Torpedo

by Pegacorn

First published October 22nd, 2012 04:00

Rainbow Dash has been feeling a bit depressed and lonely lately. So her good friends Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie decide that they should help her. Thats when a little filly comes along, a yellow gold coated pegasus with an orange mane and emerald green eyes. Rainbow Dash decides to call this filly her own. For Rainbow Dash is finally having the happiness she needs

Chapters

A pony in need
Golden filly
Wings and cutiemarks
School filly
Best as can be
Regretful
Final Flight

A pony in need
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A pony in need

Chapter 1: A pony in need
The young cyan mare was soaring through the air. Her multi colored mane blew in the wind as her wings stretched out into happiness. She had a smile cross her face as her candy colored eyes lightened into excitement. She twirled a few times and then crossed some clouds. A blast of crisp soft air hit her face as she past a cloud which seperated into other peices then disappeared. She then looked for a place to land. She saw a puffy nice cloud then landed on it.
"That was a good flight for the day." The pony softened the cloud with her hooves as if she were a dog getting comfy then laying down.
The pony rested her chin on her hooves and closed her eye lids ready to take a nap. She wrapped her trickly Rainbow tail around her side and her flank. She relaxed as she fell asleep into a dream. Only to be woken up by the calling of her name.
"Rainbow Dash!" A familiar voice of a mare called.
The pegasus's eyes popped open and rose from her nap. She waited for another calling of her name before being sure to look for who was.
"Rainbow Dash!!!" The pony called out louder this time.
She stretched her wings and pounced off the cloud flapping her wings to keep them up. She looked down at the setting of Ponyville. Rainbow Dash lowered her body towards Ponyville in case the pony was down there. She looked around. Still didn't see the pony.
"RAINBOW DASH!!!!!!!!" The pony squealed louder. "ARE YOU UP THERE?!?!?"
She then reconized who it was. It was her friend! Twilight Sparkle! She then saw the lavender unicorn down in the setting and her blue,purple, and pink mane. She looked okay. So if it's a problem, she's not hurt.
She then soared down towards Ponyville, going as fast as she could towards the mare. The wind blew back her mane and her cheeks and forcing her eyes to shut. The wind was blowing an impact that couldn't stop the mare from slowing down.
"RAINBOW DASH!!!!!!!! SLOW DOWN!!!!" The mare screamed in panic. "YOU'RE GONNA-"
The pony was cut off as Rainbow Dash flew her body at her and the impact slapped Twilight against the ground.
"Crash..."Twilight's eyes were all over the place as she was still laying on the ground. "Slow down, you're gonna crash."
The pony then rose up rubbing the backside of her head. She shook her head a couple times to get rid of her diziness. Rainbow Dash rose up and rubbed the dirt off of her hooves and her flank. She shook the dirt out of her mane and flicked her tail a few times. She helped her unicorn friend rub the dirt off her as well. As soon as all the dirt was off both of them, then Rainbow Dash spoke.
"Sorry about that, Twilight." Rainbow said. "You know me, a need for speed."
"I don't blame you Rainbow Dash." Twilight got up. "Anyways, I wanted to tell you something great! My brother and Pinkie's sisters are in town!"
"R-Really?" The pegasus studdered quietly.
She then remembered. All of her friends had atleast one sibling. Well pretty much all of them. Scootaloo is kinda like a sister. But its not really the same. It made her feel more lonely just thinking about it.
"Yes! It's really great!" Twilight hopped happily. "My brother got time off! He's gonna be in town for a few days! This is so exciting!"
"Sounds exciting." The rainbow pony choked on tears but tried not to show it.
"Rainbow Dash? Are you feeling okay?" Twilight looked at her eyes seeing the tears."You don't look so good."
"I'm fine." She couldn't speak anymore. "I gotta go."
The pony flew away with the tears flying out of her eyes. She shut her eyes trying not to think about it. It didn't work. The more she thought about it, the more the tears hit her eyes. She soon found her cloud home. She flew onto the clouds and opened the door quickly and shut it. She looked for her bed and when she did, quickly jumped on it. She sunk her face in the pillow and started crying. She didn't come up for hours. Soon, her mane was in a bad shape, worse than when she was in the hospital. Her eyes were red and she had the hiccups. And she got a bad headache from all the dehydration. She wasn't usually like this. She was just gonna stay in her house until she had herself pulled together. She finally turned her face towards the ceiling. She sniffled and relaxed.
"Why can't I have a sister or brother of my own?" She whispered to herself.

