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// First Date 
// Story: Blue Skye's Story 
// by Skyfire Storm 
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The next Monday...
It was a few hours after school and Blue was busy preparing himself for his first date with Meadow. He combed his mane up nicely and put on a Wonderbolts' t-shirt that his dad bought him a few weeks ago. He was still highly nervous about the date but tried to stay calm about it. Just then, Firestorm, his younger brother walked into his room. 

"Hey, big bro. Whatcha doing?" he asked.

"Hey, Firestorm." Blue replied. "I'm just getting ready for my date."

"Can I come with you?" Firestorm asked. 

"No, sorry. It's only me and my special somepony." Blue explained. 

Firestorm nodded understandingly, but then trotted up to Blue and jumped on his back.

"Woah!" Blue yelled. 

"I'm coming with you! I'm coming with you!" he shouted, jumping up and down on Blue's back.

"No, you're not!" Blue said. "If it wasn't me and my special somepony, I'd gladly take you." Just then, Summer Skies came into the room and noticed Firestorm jumping on Blue's shoulders.

"There there now, Firestorm." she said, taking him off Blue's shoulders and placing him down on the floor.

"Mommy, I wanna go but Blue isn't letting me come!" Firestorm said. Blue simply facehoofed as he watched his little brother explain everything to their mom. So far, the friendship between the two siblings hasn't gone as well as Blue had expected. Although Blue had tried to be a good big brother, Firestorm had proven to be quite a hoof-ful at times. 

"Sweetie, Blue can't let you come because it's just him and his marefriend." Summer explained to Firestorm and nuzzled him. "Hm... Maybe I could take you to the park tomorrow?" 

"Yay! The park! Thanks mommy!" Firestorm said and hugged her. Summer simply chuckled and smiled at her youngest son, who trotted downstairs, before turning back to face Blue. 

"You've grown so much, Blue... I remember back when you were Firestorm's age and you were trotting around the house shouting "Mommy, daddy, play!"" Summer said and chuckled lightly. Blue's grinned. "I remember that like it was just yesterday, Blue. And now look how time flies. You're now fourteen, you're in the weather factory and you're beginning to date. You're growing up, son. I'm so proud of you." she said and nuzzled Blue. "My Blue."

"Thanks mom..." he said and hugged Summer. Firestorm turned to face Blue and stuck out his tongue at him. 

"It's alright, son. Now, I believe you've got a date to go on." Summer said and smiled at him. 

"I know... I just hope it goes well." Blue said.

"I'm sure it will. Just don't worry and have fun." Summer replied and gave him a reassuring wink.

"I guess... I better go now." Blue said and turned to look at a clock hanging on his wall. "The show begins in, like 25 minutes and the arena is on the other side of town." 

"Alright son. Have fun and be safe." Summer said.

"Will do, mom." Blue replied and flew out of the house towards the arena.

At the arena...
Blue landed in front of the arena. Ponies from all over Cloudsdale were gathering to watch the Wonderbolts perform. Amongst the gathering crowd stood Meadow, with two older ponies beside her. The stallion was a light-green pegasus with an orange mane, while the mare was a very white-blue color. She had a purple mane. Blue trotted up to meet Meadow and her parents.

"Hey, Meadow! Glad you could make it." Blue said.

"Yeah, I'm quite happy as well." Meadow replied. Suddenly, the larger stallion spoke up.

"You must be Blue." he said.

"Uh, yes. I am. Hello there, sir." Blue awkwardly replied.

"He he he. No need to call me "sir". I'm Meadow's father, Grasslands." he said, extending his hoof, which Blue gladly shook.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Grasslands." Blue said.

"And I'm Meadow's mother, Icy Breeze." the mare said.

"Nice to meet you as well, Mrs. Breeze." he replied, extending his hoof, which she shook.

"You're such a well-mannered colt, Blue." Icy said. 

"I try to be, ma'am." Blue replied.

"I have a feeling you'll be a great coltfriend to Meadow." Icy said. Blue and Meadow turned to face each other and blushed. Suddenly, the door to the arena opened and the crowd of Pegasi began to pour in.

"Have fun you two!" Icy said and waved to her daughter.

"And stay safe!" Grasslands shouted at them.

"We will, mom, dad!" Meadow replied. 

