Rainbow Dash stretched out with a wide grin as her friends gathered up to watch her newest routine that she had been working on for weeks to impress her favorite group of flyers, The Wonderbolts. Within a month the Wonderbolts were going to be preforming in Ponyville of all places with the resident Pegasus’s being allowed to perform later on to show off their skills in a friendly competition that would allow the winner to receive some special training from the Wonderbolts themselves. On top of that there was talking going around that they were up to something to make this particular event exceptionally special which only meant even more ponies would get the chance to see Rainbow Dash to try and stand out and show just how skilled she really was.
“Alllllrighty everypony, today I’ll be showing my newest routine that will be sure to blow the Wonderbolts away and win me that grand prize” Rainbow Dash said confidently as she did some pushups and cracked her neck to get ready for the showing off what she had so far as she wasn’t sure if she’d add more or not hence why she decided to do a little preview. “I’m sure you’ll do just do fantasterific in the competition Rainbow Dash! You’ll just be like shooooshhh and then you’ll vroommm through the clouds and..” Pinkie Pie was saying as Twilight cut her off before her tangent got too out of hand. “I think what she means that we all know that you’ll do just fine for the event” Twilight summed up as Pinkie Pie nodded in agreement.
With a quick nod after that Rainbow Dash lifted off the ground and hovered for a bit before launching herself into the air and quickly twisting in sharp spirals, sculpting the clouds to make them look like tornadoes as she twisted around one while flying toward the sky only to twist around and make another tornado cloud while going back down. After making three tornado clouds she flew right above them quickly and hit them with her hooves as she flew by them to make them shoot out lighting, making the scene very dramatic as turned right around and shot right through the clouds to write out R.D. With that her friends all cheered on for more, completely impressed by the new moves she showed off. Deciding to give them the big finale, Rainbow Dash took to the sky and came down fast as she dodged every cloud in her way at top speed and just before she hit the ground she pulled up to do her super speed strut running right towards her friends before just pulling up and making her cutie mark out of the remaining clouds just below the R.D. for Rainbow Dash.
Her friends erupted in cheers as Dash blushed lightly as she touched down but quickly put her feelings aside as she enjoyed her friend’s cheers. “Ahhh ya that was totally awso….” She said confidently just before another Pegasus slammed into her with a loud thud as the others gasped in surprise. Shaking her head a bit to get refocused, Rainbow Dash looked to see who slammed into her and saw a pony with a grey body and yellow main that had to be Miss Derpy Hooves. “Ahhh Derpy! You gotta be more careful when flying low like that” Rainbow Dash scolded as Derpy looked apologetically into her eyes. “I’m sorry Rainbow Dash. I was running behind and had to get this package over… hey wait a minute!” she started to say only to remember another letter that she was supposed to deliver in her mail bag. She quickly pulled out a golden letter that had the royal seal from Canterlot along with two ponies circling around it wearing Wonderbolt outfits, which was the main thing that catching Rainbow Dashes eyes as she gave a surprised look to the mysterious letter. “Wah… Is that for me?!?” Rainbow Dashed asked as she took it from Derpy. “Indeedo. Came in today and it was in the super-duper important bin so I knew I had to get that out but I didn’t see you at home so I figured I’d stop by later. Anyway now that you got it I’ve got more mail boxes to feed so see ya Rainbow Dash” Derpy said with a salute before flying off again to drop off more packages and mail.
Rainbow Dash watched her fly for a sec off only to turn her full attention back to the mystery letter, quickly opening it and reading it to herself as her friends gathered around. “Well it’s good to see you’re unharmed dearie but what is in that fabulous looking letter?” Rarity asked as she noted the golden trim and high quality paper that it was made with but received no answer as Dashes jaw went wide as it seemed as though she had finished the letter only to be left in awe. “Ahhh…you ok their sugar cube?” Applejack asked as she leaned in and looked into her eyes to try and get a reaction out of her. As if frozen in time, Rainbow Dash didn’t move at all even when Applejack waved a hoof in front of her face. Even her eyes were stuck as if frozen in a moment in time that she couldn’t escape from. Eventually Twilight Sparkle used her magic and gently removed the letter from her and read it aloud for everypony to hear to see what had put her in such a daze.
