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// Rainbow Crush 
// Story: Friendship is Epic - Book 1: My Big Flare (COMPLETE REMAKE) 
// by FlareGun45 
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It was a very hot summer day in Ponyville, so I decided to head down to the town swimming pool. Yes, of course this town has a swimming pool! If there wasn’t, why would I be here? There were lots of ponies swimming in the pool, playing, diving, some were relaxing in the sun, and some were in the hot tub. I walked over to the entrance gate, opened it, and went inside.

"Ah, what a beautiful hottastic, watertastic, diving boardastic, hot tubastic, beach ballastic, no coleslawastic because I don't like cole slaw DAY!" I said as I placed my beach bag on the floor next to a lounge chair. I put on his sunglasses, took off my shoes and vest, placed sun block on my skin and laid down on the lounge chair eating salt and vinegar potato chips. 

“So that’s what you look like without any clothes, huh Flare?” my friend Woodenshy asked.


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“Like what you see, Woodenshy?” I asked with a seductive pose.

“Hey there’s nothing wrong with not wearing any clothes, you fit right in.” Woodenshy said.

“That why they say Ponyville is a nudist colony? Compared to Canterlot, Manehatten, and Mareami, this place is a nudist colony.” I said.

“Right, so I’m gonna head into the pool before it gets crowded and it gets too warm to go in.” Woodenshy said as he jumps backwards into the pool and starts dancing on the top of the water like a dolphin and made a dolphin noise. How did he do that? Really, how do you make a dolphin noise? Anyways, after I finished eating, I walked over to the pool and felt with my hoof, and then I shivered.

"Oooo! The water's cold!" I said as I was shivering, but then I took off my sunglasses and put on my water goggles. "But that ain't stoppin me from jumping in. Watch my cannonball!" I then took out a beach ball and threw it in the water and it hit the head of a blue Pegasus stallion with yellow wavy hair, goes by the name of Skyblaze. "I know this isn't a cannonball, but it's all I got."


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"Hey watch it!" Skyblaze yelled.

"It's just a beach ball, brah." I said.

"A beach ball what?" Skyblaze asked.

"I take it that you're a concerned about something, my friend?" I asked in a squeaky voice.

"Are you gonna jump in, or just tell me stuff that doesn't make any sense what so ever?" Skyblaze asked.

"Brahs and sistas, I give yooooooou... NOTHING! You lose! Good day sir!” I teased as I turned around and started walking away.

"Uh... what are you-“ Skyblaze asked as I interrupted him.

"I said good day, sir!" I yelled as I jumped back on my lounge chair and ate some more potato chips. When I finished eating, I started jogging back to the pool, but then the life guard blows their whistle and yelled while pointing to a sign; "No running on pool deck!" 

"I wasn't running, I was jogging. There's a difference you know." I corrected him.

The life guard sighs. "Carry on." he said. I was about to jump into the pool but then Twilight suddenly teleports in front of me instantly.

"Surprise face!" I yelled. “Why would you do that?!” 

"You know Flare, you shouldn't be swimming right after you eat, you need to wait a half hour or so." Twilight said.

"Hi I'm Twilight, RULES RULES RULES along with WORDS WORDS WORDS!" I teased her.

"If you go into the pool right after you eat, you'll get sick." Twilight informed me.

“Why are you telling me this?” I asked.

“I done my research, and I’m giving you another friendship lesson.” Twilight said.

"How is this a friendship lesson?" I asked.

"Telling your friends not to do something they'll regret." Twilight said.

"Sigh.” I said. “What can I do then? May I go into the hot tub?" 

"Certainly!" Twilight said.

"Kay thanks, bye." I said as I ran from the pool through the grass area to the hot tub. The lifeguard blows his whistle and yells, "Okay, that was running. No running on the pool deck!"

"I'm not running on the pool deck, I'm running in the grass area!” I corrected him again, and then the lifeguard started to grumpily mumble to himself. I then jumped into the hot tub and placed my hooves on the back of my head and relaxed. "Ah this is nice. I likie!”  I said.

“Yeah, I really needed this.” My friend Adventure Blade, otherwise known as Keith said while sitting in front of me.


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“KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEITH!” I yelled in excitement.

“Flaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare!” Keith yelled in excitement.

“How ya doing, brah?” I asked.

“Nothing much really, just being lazy.” Keith said.

“I hear ya, man.” I nodded. "You know the hot tub seating seems softer than I thought." I started wiggling my behind in the hot tub. "And it seems hairy too.”

“That doesn’t sound right.” Keith assumed. Just then, bubbles started popping out of the water from behind me. "Nice, dude." he said as he hopped out of the hot tub and awkwardly walked away.

"Forty-Five degree angle mouth face. That was not me." I said. I don’t know why Keith awkwardly left the tub after he saw those bubbles, this is a Jacuzzi after all, but then I remembered, the Jacuzzi isn’t even online. The bubbles, the fury seat, this could only mean one thing, so I placed my hoof under the water and noticed what I was sitting on, it felt like a pony. So I grabbed whoever I was sitting on, and pulled them to the surface. It was Rainbow Dash. "Oh! Hey, Rainbow Dash!”

Rainbow Dash was glaring at me. "Next time, look before you leap." She informed me.

"Ouch. Sorry.” I said.

“It’s gonna take a lot more than that to accept this pony’s apology.” Rainbow said.

“I’ll photoshop a copy of my picture with Spitfire, replacing me with you.” I offered.

“Apology accepted, so what’s up?” Rainbow asked.

"Gas prices, always." I said.

"Ooookay. I mean what's going on?" Rainbow asked.

"All the light switches around the world." I said.

"I mean-." Rainbow was about to say.

"No you're not mean, Dashie. You're pretty nice." I said.

"Thank you Flare, but that's not what I mean." Rainbow corrected me.

"I told you, you're not mean... as I know of." I said.

"Hey Flare, can I ask you something?" Rainbow asked.

"You just did." I said.

"Wiseguy.” Rainbow said. “But to be honest, you are pretty funny at times.”

"I'm not pretty funny, I'm handsome funny. Because I'm a colt, remember?" I reminded her.

"I know what you're gonna say next." Rainbow said in an annoyed tone.

"Oh yeah? What am I gonna say next?" I asked.

"Lawl remember Dash." Rainbow said, mimicking my voice.

"Wow, that’s what I sound like? No wonder I irritate some ponies.” I thought.

“I guess it all goes to show, you need a taste of your own medicine so you’ll know your mistakes easier.” Rainbow said.

“I guess so.” I agreed.

“Thank you, Flare, you finally gave me a theory to prove Twilight wrong!” Rainbow said.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“I said her that giving others a taste of their own medicine is actually a way for them to learn, but she said nooooooooooo, we must reason with them and bla bla bla.” Rainbow said.

"Hm... this hot tub lacks bubbles. Is the tub even working?" I asked as the hot tub bubbles finally appeared. "Oh there we go! So what did you want to ask me Dash?"

"Oh, I just wanted to ask you if you ever found your special somepony?" she asked.

"Why you askin? Want me to be yours?” I asked.

Rainbow Dash blushed. "No. Nothing personal Flare. Just... no."