"Rainbow Dash isn't okay." Twilight said to her four other friends. "She was crying. And I think I know why."
The pony then started to pace as usual as Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack watched her.
"Calm down, Sugarcube." Applejack said. "Just tell us all why ya'll think so."
"It was after I mentioned Pinkie and I's siblings were in town." Twilight stopped pacing. "So she must be upset she dosen't have sibling."
"Or we could throw... a PARTY!!!!!!!" Pinkie Pie hopped in the air.
"I don't think a party is going to help her, Pinkie." The lavender unicorn said.
"Fine, have it your way." The pink pony sat down.
The unicorn then started pacing again. She muttered to herself out a plan that only she could hear. The ponies were wondering what she was saying. Sometimes she'd stop and think silently as she looked up and shake her head.
This went on for about ten minutes.
"ISN'T IT OBVIOUS WHAT WE GOTTA DO?!?!?!?!" Applejack screamed.
The others then stared at her.
"What? Well isn't it?" The orange pony said. "We gotta find a way she won't be so lonely all the time."
"We need to find a pegasus!" Fluttershy said in her whisper like voice.
"Not just any pegasus." Rarity said. " A FILLY pegasus. One that she could love. Maybe Rainbow Dash isn't actually as tough as she thought. Maybe she does have a soft side."
"Then it's settled." Twilight said. "Let's go to the pony orphanage. We could find the filly we need."
Rainbow Dash may just seem tough, just like Rarity said. But have a soft side. All she really needed was a young pony in her life. Now Rainbow Dash wouldn't be sad anymore. She'll have the happiness she needed.

END OF CHAPTER 1

Golden filly
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Golden filly

Chapter 2: Golden filly
Rainbow Dash woke up from her nap. She sighed and threw herself off her bed to get something to eat out of her kitchen. She hadn't gotten any food in a while. All she had was a few apples, carrots, and a cupcake from Sugarcube corner. She grabbed an apple and took a bite. She set down the apple and rested her head on her hoof.
"Just another lonely day." She said after she swallowed.
She then picked up the apple again and took another bite.
She flew slowly back to her bed and lay down. She stared up at the ceiling and ate the rest of the apple. She dropped the core on the ground. Because her house is made of clouds, the core sunk into the clouds and fell. She had no care. She didn't even glanced at the core. Just stared at the ceiling. Until the doorbell rang. She then got up and flew slowly up to the door. She looked out the window. No one was there. Maybe it was a package or mail. She sighed as she opened up the door.
She looked down and saw a bundle. A golden bundle. She looked around. No one was there.
Then she looked back down at the bundle. She heard a little whimper come out of the bundle. It was actually alive. It turned over. It was a sleeping little golden pegasus. Only a foal.
"Wha-" Rainbow Dash said. This reminded her of something. Something that happened a long time ago.
Suddenly, the foal's eyes opened. Two little glistening emerald eyes opened. Then a smile crossed her face.
Rainbow felt happy. It still reminded her of something. She wasn't thinking about that alot right now. She saw a little mint blue bow wrapped around the foal's neck. It had a tag on it with writing on it.
She leaned over and lifted up the tag to see it better. It read:

DEAR RAINBOW DASH
THIS IS TORPEDO. SHE IS A FOAL FROM THE PONYVILLE ORPHANAGE. WE THOUGHT WE COULD MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER IF WE SENT HER TO YOU. YOU CAN RAISE HER AS YOUR OWN. I HOPE THAT YOU LOVE HER.

SINCERLY,

TWILIGHT SPARKLE, FLUTTERSHY, APPLEJACK, PINKIE PIE, AND RARITY
She set down the tag and smiled at the foal. She smiled back and lifted her hooves up to Rainbow Dash.
"Mumu? U-up?" The foal studdered in a cracky voice.
Rainbow Dash flapped her wings and lifted her back hooves and picked up the filly with her front hooves under her arms.
She held her as a baby and flew back into her house.
Suddenly, Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie pie, and Applejack came out from the sides of the house.
"Do you think it worked?" Fluttershy said.
"If it didn't work I don't think she would'a taken her into her house." Applejack said.
"On the way up her an applecore hit my head!" Pinkie pie said
"That walking on clouds spell never fails." Twilight says. "I'm glad she's feeling better already."
The ponies looked through the window and saw Rainbow Dash. She was sitting on the couch with the little foal.
"Are you hungry, Torpedo." Rainbow said. Thats usually what a caretaker would do first.
Torpedo looked up at her caretaker. Then she flapped her wings a few times.
"Hung-r-ry? T-Torpedo w-want food." She said.
"Alright then." Rainbow Dash flew to her kitchen and grabbed a carrot. She was going to give the foal the carrot but then she thought, shes a foal. She probably dosent have teeth. She blended the carrot up. She put the carrot mush on a plate and set it in front of Torpedo. Torpedo gobbled up the food. Rainbow Dash watched her with a smile.
Torpedo yawned and lay down. Rainbow Dash picked her up and rocked her. She then remembered something. She decided to tell the foal in her arms.
"You know, you make me think of someone." Rainbow Dash said. "My Daddy. He loved me a lot. He called me His little Dashie. But sadly, he's far away. Really far, that searching all of Equestria, still wont find him. I had to leave him a long time ago. I didn't want to but I had to. He told me that I wasn't like him. When I found out that I wasn't from his world I felt kinda angry. But I had to forgive him, you know? I'm sure he still knows that no matter how far we are, we're still together. I left a note for him. I hope he read it. I also left him one of my feathers and that with Celestia's permission he can keep all of our memories together. I love him so much."
She noticed the little foal had fallen asleep in her hooves. She smiled and set the foal on the couch. She wrapped her hoove around her and fell along with her.
The ponies watching through the window smiled and quietly awwww'd.
"She's so happy." Rarity smiled. "This is the best day for her ever."
"Well, we should let them sleep." Twilight said.
They all got in the hot air balloon and flew away. They stared down at the cloud made home and smiled.
"Now she just started a new part of her life." Applejack said.

