Rainbow Dash couldn't hold it in any longer. She burst into tears. Why did this happen to her? Did she deserve this? But, do you know what hurt the most? Everything they said was true. And they weren't denying it. They made it clear that she was unwanted. The next time they see her their gonna switch on hypocrite mode. And when she flies off, they're going to continue talking behind her back. She thought that she found real friends.... Maybe it was because she became distant all of a sudden? With all the problems at Wonderbolts HQ? Well, sure, there WAS a lot of training there back at the time. But that was no reason for her friends to act this way.

But, in the end, it was always so true. She was not the best friend anyone could hope for. She was egotistical, selfish, self-centered and always talked about herself. She wasn't the best flier ever, cause she kept crashing. Therefore, earning her awful nickname. But for this to come out of the ponies she trusted for years? The ponies she cared for? The ponies she was ever so loyal to? All her good deeds were returned with hatred instead. This shattered her heart. From now on it was clear: She should never trust and be loyal to anyone again. She should only be loyal to herself. If only she listened to her parents from the beginning.... They always repeated it over and over:

Never. NEVER trust anypony but yourself. And in the end, they were right. She should have listened to them.... Now she wouldn't be suffering from all of this pain and sorrow. She wouldn't be lying in her bed, just being useless. At that time she would usually go for a fly. Her favorite hobby . She would soar through the skies, making her beautiful rainbow, and feel the soft breeze in her face. She would have never been in this situation, if she just listened to the ponies older than her. The ponies that.... passed away, because of her!

Fluttershy searched everywhere. This time even, she was flying above her speed limit. She went to every place possible in Ponyville, but she didn't find her. It was very odd. Rainbow Dash would usually be very active around town. She didn't even find her in her usual spots. Fluttershy sighed. It was of no use. Then it hit her.... How couldn't she have thought about it before? She checked every inch of Ponyville, but didn't even bother paying a visit to her house! The most obvious place.
Fluttershy took off to the skies again, and smiled at very birdie that passed by. She wouldn't have ever seen them if she stayed in Cloudsdale. She would have had to overcome her fear of heights and continue Flight School. And flying was NOT Fluttershy's cup of tea..... If it weren't for the pegasus race, she would be stuck in the cloud city. She would never discover her love for animals. She wouldn't even know that they even existed. She would have never experienced the delight in communicating with critters of all kinds. She would have never met her.... friends. Fluttershy sighed. She was back in her state of curiosity again. She didn't know what was happening. Those... things were not her friends. She didn't know the cause of her friends' actions. But, deep inside she knew she wasn't weak. Firstly, she has to get to her best friend's house, and start to uncover this entire mystery.

" Hey Fluttershy"- a familiar voice said. Fluttershy turned around to see who was speaking to her. It was a stallion with a light blue color for his coat, and dark blue navy hair. He was also wearing his Wonderbolts suit.

" Oh hi Soarin"

"Uh.. Have you seen Dash? She is usually never late to practice... Spitfire sent me to search for her."

"Actually, I'm searching for her too. I-I think she's at her house. You can grab her for practice."- Fluttershy sighed. She knew that practice was more urgent at the moment, and she didn't want to interrupt the Wonderbolt's routine. She could talk to Rainbow Dash later. Soarin nodded and went to the right direction.

'Something was going on. Practice can wait for a while, I need her to explain everything to me. This is so not like Rainbow Dash. She would never be at her house at this time of the day, and it was peculiar the Fluttershy was looking for her. Usually, most of the day she just flies or hangs out with her friends, and she would NEVER miss practice. Yes, something was definetly going on.'

Fluttershy landed smoothly on the ground. She was now in front of her cottage. 'Angel bunny will be so mad I didn't bring him food..'- she sighed. Angel bunny was her beloved pet. She had various types of species of animals in her house, but she valued the little bunny most. When she felt sad, she always embraced Angel and automatically felt better. He may be bossy at times, and most of her friends told her that she was being a complete push-over for always following his orders, but she believed that her pets always deserved the best. In the yard, all the animals felt her presence, and stopped for a second, but she showed them a pleasant smile, and they continued playing, hopping, and so on, so on. She entered her cottage and the only pet there was, you guessed it, Angel bunny. He was impatiently stomping his foot on the ground, and he was standing in the middle of the room. Fluttershy sighed, then she grapped a bag of the food she would usually give to animals. She poured it in a bowl and placed it in front of Angel.

