//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: Up to you! // Story: Soaring For the Rainbow // by Soarin19 //------------------------------// Saturday, September 19, 2020 Soarin's POV "Alright boys, we're 1-1. We need to win here!" Our coach was screaming at us as we prepared to come out onto the field for our week 3 matchup against our division rival, Cloudsdale Academy, "Our Visiting record is usually really bad, so today I expect all of you to change that." My friends and I play both Offense and Defense because of how many Wonderbolts were Seniors last year. He's right though. Our home record for the last 3 years has been 24-0 but our visiting record was 2-22. "Today we change our fate!" my coach continued. Then Rapidfire, my best friend and quarterback went to the middle of the huddle and began to give us a pre-game speech, "Alright boys! Statistics say we are going to lose again, but fate says we'll win! I want to see all of you do your jobs the way they're suppose to be done! If we all do our jobs, there's no dought we'll win! Alright, boys! Have Fun on 3! 1-2-3." "HAVE FUN!" we all said. As we came out of the Cloudsdale tunnel, all I heard were, 'boos' and taunts coming from the crowd. Rapidfire went up to the center of the field for the coin flip. "Visiting team gets to call the toss," the referee explained. "Heads," Rapidfire said. "Visiting team has called heads," he flipped the coin, "It is tails." "We want the ball!" the Cloudsdale quarterback said. "Cloudsdale has selected to receive the kick." Then our kicker, my friend Wave Chill, went out and kicked it to the endzone for a touchback. "Let's go D!" my friend and fellow safety Lightning Streak screamed. "Time to get serious!" I said back as we did our signature handshake. We have our pinkie and pointer finger out and the rest of our fingers in and we overlap them with the top of our hands facing up and shake it quickly a few times. I lined up in my spot in Zone coverage 4 plays in. They had run the ball for 2 yards, passed for 5 and then ran for 12 yards. It was 1st and 10 on their 42-yard line. The CA receiver ran into my zone. I watched him and the quarterback's eyes and bolted toward the ball as he released it. I caught it. "It's intercepted by Skies!" the announcer yelled, "his first of the year!" I was able to run back about 15 yards, back to the Line of Scrimmage before I was tackled. "YAAAAA," I screamed and did our signature handshake with my teammates. RainbowDash's POV I was watching from the stands, rooting for Soarin, my boyfriend. All my friends came to the game. None of them care for football. Even if their school was playing against mine, they'd root for mine. Weirdos. My Wonderbolt friends are cheerleaders, but I quit that so I could watch it easier and didn't have to wear a skirt. I couldn't wait until the game ends. Not because I love the ending to football games, but because Soarin and I are going on our first date afterward. Oh, I'm so excited! There he was, #19. The boy I fell in love with. He plays the same positions I play in Flag. Wide Receiver and Free Safety. Rapidfire, our Quarterback went up to the center of the field for the coin flip. "Visiting team gets to call the toss." the referee explained over his mike. "Heads," Rapidfire said. "Visiting team has called heads," he flipped the coin, "It is tails." Darn it! "We want the ball!" the Cloudsdale quarterback said. "Cloudsdale has selected to receive the kick." Then our kicker, Wave Chill, went out and kicked it to the endzone for a touchback. I wasn't really paying attention to that, I was watching Soarin. He and Lightning said something and did the Wonderbolts signature handshake! They were both Safeties and Receivers, so they work closely together. After a few plays, CA converted on 3rd and 3. Soarin was in Zone Coverage, his specialty! I could tell he was watching the quarterbacks eyes. The QB tried to throw the ball 15 yards but-. "It's intercepted by Skies!" the announcer yelled interrupting my thoughts, "his first of the year!" I got out of my seat and yelled, jumped, screamed, hugged and high-fived my friends, who had no idea what just happened, other than Sunset. "What, did we score?" Fluttershy asked, with like 5 pairs of headphones on. "No, Soarin intercepted it!" "Yay!" she said quietly. "Now we're on Offense?" Applejack asked. "Yep." "That's a good thing right?" Pinkie Pie asked. "Yes, when a player on defense catches a pass, it's called an interception," the egghead said while holding a football book, "then it's a turnover, meaning the Wonderbolts are now on Offence." "Wonderful, darling!" Rarity said. 'Now it's go time, Tiger!' Rapidfire's POV After Soarin's Interception, he came over to me and we did the signature handshake and we headbutted each other. "It's go time!" he said. "Let's go!!!" I said. On 1st and 10, I took the ball and looked around me. My 2 wide receivers, Soarin and Lightning, are on go routes, and my slot receiver, Fire, was on a slant. I had my running back, WindWalker, in a place for me to dump and my Tight end, Thunder, blocking. Then Soarin got open and I threw it to him. He jumped up and made a spectacular one-handed catch! "High pass, and it issss- caught for a Touchdown, by Skies!!" the announcer yelled, "One-handed! Incredible. Soarin skies over the defenders for the catch." "Heck Ya!" I screamed and ran over. We did our handshake all around and jumped around. He's back! RainbowDash's POV The game went on like that for a while. We destroyed them 38 to 9. Our defense got 3 interceptions. Rapidfire threw for 5 TD's and 352 yards and completed 25 of 26 passes. Soarin returned to shape after our situation was solved. He got 12 passes, for 176 yards and 3 Td's. What a game. However, I have a feeling Soarin and I are going to like the post-game a little more. We went back to our hotel and took showers and he came out in casual clothes, while I am in a dress. "What are you wearing, Princess?" "Uh, a dress, duh. We're going on a date." "Yes, but I know you hate sappy stuff, so I decided to let you choose where we go and what we do," he explained, "I thought you would choose something more casual." "Oh. That makes sense," I said, "I'll be right back Tiger!" I ran back into my room. Put on Sweatpants, a Wonderbolts T-shirt and tennis shoes. Then I came back out. "So, Tiger. Where should we go?" "Up to you Princess." "How about we go to..." I thought for a second, "a park. Climb Trees, and lay in the grass." "After we just took a shower." "What's wrong Tiger? Scared?" "N-No!" he said, "Let's go then!" "Okay." "What about Dinner?" he asked. "IDK, room service," I was half kidding. "Ok. Sound good to me, Princess." "I was kidding." "Well, I think it's a great idea." "How so?" "Well, I don't want to get hunted by angry CA fans, or Paparazzi, you know." "Good point. But the park well have people too." "True, but there we have more space to run." "Alright, Tiger. Let's just go!" I said as I pulled him along. ***At the Park*** "Race you to the top!" he said pointing to a really tall tree. "How about we make a bet?" I said. "Oh. What kind." "If I win you have to kiss me. If you win I have to kiss you." "I don't see the difference but you're on!" "TREEE! TWO! ONE! GO!" we screamed together. I had trouble reaching the first branch because I'm short. When I finally did, I climbed up to the top as fast as I could without my Geode. "I'm gonna win!" I said almost at the top. "Think again Princess!" he said. I looked up and he was already at the top. "H-How!?" "I can jump high. Helps with climbing!" "No fair." "You have super-speed. I think that's not fair!" he mocked me. "I didn't use it!" "Not like jumping 2 feet higher than anyone else is magic. Super-speed is." "Fine. You win." "So. How about that kiss," he said as we got to the bottom. I kissed him and wrestled him to the ground landing on next to him. When we broke the kiss, we stared into each other's eyes. We stayed like that for a few minutes before realizing that we're in a public park. We got up and looked around. Only a few people were around. Luckily no one noticed. "How about we go back to the hotel?" "Sounds good to me!" We went back-ordered dinner and talked about the game. After eating we went to bed falling asleep holding each other.