//------------------------------// // Ponyville (Unedited) // Story: Born For Loyalty // by Admiral Q Ponyform //------------------------------// Dash was racing through the air practicing her moves. She graduated from school a few weeks ago and was now waiting for a reply from she hoped to be a potential job till the Wonderbolts. Hopefully she will also see an old friend again. Dash went into a dive and gained speed. She could feel the wind whipping at her skin and she saw the cone form. 'COME ON! JUST A LITTEL MORE!' She though as she tried to pull off another Sonic Rainboom. She felt as she is just about to do it when she hit the cone and she was paused in the air for that few seconds of cartoon logic. Long enough for her to say sadly. “No.” Then she was flying the opposite way and before she could recover she hit a cloud and her head poped out the other end but it did stop her tumble. “You okay Dashie?” Dash shook her head to get rid of the dizziness and smiled at the pony coming towards her. “Had worse sis, hey give me a hoof.” Her sister helped pull her out of the cloud and they both rested for a second. “Thought you almost had it there Dashie.” “So did I. Can't figure out why I can't pull it off again. I must be missing something but don't know what.” Dash frowned as she tried to think of what she could be doing wrong. “Well everything else is awesome and you will do it in time sis.” That brought a smile back to her lips and she look over to her sister. Dawn was a filly that was about ten. Still blank flanked but that was okay. She had just started flying so she will get in time. She ruffled the blond mane with sky blue highlights of her sister before bring her in for a hug. “That's because I have an awesome sister to cheer me on.” They stayed like that for a bit. Then Dash notice the position of the sun. She nudged her sister. “Come on, let's head home.” Dawn nodded and Dash let her go first so she could respond if she had trouble. She wasn't letting anything happen to her sister. The sisters flew casually enjoy the air and the company of each other. They got home and Dash opened the door as her sister came in. “We're home!” She saw her mom pop out of the kitchen. “There's my girls.” She came out. “Oh Dashie you have mail.” Dashie was sure she went bug eyed and zipped over to grab the envelope in her mother's wing. She ripped it open and read the letter. “I got accepted into the Ponyville Weather Team!” Her parents offered their congratulations and hugged her. Her sister on the other hand left crying. Her mom was going to go after her when Dash stopped her. “Let me mom.” Her mom gave a nod and Rainbow went after her sister. She found Dawn on a cloud that had turned dark from Dawn's emotions. Dash gently landed on the cloud next to Dawn. They sat there for a minute before Dawn looked at Dash. Dash lifted a wing and said calmly. “Let it out sis, let it all out.” Needing nothing else Dawn went over and hugged Dash as she cried. “I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO! I WANT YOU HERE! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO!?” She wailed into her sister and Dash just aloud it to come out holding her sister with a wing. After a couple more minutes Dash spoke again. “Because I have to follow my dream. I'll be in a good position in Ponyville and be able to practice. Then when I'm a Wonderbolt I'll be around more. You will have your own dreams Dawn, and you have to follow them. I'll support you in any way I can when you do.” Dash leaned in closer. “No matter where I go or what I do one thing will never change. You are my sister and I love you. When I get setup I'll have you and mom dad over. (So how about this. After dinner we'll spend the rest of the day together. Just you and me, sister and sister bonding. Sound good to you?” Dawn sat up and rubbed her eyes before nodding. “Okay then. Let's go have dinner then we will go out.” They returned and the parents had relief in their eyes that Dash pulled off a miracle again. The sister's have been so close and they knew Dawn you take it hard. With some reluctance they let the girls go after dinner and Dash took Dawn anywhere the filly fancied and for hours they had fun. It was a tired Dash with a sleeping Dawn on her back that returned home. Their parents noticed that Dawn had a smile so the whole thing was worth it. Dash herself decided to sleep with her sister since it will be the last time for a while. * * * * * * Dash left the next morning hugging her family with her saddle bags firmly on her. She was bring only what she needed till she had a house set up. Though she had days before she had to report for work she needed time to either build or find a house to live in but thankfully Flutters was letting her stay at her place. It will be fun to see her best friend again. She loved the feel of wind in her mane. This was the best part of her new life. The freedom of flying on her own power. It was worth the species and gender change. Heck She was Dash now. Not Ryan. After an hour she caught site of Ponyville. It looked like a quaint little town. Thatched roofs for the most part but she saw a couple of oddities. A fro-fro place that sort of looked like a carousel. Then there was a large treehouse. That looked sorta cool. Then a place that looked like a ginger bread