The Fabulous Wonderbolts Part 1

by Primary213

Chapter 1

I remember the first time I saw the Wonderbolts. I was with my father and I was a young pony, so young that I didn't even remember what my father looked like,and my mother? I never knew my mother. All I remember was being at sweet apple acres in an open field on my father's back at a Wonderbolts performance. There was constant mumbling before the show,then a loud voice overcame the mumbling and a loud voice then said,

"Fillies and Gentlecolts. It is with great pride and honor that I present to you. Coming straight from cloudsdale. The fabulous Wonderbolts!" At that instant there was a boom in the sky and three Wonderbolts bolted through the sky above us and all I could hear over the crowd cheering was a whoosh right over the crowd and and left their infamous lightning trail after they bolted past us. My dad then looked and said to me,

"Well son what do you think about the Wonderbolts? Pretty cool group of ponies huh?" I just nodded and thought,"wow how amazing it would be to be a Wonderbolt!" The bolts then worked around the sky, performing acrobatics and daring stunts leaving the audience in total awe. After the show I made a vow to myself that,"I,soarin, will become one of the best Wonderbolts and every pony will remember my name as one of the best flyers in all of equestria ever!" That was when I was still a naive pony and thought there wasn't gunna be any drama or issues in the academy.

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When I finally decided to go to the wonder point academy to try my best to become one of them. I have to admit, I was nervous. Word had gotten out that the Wonderbolts were looking for ponies to join up with them but they only had limited spots and could only recruit one day, which was today. I felt so nervous and and so many pegusai were coming to try to capture a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity such as I. When I arrived at the academy it was packed, there were ponies all over waiting for the captain to come out and give us the introduction and what the requirements were on becoming one of those magnificent flyers. Every pony was asking questions like what were we going to do or what is going to happen and if they were going to make it. Then we all heard a loud, demanding voice yell out,

"ATTENTION!" And every pony stood straight in lines with heads coaxed up and looking straight forward. Then, after every pony was in formation, a single Wonderbolt came out and was walking through the space in between the ponies. She had a collar light blue shirt on and a blue tie. The front of the shirt was decorated with metals all over. I recognized some of the metals, best flyer award, most daring tricks award, and the accuracy ribbon. Given to any pony who can perform any stunt with little to no errors at all. She had two pins on the collar, symbolizing that she was a captain. She then stopped about the in the middle of the crowd, cleared her throat and said,

"It's nice to see all these pegusai went out of there way and come here today. If my sources are correct, about one hundred and fifty of you came out today to give it your all and try to become one of the best flyers in all of Equestria, a Wonderbolt." All the ponies just looked at each other, then back at the captain. "My name? That's not important right now. What is important is that you know you will be given a series of challenges and you are to complete them with the best of your ability. Any questions?" Every pony was silent. "Good now let us begin! Follow the instructor and he will take you to the locker room where you will get your flight suits and goggles to start your training." We then moved along right behind the instructor. We went into a corridor with lamps on the roof that led to a doorway. Once we all entered through the doorway, it was a huge room full of flight outfits and goggles. The instructor then said,

"Go ahead and get one set of each and meet with the captain outside for the first challenge." When I put on that suit and goggles, I felt so amazed about how awesome it looked. It looked so glorious. The flaring blue and gold mixed with the bolt on the back of the suit. The suit demanded respect and nothing less. When I looked at myself in it I couldn't help but smiling and happiness overwhelmed me. I then proceeded outside and continued to the first designated area to want for challenge one.

"Let's do this!" I thought to myself. "Let's show them how much you deserve to be on this team!" All the ponies were finally out and then the captain came out with a whistle around her neck.

"For this first challenge, you are to take off when I blow the whistle and maneuver your way around an obstacle course up ahead and and when you finish, fly straight up to the finish line where I will be waiting. The only thing is, the obstacle course is a forest and you have to find your way out to the finish with good reaction time and amazing speed." We all heard the whistle and every pony bolted off the starting line! We were all going equally as fast then the forest came into sight and we all bolted straight into it. I heard a couple of ponies behind me hit trees and fall onto the ground. I was ducking and dodging as much as i could. I had determination to charge forward into the forest. I had practiced agility before and the forest wasn't really a problem for me.

"Come on faster! Don't let the trees slow you down, you gotta be able to work in sticky situations like this!" Said the captain from up above. We all continued forward. I finally got through the forest and all I needed to do was dart straight up and I would be done. I could hear ponies right behind me and I rushed upward but I saw two other ponies pass me at the finish line. I got frustrated at the fact that I knew I could've done better. I had preformed copious amounts of training for this but it still didn't get me first place.

"Good work ponies. Not the best, but credit is where credit is due." Said the captain as she walked by. I was breathing hard but managed to smile because I got somewhat complimented by the captain even though I knew I could've done better! After the other ponies finished, we went on the challenge number two.

"For this challenge, you must run the bolts track. But there is a catch, you must complete the track and beat the time one of the Wonderbolts will set right now as soon as I am done explaining." Said the captain. After the Wonderbolt was done, the time to beat was 1:30:00 flat! We were all shocked by that because normally it would take a pony two minutes or one forty five if your lucky. I started to get more nervous about this challenge. The bolts track is an amalgamation of sharp turns, elevation changes, curved corners, and hairpins! We went on the track in groups if five so there would be little to any interference with the ponies so they could get the best possible times. I waited until my name came up and I walked up to the starting line with four other ponies. I looked at the fastest current time and it was 1:31:29. I glared at the first turn and kneeled down to get ready for the whistle. The moment it went off we all dashed to the first turn. We entered the first turn around the same area and I managed to work my way up to first place. My agility training was really paying off. I kept at it turn by turn, corner by corner. The weird part was...I felt like I was having fun. I felt at peace and that nothing could bother me. I was gliding through the track like it was nothing.

