Chapter 1
It was a sunny day with the birds chirping and the wind blowing in her mane. Her? Who was her? The one and only Rainbow Dash of course! The fastest flyer in Equestria.
She was currently racing through Ponyville, her home, to reach the Friendship Castle. Her friends were all going to be there, since she had asked them to meet her. She had some pretty exciting news, but as she drew closer she started to have doubts.
The Friendship Castle was nearing in sight and Dash sighed, she really had never thought about this earlier, because back then, she had nothing worth staying for.
She glided towards a stop right in front of the castle when she saw Pinkie Pie bouncing towards her.
"Hiya Dashie!!!!" Pinkie waved. Dash stopped and waited for Pinkie so they could enter together.
"Heya Pinks." Dash said as she joined her.
"…Soo, what kind of news do you have, eh?" asked Pinkie, narrowing her eyes trying to pry information.
"Nu uh, I'm gonna say it with the rest of the girls, so I'm not gonna spill the beans just yet." Dash chuckled.
"Shoot." She pouted.
They soon entered the throne room and it was filled with chatter but the girls quieted down as soon as they saw Dash and Pinkie enter. They took their seats and Twilight spoke up, "Well Dash, what did you want to tell us?"
Dash smiled and took a deep breath. "The Wonderbolts sent a letter over this morning."
The girls ears perked up. "Well? What was it about?" Applejack asked.
"Well, you can read it." She pulled out a letter and gave it to them. Twilight took the letter with her magic and they girls started to read it.
Reserve Rainbow Danger Dash,
This letter has been sent to you from the Wonderbolts HQ, and I would like to say that your time as a reserve is over, we want you to join the official squadron along with two other reserves. You must report to the compound at 10:00 am sharp. If you don't want the position please send a letter back and we will give the spot to another reserve.
Regards,
Captain Spitfire
The girls gasped, and drowned Rainbow Dash in a flurry of congratulations. This was very exciting news to them, they knew how much Dash had worked and wanted to join, so it made them really happy for her to finally achieve her dream.
"But…" Dash said after the girls had calmed down. "I don't know if I want to anymore……"
"WHAT?!?!" They screamed.
"But, Dash it's been your life's ambition!" Rarity said, puzzled.
"Yes…but, the Wonderbolts only give their elite members time off after a show, only one week! Other than that, it's just training—and that would be awesome, don't get me wrong but, that would mean I'd have to leave you guys. What if I forget about you? What if I let the fame get to my head again? What if I don't have the time anymore?What if—" She was cut off by Twilight.
"Now Rainbow Dash, I will not have any of these 'second thoughts'. You've worked too hard for this, practically your whole life!! You can't let that go to waste! Besides, we know you, you'd never forget us, and your the fastest flyer for Celestia's sake! I know you would make time, you always learn from your mistakes as well, so I don't think you'd ever let the fame get to your head again."
Tears formed in Dash's eyes, a rare sight to be seen from the prismatic pegasus. "I-I-I……"
"Come here, sugarcube." Applejack said and hugged her, and the others soon joined in.
Dash calmed down and wiped her tears. "Thanks guys, I needed that."
"It's no problem at all Sugarcube, we're here for ya, right girls?" Applejack asked earning a nod from the others.
"You're leaving tomorrow morning right?" Fluttershy asked.
"Yes…"
Tomorrow morning came quicker than any of them had thought, the girls had helped Rainbow Dash pack her saddle bags with the things required.
It was time. Dash and her friends were standing on the outskirts of town overlooking Cloudsdale.
"Well, guys this is where we part ways…" Her ears flopped down.
"Come now Dash, don't think of it as a sad farewell, just a happy 'till we meet again'." Fluttershy said with a sad smile.
"Rainbow…I have a friendship report to the princess, I know we don't do this sort of thing anymore but, I felt it necessary, because we used to do this alot." She pulled out a scroll with her magic that read:
Dear Princess Celestia,
Today we learnt that even if your friends have to carry on with their own lives, your friendship won't be broken as long as you keep trying. Rainbow Dash is pursuing her life ambition; to be a Wonderbolt, but as long as our bonds remain, we will always be together.
Signed,
The Friendship Council
Dash smiled, she had one heck of amazing friends, and she'd surely never forget them.
"Thank you guys."
And they hugged, parting ways, at least for now…
Dash flew at a relaxed pace towards the Wonderbolts HQ. She would have flown faster but she needed to clear her head, and it was a gorgeous day so who was she to complain?
The compound neared in sight and Dash took a deep breath.
