We sat there, waiting. It was my friends and I, my five best friends in the whole of Equestria and of course Scootaloo too, she was like a sister to me now, and we went everywhere together. It was a beautiful day and the sun was shining brightly, the grass was being rustled by the gentlest of breezes, the flowers dancing in the breeze. It was one of those perfect days, when nothing could go wrong. When if was getting news it better be bloody good or I was going to fly up there and create a storm. I was getting a letter today, telling me if I was accepted for the wonderbolts. And thats why we were here, having a picnic and sat around Spike, waiting for him to burp up my fate.
Scoots hugged me and wished me good luck, I hugged her back, squeezing her tightly. I had taught Scootaloo to fly and now she had just turned a teenager, working as hard as possible to be the best flyer she could, going to the wonderbolts academy and spending most of her free time on it. She had found launching herself from her scooter had been the most effective way of taking off and so earning her cutie mark of a scooter. She still hung out with the cutie mark crusaders even though all of them but Sweetie Belle had earned their cutie mark already. I sighed looking at all my friends, if the letter told me I had made it into the wonderbolts, this meant I was going my separate ways, it meant we were finally going to start our lives as young adults, I took a deep breath in, this was what I had spent eighteen years of my life training for.
All my friends nodded to me, smiling nervously, urging me on to open the letter. I stopped though. I was scared to open it, to see if I had failed once again on the exam, if this would be my third failure. I was also scared that we would be divided, that I would never wear that necklace again, that I would never help my friends defeat what was threatening ponyville because even though those times were scary, I had been with my friends, and I was now too, but if I had passed, I wouldn't be. I would be alone, following my dream but alone. I looked up at them, they were still urging me on, and giving me courage. I smiled back at them, we would never stop being friends and there were going to be times when we use the elements of harmony again, I knew it when I looked into their faces, just because I was moving on to become what I always wanted to be, it didn't mean we were going to stop being friends. I knew it.
I carefully moved my hoof along the envelope, opening it, Twilight offered to open it with magic, but I refused, I wanted this to be important, my moment when I discovered my fate. I could feel the letter tingling, it wasn't really but it felt that way to me, because it was so important. I opened it, holding it in my hoofs, like it was sacred. I unfolded it slowly, my heart fluttering upon seeing the wonderbolts logo at the top, I took a deep breath and started reading the letter, "Dear Rainbow Dash, you are one of the finest young flyers in Equestria," I paused making a joke to lighten the mood, to make the ponies gathered around me think I am myself still, not the quivering scared and nervous pony I am inside, "They got that right!" I received a few laughs until I continued, " And after all this time we are happy to inform you," I paused, my voice becoming more and more excited as I continued through the sentence, knowing what it was going to say already, "That you are accepted as one of the wonderbolts after the hard work and focus you have put into becoming the finest young flyer."
I threw the letter down, tears streaming down my face, tears of joy. Scootaloo through her arms around me, laughing, " I will be joining you as soon as I am your age." I hugged her tight and laughed, not caring to read the rest of the letter yet, I was just so happy. Pinkie Pie was running around, planning a party while Twilight was writing to Celestia, Rarity was obsessing what I was going to wear when I get there and Fluttershy was trying to get a word in edge ways. Nothing seemed different for a while, like we were still fifteen with not much to do with our lives. It was like Twilight wasn't an alicorn, I wasn't a wonderbolt, Rarity didn't have a business growing all over Equestria, It was like we were still all naive teenagers again but then it changed. I picked up the letter and read out the rest, "You shall be expected to leave by the seventeenth of March," I sighed before carrying on, "Please be packed and ready to be picked up by ten 'o' clock am." I smiled, trying to look still upbeat, this was my dream anyway and I didn't want my friends thinking I wasn't happy that I was selfish and wanted more, because I was happy, just sad I would be leaving my friends in just two days. "Hey Dash, you will write to me right?" asked Scootaloo, looking up at me.
"Of course Scoot, I would never leave you and my friends hanging!" I replied, knowing what I was saying was true.
