The High Road: Prequel

My name is Rainbow Chaser. Rainbow Dash was my maiden name, but I got married to Windy Chaser. Anyway, when we were doing entries together, I never got to tell you about my story.

I only vaguely remember the orphanage, it's all been a blur since before that man came in....

"Hey, Derpy, somepony's here to take you home." The foster mother would say.
"Mrs. Sweethoney?" I would often ask. "Yes, Rainbow.." She says. " When will I get adopted?" I ask her. "I don't know Rainbow, but somepony will come and adopt you, though, I promise." She said for years...

Until one day...

One day, there was a stallion who came to adopt a foal. Strangely, he looked similar to me. He had a blue coat, rainbow mane, and his cutie mark was similar to my own.
"How about...uh...Rainbow." I could hear him faintly say behind the door. I got so excited. She came in, and he took me away.

I was about 7 when this happened....I was 8 when he disappeared one day. "Good morning, daddy." I said to what I thought was him, one morning.
No response.

"Okay, daddy. That's very funny, but I'm not kidding, I want you to come out now." I said. "Daddy?..." I whispered.
I went into panic mode soon, and realized that he was gone. Then...they came.
Three days later, I had went to my friend, Fluttershy's house. Her parents were okay with me coming over until they found my dad.

They went on a search, and somepony found him!....

But he wasn't alive.

They found his body, with a knife in it's throat.

I was having breakfast with Fluttershy, when Fluttershy was peeking over at the newspaper, and saw the picture of my dad's body.

"Rainbow..." She said with tears in her eyes.

"Yeah?" I looked over at the paper, when I saw it, too.

~Flick Dash Found Dead~ it said in big black font.

I instantly stormed into Fluttershy's room, and Fluttershy followed me.
We were sitting there, crying, and mourning my non-blood related dad. My original name was Rainbow, but it was Rainbow Dash, until it became Rainbow Chaser. The reason I used Dash was to honor my daddy. I miss him so much. Anyway, Fluttershy's parents raised me like their child. Eventually, they just called me their daughter, and I called them mom and daddy.

I DID get choked up every time I said that, but I managed to pull through.

One day, we met some ponies who would be our friends for life.

We stepped towards a pony who had a blonde mane, and orange coat. "Howdy?" She said. "Hey." At the time, she was exercising.

"Mah name's Applejack." She said with a grunt as she bucked her hooves into the air. "My name's Rainbow Dash. Why are you exercising so much?" I asked. "Mah family is the apple family, we live at Sweet Apple Acres, and I'm jus' gettin' better at buckin' apples for mah family." She said with another buck. "That's cool." I said. "We'll, I gotta go." I said. "See ya around." She said.

We were going to class, and saw a girl in the locker room who was looking at bows. She looked panicked. "Hey, what's wrong?" I asked the white pony. She had a white coat and a purple mane. "Why, I'm striving to be the most fabulous out of all of our colleagues." She said. She sounded really smart. "Oh, where are my manners, let me introduce myself. I'm Rarity." She said. "I'm Rainbow Dash." I said. "Well, we should be getting to class." I said. "It was splendid meeting you." She said. "You, too." I said as I went to my desk.

"HI!" a pink filly came bursting into my face said. "Hey, who are you?" I asked. "My name's Pinkie Pie." She said in a hyper voice. "I'm Rainbow Dash." I said. The teacher came in, and I got to work.

That's the answer to my childhood question.