A Tale of Two Wings

   Soarin decided to drop by Rainbow Dash's house later that day. He first wanted to plan something special for the two of them. But he had no experience with that kind of stuff! He'd never fallen for another pony before. So he decided to go to Sugarcube Corner to plan something for Dash.

   "Well of course we can plan something special for Dashie! What were you thinking? A party? A day at the park? A movie? A show? A concert?" Pinkie threw out ideas. "Uh, a show. Infact, a special show. For us." he said. "I'll need to plan a meeting with some-pony, first."

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   After the meeting, Soarin had it scedueled with Pinkie. A show that would be especially great for the two of them, he and Rainbow, and he couldn't wait to do it.

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   He stopped by Dash's house every day and they talked. They became closer and closer each day. Finally, it was the day of the show Soarin had been planning. And he stopped by early that day to Rainbow's house. "Hey Dashie! I have a surprise for you!" Soarin shouted at Dash's door, as well as knocking. "Coming!" he heard her muffled voice call from inside she opened the door. "Come on in!" she said. "Actually, I have something for you!" he said, smiling in excitement.

   In his hoove, he held up a ticket to the Wonderbolt's Airshow that was happening that very day. Rainbow gasped. "No way! Is that for me?!" she asked. He nodded happily. "Yup!" he said, and held it out for her to take. She grabbed it excitedly and hugged him tightly. This was her best day ever. She finally released him, not meaning to hug him for that long. But he obviously didn't mind it. "Its happening in about an hour, so let's get a move on!" he exclaimed, grabbing her hoove and the two flew away.

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   She got front row seats and got to see the Wonderbolts shoot out of an enormous, floating box in the center of the arena. She had her eyes specifically on Soarin, who was infact soaring through the air. "Yeah! GO SOARIN!" she shouted in the loud crowd. Soarin looked down to her and saluted. She sighed dreamily. "You wish!" a pink pegasis smirked. "He would never date a loser like you, Rainbow-mane!" she laughed. Rainbow growled and rolled her eyes.

   The anouncer suddenly said, "Uh huh? What's that? Oh, I see. Yes. GREAT IDEA! The Wonderbolts would like to choose a pegasis from the crowd who thinks they've got the stuff! Who will it be? Spitfire shall choose!"

   Rainbow Dash jumped up and down, waving her arms. She ignored the pink pegasis trying to bring her down. "Me me! Pick me!!" Rainbow Dash called. Spitfire looked directly at her, and pointed. The pink pegasis next to her gasped in anger. Rainbow Dash jumped up out of her seat in excitement. "WOO HOO!!" she exclaimed, and flew up next to the orange pegasis. The two flew towards the box, and the anouncer exclaimed, "And the winner of this contest is RAINBOW DASH!! Also known to have saved the Wonderbolts and perform the rarest trick, the SONIC RAINBOOM!" and the crowd went wild. Rainbow blushed, and Soarin came up next to her.

   "Hey, Dashie! You get to fly and show your tricks! Go ahead! Show em what your made of!" Soarin exclaimed. Dash smiled uncontrolably. She shouted, "Aaww, yeah!!" and took off, doing loops and spins and cork-screws. She raced upward to grab a few storm clouds to make an enormous Buckaneer Blaze. The crowd went crazy once more; all but that cranky pink pegasis.

   Although she was unable to do her Super-Speed Strut, considering they were 250 feet off the ground, she was, however, still able to do a Sonic Rainboom... She shot straight up into the clear blue and when she could just barely see the Cloudasium, she dove down. Hitting remarkablely insane speeds of 2 to 3 thousand miles per hour, the force came early. Lightning buzzed all around her. She might have been able to make the Sonic Rainboom just above or below the Cloudasium. She soon found it was just above, leaving every-pony to jump out of their feathers at the sonic-sound. Wild cheering rose from the audience. Soarin smiled wildly at his mare-friend's astonishing feat. "YEAH RAINBOW DASH!! WOOOO!" Soarin said. The pink pegasis rolled her eyes in discust. Why she hated Dash is still a mystery today.

   Rainbow Dash flew upward and into the Cloudasium, where she met her stallion-friend, who had his arms out for a hug. Dash blushed and flew in for the sweet embrace. The whole Cloudasium "dawww'd", but the pink pegasis had had enough of what she was seeing and left. The two didn't care. It would be all over pony news papers, but they still didn't care.

