Taking Flight The Fan-Fic

by Drum_Stix

Rating: teen
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Sad, Other, Adventure, Princess Celestia, Wonderbolts
Length: 4581

The story of the Wonderbolts, based off the song's idea

The story of the Wonderbolts is told, from the start of them being little fillies and little colts, all the way to where they are now... But do they really want all the fame and glory they did as kids? Is it all it was said to be? Find out here.

PrinceWhateverer (Song creator) DID give me the backstory, and he DID tell me to use this in the fiction. He doesn't read fan fics, but I do talk to him (Lucky me!) and he's given me what the idea of it was. He didn't put it in the description, and this is what came out of his idea.

Backstory he gave me: "okay, so basically, they were homeless but were good fliers, but no-one liked them because they were homeless, so they went to celestia, who accepted them, but genetically modified them so they'd be even better and after getting the fame, they realise how much it sucks in reality and stuff.. "

Published 2012-04-27 01:34:02 UTC
Last updated 2012-05-05 06:39:37 UTC

Chapter One: The Wonderbolts' Back Story

Taking Flight (A Song For The Wonderbolts) The Fan-Fic

By: Drum_Stix

Original Song by: PrinceWhateverer

Cover Art: Original Song cover just modified by adding “The Fan-Fic” to it.

WARNING: There WILL be some bad/curse/cuss words in this fiction, just a heads up.

