//------------------------------// // The Fastest in Equestria! Goku Challenges Rainbow Dash. // Story: These Strange Creatures // by Dramatic Stories //------------------------------// "So...where exactly are we going again?" Goku asked with a confused tone. "The girls and I are all going to visit Dash in Cloudsdale today. She's becoming a wonderbolt reserve pretty soon. Oh I am so excited!" Fluttershy explained as she finished packing her saddlebags, and threw them on as she made her way to the front door of her little home. "What's a wonderbolt?" "Oh...well, they're the best fliers in Equestria. The very best of the best. I don't think there's anyone alive that can outfly them." "Sounds cool! And where's this...Cloudydale place?" "Cloudsdale, Goku, And just follow me. It won't take long, I promise." The two took flight, and Goku let Fluttershy take the lead. "The girls should all be there by the time we arrive, so let's not waste any time." Soon, they were flying through the clouds that littered the sky. Goku felt the wind picking up, and the air temperature dropping. "Say, aren't we a little high up if we're just going to a different town?" Goku asked. "Well this is the only way to Cloudsdale. It's the Pegasi capital nicknamed 'The Sky City' by a lot of ponies on the ground." "...On the ground? So wait, you're telling me that Cloudsdale is in the sky?" "Mhm." "Wow, just like Kami's lookout back on Earth!" "So you have a city in the sky too?" "No, nothing like that. Just a place where our guardian Kami lives." Goku explained. "Still, I can't wait to see this!" Twilight and the girls all sat around patiently waiting for Fluttershy to arrive with Goku, while the Wonderbolt Academy graduation ceremony was starting to begin. "Oh, where could she be at a time like this!" Twilight paced back and forth. "Patience, darling. You know Fluttershy isn't quite as fast as our Dash now is she?" Rarity assured Twilight they would be there soon. "At this rate we're gonna miss Dash's graduation. I sure as heck don't wanna miss the flyby!" Applejack said. "Me neither!" Pinkie bounced around while the others remained calm on the clouds. "Also, remind me to give Goku the cloud spell so he won't fall through." Twilight said. "Hey girls!" A voice yelled from behind them. It was Goku, with Fluttershy beside him. "What's up!" "Sorry we're late Twilight...I didn't think the trip would be that long." "Don't sweat it Fluttershy. Goku, come here real quick." Twilight waved Goku over. Her horn glowed, and flashed. "There, now you should be able to stand on the clouds." Goku landed, and got his footing on the clouds. "Whoa! This is neat! I thought I was gonna have to fly the whole day." Goku said, jumping up and down on the soft white clouds. "Alright fellas, let's get a move on. We don't wanna miss Dash!" Applejack led the way towards the ceremony. "Fillies and Gentlecolts, Mares and Stallions. Welcome to the Wonderbolt Academy for gifted flyers. We are here to day in celebration of those who have survived through thick and thin, the trials and assessments of the Wonderbolt Academy, in hopes of making it into the Wonderbolts themselves." Spitfire began her speech on the podium, facing the decent crowd attending the graduation. "It is not too often I make speeches like this, and even less often we get to see such talented ponies make it this far. These young mares, and stallions are the future of our team, and the future of what it means to be a Wonderbolt. Young fillies and colts will look up to them, just as they looked up to today's Wonderbolts, and how we looked up to the Wonderbolts before us. They are here to do what they love, and bring joy to the ponies of Equestria. Without further delay, we will bring our five hoof picked graduates, that made it this far..." Spitfire proceeded to bring up each pegasus to the stage one by one, giving their names, and each of them their official Wonderbolt badge. The last one, was Rainbow. "Our last graduate, and an outstanding flyer, one that has completely shattered record after record here at the academy. She's known around the world for her signature move, the Sonic Rainboom, and we there wasn't a doubt in my mind that she would be up to the task. Rainbow Dash!" The crowd cheered once more as Dash took to the stage with her new uniform. Spitfire clipped her new badge to the front, and saluted. Dash salutes back, and walks towards the