It's been a few days since Mommy's Day. Flare, AppleJack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash arrived at the racing stadium trying to find their seats.

"Behold! The Nashorse stadium! Home to the world famous Nashorse earth pony racing program! And today is the day they'll be racing here!" said Flare.

"Yee haw!" cried AppleJack. "Ah just love Nashorse!"

"Who doesn't less then three the Nashorse series?" asked Flare.

"All it is, is just earth ponies running around over and over and over again." said Rainbow Dash.

"It's more than that sister!" cried Flare. "Have you ever even watched the Nashorse series? Don't you ever race all the time?"

"That's not the point. These ponies just run around the same track 200 times. Nothing really special." said Rainbow Dash.

"Look, sugarcube, the more times that these ponies run around the tracks, the more action goes on." said AppleJack. "And let's not forget about all the crashing. Nopony gets hurt really, because they're wearing protection on. And if ya think that one pony is gonna win, maybe he'll crash and somepony else would win. Ya gotta be careful of who yer picking, sug."

"Um... Flare? It's not... gonna be loud is it?" asked Fluttershy.

"Oh it's gonna be super loud." said Flare.

Fluttershy got scared. "B-but I don't l-like loud stuff."

"Why did you come then? What were you gonna expect?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"F-Flare just said, it would... um... be fun... and have lots of... um... action." said Fluttershy.

"Of course it will!" said Flare. "Here. I came prepared." Flare takes out some ear muffs and gives them to Fluttershy. "These will lower the noise for you."

"Oh. T-thanks Flare!" said Fluttershy. She puts on the ear muffs.

"Alright! Let's go find our seats!" said Rainbow Dash.

"What?" asked Fluttershy.

"Ah hope Pony Stewert will win! He's mah colt!" said AppleJack.

"What?" asked Fluttershy.

"What about ya, Rainbow Dash?" asked AppleJack.

"I'm pretty much into that colt over there!" said Rainbow Dash. "He looks pretty awesome!"

"That's Denny Coltlen." said AppleJack.

"He's cool, right?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Yeah, he's alright." said Flare. "It's about winning the Horseshoe Cup! And this year, Jeff Gorspeed is gonna win it!"

"What was that?" asked Fluttershy.

"Nuh uh!" said AppleJack. "Pony Stewert is gonna win this season!"

"I'm sorry, guys, but... what did you say?" asked Fluttershy.

"Yeah, right!" said Rainbow Dash. "Denny Coltlen is totally gonna win that race in 10 seconds flat!"

"Guys?" asked Fluttershy, but nopony is responding since she's so quiet.

"You can't win a Nashorse race in 10 seconds flat. That's impossibru. Jeff Gorspeed will win!"

"Rainbow Dash?" said Fluttershy, trying to get her attention.

"Impossibru ain't even a word, sugarcube. But Pony will win this!" said AppleJack,, play-punching Flare in the shoulder.

"AppleJack?" said Fluttershy, still getting ignored.

"What kind of name is Pony anyway?" asked Rainbow Dash. "Denny Coltlin? That's an awesome name!"

"Flare?" said Fluttershy.

"Jeff Gorspeed will totally own Denny and Pony!" said Flare.

"GUYS?" cried Fluttershy.

"Whoa! What's wrong, Flutter?" asked AppleJack.

"I can't hear you." said Fluttershy.

"Then take off the ear muffs, silly!" said Rainbow Dash.

Fluttershy takes off the ear muffs, but then the announcer yells in the mic. "EVERYPONY TAKE YOUR SEATS, THE RACE IS ABOUT TO START!"

Fluttershy got startled by the announcer screamming on the mic. Then she put the muffs back on. "I'll just leave this on. Too loud." said Fluttershy with an embarrassing smile and a squee.

"We better take our seats." said AppleJack. So the four of them find their seats and sit on them.

"Howdy partners!" said Red Engineer. "Come to see some horses run around the track?"

"Their ponies, brah. Remember?" asked Flare.

"Nooooo... really!" said Engineer.

"Who you rooting for, Engie?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Ah'm thinking of Jimmy Fastson." said Engineer.

"Jimmy Coltson? Sieriously? Like seriously actually?" asked Flare.

"What's wrong with him?" asked Engineer.

"Um, hello?" said AppleJack. "He causes crashes all the time!"

"I thought you liked the crashes?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"They look cool, that's all." said AppleJack. "But causing the crashes on purpose is cheating!"

"I kinda like the sound of Jimmy Fastson! Maybe I should root for him." said Rainbow Dash.

"Trust me, Dash. You're better off rooting for Denny." said Flare.

"So when does the race start?" asked Fluttershy.

"Five minutes ah think." said Engineer. "Can ya pass me those peanuts, Flutters?"

"S-sure." said Fluttershy, handing the peanuts to Engineer.

"Ah thought you couldn't hear us." said AppleJack.

"What?" said Fluttershy.

"Oh, now she's trolling. LOL Flutters you're a troll!" said Flare.

