A party pegasus who finally meets his favorite flyers of Equestria.
Star Scorcher is a party animal in Cloudsdale. Known for his crazy antics, he is regarded as Cloudsdale's No. 1 wild child. Still, this doesn't get rid of the fact that he is one of the most fastest and most graceful flyers to most ponies. But what happens when a huge mishap happens in one of the shows? Scorcher's got some new friends. And true friends, to say the least.
Both this version of The Wonderbolts and the cover art belong to TheWonderPuppet. Star Scorcher belongs to me.
"Ugh..." groaned the sleepy stallion. He tried to find his alarm clock by his bed side, only to touch the side drawers. When he finally managed to get it...
BAM!
He crushed it with his own hoof. It was a wild party last night. Everything was off the hook. The mares and stallions were getting their groove on the dance floor and getting drunk. And the host? He was pretty cool with everypony. Many of the mares had thought that he was very good-looking and always easy to get along with. With his red fur, yellow mane and tail, beautiful blue crystal eyes and a cutie mark that showed him to be a very graceful flyer, they all thought he was pretty wicked. As in, wicked cool. His name was Star Scorcher. And he's hungover.
Scorcher had rubbed his eyes and still got a headache from last night's party. Whatever he did that time and whoever he was with, it didn't matter. Those weird memories were long gone, locked up by the 'hangover gate'. Yes, he made that one up. It was made up in his imagination where he locks it all up before drinking some alcohol. It was his own system. "No regrets", was his motto when he always took a shot or a kegger. This had always made him oblivious to what's happening. Luckily, he always limits himself to parties once a week. The last time he partied for an entire week, he ended up in the San Palomino Desert. And it was not a pretty sight.
He rubbed his head in exhaustion. "Monster hangover..." he muttered. It was, as last night's party was a wild one. 96 shots and still going. However, he wasn't too bothered about it. That's how he rolled.
Getting off his bed, he felt something slimy and wet under his hooves. He smelled something foul and awful underneath his snout. He looked down and saw the remains of last night's dinner.
"Gah! Was I that drunk last night?" he grumbled. However, he never knew his drinking limits. But he never cared. That was the fun of a party. He would clean up the puke puddle later. Right now, he needed to wash up and make himself breakfast.
After that nice wash, he went down and cooked himself some scrambled eggs and poured himself some coffee. Remembering somepony who taught him an eating tip, he poured soy sauce all over eggs. It was rather unorthodox, but he always liked it with the special sauce. And the coffee? Ice blended latte was his favorite. Yes, he works in a coffee shop. He was working part-time so that he could pay off rent.
He may be a party animal. But he still had dreams. And it was his dream to become part of The Wonderbolts.
Unexpected? Well, the wild child is very unpredictable. Whenever he isn't working, Scorcher always practices his flying. Many of the locals notice his practice sessions and this makes him a favorite to the children. They always praised him with positive feedback about his style of flying. How does he fly?
Star Scorcher is one of the most graceful of all the pegasus ponies. His style consisted of twisting and turning. Sometimes, he would do something unpredictable like using the environment around him or drag somepony along the ride with him. However, his speed his unmatched by others, making him equal to the members of The Wonderbolts. He knows how to control his speed limit and whenever his turning goes haywire, he always replaces it with one of his twists or turns. Most of his trademark moves are only improvisations in order for him to excel. One particular move called 'Nova Meteor' had consisted of him flying fast downwards while twisting and turning around the wind that had been caught. However, he didn't dare to land as he knew that the move's radius impact would be big. So he always turned upwards. There are many more moves he had created, but save that for another time.
Right now, he had cleaned up the mess in the house from last night. He had to go to work and get out early so that he could start his grand day. Why? Today was Saturday and tonight would be another Wonderbolts show. He bought the best seats in the house. And after all that partying, maybe he could do something more enjoyable.
The stage is set and everypony was in their seats. The audience was already pumped up for the presence of The Wonderbolts. Lighting was checked and cloud fields were arranged. Everything was ready.
In the locker room backstage of the arena, The Wonderbolts had their gear in checked. Suits dry cleaned and goggles on their eyes. They were ready. All 12 members were standing tall and excited for action.
"Alright, team..." Spitfire, leader of The Wonderbolts, started. "...this is a very big performance we're gonna give to all of Cloudsdale. Remember what tactics we've planned but most importantly, let's not disappoint the fans with the performance we're gonna give them all tonight. Are we ready?"
"Yeah!" High Winds yelled.
"Alright!" Fleetfoot shouted.
"Bring it on!" Fire Streak said.
"Don't think you're gonna be better than me, Fire." Wave Chill acknowledged, leaving Fire Streak to scowl.
