Shocking but True Tales from the Brass Pony Pub

“I’ve had a long history at the academy,” said Soarin, nursing his appletini. “Truth be told, I don't know how many different mares I've done in my time at the academy.”

Note was shocked. “You don't know?” he yelled.

“Wow,” said Caramel, highly impressed. “How long have you been at the academy?”

“Nine years,” replied the veteran Wonderbolt. “I’ve been everywhere in Equestria, from Las Pegasus to Fillydelphia and everywhere in between.”

“Got any stories in particular that stand out?” asked Note.

“Well, there was that one time I was about to go with two different rookies, on request, and Spitfire walked in…”

“Soarin! It’s time for training! Where in the name of Celestia…” she opened the door. I was on the bed, lying on my back and preparing for the twofer, but not quite done.

“Spitfire, I can explain.”

“Like Tartarus you can! What are these two recruits doing in your room?” She was really mad. Clearly lying to her wasn’t gonna cut it. I may do stupid things, but I ain’t stupid.

“They requested that I have intercourse with both of them.”

“At the same time?”

“Well… yes.”

She calmed down. “Alright, I’ve seen enough. You two,” she yelled at the rookies, “get out of here. And put on some clothes, for Celestia’s sake.” The two mares left the room, leaving me alone on the bed half-erect and blushing. “How many times has this happened? she asked me.

“I only do it on request, I swear…”

She put emphasis on each word. “How many times?”

I sighed. “Six so far.”

She lowered her brow at me. “Six times. And you never once told me. You know, this kind of behavior could get you in serious trouble with the General.”

“Who’s the General?” asked Spike, curiously.

“He is the toughest official in the Wonderbolt force. He doesn’t tolerate nonsense or rule-breaking of any kind. Especially not when it involves sex. I knew I was taking risks, but for the most part I was playing it safe, only having a once-in-a-while one-night stand. I knew, however, that I would get caught sooner or later if I didn’t quit while I was ahead. However, in this instant, I was more worried about Spitfire.”

She glared at me. I was so nervous I was starting to sweat, and my blood was beginning to pump faster. “I’m awful sorry. It’s just-”

She interrupted me. “I didn’t know you were like that.”

“I… uh… what?”

“If I had known you did this kind of thing, I would have acted sooner.”

She locked the door and turned off the lightswitch. I was trapped in a room with my junk hanging out and no way of knowing what was about to happen next. I had never been more scared in my life.

“Spitfire, I know I should have told you before, but please don’t-”

“Let me confess something to you, Soarin. I’ve wanted to do this for quite a while. Just to see what it’s like. Now let me sit on you for a while.” Next thing I knew, I felt her big round butt putting pressure on my thighs. I wasn’t sure what she was doing, but I could feel her moving up and down on me. She moved back a bit and started rubbing against my dick. I couldn’t believe it. She had never acted this way around me before.

I was really getting into it and eventually I was stiff as a board.

It was dark, but I could tell that Spitfire was smiling at me right then. “You don’t mind if I take this further, do you?”

“Not at all.”

“Good. This is about to get rough, so get ready.”

“I always am.”

Spitfire got up off of my thighs. I could feel her tail tickling my stomach. Then, she sat down again, this time, on my penis. I could feel myself going inside her. She was a lot looser than I thought she’d be.

She went up and down incredibly quickly and I was getting ready to blow. I tried to stop her for a moment. “Wait a minute, Spitfire.”

She stopped bouncing. “What?”

“I can’t let you do all the work. It wouldn’t be right.”

Using all of my strength, I lifted myself off of the bed. “Woah, Soarin! Be careful!”

“I know what I’m doing, trust me.” In one swift move, Spitfire landed on all fours and I was now on top of her. It was my turn now. I started thrusting in and out and showing that girl the best time she’d ever had. When we finally finished, she was in absolute ecstasy.

“That... was amazing.”

I smiled and removed myself from her behind. I was feeling great, but she was so exhausted that she couldn’t stand up. “Let me set one thing straight here, Spitfire. I always come out on top.” I helped her get into bed. Then I remembered that she was supposed to help train the recruits. Luckily, I found my way outside and took over.

“Um… sir?” asked one of the recruits. “Where is captain Spitfire?”

“She’s feeling tired today. I’m honestly just as surprised as you are.”

That was the only time Spitfire ever had sex with me, and the only time she had never shown up for a training session.

“Well, ain’t you the competitive one?” asked Big Mac, rhetorically.

