"I have so many questions," Flash said with the most passable face possible as he endured the urge to pounce on Pinkie to find answers.
"Please give me a warning the next time" Flash lost his blank stare so he could pay attention to the library full of a few other Ponies.
"Oki doki loki~" Pinkie replied just as cheerfully as she joined the discussion with silly arguments or just to further enliven the speech with more screams that only increased Pinkie's smile.
Rainbow realized that Pinkie was provoking her and looked at her in annoyance knowing that she fell into Pinkie's game that she now went after Rarity.
But while everyone was arguing, Flash sat on one of the few sofas in the library, he had already tried to leave, but Pinkie stopped him by bringing him back through another wormhole hidden behind some absurd object like a garbage can.
When Flash finally decided to stay and enjoy the moment, a small explosion occurred on the first floor of the Golden Oak along with Twilight's scream.
Doors and windows were opened and closed at a very fast rate.
The sound of hooves climbing stairs soon rang out and in all that time the girls had gotten together in a little discussion over one of the windows with Flash reading a Daring Do book that he picked up from one of the shelves.
Soon Twilight entered the room and turned off the light as fast as she could with her magic.
"HEY! I'm reading here!" Flash yelled in protest as he turned the light back on with a flick of his wing thus surprising Twilight and Spike who had barely achieved a moment of peace for themselves.
"NOT YOU TOO!!" Spike yelled a bit grumpy as he pointed at Flash with one of his little claws.
"What about me? Wanting a ticket, no thanks, I better spend my time visiting my family or training than going to that boring place"
"A-ha, don't tell me, Fluttershy said something similar and now she's doing favors for Twilight to get the ticket" Spike closed his eyes... for a moment he seemed to question Flash, but the truth was that the dream was catching up with him.
"I CAN NOT ANYMORE!!! I CAN NOT DECIDE!! EVEN FLASH !!! " Twilight finally broke down, her stress caught up with her and she started talking incoherently very fast.
"Ugh ... I DON'T WANT ANY TICKET!" Flash interrupted Twilight's spiel who was about to revert to her previous state until the girls who had been silent moments before one-by-one approached Twilight in a tight hug.
"Twilight, honey, I didn't mean to put so much pressure on you and if it helps you, I don't want the ticket either, I won't bother if you give it to another pony" Applejack was the first to hug Twilight who kept her eyes closed so as not to be able to see the faces of others.
"I also feel bad for making you feel like this in such a terrible way" Fluttershy said joining the hug.
"It's not fun worrying your friends" Pinkie commented later in the middle of the hug.
"Twilight dear, maybe it could be my dream to go to Canterlot and it could be a good opportunity to show my seams or meet my Prince, but it is not something I want at the cost of my friendship as I forced my ideals on you moments before. ”Rarity tearfully joined the hug on tears.
“I would say that the ticket is mine… and I CAN! But… thanks for giving me the ticket, but this time I will decline” Rainbow's haughty attitude was not as present as all the other ponies had hoped since they looked at her as if she were an exotic creature.
"WHAT! I can also change my mind! " Rainbow turned her back on them seeing how they looked at her.
"A-haa" Pinkie denied her claim. "Flash made you change! I see it!"
Rainbow lost her ability to fly for a moment and grunted a little, but she didn't turn to them again.
"Spike, write this note" Twilight broke away from the group hug as she wiped away her happy tears.
"Dear Princess, Celestia.
I learned that one of the aspects of friendship is sharing your blessings, but when you don’t have enough as the number of friends, it can be more of a curse than a blessing, some friends may not care but others could affect the friendship I have with them, so I am very grateful that I can be for the tickets that you took the time to send me, but now I have decided to dispense with them when returning the tickets for the Grand Galloping Gala” Spike looked a bit uncomfortable writing down everything under the intense gaze of five mares, but he didn’t hesitate and continued his noble work.
“"WHAT!!"”
"If my friends can't go, I don't want to go either, Spike please send it" Twilight showed a determined face as she faced her friends worried about her because now even, she won't be able to go.
"Blegh!" Spike scoffed at how all the girls settled their differences just by saying that they are Best-Friends and their excessive display of feelings.
"Get over it my little friend, you will see that every day and they are the... aspects of living with ponies... and a greater number of mares" Flash stood next to Spike while stretching his body a little from being lying down for a long time. .
"But you're also a pony, it shouldn't bother you and... how do you do that?" Spike looked with intrigue at Flash's fur full of static that ended up accumulating because of the little stretch that Flash made and the crazy trip that he suffered for Pinkie Pie.
"First, I'm a Deviant Pony. It means I'm not as perky as the average pony and don't touch…" Flash gave Spike a flat look who ended up being electrocuted with black spots from where electricity passed through his scales.
"For the other one, let me know in advance- * blegh *" Spike couldn't finish speaking because a letter from the princess arrived.
“Ugh ... * Cughum * My faithful student Twilight. Because you didn't say that from the beginning, as an apology I sent a ticket for everyone, that includes you Flash. "
"Seven tickets !!" Spike excitedly displayed the tickets.
"I give you mine, Spik-" Flash couldn't finish speaking when another letter arrived interrupting him now.
"This time, it's a letter to me and it's to give me, my own ticket !!"
Rarity flashed a Pinkie Pie smile as she glanced at everyone from the excitement of making everyone's costumes, but there was one pony that looked a bit grumpy.
"Honey, you will not miss such an Event and not less when the PRINCESS has invited you" Rarity approached Flash who showed the face of someone who swallowed a bitter drink.
Rarity wanted to get closer to convince him even more, but Rainbow's refusal to not wear a dress, distracted her when her mind thought of such great dresses she could make for her best friends.
