A Dream Come True (A Wonderbolt Story)

by Ironfire Skies

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Soarin, Alternate Universe, Rainbow Dash, Other, Original Character, Random, Adventure, Spitfire
Length: 8286

Three best friends in Summer Flight Camp: Rainbow Dash, Soarin, and Spitfire notice black trails of smoke flying in the sky one time during a flight exercise one time. "Who are they?" Rainbow asks. "Who?" Soarin replies. "Guys, they're the Bolts".

Three friends notice black trails of smoke during their flight exercise session at Summer Flight Camp. The flying figures appeared to be wearing blue yellow lightning uniforms. The three friends stop and stare at the flying figures flying above them. During their time in the camp's classroom, they learn about the wonderbolt's history and the first founding members of the team.

Meet the Team:
-ThunderShine (co-captain)
-Stormy Flare (member)
-Fire Blaze (member)
-Firefly (appointing general and offical member)
-Purple Dart (member)
-Easy Glider (choreographer and member)
-Wind Rider (founder of wonderbolt academy and member)
-Fair Weather (member)
-Flash (captain)
-Spectrum (member)

Along the lines, the three friends officially meet all the members after school at their 2:00PM airshow. There is an autograph signing, along the way, the three meet Surprise, Fire Streak, and Lightning Streak.

A/N: Thundershine is my wonderbolt OC. Please do not use her for any purposes of yours. If you would like to use her in some way, you must ask me for my approval.

Cover art designed by me.

Dedicated to my deceased mother (Pony Name: Melody Sparks). Rest in peace.
1967 - 2015

Published 2017-05-19 06:40:01 UTC
Last updated 2017-06-06 10:34:13 UTC

Chapter 1- Summer Flight Camp Session

Summer Flight Camp, a camp for pegasai fillies and colts to learn how to fly and work their wings.

Meet Rainbow Dash, Soarin, and Spitfire. Three foals who became friends on their first day at flight camp. The three young ponies walk to the door, which led to the camp's outdoor arena and obstacle course. Flight Instructor Strike was waiting for the remaining three who were taking a bathroom break. He was an impatient pegasus stallion and he expected the campers to always be on time. Strike impatiently looked at his watch. His left hoof was thumping furiously.

"Where is Spitfire, Soarin, and Dash!?!" Strike shouted angrily. "I expected those three to be back from their bathroom break ten minutes ago!! Where are they?!"

"I don't know Mr. Strike", Cloudchaser shrugged.

"I should've known that Mr. Strike was not a patient teacher", a filly whispered to her friend. The filly's male friend nodded in agreement.

Finally, after 15 minutes, the three friends made it to the outdoor arena obstacle course. As the three friends were laughing, they stop to hear a loud grumble from their flight instructor. The three ponies stop laughing and turn to look at their instructor. They had scared looks on their faces. Soarin, Spitfire, and Dash’s bodies were shaking.

"What took you three so long!?!" their instructor shouted angrily and impatiently.

The other fillies and colts laughed at Dash, Spit, and Soarin, who's faces were red in embarrassment. The three youngsters hid their blushing red faces. No matter how much the three tried to hide their almost pink faces, the other fillies and colts still kept laughing.

Coach Strike blew his whistle. "Alright everypony, settle down. Do you all know why I told you meet outside today?"

The campers just shrugged.

"We're going to be doing flight exercises today everypony. Now, get into groups of three."

Everypony did as they were asked. While Soarin, Dash, and Spitfire were already a group.

"Okay, now that everypony has gotten into groups. I would like to introduce you to some of our new campers."

"Now youngsters, tell us about yourselves". Mr. Strike looks at the several new campers, motioning them with his hoof to speak up.

"Hi I'm Surprise. I am not what you call a fast-flyer, but a speedster. I am from Las Pegasus, I have several cousins in my family. One of them goes by the name High Winds. While the other goes by the name of Pinkie Pie", Surprise said nervously.

"Hi everypony, I'm Fire Streak. Here standing next to me is my identical twin brother Lightning Streak. We're also from Las Pegasus. But, our parents were originally from Cloudsdale", Fire Streak said confidently.

"Thanks for the friendly introduction newbies. Let's get started. Now, give me 4 laps around the obstacle course." Strike blows his whistle and the campers immediately fly up to the starting path of the open air obstacle course.

Soarin struggled trying to get himself off the ground. He didn't realize that he was flapping his wings too quickly. His two other group members just look at the pale blue coat confused. Mr. Strike notices Soarin flapping his wings too quickly. He flies over from his post to see if the colt needed any help. "Soarin Skies, do you need any help?"

"Nah, I'm good", Soarin says, pretending he didn't need any help.

"You sure? Sounds like you need help."

"I don't need any help Mr. Strike!" the pale blue colt shouts in frustration.

"You don't shout at-" Mr. Strike was interrupted by the whoosh of several black trails of smoke coming above the open air obstacle course. He turns his head up and notices that the pegasai that were flying above him were wearing blue yellow lightning uniforms. Each uniform was marked with winged lightning bolts. Including triple sided yellow lightning bolts.

The other fillies who were about to do their second lap were also interrupted by the brightly uniformed pegasai flying above them. They paused to turn their heads up, staring in awe.

"Who are they?", the fillies asked.

"Yeah, who are they?" Rainbow Dash asks.

"What are we talking about?" Spitfire asks puzzled.

Soarin points his hoof to the figures flying above them. "Spit, look up. Those are the wonderbolts".

