My Little Pony A New Generation: Your Name Across The Generations -Even Without Wings-

"I can't believe it..."

Walking into the frame, was an older Rainbow Dash. She came to her spot in the clouds above the city of Cloudsdale. It was a quiet and serene scene, with nopony else there to interrupt her thoughts... about what would happen today across Equestria. This was the day all Equestria magic would be sealed away to stop Opaline Arcana from taking over the world.

"There has to be another way..." Dash whispered, sitting on the edge of the cloud and setting down her saddleback. She fixed her black jacket as fall was getting colder as the seasons changed, before taking off her goggles, setting them to the side. "...Twi, why are you taking the easy way out?"

Dash closed her eyes as she could hear Twilight's voice...

"I'm not taking the easy way out! You have all seen how powerful Opaline Arcana is! Her arcane flames can melt stone in seconds and her spells are almost unblockable, not to mention that she's an Alicorn! She easily took out..." Dash could hear the struggle of her former friend to finish that sentence before she continued, "She took out all of our friends, creatures we saw as family, leaving us with no choice."

"No! Leaving YOU no choice! You're not making this decision for all of Equestria!"

"We can't defeat her, Rainbow! We tried hard to take her down, but she was too strong! All of us... are either ...gone, injured, or in hiding. We lost..."

"We didn't lose if we had more ideas! Come on, Twilight! This isn't like you! You are an egghead! Think of some ex-machina or something to defeat her, not give up on everything you and we have worked for."

"We aren't giving up on it... We're saving the future, Rainbow. We're not losing it... We're letting it rest until then."

"What do you mean by 'we', Twilight? What about everyone who isn't part of this plan?"

"..."

"Twilight." Dash could see in her mind how Twilight was staying silent. "TWI!" Still, nothing, making her upset as she remembered soaring to her, forcing her to look at her. "ANSWER ME! HOW ARE YOU GOING TO EXCLUDE EVERYONE WHO ISN'T PART OF YOUR PLAN?! WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUR MAGIC! THEY SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW! A RIGHT TO-"

"You don't understand, Dash." Twilight interrupted, turning away. "You just don't understand. I can't do this right now... Not while Opaline Arcana is out there and hurting others. I'm sorry..."

"Don't do this."

"Rainbow... This is for the best. If you can't understand that, then maybe... I don't want you around when this happens."

"T-Twilight..."

"Please stop making this so hard. I'm only doing the right-"

Dash snapped as she heard that. "YOU AREN'T! YOU ARE BEING SO SELFISH, TWILIGHT! YOU'RE JUST MAKING THINGS WORSE!"

"I'm trying to make things better. You need to-"

"BETTER FOR YOU! YOU ARE TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FACE HER! YOU ARE SCARED OF HER AFTER WHAT HAPPENED!"

She could remember how Twilight was looking down at her, sadness in her eyes. "What she did to-"

"SHUT UP!"

Dash couldn't remember how Twilight looked as she faced away from her, being so done with her and her stubbornness. She only remembered her last words to Twilight before flying off from the castle.

"We're not friends anymore, Twi-PRINCESS! I don't need a friend who's gonna give up on everything they fought for! You're dead to me!"

Dash slowly opened her eyes and looked out to the beautiful view of Cloudsdale, knowing she was alone up here as everyone in the city was moved to the surface and they would all lose their magic to walk on clouds. She sighed as she sat there, thinking what she was going to say as she took out a small recording crystal...

The sun was going to set soon. Dash was still sitting there, thinking in her thoughts. She finally found what she wanted to say. She held the small crystal up and set it behind her, floating there.

"I'm ready. Ready to tell the next generation what I want them to know."

She activated it, making it glow showing it was now recording. She raised her hoof, and opened her mouth... but no words came out. She tried again, but nothing.

"Horse apples!"

She turned off the crystal. She was trying to regather her thoughts and started recording again.

"I don't know why I'm doing this. This is silly." she made an awkward smile, but that smile was forced. "It's just..."

Dash stepped aside a bit, showing the clouds and the city below her.

"This place..." She then showed her Wonderbolt logo on her right side, smiling with sadness. "The Wonderbolts..." she looked over the area again, looking away from the crystal. "This was my whole life for years." She sighed with regret. "These days I spend more time at Sweet Apple Acres than here."

