Becoming Rainbow Dash

My Little Reincarnation: Friendship is 20% cooler

I groan. When are we gonna get to Canterlot? Darn, I wish I could bring mum, Scootaloo, and dad with me when I did a Sonic Rainboom. Oh! Did I mention that after Scootaloo was kidnapped, Mum and Dad adopted her since her parents were dead? Well, they did. And have I ever told you that Scootaloo is adorable as hay? Well, she is, so I wonder if mum and dad will let me bring Scoots with me to Ponyville (both cause I don’t wanna miss her and cause I don’t want canon to be completely ruined), or even- “We’re here!” yells the Pegasus at the helm of the airboat.

“Finally,” I groan. I then perk up. “When are we going to the school?” I ask, mum and dad getting out, with mum holding Scoots on her back. They look hesitant for a moment, then dad answers.

“My beautiful daughter, we’re going there immediately to enrol you! Would you think otherwise?” dad booms boisterously. I facehoof. Typical dad behaviour…

“Alrighty, let’s get going then! I wanna get this over with as quick as possible,” I say. Mum and dad move in a direction, and then turn the corner. I follow them, and the school is right there. Ah! That was easy. “Ah! That was easy,” I say, voicing my thoughts. There are three doorways, with one saying ‘Pegasi’ above it, another saying ‘unicorn’, and the last saying ‘earth pony’. I go into the one with Pegasi above it, and there’s a Pegasus at the desk. I ring the bell, and she looks up. I look back at mum and dad nervously. They nod at me. You see, I have a little trouble opening up to people I don’t know, as part of my Asperger’s syndrome, PROFESSIONALY diagnosed in my past life and this one. It’s a lot easier than it used to be, but I still get a bit nervous when first meeting someone. “Uhh… I’m Rainbow Dash…?” I say nervously.

“Oh! That new one! The principal headmaster said that she wants you in her office.” And yes, she did say principal headmaster. I believe that means that the headmaster who is in charge of the other headmasters. And that would be…

“Princess Celestia? Did I hear you right?!” asks mum, still shocked.

“Yes, you did hear right,” she says. “I want to take on your daughter as an apprentice.” I don’t show this, but I’m really surprised by this. “Besides, my current apprentice requires some more friends. It doesn’t really help that she has Asperghay’s syndrome, either,” she finishes. Oh, did I forget to mention that Asperghay's syndrome is the pony name for Asperger's? Well, it is.

“But she’s not a unicorn!” mum almost screams. At this, Celestia flourishes her wings. “…Oh.”

“Yes, I can teach her to fly and use weather magic, both to an extremely high degree. However, I can also teach her to use proper magic. She has an aptitude for proper magic. I cannot say right now, but soon, I can…” says Celestia, although her face is shifting around for some reason… nah, must be coincidental. I’m happy, because this awesomeness just will… NOT… END!!!! AWESOMETASTIC, MEANING 20% COOLER THAN ANYTHING ELSE!!!!! AND THAT IS NOW OFFICIALLY A WORD!!!!!! INCREASING EXCLAMATION MARKS AT THE END OF MY SENTENCE FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!

Anyway, enough of that randomness. Now it’s time to get goin’ and start learnin’. “Hey, Celestia? Could you just let me say bye to my parents?” I ask. Celestia nods. I go to hug mum, and she launches into my arms.

“I’ll miss you, Rainbow… Oh, and if you ever go to Ponyville as part of the apprenticeship, then say hello to your cousin! Her name is Rarity, by the way,” says mum. I blink. Oh, darn it! Of ALL the ponies to be my cousin, it HAS to be Rarity. You see, mum always mentioned a cousin that she wished I could be more like, but never said who it was. Anyway, I finish the hug, and go to hug dad, who literally – I repeat, LITERALLY – jumps into my arms.

"Rainbow, my daughter! I will miss you!" he cries, hugging me. I hug him back. I'll miss him too, but it's not like I won't see him in the special events of the year seeing as they're moving here too. Then, Scoots (I like that nickname, and remember, she's my adopted li'l sis) comes up to hug me.