It was now or never, she thought.
Rainbow landed right in front of the double doors and saw another pony land next to her.
It was another mare; she had a white coat, a midnight blue and neon blue mane, which was quite long. Her eyes were colored indigo and her cutie mark was a yellow colored crescent moon with a three blue toned lightning bolt shooting out of it.
She noticed Dash looking at her and smiled.
"Hi! My name's Midnight Blaze but call me Midnight and you are…?" Midnight asked.
"Oh, uh, I'm Rainbow Dash." Dash snapped out of her trance.
They both entered together and there was silence for a few moments until Midnight broke it.
"Are you one of the reserves for the full time positions?" She asked.
"Yeah, you too?"
"Yep." She closed her eyes and smiled. "I must admit, I'm pretty excited! But it was hard, leaving my family and my best friend, Magics Touch, who is a unicorn, behind."
"Tell me about it, it was pretty hard to leave my best of friends, I mean, we did practically everything together." Dash sighed.
"…Wait, aren't you part of the friendship council along with Princess Twilight and her friends?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah…"
"Wow. Then it must be really hard for you." Midnight paused. "Sorry, I'm not the type to be open about feelings, I just find it plain awkward."
Dash cracked a smirk. "Don't worry about it, we're on the same boat."
They soon arrived at Spitfire's office and saw another pony, a stallion with a red coat and a mane with the colors of a fire. His eyes were grey and his cutiemark was a flame with two trails following it.
He noticed the two of them and Midnight asked. "You must be the third reserve! I'm Midnight Blaze and this is Rainbow Dash." She pointed to Dash.
His eyes softened. "Hello, I'm Fire Raven and yes, I'm the third reserve."
"Great! Now let's go." Dash said and opened the door. Midnight and Fire glanced at each other and shrugged.
They entered the office and saw Spitfire filling out some documents with Soarin helping her out, but he looked like he'd sooner fly face fist into a mountain rather than do boring paper work. The office was blue colored and what you'd expect, it was filled with cabinets and trophies, and a few posters here and there, with Spitfire in the middle with her desk and a sleepy looking Soarin sitting opposite to her.
Midnight was about to say something but Soarin cut her off. "Spitfire!!!!! Let me out of here!!! I don't want to do paper work!!! Plleeaasse!!! Do a favour for your little brother!!!" He whined.
The reserves just stood there awkwardly unsure of what to do.
"Soarin, for the last time, I don't care if you're my brother, you're my second-in-command too! And you have to do your duty! Think of if the reserves were here, what they'd think of you, set an example idiot!"
Yep…Captain Spitfire and Soarin had no idea they were here. Midnight and Dash glanced at each other, then smirked. They looked at Fire and pushed him forward. He flattened his brow and sighed.
"But Spittttyyyy!!!" Soarin whined some more.
Spitfire was about to respond when someone cleared their throat. She flinched and Soarin nearly fell off his chair. They turned their head to see Rainbow, Midnight and Fire standing there, right behind them. Spitfire and Soarin stared at them and they stared back, well this was awkward…
Finally Spitfire broke the silence. "How long have you been there?"
"Since, Commander Soarin started whining?" Midnight winced, unsure if that was the right thing to say.
Spitfire looked at Soarin and gave him a look that said, 'I told ya so.' Soarin simply shrugged.
"Well, moving on from that awkward introduction, I see your on time. Good. I like punctuality." Spitfire said, glancing at the clock.
"Now, you obviously know why you're here, so welcome and all the good stuff. Remember, we are a ariel stunt team as well as a military Air Force, so I hope you three at least know the basics of combat?"
The three nodded. "My dad is in the Royal Guard, so you can say I've learnt a few things from him." Midnight said with a wink.
"I picked up fighting over the years, mostly in my childhood…lets just say I got into a lot of scuffles when I was younger." Dash said, chuckling.
"I took martial arts classes when I was younger, so yes, I do know how to fight." Fire said with a nod.
"Good. Now let me give your guide book that contains the rules of our compound, every newbie has one, you can read it later but, I will tell you the most important ones. Rule no. 1 A Wonderbolt shall not harm another Wonderbolt outside of training nor harm the property without a good reason. Rule no. 2 A Wonderbolt cannot date another Wonderbolt lest of causing distractions. Rule no. 3 A Wonderbolt shall not partake in another job, because I am definitely sure out payment is enough. Got it?" Spitfire asked and gave them the guide.
"Yes Ma'am." The said in unison, except for Rainbow Dash.
