I Dare You

by Silver_Cloudsky27

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rainbow Dash, Main 6, Comedy, Random, Slice of Life
Length: 2307

As we all know; Rainbow Dash loves flying... Fast. She wants her friends to experience the awesomeness of flight and speed but she doesn't know how... Until now.

Rainbow Dash wants her friends to experience flight and speed like her but she doesn't know how! Until she sees a strange machine being sold while she was on one of her wonderbolt tours.

This is a requested story:rainbowdetermined2:

Published 2022-08-04 18:40:00 UTC
Last updated 2022-08-04 18:40:00 UTC

Rocket Ponies

"No! Why would Ah... We, even agree to that!?" Applejack yelled towards her cyan pegasus friend.

"I don't think we get a choice, Applejack. No matter how much you don't like it, you have to do it." Twilight sighed as she put her book down.

"You guys don't like it? But it's a chance to experience flight and get to soar high and fast in the great sky!" The athletic pegasus encouraged.

"I and Fluttershy can already fly!"

"I mean like flying fast, and who can say no to flying?"

"Not me!" Pinkie finally joined in on the conversation. "I mean, why would I create a crazy little contraption that'll get me to the sky and have my balloons?" The pink pony said as she bounced in place.

"I do like flying but it was mostly because of how my wings looked." Rarity thought aloud. "Also-"

"I'll take that as a yes!" Rainbow Dash grinned.

"It can't be that bad." Rarity sighed.

"Ah guess... 'Sides, what's the worst that could happen." The farm pony shrugged.

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"What!? What do you mean by permanently?" Rarity asked.

"I did tell you guys before that if you attached the rockets on you, it'll be there permanently. That's why I have one too." The rainbow-maned pegasus explained with a smile.

"But, this will be in the way of everything! How can Ah carry my wagons or saddle bags with this here machine?" Applejack then started looking between her best friend and the rocket attached to her back as she asked the question.

"Technically, it's a jetpack but yeah. The doctor said that the jetpack will turn itself into a flat piece of metal that lays evenly on its user's backs. Our life will practically go on as if nothing happened, but I have to admit that I'll be using this a lot for research and fun." Twilight explained.

"What Twilight said. Now come on ponies! Let's fly!" Rainbow yelled towards her friends and clicked a button on her jetpack.

Everypony copied this action and they all started hovering next to Rainbow Dash.

"I-I've never been this high before. Well, I have when flying towards Cloudsdale but this is different." Fluttershy stuttered as she was not used to being this high without using her wings.

"Ah have seen Ponyville this high from the ground before but that was from Twilight's hot air balloon." The orange pony talked to herself in fear and awe.

"Of course it's different, you were standing on something but you're doing it on your own this time!" The cyan pegasus went near her best friend. "Nothing bad is gonna happen. But if there is, I'll always be there to catch all of you." Dash said as she raised her voice for all of her friends to hear.

"Thanks, RD." Applejack thanked her friend, putting a hoof on Rainbow's shoulder as the others gave their thanks and calmed down from their friend's reassurance. "Now where to?"

"We can go to every city in Equestria!" Pinkie chimed in.

"How long will that take?" Rarity turned her head towards the alicorn.

"There aren't that many cities in Equestria but it'll take us all day."

"It's my day off at the farm, so Ah don't mind flying all day."

"I told Angel to take care of the animals, I'm sure she can do it all day." Fluttershy smiled unsurely.

"The cakes can handle sugarcube corner all day, any day!" The party pony exclaimed.

"There's not that much going on at the library. I'm sure Spike and Starlight can take care of things while I'm gone." The alicorn smiled.

"And I don't have anything to do at the boutique." Rarity finished.

"Flying all over Equestria it is!" Rainbow declared as she started flying towards Canterlot. Her friends smiled excitedly at each other and followed suit.