C’mon Soarin’!” Spitfire said as she was flying around Cloudsdale “Fly with me!” Soarin’ sighed.
“Ok Spits, I will. Just for you.” He smiled, and began to fly around with her. Now, let’s back up a little here, the story is about these two ‘Bolts (Or at least, the start is) and they, are currently homeless. Good fliers, actually, great fliers. But homeless, and just for that, some ponies looked to them in disgust, and hate. It is a shame really, but they are used to it.
The filly and colt were flying around, getting the usual disgusted looks, but they were smiling, as they had each other to look out for. Then, a few pegasai stopped them.
“What do you two think you’re doing? This is our turf!” A big-bodied Pegasus said
“W-we were just flying… We’re sorry… We didn’t mean to ge-“ Spitfire was cut off
“Sorry? Sorry wont cut it. You know the drill boys.” Two more big-bodied pegasai flew into sight from behind him, as one grabbed Spitfire, and the other to Soarin’
“Argh! Let me go!” Soarin’ struggled, and soon enough bit the stallion holding him down
“You little bastard!” The stallion started to choke Soarin’, and Spitfire noticed
“Please, let him go! Please, any other way to do this then violence?” She was begging for a different way, and the leader smirked
“Yeah, there is a way.” He chuckled “If you two can beat us in a race, we’ll let you off the hook.”
“Ok… It’s a deal.” Spitfire sighed in relief after she said those words, and the three pegasai took Soarin’ and Spitfire to an old racing track
“Where are we?” Soarin’ asked
“This is the old Cloudsdale racing arena. And you two, are going to race us.” He smirks
“But that isn’t fair! There is three of you, and two of us!” Soarin’ snapped at him
“I wasn’t racing, calm down.” The leader of the three sighed, and sat in the bleachers, and stared at the four pegasai
“On the count of three, you fly. Three times around the track, first group to cross wins. One, two, three! Go!” He blew a whistle, and the four flew at their fastest speed, as Soarin’ and Spitfire were actually getting ahead, the other two didn’t want to lose, so, they cheated. They knocked the two in front of them into each other, causing them to lose stability, and soon enough crash into the cloud ground, and the wall. They both blacked out, and woke up half an hour later.
“Where… Where are we?” Spitfire said as she looked around, noticing that she was being held high in the air, same with Soarin’.
“Fillies and gentlecolts! Do we have a good surprise for you, the little colt and filly we all came to hate!” The leader of the group said, as Soarin’ and Spitfire were brought out into the open, being seen by everypony in an arena
“These two losers thought they could beat us in a race, guess who was wrong! Now, we’ll see if these two can manage to float safely to the ground, or wind up splatting on Canterlot!” He grinned, as he motioned the other two to drop them. Whilst free-falling, Soarin’ managed to fly, Spitfire couldn’t. He took notice to this, and flew by and grabbed her, holding her tight, while still trying to fly
“If I go down, it’ll be protecting you.” He yelled as the air was preventing any regular talk with it whirling past their ears. She was crying a little
“I don’t want to die Soarin’!” She was now holding onto him as if she’d never see him again, or if he was gone for ten years. As they were falling, Celestia noticed this.
“Not again… Somepony needs to teach those pegasai a lesson.” She used her magic to prevent them from hitting the ground, but landing next to her. The two looked at her, and hugged her tight.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you!” The two said in unison. Celestia smiled.
“It’s nothing! Really, I just wish those ponies would learn to not try and off others just because they were in their turf.” She said in an angered tone. “If anything, have someponies who’ll beat them in a race, teach them that they aren’t the fastest.”
“Um… Princess Celestia… They didn’t really win fair… They knocked me and Soarin’ into each other…” Spitfire said, and Celestia glared at her
“They cheated? That’s not right, not at all.”
“I wish we could do something… But what could we possibly do?” Soarin’ asked
“Well, I have an idea. Do you two have any other friends?” Celestia asked
“N-no… It’s always been me and Sorain’… Nopony else wanted to hang out with us because we were homeless…” Spitfire said as she looked down
“You know, there are more ponies like you. I know two pegasai like you that are never played with by others. Should I introduce you to these two?” Celestia asked looking at the two in front of her