Dash lowered her head, to remember spending her time with AJ, who was showing signs of bad arthritis and needed help.

"But this still hurts. Twilight is..." She faced the crystal but looking away, she couldn't bear to look to the future generations, knowing they were going to judge her, and others for not stopping Twilight. "Twilight is sealing all the magic today. Which means I'm gonna..." She paused there. Her eyes shut hard as she moved her wings. She didn't want to say it. "I'm gonna lose my flight and..."

Dash felt like breaking down and sobbing. She was going to lose it all. All of it was to her best friend in all of Equestria, and she felt so betrayed. She took a deep breath and calmed herself down. She didn't want the ones listening in to her, crying like a baby.

'Come on, Rainbow. They might show this to schools or something. Pony up!'

She started to speak again, but the pain in her voice was still there. "I don't know how I can live with that."

The sun went under the clouds in the background, making the blue sky into a fading reddish orange. The pegasus pony looked over to see the beautiful sight, knowing this was going to be the last time she could see it... see the wonderful blue skies like this... being up here...

Dash tried to hold back her tears, but she couldn't no longer. She broke down and looked at the sky, seeing how the clouds were getting more black because of the lack of the sun's rays.

"It's not just magic for me. It's freedom. It's who I am!" Her tone of voice was sad and desperate. "It's my home here in Cloudsdale. It's MY life as a Wonderbolt. What does it mean to be a Pegasus if your wings don't work!?"

She took a second to recover. Soon she looked down at Cloudsdale, seeing the floating city of clouds hovering there.

"We don't know what will happen to Cloudsdale when the magic goes away, but I do know..." finally, Dash showed hope on her face. She was smiling with it. "That someday the magic will be back. So I'm recording this message for the next Pegasi who can..." She opened her wings, letting the wind blow through them. "Can fly! The next Pegasi who find this city." She closed her wings after doing a flap with them. "This museum."

Dash said touching the crystal and pausing the recording. She needed some time before finishing the message. The pain and sadness were getting to her... but maybe she needed that in what she was going to say.

She reached out and pressed the crystal, unpausing it. For the first time, she was looking at the crystal... with the most sad and hopeless look on her face.

"It's your turn now. Bring back the Wonderbolts. You don't have to call them that, but what we..." Her expression showed so much pain. "DID was important. The world needs us." She raised her arms up a bit, letting her hooves gesture around her. "Whoever you are, it's your turn to be..." She tried to smile and be hopeful... but she couldn't...

"Awesome..."

It was nighttime now. Dash was holding the recording crystal in her hooves. She was just sitting there, not wanting to upload this to the New Cloudsdale city's museum that was being made far from here. She wanted to keep it and just hold it, feeling safe with her past. She had a tear or two fall from her cheek.

'Maybe I should delete it. The youngsters will never find this anyway. They will be able to fly. I'm sure they will. This is silly.'

She was about to drop the crystal over the edge of the clouds... until she heard a loud noise. She turned to where Canterlot was. She could see it... the spell that was going to seal everything. She held the crystal and knew she wasn't going to make it to New Cloudsdale in time... maybe if she was in her prime still, but she wasn't.

"Oh no."

Dash quickly looked down, seeing the floating city. She could spot the Wonderbolt's museum. She remembered how she was asked to record some stuff for it, like talking about Pegasi magic and other boring things about it, but also the awesome stuff on Wonderbolts... and herself of course. She couldn't help but smile as she remembered, even though her smile was still forced and sad.

"Will they even find this place? There is no way they are going to have any idea of what this city was."

She thought back on what she just said.

"Was... Yeah."

She opened her wings and flew down there. She needed to upload this to the magical database. She eyed the spell that was gathering above Canterlot, seeing it forming into a magical ball... then it happened. Colorful northern lights filled the sky over Canterlot. It looked so beautiful... until it started to spread far from Canterlot, seeing billions of lights appearing from the earth below and spreading towards the sky.

"Oh no!"

Dash needed to hurry. If the magic that allows recording crystal to be uploaded is drained of its magic, she won't ever be able to upload her message for future generations. She dived faster and landed in front of the Wonderbolt's museum. Luckily, the front door was unlocked.

"Hello? Anypony here?"

