"Come on!" yelled Rainbow Dash. "Unless you're too scared!!" she taunted while jumping further up the path.
"You know I'm still new to flying," said Knight Wing nervously. Yes, he could nail a pinhead with his rifle when flying at top speed, but he was in control of where he was going then.
"If you can do this, you can do anything!" she said. They had left the party early and ditched their weapons and gear to have a little... fun, as Dash kept called it.
Knight Wing shook his head and trotted after her, nearing the top of the small mountain that would act as their jump point.
Knight Wing silently admired the flank of the mare walking in front of him. He'd been trying to get her 'attention' for a while now, showing off unnecessarily, making a point of presenting his combat expertise randomly, and many other stupid things that had endangered his life and sometimes other's.
And she failed to notice him. Lunar-Tic kept saying she was watching and looked interested, but every time Knight Wing looked she was looking somewhere else or doing something that required her full attention.
He reached the top of the mountain where Rainbow Dash fidgeted impatiently at the cliff where the trail ended. Knight Wing peeked over the edge and was forced back by gale force winds.
"What are we supposed to do again?" he squeaked while scrambling as far back as possible from the edge.
"Oh, stop being such a Dolt of a Colt!" she reprimanded. "All you have to do is jump, spread your wings, and go with the flow."
"You make it sound so easy," he muttered.
"It is!" she exclaimed, "And a killer way to have fun." She spread her wings and walked closer to the edge. A few of the massive updrafts made it to the pair and ruffled the mare's prismatic hair.
"Come on," she exclaimed. "I thought you were a daredevil." She said this in the annoying way only a woman can.
Knight Wing still felt a little nervous, but that changed when Rainbow sauntered on closer to the edge and posed seductively for the stallion. "If you want me, you'll have to catch me," she teased, and calmly fell off the cliff. Her wings filled with air immediately and she snapped upwards, hurtling towards the dark grey clouds.
Knight Wing scrambled to his feet and launched himself off the cliff without a second thought. His wings snapped open and he was thrown up after Rainbow Dash. He angled his body vertically and deployed his wings like sails; with his body going with the wind he hurtled upward, quickly catching up to her.
She flared her wings and came to a halt in a wind dead zone, looking down at him as he hurtled up at her. He smiled victoriously as he came within speaking distance.
"Might want to slow down there, hotshot," she said slyly. Knight Wing's victorious smile disappeared and was replaced by confusion as he shot through the doldrums and past her.
Enormous pain enveloped his wings as a crosswind nailed him in the chest and strained his third set of limbs.
The massive winds threw him around as newfound instincts forced his wings to remain open.
Gotta...close.... wings! he warred with the natural Pegasus instincts. No! his instincts yelled back.
Knight Wing's back muscles strained to pull his wings back against the gale force winds and the instinct of keeping them open.
More wind hit his wings, causing them to flare open and sent him hurtling end over end.
Close Damnit!. As the wind burst died down, Knight Wing snapped his wings shut and plummeted earthwards.
He fell back into the dead zone and snapped his wings open to hover next to Rainbow Dash, who smiled, pleased in his performance.
"Of all the stallions I've tried to bring up here, you have by far learned the fastest," she said smiling.
"Learned what?" he asked, confused.
"To daredevil it up and ignore your self preservation instincts! You would not believe how many Pegasus stallions are ground side because of a storm," she snorted.
"Just by hanging around you makes me ignore my self-preservation instinct, let alone charging into battle with you by my side," he felt an uncommon feeling find it's way inside his chest and head, a warm and tingly kind of feeling.
"Nope, that's just you being stupid!" she teased. Laughing, she plunged out of the dead zone into the storm with Knight Wing right behind her. He watched, fascinated by her skill as she would barely flare her wings to catch to winds. She expertly flared and cut down her wings to flow smoothly through the chaotic gusts.
How in the hail does she do that? wondered Knight Wing. He tried mirroring her moves and clumsily flopped around in the sky, being tossed around by the unpredictable winds.
"Just go with it!" yelled Dash as she glided past effortlessly.
"Relax and let go!" she added. Knight Wing forced himself to relax, Can't be to hard, he thought, Just happy thoughts and relax. He scrunched his eyes shut and reflected on his old home and hanging with his friends, and his body started to relax.
Just as quickly, a gust of wind caused his concentration to break and his body to tense up again. His wings snapped open uncontrollably and he barrel rolled violently. Relax! he ordered himself.
