Rainbow Factory Meltdown

--5 years in the future--
Scootaloo sped through Ponyville on her scooter; dodging market stands, objects, and other ponies. Rainbow Dash had said that she was finally old enough to help out in making the weather in Cloudsdale and to meet her on the other side of town.

“I wonder what job position I’ll get!” thought Scootaloo excitedly, “Maybe she’ll put me in the thunderstorm sector, or I could make snowflakes, or maybe I’ll be one of the ponies that distributes the weather throughout Equestria!”

As Scootaloo thought about all of the different jobs she could possibly do she arrived at the rendezvous point where Rainbow Dash was waiting.

“Hey Scootaloo, I see you’re finally here!” called out Rainbow Dash.

“Yeah, I got here as fast as I could,” Scootaloo replied.

She parked the scooter by a nearby tree and trotted up to Rainbow Dash.

“Ready to go?” asked Dash.

“Of course!” said Scootaloo cheerfully.

The two pegasi took off in the direction of Cloudsdale. Rainbow Dash flew a lot slower than she normally would so Scootaloo could keep up with her. Scootaloo definitely wasn’t the best flier, but she was undoubtedly better then when she couldn’t fly at all five years ago.

“So, um, what job are you going to draft me into Rainbow Dash?” questioned Scootaloo.

“You’ll see…” said Rainbow Dash vaguely, “I think you’ll like it.”

“Ok then…”

Silence followed for a little while.

“What is your job exactly Rainbow Dash?”

“Well, lets just say that I’m higher up in management. I’m not totally in charge but I make a lot of decisions for the factory.”

“Nice! That’s cool!”

“Yeaaahhhh, it’s pretty awesome…”

The two friends were now in Cloudsdale and flying towards the weather factory. As they neared the tall iron gates blocking entrance into the facility they landed.

“Halt!” exclaimed two guards that stood on either sides of the gate.

“There are guards in the factory?” inquired Scootaloo.

“No, the only guards here are these two. For some reason Princess Celestia thought it was necessary to have the gate guarded.” answered Dash.

“Oh.”

“It’s me, Rainbow Dash, and a friend.” said Dash holding out an official looking badge to the guards.

“Ah, Rainbow Dash! Sorry, didn’t realize it was you! Of course go ahead in,” replied one of the guards and they both stepped aside.

The iron gate slowly opened and the two ponies walked into the factory. Inside of the factory was complete turmoil. Pegasi where galloping, walking, and flying in almost every direction.

“What’s going on Rainbow Dash?”

“The work day just started so everypony is reporting to their assigned sector of the facility.”

Scootaloo followed Rainbow Dash through the huge atrium until they soon came across a door labeled, “Area 2”. Dash opened the door and they both trotted through. A long white hallway stretched before them. Not nearly as many ponies are in this area noticed Scootaloo as they walked down the shiny white tiled floor. The hallway was lined with doors; some labeled with names like, “Area 2 Sector 1.DH4E” while others had more normal names like, “Hail Freezing Center”.

Unfortunately Rainbow Dash kept walking passed all of the doors. After what felt like ages they reached the end of the hallway.

“This is where you’ll be working Scootaloo,” informed Rainbow Dash with a smile.

She stepped aside so Scootaloo could see the door. But it wasn’t a normal door; it was a huge steel door with a printed sign above it that read, “Area 2 Sector 5- Rainbow Facility”.

“No way!” cried Scootaloo, “Out of all the things I would have guessed, I never would have thought about being able to work in the Rainbow Facility!”

“I had a feeling you would like it,” grinned Rainbow Dash.

Dash walked over to a screen embedded into the wall next to the massive door. She pressed her hoof against the monitor and it scanned it. Green words that read “Access Granted” appeared on the screen. The steel door gave a jolt and then began to slowly open. Some steam poured out through the opening and covered the floor in about an inch deep layer. Once the door had completely slid open Scootaloo’s eyes lit up!

“After you,” said Rainbow Dash.

Scootaloo jumped inside looking in every direction. There were huge caldrons all throughout the room and rainbow colored spectrum was being poured into them. Pegasi wearing white lab coats and glasses stirred the spectrum constantly. The whole place seemed to shine with a dazzling light.

“I only assign my most trusted and experienced employees to rainbow duty,” commented Rainbow Dash as Scootaloo followed her through the amazing place.

“Why is that?”

“Because making rainbows is not a simple task,” replied Dash.

“So you’re assigning me a job here!? I have no experience what so ever!”

“Maybe not, but I have known you for a long time Scootaloo and I trust you a lot.”

“Still…”

“Besides you’ll be under my wing until you get the hang of it.”

“Okay”

Rainbow Dash glanced up at a clock on the wall, “Oh! I’m sorry Scootaloo but I have to go. Important business…”

Rainbow Dash called over a factory worker who looked a little higher up in rank than the normal workers.

“Scootaloo, this is Crafty Crate, and Crafty, this is Scootaloo. She’s a good friend of mine and I want you to give her a tour of the factory while I’m gone. When you’re finished with the tour teach her how to be a spectrum transferor. That’s right Scootaloo, you’re going to be transferring the pure spectrum to the caldrons.”

“Please, just call me Mr. Crate,” said Crafty in a gruff voice while holding out his hoof.

Scootaloo shook it and replied, “Lead the way! See you later Rainbow Dash…”

As Rainbow Dash flew away Scootaloo followed Mr. Crate through room after room until he finally stopped.

“Ok,” he said with a sigh, “Like all ponies you’re probably wondering how we create the spectrum. How you ask are we up to the task? Well, the answer is in this simply facility.”

Scootaloo’s eyes widened when he opened the final door, “No way…”