“Sure! I’d love to have more friends! What do you say Soarin’?” Spitfire said smiling as she looked at Soarin’
“Sure… I guess it’d be nice.” He said, looking back at Spitfire and smiling, and Celestia nodded her head, and teleported her, and Soarin’ and Spitfire. As soon as they looked around, they noticed two pegasai sitting with each other and bouncing a ball back and forth.
“Their names are Fire Streak, and Blaze. They’re really good friend, like you two.” Celestia said “Go on, introduce yourselves.” Spitfire and Soarin’ walked up to the two, and they were obviously nervous. They didn’t want to make a bad first impression, if that even mattered.
“Hello there, I am Spitfire!” Spitfire said looking at Blaze
“Oh, hello. I am Blaze.” She smiled looking at Spitfire
“Hi... I am Soarin’... What’s your name?” He grinned, as he wasn’t good with making new friends, as it has always been him and Spitfire.
“Hello Soarin’, I’m Fire Streak.” He grinned back at Soarin’.
“Well, you four look like you could be some good friends.” Celestia smiled, “ Now Blaze, you said you two were also ganged up by three pegasai?” Celestia’s smile went away as she was serious.
“Yes, that is true… We were in their turf or something. I don’t really know.” Blaze said, looking at Celestia
“Did you race?” Celestia said looking at Fire Streak,
“Yes we did… And they cheated.” Fire Streak replied,
“Then you four have one thing more in common. Now, we need to find a way to get you guys ready for a rematch.” She said smiling, as she already knew what she was going to do, “I am going to pair you four up in a flight team. We’ll call you ‘The Wonderbolts’, as you’re all great fliers.” Celestia now just looking at the four sitting before her, “Like the idea?”
“I do!” Spitfire said,
“Same here.” Soarin’ responded,
“Yeah, sure I could go with being on a team with friends!” Blaze said,
“As long as Blaze is in, I’m in.” Fire Streak said smiling.
“Now, we need a team leader. How about a race? If there are any cheaters, you will be put as the lowest rank in the team, until you can do something to prove you’re not like that. Are we clear?” Celestia said,
“Yes ma’am.” The four said in unison.
“We’ll do it in the Canterlot Park. I’ll clear the way for it.” Celestia said smiling, as the five walked to the park, the ponies looked disgusted at the four until they say Celestia behind them, then they backed away,
“I am sorry everypony. I need this park for a good ten minutes at the most. Please, pack up and leave, come back in ten minutes, if we are not done by then, just watch.” Celestia said, as the ponies left. Some grumbled, and one of them almost called her a name, until the colt’s parent prevented him.
“Now, we are good to go?” Spitfire asked,
“Yes we are. First one to finish is the captain. Just race around the park, three times, no cheating.” The four stood in one line, “May the best Pegasus win, now go!” Celestia said as the four took off at top speed, Blaze seemed like she was winning until the wind blew forcefully back, now Soarin’ and Spitfire were used to it, as they flew in Cloudsdale, and the other two had lived in Canterlot for a long while. Soarin’ was now in the lead, but he looked back to Spitfire as she was getting tired going against the wind, he slowed down, and helped Spitfire.
“I won’t mind not being the captain, I’m not sure about you though.” Soarin’ said, smiling, as Spitfire nodded her head,
“I would like to be the captain…” She said, and Soarin’ used his strength to push her to the finish line, as they were now on the last lap, Blaze and Fire Streak were only on the second lap, Spitfire was now fling on her own as the winds died down, and she crossed. It had only been nine minutes since the park was cleared.
“We now have a captain! Fire Streak, Blaze, and Soarin’, your captain is Spitfire.” Celestia said smiling, as the other three flew to Spitfire to congratulate her, the park started to fill up, Celestia took the four to the Canterlot Castle.
“You four can live here for now, train hard, and try to find some new ponies to add to the team if you want!” Celestia said guiding the four to a large corridor, which had many rooms in it, “Stay in whatever one you want. They’re all open.” As Spitfire, Soarin’, Blaze, and Fire Streak all went into separate rooms, the slept. And every day, they would train as hard as they could, finding some newer ponies to add to the team, and they all became good friends, almost like a family.