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Music was blaring and balloons were strung from every surface. Just about every pony I knew was here. I had no idea how Pinkie had gotten all the invitations out in the space of one day but she had and I was happy about that. I had retreated to the rest room to pull up my dress over my breasts, it had started falling down when I was asked by my friends to fly around the room twenty times in five seconds, might not sound the best Idea but the place had high ceilings so it was fine. I admired the dress for a few seconds, it was beautiful, I wasn't the girliest girl in ponyville but I couldn't help admiring Rarity's craftsmanship. She had worked so hard on this, to make it perfect, a one of a kind design for me and only me, and it made me feel special, really special. I paused wondering if I should put the smeared of make-up back on but then I followed through, I don't usually war it but it was a special night after all. I fixed my hair, it was in a plait making the rainbow colours look like a rainbow river, the colours flowiwng into each other.
"Hey er Dash um, if you don't mind could you um come out, you've spent a lot of time in there and we were wondeirng if you are er okay?" Fluttershy said through the door.
"Flutters?" I asked, "Yeh I will be out in a second, just fixing my outfit up!"
"um that's good then I guess we will er see you in a minute then?" She replied, nervously.
"Yeh see ya Fluttershy and um tell them I will perform a uh- sonic rainboom when I am out!" A sonic rainboom? was I crazy, I guess thats what you get when you think on your hooves. I sighed, there was no point fxing my clothes up then, I was going to mess them up again. "Okay Rainbow Dash bye!" Fluttershy said as she trotted off.
I waited until she was gone before opening the door. As I walked out everyone cheered, and I caught some things like "Oh my Celestia, you are going to perform a sonic rainboom?" and, "Dashie I can't wait." I smiled and nodded at ponies as I led them outside. They formed a circle, prepared to see me pull off my signature move, like it was easy, I sighed, guess they didn't realise just how hard it was. I flew up through the dark night sky, it was at least twelve 'o' clock by now. There was a light breeze that ruffled my wings and coldness hung in the air. When I was high enough in the sky I took a deep breath, then turned my body around, it was always scary when I was hanging upside down, in those first few seconds before I started rocketing back towards the ground. I decided to hang there for a while, taking in the fact I now a wonderbolt. Then I could here Pinkie obsessing over if I was okay up there and decided it was now or never.
I started flying as fast as I possibly could, feeling the cold air whip my face and the barrier of invisible air building before me. And then it happened, an explosion of rainbow burst out form me, like the ripples when you dropped a pebble in water, I quickly turned upwards again, away from the 'oohs' and 'aahs' admiring the rainbow, I flew up, over cloudsdale, creating a rainbow then flew away form it, admiring it myself. It was beautiful, the first one I had made at night, and it looked amazing, the rainbow against the inky black sky was so phenomenal that I cried. Tears of joy streamed down my face. I was so proud of what I could do. So amazed at my skill, how lucky I was that I was me, that I could do what I could do.
I quickly stopped admiring my work when I noticed the top of my dress had fallen down, we didn't usually wear dresses, it was just the fact that I was wearing one and I felt oddly revealed if just part of it had fallen down. I fixed it up and flew back down, yawning as my feet touched the ground "Hi guys, um I feel a little tired and-"
"Already Dash?" interrupted Twilight who had flown up to be level with me.
"Um yeah Twi" I said running my hoof through my mane, "If you don't mind?"
"Sure Dash, anyway after all that vodka you will need some sleep because two days and your off."
"Yeah, If I sleep through tomorrow I should be okay by the the time I need to go."
Everypony cheered as I flew up to Cloudsdale to get some sleep. I didn't drink that much, but I had tonight because everypony else was and it was my party so it would seem strange if I didn't.
I flew through the door and collapsed on my bed. I took the dress of and sat on my bed for a while, before pulling a new pair of cyan-blue pants up, then thought for a second. I am a wonderbolt! I am a wonderbolt! I am a wonderbolt! I AM A WONDERBOLT! I picked up my pillow and started talking to it, "I am a wonderbolt!" I was bouncing around the room now, "I am a wonderbolt! I am a wonderbolt!" It had only just sunken in, I am actually a wonderbolt! The uncertainty was gone now I realised I had made it into the most elite flying group in Equestria, That I had made it finally. I yelled out this time, "I AM A WONDERBOLT!"
Author's Note
The cutie mark crusaders are now age thirteen, in the series I imagined them as ten.
The mane six are now age eighteen, in the series I imagined them as fifteen.
I hope you enjoy, as this is my first fim-fiction, I know it is short, but I plan to update this often meaning short chapters, but lots of them.
If there are grammar or punctuation mistakes just quote it in a comment and I will fix it