“To Rainbow Dash
Thanks to all your skills and feats throughout Ponyville and Equestria we, the Wonderbolts, would like to extend a very rare offer for you to join the Wonderbolts as a full time member. We expect that you should be more then excited to join as from our brief time together and look forward to seeing you in Canterlot for training and practice for our upcoming trip to Ponyville. Looking forward to hearing from your soon.
From,
Spitfire, Leader of the Wonderbolts
The group showed plenty looks of surprise and joy as they looked to the still frozen Rainbow Dash. “Wow Rainbow Dash. I guess your trick worked faster than you thought” Fluttershy said as she put her hoof gently on her shoulder to only have her fall over still perfectly in the exact pose she was in before, her hoof looking like it still held the letter that was no longer in her hoof. “Ohhh…my… I guess I don’t know my own strength” Flutter Shy said as she backed off embarrassed as she thought her overwhelming strength had knocked over Rainbow Dash.
Seeing that her state of mind wasn’t to be restored out in the field the rest of the ponies helped Rainbow Dash back to the library only to still have her frozen stiff like a popsicle. “Ahh Twi? You got any ideas for snapping her out of this?” Applejack asked as she gave her a few light slaps on the face and still no reaction came from the frozen pony. After a quick thought process Twilight lit up with an idea and ran out to the front for some water. Dumping the bucket of water on Rainbow Dash finally dispelled her trance as she shook her body to dry herself off. “OH my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh!!! The Wonderbolts want me to join them for real!!! I’m not dreaming right?” she asked Twilight as she gave her a firm nod that sent Rainbow Dash jumping for joy. “Congratulations on finally getting in Rainbow Dash, you better head out and pack up quick though. According to my train time frame calendar the next train leaves in 15 minutes.” Twilight said as she pulled out her calendar that had all the times from the train leaving and coming for every day for the whole year. Hearing this Rainbow Dash nearly ran out the door before stopping suddenly. “Alright see ya…..ohh…well I won’t be seeing you guys until the show comes down to Ponyville so….just take care till then” Rainbow Dash said to the gang, a little unclear as to what to say as she knew this was her dream coming true but being away from her friends for so long wasn’t a prospect that she had considered. “Ahh shucks Rainbow Dash, don’t you go fretting about us and live your dream with them dare devils. We’ll be here once you get their fancy tricks down and after you do I’m sure you’ll get plenty of time to hang out again” Applejack said to bolster her confidence up as she offered her a hoof and Dash pounded back as she ran off to pack up for the long journey to Canterlot. She barely made it as the train announced its departure for Canterlot, Rainbow Dash packing as much stuff that she could in her saddle bags as she paced around in her cabin, unable to do much but wait as the train moved her closer and closer to her dream. With the Wonderbolts coming to Ponyville she knew that not only did she have to put her best show as a new member but she also had to worry about putting on a great show for her friends as well. “I swear I won’t let you down guys… I’ll be the best Wonderbolts since Blue Fire!” She said to herself as she finally saw Canterlot come into view at last.
