How Bow met Windy

Chapters

Proms and Promise
Proms and Promise: Windy's Thoughts
To Dance or not to Dance
Summer Preppin'
Summer Lovin' and Fall Admissions
A Passionate Night
A Scare and a Decision
Dreams Come and Dream Go
Finishing Classes and Starting new lives
A Chance Encounter
Relocations and Recruits
Training and Living
Performances of all Kinds

Proms and Promise

Bow wakes up with the gentle rays of the sun hitting his face, he lazily drags himself out of bed and gets dressed in his most decent, but comfortable clothes before running down stairs.

“Morning mom,” he called out as he sat down at the kitchen table.

“Morning, son” his mother replied back to him, placing a plate of flapjacks and eggs in front of him.

Bow began to eat his breakfast, savoring the fluffy, sweet disks.

"Hey, there, little bro, ya ready for your first day of your senior year,” a voice asked as they ruffled Bow’s hair from behind before sitting next to him.

“Morning, Blaze, yeah, I’m ready, I can’t wait to join the Buckball team again like you did every year,” Bow replied as he continued to eat

“That’s good, maybe you will join me in the trophy cabinet of fame,” Blaze playfully replied as he received his own plate of flapjacks and eggs. "But you know you don't have to follow in my footsteps, you know?" Blaze asked.

"I know, but I just love the sport, I hope to go pro in college," Bow replied as his brother smiled.

After breakfast, Bow stepped outside and prepared to take off to school, but before he did he turned around and gave his mother a big hug and a kiss goodbye. "See you when I get home," he said before leaving for school.

Once at the school, Bow watched as the other pegasi came in swams before he made his way to the quad where he saw other upperclassmen helping out new students and handing out their schedules. Once he had gotten his schedule, he made his way to his home room and took his seat.

After getting settled into class, lockers were assigned and Bow wasted no time in going to his to put his textbooks and stuff in, he continued to go about his day waiting for Buckball try-outs to start up.

When the bell rang, Bow quickly made his way to the field, and joined the other eager hopefuls in trying out for the team, a series of test and examinations followed and at the end of the day, Bow was sweating like a hog and panting, he quickly grabs a shower in the school’s locker room to wash off the dirt and sweat before he heads home.

The next day at school, Bow quickly approaches the bulletin board and looks at who made the team. When he sees his name he is so overcome with joy that he lets out an excited yell and jumps for joy. When he starts walking to homeroom he is so lost in thought over making the team that he accidentally bumps into another student causing their books to land on the floor.

“Oh, I’m sorry, I was lost in thought, here let me help you,” Bow said as he bent down on his knees and helped the student pick up their books “My name’s Bow Hothoof,” He said as he introduced himself, handing back the student’s books.

“Yeah, I know,” the student replied, the voice soft and delicate.

Looking up to greet the voice, Bow blushed bright red at who he saw, a pair of bell bottom jeans and a tie-dye shirt met his gaze as he saw Windy Whistles staring at him.

Windy giggled at his blush as she stood up. “It’s nice to finally talk to you, I was just a bit shy. I mean you're the star defender in buckball and there's talk you may get a scholarship to the best college for it,” Windy said as Bow got to his feet and handed her her last book.

Bow let out a sheepish chuckle as he began to rub the back of his head. “Yeah, but I'm not that great, and it's a bit funny that you were shy to talk to me," Bow replied as Windy arched a brow.

"Oh? And why is that?" Windy asked as she clutched her books to her chest.

"Because I was kinda shy too, it’s Windy, right?” Bow asked.

“It sure is, but why would someone as confident and as popular as you be shy of somepony like me?" Windy asked.

"Because there's talk about you as well, you're the head of the class and a shoe in for valedictorian, I'll be lucky if I get salutatorian, I guess I just feel intimidated by your smarts," Bow said as he blushed, Windy doing the same as the last minute bell started to ring.

After the quick introduction, Bow made his way to class, where he along with the other students quietly worked. The next class was no different except for one thing, Windy was plaguing his mind, his heart would skip a beat and he found himself sweating bullets.

The school day flew by almost instantaneously and soon Bow was on his way to his first Buckball practice of his senior year. He stood on the field as the coach took attendance.

“Alright, we need to get you all in shape before a game, so drop and give me twenty," the coach demanded.

Following the order, the whole team hit the ground and started doing push-ups, their hands laid flat on the ground as their hooves dug in firmly as they started their exercise. Bow looked over to the side and noticed the cheerleaders meeting for practice a few yards down. Bow's jaw dropped as he saw Windy in her uniform and blushed bright red, their school colors were on full display on her pom-poms and skirt.

As he gawked at the cheerleaders, he lost his grip and fell straight down, the coach noticing this stood over him. "Well Mr. Hothoof, you just earned another twenty push-ups!" the coach yelled.

"Yes, sir," Bow said as he regained position and started doing the exercise over again.

Bow starts to wonder why she would all of a sudden join the cheer squad, he would always see her at practice just a few yards away, but with her head buried in a book. He glanced over to see her practicing the pyramid and each maneuver she did made his heart skip a beat as he witnessed her practice the cheer routine with the other cheerleaders.

Bow remembered that even before she was a cheerleader, he thought to himself countless days to himself, “I’m gonna ask her out,” but in the end would succumb to his cold feet.

The days of his highschool life seemed to fly by and soon it was time for prom, Bow had a week to get ready for it and hasn't even asked a girl to accompany him, he had been preoccupied with preparing for his last game, had already taken the pre-SAT’s and SAT’s to pick a good college, and had gotten scholarship offers for Buckball. He had finally decided to ask Windy out, and when the last bell rang he left class and found Windy by her locker. He approached her with sweaty palms and his heart pounded in his chest.

“Windy?” Bow called out, his voice threatening to give out as she turned to make eye contact.

“Yes, Bow. What is it?” she asked as Bow started to sweat bullets and his heart threatened to leap into his throat.

Bow gulped as he tried to compose himself, finally gritting his teeth and closing his eyes. “Would you like to be my date for the prom?” he asked, causing Windy’s mouth to fall agape.

After a few seconds of deafening silence, Windy finally spoke "I don't know, Bow, I didn't really plan on asking anyone," she politely said as she closed her locker.

Bow looked down, a little devastated, but trying to understand, from the corner of his eye he saw a prom ticket in Windy’s binder. “You want to go as just friends?” Bow asked as he looked up.

“I’m not sure, I was just looking forward to going to prom by myself just to say I went,” she said as she held her binder to her side.
“You know what, sure, let’s go to the prom together as friends,” Windy said, accepting his offer. Maybe we might find someone special there and it’ll be fun not to worry about romance.” she said as Bow smiled.

“Only if you really want to,” he said as he walked down the hall with her and to the quad.

"I do, it'll be nice to not worry about romance, also prom is a one time thing and I don't want to regret not going," Windy replied as she prepared to go home.

“Ok, I’ll pick you up that night,” Bow said as she handed him her address and took off.

"Wait, would you mind if I escort you home?" Bow asked as Windy blushed.

"Do you think I need some stallion to take me home?" Windy asked jokingly as Bow started to stammer.

"N-no, I didn't mean it like that, I-I just……," Bow tries to correct himself.

Windy starts laughing as she approaches Bow. "I'm yanking your chain, I know you didn't mean it that way, I don't mind if you want to escort me home, come on big guy," Windy said as she took off.

Proms and Promise: Windy's Thoughts

Windy and Bow land in the front lawn of her house, stretching their wings after a long flight.

"Well, this is my house," Windy said as Bow nodded.

"It looks really nice, and looks like I'm just two blocks down," Bow said, pointing towards his house. "Well, I better get home, I'll see you tomorrow at school," Bow said as he patted Windy on her shoulder as he left.

Windy blushed, she half expected a peck on the cheek, but respected Bow's consideration of her feelings. Windy started walking to the door, but before she could head inside. Her brother Atlas greets her, carrying a box in his hands.

“Hey, Windy, was that your boyfriend that just left?" Atlas asked, making her blush.

"What, no, he's just a friend who I happen to be going to prom with," Windy objected as her brother arched an eyebrow.

"I'm just messing with you, sis, anyway would you be so kind as to lend me a hand?” he asks.

“Sure,” Windy says as she helps support the box, helping him open the door and place the box into the moving chariot.

“I can’t believe I made it home to see you off to college,” Windy said as she saw the multitude of boxes piled into the vehicle, wondering how it could possibly hold the weight of everything.

Atlas chuckled as he ruffled her hair. “Like I was gonna leave without saying bye to you, my favorite sister,” Atlas said, causing Windy to blush.

“I’m your only sister,” Windy replied with a chuckle as their mother called out.

“Atlas, Windy, go take a shower and put on something decent, we’re going out to eat,” she yelled as she went back inside the house.

“Sounds like we’re all celebrating you going off to college,” Windy said as she began to tear up and suddenly threw her arms around her brother. “I’m sure gonna miss you,” Windy cried, holding back tears as her brother rubs her head.

“Hey, I’ll come and visit on the holidays, and I promise, I will be here to see you graduate,” Atlas said as he kissed her forehead. “Now come on, we better get ready,” he said as he and her walked into the house.

Windy and Atlas quickly take a shower and get dressed in their most decent clothes, Windy wears a baby blue dress in lieu of her tie-dye shirt and bellbottoms. Atlas wears a button-up shirt and black pants, tucking the bottom of the shirt into them as he puts on his dress shoes.

They leave their house and take off into the skies, Windy’s father is dressed in his usual suit and tie, he has shaved the stubble off and sports a clean shaven face, her mother wears a baby blue dress same as her, only with the difference being her hoop earrings.

As they fly, they talk about the classes that Atlas plans on taking, he has told them he wants to be an engineer so he is studying that, he also plans on dabbling in weather management and tracking.

Once they arrive at the restaurant, they are quickly seated and given menus, they each order what appears good to them and hand the menus back.

As they wait for their food, they partake in idle conversation.

They talked about how proud they were of Atlas and stuff like that, already making plans for when he comes to visit. Soon their food comes and they all eat in silence.

After dinner they all exit the restaurant and take to the skies to head home, once there, Atlas says his final goodbyes and then hitches himself to the moving chariot and flies off to college.

Windy goes into her room and lays in her bed, full from the meal and deep in thought. ‘I’m actually going to prom, it might not be how I expected it, but I’m going, I should be happy but why do I feel so nervous?’ She thinks to herself as her eyelids become heavy, not having a moment to even think about what Bow had asked her hours before. She looks up at her ceiling, thinking about the prom until sleep overtakes her.

