RAINBOOMS AND ROYALTY
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VICTORY! Was there ever a sweeter word? Rainbow Dash might not have known all the big words that eggheads like to use, but she couldn’t think of a single one that was better than that. Victory! She had won the race, defended Fluttershy’s honor and performed the legendary Sonic Rainboom all at the same time! Rainbow Dash felt completely justified in announcing this her “Best day ever!”
She performed a victory lap around the camp, whooping and hollering all the while she blazed a bright rainbow trail behind her. This is so cool! She giddily thought to herself, high on adrenaline and success: a potent combination. Making the impossible, happen? No problem for Rainbow Dash! Future Wonderbolt and greatest flier ever! Ooh! She smiled. She could practically imagine the Wonderbolts writing her now, begging for her to join! So what if she was just a filly? She’d done what every pegasus had always thought was just a legend! That sounded good! Rainbow Dash: The Legend!
She let out a fillyish squeal, secure in the privacy that no pony would hear it. This was so perfect! Rainbow Dash was so caught up with her internal fantasies that it wasn’t until she was halfway around the perimeter did she realize that she had company.
“A lovely day for a flight, isn’t it?”
“Huh?” Rainbow Dash looked this way and that. Who could be following her here? She looked up and her mouth dropped open. She felt all the moisture in her mouth vanish as she looked upon the graceful, giant swan-like wings that with so little effort kept apace with her. More important was the giant—by pony standards—body attached to it, the glimmering gold adornments, her long elegant horn and her amazing mane that never stood still.
“P-princess Celestia?!” Rainbow Dash squeaked, blushing at her ill-timed voice break (she wished she'd grow out of those soon!) and the fact that she was addressing the ruler of all Equestria!
With an elegant barrel roll, the Princess was soon flying side by side with the small cyan filly. “Last time I checked.” The alicorn winked as if sharing a secret with the young filly. “What is your name my dear?”
“I’m Rainbow Dash!” The filly beamed, tossing her short mane with confidence. “One day I’m going to be the greatest flier ever!”
“I don’t doubt it.” Celestia looked out at the still present, if fading, ring of rainbow-colored light. “Simply breathtaking. You have an amazing gift. I’ve never seen a pegasus with your raw abilities.
“Really?” Rainbow Dash felt her wings flap a little faster. “I am pretty cool huh?”
Celestia laughed at the little filly’s confidence. To Rainbow Dash it sounded as pure and clear as rain water rattling off wind chimes. “Very cool.” Celestia confirmed, moving close enough to gently tickling the filly’s nose with her feathers and was rewarded with a giggle. “But no pony is so good or talented that she cannot learn more.” Celestia went on. “I would like you to take that opportunity with me. As my own personal protégé.”
Only one thought went through Rainbow Dash’s mind. “Protewhat now?” She blinked.
Celestia smiled. “As my personal student. I would teach you more about your gifts and what you can truly do with them, as well develop as a well-rounded filly.”
Rainbow tilted her head. “You want me to be fat? But then I wouldn’t be able to fly as fast!” She blurted out earnestly.
It was all Celestia could do to prevent from laughing with merriment. She bit her lip and cleared her throat. “I mean I would teach you all sorts of things, as well as helping you train your body, I would also help train your mind and spirit.”
Rainbow Dash looked confused. “What good will that do?” She asked curiously. “I want to be a great athlete, not an egghead. Uh, your highness.” She belatedly added.
“You would be surprised what a little education can help you accomplish. With your talent and drive, I think you would be capable of anything.”
Shaking with excitement, Rainbow Dash fought to keep her voice even. “D-do you think you could help me become good enough to join the Wonderbolts?” She spoke that name with a reverent awe that Rainbow hadn’t even used in addressing Celestia herself. The thought made the sun princess chuckle.
“If you work hard and become all that I know you could be…the Wonderbolts would be the least of your options.” She promised.
Rainbow Dash didn’t even need to think twice. “Oh yeah, sign me up!” She whirled in mid-air doing a little happy victory dance, too excited to even remember that she had an audience.
“Oh, Rainbow Dash? One more thing!”
"More?!" She spun around looking at the Princess. Celestia pointed at the filly’s flank. Rainbow turned her neck around until she saw what Celestia was pointing at. She’d gotten her Cutie Mark!
“AWESOME!” Rainbow Dash hoof pumped the air. “Oh wow! Maybe I’ll even get to a have a Cutie Markvitzvah too! Sweet!” Rainbow Dash did a loop de loop in the air. She was going to invite everypony, even those three dorks who always annoyed her just so she could rub it in their faces who the best pegasus was! “This really is the BEST DAY EVER!