"I'll miss you, sis," she cries into my arms. I smile.

"I'll miss you too, Scoots," I say. "Well, bye everypony," I say, letting go of Scoots and saluting my family. Celestia nods at me, and I follow, waving at my family until they're out of sight. "So, what first?" I ask.

"I have another student other than you, Rainbow Dash," says Celestia. What is it with royalty and being so formal, anyway? It's like they're - actually, I better not think that in case Alicorns can read minds consciously. Anyway, I'm guessing she means Twilight, and my theory is confirmed by her words "Her name is Twilight Sparkle. She requires a few friends, you see, and I would like you to make friends with her before she grows up to consider them unimportant." Ah! So she's basically asking me to make Twilight friendlier by the time we grow up! This should be easy.

Apparently it's not going to be as easy as I thought it was, since Twilight isn't opening up as easily as I thought she would. You see, even though in the episode Cutie Mark Chronicles, she doesn't come off as shy, apparently, that's only when adults are around. With other children however...

"...Why are you here?" she asks, in a voice so quiet that it could give Fluttershy a run for her money! Well, the original one, anyway. This one's a bit... different.

"Hi! My name's Rainbow Dash!" I say boisterously, smiling at her. She retreats back into her mane. Awwww! So cute, I could just pat her like a dog (Hey, even guys can occasionally pet things and call them cute too)!... No, wait, be strong, Rainbow! Wow, that was the first time I referred to myself in the third person in my thoughts, and it's kinda weird. Anyway, I have an image to uphold! I decide instead to smile at her some more, and say "Wanna play a game?" She looks at me under her mane, and then whispers something inaudible. I ask "What was that?" She says it again, even quieter. I sigh, and then pick out the syllables and discover that she said maybe.

“What game?” she asks. I sigh, a little louder this time, and think for a little. What would be a good game to play? Ah! I know!

“Let’s play tag!” I say loudly. This makes her squeak and retreat into her mane a little more. It’s kinda creepy, how much young Twilight is like Fluttershy. I’m guessing she’s only like this around other children, considering that she was bullied a lot about her Smarty-Pants doll before she transferred to this school rather than her original school, which she probably stayed in for about 3 or so months before she moved. Redundancy for the win! Aaanyway, I also say “Don’t be shy. I won’t bully you.” At this she perks up. It’s nice to see her happier.

“So, how do I play this ‘tag’ game?” asks Twilight. She’s talking in a normal voice now. That’s good.

“One pe-” Whoops, slip of the tongue! I quickly amend, and then continue, it with “Pony is ‘it’, which means that they have to go and ‘tag’ the other pony. Tag means tap them with a foreleg hoof. After the pony gets the other pony, then the other pony has to go and tag the other pony,” I explain. Wow, I never thought that I’d have to explain the rules of tag to somepony. She seems to be interested, so I say “I’m it first! I’ll give you 10 seconds to run and hide, and then I go get you!” She nods, and then runs off. I’m gonna hold back on her, of course. She wouldn’t really stand a chance against a future Wonderbolt. I laugh, and we start playing.

It’s the end of the day, and Twilight and I have finished playing together. I asked Celestia about why she let us have a day off, and she responded with this: “Twilight needs friends. You are the perfect friend for her, of that I am sure. I let you have a day off because you needed to get to know each other more.” That makes sense, I guess. Anyway, Twilight and I had a lot of fun.

“Hey Twilight!” I say. “You’re a pretty good friend.” She smiles, as well as looking truly happy, the happiest I’ve ever seen her. Oh, and I bet you’re wondering where Spike is, right? Right now, Spike is being taken care of by the royal guard (I know this ‘cause Twilight told me that earlier), since Twilight’s not old enough to have a child. Anyway, I go to my room, which Celestia showed me earlier today before introducing me to Twilight, and go to sleep thinking about the Wonderbolts.

