> Princess Rainbow Dash of Loyalty > by Howler > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Princesses' life > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Aunt Celestia requires all of the 5 princesses to report to Canterlot castle, consequently, we can linger for a few nighttime. Additionally, I packed to leave for Canterlot, as I flapped my cyan blue wings, which happen twice the size of a normal pegasus. My horn started to glow as a blue aura circled my crown as I carefully set it on my head, I levitated my saddle bag onto my back, as I moved to my window in my bedroom, in my cloud castle, while my wings expanded out, as I darted out of the window. While I gradually felt untroubled, amongst the wind transferring me on the way down, but quickly I opened my wings and rushed skyward to the air. I detected clouds lined up in a straight line, as fast as my wings can flap, I broke through the cloud. Following I overheard somepony scream, "Hey! Look out!" As somepony ran into me and knocked me from stopping myself, yet as swiftly as that started I stopped myself, and sigh in relief. I turned to look at the one that ran into me, it was a white stallion with blue navy hair that was back in an air-swept way. He turned to look at me as if it seems that his green eyes are staring into my soul, as his eyes looked into my magnetic ones. When he noticed I'm a princess, he freaked out, "I'm sorry, you're highness." I grunted, I don't like feeling like I'm higher up in rank, because of my title as Princess, I want to be seen as equal. I sighed, "Look, you don't need to call me any title, to me, I'm not higher than you in rank," as I offered my hoof as a hoof shake, and he kindly took the offer, "I'm Rainbow Dash, you?" "Soarin." I smiled, "Nice to meet you, Soarin." > Meeting the Princesses > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I smiled, after meeting Soarin, at least I got one friend, besides the Princesses that I grew up with. As I saw Canterlot getting closer and closer, has when I saw a window that is my way in, as I flew down and tried not to break anything, but I broke the window. "Rainbow!" said a familiar deep sounding voice, I saw the Prince of the Crystal Empire, Shining Armor, the one that always gets me out of trouble, the Captain of the Guard, also the husband to Cadence, and brother to Twi. "Dash, why did you break through the window, again!?" I sighed, "Hey, don't blame me that the window needed a new look, so I helped." I playfully stick my tongue out. He faced hoofed," Dash, come on, stop breaking everything since the Wonderbolts are coming here." "Wait, Shining boy, are you telling me the only reason Auntie wants us here is because of the Wonderbolts." as I got he offered me my hoof. "Yes, they're coming, and also Celestia is having a ball for them, so that means you got to dress out" And then the room door was busted in by the youngest princess, Twilight, she evolved into a Princess not that long ago, and became the Princess of Magic. And she got fond of me, and all of her time she would be telling me about magic, I'm older than her since I'm in the middle of my teen years, and she just started... "Dashie, Shining!" As both Shining and I got ready for the impact, she knocked both of us down, "I missed both of you guys." I smiled, but then I heard the voice of my mother, "Rainy?" And right there in front of us is the Night Princess, I smiled, I cherish my mother that she could have ever stayed sane, after being banished to the moon. I ran to the Night princess, and hugged her, "Hi, mom." After I saw the disturbed look on her face, it seems like she was hiding her trouble from me like she always has, "What's wrong, mom?" She jumped at the sound of my voice," Oh,uh-nothing, we should get ready since Cadence is already here." as she bolted away I just nodded as I saw my mother leave to go, it seems that is the case now, she is always leaving now and I never saw my mother that disturbed before I just watched the area, my mom, I felt a comforting hoof as I turned to see Shining, I admitted, "Something is wrong with my mother." "Don't worry, we'll find out soon, how about this Twily and you, can go get ready with Cadence." We both nodded, as we went up to Cadence's room, and I opened it with my magic, even though I'm a Princess, I don't use that much magic, but besides levitating objects. And as we walked in the seamstress, Rarity, got us in our dresses, Cadence wore a blue-colored dress, but she had crystals wrapping around her waist, and her sleeves they were white, with a red piece of clothing going from the sleeve. And her shoes, look like they were made out of glass, As for her mane, it had a blue ribbon going under her mane, to make her mane look like it going up, and that ribbon attached to the top of her head, along with this is crystal decorations all in her mane. Twi was up next as the seamstress Rarity did her magic and now Twi was in a purple dress, that had pink streaks going from her sash to the end of the dress, and her chest area was purple, but it had Twi's cutie mark on the sleeve has for the sleeve, it was all purple, and it had Twi's cutie mark at the end of the sleeve. Her shoes were lavender purple as well had golden tips. Her bangs were curled, but the rest of her mane was separated on the two sides of her neck, and the was drawn into a bun, but she still had some of her mane sticking out. And last but least, the thing about me is I hate anything girly and dresses are one of those, I felt the force of Rarity as she immediately did my mane with her magic, and as for my dress I had no choice but to put on as she put me in her dressing room. My skirt part of the dress was of course a rainbow dress, and the chest had a silver necklace running down, my belt looked like a cloud, but it had a rainbow surrounding it, my