Chapter 65: Don't Worry About It
MLP: FiM
Piercing the Heavens
By: Calm Wind
Chapter 65:
“So… here we are,” A male voice echoed.
“So it would seem,” a female voice replied.
Who…?
“What a bother. I’m back in control, but now I can’t get rid of you,” said the male voice.
“In control? Don’t fool yourself,” the female voice scoffed. “As long as I’m here and the horn is in place, you have no power over him.”
These voices again?
“And yet with this chaos wall between us you can no longer fight me,” the male voice replied with a sinister chuckle.
“Then by all means,” the female voice replied. “Go wild.”
A long pause ensued as Soarin tried to find some way to identify the voices, but they were distorted and warped.
“Well?” the female voice taunted.
“You’re a bitch,” the male voice grunted.
“Thought so.”
Soarin’s alarm clock beeped noisily, rousing him from his slumber. He blinked and squinted, stretching out his limbs while groaning. He reached over and shut off his alarm as he sat up in bed. He sat completely still in the dark for a moment before reaching his right arm up to his head and neck.
No sweating.
He reached his hoof up to his chest.
His heartbeat was normal.
He closed his eyes and let the magical sensations flow from the center of his body up into his head and to the horn. The horn emitted a soft blue glow and was surrounded by a gentle magical aura.
No headache.
It was nothing like the nightmares he used to have. However, this was the second time those two exact voices were heard in his head. The first time he heard it, he played it off as a bad dream and a strange side effect of the magic. But now, again with the same voices? A different conversation? Something about being separated and trying to gain control? It was all too eerily similar to challenges he was facing recently magic wise. There had to be a connection.
However, as much as he wanted to confront Luna about it, it would have to wait.
Soarin hopped out of bed and switched the lights on. He stretched out again and scratched his flank as he grabbed and tossed a Wonderbolt uniform from his closet to his bed before walking towards the bathroom.
He had a busy day ahead of him and he had to get moving.
Rainbow Dash emerged from the bathroom after taking a nice morning shower. She sighed contently as she slowly walked through the barracks with her towel draped over her neck.
“Did you steal my soap?” Matteo’s voice caught her ear. She glanced over to see Matteo glaring at Thunderlane. Thunderlane was edging away from Matteo.
“Me?” he pointed at himself. “Why would I?”
“You were complaining about running out yesterday, now I have less than I did yesterday, did you steal it?” Matteo pressed while pushing the bottle of body wash towards Thunderlane. Thunderlane eyed the bottle and looked at it carefully.
“Wait… I borrowed Twister’s soap yesterday,” Thunderlane pointed out. The two blinked at each other as Twister suddenly fell from above and landed face first on the floor between them. They both flinched in surprise, but looked down at him as he reached up and peeled his own face off the floor, grinning at Thunderlane.
“I heard my name!” he exclaimed happily. Matteo reached down and grabbed Twister’s head with his talons and picked him up off the ground. He turned Twister to look directly at him. Twister gave him puppy dog eyes while touching his tongue to his nose. Matteo was not amused.
“Did you steal my soap and lend it to Thunderlane?” He pressed.
“Nooooooo…” Twister swung his body back and forth as it dangled below his head.
“Don’t touch my things,” Matteo growled at him.
“Okay!” Twister agreed cheerfully while holding up Matteo’s towel. Matteo narrowed his eyes and grabbed the towel out of Twister’s hoof. Twister then held up a different bottle of soap. Matteo eyed it curiously.
“Hey!” Squall yelled as he stomped over with a towel over his shoulder and swiped the soap out of Twister’s hoof. “That’s mine!” he snapped before turning and heading back towards the bathrooms.
“So is this?” Twister held up Squall’s towel, despite Squall having just walked in with it. Squall popped his head back out of the bathroom in confusion and his towel hit him in the face. It slowly slid off of him, revealing a miffed expression he aimed towards Twister. Twister blew a kiss towards Squall as Squall snatched his towel up off the floor and gave Twister the middle feather with his wing before going back into the bathroom.
Matteo let go of Twister, who floated in place for five seconds before falling face first to the floor again before pushing himself along the floor with his back legs, dragging his face.
Dash chuckled and shook her head as she approached her bed.
“Oof!” she grunted lightly as something small landed on her back. Dash glanced over her shoulder to see Little Star sleeping on her back.
“But mommy, I’m a big pony!” she whined quietly while shifting forward and biting down softly on a good hunk of Dash’s mane.
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“Star,” Dash shook herself lightly. “Star,” she repeated while shaking herself a little harder.
“Bwuh?” Star groggily replied as her eyelids fluttered open. “Bleh!” she spat out Dash’s mane as she shook her head out, making her own long mane flop around over her head.
“You fell out of bed again,” Dash chuckled as Star stood up and arched her back in a stretch. “You should get moving anyway, breakfast is soon.”
“I overslept?!” Star suddenly remarked, looking at the wall clock. “EEEEE!” She leapt off Dash’s back, somehow grabbing her towel, shampoo, and brush all at once as she passed by them, and rocketed into the bathroom. Dash sighed and smiled as she sat down to preen her wings.
She had made lots of fun new friends. They had a long way to go before they matched the friendship she shared with her friends back in Ponyville, but they had definitely found a place in her heart, even Squall, who had been warming up to them even further lately… in his own way.
