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Chapter 1 – The Best Day Ever! (Rainbow Dash)

“Tickets to back seat?”

“Check!” Sky replied, showing it off.

“Binoculars to check out the routine?”

“Double check!” He said while looking at me with them.

“Spending money for Cloudsdale?”

“Triple check!” He told me showing off his bits like a big shot.

“Spell that makes you walk on clouds?”

“Checking combo!” He said while jumping on the cloud. “Come on! We’re so ready! Let’s go!”

“Right on!” I cheered, high fiving Sky putting everything in the bag. Today was gonna be the best day ever! Not only because I’m gonna show off my skills and probably be a Wonderbolt by the end of the day, but also get to impress Sky with my mad skills!

Yep! Best day ever!

Sky puts on his bag and we were set to fly. Thanks to him, I got to have some pony who I can always talk about the Wonderbolts and flying! Sure, the others would listen, but none care about it as much as Sky. This daredevil would even take my dare to hang on during my routines. It’s not just that though. He also got me a chance to get in with the Wonderbolts!

Yeah, he was cool. And in secret, I may be trying to get him to be more than… just a friend, if you catch my drift.

Which is why, he’s gonna be totally mesmerized and say yes to the date by the end of the day! And I know he’s crazy dense when it comes to that romance stuff, but my trick will get the message across. Trust me, it will.

When we got to Cloudsdale, we went to the flight ring. The usual place where the Wonderbolts would head out to for practice. We made our way there, talking about all kinds of stuff. Sky was trying to get a sneak peek of my next stunts.

“What are you gonna do this time?” He asked. “Are you gonna do that Lightning Flasher? Or the Spectrum Vortex? Or the Rising Sun?”

“Dude, chill.” I told him. “I wanna keep it a surprise. Wouldn’t be fun if you knew EXACTLY what I was doing.”

“Rainbow, you’re hurting me.” He whimpered.

“Don’t be such a baby.” I teased back.

The two of us shared a good laugh, still making our way to the place. When we reached the entrance, the guard dudes let us in after we showed our tickets. Now we had to make our way to meet up with the others. It was sooo boring. I’m glad Sky was here so I could chat with some pony.

“Hey Sky.” I spoke. “How’d you get the tickets and the chance for me to go here anyways?”

Sky held his chin and thought about it. “Uh… Oh! Remember that time we went to the Wonderbolts show for my birthday?”

“Yeah…?”

“I met this girl.”

I felt like my heart just shrank, hearing that. I gave a really bad smile, trying to keep it together. “Oh, is she like… your mare friend…? Ha, ha…”

“No.” He grumbled. “Don’t start assuming things now.”

I was super relieved, making me brush the sweat off my head. “Phew! Well, you sure made it sound like it was a big deal.”

“It IS a big deal Dash!” Sky shot back. “She’s the captain of the Wonderbolts! Spitfire!”

“YOU KNOW SPITFIRE!?!” I shouted. “WHEN!?”

“It began on my birthday.” He shrugged. “When you went to the bathroom, I went with Pinkie to go look for the Wonderbolts to get an autograph. When I finally met them, they let me talk to them a while longer to say, sorry for punching you in the face, we never met a human until now.”

“Is that why you had that black eye?” I realized.

“Shamefully, yes.” He sighed, rubbing the thing. “After meeting Spitfire, she gave me her autograph and her mailing address. We were pen pals, and when I asked if I could give you a chance, she totally accepted!”

“Wow.” I muttered. “Sky, you have no idea how much I owe you one! Thanks!”

“It’s not a problem.” He smirked. “Seeing you AND Wonderbolts would be SUPER AWESOME! I think my heart could explode just thinking about it~!”

When we finally reached the meeting room, we met up with our idols. Soarin, Fleetfoot, and Spitfire! Being super psyched, we were practically holding screams of glee in our throats! But trying to stay cool, we went in and greeted them.

“Nice to see you again Rainbow.” Spitfire said to me.

“Same here!” I told her. “You don’t know how cool this is for me to be here!”

“We all expect a good performance out there.” Soarin stated.

“So don’t try to screw it up.” Fleetfoot joked.

“She won’t. Trust me, she’s a natural aviator.” Sky assured them.

“Nice to see my pen pal again.” Spitfire smiled as she gave a hug to Sky. The two held it for a little and let’s go like that. “How’s everything going?”

“Top of the world.” Sky answered. “My best friend is going to fly out there, and I get to spend some more quality time with you since my b-day.”

“That’s great to hear!” she said all cheery. “We’ll be watching Rainbow from this room. It has a great view, and we’ll see everything she does at the perfect angle.”

Sky looked to me and said, “Sounds cool, right Rainbow?”

“Yeah. Sounds good to me.”

Fleetfoot waved to me and said, “Okay, follow me then. I’ll show you the starting point.”

Giving a quick wave to the others, I left to the flight course. Passing through the dark halls and out to the field was exciting. Soon, I’m gonna do that as a Wonderbolt! I could feel everything going my way! All I have to do is go with my plan.

That Twilight… kinda helped me with…

When Fleetfoot gave the signal, I flew up and started my show. First was my Firework Flight! Makes the takeoff look like a rocket being launched. A good start to get every pony excited. Next was my seven whirls of wonder! Just some colorful loops that look real nice. Sky would always say that I made the Olympic rings or something. And for the semifinal, a Rainboom to really wow them. After the string of tricks was done, I gave a quick look to Sky and saw him totally focused on me. This was it! I’m gonna do the final trick!

This one trick was something I’ve been working on just for Sky. This was my way to ask him out. My plan was perfect, and he was on his peak of excitement. There would be no way he could miss it- He’s not looking at me.

After finishing the trick, I saw him and Spitfire suddenly talking! He turned away from me! He didn’t see the thing!

It couldn’t get any worse. Well, that’s what I believed until I clonked my head on some cloud pillar and got knocked out from there.

Yep. Worst day ever.