It was raining. Rainbow Dash didn't know why, she just liked the rain. It comforted her, she sometimes even liked watching it all pour down from her bedroom window or any window really, it also gave her time sit down and think, it was helpful. In fact, she used it to think about her actions mostly, rarely did she ever use the rain to think about anything selfish. But today, it was somewhat, different.
"Looks like the weather team had rain on the schedule today." Rainbow thought to herself as she lay down on her couch. "Who am I to complain, it's my day off." The rainbow pegasus looked out the window from the comfortable position she was in on her luxurious hand-made cloud couch with it's well picked navy blue covering. "I wonder if the Wonderbolts get a day off when it rains, or do they just fly while it rains, that could be a little dangerous, one of them could get struck by lightning if there's any lightning that day, or get led off from the group and get lost in the rain!" Rainbow Dash thought of this and realize she too may be in this situation if she ever achieved her long lasting dream of become one of the amazing Wonderbolts. "I guess I never thought about that, then again, it's only a possibility. I wonder if my mom thought of this when she wanted to become a Wonderbolt." Rainbow thought to herself. "You know, my folks were cool, I do miss them though," Rainbow Dash thought back to that afternoon.
-Five years ago-
Rainbow Dash heard a knock on the door of her cloud home, she glanced at some old photos of her and her family as she walked by, she was only 17 at the time and just finishing up her last year of school. She answered the door.
"Miss Rainbow Dash." one of two unfamiliar stallions with police uniforms said
"D- Did I do something wrong officer's?"
"We're sorry to inform you this but-"
"Your parents have been killed in a weather factory malfunction." The second stallion cut the first one off. "Foul play is suspected."
Rainbow Dash froze at the sound of those words: "Parents... Killed... Foul Play..." "W- what!?"
"Now we know this may be tough for you, but unless you have any adolescent relative you can live with, then we suggest foster care is needed." The first one said
Rainbow Dash couldn't even think strait. Rainbow Dash then in a very swift motion, she plowed through the two stallions and flew off with tears overwhelming her eyes. She didn't know what to do she didn't know where to go- "Fluttershy!" Rainbow hollered as she flew down to familiar yellow pegasus.
"What is it Rainbow Dash, you look something bad happened, did you get denied from the Wonderbolts again?"
"N-no, *sob* worse!" The cyan pagasus cried.
"What happened?" Fluttershy questioned.
"M-m-my p-parents d-died!"
Fluttershy gasped with as the look of complete and utter shock filled her face. "That's horrible!!!" Fluttershy quietly yelled as she too started bawling. Fluttershy then hugged Rainbow Dash in a platonic comforting way.
It was a tragic day but she got live in her house until three months later, in August on her birthday, Rainbow Dash moved to ponyville and stayed with Fluttershy for a couple of months until she got enough money to but her own cloud to make her house out of. That was the same house she lived in now.
Rainbow Dash thought of her parents for a bit until it dawned on her, when was she going to be a parent? Rainbow Dash knew she wanted toe eventually settle down and have kids, but she wondered: when? The rainbow mare sat there and pondered for a bit. "You know, I wonder who Scootaloo's parents are." Rainbow thought to herself. She'd never met with the orange filly's parents and was certainly curious as to whom they were. "I wonder." Rainbow Dash thought to herself.
Just then, there was a knock at the door. Rainbow Dash got up and answered and to her surprise, a very cold and wet Scootaloo stood with evidence of crying in here eyes.
"Uh, hey Scoots, is there something wrong?" Rainbow Dash asked. Scootaloo fell into the cyan mare's shoulder and started crying. Rainbow looked down at Scootaloo and stood there in complete and utter curiosity. "Come in, Rainbow Dash said as she picked up Scootaloo and carried her on her back and set her down on the couch and set next to her, putting her wing around the young pegasus.
"Is there something you need to tell me, you don't have to if you don't want to, I won't judge." Rainbow Dash said in a very motherly voice. "You can tell me anything."
"I don't wanna go home!" Scootaloo cried. "My daddy h-h-" Scootaloo started sobbing even harder. Rainbow Dash sat there in shock. She knew what Scootaloo was going to say. All she did was hold Scootaloo tighter.
"Don't worry Scoots, it'll be alright, It'll be alright."
-One month later-
"Go Rainbow Dash!!!!!" Scootaloo shouted at the top of her lungs as she watched her sister become closer and closer to her goal.
"IF RAINBOW DASH FINISHES IN THE NEXT TEN SECONDS, SHE WILL BE THE NEXT WONDERBOLT!!!" The announcer blared through the microphone.
"You can do It, Rainbow Dash, I know you can!" Fluttershy cheered as Rainbow Dash veered for the next turn.
"Almost there!" The Rainbow mare thought to herself. Rainbow Dash sped up and right before the finish line, she pulled off a Sonic Rainboom and had to go around the track one more time before slowing down.
"NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A STRONG FINISH, RAINBOW DASH IS YOUR NEXT WONDERBOLT!!!"
Pinkie Pie fired her Party Cannon and yelled "Who's ready for my Rainbow Dash finally achieved her life long goal of becoming a Wonderbolt party!?!"
"You did good kid," Spitfire and Soarin walked over to Rainbow Dash.
"Thanks." Rainbow Dash replied with a smile.
"You know, your mom would've been proud. It's a shame what happened to her and your father. Even worse that they never caught the the horrible pony who did it." Spitfire said with empathy.
"Yeah..." Rainbow looked down.
"Hey don't worry about it, you have your friends, and they have you." Soarin added.
"Great job Dashie!!!" Pinkie Pie and the rest of Rainbow Dash's friends walked up.
"Yeah, great job Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo added.
"That sure was one heck of a party, eh Scoots?" Rainbow Dash asked Scootaloo after nudging her shoulder.
"Yeah, so uh, how are those adoption papers going?" Scootaloo asked.
"As of tomorrow, you'll be my little sister."
Scootaloo gasped. "Really!?!"
"Yep."
"So, how about that Soarin?" Scootaloo asked
"What do you mean?" Rainbow Dash answered.
"Don't give me that, I've caught you looking Soarin specifically when your looking at your Wonderbolts posters."
"Whatever!"rainbow Dash blushed.
Both of them laughed and then Rainbow Dash tackled Scootaloo and they played around.
Two shadowy figures watched from above.
"Don't disappoint me." The first one asked.
"Just like her parents, right?" The second one asked.
"Yeah, just like that bitch that beat me at the Wonderbolts audition, when I was her age, it's time for history to repeat."
