Take To The Sky (A SoarinDash One-shot)

by Ironfire Skies

Rating: everyone
Tags: Romance, Soarin, Fleetfoot, Rainbow Dash, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 2586

Rainbow Dash is about to head out for a midnight fly alone. But, one stallion asks if he could accompany her on this flight they both will remember together.

Rainbow Dash, now a wonderbolt, is practicing her flying one night. Her close friend/teammate Soarin sees her alone and decides to accompany her. The two pegasi talk about their interests, they both realize that they have a lot in common. They even went through similar situations during their previous lifetimes.

But, something is bothering Soarin. For the longest time, he has a huge crush on Rainbow Dash, ever since she won the Best Young Fliers Competition two years ago. He's afraid to tell the mare how he feels about her. But Soarin tells himself to stallion up and tell her how he feels. Still, he's too nervous. He realized that confessing his feelings to the mare he really liked was going to be hard for him. But, he tries.
Will he finally tell her about his feelings? Will Rainbow return his affections?

Character(s):
-Soarin
-Rainbow Dash
-Fleetfoot

I do not own the cover art.

Author Note: To make your understanding clear about my writing, I do not always feature romance in the stories I write. Since it's difficult to write about Romance, I'll try my best to make the actions of the characters as sappy as possible (if needed).

Inspired by the song To the Sky by Owl City.

Prequel to Oxygen.

Published 2017-06-21 19:50:06 UTC
Last updated 2017-06-21 19:50:06 UTC

Flying High With You

Take To The Sky (A SoarinDash One-Shot)
By: Sango-Blazer Skies
Flying High With You

It was a beautiful night, Luna's starry night sky was brighter than ever before. A good night for any pegasus to go for a night fly while processing their personal thoughts. But this night was perfect for a certain rainbow-maned mare.

Rainbow Dash was in the locker room putting away her towel and flight goggles. After such a long day of intense practice, the mare was exhausted. But, she didn't let exhaustion get the best of her. 'Maybe I should go for a midnight fly later. I do have a lot on my mind', Rainbow thought to herself. She had a sad look on her face, the mare missed her friends.

It was too bad that her friends were busy with their own lives. Her alicorn friend Twilight Sparkle was far too busy with royal duties and friendship lessons. With her personal royal guard/coltfriend Flash Sentry by her side, she wasn't alone. Fluttershy was too busy taking care of the animals at her cottage. Pinkie Pie had to help take over Sugarcube Corner while Mr and Ms. Cake we're away with their twins on vacation in Haywaii. Rarity had 20 dress orders to finish. Lastly, Applejack had apple orders to fill for a couple of customers.

She took the picture she had of her friends from the side of her locker door with her hoof, taking it down from the magnet that was holding the picture.

Tears started forming from Rainbow Dash's eyes. "Guys, I understand that your lives right now are busy. But, I'm already starting to miss you no matter how many letters I receive from you guys", Rainbow said to herself.

It has been two weeks since Dash has been a Wonderbolt. She liked her teammates, they were like her second family. But still, her friends were her first. Rainbow Dash loved her friends way more.

Fleetfoot, who was also in the locker room putting her goggles and towels away, hears Rainbow Dash crying. Her ears perk, she turns from her locker and walks towards the rainbow-maned mare.

"Crash, I heard you crying. Can you tell me what's wrong?" Fleetfoot asked, concerned.

Dash looks up from the photo she was looking at. "Ever since I joined the team, I'm already starting to miss my friends. It's too bad their busy with their own lives right now back in Ponyville. " Her ears droop down.

Fleet puts a hoof around Dash's shoulder. "I understand what you're going through Dash".

"You see, I was one of the youngest members to ever join the Bolts. Before I joined, I was a weather pony. When I finally got in, I started missing my old friends too. They too were busy with their own lives to even have some time with me. We only stayed in touch by letter and only got to see each other once a year".

"Oh."

"But enough about me. Maybe you should go out for a fly to help clear your head. It helped a certain wonderbolt before", the turquoise mare declared.

Rainbow dried her tears, but she was still feeling down. "That's what I was thinking about earlier Fleetfoot. But thanks for the suggestion".

"No problem Crash", she said. Fleetfoot let go of her embrace from Rainbow Dash and headed down the hall to her bedroom.

After Fleetfoot left, Dash put the picture she had of her friends back into her locker and closed it. 'The night is so beautiful, a perfect place to fly in', Dash thought, as she looked out the window.