other four pegasi to stand along side them on the stage. "Welcome to the Wonderbolts! Altius Volantis! Soaring Higher!" Spitfire finished her speech as the five new wonder bolt reserves stepped forward. With a trail of smoke behind them, the Wonderbolts squadron flew overhead in a diamond formation, quickly disappearing out of sight. "I. Can't. Believe it!" Dash exclaimed, unable to look elsewhere but the mirror in front of her. "I'm a WONDERBOLT!" She squealed and fangirled, bouncing up and down without holding back. "Come now dear, we need to get you ready for the after party!" Rarity said, holding up a dress she had made for Rainbow. "You don't want to be late!" "Ok, Rarity, first off. I appreciate the dress, but I want to wear what I earned to the party. I don't think I'll ever take this thing off...except to wash it, you know." Rainbow giggled. "Second off, you really think the fastest in Equestria is gonna be late? Fat chance!" "Fastest in Equestria eh?" Goku said. "Uh-huh! Nopony can keep up with Rainbow Dash!" Rainbow posed in front of the mirror again. Goku smiled to himself. 'We'll see about that' He thought. "You are right though, I don't want to be late. Let's get going!" Rainbow led everyone out the door to her house, and flew towards the after party near the Academy. "So you're Goku? Nice to finally meet you. Rainbow wouldn't shut up about you a couple days ago. I thought I'd have to put a muzzle on her!" Spitfire shook Goku's hand. "You're very interesting. I don't think I've ever seen anything like you before." The after party was going great, with Wonderbolts, the new reserves, and their relatives all around, drinking, talking, and having a great time. "Oh come on, I wasn't talking that much about him, was I?" Dash defended herself, "I was just saying how we found this guy and he defeated some epic tyrant named Freezer!" "Actually...his name was Frieza." Goku corrected. "Is that so? I bet the Wonderbolts could've handled him just fine." "I doubt it...this guy blew up planets with his fingertips." Goku said. "Seriously? Sheesh, no wonder you have bruises all over you. I take it that means you're pretty strong, huh?" Spitfire asked, taking a swig of her cider. "I was a lot worse a couple days ago...I couldn't even fly!" "Man, I've had plenty of achy wings to know how that feels...wait, fly?" Spitfire put down her mug. "But you don't have wings? Unless you're pranking me, in which case if you are, don't. We don't need a second Dash constantly pulling pranks on us." "No no, I use my energy to fly! Watch." Goku effortlessly began to hover in the air. "Get out of here! I've seen some interesting things, but that's awesome!" "So is it true that Dash is the fastest?" Goku put his fists together in excitement. "I wouldn't say the fastest, but on her best days I don't think even I can keep up with her." "Hm...would you consider it rude to challenge her to a race?" Goku asked. Spitfire was in the middle of a drink when Goku asked, and spat out the cider. "Whoa, you? Want to race the Wonderbolts newest prodigy?" Spitfire's tone turned serious. "You? Want to race me?" Dash fell on the floor in a fit of laughter. "Look at you Goku, you're hardly streamlined at all. Those bulky muscles are not aerodynamic at all!" "We'll see who's laughing when I blow the sky away!" Goku said with a serious tone. A serious tone that he hadn't shown any of the ponies before. It caught Dash's attention, along with everyone else. "You're actually serious?" Spitfire asked. "Alright...let's make this interesting. I put five hundred bits on Dash." Spitfire pulled out a medium sized bag of bits and threw them on the table. "Anypony else want in?" "I'll throw some in!" Applejack put one hundred bits on Goku. "Winnin' all this will really help with the farm!" Goku and Dash ignored their gambling, and just stared at each other with intense eyes. "I hope you're as fast as you say they are. I know for a fact I'd be faster than you if my body wasn't so beaten up. Right now, I think you'd be a perfect challenge for me." "Yea? Bring it on buddy. I've been outflying everypony I know since I was a filly. You got another thing comin' if you think you can outfly me!" Everybody was now listening in on their friendly banter. "10am tomorrow, Earth dude! Wonderbolt Academy runway!" Dash spat on her hoof and stuck it out. "You're on." Goku spat in his palm, and shook Dash's hoof. "10am tomorrow!"