END OF CHAPTER 2
(Author's message: Yes, I know these chapters are short. But this is my first story. Please cut me some slack and I hope you're enjoying it so far)

Wings and cutiemarks
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Wings and cutiemarks

Wings and Cutie marks
"Mommy! Mommy!" Torpedo called out. "Teach me now! Teach me now!"
"Okay, Sport in a sec." Rainbow Dash flew over to Torpedo.
Torpedo still hadn't learned to fly yet. She had just gotten out of her foal years and she was a blank flank. She hadn't found her talent yet. She wondered that flying would help. She had asked her mom, Rainbow Dash for a few months if she could teach her to fly. Rainbow Dash always said, "When you're a little older." but finally the last time she asked she had said yes. She said she would today and Torpedo couldn't wait another minute.
Her mother came out and walked up to her.
"Okay, Torpedo we'll go outside and I'll help you." Rainbow Dash put the little filly on her back and walked out with her.
The filly held onto her neck as she walked outside. The sunlight was out glistening the blue cloudy sky.
"Mommy?" The filly asked.
"Sup sport?" Rainbow Dash said.
"Didn't you say you keep the skies clear?" Torpedo said.
"Yeah, it's my job. But we gotta do something more important." She said. "Teach you to fly."
She let the little filly walk off her back. The golden filly sat down and looked up at her flying teacher.
"Flying is not just flapping your wings. You need the correct position and wing speed. If there's more wind you need more control and less wing speed. If it's less wind you need less control and more wing speed. This is the correct position."
The pegasus lifted her flank in the air. "Keep your flank in the air."
She bended her front hooves and lifted her back hooves. "Keep your back hooves up straight and her front hooves bent."
Then she stretched her wings. "And most importantly, have your wings stretched straight up. Now copy my position"
The filly tried to reflect the mare's position but then fell over. The cyan mare giggled a little bit.
"Are you okay?" She said with a laugh.
"I'm fine. Let me try again." The filly said with a confident tone then finally got the position right.
She had a confident look on her face as she stared at the setting.
"Good. Now, focus on where you're going to fly. We're going to fly straight then we'll curve and fly back to the house. When you start to fly keep your hooves straight out and the only time you'll need to flap your wings is every few seconds. You glide then flap, glide, flap. Watch what I do." Rainbow Dash explained to her daughter.
The pony jumped off the edge of the cloud demonstrating what to do.
"See? You don't see me falling because I'm flapping every few seconds!" She said loud enough for Torpedo to hear.
She then came back to the house.
"Now, if you wanna acheive something REALLY big, it's gonna take some time. Like when I did the sonic rainboom. I told you that story didn't I?" Rainbow Dash said.
"Yeah! That was so cool!" Torpedo hopped in the air a few times.
"So, now I want you to do what I just did." Rainbow Dash flew over to the closest cloud. "Now, fly over to me. So focus on me. And if you fall, don't worry I will catch you."
The filly looked down at the far setting scared. The filly's hooves trembled and her iris's shrunk. She looked up at her mother who was holding out her hooves to her.
"You p-promise m-m-mommy?" The scared Torpedo gulped as she studdered.
"I would never ever ever let something bad happen to you. I promise. Pinkie promise." She crossed her heart and stuck her hoof over one of her candy colored eyes.
Torpedo took a few deep breaths. She stared at the setting and then back up at her mother. She jumped off the cloud and started doing what her mother told her to do. She shut her eyes being careful.
"No, no, no!" Rainbow Dash said. "Focus, don't close your eyes!"
The filly opened her eyes and kept on sweating. "I...I CAN'T DO THIS!!!!" The filly gave up and started to fall.
"TORPEDO!!!!" Rainbow Dash gasped and went after the filly.
Torpedo cried out to her mother, "HURRY!"
Rainbow Dash flew under her and held out her hooves. She was hoping that she was right under her and that she could catch the filly in her hooves. She shut her eyes hoping it would work. All of a sudden she felt something soft in her hooves.
It was trembling. It was her little filly. She hugged her tight and saw her terrorized face.
"I'm so sorry Torpedo." She hugged her tight. "I didn't know this would happen."
"M-M-Mommy..." The terrorized voice of Torpedo spoke.
"Yeah, Torpedo?" Rainbow Dash said.
"I don't wanna learn to fly anymore." The filly shook her head.
"I didn't either at first, but now that's what my cutie mark represents, flying!" Rainbow Dash slowly flied up to her house.
"What's a cutie mark?" Asked the filly.
"A cutie mark is what tells who you are. What your talent is." Rainbow Dash said. "My cutie mark is a rainbow thunderbolt. That means my talent is flying. Do you remember my friends?"
"Yeah." Torpedo nodded with a smile. "They were nice."
Rainbow Dash smiled,"They have cutie marks too. Pinkie pie has balloons for hers, her talent is parties. Applejack's talent is with apples and her's is apples. Rarity's talent is designing clothing and her cutie mark is a bunch of jewels. Most of the clothing she makes has jewels. Fluttershy's talent is with animals and her cutie mark is a bunch of butterflies. And Twilight's talent is magic-"
"And her cutie mark is a purple sparkle!"Torpedo said.
"That's right!" Rainbow Dash said.
They got back home and Rainbow Dash landed. "We better get your stuff together. Tomorrow is your first day of school."
"Oh, yeah! I forgot. I can't wait! I hope I make new friends!" Torpedo hopped around happily.
"You will, Torpedo." Rainbow Dash smiled. "You will."

