Soarin trotted along the pavement of the Wonderbolts training fields, relishing in the small clip-clops his hooves made against the ground. It was an experience he rarely enjoyed. Pavement wasn't very common in cloudsdale, but thats why he loved it so much.
He smiled to himself as he walked into the training base.
Spitfire and Mistyfly were chatting over some coffee . he walkd towards them. Mistyfly however did not seem to thrilled to talk to him and flew off.
Soarin gave Spitfire a warm smile as he approached her.
"Morning Spit."
"Oh, hey..."Spitfire stammered awkwardly.
"how's a going?"
"good ...a-a you?"
"pretty good, but no matter what i do i can't seem to get the mares off me," soarin began to chuckle "So, just wondering, if you were still up for brunch with me and Fire streak?"
" ... yeah,i guess ..."
"Okay."
Spitfire seemed unusually on edge today. She kept rubbing her hooves through her mane, and had a hard time maintaining eye contact.
"Not in a chatting mood?" Soarin joked.
Spitfire looked around awkwardly.
"Guess not." she laughed awkwardly.
Soarin could see he was making her uncomfortable.
"well, later spit."
He headed off to the locker room, where some of his male counter partners were getting changed.
He dreaded walking into a room full of sweaty stallions. The smell made him cringe. It ws beyond him why they didnt wear deorderant. it's not like anypony liked the smell of socks and hairy armpits.
"Hey soarin!" Firestreak Yelled from across the locker room, with his hoof in the air.
"Hey."
firestreak approced soarin with a huge gin on his face.
"You seem unusually happy." soarin deadpanned.
"Well... now that you mention it. I am looking forward to seeing some new flank around here."
" What are you talking about?"
" Spitfire didn't tell you? She's introducing a new recruit today."
"Yeah, I hear she is hot too!" Silverlining added, joining the conversation.
"Well, this is the first I've heard of it." soarin said.
" i hear her wings are HUGE" Silverlinig chuckled. His wings stifened from excitement.
"Oh ... well im pretty sure she just forgot, spits a busy mare." Firestreak said.
"You guys wanna watch the girls change?" Silverlining asked.
"It's probably no big deal any ways." Soarin said reassuring himself.
The two stallions left the locker room leaving silverlining behind. "I'll take that as a no." He grunted exiting the stallions locker room.
Spitfire was monitoring the warm-up session. As the three stallions approached Spitfire, she spun around to face them. The look on her face was annoyed to say the least.
"Where on Celestia's big green earth have you been for the last five minuets?" She asked them, seemingly annoyed.
"Relax Spit, we were just talking!" Soarin said trying to calm her down.
Spitfire took a deep breath. "I'm sorry, but I can't relax, neither can you, Soarin. Or any of you for that matter. Today I'm bringing in a new recruit so, The general is up my flank about the way i'm traning you. The new mare here for a position. And if you slack off it could be ...YOUR position, Soarin! "Spitfire confessed.
"What! But WHY me? What did I ever do to you? What's so special about my position?" He whined.
"Not spicifically your position, you bafoon! A position in general. The general been taking notice of your slacking off lately, and contemplating discharging you from the squad."
" So I guess, I better pack my things then..."
"No! Soarin, he's thinking. You can still show him otherwise... But your going to have to do a lot more then show up on time to change his mind. You're also going to have to show him that it should be you who stays, instead of the newb." She said in a very serious tone.
"Now get everypony over here, I have an announcement to make." Spitfire announced.
Silverlining, Firestreak and Soarin gathered the rest of the team for an annocement.
Spitfire started the annocement with her usual boring starter speach, about how important it was everypony to take nessisary saftey measures to ensure safe flight. Soarin couldn't help but zone out. there was so much going through his headright now he just couldn't dedicate his full attention to her saftey speach.
Soarin looked down at his hooves, where there was a slight tear in his uniform, exposing a part of his cornflower blue hoof. his uniform was pretty worn... but at least it was HIS. Every, wear, tear and stain on his uniform were all a souvenirs from some sort of event or elaborant stunt he pulled. They were all of past memories his uniform held, And will hold! No rookie was going to take his place! For he was a wonder bolt he was...
"Soarin!" Soarin yelled.
Everypony turned to face him, including the general.
Spitfire shook her head. "Soarin is there anything you would like to add to lecture on goggle saftey?"
"..." Soarin blused furiously
"Didn't think so... Anyhooves, lets get straight to the point, it appears we have a newb joining us. Please give a warm welcome to Rainbow dash." Spitfire said. Suddenly, a bullet-like object came out of the sky.
"... Stupid newb trying to steal my," soarin stopped mid scentance as a bright flash of rainbow light exploded befor him.
"Wow..."