PonyballzKai: Adventures In Equestria (Redone)

by Spider5939

Rainbow Dash’s Big Day! Trials of the New Wonderbolt!

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Rainbow was currently taking a slow flight through Ponyville with some pony called to her. "Hey! Rainbow Dash!"

The filly was revealed to be scootaloo, who was riding her scooter. Rainbow dash quickly flew down to her. "Hiya, Scootaloo! What's up?"

"The Rainbow Dash Fan Club just decided – everypony's coming to see you when the Wonderbolts' new tour comes through Ponyville!" scootaloo exclaimed in excitement.

Rainbow Dash chuckled. "Well, it's great that you guys are going to the show, Scoot, but I won't actually be performing in it. Reservists aren't in the show unless one of the real Wonderbolts can't fly. I'll probably be working crowd control or something."

"You're still gonna be wearing a Wonderbolts uniform though, right?" scootaloo questioned.

"A Reservist one, yeah." rainbow dash responded.

"Hmm. That's good enough for me." scootaloo was about to leave, but that was before they saw three of the wonderbolts headed their way, although spitfire was the only one to land with a loud boom, which was totally copied from iron man!

Rainbow Dash gasped as she saw spitfire land. "Whoa!" scootaloo shouted.

Spitfire quickly walked over to rainbow dash. "Rainbow Dash! Glad we found you. We need you in the show when we get to Ponyville. Flying."

"But she's only in the Reserves!" scootaloo said.

"Not anymore, kid." spitfire responded back.

Rainbow Dash slowly gasped. "You mean..."

Scootaloo gasped and gave rainbow a big hug and danced in joy as rainbow just stood there. "Rainbow Dash! You're finally a full-fledged Wonderbolt! Woo-hoo! Yeah, Rainbow Dash! Whoo!"

"Heh. What she said." spitfire said as the world zoomed in on rainbow's huge smile.


The dark clouds are getting closer to me
In every moment...
I'm so excited by this feeling
Even if it's dangerous.

(The title screen, Ponyball z: adventures in Equestria appears as the sun shines down. Cyre is then seen flying by with Rainbow Dash, Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, and Broly joining him. They all flare up their energy and take off, with Cyre soon following up after them with a huge smile on his face.)

OK! Bring it on right now!
I'm the strongest in the universe
All I do is show you my unlimited power
Go! Kamehameha!

(Shenron is being summoned in front of the main 6, their families, Ruby, Mita, and Cyre, who had huge smiles on their faces before Cyre transformed into super Saiyan.)

Get ready! Fight it out!
Fight it out 'till the end of world (Beat the Spirit Bomb!)

(Broly and Cyre are seen fighting furiously on screen before briefly disappearing, and reappearing as they punch each other in the jaw.)

Look around and you'll know that
You're not fighting by yourself Get ready!

(King Sombra and Queen Chrysalis appear first. And behind them, ponehendge appears, and in a flash, the pony of shadows appears.)

Fight it out!
Fight it out for the dream of world (Fusion, you, and me!)

(Broly is seen charging up his ki. Luna and Celestia are then seen performing the fusion dance before a flash of light appears and shows only a silhouette of their combined form.)

Let's gather the power of our friends!
Never gonna give up!

(Cyre is charging up his ki before a burst of energy flashes, showing Cyre as an SSJ3.)

Fight it out and do our best
To save our planet Earth
And I say, Go! Kamehameha!

(Cyre is showing fighting Queen Chrysalis as he shoots a Kamehameha at the changeling Queen.)

Fight it out! Wow!!
Fight it out! Yeah!!!!
Fight, fight it out!!!!!!

(The mane 6, Broly, Mita, Ruby, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Cadance, along with Shining Armor and Starlight Glimmer, stood tall and smiled as Cyre stood in the center as an SSJ3.)


Rainbow Dash was back at her cloud estate with all her friends gathered there to see dash off, even Cyre, who was sitting on a Kinto'un, which he received at the end of his training on earth from goku.

