It's Not What It Looks Like!

by Mystery1

Just A Thought

Rainbow Dash finished “cleaning” the house by throwing another few boxes into the closet and shutting the door.

“Finally, some more space…that closet’s a problem for another day.” Dash thought to herself, smirking.

She paused briefly, turning around to look at the space she’d opened up. It wasn’t much, but it didn’t matter; now she could put more stuff in its place. But something caught her attention and she couldn’t stray away from thinking about it.

She fixed her gaze on a navy blue bag, and upon further inspection, she turned it to reveal the Wonderbolts seal on its side.

Soarin’s bag! Omi-gosh omi-gosh omi-gosh omi-gosh! I needa see what’s inside! Wait….no…I can’t, he’s gonna see me and…but he’s not home…but…it wouldn’t be right. She thought, lost in her swirling mind.

She put the bag back where she found it, walking quickly out of the room to avoid thinking about it. But, of course, she couldn’t stop. She had to know what was in that bag, and since Soarin wasn’t home, she had some time to figure it out. She tried her best to fight the urge to rip the zipper open, but she lost the battle in the matter of minutes.

She ran back to the room, found the bag, and opened the zipper. She pulled out his flight goggles, Wonderbolts jacket, formals, and, best of all, his Wonderbolts flight suit. She stared at the display, wondering how awesome it must be in possession of such amazing pieces of gear.

“I know I said don’t open it, but I couldn’t help it…I need to know what it looks like…no no no….feels like to be a real Wonderbolt…Soarin will NOT find out about this…I’ll just put everything back and it’ll be fine…” she thought, the image of her in a uniform making her grin ear to ear.

Well, so much for not finding out. Soarin landed on the front porch and opened the door, closing it behind him. He didn’t see Dash around, so he made his way up the stairs quietly incase she was sleeping. He noticed the door to their room half open, and made his way to look through the gap.

Rainbow Dash eagerly grabbed the flight suit and stretched it out onto her bed. It seemed a bit tiny, but as soon as she stepped into it, she felt it expand. She was standing in Soarin’s flight suit; she felt like a true Wonderbolt. Dash grabbed the flight goggles and fastened them above her head. She grinned excitedly as she posed in the suit infront of the mirror in their room, taking in her appearance.

Meanwhile, Soarin smirked as he chuckled softly, watching Dash flex in his flight suit.

Dash was really enjoying the suit, showing herself off in the mirror and flying around the room.

“I can’t believe I’m actually doing this! I’m in a Wonderbolt uniform! A WONDERBOLT UNIFORM! I wonder how it feels to soar through the skies in one of these…” she thought, a large smile creeping onto her face.

As she made her decision, she quickly turned around and shot out towards the door.

CRASH

“Ugh…ehm……wh-oh…S..SOARIN..?!” She exclaimed, the collision causing her to sprawl out onto the floor.

Soarin sighed as the mare got up and ran up to him, a mixture of worry-embarrassment on her face.

“I…I’m so-so sorry! I didn’t mean to…Uh…I mean I wanted to but…I promise it wasn’t…” She stuttered.

“I’m okay, don’t worry. Are you okay? Are your wings okay?” He asked with a concerning tone.

“I’m fine…I…well…you se-“ She started, stopping when she spotted Soarin’s grin.

“Wh…what’s wrong?”

“Nothing! What’re you wearing?”

Dash paused, looked down at herself and slowly looked up at Soarin.

“Ehm…I know this looks weird…but I promise it was only for a few minutes! Please don’t be m-“

“You look adorable, Dashie.” He said, smirking.

Her jaw dropped, closing quickly, with a noticeable blush appearing on her face.

Soarin got up and walked straight, stopping right infront of her. He slowly reached over with his hoof and fixed her goggles atop her head.

“Y…you’re not mad at me…? I’m sorry for taking your suit…I was just-“

“…trying it on? I know, I know. I saw everything…”

“Everything…?”

“He SAW me trotting around in HIS UNIFORM?! NO. How did he even get inside without making a sound…?” She thought, face hoofing in embarrassed shock.

“How did you get inside…? I didn’t hear you!”

“We live on clouds, this house is made of clouds, silly.” He said, scrunching his face to hold in his laughter.

“…You saw me…”

“Dancing, flexing, flying, everything.”

“Ugh…”

“You looked awesome, though, like a true Wonderbolt.” Soarin finished, smiling at Dash.”

She lowered her hoof and couldn’t help herself, grabbing Soarin into a warm hug.

“Thank you Soarin…I’m sorry if I intruded on your stuff…”

“I do it all the time.” Soarin remarked.

“I-wait…you do WHAT? SOARIN!” She backed up, wincing at the comment.

“Kidding, of course!” He said, falling over on his haunches, laughing.

She giggled, a bit of her tension lost from the joke.

“So…how about that flying you wanted to do?” He asked, smiling up at Dash.

“YES!” She yelled, picking Soarin up off the floor and hugging him tightly.

