//------------------------------// // Uncut Scene - Passing of the Torch (Warning: Dark) // Story: Filly amongst dragons // by RobtheMorpherPony //------------------------------// A little after the incident with Cozy Glow, Rainbow Dash joined her fellow wonderbolts and the wonderbolt higher ups in the hosptial at Ponyville. Spitfire still looked pretty bad. "Heh...heya Crash." Spitfire said. "Trust me, this looks worse than it does." She added. "You holding in there, Captain?" Rainbow Dash asked. The captain coughed a bit. "Not really. Prognostics don't look good. That darn magic from those strange creatures." Spitfire said. "They were known as The Sorceress and Ripto Ma'm. And don't worry, me and my friends already took care of them and then some. I have a LOT to report when you get out of here." Rainbow Dash said. Spitfire coughed again. "...Hey Crash, remember that time I made you Lightning Dust's Wingpony? When I made that choice, I wanted to simply humble you a little; get you to get your priorities straight. Didn't think it'd lead into the tornado incident. You had every right to be mad after that. Trouble is, if I had known better, I wouldn't have made you some obvious rookie's wingpony. That...was a mistake. Plus, we pinkie promised over it after the Crash nickname: No more transparency, next time, I tell you things straight up and not make any more mistakes." She said before coughing again. "I remember. But you're going to pull through this. I know you will." Rainbow Dash said. "Like I said Crash...no more Transparency." Spitfire said. "...I don't think I'm going to make it this time. Those magic users got me good." She added. "And I didn't forget, no more mistakes. And you don't deserve to be some pony's wingpony anymore." The captain said before having more of a coughing fit. "C'mon Captain, don't be like that." Rainbow Dash said. "I'm serious Rainbow Dash." Spitfire said. Hearing her proper name, Rainbow Dash suddenly realized, this was serious. "...You...really aren't going to make it...are you Spitfire?" Rainbow Dash asked. "'Fraid not Rainbow. And like I promised, no more mistakes." Spitfire said. "And you're going to have to give up that teaching spot with the friendship school after this but, like I said, no more mistakes." She added. "I'm sure the higher ups won't mind you staying around Ponyville considering your best buds with Princess Twilight. They'd lose their jobs if they didn't let that happen." Spitfire siad. "She's got a fair point." One of the higher ups said. "Yeah...we got nothing this time." The second higher up said. "Can't even argue with her." The third higher up said. "Besides...I know you'll fill my shoes once I'm gone Rainbow. You have the true heart of a Wonderbolt in you. Knew it from the first day I met you. So...that's why..." Spitfire was starting to cough up blood now. "That's why I want you as the new captain. No ifs, ands, buts, or even excuses. I know you'll do right by my name. I trust you. More than I've ever trusted anypony from my team before." Spitfire said. "I...I understand ma'm. I'll do you proud Captain." Rainbow Dash said. "You...don't have to call me captain anymore kiddo...you're the captain now. Don't you dare forget that." Spitfire said. "I know I don't. But it wouldn't feel right calling you something else. Just...let me do it one last time. A proper send off." Rainbow Dash said. "Heh...heart of a wonderbolt indeed...alright, special permission, as I pass the torch to you Crash." Spitfire said. Rainbow Dash nodded and then saluted. "I'll make sure the wonderbolts have a bright future ahead of them in your name, Captain Spitfire." Rainbow Dash said, smiling but crying. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye, I Pinkie Promise to make sure the future of the Wonderbolts is bright." She added. "Heh..." Spitfire said and saluted herself. "...I pinkie promise...to watch over your progress...cross my heart...hope to fly...stick a cupcake...in my eye..." Spitfire said before she went limp as she passed on from the world of the living. "...Still going to give that report to you. Just going to take a lot longer than I thought it would. That's another promise." Rainbow Dash said. "...We'll need to know everything as well. But we have no objection. With the EEP's policy rapidly vanishing, we feel we need some pony whose interacted with other races." The first higher up said. "So, guess you better get started on working on that, huh Captain Dash?" The Second Higher up asked. "And we have a feeling, you won't disappoint us." The third higher up said. "I won't. Because there's one thing you should know about a Pinkie Promise." Rainbow Dash said. "If you break one, it's the best way to lose a friend forever. So best not do something that could break this one." She added. "We wouldn't dream of it." The first higher up said.