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// Dashing Lesson 
// Story: The Ending Race 
// by rainbowspirals 
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The morning breeze swooshed my mane gently. It was a beautiful warm morning, in the sky! That's right, my fantasy hasn't ended. However... once again, I looked at the white clock on the cloud wall to see 4am... Before I shook my head to see a 8am. 
We got a shiny surprise-filled letter from Pinkie Pie, explaining that the party is on, and she gave us details about it so we could tell it to other ponies. When I opened the letter, it burst out confetti. Ah, the usual Pinkie letter trick. 
'Hi Spirals and Rainbow Dash! I have been up all night getting decorations and food ready for the party! Applejack made some amazing and supermegadelicious apple food like apple cider an—' I was reading Pinkie Pie's letter until Rainbow Dash interrupted me.
"THERE WILL BE CIDER? MY LIFE IS COMPLETE!"
"I know! I love it! Anyway, where was I... ah! 'Apple cider and apple pie, which I know you absolutely looove! Everything will take place in Sugarcube Corner, and i have told everypony about it except Twilight because she wasn't home! Make sure to tell her! See you at 5PM! Woooohooo!' Then after that, she signed herself as 'From your superduperfun best friend... PINKIE!' Pinkie Pie stayed up all night to make this? That's so awesome!" I was super excited for the party! Dash was also super excited, mostly because of the cider. We absolutely couldn't wait until the party. I have seen the parties Pinkie hosted, and everyone always loves them. They are incredibly well decorated and every pony has always enjoyed a party of hers. It was her, very useful and fun, specialty.  
Dash had an idea for the beautiful morning. She offered to go out to Ponyville and have a nice breakfast outside. She also suggested bringing Fluttershy along. I thought that was a great idea. Fluttershy is that kind pony with lots of animals in her house. I know she would find the perfect spot to have a bite of food, one were you could eat forever. I just know. I love the food Fluttershy eats and drinks. It's simple and effective. Simple tea in a simple cup and some simple salad or something snazzy like a pretty sandwich I would probably date if I made it anymore prettier. My point is that, I like the things she eats, and I know she would probably find a place she 'recommends' because she was been there before and it was just the food she likes, and then everypony else would like it, just like her, and then the food place becomes super popular, and that's good! What I am trying to say is that, I really wanted to go with Fluttershy. It was a splendid idea.
"Fluttershy can find us a really tasty place to eat. Whenever she has, the food is awesome, and really calming. It's just what you need," smiled Rainbow Dash. I kindly took her offer. Fluttershy is a sweetheart. 
At breakfast i ate a delicious cheese, lettuce and tomato sandwich and some regular tea with sugar. It was very pleasant at the cafe food place, plus I met the kind-hearted Fluttershy, which was very shy at first and did not want to talk at all in front of me, but after a pretty long while she finally opened up. The yellow mare was super adorable. A triple pink butterfly cutie mark, turquoise eyes and a pink curled mane and tail, she was cute. We talked to her about the party. I just wanted to make sure she would be there.
"So Flutters, there is a party going on for the one and only... pause for dramatic effect... SPIRALS! It's happening today at 5PM at Sugarcube Corner! Will you be there?" Rainbow Dash turned on her filly eyes as she questioned her yellow Pegasus almost sister. Fluttershy represented the element of kindness, so there wasn't a doubt.
"Pinkie Pie already told me about the party! And of course I will come to the party. I'm going to bring Angel along, there is a pet palace place at Sugarcube corner, and it seems very fun! It hasn't been used and is closed off from everything else but I saw a family of raccoons living there and I thought it's the perfect place for Angel to meet a new friend. All of Pinkie Pie's parties are amazing! I would never miss one," said Fluttershy. She enjoyed the nice and super tasty breakfast as much as me and Rainbow Dash did, and was also looking forward to the welcoming party, since Fluttershy is gonna be there!
