Hello there every pony, and welcome back to A Brony Life! Where we provide stories about ponies for most of your story pony reading needs! (Not yet trademarked)

And with a great set of dares and comments to go over, let's not waste anymore time as we bring in-Trixie!

Trixie: *Walks into view* Yes, Trixie has returned! Now let's get on with the intros!

Wait... Where did you go anyway?

Trixie: Oh yes, well Trixie just got drunk and spent the day at the ba- s-she means! *Dino dies laughing at Trixie until Theo hits Dino over the head with his wooden katana* She was asked to do a performance at Fillydelphia! Yes!... That's it! That is what happened!

Okay... *Doesn't believe her, but shrugs it off* If you say so Trixie. Anyway, let's bring in the two characters that are going to be part of the dares!

?: No wait! I don't want to do this! Oh please let me go Dino! *Dino pushes Fluttershy into view by using his head instead of his teeth. Careful not to hurt her*

Morgue: FINALLY! *comes in from the other side* Man, I thought you would never let me have a dare! So, who did the reviewers match me up with?! I'm just dying to know right- *Sees Fluttershy* Wait a second, are the reviewers trying to pair me up with Flutters over there?

Fluttershy: Oh, um, I-I'm sorry Morgue. *She gets even more scared by saying his name, terrified of it* Well I guess that no pony wants me here. Dare over! Goodbye! *tries to run off, but Theo holds his wooden katana out in the way so she can't get past*

Don't worry Fluttershy, it's an easy dare! Not even a problem really, just something interesting! So here it is!

Sent in from NoPonyAnyoneknow: I dare Morgue and Fluttershy to have a staring contest using normal stares.
(But I secretly dare them to use 'the stare' and 'the death glare.')

Morgue: That all?! Pff, this'll be easy! Besides, I've already beaten her once in the story.

Yeah, but that was in the coma sequence part, which you yourself said was broken. Remember?

Morgue: Well... Okay, you got me there. Not to mention, I kept on talking her down, which is where it mostly came from. So señorita Fluttershy, are you ready?

Fluttershy: Well it's not something I can control. It kind of happens on its own...

Morgue: Oh I see, a trigger thing huh? Well in that case... Theo, wanna learn how to fly?

Theo: FLY, FLY! *Runs right over besides Morgue's foot*

Morgue: Alright! Here you-GO! *suddenly, he cartwheels backwards, kicking Theo in the face and sending him flying with how small he is compared to Morgue. This enraging Fluttershy just like Morgue wanted*

Fluttershy: *Flies over and looks Morgue right in the eye* You did that on purpose to poor Theodore!

Morgue: Oh yeah, *He says with fake anger* so what?!

Fluttershy: So... Apologize to that poor defenseless baby bear! Right! Now! *Gives him 'The Stare'*

Morgue: Wow, that's actually kind of intimidating... If you were a mom, that is. But lemme think about this for a second... *clears throat and makes an angry face* Never gonna happen! *Counteracts 'The Stare' with 'The Death Glare'*

*Suddenly, a shockwave emits from their two looks. Making me, Dino, and Trixie get blown back a few feet. All four of us try to stand up against the combined strength of 'The Stare' and 'The Death Glare' that's trying to push every pony back like a strong gust of wind*

Woah! Looks like this might be a little more intense than we thought! Let's go ahead and do the Top Three Comments to try and hope that one of them will win soon! You know, before the whole introduction area is torn apart from the strength of Hurricane Flutter-Morgue!

3: Pikachu913. So you say that you can't wait for the next chapter huh?... Trixie, how should we fix this?

Trixie: I say that we spend an extra week trying to figure this out. You know, since the chapter's nowhere in sight. *Sarcastically*

Yeah. Well, see you next time every pony! Don't worry! We'll figure this out soon enough!

*Suddenly, another shockwave comes from Morgue and Fluttershy's Death Glare and Stare. Making Dino and Theo fly back. Making me fall onto my back. And making Trixie trip into my lap. This making her go wide-eyed before jumping off*

Trixie: Anyway... *Clears throat and shakes away the embarrassment* Next top comment!

2: VintageThunder98. Wait a second, Albert Einstein said that?! Wow, I didn't know he was a player!

Trixie: Well Trixie finds it inappropriate.

*Pulls out phone* Well I guess I'll go ahead and text Spike the... *see Trixie glaring at me with a murderous look* Uh...Maybe not. *puts phone away, not wanting Trixie to snap my neck* Besides, lab guys back at Ponyville Laboratory said that transmitting texts into magical scrolls hasn't been tested thoroughly enough.

Trixie: Uh-huh. Sure. *Unconvinced*

Anyway, uh, let's finish up this last comment than get started!

