Rivalry

by thebosscamacho

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life
Length: 939

Rainbow Dash is forced to work with an old rival of hers.

I remember when I submitted my first story to Fimfiction. It was to introduce my OC pony, Triple Threat. However, being the ignorant writer I was then, that story proved to be my worst. However as I kept writing, I got better, so I decided to write a new, better introductory story, hopefully this time doing my OC some justice.

When Raindrops comes down with the Feather Flu, Rainbow Dash requests a temporary replacement. However, she's less than impressed at who is sent over. Triple Threat is the last pony Dash wants to work with, mainly because she's the first pony Dash ever lost to. While Triple wants to put the past behind them, Rainbow refuses, sparking up their old rivalry. But a near death experience may prove to enough for Dash to let bygones be bygones.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-08-08 01:52:31 UTC

The Temp

Raindrops coughed and groaned. Having the feather flu was not fun. But that wasn't what she was worried about. What she was worried about was ten times worse.

"RAINDROPS!" a loud voice ordered.

Raindrops cringed at the sound of the voice. A cyan pegasus with rainbow hair stormed into her hospital room.

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?" Rainbow Dash roared.

"I-I-I I came down with the feather flu and too sick to work." she replied nervously.

"And you except me to do all the work while you lie there and do nothing?" RD asked.

"Me!? What about you!? All you do is nap all day!" Raindrops shot back.

Rainbow Dash was taken back, she wasn't expecting that outburst.

"I can get my work done faster than anypony else on the weather team, that's why I CAN take naps, I've shown you that  before, didn't I?" Rainbow asked patiently.

The ill pegasus calmed down. Dash was right, it was just so easy to forget that fact, but her work spoke for itself.

"You're right, I'm sorry Rainbow Dash, it's just that you're rarely seen working." Raindrops apologized.

"Nah, is alright, and I guess you couldn't of helped it if you got sick, so yeah, sorry about yelling at you." RD replied.

"So what are you going to do now? You're still short one pony." Raindrops brought up.

"I'll just request for a temp to stand in for you." Rainbow said "I'm sure the Cloudsdale weather board can find a pegasus who can fill in for you for a few days."

With that, Rainbow Dash went to fill out the required paperwork.

***

For a pegasus, I guess you can say I have an okay life. I mean, I have a roof over my head and I can afford to support myself. But then again, I have my creator to thank for that, but that's me getting ahead of myself.

My name is Triple Threat, and I'm not like most ponies you know. For a start your probably concerned about why I'm breaking the forth wall. Well, that because my creator gave me the knowledge that I'm an original character and was created because he is a fan of the show "My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic", which is why everything in my world exist. I also know alot about the show, it's fandom, and about your world as well. To me, everything has a duo meaning, for example, I see my home town Cloudsdale as a city build by pegasi, but also as a town designed by you humans.

Living with this kind of knowledge can be hard...and I've been going off on that tangent for long enough, on with the story.

I mainly work at the weather factory as a rainbow mixer. And for the record, rainbows are NOT made from grounded up ponies, that's just sick (if you read "Rainbow Factory", you'll know what I'm taking about). Rainbow's are actually made from sunlight. We have hole in the ceiling that allows sunlight in, and that hole directs sunlight through a prism, that breaks the light into six colors (indigo already a shade of blue, so why put it in?). Those colored lights are then directed to a machine that uses magic to convert the light to liquid, thus spectra is created. However, since it comes from the sun, spectra is dangerously spicy as a result, and you can't stay around it for too long. It's kind of like what would happen to a human if he stayed around toxic waste for 5 hours without wearing a bio-hazard suit. Because of this, all the workers in the rainbow department have to take four hour shifts mixing, then do a second job. I personally choose to be a weather pony, you get to go to the other towns in Equestria.

Anyway, when I arrived at my station, the rainbow manager, Bifröst, Rainbow Dash's father, was waiting for me.

"Good morning sir." I said politely.

"Good morning Triple Threat, how are you this morning?"

Something was up, the boss always got straight to the point. He only ever made conversation when he was off the job or..."

"Sir, would you please give to me straight."

"We got a request for a substitute weather pony, and you were selected. You'll be going to Ponyville for weather duty for the rest of week."

"Ponyville, Sir? Where Rainbow Dash works as leader of the local weather patrol?" I asked, slightly shocked. I had been kept of that region of Equestria ever since I started at the weather factory, that because of something that happened in my foalhood.

"I think it's high time you and Rainbow Dash made up." Bifröst said seriously.

I had figured that he was right on my 13th birthday, a year after Rainbow left Cloudsdale. I would have gone to Ponyville on my own, but...

"With all due respect sir, you daughter can hold a grudge for her entire life."

"I believe you'll find a way, you two are alot alike after all."

That's true, my creator did base me of her, but he failed to realize that like personalities tend to clash.

"When do I start sir?" I asked.

"Today, right now."

Can't argue with the boss. I nodded and headed out the factory.

Chapter 2

Elements of Harmony were originally the stones themselves. They contained all of the power and only required somepony with the knowledge and magical ability to activate them.

Now, the Elements are ponies. The stones still exist, but they are merely focusing devices for the power that the Elements themselves possess.