A Dash of Happiness Soared Through the Skies

A Dash of Happiness Soared Through the Skies

NOTE: This chapter is going to be a two parter, because I just feel like the story will make better progress if I make these little changes.

By: Crystal Heart

Chapter Seven: Day One, Part 1

"ALL RECRUITS PLEASE REPORT TO THE LOCKER ROOMS IN FIVE MINUTES!" Spitfire's voice was blared through the giant speakers all over the compound. Rainbow Dash instantly shut her ears tight, before she was sure the screaming was over. She cautiously removed her hooves from her ears.

Since Dash had left early, she had already arrived at the locker rooms. She looked around, as saw rows of empty lockers throughout the empty mare's room.  The door barged open, and a bunch of mares started flooding inside. Luckily, Dash had already reserved a seat for herself, and chuckled at the others, as they scrambled to find one.

Hibiscus Wing quickly hurried over to Dash, and sat down next to her. As soon as she did, she turned to the cyan pegasus.

"I saw you eating with the Wonderbolts! How the hay did you get to do that?" She asked her. Dash's eyes widened, as she looked around. All the mares were giving her curious looks.

"Did everypony see me?" She asked her light pink friend. Her only answer was a nod. Dash sighed, before continuing. "Well, me and Soarin both arrived late to breakfast, and the only available seats were at the Wonderbolt's table. Soarin insisted that I come along, so I did. End of story." She explained. Hibiscus raised her eyebrows, before slowly nodding.

"Alrighty then... I believe you." She said. Suddenly, a light yellow pegasus mare swooped down from above, and landed in front of the crowd. Dash, along with almost everypony else in the room, instantly recognized her as none other than Misty Fly.

"Welcome everypony! Today is the very first day of training! I am Misty Fly, member of the Wonderbolt Flight Squadron Three. And I am here to brief you on what you should be expecting for the next few months. Everyday, you will have training under one of the members of the elite four squads. Today, it will be me. Adding on, everyday we will be evaluating absolutely everything that you do. From flight skills, to teamwork and getting along with your fellow peers. Copy?" She paused to ask. Everypony nodded.

"Good. Right now, we will be taking your measurements for your training flight suits. Please make a single file line. Whichever ponies are in cabins 1-5, you may go to the front of the line. From there, line up by cabin number." She said. Dash realized she was talking about the ponies who got personally invited, and started making her way to the front of the line.

There were three unicorn tailors, who probably were using a cloud walking spell. Dash got in line with Hibiscus, and they waited for their turn.

Soon, Dash got called up, and she went over to the mare in the middle. She smiled, and the mare smiled back.

"Hello. Rainbow Dash, I presume? I am Shine. I am just going to be measuring you, and then making you a flight suit. Sound good?" Shine asked. Dash nodded calmly. But on the inside, she was screaming with joy. She had always dreamed of the moment when she got fitted for her very own Wonderbolt flight suit. She was over the roof! Or, rooftastic, as Pinkie Pie would put it.

Slowly, Shine measured her. Her wingspan, her height, everything. And started to jot down a few notes on a clipboard. She then concentrated on her magic, and started stitching a spandex flight suit for her. In about 15 minutes, the whole process was completed. Shine held up the suit for Dash's eyes.

"What do you think?" She asked her. Dash's jaw dropped. It was beautiful! It looked exactly like the other Wonderbolt suits, finished with gold goggles.

"It's amazing! Thank you!" Dash praised. Shine grinned.

"No problem. Now, go put it on over there, and then head outside for warm-ups." She said. Dash nodded, and went to put the suit on.

After she was safely tucked in, she headed outside. The cool air hitting her fur. Dash grinned, snapped her goggles on, and took flight, lapping all the other ponies in no time.

Soon, everypony had gotten fitted, and were outside warming up for the day. Misty came outside.

"Alright! Now give me fifty laps!" She yelled out. Everyone saluted her, and nodded.

"YES MA'AM!" They yelled, and started flying. The stallions all emerged from their locker room, and stared at the speed of all the mares. Soarin, who had been their locker instructor smirked.

"Now! I'm sure some of you were thinking that you could fly faster than all the mares in the world! Eh? Well let me tell you, you were all WRONG! Mares have a much more agile body than most stallions, but that doesn't make you any slower! You can beat them! Now go and show them what REAL stallions are like! Misty will take it from here! I'll be watching, though!" Soarin yelled to them. Dash grinned. She could tell he was extremely good at motivational speeches, because all the stallions smirked, and grinned.

"YES SIR!" They saluted, before flying off, and joining the mares in laps.

Once they were all finished, they came in for a landing. Misty Fly nodded in approval.

"Not bad... Not bad at all!" She said, clearly impressed. "But to prove that you are Wonderbolt material... You must do BETTER! Now, today's exercise is pretty simple. I am going to set a start, and finish line. All you have to do is fly it, a little like a race, except no opponent. You only get one shot at this, so try your best! Now, line up by cabin number, so we can get started." Misty said. Dash thought about the exercise.

It seemed simple enough. All she had to do was fly from one end of the track to the other. But, Rainbow suspected a little more to it, that Misty had still yet to reveal.