The Wunderbolts: A Story of Three Blue Ponies

by Little-Miss-Minty

Rating: everyone
Tags: Wonderbolts, Main 6, Photo Finish, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Romance, Rainbow Dash, Comedy
Length: 4585

After enduring a day of picture-taking with her friends, Rainbow Dash gets a fantastic idea and wants Photo Finish to take some pictures of the Wonderbolts.

After enduring a day of picture-taking with her friends, Rainbow Dash gets a fantastic idea and wants Photo Finish to take some pictures of her heroes, The Wonderbolts.

And then things get a little more interesting.

Inspired by one of my best friend's obsession with SoarinDash, and my obsession with one-shot characters like Photo Finish. This is for her. :raritywink:

This story takes place before the episode "Newbie Dash."

Published 2016-04-30 02:10:01 UTC
Last updated 2016-06-08 01:55:29 UTC

Their Costumes are Pretty Cool

"Now gurls, look at za camera!" Photo Finish gestured to her assistant and with a flash and a cha-ching, another picture was taken.

"How many pictures is that? I lost count thirty minutes ago." Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes, floating in the air.

"Rainbow Dash!" Rarity exclaimed, turning around and looking up at the pegasus. "Be polite, please! Let Photo Finish take her time. It takes time to make art."

"She should know." Apple Jack gestured to Rarity. She then looked--very seriously-- at Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow snorted and rolled her eyes again. They turned back to their positions.

The six friends were standing in front of Twilight's castle, posing for pictures. Photo Finish was taking a series of photographs for an exclusive interview with the Princess of Friendship and her closest friends. Starlight Glimmer was to sit in on the interview, almost as if it was a lecture of some sort. Rainbow Dash wasn't enjoying the long process of "making ze magics", though. She didn't like her picture being taken. Unless, of course, she was showing off some big achievement or award or something. Then, photo sessions were fun.

"Okay, I done now," Photo Finish swished around, tapped the camera, and it folded up almost instantly. "We go!" Photo Finish then swiftly turned around in her very Photo Finish way, only to be stopped by Rainbow Dash, herself. As soon as Photo Finish swished, Rainbow Dash swooped down. She had a question that was bothering her for ages now.

"Hey Photo Finish, I know that you're fashion photographer and everything, but do you think you could maybe make an exception?" Rainbow Dash smiled awkwardly. She could see her friends staring at her, confused as to what she was getting at. Rarity and Apple Jack looked especially confused.

"Well, I, Photo Finish, am a fashion photographer. We," she gestured to her crew, "photograph fashion. But of course, today, we made a bit of an exception. What do you have in mind? What do you want me to photograph?"

"Well..." Rainbow Dash began, "See, there are these really cool ponies called the Wonderbolts. Maybe you've heard of them?"

"Ah, yes. I, Photo Finish, have heard of deez Wunderbolts. A flying acrobatic team, made of pegasi, ya?" Photo Finish nodded her head, bob bouncing with it.

"Ya... yeah." Rainbow Dash smiled. "I'm a really big fan of them, and I've made friends with them, too. I feel like they deserve to be photographed by..." Rainbow chose her words very carefully, "The best photographer in Equestria! Of course!"

"Me? Da best photographer in Equestria?" Photo Finish was obviously pleased.

"Yup! You're great!" Rainbow Dash wasn't very fond of fashion, but despite her choice of subject, she did think that Photo Finish was a pretty good photographer. The light in her shots was always exceptional, the emotions she captured spectacular... okay, now she was thinking like Rarity. "You're pretty cool, you know," she added, trying not to lose her cool.

"Why, thank you, Rainbow Dash!" Photo Finish smiled wide, bouncing a little in her very Photo Finish way. "Now, what was dat you were trying to get at?"

"Oh, um..." Rainbow Dash looked around. "Well, I was just wondering... uh... if you'd be willing to take some pictures of the Wonderbolts? Maybe?" Rainbow chuckled awkwardly. "Their costumes may not be fashion, but they're pretty cool."