With much of the passengers getting off nice and slow do to being cramped up in the train for the last few hours, Rainbow Dash made quiet the exit as she sprung out of the train and launched herself to the Wonderbolts training arena. The arena was off limits to all but the Wonderbolts and a few staff as their training was kept under wraps at all times with the only guests being the elite of Canterlot and their invites to the arena being very rare event’s that the Wonderbolts held at their digression. Not wanting to cause a scene by just simply flying right into the arena, Rainbow Dash set herself down right by the entrance to get in where a couple of Pegasus guards were stationed and already watching the eager mare flying around. “Name please” One of the guards asked as he saw nothing on her that showed that she was a regular worker here making him assume that she was either a fan or one of the new arrivals. “The names Rainbow Dash and I’m ah pony that you…” Rainbow Dash started to say confidently as the guard cut her off. “No need for any grand speeches kid as I’ve heard them all. Seeing as your name is on the list though you’ll be heading in I guess. I suggest heading to the center arena as the trainer is waiting for you” He informed her politely despite him being annoyed at her attempt at telling him just how amazing she’d be. She blushed a bit as the bulky guard could be quite intimidating when he wanted to. Regaining her composure Rainbow Dash walked past the guards and looked around in awe as it was just as she imagined with the décor being all setup professionally and their locker room she could see was quite big with plenty of space for all the ponies and from what she could see from passing by its very own hot spa for relaxing after long hours of training. Rainbow Dash smirked as she thought of Rarity going crazy over all the nice décor and designs of the arena for as second as her thought was interrupted once she stepped out to the main arena floor that had tons of different obstacles setup down near the ground and a few where setup nice and high for their regular practice. Further up Rainbow dash noted that the clouds where actually modified into different shapes with one even looking like it was made like a cave for ponies to shoot through and come out the other end, all of these sights making her mind focous on all the amazing work they had gone through to set these obstacles up.
“Greetings there, you must be zee Rainbow Dash yes?” A voice asked from behind Rainbow Dash as she turned around and then looked up into the seats to spot the Wonderbolts trainer Bluestorm. Bluestorm was an older mare that was a Wonderbolt back in her hay day with grey tips on her blue mane and a dark blue body that had a light blue storm cloud with a lightning bolt coming out as her cutie mark. “Ahhh…wow… yes I’m Rainbow Dash miss Bluestorm” Rainbow Dash said trying to be respectful to her as she had quite the history in the Wonderbolts and for those who did some research she had some done some amazing work to up the tricks for them over the years. “Zou can lose zee miss and just call me Trainer or Bluestorm. Whichever you wish I am fine with” She said with a grin in her accent that Rainbow Dash just couldn’t place as she followed her over to the center of the field where there was a small changing area and a whiteboard with very complicated moves posted on their. “Well Miss Dash welcome to the team! I do hope you’re ready for zee best training you will ever receive and we hope you are quite serious about doing zee best that you can for the rest of the teamz yes?” She asked as she presented her with Dash’s very own Wonderbolts outfit that made her eyes light up with glee. Slowly taking the outfit and staring at the Wonderbolts symbol on it made her eyes grow sharp with confidence and pride as she responded to Trainers statement. “Don’t you worry Bluestorm as I’m here living my dreams and nothing will get in the way of me being the best Wonderbolt Equestria as ever seen” she said with a small salute to her which made her trainer smile and shake her head. “You remind me of myself back in the day Miss Dash. However from here on out I’m your trainer so don’t expect me to go easy on you as I find my methods for training are hard but fare” she warned as she tossed on her green trainer cap and whistle as she pointed to the changing area.
“Alright go change into your outfit and meet me up in the clouds” Bluestorm ordered with a stern look in her eyes, the determined mare ready to put this new member through the gauntlet in order to get her up to speed for their upcoming performance. In no time flat Rainbow Dash popped out of the dressing area in her new Wonderbolt outfit with a huge smile as she looked over every detail of the suit and stretching out a bit to get a good feel for it. The design was very sleek but while a snug fit for the pony who wore it there seemed to be some kind of thin padding that made it much more comfortable to wear as it felt as if wearing a thin blanket around your body. Looking up quickly, Dash spotted Bluestorm and flew up to her putting her hooves on her hips confidently as she gave her a smirk. “Alright Miss Trainer why don’t you bring..it..on!” She said confidently as she cracked her neck a bit ready to go to work. “Sure thing Miss Dash. This course is our general testing course for all new members or temp members considered for possible recruitment. This course shall test both your speed and quick reflects through some of the sharpest turns ever expected of anypony to make. Are you ready to show me what you got Rainbow Dash?” she asked with a wide grin as she already knew the answer she’d give. “Pshhh I was born ready” She replied as she set up at the starting line.