"Uh, Ma'am. Does being in the Council of Friendship count?" She asked.
Spitfire blinked and thought about it. After a few moments she replied with, "No. Equestria needs the council to protect it."
"Thank you Ma'am."
"Now moving on, Rainbow Dash, you will be taking the place of Wind Rider, Midnight Blaze, you will be taking the place of Rapidfire and Fire Raven you will take the place of Blaze, meaning you three will be working together. Here are your schedules for the month." She handed them each a piece of paper. "The schedules will change each month and I want one of you to come each month on the 1st." They nodded signalling they understood.
"Finally, there will be a ball in Canterlot castle, with the rest of the princesses there held in honour of you three. We would have done it differently but Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Princess Luna insisted for it. So that means, dancing. The ball will be in two weeks. Got it? Dismissed."
"I'm sorta jealous, I didn't get a ball in my honour." Soarin chuckled.
Spitfire facehoofed. "Sometimes I wonder how we're related." She muttered.
"Oh come on Spitty! Love and tolerate!"
Spitfire groaned, how did he ever become her second-in-command anyway?
The two weeks had passed in a breeze and Dash got to know her two teammates and they were quite fun! They were like her in one way or another.
Midnight liked to draw and she was quite good, and always tied her hair in a plait whenever she went to fly to prevent it from blocking her vision. She was tough too, not afraid of a little dirt.
Fire was mysterious and quite blunt but fun to be around. He had opened up to them in the past two weeks. He was really talkative and weird but in a good way. He liked writing poetry too.
Dash has been hanging out with Soarin as well. She had hung out before with him after the Wind Rider incident too. He had first suggested to hang out as an apology, but they found out they were more alike than they first thought, so the visits became more regular, and in time they became great friends.
Dash had said to Soarin one day that she didn't know how to dance and told that she didn't mention it earlier in Spitfire's office because she'd been embarrassed, and he told her there was nothing to be embarrassed about.
Dash went to Ponyville and had introduced her new friends to her old friends when she and her friends had gotten a day off during a maintenance of the water pipes……and Rarity started swooning at Fire Raven, of course…
Rarity had offered them dresses for the ball too, and they had agreed. Princess Luna had invited the girls to the ball, and they had gotten their dresses a few days ago as promised by Rarity.
It was the night before the ball, and Rainbow Dash couldn't sleep, she still hadn't learned how to dance! Maybe she'd tell Spitfire in the morning she couldn't dance…
Yeah…
That'd work…
*knock knock*
What now? Dash internally groaned, she was just about to fall asleep. She sighed, got up and walked towards the door.
"Yeshellowhaddyawant?" She said quickly and opened the door to see…Soarin?!
"Um, hello to you too?" He snickered.
"Soarin? What are you doing here?" Dash rubbed her eyes.
"I heard you were still awake and I also heard a rumour going around that you still didn't learn how to dance?" He said as he scratched the back of his neck with his hoof.
"Yeah, so what of it?" She pouted.
She remembered mentioning how she couldn't dance for her life, let alone under the eyes of different ponies, but how could Soarin help her there? And why would he want to?
“I’m a surprisingly good teacher,” he adds, smiling crookedly. When he stretched out a hoof, her body shivered.
She know she shouldn’t. She was aware of the feelings stirring up inside her for sometime now. She knew she should shut the door and not go down this road.
But she still couldn't resist…
Shaking, she put her hoof in his and let him pull her out of her room.
Moonlight fell on the floor, bright enough for them to see by. In the silvery light, the red blush on her skin was barely visible. Chairs scraped along the wood floor as Soarin rearranged the sitting room, clearing space for them to practice.
He plugged in the music box that he seemingly pulled out of nowhere and patiently waited for the music.
Suddenly, a pulsing beat exploded from the box. The melody was light and quick. Soarin smiled wider, his hooves taping in rhythm. Dash couldn't resist, her own hooves with the music. It was bouncy and upbeat, and she liked that. Her hooves slid along, as tried to remember the steps that Rarity had once tried to teach her.
“Just keep moving.” Soarin chuckled. A drumbeat trilled over the music, and he spun, humming along.
Dash felt it too, as her fears and worries were lifted, if only for a few minutes. This was a different kind of freedom, like flying through the soft summer breeze or in the cool dead of night.
Soarin was much better at this than her, but he still looked like a fool; she could only imagine how idiotic she must've appeared. As the notes faded away into the air, it felt like she fell back into reality. A cold feeling crept through her; she shouldn’t be here.
“This probably isn’t the best idea, Soarin.”