"Ugh ... I didn't want to go back to that place" Flash stared at the ceiling in silence for a few seconds, but he quickly composed himself without some other pony encouraging him and Pinkie was about to offer him a grape cupcake.
"Pinkie, give me whatever you would give me just right now, my instincts and my stomach are crying out for it" Flash turned to see Pinkie who was already about to follow the other girls who had gone to outside.
"Uh, Okey!" Pinkie perked up and handed the Cupcake over to disappear down the stairs.
"I guess it will be a wonderful surprise for my mother" Flash encouraged himself while enjoying the cupcake, but he did not stay longer when he went home.
The girls went to the Sugarcube Corner on Pinkie's idea who has somehow been guiding the girls in that direction when she used to be next to Flash on the second floor of the Golden Oak.
"With more than a month I would think that I would be used to the strangeness of Pinkie ... crazy mare, every day finds some new way to be unique" Flash flew over the sky as his mind filled with random thoughts about the GGG.
The next morning Flash's life continued normally, Amperia would complain about the other squirrels in the place for being very boring, she would harass Flash to be taken during his flights even if it were a danger to her, Flash would deny her such an idea at first until she change his mind.
He did his job, but now he stayed outside PonyVille to test out the crazy ideas he had to think of the day before.
Flash is sitting not too far from a tree, his mind busy thinking of ways to make fiction to something real.
He watched with intensity his own hoof in silence, his gaze always traveling from his hoof to the tree, accompanied by a murmur whereby if someone gets close enough, they could hear his thoughts being whispered.
The intrigue and curiosity of Flash was reflected in his tail that moved from time to time, next to him was Scootaloo replicating his action trying to understand what Flash was doing.
So focused is Flash on the idea of him that he reverted to his old ways of ignoring the outside world.
Flash's golden eyes left the blur behind in an instant and a look full of determination was now planted on the tree.
Flash stretched his right arm very slowly, the air did not offer any resistance, but when Flash tensed his arm and twisted his wrist with force, the air went out of control, a small wave of air came out of him and nearly knocked Scootaloo down, but what happened next caused a proud smile to form on Flash's face and Scootaloo's ears perk in full alert.
*PAH!*
The tree 7 meters from them now had the notch of having been hit by something spinning in the shape of a hoof.
"WOAH!! How did you do that?! Are you a wizard?! You just stretched your hoof in the air and-and it was like magic!" Scootaloo hugged Flash from behind when she recovered and looked with stars in her eyes at the mark on the tree.
"Hmm ... I'll tell you, what I did is magic, but one that belongs to ponies like us, ponies with wings, but there is a requirement to be able to use it"
"TELL ME TELL ME TEEEEELL ME!!!" Scoot aloo’s wings buzzed with excitement as his eyes didn't stop staring at Flash.
"Hehe, calm down a bit so you will understand better" Flash placed Scootaloo in front of him.
"What you need... is to be able to understand yourself, to know what your limits are as well as your capabilities... above all a great will to dominate your own pony and your magic will fall on your hooves" Scootaloo nodded in agreement. .
"Train, do Wings exercises, do them until one day, you can hear, feel, see… the air" Flash spread his wings causing a current of air that soon only surrounded the two of them.
Scootaloo looked at everything very amazed and surprised by such a world that Flash is showing her.
"Train and one day you will be able to understand the air and not be very far to achieve your own Sonic Boom, but to achieve it, you will need a strong will to expect results, endure days when you do not feel progress with your training, see how other ponies can be faster with less effort or that they can fly when you can't yet, but remember, your perseverance will give you a reward and I tell you, 10 years of hard effort is what you see sitting in front of you, without a day to rest , now tell me..." Flash kept his golden eyes that now burned on fire over Scootaloo who only trembled instead but not with fear as her tail showed.
"Do you have the will to persevere?" Scootaloo didn't respond instantly, out of her nerves she swallowed the saliva that had accumulated in her mouth.
"E-even a p-pony that c-can't fl-fly can ac-achieve what yo-you say?" Scootaloo's voice cracked a bit and was almost a whisper, but she raised her fears to Flash who kept looking at her the same form as she asked him..
"Yes ... I will tell you a few words that I said a long time ago to a Pegasus that could not fly very well than others, the sky is not for everyone, perhaps your destiny is not to sail the vast sea of clouds, but to the ground, but you my little filly, you have an unlimited future to achieve, as long as you have the Will to fight for your place, you may not be able to fly now, but I can assure you that you have a good pair of wings, train for about two years, master your magic that you inherited as Pegasus and I assure you, that you will be able to fly" Flash's voice was full of total determination, he did not look at a filly that could never fly, he saw a filly with a great talent which interrupt in her way.
"Sometimes the talent is too many for some ponies and this is your case Scootaloo, your wings are not defective, they have only uncontrolled your natural connection with your magic, the magic that allows all pegasi to fly" Flash whispered in Scootaloo's ear that now he found himself seeking refuge in the arms of Flash after hearing all the above.
Scootaloo might be a brave foal, but as a filly, she is very sensitive, but puts on a false front of bravery that has been crumbling from not being able to fly, not having her own cutie Mark yet, and most of all from having her two parents away to because of their jobs for very long periods, almost continuous months.
Flash does not know about Scootaloo's parents, but the rest does, so he could easily see Scootaloo's attempts to pretend that she is fine when she had this big knot on her chest, especially highlighted with the darker tones that It has had in her fur these last few days that he has seen her.
He planned to talk to her later, but good thing it all worked out in the end.
'I guess this world is just as real as my previous world' Flash thought to himself as he tries to calm a little filly with big worries that she shouldn't have for her age.
"You know it would make you feel better... fly, even a little, I wonder if it would work" Flash looked up as various ideas ran through his mind.