It has been two days since Rainbow Dash has been Soarin's student. Her agility has gotten better than the first lesson. Today is the day Rainbow Dash is going to do the quadruple flip. The most she could do was three.
"Need a little help?" Soarin flew to her. Rainbow Dash nodded her head with an ashamed smile. Before he started, he asked Rainbow Dash for permission to touch her body to properly couch her.
He flew with her doing the flip with her while supporting her belly as he flew beneath her. It took her a while to completely get to the fourth flip as at the third and a half mark she could barely bend and fly back. They finally took a break and Rainbow Dash let out a sigh of relief.
"Hey, I was wondering since you're not mentoring you must have traded something with Spitfire right?" Rainbow Dash asked, her eyes filled with curiosity.
"I have to come up with all sorts of possible formations in return for making her train Team C members. I also have to make sure I am in tip-top shape so she has this test for me every week. If I fail twice I have to get back to mentoring," Soarin explained with his usual gleeful smile. "I just wish when I trained mares, they wouldn't fall in love with me..."
"Why not stallions?" Rainbow Dash suggested.
"They don't listen to me one bit, no matter how stern or strict I am they won't listen!" Soarin exclaimed and sighed thinking about all those times that he had trained stallions. "So I completely have given up on teaching!"
"Oh cheer up! Now you have me! An awesome student who listens and learns fast!" Rainbow Dash said with pride. "Hey, you seem kind of glum. Let's go for a fly around the academy."
Rainbow Dash instinctively took Soarin's hoof and flew up. She blushed due to her embarrassment as soon she noticed her hoof.
"I heard my friend, Applejack, is having a farm sale. Where she makes all the Apple products and sells them this weekend. Want to join me? Their cider is a must to try! There's apple pie!" Rainbow Dash said with excitement.
"Wait, is it the apple pie from the Grand Galloping Gala?" Soarin asked as his face brightened up.
"Yes, that's right! So I was wondering this Saturday morning if you would like to follow me to Sweet Apple—" Rainbow Dash crashed into a cloud.
Rainbow Dash was surprised that she crashed into a cloud. She usually multitask while flying. Always noticing what to avoid to not crash into.
Rainbow Dash's POV
This is a disaster! I've never crashed into a cloud like that while flying! But how can I not know?
"Hey, Rainbow Dash are you okay?" Soarin asked.
"I'm good! Let's get back to training..." I said feeling so ashamed.
I embarrassed myself in front of my idol! How embarrassing! I wish I could hide in a hole! I followed Soarin back down to the training ground. I attempted the quadruple flip again and I did it! I was so proud that I did my little victory dance. I got carried away and forgot Soarin was there, my cheeks turned a slight red from the embarrassment.
Soarin POV
For the past three days, it has been refreshing to finally have a student who is willing to learn. Maybe my curse is broken after all! Today was full of surprises. For example, when Rainbow Dash did her little dance I was so surprised. I knew she had one from that time when her name was cleared of sabotaging Spitfire. But to see it again today was a sight. I couldn't help but think it was a little cute.
The other instance was when she suddenly grabbed my hoof today. I was stunned at first since I was a little gloomy before. I could be remembering wrongly but I thought I heard my heart skip a beat. But how could I? Rainbow Dash is my student. Maybe it's the sudden change in mood that shocked me a little.
"How is it possible that you didn't notice where you were flying?" I asked finding it a bit odd for an experienced flyer like her.
"I don't know! This is the first time that it happened to me! Am I losing my skills!?" Rainbow Dash panicked as her eyes went big and she slowly dragged her under-eye skin slowly down as if she is trying to communicate a sense of dread to me.
"It could be that because you were talking about food, you lost focus. Sometimes that happens to me when I think about my apple pies and I have crashed into clouds before," I suggested with an experience of mine.
"That's it! Thank you, Soarin! At least now I know I'm not losing my skills!" Rainbow Dash instantly hugged me.
She pulled away immediately after what she said. She apologized for her impulsiveness as she explained she always hugs her friends when she's excited. I'm glad to know she considers me as a friend and not just solely a mentor. I suggested going for lunch as the sun held high up in the sky by this time of day.
I went to grab my tray and sat down beside Dashie. I made up that nickname since I don't want to keep calling her Rainbow Dash all the time. I hope to be able to use it in real life and not just in my mind in the future.
