IMPORTANT NOTICE! This is a sequel, so in order to understand the plot fully, read my first fanfic, The Lost Wonderbolts!
On the way home, Rainbow, Soarin, and Spitfire chattered about new tricks and speed records and things like that, leaving me to think.
It had been seven years, yet the Shadowbolts had finally found me again, and I knew that I would have some explaining to do when Soarin and Spitfire confronted me about the pegasi ponies who had captured us.
Rainbow drifted over to me and put her hoof over my shoulder.
"What's on your mind?" she asked, genuinely concerned,
Not really listening, I replied, my floaty voice giving away the fact that I was deep in thought. "Memories....."
"I remember too! Those were the days!" She flipped around and sped forward, pulling off a rapid sonic rainboom, before turning around and gliding back over to me. "Ah, memories."
"No, not the good memories...do you remember my story about how I met you?"
"Oh no...the Shadowbolts haven't found you, have they?"
"Not exactly...two of their new recruits did. They captured the three of us, and thankfully did not have enough time to report to a high-ranking officer before we escaped.-"
Rainbow cut me off. "How do you know that they were new?"
"The marks on their outfits. The symbol on the flank represents authoritative ranking. Can I finish what I was saying?"
"Sure, go ahead."
"I'm sorry, but now that the Shadowbolts know that I'm here in Ponyville, I might have to leave. I will never forget the seven years we spent together as friends...I don't want to leave you behind, Rainbow Dash..." I broke off, as my voice cracked and my eyes started tearing up.
"You don't have to leave." She replied firmly, though there were tears in her eyes as well. "I will fight to keep you by my side because...well...I love you, Fireflash."
Crud. Now Rainbow AND Spitfire are BOTH in love with me. And the Shadowbolts have found me after seven long years...
Outwardly, I admitted the truth. "I love you too, Rainbow Dash."
Oops. Did I really just do that?
She leaned in and kissed me, all thoughts instantly erased from my mind as I kissed her back, closing my eyes. We hovered for a few moments, and when we finally broke apart, Soarin called over to us.
"Hehe. Enjoying yourselves?"
We both blushed, having completely fogotten that Soarin and Spitfire were there. He laughed.
"We're home, everypony!" Spitfire yelled.
There it was, the Cloudsdale stadium, where me and the rest of the Wonderbolts performed. And it was the place where Rainbow Dash and I first met...
I called out to her. "Want to do a sonic smash? It would be just like the old days."
We took off into the sky, Soarin and Spitfire watching from below. We flew towards the ground side by side, a large mach cone forming in front of us. As we broke through, a flaming rainbow trailed behind us, and the force from the double sonic boom shattered most of the nearby clouds. As we landed, our eyes met, and all the memories came flooding back, everything that had happened before and after we had met seven years ago...