He cocked his head, confused. “Why’s that?”
"We're not supposed to be here out in the middle of the night and what if somepony gets the wrong idea?” Dash stumbled over the words, and felt herself blush.
Instead of arguing, Soarin chuckled and shrugged. Another song, slower with a calming tone, filled the room. “The way I see it, I’m doing some ponies a favour.” Then he grinned crookedly. “Unless you want to step on hooves all night?”
"I have an excellent balance, thank you very much." She said, crossing her hooves and sticking out her tongue at him.
Slowly, he took her hoof. “Maybe when flying.” Soarin said. “The dance floor? Eh, not so much.”
She looked down and watched his hooves, moving in time with the music. He pulled her along, forcing her to follow, and, despite her best efforts, she stumbled against him.
He smirked, happy to prove her wrong.
"This is the same timing as most of the songs you’ll hear at the ball. It’s a simple dance, and very easy to learn.”
"Thank you, Soarin."
Unable to meet his gaze, Dash focused on what was right in front of her. Unfortunately, that happened to be his chest.
He took a ragged breath.
Then Soarin's hoof was under her chin, tipping her head up to meet his gaze. Life flickered in his eyes, which brought Dash closer to him.
As much as she wanted to stand still, to stop time and let the moment last forever, knew it wasn't possible. Whatever she might've felt or thought…she couldn't be with Soarin, it risked both of their carriers.
So with hesitant, reluctant steps, she backed away, out of his grasp and out of the circle of warmth she'd gotten so used to.
“We can’t,” was all Dash could manage to say, though she knew her eyes betrayed her.
He took her by the hoof, and pulled her to him. They were putting everything at risk but…
His lips were on Dash's, warm and sweet. The touch was…amazing…
As much as she wanted to pull away, she just couldn't do it. He would soon realise that it was wrong, and all this would be a far-gone memory. But…not yet.
Morning arrived fairly quickly and the sunlight came through Dash's bedroom window causing her to groan and cover her face with her pillow. But it was no use going back to sleep, she had already fully awoken.
Dash got up and freshened up a bit. She decided to wake up Midnight and Fire and go have breakfast.
Dash recalled the events of last night sighed, but with a smile. She was aware she liked Soarin before but didn't know he shared her feelings. They talked and decided to keep their relationship a secret. They had danced some more after that and Dash had gotten the steps down quickly.
She was currently heading towards Midnight's room. All the rooms were almost exactly alike depending on how you personalised it. It was a wide spacious room with a queen sized bed and a mirror opposite to it. It had a walk-in closet too. The bathroom was off to the side, and a small table with two chairs was to the right side of the room.
She went into Midnight's room and she was still sleeping.
"Midnight. Wake up." The light blue mare whispered, hoping to wake the other pony, but she wouldn't wake up.
"Midnight! Move your flank and get the bloody hell up!!" Dash screamed.
The other mare yelped and shot up with a worried and puzzled expression. "Whaa? What? Dude, I'm up, I'm up!!" She said putting her hooves in front of her face.
Her mane was ragged and messy but she didn't seem to care in the slightest. She rubbed her eyes and yawned. "Why did you wake me up?"
"I wanted to get breakfast with you and Fire, so up!" Dash demanded.
"Ok, ok. Sheesh dude!" She grumbled and went to the washroom to freshen up.
A few minutes passed and she finally came out and looked fresh and ready.
"Alright, come on, let's wake Fire." Midnight grinned mischievously.
They both walked to Fire's room planning on ways to 'wake' him.
"—or we could paint his face, that's what he gets for sleeping in." Dash snickered.
"Hmm…OH!! I've got it! Let's put on a concert for him to enjoy. If you know what I mean." Midnight winked.
"Perfect!"
They quietly entered Fire's room and saw him snoring like hell. They both snickered and started to sing as loud as possible to the song 'So What'.
"WHAAA?!!?!??" Fire yelped and rolled out of bed. The girls stopped and fell of the floor laughing at his reaction.
Fire got up from the floor and saw them laughing. "Very. Funny." He huffed.
They both calmed down and the three went to breakfast.
"So, are you guys excited for the ball?" Dash asked while eating her toast.
"Yep! But I'm nervous too." Midnight said.
"Nervouscited?" Dash asked, snickering.
Fire and Midnight looked at her, confused.
"It's nothing! My friend Pinkie makes up random words. I just picked this one off of her." She snickered some more.
They just shrugged.
The night came fast, and the Wonderbolts were ready for the ball. They were just waiting for the sky chariots being sent over from Canterlot.
