My Little Adventures {Season One}
Chapter Three ~ Rainbow Dash's Race
Previous ChapterNext ChapterIt was a sunny day, and Fluttershy was with Rainbow Dash in Cloudsdale. They had been clearing the clouds for Princess Celestia, as requested. After a long day of flying, they decided to stop at the Sunshine Cafe in Cloudsdale for lunch.
"Thanks for helping me clear those clouds, Flutters!" Rainbow Dash said.
"Anytime! I'm always glad to help." Fluttershy smiled, and then the waiter came to their table.
The waiter asked, "What can I get for you two today?"
"A daffodil and daisy sandwich with a hay-shake, please." Fluttershy replied.
Rainbow Dash wasn't as polite with her order, "Just a chocolate shake for me."
"Very well. I'll have it right out to you." The waiter turned around, to take the order inside to the chef.
Rainbow Dash questioned, "So, how is Discord holding up with you, Fluttershy?"
"Well, he's behaving a lot better than he was before. I think he's serious about staying reformed." Fluttershy grinned.
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, "I still don't trust him."
"When are you going to give him a chance? He could be nice." Fluttershy responded.
Rainbow Dash just kept her straight face on, and then the waiter came back with their food, "Enjoy."
Fluttershy took a bite of her sandwich, and Rainbow Dash began drinking her milkshake.
"How are you with the Wonderbolt's Academy?" Fluttershy asked after a sip of her hay-shake.
"Well...Spitfire's been talking about making me an official part of the team. She hasn't done it yet, but I've heard rumors going around during training." Rainbow Dash answered.
"That's great, Rainbow! I bet you'll make an amazing Wonderbolt!" Fluttershy exclaimed.
Rainbow Dash boasted a bit, "Well, I am the best flyer in all of Equestria. Plus, awesome."
"That's why I said you'd be amazing at being a Wonderbolt." The pegasus smiled.
They finished their food after that last sentence. "C'mon, let's go and get back to Ponyville. I think Pinkie's throwing a party later." Rainbow Dash retorted.
"Okay." Fluttershy left a few bits on the table to pay for lunch, and then flew off with Rainbow Dash. A few minutes later, something caught Rainbow's eye.
"Hey, who's that on the cloud? She looks familiar..." Rainbow Dash said peering in the distance.
Fluttershy squinted, nothing but a cloud was in few, since another cloud overlapped the one with the pony on it. "I don't see anything."
"Well, I'm gonna check this out. I'll catch up with you later." The rainbow pony said flying away. Rainbow Dash soared towards the cloud.
"I'll see you later, then...I guess." Fluttershy murmured as she flew on.
As Rainbow Dash approached the cloud, she began to realize who was on it. She gasped, "Hey! What are you doing here?!"
"Well, well, if it isn't Rainbow Dash. The question should be, what are YOU doing here?" Lightning Dust stated.
Rainbow Dash remarked, "I was clearing the skies. Why are you here?"
"If you have to know, I'm watching over my little sister, but I can't find her." Lightning Dust growled.
"Well, you seem like you are doing a great job keeping track of her." Rainbow Dash replied.
Lightning Dust looked at her, "...I've got a filly to find. Nice talking."
Fluttershy then flew up to the cloud with a small filly. "Um, I found this filly in Cloudsdale Park, and..."
The filly shouted, "Sis! You are supposed to be looking after me! I'm gonna tell mom!"
"Zap, just shut up, we're going home." Lightning scolded.
Zap hollered, "I can get home myself! I'm not a baby!"
"Don't talk to me like that! I'm your older sister, and I said we're leaving, now let's go, and stop acting like a baby!" Lightning Dust retorted.
Fluttershy spoke, "U-Um, can't we talk this o-out..."
"QUIET." Lightning Dust screamed.
Fluttershy whimpered and started crying.
"Hey, leave her alone!" Rainbow Dash stepped in.
"Oh, is this your friend that you nearly demolished? I wish I would have made a bigger tornado." Lightning mocked.
Zap asked, "Why do you have to be so mean to everypony?! You're the reason I have no friends! Everypony is scared of you!"
Lightning looked at her sister with fire in her eyes, giving her a warning to be silent.
"Just leave her be!" Rainbow Dash repeated.
"What are you going to do if I don't?" Lightning dared.
Rainbow Dash growled, "You wanna play it this way? Fine. A race with me, four o' clock, at Cloudsdale Park!"
"You're on!" Lightning challenged. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash then went to a place where they could train.