"I never found my special somepony yet. Except back in Mareami I was with this pony by the name of Blueberry Pie. She was the most popular pony in school, but she betrayed me for the ‘cooler kids’. I never wanted to go out with her anyway.” I explained. “But here in Ponyville, there's a couple I like, but it's best I remain single when I can. I want to find the perfect pony, but come to think of it, if you're in a relationship, you have to give your coltfriend or marefriend special attention. Me? I'm not ready for that kind of attention yet. I have mares that are friends, but no marefriends yet if ya catch my drift."

"I hear you loud and clear Flare, and I totally understand." Rainbow said.

"What about you, Dashie? Have you found your special somepony yet?" I asked.

“Pffft! As if! I don’t need a special somepony! I’m awesome on my own.” Rainbow said.

“Well, have you ever had a crush on anypony in the past?” I asked.

“Well… there was this one pony. It was back in Junior Flight School. He was a lot like you, Flare. He couldn’t fit in.” Rainbow said.

“Wow, it looks like I could make a new friend! I need a sixth member in my group.” I said.

“Since when did you get a fifth member?” Rainbow asked.

“Well, first I met Crystal and Engie. We met when Lord Thorn was in town. There’s Aquatic Armor that I met at the Unicorn Games, and then there’s Psyche from the royal wedding! A sixth member is exactly what we need. We’d have as much of a group as you and your friends, Dashie!” I said.

“Sounds awesome!” Rainbow said.

“So tell me about your crush from flight school.” I requested.

“Well, he used to be able to fit in very well. We met during a race. I already had my cutie mark then. He was so impressed with that sonic rainboom I pulled off at the first race I ever done, and he wanted me to prove I was the best flyer in the camp, so we raced. I won of course, but he was the best sport about it, everypony else was jealous. He hung out with me and my old friend Gilda-“ Rainbow Dash became silent, then bursted to tears.

"Whoa, Dash! Why the tears?" I asked.

Rainbow Dash sniffled and said, "Nopony- I mean nothing!"

"C'mon Dash tell your ol buddy. You can trust me, right?" I asked with a squee.

"It's not you Flare." Rainbow sniffled. "I just... I just don't want to talk about it."

"I ain't forcing ya." I said. “I know what it’s like to lose a friend like Gilda.”

“No… it’s not Gilda, I could care less about her.  It’s my crush actually.” Rainbow said.

“It’s alright, sista. I won’t force you to talk about it.” I said.

“You’re a good friend, Flare!” Rainbow smiled. “Our friendship lessons have taught you well, and I’m proud.”

“I’m glad you taught me a lot.” I said.

"Well I suppose... I could tell you about him.” Rainbow offered.

"No, no, it's cool. I know you don't want to talk about it, and I won’t force it against you.” I said as I pushed her and chuckled. “Force.”

"Yeah you're right I won't talk about it." Rainbow agreed.

"Good girl." I said as I patted on the head, but then Rainbow takes out her Ipad.

"Instead I'm gonna show you a video about it." Rainbow said.

"Oh... okay." I said as Rainbow Dash turned on the video on her Ipad, which was buffering.

“I don’t like that circle. It keeps telling me to wait, and I don’t like waiting.” I said.

“For once, I completely agree with you.” Rainbow nodded.

“Yeah, you agree that I don’t like waiting.” I said. The video finally loaded, and it showed footage of her and a griffon standing next to her.

"Who's the bird?" I asked.

"She's not a bird, she's a griffon. She’s Gilda.” Rainbow said.

"So if her name is Gilda, then shouldn't she be a fish? If she's a griffon, then it should be Featherda.” I teased.

“Anyways, there’s Gilda and I stretching out so we can practice flying around the track. Now the Wonderbolts, you know the Wonderbolts, right?” she asked.

"Yeah. They perform at every Nashorse race. I met Spitfire personally when they played at Mareami!" I said.

"Well Crescent Moon, one of the Wonderbolt’s assistants, before he was one, he was a coach in high-leveled flight school." Rainbow explained.

"Alright students!" Crescent Moon said in the video. "Today I'm timing each of you to see how fast you can go. You must start here, and fly all the way to the Cloud Factory, and back. No cheating, because my partner is over there at the checkpoint. Up first, we have..." Rainbow Dash then starts fast forwards the video.

"Hey I was enjoying it." I complained.

"Sorry, I just want to skip to the part where it was my turn." Rainbow said as she resumed playing the video at the part when Solid Snake was about to kiss Otacon.

“Are you coming onto me?!” Otacon yelled.

“Grrr! Why did you stop at this part?!” Solid Snake yelled at Rainbow.

“Oh, sorry!” Rainbow said as she continued fast forwarding until she stopped at when Cloudchaser and Flitter just finished flying.

"Well done, Cloudchaser! Well done, Flitter! Well done, everypony!" Crescent Moon said. "We have two more ponies, up first... Blaze Goldheart." The video showed a gray pegaus pony with a red and blond mane and tail and a phoenix cutie mark started walking towards the starting line.

"And there he is.” Rainbow Dash said to me. Rainbow smiled and her eye pupils grew big as she saw Blaze walk towards the starting line.  "I've been childhood friends with him, but I never got the chance to tell him how I felt."

"Lawl, and I thought Fluttershy was the shy one!” I teased.

"Shut up!” Rainbow blushed embarrassingly and covered my mouth, and then suddenly, I licked her hoof and she removes it from my mouth quickly. “Eww! Hoof licker!”

“Don’t expect to put something near my mouth and not expect me to taste it.” I informed her.

"So there he was. He was the most awesome colt I ever met!" Rainbow said about Blaze.

"Was?" I asked.

"I mean still is." Rainbow corrected herself.

"Alright Blaze, show me what you got!" Crescent requested. Blaze went into his position pose and mischievously looked straight ahead.

"I'm ready, coach!” Blaze said.

"Ready, set, GO!" Crescent yelled as he started his stopwatch. Blaze went in full speed to the Cloud Factory, spun around it, then flew back to the school. While he was on his way there, he cried a big roar and a ring of fire spreaded out of his body, and then a fire pheonix appeared on top of the ring, crying out a big screech and then disappeared. Blaze finally arrived at the school, and everypony, including Rainbow Dash was cheering, except for Gilda though.

"Hmph. Big deal." Gilda said.

"Wow! 15 seconds!" Crescent said in surprise. "A new record! Well done, Mr. Goldheart! Up next, Rainbow Dash!"

"Go get 'em tiger!" Gilda said, giving Dash a bro hoof (or sister hoof).

"No problemo, sister!" Rainbow said as she mischievously walked over to the starting line.

"Good luck, Rainbow." Blaze said. "You're gonna need it."

Rainbow Dash blushed and got in position. "On your mark! Get set! NOT GO! NOT GO! GO!" Crescent yelled as he started her stopwatch. Rainbow Dash flew in full speed to the cloud factory, and dashed right back to the school, leaving a spring-shaped rainbow behind her.

"WOW! This is amazing!" Crescent yelled. "10 seconds flat! You certainly made this 20% cooler, Rainbow Dash!"

"Thanks, coach! Wow, 20% cooler in 10 seconds flat! That’s gonna be my new catch phrase!” Rainbow said as she walked back to Gilda.

"Smooth move, dudet!" Gilda said. "You seem parshed. Let's go grab a bite."

"Right behind ya, Gilda!" Rainbow said as they both walked over to the lunch room.