“It’s in my nature. I never settle for second-best if I can help it.”

“I had no idea sex was such a competitive thing,” pointed out Spike.

“It is the way I do it.”

“So, how many of your fellow Wonderbolts have you banged on request?” asked Note.

“Let’s just say that somewhere out in Equestria are a wide selection of pegasi kids with single moms.”

“You sly, devious old son of a bronc.”

“So, any other stories worth mentioning before you get to the main one?” asked Discord.

“Well,” said Soarin, “let me think, there was a foursome…”

“Is that even physically possible?” wondered Note.

“One time I shared a mare with another stallion so I could show him the ropes…”

“How noble of you,” said Mac, in a flat tone.

“I did it backstage at a major flying competition and I still helped bring home the gold…”

“Seriously?” asked Spike.

“Yes, and the list goes on. But this one story I’m about to tell? This is why Dash was a keeper for me.”

It was the week that Dash was about to be done with her training. Same week that Thunderlane got finished, too. I was out on morning duty, and me and Spitfire were whipping everypony into shape.

“You!” yelled Spitfire. “Stand up straight! You, adjust those goggles! You, get a manecut!”

“Cadets!” Everypony stopped fooling around and acted like professionals. Spitfire is an excellent leader, but it’s pretty clear that the recruits have a lot more respect for me.

“Wow. So humble,” snarked Caramel.

“It’s true, though,” said Thunderlane. “If you spend at least two weeks at camp, you’re bound to hear about the habits of Captain Soarin. And once you do, you treat him like the stallion he is. No disrespect, at all.”

“Well, most of the time,” pointed out Soarin.

“Alright, listen up. Y’all are heading into your final week of training. But don’t think that we’ll go easy on you. If anything, you are in for the hardest week of your life. Just follow orders and everything will be fine. If you don’t, you will come back and do it it right next time. Have I made myself clear?”

“Sir, yes, sir!” everypony said.

“I can’t hear you!”

“Sir, yes, sir!” everypony yelled.

“That’s better. Twenty laps, around the track, now!” With that, they were all off. I ain’t ever seen a group of ponies fly faster than those cadets did. The fastest of them was young Rainbow Dash. I knew her pretty well. We’d met at the young flyers competition where she saved four lives, including mine, and did a sonic rainboom. And then again at the grand galloping gala the year after that. And now, she was finally getting a chance to prove herself to the academy.

“What now?” I turned around and Dash was right behind me. She had finished about a minute early.

“Excuse me?”

“I’m finished with the laps. What now?”

“May I remind you that I am technically your commanding officer?”

“Sorry, captain. I meant what now, sir?”

I smiled at her. “Now, we wait for everypony else to finish.”

She smirked at me. “Shame that not everypony can keep up, sir.”

“Oh, I think that somepony will catch up eventually.”

She raised an eyebrow at me. “Excuse me, what was that...sir?”

“I’m just saying, Dash. We all have our little slip-ups now and again.”

“I don’t know why, but that week I was starting to feel cocky. All the mares came to me, and all the colts respected me. I think I was beginning to get a big head about it.”

“You don’t say,” said Note, lowering his eyelids.

“I know, but this was a serious case. I had never been one to make the first move before, but something about Dash made me want to bed her as quickly as I could. So I kept bugging her.”

Later on, Spitfire and I sent the cadets through an obstacle course. Dash cleared that course fairly quickly.

“I’m done with the course, sir.”

“You know what? You can knock off the sir for now.”

“Oh, thank Celestia. I was really getting tired of that.”

“So, tough obstacle course, isn’t it?”

You call this tough? I’ve been through Ghastly Gorge.”

“No kidding? What’s your fastest time through there?”

“Let me see… about two minutes and ten seconds, start to finish.”

“Impressive. But, you say that like you’re the only pony in the world who’s done that.”

She turned to me with a bit of a smug grin. “Really. Name one other pony.”

“Myself.”

“No joking?”

“Yep, back when I was younger, that gorge was my flying ground, and I knew it like the back of my hoof. That part with the brambles is tricky, isn’t it?”

“Well, at first… but it’s not like I need flying lessons or anything.”

“I’m not saying you do, I’m just saying you’re not the only pony around here who can give everypony else a run for their bits.”

“With all due respect, you’re acting really uptight today.”

“Maybe I am.”

“Just curious, do you remember how we met?”

“The young flyers competition. Two years ago. You took home the gold.”

“I also saved your life.”

