Soarin' Rainbows
Soarin’ Rainbows
“Thanks for the books, Twilight!” a cyan pegasus shouted behind her while leaving the town library.
A purple unicorn walked out to wave goodbye to her friend. “No problem, Rainbow. I’m glad to see you’re enjoying them.” Twilight Sparkle replied.
It was a windy day in Ponyville. So just as Rainbow Dash prepared to fly off to her cloud home, a gust of wind blew a piece of paper onto her face.
“GAH!” Rainbow exclaimed, flailing her hooves while hovering in the air. “What was that?”
The rainbow maned pegasus grabbed the paper and read it over, the expression on her face changing from confusion to excitement. All of a sudden she bolted into the air, screaming at the top of her lungs. Her screaming attracted a small group of ponies, two of which where her friends, with looks of confusion.
“Rainbow, is everything alright?” Twilight asked her friend.
Rainbow Dash landed in front of her and Applejack, waving the flyer in their faces.
“Alright? I’m more than alright! The Wonderbolts are performing just outside of Ponyville! And it’s FREE!!” The weather-pony looked like she would almost pass out from excitement.
Applejack and Twilight grabbed their flighty friend and sat her down on a bench.”Hold on now sugarcube. Take a couple breaths before ya’ll black out.”
The pegasus tried to do what her friend said, but merely sat there shivering with her eyes closed. All of a sudden an angry voice snapped her eyes open. Rainbow Dash knew she was in for it.
“RAINBOW DASH!” Twilight yelled, levitating her slightly damaged books from the ground. “I understand your excitement, but please treat other people’s things with care.” The weather pony blushed in embarrassment.
“Sorry Twilight. Hey do you and the others wanna come with me to the show?” Rainbow asked, wanting to spend some time with her friends aside from just the dangerous adventures.
Twilight was the first to answer. “Sure Rainbow. I don’t think I’m doing anything this weekend.” Applejack didn’t look as sure or happy.
“Ah don’t know Rainbow. Ah would love to, but there are apples that need ta be harvested and fields ta plow and sow.”
The cyan pegasus’ ears drooped. Then, she got an idea that might work. Rainbow leaned in close to Applejack’s ear and whispered, “You know AJ, since the event is free, you could probably set up an apple stand to get more money.” At the sound of this, the orange mare’s eyes widened. Rainbow decided to go on, “It would mean even more ponies would want to buy Sweet Apple Acre products. And even better, there’s the chance the Wonderbolts would want to try some, and who knows what would happen if they liked it.”
Rainbow Dash sat back down, a devious smile on her face. Applejack’s face looked blank, her mind working through what her friend had just told her. Then a big smile crossed her face. “Well alright. Ah’ll go too then.” At this, Rainbow hopped up into the air in joy.
“All right! I’m gonna go tell the others too. See you guys this weekend!” With that, Rainbow dashed off towards Fluttershy’s cottage, leaving her trademark rainbow trail behind her.
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Rainbow was up bright and early Saturday morning, excitement making her shake. She quickly got up and cleaned herself up, then, the rainbow maned mare flew off towards Ponyville outskirts on the road leading to Canterlot. When she got there, Rainbow could see some ponies were already setting up stands, tables, banners, and the like. In the background, a large stadium could be seen, with blue blurs zipping about, no doubt the Wonderbolts practicing for the show.
“Hey, Rainbow, over here!” a voice called. Looking around, Rainbow Dash saw Applejack standing at her apple booth waving the pegasus over.
“Hey, Applejack. Glad to see you’re here!” Rainbow said, landing in front of the booth.
The orange farm pony chuckled. “Well after what you told me, Ah wouldn’t have missed the opportunity.” Rainbow was about to say something in response, when all of a sudden a loud voice screamed at the two ponies.
“RAINBOW DASH! APPLEJACK!” Looking around wildly, the two ponies didn’t see the hot air balloon descending upon them. When it was a few feet off the ground, a pink blur shot out and wrapped Rainbow and Applejack in an unexpected, crushing, hug. When Pinkie Pie let go, and the mares got their breath back, they noticed the rest of their friends hop out of the balloon.
Rainbow Dash and Applejack zipped over to the others, with Pinkie bouncing behind them. “You guys made it!” Rainbow exclaimed, wrapping the remaining ponies in a hug.
Twilight giggled at her friends excitement. “Of course Rainbow.” she said, “Why wouldn’t we show up?”
The pegasus scratched the back of her head. “I dunno. Usually you have studying to do, Fluttershy has her animals, and I’m pretty sure Rarity has dresses to work on.”
At the sound of her name, Rarity spoke up. “Well, I do have things I could work on…” she started, but a look from Applejack and Twilight made her change her mind, “But why miss the opportunity of spending time with friends?”
Rainbow merely smiled. When she was about to say something else, crackling could be heard through the speakers around the area, then a voice sounded through.
“Would all spectators please take their seats at the stadium. The show is about to start!”
Soon, all the ponies that were just standing around started rushing towards the large structure, sweeping Twilight and the others with them. Before they got too far, Applejack yelled back “Hey Big Mac, can ya watch the stand?!?”
