"Hey, Rainbow Dash!" A girl's voice yelled. Dash turned to see Sunset running towards her.
"Yeah, Sunset?" Dash asked.
"There's a new Wonderbolt match to kick off the new year of school." Sunset said.
"Oh, how ironic. How IT'S ALREADY THE END OF JULY and they're doing the match." Dash said matter-of-factly. She was still miffed about the whole Soarin situation, but she tried not to show it.
"Well, every year, there's a flow of kids who are too lazy to come at the beginning of July and decide to come in the beginning of August, so the Bolts decide to put up a new year match every July 29 or 30." Sunset explained..
"Well, tell me how the match works." Dash said.
"The match is divided into three tiers. Each tier lasts about a day and its sport is randomized by the team and are set up a week before the match." Sunset explained.
"What are the choices?" Dash asked.
"There's a large number of them, including soccer, parkour, swimming-"
"Wait, swimming?"
"There's a pool inside the school, duh."
"Oh."
"So, yeah. The last tier will be a face-off. Like a sportsmanship battle."
"Um....what about the other tiers?"
"There will be a certain number of laps or points you need to accumulate to be able to be qualified in the next round. After the last tier, which the winner of it gets 600 points and the loser 400, an average is calculated and that will determine the winner, depending on how high the average is."
"How did you know?" Dash asked.
"Twilight." Sunset said bluntly.
"Right, right."
"The first one will begin today. Come on, let's go!" Sunset grabbed Dash's arm and dragged her to the yard.
Once they got to the yard, they saw a lot of people pile in. Sunset got in easily, but Dash was a little harder. The guards kept saying no, and those orders were from the Wonderbolts themselves.
Soarin came out, and stopped in front of Dash. "What are you doing here?" He asked.
"I came in to watch the match." Dash said.
"You're not welcome in, Dash." Soarin said, which shattered her heart into a million pieces.
"W-what?" Dash could barely get the words out.
Snowflake appeared behind her. "Soooaaarrr! Your girlfriend is here!" She said singsongly.
"Come on in! You get the VIP seat Snowflake." Soarin said. Dash stood there in shock. So he WAS trying to save himself! Oh, he is so gonna get it! Dash thought angrily.
"Let her in, Soarin." A woman's voice said. She looked up and saw Celestia.
"But-"
"The match is for all new students and old students at Crystalling College. Rainbow is part of the school, is she not?" Celestia questioned. Soarin reluctantly stepped back.
"I'll see you inside, okay, Rainbow Dash?" Celestia said, smiling. Then she turned and walked in.
Dash nodded and turned angrily to Soarin. "Why did you do this?" She said in an angry matter.
"Um-"
"Follow me." Dash dragged Soarin to another area.
"Explain!" Dash yelled.
"Ugh, fine!" Soarin threw his hands up in defeat.
A FEW HOURS EARLIER
"What!? At the beginning of the year, you said you wanted to be friends with her. No, best friends! Why do you want her to be eliminated from the permission roster?!" A girl, named Spitfire, exclaimed.
"She was pestering me too much!" Soarin replied.
"You practiced with her TWICE!" Spitfire yelled.
"And she continued asking me to do more!" Soarin screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Will you two SHUT UP!?" Fleetfoot yelled from downstairs. "You're bursting my eardrums!"
Spitfire sighed. "Fine. If you want to eliminate her, who's going to occupy the last VIP seat?"
Soarin thought for a second, then said, "Snowflake."
BACK TO PRESENT
Dash stared at Soarin. Then she gave up, dropped him and went into the yard.
There was a lot of people at the yard. Some were yelling "WONDERBOLTS!" at the top of their lungs.
She looked for a place to sit and found an empty seat next to Sunset. She got there in two seconds.
"Hey." Dash said to Sunset. Sunset said 'hey' back and stared at the yard.
They had announced the first sport: Basketball. Though she exceled at many sports the school offered, Dash still payed close attention to the team games.