"The wonderbolts!?!" Rainbow Dash and Spitfire said in unison. The two fillies were surprised at what their pale blue friend had just mentioned.

Strike takes a deep breath to get over his anger. "Everypony, those are the wonderbolts. The greatest flying aerial team in all of Equestria".

The fillies and colts gasp. "They're such amazing flyers".

Strike looks at his watch. His watch read that it was already 9:05AM. Their class was suppose to end at 9:30AM. But instead, he decided to cut his Flight Exercise session short due to the black smoke trail interference.

"Okay, campers. We're gonna have to cut this Flight Exercise short", he said bluntly. "Go ahead and take a break. Be sure to go to the classroom."

"Yay!" the campers cheered.

Everybody flew to the Camp Center and entered the doors. Next, they made a left and walked to a red door that had the sign labeled " Flight Learning Center". All of the fillies and colts landed onto the floor and walked in, closing the door behind them.

Soarin was looking in his saddlebag for his snacks. He rummaged through his bag with his muzzle until he smelled a lunch box that contained a small piece of apple pie. He carried the lunch box with his pie and went to go sit with his two friends who were already seated at a table with the three new campers.

Fire Streak had an enthusiastic look on his face. "Did you guys see them up there? They were amazing?"

Surprise eyes glowed. "It'd be a dream come true to be them someday".

Rainbow Dash nodded. "I agree with Surprise here".

Spitfire nodded her head as well. "Me too. It would be really cool to be the next best flyers in Equestria. They've got some skill-".

While the campers were taking a break and eating their snacks, there is a sudden knock on the door. It interrupts the campers social break. But the sound of the knocking gets louder. 'Knock knock knock!' One colt starts shaking, not being able to have say any words that came to mind. He thought it was a dangerous intruder coming to the camp to kidnap the campers.

"Can anypony open this door?" the voice said. "I'm getting impatient here."

"Is that you Mr. Strike?" a colt asks.

"Nope, this is not your flight instructor Mr. Strike. Mr. Strike is teaching other campers right now. I'm actually a special guest who was told to be in the Learning Center today."

The colt asks the voice behind the door again. "What's your name?"

"My name is Thundershine, I am the co-captain of the wonderbolts. I was told to come to this room. Can you open the door?" Thundershine said.

The colt finally opens and gasps at the female wonderbolt he sees right in front of him.

Thundershine smiles at the colt. "Hey kid."

The colt shyly waves and trots back to his seat.

Soarin, Spitfire, and Dash drop their mouths open. ' What is a wonderbolt doing here? ' the three friends thoughts. Their mouths were still open in shock. After a second, they snap out of their fanatic trance.

Thundershine turns her head and notices Soarin, Spitfire, and Dash still looking at her dazed. She laughs, then clears her throat. "Ahem, are you three okay? It looked like you three youngsters were about to do a fanatic scream, since you saw me, a wonderbolt, right before your eyes". She waves her hoof in front of their faces to get their attention.

"We're okay", Soarin, Spitfire, and Dash said in unison.

The co-captain of the bolts laughs harder at Soarin, Spit, and Dash. "You three are so funny. You sure know how to make the co-captain of the Bolts laugh. I can't wait to tell my teammates about the face you just made earlier today."

Thunder takes a couple of deep breaths and decides to formally introduced herself to the campers. "Hi campers, I'm Co-captain Thundershine and also an official members of the Bolts. I believe you know why I was sent to Summer Flight Camp today?"

Everypony in the room shake their heads in confusion.

She clears her throat. "Anyway, the camp director sent me here to teach you guys to really know how to flap your wings. Since I am highest ranking bolt, I am also one of the top instructors at Wonderbolt Academy. I was a flight instructor here at Summer Flight Camp years before I became a founding member of the Bolts. But enough about me, you guys ready to have some fun learning how to fly?"

"Yeah!" everypony cheered.

"Alright everypony, out of the classroom. It's time to go outside".

The campers immediately run out the door excitedly. Soarin, Spit, and Dash were the last ponies to walk out the door. Spit and Dash walk happily out the door. While Soarin, who attempts to fly out the door struggles with his wings. After one try, he gives up and just trots out the door just like the rest of his classmates.

To be continued.

Author's Note

Hello fellow fimfiction readers! Those of you who are reading this chapter are awaiting the release of Chapter 2. The next chapter's release is to be decided. I'm currently studying for finals and I won't be able to have a lot of time to write the 2nd chapter. But, I will surely have time over the weekend to write the 2nd chapter.

If you wish to see a sneak peek of the 2nd chapter let me know in a PM, I might reply to your message if I surely have the time. For now dear readers, happy reading <3!

~Sango Blazer Skies~

Chapter 2 - Training With A Wonderbolt

The campers finally arrived outside, ready to train with a Co-Captain Thundershine. One by one, they lined up in a straight line in no particular order. The blue maned mare walked across every one of the campers, making sure each one of them was lined up in a straight line. She nodded in approval afterwards, seeing that all the campers were lined up straight.

"First, we're going to start with the basics. Flying. I'm going to see how well you can take off and land later on. For now, we're just going to practice. Those who are beginner flyers will come with me. And those who are already getting of hang is using their wings can practice on their own. Let's begin", Thundershine declared. She blew her whistle to start.

Everybody separated in order to practice. While the beginner flyers went with the Co-Captain. The campers, who were already getting the hang of using their wings, went to the other side of the field to practice. Rainbow Dash, Soarin, and Spitfire were youngsters who were very inexperienced flyers, so they decided to train with Thundershine.