"Oh... I'm not a troll... unless you think I'm one." said Fluttershy sadly.

"No, of course not! It's not a bad thing... all the time." said Flare. "You're a good troll."

Fluttershy smiled and squeed at Flare.

"Alright! It's a beautiful day here at Ponyville International Speedway, isn't it Darrell Horsetrip?" asked one announcer.

"It sure is Chris Mares!" said Darrell. "And my goodness it's a beautiful day for racing isn't it?"

"You're right, Darrell!" said Chris. "And it looks like our racers are getting in position!"

Back with Flare and the others, Spike joins up with the group. "Hey guys!" said Spike. "Sorry I'm late. I had to do everything around the house while Twilight was out of town. Did I miss anything?"

"We're just getting started, brah!" said Flare. "Up high!" Spike high-hoofs Flare. "Down low!" Spike low-hoofs Flare. "Behind!" They turn to their backs and hoof eachother from behind. "In the middle!" They hoof eachother in between high and low. "Right!" They both turn right and hoof eachother. "Left!" They both turn left and hoof eachother. "Now one over by the snack bar!" They both run over to the snack bar and hoof eachother. "Now one by Shy Blaze!" They both run over to Shy Blaze; a black pony with flaming mane and tail, and a fire cutie mark; and then Flare and Spike hoof eachother.

"Go Joey Colgono!" cried Shy Blaze.

"Jeff Gorspeed is gonna win, brah!" said Flare.

"I bet you 10 bits, that Joey will win!" said Shy Blaze.

"You're on, bro!" said Flare, and they both hoofed eachother. Then Flare turned to Spike again. "Now one back at our seats!" They both run back to their seats and give eachother a hoof.

"Gentlecolts! Start your engines!" cried the referee. Most of the racers were snorting, digging the ground, and their faces show that they're ready. Then a racehorse named Greg Hoofer broke wind, and then left out an embarressing giggle.

"Excuse me!" said Greg. Then his face went back to his 'ready to rock' face.

"Woooooooooo hoo! Mr. Worldwide!" cried Flare.

"Darn tootin!" cried AppleJack. "Time to get this party started!"

"You're starting to sound like, Pinkie Pie." Rainbow Dash said to AppleJack.

"Woo hoo!" cried Fluttershy in a quiet voice. "I'm rooting for that colt. Clint Hayer!"

"GO JEFF!" cried Flare.

"GO PONY!" cried AppleJack.

"GO DENNY!" cried Rainbow Dash.

"Go Clint!" cried Fluttershy in a quiet voice. "I mean, if that's okay."

"GO JIMMY!" cried Engineer.

"Boo Jimmy!" said Flare.

"Boo your face!" said Engineer.

"Boo, did I scare you? LOL!" teased Flare. Engineer then throws peanuts on Flare's face. "Wow, you're nuts! ROFL!"

Princess Celestia appears in the middle of the track, singing the Equestria anthem. While she was singing it, the Wonderbolts fly by.

"WOO HOO! GO WONDERBOLTS!" cried Rainbow Dash.

"Oh the race is starting!" said Fluttershy.

The race ponies start jogging around the track, and after one roundabout, the pony on the stand waves a green flag, starting the race. A few laps went by, everypony was cheering, and there were a few crashes here and there, and some pit stops. AppleJack was rooting for Tony, Rainbow Dash was rooting for Denny, Flare was rooting for Jeff, and so on. Alot more laps went by. Everypony was still cheering, and the race was going along smoothly. It was the half time, and Jeff Gorspeed was in the lead, along with Jimmy Coltson.

Jimmy chuckled a little. "The Horseshoe cup is mine!" he said. Then he takes out banana peels out of his sack on his back and throws them on the track. Flare notices the peels, but nopony else did.

"JEFF! RACERS! BANANA PEELS!" Flare cried. The racers heard him, and Jeff was able to dodge those peels, and so was some other racers, but some weren't so lucky. Then the pony on the stand waved a yellow flag for caution. The caution pony came out of the pits and slowed the racers down while a cleanup crew cleaned up the peels. Once the peels have been cleaned up, it was time for a restart. After a few cheats by a couple of the race ponies, Flare spotted them and warned them. It was time for the last lap. Jeff and Jimmy were still fighting for the lead. Jimmy still had one more trick up his sleeve. He took a jar of fleas from his sack. He opens the jar and was about to throw the fleas on Jeff's back. Flare spotted what Jimmy was doing.

"Jimmy you plot!" cried Flare. Then his horn activated and he shot a mini-laser, like from a blaster at the jar of fleas and the fleas fell out of his hoof. Jeff saw Flare do that and he salutes him. Flare smiled, fan-screamed like a girl and fainted.

"Wow dude, you have good eyes!" said Spike.

"Yeah, if it weren't fer you, Jeff would've been a goner." said AppleJack.

"I'm thinking you made Jimmy pretty mad. But you sure made some of the other racers very happy." said Fluttershy.

"And we have our winner!" cried the Announcer. "Denny Coltman!" Denny cheers in victory and runs around in a circle, doing the donuts.