“Eeyup!” the stallion shouted back.
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“Well, that was rather, um, fun?” a white unicorn asked her friends as they made their way back from the show.
A cyan blur stopped right next to Rarity. “Fun? It was the most awesomely, amazingly, coolest thing ever!” Rainbow Dash shouted, lifting Rarity off the ground into an unexpected, gripping hug. At the sound of wheezing, Rainbow looked and noticed she was slightly choking her friend. “Heh, sorry…” she said, putting the dress maker down.
Pinkie Pie, who was bouncing behind them while stuffing her face with a variety of goods, stopped all of a sudden. “Hey, isn’t that one of the performers?” she asked, pointing a hoof at a stallion with a baby blue coat and navy blue mane.
Rainbow’s eyes became as wide as plates. “Oh my god it’s Soarin’!! What I wouldn’t give to meet him.”
“So why not go say hi?” asked Fluttershy, who’s been quiet throughout the day.
“Well, um, I… I don’t know… I mean what if he doesn’t want to be bothered or something?” their cyan friend asked, unsure as to what to do.
Applejack trotted up to her friend. “It’s real simple sugar, ya just go up, introduce yerself, and take it from there.”
Rainbow Dash gulped. “We-well… if you say so.”
Rainbow took in a deep breath, and started to trot over to the relaxing Wonderbolt. Upon hearing her hoofsteps, Soarin’ opened one of his eyes.
“H-hey-hey there.” Rainbow said, trying not to sound nervous. “I-I’m Rainbow Dash.”
Unexpectedly, Soarin’ shot up and started shaking Rainbow’s hoof wildly. “Well, hey! I remember you, you saved me at the Best Young Flyer Competition AND saved my pie at the gala!”
“Yea, heh, that was me. So… what are you up to?”
“Oh I’m just relaxing a little bit. Waitin’ for Spitfire to come back.”
As if by the magic of her name, a golden-yellow mare with an orange, windswept mane landed lightly by the two ponies.
Rainbow Dash could feel her heartbeat go into overdrive.
“Oh my gosh! It’s Spitfire!” the cyan pegasus shrieked.
The Wonderbolts captain looked over to Rainbow Dash, smiling when she recognized her. “Hey kid, I remember you. How ya been?”
Rainbow couldn’t say anything; she merely hovered in place with a huge smile plastered on her face. Spitfire started giggling at the display. “I take it you’re doing well then.” Then she turned to her friend and handed some papers from her saddlebags. “Here ya go Soarin’. Everything’s set and done, as of right now you’re no longer a Wonderbolts. It’s a shame that you’re retiring so early, oh well, I hope the best for you.” Spitfire gave him a hug then flew off to help the others pack up.
The weather pony looked confused, “Wait, you’re retiring, er, retired? But why?”
Soarin’ looked at her and smiled. “Well it was fun and all, but I’ve gotten to a point where I’d like to settle down and enjoy some freedom. You know what I mean?”
“Well, do you have a place to stay?”
The ex-Wonderbolt sat there and thought, he didn’t really have a permanent place. After he told Rainbow, she got another smile. “Well, if you want I can show you around Ponyville and maybe help you think about staying here?” she asked, half-hoping he’d say yes.
“It’s a date then. I’ll meet you at the town center around 8 o’clock.” Soarin’ said with a wink before flying off to his tent. For the rest of the day, Rainbow Dash felt like she was in a hazy dream, and she was lovin’ it.
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“It’s 8:15, where is he?” Rainbow thought to herself. She was sitting on a bench in town center waiting for Soarin’, surprised she wasn’t late showing up like usual. “I swear to Celestia if he doesn’t show up…” Rainbow’s thoughts were interrupted by a tapping on her shoulder. Turning around she saw the baby blue stallion smiling at her.
“Sorry I’m late, had a little bit more to pack up than I thought. So, shall we start?” Soarin’ asked, walking up to Rainbow Dash. The mare simply nodded, and together the two pegasi took a leisurely stroll around Ponyville. Normally it’d make sense to show a pony the town during the day, but Soarin’ figured it’d be easier at night since there would be a lower risk of ponies surrounding him for autographs and photos.
“And that’s Sugarcube Corner where you’ll find the best baked goods in Equestria. Although I wouldn’t tell Applejack that, she might take offence and insist her apple pies are better.” Rainbow finished explaining on their last stop.
Soarin’ sat down and thought for a minute. “Applejack… Is that the orange mare I bought a pie from at the gala?” he asked.
Rainbow Dash nodded her head. At the confirmation, the stallion’s eyes lit up, “Oh man! I dunno, the pie I had tasted amazing. Guess I’ll have to try Sugarcube Corner’s goods tomorrow morning.”
“So you’re staying?” Rainbow asked, her eyes lighting up.
Soarin’, deciding to flirt a little bit, looked at one of his hooves with a careless expression. “I don’t know. Maybe if a certain mare were to let me take her on a real date, I might.” When he looked at Rainbow, Soarin’ saw her ears droop a little bit.
“Oh… And who would that mare be?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Heh, I meant you.”
