A week later...
"WOOHOO! Oh yeah!" Rainbow cheered wildly and happily as she left the Wonderbolt Academy. She hummed happily, "Spring break for me! Spring break for me! Spring break for me!" She then heard some beeping noise and even noticed her cutie mark glowed brightly. She gasped, "The map! Looks like I'm on Friendship Mission! Awesome!"
Rainbow speeding up her flying as she was following after her holographic cutie mark, which was heading straight to the Castle of Friendship. She entered through the window.
Rainbow found Twilight, Applejack and Pinkie were at the Council Chamber. Three of them were looking at the Cutie Map to know their locations. She joined her friends down.
"Hey, Twilight! So where am I going? The Crystal Mountains? Vanhoover? Here?" Rainbow asked happily, "Please say here."
"Well, the good news is we both got called by the map!" Twilight said happily.
"Awesome! Does that mean there's bad news?" Rainbow asked in concern. Twilight shrugged as she pointed at the Cutie Map, which has hers and Rainbow's Cutie Mark floating on Wonderbolt Academy. This annoyed her to groan, "I was just there!" She turned and looked at both Applejack and Pinkie. She asked, "So, what's yours?"
"Don't know," Applejack turned and looked at hers and Pinkie's cutie mark were floating around thunderstorm-like, strange poisoned gases and M16-like buildings on the lightning shaped land-like. She hummed amusingly, "But definitely that's the place we go for Friendship Mission."
"What's with the gloomy thunderstorm," Pinkie asked curiously, "And not to mention, some strange clouds on the land? Is that supposed to be some gas?"
"Yes, it is. That's called Thunder Agency Domain or known as Area T - home and headquarter for Mystic Thunder Scientists and Agents," Twilight explained before showing concern and uneasy looks at the area, "And if I were you, I'd bring my radioactive suits."
"Why?" Applejack asked in confusion.
Twilight sighed, "Trust me. That place is not gonna be pleasant for anyone to breathe..."
Twilight and her friends split into two teams - Twilight and Rainbow headed to Wonderbolt Academy while Applejack and Pinkie moved to Area T. Both of them were still flying. While the princess remain calm and cheerful as before, the daredevil Pegasus looked concern about her friend. She just hope Twilight is alright and recovered from Maul's raping her after one week has passed.
"Hey, Twi. You're sure up for this mission?" Rainbow asked. Twilight turned and looked at her. She continued, "You're still resting after some fiasco with that Demon Changeling."
"Don't worry about me, Rainbow." Twilight said calmly, "I'm fine. I survive the worst. "
Rainbow sighed, "Alright. Just don't push yourself up. Just be glad that this mission is gonna be a monster fight or fighting with Dark Mystic Ponies. Otherwise, it might be problem for both of us."
"Really? I thought you loved fighting."
"That's so true. But I'm not putting my friend at risk. Plus, SD will kill me if I put you in danger again."
Twilight smiled, "Glad you care for me, Rainbow. Anyway, let's go and find Friendship Problem."
"Right!" Rainbow saluted before gasped, "And here we are!"
Twilight and Rainbow came across to the platform, where Spitfire was talking to the latest and newest recruits. They both landed on the ground. They approached to the Wonderbolt Captain while listening to her pep talk.
"All right, newbies! Welcome to trials week for the Wonderbolt Academy! You'll be judged on your speed, strength, agility, and technique, culminating in a final evaluation. Will it be hard?" Spitfire spoke firmly, "Yes! Will you cry? Maybe. Will you fly so much your wings fall off? That has only happened once."
Some of Wonderbolt Recruits looked uneasy and worried while others remained calm and firm about Spitfire's speech.
"You think you've got what it takes to be an elite flyer?" Spitfire asked firmly. The Wonderbolt Recruits exclaimed and saluted, 'Yes, ma'am'. She continued, "Well, lemme tell you. You don't!"
Rainbow Dash sighed wistfully, "I remember when she said that to me."
The Wonderbolt Recruits gasped in surprise as they all chatted and muttered in amazement and surprise upon looking at both Twilight and Rainbow.
Spitfire was annoyed as she blew her whistle out loud, "Quit your whispering and give me five hundred laps! Go, go, go!"
The recruits yelped and panicked as they all flew off for training at once into the sky. Spitfire turned and faced to both of her guests.
"Welcome, Princess Twilight." Spitfire greeted while bowed in humble. She turned to Rainbow Dash, "What are you doing back so soon?"
"Official friendship business." Rainbow answered with a salute.
"That doesn't surprise me at all," Blazefist remarked amusingly. Both Twilight and Rainbow turned to their back as they found him approaching them. He gave them his charming gentle smile, "Hey, girls."
"Blaze, what's up?" Rainbow exclaimed happily as she gave Blazefist a hoof-bump, "Let me guess. Here to see Indigo's training?"
"You betcha. Aqua's also here. Giving those two some privacy and mother-daughter time together especially both of them like lots of training and action."
"Awesome, Blazefist."
"Have you both noticed anypony having a hard time with their friends?" Twilight asked curiously.
Blazefist yelped in concern before rubbing his head while nervously and uneasily answered, "Not that I know of..."
"Not really, but it's not my job to worry about their relationships." Spitfire answered firmly before turned and looked at the recruits' training, "I'm here to make them elite flyers."