"WOO! DENNY!" cried Rainbow Dash.

"What? But I thought... Jeff... was in the lead." said Flare.

"While he saluted you, he kinda slowed down." said Engineer.

Shy Blaze walks by. "Bet continues next week." he said to Flare.

Flare, Spike, AppleJack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy walk out of the stadium.

"Hey, you?" Jeff Gorspeed said in the distance walking towards them. He looks at Flare.

"Jeff Gorspeed! I'm a big fan! You did great today, brah!" said Flare.

"Thanks. I owe you one, man!" said Jeff. "Without your great vision, this race would've been a disaster! I don't know who was the one that cheated, but you saved the race!"

"Of course I did! Because I'm awesome! Praise the Wizards!" cried Flare.

"What's your name?" asked Jeff.

"Flare Gun's the name, and pizza's my game!" said Flare.

"Okay, Flare Gun's the name and pizza's my game, I came to you because I need your help." said Flare.

"Wow, Flare! Yer pretty lucky to have a great racer such as Jeff to ask for a pony like yourself, help!" said AppleJack.

"You see... I don't have a crew chief. I had a fight with him, and I fired him." said Jeff. "So I need somepony else to be my crew chief."

"You should ask Spike here to be your crew chief, he's always like being on the mic. He's my friend Twilight's number one helper!" said Flare.

"Really?" said Spike sarcasticly.

"Flare Gun, how would you like to be my crew chief?" asked Jeff.

Flare's eye pupils crew big, and Flare smiled real big, then he said fast; "HOLY-WIZARD-OF-HOPE! HOLY-WIZARD-OF-HOPE! HOLY-WIZARD-OF-HOPE! HOLY-WIZARD-OF-HOPE! HOLY-WIZARD-OF-HOPE!"

"Wow. What you said there kinda sounds familiar." said Rainbow Dash.

"Sooooo... will you do it?" asked Jeff.

"HAY YES! HAPPY FACE! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!" cried Flare.

"Wow, Flare! You're gonna be Jeff's crew chief! Woo hoo!" cried Fluttershy in her soft voice.

"So, pack your things, buddy. We're moving out tomorrow!" said Jeff.

"Pack my things?" asked Flare.

"We're going out in the open road! We're traveling all around Equestria for racing! And with your help, we'll win the horseshoe cup for sure!" said Jeff.

"How about my friends?" asked Flare.

"They'll be fine. They can travel with us!" said Jeff. "So sign this contract, and you're hired! You get paid big!"

"AppleJack, if I get the money, we can help fix Granny Smith's hip finally!" said Flare.

"Darn tootin, Flare! Ah say do it!" said AppleJack.

Flare signs the contract. "Meet me here tomorrow morning, and we'll be on our way. See you tomorrow!" said Jeff. Jeff pats Flare on the back and walks away.

"Guys! I'm gonna be Jeff Gorspeed's crew chief!" cried Flare with a big smile.

"Nooooo, really. We were all here. You think we didn't know that?" teased Spike.

"With the money, I can also expand the Pizza Shop!" cried Flare. "I can also afford to upgrade my trailer! Oh, oh! And maybe I'll even get a vault full of gems for Spike!"

"Oh yeah, now you're talkin!" said Spike.

The next day came; Flare, Fluttershy, Spike, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and AppleJack were all there to get started on their travel. Flare took his trailer with him and connected it to the back of Jeff's trailer.

"Oh this is exciting! Where's Pinkie Pie or Rarity?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Rarity's sick, and Pinkie Pie had to stay and work. But she said she'll catch up to us." said AppleJack.

"Alright, Flare!" said Jeff outside his trailer. "You're ready to go?"

"We all are, Jeff!" said Flare. "Lyra and Bonnie will be okay in running the shop. I'll be calling them from time to time."

"Huh?" Jeff was confused, then he shook his head no. "I'm sorry, Flare. But you must have thought they were gonna be with us. It's just you, man."

"Huh? But you said yesturday they can travel with us." said Flare.

"By themselves. Not with 'with us' in the same trailer." said Jeff. Then he laughed. "Oh you're so silly, Flare. C'mon, let's go!"

"But ah can't afford to travel. Ah don't have a wagon." said AppleJack.

"Yeah, and somepony needs to be in town to organize the weather." said Rainbow Dash.

"And I... um... need to be with my animal friends." said Fluttershy with a squee.

"And Twilight would kill me if I left." said Spike.

"So... that means... you're not coming?" asked Flare sadly.

"Ah guess not, sugarcube." said AppleJack.

"But... but... what about..." said Flare, but then got interupted by Jeff.

"C'mon, c'mon, I don't have all day. You signed a contract." said Jeff.

"Look, you should go and make something of yourself! He needs you man!" said Rainbow Dash patting his back.

"Do it, Flare. I mean, if that's okay." said Fluttershy.

"But... I won't be seeing you guys for a long time." said Flare.

"You can call us." said Spike holding his fingers out like a phone near his right ear.