After we left, we only had two last ponies to meet. Me and Dash decided to head in the direction of Twilight's library since it was closer. Dash said that Twilight might be able to figure out how i came here, so I decided to give it a shot!
"Hey Twilight, this is Spirals. She came to this world and she doesn't know how. Maybe you can help her? Also, Pinkie Pie has a party planned at 5PM today at Sugarcube Corner, you will be there right?" Rainbow Dash smiled at Twilight. I wanted to get all of the Mane 6 at my party, I love all of them in at least one way each.
"Hi Spirals! Nice to meet you! Welcome to my library. Ill help you with everything you need!" The purple and pink Alicorn was very friendly. Twilight had a big pink star with white stars surrounding it as her cutie mark, and she represented the element of magic. I was happy i can explain everything to her, I told Dash it all already. Dash was as confused as I was, but she looked on the bright side that I was finally here.
We talked for a while.
"Well, thank you for talking to me! I need to do some research on all this. Its like Equestria Girls but reversed and the humans in your world don't look like the ones at Canterlot High... I'll figure it out. Have a nice day!" I was happy Twilight could think of something to help me. I was really happy that we could start flying lessons with Rainbow Dash though!
"Bye Twilight! Let's go Rainbow," i said joyfully. At Twilight's, it was a very scientific lesson. Twilight just wanted to know how all this happened. I just had to tell her stuff, and she would call Spike to find about fifteen books on what i just talked about. She would flick through them all very quickly using her Alicorn magic in attempt to trying to find a real and interesting explanation, but then she didn't have much of an explanation at all, so unfortunately I got no answers.
Our last place to visit a new pony today was a few minutes away, over at Sweet Apple Acres and its magnificent shiny apple orchards, where we met Rainbow Dash's personal best friend, Applejack. Over in the distance I saw the shiny pink barn, with some really shiny and strong crimson apple trees surrounding it. There were orchards in incredible amounts. 
Applejack was a super friendly and honest gal, and I enjoyed speaking to her. She was quite busy with apple bucking, so we didn't spend much time with her, but she made sure she is gonna be at the party. 
"Ah spent a very long time makin' the food for the party, so Ah didn't get to apple buckin' at all yesterday. Ah promise Ah'll be at yer party, sugarcube!" The orange earth pony was lively and very positive. It was impossible to imagine her bucking the whole orchards just like that whenever the season comes, I mean one buck makes a whole tree line shake so, I think it is... somehow believable..? Her brown cowboy hat was on as usual of course, but I loved that about her. She is the only pony that has a mane and tail colour that could be found naturally on Earth, as it was blonde. She had three apples as her cutie mark, probably representing her skill and her family members. Big Mac, Applebloom and of course, Granny Smith. I couldn't wait for all the other ponies and her at my welcoming party!
She promised.

"This was a very busy morning, don't you think so too, Dash?" I asked. We were back in the trophy-filled cloud home, I was lying down, relaxed on the bed while Rainbow Dash had her head touching the side of the bed I was lying down on, reading Daring Do. We surely traveled a lot since we woke up and I talked a whole bunch when I was at Twilight's. It was nice to sit down, at least for a bit of the morning. Three hours passed and we met two new ponies, discussed scientific research and went out. I think it was an extremely active morning, I did a lot better than I would do on Earth, adrenaline made me super hyper and active. This is still the second day, but the activities I did that morning, I would've done in a week on Earth, so I'm not lazy here. 
"I agree. At least now we can start with what I have been waiting for," hinted Dash, a slight smile on her face. In unity, we screamed.
"FLIGHT LESSONS!"

"Okay so, listen up. To move your wings in the ready position, you move them like this. See? They are spread out with a vertical 35 degree turn to point upwards. As you can see, the top imaginary line right above the inner wing is creased, and folded away from your body at a 45 degree angle, slowly folding back up near the top," explained Rainbow Dash, looking into my eyes as I looked into hers. She was goofing around as Spitfire, who is usually that serious in Wonderbolt academy. It was very funny but we both enjoyed the humour we had for each other. It made learning fun actually. I followed her instructions and did just like she ordered. 
