Echo Dash I

by kmdude344

Rating: everyone
Tags: Comedy, Adventure, Human
Length: 9590

Rainbow Dash is asked by the princesses to adopt.

After seeing that Rainbow Dash is the only element of harmony that isn't technically a parent the princesses ask her to adopt from the Canterlot adoption center. She adopt's a baby human boy she names Echo Dash.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-05-05 03:10:49 UTC

Surprise Letter

        "Hay Rainbow Dash! I have a letter for you!" a voice called out from above

        As Rainbow Dash took a second to analyze the voice she realized it was Derpy Hooves "Thanks Derpy!" Rainbow dash had stayed looking into the cloud's as Derpy dropped the letter from where she was flying to the park bench that Rainbow Dash was sitting at.

        Rainbow Dash was waiting for a letter from the Wonderbolts. The leader Spitfire had resigned to be with her family and the Wonderbolts needed a new leader. Rainbow Dash was very excited for this,

yes she was also sad that she probably wouldn't see her friend for a long time, but she was excited to be the leader of the Wonderbolts witch more than outmatched her not seeing her friend. She didn't open the letter, she was going to wait until she got home to read it. She went to check the time on her watch. It read 2:12 P.M So she decided to stay at the bench for anther hour or so.

        She loved sitting on the park bench on a windy afternoon. The wind in her mane. It emulated flying at the slowest possible speed. She was the fastest flyer in all of Equestria and she wanted to keep it that way but she also knew that when flying to enjoy any pretty sight you must slow down or it would be just a blurred flash in your mind. When she was on the park bench she would close her eyes and imagine a few of the many beautiful sights she has seen in her life. She imagined flying circles around the crystal empire tower and around the Princesses castle.

        When she decided to check the time again, after what felt like two minutes, she saw that it was 3:45 P.M. With promising herself to go home sometime near three, she got up and flew home. She was excited and couldn't wait to read the letter. She was flying as fast as she could. She was home within seconds.

        Her home was a cloud home, hovering just to the north-east of Ponyville. It was a spacious two story home and it hovered 50 feet above the ground. The first floor was open concept, the living room, kitchen and foyer was pretty much the same room. As soon as you come in the staircase is directly in front of the front door. To the right of the stairs was the living room and door to the main floor bathroom. To the right was the kitchen, dinning room and pantry door. The stairs led up to a landing then turned right. At the top of the stairs was another bathroom, a guest bedroom and the master bedroom.

        When she entered her house she went straight to the kitchen counter. She repeated the words "Please make me Leader of the Wonderbolts!" four times to herself before opening but what she saw was a surprise to her. Instead of a letter from the Wonderbolts, it was a letter from the princesses. She was happy the princesses of Equestria had wrote to her for a change but she was expecting a letter from the Wonderbolts. She read the letter anyways.

                Dear Rainbow Dash,

        It has come to our attention that you are the only Element of Harmony that isn't a "parent"                                                                                        for example Rarity has become the legal guardian of sweetie bell, Apple Jack and Big Mac have taken care of apple bloom ever since Granny Smith passed away, Flutter Shy has her pet's, Pinkie Pie adopted Blueberry Muffin and Twilight Sparkle is the adoptive mother of spike. We believe that many important lessons can be learnt from being a mother and we request that you come adopt from the Canterlot orphanage.

Syncerly,

Princess Celestia and Princess Luna

        "What! They expect me to put aside my things to raise a child?" Rainbow Dash burst out in a slight rage. "This is insane!"

         But anypony who's anypony would know that you don't decline a request from the princesses. She thought of how she would fit her parenting into her tight schedule. She would also be responsible for helping with its homework after school and she knew she wasn't good with books other than Daring Do.

        "Thats It!" she yelled out as she remembered that Twilight Sparkle always is available in the afternoons when school ended since Rainbow Dash had to practice with the Wonderbolts. Twilight also lives in a library, it would be hard for her not to help with the homework. It was perfect. And when it was a teen it could work for one of it's aunt's like Rarity, Twilight, Apple Jack, Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy.

        Rainbow Dash flew as fast as she could to the library to get Twilight. She wanted to show Twilight the letter and tell Twilight that she had wanted her to be the child's Foul sitter and godmother. She was having trouble finding the library because the sunset was pretty blinding but then she saw the largest tree in the center of the town and thought that must be it. She swooped down and sure enough it was the library.

        "Hay Twilight! We're going to Canterlot!" Rainbow Dash Hollered as she barged in.

        "Okay let me tell the other's we're-" Rainbow Dash began to interrupt

        "No just me and you,-" She passed twilight the letter "-I'd like you to foul sit for me and be its godmother." Rainbow Dash said calmly.

        "Oh wow. We'll... we'll leave right away. Spike be good while we're gone," Twilight hollered to spike. "And remember, spike, NO PARTIES!"

        "Whatever," Spikes usual response ever since he turned 14.

        When they left the library Rainbow Dash noticed that Twilight's bag was packed with some books probably for reading on the way to canterlot, and some snacks. However this wasn't her usual bag. This was an old raggedy brown one. Her usual bag was getting fixed at Rarity's shop. And because Rainbow Dash had not seen this bag before she wondered where twilight got it but didn't ask as she decided to ask later.

        Rainbow looked up and tried to remember all the constallations. she found the Big Dipper and Little Dipper easily as she remembered them as table spoon and tea spoon and they were the two "Constallations of Soup" and always remembered them when shes hungry. This obvously ment she was hungry now.

        "Hay got anything to eat, Twi?" She asked her friend as they walked.

        "Yeah" reaching into her bag "I have two grilled cheeze sandwitches, four apples, two bottles of orange juice and a box of muffins," She replied. "Which would you like?"