The Wonderbolts. The most awesome group of pegasi in Equestria. They’re just as awesome as the original Rainbow Dash said, and you wouldn’t know just how awesome they are until you saw them firsthand. They’re much more impressive than they are in the show. That’s one reason why I want to get in them like the original Rainbow Dash did. The other reason, however, is because of the gender-concealing outfit. And that’s all there is to know about Wonderbolts! So, I better get to sleep. I’m starting… t’ ge’… ti’d… I ge’… I’… m’… be’… and then blackness.

----One Year Later----

I wake up. Ahhhh, what a good past year! In the last year, Twilight has gotten a lot less shyer than she was when I first met her. Also, I’ve learnt a lot about the biology of the creatures of Equestria, both sentient and non-sentient. I get up out of my bed, and go to leave my room. My eyes still half-lidded, I open the door to see Celestia in front of it. This, of course, jolts me wide awake. “Celestia! What are you doing here?!” I say, in a shocked tone. She just giggles slightly, but then her face turns serious.

“Rainbow, I need you and Twilight to meet me in the royal archives at 8,” she says, her voice as serious as her face. I frown. Something so serious must be bad for Celestia to call us both to the archives. She’s only done this once before, when there was an impending invasion of Equestria from the Griffons, who we’ve had, well, let’s just say that ‘Bad’ is an understatement, political relationships, even if individuals were friends, such as Gilda and I(Gilda was actually pretty cool most of the time, and wasn’t a jerk. Something must happen in between the series and the original Rainbow saying goodbye to Gilda, and in this case me saying bye to her).

I nod, and then I run to Twilight’s room. I knock on the door. “Coming in a second,” sounds her response, in the form of a little groan, from the door. When she opens it, and sees me, she groans, probably assuming it’s one of my times when I wake her up to show her tricks. “What is it, Rainbow?” she asks.

“Celestia said we need to meet in the royal archives,” I say, with a serious look on my face. Twilight immediately stops with her groaning and perks up, her ears going up alongside her mood.

“I wonder what it is that the princess is going to show us, or tell us. Maybe it’s something like how we’re actually an extremely advanced race of predecessors to everything else in the galaxy, and most people in Equestria don’t know that. Oh, or maybe it’s…” Twilight goes on. She sometimes does tangents like this, and they usually don’t take too long to calm down.

---7:59, Royal Archives----

“…And that’s why Starswirl the Bearded is my favourite pony ever!” continues Twilight. Gosh, I can almost see why she’s so excited. That was sarcasm by the way. “Oh! It’s 5 seconds until 8! I better finish up-” says Twilight, and at the end of the sentence, in teleports Shining Armour and Celestia. Shining Armour is a pretty cool guy, eh kills monsters and doesn’t afraid of anything. But in the last year we’ve become pretty good friends. He’s one of the only non-stuffy unicorns here. Seriously, you would not believe how stuffy the unicorns here are. They give Blueblood a run for his money, and that’s why I was so relieved when I met someone who wasn’t stuffy. So, onto the topic!

"Why is it you've called us here, Celestia?" I say, looking confused. Celestia just shakes her head.

[Play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vIqlHHxpzY# here]

"The reason I have called you two is to reveal a secret that has been kept for seven years. A secret that nopony knows or should know." At this, Celestia's face goes to a grim reprise. "The secret is..." She pauses for effect. Twilight stares at her. My face goes serious. "Rainbow Dash, you are not a pegasi like you thought. Rather, you are much more than that, with so much potential." I'm confused. If I wasn't a pegasi like the original Rainbow Dash probably (and I say PROBABLY) was, then what was I? Celestia leans in. "You are..." she looks around to make sure they're ready, and then finishes up with, "an Alicorn."

AN: Bet you weren't expecting that! Anyway, to combat the Mary Sue/Marty Stu archetype, I would like some other writers to write stories which happen in the same universe as this. Okay, the story is the mane six and another (Derpy), as well as the CMC aside from Scootaloo, have had their souls diverted, aside from Twilight. So, the first 7 who comment get to write those sections of the chapters on google docs, and those chapters. It can be an OC who gets reincarnated, or a self-insert; it doesn't really matter. Anyway, seeya next time!