Princess Celestia smiled as Rainbow Dash flew loops and rolls in sheer joy. Perhaps this had been what she was waiting for. While the young filly didn’t know it, in the moment in which she’d performed her miraculous Sonic Rainboom, a magical connection had been formed between her and several other ponies. Celestia herself could barely bring herself to hope that this had been what she’d been waiting for all this time...and what better omen could she ask for than a cacophony of colors lighting up the sky and the impossible being made possible?
“Soon sister…soon.”
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“Oh wow! Maybe I’ll even get to a have a Cutie Markvitzvah too! Sweet!” that made me chuckle.
A good start if you wanted to continue, however, this would be pretty good as a one-shot.
Rainbow Dash studying under Celestia.... I wonder how that'd play out.
Not bad.
And if not Twilight, definitely Rainbow Dash. She is kind of the plot device that is responsible for the entire show. Awesome indeed. Willing to give this a track, the premise took me by surprise.
...And Dash would be a better student anyways. I always got the feeling Twi kind of takes Celestia for granted. Whereas Dash is literally Loyalty.
well my interest is sparked if only for two reasons;
-seeing how RBD and Celestia work as protoge and mentor
-seeing where twilight is in all this
So go ahead, why not continue.
The idea is cute, and I liked the story well enough. It works as a one-shot, but if you feel like continuing, go ahead.
However, there are two things I'd like to point out:
1) Create a description. What you have up there right now belongs on either the blog or the comments section. That one short paragraph is like the cover of a book or movie; it's what gets the audience interested in giving the work an actual look. Simply saying that you're just "testing the waters" and throwing out a bunch of other stories that inspired this one is not going to hook readers in.
2) This is more of a personal pet peeve, but double space your paragraphs. It just looks like a big blob of text to me otherwise.
Besides that, good job.
You should continue with this.
Interesting so far. I'll see how this goes.
I would love to read more!
hmmn. Instead of Twilight being Celestia's Protogé, We have the element of Loyalty having unquestionable command over the rest of the elements. Interesting.
Really nice! I'm interested to see how this is going to turn out.
This is a very interesting idea and and I would love to see more.
Oooh, this is really cute. I'd love it if you continued it! Um, only if you want to, of course. Nice job, and a very interesting idea
As I read the last line, only one thought stood out in my mind:
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TRACKINGTRACKINGTRACKINGTRACKINGTRACKINGTRACKINGTRACKINGTRACKING!
As much as I like the idea and I like Dashie. There's just so much more to teach about magic... so Celestia should teach Twilight too... that is unless Twilight failed to get lucky with a magical malfunction, which is obvious because of this starting scene in the chapter. So i'm pretty much talking to myself.
RAINBOW DESERVES THIS!
An interesting beginning. Let's see where you have taken things so far.
nice fic well i better go to bed its 1:00
“Oh, Rainbow Dash? One more thing!”
"More?!" She spun around looking at the Princess. Celestia pointed at the filly’s flank. Rainbow turned her neck around until she saw what Celestia was pointing at. She’d gotten her Cutie Mark!
Right there I just about died :) I LOVE IT!!!!!
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Okay, she knows Fluttershy, she doesn't know anyone else...
This, is gonna take a while
I've had this on my reading list for so long. And now I'm finally reading it! yay
Stopped reading there.
Wait.... Rainbow Dash is Jewish? SINCE WHEN!!! INFORM HITTLER HE FORGOT ONE!!!
Anyone else think when they first read this that without Celestia there Twilight destroyed Canterlot?
ooh! shiny i like it! *favorites and thumbs up*
is cool idea and makes sense... twilight hatching spike was supposed to be "impossible", as was rainbows sonic rainboom.
i really like the little rainbow on cover art, shes so adorable!
Love it! You totally captured Dash's personally (filly Dash, even), and it flows naturally from the events of the episode into this new alternate course. Now to read more!
1648148 lol, BAD PONY!
Rainbow kicked Hitler's ass anyways... them Jews are TOUGH bastards!
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(unless you cook them right)
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I like the changing the "Cutecinera" to the "Cutemitzvah" comment. It was funneh. LOL.
Cutmitzva?
Pegasus ponies are Jewish!!
I haven't smiled so much reading a fic in a while. I read too much shortskirts...
I apparently read one chapter of this... But never faved it.
Can't fathom why that'd be.
~Skeeter The Lurker
This concept has all of my love!
This chapter is a feels-filled setup!
Then again, I'm listening to this while I read, so...