        "Can i have a muffin?" Rainbow Dash asked.

        "Sure anything for the soon to be mom!" she gigled while handing Rainbow Dash the muffin.

        Rainbow Dash took a bite out of it imidiatly. It was chocoate chip. Rainbow Dash loved muffins, not as much as the mailpony Derpy Hooves but still liked them alot. She especially like chocolate chip. The muffin was so delicous. It was also pretty warm like it was recently made. But Twilight probably just used her magic to heat them up a little before we left.

        We approached the train station and bought two tickets to canterlot. We were told that the trip would take all night because instead of heading straight to canterlot the train had ten other towns to stop at and one stope last half an hour.

        "It's a good thing I came prepared, I brought the new, Daring Do for you to read while I read the new, Docter Whooves." Twilight Exclaimed.

        "What really? Whats the title of the new Daring Do?" Rainbow asked.

        "Daring Do and the key to the golden temple," Twilight answered.

        They boarded the train. The only other pony in the car was a brown earth pony with a leather jacket that said Equestria Angels. His mane was buzz cut. His cutie mark was a moter bike with a flaming back tire. He was fast asleep. Rainbow and Twilight sat as far from him as possible because he kind of freaked us out a little.

         Twi handed me the book as we sat down. It was interesting enough. The one difference in this story than all the other Daring Do's is that instead of running from bad guys, Do is freakently running after them for parts of the golden key. All in all Rainbow Dash didn't like it that much as there wasn't much danger invovled.

        Rainbow Dash decided to nap. it was now 11:37 P.M and they stoped four times. and Dash had about one grilled cheeze and a bottle of orange juice. The car had no other ponies except Twilight and Rainbow.

        When she slept she dreamed about a human. He was about six feet tall, wearing very fancy clothing, a crown similar to princess Celestias but his was more masculine. He had a mustache that spread to each end of his long smile. He was looking at her, Rainbow Dash, and he looked pretty happy. Rainbow Dash felt like he loved her, not in a wife/husband sort of way but some other type of relation like nephew or something.

        When Rainbow Dash awoke she was on the train station bench in Canterlot. She checked the time 7:45 A.M. The sun was out and birds were chirping. Rainbow Dash was in a happy mood. but she still wondered who that human was in her dream.

        "Good morning sleepy head!" Twiligtht said happily. "Ready to go to the orphanage?" she asked

        "Yeah sure." said Rainbow. Still thinking on who the human was.

        "So, what did you dream about?" Twilight asked.

        "A human, a human that I think I loved," She answered.

        "Oh Rainbow Dash, you and your crazy love fantasies!" she laughed.

        "Not that kind of love!' Rainbow Dash kind of snapped.

        As they walked thought the city, Rainbow Dash noticed a few of the building have been repainted. the usual white with a yellow roof had been switched for some that were now yellow with a white roof. Rainbow wasn't a big fan of the new way they're using the combination but she didn't complain. They somehow reminded her of her house in ponyville. Then she thought where will the baby sleep?

        Then the next thing she thought, what if the baby isn't a pegasis? Maybe Twilight can find a permanent spell like the one used to alow the others to walk on clouds at the gala. But it still didn't have a place to sleep. Maybe it can have the guest bedroom in Rainbow Dash's home.

        "Hay I can see the orphanage!" exclaimed Twilight as they turned the corner it was right there.

"Alright lets go in." Rainbow exclamed

        When they entered Rainbow Dash saw that there wern't many babies. There where no pegesi or unicorn's. Only earth ponies and a baby human. It didn't have enough hair to tell the hair color yet. As the ponies were napping he was climing the ledge in the corner and jumping off over and over. Rainbow thought he was quite the adventurer.

        "Are you here to adopt?" a frail old mare asked.

        "Yeah." Rainbow Dash replied.

        "I seen you been eying that one- "cough" -human baby, he's pretty- "cough cough" -adventurous that- "cough" -one." she told Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash thought for a second.

        "Am I really wan'ting to adopt out of my species?" Thought Rainbow "Well it is an Intellegent race so it's capable of most things I am. And humans were known for being advanced scientist's so maybe he'll invent something to get me cash."

        "I think i'll take him." Rainbow decided. Glancing back she felt something, like the baby was familiar. Maybe it was a sign? Rainbow did'nt know but wasn't waiting to find out.

        "Rainbow are you sure? He's not even a pony!" Twilight wispered.

        "I'm sure! Besides, I feal something wierd about him, almost as if... nevermind it's not important right now." Rainbow replied as she signed the paper work.

        "And here, write what you like to name him, we call "cough" him Echo because he's just an echo of the former glory of his race. He "cough cough" may just be the last human left on earth!" the mare exclaimed. Rainbow had some trouble thinking on a good name. In the end she named him Echo Dash, she gave him her last name as a sign of her accepting him as family.

-A day later-

        Rainbow Dash was feeding Echo when Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Apple Jack came in

        "Surprise! It's a baby party!" Pinkie Pie screamed.

        "Ah heard 'bout the news and reckoned we bring some baby present's!" Apple Jack anounced.

        "When I heard there was going to be a human growing up in ponyville I tried to make the most bedazzaling human baby clothes yet!" exclaimed Rarity.

        "Oh look at him he's so cute! Yes you are! Yes you totaly are!" Pinkie Pie wen't to play with the baby.

        Rarity and Apple Jack left there gift's on the table and wen't to play with little baby Echo. He was loving all the attention he was getting. He was also laughing the whole time with the most cutest laugh ever heard.

        "I don't think we got his name darling. You mind telling us since we are now his relatives?" Rarity asked.