“Alrightly then make sure to head through all the clouds with holes that you see as quickly as you can and move on to the next while moving around full clouds and hitting any storm clouds you see until you circle back around to me. Once we get a respectable run through we’ll start your training for the major event that we’ll be holding in zee Ponyville” she explained to her as she rose up her whistle to begin her very first run through. “Alright Dash get ready, get set, and…GO!!!” She yelled as she blew her whistle and Rainbow Dash took off like a rocket toward the first obstacle which made her do two loops through the white clouds before heading over to the next set of clouds. With her high quality goggles the clouds simply flew right off the glass as she flew by at top speed around a set of 5 clouds shaped like a square with only one side open on the right and then the left on the following one to make the pony have to wind through them all very sharply, almost making Dash crash due to just how little room there was between them but even with the great challenge she still managed to get by and head into the next point on the course. Ahead was the very large cloud that had a hole in one end and out the other side with the trick being that you have to navigate through the could to find the exit. Biting down hard she flew in full throttle and quickly found that the cloud was extremely dark inside as she moved up and down and around walls until she found the light coming from the exit and charged out only to be blinded by the sun instantly. Trying to slow down to regain her sight the young mare was too late as she crashed right into something hard and metal as she was seeing stars from taking a big hit to the head as a laughing pony slowly came into view as regained her vision. “Ahhh..zee tunnel of wonder always gets the newbies” Bluestorm said as she cleared her throat to explain further.
“Welcome to your first lesson of zee pros Dash. In our performances accidents can and will happen no matter how hard I’z train you and the rest of zee ponies. Next time you mess up you must make it look like it’s a part of the show yez?” she said giving her a playful nudge as Dash was embarrassed at her mess up but understood what the trainer meant. “So this was just to show me that if I mess up I need to just shrug it off?” she asked wondering why not just show her some tips for that later on. “Ahhh a thinker, I like that in my ponies” she said happily as she further explained. “No. The big lesson here that depending on the weather and tricks we do things like lighting, speed, and terrain play big parts on how it can affect the performance or choices in what we do and don’t do. As you’ve just seen that cloud became so dark that you had to really focus in order to see inside to zee point that once you finally make it out you can easily become blinded for a bit and can destroy your whole performance. You understand yes?” she asked her as it did seem that Rainbow Dash was taking in the advice she was giving her judging from her facial expression. “Ya I got it no problem, but are you ready for me to go again?” She asked as kept her lesion in mind but was more interested in completing the course, even if it held a few surprises for the young mare. “Oh yes let us go again” She said as the two flew back to the start once again to continue the training.
If there was one thing that Bluestorm could say about Rainbow Dash was she was probably the most determined pony she’d seen since Spitfire joined the team as no matter how many times she crashed and burned that pony just dusted herself off and went right to the starting line to do it all over again. It took quite a few hours but finally she completed the fifteen part course with a respectable 4:00 minute time before her trainer blew her whistle to end their day together. “Well Miss Dash I can defiantly say that Spitfire had made the right call sending out the invitation to join us. Haven’t seen too many ponies never take a break their first time through our course in quite some time” she said as the two touched back down on the main field. Judging from Rainbow Dash’s trembling legs and panting Bluestorm could tell that she was extremely exhausted from her long ordeal but simply hearing the compliment that she gave her gave the tough little pony a second wind as she smirked back at her. “Well as I said before I’m going to work to try and be the best Wonderbolt ever. But before that I guess it may not hurt to take a little break. Even the best could use naps I guess” she joked as she admitted to herself that she was pretty worn out as that locker room with the hot spa sounded quite tempting at this point. “Well Dash I can defiantly say you look good in that outfit” A familiar voice said from entrance to the main field that Rainbow Dash quickly looked to and saw none other than the Wonderbolts leader Spitfire flying gracefully over to her and Bluestorm. Although Rainbow Dash had been around Spitfire and the rest of the Wonderbolts before she still had a bit of the fan jitters thanks to the deep respect she had for them and how they had been her hero’s for so long it was still hard to try and just treat them as regular ponies to hang out with. “Oh well I do plan to do way better tomorrow. I just was a little out it from the train ride is all so don’t think that was even half my best” She said trying to defend her performance despite being complimented for doing quite a good job. “Well that’s good to hear but really you did just fine Rainbow Dash. I was hoping I could bring you down to hang with the rest of us if you’re not too sore” She said with a smile as she could tell that dash had been really working hard. “Are you kidding me? No way am I gonna miss spending time with the rest of the team! When are we gonna continue Miss Trainer?” she asked excitedly to Bluestorm.