Rainbow smiled while looking at the recruits, "Adorable. They're so full of hope and competition." She then noticed some of ponies didn't perform well on their flying, "Eh, their technique could use some work, though."
"You should tell them. I'm sure they'd appreciate any notes from you." Twilight suggested.
"Nah." Rainbow declined, "I wouldn't want to mess with their confidence."
"Rainbow, criticize their weakness helps them to improve," Blazefist said calmly and firmly, "Cause if you don't, they're stuck where they started."
"He has the point," Spitfire said in agreement while looking at the recruits' training, "I'm gonna have to drill them on basic technique in the classroom portion."
"Classroom portion?" Twilight asked happily. Spitfire nodded in confirmation. She squealed happily, "Maybe we can help!" She turned to Rainbow and Blazefist, "Between your flying skills, Blaze's discipline training and my teaching expertise, they could learn a lot! Plus, once they get to know us, they'll be more comfortable coming to us with their friendship problems!"
Rainbow smirked, "Count us in!"
"Yeah," Blazefist smiled uneasily, "That'd be great idea..."
"Great!" Spitfire smiled in relief. She then blew the whistle, which brings all the recruits in. Unfortunately, they all fell to the ground hard. She sighed, "You have your work cut out for you."
And just before anypony could do anything, they yelped upon hearing some loud argument. They all turned to the left, where they saw an found Aqua and Indigo were shouting at each other angrily and fiercely. This shocked Twilight, Rainbow and some of recruits. Both Spitfire and Blazefist have their facepalms.
Indigo groaned, "You're so unbelievable, mom, you know that!"
"Oh, don't you dare give me that attitude, young lady," Aqua exclaimed firmly while pointed at her, "When I say 'no', I mean it! You've got it!"
Blazefist groaned, "Not this again..."
"Wow! What's gotten into coach and her kiddo?" Rainbow asked in concern.
"Did something bad happen to them?" Twilight asked in concern.
Spitfire sighed in annoyance, "Why am I not surprise? Those two ponies always get into their argument. Again..."
"Huh? Why?" Rainbow asked curiously.
"Beats me. Hopefully, not the same argument again," Spitfire said in concern, "When you were still Wonderbolt Reservist, Blazefist came to me and wanted to enroll her kid here. But her mom thinks that being a Tiger Warrior is better than this."
"Seriously? Is she kidding me?" Rainbow asked in annoyance, "I thought she's okay with it."
Twilight nodded, "Yeah. So do I. Could this be Friendship Problem?"
Blazefist yelped, "No!" Everyone turned and looked at him. He chuckled uneasily, "This is just a regular argument. Nothing serious. Anyway, I'd better stop them now."
Blazefist headed off as he tried to talk and calm down his wife and daughter from arguing with each other. Twilight and Rainbow looked at each other before giving a shrug about it.
Twilight and Rainbow were heading to the classroom. And surprisingly, she magically levitated and brought scrolls and books about 'flight' and 'wings'.
"Thank goodness I had time to whip up a few charts on flight patterns and wing symmetry! It's fresh in my mind from when I learned to fly!" Twilight said before shouted happily, "This is so exciting!"
"Maybe for you. I practically fell asleep when I went through this." Rainbow remarked dryly. Suddenly, her eyes went wide while smirked devilishly. She held her airhorn out while blew it at her friend's ears, "Tell you what. I'll leave the teaching stuff to you, and I'll just make sure they stay awake!"
Twilight Sparkle groaned while rubbing her ears gently, "I'm pretty sure their thirst for knowledge will keep them bright-eyed and bushy-tailed."
"Good one, Twilight." Rainbow chuckled amusingly. She rammed the door as she blew the airhorn, which shock and scared out the recruits. She shouted, "Wake up, newbies! Class is in session!"
Twilight sighed while rolled her eyes in annoyance. Nevertheless, she marched in as she took her place on the speech stand. She settled all of her documents on it.
"Hello, students!" Twilight greeted, "I'm Twilight Sparkle, and this is Rainbow Dash."
"But you can call us 'T-Sparks' and 'The Dashinator'!" Rainbow shouted. Twilight gave her a annoying looks. She laughed nervously, "Just kidding."
Twilight Sparkle sighed, "And we're here to go over basic flying technique."
GROANED!Rainbow groaned in annoyance, "Who said that?!" She looked up and found a navy Pegasus with light greenish mane and tail in lightning-like style with white streak and his cutie mark is lightning shape in upside down, who has shown bored manner. She hummed, "What's your name?"
"Sky Stinger. You've, uh, never heard of me?" Sky asked amusingly.
A white Pegasus with fluffy-like cyan-white mane and tail with shooting star-like cutie mark spoke up happily, "He set the record for the fastest vertical acceleration rate! Five hundred feet in two seconds! It's amazing."
Twilight cleared her throat, "It is, and we can talk personal records after class, Ms...?
"Vapor Trail. She's my wingpony. I never fly without her." Sky explained.
"But you'll have to in the solo trials." Rainbow said calmly. This shocked and scared Vapor Trail. She continued, "Yup. It's a part of your final evaluation."