        "Echo Dash. His name is Echo Dash" Rainbow Dash modestly replied.

        "So ya gave im your last name. Ah thought ya would do that," Apple jack looked up at Rainbow.

        "Oh why don't we open the present's?" Pinkie Pie anounced.

        "What a wonderful idea!" rarity added

        The girls made there way to the presents and passed them over to Rainbow Dash. Rarity's gift was some human baby clothes and an embroided blanket. Pinkie Pie gave him a rattle and a teddy bear. Apple Jack gave him a story book about brave earth pony's and a cowboy hat.

        "Plus he get's one free playdate with Blueberry Muffin!" Pinkie Pie announced

        "By the way, where is Blueberry?" Rainbow Dash asked.

        "She had a magical outburst and Twilight is helping her control it," Pinkie sighed.

        "That's to bad," Rainbow Dash replied.

        "You're really getting good at this parenting biz and you've only had him for a day. Ah reckon you be a great ma," Apple Jack commented.

        "Thanks, and you know what? You might just be right," Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

School Bullies

-Five years later-

        "Hay kiddo, how was the first day of school?" Rainbow Dash asked.

        "Okay I guess, the only pony that was nice to me was Blueberry. Everybody else wanted to make fun of me 'cuz I'm a human," Echo swung his back pack on the couch.

        "Aww, well at least they put you in the same class as your favorite cousin," Rainbow exclaimed.

        "Yeah," Echo replied.

        "Well, you wanna learn about human's? Maybe learning something good about your kind will make you proud, instead of shy," Rainbow told Echo

        "Okay, mommy," Echo looked up.

        Rainbow sat down to teach her son about his culture and maybe learn something herself."Alright Chapter one of the textbook, human's perfected comunication. They used language to talk and write to each other like we do, and art to show their feeling's. What did they do that we didn't already do? Human's hit a major decline in population when they merely destroyed the planet when fighting over a silly dispute. The only remaining human's can be found in southern Equestria. That's the end of chapter one," Rainbow ended.

        "Wow, humans didn't get along very well," Echo announced.

        "Yeah, and some had to pay for others ignorance," Rainbow replied.

        "You wanna know what i'm gonna be when I grow up?" Echo asked.

        "What?" Rainbow replied.

        "I'm going to be the first human Wonderbolt!" He announced.

        "Really? And how are you going to fly?" Rainbow asked.

        "I'll find a way. I promise you," Echo exclaimed.

        "Okay, but you promised so you have to now," Rainbow added.

        "Cross my heart, hope to die and stick a cupcake in my eye," Echo chanted, "I love you!"

        "Love you too my little boy," Rainbow put the book away.

        Rainbow felt like melting every time echo said that and she blushed and replied "I love you too, my little star grabber!" Rainbow replied as Echo ran to his room. She though of five years back when Apple Jack told her she would be a good mom and knew the princesses knew what they where talking about. Even though none of the children, except Blueberry muffin (who is biologically the daughter of Pinkie Pies sister who died during birth) are related to there parent's they still loved each other. Then Rainbow thought maybe just maybe Family isn't who's blood you share, but the people who love and care for you, that is family.

        Rainbow wen't to go look in Echo's bedroom. It was decorated in Wonderbolts posters. most of them of Rainbow. The biggest one had a picture of a sonic rainboom and had a caption saying "Make Everyday 20% cooler!". He also had action figures of all the Wonderbolts except Rainbow. He always said "I don't need some little plastic one if I have the real one right here!"

        "knock, knock! Watcha doin?" Rainbow asked.

        "Im playing with my toys, wanna play with me mommy?" he asked.

        "Sure, i'll be spitfire," She said as she sat down.

        "Good 'cuz i'm soarin," He exclaimed

        And they played, Echo sometimes used Rainbow's hoof to represent her. Rainbow stopped at one point and realized it was 9:34 P.M and echo should get to bed.

        Rainbow told Echo to get in bed. She then kissed his forehead and tucked him in. Rainbow then told him a bed time story and then he always asked "Mommy where is Equestria in the world?" and she always told him "Equestria is in the world, the ponies live in Equestria, My son lives among the ponie's and my son is the world to me," She chanted.

        "Okay mommy, goodnight," he giggled.

        "Sweet dreams kiddo," she told him as she kissed his forehead, and left to go to bed.

        Rainbow had gone into her room at that point. She brushed her teeth and had a drink of water before bed. it was only half an hour when she heard Echo scream and she came running in.

        "What's wrong!" she yelled.

        "I had a bad dream. There were these guy's taking you away and I thought I would never see you again," Echo told her.

        "I guess you can come sleep with me." Rainbow exclaimed as they wen't into her room

Echo got into the bed first. when Rainbow got in Echo pulled her wing over his body as a blanket. And Rainbow pulled him closer to her body. and she could feel the loving warmth of her son

        "Mommy..." he began to whisper to her "I don't wan't you to ever leave me," he told her.

        "I wouldn't even leave you for all the fortune in the world. 'Cuz your my son and I love you more than anything in all of Equestria" She closed her eye's. "Just don't tell everypony I like to be a softie around you."

        Right before they fell asleep Rainbow could feel him wrap his arms around her and began hugging her, so she returned the favor and hugged him just as tight with her wings.

        Rainbow woke up at 6:12 A.M and Echo was still asleep. So she got breakfast ready. She made Pancakes, Muffins and toast. Echo came down a few minutes later, awoke by the smell of his favorite breakfast setup. Echo didn't say anything he just hurried down and started eating.

