Sup guys and girls! So far, I hope you all are enjoying the second episode! So as you all have seen from the last chapter, I plan on doing something different. You see, I think I'm getting to greedy with making stories that just follow Blitz's story. So, I've come up with an idea! How about I have a few episodes follow one of the other ponies? With Blitz still around of course. Well, let's see what all of you think of the idea, as this chapter, if you haven't guessed yet, will mainly follow Rainbow Dash. So let's begin!

Disclaimer: I don't own MLP at all. Only the ideas, and Blitz

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Rainbow Dash's POV

As I looked around, I sighed. I couldn't just run off and leave my friends here. That was wrong no matter how you looked at it. I looked around and saw a old lone very light blue pegasus rocking back and forth on a wheelchair. Well, he's pretty much the only one left. I walked over, seeing how there were signs everywhere saying: No flying, loud noises, and no strong magic besides levitation!

That was annoying in itself, but it made sense. When I finally did get there, I cleared my throat and he looked at me. "Hi. I'm Rainbow Dash." I said. I tried to sound friendly.

"I'm Jettison Jay" He said. Somehow, that name sounded familiar, but I shook it off. "And you don't have to sound happy to be here. Heck, I'm not even that happy to be here." He said, trying to cheer me up.

"What pegasus would like to stay here? Were not even allowed to fly. What's up with that?" I asked.

"Well, my brother doesn't mind." He said, gesturing to a brown pegasus, with an even browner leg. That was the same pegasus that Blitz was talking to. "He doesn't like flying anymore because he says it isn't that good on his leg anymore." He told me.

"Hs leg? What's wrong with his leg?" When I looked back at the brown pegasus, I saw that his leg was a little lighter than the rest of him.

"It's made of wood. I think he just says that so he can be lazy." Jettison Jay said.

I laughed a little at that. It was kind of ironic. Jettison then looked at me. "What's so funny?" He asked, confused.

"That's my friend Blitz over there with him. His legs made of metal." After Jettison looked at Blitz, he laughed too.

"Well, guess my brother isn't alone on that topic anymore." He then sat back. "So, who are you?"

"Uh... I already told you. I'm Rainbow Dash." I told him. Did he forget already?

But he just chuckled at me. "No. I mean what do you like to do? Other than whatever all girls your age like to do." He clarified.

"Hey, I don't do any 'girl stuff'." I said a little mad, thinking he mean makeovers or something like that. He just chuckled even more at that "Anyway, I like to race. I'm so good at it, I'm the best flier in Equestria!" I told him boastfully, flying up a little and doing a backflip in mid-air.

"EHEM!" I turned around and saw the receptionist looking at me with a frown. I chuckled nervously a little and stopped flying.

As soon as the receptionist left, I heard Jettison Jay laughing at me. "What's so funny?" I asked, a little mad.

"You!" He laughed a little more and calmed himself down. "Now how can you be the best flier in Equestria, when that titles already been given out?" He asked me.

"W-what do you mean the titles already been given out?" I asked him, caught off guard by what he said. "The only other pegasus that ever had that title disappeared a long time ago. Like, ten years ago!" I pointed out.

"Yes, but he isn't gone yet. I hear that he's still around somewhere." He told me with a smile. "But I forget... Who was that pony again?" He asked me, scratching his chin.

"Who was he? How could any pony forget who he was?! His name was Jet Jay, or JJ to his friends! He knew how to fly as fast as possible! Whether it was a racing track, or a dense forest, he never slowed down! He was able to fly anywhere, anytime, at any speed, against any pony, and win!" Rainbow Dash told the story. "Not only that, but he was the captain of the Wonderbolts!" I told him.

"Ah, yeah... I remember when that happened... I hear he made the Wonderbolts what they were today." Jettison told me, keeping a smile on his face, that only got bigger.

"Yep! And one day, I'm going to be in Elite Wonderbolts! Right up there with Jet Jay, Soarin, and Spitfire!" I said, getting hyped just talking about it.

he chuckled at me, happy to see my enthusiasm. "Glad to know you'll be joining us as one of the greats Rainbow Dash." He told me.

"I know! I can't wait until I..." I stopped and looked at him, who had a pleased smirk on his face as he let me figure it out. "Wait! Your... Jet Jay?" I asked him.