They both walked to the door, opened it, and walked into the cool outside air.

The night sky was perfect for practice-flying. Soarin pushed down on her goggles, fixing them over her magenta eyes. Rainbow was quick to jump into the air, flying up and down in an excited frenzy. She flipped over, flying through loops left and right. Slowing briefly as she positioned herself, Dash shot upwards. Soarin watched as Rainbow flipped the other way, shooting back down towards him.

On her way down, she focused her vision on Soarin. As she made her final descent, she quickly opened her wings to slow herself down, then tackled him onto the cloud.

Soarin and Dash were both outstretched on the cloud, laughing and hugging each other. They both sighed, Rainbow tilting her goggles up so her eyes could see clearer. The two pegasi laid in a relaxed manner, gazing upon the stars.

Rainbow not only got to wear the uniform, but was also able to fly in it. On the other hand, Soarin made her happy, and that’s all that mattered to him.

The two spent their night outside watching the sky, only moving inside once Celestial rose the sun.

Author's Note:

SoarinDash!

Stay tuned for more!

Comments

[Resu]

Out of all these 3 parts this one is my favourite. I didn't quite get what you were aiming for with the first two. It's like they are supposed to be wholesome with how supportive Soarin' is, but it doesn't work for me when it comes to abusable substances.

This one was in the same vibe, but actually pulling the slice-of-life off.

With both Twilight being an alicorn and Rainbow not a Wonderbolt I am wondering what happened in the timeline of this AU. Rainbow Dash seems happy while still admiring the Wonderbolts and presumably still planning on joining them.

There is nothing to scoff at in terms of grammar and punctuation - something I cannot say about myself. Say, what is your writing background?

[Mystery1]

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Thanks for the comment!

First, I would like to say that the first two stories were made just to add a sort of building relationship between Soarin and Rainbow Dash. As the stories continue, you can notice that they continue to grow closer.

Next, “Cider Run” and “It’s Not What It Looks Like!” both stand to promote the corrections of Rainbow’s bad habits/behaviors. When it comes to their relationship, Soarin has been trying to reduce the amount of destructive decisions Dash makes to avoid problems in the future. For “Euphoria Hooves,” I was going with Dash’s regret for ever even taking the edible, as she was looking to try them out. She was curious about them, and wanted to see how they would make her feel. Wasn’t exactly going for Soarin supporting the abuse, but rather how he was supporting her through her mistake.

As for the timeline, it falls somewhere between Twilight receiving her wings and before Rainbow Dash becomes a Wonderbolt. Not sure about exactly when that is, but perhaps that’s another story idea! (thanks)

Also, thanks for the compliment, but it’s pretty ironic considering the circumstances. I’m fluent in English, but I’ve never actually written a story or fan-fiction stuff. Essays are usually my strong suit, but I decided to try my luck at story writing. I merely started doing this for fun and to get better at writing, which is also something I’ve come to enjoy over the past few years.

I appreciate all of your constructive criticism and will be working to smoothen out the ridges with my story writing. I hope you enjoy the stories that I’ve written and stick around for the ones that are coming!

[Resu]

You're welcome

For Soarin', I got the feeling that he is more of an enabler in the stories, while the supportive part comes "off screen".

As for the timeline: canonically Rainbow Dash is in reserves before Twilight gets her wings, but I wouldn't worry about that too much. Canon is just a suggestion and shifting these episodes around doesn't change much - pretty much what fanfiction is for.

You're doing great, keep having fun writing.

[Mystery1]

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Yeah, pretty much. Some of the support is shown in the story but you can get creative with how you imagine what happens “off-screen.”

Also, I thought that Rainbow Dash was in the reserves around the end of season 4. Yes, she was technically a “Wonderbolt” in training before Twilight got her wings, but she wasn’t a real Wonderbolt that was equipped to fly in shows. She became a reservist after taking the test (around the end of season 4) and passing it made her a reservist. Twilight got her wings in the last episode of season 3 (if I’m correct).

Thanks for your opinions and critiques, I look forward to hearing from you again on some of my next chapters/stories!

[Yoshifan30]

“I can’t believe I’m actually doing this! I’m in a Wonderbolt uniform! A WONDERBOLT UNIFORM! I wonder how it feels to soar through the skies in one of these…” she thought, a large smile creeping onto her face.

So this is before season 6 came around

[Bronycommander]

That's a classic

[Yoshifan30]

Okay another adorable shipping here so it looks like rainbow was cleaning out the closet until she found soarin bag but she didn't want to into without his permission but of course her curiosity got the best of her and check it out and basically it's one of his old stuff including his uniform and she really wanted to try it out and she was really having a Time Of Our Lives until soarin showed up and she felt embarrassed and she tried to apologize but he said it was okay he even think it's pretty cute he's a very forgiving dude which was nice so they decide to go out for flying and even decided to relax underneath the skies again another adorable story keep up the good work

[Mystery1]

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Thanks for your comment! I’m glad you enjoyed it.