My Little Pony: The Human Nine's Adventures In Equestria

Sarah's POV

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"Newbie, wake up!"

Wah?! "H-Huh?" I was suddenly awaken by Jack's loud scream and I rubbed my eyes, "Finally, you're awake Newbie." Jack smirked.

I let out a yawn, "Yeah.."

"Sarah, you can't sleep at a time like this! It's gonna take alot more than sleeping to get us to the Equestria Games! We are the Aerial Relay team, and it's up to the three of us to make sure that we qualify at the tryouts. And do I need to remind you how much I— I mean, Ponyville, heh, wants to qualify and make it to the Games?"

"Yes, Rainbow Dash, you've told me ever since you had me join the team." I told her. " And you do know Fluttershy's on the team as well." I said to her.

"Oh right..." Rainbow said sheepishly. I mentally rolled my eyes at her. Anyway, she's right. Today, we're heading to Rainbow Falls for the tryouts for the Equestria Games. I was on Rainbow's team along with Fluttershy cause she knew with my flying skills we can definitely qualify for the games for sure. Fluttershy wanted to be on the team to, just to give it a try. Ren didn't argue with her since he wanted her to give this a try as well.

"P is for Ponyville!" Pinkie suddenly yelled in my ear as she was dressed in a cheerleader like outfit.

"I am so proud to be representing Ponyville. Oh, it's such an honor to even try out for the Games. I just hope I don't let anypony down." Fluttershy said nervously.

"You'll be fine, Fluttershy." I reassured, "Just do your best and forget about the rest and you'll make everyone proud."

"'P' is for 'proud'! We're gonna be the best fans anypony has ever seen!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"Not if you hurt everyone's eardrums before they get a chance to go." Rantaro complained, rubbing his ears.

"Yeah, tone down the excitement please." Nicole said, looking at her IPad.

"Oh, stay out of this boring duo." Jack scoffed.

"Jack, be nice to them. Afterall, it took a lot for me to convince them to come with us." I smiled.

"You kept teleporting us away from our room and you wouldn't leave until we agreed to go to these tryouts." Rantaro deadpanned.

"And I used a lot of my magic to make that happen." I smirked at him and Rantaro sighed.

"Ooh. Can't wait to see what everypony else is wearing, even though I am absolutely sure they won't be better than the Ponyville uniforms Kaede and I are designing for the Equestria Games." Rarity smiled.

"Uniforms?" I questioned. "Why do we need uniforms?"

"Ah! Darling, you must look your absolute best in the Equestria Games." Rarity said, dramatically.

"I went everywhere just the way I am now, why do I need to change clothes for the Equestria Games when I can just show who I really am without one?" I questioned.

"Darling, I know you don't like changing your cloak, but you must learn to at least try some different styles of clothing." Rarity lectured me.

"Yeah, Sarah, you can't wear the same thing everyday for the rest of your life." Ren added.

"Yeah, that'll be boring." Carrie added.

"The game nerd is right, Newbie. Change can be good, especailly for you. This will help you relive the stress of your annoying brother." Jack added.

Sarah sighed, "Please do not mention his name please.." she begged.

"Promise." Ren said.

"And we will make it to the Games once everypony carbo-loads on my apple brown bettys." Applejack said as she showed us the cart filled with her apple treats.

"I can't wait!" Pinkie exclaimed happily.

Once we arrived at the tryout are, we saw lots of pegasi flying around or chatting on the ground. I took my pegasus form so I could blend in. I could hear some of the ponies talking about Rainbow Dash.

"There's Rainbow Dash! She's an awesome flyer!"

"I heard that she's flying the last third of the relay, which means everypony else is gonna have to be way ahead to beat her!"

Yeah, in a way they were right. I had the first part of the relay and Fluttershy had the second, which meant the third was all up to Rainbow Dash to complete.

BOOM!

Huh? What was that? I looked up and I saw Spitfire, Soarin and Fleetfloot flying overhead.

"Oh, the Wonderbolts!"

"I hear they're flying for Cloudsdale."

"Then Cloudsdale will definitely qualify. They're the best flyers ever."

Yeah, the Wonderbolts were amazing flyers. That's a fact.

The three Wonderbolts landed in front of us, "And the game is on!" Spitfire smirked, removing her goggles along with her teammates.

"Hah, nice to see there's some real competition here!" Soarin smiled at all of us.

"Two more days of practice, then we'll see you in the air, Sarah and Rainbow! If you're lucky." Fleetfoot said as the three went off to the station.