"Hehe... You better believe it little flyer." He told me. "Now, not so loud, no pony in here but my brother knows-"

"I didn't hear him as I yelled at the top of my lungs in shock. "Your Jet J-Mmhm!" He put his hoof in front of my mouth stopping me from finished my sentence.

"Shh! Don't give me away kid." He scolded me. "Come on. If you want to talk that loud let's go outside." He told me. I nodded as much as I could, his hoof still on my mouth. Slowly, he got up from his rocking chair and stood up. He then started to make his way towards the exit. Finally, I can leave this place!

When the receptionist saw Jet Jay leaving, she stopped him. "And where do you think your going Mr. Jay?" She asked him calmly.

"Just out for a stroll with my new acquaintance here, Rainbow Dash." He said calmly.

As soon as she saw me, she sighed and sat back in defeat. "Alright fine. Just make sure you don't leave her side Mr. Jay." She warned him.

"Oh don't worry about that, I don't think I'll be able to." He said witha smile. He then headed out, with me following him.

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When we did get outside, he took in a deep breath. "Ah, smell that fresh air! I thought I'd have to live with smelling the Retirement home for the rest of my life!" He then opened up his wings, stretching them a little.

"Hey Jet Jay?" I asked, trying to get his attention.

"Please, call me JJ." He told me.

Even though I would never admit to it, even I had to squeal a little at that. The original best flier in all of Equestria was letting me call him something only his friends called him. "I thought you said you don't do 'girl stuff'." He said with a humorous smirk.

I cleared my throat calming down a little. "Hehe, sorry. It's just that you're the first best flier in Equestria!" I said, flying right next to him as I followed him to wherever he went. I got serious though. "But that's just it..." He looked towards me, hearing my seriousness. "Why did you quit the Wonderbolts all of a sudden?" I asked him.

"I knew the first pony that learned my secret would ask that..." He said looking back ahead, looking serious. "Well, let's just say that my grandson would've never joined the Wonderbolts if his grandpa was still on the team." He told me.

"Who's your grandson?" I asked. I never knew he had a grandson. And I definitely didn't know he had a grandson that was on the Wonderbolts.

"Soarin." He said. That made my jaw drop. I was speechless! How did no pony know that Soarin's grandpa was Jet Jay?!

"Woah!" Was all she could say. She tried to take some time to take that all in.

But to keep everything from bein quiet, Jet Jay spoke up. "So are you really as good as you say you are? I see you have the right attitude, but do you really have the right stuff? That's the real question." He said to me as we went towards a certain forest.

"Why are we going towards the Everfree Forest?" I asked, confused. I didn't doubt him or anything, but I was still confused.

"Because there is something there that I want to show you. Soarin never wanted my help. He was always to proud to take it. But you remind me of... well me. At least, when I was as old as you." He told me.

That made me smile in happiness. I was like Jet Jay? that was just pure awesomeness! "Wow! Thanks JJ!" I said calling him by his nickname. Man, this is so cool!

"Here we are." He stopped me in a small clearing that was a little ways into the forest. It was covered in leaves. "Think you can make a small tornado with some of your speed?" He asked me.

"No problem. Stand back." I said, getting ready. He did so and sat down, while I worked my flying skills! In almost no time at all, I made a small tornado just like he asked and the leaves started collecting.

"Good work! Now send it in that direction and just let it die down!" He instructed. I gave him a salute, obeying his order, and sent the tornado going in the direction. As it went on, I saw leaves being picked up all over the place. It wasn't strong enough to pick up a tree or anything, just the leaves and maybe move some animals that were just lying around, not bothering to get out-of-the-way of it.

When it died down, I looked back at Jet Jay, along with the clearing. With the leaves gone, I a track that led in the denser part of the forest, and looped back out. It was a track! "Woah! What is all this?" I asked.

"It's one of my own personal tracks." He told me calmly. "I always loved making my own hidden tracks to train on when I was younger, and each one helps to train you in some way." He explained.

"What did this one train you with?" I asked, landing next to him.

"Control, and awareness. The goal of this track is to go the whole track as fast as you can, without touching a single bit of wildlife. Not counting the ground." He told me. "Think you can beat my record?"

"Oh yeah!" I said, psyched. I couldn't wait to start.

He pulled a timer out of his pocket and smiled. "Then get ready, because I'm starting the timer in three..." I immediately got ready and on the starting point of the track, anxious to beat Jet Jay's record.

"Two..." I got my wings ready, looking straight at the track in front of me.

"One..." I took a deep breath, ready to start going.