        He was dressed in jeans Rarity made and one of his favorite tee shirts Rarity made. It had a picture of Rainbow on it. He was also wearing the hat that Apple Jack gave to him the day after he was adopted. In his backpack he had some books. His lunch on the counter had apple sauce, orange juice grilled cheeze and a muffin. His hair was messy as always. Rainbow probably had a strong influence on that with her mane always messy.

        "Alright squirt time to go to school!" Rainbow grabed her Wonderbolts suit.

        "But mommy, why can't I stay home?" Echo asked

        "Beacuse you got school, I gotta go to Wonderbolts practice. You can go hang out with your aunt Twi." Rainbow said as she turned off the light's.

        "Alright," he replied with a sappy tone while walking out the door.

        Rainbow picked up Echo and gently lifted him down to the ground as she always did since he wasn't a pegasus, or a pony for that matter. Rainbow always let him down in a flower patch on the ground near they're house. Fluttershy planted one flower on each of his birthdays. After Echo was put on the ground, his mother walked him to school every day because she had a bad experience with bullies going to school on her own.

        "Mommy," Echo began. "Who where the bullies that made fun of you when you were in school?"

        "Oh just some boy's. They thought it would be fun to be mean to the Filly Fooler," she explained to Echo.

        Echo knew what the term meant, mare's who preffered other mare's instead of stallion's as love partners. However Rainbow wasn't insulted by it because it was true and Echo was proud of his mother. He was proud of her just the way she was. But when she was getting bullied the bullies realized the word didn't insult her, so they changed from verbal abuse to physical violence. Rainbow Dash was bullied so much she even considered suicide but instead she learn't there was more to life and left Cloudsdale to move to Ponyville.

        "Well we're here. Don't let the other's bully you or your cousin and you have to stick up for each other." Rainbow told him as she flew off to Wonderbolts. Echo waved goodbye to his mother and she did the same. Then Echo walked in and saw the little purple pony with a blue mane... It was his favorite cousin Blueberry Muffin.

        "Echo hay! Over here!" Blueberry shouted.

        "Hi Blueberry!" Echo greeted her as he sat down next to her.

        "Auntie Twi showed me a new spell this morning!" Blueberry Told Echo as she turned an eraser into a muffin.

        "Wow! I wish I could do magic!" Echo told Blueberry in amasment.

        "Well hey, my mom says anything's possible if you put your mind to it, just don't forget to celebrate it when you've done it!" Blueberry replied.

        "Hay look it's the magical mistake and the Two legged rat!" Called out a mean toned voice.

        "Stop Dark! Stop making fun of us! Why do you hate us so much?" Blueberry retorted.

        "Why. Why! Beacuse your just a bunch of misfit's without families! You were just adopted losers!!" Dark Star said.

        "Shut up!" Echo got a little angry.

        "You know what? I haven't got time for this." he had an evil laugh before he turned Blueberry's muffin into a grand cake and many other dessert's. "Hay Teacher! Blueberry and Echo brought food in and aren't sharing!" Dark hollered.

        "Echo! Blueberry! Go to the Detention room now!" the teacher ordered.

        And so Echo and Blueberry left to the detention room. There were no light's, window's, teacher or furniture in the detention room. It was cold and they were sent to stay there for the entire day. Echo didn't like the idea but he knew that Blueberry had some entertaining spells they could do. So it wasn't completly a waste of they're day.

        "Pssst Hay, I brought a muffin!" Blueberry whispered.

        "We could use that duplication spell you know!" Echo suggested.

        "Okay!" Bluberry got excited when she took the one muffin they had and created four more.

        "But im pretty sure one plus four is five and we can't make half's!" Echo was a little confused.

        "No the last one we'll duplicate if we wan't more. We'll still get two each," Blueberry Explained.

        Echo and Blueberry had a fun time and before they knew it it was time to head home. But because Echo's mother was at wonderbolts and Blueberry's mom Pinkie Pie was in Canterlot helping princess luna cope with the death of her apprentice Snowdrop. They had to go to there aunt Twilight's.

        "My mom told me that we both have to learn about extra stuff after school from Auntie Twilie. What does she teach you?" Blueberry asked.

        "She teaches me about Human history. What about you?" Echo asked in return.

        "How to use my magic properly," Blueberry replied."Look there's the library! Race ya there!"

        "Your on!" Echo ran past Blueberry.

        "Hey!" Blueberry hollered as she started to use magic to speed herself up.

        "Stop cheating you silly!" Echo hollered as they slowed down and gasped for a breath.

        "Good... Game... Echo... I feel... very... out of... breath," Blueberry panted and fell over. Echo followed.

        "Yeah... you're... out... of... breath... and ... you... cheated," Echo looked over to Blueberry "So... I... won."

        "Hay you two!" Came a voice from inside the library.

        "Auntie Twi!" Echo and Blueberry hollered in unison as they ran into the library.

        "Hello Auntie." Blueberry greeted "Yeah, hi auntie Twi," Echo followed.

Magic is fun!

        As Twilight was teaching Blueberry how to use her magic properly, Echo was reading on the many wonders of magic. It showed the benifit's of being a unicorn. It had the Disbenefit's of being a unicorn. How to start using magic, think of happy thought's than think of the spell you would like to do or the thing you would like to move or hold. Yeah Echo was pretty interested in magic and science. Echo was starting to get bored of the book. Most of it was just the same stuff over and over again. Then he found something very interesting. The only known human to use unicorn magic.

        He wen't by the name Mathew the Magical and he primaraly used his magic to entertain ponies. Even though unicorn's did it all the time it was some how more entertaining to watch a human do it. When Echo was reading about him, he thought he would be a horned human or something to use magic but when he found a picure it almost blew his mind out of his head. The picture showed the regular glow of magic that would emit from the horn of a unicorn but isntead it came from his hands. That ment Echo was capable of magic.