"You ready Breezie?" Blaze asked.
"Already am before we arrived at the arena." Breezie replied.
"Shall we go now, Rapidfire?" Lightening Streak asked playfully.
"Whatever rocks your boat, Lightening." Rapidfire replies before pushing him softly.
"I know that I accepted the fact that you and Lightening are in love, but take it after the show." Misty came in, leaving the coltcuddlers to blush.
"Let's go." Silver Lining inquired.
Everypony nodded as each of the members flew out to give their performance.
"Oh, boy. Just in time!" Star Scorcher expressed. He had to fly over a couple blocks of buildings, dodging the obstacles that had gotten in his way thanks to his flying abilities. He finally reached the VIP box. He managed to get the VIP tickets through some party connections. That's just how he rolled.
"Good evening, fillies and gentlecolts!" The announcer began. "Are you ready for tonight's show?"
The crowd went wild with anticipation.
"Then, let's give it up for The Wonderbolts!" he finished.
The crowd had burst into the loudest cheer they could ever do. Star Scorcher had joined in. Coming out from backstage were The Wonderbolts. All 12 members of the team. First off was Wave Chill and Fire Streak, who were glaring at each other before separating to their positions. Next was Silver Lining and Fleetfoot, who nodded at each other and went to their positions. Afterwards was Lightening Streak, Rapidfire and Misty. Then Breezie's team, consisting of herself, Blaze and High Winds. Finally, coming out was Spitfire and Soarin', who went to their respective positions.
"Oh man. I can't wait to see how this goes out." Star Scorcher said, excited at the stunts they were gonna pull out.
The Wonderbolts managed to keep the crowd pumped up. The race between Wave Chill and Fire Streak kept the crowd going, with Wave Chill winning by just a few inches away.
"Don't worry. Maybe next time you won't flaunt your muscles to the mares." Wave whispered in Fire's ear, who gave our a quiet 'Grrr'.
Breezie's team had created a streak diagram in the sky. It was the shape of a star. The crowd was cheering loudly at the piece of art.
Breezie hoof-bumped High Winds while Blaze smiled.
Fleetfoot and Silver Lining were pulling tricks up their sleeves. So many twists and turns had mesmerized the crowd.
"Just like we practiced, right Silver?" Fleetfoot asked. Silver only grunted as he wanted to put his head in the game.
Everything was going well. Everypony was enjoying the show, especially Star Scorcher. He seemed to think that this show was as good as his parties. Suddenly, something had caught his eye. A small colt was cheering very wildly. He seemed to want to get a closer look. Unfortunately, he fell over the arena's front seat fences. The other members of the audience didn't notice until the colt's mother had yelled "My son!!!"
Everypony noticed and gasped. Even The Wonderbolts had seen this. Just before they could catch the colt, a flaming streak from the audience had went downwards to the ground.
Star Scorcher didn't think of what he was doing. He was scared that he was overshadowing The Wonderbolts, his favorite celebrities, by doing this. But he couldn't see a small colt or filly fall to their doom. He had hoped that The Wonderbolts would see his potential. With full speed he managed to catch the falling colt just a few inches from the ground. The young colt was scared of his wits.
"Hold on tight, kiddo!" Scorcher assured. The colt was holding on to his back. Scorcher flew back up to the arena. Using his technique, he created a flaming twister which amazed the crowd. Reaching the sky, the flames faded away, leaving both the audience and The Wonderbolts staring in awe.
"Sweet Celestia, sir! What move was that?" the colt asked in amazement.
"It's called the 'Burning Twister'!" Scorcher replied, mentally adding that move into his mind. Just right outside the hangover gate, he thought to himself.
As he landed back on the arena, he placed the colt down. His mother had ran towards her son and hugged him, full of worry. The crowd had given him full praise. Scorcher couldn't believe it. He may be a party animal, but he was also modest. Suddenly, The Wonderbolts were flying towards him. At first he felt excited, having the opportunity to meet them in pony. However, he thought that he overshadowed his favorite flight team in all of Equestria. He was mentally panicking. What was he gonna do?
"Hey there, we just--" but before Spitfire could finish her sentence, Scorcher had sped off out of the arena. After what he did, he couldn't face his heroes. Not this time. However, Breezie, who was still in the sky, had seen where he went.
Oh, no. I've done it this time, thought Star Scorcher. He remembered last night. Why couldn't I just put it outside the hangover gate?! GAH! He was still panicking in his bed. It was 9:30 AM and he was gonna take his shift today. He didn't feel like getting up because he was practically lazy in bed. Why did I have to sleep early last night?!