“Right, I knew that…”
“Of course you did. So how about we meet here say… next week? That way I have time to get a place and move in.”
Rainbow Dash’s eyes lit back up and she almost tackled the ex-Wonderbolt. “I would love to!”
The stallion wrapped his assailant in a tight hug before letting go. “See ya around Rainbow.” he said with a sly wink before flying off.
“Awww, those two make a great couple.” Pinkie Pie said to herself before leaving her window and going back to bed. “Guess I got some new parties to plan for Soarin’ and Dashie.”
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A Week Later
Ding… Ding
Rainbow Dash opened the door, the bell hanging above alerting anypony in the shop she was there. As she approached the counter, her vision was suddenly filled with pink, a set of blue eyes staring at her.
“HI DASHIIIEEE!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed.
“Uh, hey, Pinkie Pie. Good to see you, but would you mind getting off?”
“Sure!”
As soon as Rainbow got up and dusted herself off, she noticed Pinkie’s smiling even bigger than usual.
“Umm, Pinkie?”
“Yes, Dashie?” she responded, batting her eyelashes.
“Why do you seem more, umm, excited than usual?” Rainbow asked curiously.
Her pink friend held one of her hoofs up to her mouth as she giggled. “Why ‘cause of your date! I’m so happy for you and Soarin’!” the party mare explained.
Rainbow Dash became flustered. “Wha-wh-what date?” Rainbow asked. All of a sudden she zipped up snout-to-snout with Pinkie. “How’d you find out about that?!?”
Pinkie coyly smiled as she walked back behind the counter. “I have my ways.” she simply said.
Before the pegasus could respond, another walked in with a smile on his face. “Mornin’ everypony!” Soarin’ said.
The pink pony waved a hoof at the new guest. “Heya, Soarin’! Come to pick up your order for you and Dashie?” she asked.
Puzzled, the stallion answered, “Yea… How’d you know about that?”
Again, Pinkie Pie simply giggled before placing the package on the counter and ringing up the cost. After Soarin’ paid, he and Rainbow walked outside and prepared to fly off for their date.
“So, how did she know that the package was for our date?” he asked Rainbow.
The mare merely rolled her eyes. “Who knows? That’s Pinkie for ya.”
“So in other words, don’t try to figure how she works or why she says the things she says?”
“Yea, pretty much.”
“Ok then, Dashie”
Rainbow’s cheeks turned a bright red at the sound of Soarin’ using the name Pinkie uses for her. She then took a look around her, and noticed that they were flying at cloud level over the Everfree Forest.
“Hey, where we going anyways?” she asked her partner.
“You’ll see. We’re almost there.” Soarin’ replied.
After a few more minutes of travel, the two ponies alighted on a cloud. From their vantage point, they could see miles of forest with Ponyville and Canterlot an equal distance away on either side of them.
Soarin’ placed the package down and opened it. Inside it contained a small lunch for each of them. Soarin’s was a dandelion sandwich with two apples and some apple juice; Rainbow’s was an apple and orange salad with toast and grape juice. So the two simply laid on the cloud, eating and talking like an actual date. After they were done, they snuggled up and rested, deciding to look at the scenery. When some time had passed, Rainbow decided to ask some questions that’ve been on her mind.
“Hey, Soarin’”
“Hmm?”
"Why did you decide to leave the Wonderbolts?”
“For a few reasons. The two big ones where the fact that I was getting tired of always traveling around and never being able to stay in one place for more than a few days. Another is the popularity; it gets pretty annoying and tiresome when everywhere you go fans are herding around you asking for pictures and autographs. But there was also a personal issue.”
“Would it be alright if I asked what it was?”
The baby blue stallion chuckled a little bit. Then his eyes became slightly hazy, remembering what happened only a few months ago.
“It was between me and Spitfire.”
“Wait, you two dated?”
“Yep. It started out alright, everything seemed perfect. But then I guess when you date a co-worker who’s also your boss, things do tend to go downhill. We were dating for only five months when the arguments, and the fights, and other such things started happening. After a few weeks of that we called it quits and decided one of us will have to quit the Wonderbolts, otherwise things might’ve gotten ugly. Since Spitfire is the captain, I decided I should be the one. And here we are now.”
Rainbow’s ears drooped as she stared at her hooves. “I’m sorry to hear that.”
Soarin’ nuzzled her. “It’s alright. We’re still good friends. Guess we just weren’t meant to be more than that.”
“Do you like me?”
The stallion looked a little confused at the random question. But when he stared into Rainbow’s magenta eyes, he couldn’t help but smile at her.
“If I didn’t, do you think we’d be here?” he asked, draping a wing over her.
Rainbow Dash started blushing again. “So… Are we a couple?”
“Heh, if you want.”
Even thought it wasn’t the answer she was looking for, Rainbow couldn’t help but smile and nuzzle her new coltfriend.
“So where are you living?” she asked.
“Down in Ponyville. Next to an interesting couple I might add.”
“Really? How so?”