It was quiet. Dash looked around and saw how empty it was. Good, she didn't need to waste time in saving somepony before the sealing spell reached here. She darted to the nearest control panel and that was the Hall of Airships. She opened the metal cover and placed the crystal inside. She pressed the play button and backed away as the magical hologram screen lit up.

She smiled, hoping the spell didn't reach the city before she finished.

"I don't know why I'm doing this. This is silly."

Dash watched as her message was fully downloaded to the database. The download bar was at 99%.

'Come on... Hurry!'

A colorful light started to shine through the building. It was the magic sealing spell, coming this way.

"Awesome, okay?"

She looked at the hologram screen and watched as it finished the download. It showed it was saved, and the system was shut down. She didn't have time to grab the crystal as she could see the wall of colorful lights was almost upon her. She had to escape, or she would be stuck in this building for the rest of her life. She zipped out of the room, trying to find a way out as the front doors were blocked by the magic lights.

"Crumb baskets!!"

She returned to flying, searching for a way out, but nothing... until she looked up and saw the glass dome in the ceiling.

"Perfect!"

Dash shot towards the roof, opening her wings wide to get some more speed. The seal was almost upon her. Dash pushed harder and harder. The lights were almost upon her, but luckily, she reached the glass dome and bashed through it, shooting upwards in the air. In slow motion, she looked back and could see the magical rainbow lights. It was truly so beautiful and awe-inspiring, but the fear in her made her go faster.

Finally, the lights hit all of Cloudsdale. Dash was now racing for her life as she needed to reach the ground before the colorful lights could take away her magic of flying. She looked back, seeing it was catching up to her like it was alive. She turned forward and focused, feeling the air against her. She was getting closer and closer, seeing the ground.

'Almost there...'

She didn't look back as she knew the magic was upon her. She looked forward, seeing the grass getting closer and closer... until her eyes widened in surprise and horror. She felt something in her body, her magical aura being pulled out from her, along with the magical aura that allowed her wings to fly.

"NOOO!"

Dash finally turned back and saw it. It was her magic being taken away from her. It almost looked like her. She reached out to it, trying to hold on to it but her hoof just passed through it, like a ghost.

"NO, NO, NO, NO!!!"

Dash started to feel her body falling. Her wings didn't work. She was too high up to survive a fall like this. The world around her was starting to fade into a peaceful state.

"So... this is how I die. Falling without my wings..."

She closed her eyes as tears fell out...

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

"AH!"

Dash screamed as she rose from a bed and a rooster hopped off of her. She was sweating as she looked around. It was morning, and she was in her room at AJ's house.

"It was a dream. Oh, Celestia, it was a dream!"

She felt so happy as she looked at her wings. She flapped them and jumped off the bed... only to fall on her face.

'What?"

She tried again... but it was the same results. She then realized it.

"...it wasn't a dream."

Dash stood up and walked out of her room. The house was empty as Applebloom stopped living here as she moved out and Big Mac living somewhere else with his family as he wanted to start his own Apple farm. AJ was living alone in the house.

She headed for the front door, knowing where AJ would be.

Out in the house's porch, was AJ in her rocking chair. Dash walked over and sat down next to her, taking her hat off, seeing AJ was looking at her, with a small smile.

"I take it you saved me?"

AJ nodded, stopping her rocking. "I was waiting for you in New Cloudsdale like you told me, but it was getting late. I started to get worried so head over to where Cloudsdale was floating, and I saw you falling." AJ tapped her back. "Caught ya in time, Dashie... but oh boy, you are one heavy mare."

Dash laughed softly and put stopped.

"...how are you feeling? You shouldn't be running or doing heavy lifting as your whole body is getting more stiff because of your bad hip and arthritis."

AJ waved her hoof... super slow. "I'm fine. Don't worry, Rainbow. I'll take care of myself."

"Promise?"

AJ rolled her eyes. "Yes. Now come on. What were you doing up there for so-"

"You know why, AJ..."

AJ started to rock again. "Right, sorry. My mind is all foggy sometimes."

Dash patted her back. "It's okay. Let's head back inside. You need to eat, so I'll start making breakfast for us."

AJ watched as Dash got up and headed for the door.

"You need to let it go, Dash."

Dash froze in place as she had her hoof on the door.

"Let what go?"

"Rainbow, please. I'm not an idiot."