The next morning she wakes up and goes to school like normal, with prom being in a week she starts to worry. ‘I know we're going as friends but should I dress up, is he, what are the social queues about that?’ she thinks to herself.

As she does her school work and prepares for the last game she will be cheering in, she is deep in thought. It isn’t until lunch time that her friend Misty snaps at her. “Hey, you ok there, Windy, you’ve been up in space all day,” she asks as she goes back to eating.

Regaining her composure, Misty looks at her food and pokes at it with her plastic spork. “Yeah, just lost in thought,” she says as she sighs.

“Penny for your thoughts?” Misty asks as she looks at Windy with concern.

“It’s just, I haven't dated or anything similar before, Bow asked me if I would go with him to the prom, but I’m just not sure, he suggested we go as friends but, I’m not sure if I should dress up or not,” Windy confided.

“I think you should, just because you're going as friends, doesn't mean you should be so formal,” Misty replied.

"You're probably right, I'm just so nervous I really don't want anything going wrong,” Windy replied.

“Oh and why might that be?” her friend asks, a teasing tone littering her voice.

Wind blushes bright red. “I might actually have a crush on him," Windy said as she prodded at her food.

“I think you have a point, Storm.” Windy replied calling Misty by her nickname the Buckball team had given her. "I should dress up in case we want to dance," she continued as she ate lunch.

Windy went the rest of the day planning on and looking forward to the prom, even though she was going stag, she was very excited.

To Dance or not to Dance

The night of the prom quickly came about and Bow arrived at Windy’s house dressed to the nines. His jet black tuxedo defines his muscular build as he walks up to the door and knocks.

Windy’s father opens the door and escorts him in, ensuring him that Windy will be down momentarily. As Bow waited he twiddled his thumbs while he held the corsage gently in his hands.

Soon, Windy comes walking down the stairs, her mother and father video taping it as Bow stands speechless, though they were only going as friends, he couldn’t help but to blush.

Windy giggled slightly as she looked at him, “Like what you see?” she asks teasingly, forcing a sheepish grin to spread across Bow’s face.

“Yeah, you look beautiful,” Bow replied as he took out the corsage and fastened it on her wrist.

Windy then gets the boutonnière she got for him and fastens it onto his lapel.

“Looks like we still wanted to play by the book huh?” Bow asked as Windy giggled.

“Yeah, even though we’re going as friends, I still want us to enjoy it,” she replies as she stands beside Bow for a picture.

After letting Windy’s parents take a few pictures, Bow and Windy head out the door and take to the air, heading to prom.

At the prom, Bow and Windy sat in the chairs they sat out for those who needed to take a break or were unsure what to do with themselves. As they sat they watched the others dance and having a good time. Windy watches as other couples were dancing with each other.

Bow notices Windy watching the couples dance and smiles to himself.

Bow then gets up and holds out his hand to Windy. "Miss Windy Whistles, might I have this dance?" Bow asked, making Windy smile has she took his hand.

The two entered the dance floor holding onto each other as a slow song played. "Can I ask you something?" Bow asked.

"I'm not sure if you can, but you may," Windy chimed back cheekily as she held onto Bow's shoulders.

“Why haven't you dated before?” Bow asks as he twirls Windy.

“I really don’t know to tell you the truth, I guess I just buried myself in academics, afraid that if I started dating I would let my grades slide, I also didn't really feel the need to at the moment, I have a part-time job, I also help out around my house when I need to so I guess I didn't want to lose my independence," Windy replied.

“That's understandable,” Bow said, invested in her story.

“It is?" Windy asked, surprised that Bow was so understanding.

"Of course it is, I know my grades must come before my buckball hobby," Bow said as Windy smiled.

"Hobby, I thought you wanted to go pro?" Windy asks as the music stops and the tempo picks up, causing Bow and Windy to retreat to the chairs.

"That's just a backup pipe dream, I really want to become a Wonderbolt," Bow said as Windy's eyes light up

"You mean like Commander Easyglider and General Firefly?" Windy asks excitedly.

"Yeah, I think their aerial shows are totally tubular, I want to be in their ranks and feel that adrenaline," Bow said as the two went on a tangent about the Wonderbolts, talking about favorite maneuvers and shows.

"You know Stormy Flare?" Windy asks Bow suddenly.

"Yeah, I think so, she's the cheer captain when you practice cheerleading, right?" Bow asked as Windy nodded.

"Yeah that's her, she's embarrassed to acknowledge her cheerleading interest, but she also wants to be a Wonderbolt, maybe you two will be in the same squadron," Windy said as Bow chuckled.

"I don't know, she seems to get pretty intense when you all practice," Bow said as Windy smirked.

"Oh? Is the big strong stallion scared?" Windy asked teasingly as Bow chuckled.

The night seems to go by fast as they dance and talk together, soon the prom is over and Bow takes her home, as he walks her up to the door, his mind goes ninety to nothing.

“Thank you for doing this, I really enjoyed myself,” Windy said as she hugged Bow goodbye, Bow embraced the hug, letting go only after she did.

As he spread his wings about to take off, he watched as she went into her house thinking, ‘I should have asked her if she wanted to go out, though it’s probably best I didn’t, at least not yet.’ he thought to himself as he jumped into the air and flew off.

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Soon, graduation was upon them, Bow sat in the vast auditorium as the principal called the names of each student in alphabetical order. Soon his name is called and he walks across the stage to get his diploma.

The last one to get called up to the stage is Windy, as she walks across the stage, she sees her parents and her brother Atlas in the audience, after receiving her diploma, she joins the other students in tossing their caps into the air to celebrate.

After the ceremony, Windy talks with her parents and brother, making plans for a celebratory dinner, Windy accepts and starts to fly with them. Bow tries to catch her but stops himself. “Naw, she needs to be with family, and so do I,” he says to himself as he finds his parents and brother.

Summer Preppin'

Author's Note

any and all mention of meat in this chapter and onwards or even from other commissions I do for this client is meant to be taken as plant-based meat.

Summer Preppin'

The day after graduation marked the beginning of summer for Bow, he would mainly spend his days hanging out with his friends at the local malt shop, but while there he would constantly think to himself on what college to attend.

‘Hmmm, let’s see, Las Pegasus University sounds good, but so does Cloudsdale Tech, one even has an excellent buckball program, but only one trains you to be a Wonderbolt,’ he thought to himself as he sipped on a chocolate malt.

As he looks at the pamphlets the school gave him of various colleges that sent him a scholarship offer, he is brought back down to earth by a familiar voice.

“Hey there, Zippo, looking at some colleges?” Bow’s brother asked as he sat down at the booth.

Bow smiled as he went back to looking at the brochures. “Yeah, I just can’t decide on which one to go to,” Bow said as he leaned back in the booth and gawked at the ceiling.

Listening closely to his brother, Rainbow Blaze, just sipped his soda and nodded. “Yeah, I too had a difficult time deciding which one to attend,” he admitted as he looked down at the table.

Rainbow Blaze leaned back as he let out a sigh. “Don’t worry too much about picking one now, just enjoy the summer,” he said as he pat Bow on the back

“Yeah, I guess you’re right,” Bow said as he put his brochures away.

As the summer went on, Bow mainly spent time with his family, going to museums, enjoying time together, and going to sports games. One night, he and his dad held a barbecue where they made it an open invite, almost all of Cloudsdale came and broke bread with their neighbors, as they all ate, Bow saw that Windy had come and decided to talk to her.

“Hey,” he said as he came up to her, a smile spreading across her face.

“Hey, Bow. This is some barbecue you and your pop put together,” Windy said as she bit into the hot dog. “These are really good,” she said as she wiped the condiment splatter off her lips.

“Thanks, I made those myself,” Bow said as he smiled.

“You made the hot dogs?” Windy asked, surprised a bit thinking he meant actually made.

“Well, I did get the dogs from a store, but I meant I cooked them,” Bow corrected as Windy giggled.

“The secret is to use a low heat so not to burn the dog, then to use a little salt for season,” Bow said, making Windy’s mouth water.

“Wow it sure sounds like you know how to cook,” Windy said as Bow blushed.

“Yeah, I actually do, whenever my mom works late, I chip in by making a meal, most usually vegetarian meatloaf made from nuts or I buy a pack of vegetarian ground beef,” Bow says as Windy smiles.

“I bet you beat your meat well then,” she jokes as Bow blushes bright red.

The barbecue continues with friends talking to friends, Bow watches as his dad knocks back a can or two with his buds. Once the barbecue finishes, Bow cleans the mess left behind, he hums to himself as he picks up copious amounts of plastic plates, cups, and cutlery.

“Hey, need a hand?” a voice called out.

Looking up to see who it was, Bow was surprised to see that it was Windy. “Sure, but I don't want you to get into trouble with your folks,” Bow said.

"Ah, they won't mind, it's not like I have a curfew seeing the summer," Windy replied as she grabbed a garbage bag and helped him clean.

Silence washed over them like a wave, the only sounds that could be heard were those of crickets and whippoorwills, as they worked, the yard became more and more clean until two garbage bags full of thrash sat on the lawn.

“Thanks for the help,” Bow says as he wipes his brow, sitting down to relax for a bit, Windy taking a seat beside him.

“So, have you decided where you want to go to college yet,” Windy asks as she sits with him.

“No, not yet.” Bow replies as he looks up into the night sky. “I really want to try and be a Wonderbolt, but at the same time I know I need a back-up plan.”

Windy listens whole-heartily as Bow talks, hanging on his every word. “I know how you feel, I want to be a meteorology expert, but I don’t know what else to do."

The two continue to talk well into the night, the moon shining brightly as they stare into the night sky.

Moments of silence passed before Bow broke it, “Hey, Windy?” he asked as her looked at her

“Yes,” she answered, meeting his gaze.

“I know we went to the prom as friends, but I am hoping we can be more, I really do like you and would love to spend time with you, Windy, would you like to go out with me,” Bow asked, making Widy blush bright red.

Windy smiled and gave a slight chuckle, “I would love to go out with you, I also felt the same way, but I didn’t want to get back on the horse just yet,” Windy admitted as she scooted closer to Bow.

Bow wrapped his arm around her shoulder as the two continued to watch the night sky. “Does us dating mean I can have some more of your delicious hot dogs,” Windy asked abruptly, making Bow blush deep red.

Windy giggled at his blush, knowing full well what she was doing, “If it does, maybe I can let you have some of my tacos,” she says as Bow begins to sweat.

“W-we are talking about food, right?” Bow asked as he started to stammer, his rod bulging from his pants.

Windy giggles as she backs down some.”Yes, I just had to tease you a bit,” she says as she leans her head onto his shoulder.