"Uh, anypony seen my wing balm? I don't want to be stiff when I show up at Wonderbolt headquarters." rainbow responded as she packed a bag full of things.

"Got it!" spike was promptly grabbed, thrown into the bag, which was promptly closed and locked.

Spike owned count: 1

"Do you have time to tell us what happened, Rainbow Dash?" twilight asked.

"Oh, yes, we must know every detail!" rarity added as spike opened up the bad and prepared to get out.

"At least it can't get any worse than that." he said. He wad then promptly slammed back down into the bag by pinkie, who had jumped on it.

Spike owned count: 2

"Why do I feel like I should be laughing at spike right now? That looked painful!" Cyre said.

"Start from when you were a foal and you first knew your destiny was to become a Wonderbolt!" pinkie shouted.

"Heh. Well, not much to tell, really. Spitfire told me the Wonderbolts need me to go on tour with them." rainbow said.

"That's really great. I know how long you've been waiting for a spot to open up." fluttershy responded.

"Yeah. Fire Streak decided to retire and teach full-time. Cloudsdale Flight School will probably be churning out Wonderbolts with him there. But guess who was at the top of the Reserve list." rainbow questioned.

"Ooh, ooh, I know! Pick me!" Pinkie said as she raised a hoof in the air. Cyre just sighed.

"You. Only you would answer questions like that..." Cyre said as pinkie smiled at him, complete with a squee.

"So what do you do now, Dashie?" rarity asked.

"I have to report to Wonderbolts headquarters this afternoon. It's only two days 'til tour starts, and I need to learn the routine." rainbow then opened the door to find pinkie pie standing there with cake and party supplies. Cyre just glared at it.

'One day... I will completely understand you! Count on it!' Cyre thought angrily.

Pinkie Pie gasped. "You're leaving already?! But we barely started your congratulation party! I haven't even thought about your going-away party yet!"

"Pinkie, I'm not leaving Ponyville. I just have to train for this show." rainbow said as she received some glasses from fluttershy.

"I hope everything goes well. Sounds like an awful lot of pressure having to learn everything so quickly." flutter shy said.

"Yeah. Good luck, Dash." applejack added.

Rainbow Dash only laughed. "Luck? Heh. Save that for the rest of the team. Now that my awesomeness has finally been recognized, the other Wonderbolts will have to keep up or eat my cloud trail!"

"Everypony knows you're a great flyer, Rainbow Dash, but so are the rest of the Wonderbolts. It might be more challenging than you think." twilight challenged.

"Aw, you're right! I mean, do I show up wearing sunglasses or not? Sunglasses are automatically cool, but anypony can put them on. Maybe I'd stand out more if I didn't." every pony in the room glared at her.

Cyre flew over to rainbow with some haste. "I'm coming with you. This academy will be the perfect opportunity to see how fast this worlds best can be. Kinto'un, you wont be needed anymore." with that, the flying nimbus soared away.

The cyan pegasus nodded. "See you guys in a few days!" With that both she and her Saiyan friend flew into the air.

"Good luck!" Applejack called out.

"Won't need it!" Rainbow called back.

Pinkie took a few steps forward before pulling out a huge megaphone. She then took a deep breath. "DON'T FORGET TO WRITE!" The mare yelled.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Not a moment later Cyre appeared next to her, and he angrily grabbed the megaphone and crushed it. "If you do that again you're going to wind up with broken legs!" Since his hearing was much better than that of his friends the already loud yelling was even worse. It felt like he might have gone deaf.

She merely chuckled nervously as he flew away.


After a few minutes of flight the duo arrived at the sight of the Wonderbolts hq. A look of awe came onto Rainbow's face as she looked around. She could see a bunch of pegasi, all of which were training. It truly was a beautiful sight.

Cyre and rainbow landed when they spotted spitfire near the wonder bolts barracks.

Once rainbow announced her presence, Spitfire noticed who else had come to the hq. "Can I help you?" For some reason she thought she had seen him before, but as to where she had no idea.