Before Rainbow Dash decided to head out for a fly, she decided to go back to her bedroom to get a snack. She walked away from the locker room and into the sleeping quarters. Rainbow made a right as she was walking in the hallway, and arrived at her bedroom door. She opened the door with her hoof once she was standing just outside her door. Once Rainbow was in her room, she closed the door behind her. Rainbow's bedroom in the HQ was spacious, her mattress was decorated with a light blue bed sheet, her pillows were covered with rainbow themed pillow cases, and the blanket had her cutie mark printed onto the fabric. Every piece of furniture in the room was seen placed in a very organizing order. Hanging on the walls were not only pictures of former members of the Bolts, but there was one picture that laid in the middle of all the pictures that were hanging in her room. It was a picture of her friends, the rainbow-maned mare herself was in the picture as well. The picture was taken at Twilight Sparkle’s castle in Ponyville. This was RD’s favorite picture.

Dash opened a small fridge that was right next to her bed. She rummaged through the fridge for two minutes until she found a small basket that contained three apples. 'These snacks are perfect for a night snack', Rainbow thought. She used her hoof to take the basket of apples out of the fridge, after that, she closed the door. Dash set the apples aside onto her night stand.

Rainbow Dash sat down onto her bed as she looked out her window. The night was perfect to go for a fly, with Luna’s moon shining brighter, it was the perfect moment to enjoy the moment of flying. As she continued staring at the beautiful night sky from her bed, she hears a knock on her bedroom door.

”Knock knock knock!” went the door.

Rainbow Dash gets up from her bed and walks to the door. She opens it with her hoof, there standing in the door way was a pale blue stallion who wore a goofy smile upon his face. Rainbow Dash recognized the visitor that was standing at her door.

“Soarin? What are you doing here?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Hey Dash, I was wondering if you wanted to go flying with me? Since it’s such a beautiful night, it’s perfect just for the two of us”, Soarin said, blushing.

Rainbow Dash blushed. “Of course Soarin.”

“Alright then Dash, let’s go”.

Rainbow Dash heads to her nightstand and grabs the basket of apples with her mouth. Soarin holds the door for Rainbow Dash as she heads out the door first, Soarin then closes the door behind them. Together, the two pegasai walked down the hall of the mares’ sleeping quarters until they made it to the locker room. Once they exited the locker room, they arrived at their exit. Being a gentelcolt, Soarin opens the door for RD again. The rainbow-maned mare thanks him by kissing his cheek before she headed out the door. Soarin felt dazed for a moment, but he immediately snapped out of his daze as the door closed behind him.

Once both of them were outside, they opened both of their wings from its original folded position and take to the sky. As they were both flying, Soarin’s thoughts begin to linger in his head.

’Why am I falling for her even more? I really like Rainbow Dash, this feeling I have towards her is no longer a crush. But, it really does feel like I’m falling in love with her’.

‘Do I love her?’

‘Of course you do you silly lovestruck stallion, you’ve been harboring a huge crush on her since the Best Young Fliers Competition. Ever since she joined the team, I really got to learn more about her each day. You’re always protective of her,
Spitfire and the others can see that’.

Rainbow Dash notices Soarin zoning out as they were both flying. She goes to set the basket of apples she had in her mouth onto a nice cloud that was close by.

She waves a hoof in front of the light blue stallion’s face. “Yo Soarin, Equestria to Soarin”.

Soarin immediately snaps out of his thoughts. “Oh, sorry Rainbow Dash. Just thinking”.

“About what?” Rainbow Dash asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Oh um you know, the time I first met you. I can’t stop thinking about the day you first competed in the Best Young Fliers Competition”, Soarin said, trying to hide his blush.

The rainbow-maned mare nods, and turns to see him hiding his blush. “Tell me more about that day. And, why are you blushing?”

“I can’t help how I feel about you", he said softly. Soarin clears his voice. “Ahem, what I meant to say is Dash is that I have very strong feelings for you. Spitfire and the others already noticed how protective I am of you, they even know that I love you a lot. I know that I’m not very good at expressing my feelings, but what I’m trying to say is that I love you Rainbow Dash. Whenever I’m with you, I feel so secure and happy, even though we are really close friends. I was so nervous to tell you how I felt. Not only that, I’ve been attracted to your brashy, tomboyish nature. I find it cute in a certain way. Sorry if I've been so afraid to tell you how I feel about you."

"Soarin, it doesn't hurt to tell me about how you feel", Rainbow Dash said, as she put a hoof to his cheek. "Truth to be told, I was also shy to tell you how I felt about you as well. And yes, I also do have feelings for you, I can tell my feelings for you are very strong as well. I love you too, my faithful wonderbolt."

Without hesitating, Rainbow Dash leans closer to Soarin and lays her head under his neck. Blushing at her actions for a second, he also returns the embrace by wrapping his wing around the mare's back.