“That’s good, because I want to wait, at least for a while,” Bow said as Windy smiled.

“Same, maybe on our third date we can make the bed rock,” Windy suggests as a shooting star passed overhead and she planted a kiss on Bow’s lips, both embracing each other.

Summer Lovin' and Fall Admissions

The glow of summer was quickly fading, both Bow and Windy have settled on a college but have not told the other, instead they decided to go on their first date.

Bow had decided to just take Windy out to the fly-in, where they enjoyed The Three Foals shorts, Windy and Bow both laughed hysterically as they watched the mischievous actors run amok on the screen. As they sat in the clouds they talked during the breaks, finding out more about each other as the night went on.

“So have you decided on a college yet, Bow?” Windy asked, looking at him through the tears in her eyes.

“I have, but I don’t want to tell you,” he replied as he offered her some popcorn.

Windy smiles cheekily as she reaches into the bucket. “I’m not gonna find a hot dog here am I?” she asked, making Bow blush bright red as he shook his head no.

“Why don’t you want to tell me which college you chose?” she asked, popping a few kernels into her mouth.

“I just don’t want to have you feel like you should go to the same college as me, I love you too much for that,” Bow replied as he swung his arm around her.

“I understand, I won’t force you to tell me, and I won’t tell you mine,” Windy said as she leaned into Bow.

The time seemed to fly by as they talked and watched the show. Soon it was already time for Bow to take her home.

As Bow and Windy landed in her driveway, he grabbed her hand and smiled. "I wish you the best of luck in college, I know you'll make your dream a reality," he says, making Windy blush.

"Thank you, and good luck with your endeavors, I know you'll make it into the Wonderbolts," Windy replied.

Before leaving they give each other a passionate kiss on the lips and soon parted ways.

Bow smiled fondly as a voice rang out, “Here you go sir,” it said as Bow shook himself out of his daze, seeing a key being handed to him.

“Oh, thank you.” Bow said as he took the key.

“You’re welcome, and welcome to Las Pegasus University,” the stallion said as he started checking in another student.

Bow immediately went into his dorm to put his things away, there he saw a black stallion putting his things away too.

“Ah, hey there,” the stallion said as he extended his arm and grabbed Bow’s hand. “My name is Lightning Lane, it’s nice to meet you,” he said as he shook his hand.

Bow smiled at the friendly gesture. “Likewise, my name is Bow Hothoof, so I’m guessing you got a buckball scholarship too?” Bow asked.

“Eeyup, had to choose between this school or Cloudsdale, I do want to be a Wonderbolt, but I just wanted to get away from home for a while,” Lightning replied as he sat on the bed. “You want the top or bottom bunk, bro?” he asked

“Bottom is ok with me, and you’re from Cloudsdale?” Bow asked, surprised to see another native.

“Born and raised,” Lightning replied as he tossed one of his pillows up top. “But as much as I love my family, I just had to get away for a while, see other parts of the world, you know?” Lightning continued as Bow nodded.

“Yeah, I know,” Bow replied as he looked at his schedule. His first class wasn’t until tomorrow so that gave him time to explore the campus.

While exploring the campus Bow sees ponies playing frisbee, some are studying, others are signing up for clubs or even looking for fraternities or sororities. Bow takes a deep breath as he relishes in awe at the first step of his independent life.

While looking around, Bow sees a familiar face, walking around the quad, Bow gasps in surprise as he recognizes it was Windy, she was sitting with the hippies playing in a drum circle.

Bow smiled brightly as he approached her sneaking up behind her. "I didn't know you were a flower child," he said, causing her to look back in shock.

"Bow, hey!" Windy exclaimed as she got up, wrapping her arms around Bow.

Bow wrapped his own arms around Windy, embracing the hug as they gave each other a gentle squeeze.

"I guess fate wanted us to be close," Bow said as he broke the hug.

Windy blushed as she stroked her hair back and let out a chuckle. "I have to agree," she replied as she invited Bow to join them.

Bow sat down on the grass and joined their drum circle, letting his cares drift away as he played.

It wasn't until dusk that he got up and stretched, time had flown by so quickly that he had to wait for the next day to join a sports team.

Bow spent the rest of his time in his dorm, staring at the ceiling. His thoughts crash in his head like waves.

"I can't wait to join the buckball team, and the courses I've enrolled in will help me become a Wonderbolt," Bow said to himself out loud, waking up his roommate.

"Yo, bro. You ok?" Lightning asked as he looked down from the top bunk.

"Yeah, sorry I didn't know I said that out loud, I'm just deep in thought," Bow replied as he sat up, the heat of the night making him sleep shirtless.

"The sense of freedom is overwhelming huh?" Lightning asked as he sat up with him.

"Yeah, I just don't know what I should do after this," Bow said as he sighed.

"I know what you mean, I don't know where to go from here either, but just try to relax, I'm sure whatever you want to do will be worthwhile," Lightning replied as he got up and tossed Bow bottled water.

"Thanks, man," Bow said as he took the bottle and began to drink.

"No problem, just enjoy college while you can, live your life, do something you wouldn't normally do as long as no one gets hurt, and just live for you," Bow's roommate said, offering some sage advice.

"Even if that thing is underage drinking?" Bow asked, getting a chuckle out of Lightning.

"I can't say either way, the choice is up to you," Lightning replied as Bow capped his bottle.

"Yeah, I guess it is, so besides the scholarship, what do you plan to do?" Bow asked, too awake to go back to sleep.

"Probably philosophy, being a Wonderbolt is my true passion, but philosophy is my backup plan as well as a passionate hobby," Lightning replied.

Bow smiled, "that explains why you sound so wise," Bow said as he lay down.

Lightning went back to bed and closed his eyes as sleep finally overtook them and they both started snoring.

A Passionate Night

Months passed since Bow enrolled, he has since joined the buckball team and even joined a few clubs. He and Windy have started dating, practically becoming the talk of the campus with how well they are together. Bow took her out on their third date almost immediately after the first game of the season. He took her to see a reshowing of "It's A Wonderful Life" and then took her to a nice local restaurant a few miles away from the college that specializes in Saddle Arabian cuisine.

As the two sat and enjoyed their meal, they started talking about their ambitions.

"So Bow, what do you plan on doing after you graduate?" Windy asked as she ate.

"I plan on trying out for the Wonderbolts, I've been taking classes on aerodynamics and glide theory so that hopefully I can show them my skills as a flyer," Bow replied.

"That sounds nice, though I heard that Captain Storm is really strict when it comes to professionalism," Windy said as she looked down.

"Yeah, I've heard that as well," Bow replied.

"Do you have a backup plan if that doesn't work out?" Windy asked hesitantly.

Bow smiled cockily, "Pffft, what would I need a backup plan for, I mean look at me, I'm handsome, I'm the MVP on the buckball team, and I'm just that awesome," Bow said flexing his muscles, causing Windy to blush.

"Are you serious?" Windy asked, shocked to hear Bow talk like this.

Bow let out an amused chuckle, "No, I'm not serious. I do have a backup plan and it's to play buckball professionally," he said as he looked down. "I know I might not be a Wonderbolt and my interest may change on that, I mainly just like the shows they do," Bow continued as they ate.

"The movie was good, I remember when my mother showed me it," Windy said, changing the topic.

"Yeah it was, I remember my mom showing it to me as well," Bow replied, smiling as he ate.

"Yeah, though I'll have to admit, I didn't know you were that soft," Windy said teasingly as Bow blushed.

Bow chuckled nervously as he took a drink."Yeah, I always cry at the end of that movie, it's just so sweet," he replied as Windy nodded.

"It is indeed, and it pretty much confirmed my feelings for you," she said, as she took a drink herself.

After dinner, Bow and Windy went back to campus, Bow walked Windy to her dorm where they shared another passionate kiss. "I had fun tonight, Bow," Windy said as she broke the kiss. She looked down, blushing as she opened the door.

"My roommate actually went home to visit her family for the week, why don't you come inside?" Windy asked as she looked at Bow with star-filled eyes.

Blushing bright red, Bow rubbed the back of his neck as he stared back into his girlfriend's eyes. They have been going out for a while now and tonight was their third date, most couples would have already done the deed at this point, Bow wanted to, but he wanted to wait until Windy was ready as well.

"I guess I can come in for a while," Bow said as he walked in with Windy.

When they arrived in Windy's dorm, Bow was surprised at the number of music posters adorning the walls. "Wow, your roommate must be quite the music fan," Bow remarked, trying to start a conversation.

"Actually they're all mine," Windy replied as she put her bag on the dresser.

"Now, I'm sure you're wondering why I invited you in," Windy asked Bow as she sat on her bed, patting the top and inviting Bow to come sit with her.

Bow sat down beside her as she spoke. "We've been going out for a while, I think it's finally time we….you know," Windy started, blushing at the thought of what she was about to say. Windy took a breath as she spoke again, "I want my first time to be with you," she said, as she placed a hand on Bow's leg.

Bow blushed as she spoke, knowing full well what she meant.

Gulping and sweating from nervousness, Bow licked his lips and spoke. "I agree and I want the same, but are you sure, I don't want you to feel obligated," Bow said as Windy smiled and stood up.

"I'm sure," she said as she started stripping, slowly removing her clothes. Her breasts perked out as she took off her shirt, her bra a fine black holding her breast back a bit.

Bow blushed as a tent immediately pitched in his pants, prompting him to get up and do the same. Before removing anything else, he took off his tie and placed it on Windy's doorknob.

"Hmmm, pretty smart for someone about to lose their virginity, are you sure you haven't done this before?" Windy asked teasingly, making Bow blush.

Letting out a nervous chuckle, Bow began to unbutton his shirt. "I'm sure, but my roommate Lighting has had a few mares in our room, leaving me locked out," Bow replied as he tossed his shirt aside and started taking off his shoes and pants.

Soon both of them stood in front of each other completely nude, Bow's muscular body had Windy getting excited, her womanhood quivered as she stared at him.

Bow himself got excited to witness Windy's naked body, her breasts perky and firm.

"Well, are you ready?" Windy asked as she sat on the bed and spread her legs.

Bow, wasting no time joined her in the bed, kissing her lips as he inserted his erect cock into her womanhood.

Windy moaned as his shaft slid inside her, her pussy getting wetter as he began to thrust. "Oh, Bow. Take me now," Windy called out as Bow started to pick up the speed.

Bow thrusted and panted, sweat formed on his brow as he pounded into Windy. "Oh, Windy. You feel so good," Bow said as he pulled in and out, causing himself to reach climax.