"So you're the captain of the Wonderbolts?" The Saiyan concluded.

"Yeah, but I don't remember inviting a strange creature to the academy." Spitfire told him sternly.

A small chuckle escaped cyre's mouth. "I'm not here to join, I just came to support Rainbow Dash." He noticed the peculiar look he was receiving. "You must not know who I am. I'm Cyre."

Hearing that made the gold pony take off her shades, which revealed her wide eyes better. "You're Cyre... the Cyre? The guy who saved the crystal empire, and became Princess Celestia's go to?"

"The very same, although I wasn't really the one to save it, and I wouldn't go as far to say I'm her go to quite yet." He grinned.

Spitfire felt her jaw drop lightly, She wasn't the type of pony to just out right respect somepony, because she personally believed respect had to be earned, but in this case she couldn't help it. Cloudsdale had heard of him and his accomplishments, and they had been impressed by what they heard. And here was one of Equestria's biggest celebrities right in front of her!

She then shook her head. "Well it's an honor to finally meet you. Tell me, are the rumors about your legendary speed true?"

"You mean how I'm the fastest flyer in the entire universe, then yes they are." Upon seeing her eyes go even wider the saiyan warrior smirked. A few weeks prior, Cyre was proclaimed the fastest when he beat rainbow in a speed race.

After a few moments she once again shook her head. "So... you said you came here to support Rainbow Dash?" It did seem a little strange to her.

He nodded. "Yeah, she's my friend, and I wanted to see what you wonderbolts are all about."

The gold pegasus smirked. "Well, you and I may have to have a little discussion on training, because the academy could certainly use any tips."

"Sure. Have you considered weighted clothing?"

She cocked a curious brow. "Weighted clothing?" She questioned.

"Yeah, by having someone train with weighted clothes it helps increase their strength and speed, and when they fully adjust to the weight you can increase it." The Saiyan explained.

Spitfire put a hoof to her chin. "Huh, that sounds like a good idea. We'll talk later, I should probably get back to briefing rainbow here."

"Go ahead." He told her.


Spitfire, Cyre, and rainbow were now walking next to the runway.

"Team briefings are every morning at—"

"07:20, because there were twenty ponies in the original E.U.P. Guard that became the Wonderbolts!" rainbow finished.

Spitfire nodded. "Right. And I know you've seen the academy bunks, but these are the official Wonderbolts barracks."

"Built by Admiral Fairweather himself!" rainbow finished.

"Well, she gets an "s" for enthusiasm." Cyre said.

Rainbow tried to cross, but spitfire stopped her. "Don't forget rule number one, newbie. Always check both ways before crossing the runway."

"Uh, sure, but... nopony else is here." rainbow responded.

"They will be, and most of the Wonderbolts like to make a flashy entrance, so stay alert."spitfire warned.

"Right, no problem!"

"Cyre you coming?" Cyre simply used instant transmission to get to the other side, surprising spitfire and rainbow equally.


The three of them were now inside the barracks, more specifically the bedroom.

"Whoa! Is that General Flash's cap?!" rainbow dash said as she looked through the case.

"And the original crest with the Wonderbolts motto on it." spitfire said.

Rainbow Dash and Spitfire both chanted. "Altius volantis! Soaring higher!"

"Wow! I mean, ha, cool." rainbow said, keeping her excitement in check.

"Okay, newbie, we've got a show in two days, which means you gotta hustle your haunches to learn this routine. You got five minutes to get dressed and get outside to meet the rest of the team." spitfire said.

Rainbow Dash nodded in understanding. "Yes, ma'am! I'll have all of the moves down by the end of the day!"

"Let's hope so. We're all expecting you to make quite an impression. Cyre, if you'd care yo join me." both cyre and spitfire left outside, leaving dash alone in her thoughts as she put the uniform on.

"Lookin' good! Okay, you're about to take your first flight as an actual Wonderbolt. No pressure." rainbow said as she began to strech.

"Just gotta go out there and knock 'em off their hooves. Okay, Wonderbolts, get ready to meet your most awesome member ever!"