Stretching his back and hooves, he went to take a shower. As he turned the tap on, he could feel the fresh cold water right on his fur. He was lost in thought because of that Wonderbolts show last night. What if his dreams of becoming a Wonderbolt were ruined because of him? Then again, it was that colt's fault for falling over like that. No. He didn't know that he was actually going to fall. The rescue was my own doing. He finally snapped back to reality when he overheated the water.
Scorcher was at the counter of the coffee shop, looking bored as ever. The thought of last night's Wonderbolts show was still in his head. He felt pretty depressed at what he did. He stole his heroes' thunder. And he doesn't know what to do.
"So how was the show last night?" his co-worker asked.
"It was pretty awesome, I guess." Scorcher lied. Even though it was true, he still felt guilt. "There were many tricks that were mind blowing."
Right after that, he sighed, leaving his co-worker confused.
"That was a pretty awesome show last night." Blaze said.
Blaze, Breezie and High Winds were flying towards the coffee shop nearby.
"Yeah, I can't believe something climatic like that would happen." High Winds said. After all, she had felt excited at what happened at the show. Suddenly, she sighed. "Too bad we couldn't meet the stallion who saved the colt. He's looked pretty awesome."
"When we find him, we're gonna have a little chat with him." Breezie had said. Suddenly, she had second thoughts about it.
"Make it a big one." She and the others were planning to visit the savior in pony.
They looked to see that they arrived at the coffee shop.
Suddenly, Star Scorcher looked outside. An ice to his heart had been encased. He saw 3 members of The Wonderbolts coming inside the coffee shop. Even without their suits, they're pretty recognizable. The one in blue was High Winds. The orange and yellow mare was Blaze, Spitfire's sister. And the white and yellow mare was the secondary squad leader of The Wonderbolts, Breezie. Gasping for some air, Scorcher needed to hide.
"Dude, take my shift!" Scorcher yelled to his co-worker.
"Why?" the co-worker asked.
"Just do it!" Scorcher replied, while panicking. He needed to hide, so he flew to the back door.
When the three mares trotted inside, they didn't seem to notice at first. However what caught Breezie's eye was a yellow tail attached to what looked like a red rump exiting the back door. It could've been that stallion from last night's show.
"Hey, I think I saw the stallion from last night." Breezie said.
"Where?" Blaze and High Winds asked, heads lighting up with curiosity.
"He just flew to the back door." Breezie answered.
"You mean Star Scorcher?" the co-worker asked.
"Yeah, do you know him?" Blaze asked.
"He's Cloudsdale's biggest party animal. He parties on Friday nights and weekends." he answered.
"Wait, Star Scorcher? THE Star Scorcher?" High Winds asked, wide-eyed.
"Wait, you know him?" Breezie asked.
"No, but I heard that he's one of the most graceful flyers of Cloudsdale. He's known to use twists and turns rather than straight flying. He's the pegasus that created the move "Nova Meteor'." she explained.
Blaze was in awe, but Breezie wasn't surprised. She knew that a stallion with that caliber him could pull some awesome maneuver like that.
"Oh man! Of all the places I had to run into The Wonderbolts, it had to be at my job!" Star Scorcher exclaimed. He was back in his house and already taking a beer. "The guilt must be killing me with these coincidences! Maybe I should do what my father told me, apply for the royal guard!" he shouted.
Suddenly, he heard his front door knock. He was lucky that he wasn't drunk yet. He placed his bottle on the coffee table and went to see who it was.
"Can I he--" but before he could finish his sentence, he was stopped by his own shocked expression. There were 12 ponies standing right in front of him. Their manes and fur were recognizable. They were The Wonderbolts!
"Hey--" but before Spitfire could finish her sentence, Scorcher had slammed the door in front of them.
He couldn't face them after last night. What if they were still mad at him? He couldn't just...
Suddenly, he had realized at what he done. Quickly, he opened up the door to see if they left. To his relief, The Wonderbolts were still standing in front of him.
"Hi, welcome to my house." Scorcher nervously said with a nervous chuckle. "Would you like to come in?"
The Wonderbolts had settled inside Scorcher's house. Most of them were sitting around while Silver Lining was looking around. Scorcher came from the kitchen and placed some drinks on the coffee table. He was shaking in nervousness. Soarin' had noticed this and gave a small chuckle.
"He looks nervous." he whispered into Spitfire's ear, to when she chuckled as she also noticed.
"Nice place you have here." Soarin' complimented.
"Thanks." was all Scorcher muttered out.
An awkward silence. Scorcher was still smiling nervously, feeling uneasy. Luckily, Spitfire broke the silence.
