The Rainbow Dash Challenge

As Shadow is laying in the grass, Star brought him some water to drink for after all of his hard work. She let him rest for about ten minutes as caught his breath. They rested for a bit they began to talk about high school.

Both had went to ponyville elementary as foals, but when Shadow's parents moved to fillydelphia they both had different school's to go to. It was a hard move for shadow because, though he would never EVER admit it, he had a crush on Star. He never said or hinted anything about it, because he never knew how Star felt about him.

She was always nice, sometimes sarcastic. He was never mean and had a very deep compassion for everyone. If he thought he embodied the element of loyalty, he was sure she was ( besides magic) the element of Generosity.

She always put up with his antics, no matter how hard he pressed. He always admired her patience with him. They were in most ways opposites. He was loud and she was calm, and while he liked to spend his time moving and flying, a book and a cushion was what she loved. On occasion, she would get a bit mischievous and play some pranks with him, often on classmates. His dream, like many others, was to join the wonderbolts, while hers was to conquer some of the hard spells star swirl left behind.

She already had a great start as she was the student of Twilight. Instead of this offending him, it only made him prouder. Though he often teased her, it was a cover up for his affection.

When Shadow moved, he met many more mares, but he never really liked any of them as much as he did Star. When summer break arrived, he jumped at the chance to see her. He arranged to stay with some relatives in ponyville. That week, when he was in town, he passed her by in the market place. They exchanged a few words and arranged to meet at the park the next day. He intended on a nice chat  and perhaps go out for Ice cream, but the contest they were doing was a lot more interesting. It also gave him a chance to see her more!

Once he had gain his strength back he said to Star,"Okay Star, so what's the next challenge for me to beat with my coolness " He stroke his pose while wearing red sunglasses to represent the redness of his fur which luckily hid the small blush.

"the next challenge is for you to sing a duet with fluttershy and rarity on things that you three do not have in common" She said grinning. She knew that at the mention of this he would complain. He never did like to sing.

To her surprise he doesn't and he just accepts it. Without another words he heads down to the open theater where fluttershy and Rarity are supposed to meet him.

They were both walking  first to find Rarity, they started talking about what had changed since he had moved. The first was the return of Nightmare Moon, the second was

the defeat of Discord.  Although he  had heard about them he never knew that they were beaten right here in ponyville.

"Wow, so they actually did exist. I just thought they were stories. Though...it would explain those two times when it was night instead of day and the sky had cotton candy clouds," he said.

"Just cotton candy clouds?" she asked.

"Yep."

"Well, I guess Discord didn't care much for fillydelphia much. He sure did make it chaotic here."

"That make sense. So....how did twilight pick you as her student?" he asked, changing the subject.

"Well, after I couldn't afford to be trained at Celestia's school for gifted unicorns, I went to the library. There,I asked Twilight to teach me. She found my magic to be rather powerful. Perhaps not as good as hers, but she said she saw a lot of potential. So, she picked me and the rest as they say is history," She finished with a smile

When shadow saw the smile his heart fluttered a bit.

With that they arrived at Rarity's boutique. They headed in and heard an elegant voice say, "Welcome to the Carousel Boutique where everything is sheik and magnetic.”

“Hey Rarity! this is Shadow and we are having a contest,”Star said.

“What is it pray tell?”

“Shadow here is proving if he has what it takes to be like Rainbow Dash. One of the rounds is where you come in. If you please, would you make a old fashioned outfit for my friend here?”

“Of course, I always had a style I wanted to try out! Come dear, we will get you suited up in a jiffy!”

She grabbed him suddenly and placed him on a sort of runway. Gathering fabric with her magic, she found the patterned she wanted and measured him. A snip here and there. A needle and thread sewed the pieces. The sewing machine would have been faster, but it looked better hoof sewn.

Of course that meant Shadow has to sit there longer while his suit was being made. It was fine the first few minute. “This is easy!” He thought.

He changed his mind as soon as ten minutes had slowly crawled by.  His back started to ache and he wanted to scratch under his left wing. But he had to stay still...perfectly still.

He could do it, if Rainbow could he could.

Just...sit….STILL.

-One hour later-

“Shadow!!!”

“HUh!!!! Wat- what is it!” he started. During his makeover, the stillness had caused him to doze off.

“Morning sleepy head. Would you like to see your new look?”

She levitated a mirror over.

His jaw fell as he saw his reflection. He had on a powdered wig, the top hat stood straight. I stiff collar coat and a neat pair of horse shoes were on him. He was ready to rip it off, but changed his mind. Instead, he held his head high and pranced around the room.

He struck a proud pose and said “What do you think star? I win again?”

“Yes, I suppose you do.”

“This isn’t so bad on me. I think it brings out my eyes. What do you think star?”

“um- oh yes, very nice” She stammered, blushing.

“Alright then! onward to the next challenge,” he yelled. After thanking Rarity they headed out the door to see what was next on the Rainbow Dash Challenge.