“Funny how that happens, isn’t it?”

She glared at me. “You know, I’m not sure I like your attitude.”

“She was right. I really was acting uptight. You know, looking back on how I was acting, I’m surprised she didn’t punch me. Celestia knows I certainly deserved it.”

“Not really, said Discord. “Mares usually know if a colt is talking through his dick. Half of all male bragging is a direct result of male pride.”

“What's the other half?” asked Note.

“Indirect results."

“Yeah,” said Soarin, “that’s pretty much what was happening. I bugged her almost incessantly for two days. By the end of it she was really getting ticked.”

“Anything smart to say about my new record time, captain?”

“Not all records are permanent. You should know, you just broke one.”

“You just love taking the fun out of everything I accomplish, don’t you?”

“Dash, come on. I’m just teasing you.”

“Well, you’ve been teasing me for about two days now. It’s really getting annoying.”

“Well, look at miss can’t-take-a-joke over here.”

“You know what? Maybe you should shut up.”

“Care to repeat that?”

“I said, maybe you should just shut your mouth and leave me alone!”

“You want me to shut up? You’re gonna have to make me.

She raised an eyebrow at me. “Is that a challenge?”

“Look, Dashie, you may have talent, but you can’t be the best at everything.”

“Oh yeah? Name your challenge.”

She had a serious face on. I had her right where I wanted her. “I trust you’ve heard about my off-record legacy around the academy. Why don’t you try me on for size?”

She realized what I had led her into. “Are you serious? You know that that kind of thing is against the rules. The last thing I need is to get in trouble with the General.”

The mention of the word ‘general’ intimidated me a bit, but not enough to discourage me from going ahead. “You think I’m really so careless that I’ll let this slip out?”

“Oh, you want to play it that way, do you?”

“Look, do you want to shut me up? Go ahead. If you come out on top, you win.”

Dash considered this for a moment. I had riled her up enough by this point that she would do anything to keep me quiet. “Alright. After practice. Your office. Be ready.”

“I always am.”

“Truth be told, I ain’t sure what possessed me to keep bothering her like that. I guess my hormones were taking over.”

“Congratulations, you managed to tease your way into a mare’s pants out of sheer pride,” said Discord, slowly clapping his hands together in the most bitter way possible.

“You know, I’m not sure you’re a good role model for Caramel,” said Note.

“Note, let him finish his story before you start passing judgement,” said Caramel.

“Well, in spite of my acting like a class-A jackass,” said Soarin, “I was set to bang the star rookie. I was feeling more ready than ever.”

I waited in my office patiently. It had been three hours since we made the bet, and I had been practicing my positions for a while when Dash walked in, done with training for the day. “Alright,” she said, “this had better be worth it.”

“It will be, trust me.” She got on the bed with me and slowly removed her uniform. I was starting to get really worked up.

“Have fun being on the bottom.” With that, the games began. She threw me onto my back, and sat on top of my dick, going up and down really quickly. She started to pant. I saw an opportunity to strike, and did so.

Once she started panting heavily, I used my legs to flip her onto her back. Now I could finish the job. I started thrusting as hard and as fast as I could into her smooth, silky behind. I had her where I wanted her. “You see what you did wrong?” I asked her, still moving in and out. “You got too cocky. And then I... took advantage... of that.”

Dash was panting heavily, but still had a determined look on her face. “Nice… moves… you got… there…” She was smiling. Not just any smile either. It was a dark smile, the kind of smile that came with burning eyes and slanted eyebrows

“Thank you… very… much…” I was working so hard that I was starting to pant heavily.

“Oh, yeah… by the way…”

Next thing I knew, I was jerked to the side and I was suddenly on the floor, on my back. I felt a tinge of pain in my spine but it didn’t last long. But then something occurred to me: I was almost done. I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate, but I had lost too much energy to fight back. I could feel it coming.

Squirt!

I had climaxed. On my back. On the floor.

My blood hadn’t started flowing back to my brain yet, so I could barely see. But, I did notice one thing when I opened my eyes again. Dash’s face, looking down towards mine.

“Calling your moves? Generally not a good idea.”

“You… caught me off guard…”

“You did the same thing. Guess you were right. Everypony messes up once in a while.” She reached into her pussy and put some of her personal juice on her hoof before smearing it on my face. “You taste that, captain? That’s the taste of defeat. That’s the taste of karma biting you in the flanks.”