"We will, don't worry!" Blue said as they walked into the arena. After paying for both their tickets and buying some snacks, Blue led Meadow to two seats near the top of the stand. 

"I'm so excited, Blue. I've never seen them up close before..." Meadow said.

"It's gonna be cool..." Blue replied. "Want a hay fry?" he asked, passing her one.

"No, thanks. Let's save them for the show." Meadow replied. 

"I agree..." Blue said and put the box of hay fries down between them two. After a few minutes, the entire arena was filled up with ponies waiting for the Wonderbolts' show to begin. Suddenly, the announcer's voice boomed through the speakers.

"Mares and gentlecolts!" he said. "Welcome to the Cloudsdale Arena on this fine Cloudsdale evening! And now, we proudly present, for your entertainment... the Wonderbolts!" Suddenly, about five bolts of multi-colored lightning shot out of nowhere and flew around the arena. Meadow looked especially captivated as she watched the lightning bolts fly around. The bolts then slowed down, revealing five pegasus ponies. Everypony, including Blue and Meadow begun to clap.

"Impressed yet?" Blue asked.

"Yep..." Meadow replied and continued looking at the Wonderbolts performing. Blue looked at her as she looked at the Wonderbolts flying around the Arena and could only smile at her. Suddenly Blue thought to himself.

Maybe this dating thing will work out between us after all... Blue thought to himself. Already he begun to get more confident about dating Meadow. As time passed, he gradually begun to feel more comfortable about sitting beside her. An hour later, the Wonderbolts were preparing for their final aerial stunt of the night, and despite the wind, conditions seemed favorable for the stunt. Since Cloudsdale was a city built in the clouds, wind was not an unusual occurrence, but it proved to be a challenge at times to fly through it, especially for the Wonderbolts. 

"Alright, Blazin' Wings! Are you ready? On the count of ten, we all fly down there towards the roof of the Arena and then, we fly back up before we go into it. That's definitely gonna create a massive rainboom." the captain of the Wonderbolts, Blitz Fury said.

"Sure thing, boss!" Blazin' replied. "You all ready?" he shouted to the four other Wonderbolts hovering behind him.

"Yep." they all replied.

"Excellent. Three, two, one... go!" Blitz Fury shouted and before he knew it, he was pushed backwards by the Wonderbolts, who flew downwards towards the Arena.

Back in the arena...
Everypony's eyes turned to look at a large, multi-colored lightning bolt coming down towards the Arena at nearly supersonic speeds. Blue's jaws dropped as he watched it light up the sky. 

"What do you think is going to happen?" asked Meadow.

"Well, uh, I don't know, to be honest. I've never seen this stunt before..." Blue explained. 

"Let's just hope it goes good..." Meadow said and cuddled up against Blue, who wrapped his wing around her. Just seconds later, the Wonderbolts managed to reach the roof, before rapidly flying back up. Suddenly, a huge flash erupted in the sky and five large rainbow discs emerged from it. The ponies gathered in the Arena gasped and looked at the rainbow discs emerging. They have just witnessed a sonic rainboom, five of them actually. After a little while, the rainbooms faded out and the ponies gathered could only clap in astonishment.

"Wow..." Blue said to himself. 

"I agree... that was incredible." Meadow said and chuckled. "I honestly was not expecting that..."

"Me neither." Blue replied and smiled at her. "Let's go home." Meadow simply smiled at him. After leaving the arena, the two ponies walked alongside each other.

"Thank you so much Blue." Meadow said. "I honestly didn't expect that somepony would ever take me to see the Wonderbolts..."

"My pleasure." Blue replied. "Wait, have you seriously never been to a Wonderbolts show in Baltimare?" he asked.

"I'm afraid not." Meadow replied. "The Baltimare Arena is still under construction... so, I never managed to go." she explained.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it, Meadow. So, do you ever want to go again?" Blue asked. 

"Of course." Meadow replied and smiled at him. "Thank you Blue..." she said and gave him a kiss on the lips. As she kissed him, Blue felt as though time has slowed down. They were lost in their own little world and didn't notice Grasslands and Icy Breeze coming towards them. 

"My my..." Icy said and smiled at the two kissing. Suddenly, they stopped and turned around to notice Meadow's parents standing there.

"Uh mom..." Meadow said awkwardly. 