"So--" but before she could say anything else, Scorcher finally broke down.
"I'm really sorry at what happened at the show last night!" Scorcher said loudly.
"What?" Misty asked, confused as the rest of her teammates.
"I knew I shouldn't have overshadowed your performance with that stunt I pulled! I saved that colt's life because I couldn't see him fall to the ground! I panicked and didn't realize that you guys were also fast!" he finally let out.
There was a silence in the room. Suddenly, The Wonderbolts had burst out laughing. Silver Lining gave a small chuckle.
"That's why you've been avoiding us?" Fleetfoot said, still trying to contain her laughter.
"No big deal, Scorcher." Spitfire said. "We really didn't expect see the falling colt."
"Besides, somepony saved us before." Soarin' added. He remembered the Young Fliers' Competition where he, Spitfire and Misty had been involved in an incident where a certain unicorn was about to fall to her own doom. Luckily, a mare by the name Rainbow Dash had saved them while pulling off a Sonic Rainboom. Suddenly, something popped into his mind.
"Hey, didn't you participate in the Young Fliers' Competition?" Soarin' asked.
"Nope." was all Scorcher said.
"How come? Ponies would've loved your moves." Blaze said.
"Wait, you know me?" Scorcher asked. Mentally, he was pretty excited that The Wonderbolts knew him.
"Well, High Winds told us all about you." Wave Chill answered. Scorcher looked at High Winds.
"I've heard about a red pony with a yellow mane and tail that can pull the 'Nova Meteor'. Many of the locals talk about you." she said.
Holy crap, holy crap. I'm not dreaming! They really know me!, Scorcher thought to himself wildly. Luckily on the outside, he kept his composure.
"Well, it was just an improvised move. Basically, you start from up in the high air, then you fly downwards while doing some twists and turns, which you ponies are familiar with my style. I have to warn you though, if you land on the ground with that move, then the radius of the impact would get messy." he explained.
Some of The Wonderbolts were pretty impressed, much to the chagrin of Fire Streak.
"Maybe we should race it out sometime." Fire said.
"Anyways," Wave Chill interrupted. "How come you've never participated in the Young Fliers' Competition?"
"Well, it's like this. I don't fly for competition. I just only enjoy the skies, and I don't want to compete with some pegasus who runs their mouth at me when in reality, they are terrible."
"Do you race with them?" Fleetfoot asked.
"Yeah. Just to shut them up." Scorcher said in a deadpanned expression. It wasn't towards The Wonderbolts. It was towards one of his memories involving him beating three idiot stallions in a race. They were making fun of his flying ability because Scorcher was a party addict. To shut them up, he had beaten all three of them in one race. Even though he had won, he was still annoyed by the fact that they had interrupted his chat with a pretty mare.
"Well, to this extent, I hate braggarts. That's why I rarely compete in competitions." Scorcher had concluded. The Wonderbolts had looked at Wave Chill and Fire Streak. Scorcher was confused.
"What?" Wave and Fire said.
Then, they all looked back at Scorcher.
"However, I compete in some competitions because some of my colleagues recommended me to." Scorcher added.
"Have you won any?" Breezie asked.
"Well, yes. There was the Pegasus Cup, the Annual Cloudsdale Racing Championship, the All-Star Pegasus Grand Prix..."
The Wonderbolts were amazed by the list of achievements Scorcher had gained.
"...and the Equestrian Race Championship." he finished. "They were all only one time achievements for me."
"How come we never heard of you before?!" Breezie yelled.
"Well I try to keep a low profile of a racing career by spending most of my time partying in clubs and high profile events. I became Cloudsdale's party animal then." he said.
The Wonderbolts had put this in thought. A pony who had the potential to make a successful racing career dislikes participating in competitions. Why? Suddenly, Misty brought up a question.
"What made you enjoy partying?" she asked. Scorcher smiled.
"I love to meet new ponies and drink some booze. Especially if it involves ending up in another city."
"So..." Blaze began.
"It's an adventure for me." Scorcher said. "Whatever part of Equestria I end up in, I meet some new ponies during my trip back home." He lied. He didn't enjoy it for one bit. The San Palomino Desert was just to make him think about his priorities.
"Well, we should probably go now." Spitfire said.
"It was pretty nice speaking to you." Fleetfoot said.
"Hey, I was wondering..." Scorcher began before they left. "...can I join The Wonderbolts?"
They were surprised by this question. This was actually the first time anypony has asked them. Scorcher was dead nervous when he asked that. However, with the list of achievements he had, he would make an excellent member. However, now wasn't the time yet.
"We'll think about it." Spitfire answered sincerely. And she meant it.