“Tomorrow morning at 8:00 sharp so be sure to get some sleep. I assume zee Spitfire shall show you your room so until then best wishes Miss Dash” She said as she slowly walked off to start working on additional training for the Wonderbolts and the new members. Giggling lightly Rainbow Dash followed her back through the arena and headed down to lower levels that housed a smaller training area meant for night time practice, the Wonderbolts joined rooms, and the Fire Pit. The Fire Pit was the Wonderbolts very own hangout area with plenty of small cushions to hang out on, a bar setup with all kinds of fun drinks like ciders and pumpkin juice, a small gym so they could work out and chat at the same time, and lastly a planning area that had a large board that showed their routines that they could go over. “So Dash I welcome you to the Fire Pit, the main hangout for all the official Wonderbolt members. You need to find us or setup anything with the group this is the spot to do so” Spitfire explained as another member of the Wonderbolts popped out being the bar with a big pie, his blue hair giving him away as Soarin’ thanks to Rainbow Dash being familiar with him. “Hey Spit! Oh and hey Rainbow Dash, welcome to the team” he said with a wide smile as he gave his tasty looking pie a big whiff. “Thanks Soarin’ Just be sure to keep an eye on that pie this time” She said trying to make a joke despite being a bit nervous with all the Wonderbolts around but even though she was nervous she still managed to get a chuckle out of Spitfire. “Ahhh don’t worry about that I doubt this pie isn’t going anywhere but my…” He said as the pie disappeared in a flash as Soarin’ looked around in surprise to see that Fleetfoot had stolen his pie. “Hey no fair!!!” Soarin’ yelled at Fleetfoot as she stuck her tongue at him before running off with it with Fleetfoot in hot pursuit.
“Haha those two are always at it but don’t worry she’s just teasing him like always” Spitfire explained to Rainbow Dash as she lead the way to the bedrooms to show her where she was going to be sleeping. While the Wonderbolts beds were all together, the amount of space between them was so big that each member had their bed and enough of an area to have a small living room of sorts with each member having their own belongings and styles for their living area. Just in the middle was another pony dressed in a Wonderbolt outfit but was one that Rainbow Dash had never seen before. “Dash I’d like you to meet White Blaze, our other new member that just joined us a couple of days ago. I was hoping you’d both get here the same time but for some reason the mail was delayed” Spitfire pointed out as White Blaze turned with mute look on his face as he seemed to have something on his mind that was bugging him. “Rainbow Dash, I’ve heard of you and how you managed to do that legendary Sonic Rainboom” he complimented as he gave a lighthearted smile to her. “Glad to see you on the team” he added as he offered his hoof to her, quickly getting her hoof back as she replied back with a bit more confidence in her tone. “And same to you Blaze, I hope we can both live up to the Wonderbolt name” she said with Spitfire listening in happily at the two new members not trying to one up each other like main others had in the past... or at least for now. “Well we’ll have to see about that. I couldn’t even finish that crazy ‘training’ course today, just one more point and I’ll make it through” he said confidently as Rainbow Dash blushed a bit since she had already made it through twice today. “Ya well…it’s a hard course so I’m sure we’ll both get through with record times eventually” She said to avoid showing off.