"You're growing up, Meadow..." Grasslands said, grinning. "My little filly is growing up."

"Yeah, dad." she said. 

"Did you two enjoy yourselves?" Icy asked.

"Of course we did! This show was incredible!" Meadow explained. Grasslands and Icy Breeze smiled at their daughter.

"I'm glad you enjoyed yourselves." Grasslands said. "And thank you Blue for looking after Meadow."

"My pleasure, Mr. Grasslands." Blue said and turned to look at Meadow who smiled at him. 

"I'm sorry we can't stay longer Blue, but we have to go back home." Icy said. 

"Bye Blue." Meadow said. 

"Bye Meadow. When do you want to go out again?" Blue asked.

"Hm... Friday night, maybe?" she said and turned to face her mom and dad, who smiled at her.

"Alright then. Friday night it is." Blue said. "Good night, Meadow."

"Good night Blue. See you tomorrow." she replied and smiled at him. Moments later, the family of Pegasi flew off, leaving Blue standing in front of the arena. Everypony was already gone, leaving Blue all alone. Blue smiled to himself as he prepared to take off for home.

"Hey there!" said a voice. Blue turned around to face where the voice came from. 

"Who's there?" he asked. Suddenly, a blue pegasus mare with a rainbow mane jumped out of the cloud bushes, with a less-than-pleased look on her face. It was Rainbow Dash.

"Hey Dash. Did you enjoy the Wonderbolts show?" Blue asked.

"Yeah, I did. And don't you "Hey Dash" me, Blue." she replied.

"What's wrong?" Blue asked.

"Do you really wanna know?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Yeah, come on, I'm your friend." Blue replied.

"You, my friend? Oh, no." Dash explained. Blue felt a bit hurt at Rainbow Dash's comment.

"Hey! I thought we were friends..." Blue explained.

"If you're really my friend, you'd spend more time with me and Singer..." Rainbow Dash said.

"Uh.." Blue mumbled. He didn't really know how to react to the situation.

"I actually liked you... until the new filly came to school and you begun to spend time with her!" Dash shouted.

"Look! What was I supposed to do? Just leave her like that?" Blue shouted. "I didn't think so. And by the way, her name is Meadow."

"Look. If you really don't want to spend time with me and Singer, you don't have to. I'm not gonna force you, but I thought we were friends..." Dash replied.

"We are!" Blue yelled.

"No, Blue. We can't be." Dash replied. "Not anymore..." Blue sighed.

"Good night, Dash. It was nice talking to you..." Blue said.

"See you tomorrow at school..." Dash replied and both Pegasi were off their own ways. About 10 minutes later, Blue landed at his own home. He walked into the house, head held low. 

"Hey sweetie!" Summer said as she saw her colt walk into the house. "How did the date go? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, mom. The date went well..." Blue said with an angry tone in his voice.

"Mommy, Blue is angry!" Firestorm said, who was playing in the living room with some toys.

"Blue, is everything alright?" Summer asked. "You don't look so good."

"I'm angry..." Blue replied. "At Rainbow Dash."

"At Rainbow Dash?" Summer asked. "What's going on? I thought you two were friends..."

"I thought so too, but she doesn't want to because I hang out with Meadow more..." Blue explained. "What should I do?" he asked.

"Hm... maybe you should start hanging out with Dash and Singer a bit more and maybe include Meadow in your group?" Summer suggested. 

"Maybe, although I'm not too sure Dash would even bother talking to me after our little... confrontation today." Blue replied. 

"You should try, son." Summer said. "You should make amends with Rainbow Dash."

"I don't know, mom... I'll see what I can do." Blue replied. After eating his supper, Blue went upstairs to his room and sat down at his desk. He took out his notepad and flipped open a page, where he begun to write down what happened during the day.

Dear diary,
Today I passed another milestone in life. I went on my first date with the mare of my dreams, Meadow Breeze, to the Wonderbolts Arena. We both enjoyed ourselves, but after Meadow left, I had a little confrontation with a friend. Rainbow Dash, who got angry at me for hanging out with Meadow more than with her and Singer. Now that I think about it, it's actually my fault for not paying enough attention to my friends... I hope I can be a better friend to Rainbow and Singer, while also being a good coltfriend to Meadow. I care about all three of them, I just don't know who to choose...

~ Blue Skye