"Oh ya, dats what I, Photo Finish, thought you were going to ask. I'm sure dat we'd be ecstatic to photograph dem," Photo finish said, nodding. Her assistants saw her doing so and nodded along.

"Great! Then I'll tell Spitfire about it all, and set up a date, I guess." Rainbow Dash tried to smirk, but was actually exploding with happiness inside.

Photo Finish signaled to her assistants that it was time to go. "Okay, now we go!" She said, swooping around. They strutted away, Photo Finish's theme song playing from no apparent source, as always.

After they left, Rainbow Dash flew back to her friends. She did a flip in the air, squealing a long "EEEEEEEEEEE!"

Twilight Sparkle stared at her elated friend. "What were you talking to Photo Finish about? You don't seem like the type of mare that would be so ridiculously excited to talk to a famous fashion photographer."

"She's going to photograph the Wonderbolts!" Rainbow Dash did another flip. "And I'm going to help her! I'll get to hang out with the Wonderbolts!"

"That's great, Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie Pie smiled and bounced a little.

"Yeah! And I'll even get to see..." Rainbow Dash blushed a little, "I'll get to see Sorin'."

"If I didn't know better," Rarity said, "I'd think that you have a little crush on him." She winked and laughed a little.

"Nahhh..." Rainbow Dash giggled awkwardly. "I'm not a girl that falls in love."

"Suuuure, Sugarcube." Apple Jack smiled.

"Well, I have to get back to arranging Starlight's next friendship lesson, and I'm sure that everypony else needs to get back to their work." Twilight nodded and looked around at her friends, who all murmured agreements.

"Right... and I have to tell Spitfire about the photo shoot," Rainbow Dash smirked and nodded.

"Then I'll be off! I have to design some more dresses for my next line," Rarity started to trot away. "Goodbye, girls!"

"And my shift at Sugarcube Corner is about to start, so i better get going, too!" Pinkie Pie bounded away.

One by one, the mares left. Twilight slipped away into her castle, and Rainbow Dash zoomed away to the Wonderbolts Headquarters.

Author's Note

Stay tuned for more! :pinkiehappy:

A Conversation with Spitfire and a Note to Photo Finish

Rainbow Dash knocked on the wooden door to Spitfire's office. Spitfire opened the door with a wide smile. "Hey, Rainbow Dash. What brings you here?"

"So... You know Photo Finish?" Rainbow Dash asked. Spitfire welcomed Rainbow Dash into her office, one hoof on the doorknob and the other gesturing out. The orange pegasus walked over and sat down behind her desk.

"Yeah, I've heard of her." Spitfire put her back legs up on the desk, and leaned against the back of her office chair. "She worked with that Fluttershy friend of your's, right?"

"Uh huh," Rainbow Dash nodded. "Well, I thought that it might be a cool idea if she took some photographs of you guys. After all, Photo Finish is just about the best photographer in Equestria, and the Wonderbolts certainly deserve the best."

"Yeah, I see where you're coming from." Spitfire sat up on her chair, putting her legs down. "When would she come out and see us? And what kind of performance should we put on?"

"I don't think it really matters what tricks you do, just do something awesome, like always. And when would you guys be able to do this photoshoot? Because I'm sure that I could find a time where both of you are free..."

"Tomorrow." Spitfire tapped one of her forehooves on the desk with a 'clunk, clunk.' "Tomorrow seems like a fine day for some flying. Ask Photo Finish if she's free tomorrow, okay Dash?" Spitfire looked down at Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow saluted, smiling. "Yes, ma'am. Then see you tomorrow?" She started for the door.

Spitfire got up from her chair and ran to open the door. "See you tomorrow, Rainbow Dash. Who knows, we might take some pictures with you, too."

Rainbow Dash stepped out of Spitfire's office. "Really? Thanks, Spitfire!"