A way!
Rainbow Dash is Jewish?
Rainbow Dash is Jewish
HEADCANON ACCEPTED
I finished the LunaVerse and the CadanceVerse and was about to start the WinningVerse when I had a conversation about Balanced Ternary and decided to read the DashVerse founded by Trinary instead. Here is the conversation about Balanced Ternary:
http://fimfiction.net/group/758/the-cloud-kicker-fan-club-and-winningverse-group/thread/20532/winningverse-setting-faq#comment/2147992
It started off about the size of ponies, but drifted into alternate bases the ponies could use.
And so the adventure begins. I will enjoy this story far better than Sunshine And Rainbows.
Finally started this up. This is... pretty good. I'm intrigued here.
I've read this story when it wasn't finished and it was awesome! I'm going to read it again from beginning to the end.
Please make more stories like this! Or at least with ShinningDash ship!
Good luck!
Well Met By Bright Daylight. I can't think of a more befitting title for the beginning of the awesome saga that is the Dashverse.
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Someone has got to write a fic about that image!
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He's dead Jim.
Ok I'm an idiot, but but as soon as you mentioned it I HAD to make the reference. I'm sorry, so so sorry [youtube=http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCoPd_8__8]
Chocolate? Pickle-barrel? Kumquat?
: "The Dread Pirate Roberts, actually!"
But child, think of the momentum!
There is, in fact, a pun more painful than Cutecénara.
Anyway, long time reader, first time commenter. Loved the opening, can't wait to read more!
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TL;DR: Rainbow hits at 300 kg, avg pony weight, and 171.6 m/s, half the speed of sound, for 51,480 N, if she accelerates to that speed over 1 second. She kills people with the sheer force of the impact. Along with herself.
Imagine Rainbow pulling off a sonic rainboom at what is considered a round weight for a pony. Assuming that pegasi are lighter than the average pony, I'm gonna say an average pony weight is a more heavyset weight for pegasi, also assuming that gravity is negligently different from ours, this would put her weight at 300 kg, or 661.387 lbs. Assuming that her magic is probably halving the speed of sound for her, she would need to be going 171.6 m/s, or 563 ft/s. Given that our formula for momentum is P=mv, where P is momentum, m is mass, and v is velocity, we have (300×171.6)=P, or 51,480 kg×m/s. Convert that to force over the span of 3 seconds, we get 17,160 N of force. Enough to break bones. If we cut the time to 1 second, we get 51,480 N of force. That's enough to shatter a human bone, which is commonly thought to be 4x tougher than concrete.
But what if we aren't nice, and she goes full speed? That's 343.2 m/s, or 1126 ft/s. So 300×343.2 equals... Oh. 102,960 N of force. That's the equivalent of being hit with 23,146.33 pounds of force. So, if 51,480 is our original, then that's 4 times the power of a .50 cal rifle bullet. An impact caused by just going half the speed of sound at average pony weight is deadly. The shockwave of impact would tear your internal organs apart. If she hit you going full blast, you basically just got slammed by an anti tank round. You dead.
That was a sweet interaction between Celestia and Rainbow Dash. You just caught my interest.
Needs end " marks.
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There are a few parts in this chapter where Dash is thinking to herself that needs to be differentiated from the rest of the text.
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Re-reading the series.
I remember it being amazing, and look forward to rediscovering the awesomeness of this fic.
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Technically it was fanon (until canon recently let us know that fillies and colts have Cuteceneras). That fillies have Cuteceneras, and Colts had Cute Mitzvahs (rather than Cutie Markmitzvahs). Still it was a popular fanon thing back in the day, and Dash is kinda butch.
You have my attention...
I had always wondered why I loved the universe here so much, beond the fact that I am a huge Rainbow Dash fan. I think I know what that is now. This is the most unique of all of them, because it is just one change. That Rainbow Dash is the student. O sure,e vents are going to be different, but the characters. the ones we love, are the same. So thus, we get to see how each wll handle these situations in a new and different way.
7304929 Ever read Celestia's Tiny Student ? If you like this, you might like it too.
Reading this because your story "Hot Heads, Cold Hearts and Nerves of Steel" sounds amazing. So far the story seems interesting, with the concept being Rainbowdash Replacing Twilight Sparkle.
Just a question though, isn't she suppose to be with Twilight in Canterlot when then rainboom set off? (Sparking Twilight to use a giant burst of magic. Which then Celestia come in)
Edit: Wow 19,999 views
So I take it that you're a fan of Friendship is Witchcraft?
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Which episode was that again? I forget!