The campers start murmuring. Thundershine notices and immediately takes action.

"Now fellow pegasai, can we minimize the murmuring? Those of you who decided to train with me will be learning how to flap their wings at the right pace while trying to take yourself off a slight inch off the cloud. This is your first warm up".

"One, flap your wings slowly. If you do it quickly, you will easily tire yourself out".

The other campers, except for Soarin, Spit and Dash, were able to fly just a slight inch from the ground. The other were able to flap their wings slowly, able to get themselves off the ground. While the three friends kept struggling, and struggling, till it was no use. Thundershine let out a silent groan of frustration and flew from her position on top of a white cumulus cloud to help the three. Soarin looked at her confused, as Spit and Dash did the same.

"Kid, your not doing it right", she said. "While the others are practicing on their own, let's go some place where I will be able to train you three privately." She carries the three friends onto her back, telling them to hold on.

With one mighty flap, Thunder took off while a black lightning cloud trail emitted from her tail and mane. Soarin, Spitfire, and Dash clutched the mare's next tight, clinging on for dear life. They flew just above the camp. Once they passed it, Thunder flew left, then straight. A minute passed, and Thunder landed on a large cloud. This cloud was the biggest out of all the rest of the clouds in the sky. T She folded her wings, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. Soarin, Spitfire, and Rainbow jumped from the mare's back and onto the soft cloud.

The Cloud Grove was Thundershine's private training area, the area was given to her as a gift by her mother and father. Ever since she could remember, she loved to practice her flying there all the time. By the time she made friends at Summer Flight Camp, she asked her parents if she could share the area with her friends. Seeing how their daughter had a pure heart, her parents approved right away. At Flight Camp one day, she told her friends about the training area her father had given to her as gift. Her friends were immediately excited when they heard the news. Thundershine began training their with her friends there ever since, sharing it with them meant a lot to the mare.

"Ms. Thundershine, where are we?" Rainbow asked.

"Rainbow Dash, we're in Cloud Grove. This is my private training area, my friends and I practice here for our relay races at the Wonderbolts Derby in Canterlot".

"Wow, that's so cool", Soarin said, as he made a cute fan face.

"Why did you take us here?" Spitfire asked, puzzled. The yellow pegasus raised a brow.

"I'll tell it you later kid. Right now, let's just focus on you three's flying skills".

Thundershine waves her hoof at Soarin. "Clipper, you first".

"Clipper?" the pale blue coat asked. His face was dazed.

"That's my nickname for ya kid, I'm calling ya Clipper because you're clumsy. Let's not get off topic, now show me what your wings are made of".

Soarin nods and starts flapping quickly to get himself off the cloud. On his first try, the colt is only slightly up in the air just for a second, but then he ends up falling back onto the soft cloud. The female wonderbolt looks at the colt worriedly, she offers her hoof to help Soarin up. "Are you okay?"

"Nope". Soarin's ears droop down. "I'm not a very experienced flyer, and I pretty much never used my wings at all. I only rode on my parent's back. I never really used my wings."

Thunder looks at the colt affectionately. She puts a pale blue wing around him. "I see. Thing is, I was in the same situation when I was your age. Back then, I wasn't a experienced flyer either. I was teased for being a really clumsy flyer. When I first started flapping these bad boys..". Thunder unfolds her wings to show Soarin. "I flapped them too quickly, just like you did kid. My parents told me I had stunted wings".

Spitfire and Rainbow Dash sit on their flanks to listen to Thunder and Soarin's conversation.

"What are stunted wings?"

"Soar, having stunted wings means that the nerves and muscles inside your wings don't start flexing at the pace it needs to go".

"So, you're saying I have stunted wings?"

"I'm afraid to say. But, yes". After hearing what the wonderbolt had just said, Soarin's eyes began to fill with tears. His ears were still drooping.

"Just by looking at the way you flap your wings, I can tell you haven't been using them for a long-". Thunder notices his eyes tear, which made her discontinue her sentence. She silently quiets herself, and wraps another wing around him, pulling him into a hug.

His two friends were still sitting on the cloud. They then see his eyes filled with tears. The get up from their seated position and go to comfort their friend, who was still in the wonderbolt's wing. Soarin tries to hide his tears by covering his eyes with his hooves. But, his body wouldn't let him. His two hooves ended up going down to his sides. As he was trying to mend his feelings, he feels two hooves wrap around him as well. He felt, a little relieved.

As Soarin's tears began to dry up, Thunder folds her wings back into their original position. She lets go of her embrace from the young colt, so does Spitfire and Rainbow.

"Soarin, you okay?" Rainbow asks worriedly.

"Yeah, thanks Dash". He nods.

"You can come to both me and Rainbow", the orange filly said in a compassionate tone.

Thunder motions her hoof to get the three youngsters' attention. "Alright you three, ready to see what you can do?" She opened her wings and leaned down, then flew up just above them.

"Yeah!", the three shouted in unison.

Thundershine smiled with glee. "Okay, that's the spirit young rookies. Who's up first to show that they can lift themselves off this cloud?"

Rainbow raises her hoof. "Ooh me."

"Okay Ms. Dash, show me what you got. "

Rainbow started to slowly flap her wings. As she slowly flapped her wings more, she began to feel herself slowly going higher. Thunder told her to flap her wings a little faster. The rainbow-maned filly did as she was told, and she flapped her wings a little faster. As she got the hang of it, she put her hoofs in front of her and flew straight towards the cloud ring. Rainbow focused her eyes on the cloud ring, turned herself right side up, and flew straight into the cloud hoop. Thundershine's mouth gawked in surprise.

