Pony Wings
The First Flight
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and for there you will always long to return - Leonardo Da Vinci
Scootaloo waited eagerly for her trainer to arrive. Her heart was thumping out of her chest. She had never been so excited. Maybe for once in her many years, she could finally taste the thrill of flight. She had arrived. The cyan pegasus rushed over to Scootaloo.
"Sorry I'm late, sport. I had some business to attend to"
"Don't worry, Dash. Better late than never, am I right?" she giggled. Rainbow Dash laughed along.
"Okay, kid. First, wing exercises" The pegasus' wings flew open and they started to pound that the wind. Though, she was remaining on the ground.
"Copy me, Scoots" The orange pegasus nodded, copying Rainbow's movements. Though, it wasn't as powerful. As far as it looked, she was just fluttering her wings.
"Go a little slower, kid." Rainbow set out another demonstration. Scootaloo watched in awe before attempting to copy her again. This time, her small wings whipped up a little bit of wind. Rainbow could feel it pressing against her fur.
"Good job" she finished. The twosomes' wings flipped back into place. "Now that you've got the warm up, it's time to get serious" Rainbow Dash picked up her student, flying her to a cliff. Scootaloo stopped at the edge.
"D-damn! That's...She gulped "Really far down.."
"What? You sound like you're afraid of heights, kid" Rainbow Dash explained. Scootaloo puffed out her chest, making herself look tough.
"W-what? No way!". Rainbow Dash laughed and playfully knocked Scootaloo's shoulder.
"Okay, squirt. You want to fly? Then you're going to have to make your first step somewhere high. You ready for this?" Scootaloo's mouth flew open. She had only just done warm-up excersizes. She hasn't even lifted herself up off of the ground, and already, Rainbow want's her to jump, or fly in her case, off of a cliff? She gulped again, fluttering her wings.
"Okay". She turned to face the edge again, staring at the horizon.
Okay, Scootaloo she thought to herself. You WILL fly. You can do this!. The tips of her hooves went over the edge slightly.
"If anything happens, flap your wings to get speed, dive, then swoop yourself up at the last minute, 'kay? Remember - speed, dive, swoop" Rainbow winked, slapping Scootaloo's wing. Scootaloo breathed in, then forced herself to do something she never thought she would do. She jumped off the cliff. Rainbow looked over the cliff.
"KID! I said to FLY not to DIVE!" she facehoofed. Scootaloo realized her mistake.
Speed, dive, swoop the three words echoed in her mind. She nodded to herself. Her wings, instead of fluttering, finally flapped, giving her speed. She then stretched her forelegs out, going into a dive. Finally, before hitting the ground, she swooped skywards. She was either dreaming, or she was REALLY flying. She stopped and looked around. There, she could see Rainbow Dash heading towards her.
"Kid!" She shouted, giving her a hug. "You did it! Y-you flew! You really flew!". Scootaloo stared blankly at her mentor for a while, but then her face filled with joy. A smile almost too big for her face appeared. She returned the hug. Now, she wasn't as useless as she thought she was. Now, she finally had something in her. She had courage. She had determination. She knew, with her new ability of flying, that she could finally find her destiny. She could finally find her cutie mark.