“Well, it’s an earth pony and unicorn couple, but nothing odd about that. It’s that every time they’re talking, I always hear a different voice from one while the other voice is the same. And a few times I’ve noticed the unicorn trying to walk on her hind legs and sitting on their couch weird like.”
“Huh, that is kind of weird. So what would you say to spending the night at my house?” Dash asked, gently batting her eyes.
The next thing she new, Soarin’ was in the air with a grin plastered on his face. “Race you there!” he shouted as he started speeding off towards the tower of clouds in the distance.
”Heh, that’s fine. I hope he doesn’t get too exhausted before tonight.” the mare thought to herself as she bolted after Soarin’.
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One Month Later
“You’re pregnant.” the doctor put bluntly.
“What!?!” Rainbow and Soarin’ asked at the same time.
The doctor rolled his eyes and sighed, needing to tend to more patients. “You. Are. Pregnant.” he repeats.
“How long have I been pregnant?!” Rainbow asked.
“A month. Now do you mind? I have patients that need me. Any other questions and a nurse can probably answer them.” With that, the doctor gets up from behind his desk and walks out the room, mumbling to himself.
Rainbow Dash and Soarin’ sit there, looking at each other. They were both lost and confused as to what to do now.
“I know, let’s go to Twilight. She may have some books to help us.” the cyan pegasus said.
Soarin’ nodded in agreement, and with that both pegasus left the hospital and headed towards the library. It was a few weeks into the winter season so it was really cold, windy, and rainy out, slowing down the pegasus some on what should’ve been a short trip. When they finally arrived, instead of knocking, they burst through the door and slam it shut. The sudden noise caused Twilight to lose focus and drop some books she was levitating.
“Rainbow, Soarin’, can I help you with something?” the purple mare asked, levitating the books back onto the tables.
Rainbow started blushing a little bit while her coltfriend looked around uneasy. “Umm, yea. Do you have any books on pregnancy?” the cyan mare asked.
“Well sure, but what for?” Twilight asked, levitating the books off the shelves and placing them in front of the couple. From the weird looks she got from them, she figured it out. “Eeeee!” she exclaimed, “You’re pregnant aren’t you!?”
Her pegasus friend nodded, placing the books in their saddlebags. The next thing she knew, Rainbow was swept up into a hug from Twilight. After returning the hug back and making sure they had everything, Rainbow and Soarin’ headed back to Soarin’s home. On the way there, the stallion notices something down an alleyway and took off towards it, followed by his marefriend.
“Hey Soarin’, what’s up?” Rainbow Dash asked when she caught up.
The baby blue pegasus scanned the area. “I thought I saw something scurry back here…”
“Hmm, well I don’t see anything. C’mon, let’s head home.”
Just as they turned around, there was a loud clattering sound as a trash can got knocked over. Turning around, Rainbow thought she noticed a blur of orange rush into a small cardboard box. Cautiously walking forward, the rainbow maned mare peered into it, gasping at what she saw.
“Scootaloo!”
The small filly wearily smiled at her idol. “Hey, Rainbow Dash.” she shyly said.
“What’re you doing here? It’s cold and rainy; you’ll get sick if you’re not careful.” Rainbow chastised, sweeping the small pony into her arms to warm her up.
“I know…” Scootaloo weakly said, obviously tired and hungry.
Rainbow unlatched her coat and placed Scootaloo on her back. She then lightly place the coat back on, making sure it kept the filly warm while her head was still able to poke out.
“Let’s get you home. Where do you live?”
When Scootaloo didn’t answer, Soarin’ knew something was up. Walking up to the shivering child, he looked her right in the eye with a caring expression.
“You’re an orphan, aren’t you?” he quietly said.
Scootaloo slowly nodded, tears starting to run down her face. Rainbow turned her head, her own eyes filled with sadness.
“I-I’m sorry, I didn’t know. How long have you been an orphan?” she asked.
The orange pony sniffled and wiped her face; taking a deep breath she explained it all. “My parents abandoned me after I was born, to my understanding they didn’t even take me out of the hospital. So the staff just dropped me off at an orphanage. It was alright for a time, until I could walk and talk, then it was like I wasn’t even there. I left the orphanage two years ago and have been living on the streets since.”
Soarin’ nuzzled the little pony. “Poor kid. C’mon, we’ll take you to our house.”
“R-really?” Scootaloo asked. She couldn’t believe that an ex-Wonderbolt was offering to let her live with him and her idol.
“You bet, squirt.” Rainbow responded. Soon, the little family left the alley way and headed home.
When they got there, the first thing that happened was Rainbow Dash gave Scootaloo a bath to wash the muck and cold off her. Then they sat down to a nice dinner, where Soarin’ and Rainbow got to know the filly a little better. After words, they tucked her in and went to bed themselves, talking about the day’s events.
“Wow, I feel so bad that I never noticed Scootaloo was an orphan…” Rainbow sadly said, her eyes starting to brim with tears.
Soarin’ nuzzled his marefriend and brushed her mane with his hoof. “It’s alright, there’s no way you could’ve known.”
“Yes there was!” the mare exclaimed, sitting up in bed, “All the times she watched me practiced, always hanging out with her friends at their houses. It was so clear.”