Fire Raven was wearing a smart black suit with a white shirt and a red tie. His hair was (for once) neatly brushed. It looked really good on him!
Midnight Blaze was wearing a navy blue dress with white starry sequences and with an indigo lining. It had a yellow lightning bolt where the top part of her dress met. She was also wearing silver colored shoes. Her hair was tied from the bottom with a sea green barrette.
And finally Rainbow Dash was wearing a simple black dress that hugged her body, it had silver lining on it. There were small silver colored lightning bolts on the hoof part of her dress. She had a silver ear piece which reflected light whenever she turned.
They all looked simply breathtaking.
The chariots arrived a few minutes later and Fire, Midnight, Dash and two Wonderbolts sat together.
"Hi, hi, hi!!!!! I'm Surprise!! And up you must be the new Wonderbolts!!!!!!" Surprise jumped up and down in the chariot and grinned from ear to ear. She was wearing a dark blue dress, which clashed heavily against her white coat and banana yellow mane, but looked good.
"P-P-P-Pinkie?!?!?!" Dash stuttered. Well, she was staring at a literal doppelganger of Pinkie Pie.
Surprise gasped so hard, it was a wonder her lungs didn't burst. "You know my cousin?!?!?!?"
"Um…yes?" She could see the family resemblance now…
"Wow!! That's awesome!!! I—" she was cut off when the second Wonderbolt put a hoof in her mouth.
"Woah there Surprise! I think you might give them a heart attack." She pointed to Fire Raven and Midnight who were scooting as far away from Surprise as possible.
"Hehe, oops?"
"Anyways, I'm High Winds. Pleasure to meet you!" She smiled.
"I'm Rainbow a Dash, this is Midnight Blaze." She pointed to Midnight. "And this is Fire Raven." She pointed to Fire.
They talked throughout the whole ride and Surprise was exactly like Pinkie…except she had more, eh, 'surprises'. High Winds was a calm mare, she acted like a big sister more than anything, so she was really sweet.
They soon landed right in front of Canterlot castle and split ways. Fire, Midnight and Dash entered, with Midnight and Fire in awe of the beauty of the castle. It was beautifully decorated inside and Cadence and Luna were standing on top of the stairs.
"Hey guys! You look great!" Soarin said from behind them as they entered the ball room. They turned around and saw him standing there with a simple dark blue suit, but he was only staring at Dash.
"Thanks Soarin." Dash smiled.
Midnight saw them staring at each other and smirked. "Well, Fire, I dunno 'bout you but I'm thirsty. Let's go to the drinks!" She grabbed Fire and ran off to who knows where.
As if on cue a slow song starts up, almost the same as Soarin and Dash practised with.
Soarin held out a hoof to her and gave her that crooked smile that she had come to love. She reached out her hoof and took it. He lead her to the dance floor and they started to dance. Midnight and Fire were already there. Midnight with a honey colored stallion with an electric blue mane and Fire with a cream colored mare with a baby pink mane, who just so happened to be Midnight's best friend, Magic Touch.
The area had been cleared around them, and all three of them started to dance.
They stood on their hindlegs and the mares put their front right hoof on the stallions shoulder and the left hoof outwards meeting the stallions right hoof, and the stallions left hoof on their waste.
They begin their dance. Left hoof forward. Right hoof back. Left hoof down diagonally, and so on.
Dash moved closer to Soarin. He glanced down at her, his emerald eyes wide as the music took hold.
He took his steps, leading her in the same dance as last night. Again, she felt free.
They spun across the floor in time with the music, surrounded by onlookers. She recognised the faces now.
Mostly Wonderbolts, but she could spot out her friends from Ponyville, they were all beaming. Princess Luna and Cadence were there too, watching like the rest of the ponies.
The song soon ended, but right after, started another one where, the rest of the ponies joined the waltz.
"One more?" Soarin asked with a smile.
"Sure…" Dash blushed.
They began their last dance for the night. Dash could see her friends joining in as well, but the swirls of color blocked out any glimpse of her friends until it felt like Soarin and Dash were dancing alone, and they felt as if they were back in the room full of moonlight.
They quickly finished their dance and walked off to the sidelines.
Dash was about to speak when she was cut off by a certain pink maned mare.
"DDAASHHIIEE!!!!!!!" Pinkie yelled, and charged up to Dash and hugged her, almost crushing her rib.
"Good…too *gasp* see you too…Pinkie!" Dash was almost turning purple and Pinkie seemed to realise that as she let go and looked sheepish. "Hehe, oops?"
