//------------------------------// // chapter one Dashie finds out what the letter was about // Story: Dashie and The Padded Bolts // by freedome blitz //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash flew out of her house, headed straight for Wonderbolts Academy! She’d received a letter in the mail this morning tell her all Wonderbolts were needed at the academy ASAP. Soon, the youngest member of the team landed, catching the eye of her captain, Spitfire. Was it her imagination though, or did it seem like the captain was in a hurry? Following her captain from afar, Rainbow saw her enter the compound and turn toward the locker room. The speedster followed for a little bit, then decided to just let her captain know she was there. “Rainbow Dash reporting for duty, Captain,” She saluted. “So why did you say all Wonderbolts are needed here ASAP?” Spitfire, with a strange looking smile on her face replied. “Hey, Rainbow Dash, I was waiting for you to show up. You’re just in time,” Stopping just outside the locker room she explained. “I called all the Wonderbolts here today, because I was told we need to add something to our suits when we do our shows.” “What sort of something, Captain?” Rainbow pondered. Was it her imagination, or could she hear the faint sounds of crinkling? “Something so we don't have uh... mid-air accidents,” Spitfire explained. “You know, ‘cause we don't always have time to go to the restroom before each show. So the team and I did something thinking and… well… probably better to show you rather than explain…”  At that the young captain entered the locker room (which was now strangely empty) and stopped in front of her locker. Opening it, she pulled out some very familiar undergarments to Rainbow Dash. They were diapers with cartoonish versions of the Wonderbolts printed all over them. Rainbow let out a gasp and stumbled back in shock! “What?! Diaper?! Why diapers?!” She blinked and rubbed her eyes. No, she wasn’t seeing things, her captain was indeed holding out a small pack of Wonderbolts diapers. “I don’t see why we need them, Spitfire,” Rainbow complained. “We’ve been flying in shows for years, and not one of us has had a mid air accident.” But just then Soarin came trotting in with an embarrassed look on his face. Was it Rainbow’s imagination, or did his suit appear to have a damp spot near the back? “Uh, actually, Rainbow, Spitfire’s right,” Soarin said with a blush. “We do need them. I uh… just had a bit of a mid air accident in my suit not that long ago. Came right out of nowhere. One moment I felt the need to go to the bathroom, and the next my flight suit was soaking wet.” “See, Rainbow Dash,” Spitfire replied. “Not every Bolt has time to stop and use the restroom. Soarin didn't have the time to go because he was ordered to work on his flying for our show that’s coming up in five days. And now he has to get his suit cleaned before the show, and you know how expensive it can be to have our suits dry cleaned. If he was in the air during the show and he did that, the extra weight of a damp flight suit might’ve even caused him to crash and get hurt.” Rainbow was still not convinced. “That’s probably because Soarin drank too much before he took off. I’ll just make sure to control my eating and drinking habits. Besides, I haven’t wet myself since I was three years old.” Spitfire just sighed. “Well, if you need time to think this over, Rainbow Dash you have five days. But the rest of the bolts are all getting padded up, even Thunderlane. If you don’t, you’re going to stick out like a sore hoof. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to help Soarin get cleaned up and put a diaper on him so he doesn’t have another accident. You can go, but I strongly recommend you take a pack of diapers home with you, just in case. Don’t worry, there’s instructions on the pack that tell you how to put them on.” Reluctantly, Rainbow Dash flew back home soon after that, not even bothering to take Spitfire’s advice about the diapers. Landing at her house, she opened the door and slammed it shut as said to herself. “Why? Why diapers? It was just a one time thing for Soarin to have an accident in his sult. It’s not my fault he has such a weak bladder. The rest of us don’t need those stupid things, we’re not two year olds. Besides, I never have accidents and I never will. I never wet the bed!” But then a thought struck her. “But what if Spitfire doesnt let me fly during the show? What if i get removed from the Wonderbolts because of this? Ah, I’m thinking too much about this. Maybe a good nap may help me think better.” The brash speedster trotted up the stairs to her bed and went to sleep thinking to herself. “How bad can it be if I decide don’t need them?”, and then she fell asleep. Rainbow Dash was flying with the Wonderbolts, soaring high through the sky. All of a sudden, she got a sharp pain inside her telling her that she needed to go, badly! But she couldn't go during the show, there was no time for a bathroom break. So she reluctantly tried to go in her suit, just a little. She kept flying till an audible “hissssss” could be heard and her suit’s wet patch grew bigger and bigger, weighing Dash down. She fell to the ground, hard and the hissing only continued to grow louder and louder! The whole team came over and made remarks such as! “I can’t believe it, Dash peed herself!” “If she’d just put a diaper on she would still be flying!” And even. “She’s such a foal!” Every Bolt started to laugh at her and chant “Pee Pee Dash, Pee Pee Dash!” over and over again! Rainbow shot awake in horror, relieved that it was all a dream. But then she noticed a wet spot on the bed, and her heart sank. “No no no! I can't believe I just did that! I'm a grown mare, not a little filly!” She sighed, took the wet sheets off the bed, put new, clean ones on, and placed the wet sheets dry on a drying rack. Maybe Spitfire was right, maybe she really should wear a diaper after all.