Soarin’ sat up so he could see her eye-to-eye. Smiling he asked, “So why don’t we adopt her?”
Rainbow’s eyes lit up. “Yea. Let’s do it! Tomorrow we’ll go down to Town Hall and adopt Scootaloo!”
The stallion chuckled. “You go do that. I have some things I have to do tomorrow.” Then he kissed Rainbow good night and laid back down. Rainbow did the same; only sleep didn’t come as easily to her, so she laid back thinking about the only thing she could: the baby.
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“Well there you go Rainbow. You and Soarin’ are now guardians of Scootaloo.” Mayor Mare said, handing the signed and processed adoption papers.
Grabbing the papers and thanking the mayor, Rainbow Dash then headed outside and flew towards Twilight’s house to drop off the books.
“Scootaloo’s gonna be so happy! Maybe Pinkie will throw a party for everypony…” the pegasus started thinking on the way to library.
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“Thanks, Sparkler. She’ll love it!” Soarin’ yelled back into the jewelry shop he and Scootaloo were leaving.
Making sure his gift was safe and his saddlebags were secure, the stallion lifted up Scootaloo and the two took off towards home.
“Hey Soarin’?” the filly asked.
“Yea?”
“Why’d you buy that gift for Rainbow Dash?”
Soarin’ chuckled. “You’ll see later tonight kiddo. It’s a surprise for her, just like we got one for you.”
Scootaloo gasped. “Really?!? What is it?”
“If I told you then it wouldn’t be a surprise, now would it?” he asked, winking at the child.
Scootaloo tightened her grip on his neck, smiling to herself at all the thoughts that the surprise could be.
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Later that day
Knock, Knock, Knock.
Rainbow opened up her door and smiled at the ponies waiting outside. “Hey everypony, glad to see you made it!” she said.
Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom ran in excitedly, looking to catch up with their friend, followed by Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy.
“Well of course we’d come sugar. Y’all said it was a special occasion.” Applejack said, heading towards the food table to grab a drink.
“And Sweetie Belle hasn’t seen Scootaloo since school got out for their winter break. It’d be good for them to hang out for a bit.” Rarity replied.
Fluttershy simply smiled at Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow, a little bit puzzled, nudged the yellow pegasus. “Fluttershy, is everything alright? I know you’re quiet but this is ridiculous.” she asked, worried about her friend.
The shy pony hid behind her mane, prompting Rarity to sidle up next to her and explain. “I’m afraid the poor dear got a sore throat. So she doesn’t want to talk and risk making it worse.”
“I’m sorry about that ‘Shy. Would you like some tea or something?” the cyan pegasus asked.
Her yellow friend simply nodded. With that Rainbow zipped out the room and came back with a steaming cup of tea and a kettle that contained the rest of it.
“Here ya go. Just let me know if you want more. Have fun you two!” Rainbow said, going to the door to welcome more ponies.
Every pony at the party seemed to be having a blast. Pinkie and the kids were playing games, Rarity was talking with some ponies about fashion and getting orders done, Applejack, leaning on some unknown stallion, was talking to some ponies with Fluttershy simply listening and nodding her head once in awhile, and Twilight appeared to be boring somepony with her science-y stuff. When everyone in the room seemed to quiet down and started getting tired, Rainbow Dash and
Soarin’ decided to make their announcements.
Standing up, Soarin’ cleared his throat. “Attention, everypony! Dash and I have some announcements to make!”
When all eyes were upon the couple, they smiled at one another and announced in unison, “We’re having a baby!”
At first the room was dead silent, except for Spike munching on snacks. Then everypony erupted into applause and cheer. After they all quieted down again, Rainbow pulled out some papers and called Scootaloo over. Excited, the orange filly ran up and hopped on to Rainbow’s back. To her disappointment, the cyan mare put her down and sat in front of her.
“Scootaloo,” Rainbow Dash said while staring at the small pony, “I know you’re life has been hard. You’ve been alone and fighting for your whole life. Well that ends today. Because as of this morning, Soarin’ and I adopted you!”
After hearing the last sentence, Scootaloo sat there frozen, tears falling down her face. All of a sudden she leaped up and hugged Rainbow Dash. Her hug was returned by the mare and Soarin’ while all the ponies in the room awww’d and applauded.
“Now there’s just one more thing left.” Soarin’ said mischievously.
When Rainbow Dash and the other ponies looked at him in confusion, the pegasus winked at Scootaloo. Getting the hint, the small filly ran out of the room and came back with the box that they purchased earlier. Thanking his daughter, Soarin’ took the box and faced Rainbow Dash.
“Rainbow,” he whispered sweetly, “Will you marry me?” And with that, Soarin’ opened the box to reveal a pair of diamond engagement earrings.
“I...I, uh…” the mare stuttered. Truthfully, she was shocked. Worried, Soarin’ gave her a sympathetic look. When the tears started falling down her face, Rainbow Dash took a big breath and looked the stallion in the eyes.
“Yes.” she simply said, choosing to tackle her fiancé in a hug.
Then every living thing in the house exploded with laughter, cries of joy, and hollering.