I took the time to reflect on the events that had led to this. I annoyed her for two days straight, she humiliated me. I acted like I was on top, and ended up on the bottom. I had fallen victim to my own pride. I got beaten by a recruit. And now, she was literally rubbing it in my face.

“You know, It’s tough enough to lose a fight, but if you’re not prepared to lose, it’s ten times worse. But what was even worse than that was knowing that, on reflection, I deserved it.”

“Ouch,” replied Thunderlane.

“That’s a whole new level of humiliation right there,” pointed out Note.

“Yeah, but I certainly had it coming. And Dash still wasn’t done with me.”

“Say it. Out loud. Right now. You know what I mean.”

I felt unable to speak. I was lying naked on the floor underneath a girl who was almost a decade younger than me. I was beyond words.

“Can’t you just admit what just happened?.”

I tried to speak but nothing came out.

“You do remember how to talk, right? You know, the thing you couldn’t stop doing earlier? Come on, just say it. I want to hear you say it.”

Despite my absolute misery, I let her have her moment. “You win.”

“And what else?”

I swallowed what was left of my pride. “I lose.”

“That’s right. And don’t you forget it.”

She got up and left me on the floor. She turned to leave. “And I’m sorry.”

Dash stopped cold and turned back towards me. “What?”

“I said I’m sorry. I’m sorry I acted like a jerk. I’m sorry I kept bothering you. I’m sorry that I wouldn’t let you have your moments.”

Dash was listening, but didn’t seem convinced. “Oh, so now you think you can just take this all off the record? You’ve been constantly bugging me for the past two days! You can’t just make me forget about all of that, you selfish prick!”

“I went too far. I get that now. I also know you’re really mad at me right now. But can you please just forgive me for acting like that?”

“Oh, don’t you even try that on me. I’m not letting you off that easily.The only reason you’re even upset right now is that you lost.”

“That’s not why I’m upset.”

“Oh really? Then why are you upset?”

“Because… I think… I…” I stumbled over my words. I knew what the answer was. I had known it from the moment I saw her. It was just hard to say.

“Well, come on and tell me. Why are you upset?”

I summoned up all of my courage in one breath. “Because I love you, Rainbow Dash.”

Her eyes opened wide. “You… what?”

“I love you. Ever since I first saw you, I’ve wanted to tell you how I feel about you. I mean, you are truly the most amazing mare I have ever met. Your moves are amazing, you have a good heart, and on top of that, you are just… beautiful.” I’m not afraid to admit, I was crying. I mean, it’s not like anything could have possibly made it worse.

Dash was shocked. I think she was actually blushing a bit. “You really mean that?”

“Did you really think I could forget the fact that you saved my life? The reason I was giving you such a hard time was that I was too embarrassed to tell the truth.”

The fire in her eyes had burned out. She just looked at me, on the ground, covered in cum, and started to feel a little odd. “I… don’t know what to say…”

“I understand if you’re still upset. Just please don’t hate me…”

She took a long look at me and eventually decided to speak up. “Hate you? After all of what you just said? Do you really think I’m that stubborn?”

“I haven’t exactly been thinking straight the past few days.”

“Well, at least now I know why you’ve been acting so weird.”

“I just needed to get it off my chest. I’m sorry I tried to trick you into sex.”

“Well, to be fair, I did say I would… and… it’s not like I never thought about it…”

I found the strength to pick myself up from the floor. “What was that?”

“I… kinda have something to confess. I actually wanted to do this before you started bugging me. I mean, when I was younger, you were like a role model to me. One of the best young fliers in Equestrian history. One of the reasons I wanted to join the wonderbolts was so I could meet my hero.”

I was feeling less upset now. “And who would that be?”

She definitely blushed that time. “You.”

“I couldn’t believe it. This whole time we could have both just told the truth and saved ourselves a whole mess of trouble. And yet here we were, in my office, post-sex, and telling each other everything. And then, silence.”

A silence hung in the air. Every single pony at the table had a stunned expression on their face. No one knew how to respond to what they had just heard.

“Well, that was… weird,” said Note.

“Weird doesn’t do it justice,” said Spike. ”That may have been the weirdest story I’ve ever heard. And that’s saying a lot.”

“Yeah,” said Soarin. “I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure where to go from there.”

“Well… we both got what we wanted out of this… kind of.”

“Yeah, I guess we did.”

There was a long awkward silence. We were both blushing, we had both been keeping secrets, and we could both feel the seconds pass by.

I pondered in my head whether or not to break the silence. Eventually, I did. “So... you wanna go get something to eat?”

