//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 // Story: Masters of the Sky // by klockwork //------------------------------// She could see Scootaloo in the mirror. She was looking through all of Rainbow's stuff frantically looking for her bosses information. It only made things worse for Rainbow seeing how she was now invading her house. At least she had no secrets to hide from anypony she thought. "Oh! Maybe she has it hanging on her fridge." Scootaloo said as she closed the final draw in the room. She then flew over to the kitchen to start rummaging in there. Without a moment of hesitation, the moment Scootaloo was in the other room, Rainbow silently flew out of her room. She was going slow as not to make any noise from her wings and prayed the whole time Scootaloo wouldn't see her. She was halfway to the door when she heard Scootaloo again. "Dang, its not here either. Maybe she has it in her room." At hearing this Rainbow didn't care if she was heard or not. She needed to take the risk. She sped up and darted out of the door in under a second on the last half. The moment she exited she flew straight down and out of view of the the wide open doorway. She decided to go see if she could find Spitfire and see why the Wonderbolts haven't taken in the best flyer in Equestria yet to join their team. It had always irritated her that she wasn't in yet, but she always buried it saying to herself that there is some other reason. Now that they've taken a filly half her age before her, obviously its something stupid, she thought. Finding her would be the hard part. Chances are she had already left. It had been a few hours since she left the podium to have a fit in her room. On the off chances she was still there, Rainbow decided to check the stage and the Town Hall. She sped up and blazed from her house there. She could feel the wind cutting through her main, and chances were speed she was going at was making the wind erupt through everypony else down below. She could see leaves falling off of the few trees she passed. She wasn't sure whether it was the wind or not, but she swore she could hear yell of complaints from down below. Even if it were other ponies, she didn't care. She wanted to find the Wonderbolts and if they saw her, she wanted to show off as well. She was done playing games. She was determined to get into the Wonderbolts today at any cost. She began to slow down as she encroached the stage at a dangerous speed. Seeing how it was empty, she immediately flew right through the doors into the Town Hall coming to a complete stop once she reached inside. Inside she saw the Mayor, Spitfire, and another pony who she had never seen before. "Spitfire." Rainbow said interrupting whatever they were talking about. "When your done here, can I talk to you?" She asked trying to sound angry and rude, like she really felt. "Ya, sure. We're just finishing up legal documents for Scootaloo and her father, but you wouldn't know since you left early." Spitfire said motioning to the third strange pony. "This is Scootaloo's father, Lightspeed." "Hey, I'm Rainbow Dash. I've been looking after your daughter for a while now and helping her with her flying too." Rainbow said introducing herself. "My friends stopped over when I was done with work and told me the gist. Wheres Scootaloo?" Rainbow asked pretending not to know the truth. "Hello Rainbow, I'm Lightspeed as Spitfire said. Um scootaloo said she was going to find you." Lightspeed laughed a bit. "I guess that's kind of hard when your right here though. Chances are shes back at your house." "Spitfire, how long do you think this'll take?" Rainbow asked. "Oh, we should be done in a minute." She replied. "OK, then I'll go check for Scootaloo after we talk." Rainbow said as she walked over to the bench in the office to wait. Rainbow fidgeted impatiently waiting for a few minutes for Spitfire to finish. She was relieved when they were finished as she hated waiting, and hated waiting for this information even more. "So, Rainbow, what did you want to talk about?" Spitfire said walking over to her as Lightspeed left and the Mayor went upstairs. "I have a question." Rainbow couldn't wait, this was the moment she would figure it all out and maybe live her dream. "How come Scootaloo got into the Wonderbolts and you never asked me?" She said. "Oh, um." Spitfire stuttered. "You... you don't remember?" She asked expecting Rainbow to have already known the answer. "Remember what? Does this have to do with flight school? Cuz I'm better than all of them and Scootaloo hasn't passed it yet, and hes in!" Rainbow said trying to hide the anger in her voice. "How do you not remember the reason you left Cloudsdale?" Spitfire asked incredulously. "I left because I hated it. It was stupid, and everypony made fun of me. I'm better than all of them anyways. I'm the only pony to perform a sonic rainboom, and I've done it twice! How is that a reason to be excluded from the Wonderbolts!" She said failing to hide the anger this time. Her mind must have blocked it out, and made a replacement story. Spitfire thought to herself, knowing