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// Chapter 10: The Goal 
// Story: Rewritable 
// by Detsella Morningdew 
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       Celestia was right. Nothing really was different for me. I didn't really feel that different. I was the same person. And besides an occasional mutter from Twilight about pink hair, life for me hadn't changed at all.

Well, maybe a bit. But that was my own effort. I nearly mastered the wing shape for flight. And finally, I landed on a cloud. Those things are comfortable.

I still didn't have much actual strength in my wings. But I could fly to school now. And I didn't have to go around buildings anymore.

It was almost as if the trip to Canterlot never happened.

Almost.

It was strange to look up at the stars and see my own magic among them.

I got thinking again. How did pegasus magic work, exactly? Did it press down on the air? Or was there something else, something invisible? I knew that the wing-to-mass ratio of normal wings was too shallow, but the magic was of the same size. It was too small to be pushing on the air. Was there something else there that was...oh.

All around me, in my magical sight, was a haze. Normally, I just thought it was the result of being able to see too far-the objects in the distance giving interference. But really, if he looked up on a clear night, just like this one, there should be no interference.

But there was.

He could see the ambient magic. That was what pegasi used to fly. How far did it extend? How high can pegasi really fly?

Now that was a question for Rainbow Dash, certainly. She always tried to break barriers. She also succeeded, in a rather recent case.

Wait. Now that Sonic Rainboom. A normal sonic boom does not create a rainbow. Did she break the barrier of something else also?

Now that was not a question for her. She wouldn't know or care about "ambient magical fields". That was a question that only he could answer.

Now I had watched Rainbow perform the Sonic Rainboom. And it did seem like it broke a different barrier of sorts. The intense explosion of magic confirmed that. Rainbow Dash was powerful, but that much energy did not come from her.

No, watching her would not do. I had a new goal. An absurd goal. I had to experiment. I had to recreate the Sonic Rainboom myself.







I announced my decision to the rest of the Crusaders with mixed results.

The overall reaction was skepticism.

Dinky thought that my theory was plausible, but was unsure about my capabilities.

Scootaloo thought it was downright impossible.

"But Rainbow Dash took ages to get it right, and she's Rainbow Dash!"

"I know, but I watched her, and I know how she did it."

"That doesn't mean you can."

"I know. It'll take a long time. But I believe I found an easier way."

"And what might that be?"

"Only if you keep it a secret."

"Oh...all right. It probably won't work, anyway."

"Well, Rainbow's doing it wrong."

"WHAT!" All of them this time.

"Well, she's just trying to force her way through; use raw wingpower to break through the barrier. I'm actually surprised she managed it that way."

"Well, isn't that what you're supposed to do to go faster?"

"Normally, yes, but there is another way; a way that's a lot easier, at least for me."

"Reshaping your magic."

"What do you mean by that? You need your wings to be able to fly."

"No, you keep your wings the way they are. But I think I know how to direct the air currents. Make myself more aerodynamic. Maybe even...no, that's too much. But if you eliminate the air resistance..."

"Your speed can be almost doubled," finished Dinky.

"But still, I don't expect to get there anytime soon. I just barely got my wings back to normal."

Sweetie Belle spoke up. "But why do you want to do the Sonic Rainboom in the first place?"

"Because it's awesome," Scootaloo interrupted.

"Not exactly," I said. "Well, it is awesome, but I want to know more about something else. You know how I can see magic, right?"

"Yes."

"Well, I found out that there is this...field of magic that pegasi use to fly. I think Rainbow Dash might have broken a barrier of some sort, and I want to find out what that was. I know she was able to fly after she broke it, but I want to find out for myself what happened, exactly."

"Can't you just watch Rainbow do a Sonic Rainboom again?" asked Apple Bloom.

"Not really. I can't see what she is seeing. I have to see what happens first-person. I need to be beyond that barrier."

"I need to do it myself."