Dash considered this. “Sure, why not?”

“So, we’re fine?”

Dash looked at me for a second and then smiled happily. “Yeah, we’re fine.”

I smiled back at her. It was a rough start, but we were sure to go somewhere special from here. “Um, Dash?”

“Yeah?”

“You think maybe we could not tell anyone about this quite yet?”

"Why not?"

"Well, for one, this is incredibly awkward. Second, if the General finds out about this, we're both as good as gone."

Dash paused for a second. She weighed he options out and considered what to do next. But then, she smiled at me. “I think I’ve got a better idea.” With that, she walked towards me and sat down. “Let’s at least give this story a better ending.” She leaned forwards. “Let me see that dick of yours.”

I got a bit excited, and sure enough, there it was. “So what did you have in mind?”

“Well, first I’m gonna wash it off, because I know where it’s been. Then, I’m gonna pump it up a little and take a drink.” And that was what she did. She got a little cup of water and washed off my penis, and then she started pumping it up like she was trying to inflate a bike wheel. It felt good, but I wanted to do something in return.

“Dash, I wanna try something. You don’t mind being on the floor this time, do you?”

“Not at all. Why?”

“I wanna see how you taste.” Dash laid on her back, and I positioned myself so that she could get at my dick while I poked my tongue into her pussy. After a while, we both got finished up. It was even better than we could have imagined.

“That was really amazing, Soarin.”

“You weren’t so bad yourself.”

“In that moment, we both knew that this was more than a one-time deal. We went to lunch and discussed flying techniques and maneuvers for a while over a nice, hot apple pie.”

“Wow. That escalated pretty quickly,” said Caramel.

“How do you do it?” asked Note.

“Pardon?” replied Soarin.

“”How does a guy like you get so lucky? You’re a star wonderbolt, you’ve got a good relationship with another star wonderbolt, how in the world do you do it?”

“It ain’t easy. It takes a lot of hard work and a decent amount of confidence. Besides, my life’s not all glamorous. That little affair I was having with Rainbow Dash? News of that spread all over the camp like wildfire." Soarin took a long sip of his appletini and gave a heavy sigh. "It also got me in some serious trouble with the higher-ups when they found out. I got a really unpleasant letter from the General."

Everyone at the table, including Discord, got a little concerned. This did not sound good.

"What did he say?" asked Spike.

"It ain't for the faint of heart," replied Soarin.

“Dear Mr. Soarin, it has come to our attention that, in direct violation of academy regulations and standards, you have been dating and engaging in intercourse with a private. This kind of behavior is simply intolerable from a Wonderbolt, let alone a captain. I am shocked, appalled and ashemed that this kind of rotten, rule-breaking, behavior has hapened in a Wonderbolts camp and you should be grateful that I am not in my rights to have you two locked up. I will come to camp this weekend to discuss the terms of your dishonorable removal from the force, as well as that of your partner. Signed, The General.” I put down the letter. It was the worst possible news that I could have gotten. We were in serious trouble.

Dash looked like she was just about done with everything. She went over to the bed and just laid on her back, moping to herself. “Well, that’s it. I’m never gonna be able to achieve my lifelong dream. All because I couldn’t control myself. And not only that, but I got you in trouble too. I cannot believe how royally I just screwed everything up.”

I tried to comfort her. “It’s not your fault. It’s mine. I guess after nine years of this, it was gonna happen. I should have stopped when I had the chance.”

“Don’t blame yourself, blame me.”

“I’m not blaming you. You aren’t the reason we’re in trouble!”

“Yes I am!”

“What’s going on in here?” Me and Dash turned towards the door. Spitfire was standing in the doorway, looking at us.

“We’re in serious trouble,” I said. “It’s my fault.”

“No, it’s my fault,” said Dash.

“Let me stop you both right there,” Spitfire said. “I think I know what’s going on here. nd frankly, blaming yourselves, or anyone else, really, is not going to help. What you need to do is stop moping around and do something about it if you can.”

“It’s not going to be that easy, Spitfire,” I said panicking. “The General knows what we’ve been doing. There ain’t no reasoning with him!”

“The General has higher-ups too, you know. Maybe you could appeal to them. Look, the more you panic, the more time and effort you waste. You can both come up with something to get you out, I know you can. You’ve got brains, use them.” She walked off without another word, leaving me and Dash alone to plan our defense.

“I don’t suppose you personally know any of the higher-ups in the academy, do you?”