Vapor looked uneasy and worried, Sky scoffed confidently, "We'll ace that test with our wings tied behind our flanks." He turned and looked at eight picture frames including Rainbow Dash's. He smirked, "My picture will go right up there, next to yours. And I can't wait to beat the Blaze Phoenix General."
"That's a mighty big claim, considering everypony here is an amazingly awesome crazy-good flyer." Rainbow said dryly. Sky smirked amusingly. She sighed, "And trust me, Blazefist is one pony you don't wanna mess with especially his wife and kiddo."
"Please. Indigo Zap is nothing compare to me. I'll pass the test like flying colors," Sky said boastfully, "I can handle it."
Twilight Sparkle cleared throat, "Okay! Let's get back on track."
"Okay... Just glad that we finally push it aside," Blazefist said calmly and gently as he and his family were having picnic, near to the Wonderbolt Bunker, "How about we have some family picnic?"
Blazefist smiled uneasily as he looked at both his wife and daughter glaring at each other. He chuckled uneasily, "So, everyone okay with it? Ready to dig in?"
"Yeah... Whatever..." Aqua and Indigo said dryly.
Three of them ate their sandwiches enjoyably, though both mother and daughter were glaring at each other. They haven't spoken a word about it. This made him uneasy and concern about it.
"So... How's your training, kiddo?" Blazefist asked calmly before chuckled a bit, "Quite busy and tense you've been doing..."
Aqua scoffed while eating her sandwich, "Yeah. No doubt getting yourself hurt again especially when I told you to be careful with your wings. You always sprain your wing."
Indigo groaned in annoyance, "Like you're any different from me. Aunt Tigress told me that you sprained your wings when you tried to show off your martial arts to Uncle Brave! I bet you've got worse than me."
Aqua groaned in anger, "Why you little-!"
"Now, now. There's no need to get into fight," Blazefist suggested calmly, "We're here to have a good picnic. Nothing more, nothing less. Got it?"
"Tell that to my mom. She always got into a fight," Indigo snapped in annoyance, "Than just listen to anyone's talking."
Aqua huffed in anger, "At least, I know how to control my temper. You always lose it whenever you couldn't get what you wanted like letting you in this place."
"Hey! At least, dad supported and trusted me about this! He let me make my dream come true, but you wouldn't because you'd think I'm not good for it."
"I didn't say that! I'd say you need more training and discipline before join the Wonderbolt. You've got earwax problem. I could have clean it properly."
"Forget it, old hag!"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME, YOU LITTLE BRAT?!"
Indigo yelped in concern as she realized of her error - never call Aqua 'old hag'. Aqua jumped and slammed her punch at her daughter, who quickly rolled to her back. The mother gave chase after her daughter around the building for few times. This irritated and annoyed Blazefist as he approached and held both of them from chasing.
"KNOCK IT OFF!" Blazefist exclaimed in anger, "You two need some serious timeout!"
"Whatever, I need some training anyway!" Indigo exclaimed in annoyance.
Aqua huffed, "Yeah. I definitely need to work on my Mystic Water Power and punches."
Aqua and Indigo turned and headed to their own direction for their own training. Blazefist sighed as he never thought that the argument is becoming worse than before.
"This is getting worse than before. I hate to admit. It is Friendship Problem," Blazefist admitted in annoyance and concern, "I need the expert now."
As the academy's bell rang, the recruits chatted and exclaimed happily and wildly while ran through the door. Twilight and Rainbow were the last ponies to leave. Sky Stinger approached both of them.
"Hey, Teach!" Sky called. Both Twilight and Rainbow turned and looked at him. He continued, "Um, uh, I need you both. About the solo test. I'm actually kinda worried about it."
"Aw, that's all right. We all have moments where we doubt ourselves." Twilight said calmly.
"No, no. I've absolutely zero doubts about myself. I'm a strong flyer. Like, really, really, really strong." Sky said confidently, "This isn't about me. I'm worried for Vapor."
"Oh, well, that is very... kind of you?" Twilight asked in surprise.
Rainbow hummed thoughtfully before suggested, "Tell you what. It's almost time for your freestyle training. Why don't you grab her and show us what you got?"
"Yes! Prepare to be impressed! By me." Sky said proudly before showing concern looks, "Like I said, Vapor still needs work."
Sky then flew off at once. Both Twilight and Rainbow looked at each other before shrugged amusingly. Nevertheless, they will do what they can to help Sky and Vapor out with their flying techniques and abilities.
Twilight and Rainbow were checking and testing on both Sky and Vapor's freestyle flight training. Sky was on top while Vapor was below as they both were flying close together. Twilight was amazed and impressed of watching their training while Rainbow gave some suspicious and concern looks.
"Well, he may be full of himself, but I have to admit, Sky is an excellent flyer." Twilight remarked in surprise, "He must have shot up two hundred feet!"
"But did you see Vapor Trail? Her wing was under his. I think she gave him a boost." Rainbow said in concern.
Twilight looked confuse and concern. Rainbow pointed at both Pegasi. They both saw Vapor was upside down as she flapped and gave a boost on Sky to fly in rotation style. This shocked and surprise the princess about it.
"I think you're right! Vapor just created a gust of wind that caught Sky's wing at a forty-five degree angle, propelling him into a flipping loop!" Twilight said in concern before remarked amusingly, "Somepony paid attention in class!"