"Wahoo!!" her two friends cheered from the cloud below.

Rainbow loved the adrenaline. The feeling of the wind in her mane. She liked it. Being the fast learner that she was, she decided to take on the real challenge; the Sonic Rainboom. As she was flying, she thought to herself. The Sonic Rainboom is just an old pony's tale. I won't be to pull off such a spectacular feat. But, my gut's telling me I gotta try. I'm not going to give up. She flew up, then falcon-dived as her wings had the sense to partially fold themselves. Around her, more pressure of air began to go on her. But, she didn't care. The air particles begin to clump together just beneath her hoof, more clumps of air particles went above her to form a sonic. A rainbow trail ignited from behind her as she flew down faster. Finally, a BOOM ignited from behind Rainbow. She did it! She did the Sonic Rainboom!

Her friends continued to cheer her from below, still leaving an awestruck wonderbolt enchanted.

Magical sparkles surrounded Rainbow Dash. As she saw the sparkles move around her, she closed her eyes letting it surrounded her. There, on her flank, appeared her cutie mark. A white cloud with a blue red lightning bolt.

Rainbow flew back down to the cloud feeling proud of herself. Her friends went over to her and gave her a big hug. She gratefully hugged them back.

Thunder looked at her. "Look at your flank Rainbow."

Rainbow looked at her flank. "Woo, I got my cutie mark!"

Soarin smiled. "We're proud of you."

Spitfire smiled too. "Congrats BFF".

Thunder just smiles, and looks down at the watch in her right hoof. It was already 11:00AM. "Do you three want to continue training or take a break?"

The three of them hear their stomachs rumble. "Can we continue later? I'm kinda hungry", they all said at the same time.

Thunder rolls her eyes. "Oh alright, I guess it wouldn't hurt to get a bite. Want to join my teammates and I at Pie in the Sky for lunch? Or do you wanna go back to the camp to eat lunch?

Soarin, Spit, and Dash's ears perk.

"Pie in the Sky Cafe!" the three shouted at the same time.

"Okay, we'll continue flight training later. Soarin and Spitfire are next though".

Rainbow Dash decides to fly by herself while Soarin and Spit hop onto Thundershine's back. Together, the 4 ponies flew from the Cloud Grove and into the skies to Cloudsdale Plaza.

To be continued.

Author's Note

Hear is the 2nd chapter of A Dream Come True like I promised. The next release of the chapter will be decided. I have a final coming up, so I won't be able to update this week though. Chapter 3 will continue with Training With A Wonderbolt and a casual lunch at Pie In the Sky cafe. Thunder's teammates will be featured in the next chapter, so stay tuned.:raritywink:

~Sango (Dash)~

Chapter 3 - Eating With The Bolts

Chapter 3 - Flight Training Continues & Eating With The Bolts
By: Sango-Blazer Skies

Cloudsdale Plaza

After a few minutes of flying, Thundershine, Soarin, Dash, and Spitfire finally arrive at Cloudsdale Plaza. Soarin and Spitfire jump off the female wonderbolt's back after they landed on the cloud. While Rainbow made a swift landing onto the cloud. The four ponies could hear their stomachs rumble, together the four just laughed.

"Welcome to Cloudsdale Plaza you three. Not only home to Pie in the Sky Cafe, but also home to one of my favorite shops. Come on, let's do a little exploring before we head to the cafe. My teammates will be here soon", Thunder said, as she started walking.

"Wait!" Soarin beckoned. "Where are we going to explore first?"

"Just follow me", she said.

Soarin, Spit, and Dash went to catch up with the wonderbolt. Since they had 15 minutes to explore, the first place they went to was Clouds Sportsware. As they entered the store, they saw that the store not only had sports equipment. But, also exercise machines, sports wear, and team uniforms. Even so much more.

Thunder looked at the three. "Well, what do you think of the store?"

"I love it! This is totally the store I would come to shop at", Rainbow Dash said eagerly.

"Take a look around rookies, but be sure to stay together", the Co-captain of the bolts said in approval. "Be sure to meet me at the exit in 10 minutes though."

"We will", Soarin, Dash, and Spit said at the same time.

They parted ways. Thunder went to the exit to wait for the three. While she was waiting, she took out a journal from the pocket of her uniform, and a quill in the other pocket. She started writing as she waited.

Meanwhile, the three friends were walking into a section filled with flight uniforms, mainly worn by flight aerial teams. Rainbow, who was too short to reach the hanger, flew right by the rack, then at the spot where a grey flight unform was hanging. She took it from its hanging spot on the rack, flew down, folded her wings, and looked at the uniform with admiration. 'Wow', Rainbow thought.

Soarin and Spitfire trotted next to their friend. "Dash, what are you holding in your hoof?" Dash's pale blue friend asked, questioning her.

Dash just snickered. "A flight uniform Soar."

Soarin and Spitfire take a closer look at the flight uniform. It had white royal swirls painted at he collar, small white spots just above the sleeve, and a small white stripes painted on the sleeves. The tag labeled Aerial Course Uniform.

Thunder is still waiting at the exit, writing in her journal. As she was writing the last sentence down in her journal, she feels a hoof tapping on her shoulder. She turns around to see her friend Stormy Flare.

Thundershine jumped. "Stormy!?! You scared me".

"You should go look for those three Thundershine", Stormy suggested, as she lifted her goggles from her eyes.

"Where are the others?"

