"Where did you find her?" asked a mysterious voice, as Rainbow peeked her eyes open.

"I was just practicing some flying techniques, and she just ran into me," replied the other voice.

Rainbow opened her eyes, spotting the two ponies standing next to her, and her head feeling as if she had been kicked by Big Macintosh.

"W-Where am I?" asked Rainbow, still a little dillusional.

One of the ponies looked at her, and rubbed her hoof through Rainbow's mane. "You're safe, dear," said the pony. "You'll always be safe with us, our little Rainbow."

Rainbow's mind suddenly spiked, realizing that she had only been called that by two one ponies, and that was her mother and father.

"Mom? Dad?" she asked.

The two ponies came into the light, and she immediately recognized them as her mother and father; Rainbowshine and Rainbow Blaze. She was happy and sad at the same time, expressing a smile with tears forming in her eye sockets. Rainbowshine saw the tears, and wiped them away from her daughter's eyes.

"What's wrong, dear?" asked Rainbowshine.

"I'm not sure," replied Rainbow. "I just thought that you guys would hate me for not visiting you as often as I should."

Rainbow started to cry, letting out all the tears she had held in ever since she discovered the family photo.

"Why in Equestria would you think that, Rainbow?" asked Rainbow Blaze.

"Because, I'm not a loyal daughter for not visiting the ponies that raised me into who I am, and I'm supposed to represent the element of loyalty!"

Rainbow continued to shed tears, as her mother and father comforted her, by hugging their daughter.

"We would never hate you, dear," said Rainbowshine. "We could never hate you."

"You have your own responsibilities in Ponyville, and we understand completely, Rainbow," added Rainbow Blaze.

"You do?" said Rainbow, wiping away tears.

"Yes," said Rainbowshine. "We've watched you grow into a great and loyal pegasus, even when you were unaware of it."

Rainbow was shocked, realizing that her parent's had been with her all along, watching her.

"We were there when you performed your second Sonic Rainboom, when you chose to fly with your friends over the Wonderbolts in qualifying for the Equestria Games, even when you defeated Tirek with the help of your friends," confirmed Rainbow Blaze.

"The point is, we've been with you all along, and we are very proud of what you've become," said Rainbowshine. "You are our little Rainbow, and no matter what happens, we will always love you, dear."

Rainbow hugged her mother and father tight, knowing that Pinkie was right, and she stressed over nothing.

"Now, it'd probably be best to get some rest, dear," said Rainbowshine. "You hit your father pretty hard."

"Hehe. Yeah," replied Rainbow. "Sorry, dad."

"Don't worry about it, Rainbow," replied Rainbow Blaze.

Rainbow giggled, as her parent's left the bedroom, shutting the door behind them. Rainbow took her mother's advice and shut her eyes, into another flashback; the day she flew for the first time.

Flashback #2

It was a sunny day, as Rainbow flexed her wings, full of confidence. She knew that that day was going to be the day that she flew for the first time, even though she had attempted multiple times, and all attempts ended the same way; failure. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, awaiting her father's directions.

"Whenever you're ready, I'm ready," spoke Rainbow.

"Rainbow, are you sure you want to push yourself any further?" asked Rainbow Blaze. "You might hurt yourself if you try too hard."

"I'm going to do it today, dad! I just know I am!"

Rainbow Blaze didn't bother to convince his daughter any further, and proceeded to restarting the procedure.

"Remember. Wings up, give yourself a little nudge off the cloud, and flap at an even pace," instructed Rainbow Blaze.

"Got it!" agreed Rainbow.

"Alright. Three, two, one, fly!"

Rainbow took a deep breath, raised her wings while giving herself a nudge off the ground, and flapped as fast as she could, only to collapse to the ground again. Rainbow wanted to cry, but managed to keep the tears in.

"Why can't I do it!?" exclaimed Rainbow. "I'll never fly with the Wonderbolts if I can't fly! Those fillys are right. I'm just a failure."