"Oh. Well, I guess this is good-bye, for now." said Flare. "I put Lyra and Bon Bon in charge of the shop while I'm gone. Be sure to check on them."

Everypony hugged Flare and said a sad goodbye. Then Flare walked inside Jeff's trailer and the trailer started riding away, with everypony watching it go with sad looks on their faces. Flare went to the back window and saw them. Then he looked down sadly.

"Sad face." said Flare.

Weeks went by, and Flare was being a very good crew chief to Jeff. He told Jeff everything of what was going on in the track, and letting Jeff know when's the best time to go to the pits to get refueled and massage his hooves before heading out to the track again. It shows some cheating racers, some that crash, some dance, do the donuts, and Flare helped Jeff win two games, and the rest he was at least in a high position. While this was all going on, in the background, Flare was singing heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa while wearing a blond wig. A few times, Flare danced around with Jeff in his trailer, while the fish were watching. Rainbow did facefin, Dorthey shook her head, Pearl looked confused, Yoyo and Darrel were dancing along, and Piddles was chasing his reflection. As time went on, Flare's trailer parties were getting bigger, with more and more ponies dancing around, drinking cider, and somepony drops a red solo cup in the fish tank. From time to time, the ponies back at home get letters from Flare. They are either happy, or sad, or both while they read the letters, sometimes they hug eachother and weep, especially Fluttershy.

After four weeks went by, it was just two days until the last race of the season. If Jeff wins this race, he wins the whole thing. Flare was stretching around in front of his fish tank, while he talked to his fish.

"Yeah! Woo! Just one more race guys! Then Jeff will win the whole thing!" said Flare. "I am sure getting paid a lot too! I am really getting rich guys! Not that I wasn't already rich, well not rich, more average. I am so proud of Jeff! Yet, I feel like something missing. I feel that there's an empty space somewhere inside of me. I-D-K what it is though. I mean for Wizard of Hope's sake, I have everything I need! The money, the fame, the mares! I should be happy face. I don't get it. What am I missing? I mean, like seriously actually?"

Yoyo showed Flare a picture of fish food, then Dorthey slapped Yoyo in the back, then Dorthey showed a picture of a heart.

"Yeah you're right, Dorthey!" said Flare. "I miss somepony I less then three, or someponies. Some I'd call… uhhh…. What's the word?"

Darrel fogged up the glass in the fish tank and wrote the word 'friend' on it, but facing Darrel's direction.

"Huh? What are you trying to write down, Darrel? I can't read backwards. Or can I?" Flare said, then he read the fogged glass again. "Friend…. Friend…. Friend? FRIEND! I'm missing a friend, or friends!"

Then Yoyo showed Flare a picture of a taco.

"Taco? What are you talking about Yoyo? Oh I rhymed!" said Flare.

Then Pearl gave herself a facefin and pointed to the book on the table. Flare looked at the pictures.

"The picture book, Pearl?" asked Flare. "These are just pics of my old…. Friends. Fluttershy, the kindest and sweetest pony around. Rarity, the most generous one. AppleJack, the honest one. Twilight, the one who gives great advise. Pinkie…. Pie…. The one who always makes me LOL when I'm sad…. Face. Spike, my one true bro. Derpy…. Lyra…. Bonnie…. Whooves… crying face." Flare starts to tear up while looking at the photos of the great times he had with his friends. Some of the pictures have them all playing, some are at the pizza shop, some have Flare playing pranks on them, and some are very touching pictures of hugging, and even getting kissed on the cheeks.

"What have I done?" asked Flare. "Has all this fame and racing gone into my head? What was the main reason I moved to Ponyville? I-D-K to be famous? No, it's to make friends. You moved out of Mareami to make better friends and have a happy life! I know, but they're small time. HEY! Don't you talk that way to your friends!" Flare was just talking to himself in the mirror. "I left them all behind, you think they'll forgive me? They would less then three to see you, brah! You think I'm a terrible pony for leaving the behind? No, but I think you're a crazy pony, because you've been talking to yourself through the mirror, since Wizard of Strength knows how long. So what should I do? You should go talk to Jeff, see if you can get out of his contract and return to Ponyville, where you belong! Thanks for the help Flare! No problem, Flare!"

Flare runs to Jeff Gorspeed's trailer and knocks on his door. Jeff opens the door wearing a green facemask.

"LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!" teased Flare. "Only mares wear masks like that. And what happened to your cucumber eyes huh? LOLOLOLOLOL!"

"Yeah, ha ha, very funny." Said Jeff. "So what do you want, Flare?"

"Listen Jeff…. This isn't going to be easy, but…. I want to quit the team." Said Flare.

"What? Why? You're my number one crew chief! Without you, who's going to help me win the horseshoe cup?" asked Jeff.

"Don't you have a couple of Horseshoe cups already?" asked Flare.

"That's not the point, son." Said Jeff, putting his hoof on Flare's shoulder. "But why would you want to quit on a carrier like this?"