To be continued…

Chapter Two: Rematch Part One

Taking Flight The Fan-Fic

By: Drum_Stix

Original Song: PrinceWhateverer

WARNING: This will include bad/curse/cuss words, just a fair warning.

15 years have passed since the Wonderbolts were formed, but instead of just the original four it is now twelve. The newer members weren’t like Spitfire, Soarin’, Blaze, and Fire Streak. They weren’t homeless, they were all good friends, and were liked by many before their entry. The day was a day that the original four had waited a long time for, the day they’d have a rematch with the three pegasai. But, what they didn’t know was that they would be cheating... As Celestia, while they were asleep, had wound up modifying them. Using magic and sorts to make them even faster, which is why they thought their results after training were unbelievable... But yet, they still chose to believe it, they didn’t mind it, as they were doing this for revenge to a sort.
“Soarin’, Blaze, and Fire Streak I need to talk to you three in private.” Spitfire said, as the three walked over to her, they knew what she was going to ask, and they had already sorted it out. “Which of us three are going to race?”
“Well, we already had this planned. We were going to have you, me, and Blaze race.” Soarin’ replied,
“So you already planned? Without me?” She chuckled “Well, at least we didn’t need a debate about this, and it’s good to know that today we are going to get pay back.” Spitfire said,
“Heh, yeah they’ve had it coming for a long time!” Blaze said,
“Well, we should get one more round of training in, right?” Soarin’ asked, and Spitfire nodded her head. The four walked into the training room, with it empty, which they found a surprise, but also good for them. Fire Streak sat on a cloud, with a whistle in his mouth, and a stopwatch on his left.
“On your mark… Get set… Go!” He blew the whistle, as the three bolted past one and another, not bumping into each other, and flying in a good straight line. Fire Streak blew the whistle again, which told them to go their top speed. Spitfire and Soarin’ were neck and neck, Blaze not far behind, they were closing into the finish line, and Spitfire tried harder to flap her wings as fast as possible, and with luck, she wound up crossing the line one millisecond before Soarin’, and Blaze finishing two seconds later.
“Who… Won?” Spitfire said, breathing heavily
“You did.” Fire Streak said, and he looked at the stopwatch “Finished in twenty-three seconds. Better then the last three runs!” He chuckled
“Wow Spits… You got some speed in you… Good to know you’re racing…” Soarin’ said, trying to catch his breath
“What if they manage… To cheat… Again?” Blaze asked,
“Well… They cheat… We rematch again… But it’s not likely that they can… Match our speeds… To even cheat like… Before…” Spitfire said, still breathing heavily, and she just took a moment and rested.
“Well, we should go out there. Let the others have a chance in this room.” Fire Streak said smiling,
“Give us a moment to catch… Our breath… It’s not easy… Flying that fast…” Soarin’ said, as he sat on the ground, and Blaze did the same. Four minutes passed by, and they walked out of the room, and four other Wonderbolts went into the room, the sounds of a whistle blowing shortly after. Soarin’, Spitfire, Blaze, and Fire Streak all walked to Celestia, all bowing at her.
“You may rise.” Celestia said, almost knowing what they would say.
“Princess Celestia, we are ready to have the rematch if you can get us to where they are at.” Spitfire said, getting up with the other three not short behind her. Celestia nodded her head,
“I was wondering when you were going to ask to have me to you to them.” She said, smiling, as she teleported the four to the three pegasai’s turf, with the three behind them.
“Who are you, and what are you doing in our turf?” The leader of the group said, as Spitfire, Soarin’, Blaze, and Fire Streak turning around.
“Oh, you know all of us. Remember fifteen years ago? A race with a filly and a colt?” Spitfire said, taking off the flight goggles,
“Yes I do. I remember doing that with two fillies, and two colts. Now, answer my damn question!” The leader said, angrily at her
“I am Spitfire. One of those fillies you raced. This is Soarin’,” as she pointed to him, “The one who raced with me.” She smirked, “And we want a rematch.” This surprised the leader,
“Well… What about those two?” He said, pointing at Blaze and Fire Streak,
“Those are Blaze and Fire Streak. The other two ponies you raced.” Soarin’ said, “And we all know you cheated. Now, we want a good clean race, no cheating. You, and your to ‘goons’ against me, Spits, and Blaze.” The leader chuckled,
“A rematch eh? What if we win?” He asked,
“Then, we’ll leave you alone, and forget you cheated.” Blaze said, “But if we win, you have to stop racing. Or at least, stop cheating.” The leader smirked, and held out a hoof,
“You’ve got yourself a deal.”

