipe and its been a great seller! How's the Wonderbolt training going?"
"Fine, I'm on my break right now since registration's close for, well, I don't know how long exactly but it's a around a month."Rainbow rubbed the back of her head as she said the last part.
"Hmm, cool! Want a cupcake?" Pinkie asked as she pulled out a cupcake from nowhere.
"Uhh, I'm fine Pinkie, thanks anyway." Rainbow said as she waved away the hoof. Pinkie shrugged before stuffing the cupcake in her mouth. Rainbow just rolled her eyes at her friends random antics.
"Pinkie! Can you help me run an errand? We're out of milk!" Mr. Cake called from the kitchen.
"Coming!!" Pinkie shouted back." See ya Dashie!!"
"Bye Pinks!"
Rainbow was just a few feet over Carousal Boutique yet she could still hear shouting from the building. She landed at the door and knocked, nopony answered. She knocked again, still no reply. Getting a little annoyed, she opened the door gently to see a paint-covered Rarity and the whole inside of the boutique filled with hair dye, torn up clothes and other sewing materials.
"Uhh, Rarity?" Rainbow asked. Rarity tilted her head at Rainbow, her eye twitching.'Oh feathers, maybe it's best if I leave her for now...' Rainbow thought. " Umm, nevermind." She said before closing the door.
Rainbow walked to the Friendship Castle since it wasn't too far from the Boutique. She still wasn't used to the giant castle instead of the Golden Oaks Library, she was sure Twilight wasn't used to it as well. Rainbow walked up the crystal steps to the grand doors of the castle and knocked. The door opened revealing Spike behind it.
"Oh, hello Rainbow! What brings you here?" He asked politely.
"Hi Spike! I just wanted to see what you guys were up to." Rainbow replied.
"Spike, who is that?" Somepony cut in from the end of the main hall. Spike opened the door wider and Rainbow saw Twilight holding a quill and a really long checklist in her aura.
"Hey Twi!" Rainbow greeted and saw the checklist. "I see you're quite... busy." She snickered. Twilight blushed which only made Dash laugh harder and made Spike join her.
"Har har, Rainbow." Twilight rolled her eyes. "Would you like to come in?" Twilight offered.
"Sure!" Dash said, calming down. Spike closed the door behind her.
"So, anything interesting you doing? Maybe some new spells?" Rainbow asked while flying up to Twilight.
Twilight raised a brow. "Why would you asked about spells?" She asked as she teleported the quill and checklist somewhere. Probably a drawer.
"Well, I've seen you do some interesting spells before. Like swaping a pony's cutie mark. Or how about that time when you went crazy with that attraction spell and made everypony go after your doll." Rainbow giggled a little at the memory.
"Ok, fist off, those were one of Starswirls spells. Second, that was an accident!" Twilight exclaimed.
"Yeah, I know, I'm just kidding."
"But about your question, I was practicing a, well, not a new spell but the advanced version of an original one." Twilight explained.
"Hmm, so, can I see it?"
"Of course!" Follow me." Twilight motioned Rainbow to follow her.
"What about me?" Spike asked them before they went off.
"I left a gem cupcake somewhere around the kitchen, you can eat it."
"Sweet, thanks Twilight!" With that, Spike went off to look for his prize while Twilight led Rainbow down tje hall.
"So, where are we going?" Rainbow asked.
"You'll see."
Twilight led Rainbow to a room that contained nothing, nothing except a changeling plush sitting on a short stool.
"And we're here because?" Rainbow asked slowly.
"I'm practicing a spell that can remove an items disguise or cover. The original one only works on ponies, this can work on items."
"Oh, cool! I'll just stand over here while you do it." Rainbow said a little nervously while standing away from Twilight and the plush toy.
Twillight lit her horn and aimed towards the changeling plush. When the spell fired and hit the plush toy, a ring expanded around it and Dash was just in its reach.
Dash felt weak and sick, she fell to the floor feeling the hold on her disguise let go. Just before passing out, she could have sworn she saw the changeling plush turn into an earth pony one.