that Rainbow wasn't telling the truth, yet, she didn't seem to think she was lying. "Oh nevermind. Its nothing." Spitfire said choosing to not tell Rainbow the true reason she left. It would be better to keep her in the dark she thought. "But, if you want to get in then you should go talk to Soarin." She continued trying to dodge this subject. She would just have to get to Soarin first to tell him that Rainbow doesn't remember. She didn't want to deal with this, and anyways she knew Soarin would be the better pony to deal with this. "OK." Rainbow said a little calmer before she zoomed off instantly to find Soarin. Soarin had already left Ponyville with Pinkie Pie to plan the celebration. Spitfire knew this and quickly zoomed off after Rainbow Dash left to cut him off before Rainbow Dash found him. She knew Rainbow could fly extremely fast and would checking all over the place. Luckily for her, Rainbow had been to angry and impatient to ask if Spitfire knew where Soarin was. It only took Spitfire a few minutes to reach Soarin. She was flying as fast as she did in her races, she didn't want to take any chances. Soarin may remind Rainbow of what really happened back in Cloudsdale and that wouldn't help anypony. "Soarin! Soarin! Wait up!" Spitfire yelled as she reached neared Soarin and Pinkie. They were taking a royal carriage back to Canterlot, for the sole reason of Pinkie being grounded. "I'll be right back Pinkie." Soarin said immediately after hearing Spitfire. It wasn't that he cared so much of what his friend had to say, but more so he needed a break from Pinkie. The entire ride she had filled every second with words. He couldn't remember a second of silence at all. "What is it Spitfire?" Soarin said as he left the carriage and flew over to Spitfire. "Its about Rainbow Dash. She came and found me a few minutes ago about why we asked a filly before her to join the Wonderbolts." Spitfire said. "Well, maybe I should tell you why then." Soarin said. "It is of no matter, I already know enough. But she doesn't. She doesn't remember anything of her dark past at all. She thinks she left Cloudsdale by choice because she hated it and the other fillies." Spitfire replied. "What, who told you?" Soarin said surprised seeing that Spitfire knew even that much. He was the master of entries and he had never told anypony what was up with Rainbow Dash and why he never asked her. He always would reply with 'I have my reasons.' or other replies of the such. "Not important. Just, shes looking for you. Don't remind her of the story. And no, I don't know it all, just that something happened to force her to leave Cloudsdale and it involved you. I just wanted to warn you." Spitfire said. "I'll go take Pinkie to Canterlot and you go find Rainbow Dash or something." Spitfire said quickly zooming off. "Why can't she just find me?" Soarin shouted back not wanting to deal with this either. "What? Can't hear you!" Spitfire lied in reply. She then quickly took the reins herself and charged off into the distance at a speed she normally didn't go to. She felt a little bad leaving Soarin to deal with it by himself, but she didn't really know what happened. And even if she did, it probably wouldn't be fun in the least bit. It was Soarin's problem after all, she thought trying to reassure herself. "OK, Pinkie. Soarin had to go do something, so I'll help you. Did I miss anything important?" Spitfire asked. She knew the pink pony could speak a mile a minute, and at least it would take her mind off of this all. *****At the same time back in Rainbow's house***** FWOOSH! Scootaloo heard the noise come from the front room. She immediately charged out to see what it was. Unfortunately, whatever it was, was gone. The room was exactly like she remembered it. Maybe she just imagined the noise, she thought. She decided to take a quick look through Rainbow's room to see if the information was in there. She didn't want to open up Rainbow's dressers and invade her personal privacy though. Everywhere she looked, she couldn't find it. "She's probably on her way home now anyways." Scootaloo thought aloud before leaving Rainbow's house to see if she could cut her off. She flew around for a while almost aimlessly around Ponyville looking everywhere for Rainbow Dash. Eventually she saw a streak of Rainbow fly right by her face. "Rainbow!" Scootaloo yelled excitedly to no response. Rainbow Dash kept on going to wherever it was she was going. Scootaloo tried to follow her, but she was quickly outpaced by her. She didn't give up though. She could see the streak of rainbow blurring across the sky from a long way and followed her far behind. "I'm going to kill Spitfire later and then I'm going to tell her why." Soarin muttered to himself as he slowly flew back to Ponyville. He wasn't excited for this conversation. He then saw a streak of rainbow coming right for him. Rainbow Dash had found him already. He had no idea what to say or what to do. He really didn't want to accept her in, but she doesn't even know the reason why! "Soarin!!" Rainbow Dash called as she zoomed forward. "Yes?" Soarin sighed.