"Ugh...Rainbow...wait up!" Zephyr called out. Dash rolled her eyes.
"We're almost there, stop being such a wimp!" She called back. She could hear him groan as he attemped to catch up.
While it would take most ponies around an hour or so to get to the Wonderbolts HQ from Ponyville, Rainbow usually got there in thirty minutes or less. Key word, usually. At the moment, however, she wasn't making much progress.
A minute or two later, he had quit his whining and had begun to fly a bit faster, whereas Dash flew a lot slower in order for them to be relatively at the same pace. He would often flash a few smirks in Rainbow's direction, which she either ignored or gagged at, not that it seemed to faze him.
Finally, he groaned once moar and nudged her shoulder. "How much longer!?"
"It's only been seven minutes since the last time you asked me..." She spat.
"Exactly! This is taking forever!" He whined.
"Well, it wouldn't take so long if you flew even a bit faster. At this pace, it'll be another ten minutes before we get anywhere!"
"Ten minutes!?" He screeched. "I can't wait another ten minutes!"
"We'll make it in five if you hurry across those mountains..." She offered. Without even thinking, he blazed into said mountains as fast as he could, not even caring if he was going the right direction.
Dash quickly flew past him and led him to the cliff where the HQ stood. He landed a bit after her, panting loudly.
"See? Wasn't so hard was it?" She asked almost teasing.
"Wow...you really....are...the fastest...flier in all of...Equestria..." He managed in between breaths.
"I know."
"Dash!" They heard a raspy, strong voice yell. As they turned, they saw Spitfire decend onto the floor beneath and land with a satisfying thud. "Is this the pony you were complaining to me about?" Dash
nodded.
"Complaing!?" Zephyr asked slightly offended. Spitfire smirked.
"Sorry to burst your bubble, but working in the Wonderbolts isn't easy. You'll be on cleaning duty after our practice," She explained. "We've heard quite about you and your needless slacking. Here's to hoping it won't happen here. We take our jobs very seriously, and we won't put our sanitary environment at stake for a pony who can't keep a job for more than half an hour."
Breeze gulped. "Got that?" He nodded quickly. "Good."
Spitfire led them inside and directed him towards the bleachers while Dash went to get in uniform in the locker rooms. "I-is this where I'm working?" He asked Spitfire, embracing his family's roots.
"Eventually, for now, you get the privilege to watch us warm up, then you'll clean while we dine in the mess hall," she reviewed.
"Hey! That's not fair!" He complained. Spitfire chuckled.
"Life isn't fair. While we should be training hard for a show next week, we're babysitting a bimbo who can't take care of himself."
He crossed his arms and pouted. "If I'm such a bimbo, then why'd ya give me a job!?" He asked. She arched an eye brow.
"Because Rainbow insisted we helped Fluttershy out and Soarin insisted we helped Rainbow Dash help Fluttershy out," she explained.
"Who's Soarin?" He asked.
"Our co-captain. He is quite...fond of Rainbow Dash and her antincs. As is most of the team really, but he seems to cherish her a bit more. Don't bother him...he'll tear you apart if you step on his feathers even slightly," she said with a chuckle.
"One more thing...?" He suggested. She lifted her wings to take off.
"Yes?"
"What does he look like, for pre-caution reasons?" He pondered.
Spitfire thought for a second. "He's a blue one, navy mane. And he's usually talking to Dash if not his foalhood friend Fleetfoot."
"Thank you."
"Right...of course," she responded before taking off.
Zephyr sat on of the top seats and looked around, hoping to find the pony he was looking for.
After convincing himself he was not out yet, he flew down to the lower seats and waited for practice to begin.
Soon enough, he stared as the Wonderbolts took formation. At almost the end of the line, he saw him. Soarin. Standing right next to Dash herself. His eyes narrowed as he tried to focus through Spitfire's screaming. He sat back when they took off, plotting a way to mess with this stallion.
"Oh...this...this'll be fun..." He said to himself.
Rainbow and Soarin flew alongside each other follwing behind Blaze and Surprise.
"So, that's your friend's brother? The one you told us about?" He asked her.