"Here you go, Angel."- the bowl was immediately kicked out of the way by a furious angel. "Carrots and lettuce?"- Fluttershy said with a pleading smile. The bunny just stared at her unpleasantly. That was the final straw. She had enough of it for today. She gave him the stare. The bunny struggled standing in one place, then he immediately began eating the previous food Fluttershy had offered him. A knock on the door was heard.

" The door is opened"

Immediately the door was slammed open and a nervous looking Twilight with a check-list and feather came in.

"FLUTTERSHY! MUSIC! CELEBRATION! SUN!"- Twilight screamed. She could barely even breathe. "TOMORROW!"- Fluttershy was familiar with this type of Twilight. She, as usual when needed to plan something urgent, looked like a wreck. Her hair was messed up, and she had the most bizarre looking smile on her face. Fluttershy put a hoof on Twilight's shoulder, and gently caressed her mane afterwards, to make it normal-looking.

"Now Twilight, would you be a dear and explain everyth-"- Fluttershy was immediately cut off by Twilight, who inhaled deeply before beginning her rant.

" The summer sun celebration is held tomorrow in Canterlot and Princess Celestia wants us to help organizing it and setting it up and I'm not sure I can make it there is a lot on the list, and you have to be a super-pony to pull it off and arrive in time in Canterlot, I mean what was she THINKING? THAT PONY , I DON'T CARE IF SHE IS A PRINCESS, SHE. IS. ABNORMAL!"- Twilight exhaled, and looked pale after all that speaking. Fluttershy looked awestruck. Then, Twilight showed her the list. Fluttershy only noticed the stuff that her friends were to do.

Music
Catering
Party
Decor
Wonderbolts

The rest of the list was endless, though, and she didn't want to strain her eyes just to see it. She didn't know how even Twilight can handle it. But, she still did not feel comfortable around Twilight or any of her friends for now. Until she figured out what was going on. Since the conversation, they started acting like their absolutely normal selves. She hoped that she can get answers soon. She just had to wait for that training to end.

" Twilight don't worry, I'll start training my bird choir."

Rainbow Dash wiped her tears away when she heard a knock on the door. She tried as best as she could to erase any sign that proved she was crying. She didn't want anypony to see her in a state like this. She opened the door, and saw Soarin.
He had a warm smile on his face, but she knew that he wasn't here to just talk with her. She missed practice, and Spitfire would make her train 20% harder than she already had to. If she was lucky, that is. You never know what an angry Spitfire would do to you.

" Uh, hey, Rainbow..."

"Hi Soarin, don't worry I'm not gonna ditch practice, let's start heading there fast."

"No.- Rainbow Dash stared at him curiously- First I need you to tell me what's going on"

"What do you mean? I've never felt better!"

"No. I know something is wrong with you"

"I.. overslept?"
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" Ugh, I can't get anything out of you, can I? We'll talk after practice now lets go!"- With that, both of them flew to Wonderbolts HQ and arrived half an hour late.

Spitfire at first looked calm. She inhaled, then exhaled.

"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10...."- she muttered something under her breath. That meant it was really bad. Dash took a step backwards.

"Where were you, Rainbow Dash?"- Spitfire said calmly, with a straight look on her face, something you would usually never come across.
" Um.. I-I....."- Rainbow stuttered , and she couldn't find the right words. "Oh, I'm guessing you just forgot practice. You forgot that princess Twilight came over and asked us to perform for the Summer Sun Celebration for Canterlot. That we are in a tight schedule, and that the flight patterns and performance is something extremely new that should be practiced all the free time we have."- Rainbow slightly nodded, in hopes it would just pass by, and that they just start practice. Well, she was in extreme luck, because Spitfire blew her whistle, and everyone flew right into the air. Rainbow followed everyone else's moves, because she was new to these moves. She was a really experienced flier, and learned things fast when it came to flying. But at one moment, her wings just shut down. They felt tired and motionless. She was exhausted, and she couldn't do anything anymore. She thought about the events of today, she closed her eyes, and fell down to the ground.

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Author's Note

I'm running out of ideas for this chapter .
But don't worry guys. I think I have good ideas for the next chapters, and I'm really excited to write them!

I'm overjoyed that some of you enjoyed the story so far! I enjoy writing a lot, and this is the first time I published my work in public!
I'm happy if you enjoyed reading.