Paradox in Equestria

As Rainbow Dash zoomed through the sky the wind whipped through her mane. It was one of the reasons she wore it short, long hair just gets caught in your eyes. Being the fastest flyer in Equestria can make flying pretty dangerous. She learned that the hard way, although she probably wouldn't have changed it for the world. After all if she hadn't she would have never discovered the Daring Doo books. Flying was the only thing she could rely on to relieve stress. To leave the ground and watch it speed away below her, it was like all her problems were whooshed away. She knew she was the best and there was nothing that could prove that wrong.

...

I whisped through following that rainbow trail, I saw the little cyan mare. Ha, she had no idea what she was in for. I noticed she was fast, and I mean really fast. But compared to my newfound abilities to alter reality I could change that. I never had this power when my brothers ruled, now that I was on my own I could have the same powers they once had when they ravenged and pillaged this wretched land of judgmental creatures. Soon though they would know the true power of Demise. Suddenly the mare swooped down from the sky and stopped to speak with a pale yellow one.

"Hey Shy, where ya goin'?" She asked Fluttershy.

"Oh, hi Dash, I'm just going to the market to get some medicine for Angel, he's really sick right now." She replied.

"Oh really?"  She said genuinly concerned. "Well I hope he get's better soon, that way he can see me tryout for the Wonderbolts in the open auditions this coming month." I told her with pride.

"Oh I heard about that," she told me, "I hope you do well."

"Hope?" She said smugly. "Ha, trust me Shy all I gotta do is show 'em my new on command Sonic Rainboom and I'm a shoe in."

"That'll surely get you in." She smiled.

Rainbow let her on her way, she had a lot of animals to take care of so she was always busy with something.

This was perfect, one feeding just led to the other here. Rainbow Dash with her story for the Wonderbolts. All I had to do was break her spirit, as for the yellow one, well, my work was cut out for me. The one called Angel had fallen ill. All it would take was a little 'push' and down goes the tears and my power will rise again. I quickly change my form and prepared to put my plan into motion.

Just as I'm preparing to take off something stops me, a whisper in my ear.

Your victories give you your pride,

you belive you've already won.

Let's put your skills to the test,

and see if you really are the best.

"What the hay is that supposed to mean?" She shouted spinning around, nothing.

What was that?

Rainbow turned around and found herself looking onto the red glowing eyes of an all black stallion with a white bolt of lightning on his flank.

"Who are you supposed to be?" She asked.

"I am the one and only Blitz Bolts, my dear." He said, he really talked funny but Dash payed no mind.

"And you are?" She laughed, he payed no attention to my disinterest.

"Haha, my dear I hear you are trying out for the Wonderbolts?" He said.

"Ya? What of it?" Dash replied, one eyebrow raised, it sounded like he was dissing her idols.

"Well," he said walking past her and glancing back with a creepy looking red eye, "it is just that they have been begging me to join them for years." He said.

Now she was mad.

"What? You are telling me that the Wonderbolts asked you-"

"Begged," he corrected, "is more a proper term dearie."

"You don't look like much" She shot at him looking at his small wings.

"You would be surprised," he unfurled his wings to reveal a nearly five foot wingspan, "first glances can only mean underestimating your opponent." He shot back.

"So what do you say?" He asked.

"Wha-what?" Dash stammered still stunned by his display.

"Let's race," he said, "to see who is best, if you win I'll tell the Wonderbolts about you."

"Your on buddy!" She accepted his challenge. "Wait what do you get if you win?"

He smiled, his teeth almost looked filed and sharp. "Oh I'll get whatever I need when I win." He was really creeping me out, but I had to do this race.

Both took their places at the imaginary start line.

"Ready?" Dash asked, flexing her wings.

"Set." Blitz replied, bending down to get into a better starting pose.

"GO!"

Dash zoomed off and looked back to see him still at the start.

She laughed to herself, that is until he took off and almost immediately caught up to her.

They were now side by side, her wings beat furiously as she pushed forward she could feel the sound barrier holding her back. She was almost there all she had to do was break through, a Sonic Rainboom would surly put him in his place.

She heard a thundering BOOOM!, but it wasn't her. A black streak of nothingness zoomed past her. The force of it sent her spiraling off course as she went crashing to the ground.

The black stallion landed firmly in front of her.

"You see now," he said to me, she was still lying on the ground both her pride and body was hurt, "your Sonic Rainboom has nothing on my Cosmic Rift." He said.

"I can fly fast enough to temporarily rip a hole in reality. Your actually lucky, had you been sucked in you would have never been heard from again. Face it Rainbow Crash, to me you'll always just be second best."

He flapped his wings and took off.

...

I took off and disipated, I watched the little pegasus and laughed. She was so concerned with being number one she acctually felt sad about being beaten. After I was done with this land she'd have more to worry about than those Wonderbolts. I took off to find that yellow mare, she was going to be the next target of mine.

I came up to Fluttershy's cottage but she wasn't there. I let myself in, Angel was in a bed with a bowl of soup beside him. He looked sick, and grumpy as usual.

"Hello Angel." I said.

He only turned his nose up at me in response.

"Have you seen Fluttershy?" I knew I wasn't going to get a speech for a response but at least a notion of some sort is what I expected.

He refused to tell me.

"Ok, well if you see her can you point her to my library? I'd really like to talk to her." He simply shrugged.

"Thanks Angel." I said as I left.

I had to warn somepony maybe I would try to see if I could find Rainbow. Something was definately up and I had to find out just what it was. I just felt like I was always one step behind...