        "Echo im done," Bluberry hollered up the stairs to Echo.

        He had already gone to learn about human's for the day witch ment the time was 4:00 P.M or so. Pinkie had to stay the night in Canterlot so Blueberry was sleeping over at Echo's and Rainbow's house. Rainbow said she would pick them up around 5:15.

        "Whatcha readin?" Blueberry asked Echo.

        "Human's that could use unicorn magic," He answered her.

        "Wow! You know I just learned a spell that helps other's get better at using there magic!" As Blueberry told Echo that he begqan to smile as hard as he can.

        "Well what are we waiting for!" Echo sat up and cheered.

        "Alright. Remember if you lose control of your magic find Twilight imidiatly!" Blueberry warned.

        "Blueberry, I can handle it!" Echo reassured her as she began to preform the spell.

        Her horn light up with the regular pink glow. Then Echo noticed something that doesn't usually happen with it. It reached out at Echo's hand's which started glowing yellow. Echo could hardly beleive it. His hand's were doing magic! Then Blueberry's pink magic retracted from his yellow which faded.

        "Aw. Whered it go?" Echo asked.

        "The magic? It's still there. It's just not being used so it won't glow! Here im going to test you now."

        She told Echo as she took a book and layed it on the floor. "Think about happy things then think of lifting that book with magic!" Blueberry instructed Echo and he did exactly that. The book lifted and he brought it closer to them without the need to walk to it. "Good job! Sorrry I can't teach you anymore." Blueberry apolagized

        "That's okay." He told her, still happy now that he coulkd prform magic.

        "Echo, Bluberry! Rainbow Is here!" Twilight shouted up the stairs.

        Echo and Blueberry ran outside but didn't see Rainbow. Then before they could realize it they were being carried by her. She was goin top speed with her Wonderbolts costume. Within second's they were home. Rainbow had jumped on the couch and turned on the television. Channel 6 was broadcasting Daring Do the movie for the first time and Rainbow wouldn't wan't to miss that.

        "Thanks Auntie Rainbow for having me over for the night!" Blueberry set her stuff down.

        "Don't mention it squirt! Anythng for you! Besides you're family!" Rainbow told her while not looking away from the screen.

        "Mom what are we having for supper?" Echo egerly asked.

        "Left overs from yesterday." She announced as she turned to face us "Blueberry! you look just like your mother! Soon you'll have all the stallion's after you, maybe even some mare's you know what im sayin? Ah but it's all about what you wan't."

        "Here, i'll get your bed ready." Rainbow exclaimed when the comercials came on.

        Rainbow turned around and with one swift buck the couch popped out into a bed. Blueberry then set her things near the bed. Echo wen't up to his room to practice on his magic a little. When he lifted his blanket's it felt like he could control the entire blanket and not just where his hands where like when he made his bed before. He could make his entire bed two seconds flat. Echo was pretty proud of himself.

        "Wow, you're pretty good at that," Bluberry came up behind him "Your mom wanted me to get you for supper."

        "Good. I'm hungry," Echo exclaimed "Got any other spell's to teach me?"

        "I think we should leave it at moving thing's for now," Blueberry suggested.

        The two wen't to go have supper. They had salad, mashed potato's and buttered bun's. It wasn't Echo's most favorite meal but he ate it just as well. The mashed potato's were too cold and needed to be reheated, making Echo wan't to barf. His mother wasn't that good at cooking, never really was but he didn't wan't to hurt her feeling's. But he still couldn't finish his meal.

        "Mom, I can't finish my supper," He announced, remembering his manner's that Rarity stressed over "May I please be excused?"

        "So formal, you remind me of Rarity. Alright you can go," Rainbow dismissed him. "But that mean's you have to feed, Tank!"

        Echo stepped over to the aquarium that, Tank was kept in and poored the food. He used his magic to poor just the right amount but tried to hide it from his mother. With the hand holding the hatch, which was out of the sight of his mother, he magically lifted the right amount of food for tank out while holding the container at an angle so the rest won't go out.

        "Good Job squirt!" Rainbow Walked over to Echo "When did you learn the magic?"

        Just then a chill wen't down Echo's spine. How could she know? Was she spying on him? Did he not hide it well enough? He was scared of his mother's great ability to find out even his most protected seceret.

        "I... I... I was going to tell you, but I didn't find the time?" Echo hesitated "Blueberry helped me get it."

        "Hay! Now i'm gonna be in trouble!" Blueberry got mad.

        "No you're not. Nothing bad has happened yet. It's alright," Rainbow Reassured her.

        "But how did you know mom?" He asked "How did you find out?"

        "I know exactly what goes on in my house!" Rainbow Stompped her hoof and smilled. "You guy's wanna hear a story?"

        "Sure Auntie!" Blueberry sat down on the couch. "What's it about?"

        "The mysterious seventh Element of Harmony, the element of Devotion!" Rainbow began "Legend's Say that the Fourth time Equestria comes close to falling into the hand's of Evil, When all it's foes team up, the Element of Devotion shall rise. It would be the Devoted to protecting it's friend's, family and people. In order to do so he or she will fight against the evil untill the evil is slain."

        "Devotion sound's like the reckless version of loyalty," Bluberry exclaimed "Hay maybe it's you Echo, you can be reckless at times!"

        "Actually that's not to far fetched kiddo," Rainbow Told Bluberry.