With one more thrust Bow climaxed, shooting his seed into Windy as her cervix tightened around his cock and he let out a triumphant sigh.

Bow breaths heavily as he pulls out, his cock dripping with a mixture of his seed and Windy's juices. Taking a towel that was close to the bed, Windy and Bow both wiped off the excess juices and laid down together.

Windy smiled as she laid next to Bow, his strong arm wrapped around her made her feel safe.

As they basked in the afterglow of their lovemaking, sleep overtook them and they fell fast asleep, smiles on each of their faces.

A Scare and a Decision

Bow wakes up with the sun shining in on him, a quick glance to his side reveals Windy sleeping next to him.

Smiling from ear to ear, Bow gently stroked Windy's hair, causing her to stir.

Her eyes fluttered open as she smiled. "Morning," she spoke as she looked at Bow with loving eyes.

"Morning," Bow replied as he sat up on the bed.

“That was some night huh, Windy?” Bow asked as Windy chuckled.

“Yeah it was, but don’t go around telling your friends how you convinced me to sleep with you,” Windy said while looking at him mischievously

Bow lets out a chuckle while scratching behind his head. “I won’t, it’s none of their business anyway,” Bow replied as Windy got up and pushed him down onto his back, sitting on top of him.

Bow blushed bright red as Windy got closer to his face, her weight pinning him to her bed as she stared deep into his soul. “Oh, I don’t mind that they know, It’s that you better tell them who initiated it,” Windy said, causing Bow to blush and to get a bit aroused.

"O-oh, I can do that," Bow replied, stuttering as his cock bulges through his pants.

Windy smiles and kisses Bow. "Good boy," she says flirtatiously as she gets off of him allowing him to leave.

Bow left her dorm, blushing as bright as an apple as he walked out the door and down the hall. Being a co-ed college, nopony bats an eye as he leaves, showing that he is in the clear.

The next few weeks of his semester seemed to fly by at lightning speed, he passed all of his classes and helped the Buckball team win numerous games.

All seems to be going well for him until one day Windy approaches him in tears as a look of fear and upset covers her face.

"Windy, Windy, what's wrong, sweetie?" Bow asked, wrapping a comforting arm around her.

Looking up at Bow, Windy tears up even more and buries her head into his chest. "I think I might be late," she says quietly.

Bow's eyes widen in shock and uncertainty as he fails to think of what to say.

At the absence of words, Bow hugs her tightly as to try and calm her down, both their hearts pounding in their chests.

Bow's heart leaps into his throat as the weight of the news sinks in, his heart pounds at what seems to be one hundred beats per minute.

He wraps his arms tighter around Windy, comforting her as he tries to think of what to say, ultimately failing to find the words, so he just holds her in his embrace for now, waiting for her to say something.

Several seconds pass until Windy takes a deep breath and looks at Bow with puffy eyes. “What are we going to do if I am pregnant, I’ll have to take night classes, I’ll have to get a job, I’ll-I’ll…….” Windy starts to nervously rant, prompting Bow to gingerly grab her shoulders.

“Calm down, take a deep breath. We’ll figure this out together, you don’t have to face this alone,” Bow said as he pulled Windy into a hug.

Windy started to tear up again as she felt comforted by Bow’s words. “B-But,” Windy started to protest.

“No buts, we got into this situation, we will tackle it together,” Bow said as he held onto Windy tight.

Windy calmed down as Bow held her close, her head resting on his chest as her sobs died down. "There we go, You don't have to worry, we'll take this on together," Bow said as he stroked her hair.

"How are you not freaking out, Bow?" Windy asked as Bow held her, Windy having calmed down enough to talk asked.

"I am freaking out, but I know you need comfort, my mind and heart are racing too, I wasn't expecting to be a father so soon," Bow replied as Windy looked up at him.

"What are you going to do, I know you wanted to be a Wonderbolt," Windy asked.

"I'll find a way to balance it, but let's talk about that later," Bow said as he broke the hug. "Let's go get something to eat, maybe we can discuss it over a meal," Bow said as he grabbed Windy's hand and walked with her to a restaurant.

Bow and Windy go to their favorite restaurant off campus and go inside, the place is busy so it takes them a while to get a seat. As soon as a seat opens, they are seated and given the menus. "Can I start you off with some drinks?" their hostess asks.

"I'll just take a water, please," Windy replied as she opened her menu.

"I'll take a water too," Bow said as he opened his menu, unsure how to start the conversation.

"Coming right up," their hostess replies as she walks off to get their drinks.

Bow and Windy both sat there in silence as they tried to decide on what to order, Bow's mind was running wild as he gazed over the menu.

"Bow, I know you're feeling stressed, but don't worry, I'm sure we'll figure it out," Windy spoke up, trying to break the ice.

Bow looked up from his menu and forced a smile, I know," he replied as he gazed to the side. "I'm just thinking of a few things, like what should I do now," he says as Windy smiles.

"Oh, well you better not be thinking you have to marry me just because you got me pregnant," Windy said, chuckling as Bow blushed bright red.

"I-I wasn't thinking, that, I-I mean," Bow started to stutter, making Windy laugh a bit.

"I know you're not thinking that, I do see us together though," Windy said as she put her back up against her chair, "I know the feeling though, I keep thinking of all the things I wanted to do before I even thought about getting pregnant," Windy replied as Bow nodded.

The waitress came back and sat down two glasses of water with ice. "Are we ready to order?" She asked as she took out a pen.

Bow and Windy both replied with a yes as they both ordered the spaghetti with tofu meatballs. The waitress wrote it down and went to have it prepared.

As Bow and Windy were left alone once again, Windy reached across the table and gripped Bow's hand. "Thank you," Windy said as Bow looked at her, knowing what she's thanking him for.

"You're welcome, whatever happens, I'll be there to help you," Bow replied as he leaned over the table and gave Windy a quick kiss on the lips.

Dreams Come and Dream Go

After dinner, the two lovebirds left the restaurant and walked around the campus. The moon was shining brightly as they stopped and sat on a bench.

As they sat they looked up at the moon and just gazed at its beauty. "Windy, I promise I'll do what I can to raise our child, I'll find a job myself if I have to, and I'll fly my hardest so I can get a well-paying job as a Wonderbolt," Bow said as he held Windy's hand, her eyes shimmering in the night sky.

"But what about me, Bow? Am I just to stay at home and take care of our child while you get to live your dream?" Windy asked concern and worry now filling her voice. "I wanted to pursue my own career, but I still haven't done a lot of things that I wanted to do, I was going to study to become a professional cheerleader, but with both of us working, we won't have time for the kid,” Windy said, anger filling her voice.

Bow fell silent, not knowing what to say as he just sat with Windy. The sounds of nature filled the night as they sat in the quad.

"If you want to start a career I would happily stay home with the kid," Bow said, trying to make Windy feel better.

Windy sighed as she leaned her head back, she gazed at the night sky and wondered what to do. "So your final game is coming up, are you nervous?" Windy asked as she tried to change the subject.

"Yeah, I can't wait," Bow said as he kept hold of Windy's hand.

"I heard scouters are going to be there, that must fill you with excitement," Windy replied, giving a cheeky smile as Bow smiled back.

"Oh yeah, mainly those who fly in teams, but I have heard a rumor that Captain Stormy Flare is going to be there, I hope I impress one of them, I especially hope I impress the Captain herself," Bow replied as he started thinking about how great it would be to be trained by the famous Stormy Flare.

Windy smiled seeing Bow relax as she let out a yawn, Bow saw this and smiled. "Come on, we should get back to our dorms and get some rest," Bow said as he helped pull Windy from the bench.

Bow walked Windy to her dorm and kissed her on the lips, "Don't worry too much sweetie, we'll be ok," Bow said as Windy smiled.

"Thanks, Bow," Windy replied as she went into her building.

Bow then left, his mind deep in thought as he walked back into his dorm. "Ah, there you are buddy," Lightning Lane greeted as Bow sat on the bed with a loud sigh. "Hey what's wrong, bud?" Lightning asked as he rolled up to Bow's bed in his rolling chair.

"Windy thinks she is late," Bow said as he put his hands over his face.

Lightning's jaw dropped a bit as he was at a loss for words.

"So what are you gonna do if she is?" Lightning asked as Bow leaned up

"Simple, I'm gonna raise my kid with her, graduation is coming up, so at least we'll graduate together, but when she does give birth, I'll stay home," Bow said as Lightning looked at him confused.

"Why?" Lightning asked as he looked at Bow

"Why not?" Bow asked back, a knot starting to form in his stomach, his gut telling him he wasn't going to like his answer.

"Why should you give up your dreams? The way I see it, the stallion in the relationship should be working while the mare stays home to tend to the kids or the house," Lightning said as Bow looked at him with disgust.

"That's not how the world works anymore, Light," Bow said, calling him by his nickname. "Mares have the same rights as us stallions, it's true I don't want to give up my dreams, but I'm not gonna force Windy to give up her's, besides how can that be your view when our ruler is a mare?" Bow asked, confused about how his friend got this misogynistic view.

"That's different, she is of royal blood, all throughout history there have been women rulers, but the men still did all the work," Lightning replied as Bow shook his head.

"You gotta get out of that mindset, that's not how the world works anymore," Bow recanted as he laid down on his bed.

"But," Lightning started to say.

"No buts, Light. I love Windy, and I can't tell her to stay home, so WE, meaning her and I will think of something," Bow snapped, putting emphasis on the "we". Light backed down as Bow laid back down and went to sleep.

The days leading up to Bow's final game flew by as he studied and practiced, soon the big day was here, and the coach gave a motivational speech before Bow joined his teammates in storming the field.

Bow plays with all his heart, knocking back balls heading for his team's goal and sweating up a storm. Bow looked to the stands to see Windy cheering him on, Bow quickly waved to Windy as a ball almost made it in, but Bow managed to smack it away before it got any close.

As the timer ran down, the opposing team shot one more attempt to win the game, Bow managed to deflect it, but as he did, he felt a sharp pain in his right wing.

The coach blew the whistle, concluding the game, Bow's team cheered him for deflecting the goal and hoisted him up carrying him off the field.

After changing Windy met Bow on the field, throwing her arms around him. "Congratulations, Bow. You played great, I'm sure you'll get scouted to fly with the Wonderbolts for sure," Windy said as Bow embraced the hug.

"I'm sure I will, but if we have a kid, I might decline the offer," Bow replied.

Windy smiled, "Then I got some good news for you, I'm not pregnant, I just got my period yesterday," Windy said as Bow looked at her relieved.

"Oh thank, Celestia," Bow exclaimed as he tried wrapping his wings around Windy, screaming as he moved his right wing.

