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// Updraft - Cynical 
// Story: TwiDash Prompt Collab 
// by TwiDashCollabs 
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“Yes everything’s going to be just fine!”

Was the last thing I said before I passed over something beneath me…

It felt warm, which meant that it was only hot air, but hot air rises… meaning that I’d just hit my first updraft, with no idea on how to deal with it.

I had just enough time to draw in one hesitant breath before my left wing twisted behind me, rolling my over and sending me into an irreversible barrel roll. How on Earth was I supposed to reverse this, I just kept rolling and going… slightly… downwards…

“Oh horseapples.” I muttered from within the mini-tornado as the land began to replace the sky.

I hated landings.

Bracing myself for the inevitable impact with the ground, I almost didn’t notice when a quiet whooshing sound passed me by.

That was when I impacted.

Except the impact didn’t make any sense… I should have still been at least 100 hooves into the air by now, gravity shouldn’t have affected me that fast, even if I was adding to my momentum slightly. Added to the fact that there didn’t seem to be any pain…

A gasp from behind me finally forced me to open my eyes.

“Rainbow Dash?”

The named pegasus behind me smiled.

“As if I’d let you fall.”