The Melancholic Life Of Soarin'

Soarin' was flying at a slow pace. Slower than usual. He wanted to tell Rainbow Dash and just get it over with, but at the same time he didn't want to do it at all. He needed to relax, he needed to somehow forget all of this. He looked to his left and noticed that the sun had just finished rising. All he could do was stare at it, it was one of the most beautiful, he shut his eyes and continued on his way.

Ten minutes of drifting later he finally opened his eyes again, the HQ was in sight. Soarin' just girted his teeth together. Every part of his body told him to turn around and come back later. But he couldn't because then he would be late for practice. No matter what he did it was not going to be pretty.

Now he was just about 100 feet away from the building, he felt like his lungs were about to explode, he remembered that breathing was probably a good thing to do in a situation like this. He landed on the cloud that was sporting the building and slowly trotted his way to the front door.

He slowly opened the door and walked in, he looked to his right, there was a clock hanging on the wall, the time was 8:02. Fashionably Late. Soain' looked right and saw the hallway to the locker room where the other Wonderbolts changed and the room where the Wonderbolts trained. Soarin never used the locker rooms to change for obvious reasons, he didn't want to see other ponies private areas and he didn't want other ponies to see his private areas, and then the reason that he was most know for in the HQ....he was shy.

Slowly trotting down the hallway he heard voices from the locker room, none of them sounded like Rainbow Dash. As he walked past the locker room he tried not to make any noise so people wouldn't know that he was here. He got to the end of the hall where the door way to the big training room was. He slowly crept into the room to make sure that there was nopony around. He quickly took off and before he knew it he lost himself in the magic of flight.

Soarin' was flying with ease, just passing through air like a hot knife cutting butter. He completely lost track of time. He landed and looked at the clock, it was 12:43. He heard a rumble in his stomach, it's time for lunch. Soarin' flew home when he ate lunch, he never ate with anypony else.

As Soarin' was flying home and he noticed that Rainbow Dash was not at HQ today. He didn't mind at all he was just wondering why was she not there. He just pondered the reason until he got home to eat. He opened the door to his house that he left the T.V on. The 1:00 news was on but Soarin' didn't notice because was looking in the fridge for food.

He finally found some vegetables in the fridge and put them on the counter. He then trotted over to the cabinet where he kept his bread, pulled out the white bread and put it on the counter next to the vegetables. He started constructing the sandwich and thinking of the reasons why Rainbow was not at the HQ today. Did she have some thing to do? Was she sick? There were so many reasons as to why she was not at HQ today.

Soarin' was now in front of the T.V eating his sandwich, still pondering why she was not there today. It was her first day after her first show, how could she not come? He ponder until he got frustrated. He was frustrated because he was so worried that he would have to embarrass himself.

As he was pondering and eating he got an idea that when he thought of it he would normally punch himself for. The idea was to ask Spitfire where she was. Now he had no problem with asking Spitfire anything because they were best friends, but Soarin' rather not know when doomsday was coming. At least that's what it felt like to him.

Soarin' was now done with his sandwich. He got up and trotted out the front door. He closed the door behind him and then he took off.

Soarin' walked through the front doors of the HQ and heard voices coming from the locker room. He couldn't tell who was talking, the voices were to distant. He slowly walked down the hallway to see who it was. He slowly peaked his head in to see who was in the room. Soarin' felt his legs turn into noodles. He quickly looked away. It was Rainbow Dash and Spitfire chatting about something. He didn't know what they were talking about because he was to busy having a heart attack.

Soarin' was really in a pickle, not only was Rainbow Dash here, where she and Spitfire were sitting really made his situation horrible. They were sitting on a bench, the first bench you see when you trot into the locker room, the bench was about 10 feet away from the door. This was why Saorin' was in a pickle because if he tried to walk or fly by really fast Spitfire would notice because she had the eyes of a Hawk and would notice him. One other option was to just leave the HQ, he had a certain amount of time he had to train for the week. It's a Wonderbolt thing.

The now hyperventilating Soarin' was so unsure about what to do next. All of his thought were racing in his head, but then, it was like he had no control of his body. His mind was saying 'NO' but his body was saying 'YES'. He slowly walked into their sight. He didn't need to look at them to know they had their eyes fixated on him.

"Oh, hey Soarin'!" Spitfire said obviously happy to see her long time friend.

"Sup Soarin'!" Rainbow Dash chipped in.

"Hey guys what's up?" At this point he had no game plan, he just rolled with the punches. He was internally yelling at himself to turn around but something was keeping him from doing that.

"So, what brings you around these parts, Soarin'?"

"Oh, I don't know. Just thought saying hi to my fellow team mates would be nice."

"Yeah we were just talking about the after party and how awesome it was" Rainbow said squealing at the memories she had from the night before. But on the other hoof Soarin' was about to go into cardiac arrest. Soarin' was sure that his life was going to come crashing down on top of him if she asked that question. So he decided to flip the tables on her.

"Sounds like you had fun, but I have a question. Why were you not at practice this morning? Just wondering."

"That kinda has to do with the party. I got all kinds of messed up at that party, I hate to admit but let me tell ya, I had the time of my life!"

Spitfire cleared her throat and then spoke up. "Um, Soarin', could I ask you something out in the hall way?"

Soarin' did not hesitate to reply to that question "Yeah, sure."

Spitfire and Soarin' walked out of the locker room and stepped into the hallway. Where they would only whisper.

"What do you want to ask me?"

"Nothing. I need to tell you something!"

