"Um... Dashie... Ah'm not too sure if this is a..."
"Oh come on Mac! Its now nature intended it to be! Birds do this all the time!"
"Ah'm not a bird..."
"Same principle! Just jump!"
Mac stared down the cliff side, swallowing a lump in his throat as he did. His mind was racing with what had possessed him to do such a thing, besides to make his Dash happy. Rainbow had convinced Twilight to give him a pair of wings for the day, so the pair of them could go flying through the skies.
Mac had always enjoyed the idea of being able to fly through the skies with Rainbow Dash, to be able to give her everything she could ever want in life. He was just hoping for a few more lessons before being kicked off the side of a cliff.
"It will be fine Mac, just let nature do its thing and you will be flying in no time!" Mac rolled his eyes, before looking back at Rainbow Dash. She was perfectly content with everything, hovering a few feet off the ground as she waited for him to take the plunge, to jump off the cliff and go soaring through the skies without a care in the world.
Yet he was an Earth pony still, just with wings.
He had dreamed of flying, he had dreamed of being an Alicorn able to do anything and everything, but that was a dream where he could not be hurt. This was the real deal, where if he jumped and did not fly he would be leaving a lot of things behind.
"Uh... wouldn't... lessons be better? You could shout at me," Mac sad, pleading with his marefriend as she just rolled his eyes. He knew she liked yelling him during certain activities, and was hoping that those activities would be enough to spare his life. He looked down the side of the cliff and gulped, not wanting to jump.
"Mac," the stallion turned around, just in time to see Rainbow Dash walking towards him. "I know your scared, and so am I," Rainbow started, coming up betide Mac, and rubbed her head against his side, trailing up his neck. The sensation sent a chill through Mac's body as he felt her soft fur press against his own.
"I love you, and that not something I take lightly," she continued, as she pressed her head under his chin, rubbing him so softly that Mac could not help but lean into it. "Your my everything. A strong, well meaning, and just amazing stallion that I would never trade in a million years." Mac began to rub his chin against her more, giving out a sigh as he relaxed, loving the feeling of his Dash against him. At times his Rainbow Dash could be as soft, gentle, and soft spoken as Fluttershy. It was a side that only he was able to see, and loved her so much for it.
"But..." Mac felt a sudden pain in his backside, a hard smack that sent him forward and over the cliff. His eyes grew wide as he tried to back up but there was nothing but air between him and the ground. "I want to see my stallion fly!"
"DASH!" Mac screamed as he started to plummet towards the ground. His life flashed before his eyes as he did, playing tag with his dad, AJ being born, taking over the farm, Appleboom getting her cutie mark, to asking Rainbow out after guys night. All of it came to him in a flash as the ground got even closer. He closed his eyes, waiting for impact as he tried to will himself away from the situation.
His thoughts kept racing to his first date with Rainbow Dash, when Granny threaten to clip his wings, to a few unmentionable details such as when Rainbow sneaked him into the changing room for some activities that he had been raised to only happen in the bedroom... or... things that should just not happen but were very enjoyable.
All the while he was just waiting for the splat, waiting to feel his body being smashed against the ground and nothing else. He was going to see so many of his family again, though explaining how he died did not bring great comfort.
Except, nothing happen.
He didn't feel dead, nor did he feel anything. Just the feel of a soft autumn breeze on his face. Opening one eye, he was not sure when he closed them, he scanned the area around him.
Instead of fluffy clouds of a life beyond, he only saw the green fields of Ponyville, and out of in the distance the trees of his farm. Mac was not sure what to believe, as eh opened both eyes and scanned the area more closely. He was just there.
"See Mac! Just needed a bit of encouragement!" Mac looked up, to see Rainbow Dash above him, just beaming at him. Mac then looked down, unsure what had kept him from dying. Once he saw though, his heart gave a start.
He was hovering at least six feet off the ground. As soon as Mac realized this, the wings he had been using stopped and he fell to the ground with a 'oof' as he made contact with the ground.
"At least... you almost did" Rainbow said, landing right beside him. She looked him over, and besides the groans and a few bruises that might show up later he was fine. "You were great Mac! Better than most first timers! I mean, yeah when I flew for the first time I was already racing, but still a good first showing for your..." before Rainbow could finish, Mac had gotten to his hooves and dragged her to the ground with him, rolling them so that he was on top.
"Ah nearly fell too mah death, and stopped myself in the nick of time, to hear you tell me about how great of a flyer you were from the start?" Mac asked, staring into Rainbow's magenta eyes. Rainbow just stared back, cocking her head slightly as he asked her, before looking up at the sky and back of him.
"Well duh. I am the best flyer in all of Equestria, and your marefriend, you dolt," she said, before kissing him on the nose. "What else did you expect?"