Another Rainbow in the Sky

by Atomic Vortex

Rating: teen
Tags: Comedy, Romance, Adventure, Slice of Life
Length: 1260

Rainbow Dash-The only pony to ever do the Sonic Rainboom...Until this horrifying morning.

Rainbow Dash is the only pony to every pull of the Sonic Rainboom, she has a loving colt-friend and needs to reflect in her usual spot. When her colt-friend follows her they both witness a horrifying crash of a pony going at full speed. Before that though they witnessed something that Dash found heart-breaking.
Ignore the chapter order, that's a screw up from me!
Half of the credit goes to Dark Lightning (Oops, spoilers, that might give you a clue to something in Part 1!)
Hit his page up right here- http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Dark%20Lightning
Thanks guys!

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2012-03-08 18:44:01 UTC

Part 1:Broken on Impact

Prologue

Sorry about the order of this guys, it's all because of a small screw up on my behalf! Damn myself!

Anyway for the story to meet site rules I'm adding this prologue in!

Enjoy!

Atom had noticed Dash was acting strange through out the party. She was gazing out the window seemingly mesmerized by the moon, as it sunk lower in the the sky.

He tried to approach her about it, but was pulled away each time by Pinkie Pie introducing him to everyone. Pinkie was holding a random party and most of Ponyville had come. They never missed one of Pinkie's parties. When he finally managed to escape Pinkie he walked over to where he had last seen Rainbow.

She was gone...

Atom found Pinkie again and asked if she'd seen Rainbow leave. Pinkie replied with a usual cheery "Nope!". Atom searched the room top to bottom and found no sign of her. He asked everypony he approached, and when he found Twilight she said, "Yeah she left when I arrived, why?" .

He immediately barged past her and everypony that got in his way until he reached the door. He left without being noticed, even by Pinkie. He quickly climbed into the air. Twilight had only arrived a few minutes ago, Rainbow couldn't have gone that far even with her speed. He spotted her heading toward Sweet Apple Acres.

"Hmm...that's weird", he thought to himself, "AJ's at the party here, why would she go to Sweet Apple Acres?"

Atom took it upon himself as her dear friend to confront her about this strange behavior.

Ha ha! There we go!

Hope you liked it!

Track to see what happens in Part 2 to be written by Dark Lightning!

Peace out guys!

Prologue

Part 1:Broken on Impact

Rainbow Dash sighed gently against the early morning breeze. It was still dark, but she found her way easily.

A small secluded spot at the edge of Sweet Apple Acres where she would come every day she could to watch the sun rise from the horizon, lifted by the immense magic abilities of Princess Celestia.

As she settled on the grass, gazing out away from the orchard, she relaxed in the comfort knowing no pony  else knew this place aside from her.

Or at least until now........

Dash leaped into the air as a hoof touched her shoulder gently. She turned to face the pony who was intruding on her privacy. Her face, full of rage, melted away as she recognized the jet black coat and cactus green mane of the Pegasus Atom Vortex...her colt-friend.

She immediately felt more secure knowing it was just him and not some other pony.

"What are you doing all the way out here?" he asked.

"I-I think it's just...sometimes I need a break from all the adventuring and tricks…... It’s just that at certain points I need to come here and think…..” she attempted to continue but trailed off.

"Think about what Rainbow?” Atom was surprised by this new, reflective, Dash.

"About what I really stand for in life……..I mean I’ve only almost accomplished all that I’ve dreamed of, but once I’m done with that, what will I do then? What will my purpose in life be then?” Rainbow felt tears beginning to brim her eyes. She had never opened up to anyone this much aside from the rest of her friends.

Atom didn’t know what to do at that moment, all the time that he knew Dash she was always happy and with not a care in the world, but right now is a whole different side of Dash that he had never seen, and one he never wanted to see again.

"Dash, listen to me. What you stand for isn't what's important. You have a lifetime to discover what you want to do after you accomplished your dreams, but right now is what’s important. What’s important is what you do with your life right here, right now.” Atom knew  that with some kind words and attention, Rainbow could beat this thing that was eating at her, this depression.

Dash seemed to lift herself up to him. He was right. It did not matter what she did then….it matters what she is going to do today, in the present…the future can wait, the time is now.

"Atom...” she had resumed gazing out from the orchard, toward the first rays of golden light streaking across the sky.

"I'm always here for you Dash...you should know that by now."

Atom sat down next to her and draped his arm over her shoulders. She leaned into him as they shared a tender moment together.

Like a brick through a window that moment was shattered by a colossal BOOM that they both heard. The two ponies jumped at the sound and their eyes darted around for the source of the sound. Then, from the direction Dash was gazing earlier, a wave of light spread across the sky in all directions.

Dash immediately recognized the spectrum of colors that accompanied the wave as it expanded outwards.

"HOW?! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE! I’M THE ONLY ONE…..ME! Dash screamed heart-broken at the scene above her.

"Who-What is that? What’s going on Dash?” Atom had never seen this sort of thing and as an orphan had never heard the tale...of the Sonic Rainboom. Both ponies ducked as a streak of black and red with Lightning went over their heads back toward Ponyville, followed shortly by the sound of a stallion screaming euphorically.

"Sweet Celestia, what in the world was that?!" Atom repeated completely baffled by the sight.

Dash lifted herself above the trees to follows the streak of color, her face mortified. Atom joined her as she began to fly as fast as she could after the colored line snaking over the tree tops.

The streak began to slow and shaped into the form of a pony flying manically fast...too fast.

Dash and Atom gasped as the pony clipped a stray branch protruding from a tree, and nosedived into the ground with a sickening SMACK! Both ponies hastened to the crash site expecting the worst.

The pony had hit the ground face first and as he spun had hit his legs on the trunks of trees hard...surely he was dead. Dash gasped at the sight of the mangled pony and buried her face in Atom's shoulder at the shear horror of what she had witnessed.

"Ow! Just great.” the mysterious pony groaned.

"What the hay?!” shouted the couple simultaneously.

"What? A guy can't crash every now and then?", the pony smiled sarcastically before passing out from his injuries.

So guys hope you liked the first chapter!

It may seem kinda short, but it's my first go at something like this so cut me some slack!

I do plan to go quite far with this or I may branch it off following Atom specifically as he's my OC!

Anyway Dark Lightning is doing the next chapter and I'm not going to give anything away 'cos I'm mean like that!

Nah I'm kidding, I just don't know myself where Dark plans to go and where he leaves it for me to continue!

So thanks for reading guys and do keep an eye out for Part 2:_______<- I'll think of a name once I've read it!

Anyway I take criticism quite well, but do be gentle with it!

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