"It bores me. J-K LOL!" said Flare. "But seriously, I miss my friends back at home, and… I think this is too much for me. Being famous can be a lot for just an average everyday unicorn like me."

"Well…." Said Jeff. "I see. Alright, Flare. It's okay. You can go. But if you stay and help me win this one race, I'll give you a large paycheck to take home. Then I'll have all until next racing season to look for a new crew chief. How's that?" Jeff takes his hoof out.

"DEAL!" Flare yelled shaking his hoof. "FOR GREAT EQUESTRIA!"

Then while Flare was shaking Jeff's hoof, Jeff had a stun button on his hoof. He shocked Flare and he got knocked out.

"You're not going anyway! I'll show your friends how much you don't need them, and then I'll have my revenage for you annoying me back at the royal wedding, and using your laser to stun me! Nopony messes with Chrysalis, the changeling queen!" the fake Jeff said, turning into Chrysalis. Then she takes Flare's body and walks away with it.

Meanwhile, back at Ponyville, in Sugarcube Corner, Everypony was hanging out, but was still upset about Flare gone.

"I'm sorry, but…. I really want Flare to come back." Said Fluttershy.

"Ah know, sugarcube. But this was his choice. The racing season is almost over, he'll be back." Said AppleJack.

"We haven't had any letters from him in a while. I hope he hasn't forgotten about us." Said Spike.

"NOOOOOO! HE WON'T FORGET US! YOU UNDERSTAND?" Fluttershy yelled at Spike's face. Then Fluttershy realized what she did. "I'm sorry, Spike!" Fluttershy hugged Spike weeping on him.

"Don't worry, he'll be back!" said Pinkie with a smile. "Before you know it, he'll come back. Depending how rich he is, maybe he'll retire! HAPPY FACE! Yeah, Flare says all those facial expressions so I wanted to do them too!"

"You know what guys? Maybe we should surprise Flare at the race." Said Rainbow Dash. "What if we went to the race to see him?"

"YES!" cried Fluttershy.

"YAY!" cried Pinkie Pie, hoping around and singing. "We're gonna see Flare! We're gonna see Flare!"

"Good idea, Dash!" said AppleJack. "Time to see Flare win that horseshoe cup for Jeff Gorspeed!"

"Yeah, you wish! Denny Coltman is going to win!" said Rainbow Dash.

"Nah, Pony Stewert is going to win!" said AppleJack.

"Denny!" said Rainbow Dash.

"Pony!" said AppleJack.

"Joey Colgano!" cried Shy Blaze. "Oh and I would like to buy some chocolate chip cookies, please?"

Back to where Flare was, Flare woke up, and was tied up in Jeff's trailer.

"Good morning, fishies!" said Flare. "Fishies? Wait, where am I?"

"You're in my trailer." Said Jeff.

"Jeff? What happened?" asked Flare.

"Most importantly, who are you?" asked Jeff.

"I-D-K. Who am I?" asked Flare. "Oh right I remember! I'm your crew chief, Flare!"

"Crew chief?" said Jeff looking confused. "But my crew chief is Todd Golddigger."

"LOL! Gold-digger!" teased Flare. "Gold-digger as in picking your nose!" Flare started to laugh.

Jeff started to laugh too. "Good one, son!" said Jeff. "But we still need to get outta here. Somepony is out there pretending to me, and I don't like the looks of it."

"Wait, so the one who gave me this crew chief position, it's not you, it's…." said Flare, then got interrupted.

"Yes, it is I!" said another Jeff coming out of the shadows.

"Oh hi, Jeff!" said Flare. "Wait, if you're Jeff, then who is this?" Flare looked at the Jeff tied up.

"I'm the real Jeff Gorspeed. That one's a fake!" said Flare.

The fake Jeff turned into Chrysalis, the changeling queen.

"SPY!" cried Flare. "Oh wait, that's what Engie's suppose to say, but he's not here right now."

"Hello Flare Gun, remember me?" asked Chrysalis.

"Hmm…. Dark, creepy, full of holes, can change into anything including Cadance, smells like a gym bag. Nope never seen you before in my life." Said Flare.

"Think back at the royal wedding." Said Chrysalis.

"What royal wedding?" asked Flare.

"The one with Shining Armor and Princess Cadance!" said Chrysalis.

"Oh that wedding! I think I remember you, you're one of the flowerfillies right?" asked Flare.

"No. I'm Chrysalis, the changeling queen! Ring any bells?" asked Chrysalis.

"RING RING RING RING RING RING RING, Banana phone!" teased Flare, then he laughed.

"BE SILENT!" cried Chrysalis, slapping Flare in the face.

"Oh, okay, sorry." Said Flare.

"Now, as I was saying….." said Chrysalis, but then was interrupted by Flare.

"LOLOLOLOLOLOL! You said the word 'now'! LOLOLOLOL!" teased Flare.

"That doesn't even make any sense! SILENCE!" cried Chrysalis, then she throws some green goo on Flare's mouth, silencing him.