        Echo wasn't paying attention, he was staring at the Dash family photo as his mom called it. It had Echo and rainbow at the gala dressed up in the faciest clothes they had. Rainbow had a beutiful dress that she had wore to princess Cadence's wedding. Her mane was brushed and styled. Echo had his hair done too. Echo's mother was holding him in her wings. Rainbow was looking into his eye's. The picture's caption read "Life is hell when your lonely but with family it's paradise."

        "I love that picture too, you were so handsome," wispered Rainbow "You know the next gala is a week away."

        And that's whenEcho got his bright idea, he had to learn to fly to preform at the gala. But how? Aerodynamic science says you can only fly if your porn with wings or have a jet engine... that's how echo would do it! Echo would build a jet engine in one week!

        "Yeah it's gonna be spectacular!" Echo finished.

Magic... Now flight? BEST WEEK EVER

        Echo had one week to find parts for and build his jet pack. The only known part's and blueprint's are in the museum of human history in canterlot. Hew new just how he would get there too. Twilight was going early to help prepare for the gala so Echo asked if he could leave to go with his dear aunt. Blueberry was coming too because she can't be left alone for over a week without a unicorn to watch her.

        "How exciting!" Blueberry wispered "We're going to the Gala!"

        "Yes and in seceret well be getting the jet pack parts. While we are getting the parts, you will duplicate them so nopony will know we took anything!" Echo explained the plan to Blueberry "We will then carry the copies out in this backpack, which you will make invisible, and assemble the jet at the hotel room. Once it's built we will clone a few extra's just in case."

        "Do I get one?" asked Blueberry.

        "Yeah! What kind of good cousin wouldn't get his younger cousina a jet pack? A resposible one," Echo looked out the window "We will need four jet packs."

        "Okay," Blueberry was interupted when Twilight entered the carriage.

        "Oh how exciting! Thank you for coming with me to help prepare for the gala!" Twilight sat down "We need all the help we can get! The volunteer turnout isn't as big as last year. You know both of your parents will be performing there."

        "Really?" Blueberry looked surprised

        "Yeah, Pinkie will be putting together a comedy act and Rainbow wants to attempt a triple Rainboom with the Wonderbolts," Twilight informed us "It'll be pretty cool!"

        When they got to the city, Echo noticed there were more ponies outside than usual. All of them trying to help set up the gala. It looked as if every pony in canterlot was helping out. Echo thought he even saw Mr. and Mrs. Orange, his aunt Applejacks reletives.

        Echo could see the hotel just ahead. The building was massive, he could count up to thirty stories tall but he was sure he missed one. The building was white and had gold trim. The front doors were glass. Atop the building was a flag that said "Canterlot Company Inn, Feel like a Royal!".

        When the carriage had stopped, Echo offered to get out and bring the luggage inside. The inside was just as impressive as the outside with emerald flooring and marble walls. Echo sat in the lobby admiring the decor.

        "Princess Celestia is paying for us to stay here!" Twilight explained "It's so amazing!"

        Blueberry was the first to get to the room, she quickly stoed the stuff they would need under the bed's. Blueberry then turned on the tv to the latest episode of Doctor Whooves and jumped onto the bed. Echo followed.

        "So you two are alright? Blueberry use that messege spell to contact me if anything wrong happens." Twilight told Blueberry as she left the room.

-Later that night-

        "Blueberry. Blueberry! C'mon it's time to go!" Echo nudged his cousin in bed "We need to get the part's tonight to build tomorrow!"

        "Just a few more minutes," Mumbled Blueberry

        Echo then used his magic to lift her out of bed and out the window. He then dropped her on the ground. They had a first floor room so she didn't get hurt... much. There was a thorn bush outside there window.

        "Owwww! Echo you did that on porpose!" Blueberry got mad at Echo as she dropped him into the thorn bush. "There how do you like it!"

        "Okay, I deserved that." Echo got up and pulled some thorn's out of his face. He wasn't badly hurt, no bruises he could see and he got most of the thorns out. He then began to pull the thorns out of his backpack.

        His back pack was empty for now. It was for holding the parts for the jet pack. Blueberry would make the cloned pieces so nothing looked out of place. Blueberry also would have the assembling instructions for the jet pack.

        Echo and Blueberry made there way towards the museum of human history while there aunt twilight helped with getting the grand galloping gala set up. There was no pony in sight that night, probably helping the the G.G.G or sleeping. The night was peaceful under the moonlight. It was a full moon that night. A bird flew by overhead every now and then. Princess Luna would fly over head to make sure everything was safe and when she did Blueberry and Echo hid in a bush.

         When they arrived at the museum they noticed it was lightly guarded with one or two guards and no security cameras. The guards were guarding the main hall, one was patrolling the room while one was sitting down eating a sandwich. Echo had found a window washers saffold near an open window five floors up. He used his magic to bring the scaffold down.

         "There's a way in!" Blueberry wispered while pointing to the window that Echo had already noticed.

         "I know, this platform will take us up there," Echo explained "It'll be easy."

         "Maybe we should stop this Echo, 'cuz what if we get caught?" Blueberry began to have her doubts "We're only five, well get in so much trouble!"

         "Just think like daring do," Echo assured her "We'll only get in trouble if we're caught."

         Echo and Blueberry got on the platform. Blueberry used her magic to control it and bring them up to the open window. Echo was looking in the closed windows to find the section they needed to get to. He saw a sign that said "Human Aerodynamics and Spaceflight" at level three, the next level where Intellegent species to befriend humans and level five was all about how the humans nearly wiped themselves out in a nuclear war.

         "Okay Blueberry we need to go down two stair cases to reach where they store the-" echo was cut of by a booming voice from behind them

         "What in Tartarus are you two doing here!" Beamed none other than Princess Luna and the two guards.