She frowned as she displaced the tangled feathers in her wing gently with her teeth. Her friends… her fellow recruits…
Her thoughts trailed back to the night before when Silver led her to the wall of those fallen in combat. She recalled him mentioning all six other ponies besides Blizzard Strike were members of his recruit class.
She thought about the memories she had already made and how connected she already felt with several members of her recruit class as well as other Wonderbolts in the compound. And then she wondered what it would feel like if they were all suddenly gone, and she was to blame.
The mere thought alone almost shattered her heart. She let go of her wing and looked back at Matteo and thought about his determination to prove his worth. She glanced over at Twister standing on his head on his top bunk and thought about… well, whatever reasons Twister had for going through with it all. She looked towards the bathrooms where Little Star and Squall had disappeared and thought about Star’s many attempts to join up, and Squall’s clear desire to be the best. She looked at Thunderlane as he struggled to properly make his bed and thought about how he had come farther than he ever thought he would. She thought about how she had gotten to know Storm Front, and how determined he was to someday see his father again as successful Wonderbolt. She thought about the rest of the Wonderbolts and the impact they had had on her.
‘When the time comes and we are called upon, they will look up and scream for help, and we will respond and protect them with our lives. That’s a principle that goes for all those who cannot protect themselves, including fellow Wonderbolts.’
Silver’s words echoed in her head as her lip quivered. Thinking about what Silver lost and what he had to live with was almost too much to bear through thought alone. But he knew exactly why he told her.
He told her so that when the time came… she would not repeat his mistake. As her mentor, he wanted her to learn from his mistakes as well as her own. To protect those she cares about no matter what danger they face.
“WHAT THE F—” Squall’s voice echoed from the bathroom. Dash looked over to see Squall step out of the bathroom, sopping wet from his shower, but covered in green stringy foam while holding up his soap. “WHO PUT SILLY STRING IN MY SOAP BOTTLE?!”
A loud noise that sounded like a 'WAAAAAAARK WARKWARKWARK WAAAARK WAAAAAAAAAAAAARK' suddenly came from the direction of Twister’s bed. Dash looked up towards the bed to see a jittering mound of sheets bouncing about on Twister’s bed as the noise came from it. Dash looked back to see Squall glaring up towards Twister. He looked at the bottle and reached to completely unscrew the top off of it.
“Seriously!” he fumed. "How did you even get it in—AHHHHH!!!!” Squall yelped in surprise as spring loaded snakes shot out of the bottle into his face.
Dash blinked and went right back to preening as she chuckled at the scene.
To protect those she cared about, even if they were a bunch of weirdos.
She blinked and looked up as the front door of their barracks opened and Wave Chill stepped through. He wore his full uniform with his goggles hanging around his neck. Dash continued to preen her wings with one eye trained on Wave as he walked through the barracks and lifted an eyebrow at some of the strange happenings as he made his way to Silver’s room and knocked at the door.
This was the first time another member of squad two had entered the barracks to speak to Silver. She wondered what it was all about?
“Sir!” Wave Chill greeted Silver with a salute as Silver spun around in his creaky old swivel chair.
“Well?” Silver began. “Are we all set?” he asked. Wave nodded.
“Yes, sir! The outdoor elite flight track is reserved for the morning session and we have everything set up in place!” he answered. Silver looked him over carefully as if examining his fellow squad mate. Wave remained at attention, dutifully awaiting Silver’s response.
“Good,” Silver nodded and paused. He looked over Wave again before waving a hoof. “Dismissed.”
Silver slowly spun back around in his chair as Wave turned to leave, but less than a second went by before Silver scrunched his face and grunted. He spun around in the chair again.
“Wave,” he spoke. Wave Chill stopped in his tracks and turned his head back.
“Sir?” he blinked curiously. Silver twirled his hoof in the air.
“Turn around and face me please,” he requested. Wave hesitated for a moment, but quickly obeyed, turning square to Silver. Silver lifted his brow as he looked Wave up and down before shaking his head. “Honestly, Wave? This has gone on way too long,” he spoke up. Wave blinked and tipped his head to the side.
“Er… what has? Sir?” Wave asked. Silver flattened his brow, giving Wave the most unamused expression he could muster.
“Son, could you do us ALL a favor and just horizontally refresh the captain already?” Silver asked flatly. Wave blinked and his mouth hung open slightly as he processed the words. He picked up on captain. Did Silver mean Spitfire?
“Horizontally… refresh?” Wave repeated, feeling like he was missing a joke of some kind. He flinched as Silver sharply stood up from his chair and stomped over to Wave, grabbing a wad of Wave’s uniform and using it to pull their faces together, pressing noses as Silver glared at him.
“BONE HER, DAMMIT!” he shouted in Wave’s face. Wave had to squint as the force of Silver’s voice rushed against him and blew his mane back. Wave looked back into Silver’s eyes with a mix of embarrassment and extreme confusion.
“B-b-b-b-b-b-b—” he stuttered while trying to repeat what Silver had just exclaimed, but he didn’t get the chance.
“I’m sick of my top commander blush-stumbling around compound like a damn fool and I’m tired of watching Spitfire walk everywhere with her ass lighting up like a goddamn firefly!!!!” he belted.
