She stretched her wings as the sun warmed her back. The weather was perfect for flying.
“Couldn’t have chosen a better day. You ready, Whiplash?” From behind her bright rainbow-colored tail emerged a small blue colt who wore an unsure expression upon his face. A small frown came over Rainbow Dash’s face. It was uncommon to see her boastful and, at many times, over-confidant son look so uncertain.
“What’s wrong ‘lash? You seemed so excited this morning.”
The small Pegasus shifted uncomfortably on the fluffy cloud he and his mother stood on. Rainbow looked at her son waiting impatiently for an answer.
“I still am, honest!” her son replied quickly. “It’s nothing mom, let’s get started.”
However, Rainbow Dash knew her son better than anyone, including his father, and she could tell he wasn’t being fully honest with her.
“Okay well if you want to be secretive about it,” she slowly crept towards him, “the tickle-pony will just have to uncover the truth!” She then pounced on her son tickling his ribs.
“Okay!” he gasped between giggles, “Okay! I’ll tell you!” She withdrew her tickle attack and Whiplash shakily stood up.
“It’s just,” he started “I was thinking about how awesome of a flier you are. What if I can’t fly as good as you do, and I make a foal of myself.”
Rainbow’s maternal instincts quickly took over and she hugged her son. “Don’t you ever think that again!” she said, her embrace getting tighter with every word. “Your flying is awesome for your age! And your cutie mark proves it!” Whiplash examined his cutie mark with pride at his mother’s words. “And you might not be as awesome as me yet, but I have had years more of experience than you and one day you might be even better than I ever was!”
Whiplash stood tall. His mother always knew just what to say to make him feel better. “Yeah!” he exclaimed triumphantly. “Someday I’ll even become a wonderbolt just like you!”
Rainbow Dash grinned proudly, “That’s right! Now are you ready to start?”
“Absolutely!”
The mother and son duo then took off from the small cloud, speeding through the sky dodging the occasional cloud. Rainbow dash loved the feeling of flying and she especially appreciated it today. Since, having her second foal she hadn’t been able to fly that often, her over-protective husband had her on bedrest for quite a while after it’s birth. She had to constantly remind herself to slow down so that her son could keep up. However, she noticed that she wasn’t having to slow down nearly as much as she did the last time she flew with him before his sibling’s birth. They flew like that until Whiplash showed signs of becoming tired.
“You wanna take a break?” Rainbow questioned.
Whiplash didn’t her to think he was weak, but he had grown very tired and decided to swallow his pride for the moment.
“Sure,” he said nonchalantly.
They landed on a nearby cloud to rest. Rainbow then noticed how hard she had begun to breath. “I guess my break from flying for a while has gotten to me,” Rainbow dash thought.
“Hey mom, I haven’t seen you do any of your awesome tricks in a while you think you could do one now?” her son questioned.
Rainbow dash thought it over for a moment. “I don’t think you-know-who would like me straining myself so much on my first flight in a while. But then again, you-know-who isn’t here right now.”
“You know what, yeah I’ll do one,” Rainbow dash said defiantly.
Rainbow collected herself quickly and leaned her front half down preparing for takeoff. Her wings flared out behind her and a smirk appeared on her face. She jumped off the cloud and, “RAINBOW DASH!!!”
Her wings quickly snapped out in front of her to stop her mid-air. A blue Pegasus with a dark blue mane and tail flew in from above, on his back sat a young cyan foal wearing a diaper.
“Uh-oh,” Whiplash said quietly as his father approached.
Rainbow turned around slowly to face her husband. “You were about to do a trick weren’t you?” he questioned knowingly.
“Oh come on Soarin! I was only going to do a little one, honest!” Rainbow cried out sheepishly.
“Like mother like son,” Soarin thought to himself.
“You know you shouldn’t be trying any tricks yet, you have barely flown in months you’ll strain yourself!” he exclaimed.
Quickly trying to change the subject, Rainbow dash flew over to his back and picked up her daughter, scruffing her rainbow colored mane. The foal giggled in response.
Slightly annoyed at his wife’s carelessness Soarin sighed. “You shouldn’t use Warp’s cuteness as a way to get out of your situation.”
Rainbow dash smirked and lifted Warp Fusion into the air. “But just look at this face!” Warp gurgled and stretched her hooves into the air as if to say “Higher!”
Soarin smiled warmly, he just couldn’t stay mad at her. Suddenly he remembered why he had flown out to find them. “Oh yeah! We have to hurry!” He said as he pushed Rainbow and Whiplash forward, “We’re going to be late!”
The loyal pony looked confused until she remembered the commitment she made earlier that week.
“Twilight will kill me if we don’t get there on time!” she exclaimed her thoughts outwardly. Rainbow zoomed through the sky tightly holding her daughter against her chest.
Finally, Soarin and Whiplash caught up to her as she flew slower due to her extra passenger. Together they arrived at their cloud home and quickly gathered the things they promised the princess to bring to the picnic.