Chapter 1
Three years had passed since the defeat of Discord and the changeling army that had assaulted Royal Canterlot, peace was returning to Equestria and all had mostly forgotten it. Life had progressed as it always did. The bad events were forgotten and replaced with happiness, love and joy all across Equestria as the Princesses of the Sun and the Moon kept their vigil and provided their citizenry with light to frolic in and darkness to slumber in.
Princess Celestia had risen the sun once more and it cast its light upon all of Equestria so that ponies in all the little hamlets and havens they had set up across the map might see what they were doing and enjoy the warmth of her sun, her love and find their peace in the world.
It was a bright summer day in the tiny little Equestrian village of Ponyville, it was by no means a large community but it had a tight bond that seemed to echo through the streets. Everypony in this town had a job that helped the town and they did it gladly. It was a tight knit community that had become bonded together over many years together and they all cared for one another.
One of the places that this was most prevalent was the Ponyville school which at this very moment was bustling with activity, the brick red schoolhouse was full of fillies and foals of differing ages coming in and out of the twin front doors. Inside the school the sounds of teachers could be heard as well as hushed whispers of school fillies and foals trying to not pay attention to the teachers without getting in trouble.
Inside one of the school classrooms the bubbly, cheery voice of a teacher could be heard trying to get the classes attention. It was soon revealed to be a moderate cerise coated earth pony mare with triple sunflowers as her cutie mark and an air of experience, love and understanding about her. Her mane and tail were a pale, grayish rose color with a streak of light ceriseish gray running through the middle of them.
Her kind green eyed gaze scanned the classroom before with an amused smile she spotted a dark purple maned orange teenager with her head down on the desk, sleeping in class. The teacher mare walked over and called out in the same bubbly voice as she stared down at the teen.
“Scootaloo, are you sleeping in my class again?”
At the sound of her name being called and hearing the question the aforementioned orange coated pegasus teenager identified as Scootaloo shot straight up at her desk and found herself looking into the eyes of her teacher. She knew she couldn't fool her so she let out a chuckle and nervously smiled.
She spoke like somepony who had been caught and knew it because that is exactly what she was, her brash and cocky young voice answered the cool maturity at length.
“Crud, looks like I'm busted. Yes, I was sleeping in class again. Go ahead, send me to detention, its got to be better than this. Less boring at least.”
The teacher mare simply shook her head at that and sighed, Scootaloo was always her hardest student to deal with. She was a rebel, a delinquent and a rule breaker. She was a lot like her idol Rainbow Dash and to her this was not a good thing.
“Scootaloo, you can't face life with just being sent to detention. Do you want to be a delinquent for the rest of your life or do you want to get the knowledge to have a good life with lots of fun things and friends?”
The defiant young mare merely stared back, showcasing her defiance and not backing down from her teachers gaze. She took after Rainbow Dash a lot, even going so far as to start a Rainbow Dash fan club one time.
“Whatever Miss Cheerilee, I don't need school. I am gonna be a world class flier like Rainbow Dash one day and no stupid books or history lessons are gonna help me get there. And if they aren't gonna help me then why should I care?”
Cheerilee was getting exhausted, her and Scootaloo had been here so many times before but she figured she might as well try to get through the thick young mares skull one more time.
“And what if that fails Scootaloo? What will you do then? What are your plans if that fails and you can't become a world class flier like Rainbow Dash hmmm?”
Scootaloo seemed to think on that for a moment and with the tiniest hint that the words had affected her she scoffed and then flashed Cheerilee a cocky smirk.
“Oh please Miss Cheerilee, like I could not become a world class flier. I gained my ability to fly a year and a half ago and I have only improved since then. There is no way I am destined for anything less than greatness.”
Cheerilee shook her head and let out a sigh as she heard the other teenage colts and mares laughing at Scootaloo's defiance before going back to her desk, speaking out again to Scootaloo.
“Fine Scootaloo, you have detention for the rest of the week. I trust you already know the way to the detention room but I guess I will have to show you and take you there. Lets go my defiant young student.”