As she walked outside to meet the other wonderbolts, two of them were racing down the runway. Fortunately, Cyre noticed and grabbed rainbow and launched to the other side at breakneck speeds.

"Huh? Whooaaa!" rainbow was so stunned, when Cyre let go, she went launching into a trash can with a clatter.

"Whoa, most awesome entrance by a newbie ever." one of the wonderbolts said.

"Are you okay, Rainbow Dash?" Soarin asked.

"More like Rainbow Crash." fleetfoot said as rainbow had a PTSD moment.

"lay off her! Shes only trying to impress you! Now cut it out!" Cyre shouted angrily. They just laughed at him also.

"Please, like your any better than crash here!" one of them said.

Cyre just smirked and stood up straight and started to lift his arms up. The wonder bolts just stated strangely.

"Soooo... What exactly are you—" she was interrupted as Cyre clenched his fists and started yelling, with his yell becoming louder by the second. At first, it didn't seem like a big deal but soon enough the ground started to shake. After the ground shaking came high force winds, which blew everypony back a lot of feet. It felt like some kind of natural disaster, except the source was coming from a single Pony. As the Saiyan powered up his muscles started to bulk up slightly. A few moments later his eyes turned teal, his hair gold and he was surrounded by a huge golden light. With one final shout a blinding light was sent outwards, blinding nearly everypony.

As ponies regained sight they noticed Cyre, but he looked different and there was a golden aura around him. Everything was silent once again, except this time the only noise was a very high pitched sound. The strange noise was something they couldn't really describe, but they were able to tell where it was coming from. His aura was flowing upwards like a flame and said noise was emitting from his aura. "What- what is he?" rainbow asked as everypony looked on shocked.

"I'll put things into perspective for you, I have just transformed into a Super Saiyan. In this state, my power, strength, and natural abilities increase greatly, and guess what, it's a power only Saiyans can have." His voice sounded deeper than before.

"Oh, my Celestia that's so cool! Not to mention awesome!" Rainbow said.

Fleetfoot was still in shock at this whole thing, and her jaw was practically on the floor. After a few moments, she shook off her shock_ all the while doing her best to keep her composure. "Impressive... light... show, but I'm still..."

"Fine then, I guess I'll just have to up the ante." The Super Saiyan searched around and noticed a gigantic rock in the distance, he flew over and brought it back to the field. He gained curious looks from the audience when he held the rock up with one hand. He then threw it high into the air and shot an energy sphere at it, causing the rock to explode into tiny pieces. As the tiny pieces fell Super Cyre shot more energy balls at them, each piece was obliterated leaving only a dust cloud behind. When it was all over he looked around and noticed the shocked looks.

"What... are... you?"

He smirked. "I am a proud Saiyan warrior from the planet Earth, you can call me Super Cyre."

"How. How is he so strong? How many pull-ups did he do? how many sit-ups? WHAT KIND OF JUICE DID HE DRINK?!?!?!" fleetfoot asked in her mini freak out.

(End music)

Rainbow was the first to regain her composure once Cyre powered down. "Hey! You guys buzzed me on purpose! And Cyre can vouch for me!"

"Not quite. You forgot rule number one, newbie." Spitfire said.

"Always check both ways before crossing the runway." all the bolts except for rainbow said. She looked at cyre, who shrugged.

"Yeah, well, I was just... testing you guys!" rainbow said with a huff.

The Wonderbolts just gave her disbelieving laughter.

"Alright, nopony got hurt and we got a lot to do, so let's forget about this and get flying!" Spitfire said to the others.

"Classic rookie move, Rainbow Crash. That was amazing." Cyre glared at her as he helped rainbow get all that garbage off.


The rest of the day didn't go well for rainbow, as she did nothing but make more mistakes.

"Higher, Crash! You're breaking formation!"

"Check your nine, Crash!"

"Tighter, Crash, get in there!"

"My names not crash!" rainbow growled.