The six friends flew over Canterlot, Manehattan, The Crystal Empire, Yakyakistan, and just about every city in Equestria. They talked, told stories, laughed together, and flew together. The last one was Rainbow's favorite for this was their first time flying together. All over Equestria no less! This was her dream come true. Getting her friends to experience flight.

Once they had a clear view of the city, they would race towards it. Rarity was the last one with her position, then Fluttershy, Pinkie, Applejack surprisingly, Twilight Sparkle, and then Rainbow Dash, to no one's surprise. It kept going like this Applejack mostly replaced Twilight, Pinkie replacing Twilight but Twilight would get her position back, but never again would she get Applejack's spot. There were close calls but it wouldn't last long.

After every race they had so far, they would always laugh, stand on rooftops for a minute or two and fly again. Once they were on their way back to Ponyville, they took their time. They didn't race there, watching the sun almost getting engulfed by the mountains up north.

"Did you guys have fun?" Rainbow asked her friends once Ponyville was in sight.

"Yes, despite me losing all the races we had. I had fun." The fashionista smiled.

"That was amazing! What an adrenaline rush! I get one of those just by seeing you flying Rainbow, worried about your safety and all, but to experience it myself is incredible! It's as if I didn't care about my safety!" Twilight exclaimed.

"So... Was that a yes?" Applejack chuckled.

"Umm... Yes." The now blushing alicorn chuckled.

"As for me, Ah already experienced this while racing RD and all, but it was nothing like doing it in the sky." The farm pony smiled. "Ah felt like Ah could reach Canterlot and go back to Ponyville faster than the Super Cider Squeezy 6000 could make a barrel of cider!" She added with a chuckle.

"It was pretty scary but fun. I knew that if something were to happen, I have five best friends who'd save me." Fluttershy smiled.

"You got that right! Gee! That whole flight was even better than my balloons!" The pink pony said as she flew everywhere, going up, down, circling the group, and stopped next to Fluttershy, who yelped in her sudden appearance

"I'm glad you all had fun." Dash sighed. "This was awesome. I finally got my friends to feel the true meaning of flight..." She looked at the ground, smiling. " I mean, not that flying near the ground and slowly i-isn't cool, it's just that I wanted you all to feel what it was like when I'm flying. You've all enjoyed seeing me fly, I don't see why you can't enjoy flying with me." She looked at her friends as they started landing on the outskirts of Ponyville.

Rainbow Dash still had her smile as her friends all started at her with their open mouths. Pinkie broke the silence with an 'Awww, Dashie.' as she hugged Dash. The others smiled and hugged the rainbow-maned pegasus, forming a group hug.

The End

Bonus

"Starlight, Spike, I'm back!"

"Hey, Twilight. Spike is sleeping." Starlight smiled as Twilight smiled back and went past her to go to the library. "Uhh, Twilight? Why are you carrying a metal-looking thing on your back? And why does your mane look a little frazzled?" She asked curiously as she followed the purple alicorn.

"Oh, this?" She asked as she clicked a button on the metal and it turned into a jetpack. Starlight's mouth opened. "This is a machine called jetpack. Rainbow Dash dared me and the rest of our friends to implant them on our backs to fly with them. Apparently, she wanted us to feel what she feels while she's flying in the sky. We flew to every city in Equestria all day! It was amazing." The princess explained as she turned the jetpack into a flat piece of metal that was perfectly laying on her back and walked towards the library.

Every city of Equestria? Starlight thought in awe and trotted towards Twilight. "Do you think I should get one?"

"Of course! It would be fun flying with you too! I was about to ask the Princesses if they knew this existed, ask them if they would be interested in them, and a lesson I learned today. I'm not her student anymore but I don't see why not I shouldn't be sending her one friendship lesson for now."

"That good, huh?" She got a nod from Twilight who just entered the library. She then started walking towards the door. She opened it and got a hoof in the face. "Hey!"