The three talked a bit more after that as Dash found out that White Blaze had been on a special team that helped out clearing out some of the bigger forms of storm clouds and making the smaller so they could send them out to other areas of Equestria as well as being one of the ponies responsible for helping his hometown set the new water record in Philidephia. Rainbow Dash also told a little bit about some of her feats in the past but did her best at down playing them as something that her friends had helped her learn over time was that while you could be prideful of your accomplishments there was no reason to overdo it as the result could lead you to be someone like Trixie which Rainbow Dash knew was simply not cool. “We’ll I hoped you two could help us out as our schedule as jumped considerably since more ponies are wanting our shows and we simply need more help” Spitfire explained to them after Rainbow Dash had chatted a bit about Ponyville. “We’re really starting to get stretched out a bit from our requests so I hope you two consider that being on the team you’ll be less likely to head back home for quite some time” she continued to explain as she pointed at a calendar that was filled up with tons of gatherings, derbies, shows, and training sessions that seemed to just eat up everyponies time. “Wow…that’s so many things to do in such a short time. Don’t you guys ever get some time for fun?” Rainbow Dash asked as she didn’t realize just how little time these guys had for themselves.
“Oh course we do but at most we may get a week to head back to see our friends and families for every 6 months of our events so really we are all very close here but it is defiantly something to consider you two” she said as the two looked at each other with a bit of discomfort at the this startling new revelation. “Well you two may be Wonderbolts but that doesn’t mean you can slack on your training. White Blaze you’ll be with us tomorrow so we can go over the routine for Ponyville and some basic moves with a partner while you Dash will be working with Trainer to get you ready to soar with some new tricks” She explained in a more authoritative voice as the two saluted her as she left them to settle in. Finding her bed along with her saddle bags that she had left in the changing area, Rainbow Dash jumped in and stared up at the ceiling in thought for a while as she considered Spitfires point that she wouldn’t see her friends for quite some time with the only current exception being the visit to Ponyville coming up soon. She knew that she wanted to be here and with her own Wonderbolt suit it all just felt right but the lingering thought of missing her friends was stuck in her head. “Arahhh..Dash you’ll see them again soon and besides that I’m sure you’ll find a way to get out to hang with them once you settled in and show just how good you are” she said to herself as she convinced herself to relax after a while and settled off to sleep.
Both Dash and Blaze quickly showed just how skilled they were as their regular training and sessions with the Wonderbolts went by in a flash as in one week Dash would work with Trainer and the next with the Wonderbolts, learning the routines and extra skills to help them show off their talents even more as their time their moved as fast as their flying. Dash’s time improved from a 4:00 to a 2:35 within the next few weeks with the best time ever being set being a 1:45 on the course. Even Blaze’s final time at 3:00 was pretty impressive with the little time they had as the two reached their final week before setting off to Ponyville to show the world what they had learned and just how much the Wonderbolts had improved with the extra two members now on their team.
“All zee ponies to your positions yes?” Bluestorm requested as she had gathered all eight Wonderbolts for one last practice run for the big show as they all flew far into the sky to the point that anyone looking for them would need binoculars just get a glance of something up in the sky. With a loud whistle from their trainer the Wonderbolts all launched off and quickly gained speed as they shot from high above the clouds and flew right past each with only inches away from hitting each other as they circled back around and spun their bodies perfectly to just barely dodge each other again as they moved in the middle to hold onto each other’s hooves and set off a huge display of fireworks as they disbanded back into the sky. “Ahhh bravo to you all that was perfect display for the opening of zee Ponyville show” She said with a big smile as they all gave a high hoof to each other for really cutting it closer on the second fly by then they had before. “Alright zen you all should be off to the train for Ponyville, don’t want anypony to be train lagged when zee get there” she pointed out as they all trotted off for the train together with some of the royal guards heading out to prevent them from being slowed down on the way there.