"As I was saying." Continued Chrysalis. "You annoyed me at the royal wedding, and now. And you used your laser power to stun me. Nopony messes with the Changeling queen! Let's not forget all of my subjects you beat up. So before I go back to taking over Equestria, I want to ruin your and Twilight Sparkle's lives! You first though."

"Why you putting it all on Flare? As I know of, I think he was just teasing, no harm done." Said Jeff.

"Like I said, you know how much of my subjects he harmed? And he stun me with his so-called 'SHOOP DA WHOOP'." Said Chrysalis. "Now if you excuse me…" Chrysalis turns into the form of Jeff. "I have to ruin Jeff's career!"

"What did I do?" asked Jeff.

"You one time spun out P.J. Immadigger." Said Chrysalis. "He's my favorite racer!"

"It was an accident!" said Jeff.

"Reguardless, I'm gonna ruin your career! By cheating to win!" said Chrysalis, as she did an evil laugh and walked out.

"That plan is so stupid!" said Jeff. "What does she think she is?"

Flare uses his horn powers to remove the goo from his mouth.

"I-D-K. She's a changeling queen, she's crazy." Said Flare. "She thinks she's a Disney villain, more or less like the Sea Witch from Little Mermaid. She tried to steal a princess's husband by brainwashing him. Chrysalis must be a fan of the Little Mermaid movie to think of a plan like that. Before you know it, this is going to be a Snow White story. Killing a Princess by giving a poison apple, and only a kiss from the prince can put her back to life."

"Wait, you're a unicorn?" asked Jeff.

"Nooooo, I'm a Pegasus. What do you think I am? Herpa-derp!" said Flare.

"You just removed the green goo that was forbidding you to speak. If you can do that, maybe you can untie yourself and try to stop her!" said Jeff.

"Oh I knew that." Said Flare.

"Then why did you just sit there if you knew?" asked Jeff.

"One, I enjoyed the bonding we've been having, you're my favorite racer. Two, Chrysalis was still here. She should think we're still tied up." Said Flare.

"So how about getting us outta here so we can stop her?" asked Jeff.

"Oh I wish I could, but I'm a little tied up right now. LOLOLOLOLOL! I am so funny!" said Flare.

"Yes you are." Said Jeff.

Meanwhile; AppleJack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Spike, and Red Engineer we're getting into their seats so they can watch the race.

"Got your ear muffs ready, Fluttershy?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"What was that Rainbow Dash?" asked Fluttershy.

"Yeah, she's ready." Said Rainbow Dash. "You guys see Flare?"

"Nope." Said AppleJack. "I see Jeff though. But Flare is not at his post."

"Maybe had to go pee-pee." Said Pinkie Pie.

"Hey, pee-pee! Just like your name Pinkie Pie!" said Engineer.

"You're right!" said Pinkie Pie.

"I hope he comes soon. The race is about to start." Said AppleJack.

"Good afternoon, mares and gentlecolts!" said Chris. "This is Chris Mares, along with Darrel Horsetrip, here for the big finale to this Nashorse racing season!"

"That's right, Chris!" said Darrel. "And it looks like all the racers are getting warmed up for the big race! The winner of this race will win the Horseshoe Cup!"

"This season has been great!" said Chris. "We have Jeff Gorspeed, Pony Stewert, P.J. Immadinger, Joey Colgano, Jimmy Faston, Clint Hayer, Greg Hoofer, Denny Coltlin, and all your favorite Nashorse series racers coming together for one last race of the season! Who will win the Horseshoe Cup?"

Flare and Jeff get untied and run towards the trailer door, but it's locked.

"It's locked from the outside. We need to find a way to unlock this door." Said Jeff.

"Don't worry! My SHOOP DA WHOOP call go through anything!" said Flare. "DOCTOR OCTAGONAPUS! BLAAAAH!" Flare fires his laser on the trailer door, but all it did was reflect and hit Flare, and stunned him.

"Well, almost anything." Said Jeff.

"And so, now that Princess Celestia has sang the Equestrian pledge, it's time to start the race!" said Darrel.

"The race is starting! Come on, Flare! Wake up!" said Jeff, shaking him. Then Flare took out some pizza in the fridge and put it in Flare's mouth, then he was better.

"PIZZA PIZZA PIZZA! I eatsa some pizza!" said Flare. "Thanks, brah! But how did you know I liked pizza?"

"You have a name tag on your vest that says you work at Flare's Pizza Parlor. I actually heard of that place. I need to try it out one day!" said Jeff.

"C'mon dude! We gotta stop Chrysalis!" said Flare. "FOR GREAT EQUESTRIA! RAAAAH!" Then Flare started charging at the door, head and punched the door open.

"WHOA! How did you do that?" asked Jeff.

"I have no idea." Said Flare.

They both started to run at Jeff's pit stop, but they saw the race has already started.

"Oh no, the race has already started!" said Jeff.

"So? How about going out there and take his place?" asked Flare.

"I can't. When everypony sees that there are two of us out there, everypony will go mad. You need to stop the race yourself!" said Jeff.