shoes were full sliver, as you could see my cutie mark in gold. My bangs were split in the middle as well they were curled, but they added golden strikes in my bangs and they did this with the rest of my mane, my rainbow hair at a small braid on both sides, and from there, they tied them together, and curled my mane. As I walk out of the dressing room, using my levitate I opened the curtain walking out to see everyone's eyes on me and I had no idea why, but I saw a mirror, to see me but I got to admit I don't look bad. But I knew I have to go through it, "Dash, are you okay" Asked Twi. she always knew when I'm upset, I smiled slightly, and wrapped my wing around her, "No, It's just I have this bad feeling like something going to happened." > Meeting Soarin Skies,Wonderbolt > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ball was slowly beginning, and with us, being the Princesses, we had to be escorted to the Palace. As we walked in, we saw all of the rich suck-ups from Canterlot, I sighed, this will get boring. I turned to my left, to see a whole group of pegasus in tight blue and yellow jumpsuit, these are the Wonderbolts. But in a jumpsuit is a familiar stallion from before. 'Soarin?' "Dash!" I jumped at the voice. I turned to see Shining, who was dressed in a black tux, and his blue mane looked for some reason shining as the shining floor we were stepping on. "Well, Dash, don't you look beautiful." Has he bowed politely, like a proper gentle colt? I covered my laughter, I can't ever take Canterlot 's etiquette seriously, "Shining, you should know that doesn't work on me." He chuckled, "Yes, I know Ms. Princess of Loyalty." Has he ruffled my mane, I swapped his hoof away, the seamstress, Rarity, will get me if anyone messed with my dress, or mane. I grabbed his hoof, "You're going to get me in trouble with Rarity." "Oh, sorry, I forgot." This time I messed up his mane." Now we're even." After I looked at my masterpiece, I laughed, like bust out laughing. Shining's bangs were going in all directions, and his mane looked like it was all facing the ceiling. "Rainbow!" I heard. My body shifted, it was Cadence, and she looked like in one of her moods to get hoofs off her husband, I gladly. When she got to us, "Dash, lay off, Shining, come on." As they left, I glared at the pink princess's back. ' There goes my source of entertainment, at this boring ball.' I grunted quietly. Canterlot is so boring, especially their balls, I always wondered how Auntie and Mom can live here, with all of these high-up ponies. There are so rude and too clingy onto high up ranks, like us, Princesses, or the Wonderbolts. I decided to sit down and wait until it starts, and I'm not so excited about the food, I just looking at my hoof, these balls are so boring. Unlike, my country Cloudsdale, everything there is fast since it is a city full of pegasus. Like the Wonderbolts, whose headquarters are in Cloudsdale, they are fast, for every show. Even the Pegasi that are not fast, still live a normal life, and I love to fly over the parks, on my daily patrol, to see the filly and colts playing, some with their parents, others with themselves, but there is one filly that is never with anypony, she always has a scooter that she does awesome tricks with. I want to get to know that little filly. And then my thoughts went back to Soarin, and my thoughts kept repeating. Soarin,is a Wonderbolt > A Night of Success > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- With Shining gone, I got no one to invade my thoughts, so my thoughts went back to Soarin. ‘Soarin is a Wonderbolt' Just these words kept repeating in my head. And a lavender hoof was shaking in my face.. I saw it was Twi, "What wrong, Dashie, you seem out of it." "Oh, nothing." My wings were getting so uncomfortable with this dress on, it's so annoying... And then I heard the voice of my mother, "Attention, ladies and gentle colts, Celestia and I, want to celebrate the anniversary of the Wonderbolts, and we would like for my daughter and the Ruler of Cloudsdale to come up here as well." I smiled at mom, and I nodded off to Cadence and Shining who has not that long ago joined us. I trotted up, but I would rather fly up, but with my wings be sneezed by the dress. I nodded at mom, she nodded back, and then she whispered in my ear, "Tia, wants you to announce the Captain and Co-Captain, which is Captain Soarin and Co-Captain Spitfire ." Wait, Soarin is the Captain, that clumsy pegasus that ran into me. I nodded. And called out both of the names. And Soarin came out first with his navy blue mane shining, and Spitfire was in her flight suit as well, but she had a mane that was air-swept like all of the Wonderbolts, and her mane actually looks like it's on fire. And the Celestia made an entrance through the sunroof, and she folded her huge white wings. And started to speak, "My dear ponies, today we honor the Wonderbolts, all this week they shall stay in Canterlot Castle, and they shall be watched over by all of the Princesses, myself, Luna, Cadence, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash." Everypony cheered. And after that everypony feasted. > Soarindash > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the Princesses said their speeches, the Ballroom was filled with the noise of plates being taken to get a meal. Me, I just watched everyone getting up, I never really liked Canterlot food, even when I was a filly, it never tasted good to me. "Rainbow!" I heard somepony yell through the entire ballroom. I saw Soarin running over to me in a goofy manner, it made me chuckle. How did this goofball become the Captain of the Wonderbolts "Hi, Soarin, nice way to make an entrance." As I continue to chuckle. He laughed along with me, "Glad to be of help of your boredom, ma'am." He said with a deep voice, but same time was goofy. I