It was a warm and sunny day just like any other. Five friends were sitting in an open grassy field. Well, three were sitting, but two others, Pinkie Pie and Scootaloo, were bouncing around in excitement. Rarity the unicorn was using her magic to phial the tips of her hooves, Applejack was enjoying an apple and Fluttershy was just being her usual worried self.
In the middle of the field, suspended by ropes between two trees, was a pair of curtains ready to be unveiled for a grand show.
"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! I'm so excited! I can't wait to see Rainbow Dash's new flying moves!" the cheerful pink pony exclaimed.
"Me neither! I just know they're gonna be so awesome! I'd never miss a chance to watch Rainbow Dash perform!" said the little orange pegasus.
Fluttershy couldn't help but be nervous for her friend. "I just hope she doesn't hurt herself."
Rarity tried to calm her nerves. "Oh, Fluttershy, relax. Rainbow Dash says she's been practicing these tricks for over a month. I'm sure she'll be just fine."
"Yeah, and if anything goes wrong, Ponyville Hospital's just around the corner." Applejack added. Fluttershy took a deep breath to calm herself down.
"Okay. I do feel a little better." she said. Applejack looked around at the sky looking for a certain pony princess and her little dragon friend who apparently couldn't be bothered to show up on time.
"What in tarnation's takin' Twilight and Spike so long? Thought they'd be here by now."
"Hi girls!" shouted a voice from up in the air. It was none other than Princess Twilight Sparkle (though she much preferred just Twilight) and Spike the dragon. They were arriving in a shiny yellow chariot being drawn by two pegasus royal guards. 'Mighty humble.' Applejack thought to herself.
As the chariot landed, Twilight and Spike climbed out. "Thank you, gentlecolts. You're dismissed." Twilight said to her guards.
"Yes, your highness." They took a bow and flew off with the chariot in tow.
"Sorry we're late, girls. The meeting of the royal council ran a little longer than I expected." said Twilight.
"Is Rainbow Dash ready yet?" Spike asked in anticipation.
"Shucks! I think she's been ready for about fifteen minutes." the country pony stated.
"Hmm, I'd say more like 17.35 minutes." Pinkie chimed in, earning several confused looks from her friends. "Roughly speaking." she said awkwardly.
From behind the curtains, Rainbow Dash stuck out her head. "Everypony here?" she asked. The others all nodded. "Great." she exclaimed before popping her head back in.
Rainbow Dash projected her voice from behind the curtains. "Alright! Fillies and gentlecolts! Put your hooves together for the spectacular feats of the incredible, the amazing, the fully awesome... RAINBOW DASH!" The others all applauded and cheered as the curtains flew open and she struck a pose.
As quickly as Rainbow Dash took off into the sky, she began herding every cloud in the sky into one place, merging them all into one giant storm cloud which loomed over the crowd. She flew straight into the right side of the cloud and messed around with it from the inside. Soon, rain started pouring out of just the right half, leaving her friends very impressed.
Then she flew out and then back in on the left side, doing the same thing she did to the right. Only this time, snow began falling to the ground and onto the ponies below. Pinkie caught a flake on her tongue and tasted it.
"Eh, needs some fruity flavoring." The others giggled at such a comment.
Rainbow Dash then circled around around the unique weather pattern until it formed a perfect spiral, which she made follow her path. She lead the spiraling precipitation around a tree and headed towards her friends, causing them to cringe, but then pulled up at the last second, leading it back up into the cloud. Rain and snow began falling evenly from the entire cloud. The ponies below all cheered.
Now, for the grand finale, the rainbow-maned daredevil flew straight to the center of the cloud and spun around rapidly, causing it to expand. The others watched in suspense until suddenly, it burst just like a balloon, revealing the rainbow superstar with a full-spectrum rainbow light flashing around her. She struck a triumphant pose as her friends all applauded.
Scootaloo was simply blown away after watching her hero pull off such stunts. "Wow, Rainbow Dash! I've never seen anypony do that with weather clouds. That was totally sweet!"
"Yeah, I know, Scoots." Dash agreed as she floated down to the ground.
"Rainbow. Will you ever cease to amaze us?" the white unicorn mare asked generously.
"Heh! Not likely." Fluttershy rushed up to Rainbow Dash to check on her.
"How do you feel? You're not hurt, are you? Do you have a concussion? Any broken bones?" she asked frantically.
"Fluttershy, calm down. This is your pal Rainbow Dash you're talking to. The greatest flyer ever to come out of Cloudsdale."
"Rainbow Dash. Remember to watch that ego." Twilight reminded her sternly. Scootaloo quickly came to her idol's defense.
"Hey! She deserves to be proud of herself. She just combined every cloud in the sky into one giant super cloud and then made it rain and snow at the same time. Rainbow Dash is the most amazing, stupendous and powerfullest flyer in all Equestria!"
All this praise she was getting from her little fan made Rainbow Dash's face turn really red.
Scootaloo continued. "I mean, seriously. They should've made her a Wonderbolt a long time ago."
"Well, y'know how picky the Wonderbolts are about who they accept." Applejack chimed in.
"Well, of course. They're the most awesome flyers in all of Equestria. They need to be picky." Rainbow Dash said. "But, man. What I wouldn't give to be one of them."
Her train of thought was interrupted when the mailpony tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around to face him.
"'Scuse me. Is your name Rainbow Dash?"
"Yep. That's me." she answered.
He pulled a letter out of his bag and handed it to her. "Got a letter here for you." Rainbow thanked the mailpony and he went off. She ripped open the later and, upon reading it, she let out a gasp.
"What is it Rainbow?" AJ asked, followed by Spike's followup "Who's it from?"
"It's a letter from Spitfire! The captain of the Wonderbolts herself!" Rainbow exclaimed excitedly. "She wants me to meet her at the Wonderbolts headquarters ASAP."
"Well I'll be hog-tied." AJ said happily. "I wonder what she wants."
"Probably to finally make me an official Wonderbolt." She showed off a few areal flips just for the heck of it and then continued. "Wouldn't surprise me in the least."
"Well you won't know for sure until you get there." declared Twilight.
"Right. I'll be back in no time to fill you guys in. Gotta dash!" And with that, she took off to meet with her hero Spitfire, unaware of the adventure she was about to get herself into, as she waved goodbye to her best friends.