Rainbow sighed happily, "The Wonderbolts know a winner when they see one." she smirked.

"Ahem..." I coughed, looking at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Eheh, sorry winners when they see them and we'll be winners just as soon as we practice! Right team?" Rainbow asked all of us.

Fluttershy and I nodded.

"Hooray!" Pinkie Pie yelled before blowing into a party horn.

"And, um, I'm with her! Hooray!" Twilight added, awkwardly.

"Give us some clouds! Give us some dale! And what do you get? Cloudsdale! Woo-hoo!" We looked over and saw two pegasus ponies in similar cheerleader outfits like Pinkie Pies. "Oh great, more cheerleaders.." Jack grumbled while Pinkie gasped in joy, "Where can I get pompoms like those?!" she exclaimed before she dashed over.

Well...that's the last we'll see of her for a while.

Anyway, we were now in our training area with Rainbow lecturing us, "So, do I need to remind you of what our goal is here?

"Yes.." I said.

"Um.. maybe?" Fluttershy smiled sheepishly.

"We want to qualify! We need to be one of the first four teams to cross the finish line! Bulk Biceps, you're the first flyer, so let me see you flap it!" Rainbow ordered and Fluttershy and I flapped our wings and lifted into the air. Since the Wonderbolts Academy, Rainbow has been helping me with my flying. She taught me some of her tricks in the air, like doing spins in the air without being dizzy.

Suddenly apple treat slammed right into my face, "What the?" I asked, wiping the treat from my eyes and I heard Applejack down below call, "Sorry! Got the idea from them, but..." We looked and saw Spitfire and Fleetfoot flying in the air and their coaches called, Hooves down! Cakes up!" before they launched two cake pieces in the air and they caught them in their mouths. "...It looks like they got better aim." Applejack finished.

I wiped the rest of the apple treat from my mouth and turned to Rainbow Dash, "Alright what's next Rainbow?"

"Okay, the passing of the baton needs to be seamless." Rainbow said, holding a rusty horseshoe in her hoof. "You shouldn't miss a wing beat or drop a hair in altitude! And whatever you do, don't let go of it!" Rainbow handed the horseshoe to me and I held it firm. "Okay, here Fluttershy." I handed the horseshoe to Fluttershy and she took it but she didn't quite have a firm grip on it and it dropped near Rarity and Kaede.

Kaede picked up, "Ugh, gross. Ponyville could do so much better. I'll be back with a freshly painted one in no time!" Kaede called, walking away with the horseshoe.

"We were using that! And it's not like anypony else has color-coordinated horseshoes or anything!" Rainbow called but she saw Spitfire hand Fleetfoot a golden horseshoe and she sighed, "I guess some ponies do."

"Now, Rainbow, don't get discouraged before the tryouts even start." I reassured her.

"Yeah, yeah, I know." Rainbow said before we all landed on the ground and went over to where the Wonderbolts were practicing for the tryouts. "Watch and learn. The Cloudsdales are Wonderbolts, and Wonderbolts are the best flyers there are. And my personal heroes. So, maybe you can learn something."

"C'mon, Soarin, pick up the pace! You can do better than that!" Spitfire called as we watched Soarin fly through multiple hoops.

"I sure hope so." Fleetfoot added. The Cloudsdale cheerleaders cheered, "Practice, practice, yay, practice!" However, Soarin suddenly clipped his wing on one of the hoops! "Whoa!" and he started to fall!

"Soarin!" Rainbow exclaimed before she quickly swooped in and grabbed him. She landed on the ground and everyone cheered, "Awe-some!" Fleetfoot smiled.

"As good as any Wonderbolt!" Spitfire smiled.

"Oh, Rainbow Dash, I'm just so proud of you. You scooped Soarin out of the sky and brought him down to the ground and now, now he's okay. At least, I hope he's okay." Fluttershy said before she turned to Soarin, "Are you okay?"

Soarin showed us his wing which was bent at odd angles. "Uh, my wing hurts," Yikes! That doesn't look good. "but I-I'm sure it'll be okay by the competition." Soarin said as two paramedics pegasi came and Soarin crawled onto the stretcher to be taken to the hospital.

"You're the best, Rainbow Dash." Soarin smiled before the ponies took him to get treatment.

"Ah, it was nothin'. But, if you feel like talking about how great I am, don't let me stop you!" Rainbow gloated before she went over to Spitfire and Fleetfoot. "Tough break to lose a teammate right before the tryouts."

Spitfire and Fleetfoot looked at each other and smiled, "You know, you grew up in Cloudsdale." Fleetfoot started.