Shifting her focus from the rutine to her partner, she nodded. "I just hope he can keep this job, it would mean a lot to Fluttershy...."
"I can tell, from what you told us...." Soarin drifted from what he was saying.
"Hey, don't worry. Even if he doesn't keep the job, your friend will be grateful that you trued to help," he said attempting to comfort her.
She smiled at him. "I hope you're right. Thanks for giving him a chance though."
"No problem!"
After practice was over, the team flew down to the mess hall as planned and Spitfire gave Breeze his assignment.
He saw Rainbow Dash and Soarin enter together, both seemingly laughing at something Soarin had said. He rolled his eyes and picked up bits of trash before he decided it was too hard and ran towards the mess hall to spy.
He suddenly remembered he had a job to tend to.
"Ugh..."
He spotted the sprinklers on the side of the main building and took them off, leaving only the hose. Then, he turned the water on and set different hoses all over the grounds.
"That should do it!"
He flew back to the mess hall and almost entered when he remembered he couldn't be seen. "Right..." He flew around in search for a window that allowed him access to a full view of the ponies below.
"This was almost too easy."
He watched and listened carefully when he saw the blue pair approaching.
"If you could actually see some of the things he's done and said..." he heard Dash say.
"He couldn't be that bad..."he heard Soarin say to her.
"That's cuz you're a stallion, you guys have some sort of instant bond somehow..."
He chuckled at the last statement. He didn't think he would ever bond with this stallion.
"Meh...we don't hate each other. But usually, if there's a mare involved, we tend to want the other one dead."
Zephyr couldn't agree more.
"Oh really..." He saw her lean closer to him. "Would you possibly know what that feels like?"
He clenched his hooves as he saw the stallion grow red.
"Uh...well...uh.."
He heard Dash giggle at Soarin's response. It drove him mad.
"IF HE HASN'T ALREADY, HE WILL NOW!" He yelled bursting in through the window.
All eyes turned on him and widened.
Rainbow looked taken aback. "What in tartarus!?" She whisper shouted.
Soarin merely blinked then furrowed his brows. "Were you spying?" He asked Zypher almost angry.
"What the balls, Zephyr!?" Rainbow yelled in frustration. Soarin put his wing around her and gave her sympathetic look, understanding that this stallion probably gave her a headache from her descriptions.
"Hey! No! Dash likes me!" Breeze yelled at Soarin. Rainbow's pupils became the size of ants. Soarin took instinct and puffed his chest.
"Leave her alone, she isn't interested in you!" He yelled.
"Is she interested in you?" Zephyr asked angrily. Dash turned red.
Soarin stopped to look at her, blushing at her reaction. He regained his posture and frowned at the stallion before her. "Her feelings aren't any of your business!"
"I know her longer!"
"I know her more!"
"Pfft. Whatever...I'm sure this is just a trink of hers to get me jealous!"
"Are you serious?.."
"UMM!? I hate to interrupt whatever this is, but what happened to cleaning the field!?" Spitfire yelled.
Zephyr laughed. "Don't worry, I took care of that!"
Fleetfoot looked outside. "Uhhh...I don't think you did..."
Everypony rushed out to find the field inches underwater. Everyone gasped and turned to Zypher.
"Okay...okay, I might have...stretched that a little," he admitted slightly embarrassed. Rainbow grunted in frustration and flew up until she found what she was looking for.
She flew down with the thunder cloud and placed it over the now terrified stallion.
"No-no...please Rainbow Dash...HAVE MERCY!" He yelled.
She gave a strong kick, sending a powerful lightning bolt to strike him.
He yelped in pain and flew away from the quarters as fast as he could.
"YOU'RE CRAZY!" he yelled back, not stopping from his escape.
Rainbow Dash huffed. "AND YOU'RE FIRED!"
A few of the Bolts laughed at the scene just displayed while Soarin, Rainbow and Surprise flew around to turn the hoses off.
Dash flew over to Spitfire, the others on her tail.
"I'm really sorry, Spit, I was just trying to help out a friend..." She reasoned sadly.
Spitfire looked at the mess around her and chuckled.
"Honestly..." everypony's eyes widened. "He was kinda cute..."