"They're waiting at Pie in the Sky for us. I'll meet you there."

"Okay."

Thundershine waved to her friend, who left in the direction of her other teammates who were also headed to Pie in the Sky Cafe. She walked further into the store looking for Soarin, Spitfire, and Dash.

"Soarin? Spitfire? Rainbow Dash? Where are you three?" a voice called. The voice was three aisles away. "It's time to go eat. My teammates are already here."

The three hear Thundershine calling them. They put the flight uniform back in its hanger and left the aisle. After leaving the aisle, they see Thundershine walking towards them.

"There you three are", the wonderbolt said. "Ready to go eat at Pie in the Sky?"

"Yeah!" Together, they exited the Clouds Sportswear and into the direction of the cafe.

Easyglider, Stormy Flare, Rainbow Spectrum, Flash, Fire Blaze, Firefly, Purple Dart, Wind Rider, and Fairyweather were already at Pie in the Sky waiting for their teammate. While they waited, they chatted about their daily lives and many other things.

"Guys, it's been 5 minutes and our little sis hasn't even step through the restaurant door yet", Easyglider said, as he looked at the clock on the wall. "It's almost 11:20, where is she?"

"Can you be patient Glide?" Firefly said to him, as she gave him a dirty look.

Easyglider rolls his eyes."Ooh, of course I will Firefly", he says.

Firefly and Easy continue their conversation.

"I know your sister way better than you do", the pink mare said, challenging him.

"Oh really, well what's my sister's favorite color?"

"It's dark navy blue".

"What was her favorite thing to do in flight school?"

"Fly, duh".

"Okay..what made her the highest ranking Bolt?"

"Through intense military training of course".

Easy snickers. "Yeah right, obvious choice. Wrong".

"What!?! That's what she told me".

"She did?". Easy was quite surprised. "When did she tell you?"

"Before we became wonderbolts you idiot".

"I told you not to call me that".

Firefly snickers at him.

As Firefly and Easyglider continue bickering like fillies fighting over a piece of candy, Thunder finally arrives opening the door behind her, along with three other youngsters who entered the door in front of her.

Easyglider stops his bickering with Firefly, gets up from his seat, and walks over to his little sister. "Sis, what took you so long?"

"Hey big brother. Sorry I took so long, we kinda lost our way trying to find the cafe. We had to ask other ponies for directions, and I had to wait for those three.." She points to Soarin, Spitfire, and Dash. "..to be done using the bathroom".

Easyglider points his hoof at the three young ponies standing next to his sister. "Who are these three young ponies?"

"Easy, meet Soarin, Spitfire, and Rainbow Dash."

Soarin, Spitfire and Dash wave at Thundershine's older brother.

Easy called for his two teammates. "Hey Firefly, Spectrum. Your little Dashie's here".

Dash's parents get up from their seats to go and their greet their daughter.

"Hey Dashie, how's my little girl been?" Spectrum says, giving his daughter a noogie.

"I've been good dad", Rainbow Dash said, nuzzling her father.

Seeing that Dash's father is a wonderbolt, Soarin's mouth opens in shock.

'I can't believe it, Dash's parents are wonderbolts. I've heard so much about Spectrum and Firefly, my dad always talks about them everyday. This is a dream come true, I'm finally meeting the rest of the members'.

Spectrum notices Soarin's shocked expression, and immediately falls to the ground laughing hard. After about a minute, he gets up from the floor and walks over to Soarin.

"You seem to be fan of us. What's your name kid?" he says.

"N-n-n-names Soarin", Soarin said, stuttering.

"Mom!" Spitfire said, as she saw a pony she recognized immediately.

The bright yellow filly runs up to another yellow mare in a wonderbolt uniform. "Spitfire, hey. How have you been? Did you like training with Thundershine?"

"Whoa mom, slow down. I've been good. It was actually really fun to train with Thunder. Wait mom, did you grow up with her?"

Stormy nods. "I did grow up with her. How can you tell?"

"Well, you two seem really close."

"We are. Thundershine and I knew each other since we were in diapers."

Spitfire was shocked. "What?! Really?!"

Stormy laughs. "Yup".

As the group continued chatting and catching up with one another, the waiter came to take their order. "Ready to order?" he asks. "Yes", Spitfire's mother says. "We'll have our usual".

The waiter nodded. "Alright then, your food will arrive in about 20 minutes". After taking their order, the waiter walks off to the next table to write down another order.

Flash breaks the silence. "Okay, this is awkward. What do you guys want to talk about?"

"Dunno bro", Thundershine shrugs, as she looks at her brother.

"Little sis? I was also wondering where you've been, since you never told me", Flash said, as he made eye contact with his little sis.

Thunder facehoofed. "Flash, I already told the same thing to Easy. Alright, since you wanna know. Before I finally made my way to Pie in the Sky, I got lost. So, I had to ask for directions. Before I was able to finally open the door, I had to wait for Soarin, Spit, and Dash to finish using the bathroom. There, that's your answer".

Flash starts teasing her. "Ooo, it seems Blue Streak was right, you do have a soft side".

Thunder's face reddens. "Spot it big bro, your a tease".

Soarin was sitting next to Rainbow Dash's mother and father. While sitting at the table, he hears his father's name being mentioned by Flash himself. 'Blue Streak? That's my father's name. Could they be related to him? My father did tell me that he grew up with three siblings. But, he never told me whether they were boys or girls. Dad, what were you not telling me?' the young pale blue colt thought.