"Yep, always leaving Flare to save the day! Prasie the Wizards!" said Flare.

Flare sneaks over to the pit stop and finds another Flare climbing to the crew chief spot. Flare spots the fake Flare and ambushes him. He knocks the changeling out, ties it up, and rolls it over to where Jeff is, and Jeff takes the Changeling to his trailer.

"Hey Jeff, while I'm trying to save your career, you should see if there are anymore Changelings around. You'll know them when you see them." Said Flare.

"Okay. Good luck, Flare! Please do your best!" said Jeff.

Flare puts on the headset and talks to the fake Jeff on the race track.

"Alright your highness, let's get this over with." Said Flare.

"Alright, you know what to do right?" asked Chrysalis.

"Try to gain the lead first, and if anypony tries to get in your way, cheat. But make them highly unnoticeable." Said Flare.

"Why?" asked Chrysalis.

"Just do it. I'll explain later. To make this more interesting, we should spill the beans at the end of the race." Said Flare.

"Ah, I like your style my loyal subject!" said Chrysalis.

Flare was telling Chrysalis what to do, and Jeff was rounding up all the changelings he can find. Then Flare's friends noticed him from the distance.

"Hey look, it's Flare!" said AppleJack.

"Flare? Where?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Oh you rhymed, Dashie!" said Pinkie Pie.

"Ah see him! He's at his post!" said Engineer. "GO FLARE!"

"Yay, Flare! Woo hoo!" cried Fluttershy in a quiet voice. "YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAH, FLARE!" Fluttershy cried in a loud voice.

Flare noticed Fluttershy's yell, and he saw them at the stands. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were holding a sign that said, 'WE HEART YOU FLARE!' Spike was holding a sign that said, 'BROS 4 LIFE'! And Engineer was holding a sign that said, 'SPIES SAPPIN MAH HEART! 'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T AROUND!'

"Happy crying face." Said Flare as he started to tear up.

"What was that?" asked Chrysalis.

"N-nothing. Keep on going your highness!" said Flare. "Lion face."

"You're not my loyal subject! YOU TRICKED ME!" cried Chrysalis.

"Silly changeling, tricks are for kids!" said Flare.

"I don't need you! I can ruin Jeff's career myself!" cried Chrysalis as she turned off the intercom.

"For Wizard of Strength's sake. Jeff? She found out!" cried Flare.

"This isn't good. We gotta do something!" said Jeff.

"She's going to ruin your career." Said Flare.

"No she won't!" said Jeff. "I have a plan!"

"What's Jeff Gorspeed doing?" asked Chris Mares.

"By the looks of things Chris, he's…. cheating! And it's highly noticeable!" said Darrel Horsetrip.

Chrysalis goes up to Clint Hayer and trips him and Clint falls. Then a couple of other racers crash into Clint and they fall along with him.

"Oh sweet Celestia, Darrel!" cried Chris. "Jeff Gorspeed just tripped over Clint Hayer and a couple of other racers we don't care who names are just crashed into him!"

"The caution flag has been waved. Looks like we're going into a restart." Said Darrel.

"What? Is Flare working for a cheater?" asked Engineer.

"Has Jeff Gorspeed has disgraced the Nashorse racing series?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"No, Jeff Gorspeed is not a cheater! There has to be a reason for this." Said AppleJack.

"C'mon Flare!" said Spike.

Chrysalis trips over Greg Hoofer and he spins out and crashes into Denny Coltlin.

"Would you look at this, Chris? Jeff Gorspeed just spun out Greg Hoofer and he crashed into Denny Coltin! What is going on in his head?" asked Darrel.

"No idea, Darrel. By the looks of things, if this continues, we'll have to boot Jeff out of the race." Said Chris.

Flare goes up to the announcer stands and kicks open the door.

"Freeze! This is a bank robbery!" cried Flare.

"But sir, this isn't a bank, it's a racing track." Said Chris.

"LOL I know. "said Flare. "Listen, that Jeff Gorspeed out there isn't Jeff Gorspeed! I need to send out a message!"

"But, we're in the middle of a race." Said Darrel.

"I-D-C!" cried Flare. "Give me that mic!" Flare takes Darrel Horsetrip's mic and calls out on it. "STOP THE RACE! STOP IT NOW! Please?"

The pony on checkpoint stand waves a red flag and the racers stop.

"Oh that meddling unicorn!" said Chrysalis.

"Listen brahs. That's not Jeff Gorspeed!" Flare said in the microphone in the stands. "That's Chrysalis, the Changeling queen! She's been impostering Jeff since Wizard of Feelings knows how long! She's trying to take Jeff's career by cheating, and we all know Jeff Gorspeed doesn't cheat! Only Jimmy Fastson does, no offense, dude."

Jimmy Faston makes a face and crosses his arms. Flare's friends on the bleachers were looking up in the stand to witness Flare's speech.