         "I-Im s-sorry your m-majesty," Blueberry turned around head hung down "M-my cousin Echo-"

         "Wait Echo? As in Echo Dash the humans on of Rainbow Dash?" Luna looked surprised "Then I won't press charges. For a reason you may find out in the future. Also I beleive you were looking for these."

         Luna handed us two shining silver jet packs both with our names engraved on the retractable wings. The one in the window was made of simple iron and had no covers so these were a huge step forward from that. The only other notable differences were they had twin ion engines instead of just one and a compartment for storing small items the size of a digital camera.

        "But princess, why trust this young filly and this... human... with such things?" The security guard had asked

        "You dare question your princesses ability to rule over her people and protect them?" Luna scolded the guard as he nodded "We'll then I suggest you keep your mouth shut and don't tell any pony about this or you may just be looking for a new job. As for you two..."

        Luna's horn light up and a big flash and they were back in there hotel room.

        "Why did she let us go?" Asked Blueberry in confusion "I mean I'm happy we're not in trouble but this just doesn't make sense."

        "I don't know, but we do have our jet packs, care for an evening flight?" Echo suggested. He saw blueberry shake her head "Suit yourself."

        Echo took the elevator to the roof of the hotel. The elevator was decorated expensively. The floor and walls were emerald by the looks of it, the buttons were diamond crystals and the door as well as the railings were gold. The princesses cutie marks were carved into the ceiling and floor with Celestias on the ceiling and Luna's on the floor.

        Echo then thought of how silly he probably looks, a human boy with a black ninja suit and a shining silver jetpack. He did look pretty silly. But it could be worse. He thought of what he might look like in the night sky. He then realized no pony would be out at night.

        He was on the roof, the jet pack was controlled by several sensors attached to his temples. He was able to control the jetpack as if it were his own wings and real through it in the same way. He twitched the right wing a little then the left to make sure he had control. Then he blasted a little out of the TIE engines. Everything was working perfectly. Echo thought of flying and hesitated but then fully opened his wings and started a low burn in the engines, not powerful enough to move him but enough for him to feel it. He then readied and bowed down into a skiing position, closed his eyes and ran for the edge of the building. Once off the building he thruster as hard as he could. When he opened his eyes he was flying! He had stoped thrusting and began to glide with the wind. He had always wanted to fly. He remembered some of the moves his mother did when she controlled the weather. He saw a few clouds and began to do something's with them. One he had jumped on and cuased it to rain. Another he shaped into a heart. When he was done he destroyed them.

         But when he looked down he saw Twilight heading for the hotel. Oh no! I would never make it back in time! He panicked looking to the ground and to the clouds. Remembering he could fly he thruster as fast as he could to the hotel room window. He was going so fast everything except the window was just a blur. He blasted through the already open window and landed in bed.

         "Quickly get to bed! Auntie Twilight is coming!" Echo rushed Blueberry.

         "What!?!? Did she see you?" Blueberry asked in worry "Because if she did..."

         "Thank Celestia she didn't," Echo got his jet pack off and slide it under the bed.

         Blueberry got into her bed. She always loved styling her mane differently, like today she tried to imitate princess Celestias, but by the end of the day she always says her favorite is he moms mane style, which was well know in Ponyville as "The Pinkie".

         She was humming her mothers smile song. Echo knew every word to it. Blueberry hummed it beautifully. About halfway through she closed her eyes while humming it. Due to what most call "Pinkie Pie Magic", at about this point of humming the song your hair would just change to Pinkies. When Blueberry finished the song Echo decided to repeat it by singing it, most people call that his trademark "The Echo".

                "My name is Pinkie Pie," Echo began

"And I am here to say,

I'm gonna make you smile and I will brighten up your day!"

"It doesn't matter now,

If you are sad or blue,

'Cuz cheering up my friends is just what Pinkie's here to do!"

"'Cuz I love to make you smile, smile, smile

Yes I do!"

"It fills my heart with sunshine all the while

Yes it does!"

"'Cuz all I really need's a smile, smile, smile

From these happy friends of mine!"

"I like to see you grin!"

"I love to see you beam!"

"The corners of your mouth turned up is always Pinkie's dream,

But if you're kind of worried,

And your face has made a frown,

I'll work real hard and do my best to turn that sad frown upside down!"

"'Cuz I love to make you grin, grin, grin

Yes I do!"

"Bust it out from ear to ear let it begin,

Just give me a joyful grin, grin, grin,

And you fill me with good cheer!"

"It's true some days are dark and lonely

And maybe you feel sad,

But Pinkie will be there to show you that it isn't that bad!"

"There's one thing that makes me happy and makes my whole life worthwhile

And that's when I talk to my friends and get them to smile!"

"I really am so happy,

Your smile fills me with glee,

I give a smile I get a smile

And that's so special to me!"

"'Cuz I love to see you beam, beam, beam,

"Yes I do!"

"Tell me what more can I say,

To make you see,

That I do!"

"It makes me happy when you beam, beam, beam

Yes it always makes my day!"

"Come on every pony smile, smile, smile,

Fill my heart up with sunshine, sunshine,

All I really need's a smile, smile, smile,

From these happy friends of mine!"

"Yes the perfect gift for me,

Is a smile as wide as a mile,

To make me happy as can be!"

"Come on and smile!"

"Come on and smile!" Echo finished, looking over to Blueberry, who was sitting up on her bed laughing at... Echo's hair? He forgot the effects of "Pinkie Pie Magic" and just realized his blonde hair was now identical to Blueberry's and his Aunt Pinkie.