Dash smiled warmly and hugged Pinkie, softly this time. She let go and asked, "hey, Pinks. Where are the others?"
"Right here."
Dash turned around and saw the rest of her friends walking towards her from where Pinkie had come.
"Guys!!" Dash smiled and they hugged.
Soarin was watching the girls from off to the side, smiling. Rarity noticed him and smirked. "So, Dash. Who is this handsome stallion here? Your coltfriend, perhaps?"
Dash's wings flared out and blushed. "Wha? Whaa? Nonono. Not at all." She faked a smile.
Soarin just stood there awkwardly, trying to not get involved in the conversation.
Rarity noticed the body language of her friend, and the way she blushed. Soarin had been staring at Dash too, a bit. "Oh, of course. Why would I ever assume such a thing?" She giggled.
"Uh huh." Dash said flatly and sighed.
They all talked for quite a while and split ways. Dash found Soarin again, eating. He suggested to go out flying, and she agreed.
It was a beautiful night outside, courtesy of Princess Luna herself. The stars were twinkling brightly and a full moon was out tonight, clearly displayed in the sky without all the clouds, for the Canterlot weather pegasi had cleared them all out.
The two blue-colored pegasi were flying side by side doing loops and spins in the air, just enjoying the company of one another.
Soarin then smirked and changed his direction and speed to a fast pace. "I bet you can't catch me!" He yelled out to her.
"Oh, you're on!" Dash smirked back and gave a chase.
The two continued their game for a few minutes, with Soarin escaping narrowly and Dash just not able to reach the speed. Both were unmatched for each other it seemed.
Dash growled playfully and flew as fast as she could and Soarin saw her move, but instead of changing direction or speeding up, he turned around and got ahold of her and she yelped. He turned them around and they landed on a white fluffy cloud, with him on top of her.
"Oh? What do we have here?" Soarin smirked as she struggled under his grip.
"Just a little jerk." She huffed and chuckled.
"That's right." Soarin smiled and closed the gap between them and they shared a soft kiss.
When they pulled apart Soarin smirked for what felt like the millionth time and brought a hoof to her sides and swiped them up and down.
Dash's eyes widened as she realised what he was about to do and started laughing.
"Soarin, HAH, Soarin *snort* St-AH!" Dash kept laughing and he chuckled.
“Heh, what was that, Dashie?” Soarin asked. “Can’t hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.”
Her eyes then suddenly widened, "CAPTAIN-AH! SPITFI-AH!” she screamed. “BEHIND Y-AH!”
“Oh, yeah, like I’m gonna fall for that one,” he laughed, rolling his eyes. He then heard a snicker from behind him, Soarin’s eyes suddenly widened, and he stopped tickling his victim.
He gulped and turned around to see Spitfire.
"Spitfire? Heh heh………how long have you been there?" Soarin asked nervously.
"Long enough…so, you and Dash huh? Never thought I'd see the day!" She snickered.
Dash and Soarin just glanced at each other awkwardly.
"Sorry to ruin your little uh, 'thing', but you know the rules guys, so I have to say this, the Wonderbolt code clearly says that—"
"A Wonderbolt cannot date another Wonderbolt LEST of distractions?" A new voice spoke up, and a figure emerged from the clouds. The figure came into view and it was…Princess Cadence?!
Soarin and Spitfire immediately bowed while Dash just stared, "Cadence?"
"I may have 'overheard' your conversation and I may provide a solution to your problem." Cadence said with a smile.
"But, um, how?" Spitfire asked while scratching her head.
"Well, the Wonderbolt code says 'A Wonderbolt cannot date another Wonderbolt lest of distractions' right? I've found a loophole, that if Rainbow Dash and Soarin do not get distracted because of each other, they can keep their job."
"That's great!!" Soarin said while beaming.
"But, Cadence. How in the world did you just 'happened' to come across us?" Dash asked.
"You may forget that I am the princess of love, Dash. I sensed a disturbance in the air and and followed a trail that lead me to you." She grinned innocently.
"Aww, you two are so cute!" Yet another voice spoke up from behind them.
That voice was of Midnight Blaze and next to her was Fire Raven facehoofing.
"Oh come on!!!!! How many ponies are gonna spy on us?!?!"
"Umm, about that." Dash looked at the right and saw her friends standing on the clouds, grinning sheepishly. Looked like Pinkie, Rarity and Applejack had the cloud-walking spell on them again.
Dash sighed and groaned. This was gonna be a long night…