A loving heart

The next morning, Soarin was up before even the sun was. He was too excited about his date with Rainbow Dash to get any sleep. He hoped it went well; he really did enjoy spending time with her. He paced around his room for a bit, before he heard the door open.
“Soarin?” Spitfire asked, “Are you up? What are you doing up so early. I need all my Wonderbolts to get rest if you’re going to perform for the crowd at Canterlot.”
Oh yeah. Soarin had completely forgotten that they were scheduled to perform at a party later that day. That’s probably why they were having such an early practice.
“Right… right. I’ll get to bed in a minute. Sorry Spitfire.” He said bashfully.
She smiled, “Just make sure you get some sleep.” She closed the door behind her, and trotted back to her room.
Soarin climbed back into bed, and tried to go back to sleep. Eventually, he had to get up again. He tiptoed down the hallway of the Wonderbolts Academy, and quietly left. He flew down towards Ponyville. He could see the sun peeking up over the mountains that held the capital city Canterlot. It was beautiful. The sun cast its rays over Equestria, and gently nudged both animals and ponies awake.
Soarin continued his decent down to the small town. It always felt a little weird to walk around on the ground after he had spent so much time on the clouds.
Residents of Ponyville were just starting to rise. It was then Soarin realized that he was about two and a half hours early for his date with Rainbow. He sighed. He better find something that would keep him occupied for a while.
He walked through the little town, looking at all the small shops, trees, and the kind ponies. A light yellow pony bumped into him.
“Oh! I’m so sorry!” She said, “I hope I didn’t hurt you or anything.”
“Ha! It takes way more than that to hurt me!” He said, “wait… You were with Rainbow Dash the other day right?”
“Oh um yes. You actually sound just like her.” She said softly.
“What was that last part? I didn’t catch that.” Soarin said.
“Oh nothing… Well I better be off. I have to feed all the animals or else they’ll get cranky.” She scurried away looking embarrassed and scared.
“Okay!” Soarin called, “It was nice meeting you!”
She disappeared over the hill. Well, that was strange. Soarin continued his walk through the town. What else was there to do? He shouldn’t have been so excited about his date, or he could’ve been on time and wouldn’t look like he was stalking Rainbow Dash. Gosh she’d be weirded out if she found out he had been this early.
Soarin looked at his hooves with a feeling of shame. He wished that the paper work for Rainbow joining the Wonderbolts would be done. Then they would be able to hang out at practice and performances, but for now, that wasn’t a possibility.
Then, Soarin saw a light blue pony streak across the sky. She cleared clouds in an instant, and made it a nice bright day for everyone. She was done almost as soon as she began, and floated down to the ground. She was bombarded by a light pink pony, and after a few minutes, the pony zipped off in a flash.
“Oh hey Soarin!” She called over to me, trotting up, “I thought we were supposed to meet later?” She said with a bit of confusion.
“Yeah. Sorry.” Soarin said with a large blush, “I got here way earlier than I had expected.”
‘Oh well,’ He thought to himself, ‘too bad for not being a weird creeper.’
“That’s fine,” Rainbow said, “Come on let’s go. I’ve gotta show you the sonic rainboom after all.” She smirked.
They flew out to an open field a little ways off from Ponyville. Rainbow found a cloud high in the blue sky that seemed to suit her the best. She flew to the top of it, and sat down. She looked over the edge, and gulped.
“Okay,” She whispered.
She took a few steps back, took a deep breath, and then plunged over the side of the cloud. She practically flew straight down.
“Whoa,” Soarin breathed as she picked up speed.
She got faster and faster, a barrier began to build around her body. She knew that she could break through it if only she got a little more speed. Her wings were pressed firmly into her body so that she didn’t get much air resistance. She was getting closer to the ground. She’d have to pull up soon.
The barrier was getting closer to breaking. Any other pony wouldn’t have been able to go this fast. They would have met too much resistance at the hands of the sky. Rainbow was different. She was one with the sky. You could say that they were like close friends. Rainbow knew everything about it, and she knew that she could get through this, and impress him. She had to. She couldn’t face him again if she failed this.
She knew that he had seen her sonic rainboom about three times already. This one was much different though. This one was just for him. It was like it was bonding them… a bit.
Rainbow blushed at the thought, but she didn’t slow down at all. Her eyes were watering, and she was getting a little too close to the ground.
Finally, she felt the barrier encasing her snap, and she rushed up into the sky at an amazing speed. Rainbows trailed behind her.
“Awesome!!!” Soarin cheered from his place on the cloud. It was fun to be the spectator, instead of the performer.
Rainbow zoomed around him. It was a minute before she could slow down, and stop. When she did, she looked incredibly embarrassed. Soarin thought it was kind of cute.
“That was so cool!” Soarin beamed as she landed.
“Thanks. It was nothing.”
“It was much more than nothing! That was amazing! I can’t believe I’m hanging out with the only pony in Equestria that can pull off a sonic rainboom like that. That’s so awesome. I can’t even begin to tell you!”
Her blush got a little bit redder, and she tried to hide it and look cool.
“Hey,” Soarin said, “You should come check out our show in Canterlot today. It’s going to be amazing!”
“Of course! All Wonderbolt shows are amazing!” Rainbow replied enthusiastically, “… but… I promised my friend Pinkie that I would hang out with her today.”
“Oh okay. I understand why you’re the element of loyalty then…” Soarin said, “I can’t believe how amazing that is.”
“It’s nothing. My dad always said that anypony that abandons her friends, doesn’t deserve those friends in the first place.”