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Wave’s ears flopped down, his pupils shrank, and his face turned bright red.
Captain Silver Lining? The infamous ‘you guys are getting too touchy with the ladies’ old stallion? TELLING HIM TO HAVE SEX WITH SPITFIRE?! This was so uncharacteristic of him, where did it come from?
“The sooner you finally give it to her the sooner we can stop groaning at the two of you being more awkward than an unplanned erection during a slow song at a middle school dance!!!” Silver continued as Wave felt like he was being forced further back with each couple of words.
“Uh...” Wave’s mouth opened, but nothing that could be considered words came out of his mouth. He had been making efforts recently to mend his relationship with Spitfire, but it clearly wasn’t enough. The fact that Silver of all ponies was getting on his ass about it was a clear and present sign that it had gotten WAY out of hoof. Discord pranking them was one thing… but how the two of them acted afterward for such a long time was the true cause for all the awkwardness that floated between them. “UH! UM… YES SIR! I MEAN, NO SIR! Uh, wait… M-maybe… sir?” Wave completely stumbled over his words as he tried to save himself. Silver only rolled his eyes and pushed Wave towards the door.
“Just do it before one of us decides to make you. I guarantee it will be much less pleasant if we do,” he warned… or maybe threatened. Wave couldn’t tell which one it was. Regardless, he was out the door faster than Silver could blink.
Dash looked up from preening her right wing just in time to see Wave Chill scurry through the recruits towards the doors while blushing madly. Dash blinked and looked up, keeping her eyes on Wave as he made it to the door and pushed on it a few times before realizing it was a ‘pull’ door and leaving quickly.
What had him all worked up?
Dash squeaked in surprise as she felt something on her left wing. She quickly looked to her left to see her left wing extended and Twister sitting right beside her, casually preening her left wing as if Dash wouldn’t care. He stopped for a moment, shook his head and pointed towards the door where Wave just left.
“He really needs to chill… Eh? Ehhhhhhh?” Twister said to her, completely ignoring the glare she was giving him for touching her wings. He looked back at her left wing and licked his lips. “Mmmmmmmm… Rainbows…” he bit down on her feathers again. Dash instantly pulled her wing away from him and quickly swatted him in the face with it. Twister was knocked clean off her bed and fell over the edge while uttering a strange sounding, “A-HYUCK HYUCK HYUCK,” as he fell and hit the floor.
“Alright you three, let’s go, let’s go!” Spitfire’s voice caught Dash’s attention as she entered the mess hall with Thunderlane and Little Star in tow.
“WAY AHEAD OF YA, CAPTAIN LADY!” Air Mach yelled, nearly running into Dash he cantered to the door. “Pardon my stallionness!” he proclaimed as he shifted by Thunderlane and Little Star.
“Spitty… can’t we send another squad?” Fleetfoot whined as the rest drew near. Dash kept her eyes on them as she and the others found their way to the back of the breakfast line close by. “I hate patrols, they’re so boring!” she let her wings slump and drag against the floor as they advanced. Spitfire shook her head.
“The sooner you guys get out there, the sooner you can get back and go about your business,” she stated flatly.
“Easy for you to say, you’re not going!” Fleetfoot groaned as Soarin extended his large wing and scooped her up.
“C’mon little miss cheese-with-whine,” Soarin chuckled as he easily hauled the grumbling Fleetfoot along. “Unless you want to stay behind and help Spitfire with her paperwork.”
Spitfire lightly pushed them along until they were moving quickly after Air Mach. Dash snickered as Soarin approached, on course to pass right by them with Fleetfoot still stuck beneath his wing. She smiled at Soarin as he walked by, he replied with a wink and a full stroke of his tail from her cheek all the way down to her flank. It was fairly subtle since they had walked by so close, but she was not expecting it. She released a quiet squeak and blushed, turning her head to follow him as he made his way through the door, sneaking a glance and a smile towards Dash before exiting.
Dash shivered and swayed back and forth slightly in delight as she faced forward again. She wanted some private time with Soarin so bad, he was just so casually sexy all the time, she couldn’t handle it.
Dash blinked as the faint sound of fluttering reached her ears. She turned her head slightly to the left to see Little Star slowly floating into her field of view while smiling incredibly wide on her little face and lightly tapping her front hooves together.
“You two are so cute, I can’t handle it!” she cooed as she slowly floated downward and landed on her back on the floor at Dash’s hooves. Dash blushed and puffed her cheeks out as she looked away from Star. As she did, Thunderlane came into her line of sight. He was simply standing in line, staring into space. Dash smirked. Scapegoat.
“You think I’M cute?” Dash looked back down at Star. “You should see Thunderlane and his special somepony… they are so easily embarrassed, she hides their faces behind her wide brim hat when they kiss!”
“What?!” Thunderlane’s eyes snapped towards Dash upon hearing about something related to him and Applejack, but less than a second later, Star was in his face and grabbing him by the cheeks.
“OH MY GOD!!!! THAT’S ADORABLE!!!!” she squealed with her eyes full of stars.
“DASH!!!!!” Thunderlane whined as Dash slipped away and grabbed a tray for food.
