1 Rematch

Rematch

“Sweep! Sweep! Cloud Sweep, get your flank out of bed,” Fast Flight shouts as I fall out of my bed, “You’re gonna be late again!”

Late? Oh, no! Today is the flight test!

“Hold up, be right down,” I shout to her.

I jump out of my bedroom window, spread my wings, and ask,  “What time is it?”

“F-five O’clock,” she says as she looks down at the clouds beneath us.

“Five,” I say disappointed like, “Why did you wake me up six hours before the exam?”

“I, um, I wanted to spend some time together.”

I look at her angrily, “You are so lucky you’re cute.”

We spend our first hour flying around cloudsdale and venture out.  About a mile away from the city we just sit there and talk.

“Hey, Sweep,” She calls.

“Yeah?”

“How old are you?”

“Thirteen. Why do you ask?”

“Well, it’s just, y-you don’t have a cutie mark. I mean that’s ok, bu-”

“Stop, change topic. Now.”

Me not having my mark has always been a burden. Not just to me either, my parents get bombarded with questions as well. My mom says, “Oh, he’s just a late bloomer,” but my dad is worried I will never get one.  Despite our “equestrian” society, those without a mark hardly make it anywhere in life. That’s really bad, but consider the fact that this has never happened to a pegasus. Nopony knows what will happen to me.

“So,” she says, “I heard you beat that rainbow haired girl in a race.”

Shocked I say, “That’s what’s being spread? I think it ended with a tie.”

“So that means you are just as fast as she is.”

“No, it means I got lucky.”

“But-”

“But nothing, I learned that somethings are better left alone.”

I swear, just as I said that, Rainbow Dash appeared out of thin air.

“Hey,” she shouted, “I heard you been telling ponies that you beat me!”

“Actua-”

“You wanna go again? Maybe I won’t go easy on you this time!”

“Easy? After how exhausted you looked last time, I’d say you barely got a tie,” Aw crap. Now I’ve done it.

“Oh. It. Is. ON!”

“Hey, Fly.”

“Y-yeah?”

“How much time we got?”

“About two hours.”

“Good, gives me just enough time to whoop some flank.”

“But, our date.”

“Relax. After the flight test I’ll treat you to dinner, later.”

About half an hour later Rainbow Dash and I get to the top of town.

She looks at me, “Ya might want to cancel dinner. It will take some time to dig your way out of my dust.”

“Yeah, yeah. I hope you fly faster than you talk.”

“Whatever. Let’s get the rundown,” She pulls out a map of town, “First we go around the factory, then over town square, then we go under and circle over the entire city and towards the flight camp. Got it?”

“Hmph, and I thought this was going to be challenging.”

She lets out a low growl, “On your mark.”

I growl right back, “Get set.”

Then we both scream, “GO!”

We waste no time and go towards the factory. She reaches it first but has to wide of a turn.

I speed past her and scream, “What happened to not going easy!”

This must have really made her mad, because she got the look of ‘when this is over you are dead.’ Ponies in town square realize what’s going on and start cheering. I have a fair lead, so I wave. Well, that was a mistake. A certain rainbow colored pony somehow managed to get ahead of me. I snap back into focus and dive beneath the city. I may be fast but I still have problems flying, so I have to waste time and make myself right side up. Rainbow Dash apparently does not have this problem.  I muster up all I have and somehow get the lead again, not much of one though. We begin our ascent over town. I look ahead and I can see the finish point. I see other ponies making their way to the camp. Well, at least I won't be late. I look back and... SHE’S GONE!

“Above you,” I swear she almost sang those words.

We are head to head. I try to go faster. *CRACK* I lose consciousness.