"So that means you could fly with us." Spitfire added. Fly with them..? For the tryouts?

"Fly?"

"Uh, we mean practice. You could practice with us until Soarin's better." Fleetfoot corrected herself.

"What do you say? Wanna be our third?" Spitfire asked Rainbow Dash who looked hesitant to take the offer, "Uh, I don't know. My team really needs me to be at my best in order to qualify. Don't wanna be too worn out by the time the race comes around."

"We put you through some pretty intense workouts at the Wonderbolt Academy and you handled those just fine." Spitfire pointed out.

"Heh, I did kick some major tail at the Academy... but I don't know how my teammates will feel about me practicing with the competition." Rainbow Dash, thinking about how we would react to her change of teams.

"Who says they need to know? Think about it, Rainbow Dash! This is your chance to fly with the winners!" Fleetfoot said gesturing to the finish circle in the sky which was rainbow colored.

"Alright, I'll do it." Rainbow said, much to my dismay.

"Wise decision, Rainbow Dash." Spitfire smiled at Rainbow Dash. She's going to test her loyalty... this might not end well....

And so, Rainbow helped us prepare for the tryouts. Fluttershy and I flew through the hoops, with me holding a horseshoe in my hoof and I handed over to Fluttershy, who held it firmly this time and Rainbow winked at us.

Next, Rainbow watched the two of us do our wing-ups. Rainbow helped me perfect my wing-ups since I was struggling with holding myself up in the beginning and now I was getting better and better at them. "Nice Newbie, so Skittles can be a good teacher." Jack smirked as he came over.

"I heard that, fatty." Rainbow stated. "You two keep doing your wing-ups, I'm gonna go get some water." and then she flew off to 'get some water' but I knew where she really went off to.

When it was lunch time, Applejack let us try her Apple bettys. Snowflake, who I had brought along with me, sniffed some of them and she tried one and warbled happily, liking them. I rubbed my Light Fury's head happily before I noticed Rainbow was missing... again.

Finally, when I saw her change out her Wonderbolts training outfit which was silver with white outlines, I decided to confront her.

"It's not easy practicing with two teams, is it?" I asked her.

Rainbow gasped in horror at the sight of me and brought me behind the bush, "Does anypony else?"

"No. They're too busy practicing to wonder why you keep disappearing." I replied.

"Well, I've seen the other teams practicing and we're still gonna qualify. I can fly fast enough to make up the distance."

"But you're training with two teams and you can only choose one to fly with for the Tryouts." I reminded her.

"But it's so much more fun working out with the winners than... um... the non-winners. Besides, Ponyville will still qualify." Rainbow said nonchalantly before we heard Spitfire call, "Rainbow Dash, you got a minute?"

We both came out of the bush and came over to her and Fleetfoot, "Uh, sure. What is it?"

"You could really be an asset to our team, so... we want you to join the Cloudsdale team. Permanently." Fleetfoot said to Rainbow Dash, who gasped in awe.

"And why exactly do you want her to fly on your team permanently. "It looks like Soarin's wing won't heal in time for the trials. We want you to fly with us." Spitfire said.

"Of course, this means you won't be able to fly for Ponyville, but let's face it. Even with you on their team, their chances of qualifying for the Games are... kinda fair.." Fleetfoot added, looking at Fluttershy play with a butterfly.

"Well, I..." Rainbow stammered before Spitfire interrupted, "Take some time to think about it."

"They want me to fly with them! It's like a dream come true!" Rainbow said with her eyes sparkling, "But Rainbow, if you fly for Cloudsdale, Pinkie Pie and Carrie, who suddenly wanted to cheer, won't have anypony to cheer for. Rarity and Kaede's uniforms will never be seen. And Applejack will have slaved over those apple brown bettys for nothing." I brought up.

"Oh, but I really wanna fly with the best team! What would you do?" Rainbow asked me.

"Like I always say, when it comes to a competition, the friendship is always more important." I told her with a smile. "I'll let you make your decision for the race tomorrow."

I then walked away, leaving a thinking Rainbow to make an important decision.

Rainbow's POV

Sigh... okay... so I have to choose between the Cloudsdale Team and Ponyville Team. I want to fly with them both but I know I can't. Maybe Soarin's wing will be better by the competition. I decided to go and visit him and I entered his room and I saw him sitting up in bed with his wing in a bandage. "Oh, Hi Rainbow Dash."

"Hi Soarin, how's your wing?" I asked.