Rainbow Blaze walked over to his daughter, hoping to comfort her.

"Rainbow, you will fly someday," convinced Rainbow Blaze. "Today is just not that day. It took me until I was past my filly years to fly for my first time."

"Really?" said Rainbow.

"I was harassed like you, but I never let harassment stop me from pursuing my dream of flying. It took me years, but eventually I flew, thanks to your mother's motivation. She was my coach, and she wasn't the "nice and easy" coach, but the "tough as nails" coach. Her instructions were ruthless, but they eventually got me to where I am now."

"Wow! Mom was your coach?!" asked Rainbow.

Rainbow Blaze nodded his head.

"Well, now that you've sorta convinced me, I think it's time to take a break," concluded Rainbow.

"Very well," replied Rainbow Blaze. "It is lunch time anyways."

"I feel confident as ever, dad," said Rainbow, doing small attempts at flying.

"Why is that?"

"I don't know," she said, as she attempted one last time to fly.

Expecting to hit the ground, she was surprised, as she noticed she was airbourne.

"OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH!" she exclaimed.

Rainbow Blaze turned, only to see his daughter flying successfully for the first time. His jaw dropped, as she slowly made her way toward the house, airbourne.

"You did it, Rainbow!" exclaimed Rainbow Blaze. "Faster!"

Rainbow did as her father instructed, and flew faster, leaving a small rainbow streak behind her. She stayed in an area where could land on solid cloud, and didn't go too high, so she couldn't obtain any sort of injury. She loved the feeling of flying, and was thrilled at the sight of her father cheering her on. The moment was perfect, until she collapsed to the ground, but she wasn't sad or anything, but more proud than ever before.

"You okay, Rainbow?" asked Rainbow Blaze.

"Better than okay, dad!" replied Rainbow. "I'm overwhelmed!"

She looked at her blank flank, hoping to see her cutie mark, but there was nothing there. It depressed her a little, but she was as bold as ever, because she had just accomplished one of her life goals, and one day she'd get her cutie mark, but that day was not the day for that accomplishment.

Back In Ponyville

Twilight sat at a table, just outside of Sugarcube Corner, attempting a new spell. Pinkie walked out of Sugarcube Corner, noticing Twilight focused on her new spell.

"Hey, Twilight," said Pinkie. "What sort of crazy spell are you up to now?"

"It's a new spell Princess Celestia wants her to learn," said Spike.

"Maybe a cupcake will help," said Pinkie, as she sat a cupcake on the table.

"Thanks, Pinkie," complimented Twilight.

"Don't mention it," replied Pinkie.

Twilight decided to take Pinkie's advice, and turned her focus away from the spell. She chomped on the cupcake, starting to feel a bit of confidence enter her little body.

"Uh, has anypony noticed that the sky looks a bit strange?" asked Spike.

"Now that you've mentioned it, it does seem more gloomy," said Twilight. "Where's Rainbow, she's supposed to clear the clouds."

"Oh! She's visiting her parent's in Cloudsdale!" confirmed Pinkie.

Twilight looked at Pinkie funny. "Why the sudden visit to Cloudsdale?"

"She was feeling all gloomy about not ever visiting them, and the guilt was eating her alive, so she asked me for party advice, but I told just to surprise them with a visit!" replied Pinkie, taking a deep breath inward.

"I suppose the weather can wait, seeing this is an acceptable situation," said Twilight.

The conversation was interrupted by a loud burp from Spike, meaning she had a message from Princess Celestia.

"Hmm. I wonder what the princess wants now," wondered Spike, as Twilight unrolled the scroll with her magic.

Twilight read the message to herself, only to become shocked.

"Well, what does it say?" asked Spike.

"We need Rainbow!" exclaimed Twilight. "The worst storm in Equestria history is heading straight for Ponyville!"

Author's Note

Hope you enjoyed! How ironic that the most severe storm ever is heading straight for Ponyville when the only pony able to stop it, is with her parent's More is coming soon, take care until then