“Can you believe we’re finally heading out to our first show Blaze? I mean learning the moves was one thing but performing for a huge crowd is pretty crazy” Rainbow Dash pointed out as the group made good time getting over to the train as some of the ponies watched them pass by, cheering them on a bit as they knew they were off to put on a show. “Pshhh.. coming from Miss Confidence I doubt you’re gonna come down with a sudden case of stage freight. I’d just do what we’ve been taught and pretend our screw-ups are just part of the show if we mess up and if we don’t then more points toward our coolness factor” He pointed out to her as if anything he was hoping her confidence would help him out a bit. “I’m not afraid of the crowds or stage freight really but I just don’t want to let the rest of the Wonderbolts down you know. They’ve put so much time in with us that I’d just hate to fail them” She pointed out as the train station finally came into view as a small crowd of ponies moved out of the way to let them get on and board. “Dash you and Blaze will do fine out there. I would have never invited you guys to join us if I didn’t think you two weren’t ready so don’t worry about us and just do your best as your best IS the Wonderbolts best” She explained to try and get them to remember that they weren’t simply recruits but full members of the team that had the full respect of everypony on it.
With all boarded on the train the Wonderbolts finally set off for the trip to Ponyville where Rainbow Dashes friends eagerly awaited her arrival in the VIP seats out in a temporary arena that was setup thanks to the help of them and some other designers from Canterlot. Rainbow Dash and Blaze were setup to show themselves off as the newest members with their own routines and a group routine that they had setup along with some team performances with all the Wonderbolts and some with a few of the more experienced members teaming up to try and outdo the other team they faced. The whole show was quite the spectacle as some ponies from outside Ponyville had come to see this new and enhanced show but even with all this going on Rainbow Dash still couldn’t get it out of her head that this may be the last time in months that she may even get a glance at her friends and wondered just what she could do with the situation as she was living her dream but seemed to be having some second thoughts on what to do. It wasn’t long before they finally got off the train and stretched out for a bit at the station only to take flight and head into the sky.
“Philies and gentlecolts! On behalf of the Wonderbolts we all thank you for helping in making this amazing arena and coming out to support us in your beautiful land of Ponyville!” The announcer shouted out as the audience cheered loudly hearing their home town being named for such a big event. “Indeed we have brought you all quite the show today as the Wonderbolts have pulled out all the stops and made some new ones just for you all to enjoy today” he continued as the Wonderbolts all got at the ready up in their clouds high up in the sky for their signal to come shooting down toward the crowd. “You’re all a great crowd so without no more further delays I give you the amazing, the true dare devils themselves… The WONDERBOLTS!!!” the announcer yelled as the ponies left their clouds a bit early of him announcing their team name so the crowd could slowly start to see them coming down off their clouds and heading directly towards both sides of the audience before pulling up and heading for each other. Rainbow Dash made a perfect pass right by Soarin’ just as she had practiced as she saw her friends up in the VIP box giving her waves and shouts as she flew by making her dream now a reality as she was a Wonderbolt, preforming for her friends, and getting the honor of being with the best flyers of all Equestria. A huge grin erupted on her face as she turned about to pass Spitfire when suddenly she crashed into her knocking them off their flight path and sending them soring down as the crowd all gasped in shock. “Oh no Rainbow Dash!!!” Twilight sparkle blurted out as everyone else chimed in fear of the big collision as both ponies quickly tried to snap out of their daze. With all the hard training thanks to Bluestorm’s teachings Rainbow dash managed to get her head clear first and thinking quickly grabbed at Spitfires hooves and together they spread their legs and arms out to present themselves to the crowd as the rest of the Wonderbolts flew right by and setoff all their fireworks around them as they soared off and headed back stage as Rainbow Dash and Spitfire took bows to keep the act up that they had crashed on purpose as the crowd gave them a huge applause.