house. She finally saw Flutters house. If matched her perfectly being a quiet secluded tree cave thing that almost looked like it could have been from Lord of the Rings Shire. But to her surprise it was next to the creepy looking forest. She landed beside the door and notice a few critters around and knocked on the door. The door opened a bit and Dash sees a butter colored pony with teal eyes. Those eyes light up. “DASHIE!” She actually yelled that and hugged Dash. Dash returned it. “I missed you to Flutters. Thanks for taking me in till I find a place.” They broke the hug and Flutters had such a look of happiness on her face. “It's no problem for my oldest friend. Please come in and make yourself home.” Dash came inside and noticed the various bird houses and mouse holes. This didn't surprise Dash. Ever since she got her cutie mark Flutters been so into animals. She was almost hippieish at times but Dash loved her anyway. “You can put your stuff under the couch. Sorry I don't have a spare bed so I hope the couch is okay?” “It's fine Flutters.” She saw Flutters head into what looked like a kitchen before she put her stuff under the couch. She looked around and found the bathroom, upstairs was Flutters bedroom and on the way down she heard Flutters say. “Dashie can you come into the kitchen please?” “Sure Flutters. She walked in and stopped with a jaw drop. Their on a small table was a cake with two candles that made the number 18 on top. “Happy Birthday Dashie.” Dash was not ashame to admit she got teary eyed. Flutter got past the man card shield long ago. “Thanks a bunch Flutters.” She blew out the candles and both dug into the cake. MMMMMMMM. Great cake Flutters.” “Mr. and Mrs. Cake made it. They run Sugarcube Corner.” “That place that looks like a Ginger Bread House?” Flutters nodded. “Gotta remember to thank them.” Afterwords the two mares spent time catching up from their years apart and Flutters was eager to meet Dawn in pony. Dash then decided to turn in early after a long flight and will be a long day tomorrow either making or finding a place to live. * * * * * * * A knocking woke Dash up the next day. She rubbed her eyes and went to the door and opened it to see a mail mare standing there. “Rainbow Dash?” The mare asked. “That's me.” The mare pulled out a clip board and an envelope. “Need you to sign here for the cloudhouse shipment.” “Cloudhouse?” “Yup, a class A cloudhouse sent from a,” The mare checks the clipboard. “A Rainbow Blitz and Firefly. Just sign here.” Dash signed it and the mare nodded and left. Rainbow opened the envelope and started reading. Dear Dashie, We know you had to leave before we could celebrate your birthday. We saved up a lot of bits and got you this house. Please enjoy and Happy Birthday Dashie! With love, Your Parents Dash held the letter to her chest. Screw you man card her parents just spend A LOT of bits on a class A house. Only cloudmansions are better. She loved her parents so much. She went it and told Flutters and after breakfast and began building her new house. * * * * * * After a couple hours she took a break and head over to Sugarcube Corner for lunch. She went in and met the Cakes. They were nice and had great stuff to eat. She enjoyed lunch and she was leaving when she heard a gasp and before she knew it she was grabbed in an aura and flew without her input. The next thing she knew she was standing on a platform then clothes appeared out of nowhere.She looked over and she was in, A FROU-FROU DRESS! “Yes, yes. You look fabulous. Very stylish.” A white furred unicorn mare said. Her purple mane was very styled. She looked around and saw the inside of a fashion store. She frowned at the mare. “I don't appreciate being dragged through the street and into this place and having this frou-frou dress put on me. It's not my style.” “But dear, your sleek athletic frame just screams for sleek dress.” “It's too frou-frou for me. NO DRESSES.” “Very well darling but it's such a waste. Well if you changed your mind your always welcome to my store Carousel Boutique. I am Rarity. I sell and design various clothes for any pony.” “I doubt that I will. The names Rainbow Dash but call me Dash. Well cya around.” She dashed out before Rarity could drag her back in. * * * * * * Rainbow was heading for Town Hall for her first day of work. She had nearly completed her house and was now living in it but held off inviting the family till it was fully finished. She got inside and was directed to the weather office. She knocked on the door and heard a come in from a mare's voice. Dash opened the door and she saw an elderly mare behind the desk. She was a pegasus with purple blue fur and a mane that was mainly gray but some purple still left over. “Rainbow Dash reporting in ma'am.” “Have a seat miss Dash.” The mare gestured to the seat nearby. “I'm Twilight Skies, Head Weather Pony for Ponyville. Well Miss Dash you come highly recommended to me. I'm retiring soon but I won't till I'm sure Ponyville is in good hooves. Ponyville isn't like any other town in Equestria. Being so close to the Everfree Forrest we have to deal with it's chaotic weather. Sometimes we use it, sometimes we block or destroy it. You think it have what it takes?” Twilight Skies had the challenging look on her face. But Dash easily returned it. 