Friendships Might

CHAPTER 2

At first, when Twilight stepped onto the balcony With Rainbow dash, she was scared. She had not done much flying prior, and the prospect of being up hundreds of feet in the air, and the potential of entering free fall frightened her beyond all measure. But when she saw Dash lift off the balcony, her confidence was boosted. Rainbow is one of her best friends, and Twilight knew she would never do anything dangerous with her unless she was confident she would be able to help her. Twilight

began at a gentle flutter, slowly lifting off the heavy marble balcony. ‘’Great job Twilight, keep going. Just a little bit higher!’’

She quickened her flaps and lifted another foot off the ground. The other girls were gathered in the doorway, watching with fear and beaming with pride. ’’I-I think I’m getting the hang of this!’’.

She levitated about 20 feet from the balcony before Dash said, ‘’Now let’s try going forwards!’’

Twilight leaned forward, and no sooner did she do that than did she go flying about 5 feet forwards. ‘’Uh, yeah. Wings are pretty sensitive. All you need to do is lean forward about, oh say, half an inch and you’ll be at a steady acceleration.’’

Following her friends instructions, she leaned forward, albeit slightly uncertain. She was amazed by how fast she shot through the air. As she circled her tower, feeling the warm midsummer breeze in her mane, she noticed something on the horizon. It was a small spot of black, anywhere else in Equestria the spot would have gone unnoticed, a lone tree in a field, or a small hut. But here in Canterlot, where pearly whites and blinding golds and bright green dominated the vista, it was as noticeable as a rainbow on a pitch black surface. ‘’Uhmmm, Rainbow Dash? You might want to come see this…’’

As quickly as Dash had come though, the spot disappeared, seemingly camouflaging in the lush greens of the fields surrounding her. ‘’Come on Twi, don’t pull my flight feathers like that! I seriously thought something was up.’’

Twilight was about to voice a retort when she dismissed the spot as a cloud in her vision. ‘’Sorry’’, she said and smiled.

‘’Dont worry about it, Twi’’, Dash spoke, slowly turning around. ‘’We should probably get back to the others. We’ve been away for quite a while’’ Both ponies turned around, and flew back

Roughly a minute later, she returned to the tower, utterly exhausted. ‘’WELL? HOW WAS IT!?’ Pinkie exclaimed, overly excited as usual.

‘’It was fine, Pinkie. Now come on, let’s go see Celestia.’’ The party of six went down the halls in a tight knit group. The move was unnecessary, as the halls gave such a wide panorama, you couldn’t lose view of any of them. The walk from Twilight’s tower to the throne chamber was about 5 minutes, but the party arrived. As they walked through the main doors, into the massive chamber, the stained glass window threw a shattered spectrum of light over the girls.

‘’Ah, so I see they have arrived. Welcome to Canterlot, girls.’’ The six of them broke into smiles at her words. The princess trailed on, but Twilight’s mind was elsewhere. She couldn’t push the thought of the spot from her mind. She saw no purpose in alerting her friends over what was likely nothing, so she resolved to catch the princess on her own.