Windy looks at his wing and gasps. "Bow we need to get that wing looked at," Windy said as she hung onto Bow and walked him to the nearest hospital.

Windy and Bow get to the hospital and after waiting for a bit, get called back. The doctor looks over Bow and his wing thoroughly, even taking a few X-rays. "Ok, just wait here in this room and I'll get back to you," the doctor says before leaving.

What feels like an eternity passes before the doctor comes back in with a grim face. "Bow, I'm sorry to tell you this, but you damaged your right-wing severely with that block, you broke bones here and here," the doctor said while pointing at the X-ray. "Now this won't be a problem and it will heal, but you won't be able to seek a career in flying for the Wonderbolts, you'll still be able to fly normally, but another injury like this will permanently injure your wing to where you can't use it at all, so it'll be best if you don't put any unnecessary stress on it," the doctor said as Bow's heart dropped.

"Oh, I understand," Bow said as he looked down, Windy holding his hand as the doctor put a cast on Bow.

"I'm sorry, but I wish you a speedy recovery," the doctor said as he escorted them to the lobby.

Finishing Classes and Starting new lives

Bow and Windy left the hospital in silence, on the walk back to campus, not a single word was uttered as the two strolled in silence.

"You ok, Bow?" Windy asked, breaking the silence as she walked beside him

"I don't know," Bow sighed in reply, grasping his face with his hands. "I had hoped to be the next "Lightning Strike" Airraid, but now…………… I don't know what to do," Bow said as he looked up at the night sky, seeing a few pegasi pass by overhead.

"Wasn't he the best buckball player in history? That's quite a goal," Windy replied, thankful that Bow was at least talking.

"Yeah, he was. He could defend an approaching goal and you wouldn't even see it," Bow responded, starting to geek out as he listed stats and even giving a play-by-play making Windy smile as he went on a tangent about the buckball legend.

When they reached the campus, Windy helped Bow up the stairs, and into his dorm where Lightning Lane was still up. "Hey there you are man, where'd you go?" He asked before seeing Windy and giving a sly smirk. "Oh, I see, Some post-game celebrations," he said, causing Windy and Bow to shoot daggers at him.

Lightning immediately dropped his grin as Windy helped Bow into a chair. "Hey, what happened to Bow?" Lightning asked as he noticed the cast on his teammate's wing.

Bow groaned as he sat down. "I hurt it pretty bad during the game, it'll heal, but I won't be able to play anymore," Bow said, causing Lightning to look down not knowing what to say.

The air went stiff as Lightning put his ears down. "I'm sorry to hear that man," Lightning said as he looked up. At a loss for words.

"It's ok, I'll find a new dream I'm sure," Bow replied as Windy kissed him goodbye and left the two friends alone.

Bow and Lightning sat in silence as Bow pulled out a catalog of classes, hoping it wasn't too late to change majors.

"Woah dude, are you seriously going to give up on your dream just like that?" Bow's roommate asked as Bow searched through the pages of the classes he could take.

"What choice do I have? The doctor told me I won't be able to play again, that means this could permanently damage my wing to the point where I can't fly," Bow replied as he looked through the pages.

"You could just ignore the doctor, sometimes they're wrong," Lightning replied as Bow looked at him.

"But what if he's right? I can't risk me not being able to fly," Bow asked as Lightning sat down in an open chair.

"You can't live your life with what-ifs," Lighting said before letting out a sigh and looking down. "You can do what you want, but just make sure it's what you want," Bow's friend said as Bow nodded.

"What did you plan on doing as a plan B anyway?" Lightning asked.

Bow looked over at the catalog then back at Lightning. "I don't really know, but I did consider announcing," Bow replied.

With a sly chuckle, Lightning patted his friend on the back. "On second thought, listen to the doctor, that's a much better job for you," Lightning said jokingly.

"Oh really?" Bow asked, playing along with his friend's antics.

"Yeah, I didn't want to embarrass you in front of Windy, but your mug is more fit for radio," Lightning said, causing Bow to playfully punch him in the arm.

"Yeah, right, I think I might take your advice, besides, doctors can be wrong like you said," Bow acknowledged as he put the catalog away.

"As soon as this cast is off, I'm going to start training," Bow said, his confidence overflowing.

During the weeks with the cast, Bow buried himself in his academics, studying different plays, and making the most of his college life. He attended parties, but most of the time he would spend his free time with Windy.

When the day came for Bow's cast to be taken off, he wasted no time in training when it was removed, he started by doing fifteen wing-ups, steadily increasing the number every week. Windy often came to watch him to make sure that he didn't hurt himself. As he worked out Windy couldn't help but stare at his six-pack abs and his muscles glistening with sweat as he worked out.

Even though he had already played his final game of the season, he kept practicing on the field when it was empty.

While he was practicing one day with some friends, he was approached by a scouter.

"Hey there, son, you got some good skills," he said as Bow landed in front of him.

"Thank you sir, but I'm not to where I once was, I suffered an injury during my last game of the season, the doctor said I wouldn't be able to go for this career," Bow replied as he grabbed a towel from the bench.

"That's perfectly fine, son. The fact that you are doing this despite the warnings from your doctor is a bit commendable, but you should be careful. But the reason why I'm here is to offer you a spot on the Las Pegasus Pegs," the stallion said, making Bow's jaw drop.

Once Bow recovered from the shock, he couldn't help but to smile."Thank you, sir, but I have to finish college first," Bow said as the scooter reached into his coat pocket.

"That won't be an issue," the scooter replied as he gave Bow the card.

The scooter left as Bow's friends flew down to congratulate him, they patted him on the back as Bow looked at the card with a heavy heart.

After practicing, Bow returned to his dorm, laid the card on his desk, then laid on his bed and sighed as he gazed up at the underside of the top bunk.

His thoughts ran through his mind like a rushing river. A few minutes pass until he hears Lightning come in. "Hey man, how you doing?" He asked as he set his stuff down.

"Just thinking," Bow replied as he turned to look at him.

Lightning sat in the chair by the desk as he looked at Bow. "Penny for your thoughts?" Lightning asked as Bow looked back up at the underside of the bed.

"I just got an offer to play for the Las Pegasus Pegs after graduation," Bow said as Lighting was drinking, causing him to choke on his water.

"Wow man, that's awesome, so why do you look so down?" Lightning asked as he caught his breath.

"I just figured that after graduation me and Windy would move in together, and see where life took us," Bow replied as his friend nodded.

"Well man, I do wish I could help, but only you must make this decision, but I would talk to Windy so it doesn't seem like you just left her," Lightning said as Bow sat up.

"I think I'll go do that," Bow said as he left.

Bow quickly jogs to Windy's dorm, and knocks on her door. "Be there in a second," Windy calls out as Bow waits at the door, his heart pounding in his chest.

When Windy opens the door she smiles brightly. "Hey, Bow," Windy exclaimed as she invited him in and offered him a seat.

Bow sat down as Windy pulled up a chair. "So what brings you here?" Windy asked as she sat down.

"Something interesting happened to me at practice today," Bow replied as he looked Windy in the eye.

"Oh really, I'm sorry I missed it, I was studying cheer positions for the upcoming tryouts, what happened?" Windy asked as Bow sighed.

"I got an offer to play for the Las Pegasus Pegs after graduation, they want me on their team," Bow said as Windy smiled.

"That's great news, but why do you seem bummed by it?" Windy asked as Bow looked up at her.

"I'll have to move to Las Pegasus," Bow replied.

"That's ok, you should do it," Windy said as Bow sighed.

"But we were planning on moving in together after college, me moving will throw a monkey wrench in the plan," Bow replied as Windy smiled.

"I won't stand in the way of your dreams, you should go, really, we'll meet again," Windy said as she got up and put a hand on Bow's shoulder.

"But I love you," Bow said as Windy pulled him up and hugged him.

"I love you too, and it's because I love you that I want you to live your dream, I'll be fine waiting for you," Windy said as Bow embraced the hug.

"I'll come back to you one month after I start playing," Bow said as Windy smiled.

"I'll be waiting," Windy said as she smiled.

Before Bow left, Windy kissed him on the lips with a playful smack on his ass. "Take care of that for me, my little hurricane," Windy said, making Bow blush as he left.

A Chance Encounter

Four years have passed since Graduation and Bow finds himself back in Cloudsdale, he sets down his final box, having just moved back from Las Pegasus after staying there to play for the Pegs. Bow wipes the sweat from his forehead as he sits on the floor, planning on getting a couch later that day.

'Man, it's good to be back home,' he says to himself as he opens up a box and sees his Buckball trophy. He smiles fondly as he leaves it in the box, deciding to get furniture before unpacking.

As Bow left, he looked at the house he had bought and smiled. The flight to and from work may be hard, but he is glad to have a home now. The blue pegasus makes his way to a furniture shop and buys a couch for his den. After paying for it and scheduling it to be delivered, he walks around his city and takes in the new sights.

As he walks, he hears a voice from behind him. "Bow?"

Bow stopped and smiled, he turned around and grinned brighter as he saw Windy Whistles. "Hey, Windy, long time, no see," Bow said as he walked up to her, her doing the same. When they were close they both hugged each other smiling brightly.

"How've you been, I guess you have a game here huh?" Windy asks as she breaks the hug.

"Actually, I just moved back here," Bow said as he smiled, bringing a smile to Windy's face.

"Oh, that's great news, so are you staying with your parents?" Windy asked.

"Naw, I got my own place, how about you?" Bow replied.

"I'm staying with my parents until I pay off some college debt, but I don't mind," Windy replied as Bow nodded.

"I understand that so……would you like to hang out sometime, maybe get a bite to eat?" Bow asked.

Windy smiled. "I'd love to, I'm free tonight," she replied.

"Oh, in that case, I'll pick you up at eight," Bow said as he smiled, happy to catch up with his high school sweetheart.

That night, Bow picked up Windy at her house and they both flew to a local pub and sat at a table.

"Good evening, my name is Sleet Shake. I'll be your server this evening, can I start you two off with some drinks?" A waiter asked shortly after they sat down.

Bow and Windy both ordered their drinks and looked over the menu.

"So, how was playing for the Pegs?" Windy asked as she perused through the menu.

"It was great, my first game with them we won forty to zero," Bow replied as he looked through his menu.

"That's pretty cool, though not really surprising, you were always the best Buckball player I know," Windy replied, making Bow blush.

"Well, I try not to toot my own horn, but yeah, I'm just glad I made a full recovery from my accident in college," Bow replied.

"I noticed that your wing looks better than ever before, I guess that doctor was wrong huh," Windy said as the waiter then came back with their drinks and took their orders.