END OF CHAPTER 3

School filly
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School filly

Chapter 4: School filly
Torpedo was looking through the mirror. She put her orange mane in a pony tail. She brushed through it a couple of times then grabbed her saddlebag with a wing shaped button. She opened up her saddle bag and pulled out a pair of brown goggles. She put on the goggles over her eyes. she closed up her saddlebag and put it on. She walked out of the bathroom and out to the door.
"Mommy! I don't wanna be late! Can we go now?" Torpedo flapped her wings.
"Yeah, we will." Rainbow Dash walked out to the door with her.
She opened up the door and went to the edge of the cloud. She got into a flying position.
"Get on." Rainbow Dash flicked her tail and flapped her wings.
Torpedo walked over to the side of the mare and grabbed onto her back. She pulled herself up and sat down. She put her hooves on the sides of Rainbow's neck.
"Hold on kiddo." Rainbow Dash said.
She flew over the clouds and started to fly downwards to the school. The filly smiled and put her hooves outwards. She was still a little scared from what happened the other day so she didn't put her hooves out that much.
She then saw a school house with ponies her age that looked differerent from each other. Some were unicorns, some were earth ponies, and some were pegasai like her. There were fillies and colts of different colors.
"Is that the school house right there, Mommy?" Torpedo said.
"Yeah! That's it right there!" Rainbow Dash flew downwards to it.
The mare soon landed right outside the school house. Torpedo climbed of Rainbow Dash.
"Okay, be a good filly okay?" Rainbow Dash said.
"Okay." Torpedo said with a confident smile.
"Alright, bye Torpedo." Rainbow Dash hugged her then flew away.
Torpedo watched her fly up back to her house then she walked slowly up to the school house. She looked at all the laughing, talking, and screaming ponies. She decided to talk to one of them.
She saw a pink filly walking with another grey filly. They were really well dressed. The filly walked up to them and then smiled.
"Hi! I'm Torpedo! I'm new to the school!" Torpedo smiled.
The two fillies laughed at her.
"I don't talk to blank flanks like you. get out of my sight." The pony walks away with her friend laughing.
Torpedo frowned at the results. She walked away with her ears drooped. She sat down and shut her eyes sadly.
"You just got hated by Diamond Tiara didn't you?" a filly said to her.
She turned around seeing an orange pegasus, a white unicorn, and a yellow earth pony.
"Yeah..."The sad filly turned away.
"We hate her too. Don't feel bad. And we're all blank flanks too! I'm Scootaloo! What's your name?" Asked the orange pegasus.
"I'm Torpedo." The golden pegasus said."I'm Rainbow Dash's daughter."
"No way! Rainbow Dash? I love her! You're the luckiest pony alive!" Scootaloo said.
"Yeah, Scootaloo is a big fan of Rainbow Dash. You must know her friends then. I'm Rarity's little sister, Sweetiebelle!" Said the white unicorn.
"And I'm Applebloom. Applejack's little sister." Said the yellow earth pony.
"Cool. I know them. You have some awesome sisters." Torpedo said.
"And by the way, there is one rule you must know about being a blank flank at school, stay as far away from Diamond Tiara as possible." Scootaloo said.
"Thanks for the advice guys." Torpedo walked away.
"Oh wait wait wait wait wait wait!" The three ponies called out.
Torpedo turned back. "Huh?"
"We sorta have this secret society." Sweetiebelle said. "It's called the Cutie Mark Crusaders. We find out what are special talents are and to get our cutie marks. Would you like to join?"
"Really? Cool! I'd love to join!" Torpedo said.
"Alright then! The Crusaders unite!" Applebloom said.
The bell then rang. A purple earth pony came out smiling. "OK my little ponies."
"That's Ms. Cheerilee. She's the coolest teacher in all of Equestria!" Scootaloo said.
The four friends walked into the classroom. Sweetiebelle, Applebloom, and Scootaloo sat down in their seats. One seat was open next to Sweetiebelle, so Torpedo sat down next to her. The unicorn turned to her and smiled. Then she turned back towards Ms. Cheerilee.
Ms. Cheerilee walked infront of her chalkboard ready to teach.
"Alright, My little ponies. Settle down." She said. "We have a new student today I'd like to welcome. Her name is Torpedo. So be nice to her and be more than welcome to introduce yourselves."
The crowd of ponies sitting in their seats turned to Torpedo smiling, waving, saying hi, and telling her their names.
"Now, today's lesson is about pony growth. Can anybody tell me what pony growth is?" Cheerilee smiled at Torpedo. It seemed like she knew exactly who to call on.
"How about you Torpedo?"
The wide eyed pegasus gulped after she heard her name. "M-me?"
"Yes. Just give a simple answer." Cheerilee smiled at her.
"........." The pony gave no answer.
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon giggled at her. They gave her a menacing glare.
Suddenly Applebloom passed her a note. Torpedo picked it up under her desk and opened it up. It read:

THE EVELUTION OF A PONY'S LIFE.
"Uhh, the evelution of a pony's life." Torpedo said.
"That is correct, Torpedo." Cheerilee nodded.
Torpedo breathed out in relief and rested her head on her desk. She got through it this time. What will she do next time?

Will Applebloom send her another note? Will she know it already? Or will she choke under pressure. She would hope it would be the second one she thought.

RIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGG
The bell had rang and everypony ran out.
"Have a good day everypony!" Ms. Cheerilee waved.
Torpedo walked out with her three new friends. They talked and laughed and told each other stories. Torpedo hoped that their friendship would last forever.
"Hey, kiddo! Let's go!" Called out her mom.
"Oh, thats my mom. Gotta go." Torpedo ran off.
"Bye, Torpedo!" All three ponies waved to her.
Soon Torpedo caught up with her mom. She wrapped her hooves around her neck as Rainbow Dash wrapped her hoof over her backside.
"So how was school today?" Rainbow Dash said.
"It was good! I met three new friends! One was Sweetiebelle, Rarity's little sister, and one was Applebloom, Applejack's little sister, and one was Scootaloo! Who she says is a big fan of yours!" Torpedo said happily.
"Well I'm glad you made friends. See? I told you that you would make friends." Rainbow smiled.
"Well... I have an enemy now.." Torpedo started to frown.
"Who?" Rainbow Dash then frowned as well.
"Her name is Diamond Tiara." Torpedo said. "She dosen't like me because I'm a blank flank."
"Ignore her." Rainbow Dash said. "I swear to you, that you'll have a cool special talent by the time you get your cutie mark. It won't be long 'til you get one."
She turned around seeing that the little filly had fallen asleep on her back. Rainbow Dash smiled and began to fly home. The filly smiled as she was asleep.

END OF CHAPTER 4

Best as can be
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Best as can be