The folks were talking for the past 15 minutes. They took sips from their glasses of water every now and then. Five minutes ticked by and their food was eventually served. Their meal consisted of several hayburgers, sweet potato fries, assortments of soups, apple pie, and apple juice. Soarin chose to eat the apple pie, Spitfire chose to eat a hayburger and sweet potato fries, while Rainbow chose to drink an assorted veggie soup.

"Mmm, this soup is tasty", Rainbow Dash said, as she slurped while her holding her spoon with her hoof.

The other wonderbolts notice Soarin eating sloppily into his pie, they just laughed. Soarin looks up from eating his apple pie, he sees the other members of the team laughing at him. The colt immediately blushes, and slowly gobbles down his pie instead.

"Son, you're such a messy eater", a voice calls from outside. It was Soarin's father Blue Streak Skies, who was also Flash's, Easyglider's, and Thundershine's older brother was outside the restaurant window watching them eat.

"Dad? What are you doing here?" the pale blue colt asked, as he turned from the pie in front of him.

"Well son, before I give you an explanation. Can I at least eat with you and your friends? I'm starving", Blue Streak said.

"Sure dad, come on in". The colt gets up from his seat, and goes to the open the door for his father.

Blue Streak walks in, his siblings could tell his stomach was rumbling. His three younger siblings could hear their brother's stomach rumble so loudly, that the three just laughed.

"Really big brother, you come in for lunch at a time like this? It's almost noon", Flash said, laughing.

Streak rolls his eyes. "Flash, you knew I had to."

Soarin looks at his dad confused. "Dad, you know him?"

Blue Streak sighs. "Soarin, I think's it's time I told you a little story. You see, the three pegasai you just met today are my siblings." Soarin gawks his mouth open. Noticing his son's funny reaction, Blue Streak chuckles. "Anyway, where I was I? Oh right."

He continues his sentence. "I was born to two fast flying parents, Dawning Sunset and Orion Skies. They had four children: me, Flash, Easyglider, and Thundershine. All three of us were born and raised in Cloudsdale. When my siblings and I were younger, we loved telling jokes, eating the same foods, pranking our parents, read the same books, but most importantly...we loved flying fast together. I remembered that every morning when we woke up, we would go flying before breakfast. But, as time went by, we grew apart. We had different dreams for the future. My three younger siblings wanted to be really successful flyers, and they were able to achieve that dream by becoming the founding members of the Wonderbolts."

"Dad, when did they become wonderbolts?"

"I don't remember son, maybe you should ask them", Soarin's father said, pointing to his three younger siblings.

Soarin nodded. "Okay". And went back to finishing his apple pie.

Time flew by fast for the other members, they continued chatting until it was time for them to head back to practice. "Guys, we gotta go the stadium and practice for our 2:00PM show. Little sis, we'll meet you there after your teaching session is done at Summer Flight Camp", Flash said facing his sister, then to the others. "See ya guys at the stadium", Thundershine called. Flash waved to Thundershine, the other members waved as well. She waved back as they headed out the door.

After about a second, Soarin gobbled down the last remaining pieces of his pie. He looked around the table. "Dad, where did they go?"
"Son, they just left. Anyways, I gotta get back to work at the weather factory". He kissed his son's forehead. "I'll meet you at the stadium just in time for the wonderbolt's airshow, my shift is over then". Blue Streak waved to his son as he walked out the door. Soarin walks to the window and puts his hoof on the glass, he sees his father walking a few blocks, then taking off into the sky towards the weather factory.

Thundershine opens the door. "Soarin, Spitfire, Dash. It's time to head back to Flight Camp." The three follow the wonderbolt as she was the first one to head out the door, she closed the door behind them. Soarin and Spifire jumped onto her back, while Dash decided to fly on her own like before. Together, they took off back to Flight Camp.

To be continued.

Chapter 4 - Flight Training Continues

4. Flight Training Continues
By: Sango-Blazer Skies

After a few minutes of flying like usual, Thundershine flew just above Flight Camp, with Soarin and Spifire still on her back. Rainbow Dash caught up with her afterwards. The female wonderbolt flew down quickly as the rainbow-maned filly followed alongside her. Thunder closed her wings, and opened them again to position her landing. She flapped both her wings at the same time, slowly, as she landed diligently onto the ground of the aerial course. Soarin and Spitfire still held onto the mare's back, while Rainbow landed gracefully onto the ground. Thunder put a wing down to let Soarin and Spitfire slide off her back. "Whee!" they both said excitedly, as they slid down her wing.

Once Spitfire and Soarin were on the ground, they both laughed. The Co-captain of the Bolts laughed along with them. "Did you both enjoy going out to eat lunch with me? At least one of you got to see your parents", Thundershine said, as she smiled at the three friends. Soarin, Spitfire, and Dash smiled back at her.

"I enjoyed eating lunch with you ma'am", Soarin said.

"Me too", Spitfire said.

"Me three", Rainbow Dash chimed in.

The wonderbolt giggles. "Well, I'm glad. Ready to continue where we left off in our training? Remember rookies, you're stuck with me until 1:30 in the afternoon today. Oh, and Rainbow, you can just sit down and watch."

The rainbow-maned filly nodded and went to find a close bench to sit on.

"Spitfire, Soarin. You two were next, remember?" she said. Both of their ears perk, Soarin and Spitfire immediately run towards the mare to closely listen to her instructions.

"Alright you two, follow my instructions carefully. First, open your wings. This is the most basic part you have to do when you're starting to fly for the first time."

Soarin and Spitfire both did as they were told and unfolded their wings, opening them afterwards.