"Where did you get all this recording from anyway?" I asked. "Who recorded it?"

"Derpy." The present Rainbow Dash said to me. Back in the video, Gilda and past Rainbow Dash in the video were carrying their lunches to the tables. Gilda then tripped over Cloud Kicker without anypony noticing.

"What you lookin at, stupid?" Gilda asked Derpy in a mean tone.

"Rainbow Dash told me to record her today." Derpy said.

"There's nothing even to record!" Gilda yelled.

"You'll never know." Derpy said.

"Hey Cloudchaser! Flitter! Come over and sit with us!” Rainbow yelled over to them. Then Gilda came up to them and roared in their faces. Then then the twins screamed and ran away.

"Gilda, why did you do that?" Rainbow asked.

"Sorry, I sneezed.” Gilda said.

"Oh, gesundheit.” Rainbow said and laughed. Blaze Goldheart then appears and laughs along with her. "Yeah, I agree. Somethings just never change around here."

Rainbow Dash blushed, "Oh... hi."

"Hi, Rainbow Dash!" Blaze said. "Sweet moves out there! You certainly are the best flyer in the school!"

Rainbow giggled. "Thanks, Blaze."

"Hey listen, I got this really cool race path from here to Canterlot castle if you’re interested in trying it out with me later.” Blaze requested.

"Sounds awesome!" Rainbow said. "When would you want to that?"

"Right after school!" Blaze said. 

“Only if I can go too.” Gilda said.

“Umm, alright Gilda, sure! No problem!” Blaze said.

“Good.” Gilda said.

"Meet you out front!" Blaze winked at her and flew out of the lunch room. Rainbow Dash sighed and just stared at him as he left.

"Rainbow and Blaze sittin in a tree! K-I-“ I teased.

“Flare, shut it!” present Rainbow yelled at me.

“You didn’t let me finish; K-I-C-K-I-N-G!” I said.

"Why would we be kicking up there?” Rainbow asked.

"Nevermind, just continue." I said.

"Okay, so we decided to have a flight course. We raced all the way to Canterlot and back." Rainbow Dash said showing the video of her, Gilda, and Blaze going from Canterlot and back.

"Good luck you two. You'll need it!" Blaze said.

"We don't need luck, right Dash?" Gilda asked her.

"You got it!" Rainbow said.

"Ready... set... GO!" Blaze yelled as they started the race. Blaze and Dash were flying side by side. Of course Gilda tried to cheat, but she didn’t want to, for Rainbow’s sake. There was a little pushing from her, but Blaze and Dash supported eachother, then they back fired on her. Eventually, the three of them tied to the finish line.

"I won, I'm the best!" Gilda yelled.

"No way, that was me!" Rainbow said.

"I'm perfectly certain it was me." Blaze said.

"No it was me!" Derpy said, still holding the camera that showed the video.

"You weren't even part of the race Derpy." Blaze corrected her.

"Why you still recording?" Gilda asked.

"Remind you of anypony, Flare? Anypony that used the camera too much... like during the wedding?" present Rainbow Dash asked Flare.

"Negative." I said.

"We should totally do this again! That was so awesome!" past Rainbow Dash said in the video.

"Yeah totally! Well I'm gonna head home to get some grub. I'll catch you two on the flip side!" Gilda said as she flies away.

"Oh that Gilda, huh Rainbow?" Blaze asked.

"You got it Blaze!" Rainbow said as she turned around to see dusk coming along. "Just look at that sunset!"

"Yeah, it sure is beautiful, isn't it?" Blaze asked. The two of them sat down with eachother on the cliffside and watched the sun go down.

"You're amazing, Blaze! You're a great friend! We're gonna be graduating soon, you know?" Rainbow reminded Blaze while leaning on his head.

"I know. You're amazing too. You're my best friend in the whole world!" Blaze said. “You’re the only one who truly understands me, and my… secret.”

“Hey, your secret’s safe with me. Forget the ones that turn you down! You’re awesome in my book, Blaze!” Rainbow said.

“R-right.” Blaze said upsettingly.

“Are… are you okay?” Rainbow asked.

“Something’s been bothering me lately. There are things I have to do.” Blaze said.

“What things?” Rainbow asked.

“It’s not important.” Blaze said.

“C’mon, Blaze! Tell me!” Rainbow begged.

“I’ll tell you tomorrow, alright? I have to go home.” Blaze said.

“Oh… ok…” Rainbow said. “I’ll see you tomorrow then?”

“See you first thing tomorrow!” Blaze said happily.

“Sweet! Alright, see ya then!” Rainbow said.

“Bye, Rainbow.” Blaze said as he kissed her on the cheek and flew off quickly. Rainbow blushed and froze.

“Oooooo!” Derpy said.

“Derpy! Shut that off!” Rainbow demanded.

“This is too good!” Derpy said.

“Gimmie that camera!” Rainbow demanded as she tried to take the camera away from her, and the video freezes in the middle of the clip.

“Well… that’s all that was filmed.” present Rainbow said.

"Alright you lost me. What happened?" I asked. Rainbow Dash glared at me with tears on her eyes still. "I’m serious! Like seriously actually. I really have no idea why you’re so upset about this!”

Rainbow Dash took a deep breath. "It's okay, Flare." she said. "I just... I just wish he was back. Blaze Goldheart. I miss him so-" Just then, Rainbow Dash started to cry he held on to me. I was thinking to myself that this is when a mare is the most vulnerable, but I’m her friend, and I have to do the right thing.

"There there, sista. There there. No need to get all upset about it. Why don't we go visit him?" I asked.

"But I don't know where he is!” Rainbow yelled.

"Hmm... what about-" I was about to say but she interrupted me.

"I'm sorry I started this subject." Rainbow said as she jumps out of the hot tub. "He left me alone, he moved on, he doesn't care about me!"

"Of course he does!" I said.

"Oh yeah? How do you know?!” Rainbow yelled at me.

"Look, how did Blaze leave you anyway?” I asked.

"I'm going home. See ya later, Flare." Rainbow said as she flies away.

“Should I do anything about this?” I asked myself. “Nah! It’s none of my business! Besides, Rainbow will definitely feel better soon, like the time I cheered Engie up when he was upset.”

A cutaway shows an explosion inside Engie’s house, and the Blue Spy laughs evilly as he snorts and exits his house with the intelligence on his back. “Indestructible sentry, my flank! You are absolutely the worst, Red Engineer! I mean look at you, you rely on machines to fight. You’re a terrible fighter, and I don’t know why you’re even a class!” the spy said as he continued laughing and ran away.

Engie walks outside with tears in his eyes. “It’s… it’s all a lie… it’s not real!”

“I thought it would be best to find out for yourself, bro.” I said to him.

“Ah feel like such a fool.” Engie said sadly as he sat on the ground and cried. “Don’t even look at me!”

“Hey, c’mon! You wanna get some ice cream? That’ll help you feel better right?” I asked. Engie shook his head. “You wanna get some McDonalds?” Engie shook his head. “You wanna take a dump in Spy’s shoes?” Engie nodded, so I took his hoof, helped him up, and I patted him on the shoulder. “Ok, let’s take a dump in Spy’s shoes.” So we dumped dumpster garbage in Spy’s entire collection of shoes and tuxedos, and Engie was happy shortly after. The cutaway ends.