Chapter 5: Best as can be
Torpedo was already two months into school. The crusaders have tried every single thing they could do. The tried jump roping, track, sky diving, gymnastics, none of them worked. And in case your wondering, Torpedo hadn't mastered flying yet. One day, Torpedo was getting ready for bed. When she saw her mother.
Just a few days ago, Rainbow Dash had broken her wing. She had gotten in another flying accident. almost like the one in the episode "Read it and weep".
"Mommy, are you feeling okay?" Torpedo walked down to her.
"Yeah I'm fine. My wing still hurts a bit, but if I relax it and don't touch it, it'll recover in about three weeks." Rainbow Dash walked down the hallway as she saw her daughter was following her.
"Where are you going mommy?" Torpedo asked.
"Just gonna sit outside." The mare walked outside.
Torpedo stared at her then she walked out there with her and sat down next to her. It was cold out, but Torpedo didn't really care much. She just snuggled against Rainbow Dash for warmth. It was crystal clear, and Luna had risen the moon. Not a single cloud was out, and you could see all the stars. Torpedo looked at the stars and counted them in her head. Sometimes she lost track, so she just gave up on it.
"Mommy. What do you think my special talent could be?" Torpedo said staring at the stars.
"It can be anything. You'll just have to wait just like your friends." Rainbow Dash stared at the stars as well.
"But we can't wait!" The anxious filly said. "Waiting could be tomorrow, a week, or a year!"
"I waited for my cutie mark. And my special talent is also what I love. Think about what you like. Although some ponies do have cutie marks that don't always represent what they enjoy." Her mother replied.
"Okay mommy." Torpedo said.
As the two ponies continued to stare at the stars, the golden filly snuggled against her mother. Her mother wrapped her hoof around her. Torpedo rested her cheek against her soft rainbow mane. She shut her eyes and tried to fall asleep.
This would be the perfect night. she thought. Or so she thought...
Without warning, the cyan pegasus slipped off the edge of the cloud home and started plummiting to the ground.
"MOM!!!!!!" The filly screamed louder than ever.
She jumped down there with her without making a second thought. She remembered that she couldn't fly yet. So what could she do? She shut her eyes and remembered what her mother had told her. Wings stretched up, hooves straight out, flap every few seconds, and just relax.
She hoped that she could master flying in twenty-five seconds. And hoped. And she did.
She saw she was flying. She smiled with a great big smile. Then she chuckled a little bit. Then she remembered, she had to save her mother!
She flew down as fast as she could. Illuminating the night with a great force, that left a trail of shining gold. She didn't stop. She wasn't going to stop until she had gotten her mother to safety.
"Don't worry about me, Torpedo!" Rainbow lifted her hoof towards her daughter. "Just let me go."
"NO! I WON'T LET YOU!!!" Torpedo screamed.
She kept on flying, not following what her mother had told her. Then she started to twirl, and twirl, and twirl without any control over it. Another force of pure sparkling gold surronded her, then the force of gold outlined the wings making them big and her eyes were nothing but gold and a blast of gold, like a firework, spread over the sky.
"Woah!" Torpedo said.
It gave her enough speed to catch up to her mother. She grabbed her mother with her mouth by the scruff of her neck, even though she was heavy, and flew up back to the house. The rainbow pony smiled at her that said thank you in a way.
Torpedo set her on the clouds and sat next to her. "Thank Celestia I got you. It's kinda wierd. Two months ago it happened to me. Remember?"
"Oh yeah, and Torpedo." The cyan pegasus smiled and pointed to her flank.
Torpedo looked down at her flank. Her cutie mark was there! It was a wheel with a wing coming out of the middle and sticking out.
"I did it! I got my cutie mark! So now my special talent is flying isn't it?" Torpedo smiled at Rainbow Dash.
"It sure is! Just like mine." Rainbow Dash hugged her. "Now weren't you getting ready for bed?"
The Rainbow pegasus gave her a suspicous smile at her filly putting her hooves on her hips.
"No..."The filly said in a suspicous sounding voice.
"Get ready for bed Torpedo." The mare giggled.
Torpedo ran inside the house and undid her ponytail. She brushed through her mane and jumped in bed. She pulled the covers up to her snout and shut her eyes. This was a moment where she could think to herself.
Now that she got her cutie mark, will her life change? Will Sweetiebelle, Scootaloo, and Applebloom still like her? Will she still be a Cutie Mark Crusader? Will Diamond Tiara think differently about her? What will other kids think about her cutie mark? Will they want to know the story? If they did, would she make it sound interesting or boring? Whatever they thought she knew it was an awesome way to earn a cutie mark. The best way. And she knows that forever and ever.

Regretful
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Regretful

Chapter 6: Regretful
The excited Torpedo, was ready for school. Today, she was going to fly there herself since her mother's wing was broken.
Torpedo had put on her saddle bag and ran to the door. Before opening it she turned back to her mother, who was resting on her bed.
"Okay, mommy. I'm going to school!" Torpedo flapped her wings happily.
"Alright, don't forget to show off that cutie mark of yours!" The rainbow pony chuckled with a wink.
Torpedo winked back at her and then opened the door. After she closed it, she flew away.
She memorized the way to get there from seeing her mother fly all the time. She twirled and dashed and hovered over clouds just like her mother would. She didn't oftenly see fillies or colts fly to school. But it didn't matter that much.
She looked at Celestia's sunrise. Then back down at the setting of Ponyville. She saw the school house pretty soon. Then she flew towards it. And pretty soon, she was down on the ground.
"TORPEDO!" She heard three fillies shout. "YOU GOT YOUR CUTIE MARK!"
All the fillies and colts heard them and soon started to gather around Torpedo. She didn't enjoy attention that much, like her mother, but it kinda felt good to letnthem know she had gotten a cutie mark.
"What does it represent?" Sweetiebelle asked excitedly.
"It represents my talent is flying!" Torpedo flapped her wings a couple of times.
"How did you get it?" Scootaloo asked.
"Oh, well I'm sure some of you know my mother broke my wing. Well she fell off the edge of our cloud home, so I went after her and left off this golden firework like move, and soon got her back to saftey." Torpedo explained it in the least amount of time she could.
"So what is it exactly?" Applebloom asked.
"Its a wing coming out of the middle of a wheel." Torpedo lifted her flank a little bit.
"COOL!" everypony shouted.
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon joined the crowd at seeing her cutie mark.
"Silver spoon," Diamond Tiara said. "This pony is definetly going to be popular after she got this cutie mark! So now you know what we have to do?"
"Have to get her to join us instead of the crusaders?" Silver spoon answered.

"Correct." the evil filly laughed.