The day was now complete as rainbow closed her locker in sorrow.

Fleetfoot then walked over. "Hey, Crash, I know it was a tough day today, but don't worry. You'll get the hang of it."

Rainbow Dash just scoffed. "Tough day? Please. If I can pull off a sonic rainboom, I can learn this routine. I'll have it down cold tomorrow. Probably even come up with a couple of improvements."

"Rainbow Dash, over here!" spitfire called out.

Rainbow Dash flew over. "Yes, ma'am!

"I'm glad you're still here," Spitfire said.

"Oh, yeah? Did you want some ideas on how to make the show extra-awesome?" rainbow asked.

Spitfire shook her head. "Not quite. I know you've been a Reservist for a while, but the 'Bolts have a few of their own rules you might not know about. Like worst flyer of the day has to clean up the whole compound. Better get to it, Crash." she then turned to leave, but when she looked at Cyre, she licked her lips, to which Cyre grew nervous instantly over.

Rainbow Dash sighed. "My name's not Crash," she said under her breath. Just as she was about to start cleaning, everything glowed pink before everything sparkle liked diamonds. She looked at cyre with a smile as they both flew out of the compound.


Rainbow and Cyre both headed back to rainbow's house. When they open the door, party cannons fired, and when it cleared, they saw the rest of the main 6, and the cutie mark crusaders.

"Surprise!"

Rainbow Dash and Cyre had the same thought. "What?"

"Hooray, Rainbow Dash! Our favorite Wonderbolt!" they all shouted as the brought out a banner with a crude drawing of rainbow dash.

"We know you're probably tired, Rainbow Dash, but Pinkie wanted to throw you a real party." Twilight said.

"Your best day ever party!" Pinkie said through a megaphone, with said megaphone soon being shot to ash with a ki blast from an angry Cyre, who glared at Pinkie, who once again made a mental note not to use megaphone around the Saiyan.

Rainbow Dash nervously laughed. "Yeah. It was somethin', all right."

"Well, we can't wait to hear all about it!" Applejack stated.

"Heh. And I'd love to tell you, I really would, but I'm pretty beat. [yawns] You know, from all the... excitement of my big day?" rainbow said as she fake yawned.

"Um, is something wrong, Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked.

Rainbow Dash tried to once again ignore it. "What could be wrong? I'm finally a Wonderbolt, which means everything has to be totally, perfectly awesome."

"Oh, no. Something is wrong. What happened, darling?" rarity asked concerned.

"I told you, it's nothing! I mean, maybe some of the Wonderbolts started calling me Rainbow Crash..." rainbow said sadly.

"Oh, no! Isn't that the same terrible nickname those bullies in flight school used to call you?" Fluttershy asked upset.

Rainbow Dash nodded while whimpering.

"Why would they call you that?" twilight said next.

"Well, I kinda sorta fell into a garbage can," she said while once again whimpering.

"Well, look at the bright side! At least they didn't call you Rainbow Trash!" once pinkie received the glares of her friends, she opted to stay out of the rest of it.

"So you started off on the wrong hoof. I'll bet every new Wonderbolt has a tough first day." Applejack said.

"Mmm-hmm! What you need is to find a positive way to stand out. As soon as you're known for something else, that nasty old nickname will be forgotten." rarity responded confidently.

"Rarity's right. Why don't you think of the Wonderbolts like us? We're a team, but we all stand out in different ways." Twilight said as well.

Rainbow Dash the had an idea as she went to bed. "That's it! I'm gonna stand out in a different way, just like you guys! Goodbye, Rainbow Crash; hello, Captain Awesome!"

"Why do I feel like she's going to take it to literally?" Cyre asked himself.


At wonderbolt HQ, all the wonderbolts were beginning to get ready and wake up, when rainbow dash, who was imitating her friend pinkie pie, even with her mane styled the same, went jumping in full of energy like the party mare.