"You hungry?" she asks, using her hoof to point to a basket of apples that weren't too far away from them.

Soarin nods. "Maybe just a little". He lets go from Rainbow Dash's embrace, which she did as well, and walks over to where the basket of apples lay. Soarin grabs the basket of apple with his mouth and walks back to Rainbow Dash. Once he arrived at Rainbow Dash's side, he sat down next to her and puts a wing around her to make sure the mare didn't leave his side.

Soarin uses his muzzle to roll an apple to Dash. Rainbow blushes at the gesture and immediately bites into the red juicy apple. Spats of the apple's sweet juice splashes onto her muzzle. Soarin laughs, turns his head to the mare, and licks the juices that spilled onto her nose.

The rainbow-maned mare giggles and blushes.

After five minutes of eating their delicious snack, the two new-soon-to-be couple nuzzled one another and looked at the Luna's bright moon. It was such a beautiful night for the two. Rainbow's eyes glowed along with moonlight and Soarin couldn't help but stare. 'She's too pretty to look at', his mind told him. At the thought, his face becomes more red. Without paying attention to his actions, he find himself leaning in closer to her. Rainbow Dash turns her gaze from the moon to Soarin as she notices the stallion slowly leaning in closer to her.

Rainbow Dash's eyes widened. 'Is he going to kiss me? Right, I think he is'.

Their muzzles touch one another, both blushing at first, Soarin closes his eyes first. He leans his head to the left and slowly puts his lips on Rainbow's. The mare's eyes widen in shock as her wings opened, indicating she was surprised at the light pale blue stallion's actions. Realizing how much Soarin meant to her, she close her eyes and kisses him back.

Their kiss lasted only for two seconds.

Two seconds passed, and both pulled away from the passionate kiss they shared with one another. Both pegasai looked at one another with starry eyes for a second.

Rainbow scratches her head with her hoof nervously. "That was something, truth to be told Soarin, I've actually never kissed anypony before". Soarin does the same. "Well, I have".

Dash raises an eyebrow. "What do you mean Soarin?"

"You see Rainbow, I dated many mares before, mostly fan mares and yes I've kissed them before. But, my relationship with every single one didn't last that long. I was going out with each and everyone of them for a week. From one mare to the next, they only wanted me for my title as a Wonderbolt. Every single mare I dated always bragged about dating a wonderbolt to their friends, I found out a week later and broke up with them from one to the next. But you Dash, you're different than all the other mares I've dated. You accepted me for who I am, as a wonderbolt and as an ordinary pony."

Rainbow Dash's eyes widened. She realized that she was like every other wonderbolt fan back then, only admiring each wonderbolt for their title. But, once she really got to know the team more back at the Best Young Fliers Competition, Rainbow realized that they too were just ordinary ponies. Under the blue lightning patterned uniform and goggles, they were just them. Nopony else.

"Soarin, I understand how you feel. After getting to know you and the other members back at the Best Young Fliers Competition, I realized it too that you and others are just ordinary ponies. And I respect that. You may be wonderbolts, but inside, you're just you".

Soarin puts his head onto her rainbow-maned mane. "Thank you.....Dashie. I love you".

Rainbow blushes at the nickname her friends give her. "I love you too Soar. Dashie, really?"

Soarin blushes. "I like it, it suits you."

"My friends call me Dashie, but I like hearing it from you", Dash said, giggling.

"Your giggle is cute".

Immediately hearing the stallion's compliment, she blushes a more red shade of crimson.

"You also have pretty magenta eyes". Realizing what he just said, Soarin blushes as well. "Well.....what I mean is....they're very pretty".

The new couple giggled at the same time and both looked at each other lovingly.

"So, what does this make us?" she asks.

Soarin rubs his face into her rainbow mane once again. "I guess we're an item now, I'm glad I chose you to be my marefriend".

"Me too Soarin, me too".

The new couple laughed at the same time and continued to gaze at Luna's bright moon and starry night sky. The other bolts knew that Soarin and Dash were meant for one another, they constantly teased them to ask each other out, but both ponies were too shy. So, they never did ask each other out. After shows, Soarin's mind was always on Rainbow Dash. During the time his teammates were teasing about RD having a crush, Soarin immediately stumbled into the lounge room one time with an overprotective personality, making the others on the team laugh. But times were good and embarrassing times.

The end.

Author's Note

Here is the first one-shot I have ever written, hope you like it. Please remember that I am pretty good at writing, cause as a writer, I'm still learning myself. I tend to make mistakes and errors in my writing. Sometime it's good to have pointers just in case.

But anyways, this is my first Soarin-Dash oneshot. I hope you all like it. Criticism is necessary, but please don't be harsh.

~Sango-Blazer Skies~