"You know Flare-" Twilight started as she teleported into the Jacuzzi

"AAH!" I yelled. "Quit doing that! Why can't you walk like everypony else?"

"Flare, if you want to do something to help Rainbow Dash, you should try to get in contact with Blaze Goldheart." Twilight said.

"Why ask me? You're the one with the ideas, dum dum!” I reminded her.

"I know, but I help ponies out all the time! Maybe you should have a turn. Time to put your friendship lessons to the test!” Twilight said.

"But I'm not even part of the Harmony of Elements, or whatever it's called." I said.

Twilight placed her hoof on my shoulder and said, "You don't have to be a part of the Elements of Harmony to be a good friend."

"Alright, Light. Alright." I nodded. "But how am I gonna get in contact with him?"

"Meet me in the library." Twilight instructed me as she teleported away.

"WAIT! Take me with you!" I yelled. "I gotta learn that spell."

Sometime later, I went over to Twilight's library and knocked on her door. Knock, knock, knock; “Twilight?” Knock, knock, knock; “Twilight?” Knock, knock, knock; “Twilight?” After doing the Sheldon Cooper knock, Spike opens the door to see who it is (as if he doesn’t already know, since I’m the only one in town that does that knock, at least until Sheldon Cooper comes to town).

"AAAH! DRAGON!" I yelled

"AAAH! RED PONY! AAAAAAH!” Spike yelled.

"Twilight? There's a baby dragon in your house!" I yelled.

"Twilight? There's some hilarious unicorn talking smack about me!" Spike yelled.

“Ahh, Smack, I remember the last time I had that.” I said.

A cutaway shows me back at high school, and a couple of tough ponies walked over to me and said, “Hey, Crimson? Want some Smack?”

“Oh thanks, brah! I do love a good cereal at 1:30 in the afternoon!” I said as the bully smacks me in the face with the cereal box. “OOOOW!” I yelled. “That’s not what I thought you meant at all!”

“You want some milk with that?” the bully asked with a carton of milk.

“Oooow!” I moaned as I rubbed my muzzle. “Yes, please. But I hope that milk’s not low-fat. I don’t like low-fat.” 

“It’s whole milk.” The bully said.

“Alright, good.” I said. The cutaway ends.

"Twilight's in the other room." Spike said.

"You don't say?" I said sarcastically. 

“What’s with the sarcasm?” Spike asked.

“There are only two rooms in this place, and both of them are libraries, and Twilight’s not in here, so she has to be in the other room.” I reminded him.

“That is not true, there’s Twilight’s lab that’s in the basement.” Spike reminded me.

“Really? Twilight didn’t mention she had a lab.” I said.

“She doesn’t normally talk about it because she doesn’t want ponies bothering her in there, not like last time.” Spike said.

A cutaway shows Twilight working on a new potion, but then she gets startled after Rainbow Dash pops in yelling, “Hey Twilight!” Twilight drips too much of the potion into another vial of liquid and then it explodes, and Twilight and Rainbow are now both all burnt up.

“Thank you, Rainbow Dash, you ruined my only chance of getting Rebecca Shoichet to stop singing for me.” Twilight said sarcastically to Rainbow. The cutaway ends.

I walked over to the other room where Twilight is and I when I got in there I saw a blue oval on the ground that looks like a portal from the game Portal. "Looks like Twilight is developing the use of portals!"

"Yeah. She says she likes that game so much once you showed her it, she decided to make one of her own using her magic." Spike said.

"Really? Wow looks amazing!" I said as I placed my hoof hoof inside the portal, and I looked up and saw the orange portal where my hoof is sticking out. "Wow! It really works! Leet!"

"Try jumping in!" Spike suggested, giving me a smirk.

"No, then I'm gonna be falling from that portal up there right into this portal infinite times. I played the game, I'm not stupid brah." I said.

"Hello, Flare!" Twilight said as she teleported out of nowhere again.

"SURPRISE FACE!" I yelled as I lost my balance and fell through the portal behind me, but because the exit portal was right over the entrance portal, I just kept falling infinite times. Twilight and Spike just stood there watching me travel through space time.

"I guess I should’ve installed one of those particle fields in all the entrances of the room.” Twilight said.

"You think?" Spike asked sarcastically . "Why do you have to be so lazy?"

"It’s research, alright?” Twilight defended herself.

"That's called laziness. Maybe you should stick with walking, Twilight." Spike suggested.

Twilight then she uses her magic to close the entrance portal, but she stopped the portal at a bad time because my torso was sticking out of the floor while my legs were still hanging on the ceiling. I looked up and saw my legs kicking around. “I dunno if this is creepy or cool.” I said.

“Oops.” Twilight said as she activated both portals again, and I once again started to fall, and then Twilight closes the portals in the right time, well kinda, and I slammed right onto the floor, and I saw stars swirling around my head. “I’m sorry, Flare.” She said.

I stuck my head back up and spun it around while my eyes rolled around in circles. "No worries, mummy. We going to Didney Worl?" I asked while acting dopey and my head falls back down on the floor. I was hurt too much so Twilight levitated me onto a chair, and she places an ice pack on my head.

"I am so sorry, Flare!" Twilight said again.

"Don't worry about it. Just tell me how to contact or find the ice cream pony." I reminded her.

“You mean Blaze Goldheart?” Twilight corrected me.

“Ice cream pony, Blaze Goldheart, I don’t see the difference.” I said as I held the ice pack on my head. Twilight levitates all her books from the shelves and goes through all that she thinks that we can find information on Blaze is in. "I thought when you called me here you already knew." I asked.

"Look I actually wanted your help, but since you're hurt, I'll do it myself." Twilight said.

"No it's alright. I'll do it." I said as I tried to get out of my chair.

"Are you sure?" Twilight asked.

"I'm all healed!” I said as I stood up straight.

"Alright if that's what you want." Twilight said.

Just then a pony with sunglasses and a top hat slides in and yells, “Everybody do the flop!” We both then collapsed to the ground, face first.

“Flare, you’re in no shape to be standing up right now.” Twilight said as she levitated me back on the chair with the ice pack.

“Trust me, I’d be in waaaaaay better shape if I didn’t have that breakfast buffet this morning. These buffets, sista, they’ll really get ya. They charge so much money for just getting one thing from up there, but if I’m spending that kind of money, I might as well get the whole buffet!” I said.

“Are you calling a buffet the way it’s spelled?” Spike asked.

“Isn’t that what’s it actually called? A ‘buffet’, not a ‘buff-eigh’? Like the word ‘depot’, how about calling it how it’s actually spelled ‘depot’ instead of ‘depo’, like Office ‘Depot’, Home ‘Depot’, Furniture ‘Depot’, Pet Food ‘Depot’, Hunting Supplies ‘Depot’, or maybe even ‘Depot Depot’.” I explained. “How about other words that have silent letters? I have a whole list of them, wanna hear it?”

“Not really.” Twilight said. “I’m kinda-“

“I’ll be quick.” I said. “Instead of ‘isle’ it should be ‘asile’, instead of people it should be ‘pe-o-pul’, jeopardy will be ‘je-o-pardy’, guide would be ‘g-u-ide’, laugh would be ‘lah-u-ff’, instead of gnome it would be ‘ga-nome’, instead of-“

“Alright Flare, I think we get it.” Twilight said.