"Yeah, it's great," Bow replied as he took a sip of his drink. "So, what have you been up to?" Bow asked.

"Not too much really, just cheering for our local Buckball team, we don't really go to away games much, but I don't mind," Windy replied as she sipped her drink. "We were supposed to be in Las Pegasus one day, but I got sick and had to stay home. I was so excited to see you, so I was pretty bummed, but I watched the game on the tv and loved how you made the shot that beat the buzzer," Windy said with a smile.

"Yeah, that was my favorite game, the team even let me keep the ball from that game," Bow replied.

The two former lovebirds continued to chew the fat until their food arrived, after eating the two left the restaurant and walked around their town.

"So, what brought you back to Cloudsdale?" Windy asked.

Bow blushed as he thought about how to answer. "Well, I missed my friends, everything I love about this place, but most of all; I missed you," Bow said, making Windy blush bright red.

"Really?" Windy asked, her heart beating fast.

"Yeah, you were all I could think about," Bow replied as he wrapped an arm around Windy.

"I missed you too, Bow," Windy replied as she smiled.

Windy grinned mischievously as she patted Bow on his rear. "I see you've been taking care of your assets," Windy said, making Bow blush.

"Yeah, I have," Bow said after a nervous chuckle.

Windy smiled as she rested her head on his shoulder, her hand feeling his muscular build as they walked. "I really missed you, my little hurricane," Windy said, making Bow blush.

A moment of silence passed before Bow spoke up. "Windy, I know it's been four years, but would you like to start dating again?" Bow asked as Windy smiled.

"I don't know, will I be able to compete with the mares you dated in Las Pegasus?" Windy asked teasingly.

"Actually, I didn't date anypony in the four years I was there, I tried, but I couldn't stop thinking of you, I just missed your smile, your laugh, and I know you really loved me for who I was rather than what I was," Bow said making Windy blush. "How about you?" He asked as he stared into her eyes lovingly.

Windy looked down. "My ex did try to ask me out again, but after what he did I just couldn't forgive him, so I haven't been dating either, I've also been busy cheering our local Buckball team," Windy replied as Bow stroked her hair.

"I hope he didn't upset you, want me to go kick his ass?" Bow asked, forcing a chuckle out of Windy.

"No, it's ok; besides, I can handle myself you know," Windy said smugly, making Bow chuckle.

"I know, you are one sassy firecracker," Bow said as he kissed Windy on the cheek.

Windy smiled as she grabbed his head and kissed him on his lips. "I would love to start dating again," Windy said when she broke the kiss. "We have so much to catch up on," she said playfully as they returned to her house.

Relocations and Recruits

Graduation day arrived and Bow found himself in a sea of students as he donned his cap and gown. His heart pounds in his chest as he takes a deep breath. "This is it," he says as he smiles brightly.

The dean stands up on the stage calling out names one by one, the respective students walking up to receive their diplomas before sitting back down in the sea of students.

Bow is finally called and as he walks across the stage he sees his family in the bleachers waving and cheering him on, he gives a quick wave back and takes his diploma, shaking the dean's hand as he walks off the stage and sits back down as he watches the rest of his college class graduate.

After the dean calls out the last student's name and gives them their diploma, he taps the microphone and begins to speak. "As I look out at all of you today, I can't help but feel pride, pride in the fine young stallions and mares you've become. You may have started out as freshmen, but you've really grown into your own. Now that you have graduated, you can now achieve your dreams, so get out there and seize the day," the dean says as the students cheer and throw their caps in the air.

After graduation, Bow returns home to Cloudsdale, his stuff from college piled in his room in boxes as he takes a deep breath, "I've done it, I graduated and now I can now apply to be a Wonderbolt," he says to himself.

"Hey, there you are," Rainbow Blaze says as he puts Bow in a hold and noogies him a bit. "So what now hotshot?" He asks.

A feeling of unknowing washes over Bow, he takes a breath as he sits on a chair. "Truthfully, I don't know. I plan to apply for the Wonderbolts, but I know I won't get in right away," he says as he looks up at the ceiling.

"Well don't worry about it too much, just relax and breathe when you need to," Blaze said as he sat on the bed. "So, you holding off on moving into a house with Windy?" Blaze asked, causing Bow to blush.

"Yeah, at least for now, " Bow said as he sat up. "I'll go down to the recruitment office tomorrow and sign on, hopefully in a few months I can move out," Bow said as he playfully punched his brother in the arm.

"Yeah, hopefully, it's unseemly for a grown stallion to live with his parents forever," Blaze joked, getting a playful push from Bow.

The next morning, Bow woke up bright and early, he stealthily took a shower and headed downstairs to make himself a quick breakfast. After breakfast, Bow leaves the house and jogs to the Wonderbolt recruiting office, flapping his wings along the way to give his legs and wings a workout. Along the way his thoughts plague him as he thinks about how long it'll really take him to save up the money to buy a house, maybe even rent one, as he jogs he passes buy a house that is for sale, the asking price is two thousand bits to buy or five hundred bits per month to rent. Bow smiles to himself as he imagines Windy and himself living in the house and raising a family, he jogs past the house as he continues to jog to the Wonderbolts hoping to find a way to get that house.

Bow arrives at the recruitment office and heads inside the clerk at the desk greets him enthusiastically as he walks in.

"Hello, how may I help you?" He asks.

"I'm here to sign up for the Wonderbolts," Bow said, his voice unwavering as the clerk brought out a stack of papers.

"Alrighty, so if you want to do that, sign these papers, once finished you'll be sent to basic training in about a week, after that you will have to take the test, and then you'll be in, are we clear?"

"Yes, sir," Bow said as he looked through the papers and signed his name, his heart pounding as he did.

After signing the papers, Bow put down the pen and gave the papers back to the clerk. "Thank you, sir, you should hear back from us in a week," the clerk said as he filed the paperwork.

Bow nodded and left quietly, along his way home he stopped at the house that was for sale again and looked at it, Bow nodded to himself as he walked passed the house and arrived home, without wasting any time, Bow headed up into his room and brings out a box.

Taking off the lid, Bow counts his bits diligently, finally stopping on one-thousand and five hundred bits. Bow smiles to himself as he quickly puts the money in his bag and calls Windy to meet him at their favorite hayburger joint.

At the hayburger joint, Bow waits for Windy as he looks around his hometown. He sees his favorite gym down the road and an arcade he used to frequent. He sighs as he remembers the good times he's had, finally able to see if his home changed any.

'Man, it's good to be back home,' he says to himself as he looks at his surroundings, a sense of nostalgia washing over him as he notes that nothing much has changed.

As Bow stood there, his mind raced with thoughts about the snap decision he was about to make. He thinks about the house he is going to rent and later on buy. He thinks about the furniture he'll have to buy and other things. He takes a deep breath to calm himself down. "Calm down, man, you're ready, and if Windy ain't, it's ok, if she isn't ready, that'll give you more time," he says to himself.

As Bow thought to himself, Windy arrived. "Hey, Bow," she called out, bringing Bow back to Earth.

Bow shook his head and smiled, he turned around in the direction of her voice and grinned as he saw her "Hey, Windy, long time, no see," Bow said as he walked up to her, her doing the same. When they were close they both hugged each other smiling brightly.

"We saw each other at graduation just a few days ago," Windy asks as she breaks the hug.

"I know, but it just feels like a long time since we've both been busy," Bow replied, bringing a smile to Windy's face. "So I assume you already signed up as a cheerleader?" Bow asked.

"Actually, before I came here, I signed up for the Wonderbolts as well, so are you staying with your parents?" Windy asked.

Bow's jaw dropped as he heard what Windy said. "Really, that's great, so you and I might fly in the same squadron?" Bow asked as Windy smiled.

"If we're lucky," Windy replied. "I wanted to surprise you, so I took a few classes on flight patterns and maneuvers," Windy added.

"That's great, I look forward to flying with you, as for your question; yes, I'm staying with my folks for the time being, but that's what I want to talk to you about, how about you?" Bow replied.

"I'm staying with my parents until I pay off some college debt, but I don't mind," Windy replied as Bow nodded.

"I understand that so……would you like to go in and grab a bite to eat?" Bow asked.

Windy smiled. "I'd love to," she replied.

The two love birds went inside and walked up to the counter, the place was lively, with couples dancing to the music blaring from the jukebox

"Good evening, my name is Sleet Shake. May I take your order?" The cashier asked.

Bow and Windy both ordered their drinks and looked at the overhead menu, they then ordered their favorite hayburger and a side of fries.

"Alright, that'll be thirty bits, anything else?" Sleet asked.

Bow and Windy both shook their heads as Sleet handed them the receipt. "Please have a seat and we'll bring your food to you," the cashier said as he started taking the next order.

Bow and Windy both sat down at a booth, waiting for their food. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Windy asked as she tried to strike up a conversation.

"Well, do you remember our pipe dream for after college?" Bow asks.

"I do, we wanted to move in together and see where life takes us," Windy replies

"Well, on my way to sign up for the Wonderbolts, I passed a house that was for sale, two thousand bits to buy or five hundred bits a month to rent, I was wondering, would you want to try moving in with me?" Bow asked, his heart pounding in his chest.

Windy fell silent as Bow asked the question, her mind racing as she was put on the spot

Before she could answer, a server came up to their table with their food. “Enjoy your meal,” the server said as they walked off.

Windy looked at her haybergur deep in thought, she wanted to move in with Bow, but given her college debts, she was unsure if she could help pay the rent.

“I know it’s a big ask, but I really think we can do this, I just don’t know if we should rent or buy,” Bow said as Windy began to eat her burger.

Bow started eating his as Windy spoke. “Well, if we rent, any problem we have will fall on the landlord, but if we buy, any problem we have will fall on us,” Windy said as Bow wiped his mouth.

“Yeah I know, but if we buy we won’t have to worry about making rent payments, plus the house looks pretty nice, and if we have any problems we can always ask our folks for help,” Bow said.

“That is true, I say we go for it, it sounds like fun and we’ll never learn if we don’t take risks, right,” Windy replied.

A moment of silence passed before Bow spoke up. "Windy, I know it's not going to be easy, but would you like to start living with me once I get the last five hundred bits to buy the house?" Bow asked as Windy smiled.

“I’d love to, but you don’t need to wait long,” Windy said as she pulled out her purse and brought out five hundred bits. “Here’s the final five hundred bits you need,” Windy said as Bow smiled.

“You know you don’t have to help me pay, right?” Bow asked.

“I know, but I want to,” Windy said as she continued to eat.