"Alright, moving on. Start flapping your wings at the same time, but slowly". Both of them tried flapping both of their wings as slow as possible, but Spitfire ends up flapping her right wing more than her left. While Soarin was able to kind of get the hang of flapping both his wings at the same time.

Thundershine notices Spitfire mistake. "Spitfire, you're flapping your right wing more than your left wing. Your wings are stunted as well, what caused the muscles in your wings to not flex?"

Spitfire shrugged. "Ma'am, I think it's because I've never exercised my wings."

Thundershine give the filly a worried look. "Spit, it's important that you always exercise your wings before you fly. If you don't, then your wing muscles begin to cramp."

"Lay down for me, I'm going to massage your wings. This should help get the cramp and soreness off your wings".

Spitfire lays down on her back and stretches out on the ground.

"Does that feel better Spitfire?" The orange filly just nods. The wonderbolt massaged the most painful part of the bright yellow filly's small wings until each was erect. After she was done massaging her wings, Spitfire gets up from the using her two back hooves to lift herself up. Relieved, the bright yellow filly says, "Ah, better".

Spitfire continues practicing on her own, while Thundershine went to check up on Soarin's flight progress.

"Soarin, how are you doing?"

"I'm doing okay now, thanks to your helpful tips", the pale blue colt said happily. Soarin was flapping his wings this time at a steady pace. With Thundershine's massage being able to help relieve the pain in his wing muscles, he was able to fly better.

"I'm glad my wing massage helped your wings a lot. " To thank the wonderbolt, Soarin hugged her. Thunder, who was blushing at the little colt's action, immediately hugged him back. 'Why am I starting to care for this young pale blue colt?' the wonderbolt wondered to herself. After a few seconds, Thunder and Soarin let go from each other's embrace.

"Soarin, why don't you go and practice your flying skills while I train Spitfire?" Thundershine said, as she signaled him to find a space somewhere outside. The young colt nodded and flew to find a space to practice.

The wonderbolt turned to look at Spitfire, who was still standing a few inches away waiting for her. Thundershine walked over to the filly and continued her sentence. "Okay, where were we? Oh, right. Spitfire, ready to continue flight training?"

"It's time that we work on taking off from the ground for the first time. Don't you agree?" the female wonderbolt asked, still facing the filly in front of her.

"Ready for anything ma'am", Spitfire said, pretending to salute. Thundershine laughed at the bright yellow filly's action, and pretended to salute back.

"Now, like I said. Prepare to open your wings. Second, flap your wings slowly at the same time. If you flap your wings too fast, you get tired easily. Here, I'll demonstrate for you first". The female wonderbolt opens her wings, and slowly begins to flap them. Since she was already an experienced flyer, she immediately flapped her wings a little faster. Thunder leaned straight, after a second, she flipped over flying on her back. As she was flying, she twisted her body into a quick circular motion. The circular motion she made formed a black cloud lightning trail behind her, as the trail itself emitted from her tail and mane. She stopped twisting her body in a circular motion, flew up quickly, and flew down as the black smoke trail continued to emit from behind her. Particles from the black smoke trail she created were starting to clump together behind her, as the particles of black smoke twisted together. Blazes of lightning emitted from around the mare and the trail she created. Then BOOM! Blazes of lightning turned into a twister-like form, flashing before the bright yellow filly’s eyes. The female wonderbolt just showed her the Artist Flash, one of Princess Celestia’s favorite routines by the Bolts themselves.

’ What trick did she do just now? I have never seen a trick like that before,’ Spitfire thought, as her mouth opened in shock.

Thundershine landed and flew down to where Spitfire was standing. Noticing her shocked expression, she begins chuckling, snapping the filly out of her thoughts. Once Spitfire came back to reality, her mouth opens to say something. “Uh, um, what trick did you just to do after you demonstrated for me?” she asked. “Spitfire, the spectacular feat I just did is one of my team’s most favorite tricks to do in our shows, the Artist Flash”, Thundershine told the young filly. “Sorry if I got carried away there. I was only suppose to demonstrate on how you should lift yourself off the ground with your wings.”

Spitfire put a hoof to the mare’s chest. “It’s okay, I didn’t mind at all.” Thunder looks at the filly affectionately. “Thanks kid.” ’Oh no, it’s happening again. You’re also starting to care for this young filly’, said a voice inside the wonderbolt’s mind. ’She does seem kind of familiar, don’t ya think?’ The female wonderbolt quickly snaps out of her thoughts, bring herself back to reality.

“Anyway, let’s get back to training Spit”, she said. Spitfire nodded.

The wonderbolt continued her sentence. “Now that I demonstrated for you, it’s your turn to show me what you can do”. At hearing that, Spitfire’s legs start shaking nervously. To calm her down, the wonderbolt walked up to her and gave her a hug like Soarin did with her earlier. Thundershine patted the filly’s back, calming her down a little. “It’s okay Spitfire, there’s nothing to be nervous about. I’ll be right here in front of you, just think happy thoughts as you fly”.

Spitfire felt a little better at the reassurance the wonderbolt gave her, her four hooves stopped shaking after that. “Okay”, the bright yellow filly nodded. Spitfire unfolded her wings, got down slightly on all four hooves, and began to slowly flap her wings. Once she was able to get the hang of flapping her wings at a slow pace, Thunder told the young filly to flap a little faster. Spitfire did as she was told and flapped her wings a little fast. Thunder smiled. “Good job, you’re getting it. It seems my wing massage helped your wings a lot. How do you feel now?”