Fluttershy began singing, "Come on, Rainbow Dash, we've got a lot to do. You wanna beat Lightning Dust, don't you?"
"Of course, but I don't need to train. All I've got is flying skills on my brain." Rainbow Dash sang.
Lightning Dust was singing, "I'm gonna beat that Rainbow Crash. Thinks she's the toast of the town? Well, I say otherwise. Just wait at the race, I'll give her a big surprise!"
Lightning and Rainbow sang in union, "I'm gonna win the race and take first place, nothing's gonna stop me, just try and do it! I will prove I am the best flyer, but there's something you should know, this isn't how winners play the game!"
"I wish you could be just a little less dramatic, we're only in this race because of me. I feel somehow this is all my fault." Fluttershy sang again.
Rainbow Dash also sung, "Don't worry, Flutters, I'll defend your pride. You don't need to curl up in a corner to hide."
"I'll have my revenge, so much for a spotless reputation. Well, now the competition is mine. Just wait and see, I'm the best there'll ever be!" Lightning Dust sang.
"But, sometimes revenge is a choice you have to make." Fluttershy sang.
Rainbow Dash sung, "I came from a tougher generation, ain't no way I'm loosing today."
Rainbow and Lightning sang together again, "I'm gonna win the race and take first place, nothing's gonna stop me, just try and do it! I will prove I am the best flyer, but there's something you should know, this isn't how winners play the game!"
Fluttershy sang, "Practice hard, fly real fast, shut your lips and keep 'em closed, don't deny why, don't ever let them see you cry."
Rainbow Dash and Lightning sang once more, "I'm gonna win the race and take first place, nothing's gonna stop me, just try and do it! I will prove I am the best flyer, but there's something you should know, this isn't how winners play the game!"
"Are you ready, Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked after the singing number was over.
"Pfft, am I ready?! I was BORN ready, Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash answered with confidence.
Fluttershy shuttered, "Alright, then...good luck."
"Won't need it." Rainbow Dash muttered.
Lightning Dust leaned over to Zap before getting ready. "You're gonna clip that loser's wings, right?"
"Right...but, sis, I don't know, this feels wrong." Zap replied.
"I can't believe you'd say that, you little punk! I'm your big sister, you should be routing for me to win! Now go clip her wings!" Lightning shouted silently.
Zap sighed irritably, "Fine!" She walked towards Rainbow Dash, but turned around and secretly clipped Lighting Dust's wings. She didn't feel a thing, and only flinched her wing. Zap only had enough time to clip one of her sister's, though. Zap walked over to Rainbow Dash and whispered before the race, "Good luck, Rainbow Dash!"
"Thanks, kid. Enjoy the show." Rainbow responded.
Fluttershy held up the flag, and then Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust got into a charge position with their wings up in the air. After a glance at each other, Fluttershy waved the checkered flag without saying ready, set, go, and the two pegasus' instantly darted off into the sky.
At first Rainbow Dash was ahead, and chuckled, but then Lightning Dust growled from behind, "Oh, no you don't!" She flew up so fast, that it made Rainbow Dash be pushed over to the side. "Hahaha! Sucker! W-Wait...what's wrong with my wing? Why can't I fly straight?! Whoa!" Lightning Dust began wobbling around in the sky until eventually she crash-landed off balance into a bush full of thorns. "Oww..."
Rainbow Dash flew across the ribbon and was victorious, "Whoo! Hey, wait a minute, where's Lightning Dust?" Two paramedic pegasus' flew down to get Lightning and take her to Caring Oats Hospital in Ponyville.
She woke up with Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Zap next to her bed.
"Oh, are you okay, Lightning Dust?" Fluttershy asked.
Lightning Dust groaned from being dizzy and slowly woke up, "Ugh...what happened? Where am I?"
The doctor came in and said, "You're at Caring Oats Hospital with a wounded wing, I'm afraid."
"Well, what happened with my wing?" Lightning asked worriedly.
"We've discovered that your left wing has been clipped short of a few feathers needed for flying, they should grow back in time, though." He replied.
"Wait! Does this mean I won't be able to fly anymore?!" Lightning questioned anxiously.
"I'm sorry to say you won't be soaring anytime soon. Any clue as to how your wings were cut?" The doctor asked.
"Uh, hey, look at the time! I'm gonna get to the cafeteria and get some grape juice!" Zap walked out of the room and down the hall.
Lightning Dust replied, "Well, the only one I know who was at the race with wing-clippers had to be..." She let out a gasp then screamed at the top of her lungs, so loud the hospital shook, "ZAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPP!!!"
THE END
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