Leaving Thunderlane to deal with Little Star’s gossip squealing, Dash had a full tray of food and was making her way down the aisle. Once again, it wasn’t hard to locate her other friends due to the giant griffon sitting two tables from the start of the aisle on the left. She quickly made her way over, eager to sit down, but was surprised to find Squall was already there.
They usually had to flag him down, but this time he was there before most of them even showed. Matteo wasn’t one to flag anypony down and ask them to sit with him. So either Matteo sat down with Squall, which was unlikely because Matteo was the first one out of the barracks for breakfast, or Squall sat down with Matteo on his own power. Squall was now coming to them. More progress!
Dash greeted them both, earning a nod from Matteo and, as usual, nothing from Squall as she sat down. She only took one bite before another tray was dropped beside hers and Thunderlane plopped down in the seat while glaring at Dash. Dash glanced up at him and snickered.
“Not cool, Dash…” Thunderlane voiced his disapproval. She burst out laughing and shook her head.
“Hey, it was your ass or mine,” she shrugged. “You were just in the wrong place at the right time!”
“I swear I’ve never had more personal information pried from me my entire life!” Thunderlane groaned as he looked over his food. Dash nudged him in the side.
“Yeah, welcome to my bunk mate… so don’t complain,” she lifted an eyebrow at him. Thunderlane blinked and thought it over.
“Touché…” he caved as he reached for his food.
Right before he could grab some eggs, Twister stepped up to the table while holding a large, covered platter in his hoof. He reached down and slid Thunderlane’s tray out of the way.
“HEY!” Thunderlane whined, but suddenly flinched as Twister slammed the platter down in front of Thunderlane. Twister put on a creepy smile as he reached up and pulled the cover off the platter. Little Star was lying on the platter with an apple shoved in her mouth. As soon as she realized where she was, she glared and yanked the apple out of her mouth before sharply standing up and grabbing Twister by the neck.
“WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!” she yelled in his face while shaking him.
“MANY THINGS!” Twister replied cheerfully, going limp in her grip as she continued to shake him angrily.
Thunderlane carefully reached around them to grab his tray and pull it back towards him as the comical scene continued with Twister somehow managing to turn the tables and cradle Star like a foal while singing lullabies… which promptly got him socked in the face.
Dash looked towards the aisle just in time to see Storm Front passing by them in full uniform with his tray of food. Dash smiled and quickly waved to him.
“Storm! We have an open seat!” Dash called. Out of her field of view, Squall was visibly unpleased by Dash flagging Storm down, but luckily for him, Storm shook his head.
“Sorry guys,” he made a head motion down the aisle. “I’ve got a breakfast meeting with my squad, gotta run!” he gave a quick wave before continuing down the aisle at a quick pace.
Dash frowned as Storm carried on. Matteo glanced down, picking up on Dash’s mood as he looked between her and Storm.
“It’s been quite a while since we’ve had any contact with Storm Front,” Matteo humored her. Dash looked up at Matteo before sighing and nodding.
“Don’t get me wrong,” she began as she looked around the table at everypony. Things finally died down and they were all eating. “I’ve really enjoyed training and spending time with you guys, but it was great having Storm with us during the tryouts. He’s always so busy with elite training and meetings now, I can barely ever catch him to talk. I kind of miss him,” Dash admitted. Storm had a level head and was incredibly friendly, two things that made him very nice and fun to be around. It was easy to strike conversation and he always treated everyone with respect. In general, he always made Dash feel like she had someone she could easily confide in, only problem was now they were in different places and had different schedules. It was almost exactly like how things were with her and Soarin. They were both ponies she really liked to be around and they were both slightly out of reach.
Matteo nodded in agreement.
“He has rightfully earned a high honor and my respect as a fellow warrior. It pains me that we are stuck in different ranks, I would enjoy meeting him in combat,” he said. Little Star overheard them and leaned over.
“You two talking about Stormy?” she asked, earning a nod from Matteo and Dash. “He seems like such a nice guy! I haven’t gotten a chance to talk to him yet,” she pouted.
“He’s a bitch,” Squall chimed in out of nowhere. Dash rolled her eyes.
“We all know what you think, Squall,” she said sarcastically. Star turned to him and furrowed her brow.
“Says the pony that egged him into a hallway fight while whining about the tryout results,” she poked him in the side.
“Rgh…” Squall grunted. Normally he’d fight it, but after Silver’s unseen punishment of him, Squall seemed incredibly reluctant to talk about the scuffle he had with Storm in the hall.
Dash turned to Twister, who was busy balancing a banana on his nose.
“What about you Twist?” Dash asked, for reasons she really couldn’t figure out. She just didn’t feel like leaving anypony out. “You’ve never really mentioned Storm.”
“I have the farts…” Twister said as the banana peeled itself and it draped over his face as the banana somehow slid over his nose and directly into his mouth.
“Right…” Dash left it at that as she went back to her food.
“Let’s move out!” Fire Streak’s voice met her ears. She glanced up as she chewed on her eggs. Fire was directing Lightning, Surprise, and Misty away from their table nearby.
“Where we patrolling again?” Lightning asked as he released a loud belch right into Fire’s face. Fire reclined in disgust and angrily pushed Lightning along.