"Got it," I presented my posture proudly, I was so ready to fly.
"Awesome! Now, to begin flying you must gently but quickly, frame by frame, flap both wings to copy the starter position but turn in upside down. Then, move them back to position number one. That is called a wing beat," continued Dash, looking more hilarious than ever.
"Yes, ma'am," I replied, Dash looked at me funny and we all burst out laughing. After a while, Rainbow wiped a joy tear from her face, blushed, and continued.
"Okay great! Now, hehe, sorry sorry, anyway, now, simply continue that process, but try to do it quickly at first, then you can slow down. You don't always have to be quick, but it's good for a learning pony like you," Rainbow Dash demonstrated what I had to do. I did it just like her. I fell, we laughed, and I tried again. Three tries later, I could do it without thinking about it! "Awesooomee! You are so good at this! Nearly as fast as I learned it," we laughed. "If you want to move, there isn't instructions. Just do!" 
I made my first move while flying. I started very slow, but then I got faster, as I got more used to the fact that I am, in, the air, flying, with wings. Dash flew over to me, and we flew together for a while, noticing all the things around us. It felt amazing. We decided to go for a very long fly around Ponyville. We looked at everything from the sky, it was like we were spies. Even when Dash was speaking to me, she did sometimes stop to point out something only a concentrated person on Earth would see, and they still probably wouldn't anyway. She was unpredictable. Me and Dash had a relaxing flight and she also taught me how to cloud buck. Clouds were so soft and they just disappeared into thin air when you bucked them, it tickled your hooves, it was a wonderful feeling. I loved kicking my hind legs up in the sky, and then feeling a little tickle on my hind hooves. We did that for about 20 minutes, and that's how we cleared all the clouds that morning. We left Ponyville in total sunny weather. We noticed ponies going outside for ice cream and other delicious goodies because of the weather. We were smiling and laughing all the time we were gliding through the blue sky, we did stop once  on the ground for a while though. Not because I was tired, but because I saw these delicious apple pies on a stall. There was also apple cider. Turns out Big Mac was just trying to make some money for the ol' Sweet Apple Acres.
"Double awesome!" 
Me and Dash bought a bunch of pie and cider, then sat down outside a cafe to have a small feast. Bg Mac was happy ut of what he earned ,and by the time we finished eating, Big Mac was gone. We did buy a ton of food, and the other ponies must've noticed and bought some for themselves since we did. It was normal business. If someone bought a lot of something, the customers after them would think "Wow, that stuff must be good then. Maybe I'll buy more this time. Other ponies look eager to buy much for themselves, so I don't want it to be gone when I come back, so I'll just buy a lot." 
We decided it was enough sitting down on the cafe chairs placed outside so we launched ourselves back up and into the air again. It was amazing to fly. We flew all over Ponyville. Then I turned fast. Like, Dash fast. We both flew while twirling in the sky. We were as fast as lightning. I felt like nothing ever in my life. I felt the wind in my face. It was like nothing ever before. Rainbow knew I liked it. She flew faster. I caught up with her and we flew together again. After a while, magic ate me alive. I didn't know what was happening, but the magic forced me to look like every pony when they... transform? 
My tail, the swirl became rainbow. Same with my mane. My mane became very long, spilling over my shoulders. I got rainbow stars all over my coat, and darker blue patches on my hooves. I saw Dash transform too. Her mane and tail looked like Princess Celestia's except they were rainbow. This means her very long trail that is neverending has activated. She got the same design on her coat as me. We both got partially rainbow eyes. When the transformation finished, a sonic rainboom occurred. Everyone looked our direction. I saw Twilight and all the other 4 ponies, and everyone in Ponyville. 
"Let's. Do. This," she said.