"We all heard of the Changelings right?" Flare said. "They can change into any shape and form. This happened before at the Royal Wedding. For all who witnessed it, she's returning for revenage! We must stop her! Oh and eat at Flare's Pizza Parlor in Ponyville! Best pizza ever! Kay thanks bye!" Flare gives Darrel back the microphone. "You know I have a black molly named Darrel."

"Oh that's nice…. Thanks." Said Darrel.

The race track security surrounded Chrysalis, then she reveals herself. "Alright you got me." She said. "But I would've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for that pesky unicorn and his dumb SHOOP DA WHOOP! You haven't seen the last of me, Flare Gun! I'll get you and your kingdom too!" Chrysalis flies away shortly after.

"Why does every villain have to say, 'You haven't seen the last of me?' That's getting old." Said Flare.

Then Jeff Gorspeed runs out to the track. "Everypony, I am the real Jeff Gorspeed! As you can see, that was an imposter, and I apologize for all the confusion. If it wasn't Flare over there…"

"Oh he rhymed!" said Spike.

"…. Then this would all be a disaster!" said Jeff. "Thank you, son!" Everypony then cheered for Jeff and Flare.

"My, oh my, Chris!" said Darrel. "That was some interesting race, huh?"

"That's right, Darrel!" said Chris. "And because of this, we discussed it over, and we'll be redoing the race! And this time, Jeff Gorspeed will be able to be up front at the start! The race will be at a full restart, tonight!" Everypony in the audience cheered.

A little while later, Flare steps out of his trailer and notices his friends. They all ran to Flare and hugged him.

"Oh hi! Lion face." Said Flare.

"We missed you so so so so so so so so much!" said Pinkie.

"I missed you too, Pinkie! It's a surprise to see you guys here!" said Flare.

"You were amazing out there, Flare!" said Spike.

"Oh dude, you rhymed!" said Flare.

"Wasn't that the same rhymed Jeff did?" asked Spike.

"It'll be great to have you back at Ponyville until the next season!" said Fluttershy.

"Oh, about that…." Said Flare.

"Flare mah man!" Jeff said walking to them. "I gotta hoof it to you, buddy! I heard you were a pretty good crew chief!"

"He sure was! We saw him on TV! With his help, ya won two races, and had a high place in all the other ones!" said AppleJack.

"I see." Said Jeff. "Anyways, since you did such a great job, how about you stick to being my crew chief? I could use a colt like you!"

"Thanks for your offer, Jeff!" said Flare. "But before, I thought being your crew chief would be a lot fun, and have a lot of money. And yes, it was true! But there was something missing, brah. You know what it was?"

"Parties?" asked Pinkie Pie.

"Video games?" asked Spike.

"Stuffing your face with pizza?" asked Engineer.

"My bros and sisters back at Ponyville, or friends if you will." Said Flare.

Then they hugged Flare again. "Awwwww!" they said.

"I understand, son." Said Jeff. "I guess you're right. Maybe I can find Golddigger and see what he's up to."

"LOL Gold-digger! Like in picking your nose!" said Flare.

Then Flare's friends started to laugh.

"You said that already, remember?" asked Jeff.

"LOL remember Flare?" Flare's friends all said to him at the same time.

"I taught them that!" said Flare.

"Heh, yeah." Said Jeff. "Still if there's anything you want just let me know!"

"I sure will, thank you, Jeff!" said Flare. "Actually, there is one thing."

"WOOOOOOOOO!" cried Flare riding Jeff's back as he was running around the track. "It's like a dream come true! DIDNEY WORL!"

Then after they were finished, Jeff stopped at the pits, and Flare got off.

"Okay, my turn!" said Spike.

"Alright, after the race. There's still a race coming in one hour!" said Jeff. "But somehow I get the feeling, I'm missing something.

The captured Changelings were trapped in Flare's trailer.

"What are those things?" asked Rainbow.

"They're dark! They must be mollies like me!" said Darrel, lifting Rainbow up.

"Will you quit doing that?" asked Rainbow.

"I wonder where Flare is with our tacos?" asked Yoyo.

"I don't think he's getting tacos." Said Dorthey.

"If we are getting tacos, make sure they fish doesn't steal mine!" Piddles said looking at his reflection. "And quit copying my every move!"

The race went to a restart and Jeff was racing along in the race track, and Jimmy Fastson didn't cheat once, and there was no crashes, and there were two more laps. Flare decided to write a letter to Princess Luna.

"Dear Princess Luna, You'll never believe what happened to me these last four weeks, sister! I became Jeff Gorspeed's crew chief! Well, kinda. This is also the last race I'm crew chiefing for Jeff. The Nashorse series is leet, you should watch it! If I learned anything these past few weeks, I learned that you shouldn't leave your friends behind to become rich and famous. Sometimes you just need to stick by their side, under any circumstances. And Jimmy Fastson hasn't cheated once in this race! Maybe he's changed. And I gotta say, there's nothing like a good race like Nashorse! It's not about winning, it's about fun! Well, actually, it's kinda about winning."

And who won the race? This story won't say. All the racers were almost at the finish line, but the story gets cut off before anypony reaches it. So we'll never know who won.