A Tale Of A New Beginning

"Noone! Get your lazy feathered arse out of bed and get ready!"

Spectrum used her well toned back legs to buck the side of Noone's bed, waking her.

"Shit!"

Noone jumped into the air and flew to her ensuite

"We have to be there in less than an hour! It's gonna be top speed flying cause it takes 45 minutes to get there!"

"Haaaaah!"

Noone and Spectrum landed on the cloud platform of Wonderbolt HQ.

"Alright! Listen here!" The well known raspy voice of Spitfire was heard across the entire base.

"Today we will be accepting the top ten flyers. The five of whom are the best with be forming the new Alpha Squad! And new generation, so be at the top of your game!"

"There are forms that you will be required to sign before we move to anything practical! So get to it!"

Everypony scattered to collect the forms

"Inspections of health! Get in line!

The pegasi all lined up and stood at attention.

"On request, you will open your wings so I can inspect your feather quality!"

Spitfire moved down the line, taking names and writing notes. A few ponies were sent away, their wings to scrappy or in poor health.

Spitfire reached Noone. After a quick inspection of her smooth, conditioned wings, she wrote down some notes and moved to Spectrum.

"Wings"

Spectrum unfolded her large alicorn wings, stunning Spitfire. Darker feathers adorning the larger end feathers.

Spitfire looked at Spectrum's forehead and snorted.

"Pfft, no wonder. What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be filing taxes in your castle Princess?"

"Excuse me?"

"You're an Alicorn Princess. You aren't supposed to be out here in the field"

"Oh what, automatically since I'm an alicorn I'm not good enough? I'm not even a princess yet, and even if I was, that wouldn't stop me from being out here"

"Look-"

"Spectrum"

"Spectrum, I'm gonna be blunt. Alicorn's aren't known for their flight. And they aren't well physically trained"

"I don't care what other alicorns have been like, I'm different. I was born blind and overcame it. I'll prove myself to you. And I guarantee you that you will find a use for my magic in shows somewhere along the way. And I can assure you that I can wait, I do have forever after all"

"Fine, if you can prove to me that I should let you in, then all go for you. But I'm a tough shell to crack so good luck, you'll need it"

"If you have a signature move, best to use it now! One by one, show me what you got! When I call your name, get into the air!"

"Brisa Euros!"

A pale blue mare flew into the sky her orange and yellow mane flowing in the wind. Her wings were slightly out of proportion of her body, but she used that to her advantage. She started low in the sky and started to spiral upwards, faster and faster. Her wing wrapped around her small body. Small streams of clouds were forming in the spiral, the wind from her wings speeding up. After reaching a point in the sky she spread her wings out, dispersing the clouds into the formation of the Wonderbolt symbol.

"Very good! Blue Moon!"

Another blue mare flew up, her mane light grey and blue. A strong essence of pride glowed from her core as she flew into the sky. She flew up in a flash, speed was her talent. Or was it? As she flew higher up the sky began to darken and she spread her wings. Spots of light glimmered across the HQ. 'Blue Moon' travelled through the dark sky and as light reflected from her fur, it looked as if she was glowing.

"Blue Moon!" One of the pegasi called from the line

The blue pegasus flew up and beckoned away the dark before speeding down to the ground.

The hours passed as each pony was called up, eventually, the list reached Noone. And after her show of trick flips and showing off her agility, it was Spectrum's turn.

"Spectrum Eclipse!"

The purple alicorn stood at the edge of the HQ, balancing on the edge. She slowly tipped over and dropped, seconds passed. She kept falling, the pegasi rushed to the side just as she flew past. A streak of blue and green trailing after her. An explosion of her magic exploded in the sky. Her large wings were folded around her, a dim light emitting from behind them. Splaying her wings, fireworks dispersed from her wings and a full-blown light show of the first Wonderbolts was glowing behind her. Their first flight performance shining behind her. Flashes of the show started to fade away as a huge Wonderbolt symbol grew in front of the lights. Finishing her little performance, all the light exploded into fireworks.

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"Wow"

Spectrum landed back on the platform, not a single bead of sweat visible on her face.

"Results will be sent to the ten ponies who have been accepted. The five that will form our Alpha squad will be required to return here to begin immediate training. Letters will be sent out by tomorrow so will be received within five days from now. Dismissed"

"Oooh, I know we get the fastest mail system due to your mother, but I still can't stand still. I want to know the results!"

"Hey, you two! How about we go out for a fly" Flurry walked into the room. Her hair still styled and adorned will her headdress from the royal guard meeting.

"When I'm a princess, do I have to look like that?" Spectrum chuckled seeing her hair styled and tied back.

"No exactly, but It still has to be neat at least until you earn your flowing mane. You'll get used to it"

Flurry removed the headdress and earrings, laying them on the table.

"The worst part isn't even having your hair styled, but it's sitting in one place for two hours doing nothing. And you have to be there every  single time"

Flurry combed her her, restoring it to its natural look, long and curly.

"Come on. Let's go!"

The three mares flew out the window and into the cool afternoon sky.

"So, how was your try-outs? Who do you think was the best act?"

Noone did a few spins and flips and flew up.

"Well, there was this really pretty mare called Stormy Moon. She looked a bit like Luna but she was really good at manipulating storm clouds and not getting zapped. And then there were two mares who looked like they could be sisters, Brisa Euros and Blue Moon. Blue did this really cool thing where she made the sky dark with clouds and then flew through them, and he had the light levels just perfect so it looked like her fur was glowing like a moon. And Brisa was controlling the wind and created this really cool spiral that turned into the Wonderbolt symbol!"

"That sounds amazing. But I doubt that they were better than you two"

"Spitfire was actually a bit snotty with 'Clipse. She saw that she was an alicorn and laughed. But after Spectrum's amazing light show, she was in awe. And Spitfire never show any emotion!"

"Really? Well from the sound of that, you two have got a very high chance of getting in"

"Spitfire is sending out the letters tomorrow so we will get them barely a few hours after she sends them"

"Well, it sounds like you two should get home and get some rest and get packing. Besides, dinner will be ready soon so we should head back"

"Yeah, come on. How about we have a race back. The last one has to be dressed up for a fancy dress party!"

"Three"

"Two"

"One"

"GO!"