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   After the long day at the Cloudasium, Soarin invited Dash to dinner. She smiled and accepted his invitation. "Meet me at Berrybottom Diner at, say, 6:30?" he asked. "That'll work!" Rainbow said. Soon, they departed at Rainbow's doorstep. Rainbow Dash sat on her soft cloud-couch and turned on her TV. She watched an action movie on Hoofflix. Slowly but steadily, Tank, her pet Turtle, walked over and took the remote from her. "Hey!" Dash said. She watched him flip through channels and stop on the news. "What? The news is always so depressing! I can't watch this!" she protested. She was about to change the channel when a headline was said and caused her to stop dead in her horse-shoes.

   "Sonic-Bolt or a Wonder-boom? It's hard to tell the endless combinations of the currently two most popular pegasi in Equestria. An anonymous pegasis who was at the scene and witnessed it herself tells all of what she saw." The picture was now a drawn picture of an outline of a female pegasis with a question mark over it.

   In the same voice of the pegasis that had been sitting by her, it spoke, "Well, I just had won tickets to the Wonderbolts and went there expecting a show. Oh I saw a show alright. But not the kind I'd wanted to see! Before the mushy incident, she was sitting next to me, acting all mushy and lovey about him. I tried my best to ignore it, but she was going on and on! So when they anounced that they needed a volunteer, she was basically flying out of her chair! Cheating much?!" The pegasis probably was still lying about the incident, but Dash didn't want to hear it and turned off the TV. "C'mon, Tank. Let's help me find out what I should wear on my date." she said. "They want a show, we'll give em a show!"

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   At Berrybottom Diner, Rainbow Dash walked in. She was eye-catching for sure. Wearing her Gala dress and accessories, she trotted over to the table that Soarin was sitting at. She took a seat and noticed he was wearing a tuxedo and tie and looked unquestionably handsome.

   "Hey Dashie! You look great!" he said. Dash blushed. "Likewise!" she said. "You want to order now?" he asked. And as he asked, a dark hooded figure slowly walked up to them. "...Can I take your order...?" it asked, in a growling voice that was obviously covering up a different voice.

   "Uh, sure. Can I have a salad with creamy Italian dressing and a veggie-burger?" Rainbow Dash asked. "And can I have a-" Soarin was cut off when the dark figure flipped out and shouted, "Oh no! The lantern isn't on!" and pulled out a lighter from in it's sleeve to light the lantern. "There we go... Now the, you know, romance, can proceed. So, what did you order, Soarin?" it's growling voice asked from inside the dark cloak. Soarin gave him... or her... a strange look, and said, "Uhh, may I have the tofu salad and a side of hay-fries?" "Sure thing. Now what can I get you to drink?" the dark figure asked.

   Before either of the two pegasi could answer, the back of the cloak, where the tail was, started shaking madly. The figure seemed to start panicking. "Uhh," it growled. "you wouldn't mind moving your table and chairs over this way, would you?" it asked. "Uh, sure...?" they said, and moved it toward the hooded figure. Seconds later, a huge piece of hail broke through the ceiling; in the ecxact spot they were sitting before. They looked at the figure in shock, only to realize it wasn't there anymore.

   Some-pony burst through the door, and shouted, "HAIL STOOORM!!!" Everypony began to panic and run in circles. Ponies and pegasi and unicorns all burst through the door and ran for their homes. Soarin and Rainbow Dash were the last ones to get out of there. More and more pieces of hail were bursting through the ceiling and were beginning to block the exit. Rainbow Dash tried to find a way out, and was about to be smashed by an enormous piece of hail. Soarin saw this and screamed, "A WONDERBOLT NEVER GIVES UP!!" and grabbed Dash just before she could be crushed, bursting through the only exit left. He flew the two of them back up to Dash's cloud-home and layed her on her couch.

   "You okay?" Soarin panted. "Yeah," she said. He took a good look at her and noticed there was not a scratch or a bruise on her. "You saved me...." was all Dash could say. "Thank you." "Hey, it was nothing." he reassured. Dash leaned over and hugged him. When she released, she noticed that she was covered in blood. She gasped and took a good look at Soarin. He had a gash in his side and several cuts around his wings and stomach. "I'm okay.... but your not..."