//------------------------------// // The Other Hidden Ability // Story: The Race for the Missing Powers // by Rainbow Dash 55 //------------------------------// Rainbow softly landed on the ground, and her eyes returned to normal. Twilight helped her stand back up. "What happened?", Rainbow mumbled. "You don't remember?" Rainbow looked back at the river. "I think I just demolished the Wonderbolts. And I took away two of their members' powers." Twilight giggled. "Actually, they're all safe. Even Misty and Spitfire, somehow." "WHAT?! Where are they? That's it! I feel another explosion comin'!" Rainbow snorted and pawed at the ground. Twilight's smile faded when she remembered something. "I think you'll have to hold that thought, Rainbow." She angled Rainbow to look at something on the ground, motionless. "Soarin!" Rainbow screamed. She flew over to him, then cried. She longed for him to pick up his head, then say a funny remark about how beautiful she is, or that he would never leave her. But that didn't come. The color didn't return to his face, so Rainbow pressed her cheek to his, and softly cried into it. Soarin. "I'm so sorry, Rainbow," Twilight said. A tear fell onto Soarin's cheek, and Rainbow wiped it away. And then the strangest thing happened: her hoof, the tear, and Soarin's face, glowed. It glowed a brilliant sky blue color, and she gasped and pulled her hoof back. But Soarin continued to glow. It spread throughout his whole body, stopping on his wounds, and then continuing to flow. Rainbow touched his face, and he reached up, pulled her face a centimeter from his, and said, "Did you really think I would leave you after a few scratches?" And then he kissed her, really kissed her. Rainbow dug deeper into the kiss by opening her mouth, and Soarin did the same. Then, it finally broke, after they both had enough. "You're alive...And I love you, Soarin." "Eh, I'm OKAY," Soarin said, then gave her a gorgeous grin she knew and loved. She smiled, then gave him a hard, deep kiss. "You're amazing. I'll never let you go to anyone else." "You're amazing too, Dash. I love you so much, my heart ached every time I saw you. I've always wanted to kiss you, tell you how I feel about you. But I didn't know how, or if you felt the same way." "I've always loved you too. I was just too shy to admit it." "You? Shy? When have YOU been shy?", he smiled. She playfully punched his arm, and he did the same to her. "Uh, guys?" Twilight sounded worried. They turned toward her and saw Spitfire getting up, looking almost worse than Soarin did. Rainbow immediately pounced on her, pinning her to the ground. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right now!", Rainbow said between her gritted teeth. "Dash, I'm so sorry! It'll never happen again, I promise! I'm so sorry! You should be the one with the powers!" "You're lying! I can feel you shaking!" "That's fear, Dash! I'm telling the truth!" She looked petrified, which was part of the reason Rainbow let go of her. Spitfire picked Misty up, and flew away. Rainbow heard faint sounds of talking and gasping. They all walked over to it. "Guys?", Rainbow asked. "What are you doing here?" "I'm never going submarining again!", Rarity said. "I thought it was cool!" Pinkie bounced up and down. "And Dashy, it was so intense when you shot the lightning at the castle, and it went BOOM! And it went BOOM so loud and hard, that it hit our submarine too! Well, the lightning didn't hit it. We hit a rock 'cause we were WATCHING the pretty lightning." "Wow. Sorry, guys," Rainbow said. "It's okay!", Pinkie exclaimed. "It was fun! Let's do it again!"