“We’re performing the secondary sweep behind the lead squad. Good lord, what did you eat?” Fire gagged and stuck his tongue out as Misty lightly shook with silent giggles behind him. Surprise was hovering after them upside down.
Patrols. That was the second time Dash had heard it, but it sounded routine so she wasn’t really paying attention.
Matteo and Squall on the other hoof were skeptical.
Squall looked up from his food and glanced around the mess hall.
“Is it just me,” he spoke up. “Or do the Wonderbolts look like they’re hurrying around a bit this morning?” Dash blinked as she looked at Squall before glancing around the room. Matteo nodded as he surveyed the area as well.
“If you are seeing it too, then I am not just imagining it,” Matteo stated as Dash glanced up at him. They were both right. As Dash scanned the mess hall, it looked like all the elite Wonderbolts were rushing around, eating quickly and moving on their way. Was there a reason for the patrols?
“I wonder if something’s going on,” Dash wondered out loud as the three watched the hustling Wonderbolts. They all jumped in surprise as somepony cleared their throat very loudly behind them. They, along with the rest of the table, turned to see Silver Lining standing at the head of the table.
“A bunch of slap-dick unicorns have been causing trouble in the northern mountains recently,” he explained. “The Royal Guard has been shitting their armor trying to snuff them out recently, so we’re sending a few squads out to survey the situation and see if we need to get involved. In short: nothing you need to be worried about, so focus on your damn training. Eat and get your asses to the classroom, I’m moving our schedule up half an hour,” he finished and left before any of them could say anything, much less react to the sudden new deadline on breakfast time.
Dash dug into her food, much more worried now about being late and facing Silver’s consequences than whatever the Wonderbolts were currently looking into. She had to focus on her tasks at hoof, but she couldn’t help but be a tad curious.
Needless to say, breakfast was over fast. Silver made stops to each table of recruits to let them know about the sudden shift in the schedule.
Dash and the rest were up and out of the mess hall in minutes, hurrying to their assigned classroom alongside the rest of the recruits in fear of being late.
They all made it there in time, but once Silver’s new class time came around… Silver did not show up.
“Um…” Dash blinked as she watched the minute hand of the clock tick past five minutes after Silver claimed he was starting their usual formations and technique lecture. She glanced up at Matteo, who was also eyeing the clock. “He said half an hour earlier right?”
“That he did,” Matteo nodded. He looked around at the rest of the recruits. All of them shared the same confusion. Silver was always the first one in the classroom. None of them knew when he got there, but he was always there with full diagrams already drawn on the whiteboard.
The white board was spotless, still washed clean from the night before.
“Have we been duped?” Little Star turned around from the seat in front of Dash. Dash looked back at the clock as it ticked to six minutes past.
“By Silver?” she pondered out loud.
“Oh, great…” Thunderlane sighed, catching their attention from the other side of Matteo. “Wonderbolt surprises always lead to me getting beaten up,” he groaned. Dash rolled her eyes even though Thunderlane had a knack for getting banged up every time a surprise test or drill caught them off guard. It had gotten to a point where Bliss seemed to know exactly when Thunderlane was coming in to get some post training treatment.
While it was a little painful to watch, it was clear that Thunderlane had built up quite a new degree of mental and physical toughness. He still complained every once in a while, like just now, but it had lessened considerably. That toughness was definitely going to be noticed by Applejack. It was something she liked in a pony. In fact, Dash found herself snickering at the thought of Applejack swooning. That would be quite a sight.
“Relax Thunderlane,” Dash waved him off as she continued to snicker. “Maybe he just wanted to see us frantic, I’m sure he gets a kick out of seeing us scramble at his every order.”
“Pfff…” Squall suddenly grunted from behind Dash. She and the others turned to him. He was reclining in his chair with his back hooves up on the table. “Whatever…” he said casually as he propped his head with his arms and leaned his head back while tipping in his chair and looking right up at the ceiling. “I don’t see what you’re all so worried about. I hate these classes,” as he spoke the rest looked up. The door behind Squall quietly opened. Since he was looking up, he didn’t see the door, nor did he see the rest react. Silver and the rest of squad two stood in the doorway. “I’m fine with waiting, it’s much better than sitting here and listening to Silver talk non-stop out of his ass,” Dash and the recruit began cringing as Silver’s eyes narrowed. “I’d rather listen to crying foals for hours than—”
Squall’s mouth slammed shut and his face paled as Silver’s head suddenly appeared directly over him, glaring down while scrunching his face. Silver slowly reached up and lightly tapped the back of Squall’s chair.
“Ah!” Squall yelped and flailed as his chair tipped over and crashed to the floor. Squall rolled to a stop a few feet away, Silver keeping right beside him as he did and forcing his face down into Squall’s the moment Squall opened his eyes.
“GET THE HELL OFF MY CLASSROOM FLOOR, DAMMIT!!!!” he barked so loud it blew Squall’s mane back. Squall scrambled to his hooves and tried to pick up his chair but Silver grabbed him by the shoulder and forced him to look into his eyes. Squall blinked as Silver remained silent for about thirty seconds before suddenly turning Squall’s head to the side and putting his mouth right next to Squall’s ear. “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!” he yelled at the top of his lungs into Squall’s ear. “You like crying foals? WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!” Squall winced heavily, his head shaking with each one. “NOW PICK UP YOUR CHAIR AND SIT THE HELL DOWN!” he pushed Squall back towards his chair.