"I mean, you're practically a Wonderbolt, anyway. And you're going to stay and help Photo Finish and us the whole time, right?" Spitfire nodded, and Rainbow Dash started to nod along.

"Of course! Why wouldn't I stay?" Rainbow Dash looked behind her, then back at Spitfire. "Well, I better ask Photo Finish if she's free tomorrow."

"If she's photographing the Wonderbolts, she's free tomorrow." Spitfire winked at Rainbow.

"Right." Rainbow Dash smirked. "Okay, bye Spitfire"

And with that, Rainbow Dash flew off.

Rainbow Dash flew to her house made of clouds and swung open the door. She slammed it shut, grabbed a pencil and a sheet of lined paper, sat at her desk, and started to write.

Dear Photo Finish,

Are you free tomorrow? Spitfire wants the photoshoot to happen tomorrow---

"No, no..." Rainbow Dash mumbled, flipped the pencil around in her mouth, and erased everything but 'Dear Photo Finish.' "I'm never good at writing these sorts of things." Rainbow sighed a with a little 'huff.'

Dear Photo Finish,

Spitfire would like to know if you are free to do the photoshoot tomorrow. She said that "tomorrow seems like a fine day for flying." If you're free, write back and I'll make sure to set everything up. Twilight can probably put a spell on you and your crew so you guys can walk on clouds and come to the stadium to take some pictures. It should be a fun experience for everypony.

Thanks,

Rainbow Dash

"There we go," Rainbow Dash sighed. She put the note in an envelope, addressed it for Photo Finish, and ran out her door. She was just in time to see Derpy, the mail carrier, wobbily fly by.

"Hey, Derpy!" Rainbow Dash waved one of her hooves to get the gray pegasus mare's attention.

Derpy flew over and crash landed on a cloud by Rainbow. She got up and dusted herself off. "Whaddya need, Rainbow Dash?"

"Can you take this to Photo Finish ASAP?" Rainbow handed the letter to Derpy.

"Absolutely!" Derpy put the letter in her mail sack and smiled. She floated up once again and started to flap away.

"Thanks!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

She could hear a distant "You're welcome!" from a far-away Derpy.

Rainbow Dash was in her room with Tank when there was a knock at the door. It hadn't been 15 minutes since she gave the letter to Derpy for Photo Finish.

She patted Tank's shell and head to her front door. When she opened it, it was none other than Derpy standing in her doorway. Derpy got a letter from out of her mail bag and handed it to Rainbow Dash.

"This is from Photo Finish." Derpy smiled in her adorable way.

"Wow, already?" Rainbow Dash questioned.

Derpy just nodded, her bangs bouncing a little with her head.

"Well, thanks!" Rainbow Dash looked down at the envelope. On the pink envelope, the name 'Rainbow Dash' was inscribed in blue pen. It was in such swirly handwriting that it was almost illegible.

Derpy waved a hoof goodbye and flew off. Rainbow Dash closed her cloud door and opened the envelope from Photo Finish. In the pink envelope, there was a light blue card with a fuchsia and black border around it. Rainbow Dash suddenly felt bad about her college-ruled notebook paper with blotchy blue lines, and blocky handwriting written with one of her trusty wooden #2 pencils. There was hardly anything on Photo Finish's card, though; just one simple sentence in pink pen:

I'll be at the stadium at noon tomorrow.

Photo Finish had then signed the bottom with her super swirly signature.

Rainbow Dash dropped the letter, flew up into the air with a smile on her face, and did a flip.

"Tomorrow is gonna be awesome!"

The Photo Fun Begins

It was the next day and Rainbow Dash had come to the Sky Stadium, the same stadium which held the Best Young Flyers competition, very early. She was ridiculously anxious! Last night, Rainbow Dash had sent a letter back to Spitfire, asking if she was free for noon. It turned out that she was, and Rainbow Dash was ecstatic that everything turned out well.