"Good morning, everypony! Who's ready for a fantastic day of flying? I know I am! I just couldn't be more excited for the big show tomorrow. Are you guys excited? I'm excited! Actually, I'm always excited! Some ponies even call me "Dynamic Dash"!" rainbow said as she popped a balloon.

"Because I'm so full of energy all the time!" rainbow said before beginning to pant like a dog.

"Uh, Wonderbolts don't get excited, Crash. You gotta keep a level head to fly the way we do." fleet foot warned.

Rainbow Dash sighed and changed to imitate the apple mare next. "Well, of course, I know that! But the truth of the matter is, you should be excited! It's the dream of near every little Pegasus pony to grow up and fly with the Wonderbolts! And here you all are doin' it!" she said with a makeshift southern accent.

"So are you." fleet foot added.

"True! Go ahead and call me "Forthright Filly" if you want. But she-yucks, I like to tell it like it is, and I believe a pony oughta appreciate hard work payin' off like this because bein' a Wonderbolt is somethin' special!"

"We know." with that, the door slammed shut with rainbow the only one left In the sleeping quarters.


Rainbow Dash was now outside with the others as she acted like twilight. "You know, I was just reading about how dihedral wing angles can help increase stability in banking turns. It made me think that pre-flight checklists could really help increase our efficiency, so I went ahead and made them for everypony!" she had to hold the papers down to stop them from flying away.

"I'm always finding so much interesting information in books. In fact, a lot of ponies call me "Reading Rainboom"." those words were rewarded by a huge reprimand by Spitfire, complete with a loudhailer.

"We all know how wings work, newbie! And we already have checklists! Now get off the runway!"

Rainbow Dash was now imitating Fluttershy. "I'm so sorry. I was just trying to help because I care about all of the Wonderbolts oh-so-much. Yessiree, just call me "Care Mare". Um, but if you're busy now, I can just come back later..."

Spitfire answered with a low growl.

"Or, you know, not at all..." flutterdash said as she zipped away.


Rainbow Dash was now in the locker room with the others. "Okay."

She then changed her hairstyle so she could better imitate Rarity. "I must tell you how much I just love these uniforms. Why, ever since I was a foal, I've admired the mixture of bold lines and classic contours. They don't call me "Rainbow Fash" for nothing."

Soarin wasn't sure if she was crazy or attempting to seduce him. "Uhhhh... huh...?"

"The "Fash" is for "Fashion"." raridash said, complete with a snobby voice.

Spitfire then walked over. "Crash! I'm not sure why you're acting like this, but you need to stop," she demanded.

Rainbow's hair went back to normal as she looked down in sadness. "I was just, you know, trying to show everypony all the awesome ways I can contribute to the 'Bolts."

"I know you're excited to find your place on the team, but just focus on the routine for now, okay?" spitfire asked.

"Yes, ma'am." rainbow said.

"Maybe this will help motivate you." spitfire opened rainbows locker to reveal rainbows Wonderbolts jacket, which had a picture of her cutie mark crashing into a stop sign... Or whatever that sign is called.

"Crash?! Couldn't you just put my regular name on it?!" rainbow pleaded.

"That's not how it works around here. We all have our nicknames on our jackets. Right, Clipper?" Spitfire said to Soarin.

"Clipper?" rainbow said.

Soarin nodded as he shut his locker and left. "Right, boss!"

"Now it's official. Welcome to the Wonderbolts, Crash!" Spitfire said as she left, looking at printed pictures of Cyre from the cameras of the HQ as she licked her lips with a smile.

Rainbow Dash groaned as she threw the jacket back into the locker. "If I don't come up with something unforgettable to add to the routine, I'm gonna be Rainbow Crash for the rest of my life!" she said as she shut the locker.


As the wonderbolts began to get ready for the show, rainbow stole a storm cloud and flew off with it, as her friends were beginning to arrive.

"This is gonna be so amazing!" scootaloo said as she took a seat.

"I know! I'm almost as excited as Pinkie Pie!" spike exclaimed.

"I can't wait to see Rainbow Dash's first performance as an honest-to-goodness Wonderbolt! I hope there's cotton candy!" Pinkie said as she zipped off in search of the sweet substance.