They had left the house and Scorcher was relieved.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid! That was a dumb question!" he scolded himself loudly. "Now I have to go practice to prove myself!" he said as he flew out to the back door. However, he was unaware that The Wonderbolts heard through the window at what he said as they were chuckling at Scorcher scolding himself.
"Do you really mean that, Spits?" Soarin' asked.
"Yeah. He may not have to attend the Wonderbolts Academy. He's at a superstar level." she replied.
"I'm gonna check out his practice session." High Winds said, before quickly following Scorcher.
Just as The Wonderbolts reached Star Scorcher's backyard, they were amazed. It was no backyard, but a cloud training field. They didn't expect something from him. Suddenly, they saw Star Scorcher and hid inside one of the clouds. Star Scorcher was stretching his hooves and body. He played his stereo on the cloud bench.
"And everything is going to the beat And everything is going to the beat And everything is going"
Scorcher started to headbang slowly to the beat. After the intro of the song, he flew slowly and closed his eyes. Luckily, he remembered whatever obstacle there was in this training field. He flew upwards and turned around several clouds. Then, he does several loop-de-loops around in the sky. Around, he's just spinning through hoops and over cloud pillars.
"And you said It was like fire around the brim Burning solid Burning thin the burning rim Like stars burning holes right through the dark Flicking fire like saltwater into my eyes You were one inch from the edge of this bed I drag you back a sleepyhead, sleepyhead"
Just when the chorus hits, Scorcher becomes faster and speeds through the hoops, creating fires over the hoops. For the pillars, he had created flaming spirals over them. The Wonderbolts, who were hidden in the clouds, had their jaws dropped by this storm of flames. Right now, Scorcher was trailing flames behind him. Preparing his next move, he decided to do something devious.
"Is that what I think he's doing?" Fleetfoot asked.
"Yup." Silver Lining muttered.
Scorcher flew upwards and looked down. He smiled and raised himself up to the sky.
"They couldn't think of something to say the day you burst With all their lions and all their might and all their thirst They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin Against the walls against your rules against your skin My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors Of your eyes but go in disguise like a sleepyhead, sleepyhead"
After the double bass, he flew down to the ground with full velocity. The Wonderbolts got out of the clouds and looked down to see what he was going to do. Twisting and turning, Scorcher became a falling meteorite that was about to land very hard. They finally realize what this move was. The Nova Meteor. Great speed and fury rising, Scorcher saw that he was close to the ground. Luckily, he managed to control himself and flew back up to the field. Landing gracefully, the music had faded out.
(End Song)
He opened his eyes and suddenly lost his confidence. He saw The Wonderbolts, who were in awe at what they saw.
"Uh...that was the Nova Meteor, I guess." Scorcher said, giving a nervous smile.
They couldn't say anything. Spitfire walked up to him and said these words:
"Welcome to the team."
The Wonderbolts broke out of their frozen state to congratulate the now frozen Star Scorcher. He started to smile. Best day ever, he thought to himself. It was better than the time he became the Beer Pong World Champion.
Star Scorcher had woken up. Today was the day he trained with The Wonderbolts for the first time. And for the first time in his life, he was literally pumped up. He went downstairs to get a bottle of whiskey from his cellar. It was Sunday and he needed his drink to get himself ready for awesomeness. Reaching the cellar, he opened the door and searched. Unfortunately, his Sunday whiskey was gone.
"What the fuck? Somepony's been into my stash!" he yelled.
"Oh, yeah. That was me." somepony behind him responded. He turned around and saw a white mare with a yellow mane and tail.
"Breezie?! How did'ya get into my house?!" Scorcher exclaimed, surprised to see one of the members of The Wonderbolts in his house.
"Your front door was unlocked. Just popped in to say hi, but you were sleeping. So I crashed at your place." she explained.
"What?! You knew that I was asleep?!" he yelled in shock. "What time did you get here?"
"Hmm..." she thought. "I think I came here at 3."
Scorcher's jaw dropped. What was she doing at 3 AM?
"Besides, I came here in case I needed to wake you up for your first day of training with us."
Scorcher groaned as he was closing his wine cellar door. "Whatever. Just don't surprise me like that."
Everything became quiet. Scorcher turned around to see Breezie giving him a death glare. Unfortunately, he is oblivious.
"What did you call me?" she let out behind her gnarling teeth.
"Other than Breezie, nothing else." he replied, shivers tingling down his spine. Breezie gave him a suspicious look.
"You sure about that?" Scorcher nodded.
She sighed as she flew out of the door. "Well, I'll wait for you outside."