"I feel.....like I have raced this track more then once." I said to myself. I kept at it until I saw the finish line then I went as fast as I could and the instant I got past the line, I turned to see what time I got. Sure enough my name was there: Soarin 1:29:32! I was filled with joy. I triumphantly marched off the course and sat down and just kept looking at my time in immense pride. When every pony finished my time stayed in top! Only one other pony came close to beating my time was a pony named Rainbow Dash. She got 1:29:55. I had to know who she was but I wasn't paying attention to anything at the moment.

"Fancy wing work you did in there, impressive if I don't say so myself." Said the captain to me as she walked by

"Thank you captain." I replied and I smiled as she left. When we got to the third challenge area, the captain was on a cloud above us.

"For this challenge, you must impress me with any trick you can successfully pull off and I will give you each individual scores based on your performance." The captain said. You could see that we were all getting very nervous about this challenge. Every pony was thinking of a trick to do to impress the captain. I already knew which trick to pull off. It was the infamous bolts rampage. It is a double backflip in view of the sun, then a descent and right as your about to hit the ground you do a sharp turn, ricochet off a cloud, and stop right in front of the audience, in this case, the captain. I knew it would work to impress her. It was at this challenge where I met my competitor of the last challenge, Rainbow Dash. She went right before me and did an absolutely amazing stunt. The captain gave her an eight.

"Great stunt. I loved it!" I said to her as she went by. I smiled as she went by and she smiled back. I then went out in front of the captain.

"Name?" Said the captain.

"Soarin" I replied.

"We'll go ahead. Impress me." She said to me. She had a clipboard and a pencil. The board had names and numbers right next to the names. I then swallowed my nervousness and took off upwards at breakneck speeds. I then proceeded into the double backflip and all the crowd could see was my shadow in view of the sun. I then darted straight down and kept going until I got so close to a tree on the ground, I felt the leaves on my hooves. I took a sharp turn right, then up and ricocheted off a cloud and stopped right before hitting the captain.

"Nice choice on the rampage, but it could use some improvement." Said the captain while looking down at the board. I looked at the number she put down. It was a seven. I flew back to my seat and felt disappointed with my performance. I knew I could've done it with better precision.

"But I guess what's done is done." I said to myself and ended with a sigh.

"Don't be too sad, I liked it." I looked up and saw Rainbow Dash standing in front of me. I smiled and she sat next to me.

"How are you so amazing with stunts? I mean you were amazing out there!" I asked her.

"It was nothing really, just something I made up while training for this whole thing." She replied. I still felt a little sad about my performance, but she helped to cheer me up and I felt better.

"My name is Soarin, and you?" I said to her as I cleared my throat.

"Rainbow Dash." She replied in a happier tone.

"Glad to meet a pony like you, I really hope you make it." I told her.

"Thanks same goes to you, uh soarin is it?" She replied. She then got up and left to talk with other pegusai. I had to admit, I liked meeting her. She was a very kind Pegasus, yet a competitive one like me. There was something about her that just felt reassuring too. Something like everything would be alright while I'm around her. After the third competition was over, every pony had ten minutes to rest and relax. I decided to talk with Rainbow more because she was the only Pegasus I knew there. We just talked about our backgrounds and what we like and stuff like that until we were called back for the last challenge. For the last challenge we had to be in groups of two so naturally I partnered up with Rainbow Dash.

"For this challenge, you are to do a double performance in sync with your partner as much as you can while me and two of my colleagues grade your performance." Said the captain. I peered over at Dash and we both looked a little confused on how we were going to do this. But we both decided that I was going to do my best to follow her moves while being right next to each other. It was a risky tactic, but we had to manipulate it and make it work. The other pegusai were having as much of a dilemma as we were. They weren't doing so good and I started feeling more nervous the more ponies I saw go up. Then finally it was us up.

"Names?" Said the captain.

"Rainbow Dash and Soarin." I replied. They all wrote down something on their clipboards.

"Proceed." Said the captain. We looked at each other and she took off and I closely followed on the side. She started off with a backflip then proceeded into a series of sharp turns and dives and it was becoming a problem for me. It was hard to keep up and I couldn't really tell what she was going to do next. But at one moment, I looked at her and she looked back at me and I looked into her eyes and something just...clicked. I can't tell what it was, but it was something amazing that's all I know. I felt my nervousness and my mistakes vanish. Then, I could really show my potential. I could see her moves before she performed them. I did every exact move she did and we were in sync to the point that it looked like I was her shadow. Then we both split to different parts of the sky and we did the exact same moves, but in different parts of the sky and ended with us both looking at each other in front of the judges and we were both breathing hard but smiling. I looked over at the captain and her goggles were down and her mouth was open. They all put down a ten for us both! Me and Dash high fived each other and laughed as we sat down to watch the other ponies to go. When the other ponies finished, we finished first! That was the last of the challenges and every pony was exhausted.

"Alright every pony, you can go to to the locker rooms and leave the goggles and suits. The challenges are over and the winners will be decided tomorrow, so don't be late. You are dismissed." Said the captain. She then flew away with the clipboard and and went into the captains quarters. I went to the locker room and I took off my goggles and suit and I could hear all the ponies talking about their performance in the challenges. I couldn't find Rainbow Dash, so I decided to just call it a day and go home. I could start to feel the tiredness affecting me because of the adrenaline I was feeling during all the challenges, I wasn't feeling tired but I could feel it now. So I just went home and fell asleep because that was all I wanted so far, was sleep and nothing more.