"Still hurts but I'm sure it'll be fine. You sure have nice friends. Nopony's been by to visit me. Eh, too busy practicing, I guess." Soarin stated.

"Well, hopefully your wing will be better soon." I said with a hopeful smile.

"Oh, it's fine. I-I'm just keeping it warm in case my team wants me back." Soarin stated. Wait.. want him back? But Spitfire and Fleetfoor said.... "What do you mean, 'wants you back'? Spitfire and Fleetfoot told me that you were still too injured to fly!"

"And they told me that they were worried I wouldn't be one hundred percent by the tryouts, so they were going with somepony else!" Soarin stated.

"That somepony else was me!" I gasped in shock, now realizing that Spitfire and Fleetfoot lied to me about Soarin's wings just so they could get a better flyer! I then remembered what Sarah told me, "Like I always say, when it comes to a competition, the friendship is always more important."

I felt my eyes flash in rainbow colors before I blinked.... Friendship..... that's it. I know my choice. "Do you think you can walk to the tryouts, Soarin?" Rainbow asked.

"Uh, yeah Rainbow. Why?" Soarin asked me confused.

"It's time to teach Spitfire and Fleetfoot a lesson about loyalty." I smirked.

Sarah's POV

At the games, we were all waiting for Rainbow Dash to get back. "Wonder where Skittles is?" Jack wondered, looking around for the rainbow maned pegasus.

"Oh, there she is!" Pinkie exclaimed, seeing Rainbow walking over to Spitfire and Fleetfoot with... Soarin. "Why is Soarin with her?" Ren asked, confused.

"I don't know, but let's go and check it out." I suggested and we went over to Rainbow and Soarin. "Rainbow, what's going on?" Kaede asked.

Rainbow sighed and took a deep breath before she explained, "Guys... I have something to tell you... I've been... practicing with both the Wonderbolts and with you guys for the tryouts. I wanted to fly with you both for the Tryouts, and the decision was too hard!"

"Oh, Rainbow Dash, you don't have to choose us. I know you love to win, and you should go with the team that surely will." Fluttershy said in her utmost honestly.

"I know now who I should've been loyal to." Rainbow said.

"Good choice. Always stick with the winners." Spitfire smirked but Rainbow said instead, "Ponyville." surprising the girls before she explained, "Because it's not just where I live, but it's where my friends are. The ponies who really care about me, whether I can help them win a race or not."

Ren and the others cheered happily for Rainbow's decision, "Are you sure that's the right decision?" Spitfire asked her.

"You lied to me about Soarin's wing just so you could get a better flyer!" Rainbow exclaimed before they looked at Soarin, who crossed his arms, upset with the two of the them, "You may be a winning team, but you're still not the kind of team I wanna be a part of."

"Huh. Rainbow Dash, you are something. Saw it at the Academy, seeing it again here. We could learn a lot from a competitor like you." Spitfire smirked.

"Think we already have." Fleetfoot smiled before Spitfire walked over to Soarin, "Ready to fly?"

"Really?" Soarin asked with a smile.

"Never should've lied and tried to replace you to begin with." Spitfire nodded. Soarin grinned and exclaimed, "Go, Cloudsdale!" before he took off followed by Spitfire and Fleetfoot.

"Come on, Ponyville relay team! We've got a race to get ready for!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed to me and Fluttershy and we took off to the tryouts area.

After they began, Spitfire burst through the finish ring and the timekeeper stopped the time and Cloudsdale qualified for the Games. "Come on, Ponyville! You can do it!" Soarin cheered and I flew through the hoops and gave the horseshoe to Fluttershy. "Go Fluttershy!" "Go Flutters!" Twilight and Ren cheered as the shy pegasus flapped her wings through the hoops and rushed to Rainbow Dash and gave her the shoe and rushed towards the finish line.

"Qualify, Ponyville! Qualify, Ponyville!" the cheerleader ponies cheered and Pinkie and Carrie came in front of them, "Woo-hoo! Go, Rainbow Dash!" they both smiled and I couldn't help but chuckle at them. Anyway, with an anticipation heart I watched as Rainbow flew full speed and made it through the hop a second before time was done. "Ponyville qualifies!" the official exclaimed and Fluttershy and I hugged Rainbow Dash while everyone else cheered.

With the tryouts done, we all came together for a final group picture and I saw Spitfire give Rainbow Dash her lead pony pin once more and Rainbow smiled before the Cloudsdale team took off, "Equestria Games, here we come!" Twilight exclaimed as the picture was taken.

Yep, today was an eventful day in more than one.