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Five Months Later
”Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh! I can’t believe it’s really happening!”
Rainbow Dash was pacing about in her bedroom, her five friends trying to calm her down.
Fluttershy, Rainbow’s oldest and longest friend, spoke up first, “It’s alright, Rainbow Dash. Just take a few deep breaths and try to relax.”
“She’s right you know. Plus all this worrying will put stress lines on your face, and you don’t want that now do you?” Rarity asked while adding the final touches to Rainbow’s wedding dress.
“I think,” Twilight started to say, placing a calming on hoof on Rainbow’s shoulder, “what Rarity was trying to say is that you should calm down and not worry about so much. You have the five of us. And besides, you love Soarin’, don’t you?”
All of a sudden, Rainbow Dash stopped, spun around, and glared at Twilight.
“Of course I love him!” she yelled. Noticing all of her friends were staring at her and Twilight looked hurt, Rainbow Dash sighed a little bit. “I’m sorry, Twilight. I didn’t mean to yell at you.”
The purple mare simply walked and gave her friend a hug, followed by the other four ponies.
Meanwhile, outside in the town square, there were ponies rushing about making sure everything was perfect.
Everypony, except for Soarin’, who stood rooted in place next to the fountain. Big Mac, Spike, and Scootaloo where trying to relax him, but to no avail.
“C’mon dad! We need to get you ready by the altar!” the orange filly said, tugging at Soarin’s tuxedo sleeve.
Big Mac was behind the baby blue pegasus, trying to push him. Spike hopped onto Soarin’s back, trying to at least get his wings to loosen up.
“She’s right-ugh- ya know.” the red stallion said. Figuring he was all out of options, Big Mac told the children to step aside. He was going to buck the stubborn pegasus. Rearing up on his hind legs, the massive stallion took aim. Right when he was about to buck Soarin’, trumpets sounded through the town, alerting the residents that the wedding was starting. As if by magic, the pegasus responded and shot off towards Town Hall. The unexpected disappearance caused Big Mac to buck the air and fall flat on his stomach. With a single motion, he quickly recovered from the fall, took the kids, and ran off after Soarin’.
It was noisy and crammed full of ponies inside the building. It seemed almost like everypony from Ponyville, Canterlot, and Cloudsdale attended. Of course to make things easy the chairs were separated into sections: The Wonderbolts, friends, family, and the Princesses in the front rows; Ponyville residents behind them; Cloudsdale residents up in the balconies; and Canterlot residents in the remaining seats. Mayor Mare was up front, seeing as how she was the one performing the ceremony.
When every pony was in and seated, the mayor called for silence. Then, looking at where an organ was sitting, she nodded. The pony behind the instrument got the queue and started playing. All eyes turned to the back. When the doors opened, in walked Rainbow Dash in her wedding dress, followed by her friends. When they made their way up to the altar,
Rainbow stood next to Soarin’ while Fluttershy, Applejack, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity stood behind her.
The mayor cleared her throat. “Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today to witness and celebrate the union of Rainbow Dash and Soarin’. Now before I begin, is there anypony who thinks these two should not be together?”
At first the entire room was silent. Scootaloo peered over the heads of the ponies, giving any who looked at her a daring
glare as if to say “Try to stop this, and I will end you.” Seeing as no pony came forward, Mayor Mare started again, only to be stopped by one pony.
“Wait!”
Everypony in the audience looked around with confusion. Why would any pony stop these two, they were perfect for each other. That’s when Spitfire stood up. Soarin’ let out a little groan.
“Spitfire? Why would you try to stop us from getting married? You’re still not upset about us breaking up are you?” Soarin’ asked, slightly confused and slightly upset.
The fire maned mare sighed and looked at her hooves. “No, Soarin’. I’m not trying to stop anything. I just wanted to apologize about everything that has happened between us and that I miss you on the Wonderbolts. And also… To congratulate you. It seems like you found the perfect mare and I hope you guys have a wonderful marriage.”
When she looked up, her eyes were brimming with tears.
“Take care of him, Rainbow.” Spitfire said.
Rainbow Dash smiled at her idol. “I will.” she promised.
When Spitfire sat back down, Mayor Mare continued.
“Soarin’, do you take Rainbow Dash to be your mare?”
“I do.”
“And Rainbow Dash, do you take Soarin’ to be your stallion?”
“I do.”
“Then by the power vested in me by Celestia and Luna, you are hereby husband and wife. You may kiss now.”
That’s exactly what they did. Soarin’ and Rainbow Dash embraced each other, flying up in to the air and rolling about. When they landed and broke it off, dance music started playing, prompting every pony to start partying.
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Five Months Later
“Are we late?! Did we miss it!?!” a disheveled Rarity asked.
“Nah. She just went inta the room a few moments ago.” Applejack said while rocking her son.
With a relieved sigh the white unicorn walked in, followed by a humming Sweetie Belle and stumbling Frostfyre, who was just learning how to walk. As Rarity took her seat, Sweetie Belle walked over and started talking with Scootaloo and Apple Bloom; Frostfyre walked over to play with his own friends, Apple Cobbler and Apple Tart.
