The pony in the blue trench coat

by ColoredPencilz

The test

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Rainbow was sitting at the top of the cloud above the hoops she was bound to fly through.

"I'm gonna ace this text, easy, peasy." She said as she whipped her tail back, making it look like a lightning bolt with its uneven edges that Rarity never approved. Rainbow paced back and forth waiting for her cue to begin her test. She was taking her final test, the final initiation, to join the Wonderbolts. All she had to do was some easy obstacle course, and then fly up high and shoot down. But she wasn't just going to shoot down and land, no, she was going to preform a sonic rainboom. She was so anxious, nervous, and excited. She remembered what Pinkie said, she calls nervous and excited, nervouscited. She snickered. Thinking of Pinkie made her feel less nervous.

After ten or so minutes of waiting, Dash heard the whistle, and she snapped into position. There was then a count down coming from the mouth of Spitfire. She could tell because of her raspy high-pitched voice. Everyone in Pony Ville said Rainbow had a raspy voice too, but she had no time to think about that because she took off right as she heard the one. She shot through the hoops, making a zigg-zagg shape, a rainbow streak behind her tail. She felt the wind rush against her face, and she smiled. She did a twist.

"Woooooo Hooo! Get a load of this Spitfire!" Shouted Soarin. All of the Wonderbolts were judging, along with the professional judges, but the pro's get the final say in if she passes or not. Spitfire didn't think this was fair, because it was her team, and she didn't want someone on her team who wasn't absolutely perfect. These judges didn't have the best taste, giving out tens like they didn't care, because Spitfire honestly thinks they, DON'T care... She watched as Rainbow did everything right. She wasn't so bad, but she wasn't draw dropping perfect.

Rainbow wasn't nervous, and if it was even possible, she was even MORE confident. She breezed through this with ease, and she didn't think she was going to fail anymore. She flew upward as fast as she could. Then she reached the top cloud, the top hoop. She had to gain enough potential as she could. It took lots of force to do a sonic rainboom. She flew up some more.

"Where is she going? All she has to do is go through the ho-" Spitfire stopped when she saw Rainbow begin to shoot down like a shooting star. She was about to go through the last hoop, and then a rainbow glow started around her. Spitfires shades slid down her snout. She needed to see this with clear vision.

'Just... alittle... more... power...' Thought Rainbow.

"Somepony.... STOP HER! SHE'S GONNA HIT THE GROUND!" Hollered Spitfire as she leaned over the table, but the judge put his hoof on her chest, pushing her back.

"But she's gonna hit the ground! She needs help! She needs to sto-'

"She will be fine..." Said the judge with his hoof on her chest.

But that judge was so wrong. Rainbow was about to do the rainboom. She then heard a noise and it startled her. She looked up, and then, she burst a hole in the ground. She was about to pass out. Her head hurt so much, but she shook it off as she looked up. Her vision wasn't clear because she probably had a concussion. She lifter her head out of the hole, and saw the judges holding up 3-0s. That wasn't the worst part though... she looked left and there was a school pony... with a camera. She knew he had taken a photo. She knew he was going to put it in the news because he was laughing. This was the end of her...Even the judges were laughing... or she was hallucinating. Her eyes began to water. She raced to her house, tears flying from her eyes. She can't count how many times she tripped, it was a long way there... or wherever she was going, since her house is in the clouds. She sat in front of the park on a bench. She didn't care if she had a concussion, she just wanted to be alone... she was ruined.

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