"We should all remember to be extra supportive for Rainbow Dash too," Fluttershy said.

"Excellent point. It's simply dreadful that she's had such a rough start after finally achieving her dream." Rarity added.

"Rainbow Dash is a pretty resilient pony. I'm sure she's shaken off her tough first day and turned it around by now!" Twilight said.

Cyre however, was not so convinced. "Yeah, and she can be just as stubborn.i just can't shake the feeling she'll do something extremely stupid..."

"Speakin' of... Hey, Dash!" Applejack noted as rainbow flew over.

"Perfect! Hey, can I borrow Scootaloo?" rainbow asked.

"Me? What for?" scootaloo asked.

"Oh, heh, I just needed some help and figured the president of the Rainbow Dash Fan Club was the right pony for the job!" she said.

"I thought the Wonderbolt Reserves were here to help," Twilight added.

"Oh, yeah, they're all busy doing, uh, official Reserve stuff. But don't worry! With Scootaloo's help, everything's gonna be awesome. Better than awesome! Rainbow said as she took scootaloo and prepared to fly away.

"Does... Does that mean practice went well yesterday?"

"Gotta go." she ignored Rarity's question and flew away. Soon enough, the were both on a hill that had a wooden ramp.

"What are we doing up here, Rainbow Dash?"

"I just need a small favor from you that's really gonna make this show something special. Now, the Wonderbolts are gonna fly over this ridge right before the finale of the show. I'll fly by last, and when I signal you, you zip up the ramp on your scooter and kick the storm cloud into my path!" rainbow said.

"What?"

"That kick will shoot off a lightning bolt right behind me, making me look totally awesome! And then I'll do some incredible Rainbow Dash flying with it to create the coolest, show-stopping, lightning-tastic light show anypony has ever seen!" rainbow said in excitement.

"Are you sure about this?" Scootaloo asked her.

"Uh-huh! It's gonna be so awesome! And nopony will ever call me "Rainbow Crash" after this!" as she said that, a few of the wonderbolts were beginning the show.

"Oh, gotta go! Be ready for me, okay, Scootaloo?"

"Um... okay...?" scootaloo said rather confused and unsure.

An Announcer was now speaking through a loudspeaker. "Mares and gentlecolts, fillies and foals of all ages! Look to the skies and prepare to be awestruck by the incredible flying prowess of... the Wonderbolts!" right on schedule, the wonderbolts showed up and were doing a variety of tricks in the air.

"I hope Spike and Pinkie Pie are done getting their snacks, or they're gonna miss Rainbow Dash!" Fluttershy said.

"Oh, don't worry, Fluttershy. Nothing would keep Pinkie Pie from missing this!" Twilight said.

"Heh. Except maybe cotton candy." Applejack retorted.


Spike and Pinkie were getting snacks as spike spotted the wonderbolts doing stunts. "Come on, Pinkie, the show's starting!"

"One second! Just a little bit bigger please, but hurry! Bigger!" the cotton candy cloud was only slightly oversized.

The wonderbolts zoomed by the group causing them to awe. "That was amazing! She's doing great!" twilight then turned to cyre, who somehow had a muffin. "Cyre, where exactly did you get that—" "muffin button." Cyre interrupted. He tapped a button on his watch, and a beam shot out a hot steaming muffin. Twilight looked at it in disbelief.


"Bigger!" the cotton was now stretching to cover the entire booth, only making spike sigh.


The Wonderbolts were preparing the finale as rainbow slowed down as she passed by scootaloo.

Scootaloo put on her helmet. "I hope this works." with a thwack, the storm cloud went into dash's path as the other Wonderbolts landed.

Rainbow Dash yelped as the storm cloud crackled. She jumped back and ended up in a tree, where she was assaulted by birds.

Seriously, they just went to town on her...

The Crowd gasped and winced at what they saw, while a brown pony with an hourglass cutie mark looked at cyre's watch curiously.