Scorcher was left standing there. And he wondered to himself:
Star Scorcher and Breezie were flying to the Wonderbolts Training Field. Breezie had told him that the training was more intense than his cloud field. He gulped, but tried to stay confident in this course. As they arrived, he knew that she wasn't kidding. It was almost like his training field, but with more obstacles. There were even strange contraptions. Looking around, both of them saw the rest of The Wonderbolts trotting towards them.
"Mornin' sleepyhead!" Lightening Streak greeted, putting his hoof around Star Scorcher's back. Rapidfire noticed this and felt a bit agitated. Not at Scorcher, but Lightening's mannerism.
"Yo, what up, everypony?" Scorcher greeted back.
"Ready for your first time you're gonna train with us?" High Winds asked.
"Sure. Just bring whatever obstacle you have to me. Because I'm waiting for it." he replied, confidently.
"Mr. Tough Stallion, eh? Let's see if you're really that big, hot stuff." Fire Streak said, mocking Scorcher.
"Chill out, Fire. It's not like you could beat both of us." Wave Chill butted in, making Fire glare at him. They both traded death glares until the leader of the Wonderbolts broke them up.
"Settle down, everypony." Spitfire said. Wave Chill and Fire Streak looked away from each other.
"Now, today is Star Scorcher's first day..." she pointed at Scorcher, who smiled. "So, I want you all to be nice to him."
Everypony groaned. Scorcher mentally groaned. He felt like a little colt. I wonder if she does this to every new member, he thought.
"Now, we're gonna start off with some drills. I want everypony to give me 30 laps!" she announced, triggering a set of groans.
"Alright, but do you have a stereo around here?" Scorcher asked.
"Why?" Blaze asked.
"I practice with music. It's the same as dancing with music." he answered.
"I think we have one." Soarin' said.
"Great. Could you please bring it out for me?" Scorcher asked. Silver nodded and went in to take out a stereo. A few seconds later, he came back with a stereo.
"Alright, now to crank this thing." he said as he placed a disc in the disc tray.
"Alright, on my go, I want you to all to fly around the track. Get into your positions while I start your mark." They did so as she took out a stopwatch.
"On your marks..." they set themselves up.
"...get set..." they raised their legs.
"...GO!"
And The Wonderbolts are off. Things are pretty fast as they flew around the cloud track. Each pony was catching on to each other. Breezie was at the same speed as Blaze. She winked at Blaze, who blushed slightly. Wave Chill and Fire Streak were next to each other. A spark of electricity had ignite as they both looked at each other menacingly. Lightening Streak had waved at Rapidfire, who was a little behind him. Almost at the same speed, but a little behind. High Winds and Soarin' looked at each other and smiled. This was going to be friendly competition for the both of them. Star Scorcher had already begun twisting and turning in the cloud track. This was because he needed to avoid the other flyers.
"Hey!" Fire Streak yelled, as Scorcher turning around him broke Fire and Wave's trance. They both realized that the new stallion was overtaking them. However, this was only his normal speed.
As many laps have been passed, each member was getting fatigued a bit. However, this didn't mean they gave up. They still were going, to say the least. On their 30th lap, the flyers had looked ahead at the finish line. At first they were speeding up ahead just to try and get it over with. Wave Chill and Fire Streak were colliding with each other, trying to outfly one another. Lightening Streak and Rapidfire were holding hooves with each other, embracing each other by locking eyes. They were going to finish practice together. Just as everypony reached the line, it was both Star Scorcher and Silver Lining that went through first.
(Song Ends)
Everypony was tired out as Spitfire walked towards them.
"Not bad, you all. 3 minutes in 30 laps." she said. "Alright, everypony! That's it for today! We've got training on Wednesday!"
Everypony sighed in relief. Scorcher had walked up to Silver.
"Hey, I just wanted to tell you that you're pretty awesome at that lap practice." he said as he put his hoof out to see if Silver would shake it. After a long wait, he shook Scorcher's hoof.
"Thank you." was all he said before leaving. Now that Scorcher had felt happy that he got to do a minor training session with The Wonderbolts, there's one thing to do.
The party was pretty great. Everypony was having a wonderful time. Star Scorcher was gonna have to clean up his house in the next morning. However, there was no worry. He had been used to cleaning his house. Right now, he was chugging down some tequila shots.
"WOO!!!!" he yelled. "This is totally better than the Alpha Beta Fraternity!"
A crowd was cheering at the drinking challenge he had been given. Inside the crowd was also Spitfire and Misty, who were watching Scorcher chugging it down.
"You sure it was a good idea to let a slacker join the team?" Misty asked.
"He may be rough around the edges, but we can shape him up." Spitfire replied. "Just give it time."