To be continued…

Chapter Two: Rematch Part Two

Taking Flight The Fan-Fic

By: Drum_Stix

Song Creator: PrinceWhateverer

WARNING: This will include some bad/curse/cuss words in it, fair warning.

Spitfire grinned, as she shook the leader’s hoof. The seven ponies went to the same track they went to when they were young.
“Same place eh?” Spitfire asked, looking at the leader
“Of course, only track we own.” He said, looking back at her. “How is this going to work?” He asked,
“Well, I will race you, leader versus leader should be reasonably fair. Blaze and Soarin’ will go up against your friends. If there is any reason to object this, say it now.” Spitfire replied to him, looking at Fire Streak. “And he, will be the observer. As it would be unfair for us to race with four, and you with only three.”
“Hm, I see. This does sound fair. I have no reason to object it.” The leader said, smirking.
“I want to go first.” Blaze said, smiling. “If you don’t want to, that is.”
“Go ahead, Blaze. You’ve probably been waiting for this day longer then me or Soarin’.” Spitfire replied, as Blaze went to the line, and Spitfire, Soarin’, the leader, and the larger of his two friends sat on the bench. Fire Streak blew the whistle. Blaze and the smaller pegasus flew around the track, and the pegasus started to lose.
“No! I can’t have her beat me!” He said silently to himself, as he flew he managed to catch up to Blaze, and he rammed into her, causing her to crash into a wall. Spitfire and Soarin’ gasped, and the other two pegasai chuckled,
“That’s cheating! There was no cheating aloud!” Spitfire yelled
“Oh, we know. We never said we’d listen.” The leader replied, and Spitfire gritted her teeth, as Blaze got up, she flew to the bench,
“H-he cheated… I’m sorry Spitfire…” Blaze said, looking at the ground, one hoof on her head as she flew face first into the wall,
“Blaze, go and get Celestia. She needs to see this.” Spitfire said looking her on the eyes, “And I forgive you, you didn’t need to apologize.” Blaze nodded her head, and flew from the building towards the Canterlot castle.
“Alright Soarin’, you’re up. Remember, just make sure to fly fast so he can’t keep up.” Spitfire said, giving him a reassuring look. Soarin’ nodded his head, and flew to the track, with the bigger pegasus landing next to him.
“May the best pony win.” Fire Streak said, as he blew the whistle and Soarin’ bolted at top speed, making sure he wasn’t near the pegasus, and the pegasus flew his fastest to try and catch up, but he couldn’t. Soarin’ made it around the track twice already, close to finishing when the pegasus got an idea.
“If I sit here, and wait for him to fly by, I could tackle him!” He chuckled, as he sat on the floor, waiting for Soarin’ to make the pass up. He did not wait long, maybe a good ten seconds, and when Soarin’ flew past, the pegasus jumped to try and tackle him. He missed, by half an inch, and fell on the floor, “Dammit!” he yelled as Soarin’ crossed the finish line.
“Spitfire, your turn. You know the drill.” Fire Streak said, as Celestia appeared at the track, with the Wonderbolts bowing, the three pegasai didn’t. Celestia shook her head, and sat next to Fire Streak, as Spitfire and the leader lined up at the starting line, Fire Streak blew the whistle. Spitfire was going easy on him, she hardly flew faster then him, but still to the point where she was ahead of him. This angered him, and he tried to ram into her, but missed as she went faster, and she chuckled. She made it to where they were both on their second time around the track before actually flying; she bolted it to the end. She was too focused on the line to actually see the two other pegasai in front of her, as they tackled her, knocking her out of place, the leader managed to pass the line before her. Celestia was shocked at this, but wanted to see how Spitfire would react, the four Wonderbolts stood before the three pegasai.
“You lost.” The leader said as he smiled “But instead of our original deal, hows about you just stay the hell outta Cloudsdale.” Spitfire and Soarin’ were think the same thing, and their minds were screaming at them to yell it “NO! YOU’RE LIARS! YOU CHEATED!” they were so close to yelling it, but Spitfire simply calmed down,
“No, we wont. You cheated, and you said there was no cheating aloud. You agreed to that! We want a rematch.” Spitfire said, trying not to yell.
“What you want, and what you’re going to get, is the exact opposite of each other.” The leader said, “Now, get the fuck out of Cloudsdale you worthless pieces of trash!” He yelled, and Soarin’ walked up to him, and spit in his face,
“You have no right to call us worthless pieces of trash, when we didn’t cheat. You’re the worthless ponies here.” Soarin’ said, anger in his voice, “And you can be sure, you’ll see us again.” He said as he walked away. Celestia took the Wonderbolts back to their place, and sighed.
“There’s something I never told you guys… And you’re going to want to know this.” She said, with a frown on her face, as Soarin’, Spitfire, Fire Streak, and Blaze all looked at her confused.

Too be continued…

Chapter Three: Celestia's Secret

Taking Flight The Fan-Fic

By: Drum_Stix

Song Creator: PrinceWhateverer

WARNING: This will include some bad/curse/cuss words in it, fair warning.