“Alright would be ‘alri-guh-huh-t’.” I said.

“Flare!” Twilight yelled.

“Oh right, and Flare would be ‘Flar-ee’.” I said.

“Are you quite finished? Do you want me to look for this pony, Flare? Because I don’t have to, if you really want to help Rainbow Dash.” Twilight said annoyingly.

“But this was your idea, Twilight.” I corrected her.

“Oh… right, it was. But still I can’t concentrate with your blabber-mouthing.” Twilight said.

“I apologize, Twilight.” I said.

“Apology accepted.” Twilight said as she continued searching for the book she was looking for.

“Oh one more!” I yelled as I broke Twilight’s concentration again. “Apologize would be ‘apologi- oh wait, that word stays the same. Sorry ‘bout that, carry on.” Twilight started to groan.

“Actually I feel better and I’ll help you look for the book.” I said nervously as I took off the ice pack and helped Twilight search for the book. Twilight shook her head and rolled her eyes as she continued looking for the book. In the middle of searching, she looks at me weirdly.

”Flare, what are you doing?” Twilight asked.

"What do you think I'm doing? I’m searching for this book, even though I kinda forgot what we were searching for. What was the title again?” I asked.

“We’re looking for a past year book of Cloudsdale Flight Camp, and why don't you use your horn, like me?" Twilight asked as I kept removing books off the shelves with my hooves.

“Because I’m not lazy.” I said.

“This isn’t laziness, Flare, its fast-forwarding research.” Twilight corrected me.

“You think life is a movie; you can just fast-forward and re-wind?” I asked.

“Actually, Twilight does know a fast-forwarding and rewind spell.” Spike commented as Twilight glares at him. “What? Why do you glare at me all the time? You make it look like you think I keep doing the wrong thing.”

"Well, YOU... use your horn! ME... I'm using my hooves! Your horn won't always be there for you, you know." I informed her.

"Well, you do got a point there. I had to learn that the hard way.” Twilight said.

“What are you talking about, Twilight?” Spike asked as he was nibbling on a hamburger.

“Remember when Discord was here? He took my horn for one of his so called ‘tests’.” Twilight said.

“So you were like AppleJack then.” Spike assumed.

“I suppose you can say that.” Twilight said.

“How long were you two looking?” Spike asked.

"We were searching for, umm…. how long have we been looking, Flare?" Twilight asked.

I then took out my phone to check for the time. "20 minutes.”

"20 minutes." Twilight repeated.

"I just said that, you don't need to repeat it!" I complained.

"Spike? What are you eating?" Twilight asked as she saw Spike eating a hayburger.

"A burger." Spike said.

"I thought you were a vegetarian like us ponies?" Twilight asked.

"I am. It's a hayburger." Spike said.

"Where did you get that anyway?" Twilight asked.

"From the new barbecue joint across from Flare's Shop." Spike said.

"A B-B-Q joint trying to steal my business?!" I raged in anger.

"I don't think they're trying to steal your business, dude." Spike said.

"Oh sure, take their side!" I complained.

"I'm not taking their side.” Spike said. “I just-"

"Not another word! I'm gonna have a chat with whoever owns that place!" I said in an angry tone as I started marching out of Twilight's library.

“But Flare, what about…?” before Twilight could continue, I was already gone. "I guess I'm researching by myself after all."

"Yeah, good luck with that." Spike said as he walked away and continued eating. Twilight gives out a sigh and shakes her head. I marched over to the BBQ joint across from the pizza shop right away. I felt whoever set up a restaurant here is trying to get me out of business on purpose.

"Porker's BBQ? Now why does that name sound so familiar?” I asked to myself thinking of my past. “Meh, I could care less about the name.”

“Mmm mmm! I am stuffed UP!” Teacher’s Pet said as he walked out of the shop along with his friend Rumble.

“That was sure the best food I’ve ever had!” Rumble said pleasingly.

“Oh now he's asking for it! Angry face!” I said angrily as I marched into the shop, slammed the doors opened, and stomped my hooves as I walked over to the cash register.

"Welcome to Porker's BBQ! How many I help you?" the cashier asked.

"Don’t use that smooth talk on me, son! My friend says you so happened to set up this restaurant right across the street from MY pizza joint!” I shouted in his face.

“Umm…. Ok.” The cashier said nervously.

“So I have a little something to say to YOU!” I said as I sprayed on his face.

“Wh-what is that?” the cashier stuttered.

I leaned close to the cashier, so close he can feel my breath, but then I smiled and said, "I would like to try one of your tree ribs, with some hay fries on the side, dunked in ranch dressing, some garlic bread, and a half ‘n half iced tea."

"Oh.” The cashier said in relief. “That'll be 12 bits." I went through my pocket and gave him a 10 bit coin along with a 5 bit coin, since I had no singles with me.

"Keep the change!" I said. "A little welcoming gift for my new neighbor.”

"Oh, well thank you. Are you sure you don't want any singles?” the cashier asked.

“No thanks, I don’t wanna be in a relationship just yet; I gotta get my own life straighten out.” I said.

The cashier chuckled a bit and gave me the food I ordered. Have a nice evening, sir." He said.

"You too, man! You too!" I said as I walked over to a table near the window and I started eating my food. "Delish! It's been a while since I had B-B-Q. Oh great, I got pieces of rib stuck in my teeth.” I complained as I licked my teeth. “I hope this place has toothpicks.” I then took another bite out of the ribs, and I screamed. “OW! I bit my tongue real hard! OOH, that hurts! OW! Why is it when after I bite my tongue, my lip, or my cheek, it’s so easy to bite it again? Oh I hate that! Am I bleeding?”

As I was placing a napkin on my tongue to see if I was bleeding, the Wonderbolts flew down and walked inside the shop. I watched them as they walked to the cash register to order some food. "Oh look! It's the Wonderbolts! Rainbow Dash's favorite group! I should give her a call." I took out my cell phone right away and I started going through my phone book so I can give Rainbow Dash a call. It started to ring.

“Howdy! Y’all have reached the number of Red Engineer! No ah will not keep buildin’ dispensers for you just to make yer lives easier. Go ask another engineer. Other than that, please leave a message.” Engie’s answering machine said.

“Oh woops, wrong number. Red Engineer and Rainbow Dash are right next to eachother on my phonebook.” I said as I ended the call and went through my phone book again to find the right number.

Back at Rainbow Dash's place, Rainbow Dash is weeping on her pillow as her phone started to ring. Rainbow starts to calm down a bit as she blows her nose and she answers the phone.

"Hello?" Rainbow sniffled.

"Rainbow! You'll never guess who's here at the Porker's BBQ!" I yelled in excitement.

"I don't care, Flare." Rainbow said miserably.

"Oh you rhymed!" I pointed out.

"Look, I'm not in the mood right now, okay?" Rainbow asked.

"But you don't understand! It's the Won-" I was cut off by Rainbow Dash.

"I don't care right now. I'm sorry, but I'm a little too busy. Good-bye, Flare." Rainbow sniffled.

"WAIT! Rainbow Dash, it's the-" before I was able to finish, Rainbow Dash hangs up her phone and continues to cry. 

I looked at my phone and saw the call ended. “Oh holy Wizard of Feelings. The one thing that was sure to cheer her up.” I said.