Twilight Sparkle was with Rainbow Dash at the Sky Stadium, waiting for Photo Finish to arrive by balloon. When she was to arrive, Twilight would perform a quite simple walking-on-clouds spell so Photo Finish and her crew could take photos from the stands of the stadium.

Suddenly, a group of the most famous Wonderbolts zoomed into the stadium. It was Fleetfoot, Surprise, Blaze, Misty Fly, Soarin', and Spitfire. The 6 Wonderbolts flew over to Twilight and Rainbow Dash.

"Hey guys! Are you ready do to take some pictures?" Rainbow Dash asked.

The Wonderbolts all nodded in one accord. Spitfire then said, "We got together early this morning to practice some things. We're certainly ready."

At that moment, a pink and purple hot air balloon decorated with swirling designs burst through a few wispy clouds which were drifting next to the stadium. In the basket stood Photo Finish and her two assistants. The hot air balloon drifted to a flat part of the stadium, where it landed and magically tied itself down, creating a knot from clouds.

With a pink blast of magic from Twilight, Photo Finish and her assistants were able to walk on the clouds. The three ponies climbed out of the hot air balloon, and with a little bounce, Photo Finish said, "I, Photo Finish, have arrived."

Rainbow Dash flew over to Photo Finish, and gestured to the Wonderbolts. "Introducing... the Wonderbolts!" Rainbow then flew over each of their heads as she introduced them one by one. "Fleetfoot... Surprise... Blaze... Misty Fly..." she blushed a tiny bit at this next one, "...Soarin'... and their leader, Spitfire!"

"Okay, should we get on with it?" Soarin' asked, elbowing Spitfire.

"Ya, we should," Photo Finish said. "Wunderbolts, get into your positions so I can make... ze magics!"

Spitfire nodded and the 6 ponies flew up into the air, disappearing into the clouds for a split second. Photo Finish's assistants set up her camera and she got ready to shoot.

Rainbow Dash squealed a little. "EEEEE! This is awesome!"

"This is going to be great-- an amazing photographer and an amazing team of flyers working on a collaboration!" Twilight said, obviously excited. She looked up at the sky where the Wonderbolts just were and smiled.

Suddenly, a burst of grey-black smoke appeared and the Wonderbolts zoomed out of it in all directions. Spitfire was flying straight up; Misty Fly and Fleetfoot were zooming left; Blaze and Surprise were bolting right, and Soarin' was corkscrewing straightforward... right for Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow tried to dash out of the way of the flailing, falling Soarin', but it was too late. Soarin' crashed on top of Rainbow Dash and they slid through the fluffy white clouds of the stadium. It didn't hurt in the least bit; they were laughing the entire time.

As they slid to a stop, Soarin' hopped off of Rainbow Dash. "Sorry about that," he said, bashfully smiling.

"Oh, it's alright." Rainbow Dash was still giggling a little. Okay, so she had to admit to herself that she liked Soarin' a little. Just a tiny, eensey-weensey little bit. She certainly wasn't going to tell anypony about her tiny, eensey-weensey crush.

The remaining Wonderbolts and Twilight raced over to Rainbow Dash and Soarin'. Photo Finish trotted behind.

"Are you okay, Soarin'?" Fleetfoot asked.

"Does everypony feel fine?" Twilight inquired.

"Will you be able to fly the rest of today?" Surprise questioned.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine," Soarin' answered. He then helped Rainbow Dash to stand up by offering one of his forehooves. She gladly accepted and stood up. "Now, are you okay, Rainbow Dash?"

She nodded. "I'm doing fine. Everything's cool."

Finding that everypony was okay, Spitfire then spoke. "Okay, I'm glad nopony hurt himself--" she then looked over at Soarin' and Rainbow, who were still standing next to each other, "--Or somepony else. Soarin', please be careful. Remember what we went over this morning"

Soarin' nodded. "I'll try, Spitfire."

