Swimming By Rainbows

“We’re finally going to the Rainbow Falls amusement park.” Twilight Sparkle exclaimed happily. Spring Break has begun, and all of the students in Canterlot High have been springing out plans for vacation. Twilight and Rainbow Dash’s plans were to take an old friend, Juniper Montage, into an amusement park in Rainbow Falls. They sat in an airliner plane flying towards their destination.

“It’s really nice of you and Rainbow Dash to take me along.” Juniper replied.

“You don’t have to thank us. In fact, we’re just trying to make you feel better.” Rainbow Dash followed.

“Do you think my father will accept this?”

“Don’t worry about it, me and Twilight talked to him and he said that you can come with us. Plus, he also wanted you to feel better since you became a dangerous creature of mirrors…. No offense...” Rainbow recalled.

“You told him about what happened at the mall the other day!?” Juniper slightly argued.

Twilight chimed in. “We’re sorry. Your father needed to know what happened, otherwise you’d probably never come to his studio again.”

“But don’t worry about that. We already straightened things out with him. Besides, you're not in huge trouble, just at a loss...” Rainbow explained.

“I’m not at a loss at all. I’m just always upset that things don’t go well for me. I know I made big mistakes before, but I couldn’t take it any longer.” Juniper contrasted.

Twilight then placed her hand onto Juniper’s. “Just relax. I’m sure when we’re done at Rainbow Falls, everything will be behind us. The flight to our destination takes approximately four hours, so there won't be any problems, guaranteed.”

“Okay, I’ll do my best.”

As soon as the three Girls checked into their apartment, Rainbow Dash took out her list of plans. Seeing that she manages to know the location, Rainbow started to set up and change into a new outfit in seconds.

“Okay, what we're going to do today is have lunch first at a restaurant. And then, zoomin’ our way to the amusement park. We’ll get to go on rides, make new friends for Juniper, the whole nine!”

“How am I going to make friends if we’re going to leave afterwards? They would probably forget me, even if I'd say hi.” Juniper lowered her head down.

Twilight then walked up to Juniper. “Consider this as a test, Juniper - a lesson that enables you to finally make new friends. And, trust us. We’re here to help.”

Rainbow Dash also walked up to Juniper with her arm wrap around her neck. “Don’t worry about it. When we’re back home, we’ll keep going until you're able to handle this by yourself.”

“Okay... I’m just a little nervous about messing up.”

“You're not going to mess up. Just believe in yourself.” Rainbow encouraged. By the time they exited their apartment room, they started getting lunch at a local restaurant, discussing plans and training Juniper to become a friend. Though Juniper was still nervous about the results, she'd have to believe in Twilight and Rainbow.

“We’re here!” Rainbow shouted. Once she parked her car to an empty spot in the parking lot, she, Twilight, and Juniper exited. Finally, they approached the gates to the Rainbow Falls amusement park. They devoted their tickets to the ticket booth attendants in the entrance.

“This place is amazing...” Juniper commented.

“I can’t wait for the rides and games.” Twilight replied happily.

“Save your excitement for later. Just remember - we’re also helping Juniper on friendship.” Rainbow reminded

“Yeah. Let’s get going.” Twilight followed. Inside, they were astounded of the atmosphere of rides, games, and tons of people. Indeed, the park is huge, but not only does it have tons of rides and games, but also an exclusive tour of the entire Rainbow Falls. The tour contained a large sailing boat for people to embark and sail the beautiful waters and around the lake. One of the boats made way inside a cave, consisting of an amazing view on one of the trademark waterfalls with colorful lights shining on the pouring water.

Since Juniper was in need of someone to relate to as a first learning sign of friendship, she and the two Girls decided first to go play several games. “So what am I going to talk to? Theres like thousands of people here.”

“Let’s try the dunk tank.” Twilight pointed at some people near the dunk tank post, with some boys setting up.

“I’m really sure they need some to get those boys wet.” Rainbow Dash winked.

Juniper decided to step in. “Hey, everyone. Umm…Is it okay that I can join with you? I’m Juniper, and this is my first time here in Rainbow Falls.”

One of the girls found Juniper’s behavior nice enough to be accepted and explained. “Sure, why not? Here’s some balls - some free shots for first-timers, but you should wait for a while because someone needs to be all set in there. In the meantime, maybe you can practice your throws.”

As the girl pointed to the dunk tank from the inside, Rainbow Dash and Twilight looked on, impressed with Juniper’s efforts of making friends

“Well, that escalated quickly.” Twilight commented to Rainbow. “If she acted that way to everyone in this park, she might be able to make a few friends.”

“When is he going to be in the tank?” Juniper asked the other girls as she continued practicing her throws.

“He’s coming in a bit. He’s a swim trainer, graduated from high school recently.” the girls answered.

“Wait! So, he’s on his own? What about his parents?” Juniper wondered.

“They moved to a different city because he is able to handle his life by himself. He wanted to be independent by helping people to swim.”

“I’m sorry, but who is this guy you're talking about?” Rainbow asked.

“His name is Tim Diver. He’s just taking his time, getting his swimsuit on.” the other girl answered.