“Excuse me? Didn’t I overhear you mention the name Rainbow Dash?” Spitfire asked as she walked over to me along with Soarin and Fleetfoot.

“Who’s talkin’?” I asked in a mobster voice.

“We’re the Wonderbolts. I’m Spitfire, this is Soarin and Fleetfoot.” Spitfire introduced them.

“We know Rainbow Dash personally, and she is a pretty insane flyer.” Fleetfoot said.

“Hope she doesn’t go to the nuthouse for being an insane flyer.” I said. The Wonderbolts chuckled.

“That’s pretty funny, you know, we don’t normally like to just talk to our fans out of nowhere.” Spitfire said.

"Well don't think I'm one of those fans that go, 'AAAAH IT'S THE WONDERBOLTS! May I have your autograph? How do you fly so fast? Oh you're so cool! May we have a picture?'" I explained in a squeaky voice and fluttered some eyelashes that popped out of my eyes while I talked.

The Wonderbolts chuckled. “Would you mind if we sit with you?” Soarin asked.

“I suppose it won’t hurt, but I’m not sitting by the window. I prefer to be sitting on the outside. I’m that way on the bus too.” I explained as they sat down at my table.

“So, you watch our shows often?” Fleetfoot asked.

“Well, I do less then three you Wonderbolts. I mean, I’m not much of a fan as Rainbow, but I gotta say, I love your airshows. Like when you preformed the reenactment of World Party II.” I said

A cutaway shows a bunch of ponies chanting in German as they started dropping giant water balloons at doll-sized buildings below, and against them came the Wonderbolts and firing paint ball guns at them. The nazi ponies did the same, as there have been a few causalities from both ends, but since this is a reenactment, nopony was harmed. One of the Wonderbolts was carrying a huge bomb of some sort. “Ok, so when do I drop this?” that Wonderbolt asked.

“Wrong battle, dude, that’s the final battle.” Another Wonderbolt corrected him. The cutaway ends.

“Oh I love that reenactment!” Soarin said.

“Me too, it reminds me playing Partyfront, or the earlier Call of Party games.” I said.

“Yeah, the Call of Party games got lame after Chocolate Ops.” Soarin said.

“I-K-R?” I nodded.

"Say, don't I know you from somewhere?" Spitfire asked as she took a good look at me.

“I’m not much use of remembering, but if I can remember correctly, we met at the 2008 Nashorse Sprint race at Baytona International Speedway.” I reminded her.

Spitfire smiled. "That's right! You were the pony that made the funny jokes.”

"Lawl right, that’s me!” I said.

"Nice to see you again!” Spitfire said.

“So you know him, huh?” Fleetfoot asked

“Yeah, he was the stallion that made all the jokes. I told you about him one time.” Spitfire said to her.

“Wow that was the very first time I was worth mentioning by anypony! Except for that one time I had my mane dyed pink after I passed out in Pinkie Pie’s washing machine after that party she had, and I became a lasting stock for the past 8 weeks, but it was all worth it!” I said.

“Wow, I can already see you in a pink mane.” Spitfire said.

“I can see you as a blond.” Soarin said.

“Anyways, the main reason why we’re here talking to you is, we have a couple of questions for you about Rainbow Dash.” Spitfire said.

“Oh, so you’re not really here for me, you wanna know about Rainbow Dash. As I expected.” I said with an attitude.

“Don’t take it the wrong way, dude. We’re mainly interested in the best fliers in Equestria, and from what we can see, you’re a unicorn.” Spitfire said.

“So I take that you’re interested in earth ponies on jetpacks.” I assumed.

“Pegasi actually.” Spitfire corrected me.

"Pegasi on jetpacks?" I asked.

"No just pegasi in general." Spitfire corrected me.

“We want Rainbow Dash to become a cadet at our academy, but the thing is: we don’t have her address.” Fleetfoot said.

“And?” I asked.

”So we want you to give us her address.” Fleetfoot requested.

“I can’t just GIVE YOU her address without asking her fir-“ but before I could finish that sentence, my phone started ringing. “Oh hang on a sec.” I picked up the phone and answered it. “Sup brah?”

“Yeah, Flare, did ya call me? It says ah got a missed call from you.” Engie asked.

“Yeah I did, but it was an accident sorry. I meant to call Rainbow Dash.” I said.

”Oh… alright. No prob!” Engie said.

“B-T-W, what’s with that dispenser thing from your voice mail?” I asked.

“It’s just something Scout kept annoyin’ me about, don’t worry, partner.” Engie said.

“Alright, I’ll talk to you later, Engie.” I said as I hung up. “Anyways, I can’t just give you Rainbow’s address without asking her first.”

”We understand, but can you give her a call? You have her number, don’t you?” Soarin asked.

“I do, but she’s a wee bit upset right now, probably drowning in cider, and hopefully she doesn’t have a knife with her, so I’ll just ask her later if she’s not dead.” I said.

"Wait, what’s wrong with her?” Soarin asked.

"Well... there's this pony she liked back in flight school.” I explained. "They were both the best flyers in the school, and they got along perfectly, but... he left her."

"That's sad. You know, one of our members Misty Fly worked at that school by the time Rainbow Dash was in flight school." Soarin said.

"Now how is Misty Fly working at the school sad?” I asked.

"I meant when Rainbow Dash and her coltfriend went their separate ways." Soarin said.

"But they weren't going out, they were just best friends. Rainbow Dash didn't realize how much she missed him after she mentioned him after we were talking about special someponies." I explained.

"Oh, okay. Who's this friend of Dash anyway?" Spitfire asked.

"Blaze Goldheart." I said.

Soarin spit out his drink suddenly and sprayed it all over Fleetfoot and I. “Crud! That cashier gave me Diet Dr. Hooves!” he complained.

"Blaze Goldheart?" Spitfire asked.

"So you heard of Blaze?" I asked.

"Yeah he just joined the Wonderbolts not too long ago.” Spitfire said. “Little did I know he and Rainbow knew eachother.”

"You're bluffing." I said.

"No I'm not." Spitfire said.

"Seriously?" I asked.

"Yes, seriously.” Spitfire said.

"Like seriously actually?" I asked.

"Yes!" Spitfire said.

"Like seriously seriously with the actually actually?" I asked.

"YES!" Spitfire yeled. "How many times do I have to say that?"

“Until your last dying breath.” I said in a creepy tone.

“So, what about Blaze Goldheart you need information on?” Fleetfoot asked.

“I’m just looking for him, and try to set things right between him and Rainbow.” I said.

“Well, maybe we can take you to him.” Spitfire suggested.

“I wouldn’t. That Blaze Goldheart is such a jerk!” Soarin said.

“What do you mean?” Fleetfoot asked.

“He stole my academy record!” Soarin said.

“Hey quit being so jealous, Soarin. That may ruin your reputation at the academy even more.” Spitfire teased.

“Anyways, where is Blaze? I’d like to have a word with him.” I said.

"He's at our camp at Cloudsdale." Spitfire said.

"Alright, then after dinner I'll go to Cloudsdale so I can find Blaze.” I said.

"But you're a unicorn." Spitfire reminded me.

"Your point?" I asked.

"At Cloudsdale you need to be a pegasus." Spitfire said.

"Your point?" I asked.

