It had started as the usual play date for the mane six and their pets, and that is when Rainbow Dash decided she wanted a pet of her own. So the next day, Rainbow Dash was over at Fluttershy's house, though she wasn't the only one there looking for a pet.
"Oh hey Rainbow Dash. You come to get a pet too?" Sunset asked.
"What the...how did YOU find out about Fluttershy's pets." Rainbow Dash said.
"Princess Celestia recommended it. I actually wrote her a letter yesterday asking if she would be upset if I tried to get my own pet, and she explained that she wouldn't be." Sunset said. "Not sure if I'm all about flying animals though. I'm checking out the more land based ones." She added.
"Really? But both Princess Celestia and Twilight have flying pets." Rainbow Dash said.
"Ugh...do not remind me about Celestia's pet. Remember the little trick Philomena played on Fluttershy? Wanna know how I know about Pheonix molts? One day, Celestia put me in charge of looking after Philomena and that was the day Philomena molted to rebirth herself." Sunset said. "I was cleaning up the feathers from that after Philomena did her little drama act."
"Oof...yeah I guess I can see how you're turned away from flying pets. Still, I want a pet that can fly so they can keep up with me." Rainbow Dash said.
"That's not what a pet should do, but I'm not one to judge." Sunset said as Rainbow Dash soon created this strange pet show out of the flying pets that the mane six watched.
The pet show had ended up a tie between several flying pets, so Rainbow Dash decided to create a tiebreaker event. The event was a race through Ghastly Gorge, and the rules was that whoever crosses the finish line with Rainbow Dash would end up winning the honor of being the speedster's pet.
However, as Rainbow Dash was going over the candidates; and noticing the Turtle had snuck his way into the event; he did notice that the Bat was missing. "Hang on, where's that bat?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Um...Rainbow Dash...I think the Bat has decided to drop out..." Fluttershy said, pointing to Sunset who had the bat hanging off the front of her face.
"After seeing him in the that pet show, I don't know why but, he just jumped out at me. Plus, he's a bat. Meaning no feathers to clean up." Sunset said.
"Wait, I thought you were going to avoid getting a flying pet because of Philomena?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I honestly thought I would do the same, but after seeing the bat's perfomance and remembering that Bats don't molt feathers, I guess you could say my mind became changed. I could go for a pet that's good at making some radical music. It's like a melody." Sunset said. She then gasped. "That's it! I'll call this bat Mellos." Sunset said.
"Actually Sunset, that bat is a girl." Fluttershy said.
"Oh. Well Melody is still a good name for her." Sunset said.
"...Okay this is wierd. But now onto the actual event." Rainbow Dash said.
While the Falcon had been the first animal to cross the finish line, Rainbow Dash looked apprehensive. "Something Wrong Rainbow?" Sunset asked.
"While the Falcon is cool and awsome and all that, I did say that whoever crossed the finish line with me would become my pet." Rainbow Dash said.
"That's right! That's what she said!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.
"And the only animal who did do that was the Tortoise." Rainbow Dash said. "You can't keep a turtle like this one out for long. He's like a-a tank!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Guess you've found a name for him already huh?" Sunset said, as she and the others watched the falcon do some good sportsmanship in shaing one of the Tortoise's legs. "...Never thought I'd ever see that in a million years." Sunset said.
"But Rainbow, didn't you want a flying pet with wings so they wouldn't slow you down?" Fluttershy asked.
"I think I can help with that actually." Twilight said.
"Speaking of you Twilight, I think there's something I've learnt about friendship today." Rainbow Dash said.
"Alright, I'll get a letter ready." Spike said, taking out a blank scroll. Rainbow Dash smiled from this.
Dear Princess Celestia,
While the friendship between ponies and thier pets are important, you sometimes find that your friendship can be forged in the most unlikely of ways...
While Spike was writing the scroll, Tank had managed to fake out Opal into scratching his shell and then taking her toy away, surprising the cat. And getting a giggle out of even Rainbow Dash and Rarity out of the antics.
And while Sunset and I didn't want the types of pets we have now initially, I can say with confidence that they just fit us well. And we hope to introduce you to them soon.
Sincerly, the element of Loyalty, Rainbow Dash.
Spike finished the letter and was about to send it to the Princess when she suddenly teleported to the group. "PRINCESS CELESTIA?! What are you doing here?" Sunset asked.
"There's no time. You must gather the elements of harmony and meet me in Ponyville. Throsten is already there." Princess Celestia said.
The group started to race over. "What's going on? Did Discord do something to Serendipity?" Twilight asked.
"Worse I'm afraid. Discord had noted that there's a huge power coming straight for Ponyville from out in space." Princess Celestia said. "One that puts even my own mother to shame." She added.
"But that's impossible. From what I understand, only a god could hope to overpower Queen Faust." Sunset said.
"And that's why we need the Elements of harmony." Celestia said. The group got there when suddenly a space shuttle was in orbit above Ponyville Square. "...We're too late, it's here." Celestia said.
The space shuttle soon landed, and then out stepped a lone male anubian jackal. He seemed to wear royal jewels all over his body. However, the look in his eyes conveyed the look of an experienced warrior.
"I'm only going to ask you once..." The jackal said. "Where is Gorzon?" He asked.
To Be Continued