"Everybody look out!" Truly cried in a panic, as all of the mares in Dream Castle desperately dove for cover. "She's coming through, and she ain't gonna stop!"
An orange mare with a blue and yellow mane streaked by, riding on a pair of energy construct roller skates created by her own magic. A wild gleam in her twinkle eyes told every other pony to run and hide, lest they get barreled down and run over in the mad mare's path.
"Wheeeee!" The unicorn with her mane wildly whipping in the wind screamed, as she whizzed on past the others. "Look at me, I'm the queen of the woooorld!"
The mare finally skidded to a halt in the middle of the hallway, causing all of the other ponies to come out of their places of hiding. Among them was a nervous little mare, who trotted right up towards her.
"D-darn it, Speedy, d-do you really have to act like t-that?" The meek little earth pony asked her, still shaking from her friend's crazy actions. "M-must you really have to go flying a-all over the place, and w-wrecking everything in the castle?"
"Awww, lighten up, Shady! It's not really that bad." Speedy replied with a chuckle, as her skates vanished with a flick of her horn. "I'm just having some fun, ya know?"
The orange mare threw her mane back with a toss of her head, exuding the charisma that made her the most extreme sports mare in all of Ponyland. As a filly, her roller skate cutie mark had her parents direct her towards sports pursuits. But Speedy got into more and more extreme sports as she got older, until the unicorn was doing high risk activities like hang gliding and bungee jumping. Using her magic to create her hang gliders and skis she used in her extreme sports, the pony grew to be so extreme that no other equine could keep up with her.
"W-well, it's really not any fun for the ponies you a-almost run over every time you go on an e-extreme sports kick." Shady whispered, trying to stand up to the more excited and adventurous pony. "M-maybe you should try to have f-fun with other p-ponies, instead of have a good time at their expense."
Speedy thought for a moment, considering her timid friend's words. It did occur to her that other ponies weren't really happy when she went cannon balling into their path, and sending them flying. Suddenly, a great big grin spread across the mare's face, as what she thought was a brilliant idea sprang into her mind.
"You know something, Shady? You're absolutely right!" The extreme unicorn nodded eagerly, surprising her scared earth pony friend. "I really should let more ponies in on my awesomeness! In fact, I want you to come along for my skiing trip tomorrow!"
"Wait, what?!" Shady replied, her eyes going wide in a panic. "No, Speedy, I've never skied before in my life! A-and I have an allergy to extreme thrills! Yeah, I-I totally break out in hives when I'm exposed to too much awesomeness!"
But Speedy was already gone, and the neurotic mare was left to contemplate the tragic fate she had gotten herself into.
...
"This clinches it." Shady whimpered to herself, her lower lip trembling in terror. "I am going to die."
The frightened mare stood high atop the snowy peak, staring down at the endless sea of drifting and blowing snow swirling around beneath her. The extremely steep slope stretched out far below her, promising a long and treacherous race to the bottom far below.
Shady was afraid... afraid of doing the one thing she always had done; failure. She was going to fall on her face right out of the gate. She would slam into one of the goal posts going down the cliff side, squashing her muzzle flat as she knocked herself senseless. And even if she survived all those hazards, she'd probably trip and tumble downward, rolling down the mountain and becoming a giant snowball that would plow other ponies over, just like Speedy did.
"Ohhh, I really, really don't want to do this!" Shady whined, clinging to her ski poles with her front hooves. "Please, Speedy! Let me go back down the mountain!"
"Aw, quit whining, Shady!" Speedy generated her skis and ski poles, and levitating her goggles down over her face. "Time to pony up, and get ready to hit the slopes!"
Speedy hit the earth mare on the back, she sent Shady flying down the slope, screaming all the way. Speedy swished down the hill after her, and the two mares raced down steep and stony mountain face, keeping pace with one another despite their different methods of descent. While Speedy leapt over rocks and curved around obstacles, Shady stuck and hit every sign post, tree, and other skier on the mountain's mighty face.
"Ouch!"
"Ow!"
"Owwwie!"
"Sorry about that!"
The terrified mare swept towards the bottom, battered and bruised like a fruit that had bounced around too much. Surprisingly, she swept into the finish line mere seconds before Speedy did, leaving the thrill seeker with her jaw hanging open in shock.
"Whoah, Shady!" Speedy giggled, slapping the other mare on the back with her hoof. "I NEVER realized you were such an EXTREEEEME pony!"
The only response the worried earth pony could muster was to promptly turn around, and puke her guts out into the snow.
"BLLLLEEECCCH!"