His mind trailed back to the party they were at before they came out here…
He finished the dance with a massive flourish and halted bipedal, his arm around Dash's waist to hold her up as she her back was nearly parallel to the ground. Both Pegasus breathed deeply as sweat dampened their pelts. Their faces were mere inches apart as both gulped air greedily through the mouth. Her eyes searched his, trying to find his motivation, but Knight Wing was ready. Leaning in he aimed for the air inhaling set of lips held before him…
And was stopped gently as she placed a hoof on his mouth. His body screamed at him to push past it but he restrained himself. Instead, he straightened himself up and brought Dash with him. He reluctantly released her and began to walk away but was stopped by a hoof placed on his shoulder.
The disappointed dark grey stallion slowly turned back to face her. "What, you think one hot and sexy dance and I'm yours?" she scoffed. An excited light spread through her eyes and infected the stallion. "Pony, please. Let's go Storm Surfing!" With that the cyan mare trotted out of the club and to the mountain, followed close behind by the dark Pegasus…
With that extremely happy thought, Knight Wing felt his body loosen immensely. He didn't even flinch when a cross wind buffeted him. He opened his eyes and saw Rainbow Dash watching him silently as she flowed about through the winds. She nodded at him before banking off and up.
With regained confidence, Knight Wing slipped into the current she was riding and sped after her.
Her rainbow tail flapped wildly behind her and mesmerized Knight Wing. Feeling a little mischievous with his newfound skills, he slowly came closer and grabbed the tail in his teeth and yanked her back.
With a startled shout, the cyan mare's wings froze in shock and she lost more ground to the chortling stallion. With a few powerful flaps, the mare caught up and slid her chest against his.
They held the position and flowed through the currents as one, "Care to take the dance from earlier another giant leap forward?" she asked.
"I already leapt off a mountain with you, so I’d say yes," he said softly. He wrapped his fore legs around her waist and pulled her close, and they danced the dance worthy only of the ultimate daredevils.
Similar to earlier's dance, they moved as one and flowed with each other with no prior planning or conversation. Their bodies moved together subconsciously as they soared through the chaotic winds.
Their minds thought as one as they flew gracefully through the storm, their bodies and wings twisted and moved through the air together.
Rainbow Dash placed her head on his shoulder and he nearly lost his flying Zen-like moment. She smiled when his wings stumbled and brushed against hers, and she gasped as lightning seemed to arc between the two sensitive limbs.
She purposely placed her wings against his and held them there. Pleasure raced through her and doubly so through the feathered limbs.
Knight Wing and Rainbow Dash’s wings pressed together and the feathered limbs became one as they began moving in unison to guide the love struck passengers.
Ignoring the wiping wind and her hair flying everywhere, Knight Wing started to rest his head on Dash's. Before he settled his head down, she raised her face up and searched his face.
"You really care for me, don't you?" she questioned softly. "You honestly can say that you love me for who I am truly and not my reputation," she leaned in closer.
"I need to hear you say it."
He paused; he'd never truly uttered those words to a anybody that wasn't blood related to him.
He threw everything to the wind, "I love you, Rainbow Dash."
"And I love you, Knight Wing," Dash closed the distance between them and mashed their lips together. Both parties kissed as if there was no tomorrow, and for them that could be the possibility. Tongues dueled for space and explored the other's mouth.
Knight Wing's mind was so far deep in pleasure, he barely heard the alarm sound throughout Ponyville.
"Son of a Discord," muttered Dash as he broke off the kiss.
"Damn," he said as he saw the offending portal start to form so it could drop its load of evil challengers.
Both pegasi dove the ground, determined to get suited up before the nasties came through.
The pair landed with enough speed to plow a small track with their hooves as they raced towards their improvised cache of gear.
He threw on the armored vest and hurried through buckling it on. He strapped the long rifle onto his back securely and holstered the pistol and SMG. Dash finished buckling her vest on and walked over to him, she picked up and threw his cloak over his back and clipped it to his vest.
He picked up his sword and helmet. He gazed thoughtfully into the shining blade and sold it into its sheath also on his back. He raised his helmet to his head, but Rainbow Dash’s hoof stopped him before he could place it on his head. Knight Wing turned to see the mare looking deep into his eyes with a worried smile on her face. She never believed him, but he'd always said she was smoking hot in her combat gear.
She grabbed the front of his vest and pulled him into a deep kiss. She broke it and said in all seriousness, "Come back to me alive and in one piece and there's more where that came from."
Knight Wing smiled and said, while buckling his helmet on, "Let's make it a date."
