Down at Sweet Apple Acres, Takumi was helping Applejack and Apple Bloom pick up
the branches that the wind knocked down, he was pulling around a
cart and the Apple Sisters picked up the branches and threw them in.
"That storm knocked down a lot of branches" Applejack noted "I don't think I've
picked this many up in a long time".
"Well, it was a powerful storm" Apple Bloom told her "Derpy came by the night before
to tell us".
"I'm just glad we knew in advance" Applejack said "I don't even want to think about
how bad it would have been if we didn't".
"Have you had a bad storm and you weren't prepared?" Takumi asked.
"Yeah, it wasn't very long after Twilight came into town" Applejack began explaining
"Me and Rarity had to hunker down with Twilight, it didn't do any serious damage but
it did put a hole in the roof of the barn and it knocked down one of our younger
trees but we were able to save it" Applejack then looked off into the distance
"The worst one I've heard happen to the farm was when my Grandma was a filly,
they just started planting and this horrible storm rolled in from the Everfree
Forest and took out a small section of a newly planted orchard and ripped half of
the roof off the barn they just built, thankfully none of the crop was ruined or
there would've been major problems" Applejack let out a sigh, not long after that
the Pegasi started helping keep the storms at bay and would warn us at least a week
in advance so we could prepare".
"Wow-ee!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she hopped over and put the branches she collected
into the cart "That storm sounded like a doozy!".
"Yeah" Applejack agreed "But since the Pegasi can get rid of the storms that come
over from the forest, we don't have to worry about that kinda thing anymore".
"That's a good thing" Takumi said as he pulled the cart away to drop off the branches
in the firewood pile.
"It is" Apple Bloom added "And a good thing about this past storm is all the firewood
we can use this fall and winter".
"Eeyup" Applejack replied.
Takumi returned with the now empty cart, switched out with Applejack and he started
to help Pinkie and Apple Bloom with collecting the fallen branches.
Rainbow Dash, Kenji and Itsuki were back in the park to practice more flying.
Rainbow once again had her favorite cap and whistle on, only this time she also had
her sunglasses on, making her look similar to Spitfire when Rainbow went to the
Wonderbolt Academy.
Rainbow blew her whistle loudly then spoke up "Alright you two, you have passed your
basic flying training and are moving on to advanced flying and weather manipulation".
"Weather manipulation?" Kenji asked.
"Yes, in Equestria, the Pegasi are tasked with managing the weather" Rainbow
explained "And the most simple job is called Cloud-Busting" Rainbow then continued
"Cloud-Busting is when we need to clear the skies of clouds, like this" Rainbow
took off, flew towards a nearby cloud and kicked it, making it vanish. She turned
around and flew back towards her trainees and landed "It's easy-peasy, you'll have
it down quickly". she looked at the two of them "Who wants to go first?".
Kenji stood up "I'll give it a try" he flew off towards a nearby cloud and went to
kick it, but unlike flying. Kenji wasn't much for Cloud-Busting, as the cloud sent
a small bolt of lightning that went through his whole body and sent him crashing to
the ground, he shook his head and looked at Rainbow Dash "I thought you said it was
easy?" he asked.
"It is, but if you're not focused on clearing the cloud you can have..mixed results"
Rainbow told him "Pegasi can also manipulate the weather with their emotions, and
if you don't keep a clear mind it can do crazy things".
"I'll keep that in mind" Kenji responded.
"I'll give it a try!" Itsuki said to Rainbow.
"Alright, but just be careful" Rainbow replied.
Itsuki flapped his wings, flew towards the cloud and kicked it, immediately getting
rid of the cloud. Much to the shock of the two ponies on the ground.
"Can you get rid of the rest of them?" Rainbow asked.
"I think so" Itsuki answered and he started systematically getting rid of the clouds
over the park, after he finished he landed by the two other Pegasi
who still wore shocked expressions on their faces "What?" he asked them.
"That was amazing!" Rainbow told him happily "You're awesome at Cloud-Busting".
"Thanks Rainbow!" Itsuki responded.
"Okay, Kenji" Rainbow said to him "Your turn to try again".
"I'll get it this time" Kenji said determinedly as he took off again, he found a
cloud and kicked it, but got the same response as before, he crashed to the ground
once again.
Itsuki walked over to him "Not the same as flying, huh?" he said with a slight grin.
Kenji shot him a death glare and growled a little at Itsuki's smugness, making Itsuki
back off a little. Afraid of what Kenji might do to him if he stayed too close to him.
Rainbow then decided to end this before something bad would happen.
"Okay guy, how about we try some advanced flying maneuvers?" Rainbow suggested.
"Sounds good" Kenji said "What do you have in mind?".
"Well, I know some stuff that I'd love to teach you two" Rainbow told them.
Rainbow proceeded to explain some tricks, that Pegasi learn in Flight Camp.