After about two hours of waiting, Soarin’ walked into the waiting room. He looked like he just flown through a few storms.
His eyes were bloodshot, mane and tail were messy, and his wings hung limp at his sides. When he saw the ponies waiting, he wearily smiled at them.
“Hey everypony. When did you guys get here?” he asked.
“Mmm, about two hours ago.” Twilight responded.
Fluttershy, who had been entertaining the younger ponies, glided over to Soarin’.
“Is she done yet? Is the baby born?” she asked, her voice filled with a mixture of happiness and pride for her friend.
The stallion simply sighed as he walked over to get a cup of coffee. “No. Doc says it’ll be about another two to three hours before the baby’s born. Darn thing’s being stubborn.” he said.
Applejack chuckled. “Wonder where the foal gets it from.” she said smugly.
“Most likely from her mother…” Soarin’ teasingly said. Sitting down with Scootaloo, he noticed the shocked expression on every ponies face. “What? Oh that’s right… Dash and I forgot to tell you that we’re having a filly.”
Scootaloo started jumping around, her buzzing wings giving her some lift. “Oh boy I get a little sister to play with!”
“Hehe, that’s right squirt.” Soarin’ replied, picking up his daughter and rubbing her mane.
So everypony sat waiting some more in the hospital. Each one feeling their own mixture of emotions. Anxiety, happiness, worry, these were just a few of the feelings. After what seemed like ages, Nurse Redheart walked in, looking much worse than Soarin’ did.
“The baby has been born. It’s a healthy young pegasus filly.” she announced. She suppressed a yawn before ushering Soarin’ and Scootaloo in first. The others would have to wait a little bit longer before they could see their friend and her child.
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“Hey Soarin’, Hey Scoots.” Rainbow Dash greeted her family.
“Hey mom.”
“Hey, honey, how ya feeling?” Soarin’ asked.
Rainbow chuckled a little bit. “Like I just got done flying for a few days straight. C’mon over here you guys, say hello to the newest addition to our family.”
Soarin’ walked over, helping Scootaloo get on the bed. When they were gathered around, Rainbow Dash moved aside some of the cloth in her arms to reveal a sleeping filly. She had an ice-blue coat, when she opened her eyes; she revealed a set of beautiful sky-blue eyes. Her mane was interesting though; it was blue, but it was seven different shades of blue in a rainbow like pattern.
“Aww, she looks so cute!” Pinkie cooed.
“Gah!” Soarin’ exclaimed, jumping over the bed in surprise. Somehow, Pinkie Pie ended up right next to him. “Pinkie, how in Celestia’s name did you get in here?” he asked.
“By the door like everypony else.” she replied as if it was obvious.
“I know that. I mean the nurse only let family in, how did you get in?”
“Oh, well the nurse let the rest of us come back here, look, here comes everypony else!” The pink mare pointed at the door, and sure enough Twilight and the rest of the group walked through.
“Hey Rainbow. How you holding up?” the purple unicorn asked.
The cyan mare smiled at her friends. “I’m doing alright, though I hope I never have to go through it again.”
“So what’d ya name her?” Applejack asked.
“I named her Glide… Unless Soarin’ has a problem with that?” At this, the mare looked at her husband, who nuzzled her.
“It’s a lovely name.” he said.
Just as the every pony was getting comfortable and talking, a nurse walked in.
“Sorry to disturb you all, but visiting hours are over and the baby needs to be taken to our pediatrician for checkup.” she said.
With resentfulness, all the ponies but Soarin’ and Scootaloo got up. When they’ve said their goodbyes, they left and the nurse took the baby from Rainbow Dash. After she closed the door, the cyan mare looked at her family with some curiosity.
“What?” Soarin’ asked.
“Well, aren’t you two gonna go home where the comfortable beds are?” Rainbow asked.
“Well I thought we were going to keep you company.” the stallion smugly argued back.
“Fine, fine. Hey, Scoots come here. You’re gonna sleep in the bed with me, your father can sleep on the cold, hard ground.” Rainbow Dash shot her husband an ‘I win.’ look.
“That’s fine. As long as my two ponies are happy, I’m happy.” he said. And with that, he kissed his wife and daughter goodnight and sprawled on the small couch in the room, immediately falling asleep. Rainbow and Scootaloo following suit.
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I thought I'd give you some contructive feedback here; help you improve a bit.
First off, you start the story with the weather. That is a really cliche and amateur way to start a story, and it's generally frowned upon. Try to start stories with something that will hook the reader. The weather doesn't really do that.
Secondly, you have a lot more tell than show. I'm not sure if you're familiar with the show rule, but you need to do it. It immerses the reader into the world and story you're telling. It gives it depth and makes it much more interesting. Writing is not about telling the reader that it's raining; it's about making the reader feel as if they were being rained upon.
That's all I could see with a brief first glance. If you need examples or elaboration, feel free to send me a PM.
When you do Pinkie Pie, are you going to pair her with Pokey Pierce?