With that Cheerilee got up and started trotting to the door, the cocky and arrogant Scootaloo right behind her and she left the classroom momentarily, trotting through the alabaster hallways of Ponyville's school with the young mare in tow. Before they got to the detention room Cheerilee turned to Scootaloo and shook her head before speaking, she felt her neck getting sore from how many times she had shook her head from Scootaloo alone.
“Scootaloo, why do you insist on being so defiant? All I am trying to do is help you and yet you seem determined to fight me at every turn.”
*Scootaloo looked upon the familiar worn and chipped blue coated wooden door that she knew kept the worst of the school in. It was the door to the detention room that over the last three years she had become very familiar with since she was always getting into trouble for something or another. Soon enough she turned to Cheerilee and smirked once more.
“Because teach school bores me to no end and I always find myself sleeping in your classes now. I can take it from here. See you soon Miss Cheerilee.”
Scootaloo stepped through the blue door and was immediately greeted by the colts and mares in there like an old friend. She went over to a few of them and hoofbumped them, saying her greetings before taking her usual seat at the back of the classroom and waiting for the school bell to ring so she could get to what she actually wanted to do that wouldn't come until much later that day.
With a sigh and an eye roll she set her head down on her desk eager to get some sleep and pass the time till later in the day but she would have no such luck as the detention teacher came over and slammed his hoof down on her desk. He told her to pay attention and she knew she would get no sleep so she sat back in her chair and pretended to listen to the teacher while wondering what Rainbow Dash was doing right now.
At that particular moment the sky blue, rainbow maned pegasus mare named Rainbow Dash was over a bright green meadow on the outskirts of Ponyville. She was elevated very high in the sky and had her flight goggles on. She was floating in the air seemingly in deep thought about something and her wings were extended to their full length and flapping creating little vibrations in the wind current.
Then suddenly and without warning she bolted towards the ground, leaving her signature prismatic trail behind her as the ground got nearer and nearer. Forty feet from the ground she felt the Mach cone begin to form around her body and she pushed harder, determined to master the Sonic Rainboom. Right before she broke the sound barrier, about 20 feet from the ground, all air pressure stopped and she was violently hurled backwards into the air as the sound barrier snapped back into place and hurtled the pegasus who dared attempt to shatter it back into the upper parts of the sky that she had come from.
After about a minute of two of hurtling combined with a lot of disorientation Dash finally managed to find her bearings again in mid air. She sighed and looked down at the ground before stomping her hooves in the air angrily.
“Why won't this stupid trick work with me?! Ugh, this is SO frustrating! I thought I had it mastered and now it is trying to deny me my rightful place as the most awesome flier in Equestria!”
Dash then felt her determination rise at the thought of being denied something she wanted and righted her goggles on her face once more. She then dove back towards the ground again and soon enough felt the familiar Mach cone forming around her body. She kept pushing and pushing even as the wind screamed in her ears and the current fought back against her onslaught. She felt her body and the wind screaming at her as her rainbow mane was tossed back in the wind as she felt the barrier weaken and soon she felt it about to snap. This was it, she thought to herself the Rainboom is mine once more and then as quickly as her elation had come it passed as she was thrown back into the air once more when the sound barrier snapped into place.
She corrected her mid air trajectory once more and looked down at the ground but instead of a depressed defeated look she had a wide smirk on her sky blue muzzle. She had almost had it that time, she had almost broken it again. She had done it on command more than few times in the last three years, why was it giving her trouble now?
But Rainbow Dash was not scared off by her failures, no. It merely made her more determined to make the Sonic Rainboom do what she wanted it to. This was HER trick and she would master it or die trying.
Dash smirked, determined to master her greatest trick. Scootaloo waited for the school bell to ring so that she could go and enjoy her day and the sun found itself moving ever so slowly towards the horizon as the fine summer day was being lived by the orange coated pegasus teen who wanted nothing more than to be like her idol and her idol who wanted nothing more than to be the best of the best.