“I feel amazing, thank you”. Spitfire flew straight towards her, embracing the wonderbolt into a hug. Thundershine’s cheeks reddened again at her actions. “Y-y-you’re welcome”, she stuttered, as she hugged her back.

Rainbow Dash and Soarin, who were sitting on a bench just below them awed at the two. Thundershine turned from her embrace and beckoned a hoof at Spitfire’s two friends. “Why, don’t you two join us for a group hug?”

“Sure”, Soarin and RD said in unison. Together, they both flew from the bench they were sitting on and joined into Thundershine and Spitfire’s embrace.

The female wonderbolt smiled at the three, as they let go from one another. “I’m so proud of you three. Not only did you guys follow my instructions wisely, you also chose to be dedicated with what I taught you. The flight tips I gave you are the key things you’re gonna have to remember as you three get older. Even for the rest of colts and fillies that are part of your camp group.”

The three friends nodded.

Thunder paused for a second, then continued. “Anyway, do you want to continue training or call it a day?”

“Let’s call it day”, Soarin said, feeling exhausted.

“I agree”, Rainbow Dash said.

Thundershine, Soarin, Rainbow Dash, and Spitfire flew down from the blue sky and landed on the ground. The four folded their wings with a relieving smile on their faces. The female wonderbolt looks at the clock on the camp’s entrance frontier, it was 1:25PM in the afternoon. ’It’s 1:25 in the afternoon, I should probably tell those three youngsters I have to go soon.’

While the wonderbolt was deep in thought, a delivery pony flies down from above her. To get Thunder’s attention, he puts a hoof close to his muzzle and whistles loudly. Thundershine jumps in surprise, and turns to face the pegasus mail pony.

“Co-captain Thundershine, I have a letter for you”, he said. He read the front of the envelope. “It’s from your brother, Captain Flash”.

“Thank you”, she said, as the mail pony flew away to continue his deliveries. ’Why would my brother send me a letter at this time?’ Thundershine wondered. Sealed at the flap of the envelope was the wonderbolt’s seal. To not damage the delicate seal, she slowly peeled off the paper flap until it came off. Inside the envelope contained a note on a small piece of paper and three tickets and backstage V.I.P passes.

’Who are these tickets and passes for? Might as well read the letter to found out’.

Dear Thundershine,

In this envelope, there are three tickets and three backstage V.I.P passes I booked for Soarin, Spitfire, and Rainbow Dash. I booked these just for the three youngsters because they’ve been so good to you little sis, I’ve already started taking a liking to them. As a generous brother, I thought why not invite them backstage after the show since their such dedicated fans. But anyways, it’s best that you arrive at practice early, the rest of us are waiting for you at the Outdoor Cloudimonium. Hope to see you there!

Oh, and one more thing! Please attend the autograph signing, you haven’t been attending any autograph signings due to the big load of paperwork you have back in your office at the academy. Stay cool as always!

Sincerely,

Captain Flash

Of the Wonderbolts

After reading the letter, she looked at the piece of paper with a shocked expression. ’I’ll tell Soarin, Spitfire and Dash right away!’

“Soarin, Spitfire, Dash! I’ve got a surprise for you”, Thundershine called to the three friends. The three of them trotted over to her, looking at her with confusion.

“What is it?” they three of them said at the same time.

She showed them three backstage V.I.P passes and tickets from behind her. “Look for yourselves”.

“Ohmygoshohmygosh!” Rainbow Dash said, as her eyes glowed. “How did you get these?” She pointed to the three tickets and passes the female wonderbolt was holding in her hoof.

“My brother booked you three tickets to see our 2PM show at the Cloudsdale Cloudimonium today”.

“It’s almost 1:30, we should get going”, Soarin suggested.

“What about the other fillies and colts? Will they be going?” Spitfire asked.

Thunder shook her head at Spitfire’s question. “Maybe, it depends on them. Don’t mind them”.

Thundershine walked away from the three to find her teams’ saddlebag lying outside on the bench. She grabbed it with her mouth and trotted back to the three friends. The three looked at her, wondering what she was doing. She rummaged through her bags, taking out extra made wonderbolt uniforms, snacks, extra cadet uniforms, and her team’s printed water bottle and towel. Her bag was almost empty until she spotted what she was looking for; three actual wonderbolt flight goggles. She took them out of her saddle bag, then putted the items she took out of her saddlebag back in. After that, she made her way back to Soarin, Spitfire and Dash.

Once she arrived at their sight, they looked at what she was holding in her mouth.

“Before we go to see the show, I want you have these.”

The three friends’ mouths gawked open.

Thunder laughs. “Hehehehe, you three should really stop doing that.” She gives them her team’s goggles one by one. They separately put the goggles on their heads. After a minute of struggling to put the goggles on, they finally tightened the yellow bands around their ears.

The wonderbolt began to fly into the cloud filled sky. “Let’s fly to the Cloudimonium rookies”, she said, beckoning her hoof at them. They flew after her. Thunder flew in front as the three flew beside her, as they headed for the Cloudimonium.

Author's Note

Here’s Chapter 4, the continuation of Soarin, Spitfire, and Dash’s flight training with a wonderbolt. This chapter took me forever to write, I’m such a slow writer. I only update chapters once a week, just to let you know. But anyway, enough about the chapter updates.

Enjoy reading! Next chapter will be out eventually, release date has not been decided yet. I need time to plan the release date of chapter 5 as much as I need inspiration to write the next chapter.