At the end of the day before dinner, I was glad to be able to ask her to let me use a nickname I made for her. She was so elated and kept saying 'OHMYGOSH, OHMYGOSH, OHMYGOSH'.
"Today was hard work Soarin!" Dashie Remarked as she closed her locker that kept her belongings before she hit the showers.
"You're right! Tomorrow we will do something more relaxing, Dashie," I said and closed my locker door.
Before I even had a chance to view the room Surprise and Fleetfoot were already staring at me suspiciously. I gave them an annoyed look and asked what's with them.
"Already using nicknames huh?" Fleetfoot asked with a smirk on her face.
"Next thing we know you two are an item," Surprise wiggled her brows and shot up an assured look.
"You two really got to stop this... she's my student for Celestia's sake!" I exclaimed with a tinge of annoyance.
"Yeah.... student," Surprise gave a suspicious look and wiggled her brows again.
"I'm going to take a shower!" I exclaimed and trotted out of the room.
I just can't believe it! Dashie and I? Those two are just putting me with any mares as they see fit. I only see her as a good friend. That is from my three days of interacting with her. The day ended with a peaceful night.
As soon as it was Saturday morning, I met Dashie at the entrance of the Wonderbolts building. I followed her lead to the Sweet Apple Acres. Those delicious apple pies... My thoughts were interrupted by Dashie abruptly pulling me aside.
"Woah you got to be careful! A hot air balloon nearly crashed into you! What got you so into deep thinking?" She asked as we continued flying.
"Sorry! I'm just really anticipating those delicious apple pies..." I embarrassingly replied.
Dashie giggled at that moment. She added that this situation made her feel so much better when she crashed into a cloud.
"We're here!" Dashie exclaimed with excitement. "The line is going to get longer by the second! Come on let's get in that line!"
She grabbed my hoof and we dashed down to the line. When it comes to something she wants, she's crazy fast. "Sorry about that but when it's food, I'm the best when it comes to lining up!"
Her wings flapped rapidly as we nearly approached our turn for the cider stand. Her smile grew bigger and her face grew brighter. I chuckled a little to myself secretly, if I had to be honest she's like a little filly who can't wait to receive candy. She was over the moon the moment she got her hooves on the cider. She immediately gulped it down in an instant. I tried it and I really like it but not as good as Apple pies...
"I probably had made you wait a while to get to your apple pies...haha," Dashie said as she slowly dug the ground with one hoof.
I could tell she was feeling embarrassed. Seeing as no pony loves to hold some pony up of their time. She went up to her friend with the blonde hair and orange skin. As soon as she heard Dashie's request she ran to the farmhouse.
"Thank you so much for the apple pie Dashie!" I thanked with a wide smile.
Rainbow PoV
"Dashie?" Applejack looked at me weirdly.
"Is there something going on between both of y'all?" She looked at me sheepishly.
"It's a nickname Applejack? Can't you tell?" I rolled my eyes.
"Anyway, this is my temporary mentor Soarin. He's so cool! Let me tell you how fast and agile he is! He did those courses effortlessly! And then that qua—"
"I get it he's amazing. Go spend your time while I have some farm work to do," she interrupted me before I could finish my awesome speech about Soarin.
"I normally get all excited when I talk about the people I look up to..." I said feeling a little awkward.
"How is the Apple Pie?" I asked Soarin trying to shift the topic.
"It's amazing! Thanks to you, I was able to find the source of this great apple pie!" Soarin excitedly thanked me. His wings flapped rapidly just from talking about the pie he ate.
I could tell he was feeling a little embarrassed to show that excitement of his. If I were to be honest I found it a bit adorable— wait did I just call him adorable? Oh my gosh, I'm going to be uncool! How can I get all sappy like this? This is going to make me 20% wayyyyy less cool than before.
"Well now we won't have to feel awkward about being embarrassed anymore since we both have had that instance," I ruffled my hair and laughed a little.
Our Saturday ended off without a hitch. It was a nice day and I bonded closer to one of the members of the Wonderbolts. It felt like an awesome day! I bid Soarin goodbye for the day and look forward to meeting him next week. Look forward!? What is wrong with me? I'm getting all sappy again.
The next day, I went to see Twilight and Applejack was there already talking with Twilight.
"Twilight! I need your help! I think there's something wrong with me!" I dashed and interrupted their conversation.