"Gather around, my little ponies... And I shall tell you something, you've never known... I've kept a secret from you... Please, know I meant only the best outcome from this..." Celestia said frowning,
"Er, what do you mean Princess?" Spitfire said, looking more confused then the others, as she is also the youngest.
"You might say that you never cheat... That what you do, how you fly fast, is all from training... That's a lie... You see, when you were sleeping, I would come into your guy's room, and cast a spell on you, making you fly a little faster, and I did this for two years... But only to you four." Celestia said, looking at the ground in disappointment at her own deed, "If you feel the need to, yell at me... I deserve it..."
"You did WH-" Soarin' was about to yell, but Spitfire put a hoof to his mouth, making him unable to yell,
"No Soarin'... Don't yell." Spitfire said, giving him a stern look, as she looked at Celestia, "Princess, can I ask why you did this? At least lead us to believe that all that training did this? Did the training even help at all?"
"I did it because I knew you wanted to win in the race... And they still managed to cheat... But I was going to tell you, but you looked so satisfied with the results of the increasing speed, I didn't want to burst your bubble..." Celestia replied, and Blaze, Fire Streak and Soarin' sighed in frustration, "I'll just leave you guys alone. If you want to talk to me about anything... You know where to find me." She left the Wonderbolt's hangout, and the four looked at each other,
"What the hell... She didn't want to burst our bubble? What kind of excuse is that?" Soarin' said, looking at Spitfire,
"I don't know... I am a little nerved with this too... We just need to calm down, an-" Spitfire was cut off by Blaze,
"Calm down and what? Keep lying and flying at a speed that isn't even real? That's fake?"
"Blaze, please just let me fin-" Spitfire was now cut off by Fire Streak
"You know what Spitfire? I have one question for you, are we even real pegasai anymore?"
"Well... Yeah, of course.. Just because a little magic modification happened, doesn't mean we're not pegasai." Spitfire replied, looking at the three, they shook their heads and left, except Soarin',
"Spits... Sooner or later, we're gonna need to make a decision. Either stay as a 'Bolt, and keep on lying to all of Equestria, or be what we can of a regular pegasus. I am thinking that I might not stay in... I mean, you know how much I hate lying, which is why I was about to yell until you cut me off." Soarin' said, looking Spitfire in the eyes, and she sighed,
"Soarin', this group wouldn't exist without the four of us. Let's just... Stay in. Maybe we can get her to revert the spell. Then we can really train to get that speed." Spitfire said, smiling a little bit "Wouldn't that be a nice change? Training and knowing that our speeds are going up on our own?"
"I guess... But listen, if she pulls anything like this again, I am sorry, but I am leaving." Soarin' replied, as he walked to his room, Spitfire walking to hers.
Seven hours pass before either one of them comes out of their room, Spitfire walked out of hers, and went over to Blaze's, and she knocked on the door.
"Blaze, you in there? It's Spitfire... I wanna talk..." Spitfire said, awaiting for her friend to open the door. It took Blaze two minutes, but she opened the door,
"Yes Spitfire, what do you need?" She asked curiously,
"I wanna talk... About earlier..." Spitfire looked at Blaze, as she was motioned to come in. Spitfire walked in, and Blaze sat on her bed.
"What about earlier is it that you want to talk about?" She asked, in a frustrated tone,
“Well, me and Soarin’ were talking, and we thought of the idea to ask Celestia to reverse the spell. That way we can train with actual results, some that aren’t improved with magic. Doesn’t that sound good?” Spitfire asked Blaze, and the room went silent, for three minutes nothing happened. Not an exchange of looks, nor a single sound, until Blaze spoke up,
“Yeah I guess… You’re going to ask Fire Streak right? That’s my only question.”
“I will, trust me. His opinion matters as much as you, and Soarin’ right now.” Spitfire replied with a smile.
“Well, then yes… If he wants to that is.” Blaze said, “But if he doesn’t, then I wont… Me and him do a lot of things together, only thing we don’t do is shower together. Or sleep together we have our own rooms.”
“Of course, now I’m going to ask him, and we’ll see what happens from there… Ok?” Spitfire asked, and Blaze nodded her head. As Spitfire walked out, Blaze closed the door behind her, Spits made her way to Fire Streak’s room, and she knocked on his door.
“Fire Streak, you in there? I want to talk about something…” She waited outside of the door, but there was no reply. She knocked again, “Are you there? Please, I need to ask you something important.”
“I don’t care. Just leave me alone. If it’s about the whole get Celestia to revert the spell idea, Soarin’ already talked to me about it. I will, but I just want to be alone right now.” Fire Streak said from behind the door, and Spitfire sighed.
“Okay. I’ll talk to you later… What time is it?” She asked
“12:53 A.M.” Fire Streak said, “Now we should all go to sleep.”
Spitfire nodded her head, and walked to her room, and went to sleep.

To be continued…

A/N: Sorry for the delay with this chapter everypony! I've been procrastinating too much.