The Great Race

Rainbow Dash calmly swam through the clouds to relax. Suddenly, something purple crashed into the cloud, sending Rainbow flying. She quickly got her balance, and flew up to see what it was. "Twilight? What are you doing up here?" asked Rainbow. "I'm flying, silly! Wow, I just feel so much more comfortable in the clouds! Sorry I bumped into you." replied Twilight as she and Rainbow landed on the cloud. "You sure are getting used to those wings," Rainbow said with a hint of envy. "Yes, I am!" replied Twilight. She then abruptly took off, and then started flying around a cloud. She kept getting faster and faster until she swiftly pulled away and stared at what she had made.

The cloud was now in the shape of Twilight's cutie mark. "Pretty neat, huh?" asked Twilight. Rainbow stared. It was pretty neat alright, pretty arrogant. A sudden wave of jealousy washed over Rainbow. Putting on her game face she replied, "Pretty cool, but I can do better!" Rainbow swiftly cleared all but one of the clouds in the sky, and for her grand finale, she flew as fast as she could around the cloud she hadn't cleared. But she bumped hard into the cloud, knocking her out and sending her plummeting to her doom.

Twilight saw and jumped down to rescue Rainbow. But Rainbow was plummeting at such a speed that Twilight had to flap her wings about 3 times a second. She was flying so fast that a loud boom hit her ears and something purple and rose shot out behind her. But she didn't have time to fret over loud booms and colors. Twilight scooped up Rainbow just before she hit the ground and landed. Panting, she put down Rainbow and said, "Are you ok?" Rainbow's eyes fluttered open and she mumbled, "Yeah," and stood up. She saw something so amazing above her that she yelled.