Squall quickly pulled his chair back up and sit completely straight in it. Despite Squall’s usual UNUSUAL enjoyment of being yelled at, he didn’t seem to like this one very much. Probably because his eardrums were most likely screaming at him right now after Silver forced his voice through Squall’s brain. No other recruit made so much as a peep as Silver walked around the classroom and towards the whiteboard with Wave, Blaze, and Winds lined up against the back wall.
“You all think this is boring?” he suddenly asked in a hushed tone. “You don’t like lectures, huh?” he scanned the room. “Formations aren’t interesting?” He ground his teeth together. “Okay, hold on, you might like these four new ones, complete with the stunts they go with!”
Silver turned and angrily snatched the red marker sitting in the whiteboard tray and yanked the cap off with his teeth. He began drawing circles and lines on the board with very sharp strokes. He moved from each drawing to the next with sharp motions and as soon as he finished the forth, he slammed the cap back on and slapped the marker back into the tray before stepping aside.
Dash held in a laugh. She dared not let it slip as she held her breath. Blaze and High Winds were both snickering behind them all.
The four new ‘formations’ and ‘flight path’ lines all together spelled out ‘shut the fuck up.’ Silver scanned the room again.
“What? Still don’t like them!?” he folded his ears back over his head and glared. “TOO BAD!” he smacked his hoof against the white board so hard that it unhooked from the wall and slid down, the corner of the board crashing against the floor. The board began falling forward, but Silver reached up and stopped it.
“Knowing the basics is just as important as being able to put a hoof between some sorry son of a bitch’s face!” Silver yelled as he casually lifted the board back up and re-hooked it on the wall. “I can’t believe I’m saying this so far into our training cycles! I swear, if any more of you moan and groan about something this important, I will jam my hoof so far up your ass the only way to get it out will be to pull it and the rest of me all the way through and out your MOUTH!” he threatened.
The recruits all froze as Blaze and High Winds burst out laughing behind them. Silver turned and casually erased the message he just drew out before grabbing the marker again. The recruits all took this as a sign the real flight class was starting… all of them completely disregarding the strange fact that the rest of squad two was still present. Silver waited until the rustling of notebooks and binders stopped before turning around and giving them all a surprisingly devilish smile.
“But you know what?” he chucked the marker over his shoulder and waited for it to clatter to the ground. “Screw today’s lesson, I’ve got something much more fun in mind!”
All the recruits perked up. Dash blinked and looked between her friends as they did the same. Thunderlane groaned and let his head fall to the desk.
“Here it comes…” he whined as Silver cleared his throat.
“Instead of a lecture today, I’ve decided it’s time to for a challenge. One that will clearly show me who is ready to be among us,” he slowly paced back and forth as all the recruits stiffly awaited whatever Silver had planned, some still holding their pens in their mouths. “Everypony get the hell up and line up! I’ve got a special TEST for you today!”
---To be Continued---
Sorry for the cliffy... but that's where i cut the chapter in two to give you guys something to read 
Worry not... the next chapter is already in production, about 2K words already down on a word doc, i'm looking to get a quick turn around here.
Not much really happened here, maybe except for the voices in Soarin's head and the Wonderbolts busy in the background, but lots of fun shenanigans with the recruits, and Dash vowing to never repeat the mistakes of the master.
But hey, i told ya THE TEST would be coming! I wonder what Silver has in mind?
Thanks for reading, i hope you enjoyed! 
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AWWWW YEAH NEW CHAPTER!
dun dun dun
Nice. The test is coming up, and Soarin in having weird dreams. Yeap. We are ending the second part. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the voices took over Soarin or he got captured. Great chapter. Thanks for the update. Happy Holidays.
K-k-k-k-k *Irritated squealing* *Irritated screams*
Moar. Moar I say!
*Goes unconscious due to anxiety of next chapter*
You really like cliffs, don't you? No matter, new chapter! I can't believe I managed to stay awake this long...
Omg! Twister was so silly in this chapter! And he even preened Rainbow Dash! *squee*
I can't wait to see how Wave Chill and Spitfire will end up. After all, once they bang, something should happen between them, right? RIGHT?
hopefully more bangingAlso, "she let her wings slump and drag against the floor as they advanced" and "Fleetfoot groaned as Soarin extended his large wing and scooped her up". How exactly big are their wings for them to be able to do that? O_o
Also, poor Squall. Can't wait to see him be more smart about what he says. He looks like the type of pony that doesn't give a shit about the world because the world doesn't give a shit about him. Which is obviously wrong, since Twister loves Squall so much to be able to put spring snakes inside his soap bottle. Seriously, only Twister, though.
Still, it looks like Squall needs a hug and someone to say that they care about him. Otherwise he'll have no chance of enduring the rest of the Wonderbolts if he ever gets approved.
Also, I want to give Thunderlane a slap in the butt. He complains too much! He should be used to it. Even more, he should be thankful for having an opportunity that 279 other ponies don't. What would Applejack say if she knew how Thunderlane was behaving? I can't even imagine what she would write on a letter, since she's more of the "do it with your own hooves" type of pony.
Soarin needs to share his sexiness with other ponies. Having that much sexiness should be bad for his health.
