Five year old Fluttershy hummed away as she worked on her cloud sculpture. It was a very realistic looking flower, and she was very proud of it. Fluttershy thought it was the best one in her whole kindergarten class. But it wasn't finished yet. Her fluffy masterpiece needed something more.
"Sparkles!" Somepony shouted from behind Fluttershy, making her jump. Fluttershy turned around to see her friend Rainbow Dash, who was grinning.
"What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked her, confused. Then she looked at Rainbow's sculpture. It was a sloppy looking bird.
Rainbow wasn't as good as Fluttershy at shaping clouds. She was about as good at art as Fluttershy in P.E., but Rainbow's artwork was sparkling. The badly shaped cloud looked as though somepony had dumped a bucket of glitter on it.
"Oooh, show me how to do that! Please?!" Fluttershy was bouncing up and down excitedly, her wings buzzing. Rainbow joined in, and the two fillies bounced around the classroom, giggling.
When they had calmed down enough to concentrate, Fluttershy followed her friend to her sculpture. "All you need to do is fly in circles 'round your flower, as fast as you can, and BAM! Sparkles appear!"
Fluttershy started running around her flower, flapping her wings as hard as she could. "This is FUN Rainbow! Come on! You try!" Rainbow laughed and started chasing Fluttershy around the cloud flower, their smiles getting bigger as more and more sparkles appeared on the cloud flower.
The two fillies ran faster, and flapped harder, and soon they were hovering high above the school in Cloudsdale. "Rainbow Dash! Look down!" Fluttershy shouted. Rainbow looked down.