"GO!" He yelled. I took off, gone in a matter of two seconds.

"Hehehe... She's almost just like me. Funny how the world works that way." He mused to himself as he waited for her to finish the lap.

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As I flew through the forest, the trees and bushes were getting closer and closer to the track, barely giving me any room to fly through. I could see an easy path through all the branches, but those paths went in and out, making me have to swerve around just to get through. It would've taken even me a few minutes just to follow it instead of go through the branches.

I could see a smaller path that was harder to get through, but it was the faster way. I took that one. I swerved in an out, having to close my wings in mid-air just to avoid getting hit. I also had to do some barrel rolls, loops, sharp turns, and even go into a short run just to dodge the branches.

The path kept winding through the forest, with no sign of the track ending anywhere. Every turn or move I tried to make, lead to me either just barely avoiding the branches, or hitting a lot of them all at once.

With the branches hitting me and scratching up my wings, which made it harder for me to fly around the branches, but I eventually gave up on trying to get past the branches the hard way, and took the easy way, which was still really hard to fly through with my scratched up wings.

After what seemed like a whole minute, of trying to go around all the branches, I saw the end. Along the way, I hit a few more ends of the branches and some shrubs, but they didn't really slow me anymore then I already was.

Then, when I thought that I would never get out, I burst through the small space in between the trees that lead back to the opened area. I crossed the finish/starting line and caught my breath from all the tricks and moves I had to pull off just to try and avoid the branches. Did Jet Jay even have this much of a hard time getting through this?

"Well, well, well, your original time is a minute and forty-two seconds. Great time for your first run." He said as he made his way over to me.

"What do you mean original time?" I asked confused.

"How many branches and shrubs did you hit?" He asked, not answering my question.

"Uh... I don't know, a lot I guess." I answered. What did it matter though?

"Well it's a good thing those trees and bushes are taggers." He told me as I he looked me over.

I took a look at myself and saw a ton of leaves stuck to me. They were all from those trees I hit, and they looked like they were stuck to me from glue. "What's with all these leaves?" I asked.

"Well, those trees are different. I call em Tagger Trees. Every tree you hit, leaves exactly one sticky leaf to you per branch. And judging by all the leaves on you, I'm guessing you hit almost every branch on the path!" He said, laughing at me.

"Hey! That wasn't easy! Besides, you said so yourself, I got good time!" I reminded him.

"Yeah, but that's not it. For each leaf that tags onto you, I add a second. So..." He started to pull leaves off of me. It hurt, but he still kept at it. I started to help pick the leaves off too.

When it was over he chuckled a little. "That's a lotta leaves. That's what's killing you." He explained to me. More like it's whats killing my wings. "Anyway, with all these leaves, your times..." He opened his mouth to say something, and I leaned in. He kept quiet for a few seconds and it started to tick me off. Was he trying to build suspense or something?

"...Zzz...Zzz...Zzzzzzzz..." Wait a second, he's asleep?! Come on!

"JET JAY!" I yelled, trying to wake him up.

"AHH, TAPIOCA PUDDING!" He said, finally waking up. "Huh? What's going on?" He asked, looking around

"Jet Jay, what did I get on my time?!" I asked, reminding him what we were doing.

"Wha, OH! Yeah, now I remember." I looked at him, anxious for him to hurry and answer my question. "With your time, and all the branches you hit, you got three minutes and twelve seconds."

"How did I get that bad a time?" I asked. How do I go from a minute and forty-two, to three minutes and twelve seconds?

"You hit a lot of branches." He said simply. "Still, you didn't take the easy way, so I knew that was going to happen. It's still not bad though." He assured me.

"Not bad? What did you get the first time you went on the track?" I asked him.

"Let's see... What was that time again?" He asked himself, scratching his head for an answer. After a few more seconds, he finally answered. "Oh yeah. It was two minutes and seven seconds." He told me.

"But that's almost two minutes off my time! How is my record any good?!" I asked. I wasn't even close, so how did that help anything?

"Because, Soarin's first time was three minutes, forty-eight seconds." He told me with a smile.

I...I beat Soarin's own record?! Woah! Does that mean I'm even better than an actual Wonderbolt?! AWESOME!

"YES!" I said, doing a backflip in the air. "I'm as great as a Wonderbolt! This is so cool!" I can't believe it, my record was greater than Soarin's! Just goes to show, I SHOULD be a Wonderbolt right now huh?!

