Ch.05

     Chapter 5

The fastest thing alive

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      06:04 p.m.

      Somewhere under Cloudsdale

    "You know, I'm starting to like today. It may be the best day ever so far." Alex.

     Alex and Applejack were heading on towards Fluttershy's cottage, which was the last place of the tour, when they noticed it started getting dark. They looked up to see that a house made entirely of clouds was above them. "So that's where she lives." Alex. Duh. Applejack thought this would be a good time to introduce Alex to the fastest pegasus in Equestria. "EY! RAINBOW DASH! WAKE UP!" Applejack.

     "Uhhuuawhoaa!" The pegasus was actually napping on a nearby cloud instead of in her own home. She woke up, fell from her cloud, and faceplanted onto the ground. "Ow." Applejack and Alex hurried over to Rainbow Dash to see if she was okay. Alex grabbed her left hoof, Applejack grabbed her right, and helped her up. "You okay, RD?" Applejack. "Yeah. Thanx." Rainbow. "You sure know how to faceplant." Alex. She looked up to see the pony who said that. She almost fanted at the awesomeness of the two handed, two tailed alicorn.

     "Whoa! Who are you?" Rainbow. "I'm Alex. And you're Rainbow Dash." Alex. "Yep. The one and only. I'm the fastest pegasus in Equestria." "Fastest PEGASUS. But not the fastest PONY." That last sentence made Rainbow Dash furious. "What did you say?" She was sooooo pissed. "Oh I'm sorry. What I said was you're that SECOND fastest pony on this planet." Alex knew that he could easily beat this girl, but Rainbow was determined to prove him wrong. "Prove it." "You're on."

     Alex and Rainbow Dash were standing side by side each other while Applejack was standing in front of them, holding Alex's cloak. "Alright. Ah want a nice, clean race. The first one to make it pass Sweetapple Acres, Ponyville, Canterlot, Cloudsdale, and finally Fluttershy's home, wins. Ready..." Applejack. Alex and Rainbow readied their stance. "Set..." They looked at each other, gave a dirty look, and looked back to the front. "GO!" They blasted ahead, leaving Applejack behind. Applejack started to make her way to Fluttershy's house.

     As the two racers pass through Sweetapple Acres, they could not stop constantly looking at each other. They pushed harder and harder, determine to prove who really was the fastest thing alive. They raced through Ponyville, passing by everypony that they almost bumped into. Once they left town, they headed for Canterlot. They noticed a train passing by them, so they waved at the ponies inside the carts. They reached Canterlot and passed by the royal castle's library.

     Meanwhile, in the royal castle's library, a lavender unicorn was reading a large book titled, "The art of the To-Do list" while a purple colored baby dragon was napping downstairs. Suddenly, the dragon burped out green fire which then turned into a scroll. He picked up the scroll and headed upstairs. "Twilight!" "What is it, Spike?" "Look." "A letter from the princess. Let me see." "Here you go." Twilight unrolled the scroll and read out loud.

     Dear Twilight Sparkle, my most treasured, beloved, and favored student.

     I have a very important assignment for you to do starting tomorrow. I need you to read a book called, "The legends of Equestria" and only read the section titled, "Nightmare Moon." Please do not read this book until tomorrow. For now, I would like you to read the section labeled, "Elements of Harmony" in the book I have left for you on your desk.

     Hoping you are doing well,

          Princess Celestia.

     P.S. Spike, there's a spider on your head.

     Spike looked up to see a black eight-legged arachnid on his head. "AAHH! GETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFF!" Spike, running, screaming, and waving his claws around. Twilight sighed and used her magic to flick the spider off his head. "Whew. Thanks." Spike. Twilight just rolled her eyes, and was curious of how the princess knew about the spider.

      She looked back at the scroll with confusion. "Why would the princess want me to read a book tomorrow when I can start reading it today?" Twilight. She knew the princess was always right, and that she would always guide her to success. So she listened to the princess's order, gave the scroll back to Spike, and went towards her desk.

     Twilight found the book she was looking for, which she thought the princess teleported to her desk. It was a brown book with an alicron with cyan eyes on it. She opened it up, found the section, and while she started reading, Spike reread the scroll and raised an eyebrow. "Wait a minute. This isn't the princess's handwriting. If she didn't write this, then who did?"

     Rainbow Dash and Alex were speeding through Cloudsdale, bypassing every pegasus in their way. Once through, they dove straight down towards the ground so as to reach Fluttershy's cottage.

     As they were halfway down, both rivals started picking up speed. They were falling faster than a meteor crashing towards a planet. They flew faster, and faster, and faster, and faster! Then, it happened.

     Both Rainbow Dash and Alex were moving sooo fast, they created a force faster than the speed of sound: a Sonic Rainboom. Rainbow's rainboom was, of course, rainbow colored. But Alex's was different. His rainboom was in the form of a ring of fire that was sparkling with electricity: a Sonic Electric Fireboom.

     "Whoa mighty." Applejack, who stood on top of the moat in front of Fluttershy's cottage. She also managed to catch a glimpse of the two Rainbooms the two racers made. Speaking of which, they came in close, and finally, they landed on the ground on their hind hooves with extreme force. Surprisingly, they didn't get hurt.

     "I WIN!" Alex and Rainbow Dash. They gave dirty looks at each other. "NO, I WON! NO, ME! ME! SHUT UP! NO YOU!" "Hold it!" Applejack. Alex and Rainbow stopped shouting and looked at her. "It's a tie." "What!?" "You mean we both won?!" "Uh, yeah. Didn't ah just say dat?"

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     That also means they're both losers. (Peter griffin laugh)

     Chao!