“Nice save Dash” Spitfire whispered to her as the two headed off stage as White Blaze was up next to show off his skills for the crowd which gave the rest some time to recover for a bit. Rainbow Dash feeling horrible moved over to a corner as she didn’t know what to say to Spitfire as seeing her friends made her happy that she was living her dream but it had also reminded her just what she had to give up to be with the Wonderbolts. “Is it worth going after my dream if I have to leave so much behind? I mean being a weather mare wasn’t too bad but I truly love these guys and being a Wonderbolt. What do..” She thought as a Spitfire came up to her with a grin on her face. “Well I’ll give you one thing Dash you do have quite the thick head for crashing into” She said jokingly to try and cheer her up a bit. “Ya I’m sorry I just saw my friends out there and I guess I lost my focus” she explained to as her face clearly showed that she had much more on her mind at the moment then just the accident. “…Look dash maybe…” Spitfire started to say as a large group of ponies entered the backstage with big happy looks on their face as they stared at Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow Dash that was amazing, we totally thought you had crashed on that one” Twilight Sparkle said as the group came up to support their longtime friend. “Ya well we do our best to make it look as real as we can out their” She said giving an embarrassed laugh as Spitfire played along and gave them a nod to pretend it was indeed part of the show.
“Well dearie I do hope you like the arena we made for you. We all pitched in our time and tried to make it as regal as we could” Rarity said as Rainbow Dash looked around and noted that there was quite a lot of jewels added into the curtains and walls with plenty of very expensive looking fabrics that one such as Rarity would go to the trouble of making. “You guys did this for me?” She asked as she had no idea that they had all come together to help make this arena for their performance. “Well we couldn’t do it by ourselves so we split off into a few teams most so we all didn’t go crazy with over working. It worked out pretty well as it wasn’t much a burden since we still had our free time so no need to worry as it was really our pleasure” Twilight pointed out as Rainbow Dash had a teary eyed look that she did her best to hid as the consideration was very kind especially considering that she hadn’t even had sent a letter to them the whole time she was away due to being in so much training all the time. As if out of no ware something she said hit Rainbow Dash as she turned to Spitfire with an amazing idea. “Hey Spitfire, you said that you were getting all kinds of shows lined up and that we all had wouldn’t get much time away right?” She asked her as her friend’s listened in to what they were talking about. “Well ya Dash there’s not much we can do about that I’m afraid” She said wondering where she was going with this. “Well why not make another Wonderbolts team? Just have two teams that can go out to different events and we can even compete against each other from time to time. We do that and we can all get some more time away so we can visit our friends and families” She pointed out as Spitfire was taken aback at the thought as it never really crossed her mind since the Wonderbolts were always just one team but then again they didn’t have such a crazy schedule before either. “Well… I don’t see why not but we’d definably need a new captain for that. Know any awesome ponies that may be up to the challenge?” she smirked as she already though that Rainbow Dash had an answer. “Well you could use a pony who could give your team a bit of a challenge now and again right?” she teased back as the two ponies clearly loved the idea.
“Rainbow Dash, you are one crazy pony you know that? You better get one heck of a team so when we kick your butt we can have at least a bit of a challenge” She teased as she walked off to let her be with her friends. “You’re on spitfire! We’ll try not to leave you guys in the dust” She said to counter her back as she turned back to her friends. “Ahh I feel a bit confused what just happened?” Applejack asked as it seemed like they were a bit out of the loop. “When I got to Canterlot to join the Wonderbolts they told me that I wouldn’t get to see you guys very much because we’re just getting too popular that we just don’t have much free time anymore due to how bad our schedules are. So when Twilight told me you guys split up to so you guys could work but still have some free time I figured we could do the same so we could go to different shows but have some extra time to hang out with our friends and families” She explained to the group. “Wow I didn’t know that the Wonderbolts where so popular but if your leading a team won’t you still be out their training most of the time?” Twilight asked. “Not a chance, if we do this right we could practice for a few days and be able to hang out the rest of the week before heading out to any events. Besides we could always take turns in so one month my team goes and the next mouth Spitfire team goes out” She explained loving the idea more and more as she thought of all the different possibilities. “Well then Rainbow Dash if that’s what you want then I’m glad that you’ll be around so we can all still hang out” Fluttershy said with a warm smile. “I think we’ll all love that” Twilight added as they all gave their longtime friend a great big hug as it seemed like Rainbow Dashes adventure into the Wonderbolts and her days with her friends was only just warming up.
The End
