The New Weather Pony

The sky blue stallion hopped out of bed, his alarm clock ringing away in the background. He had set the alarm fifteen minutes earlier than usual. He ran around his room makinf sure he had everything he needed for work. Once he was satisfied, the stallion left his house. He trotted over the the town hall, just opposite his house. He went through the front door and walked into the reception. He greeted Silk Parchment, who was sitting at her desk, doing paperwork. It was the only thing she ever seemed to be doing. The stallion walked past her in the direction of the meeting room. He opened the door and went inside. Rainbow Dash was inside writing weather patterns on board. She turned to look at the stallion who had entered. She was suprised to seem him.

"Stratosphere? What are you doing here?" she asked the stallion. Stratosphere sat down at the table, a smug look on his face. He but his hooves up on the table.

"I am here, bright and early for the morning meeting." the stallion said confidently. The rainbow mare looked at him sideways. A grin began to form on her face.

"I'm sorry to tell you this, but there's no meeting this morning." she giggled. The stallions face dropped."With the testing of the new cloud, I told everypony yesterday not to come in until after midday." she said. The stallion slammed his face against the desk. Rainbow Dash walked over to him and placed a hoof on his back."Hey, you made an effort, which is what counts. I'll keep that in mind." she said with a smile. Stratosphere smiled lightly back at her. He got up out of his chair and left the meeting room. As he passed by Silk Parchment, she waved a hoof at him to grab his attention.

"Oh Stratopshere, just a quick heads up. You have no meeting this morning." she said, immediatly returning to her paperwork. The stallion just scoweld at the mare before departing the building. He walked out into the town square. A few ponies were arriving to set up their stalls for the day ahead. Stratosphere decided to explore a bit of the town, which he hadn't done since his tour. He trotted out to Sweet Apple Acres before turning back to town. He passed by the school, Sugarcube Corner and Twilight's castle. As he was passing by the boutique a white unicorn came out of it. When she saw the stallion she gasped. She ran up to him. She went right up in his face, staring at the poor suprised stallion.

"Can I help you?" he asked nervously. The mare pulled back slightly.

"Oh forgive me darling. It's just you look like a famous pegasus that I know. He's the son of two famous pegasi from Cloudsdale." the mare said."If I can recall his name is-"

"Stratosphere." the sky blue pegasus said, extending out a hoof. The mare's jaw dropped.

"You're...you're Stratosphere?" she asked. The pegasus nodded."Oh darling you just have to come inside and try on some of my outfits. I've been dying to find the right connection to set up a chain in Cloudsdale." the mare said dragging the stallion into the boutique. The stallion went along unwillingly. She plonked the stallion infront of a large mirror."Wait right here darling." she said trotting off into a back room. The stallion stood on the spot, gazing around the shop. A few moments later the mare returned carrying multiple outfits with her magic. She also carried a small screen. She handed the first outfit to him and gestured towards the screen. Stratosphere obliged and went to get changed. He emerged a few minutes later. He now had on a light grey suit. The mare beamed as the stallion appeared.

"How do I look?" Stratosphere asked.

"You look absolutely divine, darling!" she said beaming. He walked over to the mirror and examined himself. He had to admit he did look pretty good.

"I'll take it." he said. He went to reach for his bits but was stopped by the mare.

"Keep it as a gift. Just remember to mention my clothes to your parents the next time you see them." she said. Stratosphere nodded his thanks.

"You're very generous..." he said realising he never caught her name.

"Rarity. My name is Rarity, darling." she said smiling.

"Well thank you Rarity. I will definitely recommend you to my folks the next time I talk to them." the stallion said. He left the boutique in his new outfit."I'd best head home and put this suit away." he said to himself, heading in the direction of his home.

Stratosphere placed the new suit neatly away in his wardrobe. After that he looked over at his clock. Eleven fifty. Time to head over to the town hall. The stallion proceedes to the town hall. He greeted Silk for the second time that day as he headed for the meeting room. He went inside and thankfully saw more than one pony inside. He sat down at the table. Rainbow Dash was still going through weather patters while the other pegasus present sat there silently. He didn't recognise the mare. He was just glad he wasn't the last to arrive. A few minite later the door opened, revealing Thunderlane, Flitter and Cloudchaser. The three pegasi sat down. Once they did Rainbow Dash turned around.

"Right, now that we're all here and on time." she said glancing over at Stratosphere."Let's dicuss today's plan. You all know that we are testing out the new cloud today. That means all of us. We will be flying out to the edge of the Everfree Forest to examine it and see if it has any side effects." the cyan mare said. All the pegasi nodded."I'll go into more detail once we're out there. Let's get going." she said exiting the room. Everypony got up and followed her out.

The ponies arrived at the edge of the forest shortly after. Thunderlane and Stratopshere were carrying the new cloud type. The pegasi touched down on the ground.

"Right. I want you to split the cloud in two. One half we will keep. The other will be used for the various tests." Rainbow Dash ordered. Thunderlane carefully cut the cloud into two pieces, placing one off to the side, so it didn't get damaged. The other half Stratosphere brought over to Rainbow Dash. She pulled out a clipboard from under her wing."Firstly, we need to test it's durability. Break off a piece there and take it up."

Stratosphere took off a piece and flew into the sky, placing it a few feet in the air.

"Now buck it and see what the result is." Rainbow ordered from the ground. Stratosphere lined up his rear hooves. He bucked at the cloud. It vanished into thin air. Rainbow Dash took a note on her clipboard. A few seconds later an electric charge surged through Stratosphere's body, leaving his mane in a frizzed state. The other pegasi laughed uncontrollably. Rainbow Dash scribbled out what she had written and wrote something else.

"Next is production." she said."Grab another piece and jump up and down on it. See if it produces rain."

Thunderlane took off the piece this time, flying up into the air. He slowly jumped up and down on the cloud. Nothing happened. Rainbow Dash waited before writing anything. Suddenly the cloud started to produce rain. But there was one problem. It was raining upwards. Rainbow Dash wrote another note on her clipboard.

"Final test. See if you can change it into a thundercloud." she said. Thunderlane hesitated."Don't be such a foal." Rainbow Dash called out. That got Thunderlane moving. He messed about with the cloud until it went a dark shade. He then kicked it, causing a lightning bolt to strike the ground, just infront of Rainbow Dash. She glared at the pegasus who was trying his hardest to hold back a laugh. Rainbow Dash took note of the result before storing the clipboard back under her wing.

"Alright, that's all we needed. Take the cloud sample back to town hall. I'll mail these results back to the Cloudsdale weather factory. Let them know their new cloud is a bit faulty.

"A bit?!" Stratosphere asked, still fixing his frizzed mane. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes at the stallion.

"I'll see you all tomorrow morning." she said flying off.