Spirit Dash

by CutieMarkCrusaders


Six New Difficulties

Rainbow Dash entered the library to find Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack sitting in a circle on the floor.
"Where they hay is Rarity?" Dash blurted.
"Oh. Um... I- I know this one! I know this one! Don't tell me!" Pinkie Pie said while theatrically rubbing her chin. "She's washing her hair! No, wait! She took Opal to the vet! No, no wait!"
"Pinkie Pie!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
"She is just washing her hair," the pink pony shrugged. Rainbow Dash groaned as her face connected with her hoof.
"What's wrong, Rainbow Dash?" Twilight said in a concerned tone as she stood up to place a hoof on her friend's shoulder. Dash slumped down and told her friends the whole story.
"I have a sister," Rainbow Dash said as she watched the confused expressions cross her friend's faces. "She was kidnapped before we turned one, and I guess my haybag dad decided to never tell me about her."
"Now wait just a second, Dash," Applejack said. "Are you tellin' us that this whole time, you have had a sister? And I suppose next yer Dad'll be sayin' yer Mom's al-" Applejack put a hoof over her mouth as she realized what she was saying. "I, I'm sorry, Rainbow. I, I just meant... I have to go." The orange mare pulled her hat down and galloped towards the door, but when she swung it open, Rarity was behind it.
"I'm terribly sorry I'm late, girls," She said as she stepped into the library. Applejack swerved around her and galloped into the evening sunlight. "I was washing my mane," she said.
"Told ya!" Pinkie bounced up. Twilight seemed to be the only one to realize that their friend was crying.

...

Rainbow Dash opened her eyes as the first few rays of sunlight peeked through the window. She sat up in her bed and stretched. She swung her legs to the ground and stood up.
"Ok, Dash, you got this. You are going to get out there, and introduce Spirit to your friends. After that, she will go off and get her own friends, and you can avoid her 'till she goes home." She trotted out of the room and towards the kitchen where she found Spirit sitting at the table enjoying some hay.
"Good morning, Rainbow Dash!" she said cheerfully.
"Yeah, thanks. You too, Spirit Dash."
"Please, Spirit is fine."
"Oh, well in that case, I prefer to be called Dash." Perfect, Dash thought. I do not want to share a name, too. She walked over to the box where she kept her hay, and took out a mouthful, dropping it in nearby bowl. She carried it in her teeth to the chair across from where Spirit was sitting and set it down there. As she passed, she happened to notice for the first time what her cutie mark was. It looked like a pair of glasses, the same ones that were resting on her nose, and a quill leaning on them.
"So," Dash said through a mouthful of hay. "What is your talent anyway?"
"Oh, I am a writer. I got my cutie mark when I wrote my third S.O.S letter." She beamed at Rainbow Dash as if writing S.O.S letters was some great feat only a few ponies in the world could accomplish.
"How did you get your cutie mark?" she asked before taking another bite of hay.
"Well, these two haybags were making fun of my friend, Fluttershy, so to stand up for her, I challenged them to a race. We had to go through all these rings of cloud if we wanted to win. One of the rings was way down by the ground. I was going so fast, that when I went through that ring, it made a sonic rainboom!" Rainbow Dash had stood up while telling this part, to make it extra dramatic. "But, you know. Ain't nothin'"

...

Rainbow Dash and Spirit Dash flew down off the front steps of the cloud home and landed on the ground.
"I'll take you to Ponyville now and you can meet my friends." Dash said.
"Great!" The pegasi walked down Mane Street until they came to Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie Pie greeted them enthusiastically as they entered. Dash's four other friends were all waiting for her inside, just as they had planned the previous evening.
"Spirit Dash, this is Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Twilight. Guys, this is Spirit," Rainbow Dash said, gesturing to each of the ponies.
"Lovely to meet you, dear." Rarity said.
"Darn tootin'" Applejack piped up.
"Wow! It's so great to meet you! I mean, I've heard so much about you! Well, not really, but I mean I didn't sleep at all last night 'cause I was so excited to meet you today and mmmfff mffff mfff....." Twilight covered Pinkie's mouth with a hoof before saying, "She means it's nice to meet you."
"It's nice to meet you all, too." Spirit Dash said. "Maybe I can get to know you better over some water? I'm really thirsty,"
"Of course," Rarity said as she began to lead Spirit and the others away. Great. So much for plan A. Rainbow thought. Can't ditch her if she's hanging out with the ponies I planned to ditch her for. Guess it's time for plan B...