After two long hours of spring cleaning, Rainbow proceeded to organizing a reunion with her mother and father. She flew at top speed out of her Cloudominium, into Ponyville where everypony was as busy as a bee. She decided to just keep flying to avoid getting in anypony's way, even though the sky was busy too, but nowhere near as busy as the ground. It seemed as if she was in Manehattan again, where the streets are always busy.

This was the busiest Rainbow had seen Ponyville in all her years of living there, excluding winter wrap-up, when everypony is busy preparing for Cloudsdale to produce winter clouds. It was also the toughest time for Rainbow, due to Tank needing to hibernate, but she had learned not to stress over it as much. As Rainbow flew over all the commotion, while avoiding any dangers in the sky, she spotted Sugarcube Corner.

Rainbow wasted no time, and flew down onto the steps of Sugarcube Corner, and entered the building, where Mr. and Mrs. Cake were rearranging the shop around. Mrs. Cake caught sight of Rainbow, and approached her.

"How can I help you, dear?" asked Mrs. Cake.

"I don't mean to be a bother," said Rainbow Dash. "Where's Pinkie Pie?"

"She's upstairs, dear. She's watching the kids, while we get things fixed down here."

"I'll be quick."

Mrs. Cake smiled, then returned to helping Mr. Cake with rearranging things. Rainbow flew up the stairs, where she found Pinkie playing with Mr and Mrs. Cake's children.

"PEEK-A-BOO!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie, causing the kids to giggle. "I SEE YOU!"

Rainbow walked over to Pinkie. "Hey, Pinkie," said Rainbow Dash.

Pinkie turned her head to Rainbow Dash. "Oh. Hi, Rainbow," replied Pinkie.

"I need your party skills for something."

Pinkie looked at Rainbow funny. "What you planning, Dashie?" she asked.

"This is probably gonna sound silly, but I want to plan a reunion, because I haven't visited my parent's ever since I left them in Cloudsdale. I feel guilty," confessed Rainbow Dash.

"So, you miss you parent's?" asked Pinkie.

"Of course I miss them, but for me to never have the courtesy to visit them, that's just unacceptable."

Pinkie thought for a second, then returned to assisting Rainbow.

"I've got an idea!" said Pinkie. "Why don't you just go visit them?!"

Rainbow thought about Pinkie's suggestion. "I'm not sure if that's the best way to reunite with the ponies that raised me into who I am. It seems lame."

"I'm sure your parent's wouldn't have it any other way, Rainbow."

"You really think so?"

"Yeah, because your parent's are not like other ponies expecting any large expectations; they'll take whatever you can manage, because they're your parent's," concluded Pinkie.

Rainbow thought about Pinkie's words, and came to conclusion that Pinkie had a good point. They are her parent's, and therefore should be thankful for whatever she can give them, even if it's only an unexpected reunion.

"I suppose it worth a try," said Rainbow. "What's the worst that can happen?"

Rainbow turned to leave, but was stopped by Pinkie. "Hold on a sec," said Pinkie, as she rushed down the stairs, but appeared back in front of Rainbow in mere seconds holding a box. "A cake for the visit, because everypony loves cake!"

"Thanks, Pinkie," said Rainbow. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to get to Cloudsdale!"

Rainbow rushed down the stairs, out of Sugarcube Corner in full persuit of Cloudsdale.

Along the flight to Cloudsdale, Rainbow thought of how she should greet her mother and father, even though her parent's were not anything like what you'd expect them to be. Both her mother and father were much like herself; confident, brave, athletic and very talented at flying. As she pondered over her options, she remembered what Pinkie had said, and realized that she didn't need to act anything not like herself, but to just be herself. She wanted her parent's to remember their daughter as who she was and still is, not to mention she was the pony that represented the Element of Loyalty, which was a huge pro to her situation.

Rainbow noticed that she was getting closer to Cloudsdale, and immediately started to get "cold hooves." She took a deep breath, just trying to think of the positive things that could come out of her visit.

"Well, guess it's all or nothing now, so here we go, Rainbow Dash," she said to herself, starting to speed up.

As she got closer to Cloudsdale, she started to feel light-headed, and was even sweating a tiny bit. "Come on, Rainbow!" she exclaimed to herself. "Just keep a clear mind, and...

Rainbow stopped, feeling helpless. "I can't do this!" she yelled, as she turned from Cloudsdale, and flew recklessly back to Ponyville, blinded by her own tears. She couldn't see a thing, as she dashed through the sky, feeling helpless. As she flew, she overheard a voice in the sky.

"Watch out!" yelled the voice, but it was too late, as Rainbow smacked her head hard into a fellow mystery pegasus's head, causing her to blackout.

As Rainbow fell, the pegasus flew after her at top speed, in an attempt to save her. Luckily, the pegasus was just as fast as Rainbow, and caught her on their back, easily.

"Gotcha!" said the pegasus. "Now, we need to get you out of...

The pegasus paused, as they caught a glimpse of Rainbow.

"Could it be?!" said the pegasus. "Has she returned?!"

Author's Note

Hope you enjoyed! Who could this mystery pegasus be? Find out in chapter three