"Well, you have the right attitude, but you still need to pace yourself. Wonderbolts are supposed to be level-headed and patient, not Headstrong and to quick to judge." He told me.

"I'm not that headstrong!" I defended. I wasn't that headstrong!

"I don't know... When I first saw you, you seemed to think that spending the day with an elder pony would be boring and 'un-cool' as you younger foal say now a days. I think you came to that conclusion to fast." He said.

I sighed. He was right, I thought this was going to be totally boring! I mean, I never did expect that the legend, Jet Jay, that disappeared out of no where would be at the Ponyville Nursing home!

"Yeah, your right about that one. I guess I shouldn't have been so quick to judge." I admitted.

He chuckled a little at me. "Hey, sometimes it's better to slow down and look at what's ahead, then face things head on without a second thought."

That made me look at him. That's how any pony can get through the track!

"You know kid," I looked up at him, wondering what he had to say. "you seem alright. You still remind me of me when I was younger. But you still got a lot to learn if you ever want to be a Wonderbolt." I stayed silent, waiting for him to finish. "And I have no doubt you'll get there one of these days." He said to me with a smile.

From what he said, I squeled a little at. I couldn't hold it in from that. No matter how much I hated doing that, I just couldn't help it. I mean, THE Jet Jay just said that he knows I'm going to be a Wonderbolt! How was I supposed to react to that?!

He simply laughed at me from that. "Come on kid, we need to get back. That receptionist will have my hide if were out to long." He said, starting to turn around so he could go back to the Retirement home.

"What already?! But what about the track?!" I didn't want to leave now! Jet Jay was the original best flier in Equestria!

"Calm down kid." He told me as he started heading back to the retirement home. "No need to get mad."

"Yeah, but it's not like I'm gone forever. You can come with your friends and say hi every time you visit. Plus, if you keep quiet about me being in Ponyville, hows about I let you use my training track?"

"Woah, really?! That's so awesome, thanks!" I said, so excited. I can't believe I'm going to use a track that Jet Jay trained on! This is so cool!

"Don't mention it kid. Just remember our deal, and I'll be glad to let you take care of one of my tracks." He told me as we walked out of the forest.

"Wait, you have other tracks? Where are they?" I asked, curious. It's not like I was going to let this opportunity fly by me!

"That's for me to know, and for you to discover." He told me, making me groan in annoyance. Still, it'll would be pretty sweet when I find one. "Now let's hurry back to the retirement home. It's apple oatmeal day and I'd sooner choke on hay then let Complisult get in front of me. The cater mares do not take her lip, and it takes forever until they give up on trying to argue with her." He told me.

I laugh a little at that. He might be old, but he is defiantly the same Jet Jay he was before he disappeared. I guess I did under-estimate how cool elder ponies are.

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When we got back, I saw my friends standing in the reception area, waiting for me.

"There you are Rainbow Dash. Where did you two go?" Twilight asked me.

"We-" As soon as I spoke up, Jet Jay interrupted.

"She talked me in to taking a walk around Ponyville. It was better than I thought." He started to walk to the retirement cafeteria. "Now if you younger ponies don't ming, I got to get me some oatmeal." With that, he left.

"So Rainbow Dash, do you think you might want to come again sometime?" Fluttershy asked me.

I thought for a second and shrugged, keeping my promise to Jet Jay a secret. "Why not? Besides, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be."

"Thank you Rainbow Dash." She said.

"No problem." I told them. "So, what about you guys?" I asked, trying to get every pony's eyes off of me.

"Well, my book club..." Twilight started explaining what she did, and the rest followed. They all thought that they had the 'most interesting time', but I knew that none of what they did would even compare to how my day went. They might not ever find out, but hey, I knew and that was enough for me!

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And there it is, the second episode! I know, it's not that great and it was only two chapters instead of three, but I felt that if I did make it three chapters it would've died out quickly. Anyway, this is also the first time trying to focus on a character that isn't Blitz, or revolving around a story that doesn't includes him. I think from now on, I'm going to make sure Blitz is included in the story as a supporting character at least, because that's where all the roots that makes me want to do this story is. Either way, tell me what you think of the episode in the reviews. Because I know this could have been written better, I just couldn't find out how.

Hope you enjoyed it none the less, and I'll see you all when the next episode starts up! Bye for now!

QotC: Do you think volunteering at a nursing/retirement home is better than people think?