"3!" The words echoed through the endless sky.
"2!" Every competitor tightened their focus.
"1!" Everypony goes dead silent as the air fills with tension.
"GO!" Everypony bolts off of the starting line in a massive wave of colors. The sheer speed of their takeoff blasts half of the audience back on their haunches. The sky is filled with cheers, everypony screaming for their favorite racer. Soon their cheers are drowned out as the announcers microphones turn on.
"Hello Everypony! Welcome to the 50th annual Champions Of The Sky Race! Were all of the fastest flyers in Equestria come to show their stuff! Today we have quite a race for you all! We've got returning champion and Equestrians favorite flyer, The Element of Loyalty herself, the one and only RAINBOW DASH!" The rainbow pegasus turned and waved to her fans while still flying at mach speeds. " And as a special treat we have the Wonderbolts joining me here in booth to provide live commentary on their thoughts through the race! How are you all doing tonight?" The mic slid over to sky blue pegasus. "Not bad dude." The fiery flyer picked up the mic next. "Great to be here, been a while since I last saw this many racers in one place." The mic slid back to the announcer. "Awesome! So what are your thoughts on today's competitors? Any favorites?" The two Wonderbolts looked at eachother than back at the announcer. The mare known as Spitfire spoke into the mic all the time her eyes watching one stallion circle the track. " Well yes actually. A few days ago me and Sourin here heard some rumors about somepony." Her vision zoomed in on one pony in particular, a night blue pegasus quickly making his way to the lead. The announcer raised an eyebrow. " Oh? And what are these rumors about? Who?"
The pony continued to zoom around the track eventually catching up to rainbow maned champ. He flew up next to her. "Hey! Whats up!" His voice could barely be heard over the wind rushing by, but it seemed to carry its message. She turned her head to look but the second she did the stallion flew past her leaving a solid midnight blue line. Rainbows vision focused as two words left her mouth. "Hell no!"
The Stallions lead didn't last long as Rainbow decided to kick it up a notch. A blur of colors blasted past him, all he could do was grin a wicked grin. He flapped his wings again propelling himself even faster. Seconds passed before he finally caught up with her flashing a toothy grin. "So you're Rainbow Dash? Pretty damn fast arnt you?" She smiled a cocky smile and said. "Fastest in all Equestria. Sorry to disappoint but, I've got a race to win." She saluted him and bolted forward. "HEY! Im not done talkin yet!" He dashed forward again, her smile faded when she saw he had caught up again. "Im going to have troubles with you arnt I?" He grinned at her again. "You don't know the half of it. Names Air Raid, Love to tell you all about myself but you see, Ive got a race to win."
The last thing she saw was his a flash of blue, and then, he was gone. Rainbow began to get angry. " HEY! Who do you think you are?! Whatever kid! Time to show you up with the big guns!" She closed her eyes and began to spiral forward. She had been developing this move for such an occasion. Soon her entire body became a violent spinning blob of color with a streaks of air following her. She had named it The Drill Dash. Any ponies behind her where throw off course spiraling out of control, flying out of the boundaries. This of course now meant it was just them left in the race. Two unspoken rivals. The distance between the two was covered in no time. Soon she flew past him without a word. All of the emotion withdrew from his face. "You don't know who your messing with do you! I AM GOING TO BE THE GREATEST IN EQUESTRIA, AND YOU WONT STOP ME!" Color drained from his eyes, mane and tail. He focused it all behind him and a blast of color shot out of his tail as his speed skyrocketed. He was using his own spectra as a sort of rocket fuel, propelling him forward at breakneck speeds shattering the sound barrier and quickly found his spot next to the leader.
"Nice to see you up here?! He couldn't tell what her facial expression was through her swirls but he could make out a little speech. "OK WHAT THE HELL!" He grinned and saluted her now. " Im just full of surprises! Now for the last time, I've got a race to win."
He zoomed past her leaving a small sonic-boom in his wake making Rainbow spiral out of control. He blasted forward crossing the finish line for the final time. He came to an almost immediate stop. Everypony gasped at the events that just happened. Everything was silent for a moment, but soon the crowd exploded with cheers and yelling. Raid looked up his colorless eyes beaming with pride. He turned back looking for his color streak, behind him he saw a long blue line marking most of the track all the way around. The end was moving toward him and eventually collided back into him. There was a brief flash of blue blinding the onlookers. When their vision cleared they saw him standing, the same bright eyed, midnight colored stallion he was before.
Rainbow had just arrived at the finish awestruck at the aforementioned events. She walked up next to him mouth still hanging open. " I-I can't believe it.... You won....I....Didn't." He grinned down at her and tapped her with his hoof. "Dont worry kid. Theres always next year."
Here comes the Rainbow Fan hate. Come at me Brony