"Sky obviously has no idea he's not actually amazingly awesome." Rainbow said in concern.
"And Vapor's so busy making her friend look good, she's not focused on her own flying at all." Twilight gasped in realization, "This must be our friendship problem! And there's only one thing to do!"
"Fix it without telling them." Rainbow answered while Twilight said differently at the same time, "Tell them the truth."
Both Rainbow and Twilight were surprise and shocked that they didn't share the same idea of solving the friendship problem.
"You don't want to tell them?" Twilight asked in surprise.
Rainbow nodded, "Of course not! Flying is like thirty percent skill and seventy percent confidence! You can't mess with a flyer's confidence!"
"But you can't improve if you don't think you have to! Besides, Vapor's keeping a pretty big secret from Sky, and that could lead to trouble!"
"Yeah, but if we tell them that they've been holding each other back, that could be trouble too!"
"Ah, I nailed that flipping loop." Sky said confidently as he landed on the platform, "I'm actually surprised you're still here. Thought I blew you away."
Vapor panted as she landed, "You were... great, Sky."
"Come on, Vapor Trail!" Spitfire scolded as she arrived at the scene, "You're gonna have to build up your endurance if you want a shot at the Academy! Wonderbolts don't get winded!" She then looked up and found some ponies struggled with busting some clouds. She groaned as she flew towards the recruits, "Aw, come on! Quit screwing around! You need to show those Imperial Phoenix that we're the Pegasi aren't to be mess with!"
Sky chuckled a bit before turned to Vapor, "We'll keep working, and who knows? One day, you might come close to being almost as good as me."
Vapor blushed while shook her head, "Oh, I don't think so. You were voted Stratusburg's most promising flyer! I was voted best sneeze."
Sky smiled, "You do have a really great sneeze."
"Thanks, Sky, but I don't think I can sneeze my way into the Academy." Vapor sighed, "I'm pretty beat. I'm gonna hit the showers."
Sky hummed in concern as he turned to Twilight and Rainbow, "You have to help her."
And just before Twilight could say anything, Rainbow interrupted while pushing her friend away, "Will do!"
As Rainbow and Twilight were moving away from Sky, they bumped on Blazefist to the ground. Three of them groaned as they recovered and stood up from the ground.
"Hey girls. Sorry about bumping on yoy," Blazefist greeted while groaned in pain, "Have you seen Aqua and Indigo?"
"Uh no." Rainbow answered before her eyes widened in realization, "Wait. Don't tell me that they're both still arguing again."
Blazefist sighed, "Yeah. They got split after the picnic. I just hope they didn't get too far."
"Well, let's check on locker room. They might be there," Twilight suggested.
Three ponies have arrived and entered the locker room, where they found Vapor opened her locker for checking and searching on her stuffs. They even spotted Aqua and Indigo at the cornered area. Both of them refused to talk to each other after the struggle.
Two mares approached Vapor while Blazefist went and checked on his two family members.
"Hey, you did great. You're a really strong flyer." Rainbow remarked in amusement.
"Vapor Trail, we know what you've been doing." Twilight said firmly, which confuse Vapor. Rainbow was about to interrupt but the princess held her hoof against her friend's mouth. She spoke at once,
Vapor yelped in concern, "Uh, I don't know what you're talking about! Sky doesn't need anypony's help. He's amazing." Twilight gave an annoying looks while Rainbow was uneasy and concern to her. This made her nervous and worried. She sighed in defeat, "Aw, sugarcubes!"
"Why are you doing this for him?" Twilight asked in concern.
"You have to understand about Sky. It started when we were kids," Vapor explained while recalled about her childhood memories with Sky and why she helped him. She continued, "Sky grew up with a lot of siblings. It was tough. He was always trying to get his parents' attention. Meanwhile, I was an only child who hated all the attention I got from mine."
Rainbow whistled, "Reminds me of Fluttershy."
"And it was the same time that I met him and even saw how much struggle to fly and get his parents' attention. And so, I have him a little boost to fly and lied to him about being great. But truthfully, I liked him being my friend."
Twilight smiled amusingly, "And I can tell that you love him so much since that meeting."
Vapor yelped and blushed in embarrassment as she frantically exclaimed, "I have no idea of what you're talking about!" Both Twilight and Rainbow giggled amusingly. She cleared her throat as she continued, "Flying together gave us both what we wanted! But I never told Sky how much I was helping him. It started with a small boost here or a little gust of wind there, but I didn't think my help could actually hurt his chances."
Twilight sighed, "I understand. But now you're both in trouble!"
Rainbow nodded, "You need to work on your tricks, and Sky needs to be able to fly without you or he won't make it."
"Oh, but he has to!" Vapor said in concern, "Flying with the Wonderbolts has been Sky's dream ever since he was a colt!"
"What about you?" Twilight asked in concern.
"I... I guess I haven't thought about it." Vapor admitted in realization, "I just want to be with my best friend."
"Then we have to find a way to help both of you." Rainbow said firmly.
Twilight hummed, "Starting with telling Sky the truth."
Vapor yelped, "No, you can't! Sky will be crushed! And without his confidence, he won't fly as well!"
Twilight sighed, "Then I guess we'll give Dash's method a shot."
