Foals of the sun.

2 years had passed since Rainbow was adopted into the Dash family. She was mainly raised by her father, Spectra due to her mother, Firefly being out in wonderbolt activities. The family, though, had soon learned about Rainbow's fast flying speeds. The little foal had broke the sound barrier once and made a sonic rainboom as a young foal around 1.

The parents soon found a flight camp that was for foals around 2-5 before they went to Junior Flight Camp. There Rainbow meet a slightly taller and older cream pegasus who could have been classed as a earth pony with wings to let her stay on the clouds as this filly could not fly for the life of her.

Though Rainbow being a nice filly became friends with the young filly who she soon learned was called Fluttershy. Fluttershy sure lived up to her name, when she did make it into the air, it was only a flutter and she was seriously shy. And also she had learned that Fluttershy didn't really like talking about her parents despite Rainbow having seen her father.

Rainbow had attempted to help Flutters to fly but it didn't seem to work, either her wings were too small to hold her body or she simply had a disability about flying. Flutters had also shown a interest in birds when they flow high enough to see. That was when Rainbow figured out that Flutters might get a animal related cutie mark despite being a pegasus.

One day, just after cloud hopping class, something happened that got on Rainbow's nerve. She and Flutters had been walking to lunch when 2 colts appeared. These colts were known as Dumb-bell and Hoops.

''Hello, Rainbow Crash. Cry-baby Shy.''

Flutters hid behind her friend who clearly was annoyed.

''Rainbow Crash can't keep from crashing and Cry-baby Shy can't fly what's so ever!'' said Hoops in a loud, taunting tone which scared Flutters.

Rainbow got up and slapped the older colt across the face.

''My mommy is a wonderbolt and I could tell her about what your doing to me and Flutters, then you will never be in the wonderbolts!''

''Well, neither will you for slapping me.''

Rainbow Dash glared at them for dashing forward, hovering above the cloud with a rainbow streak behind her. She bashed into them but not before preforming a sonic rainbow adding to her power. The power pushed both her and the bullies off the cloud. Flutters ran forward, flapping her wings for speed.

''Rainbow...!?'''

She smiled when she saw the rainbow maned 'pegasus' fly into the air and land back on the cloud next to her.

6 year's later when Rainbow had become 8 and Flutters had become 9. Both were still blank flanks. The bullies were also blank flanks well only one actually and that was Hoops, Dump-bell had his cutie mark. Three basketballs. Flutters was on a piece of a cloud attempting to fly.

This time, she made it into the air and through a hoop but trip and plummeted to the 'ground' platform. She sobbed for a second till the laughing pair of bullies full over to her.

''My baby brother can fly better then you!'' said Hoops.

''LEAVE HER ALONE!'' yelled Rainbow from up-ahead and plummeted down in front of her best friend.

''Oh, yeah. What cha gonna do about it, Rainbow CRASH!''

''How about a race. If I lose, you can bully Flutters all you want. But IF I win then you have to stop.''

''Your on!''

A little while later, the group of foals stood on the racing start cloud with Flutter's on another with a flag in her mouth. The colts grinned and Hoops said.

''See you at the finish line, Crash!''

''No, let me see you when your falling through the air!''

The race soon started when Flutters lifted and dropped the flag. The foals flew so fast that the wind caused Flutters to fall from the cloud.

Rainbow bashed into Dump-bell causing him to go off-drift and into a walled cloud, dizzy. Rainbow quickly caught up to Hoops and began bashing him but didn't cause him to go off-drift.

Rainbow was soon out in front with the wind in her mane and she was grinning. Hoops caught up and hit Rainbow away causing her to growl and begin racing at high speeds, knocking Hoops off course.

She went through the final hoop, just as a boom of rainbow colors appeared with her being trailed by a rainbow streak. She looked behind her and smiled happily, just as a flash of white light appeared on her flank causing a cutie mark to appear. A three colored rainbow in the shape of a lighting bolt coming out of a cloud.

She passed the finish line, happy as can be when she saw her cutie mark there. But she looked around and didn't see her best friend anywhere.

''Fluttershy?''

That night, Rainbow made it back home to the sky castle that her parents owned with a frown on her face. Her pink coated mother walked into the hallway and saw her depressed daughter.

''Dashie? What's wrong?''

''...Well...Flutters was being bullied....so I told  them to enter a race with me to see who was the fastest. I won after causing a sonic rainboom to happen, earning my cutie mark....But Flutters wasn't there...''

''I see. Why don't you go look down on the ground to see if she's there?''

''....Okay..''

''Though, wait till tomorrow morning. Your daddy's in the living room, watching TV.''

''Okay..''

The next morning, Rainbow flew from her home and down the ground. She landed in the middle of a small forest and walked into a town which was populated by mainly earth ponies but pegasi and unicorns lived there too. A party seemed to be happening.

She walked into the party and saw a filly a few years older then her smile.

''Rainbow Dash!''

The filly had a grey coat, blond mane and wonky golden eyes. She was a pegasus filly by the name of Ditzy Doo or nicknamed Derpy Hooves. She also had 7 bubbles on her flank.

''Derpy? What's happening?''

''A party is happening for a new filly who just arrived here. She's gonna be living a cottage outside of Ponyville. She's a pegasus like us with a cream coat and cotton candy mane.''

''Fluttershy!?''

''How do you know her name?''

''She's my best friend. Where is she, Derpy tell me!?''

''...At the bakery which is over there.''

Derpy pointed a cute building where the young pegasus would be. Rainy flew forward at top speed and into the bakery scaring two earth ponies foals and a young pegasus who was her best friend.

''Rainbow...Dash?''

''Fluttershy...Why are you here?''

''....Rainbow....I wanna stay here......I finally learned my talent and I don't really wanna....go back to Cloudsdale....''

She showed Rainbow her cutie mark, three pink butterflies and she flapped her wings a bit and was soon flying, shocking Rainbow who was sure that her friend would never fly.

''I..see...But you better visit!''

''I will..''