        "You look hilarious!" commented Twilight as she walked in the hotel room "Did you guys see that speeding black pegasus? He had a silver mane and was heading straight for the hotel. But he was so fast he was a blur, im not even sure it was a he."

        "Wierd, no I didn't see him," said Echo, climbing into bed "Maybe you can tell us more in the morning."

Family Fun Day!

        It had been a long day and tiring day. Rainbow and Fluttershy were teaching Echo how to fly. Rainbow taught him Ariel tricks like corkscrews and barrel rolls, while Fluttershy taught him to glide and hover. He had learnt them quite easily, but then what do you expect, he's learning from the captain of the Wonderbolts and two of the elements of harmony.

        "Good job kiddo!" Rainbow hollered.

        "Thanks mommy!" Echo smiled back to Rainbow "What else can you teach me?"

        "That's enough for one week," Rainbow exclaimed "Now get ready for supper."

        "Echos getting very good at flying." Fluttershy commented "He might just follow your hoof steps and become a wonderbolt!"

        "Thanks Flutters," Rainbow smirked "Well I better go inside, see you tommorow."

        "Goodbye!" Fluttershy gently hovered down to the ground and trotted off to her cottage.

        Rainbow went inside the house. She had started some soup before they went out to fly. It was probably done now.

        "Tomato soup?" Echo came running down the stairs.

        "Yeah," Rainbow got two bowls out and set them on the table.

        "Thanks mommy," echo smilled and began to eat his soup.

        "I'm feeling tired," Rainbow got up "You should get to bed."

        Echo nodded. He just had to finish his soup before heading up. When he did finishe, he ran into the bathroom followed by Rainbow. They brushed their teeth and hair (in Rainbows case fur) and headed off to bed.

        His room had a few more posters added to it. Each one signed by his mom, Scootaloo and Soarin; the three Wonderbolts that were in charge. His mom gave them to him. Just as they were, they were worth almost 300 bits each. And every year they are worth ten bits more. Rainbow gave them to him saying if he's in any financial trouble he could just sell them to get back on his feet.

        Echo climbed into bed. Even though using his jetpack did not take any of his body energy to fly it still had tired him out. He fell asleep almost instantly.

        Sadly, just as soon as his slumber started, it had ended. Echo woke up to his mother tickling him with her feathers. She always did that on the weekends. This weekend he had Monday off and so did his mother. They planned all sorts of fun stuff to do.

        "Hay kiddo! How about I take you to the weather factory?" Rainbow asked.

        "Yeah! Lets go!" Echo jumped out of bed, unable to contain his excitement.

        "Cool. We'll grab a bite to eat in Cloudsdale," Rainbow exclaimed.

        Echo grabbed his jetpack and followed his mother outside. It was a beutiful day and there wasn't a cloud in the sky (except their house). Echo had always wanted to go to Cloudsdale but the last time his mother went was because Queen Chrysalis tried to take over the city.

        Echo and his mother stopped for some food at a Sugur Cube Corner Restruant (the cakes had turned it into a successful franchise). Him and his mother had pancakes. They were delicious, as they always were at the restruant managed by his aunt Pinkie.

        They resumed there tour of the city. It was amazing. Rainbow showed Echo where she went to school as a filly and the Ophangae she grew up in. She showed him where Fluttershy's parents lived and where Rainbow and Fluttershy would play as fillies.

        "How about we go see the weather factory?" Rainbow looked towards Echo

        "Okay!" Echo smiled the whole way there

        The weather factory was amazing. Echo had always wanted to visit. He could tell his mother was also having a blast. It was so amazing. Rainbow was the happiest she had ever been, not because she was back in her hometown but because her son was happy.

        They sat down to have ice cream afterwards. Echo had strawberry ice cream and his mother got Rainbow Twirl, an icecream named after a move she did at a wonderbolts show.

        "Mommy, Thank you so much for today, I had a blast!" Echo looked at his mother.

        "Im glad you liked it." Rainbow smiled, stealing a bit of Echo's icecream.

        "Hey!" Echo took a bite of his mothers. They ended up playfighting over each others icecream and laughing.

         Echo and Rainbow got back to their city wide tour. They had visited many very cool and interesting places. Echo even got to see some other wonderbolts. Rainbow took Echo to the lounge where the wonderbolts hungout after practise

         "Hay! Echo wazzup! I havent seen you since hearths warming eve!" shouted a voice from the end of the Wonderbotlz lounge.

         "Auntie Scootaloo!" Echo shouted running towards the purple maned pony. Scootaloo lived in cloudsdale Since it was the weekend and she wasn't performing she wasn't wearing her usual uniform, instead she had a blue sweater with a big yellow W on the front.

         Scootaloo was a very inspiring pony to many young ponies. Her wings had never developed properly and she was told she would never be able to fly. But after becoming an aerodynamic engineer at the flight college in Cloudsdale she built and designed prosthetics and is now a Wonderbolt.

        "Now for the last thing on the list," Rainbow Exclaimed "Cloud Napping Rainbow had never got to do such a thing since she joined the Wonderbolts.

         After finding a suitable cloud, Rainbow curled up in a ball. She was hugging Echo tight with her forelegs wile using her wings as a blanket. They stayed there until sunset.

         "How are we going to get home?" Echo asked.

         "Will fly there," Rainbow explained "Without getting up."

         Echo gave her a confused look. "I'll show ya." Rainbow kicked the cloud away from the surrounding ones. It gradually floated in the direction of ponyville. Within a matter of minutes they floated through the window of their house and landed on Rainbows bed. They laid there. Echos was severly tired out by his fun day with his mother. It was a blast. He just wished the day could last forever. But as tired as Echo was, that wasnt happening. He closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.