laughed at his joke, then I got an idea, "Hey, how about we take a flight?" He didn't reply right away, but he did come with, "But, what about your mother? Or the other Princesses? Or Shining? Won't they worry about you?" "I didn't think of that." I slowly admitted, "You know for a goofball, you sure are smart." He suggested, "How about we go sit on the balcony, and continued our conversation out there." "Sure, come on." The both of us walked on, with me tripping in the dress couple of times though, as I opened the fancy decorated balcony door, and when I opened it, I gasped. It's so beautiful The moonlight seemed to hit the balcony in the right way, making it look like the balcony is glowing, the night sky was just shimmering as if mother did it for us. There was only one word about how to describe it. "Wow, so beautiful," I said in an impressed voice. And I heard a comment come from beside me, "Yeah, beautiful." I turned to look at Soarin as he looked at me, his green eyes would have swallowed me right then there. He winked, and that made my cheeks hot, I quickly turn my head. And kept repeating the thought in my head,'Screw him, and his charm.' There were only two emotions you could read on his face, shock, and concern. He put his hoof on my shoulder, "You good, Dash?" I brushed his hoof off, "Yeah, I'm good?" "You know," my eyes instantly looked at his, as he hesitated for a second but continued, "You aren't like the other Princesses, Dash, I mean, you act like a stallion, you hate dresses, you love to fly, I mean you're just different." This time I smiled, and he sounded so nervous, "Soar, look, you're the first pony that ever said that about me,everypony else just thinks I'm supposed to act like Cadence, being proper, or Celestia, being-." He cut me off, by putting his hoof over my mouth. "Dash, you don't need to impress any pony, just be you." > The New Bond > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the ball, all the Princesses and the Wonderbolts left for their respected rooms. Mine transpired on the same level as the Princesses, the Wonderbolts one platform underneath us. Auntie revealed to me my bedroom, as I wandered in, it nothing that extraordinary if you have witnessed all of the superior rooms and houses I observed in the past. But one thing did make me impressed, the night sky coming from the window, looking at it, I thought of my mom and me, flying through the night sky when I was a filly. I sighed heavily, Mom stop having her flights with me when I got older, and it was all duty I might as well create my own memories. Has I opened the window with my head, and I stepped onto the window sill and jumped out, as I flew up to the moon, and I stop flapping, just to feel the breeze, and when I knew it was the right to flapped again. Was..... NOW... Has I flapped upward, I had my hooves out, and I felt free. I only do when I fly. I heard through the silent night, "Rainbow!!!" A flying object was heading my way. Has I was knocked down. But I didn't fall, I felt the surface of a cloud, and somepony pinning me down. And it was. "Soarin, you big goof, watch where you're going." Has he got off of me He looked ashamed, as he had his head down,"Sorry, Dash." I sighed. And then smile," Well, Soarin, can we take that flight now?" He looked happy. "Of course, Princess." Has he flew off the clouds before me, I chucked at him. And I called back, "Wait up, Soar!" As I chased the pegasus, everywhere in the skies. And the whole time I enjoyed it, I haven't had this much fun, since I was with mom.. At that moment. I won't try to catch him, I just was enjoying the fun in it. I know that doesn't sound like me. But this is what Soarin did to me. I saw Soarin shortly land on a cloud. "Well, hi, Princess, late aren't you." I pretend to be mad at him, as I had some magic coming from my horn. He backed up, and I just laughed my flank off, this was precious. He glared, "Hey, it's not funny." He defended himself. I got up and my hoof hit him in his chest, "Oh yes, it is." And he did something brave. He kissed my cheek I blushed, and he laughed, this time I glared but I got him back by. Kissing him on the lips... This time he kissed back. > The Explanation > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'I kissed him why?' That question just kept reciting in my mind. ' Why?' I mean, he did kiss back. But why did I? After the kiss. Soarin had to leave. He had a big smile on his face. So, I went back to my room, closing the window with my magic. As I sat I started to think. 'Do I like Soarin? That’s impossible! I never knew him that long' Next, I heard the clicking of hoofs hitting the floor with every step by the unknown pony, I did recognize the voice. "Cadence?" The Princess of Love glanced at me with a smirk on her face. 'What is she up to?' "Well, Dash, I heard you got a crush on a certain Wonderbolt," She put her hoof on her chin as if she was thinking hard, "What was his name again," She just started to rub her hoof on her chin, and then she looked she got an answer, "Oh right, his name is Soarin." My cheeks blushed at the mention of Soarin's name. I defended myself, "No I don't!" That smirk came back on the Princess of Love's face. She followed that smirk with.,"Oh yeah, well you can't hide love from me, Dash, remember the Princess of Love." She emphasized the word Love and has to try to prove her point. I groaned at the Princess. Sometimes I disliked when she was right because she's always been. By the way, I felt a wing wrap around my back in a family and kind way. Looking at the princess, she followed up with "There is nothing wrong with having a crush, Dash, it's normal." Hearing this made me get some confidence "Thanks, Cadence." She saw this, smiling at me "No problem, Dash." And so, Cadence left the room, leaving me just standing there in thought.