For the next five minutes, the guy finally got himself into the tank with his swimsuit on. Rainbow Dash saw him, and was lightly weak at the knees. Of course, she didn’t think that he was unmistakably attractive.

“Wow! He looks… spicy hot!” Rainbow shouted in her mind.

“You're really surprised? You met other boys in your gym class. What makes him so better?” Twilight interrogated. It was then Tim took his shirt off to reveal his body, which causes Rainbow to bite her lip as the sight of his abs.

“He’s different, that's all!...” Rainbow continues to gaze at his body. “If different is made of a guy who's totally sexy…”

“Okay. Who's up first? How about the girl with the green hair there.” the guy called out before sitting on the post. Juniper blushed at him for being shirtless.

“Oh sorry, it’s just that I didn’t expect you to take off your shirt.” Juniper blurted out.

“I always do that everytime I’m in the dunk. It's pretty much the rules...” Tim explained.

Despite Rainbow Dash still staring at Tim, Juniper was about to throw her ball on the target. Juniper leaned back, winded up once, and threw the ball the best she could. Out of sheer luck, the ball hit the target hard, causing Tim’s post to drop. As a result, he splashed in the water.

“Wow! First try!” One of the girls shouted in shock.

“No way! I thought I wasn’t go to do it on my first try!” Juniper couldn't believe it either.

Tim got out of the water tank and shook Juniper’s hand, congratulating her for winning. He then took out a basket of rewards, and awarded her a 3D Rainbow Falls card.

“This special card is won exclusively for players who hit the target in one shot. Congrats again!” he explained.

“Oh wow! thank you.” Juniper smiled.

Rainbow wanted to take her chance at talking to Tim, but still can't get over him being shirtless. However, she boldly walked up to him with a blush, hoping that she doesn't slip up anything too weird.

“Hey there, I’m Rainbow Dash…, and I think… you're really cute with your shirt off.” she blurted out.

“Oh! Thanks,” Tim replied after receiving that comment. “People would always want me to take their shirt off when we’re playing games like this, just for the rules. And, you're pretty cute, too.”

“Really?” Rainbow gasped.

“Yeah... a lot.” he replied, raising her eyebrow once. She felt bedazzled after the compliment she got from Tim.

“Hey! I got an idea: How bout you come with us on some rides? Maybe even in the waterfalls?” Rainbow suggested.

“Sure. Maybe I can teach everyone how to swim...” Tim shrugged.

“That’s a great idea.” Rainbow jumped with glee.

Twilight and Juniper looked jealous, and questioned at the same time. They witnessed Rainbow acting a little different, making a blind move onto Tim.

Twilight approached to Rainbow just as soon as Tim walked out. “Rainbow Dash? Why are you taking Tim with us? I thought you were going to help me on making friends for Juniper?”

“We are! In fact, Tim is going to teach Juniper on how to swim.” Rainbow thought it through quickly.

Juniper had no idea. “But, I don't even know how to swim. And, I didn’t even bring my swimsuit.”

“It’s okay. You can borrow my swimsuit.”

“Okay... this is starting to get more confusing.” Twilight investigated. “Rainbow Dash, I think Juniper wants more of a answer on why you're doing this.”

Rainbow Dash tried to explain to her friends, but at the same time needed to make sure Tim doesn’t know her secret.
Just then, Tim approached to her, along with some of her friends following him. “Oh, hey. Can you and your friends meet us to the waterfalls? We will catch up to you.”

“Okay. We'll save you some room. Come on, everyone!” Tim and his friends zoomed their way to the waterfalls.

“Look, there’s something that you have to keep as a secret for me - I have a crush on him.” Rainbow confessed.

Twilight and Juniper gasped lightly. “You have a crush on Tim?”

“I know, I know. I just met him and stuff, but he’s more different than the other boys at school. He seems nice, and he's way too hot.”

“You said that minutes ago.” Twilight corrected.

“But, I really have something for him.” Rainbow quickly turned to Juniper. “Can you please tell him what he feels about me?”

Juniper tried to reason with Rainbow. “I thought you’re going to help me on making friends. Sure, I would willing to help you, but I’m not a love expert. Plus, I can’t just help you win him over because it’s just not right. Besides, If you want to win him over, then do it by yourself.”

Rainbow felt a bit disappointed in, letting her feelings get in the way of her friend's task. Twilight walked up to Rainbow, knowing about her feelings with boys.

“Rainbow, I know this is hard for you, but it won’t make a difference because he can’t come with us when we leave here, even if you win him over. Also, he was only being nice because he has probably met tons of girls, and they felt the same way without hurting them. If you ever get the chance to express your feelings towards him, he would probably won’t accept it… No offence.”

Rainbow Dash sighed. She indeed had to face the facts that Twilight had a point. She knew that Tim would refuse to have her as his girlfriend that fast, so she decided to accept it.

“Okay, I get it. But, how I’m going to tell him that you don’t want to swim?” She pointed at Juniper.

“Tell him that your replacing me. I’m sure he can give you some more lessons since you gained experience before.” Juniper suggested.

“Thanks, Juniper.” Rainbow nodded. And with that, they go to the waterfalls, while Tim Diver and his friends were hanging around in their swimsuits.