"Yes! Hah-hah! I love being right!" Rainbow exclaimed proudly, which annoyed Twilight. She continued, "Okay, here's what we do. Sky needs to build his strength. Air drills, wing lifts, all that boring methodical stuff."
Twilight smiled, "Sounds like my cup of oats."
"But how will we get him to do that? He doesn't think he needs practice." Vapor asked in concern.
Rainbow smirked, "We'll just tell Sky that he should practice with Twilight so you won't feel so self-conscious about getting special training from me." She chuckled, "If he tried to be funny, Blazefist can give some serious discipline to that guy about it."
"I suppose that could work," Vapor said in concern, "But with you? Really?! You'd do that for me?"
Rainbow smirked, "Hah. You say that like it's not gonna be a blast."
SCREAM! ARGUE!Three mares yelped in surprise as they turned to their back. They found Blazefist was trying to talk some sense and even calmed them down from fighting. Unfortunately, both mares glared and gotten into a heated argument at each other angrily.
"Come on, you two! Knock it off now!" Blazefist insisted in concern, "Today is supposed to be mother-daughter's day for you to enjoy, not argument. I mean seriously. Can't you get over your ridiculous argument? This is getting ridiculous, you know?"
"Tell that to my mom!" Indigo shouted in anger, "I had it enough of you, mom! You'd never believe in me! Never!"
Aqua groaned, "Look, Indigo! I know what is best for you! And you're gonna listen to me for once!"
"I'm through listening to you, mom! I really am!"
"Well, I'm sick of your attitude too, young lady!"
"Come on. Don't start the fight again!" Blazefist exclaimed as he pushed and held two mares from getting into fight, "Seriously, can't we talk this out?!"
"NO!" Aqua and Indigo exclaimed in anger and annoyance, "I'd never speak to you again until you say 'sorry' and 'agreed with me'!"
Aqua and Indigo turned and headed off to different direction. This annoyed and made Blazefist to sigh about this. These two mares really like to get into a fight than talking. He took a deep breathe and gently released it. Three mares approached to him.
"I admit it. This is friendship problem," Blazefist said in concern, "And I need help."
"Yeah. We can tell by that," Rainbow said firmly, "Looks like we have two friendship problems."
Twilight hummed thoughtfully, "I'm not sure about it. In Applejack and Fluttershy's cases, they found friendship problem which actually turned out to be one. This might be the same thing. So, bringing them together to talk would be bad idea."
"Obviously," Rainbow remarked in annoyance, "I'll talk with Aqua while helping Vapor at the same time."
"Blaze and I will talk to Indigo and shaped Sky's flying skills," Twilight added up, "Good thinking again, Rainbow."
"I know. I'm the best. Let's get started."
Rainbow and Vapor looked around through the hallway of clouds. They both found Aqua on the cloud as she muttered and grumbled about Indigo's behavior. They both approached and sat down on it. She sighed in annoyance.
"What's up, you two? Shouldn't be doing something about friendship problem?" Aqua asked dryly.
"Working on it," Rainbow said in annoyance, "And I need your help, coach."
Aqua sighed, "Well. It's better than nothing especially not wanna deal with that brat again..."
"Okay, seriously, coach. Don't you think that Indigo is already at her best? I mean, come on, she's a teenager already, not a kid anymore."
"Truthfully, she got lots of things to learn about flying and fighting. She's still not ready for it."
Rainbow sighed, "I know it's hard for you, but maybe you should let her."
Aqua sighed, "I... I can't. I'm just worried and not ready to accept this. She's still not ready."
"Maybe to you. But to me, Blaze and Twi; she's ready for it. You know that." Rainbow said firmly, "She's not a kid anymore."
Vapor nodded, "She's right. Indigo did pretty good and awesome flying style as Rainbow Dash. So, you should let her go for it."
After some thinking, Aqua sighed in defeat and annoyance, "I'm gonna regret this about letting her to have it. I'm gonna talk to her about my decision."
"Trust me. You won't regret it," Rainbow said confidently, "But now, I need your coach, coach."
Aqua smirked, "So, what's the game plan?"
Twilight and Blazefist arrived at the training chamber, where they found Indigo performing her wings' push-ups. They both approached to have a chat with her. However, she held her hoof up to stop them. She got up. She panted and breathed heavily while using her towel to wipe her sweats off.
"If this is about me need to say 'sorry' to mom, forget it," Indigo said dryly and firmly, "I told you before that I'm not gonna talk to her."
Blazefist sighed, "Come on, Indigo. Don't give me that attitude of yours. She's still your mom."
"Maybe you should try to talk with her, Indigo," Twilight suggested, "Aqua may change her mind about it."
Indigo sighed, "She'd never understand me. Never. She doesn't trust me. She thinks I'm a kid."
"Indigo..." Blazefist said firmly, "You know your mom still cares for you. She just want to look out for you."
Indigo scoffed, "Yeah... She got funny ways to show that."
"Indigo, I understand what you've been through with your mom." Twilight said calmly and firmly, "II have that same reaction with my dad. But in reality, he really cares about. So, I proved to him that I can handle by myself."
Indigo was surprise as she turned to Twilight, "So... You think that I can do that with my mom?"
"Absolutely!" Twilight said proudly and firmly, "But right now, we need your and your dad's expertise to train our recruit."
Indigo smirked, "So, what can I do?"