(And Rainbow laughs, but deep inside she's having all sorts of "thoughts"... >:3 )
Tickle. I want to tickle Squall just to know how his laughter sounds like. Like, right on the side of his body. Or his underhoof. Or even his underarms. Whatever is ticklier, I guess. Just remove that horrid scowl from his face. His face is too pretty for it to be ruined by a scowl. His teeth deserve more recognition.
And dat Dash development. I can totally see it becoming an event in the future. Face something dangerous that is putting Squall, Thunderlane, Twister, Matteo and Little Star's lives at risk, or run away? What would the element of Loyalty be willing to do to save her friends? I dunno. I would just like to be able to help her, because I don't know if she'll be able to do that kind of stuff without Soarin by her side.
Oh, have I mentioned how cute Twister was in my head when preening Dash's wings? He could preen my wings all day with that level of cuteness! /)^3^(\
Okay, I should stop writing now, otherwise this will turn into a fanfiction about your fanfiction. .-.
hmmmm test.......the ponys who can snatch a dragons egg from the mother up on thunder struck mountain pass the test!
its real easy except for the lightning, fire, and the dragons. a cake walk really.
OK
Okey
Okay
... I've seen many 'ok's but i'm not sure if they have different meanings or not. Someone tell me.
Greetings from Oregon!
I've been waiting eagerly for Silver to say that to Wave.
WOOOO! Awesome chapter!!!
Finally there a Silver Lining in Wave Chill and Spitfire's realationship.
Wave.... Just saying.
Great chapter. I so saw the Squall falling out of his chair the moment you said it was tiped back. I CRINGED so hard then died laughing at Silver... *Sigh* Got to hit the hay... I've got to get up in the morning and w r i t e... some more. UGG! I'm about to strangle Pinkie....
Another great chapter, as always.
Of course. Leave it to Squall to royally screw something up for himself.
Who are these voices Soarin's hearing? Could they be Descent and Starry Skies?
Twister... I give up trying to understand him. He does give me a good laugh, though.
Am I the only one around here still waiting for Storm to be some kind of bad guy? I've got this feeling that Calm is just waiting behind Storm's impossibly tall pedestal that he built for him with an axe and a patient smile on his face just waiting to bring it down.
CLAM U BASTERD!!!! tho i think you could write an comedy with the shit u put in here.... man did i laugh so many times
Also, don't mean to nitpick, but...
"Soarin hopped out of bed and switched the lights on as he stretched out again and scratched his flank as he grabbed and tossed a Wonderbolt uniform from his closet to his bed as he walked towards the bathroom."
That's a lot of simultaneous actions at the same time :v I can only imagine him walking towards the bathroom with a hoof up his flank at the same time he turns on the light and gets out of bed by stretching himself while tossing his uniform. That must be some sort of Twister influence...
But doesn't matter. He's sexy, so he can do that. Besides, he has magic. Who said he can't use magic to scratch his flank? Eh?
Hay what do you think is a better ship name for wave and spitfire.
(Wave fire) or (spit chill)
oh good lord my sides
hmmm seems that Soarin has some strange demons inside of him can't wait for the inner banter between the three of them
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WaveFire, definitely.
And on another note, the chapter was hilarious.
HE GREW HANDS?!
5440408 thanks
I'm guessing that the woman in Soarin's head Celestia, and holy shit was this funny. Sorry if I haven't drawn anything for you lately. It's just that I'm in Canada and I can't really do anything except for have fun in the snow with my cousins. I'll probably have something by Saturday though since that's when I'm getting back.
Funny chapter... watch the run on sentences, and all capital words should be replaced by italics or bolding, and stop switching between bolding, italicizing, and underlining. Choose one and stick with it. Unless you do something like italicizing for emphasis and bolding for loud words, but make sure you stick to a certain system. No all caps. No switching.
Aw screw you and your epicly planned out cliff hangers ; -;
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Aw, damn. I totally missed that.
So many laughs
... Especially the little confrontation between Silver and Wave... So perfect 
Can't wait to see what this test is... Some kind of course I'm guessing... Or similar... Something outside than needs the full elite flight track... I don't know... Suspense...
Oh.. I wish in the next chapter theres gonna be Wave chill and spitfire "romantic"
One question: is the next chapter will be the finale of part 2?
Why is Thunderlane becoming one of my favorite characters in this Fic? That's not how it's supposed to work!
I guess everyone really is getting fed up with Spitfire and Wave Chill. I have to agree, they need to fix things up asap.
Ah yes, the test. I would say something how awful it is about that cliff, but after the past couple of weeks I can honestly say I'm not surprised. I wonder what it could be, though.
I can't wait till the next Chapter!!!
Cliffhangers kill me... BTW: Nice Chapter keep up the good work. More fan art coming soon! 
"The Test"
100 points
Recruits cannot have extra notes on hoof, use both sides of the paper if necessary
A train leaves Ponyville at 9am, traveling towards Canterlot at 15 mph...
Rainbow Dash: "NOOOOOOOOO!!"
I can also think of some Peppermint Patty school jokes that might fit Dash's presumed reaction here.
Well, Wave Chill doesn't have any choice, now, does he? The way things are going at present, Wave and Spitfire are probably going to have a large audience of Kibitzers when "IT" finally happens.
