Author's Note

Okay, I'm going to slow it down a little bit more now. (Hopefully)

Training

It had been three weeks now. Three weeks since Celestia's announcement. Three weeks since her friends decided to continue Mare Do Well. The weather patrol had stopped completely, since every pony wanted to see Mare Do Well dispel the thunderstorms. There hadn't been any rain for some time and Applejack had begged her to send some rain to water her thirsty trees. After some prompting, Rainbow had dragged herself out to drag clouds across the sky. She had bounced on them, since Applejack was watching. She didn't talk about the books or her practicing of powers, so her friends naturally assumed that she hadn't read them. Rainbow had read the one about wing power and the rest of the books were about other random things.

Rainbow had been busy. She had flown all over the place. Antique stores, quiet book shops, unknown libraries, just to buy books about what little was known about wing power. She was running out of places to even hide the books from Fluttershy and her friends. Of course, Fluttershy was way to shy to read them without her permission and Fluttershy wasn't exactly a snoop. Fluttershy's other friends were and they would 'borrow' books, read them, and then pretend to not know it's existence. Rainbow wondered if Twilight had even read the book she brought, since Twilight literally read every single book twenty times.

Pinkie Pie gave her pies every single day and Rainbow donated pies to random ponies every day. One example would be the lemon custard pie. She had kicked it to the garbage patrol pony who had looked around and gulped it in one big bite. Applejack never really called her unless she needed some rainwater. Twilight didn't do anything but give her space. Rarity was trying to create outfits for her that she wasn't going to wear. But Fluttershy... Fluttershy gave her food, water, and ensured that she was comfortable. Rainbow finally understood why she was the bearer of Kindness. It wasn't because of her shyness or the love of animals, but how well she could forgive and take care of other ponies. It was a true talent.

Rainbow blinked, the past three weeks had zipped by. Her practice of creating rain clouds and making them disappear was finished but storm clouds and lightning clouds still needed some work. Sure, she could create rain clouds in private but storm clouds would be hard to mask. Especially since Twilight and the others were extremely careful in handling the weather and making sure all was well. Twilight's weather magic had definitely improved a lot. Rainbow knew that she had to also practice her flying as well as her magic but it was getting hard to do both at the same time. Although she had to focus on her wing magic when she was trying to form clouds, it still took energy off her wings. It seemed like it was training her wings as well as her magic.

Applejack interrupted her thoughts, "Uh, Rainbow? My farm needs some rain today afternoon but my family and I need to travel someplace else to sell a few apple pies. Do you mind if ya helped a little bit?"

Rainbow sighed, "Why not?" It would make an excellent opportunity to practice her magic over an extended area too. She hid her glee as she watched the Apple family disappear from her view. When no pony was watching, she concentrated on her wings as well as rain clouds. Rainbow was still in the sky, pretending to move the clouds, although she was actually creating them. She commanded the clouds to rain and it rained all right. A little bit too much. Rainbow concentrated again and focused on her wings to make the clouds disappear. Fortunately it worked, or she would've had to answer a lot of questions from Applejack. She knew that Fluttershy was taking care of birds someplace else so she wouldn't have to answer about why she disappeared from Ponyville and traveled back. Rainbow began to fly towards Ghastly Gorge, a place where she used to practice flying. It was far enough from Ponyville, but not so far that she would have to spend too long to get back.

The Pegasus knew that creating a storm cloud would require a large amount of concentration and energy. She decided to start with making a storm cloud while being on the ground so she wouldn't be afraid of getting eaten. Rainbow closed her eyes and pictured a very powerful storm cloud. She felt the moisture in the air and gathered them together. She made it much more compact than a rain cloud and did her best to think of yellow bolts flashing down from the cloud occasionally. Rainbow opened her eyes to see... A slightly more powerful rain cloud that she had conjured up at the farm. Rainbow sighed and tried again. This time, she pictured a black cloud with a lot of rain. She gathered the moisture again and heard a large boom. Rainbow opened her magenta eyes and saw a storm cloud that was rather powerful. Yes, this would do nicely. Judging by the looks and power of this cloud, it was a really powerful cloud that only Pegasi with wing power could stop.

Rainbow continued practicing throughout the rest of the day, until sunset. She made the clouds disappear before returning to Fluttershy's cottage. Rainbow knew that the storm could be played out by the next morning, but every pony was going to see her if she did it. Unless she could create clouds with some distance. Still, Twilight, who was very observant, would notice her staring at the sky or not concentrating on what she was saying. Ugh! Why was life so complicated. Rainbow opened the last book from the shop and smirked. Of course, a strong Pegasus could just about teleport by flying really quickly until you couldn't see them at all. Traveling by light speed. Rainbow knew that she was the fastest Pegasus around, she did the Rainboom for Celestia's sake! Apparently, this was going to be difficult to learn, but she'll be able to. Besides, since when did Rainbow Dash ever give up?

The next morning was a naturally rainy day. Rainbow woke up at dawn to the shouts of the ponies calling for Mare Do Well. Rainbow didn't even spot any Pegasi attempting to clear out the storm clouds at all. She saw a pony with a costume, no doubt Twilight, and stopped the storm before teleporting away. Rainbow rolled her eyes. She excused herself from the house before flying back to Ghastly Gorge. Rainbow did a few wing ups, which were surprisingly very easy, and flew around stray clouds.

Rainbow remembered that the book said something about flapping her wings once and disappearing. Eventually, the book said, she wouldn't need to move and she could disappear. The book also said that she could become air while she did it, to remain unseen by others. Rainbow summoned her wing power and flapped once. She fell on the stone. She bit her lip before doing the same thing for an hour.

Rainbow thought, 'Maybe I'm thinking about it the wrong way. The book did mention something about each Pegasus capable with wing power needing to find their own paths. Of course, there were only two Pegasi in history that were able to use wing power so it could be inaccurate. What should I think then? Well, when I created the storm clouds, I had to picture it, maybe if I picture myself zooming in the air quickly?' She concentrated on the image before feeling lighter than air. Rainbow glanced at herself and didn't see anything. She must had become air. Rainbow began to zoom around before landing on the ground and returning to her normal self. Yep, this was easy, although her wings were really tired.

She flapped her wings a few times, barely being able to hover. Rainbow landed on the ground before deciding to start to walk towards Fluttershy's cottage. She made it... at midnight. Fluttershy was waiting for Rainbow on a chair and jumped when a Rainbow went through the door, panting.

Fluttershy exclaimed, "Rainbow! You're safe."

Rainbow nodded, "Of course I am. I'm sorry for making you worried and all that."

Fluttershy took a deep breath, "But I know that you're find now and that's all that matters. How was training?"

Rainbow sighed, "It was great although I'm really tired. Do you mind if I catch a quick snooze?"

"Not at all. I'm sorry for disturbing you." Rainbow walked over to the couch and immediately fell asleep.

She woke up at dawn and yawned. It was time to set her plan in action. She didn't care if she couldn't fly later on since everyone would be in a panic and she would be the last thing that ponies would ask about to help. Rainbow became air once more and appeared on a stray cloud in less than one second. She began making really powerful storm clouds that would activate as soon as she tells them to. Rainbow light traveled back onto the couch in a few seconds and activated the clouds. She fell into a deep sleep once more, with a smirk on her face. The storm had just begun and this was her warm up act. Revenge was as sweet as she could've ever had imagined.