“Not as far as I know,” replied Dash.

“Well, there must be somepony we can talk to. Do any of your close friends have connections? There must be somepony we can rely on.”

All of a sudden, Dash’s eyes went wide, and she got a smile on her face. I could almost hear the ding of the light that went on in her head. ”I think I know somepony who could help.” She set off to her room to go write a letter. “You want connections? I’ve got a real doozy.”

“I didn’t know how she did it, but thanks to the help of a friend, she managed to get in contact with Princess Celestia herself. Later on, I found out that her friend was none other than princess Twilight Sparkle.”

“Lucky, lucky you.” said Caramel.

“What was really great about it was the fact that she got a letter back from the princess.”

“Dear Soarin and Rainbow Dash, My former student tells me that you were in a lot of trouble. Luckily for you, I have not had an extremely buy day, so I received your message in time. I wrote an appeal to the General, and he wrote me back saying that despite his low tolerance for foolishness, he would see fit to pardon you. Personally, I am glad that the two of you are so happy together, and that you have been able to stick together through this hard time. True love knows no limits or rules or boundaries, and the devotion you two have to each other is touching. Besides, those old Wonderbolt academy regulations are in serious need of an update. I really should get to that before something like this happens again. I wish you two great happiness. Sincerely, Princess Celestia.” Rainbow Dash put down the letter and smiled at me. "How's that for a connection?"

My jaw was hanging open. Rainbow had pulled through for me, and I couldn’t believe my luck. “Why didn’t you tell me you knew Princess Twilight?”

“It never came up, I guess.”

“Well, I’m just glad I still have you.”

“Soarin, I’m going to be honest. Even if we had gotten kicked out of the academy, you would have had me anyway.” She smiled at me and I smiled back. I was almost crying, I was so happy. “Oh, wait, there’s more to the letter…”

“What does it say?”

“P.S. Twilight told me to tell you that Spike told her to tell me to tell you that he ‘got lucky.’ She also says not to worry because her little friend is finally growing up and is feeling rather excited about it. It would appear that you two aren’t the only ones in Equestria learning about love.”

Spike blushed so hard that his entire face turned from purple to red.

The rest of the table was taken aback. This news had come from out of nowhere. “What exactly do you mean by ‘got lucky?’” asked Thunderlane.

“It’s a long story. I was really excited at the time and I wanted to let everyone know, and… I’ll… I’ll just tell you later, after Caramel’s done with his story.”

“I’m holding you to that,” said Note.

“Oh, by all means, just keep telling stories,” said Discord, getting impatient.

“And I haven’t forgotten about you either, Discord.”

The draconequus looked disappointed. He was stuck, and there was nothing he could do to avoid his fate. So, he just kept moving things along. “You were saying, Soarin?”

“Well, there’s really not much else to tell,” the wonderbolt captain said. “Just one last scene and that’ll be it for me.”

“Tell us, then,” said Big Mac.

Okay. It was the last day of the recruits’ training. The best of the best had made it, and would now be officially accepted into the wonderbolts. Among the newest rookies to join our ranks were Thunderlane here, and of course, Rainbow Dash. We had a really big ceremony, thousands of ponies from all over Equestria were there, and everyone was feeling really good about themselves. When Dash came up to receive her medal, I looked her in the eyes.

“I’m proud of you, Rainbow. You are the best flier I’ve ever seen in this camp.”

“I couldn’t have done it without you,” she replied. We shared a moment, leaned in towards each other, and kissed, right before the ceremony came to a close.

“I just want to say,” said Spitfire, “ to everypony here, that all of you should be proud of what you have accomplished over the course of training. Your work is not yet done, but I know that you will never give up. You have all proven yourselves to be the best of the best, and I know you will all go far. Congratulations, and remember: Fly high, fly fast, and fly bravely.”

“There was a huge round of applause, we all celebrated with dinner, and went to bed. It was one of the best days of my life. For once, things were going right, and I was feeling happy. And that’s all I have to say about that.”

“I’m really happy for you, Soarin.” said Thunder.

“Me too,” said Note. “After all that trouble, you deserve a happy ending.”

“Now,” said Thunder, “If I’m not mistaken, it’s Caramel’s turn.”

Caramel, just like everyone else who had gone before him, was feeling incredibly nervous and wasn’t sure if agreeing to this was the smartest thing he had ever done. But, he downed his White Stalliongrad and decided to just let it out already. “Alright, it all started out when I was living in Manehatten…”