Renegade unicorns on the borderlands? What could THEY possibly be up to? And why would the Royal Guards want to... SNUFF THEM OUT? I don't think that Silver was referring to candles here.
Perhaps these unicorns will be involved in whatever "major crisis" boils up in the second half of the story. That would be an interesting twist. We haven't often seen internal discord (sorry) amongst the different pony races in Equestria... though the upcoming Season 5 premiere adventure involving the "equal-sign-cutie-mark" ponies seems to be inclined in that direction. 
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Because Thunderlane
has a cute buttis best pony. =35440786
You should press CTRL+F and then run a list of possible words that are forbidden, like "hands", "finger", "foot", "body", etc... That way you won't miss a single one!
This was a good chapter!!! First of all, the next chapter is the end of part 2?
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Thanks! and thanks for reading!
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wahaha sorry for the cliffy, it was not originally planned that way
Split up to give you guys new stuff to read sooner 
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I actually try to avoid them
(i was a DOUCHE with them in Flying Sky High)
This was a big chapter i split in two, i kinda felt it better this way because what's coming up next would have overshadowed the fun humor of this chapter
Thanks for reading!
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Haha it's alright, enthusiasm is flattering!
I had a feeling you'd like a lot of stuff in this chapter. Twister being fun and the recruits in general getting some casual scene time. I dunno what i would say if a giant griffon had me around the neck, glaring, and asking me if i stole his soap
They're a bunch of weirdo's but Dash has grown attached to them.
And i what Squall's problem really is? A personality like his isn't always because of the same thing... i wonder what we're going to find out soon? (
of course I know)
Haha Thunderlane is a compulsive whiner, but at least not anywhere near as much as he was before meeting applejack
Plus i'm sure she'll be more impressed than annoyed with him, look how far he's come when he never expected to get past the first day to the tryouts! 
As for the wing sizes... i tend to try and depict their wings being MUCH larger than they are shown in the show. Plus i've stated that Soarin is the largest and strongest of the current Wonderbolts, and this is the second time he's done this to Fleetfoot
part of her speediness comes from her sleek body, but also because she's the smallest in the lead squad. Not small like how i depict Rivet in this story, but smaller than Spitfire and a little smaller than Dash.
for an idea of how i envision the wings, here's a pic of Calm Wind protecting Rivet:
s30.postimg.org/s06gqlmb5/protector.jpg
The way Foxenawolf (the artist) draws wings is basically perfect for how i like to depict them. Even in this pic, Calm's wings are not fully extended, so you can imagine the wingspan one fully stretched out.
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Lol that would be an interesting test... assuming they don't kill all the recruits in the process
Ohh...nice.
I wonder if there would be any bigger problems with those unicorns
I kinda hope that yes.Hohoho....the TEST! Can't wait!
Awesome chapter
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generally okay is the only acceptable one in writing. Ok is an abbreviation, but i've never seen okey, i think thats a misspelling
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It got to a point where even Silver couldn't roll his eyes and say "kids these days" anymore
Silver laying down the sex law
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ahhh
*all fixed
Thanks for pointing that out.
And yep, Squall is a master at getting bitten in the plot for what he says
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Doesn't matter what kind of pony you are, earth, unicorn, or pegasus, if you stir up trouble, you're a "slap-dick" to Silver
And yep, Silver is very creative at getting his points across
5441685 Wow. Those wings are really huge! Now I get how Thunderlane could keep Applejack warm during that rainstorm. :P
I must say, though, I do loooooove big wings. ;)
And oh my gooooosh I need Squall development. WHY IS HE LIKE THAT? WHY, OH WHY? *dies*
Now I wonder... If their group is a bunch of weirdos, what makes Rainbow Dash a weirdo? Her rainbow mane, mayhaps?
Speaking of mane, is it okay that I picture their "soap" bottles as being this? http://images.iherb.com/l/MNT-54364-5.jpg
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Thanks!
I wonder who those voices could be, eh?
And it's no use trying to understand Twister, he just does things that make no sense, and everyone else has resigned to just let it happen.
5441720 Noticed. LOL Kish that is good.
OH! I finally finished chapter Seven this morning!!! Now to decide witch of the three plot elements to start chapter eight on....
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One may wonder... but Is Storm's pedestal really so high?
He achieved something great in almost an instant, shooting him high above the others... but... not only have we learned that the pedestal isn't without it's cracks and weaknesses, but has he moved any higher as the others slowly climb? Also... he's been forced directly into the elite ranks, how has that been effecting him mentally?
Storm is very important to this story for many reasons, all of which will be clear as time goes on
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I'm such a clam bastard
I often debate putting a comedy tag on this, but really, it doesn't fit the whole theme of the story so i keep it off
Glad you had a good laugh!
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WHOA
yeah lemme fix that... *fixed* 
Magic butt scratching... what will they think of next?
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I like to go with wavefire
sNot to be confused with Firefly for Fire and Misty 
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Slang words for sex are oh so much fun
Oh yes, the voices... Once soarin figures out what the hell is going on he might start charging them rent
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Thank you! One of the reasons i split this off the original long chapter plan was to give the humor the focus, didn't want the approaching action to overshadow it.
Thanks for reading!