"Because earth ponies and unicorns can't even get up there without a way up there. You need wings, or something." Spitfire explained.

"Your point?” I asked.

"Besides, Cloudsdale is a cloud city." Spitfire said.

"Hey! Just like Star Wars!" I said excitedly.

"If you set hoof on the city, you'll just fall right through the clouds." Spitfire said.

"Your point?" I asked.

"What's your point?" Spitfire asked as she smirked at me.

I then pointed to Spitfire. "This Spitty, this is my point."

Soarin starts laughing. "You’re right, Spitfire! This pony is a crack-up!”

"Whoa, I'm not trying to break you." I said.

"What?” Soarin asked.

"What?" I asked.

"What did you say?" Soarin asked.

"What did YOU say?" I asked.

"Nevermind." Soarin said.

“And let’s keep it that way.” I said.

“Hey we never got your name.” Spitfire said.

“Oh, the name’s Flar-ee.” I said.

“Wow, last time I met a Flar-ee, I was at Fluttershy’s fight club.” Fleetfoot said.

A cutaway shows a bunch of ponies at Fluttershy’s cottage, which was filled with mattresses and pillows all over the place. All the ponies were wearing fighting outfits, helmets, and pads all over their bodies. Fluttershy started explaining the rules; “Ok, so here are the rules of this fight club; number 1: no hitting below the belt. Number 2: no hitting above the belt. Number 3: Don’t use anything but your bare hooves.” Fluttershy’s bear friend shrugged. “Number 4: Don’t remove any of your safety pads. Number 5: no name calling, no taunting, and always say you’re sorry; and finally number 6: If somepony says ‘ow’, the game’s over. Are there any questions?”

“Yes, can you repeat the rules again?” Fleetfoot asked. The cutaway ends.

So the four of us finished our dinners and were ready to set off into the dusky sky. Spitfire takes hold of my shoulders as we flew all the way to Cloudsdale.

"I believe I can fly! I can fly higher than an eagle! You are the wind beneath my wings!” I sang. 

“Oh that song brings tears to my eyes!” Soarin said as he got all teary eyed.

“Which song? I Believe I Can Fly or Wind Beneath My Wings, or the Drake rap I did a little while ago?” I asked.

“The Drake rap.” Soarin said.

"You know what Spitfire? What if I was a pegasus instead of a unicorn? NO, wait! I like being a unicorn." I said.

“Why? Being a Pegasus is pretty sweet! You can feel the wind upon your face, feel your adrenaline pump, and it makes you feel so alive!” Fleetfoot said.

“Yeah, but then I wouldn’t be able to use my possum grade awesome magical abilities! You cannot deny that being a unicorn is cool.” I said.

“I once always wanted to be an earth pony.” Soarin said.

“Why? They have nothing special.” I said.

“Yes they do. They’re the only ones that can grow crops, and are strong enough to do anything!” Soarin said.

“I see your point there, but how is Spitfire here so strong that she can hold me?” I asked.

“Trust me, I’m having a hard time holding you. How much do you weight?” Spitfire asked.

“190.” I said.

“You feel like 300.” Spitfire said.

“No, if I felt like 300, you would’ve had a much harder time holding me.” I corrected her. 

“We’re here.” Fleetfoot said as we flew towards Cloudsdale and landed on one of the clouds. "You can let go now." I said.

”Are you sure?” Spitfire asked.

“Yes, since you’re walking on a cloud right now, there’s no reason I can’t.” I said

"Ok, suit yourself.” Spitfire said as she released me from her grip, and I started to fall right through the cloud and started free-falling. I was screaming as I was falling, but then I got rescued by Spitfire at the last second. 

"I guess you need a helping hoof after all, huh Flare?” Spitfire winked at me.

"Why didn’t you tell me I could go right through the clouds?!" I yelled at her.

“I tried to warn you.” Spitfire said.

“I could’ve died!” I yelled.

“But you didn’t, right?” Spitfire asked.

“Well…. Yeah, I suppose.” I said.

“C’mon, let me take you to Blaze Goldheart.” Spitfire said as she flies herself and me back to the city and into their academy. "Welcome to the Wonderbolts Academy!" she said as she sets me down the runway.

“NOOOOO! DON’T LET GO!” I yelled.

“Relax, this isn’t a cloud, you’re fine.” Spitfire said.

“I’m really not liking this town. Why do pegasi get their own city they can live in, but unicorns and earth ponies can’t?! It’s ridiculous!” I complained.

“Don’t ask us, we’re just stunt flyers.” Fleetfoot said.

“I know, but still! Why can’t there be a city that unicorns and earth ponies have that’s only accessible to them?” I complained. See? I told you I was gonna mention this during this chapter. Remember back in chapter 8? Remember? Lawl remembers readers? Alright, I’m getting off-topic.

"Wow! Look at all these Wonderbolts! Which one is Blaze?" I asked

"I dunno. We'll have to find him using a megaphone.” Spitfire said.

"I have one in handy." Crescent Moon said as he gives Spitfire his megaphone.

“Thank you, Crescent!” Spitfire takes the megaphone and activates it. "Wonderbolts? May I have your attention please? I'm looking for Blaze Goldheart. There's a pony here to see you. I repeat, Blaze Goldheart. There's a pony here to see you! Please report to the runway!”

"That pony's got a name you know." I reminded her.

"Flare Gun! Flare Gun’s here to see you!” Spitfire yelled. In case you’re wondering how she got my actual name, I told her it while we were eating.

Just then, a gray pony with a curly and wavely red and yellow mane and tail, with a phoenix cutie mark, and wearing a wonderbolt's outfit flew over to Spitfire and I.



"Captain Spitfire." Blaze said as he saluted. "How can I help you?"

"This pony wishes to speak with you." Spitfire said.

"Okay. What’s going on, man?” Blaze asked me.

"Flare's the name, and video is my game. Lion face." I said.

"Oooookay." Blaze said. "Nice to meet you Flare. My name is Blaze Goldheart."

"Yeah I know who you are, brah.” I said.

"How?” Blaze asked.

“I’m here under Rainbow Dash’s request.” I said.

Blaze’s eyes opened wide and he thought to himself for a few moments. “Captain Spitfire, may I speak with this pony in private?”

“Of course, if you need me, I’ll be in the locker rooms making sure none of the cadets whip eachother with towels. I know it’s a cool way to whip ponies into shape, but they keep falling apart, and we just can’t afford to keep buying new shipments.” Spitfire said as she flew off.

“So Rainbow Dash hasn’t forgotten about me, huh?” Blaze asked.

“Why did you leave her, brah? Why did you have to run away? Is it because she’s pregnant?” I asked.

“WHAT?!” Blaze yelled.

“Oh, so you didn’t know, and B-T-W, she has no foals so don’t worry.” I said.

“Why did Rainbow send you here, and how does she know I’m here?” Blaze asked.

“She doesn’t.” I said.

“Oh. Well, I’m sorry man, but I can’t see her. I have left her, and she’s not going to wanna see me, so you’re wasting your time here, Flare.” Blaze said.

“Why did you leave her though, Blaze? Why?” I asked.

“You think I had a choice?” Blaze asked.

“There’s always a choice, and you choose to leave her.” I said.

“Dude, that day was probably the worst day of my life, and probably the worst decision I had to come by.” Blaze said.