Twilight, Blazefist and Indigo taught and trained Sky with basic lessons and training - reading about flying, using heavy lifting while flying through holes and endurance against the hurricane. Unfortunately, he wasn't taking it very serious as he was lazy and slacking off for it. This often irritated and annoyed both father and daughter to lose their temper in scolding and gave him some hard 'discipline' to get him pay attention to lessons and worked hard to improve and strengthened his flying skills.
On other hoof, both Aqua and Rainbow were helping and training Vapor in advance level - twisted spiral trick, sculpturing clouds and diving to landing part. Though she struggled with it, Vapor managed it at the end. They were now at the platform.
"Nice work, Vapor," Aqua commented, "You're awesome."
Vapor was surprise to ask, "Really? Thanks! I can't believe I was able to keep up!"
"That's the first nice thing I've heard you say about yourself." Rainbow remarked in surprise. She then noticed his friends' arrival, "How's the training?"
"Lousy. Sloppy. And real slack-off recruit I ever trained," Blazefist said dryly.
"Hey! It wasn't my fault that you're a lousy coach," Sky said angrily, which earned Blazefist's punch on his head. He groaned, "Can we switch now? I want to do tricks with Rainbow Dash and Aquastroke!"
Vapor yelped in concern, "You can't! I mean, uh, you're already so good at the fancy stuff!"
"Heh. And the basic stuff." Sky said dryly. Twilight and Indigo sighed in annoyance about him 'good' at his basic. He scoffed, "You're right, I don't need to practice at all. I'm already the best and everypony's gonna know it when I'm asked to join the Academy tomorrow."
Vapor gulped, "But not if you don't practice...!"
Sky smirked, "I wouldn't be surprised if they asked me to become a Wonderbolt straight out of the trials. Boom, dream achieved."
Vapor Trail struggled with her words. She couldn't hold it in any longer. She opened her mouth to yell the truth...but a certain navy-maned Pegasus beat her to it!
"Oh, for the love of..." Indigo exclaimed in annoyance as she screamed, "You aren't as good as you think you are!" She yelped of realization, "D'oh!"
Twilight smiled of approval, Blazefist sighed in relief while Rainbow, Aqua and Vapor were in disbelief and shock.
"What did you say?" Sky demanded.
"Uh, nothing! Forget what I said! That part about Vapor helping you..." Indigo yelped in concern, "Ugh!"
"C-come on. This has gotta be a joke." Sky said in disbelief as he turned to Vapor, "Please tell me she's joking."
Vapor sighed in shame, "No, Sky, she's right. Look, I want you to get in as much as anypony, and you're amazing, but..."
"But what?" Sky asked angrily.
"Vapor's been helping you ever since the both of you were kids." Indigo said bluntly before yelped, "God, I sound like Sugarcoat."
Aqua groaned as she gave Indigo a hard slap, "Knock it off!"
"I-I don't believe you! I can fly better! Watch!" Sky exclaimed in anger. He tried to fly up high and performed some tricks but he got strained and fell to the ground hard. He panted heavily yet shockingly. He turned and glared at Vapor, "How can you do this to me? Did you all know?"
Everyone remained silent while looked away. He groaned in anger and disbelief. Sky turned and glared at Vapor, "Oh, great. So everypony but me knows I'm a joke. Was this your plan the whole time? To embarrass me?"
"What? No! Don't you know me at all?" Vapor asked in shock.
Sky snarled, "I guess not, since it took me this long to find out you're a terrible wingpony!"
Vapor gasped, "I can't believe you!"
"I can't believe I was ever your friend!" Sky exclaimed in anger.
Sky flew off at once, leaving Vapor sad and upset. She turned and glared at Indigo, "Thanks a lot."
The ponies felt guilty and shame about not able to help Sky and Vapor well especially not telling him the truth about his ability earlier. Aqua approached and gave the glare at Indigo.
"Indigo Zap, what the hell was that?!" Aqua scolded angrily, making Indigo sad and upset. She continued, "You were supposed to keep that secret and make sure Sky get some serious training and get better with his flying!" She groaned, "I swear if this is Laxtinct's silly training and habit, I'm gonna kill him for it!"
"I did!" Indigo exclaimed in anger, "That guy doesn't even want to work or train hard! He's such an asshole!"
"Language, Indigo! I mean it, young lady! I'm really disappointed in you!"
"You'd always disappointed in me! And it's what annoy and upset me the most! No matter what I do, you'd never be proud of me! You're the worse mother I ever had!"
Aqua gasped before groaned in anger, "I can't believe you! You're the worse brat I ever had. I wish I had never have you as my kiddo!"
"Me neither!" Indigo exclaimed in anger as she took off, "Sayonaro, bitch!"
Aqua screamed, "LANGUAGE!"
Aqua turned and headed off at once, leaving Twilight and her friends behind. Things have become worse than before.
While flying through the clouds, Indigo groaned and muttered angrily about her mother being disappointed in her. As she was distracted of venting her anger, she bumped on some creature, which made her fell into a strange cave. She groaned in pain as she recovered and gotten up. She then found herself in strange dark cavern. It was filled with group of black armored humanoid demon-like Velociraptor with bat wings-like, scorpion tail-like, sharp banana-like shape and sharp fangs. They all hissed and screeched wildly at her.
