"I thought we were going on an adventure, not Cloudsdale?" Dash asked as the two pegasi flew towards the floating cloud city. "I have been on every single inch of that city, trust me, it's no adventure," she said, beginning to get aggravated that Fury hadn't responded to her yet.
"Yes Dash I realize that, but we aren't going to Cloudsdale to explore it, but rather to join in on an event," Fury said as he finally answered Dash.
"What event are you talking about Fury, there's only the wonderbolts and the best young fliers competition," Dash said as they came closer to the city.
"This is an event that starts in cloudsdale, but expands all over equestria. The Iron Wing Competition," Fury said as they closed in on the first few clouds of the city of the sky.
"What do you mean all over equestria?" Dash said, now finally intrigued by the conversation.
"The event covers all the major and minor landmarks of equestria, and I thought it would be a good way to get most of them out of the way," Fury began.
"A race, oh no fury. I want to visit the monuments, not race by them," Dash said.
"But," Fury started again.
"Don't but me Fury, I know how I am with racing, so lets take a journey to see them, but not to race by them," Dash said.
"Alright Dash, so where do you want to go first?" Fury asked, stopping when they reached the first street of Cloudsdale, Dash Street, named after the Pegasus beside him.
"Somewhere we can eat, I'm starving," Dash said, standing up on two feet to show Fury her stomach rumbling.
"How about the café, I'm sure," Fury started.
"If that sentence ends with to see my mother, you might as well jump off that cloud, because it's not happening. She kicked me out a long time ago and I'm still mad about it," Dash said, fuming with anger.
"Because, she has the best food in town," Fury finished. "And because you haven't told her the news."
"Fine, we'll eat there, but I'm not going to talk to her," Dash said grumpily.
"Dash, it's been a long time and time changes ponies. Maybe she changed and would like to see you Dash, Don't judge your mother by her actions in the past," Fury said as they walked down Dash Street to the café that Dash's mom, Firefly owned. They walked through the front door of the café and Dash's mouth dropped. The walls of the diner were adorned with newspaper clippings of Dash and all of her achievements.
"What is all of this?" Dash said as she looked around in awe of the café.
"I've kept track of you throughout the years, even though you never came back," came a voice similar to Dash's. Firefly stood at the edge of the kitchen at the back of the diner.
"You mean you still care about me?" Dash said in shock and awe to the blue maned pink Pegasus.
"Yes my little Dash, I cared about you when I told you to leave. The next day I regretted my decision and tried to find you, but you had disappeared," Firefly said as she walked over to her daughter. Dash began to walk towards her and they met in the middle with a hug. "I will never push you away again Rainbow, I promise," Firefly said as she tightened her embrace around Dash. Fury broke the moment with a clearing of his throat. "And who might this young stallion be," Firefly asked, looking towards Fury Flight.
Fury chuckled at the sound of young, if she only knew how young he was. "My name is Fury Flight miss Firefly," Fury started.
"Do you mean Fury Flight as in Prince Fury Flight?" Firefly asked slowly.
"Yes ma'am, but I am prince no longer, thank goodness. I am now just a humble Pegasus with his mare," Fury said politely.
Firefly began to shake with anticipation, "Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygpshohmygoshohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!"
Now Fury knew where Dash got her attitude. "You have to tell me, are the stories true about you, can you really change form, and is it true that you battled demons from the pits of Tartarus?" Firefly asked all at once, and Fury stopped her with his hoof.
"Do not believe everything you hear Firefly. I did a lot of things in my time as an alicorn, but I wasn't picking fights with everything that crawled out of that pit," Fury said as he walked towards a booth.
"Then tell me what to believe," Firefly said as she and Dash followed him.
"Yes, I could change form, but no, I never battled demons from Tartarus, because there are none," Fury said as he sat down at the booth, Rainbow beside him and Firefly sat across from them.
"Ok, on that note, how did you stumble across my Rainbow dash?" Firefly asked.
"Oh it was years ago and the story is a long one," Fury said.
"Where am I gonna go, and I got nothin but time," Firefly said as she gave Fury a confident "get on with it" look.
"Alright, but only because you are Dash's mom," Fury said with a chuckle as he began his story.