"I need to tell you something as well"

"Oh, well you go first cause I think what I have to say is way better that what you have to say."

"Spitfire we have been friends for a long time and you should know how I feel about asking me why I wasn't at the party!"

"Oh shit you're right. I'm so sorry I should have known."

"It's okay Spitfire, I will just tell her myself when the time comes. You wanted to tell me something?"

"Yeah I wanted to tell you something! Rainbow totally likes you! I don't know if it was the alcohol talking because it was a sorta near the beginning and I had no clue if she had gotten drunk already or not. She just walked up and told me. Like I said I don't know if it was the alcohol talking or she just wanted to get it off her chest. Either way you could have a fillyfriend if you want one. Plus Rainbow is a nice mare and I think you will genuinely like her."

Soarin' now had the most confused face on. He didn't know what to say or do. He looked down the hallway to his right and saw the clock that he first saw when he first walked in, he squinted to try to read what the time was. It was 2:30 now and he only had a little bit more time before his training would be done.

"Spitfire you know how I feel about this, but i'm not saying i'm not going to do it, i'm just saying it may or may not happen."

Spitfires face lit up, she looked at the clock and read the time. "Listen,you only have one hour before you go home, can you please think about this while you are training!"

Soarin' let out a sigh and somehow mustered up to say "Yeah, sure, i'll think about it."

"Awesome!" Spitfire then walked back into the locker room to continue chatting with Rainbow Dash.

Soarin' was now frozen in time, he couldn't move, he could not believe what he had just done. He finally got control of his body movement and continue down the hallway to the large training room. He had this dumbfounded look on his face. He was able to shake it off and get his senses back together. He didn't know what to think he didn't know what to do. He needed to take his mind of this. So he took to the sky so he could train and try to think about what just happened and what to do.

Soarin' was in the middle of a trick when he caught a glance from the clock, he had over stayed his welcome here at the HQ by at least 45 minutes. He landed that most of the Wonderbolts that were there over stayed there welcome, he could tell because while training before lunch he had noticed them walk in.

Soarin' knew that he would be confronted by Rainbow Dash as soon as he entered that hallway to go home. Soarin' let out a sigh that sounded like a sigh that said 'Lets just get this over with' and it sounded like a sigh of fear. He knew what he had coming for him. Knowing the outcome of the situation made it worse for him, it was like a night mare but in reality.

He slowly began trotting out of the big training room and into the hallway with the exist at the other end of it. He looked down the hallway and it looked like it when it on forever. He heard voices coming from the locker room as he trotted towards it. he was now in the same situation as hes was before, he was outside the the locker room and he just he had no clue what to do. He was hoping his body would take over again and just get it over with,but nothing was happening, he was going to have to do it himself.

One thought just came to Soarin' and all it was, was to just go do it, and so he did, he just walked into the locker room. He felt like an empty shell of him self standing in the middle of the room, all eyes on him. There were only two sets of eyes on him but it felt like a lot more than that. Once again only Rainbow Dash and Spitfire were in the locker room. Soarin' noticed a big fat smirk come across Spitfires face, she was the first one to speak. "Hi Soain'! Me and Rainbow here were about to get going."

"Oh, really? I was just about to get out of here to."

Spitfire rose her voice "Damn it, I forgot something in the training room! I'll be right back, don't go anywhere."

As Spitfire walked out of the room she winked at Soarin' and left. It was now just Rainbow Dash and Soarin' in the locker room. He didn't want to to make a fool of himself to soon so he was the first one to speak up. "So Rainbow, how's it going."

"Pretty good, you?"

"I'm fine. Hey why weren't you here this morning?"

"Oh...um..I don't want tot talk about it" Rainbows cheeks were red, very red.

"Come on you can tell me, I don't judge."

"Fine, I will only tell you if you tell me why weren't at the party last night."

Soarin' felt like he got punched in the stomach, he knew that he would have to embarrasses himself but he would have to tell her at this point but he tried stalling. "I asked you first."

Rainbow sighed. "I was hungover! I usually get a little carried away with my alcohol. Now why weren't you at the party"

Soarin' just stared at the floor. He slowly trotted his way over the the bench where Rainbow was sitting at and sat next to her and sigh, "Well I rather not tell you cause it's kinda personal but given the situation I suppose I have to tell you. I'm shy, I hate to be the center of attention and if I had gone to that party my worst fears would have been a reality, hell I was chased half way home." It was now Soarin's turn for his face to bed red

Silence fell over the room and the suspense that Soarin' was going through was like something out of a horror movie, when Rainbow spoke he was expecting the worst

"Wow...I had no idea...I completely understand Soarin'...I have a friend back in Ponyville who has the exact same problem."

The answer that Soarin' got was so unexpected, he could not help but to get a smile across his face. But this is where is body did the work for him as he spoke. "You want to go grab a bite to eat sometime soon? I feel like we have not really gotten the chance to just sit down and know each other."

"Yeah sure I would love to! When is best for you?"

"I'm free basically all day every day. So the real question is what time is good for you."

"Well i'm doing something tonight so how about tomorrow after work?"

"Sounds like a plan!"

"Awesome!"

At this point Spitfire walked back in with the item that she had forgotten in the training room. They all walked together down the hall and out the front where they said their goodbyes and parted ways.

Soarin' finally got to his house where he entered to the T.V blaring 4 o clock news, he had forgotten to turn it off again. Soarin' just kept trotting down the hallway. He opened the door to his room and closed it behind him. He flopped onto his bed, suit and all, and just stared at the sealing.

"HOLY SHIT!"