Please
Really like these, by the way
404049 No Pinkie and Twilight are gonna have their own OC mates, srry man. And thanks!
403371 So the feedback, is it just for Ch 3 or for the whole story? And yea I know the weather thing is amateurish, but I'm a rookie with writing. Don't worry, I'll improve by my next story. And no, I don't think I'm familiar with the show rule
Thanks for the feedback though!
Good chapter overall but I feel the scootaloo was a bit rushed. Can't wait for the Next chapter
404481 It's for the first chapter. The show rule is basically to imply things instead of just telling the person something happened. It's to make the reader feel as if they were there, actually sensing what the character is sensing. For example:
Twilight was tired because she had stayed up too late the night before reading an old astronomy textbook, and that was making her letter to Princess Celestia very difficult to write.
I don't know what you think, but for me, that version's a loser. The information is there, but it isn't elegant. It's like the Burj Kalifa with all the glass broken and half the concrete falling apart. It's there, but it isn't, you know, awesome.
For what seemed like the hundredth time, Twilight's head drooped towards the wrinkled yellow parchment lying on the desk before her. As her snout touched down with a painful thump, the purple-furred unicorn's head snapped back up, her eyes widening in shock for a second or two before crumpling into a scowl. She'd been sitting here for, what, twenty minutes now? And all she had to show for it was a splitting headache and a single line at the top of her paper: "Dear Princess Celestia..."
Twilight snorted and brought a hoof up to her forehead, the air feeling thick as molasses as she tried to lift her foreleg all the way up to her frazzled maneline. This wasn't that hard. This couldn't possibly be that hard. She'd been writing these letters every other Tuesday for the past year now, and she'd never had one single, solitary problem with it. And now: nothing. Her brain was on lockdown, and her eyes felt like something had dusted them with sand overnight. She could almost hear Spike's gratingly disapproving tone: Serves you right for staying up so late with your horn stuck in some chemistry textbook.
"First of all, it was astronomy," Twilight mumbled through clenched teeth at the reproachful baby dragon inside her head. "And second of all..."
A rogue beam of sunlight glanced off a nearby vase and flared out across the desk, sending Twilight's stomach into a tailspin. "...just shut up," she finished as her head fell onto her letter again. This time, it stayed there.
See? That is implying that Twilight is tired, instead of stating it outright. And yet, we get the same information from it. It immerses the reader into the story and brings them down to the character's level, instead of leaving them feeling like an overhead observer given minimal pieces of information, who will soon get bored. This changes what could have been a dull piece of work into a deep, engaging story.
414200 Well darn... I guess I got a loooong ways to go then.
*Squeeing in a low voice* Soarin', Scootaloo, and Rainbow Dash, hell yeah son, makes me want to play Gears of War and whoop some flank.
*Squeeing in a low voice* Soarin', Scootaloo, and Rainbow Dash, hell yeah son, makes me want to play Gears of War and whoop some flank.
On the verge of heart attack, I am, the best story this is not, but still very cute, it is.
This is cheesy as hell but oddly enough, it goes
My only criticism at the moment is that it's hard to keep track of when each of these story lines are taking place. I can only assume that they're being written in order of when each of the foals are born. But it's hard to tell when each of the chapters are taking place when they start. I mean, I think that chapter 2 starts off before chapter 1 starts off. And time wise, I assume chapter 3 starts off last (so far). Basically, each chapter is it's own story so far.
Criticisms aside, I'm loving how the story is coming along so far. I can't wait to see the next chapters. I'm almost afraid to know what kind of stallion will be paired with Pinkie Pie. He's gonna have to be either really patient in order to deal with her, or he has to be just as insane as her. And the latter is a scary thought.
636569 At first, I tried writing the chapters to start off relatively around the same place so the foals are about the same age, give or take a few months. But that became tiresome and somewhat irritating, so yes, each chapter is like it's own little story but I also try to make it part of one big story overall.
637416
Yeah, I understood that the individual stories were part of a greater story. It's just a little disorienting trying to figure out when the start of each of the chapters take place.
And I also pointed out that I was afraid to see who Pinkie will be paired with. But now I'm thinking that it might be scarier to think of what kind of foal Pinkie would have.
637820 Oh just imagine the stallion and foal almost exactly like Pinkie Pie, but different color scheme and as unicorns
637945
A Pinkie Pie-like character as a unicorn? I'd say that's even scarier than what I originally imagined. Imagine Pinkie Pie's randomness combined with unicorn magic. Or maybe somehow integrating Pinkie Pie's 'Pinkie Sense' with unicorn magic. Or her Pinkie Sense and her randomness with magic. I think there's a reason why they didn't make Pinkie Pie a unicorn.
637968 Well the idea is yes, they'll be random, love pranking, and can do some very 'unusual' things. But the unicorns won't misuse their powers... much
once again, you have given me the diabeetus. carry on.
Scootaloo is an orphan
And not the best chapter 
Wonderful,dahling!I got the last do-do!I got the last do-do!Sorry,I was watching looney tunes.
i love this story
it halreuse
BEST.CHAPTER.EVER!
Aww cute baby
2937164 It so funny how you probably love soar dash fic and I found you here I can't stop laughing!
Could you write more!?