"Oops, sorry, Starlight. Trixie was unaware that you would be opening the door when I expected my hoof to hit the door." Trixie apologized but eventually chuckled as her friend rubbed her face.

"Trixie! What are you doing here?"

"Trixie was gonna ask you if you wanna get jetpacks implanted on our backs."

"You know about that?"

"Of course. Seeing your other friends fly with them, being a unicorn, Trixie would like to give it a try. So I did a bit of research and found out that the pony who's selling is the one who'll attach the machine to us. The blue unicorn explained.

"I never thought of it that way and I was actually on my way to you to ask you about it."

"Well then let's go! Trixie is ready to soar through the sky!" Trixie said as she started to trot, Starlight doing the same behind her. And tricks with it too She thought, grinning excitedly.

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Twilight's castle

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Dear Princess Celestia,

Do you have any knowledge of a flying machine called a jetpack? It's a machine that allows anypony to fly. It can get you as fast as you want and lets you fly as if it was natural. As if they were your wings. I was wondering if you would be interested in them. They're really fun, especially if you do it with somepony else.

My friends and I learned something today too and it's that no matter how different you and your friends are, you'll still be able to enjoy each other's company. Getting able to learn from each other, laugh and talk to each other, and face countless challenges together no matter what.

The Princess of Friendship, Twilight Sparkle.

PS: I know I don't have to send you friendship lessons anymore but this lesson had something to do with the jetpacks; specifically on what they do. Rainbow Dash wanted our friends to experience the joy and the adrenaline rush she feels while flying. Flying means so much to her, it's amazing. I hope you enjoy the jetpacks if you get them.

"There. Now I only have to wait for Spike to wake up." Twilight said as she rolled the paper.

"A letter? What for?" Spike asked as he entered the library.

"Oh! Hey, Spike. I was wondering if you could send this letter to me. I stated in the letter that Celestia and the other princesses would like to get a machine called a jetpack. It allows anypony to fly with them as if they were wings." The alicorn explained.

"Can't you already fly?" He asked.

"Well, yes. But this is different, it allows you to fly fast while giving its user control unlike any other. I don't know how but I have some theories."

"Yeah, but why bother telling the princesses about it? They'll probably find out about this new technology soon."

"I just wanted to tell them myself." The purple pony said as she hovered the letter in front of the dragon.

"Okay then..." Spike then took the letter from Twilight's magic and was about to send it to Princess Celestia until the door suddenly opened and revealed Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.

"Princesses! What are you doing here?" Twilight frantically asked.

"Earlier today, we saw you and your friends flying. I had no idea how all of you were doing it until I saw something on your backs. I didn't know what they were but I saw posters all around Canterlot and saw rocket looking machine. I had somepony call the seller. My sister was up as well since it was almost time for her to raise the moon." Celestia explained as she motioned to her sister.

"We got them implanted on our backs as soon as we knew what they do. I mean, who doesn't want to fly in the air with such incredible speed?" Luna said with excitement and chuckled as she finished, her sister chuckling as well.

"Well probably go on adventures with them if we can but duty calls." The sun goddess finished.

Twilight was about to say something until Spike spoke.

"Starlight is on her way to getting one, right?"

"She was with Trixie. We saw them entering as Luna and I were testing out the jetpack and then Luna decided to head here and let you join in on the fun too. I agreed since I forgot that you were the one that made me curious about it." Celestia explained.

"I actually have a letter that I was about to send you but you can read that later." The purple princess hovered the letter to the tall, regal alicorn who gave her a nod and consumed the letter with her magic.

"You got me into the fun just by talking about it! I'm going to try and catch up to Starlight." exclaimed the dragon as he flew out of the library and the castle.

The others still stared at the door and laughed.

"So, Twilight. Where were you and your friends headed when you all flew over Canterlot?" Celestia asked.

"Everywhere," She chuckled as the two alicorns looked at Twilight with confused faces. "It all started when..."

The End

For real this time