Indigo gulped in concern, "Uh-Oh..."
Inside the locker's room, Aqua muttered angrily about Indigo and her attitude as she was looking at Indigo's locker. Blazefist entered and approached to Aqua. He gave her a gentle pat on shoulder.
"Wanna talk?" Blazefist asked.
Aqua sighed, "That mare... She's so stubborn, knucklehead and pain to my ass. Sometimes, I felt like I wanna knock some senses into her to make her realize that I'm doing this for her. I just wanna make sure she's ready for anything by training her. I wonder where she gets that attitude from. Honestly..."
"Funny. She kinda reminds me of you."
"Seriously? You're kidding me?"
"Aqua, c'mon. You and her kinda got some fighting spirit and always like to get into the fight and action. And not to mention, you both hate being sore losers." Blazefist said amusingly, "And finally, you both are strong fierce and mighty Tigers. All of us would think that."
Aqua was surprise and shock as she gave some thoughts. She sighed, "Sometimes I hate it when you're right. Fine, I'll talk and apologize to her about it."
Blazefist smiled as gave her a gentle kiss, "And that's what I love you the most - knowing when to accept defeat and take responsible, babe."
Aqua scoffed, "I guess..."
During the Dizzitron Training, Spitfire was checking on Wonderbolt Recruits' performances on using it. Among them were Sky and Vapor, who were upset and angered about the revelation they have. Twilight and Rainbow were concern and uneasy about it.
"This is all my fault." Twilight said in concern, "If we'd just done things your way, maybe we could have avoided this whole mess."
Rainbow shook her head, "No, it's my fault. It hit me when I was watching Sky train with you and other two. He wasn't even trying!" She groaned in upset, "We really messed up. We need to fix this before it's too late."
"I agreed. We should also help Aqua and Indigo." Twilight said in agreement, "They've been arguing a lot lately. And honestly, they need to get over it."
"You have the plan, Twi?"
"Yes, I have."
"Hey, girls, have you seen Indigo?" Blazefist called as he and his wife arrived to the scene. Both Twilight and Rainbow shook her head. He hissed, "We couldn't find her. I just hope that she didn't get angry again."
Aqua hissed, "Damn it! Where could she have gone to?! I just hope she's not doing anything stupid."
Rainbow hissed, "We'd better find her now."
SCREAM!Indigo panted heavily while armed with her Naginata. She was running through various caverns. She was running away from strange black Velociraptors. And each time she tried to escape or entered one of caverns, she encountered and fought one to three black creatures, and the continued her escape.
"Okay. This is seriously and really bad idea. All of this is I wanna prove my mom that I can handle it! This is not what I have in mind!: Indigo exclaimed in concern, "But this is so stupid! I'm so stupid!"
After fighting some of Black Velociraptor, Indigo became exhausted and tired from her battles against them. She made her escape. She arrived to another cavern, which was a dead end. She turned to the front, where she was surrounded by the pack of monsters.
"I'm dead!" Indigo exclaimed in concern, "Somepony heeeeeeeelllllllllpppppppppp!"
And just before Black Velociraptor jumped to attack, four ponies jumped down and armed with their weapons especially to Aqua.
Aqua snarled, "Get away from my baby girl, bitch!"
And just before anypony could do anything, Aqua screamed in anger as she charged and attacked the black Velociraptor. Though the monstrous raptors were swift and fierce, she is more faster and aggressive to attack and kill them at once. Despite getting scratched and cut especially gotten burned on her skin a bit, Aqua managed to overcome and defeat them. The pack snarled in anger and fear as they quickly turned and escaped.
Aqua groaned in pain, "Nopony messes with my girl! Nopony!" She turned and looked at Indigo, who quickly jumped and hugged her. She sighed in relief as she gave her daughter a hug. They both departed. She asked, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm okay. But what about you?" Indigo asked while looking at Aqua's wounds. She took some first aid in patching her wounds, "Mom, I'm so sorry about it."
"Hey, this is nothing. I've been through worse especially dealing with your uncles and aunt." Aqua said amusingly, "But I'm glad that my little girl is safe and alright. And also, I'm sorry too for thinking you like a little girl. It's time that I let you go."
Indigo gasped, "You mean it?"
"Yes," Aqua said in agreement, "Getting Tiger Warrior Tattoo. Welcome to the Warrior's way, kiddo!"
Indigo cheered wildly and happily, "AWESOME!"
Aqua and Indigo have a comfort hug. Twilight and Rainbow were confuse and shock as they turned and looked at Blazefist, who was embarrassed of not knowing about it.
"Sorry. They never told me about their real argument," Blazefist admitted in embarrassment. He cleared his throat, "Anyway, this is Water Tiger Kingdom's traditions for both young colt and filly. If they have proven themselves to be a worthy warrior, they'll get the tattoo on flank, chest and even hooves. Aqua got one."
"Cool... I wish I get one," Rainbow said amusingly. She turned and looked at the front, "Still... What were those things?"
"Viletors - a deadly and dangerous but also poisonous predator class from Ancient Beast specimen. They're ancestors to Velociraptors and insects. They're also very intelligent and cunning monsters to deal with. It is said that they failed once, but study and observe their prey. And the worse to deal with them is their acid blood - poisonous and deadly acid to burn and kill us." Twilight explained in concern and fear, "But still, how can they be alive? Dragoking was supposed to be the only Ancient Beast to live."