"Okay, Photo Finish, did you get any shots before Soarin's crash?" Spitfire asked.

Photo Finish ran up to the front to talk to Spitfire face-to-face. She bounced a little after she stopped, bob bobbing with her bound. "Ya, quite a few. It iz a nice day for taking photos."

"Wonderful," Spitfire said, a slight bit of sarcasm dripping from her word. "Okay, now, I think we might need another pony to complete this next trick." Spitfire looked over at Rainbow Dash. "Hey Dash, would you like to fill that spot?"

Rainbow Dash saluted and said, "I'd be honored."

"Alright, I'll show you the basics, we'll practice once, and then we can do a final photoshoot run." Spitfire clapped her forehooves together. "We'll be doing the Cartwheel-Corkscrew Twist. Wonderbolts, let's move, move, move!"

And with that, everypony went their separate ways. Twilight, Photo Finish, and her crew tried to find optimal lighting angles and photo positions; Fleetfoot, Surprise, Blaze, and Misty Fly went off to practice their parts of the trick; and Spitfire and Soarin' went to teach Rainbow Dash the Cartwheel-Corkscrew Twist.

Today has already been pretty great, and it's just going to get better! Rainbow Dash thought.

She was right, that day was going to get better. She wasn't aware, though, just how much better it was going to get.

Soaring with Soarin'

"All right Dash," Spitfire said, elbowing the blue mare. "Are you ready to perform this trick?"

They had just finished practicing, and were about to put on their second trick for the photo shoot. "I know it's hard, but it'll be worthwhile, I can tell you that," Soarin' said. He then winked at the end of his sentence with a smile.

"I'm ready as I'll ever be!" Rainbow Dash smiled confidently, puffing out her chest a little.

"Then let's go!" Said Soarin', excitedly.

Spitfire flew to the middle of the stadium and yelled, "Wonderbolts, we're ready when you are!" Very quickly, each of the Wonderbolts flew down to meet Spitfire in the center. "Photo Finish, are you ready to take your pictures?" Spitfire asked, loudly.

Twilight and Photo Finish nodded at each other, then back are Spitfire. "We're ready!" Twilight shouted.

"Okay Wonderbolts, you know how this goes. We're performing the Cartwheel-Corkscrew Twist, as you know, also. I expect everypony to play their part, and do the trick to the best of their ability. Understand?"

The Wonderbolts and Rainbow Dash nodded once, saying "We understand."

"Everypony ready?" Spitfire asked. She looked around at everypony's nodding heads, then counted down. "Three... two... one... GO!"

The Wonderbolts and Rainbow were off, flying in all directions. First, Blaze corkscrewed up into the clouds while Fleetfoot and Misty Fly flew left, Soarin' and Surprise flew right, and Rainbow Dash and Spitfire corkscrewed forwards. Spitfire and Rainbow then peeled off from the center doing cartwheels, and Soarin' and Misty Fly took their place, corkscrewing forwards. Blaze was now floating downwards, doing loop-the-loops over and over again. Spitfire and Rainbow took Soarin' and Misty Fly's places, respectively; Spitfire was now flying right and Rainbow Dash, left. Soon, Soarin' and Misty Fly started cartwheeling sideways, and Surprise and Fleetfoot took their places. Rainbow Dash and Soarin', and Spitfire and Misty Fly were now flying together. Soon, Blaze landed on a cloud with a soft thump, and Rainbow Dash, Soarin', Spitfire, Misty Fly, Fleetfoot, and Surprise quickly turned back to the center and started to corkscrew back. Each of them got to their place, making a zig-zagged line, and with one accord thumped down on the cloud.

Photo Finish snapped one last picture before standing back and looking back and forth at her two assistants, who were clapping with their hooves. Twilight was also clapping, the loudest and most enthusiastic out of all of them; soon, however, she got up and started to walk towards them.

"That was amazing, everypony!" Twilight said, nodding at each of the Wonderbolts.

