//------------------------------// // Race to the Future // Story: Into the Future // by sunshinemonster //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash looked up at the black alicorn that was hovering in the air. "Luna?" Rainbow asked, looking at the alicorn, "What are you doing here?" Luna smiled, "I took a day off, my annual holiday. Long story short, I wanted to do something fun, so here I am. Want to race?" "Of course!" Rainbow Dash replied, hovering next to Luna, "How about to that mountain and back?" Rainbow waved at a mountain in the distance. "The one with all those purple flowers." Luna nodded, "You're on." Luna shot across the sky, flapping her wings, and straining to beat Rainbow Dash. The two flew together for a while, creating two sonic Rainbooms, only one was the color of the night, and the other was rainbow. As the two flew faster, light seemed to bend slightly and the colors merged together. "Is it just me or is the light bending?" Rainbow Dash shouted to Luna. Luna shouted back at Rainbow, "The light is bend-" Luna suddenly shot ahead of Rainbow, leaving her words hanging in the air. Rainbow chased after Luna, flying closer to the speed of light. "Must. go. faster." she muttered, catching up to the Alicorn. The mountain grew closer, and the flowers looked like small gems, glittering in the morning sun. The two didn't notice that the flowers disappeared once they rounded the mountain. One last flap, and they reached the speed of light, and reached their starting point in a couple seconds. They touched down at the same time, and looked around them. "Where are we?" they asked, in unison. Celestia waited by the fireplace. Where was her sister? It had already been a week, and Luna still wasn't back from her vacation. Celestia looked at Twilight, "Where is Luna?" "Princess Celestia, I have no idea," Twilight replied, "I came here to ask if you knew anything about Rainbow Dash. She just disappeared a week ago, and Applejack and Rarity haven't come back from their search." "A search!" Celestia smiled, "That's it! I'll take Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and some of my guards to search for Luna and your friends. You will have to raise the sun and the moon. I know you'll be fine. Now, I must go." Celestia flew out the window, in a rush to find Luna. "Just great," Twilight muttered. "All I need is for all of them to go missing too." Twilight sighed, and sat down on the chair.