"HEY YOU!" Scorcher yelled at a random mare in the crowd. "I NEVER KNEW HOW AWESOME YOUR ASS IS!" The mare was disgusted by that comment. "IT'S KINDA AWESOME!"
Spitfire nervously chuckled while Misty looked at her, putting her doubts on her previous statement.
"I'll give you vast amounts of time." Misty said, trotting off someplace else.
In reality, Scorcher was still sober. He's just feeling a bit tipsy.
Fleetfoot was flying around the house. She wanted to use the bathroom because...you know why. Just as she found it, she opened the door...only to be occupied.
"AAAHH! CLOSE THE DOOR" Rapidfire yelled.
"CAN'T TWO COLTS HAVE A LITTLE PRIVACY!" Lightening Streak followed.
"Ah! Sorry!" Fleetfoot quickly shut the door. Out of all the rooms they could make out in, they had to picked the bathroom.
"Why couldn't you guys use the bedroom!" she asked.
"Well...Blaze and Breezie are using it." replied Rapidfire. Fleetfoot sighed, as she went of to find another bathroom.
Wave Chill and Fire Streak were in the living room, trying to beat each other in a racing game. Their avatars looked similar to their respective owners. Several ponies were watching them play.
"I'm totally gonna beat your ass this time!" Fire yelled.
"In your dreams, idiot!" Wave replied back.
Both of them were going at it until Fire's character had won.
"Oh, man! In your face, loser!" Fire said, rubbing it in.
"Hey, at least I can beat you in a race in real life!" Wave yelled back.
"That was only one time!" Fire gave his comeback.
"Oh, yeah? Best two out of three?" Wave challenged.
"You're on!" Fire smiled and they both played another round.
High Winds and Soarin' were flying around outside Scorcher's house, playing around and making cloud sculptures. Afterwards, they relaxed on cloud.
"So what do you think of the new stallion?" High Winds asked.
"Scorcher? Well, he seems to be a good guy. He even has good flying ability. I don't think any other pony can take him on but us." Soarin' replied.
"Not even The Shadowbolts?" she inquired.
"Of course! We can beat those jerks anytime!" he added.
(End Song)
"Oh, really? I'd like to see this new stallion." a jerky voice said suddenly. The pair had looked around to find out where the voice was coming from.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" Soarin' yelled. Out of the sudden, he gets tackled by a mysterious pegasus.
"Soarin'!" High Winds exclaimed. Soarin's attacker stood up, revealing an aqua-maned grey pegasus.
"Charger!" Soarin' yelled, revealing the attacker's name.
"Good to see you again, pie freak!" Charger greeted rudely.
"I'll get the others." High Winds said, going back inside the house to find the others.
"Well, it looks like the real party's getting started." Charger said. However, Soarin' kicked him away.
"What do you want and why are you here?" Soarin' asked.
"I've heard word of a new member in your shitty little team. We wanna see the new retard." Charger explained.
"'We'?" Soarin' asked, confused.
"Let's not forget me." a feminine voice came out. Soarin' looked to see that it came from a blue mare with a violet mane with blue bits in.
"Blueball Blitz..." Soarin' growled.
"In the flesh!" Blueball Blitz announced.
Afterwards, several more ponies came from the clouds. They looked very different from one another, but all had dark colors. Soarin' looked at the cyan mare with the dark blue mane.
"So you brought your entire group of lackeys here, eh Nightshade?" Soarin' asked menacingly.
"Well, we we're all curious to see who your newbie is, Soarin'." she said with a sly smile. "Besides, it's not like we're gonna steal him or anything, right?" The other Shadowbolts nodded.
"If any funny stuff happens to my team traces back to you, there will be hell to pay!" Soarin' threatened, but Nightshade laughs off.
"Just because we hate you all doesn't mean that we plan to sabotage you." she stated. However, Soarin' didn't believe a single word she said.
The Shadowbolts have been The Wonderbolts' competitive rivals for many years. They had always cheated in many contests and did their desperation into becoming the top. However, this became a back and forth bout. Some of their cheating methods had succeeded in the past. Other plans had failed. The Wonderbolts had seen through their rouses many times. But when there were times the Shadowbolts had succeeded in cheating, it was because they had back-up schemes.
"That's a good joke." Soarin' remarked sarcastically.
"Well, it's better than the crap you always eat. What are those? Oh, pies!" Nightshade insulted Soarin', who was taken aback at this.
"You always gobble down on them like a slobby fat pig who has the self-esteem of a hobo!" she continued her arsenal of insults. Although Soarin' felt offended, he didn't take it lightly.