"Why thank you, Princess," Spitfire said, smiling at Twilight. She then looked back at Photo Finish and her two assistants. "Hey Photo Finish, how much more time do we have?"

Photo Finish walked towards Spitfire in her bouncy, flamboyant way. "About fifteen minutes. I, Photo Finish, am afraid that I do have quite the busy schedule."

"Oh... okay," Spitfire said. She then began to stroke her chin, mumbling, "15 minutes...What trick... what trick?"

The Wonderbolts had now crowded together in a small clump, and a deep grumble of a throat being cleared was heard.

"Yes?" Spitfire asked, snapping her attention to the group.

Soarin' stepped out shakily. "Spitfire, if you don't mind me asking, do you think Rainbow Dash and I could perform this last one?"

Rainbow Dash looked at him, confused. She didn't know any trick!

"You... and Rainbow Dash... hmmm..." Spitfire looked over at Rainbow Dash, who quickly composed her confused face, then back at Soarin'. "Sure, why not. Soarin', this time is your's. Use it well."

Twilight Sparkle smiled wide, clapping once. "Great!"

"Oh, wunderbar! Okay, tell me when to start taking photos, and I will." Photo Finish trotted back to her camera.

"Okay, Wonderbolts! I guess we have a bit of a show, this afternoon. Feel free to take a seat!" Spitfire said to the Wonderbolts, and they all flew their separate ways around the stadium. Spitfire then turned to the two blue pegasi still standing there. "Soarin', Rainbow Dash, it's your time to shine. Don't mess up." She then flew off to stand behind Photo Finish and Twilight.

Rainbow Dash turned to Soarin'. "So... what are we doing, exactly? I don't know many Wonderbolts tricks or formations."

"Don't worry, just follow my lead, alright? It'll be a I-do-this, then you-do-that sort of thing. It'll be cool," Soarin' nudged Rainbow Dash with his elbow.

"Ooookay..." Rainbow Dash nodded slowly a few times. "Ready when you are, I guess."

"Great!" Soarin' then shouted to Photo Finish, "We're ready for pictures!"

Photo Finish set up her camera and her assistants and Twilight nodded together when Photo Finish was ready.

"Three... two... one!" Soarin' was off, zooming straight up. Rainbow Dash followed behind, a few feet behind Soarin'. Suddenly, he changed his direction, now zigzagging up and down, left. Once again, Rainbow followed. Soarin' then did a loop-the-loop and started flying right. Rainbow flew in the same pattern. After flying a bit to the right, Soarin' once again loop-the-looped, then flew to the middle of the stadium. He started to corkscrew upwards, and Rainbow Dash was right behind. Suddenly, Soarin' stopped mid-air. Almost crashing into him, Rainbow Dash stopped short.

"Now," said Soarin', "Photo Finish, make sure to catch this... grand finale!"

Soarin' nodded at Rainbow Dash, and she nodded back. Instead of zooming off in a different direction, doing cartwheels in the clouds, or speeding off another way leaving a streak of blues, Soarin' leaned in closer to Rainbow Dash.

As if a lightning bolt shocked her with sudden realization, Rainbow Dash blushed crimson. The two blue pegasi angled their heads slightly and closed the gap.

Rainbow Dash was ecstatic. Her heart was pumping a million times an hour, and there were butterflies in her stomach. She was kissing a Wonderbolt, one of the most amazing ponies in the entirety of Equestria! And it wasn't just not just any Wonderbolt, she was kissing the one she had a crush on.

Maybe this crush was actually more than "just a little crush."

The best part was that Soarin' liked Rainbow Dash back! This entire thing was awesome.

As the two continued to kiss, Photo Finish stepped away from her camera. "Well, vat was unexpected," was all she managed to say.

"Yes, I guess so. But just a little bit," Twilight said. "Rainbow Dash has always had a little crush on Soarin'; this day was bound to happen soon."

