Filly steps

It was a bright morning in the small town of Ponyville, and all was well. The pegasi were clearing the sky for the airshow later that day, the Earthponies were tending to the land... things that ponies do everyday. Three young ponies, one orange, one yellow, and one white, who were usually crusading around Ponyville despite having their new cutie marks, were headed to princess Twilights castle. It had been there for a while, but it still took everyponies breath away. Including Twilight's. The fillies reached the foyer, and...

"Princess Celestia!" said Sweetie Belle.

"Hello, my little ponies. I'm sorry, but princess Twilight will be very busy for a while. Would you like me to tell her you were here?"

"O-oh," said Scootaloo. "No... we'll come back later."

"Mah sister will be expectin' us soon, we better start headin' on back."

The three fillies trudged away. Meanwhile the princess started to knock on the door. Twilight opened the door. "Oh! Princess!"

"I'm sorry for the unannounced visit, but I was rummaging through Star Swirl's library, and I came across an interesting spell. Could you try it out?"

Twilight took the scroll containing the spell and thanked the princess. The airshow was to start soon, so Twilight started to leave. But just as she was about to leave her castle, she heard a voice outside the window...or three voices, for that matter.

"Sheesh, Scootaloo, could you be a little louder? I'm sure there are ponies about a mile away who didn't hear you."

"Sorry Sweetie Belle, but not everyone is as graceful as you."

"Hey. Y'all be quiet. Twili' will hear us!"

Twilight was amused by this. "Now why wouldn't you want me to hear you?" The fillies yelped.

"Ah told ya to be quiet!"

"Umm... sorry, Twilight. We'll just... go now," said the other two crusaders in unison.

The fillies were running away, in fear that they were in trouble because they had overheard a conversation between two princesses. Twilight watched them run away until they were lost in the distance. She remembered when she was that young...She made a mental note to visit her family later that week. she was still thinking about her childhood as she flew up to the Cloudaseum. She was early, so she got to watch the Wonderbolts warm up.

"Hiya' Princess Twilight!"

"Oh...Hello Spitfire. Good lu... uh, break a le... wing?

She felt stupid. She was a princess. Princesses don't set tongue tied.

"Uh...Thanks, but you might want to tell your pal Rainbow to chill. Were gonna run out of merchandise if nopony stops her."

"Heh...I'll see to it."

She looked, but she didn't see Rainbow Dash. Or...was that her underneath that mountain of Wonderbolts stuff? She flew over and removed the top few layers. Twilight saw Rainbow Dash asleep holding a Soarin' plushie. Twilight woke Rainbow up. She looked Rainbow sternly in the eye and spoke, "Rainbow Dash, as the Princess of Friendship, I have the right to ban you from the merchandise stands!"

The two ponies looked each other in the eyes, then without warning, they burst into a fit of giggles.

"Oh! Its almost time for me to announce the opening of the airshow! Bye, Rainbow!"

"Bye, Twi."

Twilight flew and took her place in the throne. Using her magically enhanced voice, she shouted:

"FILLIES AND GENTLE COLTS, ITS MY HONOR TO WELCOME... THE WONDERBOLTS!"

The crowd roared as the Wonderbolts entered the arena.

"AND EVERYPONY, PLEASE ENJOY!"