Swim Lessons

The next day Twilight woke up and remembered that she had lessons with Rainbow Dash each day at the local pool, she got up and got dressed to go to Rainbow Dash, she was glad that she was learning pretty quickly. Soon she got there and went to get dressed in her bathing suit.

She went to the pool and saw that Rainbow Dash was sitting on a chair waiting for her, she smiled at Twilight and sat up to go walk to her, she walked over to where Twilight was at and spoke.

"Hello Twilight I have an important lesson for you today, you might have trouble with it at first but I assure you it won't be that bad and you will probably have no problem with it once you learn it, I'll help you if you need it." Rainbow Dash said as she smiled, Twilight stammered but got into the pool.

Rainbow Dash entered the pool and walked to Twilight, Twilight stood there as Rainbow Dash got a timer from her bag and showed it to Twilight, Twilight looked over the timer that was being showed to her

"First off I want to teach you how to hold your breath under water, it might take a few minutes but it won't be that bad." Rainbow Dash said, Rainbow Dash spent an hour teaching Twilight how to do it. Twilight had lost of trouble with what she was being taught but after a while she mastered it and then Rainbow Dash taught Twilight how to constantly keep herself afloat while not hanging on a ledge in the deep end as well which was simple as all's Twilight had to do was constantly kick her legs.

"Now I know you might not like this but today I'm going to teach you how to jump, you might be afraid at first and I won't blame you for that but I think you can do it. If you can't then we can try again next time." Rainbow Dash said. Twilight's breathing picked up as she was nervous about jumping. It seemed scary to do it.

Twilight swam with Rainbow Dash to the deep end and then they both got out, Twilight walked with Rainbow Dash to the end and Rainbow Dash stopped her, she made Twilight back up a bit.

"I think you need to learn this as its another way to get into the water if there is no ladder on the deep end or if you become a lifeguard and you have to jump in, All's you do is jump in, I'll go first just to show you." Rainbow Dash said as she positioned herself, she then held her breath and jumped in. Twilight looked on in fear as she was a bit unsure about doing this.

Rainbow Dash swam to the side and reemerged from the water and smiled at Twilight, Twilight gulped as she looked down into the water. She felt nervous and Rainbow Dash noticed her hesitating.

"It's okay Twilight just relax and go through with it, all's it is is jumping into the water, your not going to get hurt, I'll be right here to save you if anything goes wrong so just go for it. You can do it Twilight." Rainbow Dash encouraged.

"I can't! It's to scary, the water looks terrifying to jump into! Please don't make me do this!" Twilight begged, Rainbow Dash swam up to her her and held out her hand to her.

"Here you can hold my hand and do it, the water looks terrifying because your perception is making you see it that way as your perception is being ran by fear right now, you have to overcome that fear, you can hold my hand as you jump to the water." Rainbow Dash offered. Twilight stepped back as she just couldn't go through with it.

"You want me to jump in with you? We can do it on the count of ten which will give you enough time to prepare, if you decide not to jump when I jump then I won't get mad but we will try again if that happens. How about that?" Rainbow Dash asked as she smiled. Twilight hesitated for a few seconds but nodded reluctantly to the plan.

Rainbow Dash swam to the ladder and pulled herself out of the water, she walked over to Twilight who faced her, Rainbow Dash offered her hand, Twilight hesitated as she thought about if she should just get it over with so she gently grabbed hold of her friends hand and they faced the water, Twilight knew she couldn't hesitate when Rainbow Dash jumped as she would be pulled in by Rainbow Dash which would screw up the whole thing.

"If you hesitate and decide not to jump when I do I'll let go of your hand and we can try again or wait till tomorrow to try, I won't be mad if you hesitate as I know how scared you must be okay?" Rainbow Dash asked, Twilight nodded shyly as she just wanted to get this over with. Rainbow Dash offered her hand and Twilight grabbed hold of it and held it tightly. Rainbow Dash asked her if she was ready and Twilight told her yes.

"One....two...three!" Rainbow Dash counted and on the count of three Rainbow Dash jumped in with her, Twilight felt a rush of fear as they entered the water, Rainbow Dash helped her swim to the surface. Twilight and Rainbow Dash breathed in air. Twilight realized that she had done it, she was proud of herself.

"Great job Twilight! And I like how your constantly kicking your legs to keep yourself afloat, your learning a lot, you have no idea how proud I am of you." Rainbow Dash praised, those words made Twilight feel proud of herself.

"Thank you. I'm glad it didn't take me that long to jump, at first I was a bit afraid but then I realized what was to be afraid about so I went through it. Thank you so much." Twilight said.

"Your welcome, we can do more tomorrow." Rainbow Dash said cheerfully, they both swam to the ladder and got out of the pool and dried off, they then went home as Twilight was so happy about how good she was doing. She appreciated that Rainbow Dash was taking time out of her day to teach her this stuff. She hoped she did good tomorrow as well.