Equestria Connect

Over the next few days Twilight trained extra hard for the second race as she was determined to win all of them like she said. The second one would be a lot harder than the first but she knew that if she just trained enough she would win.

The media began speculating that Twilight might end up being the next Equestria Connect winner although most experts say that she will fail to mount a challenge in the second race. Twilight's friends and family continued to encourage her to win and prove everypony wrong.

As the race got closer Twilight began to get very nervous like how she was on the day of the first race. She knew that the second was much longer than the first so she needed to get to the front around the second turn as she wouldn't have much time. Soon it was the day of the race.

The audience for the second race was much bigger than the first as Twilight's bid for the completion of all three caused vast interest. Ponies continued to doubt that she could do it but others said that she is a threat and could pull it off if she tried her hardest at he races.

Ponies from all over Equestria came to see the second race and challengers to Twilight's bid also came to the track in order to cause an upset to Twilight's bid. Twilight's friends all placed their bets on Twilight as well as countless others while others placed bets on Twilight's challengers.

Before the race began Rainbow Dash told her to come over to her so she could have a talk with her before the race began in order to encourage Twilight.

"Twilight you got this. Don't worry about any of the ponies trying to beat you just worry about getting to the front first at a reasonable place. Don't tire yourself out and save your energy to the end. You can do this Twilight!" Rainbow Dash said,

"I don't want to fail but there's just so many of these ponies. Are you sure I will be able to win and beat the drought?" Twilight asked. Rainbow Dash nodded.

"Yes you will. Stay determined Twilight! Don't start doubting yourself. Sure these ponies have speed but you have heart and determination which will make you go faster! Don't listen to what the doubters are saying either. You just go and show them that they are wrong! There will be a winner of all three this year and it will be you! Your win will be historic! Now go out there and show them what a champion looks like!" Rainbow Dash said encouragingly. Twilight nodded.

Rainbow Dash said good luck to Twilight and went to go sit by her friends in the stands to cheer Twilight on. Before the race she had her fur washed just like when she had it washed in the first one as it was a requirement for all three. After Twilight got her coat washed she got her number put on her and went out to the starting gate.

At the starting gate she took a good look at her challengers and recognized them from other races that she had heard about. They were really well known and excellent racers. Twilight felt her mouth got dry with nervousness. She washed it down with water as she breathed heavily.

Soon it was almost time for the race so she took deep breaths as she stretched her legs. Her friends were sitting patently in the stands rooting on Twilight as Pinkie Pie was hopping up and down while excitedly talking about how Twilight would whoop all of the other competitors flanks.

Twilight had butterflies in her stomach, she had to win all three as she wanted to be the one to beat the drought she knew that if she didn't win here then all three would be claimed by another pony or no pony would ever win all three.

Soon all of the other racers were loaded into the starting gate. The doors closed behind the ponies and then their was a trumpet sound and after that the front gates opened and they were off. Twilight did her best to get to the front early. She couldn't waste anytime.

She could almost make our her friends cheering for her but couldn't hear them accurately as it was so loud in the stadiums. Twilight continued to move up through the crowd of races running around the track. This was proving to be a lot harder than the other race.

Twilight ran like no tomorrow as she was able to get up to third place but then a pony snuck up from behind her while they were racing and passed her. She wasn't going to be beaten like this, she pushed herself forward and got into third place again. She could almost taste the victory.

The audience was going wild while her friends were cheering Twilight on repeatedly and loudly. Twilight was determined to get to first place and win. As they rounded e far turn Twilight made her move and got into second place.

As she was in second place she proceeded to have trouble passing the pony to get to first place. Her friends were getting very nervous but excited for her. They continued to cheer her on even louder. Twilight knew that she wanted to prove that she can win all three to the ponies who doubted her.

With that thought Twilight passed the last pony and got into first place. She then saved up her energy and then sprinted into the home stretch and the ponies cheering for her grew louder and crazier as they realized that she could do it.

With a few more gallops Twilight crossed the finish line and ponies all over the stadium drowned out the noise with applause. Her friends were cheering for her like crazy. Twilight stopped running and left the track and greeted her friends. They all hugged her.

"Darling your bound to win the third one! Your proving to everypony that you can do! We're all so proud of you! I know you will win!" Rarity said while she happily congratulated her. Her other friends continued to surround her and hug her as they all congratulated her.

"I knew you could do it champion!!" Rainbow Dash said which made Twilight giggle.

"And when you win we can throw you a party!" Pinkie Pie cheered. Twilight and her friends giggled at Pinkie Pie.

"We reckoned that you could do it! We are mighty proud of you! Your going to go all the way!" Applejack declared.

"Yay! We might just have a winner this year yet! I can't wait to see you make history at the third one!" Fluttershy said as she cheered with excitement.

"Thank you so much girls! I'm almost there! I just need to win one more." Twilight said. They all hugged again and then they went home together. At home the racing experts began to doubt that Twilight would win the third Equestria Connect race as the third one was longer than the other two while others said that Twilight definitely had the potential to break the drought. Ponies pointed out how historic sit would be if Twilight won all three

As the possibility of Twilight being able to win all three races of Equestria Connect grew even more more ponies began to bet on Twilight in stark contrast to the experts. Twilight's friends started buying tickets in advanced as the they wouldn't miss Twilight for anything.

More and more ponies began to grow excited at the prospect of Twilight being the next pony to win all three races of Equestria Connect. Ponies began to meet with Twilight to tell her that they were cheering her on which she appreciated.

Twilight took a break for a few days but then resumed to train for the third and final race in Equestria a Connect. She had one more race to go. She knew that it would be tough as it was much longer than the other ones but if she trained hard enough she knew that she could make history.