Blazefist hissed, "I don't know. But I'll find out soon. For now we've got a mission to perform."
"Right..." Twilight and Rainbow said in agreement.
Twilight and her friends returned to the Wonderbolt Academy. They have managed to convince both Sky and Vapor for discussion about their problems. All of them were brought to the platform. Vapor was uneasy and worried while Sky was annoyed and angered to see each other.
"What's she doing here?" Sky demanded in anger.
Indigo groaned, "Listen here, asshole! We just brought you two here for a reason!"
Aqua cleared her throat, "Language, Indigo. Now Sky, listen to what we have to say."
"Sky, Vapor was never trying to steal your spotlight." Rainbow explained, "She thought she was helping you."
Twilight Sparkle nodded, "And Vapor, you shouldn't have been so content to take a back seat." She turned to Sky, "Sky, just because you weren't natural at flying, doesn't mean you're a failure. With some practice and help from us and even Vapor, you'll get better. Just like me, I became the Princess of Friendship."
Sky was annoyed before sighed, "Yeah. You're right, princess."
Rainbow turned to Vapor, "Come on, Vapor. Be honest with us especially Sky - do you really wanna become a Wonderbolt?"
"To be honest, yes, I do." Vapor admitted, "Not just to be Wonderbolt, but also be with Sky and learn many awesome tricks from you all. I would like to learn more."
Sky was surprised and amazed, "Wow, really?"
"Yes..." Vapor nodded.
"Now, you can either stay mad, or help each other and become two of the greatest flyers the Wonderbolt Academy has ever seen!" Aqua suggested, "If I were you two, I'd take the second."
Indigo nodded, "Trust us. You both will be awesome flying couples."
After some thinking about what Twilight and her friends have said, Sky and Vapor looked at each other for the moment. They both gave a gentle smile. He raised his hoof for hoof-shake, but instead she jumped and gave him a hug. Instead of anger, he hugged her back. Twilight and her friends smiled in relief and approval.
"What are we waiting for? Let's get started with our training!" Blazefist said firmly.
And so Twilight and her friends helped training both Sky and Vapor for strengthening and improving their flight, abilities and tricks performances. Both Pegasi also helped and supported each other as well such as Vapor cheered for Sky to endure and overcome the hurricane blowing, and vice-versa for him to teach her about tricks for three days.
And eventually, both Sky and Vapor are ready for Wonderbolt Trials now. Spitfire is their examiner and observer to observe and judge their performances. Using swift and fast abilities, Sky flew and passed by the flag poles, followed by the rings and finally entered the long cylinder-like pillar. He flew up high and landed straight down on the platform. Vapor used her speed and tricks in shaping and sculpturing the cloud to a pony with lightning shape-like. They even performed various tricks during their flight.
This impressed and amazed Spitfire for giving them a pass and become part of Wonderbolt Academy. The recruits cheered wildly and happily for Vapor and Sky.
"Congratulations! You've both made it into the Wonderbolt Academy!" Spitfire congratulated both Vapor and Sky. She gave them the golden badges. She smiled as she turned to Twilight and her friends, "Whatever you did, it worked. They still have a lot of potential. Who knows? They might even be better than you, Crash."
Rainbow Dash laughed, "Okay, let's not get carried away."
Vapor smiled as she jumped and hugged Sky, "I can't believe we did it!"
"You were great!" Sky commented happily before showing his guilty looks, "Look, Vapor, I have been a jerk. I haven't treated you well, and I just wanna say..." He sighed, "I'm sorry."
Vapor smiled as she departed from hugging him, "I forgive you, Sky, and I'm sorry I lied to you all these years."
Sky smiled, "Thanks. Even though you can out-fly me, you can be my wingpony anytime."
"Aw." Vapor chuckled happily, "And you can be mine."
RING!Twilight and Rainbow looked at their flanks as their cutie marks glowed and blinked for few times. They both gave each other a hoof. Blazefist, Aqua and Indigo looked at each other. Three of them smiled happily as they embraced each other happily and passionately.
"Mission accomplished!" Twilight said happily before showing her concern looks, "Still how could Viletors be alive?"
Rainbow hummed, "Good question..."
In unknown area which was a laboratory that filled with scientific tools, materials, computer and informations; a familiar ghoul was looking through some of giant tubes. He smirked darkly and evilly as he was looking at its glass. All of them was filled with various colored Viletors. He even turned and found some of Viletors have returned to their cavern nests for resting and eating their foods.
"Project: Viletor's Rebirthis a success," Guildenstern remarked before chuckled amusingly, "Now, they will be deployed for the front line and military uses."
END...
Review and Suggest...
Main Casts:
Tara Strong: Twilight Sparkle
Ashleigh Ball: Rainbow Dash, Applejack
Josh Keaton: Blazefist
Christy Carlson Romano: Aquastroke
Kelly Sheridan: Indigo Zap
Minor Casts:
Rhona Rees: Vapor Trail
Emmett Hall: Sky Stinger
Kelly Metzger: Spitfire
Dee Bradley Baker: Viletors
Cameo:
Neil Ross: Guildenstern