As an old Rainbow Dash in the twilight of her life watches the newest Wonderbolts Cadets perform, she dreams of the days when the sky was hers.
It is not something she can forget—it is forever etched within her mind, no matter how she tried.
The days where impossible feats lay at her hooves and adventure seemed to always lay around the corner.
Back when the world made sense.
Now with an audio reading! by WindsweptArctic. Huge thanks to them!
Set several years after the Epilogue.
Narcotics tag for a mention of alcohol.
All credit for artwork is due to Tyruas
Chapters (1)
"RD Grows Old" stories are fairly common, but you avoided a lot of the common pitfalls in this one, which I appreciate. An enjoyable read.
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Thanks! Really glad you enjoyed it! I suppose I was referring more to my inexperience writing first person perspective stories, it’s a bit outside my usual forte. Glad I was able to offer something unique! Love your work too!
This story was really well written. The emotions felt very real, and I could believe that it was Rainbow speaking. I really like this and got a little bit teary while reading. Great work!
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Thank you so much I’m really glad you enjoyed it and enjoyed the characterization!!
Nice work! I really like how you depicted the idea of flying along with Rainbow's memories of it. As Crystalline Waters said, the emotions do feel very real. I've always wished I could fly and you can genuinely understand why Rainbow misses it so much.
A+
(Oh, and the First Person POV was great. I couldn't even tell you didn't have much experience using it.)
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Thank you very much!!
Where days go so slow
and the years flash by with great vigor
This is a really well-written story, but I don't think the narrative style completely fits Rainbow Dash:
Consider words like "bequeathed" or "relic," which I doubt the show's Rainbow would ever have used unless she was reciting them from a Daring Do book. The same goes for sentence structure.
It doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the story, however. All in all, a nice story about an aging RD. Well done.
Thank you for writing
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Thanks! Super glad you enjoyed it!
I suppose I took a bit of license with the terminology. Though this is meant to reflect Rainbow in her later years where she hopefully would be more wise and eloquent I suppose but I understand I may have been a bit too prose heavy!
Beautiful story!
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Glad you enjoyed one my lesser known works! Appreciate the favourite and follow too!