Rainbow Dash was then launched into a tree where scootaloo was, and back into the storm cloud from earlier.

Rainbow was now going down, with downed fighter plane noises to match.

Pinkie Pie was now walking back with a cotton candy that was as large as cyre's capsule ship. "Hope I'm not too late. I dunno what took that pony so long.' pinkie said with a scoff.


Back at the stand, the owner looked exhausted, as cotton candy was everywhere.


Rainbow landed in the cotton candy with a splat, as she groaned on the ground. "That was amazing!" Pinkie said.

And how did Cyre react to all this?

Spitfire and the others walked over. "Way to go, Rainbow Crash." at that rainbow sighed.


Rainbow Dash walked out of the medical tent in bandages, where the Wonderbolts were waiting.

"You gonna tell us what just happened, newbie?" spitfire asked.

"I'm so sorry." rainbow said with a sigh.

"I should hope so. You changed the routine without consulting me and put other ponies at risk. I've drummed flyers out of the 'Bolts for less." spitfire remarked with a glare.

"I know, and I'm ready for whatever punishment you want. You guys were right to call me "Rainbow Crash". I've always been a standout flyer, but since I joined the Wonderbolts, I've only stood out for making mistakes. It's been my dream my whole life, but... I guess maybe I'm not Wonderbolt material after all." rainbow said down in the dumps.

Soarin then walked next to her. "Are you serious?! You're the most talented flyer we've ever had!"

"And you've saved all of Equestria like a dozen times." fleet foot added.

"Uh, I—" "Of course you're supposed to be a Wonderbolt. We've been waiting for a spot to open up ever since you joined the Reserves!" spitfire interrupted.

"But... you guys all called me Rainbow Crash." rainbow said.

"Yeah, so? My nickname's "Clipper". You know why they call me that?" Soarin asked.

"Uh... 'cause you're as fast as a ship?" she guessed.

"Because I clipped my wing on a flagpole as I was landing on my first day. Heh," he said.

"Huh."

'That sounds painful.' cyre thought.

Fleetfoot was next. "Flatfoot". My first day, I misjudged my landing and came down right on Spitfire's hoof."

'Even more so.'

"Dizzy".

"Slowpoke".

"Hoof-in-Mouth".

"You don't wanna know what they call me." spitfire whispered it to rainbow dash.

"Whoa! That is so much worse than Crash." rainbow said.

"Right?" Spitfire said.

(Note: the author's headcanon is that spitfire's nickname is "swallow fire". Can you guess why?)

"So does this mean I'm... still on the team?" rainbow asked.

"Do you think you can be part of this team and not constantly try to showboat?" Spitfire said.

Rainbow Dash couldn't help but think about cyre on showboating his Super Saiyan form. "I promise! I spent my whole life trying to be a standout flyer, but now that I'm a Wonderbolt, it's time to be okay with fitting in!"

"Good, because I really didn't want to miss the chance to tease you for years about this catastrophe! I mean, that crash was epic!" spitfire remarked as they all laughed.

"But you're on probation for a month. Got a problem with that?!" spitfire quickly said to the dash.

Rainbow Dash responded back just as quickly. "No, ma'am."


Rainbow was sweeping up the area as Twilight and her friends walked over.

"Hey. Rainbow Dash. We just wanted to check on you. Are you doing okay?"

"I'm doing great, thanks!"

"Sure you don't need any help?" scootaloo said.

"Nah. This mess is my responsibility, and I've gotta clean it up myself. And after this, Spitfire's got me cleaning the Wonderbolts' compound for the next month." rainbow responded.

"So why are you in such a good mood?" Cyre asked her.

"Duh! Because I'm a Wonderbolt!" she said with a smile. Cyre smiled in kind as he watched Rainbow Dash cleaning up. She was maturing and learning better than he had hoped for. Had to be humiliated to make it happen, but it happened! In the end, the lesson was learned, so Cyre couldn't complain much. Cyre looked up at the sky, wondering what else was out there undiscovered…

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