"Hey!" somepony yelled. Everypony looked to see that it was rest of The Wonderbolts minus Star Scorcher.
"Soarin'!" High Winds flew towards the fallen Soarin' while Spitfire went face to face with Nightshade. Both leaders were giving each other deadly stares.
"What the heck are you and your henchponies doing here?" Spitfire asked, fury basking in her voice.
"Well, we heard that you Wonderlosers had a new member in your group of morons." Nightshade answered.
"He's busy with the other guests." was all Spitfire said. "Now, I suggest you all leave before there's gonna be trouble--"
But before Spitfire could finish, a voice from the house had been released.
"Hey, guys! Is that an outdoor party? Can I join?" Star Scorcher yelled. The Wondebolts had facehoofed while the Shadowbolts grinned. "Awesome!" Scorcher added.
"So this is your new member?" Nightshade asked.
"And who might you ponies be?" Scorcher asked in curiosity, which left both The Shadowbolts and Wonderbolts baffled by his oblivious question.
"Are you frickin' kidding me? They let an idiot join their team?" Charger remarked. Scorcher was confused.
"Those ponies are The Shadowbolts, our rivals." Blaze answered, which made more sense to Scorcher on why these guys are jerks.
"And we're gonna be number one in all of Equestria." the purple maned pink pony announced. However, The Wonderbolts laughed at that statement. Scorcher had decided to join in the laughter weakly. However, he didn't get what was going on.
"Starry Skies, you're like the worst flyer in your team!" Breezie pointed out, leaving Starry to scowl at them furiously.
"Well, don't get too cocky." the indigo maned aqua pony said. "We'll beat you in the next tournament soon."
"Don't bet your money on it, Stratus." Misty said. "You're gonna be sorry you underestimated us."
"And don't pull any stupid tricks like you did for the last couple of competitions." Rapidfire added.
"There were no tricks! They were only backstage mishaps!" Stratus said.
"Bullshit!" Fire Streak yelled, as he tried to tussle with Stratus, but was met by a dark blue maned dark grey stallion.
"You gotta get through me first." Dusk stated.
"Bring it on, bro!" Fire answered back.
But before these two could fight, Blaze had pulled Fire back. Star Scorcher had stepped out.
"Look, I have no idea what's going on. But however, I don't want any violence in my property. So, I suggest you leave or there's gonna be trouble."
Suddenly, a green maned blue stallion came up in front of him, face to face.
"So, Mr. Goody Two Hooves doesn't want any violence, eh?" he snarled. "The name's Grove, and this is the Shadowbolts you're talking to. So, we get to do whatever the hell we want."
He shoved Scorcher away. Suddenly something shocking had occurred. Scorcher had headbutted Grove down to the cloud. It wasn't a hard one. But it wasn't soft either.
"Listen up, you jerks. I don't give a rat's ass about you being the best flyers in Equestria, even if you aren't. But this is my home, my property and my rules. I warned you not to bring violence. But now you're asking for more. One more time, I say this: Get out of my zone!" Scorcher said, fuming with rage.
Just before the pink-purple maned green mare could have a go at him, Dusk had pulled her back.
"Not now, Vortex." he said. Dusk and Stratus had to pull Vortex back.
"That's an impressive member you have there. I must say, Scorcher's anger is added to our team, we would become an unstoppable force." Nightshade teased.
"He's not a free agent anymore. He's one of us now." Spitfire said, brushing Nightshade's teasing off.
"I'm pretty sure he's bound to get sick of you guys soon." Nightshade replied as she turned her back. "C'mon Shadowbolts! We're leaving this place!" she announced before flying off. Charger carried off the unconscious Grove away with their teammates.
"Well, that turned out to be a sucky night." Fire Streak said.
"Agreed." Silver Lining added.
"The night had a twist, but the party ain't over yet!" Scorcher said, going back to his laidback demeanor. "Let's get back in! It's gonna get cold outside soon." as he said that, he flew back into his house.
Wave Chill, Silver Lining, Fleetfoot, Blaze, Breezie, Fire Streak, Lightening Streak and Rapidfire shrugged the altercation off as if nothing had happened and went back inside the house to party some more. High Winds proceeded to follow them before asking Soarin' if he's coming inside.
"You joinin' us or what?" she asked.
"It's cool. We'll be back inside for a second." Soarin' answered as High Winds proceeded to get back in.
"I think they're planning to take Scorcher away from us." Misty stated.
"Maybe, but the Shadowbolts are unpredictable. We better watch out." Spitfire said.
"Well, we better get back inside." Soarin' suggested. Misty and Spitfire nodded as flew back in.
Nightshade, what the heck are you planning this time? Spitfire wondered.