“Well then, thank you, and here’s to us, foraging a life together starting soon,” Bow said as he continued to eat.

Training and Living

A few days have passed since Bow and Windy had signed up for the Wonderbolts, with each passing day Bow waits anxiously for a letter announcing his basic training.

Bow jogs up to his mailbox and looks inside, hoping for a letter, but is met with cold metal staring back at him, he closes his mailbox and jogs down the sidewalk, wanting to keep in shape. He jogs down to his parent's house and knocks on the door.

"Hey, Son. How have you been?" His mother asks as she opens the door to greet him.

"Hey, mom. I'm doing good," Bow replied, giving her a big hug. "I'm just here to get more of my stuff," Bow said as he broke the hug.

"Oh, right. Just a sec," Bow's mother said as she bent down and picked up a box with a grunt.

"Here you go, Sweetie," she said as she handed Bow the box. "It still feels like yesterday that you and Windy bought that house and moved out," she said.

"Thank you, and yeah it does, I must say, it still feels weird living by ourselves," Bow said as he held the box.

"It'll be that way for a while, but please come by for dinner on occasion," she asks as Bow smiled.

"I will, and same goes for you, I'm just a block away," he says as he steadies his grip.

"I will," she replies.

"Oh, before I go, thank you for all the extra furniture, Windy and I probably wouldn't have been able to get anything soon with all our money going into the house and all," Bow said.

"Oh, you're welcome, sweetie, it was just gathering dust in storage," his mother replied.

Bow nodded and then left, jogging back to his house with a box held tightly in his arms. Bow occasionally flaps his wings to keep them in shape.

As Bow approaches his house, he sees Windy, looking through the mail and suddenly lets out an excited scream.

"ALRIGHT!" She exclaimed as Bow jogged up to her.

"Some good news I take it?" Bow asks, jogging in place as Windy nods, grinning from ear to ear.

"Yes," she said as she flipped over an envelope. "Our letters from the Wonderbolts came in today," she said as Bow's eyes widened.

"Let's open them tonight," Windy said as Bow laughed.

"Or we can open them when I get this box in," Bow said as Windy blushed.

"That sounds even better," Windy said as she helped Bow inside and set the box down.

Bow and Windy then sit on the couch and look at their letters, their hearts pounding in their chests as they wonder what's inside.

"Well, here it goes," Windy says as she opens hers and reads the letter, Bow following suit.

As they read they both smiled before screaming out in joy. "I GOT IN," they screamed at each other in unison before hugging each other happily.

After breaking the hug they try to regain their composure, but struggle with it.

"So what base are you training at?" Bow asked.

"Cloudsdale base, and you?" Windy replied.

"Same," Bow said as the two continued to smile.

"Ah, that's great, I was hoping to train with you," Windy said happily. "Oh, wait, hold on, my letter says I have training scheduled for next month, you start your training this month," Windy said sadly.

Bow's tail flicked with sadness. "I was hoping we would train together too, but it probably wouldn't hurt to spend some time apart," Bow replied.

Windy smiled impishly as she looked at Bow. "Are you saying you want to break up?" She asks.

"No no, I was just," Bow replied, trying to defend himself as Windy chuckled.

"Relax, Sweetie, I was just joking, I know what you meant," she said

The two love birds revel in their enjoyment, losing themselves in the excitement.

"So when do we leave?" Bow asked.

Windy looks at her and Bow's letters and examines them. "You are to report in tomorrow morning at 0800 for briefing," Windy said with a bright smile.

"Wow, that early," Bow said as he caught his breath.

"Yeah it is, you better start packing," Windy replied as she went upstairs.

Bow follows her upstairs, wondering why she's going upstairs if he needs to pack.

Windy helps Bow pack for his stay at basic training, their hearts pounding with excitement and anxiety at the prospect of being separated for practically two months.

After packing, they go to bed early so they can enjoy a little time together before Now leaves.

The next morning Bow wakes up to find that Windy is still asleep, his bags were sitting in the corner of the room as the sun had just started its climb up.

"Windy, wake up sweetie," Bow said gently while gingerly shaking Windy's shoulder.

Windy wakes up and looks at Bow. "What?" She asks groggily as Bow smiles.

"Just wanted to spend time with you before I left, come on, I'll make us breakfast," Bow said as he headed downstairs and started cooking.

Bow quickly whipped up, two hash brown bowls with egg, cheese, and haybacon adorning the top. The two love birds have breakfast and discuss on what Windy will do while Bow is away, after breakfast, Bow sees time is fleeting so he quickly grabs his bags and kisses Windy goodbye, telling her he loves her and that he'll see her soon before taking off.

Bow arrives at Cloudsdale Wonderbolt base and takes his seat in the orientation hall. He looks around and sees other hopeful mares and stallions as they wait for their coach to enter.

Suddenly the door flies open and in walks an orange pegasus, books, and a clipboard held tightly under her arm as she enters.

"Attention, rookies," the mare says as she puts down her books and clipboard, you all are here because you signed up to be Wonderbolts, sorry to disappoint you, but for some, that might not come true; this boot camp is to weed out the ones who can't handle the intense and demanding life being a Wonderbolt demands," the orange mare said intensely.

Now gulped as his heart pounded in his chest, he knew being a Wonderbolt wouldn't be easy, but he was still determined. "I know her though, out of all the drill servants, I get her," Bow mutters to himself.

The orange mare continues briefing the Wonderbolt hopefuls. "I'm sure you know me, for those that don't, I am Stormy Flare, and I will be evaluating your skills, your abilities, and how well you work together, if I feel like you can make the cut; you'll be a Wonderbolt, for those who signed on as reserves, you'll be placed on reserve until needed or a spot opens up, am I clear?" The mare asked.

"YES MA'AM!" the entire auditorium yelled in unison.

Stormy Flare smiles as she takes off her sunglasses. "Good,"

Stormy then dismisses the auditorium, handing out assigned barracks. Bow promptly goes to his barracks and sets down his suitcase on the top bunk.

"Well look what the cat dragged in," a voice rang out behind him.

Bow smiled as he turned around. "I can say the same for you, how you doin' Lightning?" Bow asked as he initiated a pound hug, Lightning following suit.

"I've been good, after graduating I immediately signed up for basic training, it looks like you did the same," Lightning answered.

"Yeah, I did the day after I got home," Bow replied.

Lightning smiled as he patted Bow on the back. "I figured you would, so how is Windy doin', I figured she would be here with you," Lightning asked.

"She's fine, unfortunately when we got our letters we learned that our training is a month apart," Bow replied.

"Aw, bummer man," Lightning chimed as he sat on his bed.

"It's not so bad, a little time apart won't be so bad," Bow replied as he climbed up and sat on his bed. "I mean, Windy and I have been tied together since high school, so you know," Bow said as he laid down and looked at the ceiling.

"It sounds like you two were tighter than glue," Lightning said as he talked to Bow.

"We were, I took her to the prom, we hung out a lot during the summer before college," Bow said as he listed off how he and Windy were always together.

"You had that little rendezvous with her in college," Lightning said, causing Bow to blush.

"Yes, we did," Bow replied, a little irritated. "But that wasn't all there was to our relationship, we connected, we were like a match made in heaven," Bow said, opening up as Lightning listened.

"It sounds like you really love this mare," Bow's buddy replied, dropping his juvenile attitude. "I hope I can find somepony that makes me feel like that," he admitted.

Bow smiled impishly as he looked at his old dorm mate. "Are you going soft on me?" Bow jokingly asked as Lightning chuckled.

"I guess I am, ever since you called me out on my behavior….." Lightning said before being cut off by Bow.

"Your misogynistic behavior," Bow said while looking sternly at him

"Yeah, that. I started thinking on how it could hold me back, how it would deter any potential lovers, I also thought about those close to me, if I acted like that in front of them how would they respond," Lightning said as he stroked his arm. "I decided to change my tune, so I must thank you for that, if you didn't call me out on that deplorable behavior, I wouldn't have discovered a passion I didn't know I had," Lightning said.

Bow raised an eyebrow at his words, curiosity flooding his mind. "Oh, and what would that be?" He asked.

"Cooking," Lightning replied without hesitation.

As Bow and Lightning talked and caught up on good times, the speakers blasted "Reville" calling them to attendance.

Bow, along with the other numerous Wonderbolts in training gathered in a single file line as Stormy Flare called out their names.

Once attendance was taken Stormy Flare paced in front of them as she began to speak.

"Alright troops, today we will be gauging your ability to recover, this machine beside me is a new tool we have developed for testing this skill, we call it the Dizzitron, now who wants to go first?" The captain asked.

A moment of silence passed before a hand came up. "I'll go," Bow said confidently as he stepped up and allowed himself to be strapped into the device.

The machine started spinning, swinging Bow around at speeds he never thought possible until finally launching him sky-high.

Bow quickly tried to recover, shakily flying to the ground as he landed on the ground before falling down.

"Twelve point five seconds, not bad newbie, but you got to improve on the landing and recovering," Stormy said as she tested and timed the others.

After a long day of training, Bow retired to his barracks and laid on his bed, every muscle in his body aching and his wings twitching with pain as he looked up at the ceiling.

"Hey, Bow, that was some training huh?" Lightning asks as he collapses on his bed.

"Yeah, I wasn't expecting the Dizzitron to get to me like that," Bow said as he pants from exhaustion.

"I bet, but you at least did better than me, I clocked in at thirteen point five," Lightning said, causing Bow to laugh.

The rest of the month seemed to both fly by and slow down all at the same time, Bow would carry out the drills and tasks given to him without complaint, he would memorize the maneuvers and routines until it felt like his head was about to burst.

Soon, the month had passed and Bow had taken the test and was on his way home, when he arrived there was a note on the door. The note said. "Bow, I'm sorry I couldn't see you before I left, but I had to report in, I'll see you in a month," "Love Windy,"

Bow smiles, as he unlocks the door and throws his bag down, he feels a chill run down his spine as he looks around the empty house, being alone like this for the first time in a while.

Performances of all Kinds

A month passed and Windy returned home with a smile on her face. "I passed!" Windy yelled ecstatically as she came through the door.

Bow met her at the door, smiling ear to ear as he hugged her and kissed her cheek. "That's great, sweetie, but we still need to take the history test," Bow reminded her.

"Oh, hush, let me have my moment," Windy replied, gently nudging Bow with her elbow.

Bow grunted in response, chuckling as he wrapped his arms and wings around Windy. "Alright," he said as he held her, planting a kiss on her cheek.

A moment of silence passed before Bow broke the hug. "So, we should study for the test shouldn't we?" Bow asked as Windy nodded.

