Young Again

A Little Bit of Dash

Rainbow Dash was having an overall, pretty boring day. The Wonderbolts were on a week long break before an airshow over Hoofington. The cyan Pegasus was practicing loops around the star on the top of Castle of Friendship when Twilight, Discord and a white unicorn she didn’t recognize appeared in a white flash by the castle door.

“Rainbow Dash!” the lavender alicorn called up to her. Rainbow Dash thought of pretending she hadn’t heard, but something about Discord and the white mare drew her attention. She flew down to the trio and opened her muzzle to greet them when the white mare flew up to greet her and wrapped the cyan Pegasus in a rib cracking hug.

“Hiya, I’m Tia! Twilight said that there was a Pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash who loved to party and you’re the only pony around with a rainbow mane so you must be that super awesome pony!” Whatever curiosity Rainbow Dash had for Twilight and Discord dissipated almost instantly.

“Aw yeah! Of course I’m awesome and love to party!” Rainbow Dash was so enthralled by Tia’s praise that she hadn’t even noticed Twilight calling her.

“Rainbow Dash!” Discord scooped Twilight into his arms and held her muzzle shut. “Discord!” she tried to shout, but with the draconequus holding her muzzle shut…

“You wanna do something awesome?” Rainbow asked Tia. The alicorn mare’s eyes brightened and widened almost disturbingly.

“Of course!!!”

“Then follow me!” rainbow Dash turned on the spot and flew off like a missile. Tia flapped her wings, and darted after her almost as fast as Twilight had the Princesses gave her their magic. After a few minutes of struggle Discord released the lavender alicorn and she turned on him at once.

“Discord! Why did you do that? I’m trying to fix Celestia!” the spirit of chaos chuckled deeply and pointed at the castle of friendship.

“Oh Twilight, it’s just an age spell, I'm sure you have some books in there that can help. If you want, I can send word to Trixie that you need her expertise, but otherwise you should let Celestia have her fun.” In a snap of his claws Discord disappeared in his trademark white flash; leaving Twilight steaming. Find an age spell. Find an age spell. Find an age…

“Seriously! Trixie!” she shouted angrily.

It was going to be a long day.
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Rainbow Dash watched in awe and excitement as the white alicorn kept up with her despite her massive bursts of spee. The cyan Pegasus had dismissed her alicorness by assuming that she was another student of Celestia that ascended. Or perhaps Celestia had a child she hadn’t told anypony about for one reason or another.

“With that coat…” she thought aloud, watching the alicorn do barrel rolls alongside her with little effort. She didn’t think that Tia could have been Luna’s daughter with her coloration. But the only thing Rainbow really cared about was how fast she could fly. Twilight wasn’t nearly this adept at flight when she first became a princess, but then again, she still wasn’t. “I should take you to the Wonderbolt’s Academy, you’re amazing!”

Tia smiled brightly at the compliment and, inspired by Rainbow Dash, flapped her wings as fast and hard as she could. “Woohoo!” she rocketed past the cyan Pegasus and Rainbow Dash could only say one thing.

“Oh it is on!” the two ponies shot across the sky as fast as shooting stars. Leaving pink and rainbow contrails respectively in their wake. The mares vied for first as their contest increased in speed and boldness. They from Ghastly Gorge all the way to Appleloosa, and after some time Rainbow Dash began to tire.

She had learned time and time again that her hubris could get her into trouble. But the thought of losing to some random alicorn grated her. She was a Wonderbolt! She should be able to win a race against a novice. “You’re going down Tia!” she yelled, putting on a massive burst of speed.

The Sonic Rainboom erupted into being less than a minute later, leaving Tia in awe of the massive shock wave that rippled across the sky like rainbow fire. Inspired by this Tia replicated Rainbow Dash’s action before hoof. Rainbow Dash stared in disbelief as a cone began to form around Tia’s extended hoof. “No way!!!” Way it was.

Tia burst into a massive shock wave of pink energy as she broke the sound barrier. The ensuing ripples across the sky bathed the land underneath them in an almost garishly pink hue, that demanded the attention of everypony with at least twenty miles. As Rainbow Dash watched Tia come to a stop to hover just a yard or two away, she could only think one thing.

I can top it.