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After failing the test to get into the Wonderbolts, Rainbow Dash remembers the events of the day. However, an unexpected visit from a friend, and a trip down memory lane just might teach her that with the help of a friend she can fly higher than ever before.
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Righteous!
Episode.
Now.
Someone kick Hasbro and DHX... DMX... Whatever... to episode this.
AMAZING!
I Cried wow that is just a kick to the emotion box
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Emotion box! I have never heard of this mythical organ, but I think it must be somewhere near the cockles of the heart.
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I don't know about all that. Now I'm just blushing. 
OMFG THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL I THOUGHT THIS WOUD LEAD INTO FLUTTRDASH BUT OW WELL
FOR MAKING SUCH AN AWSOM FIC YOU GET ALL THE FLUTTERSHY AND RAINBOW DASH EMOTICONS AND A NEW FOLLOWR PLUS ALL CAPS ALSO FIRST AND PLEASE SEQUEL THIS FIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Very enthusiastic! I don't have any plans to sequel this, though.
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Then blush like ya mean it!
very good!! i enjoyed this!
Luv it!
For the love of god make this canon!
This Story has everything that the Story stands for: Friendship, learning to face your fears, dealing with bad things in life, never giving up on the things you love and not one but TWO Friendship Reports
Loved the story, BUT I HATE YOUR FUCKING GUTS FOR THAT ENDING!
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Yep, I've heard that before, but it was purposely not foreshadowed at all. At least, I am assuming that was the problem you had with it.
Rainbow's shock = Reader's shock, plain and simple. I have had someone say it was sort of deus ex machina, but I can accept that. I knew I was gonna get some flak for it when I wrote it, so hugs to you anyway.
I am glad you liked it!
Nice! Realizing dreams,best friends,cloud-to-face collisions...Now I'm getting all teary-eyed...
Bravo! A beautiful story about friendship.
I actually got somewhat misty-eyed at the ending but I love it.
Can't say anything else besides how much I like this.
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Glad you liked it!
I couldn't read this in one day cause I was busy so I favorited it and now that I finished it... Wow
idk the story was great and all but i cant help but feel like spitfire pulled those "hidden test" out of her plot. again idk still a good story
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Yeah, I hear that a lot. I think the lack of foreshadowing bothers some people... You were surprised, though, weren't you?
1878721 yes lol its was a good twist tho lots of times i just want dash to forget the wonderbolts cause that means she would never get to see her friends, and also no way in hell she could be an element and wonderbolt. idk lol well see where it goes. but your story was a good read.
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In my mind, she can be an element and a Wonderbolt, but she may find it harder to be a friend and a Wonderbolt. I have not seen any fics about the conflict she'd face trying to balance fame as a Wonderbolt and relationships with her friends back in Ponyville. With a promise to take Scootaloo under her wing, it becomes even more complicated. If a sequel to this fic were to be written, it would surely be about RD being conflicted and learning to deal with it. Maybe even learning that her lifelong dream can't stand up to the love she feels for her friends. In other words, another feels-fest, and I'd be OK with writing it... I just don't see it happening any time soon.
Thanks for all the comments, though.
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This was an awesome fic! Very touching!
yay.
This was a great emotional roller coaster. Though I can't help but wonder- what if RD had passed the agility and style tests? How are the hidden tests supposed to fit in then?
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A good question, and one that I don't have a great answer to!
Maybe it would go like this...
Let's assume that RD wins all three events - blows the socks off of the judges, shows them all that she's got what it takes. Keep in mind that this is an outcome that they would not be expecting. They would be forced to accept her right then and there, after which she would be told to report to a sort of boot camp. Think like what we saw in Wonderbolt Academy. SHe'd be put through the ringer, and the other Wonderbolts would be under orders to treat her distantly and coldly, being as hard on her as possible during her training. If she doesn't rage quit at that point, it'll be proof enough of her perseverence, and the group would eventually warm up to her if they found she was worthy.
But of course, that's way less fun that having Fluttershy go all rage-face!
Sweet
1881170 Sometimes I feel like she's too good for the wonderbolts. She has her own life, being a wonderbolt isn't her life, it's a job, and no matter how amazing and fun it may be, ponyville is her home and live.
Doesn't it seem a little unorthodox for RD to be just thrown into the fire like that? She went up against well known ace flyers, and failing one test completely dismisses her from joining? These wonderbolts need to look in the mirror, hard. How about getting water up too the sky? Spitfire sat on her but and didn't do anything at all. Then Spike's greed growth and they couldn't even handle that, they got tossed aside. Lastly, when Rarity fell to the earth knocking them down with her and RD went and saved them. Where do they get off judging her at all?
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That's a good point, and I think the answer is actually that the Wonderbolts are inherently full of themselves!
Before I delve into that, also remember that this was written with a season 2 perspective. We hadn't seen Wonderbolt Academy or Rainbow Falls yet, but those episodes do seem to drive home that point that they are full of themselves.
Someone commented here already that Dash might be too good for the Wonderbolts. That's a perspective that I think would be interesting to explore, but this story was just an idealistic sort of dream fulfillment tale... and of course, the story itself was less about "getting into the Wonderbolts" and more about Dash's own feelings of self-worth. Not only that, but the impact she's had on her friends, Fluttershy in particular for this story.
So yeah, she got into the Wonderbolts and everything seems awesome, but that's just the icing on the cake. The real lesson, I hope anyway, was driven home by the letters to the princess at the end.
Thanks for reading, by the way. I really enjoyed writing this one, and I'm actually wanting to do a rewrite since I've grown a lot as a writer since this was published.
Wonderful lessons on friendship! Way to go Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash
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