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The bell had rung and all the fillies and colts ran out of the school house.
As Torpedo walked out with the crusaders she heard a calling of her name.
"Torpedo!" Called out Diamond Tiara. "Come here!"
"What do YOU want Diamond Tiara?" Torpedo gave her a nasty look.
"It's nothing bad, I swear!" She smiled.
"Swearing is for suckers!" Torpedo walked away.
"No really! It's nothing bad! Come here!" Diamond Tiara waved her hoof.
Torpedo was suddenly lurred into going to Diamond Tiara. She walked up to her.
"What is it. Make it quick." Torpedo said looking back at her friends.
"I wanted you to know that I heard the crusaders talking about you." Diamond Tiara said.
"Me? Badly or goodly?" Torpedo asked.
"Badly! They said that you were nothing but a nerdy freaky loser!" She said. "They said that you are too fat to fly."
"Your lying! They'd never say that!" The pegasus scolded. "I'm going!
"No! This is all true! Very true. You have a cutie mark and they don't. How do you think they feel about that?"
"Well...I never thought about it that way."
"I can make this easier for you..."
"How?"
"Join us!"
"Me?"
"Yes!"
"Well...okay then..." The sad Torpedo spoke.
"Hey! Torpedo! Where have you been!" Scootaloo found her.
"Go away!" Torpedo said.
"Huh? Torpedo are you okay?" Scootaloo reached her hoof out to her.
"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" Torpedo said in tears slapping away the filly's hoof. "WHY WOULD YOU WANNA CARE ABOUT A FILLY WHO'S TOO FAT TO FLY!!!!!"
"I never thought you were fat!" Scootaloo said.
"Then ask Diamond Tiara! She knows everything!" The filly said as tears rolled down her eyes.
"What did you tell her, Diamond Tiara?" Scootaloo said.
"She said she heard it for herself. I never said anything!" Diamond Tiara said.
"What? NO, Diamond Tiara said SHE heard it and that I am going to join her!" Torpedo said.
"Oh! So who are you gonna trust! The filly who called you out for being a blank flank before or your best friends since you came here!" Scootaloo said.
Torpedo looked at both of the fillies. She didn't know what desicion to make. Scootaloo was right. They were her friends forever.
"Fine...then don't ever bother talking to either of us ever again." Scootaloo walked away.
Torpedo stared at Scootaloo with tears in her eyes.
"Now, what should we do first best friend?" Diamond Tiara put her hoof around her.
Torpedo dashed away from her. "Leave me alone!"
Torpedo flew away and didn't even stop at the house. She flew straight into Ponyville. She landed right next to Sugarcube Corner. She sat there and cried the whole time. Some ponies would look at her but then just walk away. She was lonely. But she didn't care for going home. Her mom wouldn't come to get her becuase she'd have to fly down to get her and her wing was still broken.
She heard a hopping noise. Then a giggling noise. And she reconized who it was. A pink pony with a fluffy hot pink mane came out hopping. She noticed the crying filly on the ground.
"What's wrong Torpedo. You shouldn't be sad. I don't like it when people are sad. And I don't think you do either. So why aren't you happy. Tell me!" The energetic pony said.
"I-I lost my f-friends." The filly started to calm down.
"Awww nopony should ever have to go through something like that. It's terrible. Beyond terrible. No no! Infinity Terrible!Great big giant terrible! Supercalifragilisticespialidocious terrible! Really REALLY-" Pinkie was cut off.
"ALRIGHT! I get the idea already." The filly turned around.
"The point is that nopony should ever be sad." Pinkie pie said. "I can make you feel better with...a PARTY!!!"
"No, that wont help." Torpedo said. "I just want my friends back!"
The filly then walked away. She kept on walking...and walking...and walking...and walking.
Soon it was nighttime. It was dark and everybody was inside as it rained. All except for Torpedo. She sat in the rain crying. She didn't care now. If anypony came out and saw her crying, it would blend in with the rain. Her mane was wet, her saddlebag was wet, but still...she didn't care. She laid down on the ground and then she fell asleep. Then all of a sudden, it hit her while she was asleep. She remembered that she was mad at her dad. But she had to forgive him. So she had to forgive the Crusaders. But how?

