On a roll

   I began making my way through the crowd of pegasi that had formed. There was a paper that signaled the Cloudsdale training prom tonight at 7:30. Only pegasi 18 and up could attend. Great! I was 19 already. So were the rest of the pegasi training here. Except Rumble, was 20. It didn't matter as long as all my friends got to go.

"Come on, recruits!" Yelled Spitfire in a commanding voice that sent a slight shiver down my spine.

"You going to the dance?" Asked Cheery, cheerfully.

"Yup!" I said. I checked to make sure my training suit was on properly. Yup. I'm good.

"I'm going with Chip Mint" she sighed dreamily.

"I'm going with Rumble" I murmured. I didn't want to go with a stallion. I didn't have time for males. It's all independence for me. I wanted to be like Rainbow Dash. Not like Derpy, who's always tired and taking care of a new filly.

"Great!" Cheered Cheery.

"Yeah. Great" I said.

"Hey, Scootaloo!" Yelled Pound Cake as he flew up to me.

"Yeah?" I turned around.

"Would you rather be feared or loved?" He asked.

I thought about it. "Easy! Both. I want ponies to fear of how much they love me" I said dramatically.

Pound Cake cracked up as he flew towards the single file of ponies that was forming.

I smiled. It was always nice to make a friend laugh. I flew over behind Pound Cake. Soarin and Spitfire dropped out of the sky quickly in a professional move.

"Alright, maggots! Gimme 59 laps stat!" She yelled.

This annoyed me. She was so slappable! I frowned. " I can't exactly give you 59 laps, now can I?" I challenged.

Spitfire scowled. "Shut up and get to work" she snarled.

I smirked. "You mad? I would make a ugly face at you, but seems as if you already have one" I said casually.

Spitfire bristled. "Listen here, you idi-" she was cut off by Soarin. He gave her a dirty look.

Spitfire snarled as she trotted over to where the Dizatron was.

"I'm sorry, Spitty just gets a little... wound up sometimes, with snappy comebacks" he apolagized.

I snorted. "I'm not snappy!" I said.

Rumble looked over at me and nodded his head in agreement. "she's right sir" he said.

Soarin looked confused. "Okay then. Let's make partners, first" he said in a matter-of-fact voice as he puffed out his chest.

"I hope we get to be partners!" squealed Cheery.

"Yeah..." I said weakly, knowing that she would be let down and dissapointed when she was assigned partners with some other pony.

"Cheery and Chip Mint!" Said Soarin as he scanned the line of ponies.

Cheery's face fell for a second or two. "Okay!" She said returning back to her cheery self.

After Soarin had made partners, Spitfire came back. "Tomorrow we have a competition against Los Pegasi training center!" She said boldly.

Everypony there gasped. "Awesome!" Said Rumble and I at the same time as we exchanged happy glances and high hoofed.

Spitfire turned. There was a slight smile of amusement on her face. "Yes. Awesome. You better be prepared." She said.

Soarin smiled. "Today, we're gonna play relay races" he said quickly.

"Yeah!" Yelled Pound Cake.

"Uh-huh!" Yelled Bee Bop.

"Anyways" resumed Soarin "this game tests your ability to withstand hardships and see how fast you can fly" He said. Three ponies who looked much bigger stepped into the training where we were.

"This is Plane Dash, Quick stream and Rabbit foot" said Soarin as he nodded to the older ponies. They will be judging you today." He said as he turned to Spitfire. "Pull it" he said.

Spitfire nodded and pulled a big metal lever. Five big hoops shot up.

"Were gonna fly through those?" Asked Rumble as he put his hoof around me.

"I guess" I muttered as I looked up in amazement at it.

"Dang. That's gonna be hard" he replied.

I nodded and pulled on my d pulled on my air goggles as I took a deep breath.

"Good Luck Scootaloo!" Yelled Chip Mint from across the field. I nodded and looked over at Rumble. He was looking up at the hoops as well.

"I hope you're ready! The race will begin in 5...4...3...2....1 GO GO GO!" He yelled.

I instantly zoomed off leaving a slight trail of Orange behind me. Rumble was falling behind, but still at my side. I flapped my wings faster as I swirled over one of the metal hoops. Spitfire DID give extra credit... Right? I finished and looked back. Everyone was way behind expect for me and Rumble. I smirked and went over the next hoop. It felt pretty awesome to be in the lead. I finished the second hoop and prepared for the third. I flexed my wings and flapped them hard. I knew exactly what I wanted to do now. I zoomed through the hoop and flew directly up, until it seemed like I was litteraly touching the sun. Then I zoomed down as fast as my wings could take me. I went faster and faster and faster and faster and faster and faster and then BOOM!. A rainbow shot all around and made the loudest sound I'd ever heard. So I dropped into a diving position and landed in front of Spitfire and Soarin who's mouths hung open.

"How'd I do?" I asked smugly.