Another week passed with Bow and Windy studying for the test, when the day came to take the test, they both passed with flying colors. With that out of the way, they were finally full-fledged Wonderbolts, Bow couldn't help but shed a tear of joy.

It wasn't until one month later that Bow and Windy got called up to do a show in Las Pegasus. The night of the show Bow's heart was pounding in his chest as he got dressed in his uniform, Windy gearing up next to him as she struggled with her zipper. "Here, let me help you," Bow said as he helped zip Windy up.

"Thank you, I can't believe it's finally a reality," Windy said.

"I know, I can hardly believe it myself,” Bow replied as he took a deep breath in.

Stormy Flare came up to them to hustle them into their places. " Ok, rookies, get in position!" she commanded as she herself took the lead position.

"Mares and gentlecolts, the moment you have all been eagerly waiting for, It Is my pleasure to introduce The Wonderbolts!" The announcer said as the Wonderbolts flew out starting the show, Bow's heart raced as he flew with his teammates as the crowd cheered in administration.

After the show, Bow was changing out of his uniform when Windy approached him. "You should keep that on," Windy said, an impish smile on her lips.

"Why, the show is over," Bow replied.

Windy smiled as she came up to him and stroked his shoulder. "Maybe for our teammates, but not for us," Windy cooed seductively, making Bow pitch a tent in his uniform.

"Hey, I'm glad I caught you two before you left, I wanted to say good work, you two," Stormy said as she leaned against the lockers. "But I did notice a few things wrong, Windy, you were second-guessing yourself on a few maneuvers, and Bow, you were a few seconds slow on some dives, but nothing too major that the audience can see, just work on it ok?" Stormy said as she smiled.

"Yes ma'am," Bow and Windy said in unison as they saluted their captain.

Stormy gave them a nod and walked off, leaving the two alone. A moment of silence passed before Bow broke it. "So we have those two things to work on," he said as he grabbed his clothes from his locker.

"Yeah, but when we get home, maybe we can work on our coordination," Windy replied.

Bow blushed bright red, knowing what she meant as his wings sprang up, making Windy chuckle as they left and took off for home.

When they got home, Windy wasted no time in dragging Bow to the bedroom, he barely had enough time to put his bag on the sofa.

Once Windy got Bow into the room, she laid on the bed and spread her legs, her tight spandex uniform leaving nothing to the imagination. "Now, how about a private show for your number one fan?" Windy said sultry as she looked at Bow.

Bow blushed as he saw Windy spread her legs for him, his stallionhood hardening almost instantly as he saw the outline of his lover's marehood. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but it's against Wonderbolt protocol to give private shows," Bow said, playing along.

"Oh, I'm sure you can make an exception for me, can't you?" Windy asked, looking at him with an inviting stare. "Come on, for your number one fan," Windy chimed as Bow's member strained against the fabric of his uniform.

"As long as it stays between us," Bow replied as he stripped off his uniform, revealing his naked body before jumping into bed with Windy.

Bow and Windy throw themselves in the arms of passion, merging their bodies in unison as the convulsion of their bodies makes the bed squeak and moan.

When the two love birds finish, Bow looks up at the ceiling as his thoughts wander about through his head, thinking about the future and other things.

Months go by as Bow and Windy perform in show after show, the roar of the crowd and the adrenaline of flying fills them with joy as they bask in the limelight of being Wonderbolts.

As they start to finish their routine, Captain Stormy Flare instructs Bow to stay still in one area. Not questioning orders, Bow hovered in the spot as Windy flew up next to him.

"Bow," Windy said as she took out a small box.

Bow looked at her and blushed, he knew what was happening and felt touched. The audience gasps as Windy gets down on one knee while hovering in the air.

"Bow, you and I have been together for many years, sharing in our dreams and ambitions, what started as just friends going to the prom has blossomed into something beautiful and now, I can't picture being apart from you, so here on a bended knee I ask," Windy stopped as she opened the small box and revealed a ring. "Will you marry me?" Windy asked as the crowd awwd.

Bow smiled as he nodded. "Yes," he said as Windy slipped the ring on his finger as the audience applauded.

The two then left with their team, ending the show.

While in the dressing room getting changed, a familiar voice rang out. "Hey, Bow. Congratulations,"

Bow turned to see Lightning Lane. "Hey, thanks man," Bow replied as he finished getting dressed and hugged his friend.

"Welcome, man," Lightning said as he hugged back.

When Lightning broke the hug he gave Bow a playful punch on the arm. "Boy, I bet you were surprised when Windy proposed to you,"

Bow blushed. "Yeah, I was and still am, I actually like this feeling," Bow said as he smiled.

"So you're not embarrassed that a woman proposed to you?" Lightning asked.

Bow looked up and smiled, "No, actually I'm pleased she made the first move," Bow said as he got up. "Truth be told, I was debating in my head on when I should propose, that I had no idea when I should or if it'll be the right call," Bow admitted as his friend chuckled.

"Yeah, that makes sense, well congratulations, buddy," Lightning replied, shaking Bow's hand as they exited the changing rooms.

Weeks passed since the proposal and Bow and Windy were flying around hectically as they tried to plan their wedding. They spend hours looking for somepony to officiate the wedding, wondering who would be perfect for the job.

"How about Stormy Flare?" Boa asked.

"Stormy Flare? Why her?" Windy asked, "Is she ordained?"

"Well, since she made our Wonderbolt dreams come true, I figured it'd be nice if she joined us in marriage," Bow said as Windy nodded.

"Perhaps, but I'm sure we'll find somepony else," Windy said as she sat next to Bow.

It took about a month before Bow and Windy got everything together, they invited a handful of their friends, and almost all of their family, and finally found the perfect pony to officiate the wedding. As Bow gets ready in his changing room, Lightning knocks on the door and enters.

"Hey bud, how you doing?" He asks.

"Honestly," Bow replies as he takes a deep breath. "I'm nervous as all get out," Bow said as he fumbled a bit with his cufflinks.

Lightning smiled as he approached Bow and helped him with his cufflinks. "Why are you so nervous?" Lightning asks as he helps his friend.

"I just, don't know if I'll be the perfect husband, I'm afraid I might mess it up somehow, and if she gets pregnant, I'm afraid I won't know what to do," Bow said, spiraling into a nervous rant.

"Hey, hey, look at me," Lightning said as he clasped Bow's shoulders. "You won't be the perfect husband," he says as Bow looks at him.

"Gee, thanks, man," Bow said, irritated.

"Let me finish," Lightning said as he patted Bow on the shoulder. "You won't be the perfect husband, but you'll be her perfect husband, she loves you and I'm sure any mistakes you make, you two will work out together," Lightning said as he motioned Bow to breathe.

Bow took a deep breath and looked at Lightning. "Thanks, man, I needed that," Bow said as Lightning bro hugged him.

"Hey, don't mention it, and when you and Windy are expecting, I'm sure you'll be a fine father," Lightning said as he smiled. "Now get to your spot, and enjoy your wedding," Lightning said as he and Bow took their spots.

The wedding went on without a hitch, the dress Windy wore was elegant and majestic, Bow smiled as he watched Windy being led down the aisle by her father.

Bow shook Windy's father's hand as Windy took her place as the mayor of Cloudsdale officiated the event.

A month after the wedding, Bow and Windy continued to appear in Wonderbolt shows, even having their own segment dubbing them the Dynamic Lovebirds, the crowd cheered as they performed stunts together, watching in awe as they performed in every show.

As the months went by, Bow and Windy settled into their home finally, they've grown accustomed to living on their own and were finally a real married couple, during one of their intimate night, Bow and Windy decided to forego the protection, opting to throw themselves in the arms of passion as their bodies melded together making the bed shake beneath them.

Two weeks pass after their lovemaking and Windy finds herself sick all of a sudden, this revelation comes to light when Bow makes her a breakfast of eggs and hashbrowns. Windy was eager to dig in, but once she saw the yolk oozing out after she stabbed it, she started heaving and made a beeline to the bathroom, vomiting into the toilet.

"Honey? What's wrong?" Bow asked, concerned for Windy.

"I don't know, I just felt sick all of a sudden," Windy replied as Bow held her hair back.

Bow placed the back of his hand on Windy's forehead, "huh, you don't feel feverish, we should go to the doctor," Bow said, helping Windy up and taking her to the doctor.

When they get to the doctor, they get admitted almost immediately, the doctor performs almost every test imaginable before leaving them in a room as he goes to get the results.

As they wait, Windy throws up in a bucket provided to her by the doctor. After about two hours, the doctor comes back with a smile on his face.

The doctor sat down and pulled out a small stick. "Congratulations, you're pregnant," the doctor said, causing both Windy and Bow to go silent.

"Really?" Windy asked, tears forming in her eyes.

"Yes," the doctor replied with a smile as he brought out some papers. "Now, I know you two are aware, but as a doctor, I must give you these papers on what foods and physical activities to avoid," the doctor said as he gave Bow the papers.

"We understand," Windy said as she rubbed her belly, eagerly awaiting her baby bump.

"That's good, I wish you two the best of luck," the doctor said as he escorted them out.

As the weeks went by, Windy started showing more signs of pregnancy, mood swings, weird cravings, and morning sickness. Bow and her instantly called up Stormy Flare saying they had to take time off as Wonderbolts, which Stormy fully understood, as the days went by, Bow knuckled down and took on part-time jobs to help being in some bits as Windy stayed home, he would make her meals, massage her feet, and even help her change when she needed help.

When the day came that Windy's water broke, she looked at Bow worriedly, but lovingly as she said, "It's time,"

Hearing this, Bow immediately rushed Windy to the hospital where the doctors rushed them to delivery.

"It's ok, honey, just breathe," Bow said as he held Windy's hand.

Windy squeezed his hand and looked at him, "Don't tell me to breathe, you did this to me," Windy snapped.

After two hours of labor, Windy gave one final push, grunting as her child slipped out of her, crying as they came into the world.

The doctor cut the cord and swaddled the baby in a blanket. "It's a girl, congratulations," the doctor said as he handed the child to Windy.

The child had blue skin and little tufts of rainbow hair. "Ohhhhh, she's beautiful," Windy said as she held her close.

"Yeah, she is, she even has my hair, Bow said as he smiled.

Windy looked at the child and smiled. "And I know the perfect name for her, Rainbow Dash," Windy said as Bow smiled.

"Rainbow Dash?" Bow repeated as he looked at his daughter, realizing she laughed at the name. "Rainbow Dash is a great name, and I think she agrees," Bow said as he sits on the edge of the hospital bed, kissing his wife on the forehead.