//------------------------------// // A Lesson Anyone? // Story: A Lesson Learned // by Secret_Shadows //------------------------------// A Lesson Anyone? It was a typical Thursday in high school for Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. They were in their last class of the day, a history class. The clock was ticking away and the end of the school day was nearing. "I cant wait Fluttershy," Rainbow whispered over to Fluttershy, who was sitting at the desk next to hers. "I just know I'm going to pass this time" Rainbow said again with more enthusiasm. Drawing the attention of the instructor, a large male pegusus who was dressed in big round glasses and a bow tie. "Is there something you would like to share with the class, miss Dash?" He asked. "No sir, I was just, um, no?" Rainbow said stuttering for an answer. She was used to getting caught doing things in class, but this day was especially important to her, and she was trying not to mess it up. "Very well, then maybe you can tell us how our great leader Celestia brought order to Equestria?" He asked. "Um..." Just then the bell rang, a single bead of sweat rolled down Rainbows face and dripped onto her desk. She was worried that she may have messed up her chances. "Ok everypony, remember to take your tests with you. They have your final score for this quarter." The instructor said as students left the room taking papers off the teachers desk. Fluttershy was one of the last ponies to take her test, as she always waited for Rainbow Dash at the end of the class. "Uh, teach, where is my test?" Rainbow asked, as she inspected the desk making sure she didn't miss it. "Oh, Rainbow Dash, I need to speak to you about your test, Fluttershy can you wait outside?" The instructor said. Fluttershy obeyed and left the room, closing the door behind her, leaving only Rainbow and the Instructor in the room. He opened his desk and pulled out the test with his mouth and set it on the desk in front of Rainbow. What she saw ruined her entire day. "D Minus!" She exclaimed. She was very upset. Rainbow wasn't usually the one to get upset over a test, in fact she flunked most of her exams. Something very important was riding on this exam, though. "Rainbow Dash, as I said on Tuesday you needed to get at least a C minus on this test to bump your score up enough for you to go on the trip." He paused. Tears were forming in Rainbow's eyes, and he put a hoof on her shoulder. "I know you were looking forward to this, and I wish there was something I could do, but the school board would not go for it. I'm sorry Rainbow Dash." He said and removed his hoof from her shoulder. She took the test in her mouth and darted out of the room past Fluttershy and to the door of the school as fast as she could. Fluttershy eventually managed to catch up to a sulking Rainbow Dash. Rainbow was leaning over a bench, her head in her hooves. Her test on the floor bent and covered in tears beside her, tears pooling on the bench in front of her. "But I really tried this time!" She said through her tears. Fluttershy put a hoof on Rainbows shoulder as she approached from behind. "Its going to be ok, Rainbow" Fluttershy said in a soft voice. "No, its not going to be ok, this was my last chance to boost my grade enough so that I could go on the class trip, and I didn't make the cut" Rainbow said still crying. "Rainbow, its just a class trip, there will..." Fluttershy was cut off. "It wasn't just a class trip, its a trip to see the Wonder Bolts perform in Manehatten." Rainbow snapped, Fluttershy knew Rainbow was a big fan of the Wonder Bolts, and she knew Dash dreamed to be a Wonder Bolt someday. "Even Derpy got an A plus on this test, DERPY" Rainbow yelled "Whats wrong with me!" Rainbow said starting to cry even more, it was unlike dash to cry over anything, but this was something very important to her, come on it was the Wonder Bolts after all. "Rainbow, there will be other chances to see.." Again Fluttershy was cut off mid sentence by Rainbow. "No I know what I am going to do" Rainbow said, she raised her head and wiped the tears out of her eyes with her fore hooves. "Rainbow don't do anything stupid" Fluttershy said, knowing almost exactly what was going to come out of Rainbow's mouth before she even said it. "I'm going to cut class tomorrow and catch the Train to Manehatten, then I'll get a ticket to the show once I'm there" Rainbow said "I knew you were going to say something like that" Fluttershy said "But I'm going to need help to pull this off" Rainbow Said "What do you need me to do?" Fluttershy said, seemingly over confident for Fluttershy, but when she was around Dash, her confident side always shined. A few hours later at Dash's house in Cloudsdale, Fluttershy was staying the night and Rainbow was planing what she was going to do. "If I catch the early train, I can be in Manehatten before school even starts, but if I catch the late train, there is less of a chance of me being spotted, I mean come on, who doesn't know Rainbow Dash?" Rainbow said Fluttershy rolled her eyes at Rainbow's comment, inwardly she was thinking 'A lot of people don't' but outwardly she stayed silent. "Fluttershy what do you think?" Rainbow asked "Take the late train, like you said, you don't want to be spotted" Fluttershy said, she didn't even look up from her book she was reading. "Hmm, but what am I going to do for money?" Rainbow thought out loud hinting to Fluttershy. "Rainbow, did you go through all of your summer earnings again?" Fluttershy asked, this time looking up from her book. "Maybe, but check out this neat poster of the Wonder Bolts I got during the summer!" Rainbow said pointing to a large poster of the Wonder Bolts. "How many bits do you need?" Fluttershy sighed as she reached into her mane and pulled out a small purse with her mouth. "I think about a hundred should do it" Rainbow said "A HUNDRED?" Fluttershy said "Yeah, 25 for the train and 75 for the ticket to the show" Rainbow said Fluttershy looked into her purse, she only has exactly 100 bits left, she had been saving it for Hearths Warming Eve presents, but Rainbow was her friend, and she could never say no to Rainbow. "Fine" Fluttershy said pulling the bits out and putting them on the table in front of Rainbow. "Thanks!" Rainbow said as she took the bits and put them in a purse she had sitting next to her bed. "Girls! Lights out, Time for bed!" Rainbow's mother yelled from downstairs "Ok mom!" Rainbow yelled back, she blew out the candle in her room and Fluttershy and Dash went to their respective beds, Fluttershy stayed over so often that Rainbow's parents had set up a cot in Rainbow's room for her. "I can't wait for tomorrow!" Rainbow said overly excited about seeing the Wonder Bolts. "Just go to bed" Fluttershy said, she was tired and she, unlike Dash, had to get up and go to school before she left on the class trip.