"I don't-"

"What Twilight had to do. Sealing all the magic in Equestria. She was up against the wall and had to choose with little to no options left. She's not perfect, but she was doing the right thing. We both know if the situation was different, she would still have done the right thing. She's our friend."

Dash quickly looked at her, the anger on her face showing.

"WAS our friend! She took away what made everyone who they are, AJ! Even you! Your earth pony magic to make apples..." she looked out to the fields, seeing the land was now brown, and the apple trees were dying. "...gone. Your family farm is done. There is no way you can continue."

AJ smiled a bit. "I'm an old mare. My days are numbered. I have accepted it. Plus, if my magic is gone, maybe it is time to hang up my hat and enjoy the final years I have left."

Dash shook her head, crying. "Don't say that! Don't!"

AJ stood up and slowly walked over. "It's okay, Dashie. I'm ready. My farm will be the last in Ponyville, and soon others will follow suit. The town will slowly fade away into the past as everyone will start to move away from Ponyville." She reached her and wrapped her hooves around her. "And I'm ready for that. You are my family now. And I'm not going to lose you. You mean so much to me. I want you to live with me, until the day I pass."

Dash wrapped her hooves around her.

"But-"

"But nothing. Let's just go inside. I'm starving. You can cook a mean breakfast."

AJ pulled away and went inside, leaving Dash outside.

"Come on, Rainbow. Let's have a good morning together."

Dash sat down and looked up at the morning sky, seeing the sun moving for the first time without magic. "But this isn't right! Someone who was a coward, who took the easiest way out in stopping this new enemy... She took it all away, even without the consent of the public until the day she was going to do it, AJ!"

Dash turned to AJ who was standing there in the living room.

"How can you keep seeing her as a friend!? She was our best friend and took everything away, in what made everyone, including yourself and I, unique! How can you not see that!?"

AJ slightly turns to Dash, sadness on her face.

"Why do you not see it, Dash?"

Dash stood there, stunned by the question.

"What?"

AJ sighed, knowing her friend so well. She knew Dash would be the last pony to not see it.

"If I tell you, you won't believe me. I can't show you either."

Dash slowly walked over to her.

"You can show me, AJ. What is it?"

"Rainbow, you need to open your eyes and ears. You aren't thinking things through after your fight with Twilight."

AJ walked away as she was done with their conversation.

"Open my eyes? What the hay does that mean!?"

"Rainbow, it means exactly what I said."

Dash was confused by her words. She felt so... betrayed once more. She thought AJ would be on her side, and support her, but... she was wrong. She was alone... in what she believed.

'She can't be right. Twilight was a coward.'

Dash yelled and kicked the front door, making it snap off its hinges slightly. She walked out to the front yard. She wishes someone, anyone would be on her side.

"I'm right! I know I'm right. So why does nopony see it?"

She looked up at the morning sky. She looked at the sun as it suddenly was covered by dark clouds. "I wish someone would tell me what I'm missing..." She looked down, as the clouds started to twirl and form a portal.

Within the glitching and prism lights portal, someone was tossed out of it and crashed in front of Dash, blasting some dirt into the air.

"Ah!"

Dash landed on her butt, shielding herself. Soon the dirt and dust were slowly fading away, and she could see a large hole there. She stood up and saw something was crawling out. It was a unicorn... no, it was too tall to be a normal unicorn going off by its silhouette in the dust. It looked like a...

"Wait, is that an Alicorn..."

She could see two large wings spreading out and flapping away the remaining dust. Dash covered her eyes, as the dust and dirt were sent toward her making her cough. She could hear AJ coughing as well inside the house. After the little dust storm, Dash lowered her hoof and looked, seeing the Alicorn pony was looking at her, but what confused Dash wasn't why was it here, or the fact the Alicorn was a female, or the fact it looked like slime, even its flowing mane looked like ink than hair... or wearing black glasses... no, the reason Dash was confused was that it looked like...

"...Twilight?"

The black slime Alicorn smiled at Dash.

Not even ten seconds flat, Dash was suddenly tackled hug by the Alicorn. AJ took notice of the loud crashing noise behind the sofa. She looked over and saw Dash being squeezed hard by the Twilight lookalike.

"MOMMY!"

AJ blinked and figured she was going senile and looked away. Dash, however, looked so freaked out and beyond confused.

"M-mommy!?"

End of ch1