“Why? Were you forced to leave?” I asked.

“As a matter of fact, I was.” Blaze said.

“Why?” I asked.

“Because those years at Flight School have been the worst for me. Everypony knew I was different. I was bullied, thrown into trash bins, stuffed into lockers, until my inner power has awaken. I’ve done so many terrible things. Rainbow Dash was the only pony who would accept me. She’s the most loyal of all ponies, and I was forever grateful. I… I loved her. Until one day, ponies started destroying my home, calling me a freak of nature, so I packed my things and I had to leave Cloudsdale forever. I moved far away into the outer reaches of Equestria. I had to get away from everypony, because I knew they would see me a freak, and you know what, I agreed with them, but my parents thought otherwise. My mom was a dragon, and my dad was a pony. We all left home, away from everypony else, because everypony neglected my father, and every dragon neglected my mother. So we moved away from everypony, and it was just the three of us, all alone.” Blaze explained.

“So why did you come back?” I asked.

“You see, my father used to be a Wonderbolt so he was a fantastic flyer, teaching me everything he knows, but one day, we were found by the haters.” Blaze said.

“Eww the haters! The anti-bronies!” I said.

“They tried to hunt us down, but my mother and I were able to get away, but my father… he had to sacrifice his life to save us. He gave me his Wonderbolt outfit, and I knew I couldn’t keep running from my problems, so I moved back to Cloudsdale, became a Wonderbolt. Nopony in Cloudsdale remembers me, thank Celestia!” Blaze explained.

”And Luna.” I added.

“But nopony knows my secret, and… wait, why did I just tell you everything? I don’t even know you, and you know my secret!” Blaze said.

“Yeah, and?” I asked.

”So you’re going to call me a freak, and destroy everything I’ve ever loved, aren’t you?” I asked.

“Why would I do that?” I asked.

“Because everypony hates me. I’m a draconian, half-dragon, half-pony. That species has been extinct thousands of years ago, and I’m the first of my kind after centuries, and also the last.” Blaze said.

“You know, for all the backstories I’ve been hearing from all my friends, it makes it seem my life was just a walk in the park.” I said.

“What do you mean?” Blaze asked.

“I’ve been bullied too because I’m different. I mean, I’m not a cross-bread, but mentally I’m different. I’m called stupid, unfunny, annoying, but you think I can help it? Rainbow Dash has taught me a lot so I can change, and you know what, brah? I think she can help you too.” I said.

“You really think she’ll want to see me?” Blaze asked.

“Blaze, she’s at home, crying her eyes out because she misses you so much. Yes, she has forgotten about you for some years, but… deep down, she truly needs you. She needs you brah, go to her!” I said.

Blaze thought to himself and a tear dropped out of his eye. “You’re right, man. I have to see her. I left her once, and I’m not going to leave her again! Flare, hold my hoof.”

”Umm, yeah I’m not really into that sort of thing.” I said embarrassingly.

“COME ON!” Blaze yelled as he held onto my hoof and flew back down to Ponyville so we can see Rainbow. “Ok, Flare, show me where Rainbow’s living these days.”

“I didn’t even say she was in Ponyville, how do you know she’s here?” I asked.

“Umm, I really don’t know.” Blaze said.

"Okay, you see that house over there?" I pointed to a log cabin.

“Yeah.” Blaze said.

“A cranky donkey lives there.” I said.

“Oooook.” Blaze said.

“And over there is Rainbow’s mansion.” I pointed out.

"The one on the cloud?" Blaze asked.

"No the one on my head." I said sarcastically. "Of course the one on the cloud! That's Rainbow Dash's house." 

“Wow, she lives in a mansion. Her life was amazing without me, maybe I shouldn’t go.” Blaze said.

“BRAH! All that means nothing to her! She needs YOU!” I reminded him.

“Right.” Blaze agreed as he landed on the cloud still carrying me. “What do I do?” 

"Look just let me get Dash's attention. Then when she sees you and wants to talk to you, you can set me down so you two can have a little... private time. Winky face." I said.

"Alright Flare." Blaze agreed.

"RAINBOW DASH HELP! FLUTTERSHY'S IN TROUBLE!" I yelled.

"Seriously? I didn't think you'd mean it like that." Blaze said.

Rainbow Dash dashes out of her house. "Where is she Flare?! What's happened to her?! If somepony is picking on her, I’ll make sure they have been-" Rainbow becomes silent after she sees Blaze.

"B-Blaze?" Rainbow said in shock. "Is that you?"

"Rainbow Dash?" Blaze said in a shock. Blaze then accidentally lets go of me and I started falling towards the ground, but Blaze wasn't paying attention though, he was too shock into seeing Rainbow Dash again.

Just as I smashed into the ground I yelled, "I'm okay! My leg is just a little twisted is all!”

Rainbow Dash hugged Blaze real tight and started crying again. "I'm so happy you're back! I waited for you for a long time! Wishing for you to come back and race along side me again!"

"I'm sorry Rainbow." Blaze said. "I had to get away from it all. All the hate and all the ponies calling me a freak, I couldn't live like that anymore.”

"I'm sorry, Blaze. It was my fault. I should've been there for you." Rainbow said.

"No, you belong here." Blaze said.

"Why did you come back?" Rainbow asked.

"Before I left Ponyville, I went to see you one last time at your house." Blaze started. "I wanted to say good-bye to you, and... tell you how I really feel, but... you were really upset. You kept yelling, 'Blaze don't leave, I love you!' That's when I realized you actually loved me back. I didn't want to say good-bye to you, because... it would be too hard. So I just blew a kiss and flew off, and never looked back. I left town with my family. We left and didn't come back until many years later. I was living in exile ever since.”

“Oh no! What is this on my leg?!” I yelled from below. “I don’t know what that is sticking out! Holy Wizard of Hope, I think I need to go to the hospital!”

“Rainbow, I promise I’ll never leave you again.” Blaze promised.

“You better not, or I’ll kill you!” Rainbow said as she hugged him again.

“Aw man! I think I bit my tongue again! Is it split in two? How sharp are my teeth?!” I yelled from below.

“Rainbow Dash, will… you marry me?” Blaze asked.

Rainbow started tearing up again. “Yes… yes I will!”

“Are you sure that’s going to be accepted by Hasbro?!” I yelled.

"I learned my lesson, Rainbow. You cannot run away from your problems, because they'll just follow you wherever you go. You just have to find a way to find a solution to them." Blaze said.

"There always is a solution, Blaze. Never give up on finding it." Rainbow said.

"I won't, not ever again." Blaze said.

“I love you, Blaze.” Rainbow said.

“I love you too, Rainbow.” Blaze said. Just then they gave eachother big smooch.

“I… I don’t feel so good! Everything’s going blurry. I feel… so cold!” I yelled from below. And so, despite the canon of Rainbow Dash’s life, Blaze and her got themselves married. They spend the rest of their lives together in secret from Hasbro. Blaze kept his job at the Wonderbolts, that’s why he’s not seen with her that often, and Rainbow’s life went back to normal. Rainbow Dash was finally happy, Blaze was at peace, and what happened to me? Well… I died after Blaze left me down there for so long, and that’s the end of Friendship is Epic.

HA! I’m kidding! I’ll be right back in the next chapter! GOOD NIGHT, EVERYPONY!