The Ultimate Cliché

Chapter 9

Jake and Vinyl trotted up to the door of Fluttershy's house, the animals staring at them hesitantly. Jake knocked his hoof on the door three times. After a few seconds, the yellow pegasus answered.

"Hello? Oh, hi Jake." Fluttershy said, looking up slightly at Jake.

"Heh, sorry bout taking so long, Fluttershy, time just kinda got away from me..." Jake casting an accusing glance at Vinyl, who merely shrugged offering an innocent smile in return.

"It's alright, are you ready to continue your practice?"

"Sure am! Teach away!"

"Okay first I want to see if you can glide, because that's probably the easiest thing to do."

"Easiest! Come on, Fluttershy, give me a challenge!" Jake flared his wings showing that he had somewhat control with his wings.

"Okay, I guess you can try flying up to a cloud..." Fluttershy considered uneasily.

"Perfect! Actual flying! see you there!" Jake shot straight into the air his cockiness getting the best of him, managing to get about half-way to the cloud before his straight upwards ascent caused him to stall. Luckily for Jake, Vinyl manged to catch him before he hit the ground.

"Oof! Dude, lay off the bagels, for Celestia's sake!" Vinyl cried out, floating him in place.

"Oh please, I only had half of one. And besides," Jake pausing to kiss the muscle on his front left leg. "Muscles weigh way more than fat, and I've got plenty of those!"

"Well then start using them, or else I might throw you, like a paper airplane!"

"Hey, that could be fun!" Jake positioned self, so he would fly like superman, but with wings.

"Not a chance, I can barely hold you here as is."

"Fine! I can make it make up there, even without your help!"

"I certainly hope so, you wouldn't make for a very good pegasus if I had to hold your hoof the whole way."

"Just put me down, I got this." Vinyl dropped Jake the last two feet, him practicing his gliding along the way.

"Jake!" Fluttershy called from the cloud, "try flapping your wing then folding it in, then flapping again, you're putting in as much power up as down, so you get nowhere."

"Eh? I suppose I can try that." Jake did as he was instructed and his upward movement increased, but as he reached the middle again something different stopped him, something blue. And green and red and orange and purple and yellow.

"You!" the mysterious figure cried out, still flying speedily towards the ground, Jake still being crushed under her hooves.

"Me!?" He cried out as she airbrake'd crashing into the ground with half the original speed they were going. "Hey I remember you," Jake ran a hoof through his mane, putting on his best seductive voice. "Hey there baby, Don't suppose you could get off me, this is a bit of a public spot to be doing this." Instead of blushing, Rainbow Dash scoffed and slapped him across the face.

"Still trying that! Cause it won't happen, I was in heat last time we met!" She screamed balling up her hoof in order to not straight up buck the poor stallion into oblivion.

"Heat? What the hell are you talking about!" Rainbow Dash facehoofed, then slammed that same hoof into the ground, inches from Jake's face.

"What are you bucking stupid! You embarrassed me in front of my friends, and I think it's time I returned the favor..." Jake was about to ask what she meant, but she launched them both into the air, shooting far past the cloud that Jake had been trying to get to. "How do you feel about heights?" Dash asked, an evil glint in her eye.

"Oh me, fuckin' love 'em" Jake huffed, trying to get use to the thin air.

"then I don't suppose you'll mind me doing this." Jake felt the grip on him loosen. he began to panic.

"Now hold on, can't we go about this pleasantly?" The grip loosened more. Jake Didn't look down, fearing what he would see.

"Sorry buddy, but payback is payback, and isn't this how birds teach their young how to fly, don't worry i'm sure you'll get used to it once you reach about two-thousand feet!" she fully let him go Jake began to scream, until his decent was stopped rather quickly by a white fluffy cloud. All he heard was the squishing of the cloud, and Rainbow Dash laughing. "Oh Celestia, that was funny! You should see yourself right now!" Her laughing was immediately cut off by Jake sinking rapidly through the cloud. Jake tried to grip the cloud but nothing was working. he felt his bottom legs poking out of the cloud. then his torso. Then he was falling. Jake tried to avoid it but it was too late. He looked down. But he felt no surge of vertigo, no panic washed through him. All he could feel was the very slight fluctuations of wind, ruffling through his feathers.

Jake saw the different colored plains of grass, the Tiny house, and the ant-sized ponies. Jake had always thought this world was too colorful, but thousands of feet in air where every bright color mixed together, he realized he was in the middle of seeing the most beautiful thing in his life. He closed his eyes in what he thought was the best feeling ever.

But Unfortunately, life's a bitch, and it decided to come rushing back to him as his eyes flicked open, seeing a very determined Rainbow Dash Dive bombing towards him. the wind finally catching under his wings causing them to flare out making a near ninety degree turn, keeping parallel to the ground. Since Jake had no experience with G-forces, he passed out shortly after making the turn and slid the next twenty feet across the field next to Fluttershy's house.