Equestria Connect

It was the day of the third and final race of Equestria Connect. Twilight had trained for days on end. She was on the verge of winning all three although she knew that it was going to be an uphill battle as the third one was the longest and no other horse had won all three for hundreds of years after one who had won.

Twilight was more nervous that day than all of the other days combined. That day was nerve racking as she was on the verge of breaking the drought of no winners by winning the race. She needed to run her hardest if she wanted to do it as all of the ponies who have been watching her have been either doubting her or holding her to her promise that she could and if she couldn't then they would all laugh at her.

Her friends were quite different however as they said that no matter if she won or lost they would be happy with her either way but they did say that they would like to see her win and prove all of the experts wrong.

Meanwhile the experts were going at it as they were all saying that Twilight will loose the final race as that was usually the case with other horses who have won the first two and loose the last one in recent years. It had become very common nowadays which is why some ponies say that they all know that she won't win the third one.

As Twilight walked over to the stadium for the final Equestria Connect race she thought about how her friends and family would already be their to see her run the final race and cheer her on to win as they had gotten their earlier than anypony else.

Once Twilight entered the she heard ponies cheering for her while others mocked her for even showing up. A lot of ponies were already placing bets on her including her friends. They knew that they were risking it as Twilight might loose but they hoped that Twilight would win.

Twilight soon got over to the starting gate and got her fur washed down for one final time. She knew that this was it. This was going to be the final race and the test to see if she could win the final race. She knew that this race track was longer than the other two combined which was why ponies who had won the first two have failed to win this one while other ponies who ran this one and failed had issues with them or were scratched from the race.

But today Twilight promised herself that she would show something different entirely as she was going to win. She knew that if she won it would be historic. There will be chaos and cheering if she won. Her friends cheered loudly for her as they were so excited to see Twilight race.

Twilight's friends were praying for Twilight to win as they were so thrilled that her friend had made it this far. Their friend was a great racer and very wonderful they thought that she deserved it but they would understand and move on if she lost.

But Twilight promised them she wouldn't loose and she needed to keep that promise. Once she got her fur washed down she got her number placed on her and got her wings tied to her side. She was then loaded into one of the starting gates. She began to have a panic attack as she realized that this was the moment to prove herself correct. If she failed then that would prove the experts right and another year would be go by without a winner who has won all three.

She couldn't let that happen. The drought was going to end that night and she was going to make sure of it. The door closed behind her and she began to hyperventilate as the other contestants started to get loaded into the starting gates.

"Hey Twilight! Have fun loosing tonight! Hahahahahaha!" A contestant mocked. Even if that Pony had just tried to tease Twilight it had just encouraged Twilight even more. Twilight glared at the other pony. Finally she focused on the track in front of her as the rest of the ponies were loaded into the starting gates.

As soon as the ponies were loaded into the starting gates the horn sounded and Twilight prepared herself. Soon the gates opened and they all starting running. Twilight tried to get to the lead early but fell behind a bit.

Twilight became alarmed at how slow she was going at this one. She pushed herself forward with all her might as she couldn't fathom loosing the last race she had come so far she was going to make this race different from all the others as she was going to end the drought.

She became stuck in a dead heat for fourth but she fought against that as she tried her best to get into fourth. While she fought for fourth she fell back into sixth and that alarmed her. All of the experts started to say that they were right. The other contestant who mocked her was laughing.

Twilight became very determined from this as she wasn't going to let the experts have their way. She put renewed speed into her already racing form and moved back up to fourth place again and tried her best to pass third.

It took her awhile to pass third but once she did she was now so close to breaking the drought. Soon they passed the halfway mark in the race and that's when she did a final surge and ended up in first. She was almost there she held first for the next few minutes of the race but then fell back into second.

Soon they rounded the far turn and entered the home stretch. Twilight knew that this was it. Her family, friends and neighbors and fans were all watching her. If she lost she would let them all down and the drought would go on. The victory she had fought for was just in front of her.

She pushed herself as much as she could to try and get into first and then got into a short lead over the second pony but that lead grew. The ponies in the stands went wild. All of the experts then realized at that moment that they might have been wrong about Twilight. Finally Twilight crossed the finish line and the crowd's cheering became so loud that she could barely hear the announcer saying that she had just become the pony to break the drought of winners.

Twilight left and the ponies stopped racing and Twilight just stood there as she was overwhelmed with joy. Her friends exited the stage and went out onto the race course and tackled her with a hug. She hugged them back and sobbed happily as the emotions got to her.

Rarity had mascara running down her face as she had started to sob happily as well. The rest of Twilight's friends just hugged Twilight as they were all happy and speechless. The boards all around the stadium projected her name and projected the words next Equestria Connect winner under her name.

A pony with a trophy came over to her. They gave the trophy to Twilight and congratulated her as the next champion of all three races, a title which a pony had gotten several years ago. Twilight went home and was congratulated by the princesses and was congratulated by their friends as her friends were happy and the princess's were happy. Her parents also congratulated her as well as they were so happy for her to. Spike congratulated her to as he was also happy for her.

Twilight was soon interviewed for numerous magazines and tabloid articles. Ponies lined up around the block for her autograph as she had added to her already famous image as a princess.

Twilight added the trophy to the collection of the other trophies that she had won from the first two races. A day after she had won she was added to the list of all the ponies that had won all three in the past. Over the years books were made about Twilight's historic win as tales were told of her victory for years to come.