"Wow," Cimber barely whispered, "This is a nice place." She stood there in awe of the home; careful to observe every detail as if they were to soon disappear.

Rainbow Dash rubbed a hoof in her mane, "Aww, it's not that great."

"Are you kidding me, it's awesome!"

"Well... thanks."

Pleased to be in the spotlight, Rainbow Dash gave Cimber a quick tour of her house. It was made up of three floors, each room was surrounded by one large circular wall and accessed by stairs positions along the walls. The first floor was a living room of sorts. Various posters hung everywhere, but there large TV and the accompanying red couch dominated attention. The second floor was small kitchen and a dining room. The third floor was Rainbow Dash personal bedroom. More posters could be found here, most of them featuring the Wonderbolts, and a large stack of books sat next to the cloud themed bed.

The next few hours, Cimber and Rainbow Dash grew closer as friends. They drank soda and littered the floor with the empty bottles as they played video games together. Hours flew by while having fun, the sleepover lead deep into night, but neither mare was ready for sleep. At one instance, Cimber gazed out the window to view the beautiful night sky. She noticed the moon was directly above them, and it gave her an idea.

Cimber smirked, "Hey Dash, I bet I can fly higher than you."

"I don't know. I am the best flyer in Ponyville, and I don't want to embarrass you."

"Don't worry Rainbow Dash, nopony is around to see you lose."

Rainbow Dash quickly flew into Cimber's face, almost poking her chest with a hoof, "Your on!" she exclaimed.

Each pony quickly flew to the roof of the house, racing each other before the race even began. They stretched and trotted in place, ready for the friendly competition.

"Ok, ground rules," Rainbow Dash started, "We just keep going up no matter what. The first pony to have their vertical velocity drop to zero while the other pony is above them, loses."

Neither pony could wait much longer, Cimber's only reply was to start a count down, "Ready?"

"Set?"

"GO!!"

Instantly and simultaneously, they both leaped from the cloud beneath their feet, racing to escape gravity's merciless grip. They flew higher and higher, each trying desperately to outdo the other. As one mare would make a pass, the other would find newfound determination and push even harder. The seconds grew into minutes as the world below them turned to a miniscule scale, and Rainbow Dash began to run out of energy.

Rainbow Dash's muscles burned and her wings begged for rest. How high had they flown by now? Miles? It didn't matter; Rainbow Dash burned onward, determined not to lose even the most trivial of contests. Still, even her willpower could not stretch her body's limits indefinitely. Cimber and her ball of flame passed Rainbow Dash again, but this time, Rainbow Dash continued to decelerate. Her wings slowed; they grew stiff, numb, and unresponsive. Rainbow Dash had lost, but worse of all, she began to stall. She hadn't even the breath to scream.

Rainbow Dash reached out with her hoofs, as if to try and latch on to the air above her, but she found no grip. Gravity tugged on its leash, mercilessly pulling Rainbow Dash back down. But as she began to fall, helpless to do anything else, she suddenly stopped mid-air.
Rainbow Dash could feel a warm, glowing aura engulf her and seemingly snap the gravity's leash. A pair of fore hooves wrapped around Rainbow Dash's chest, tugging tightly and holding on. Somepony had caught her this high above the ground, someplace no pegasus should even be. Rainbow Dash turned her head as much as she could, and through her peripheral saw Cimber smiling back at her.
"C'mon!" Cimber said, "I've got something I want to show you."

Without hesitation or warning, Cimber rocketed upward with Rainbow Dash firmly in her grip. She flew high and higher, faster and faster, unaffected by the same limitations Rainbow Dash had to fight. But where is she going?The only thing above them now...

...is the moon.

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They landed on the grey, dusty soil without incident. Rainbow Dash wobbled on her feet, but found composure quick enough. Cimber, on the other hoof, didn't appear the least bit exhausted, as if she was ready to fly like that a dozen more times.

Rainbow Dash took a quick scan of the new world they entered. The ground below them was barely saturated with navy blue, dusty and dry, like scales of the land. Shadows bent at odd angles, repeating and overlapping each other due to light spawning from both the sun and reflected from the world above them. As she looked up, Rainbow Dash noticed in place of clouds were blankets of dark violet haze and beyond that, a sea of uncountable stars, glittering in the sky in animated beauty. She slowly turned to Cimber," Why...Why are we on the moon?"

Cimber was more excited than her friend to be here, "'Cause I wanted to show you somethin'!"

"Like what?" Rainbow Dash was confused and slightly irritated, "a view of the planet?!" She flung a hoof the giant blue and green marble above them.

"Not really," Cimber slower turned towards Equestria, staring blankly, mesmerized by the sight, "but it is kinda' pretty."

Rainbow Dash began to stare as well," Yeah...I guess it is," she slowly replied, "Funny, I don't remember it like this. Guess I didn't have time to take a good look last time."

"You been here before?" Cimber asked quizzically.

"Oh yeah, a while ago. Nightmare Moon came back and possessed one of my friends, Rarity. She then tried to lead an army of darkness from here to attack Equestria. Me and the rest of my friends came here to stop Nightmare Moon, but back then, we had princess Celestia's help and I could swear the moon was a lot closer back then."

"Oh... So that's why that's there."

"Wait a minute, what're you talking about."

Cimber shook her head gleefully, "Nuh-uuh, that's part of the thing I wanted to show you.

Author's Note

Short chapters, because I don't know when's the next time I get a good chance to type.

(Note to self: lookup drawing tutorials and make a better title picture.)

Anyway, hope you enjoyed!