//------------------------------// // Chapter Three: Celestia's Secret // Story: Taking Flight The Fan-Fic // by Drum_Stix //------------------------------// Taking Flight The Fan-Fic By: Drum_Stix Song Creator: PrinceWhateverer WARNING: This will include some bad/curse/cuss words in it, fair warning. "Gather around, my little ponies... And I shall tell you something, you've never known... I've kept a secret from you... Please, know I meant only the best outcome from this..." Celestia said frowning, "Er, what do you mean Princess?" Spitfire said, looking more confused then the others, as she is also the youngest. "You might say that you never cheat... That what you do, how you fly fast, is all from training... That's a lie... You see, when you were sleeping, I would come into your guy's room, and cast a spell on you, making you fly a little faster, and I did this for two years... But only to you four." Celestia said, looking at the ground in disappointment at her own deed, "If you feel the need to, yell at me... I deserve it..." "You did WH-" Soarin' was about to yell, but Spitfire put a hoof to his mouth, making him unable to yell, "No Soarin'... Don't yell." Spitfire said, giving him a stern look, as she looked at Celestia, "Princess, can I ask why you did this? At least lead us to believe that all that training did this? Did the training even help at all?" "I did it because I knew you wanted to win in the race... And they still managed to cheat... But I was going to tell you, but you looked so satisfied with the results of the increasing speed, I didn't want to burst your bubble..." Celestia replied, and Blaze, Fire Streak and Soarin' sighed in frustration, "I'll just leave you guys alone. If you want to talk to me about anything... You know where to find me." She left the Wonderbolt's hangout, and the four looked at each other, "What the hell... She didn't want to burst our bubble? What kind of excuse is that?" Soarin' said, looking at Spitfire, "I don't know... I am a little nerved with this too... We just need to calm down, an-" Spitfire was cut off by Blaze, "Calm down and what? Keep lying and flying at a speed that isn't even real? That's fake?" "Blaze, please just let me fin-" Spitfire was now cut off by Fire Streak "You know what Spitfire? I have one question for you, are we even real pegasai anymore?" "Well... Yeah, of course.. Just because a little magic modification happened, doesn't mean we're not pegasai." Spitfire replied, looking at the three, they shook their heads and left, except Soarin', "Spits... Sooner or later, we're gonna need to make a decision. Either stay as a 'Bolt, and keep on lying to all of Equestria, or be what we can of a regular pegasus. I am thinking that I might not stay in... I mean, you know how much I hate lying, which is why I was about to yell until you cut me off." Soarin' said, looking Spitfire in the eyes, and she sighed, "Soarin', this group wouldn't exist without the four of us. Let's just... Stay in. Maybe we can get her to revert the spell. Then we can really train to get that speed." Spitfire said, smiling a little bit "Wouldn't that be a nice change? Training and knowing that our speeds are going up on our own?" "I guess... But listen, if she pulls anything like this again, I am sorry, but I am leaving." Soarin' replied, as he walked to his room, Spitfire walking to hers. Seven hours pass before either one of them comes out of their room, Spitfire walked out of hers, and went over to Blaze's, and she knocked on the door. "Blaze, you in there? It's Spitfire... I wanna talk..." Spitfire said, awaiting for her friend to open the door. It took Blaze two minutes, but she opened the door, "Yes Spitfire, what do you need?" She asked curiously, "I wanna talk... About earlier..." Spitfire looked at Blaze, as she was motioned to come in. Spitfire walked in, and Blaze sat on her bed. "What about earlier is it that you want to talk about?" She asked, in a frustrated tone, “Well, me and Soarin’ were talking, and we thought of the idea to ask Celestia to reverse the spell. That way we can train with actual results, some that aren’t improved with magic. Doesn’t that sound good?” Spitfire asked Blaze, and the room went silent, for three minutes nothing happened. Not an exchange of looks, nor a single sound, until Blaze spoke up, “Yeah I guess… You’re going to ask Fire Streak right? That’s my only question.” “I will, trust me. His opinion matters as much as you, and Soarin’ right now.” Spitfire replied with a smile. “Well, then yes… If he wants to that is.” Blaze said, “But if he doesn’t, then I wont… Me and him do a lot of things together, only thing we don’t do is shower together. Or sleep together we have our own rooms.” “Of course, now I’m going to ask him, and we’ll see what happens from there… Ok?” Spitfire asked, and Blaze nodded her head. As Spitfire walked out, Blaze closed the door behind her, Spits made her way to Fire Streak’s room, and she knocked on his door. “Fire Streak, you in there? I want to talk about something…” She waited outside of the door, but there was no reply. She knocked again, “Are you there? Please, I need to ask you something important.” “I don’t care. Just leave me alone. If it’s about the whole get Celestia to revert the spell idea, Soarin’ already talked to me about it. I will, but I just want to be alone right now.” Fire Streak said from behind the door, and Spitfire sighed. “Okay. I’ll talk to you later… What time is it?” She asked “12:53 A.M.” Fire Streak said, “Now we should all go to sleep.” Spitfire nodded her head, and walked to her room, and went to sleep. To be continued… A/N: Sorry for the delay with this chapter everypony! I've been procrastinating too much.