Dash to the Finish
It was the final period, and for Rainbow and Gilda, it meant returning to the cafeteria, or rather what used to be the cafeteria. By the time they got there, the tables were folded and put away, and in their place was lots of gym equipment.
The two girls, now wearing gym clothes, lined up with the rest of their classmates in front of the teacher. He was jet black with a yellow mane and wore a red jacket, red shirt, blue pants, and tennis shoes.
"Alright ladies, here's the deal," he said addressing all of the students, "we're gonna start with our normal warm-ups before we go outside and run ten laps around the track."
Gilda followed Rainbow over to a spot where the latter began doing push ups. Gilda got on all fours and began to mimic Rainbow's actions.
“You,” the coach said as he was pointing to Gilda, “Do you call that a pushup?”
Gilda stopped. “Um…I don't know.”
The coach helped Gilda into the correct form before… “Now try that again.”
Gilda tried the push ups again, but this time there was more of a burn.
"Good..." the coach commented.
“Thanks…” Gilda continued her stride of push ups.
They did a few other exercises before everyone finally headed outside to do their laps.
"Ready to lose Rainbow Crash?" One of the boys from earlier taunted.
“Are you sure you aren’t ready to eat my dust,” Rainbow taunted back.
"Dawww...she's trying to make a comeback!"
Now it was Gilda’s turn. “Ready to add mine to the menu?”
"Oh, so the new girl's gonna try something?"
“Try? I’m gonna do it!”
"We'll see about that!"
"Yeah, you'll see our tails at the finish line."
When the coach blew the whistle, everyone began running their laps.
After only a few moments Rainbow, Gilda, and the boys began pulling ahead of the others. They remained neck and neck for a number of laps, but on the eighth, the boys and Rainbow began to slow, while Gilda remained at a steady pace. Everyone could only watch as Gilda ended up being the first one to finish her laps, with Rainbow following for second place.
Rainbow went onto the cloud and collapsed while Gilda ran up to her. "Good job," Gilda smiled.
“Thanks,” Rainbow said breathing heavily. She felt tired, but at the same time, she didn’t want to stop. She didn’t know how to explain it, but it felt… amazing. "Think they'd be up for another round?"
“I don’t know, but they might.”
"Alright everyone, hit the showers and gather your things. Your parents will be here soon." The coach announced.
Everyone began walking into the locker rooms. Gilda kept thinking back on the race. The thrill of defeating her rival was… incredible! She had never felt something that...amazing! Once that one moment was planted into her mind, there was going to be no turning back.
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Rainbow Dash and Gilda were waiting for their parents to pick them up. Thankfully, the bullies have already left, so maybe they could talk a little more.
"So the Flareagles are stunt flyers like the Wonderbolts, huh?" Dash asked.
“The only difference is that they are griffons.”
“Huh… So I take it you have something different for Power Ponies too, huh?”
"Power what? Are they like the Griffengers?"
“If they’re superheroes, then yeah.”
“Well, let’s just say that they are superheroes with a giant robot.”
“Wow…”
“Yeah. So where are your-”
Firefly, a pink pegasus with a blue mane walked into the school. She had a blue mane and was wearing black athletic pants, a red T-shirt, and blue jacket. The style of her mane was very much similar to Rainbow’s.
Gilda asked in a surprised tone, “That’s your mom?”
“Yep,” Rainbow said, “Now you see where my awesomeness came from.”
“Oh yes…”
“Anyway, I guess I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“I guess so. Bye.”
“Bye.”
Rainbow walked away from Gilda and toward Firefly, leaving Gilda in the gym with no one to talk to. She was used to it though, she could never really make friends and her parents practically ignored her existence. She just hoped her friendship with Rainbow would remain.
About half an hour later, another griffon appeared. As she figured, it was the butler. "Are you ready, Ms. Gilda?"
“Yeah, I guess so.”
“Then let us depart.”
The two walked out of the school before they embarked on their flight home.