END OF CHAPTER 6

Final Flight
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Final Flight

Final Chapter 7: Final Flight
Torpedo woke up. Half of her eyes were closed and she didn't have the energy to move. She remembered she had fallen asleep in the rain...but this didn't look like the setting she fell asleep in. She widened her eyes to see potions, a big cauldron, and many other magical looking things.
She was scared. Who brought her in here? Why did they want her? Could she get out? Are they nice?
"Hello..."She called out. "Anybody here?"
"Ah, you are awake little filly." A voice said.
A zebra walked out of a different room and next to the cauldron. She put in a cherry red liquid which bubbled up whatever was in the cauldron.
"Who are you?" asked the filly.
"I am Zecora as you may see. Now I must ask who you are to be?" She responded.
"I'm Torpedo." the filly answered. "So why am I here?"
"I saw you asleep in the middle of the town. And no one else was there around." Zecora said.
"Oh yeah, I remember that. So what have you got there?" The filly walked up to the cauldron.
"I am making a potion here. one to relieve any fear." Zecora asnwered.
"You make potions?"Torpedo looked at all the bottles she had in the room.
"That is correct Torpedo." Zecora said.
"If only there were a getting friends back potion." Torpedo chuckled.
"What is that dear?" Zecora said.
"Oh nothing. I just lost my friends and that was kinda why I was asleep on the ground of Ponyville." The filly said as she looked at more of the potions.
"Where is your mother I must say. Don't you have a place to stay?" Zecora asked.
"Yeah...I don't know why, I had a feeling that I shouldn't go back." Torpedo. "Her name is Rainbow Dash."
"Rainbow Dash?!?! I know that folk. She had once stepped in the poison joke!" Zecora said.
"Oh poison joke! I've heard of it before!" Torpedo said."Light blue flowers?"
"That is correct!" The zebra responded."What is this about your friends again?"
"Oh...yeah...I lost my friends. They didn't want to talk to me anymore because of that Diamond Tiara!" Torpedo said.
"I wish I never even talked to her."
Torpedo watched Zecora mix up the rest of the potion. She had a depressed look on her face that laid on the hoof of hers.
"I...I kinda have a fear of getting back at her. Mostly it's just a fear of her." Torpedo said finally take her hoof away from her face.
Zecora poured the potion she had finished into a bottle. She then gave it to the little filly standing there.
"Take some of this with you Torpedo. This'll get rid of the fear you speak so." Zecora said.
Torpedo looked at the bubbling blue liquid then back at the zebra standing in front of her. She stuck it in her saddlebag.
"Thanks Zecora!I'll use this!" The filly walked up to the front door. "Bye Zecora!"
They both waved to each other as the filly walked out of the home of the zebra. All of a sudden...she remembered something...well it didn't matter right now. As she walked out she took a drink of the potion.
She felt a tingly feeling inside of her then she bounced in the air and then back to the ground.

"I'm not scared of anything! Tomorrow I'm gonna tell that Diamond Tiara off for ruining my friendship with the crusaders!" The confident Torpedo said.

The next morning Torpedo woke up. She had fallen asleep near the outside of the woods. She still felt that she shouldn't go home yet. She rose up and then stretched.
"Sleep good a was that." The filly covered her mouth. "heck the what? on going what's?"
She ran over to Sugar cube Corner to find Pinkie Pie.
"Pie Pinkie me help!" said the filly. "me help! me help!"
The pink pony giggled. "You're speaking funny! I can do that too! Deeeeuuuuhhhhh"
"No no! right speak can't I!" Torpedo said. "joke poison in stepped I think I!"
"Auuughhhh Duuuuuuweeeee! It's really funny!" Pinkie Pie laughed.
"working isn't this!" The filly panicked. "off it talk will I!"
She then ran to the schoolhouse. She saw the three crusaders walking. She couldn't apoligize to them like this! She'd have to find another way to do it. But Applebloom knew the cure for poison joke. She'd have to go up to them!
She then ran up to the three fillies.
"Go away, Torpedo." Sweetiebelle said.
"Apoligize to want I!" Torpedo said.
"What?" Scootaloo turned her head to the side half an inch.
"Sorry am I!"Torpedo said.
"OH now your just being rude!" Applebloom said.
Torpedo thought...if she spoke backwards it would come out forwards.
"I...am...sorry...I...am...speaking...backwards...because of...poison...joke..." She studdered.
"Oh,we wanted to apoligize too." Scootaloo said.
"I'll mix up the cure for poison joke."Applebloom smiled.

After school Applebloom mixed up the cure for the poison joke. Torpedo jumped in and washed all over herself. Soon she was speaking normally.

Torpedo went straight home. She knocked on the door...nobody answered. The little filly waited for a few minutes, then decided to go in for herself. She opened the door...the house looked empty. There was no sight for Rainbow Dash.
She looked around the house. She still didn't see her mother. But then she noticed a cyan pegasus on the window ceil of her room. The filly ran up to her and sat down then hugged her.
"Mommy I'm so sorry I didn't come home!" The pony said choking on tears.
There was a late response.
"It's okay..." said the cyan pegasus.
"Mommy, whats wrong..." said the filly.
"They said that my wings can only last one more flight..." Rainbow Dash said. "I dont believe them though."
"Mommy, what if it's true..." Torpedo said sniffling.
"If it is...I wanna spend my last flight with you..." Rainbow Dash said.
"Really?" Torpedo said.
"Really." Rainbow Dash smiled.
They walked out to the front of the house and then they got in position. The two ponies looked at each other with a smile.
"Ready?" The cyan pegasus said.
"Ready." Torpedo said.
They started to fly together. They twirled around each other laughing. Sometimes Rainbow Dash chased her and sometimes Torpedo chased Rainbow Dash. They flew over clouds and they flew below clouds. They soared over Ponyville and they soared over Cloudsdale. They flew the whole day away. Soon, Luna had risen the moon. They ended their flight with a hug.
"This was the best flight ever." Torpedo said.