Failure

by FateMLP

Rating: everyone
Tags: Drama, Romance, Tragedy
Length: 1044

After joining the WonderBolts, Rainbow Dash doesn't quite do what she intended.

Being accepted into the WonderBolts is a big opportunity, and Rainbow Dash was lucky enough to get that. After the first 5 or so shows, her wings fail on her, and falls to her doom.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2016-08-14 20:15:26 UTC

After the Show

"Good job team, you did well today." Spitfire remarked, as the WonderBolts began walking home. "Rainbow Crash, can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Urm, sure Spitfire! What is it?" Rainbow replied, cautiously.

"You need to make sure that you come in at the right time ok? If you don't, I'm going to have to remove you from the WonderBolts, which I would regret doing because you're, honestly, one of the best fliers I've ever had in this team."

"Really? That's so awesome! Yea! I'll definitely come in at the right time tomorrow! 12:30 right?" Rainbow exclaimed excitedly.

"Right. Now go greet your friends." Spitfire walked off.

As soon as Rainbow came away from Spitfire, she was greeted by all of her friends, who congratulated her. She got many hugs, and many "yays" from Fluttershy. The show was truly remarkable, according to the mane 6. And Rarity, of course, spammed Dash with all the costume design questions, which Dash obviously wouldn't know anything about. Out of them all, Fluttershy was surprisingly the most excited about Dash's next show. She'd already bought the tickets!

"Rainbow Dash! I'm so proud of you! You really were amazing up there! I've never seen any pony fly as well as you have!" Flutters blurted out.

"Heheh, thanks Fluttershy!" Rainbow blushes slightly, "I'm only awesome because of your support!"

The mane 6 all laugh together, beginning to walk to their homes.

The Second Show

As Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash flew up to Cloudsdale for Rainbow's second show, Fluttershy congratulated her and went off to the auditorium. Luckily, Rainbow had made it in on time today, and Spitfire wasn't annoyed. Actually, she was looking very optimistic today! Spitfire instructed everypony to prepare, while Rainbow was shaking in her outfit. Her parents were going to watch this! She'd better not muck up!

After preparing the special effects for the show, and rehearsing the routine again, the music began playing, and the WonderBolts stepped up to their individual starting positions. Fluttershy immediately searched the blue costumes for a rainbow mane and tail, and found her at the end of their line of positions. You could tell how much she was rooting for Rainbow to do her best.

Suddenly, Dash shot off the line at lightning speed and began spinning and twirling in the sky! Soon after her, in cannon, each WonderBolt joined her. The blue costumes all formed a tunnel, and one by one each WonderBolt flew through the tunnel, and joined onto the end. They repeated this process until...

"OW!" Rainbow yelled, as her wing seized up. Franticly, her other wing flailed, as she spun around in a circle, squeezing her eyes tight shut. She zoomed down to her possible death, screaming her pony feathers off.

Noticing her best friend falling downwards, Fluttershy leapt to her hooves, as well as Rainbow's parents! They all flew as fast as they could to try and rescue Dash.  Fluttershy plummeted down, as Dash was doing, for she forgot to use her wings. Flutters never was the type of pegasus who flew a lot, she may as well had have been an earth pony. Despite the pain, Rainbow tried flapping her paralysed wing, but it refused. She kept flapping it, in the hope that it would at least help her slow her fall. However, she know this was hopeless. Logic defied it.

Fluttershy dropped down faster than Dash, and landed on her, making the blue pegasus fall even faster down.

"FLUTTERSHY!" The racer yelled in pain, "USE. YOUR. WINGS!"

The yellow animal carer, sprung her wings out and looked at them. Remembering how to fly, Fluttershy grabbed Dash around the waist and flapped her wings strongly, sweat beading on her head. Despite looking after a huge bear, she really wasn't that strong at all. No matter how hard she tried, they still kept falling.

Rainbow's parents swooped in underneath her, and pushed up, flapping their wings hard too. Fluttershy, quickly realising where she was, clutched onto Rainbow's paralysed wing in fright and stopped flapping.

"GAAAHH" the rainbow maned pegasus screeched.

Luckily, Dash's parents were fairly strong, but not really strong enough. Soon, the ground got closer and closer.

"We... can't... hold.. you.." The wedded couple struggled.

"Let go!" Fluttershy yelled... sort of.

"Why...?" They groaned.

"Just do it!"

The couple let go of Dash and Flutters, and they began falling faster, and faster, and faster.

The First Show

It was a bright day, and the wind was still, until Rainbow Dash zoomed through the sky, flying to her first WonderBolt show. She'd been practicing over and over for weeks now, and she'd perfected every move. She'd woken up extra early, to make sure she got there!

Quickly, she slid along the ground as Spitfire's hooves, just in time! Or, maybe not...

"RAINBOW CRASH! Where have you been?!" Spitfire yelled, spitting in Rainbow's face.

"What do you mean? I'm perfectly on time?" Rainbow replied, confused.

"You were mean't to be here half an HOUR ago!"

"Well, that can't be right?" Rainbow thought. She was told to meet Spitfire, and the other WonderBolts, in the Town Square at 1pm, on the dot. And it was 1pm? So what was the issue?

"I told you to meet here at 12:30 Dash! So we could get a last minute rehearsal!" She retorted.

Ah. That's right. Spitfire had said 12:30.

"Sorry Spitfire.." Rainbow muttered gloomily.

Spitfire sighed and pointed to the other WonderBolts, who were standing in line, giving Rainbow a disapproving look.

The ponies were all sitting down to form the audience, and Spitfire was giving some last minute instructions. Dash couldn't help taking a sneaky glance at the audience to find her 6 friends: Fluttershy, Twilight, Pinkie, Rarity, Applejack and Spike. Spotting a light pink mane, and a pastel yellow body, Rainbow was taken out of her thoughts to hear Spitfire yelling at her again.

"What in Celestia's name are you doing Crash?!" She shouted, "Get back in line and prepare yourself!"

Rainbow quickly stepped in place, and started remembering the routine. She excitedly put her goggles on and positioned herself ready.

"Good luck Rainbow!" Soarin added, cheerfully.

"You too Soar!" Rainbow replied, before setting off into the sky to perform her tricks.