Rainbowel

Chapter 1

Ok. You got this. Step one: Three barrel rolls. Step two: Blitzerama. Step three: Shoot for the sun. Step four: Fly past the Wonderbolts after doing a Sonic Rainboom. Rainbow thought as she looked at herself in the mirror. I've been training for this day for three months. After I won the Young Fliers competition they told me to try out. They gave me all the details that I needed to do in order to make it while we were at dinner.

"One of the requirements is that you must at least have a wing power of 50 in order to try out. You obviously have past this with the Sonic Rainboom you performed earlier today." Spitfire said. "Another is that you must do something No other pony has shown before. So doing a few flips is an automatic disqualification. We only look at those who show potential and can prove that they deserve to be a part of us."

Rainbow looked at her from across the dinner table. "Well, considering I'm the only pony to do a Sonic Rainboom, I guess that gives me an automatic in, right?" she asked.

"Not too fast now. You still have to try out. But yes, you show that you have a lot of potential and will most likely get in. Just do your Sonic Rainboom and you'll be good." Soarin said as he lifted his head from his meal.

"Don't worry Rainbow. You'll do fine." Spitfire said as she returned to her meal.

Rainbow Dash washed her face and walked out to sit next to her friends. "Ya got this Rainbow. Don' sweat it." Applejack said.

"You'll do just fabulous!" Rarity exclaimed.

"Yeah. I'm not worried!" Rainbow Dash said shakily. I'm screwed! "I'll be a part of the Wonderbolts in ten seconds flat!" I'll choke!

"Just remember, you had a 70 wing power yesterday. With that you'll bypass all the others easily." Twilight said reassuringly.

"And if you don't, you gave it your best shot." Fluttershy said quietly.

"You'll do amazing Dashie! More than amazing! More like super-duper-ultra-wonderfully amazing!" Pinkie Pie shouted excitedly. "And when you win, we can have a party! We'll invite all of Ponyville to celebrate the newest addition to the Wonderbolts! We can have cake and ice cream and balloons and streamers and cherrychungas! Oh! I know! I'll make cupcakes! What kind should I make? Chocolate, banana, vanilla, red velvet, blueberry, raspberry, or all of them combined?" She gasped. "I know! I'll make Rainbow colored cupcakes in honor of you Dashie! Doesn't that sound fun?" Pinkie asked in her jubilant voice.

"Of course! Everypony should come to honor me!" Rainbow said boastfully.

"Rainbow Dash. Your up Champion." Spitfire said as she called Rainbow's name.

"I'll see you guys after!" Rainbow shouted as she ran out.

"I've got my party cannon ready for when you win!" Pinkie shouted back.

Rainbow stepped out onto the cloud in the Wonderbolts training arena. She looked up to the Wonderbolts platform where they would rank her on her performance. She glanced to where her friends were sitting. They waved at her and smiled. She nodded her head and turned back to her idols.

"You may go when you're ready." Spitfire said. Rainbow gulped and nodded. It's now or never. she thought. She looked at her idols and flew into the air.

She shot up into the sky and flew past the Wonderbolts. Step one: Three barrel rolls. she thought as she executed each roll perfectly. Step two: Blitzerama. She flew past the Wonderbolts and turned around. After she passed them again, there was a shock of electricity that shot through the air. Step three: Shoot for the sun. She flew straight up, almost blinded by the sun.

This is it. The Sonic Rainboom. She turned over and dove for the ground. She picked up speed and felt the sound barrier ripple around her. Almost! C'mon wings! she thought. There was a sound of a cannon going off behind her. Reflexively she looked behind her and lost control. She tried to pull out of her dive before she crashed into the ground. She didn't have time.

There was a giant explosion of Rainbow colored dust that shot into the air like a mushroom cloud.
She got up from the rubble and rubbed her head. "Get that crazy mare out of here!" Spitfire yelled. Two huge burly security officers started walking towards her.

"Wait! Please give let me try again!" Rainbow pleaded. "I'm sorry! I lost control and couldn't pull out of my dive fast enough!"

"Get out! You will never become a Wonderbolt! Look at what you did!" Spitfire said as she motioned to the destroyed stadium. "Now leave!"

What... "Never...Never become a Wonderbolt?" Rainbow said quietly. I... I can't... Her friends ran over to where she was sitting. She sat there stunned and shocked as she tried to keep herself from crying in front of her friends.

"Oh my gosh! Rainbow Dash, are you hurt?" Fluttershy asked.

Rainbow tried to regain her composure. "I'm fine." she said quickly.

"Ya sure? That there was a might hard fall ya took." Applejack said.

"I'm fine!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"I'm so sorry Dashie! I didn't mean to! The cannon shot of when I stood up!" Pinkie exclaimed.

Rainbow glared at her. "You! Why did you bring that thing?! Why Pinkie?!" she yelled angrily. Pinkie backed away from her slowly, frightened by Rainbow's yelling. "Why in the hell would you bring something that could distract me!?"

"For when you won..." she said quietly.

"Yeah, well because of that damn cannon of yours I will never, ever be a Wonderbolt!" Rainbow yelled.

"But...what about next year?" Pinkie asked confused.

"There isn't a next year! Not for me, not ever!" Rainbow dash was fuming.

"Now Rainbow! She said she was sorry and that it was an accident. Don' go yellin' at her for something she didn' mean to do." Applejack said before things escalated.

"Dashie...Please...I'm sorry." Pinkie pleaded with tears in her eyes.

"Stop! Just stop Pinkie!" Rainbow yelled. Pinkie's mane lost it's puffiness. "Just stay away from me!" she yelled and flew to her house in Cloudsdale, away from the destroyed stadium and her friends on the ground. She flew into her house and locked the door. She ran to her room, jumped into her bed and cried.

She looked at her nightstand and saw a picture of her and Pinkie Pie together. They were holding hooves with their heads touching each other. This was the day Pinkie asked her out. They had been dating for awhile now and Rainbow had been planning on flying her around in the air after she had become a Wonderbolt. "It's your fault! Why did you ruin my only chance?! Why Pinkie!?" she yelled at nopony. She saw the other pictures of them, at the park, at the movies, swimming in the lakes and ponds, and one of Pinkie giving Rainbow a kiss on the cheek.

Rainbow flung her hoof across the nightstand, sending the pictures flying to the ground. The pictures fell through the clouds. One picture remained on the nightstand. Pinkie's smiling face. It beamed at Rainbow and laughed at her suffering. Rainbow screamed and slammed her hoof through the glass, leaving her hoof bloodied. I'm done. She'll pay for ruining this for me. she thought as she burned holes with her eyes at the picture of Pinkie's smiling face.