'So there's a place like home here.' She thought before replying. “I can totally handle that.” “Well we will see today. Everfree has a storm coming this way and I decided to use it instead of having one in a couple of days. Now Everfree storms are harder to control then ones from Cloudsdale so let's see what you can do.” Dash wiped sweat off her brow before diving back in to the storm front. Twilight Skies wasn't kidding about the storm being tough. The thing was wild. She had to use all her skill and talent to keep on top of it. Her experience dealing with nature back home gave her the edge she needed as she directed the volunteers to certain spots before they got really bad. Technically She and Twilight Skies were the only weather ponies but towns of this size had a volunteer crew during such stuff as this or bringing in winter. One of the poor volunteers kept getting zapped by lightning but the gray mare with blond mane just rolled with it. I think her name was Derpy. Still the next couple hours they fought with the storm till it finally wore out and faded away for a fabulous sunset for the day. “Good work kid.” Dash looked in the direction and saw Twilight Skies flying over. “You did real good, better then I did my first time in Ponyville.” “I just have the knack boss.” “Don't over boost your ego kid. Now cya tomorrow.” With that Twilight Skies took off and Rainbow headed for home. * * * * * Dash finally got her house finished and had her family over. They brought the rest of her stuff to put up later and Dawn and Flutters met in pony for the first time and that went well. Dash's life was good. After breakfast she checked her mail now that she had a permanent location for it just outside of Ponyville itself. She looked through the mail. “Bill. Bill. Advertisement. Advertisement. Hey what's this?” There was a pink card that said to resident. She opened it and the card inside done up in childish pink said. You're invited to Pinkie Pie's welcome to Ponyville party at Sugarcube Corner at 5 o'clock in the evening. Treats and games galore! 'Five pm, yeah I can make that after work. Sounds fun.' She tossed the junk and saved the bills for later and headed for work. After work she landed in front of the bakery and headed in. That place was decked out in streamers, balloons, and everything else one would think for a party. She felt something on her head and a pink pony appeared. “HI, I'm Pinkie Pie and this is my welcome to Ponyville party, thanks for coming!” 'Wow somepony had too much coffee today. Hay how did she come from above me? She's an earth pony not a pegasus.' Aloud she said. “I'm Rainbow Dash but you better call me Dash and it sounded like fun so of course I come to check it out.” “GREAT! Have fun. I have something for everypony!” Then she disappeared. Not walked or ran away, no she just up and disappeared. Bucking magical world. A couple hours later Dash was taking a break from the games and grabbed a cider bottle. Snapping off the cap she took a swig and boy was that good cider. It tasted of heaven and couldn't help having more. “Howdy pardner! I see you like mah cider.” Dash looked over to see an orange colored earth pony mare who looked buff. She had straw blond mane and tail. Both with ties on them and green eyes. Her accent matched the brown stetson on her head. “It's great cider, the best I've had.” “Well that's goo ta know. You da new weather pony in town ain't ya?” “Yup, the name's Rainbow Dash but please call me Dash.” Dash held out her free hoof and the orange mare shook it hard. “Well Dash I'm Applejack. I run Sweet Apple Acres with mah family.” “Pleasure to meet ya in pony then. I have to say I really enjoy your apples.” “I don't remember Big Mac ever mention you at the stall.” “I haven't bought the apples at the stall.” A light went on in Applejack's eyes. “You're da reason we keep finding bits at the trunk of our trees.” “I don't steal.” Dash stated firmly. “Well sugarcube you don't need to leave bits. An apple or two isn't a big deal to us so go ahead and take them without leaving bits.” “Thanks Applejack.” The two hanged out for the rest of the party till Applejack had to take her little sister home. Everypony was at the party as well. Even that fancy Rarity was there. In a frou-frou dress of course. Dash eventually left herself and admitted to the enjoyable party. * * * * * Dash opened up her logbook again and began writing the next entry. Dash coming back in. Been in Ponyville for about a year. It's a great place even with the oddity that is Pinkie Pie. My family likes the place but are too set in there ways to move here but that's okay. Mom is now a coach for the racing team though many of her teammates have retired and a couple have even came to visit. Twilight Skies passed the reigns of Ponyville's weather to me a few months ago and it's been an alright job. Everfree keeps me from being completely bored and I have time to practice my moves and nap when stuff has gotten done. The best thing however is coming up. The Summer Sun Celebration is coming up and Ponyville is hosting the main celebration with the the Princess herself coming. Not to mention the Wonderbolts themselves are coming. This could be my chance to show them that I belong with them. It's going to be a very busy time the next couple of days. I can't wait.