"And this day has been rather... wunderbar," Photo Finish said, smiling. Smiling was not something Photo Finish did very often, and when she did, it was always a very genuine smile.

"Yes. It's been a wunderbar day, indeed." Twilight nodded. She sighed as she looked back up at Rainbow and Soarin'.

Meanwhile, in the stands of the stadium, the rest of the Wonderbolts were giggling like fillies. Except for Spitfire, that is.

"Wonderbolts, this isn't very professional, and you all know it," Spitfire snapped at Fleetfoot, Surprise, Misty Fly, and Blaze. Instantly, the four pegasus mares stopped giggling and sat up in their seats. "But you know..." Spitfire said to herself, "They'd make a pretty good couple."

After a long while, Soarin' and Rainbow Dash separated and flew down dreamily to a cloud. Like a flash of lightning, Spitfire zoomed over to the couple.

"Soarin'! Do you know how unprofessional that was?" Spitfire barked in the pegasus stallion's face.

Suddenly, Soarin' lost the dreamy look in his eyes and blushed. "Yes, I know. I'm sorry ma'am."

"Don't worry about it, okay? Just make sure there's no more lovey-dovey stuff when you're in uniform, alright?" Spitfire smiled, then turned and whispered to Rainbow Dash. "I've heard he's a pretty good kisser, eh?"

Rainbow Dash was surprised at first, but then blushed a little and laughed. "Yeah, I guess you'd say so."

Spitfire nodded and flew over to Photo Finish.

"Nice show, Spitfire," Twilight said, smiling.

"Thanks, Twilight," Spitfire said with a nod.

"I, Photo Finish, was quite impressed, too," the earth pony nodded to her assistants and they started to pack away her camera. "We managed to get a vot of great photos."

Twilight then said, "She'll put together a portfolio of them all, and then..."

"You'll shine across Equestria!" Photo Finish said, bouncing a little with a smile.

"Right." Spitfire chuckled. "Well, thanks again for coming. Rainbow Dash is quite the interesting character, isn't she?" Twilight, Photo Finish, and Spitfire glanced over at Soarin' and Rainbow, who were now talking a little, leaning up against each other.

"Yeah, she's a great friend, being the Element of Loyalty and all," Twilight said, grinning.

"She was the one to ask me about za pictures! Her ideas are delightful, no?" Photo Finish tapped her head with a forehoof.

"Yeah, they certainly are... delightful." Spitfire chuckled some more at the sound of that word. It was much more dainty than anything she said on a day-to-day basis.

"Now, I, Photo Finish, know zat it's not my place to ask dis, but when are you going to make Rainbow Dash an... official Wunderbolt?" Photo Finish questioned.

Spitfire sighed. "Soon. Very soon. She has the top spot on our list of Wonderbolt Reserves."

"Good, because she deserves it." Photo Finish winked, though nopony could really see it due to her magenta-shaded glasses.

One of Photo Finish's assistants tapped her on the shoulder.

"Well, vit appears I must go now. I'll have dose pictures ready very soon." Photo Finish smiled at Twilight, then Spitfire, and then at Soarin' and Rainbow Dash. Her theme music started play from no apparent source (like all of the music in Equestria), she swooped around, and started to strut off. Before entering the basket of the hot-air balloon, she said her famous "I go," and the three photo ponies were gone.

The past few days had been quite an adventure for everypony. A multitude of pictures were taken, there was a new couple in Equestria, and Rainbow Dash had became closer to achieving her dream of joining the Wonderbolts.

As Photo Finish would say, it was wunderbar.

Author's Note

I'm sorry that it took so long for me to finish this story!

I hope that you enjoyed reading The Wunderbolts: A Story of Three Blue Ponies! I'm normally not a romance writer, but I think this story turned out really well!

I love any comments; constructive criticism or praise alike! Each one helps me to improve my stories.

Thanks for reading; write on, and remember to smile, smile, smile!