“Alright,” said Spitfire, “you have proven your skills and talents. The Wonderbolts are glad to have you.” Spitfire paused for a minute to let the cheers die out. “But as the saying goes, you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. It is now my job to break those eggs, and teach you how to fly not just solo, but as a complete unit, with your team. Most of you will be assigned to the Rookie team. If you are good enough, you may go straight to the B-team.”
The assembled pegasi murmured for a minute at that. Rainbow Dash paid it no mind. Yeah, it would be nice to go straight into the B-team of the Wonderbolts, but Rainbow Dash had no issues with starting at the bottom rung. It was still the Wonderbolts.
“So, with that in mind, it’s time to get to the egg-breaking,” said Spitfire. Most of the active roster of the Wonderbolts then slipped out of their hiding places around the practice stadium just beside the Wonderbolts HQ. Rainbow’s eyes flicked around. Each Wonderbolt was carrying a bag. A bag that was filled with eggs.
Rainbow Dash groaned as she realised what was going to happen, and watched as Soarin’ flapped over to Spitfire, and handed her her own bag.
“Right,” said Spitfire, taking to the air, “The pony with the most egg on them is on breakfast duty for the next week.” And with that, Spitfire fished an egg out of her bag, and tossed it straight at Rainbow Dash. Or, at least, where Rainbow Dash had been. The egg impacted on the ground instead, and the rest of the recent recruits took off, chased by the active Wonderbolts and the raw eggs.
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Rainbow twisted around, her wings flaring up and bringing her to an almost complete stop, just in time to blink as an egg passed her nose. By this point, most of the other recent recruits were covered with egg, and most of the Wonderbolts were out of eggs. However, it seemed as though some of the Wonderbolts had taken a special interest in getting Rainbow egged, Spitfire in particular. So far, she had evaded everything, and remained the only recruit un-egged.
Folding her wings together, Rainbow dropped as three eggs whipped over her head, and she could hear two more Wonderbolts curse that they were out of eggs. Out of the corner of her eye, Rainbow could see that only Spitfire had any eggs left, and only two at that. She swooped back down towards the ground, hearing two eggs impact on the surface behind her, and Spitfire’s call that she was now out of eggs.
“Well then,” said Spitfire, surveying the recruits, “looks like Swift Winds is going to be making our omelettes for the next week. Good work everypony! And Rainbow Dash?”
“Yes, Spitfire?” asked Rainbow Dash, turning to face Spitfire. Something cracked in her face, and Rainbow could feel it dripping down, and saw Spitfire’s grin.
“Nice moves, Dash,” said Spitfire. Rainbow grinned, and wiped the egg off her face with a wing.