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// The Next Day 
// Story: The Race for the Missing Powers 
// by Rainbow Dash 55 
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 "That's so cool!"
Rainbow's friends had all been watching her perform all of her powers.
She landed, after she had finished waterbending. "Thanks, Pinkie."
"It looks as if you've mastered you powers already!", Twilight exclaimed.
"Thanks, but I think I'm pretty far from that. I'm still a little shaky."
"Rainbow!"
Rainbow turned around to see a Wonderbolt member that hadn't techically betrayed her.
"High Winds!", Rainbow welcomed her. "Are you alright? Did you survive my, uh, explosion?"
"Yes, I did. Fortunetly, Spitfire had me running errands so I wasn't even in the lair! I just saw and heard it from far away. When I got there, everyone was gone, and when I swam to the ocean, the lair was ruined. I knew better than to ask Spitfire and Misty Fly what happened, so I asked Silver Lining, and he told me everything."
"Oh...Hey, High Winds?"
"Yes?"
"At the castle, I promised that, if we survived, I'd pay you back."
"Yes?"
"So, I guess I should pay you back. You were so kind to me when I really needed it." Rainbow smiled.
High Winds blushed, and returned the smile. "It was nothing, Rainbow."
"But it was. I feel like I NEED to pay you back."
"Thank you, Rainbow. But if you REALLY want to pay me back, promise me one more thing."
"What is it?"
"Take. Down. Spitfire. Promise me, Rainbow."
"I promise."
Her smile returned. "Thank you...Well, I'd better get going. Bye, guys." She flew away.
Rainbow reflected on her words, then noticed everypony staring at her. "Okay, back to work"
"Well, it's only been a day," Soarin reminded her. He was relaxing in the sun with a glass of lemonade. "And," he set the glass down, "I believe we have some unfinished business." He out his foreleg around Rainbow's shoulders, and she shyly looked at the ground.
"Ooh-ooh!", all of her friends, except Pinkie, cooed.
Instead, Pinkie said, "Unfinished business? I'll get my briefcase!" She zoomed away.
Rarity cleared her throat. "Well, then, I guess I do have to do that, uh, thing. With the...Right, girls?"
They quickly caught on. "Oh, yes! That! Let's go," Twilight said. "Have fun you two!" They left giggling.
"Well," Rainbow said, "What are we waiting for?"
"I, for one, was waiting for you to say that." (A gorgeous grin.) Soarin picked her up, and she laughed. He flew her to their mountain.