1: Swift Lightning. Oh, you want the chapter to be longer huh?! Well then, how about this chapter?! It long enough?! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Trixie: Oh great, you forgot to take your meds this morning didn't you? *sighs* You see audience? This is what happens when Trixie leaves for a day. Can't believe Trixie actually trusted Zeke with taking care of Theodore.

Theo: YAY! MOMMY! THEO CAUGHT HAWLUCHA! *Theo shows Trixie his Pokémon X game*

Trixie: Really? Wow, you have a lot of Pokémon! *She says, acting surprised for Theodore* A Hawlucha, Pancham, Quilladin, Tyrunt, Combusken, and a Golett!

Theo: GOLETT HM SLAVE!

Okay okay, that's enough advertising about video games that aren't GTA V! Anyway, I think it's about time we wrap up this-

Morgue: Woah...Woah...WOOOOAAAAAHHHH! *Gets sent flying across the intro, the raw energy from The Stare finally defeating Morgue and his Death Glare after three minutes*

*Dino puts finger to mouth in thought* Oh, hold on every pony! I think Dino's about to say something philosophical like his father Philosoraptor!

Dino: If 'The Stare' beats 'Death Glare', does that mean that moms are stronger than death?

Well... I am not sure Dino. Oh well, we'll see you all next intro every pony! Goodbye!

Intro Area Decorations to Date: A very realistic sky with a sun in the middle, A baby pony-sized T-Rex with a top hat named Dino, the TARDIS, a giant golden statue of Stepony (Pony Stephano) who is wearing a Trixie shirt, a silver Lucario statue standing right next to Stepony, a baby ninja bear with a ninja mask and wooden katana named 'The Intelligent and Creative Theodore' (Theo), and a TV with a HayStation hooked up to it.

Disclaimer (As told by Trixie): Zeke doesn't own MLP. All he owns is this idea, Blitz, Dino, RJ, Theo, and anything else that he's personally created throughout the story. That not including the three background characters that belong to three of the readers that read this story!

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Blitz's POV

"You... Y-you heard the entire thing?..." I asked, now speechless about who was behind us. Not able to ask much else since there was nothing else for me to ask.

She had just appeared out of nowhere, and had heard probably everything we had both said. Still, she had on the same expression for what seemed like hours to me, though it was only seconds. It wasn't shock or confusion like I would think she had on my face, but just... Surprised. Surprised at what she had heard both of us talking about, and surprised that she hadn't thought of it earlier.

But after a few seconds, she was still silent. Trying to piece everything together for herself as me and Spike just stood by standby.

Speaking of Spike, he was just standing in place with his mouth covered. Regretting having said anything since she had heard us. He thought that coming this far in the woods, I could help teach him to win over Rarity. No matter how stupid that idea was. I had even told him the past few times I tried 'teaching him' that I had no idea what I was doing. I was just doing really vague lessons that had as much sense as the Karate Kid lessons. Except my lessons really did have no point to them!

And no matter how stupid they were, he came up with some reason about how they helped him! I tell him to try to throw rocks at a target?! He says it's to help keep from shaking when he's nervous! I tell him to literally watch paint dry and you know what he says?! It helps his focus! HOW?! I HAVE NO CLUE!

I even tried to make him do a bunch of stupid tests just to try to make him give up. Give himself a tail wedgie? Put so much make-up on him Rarity would look like a tomboy compared to him? Make him skip around Ponyville like a filly? Even make him sit in a dunk tank and have ponies dunk him into the water all day! Which I admit, I made money from doing that. But still he came up with a reason for all that by saying it was to teach him humility! At this point, not even the most persistent pony on Equestria would keep doing this!

Dear Celestia: How in Equestria, Earth, or any other dimension, did he somehow trick me into helping him?! I swear, what did I do that deserved this?! Give me some kind of sign, and please end this suffering!

Still... It wasn't his fault that she had found us. She had just managed to come out of nowhere. We don't know when she got out here, but she did. And now we just waited for her to speak up again. The silence killing me, because I didn't know what was going to come next.

"Uh-huh...But..." She started, having gotten herself collected. And something tells me that it was too late to do anything about it. "But I'm... But I'm surprised that I never saw this coming!" Twilight finally finished her sentence, having been surprised by everything she heard from us out here. She was even more surprised that she had apparently never figured it out herself before she heard me admit that I-

"WAIT!" I yelled out, now frowning at her. Not with a glare though since she may not have heard everything right. "What do you mean you never saw this coming?!" I asked her, not really liking how she worded this 'discovery' of hers.

"Well it's just that it's so obvious that you've had a crush on Rainbow Dash, but I had never thought of that until now! Probably because you coming from another dimension kept me from making that conclusion!" She said in her eureka moment.

"Hold on, hold on." I stopped her before she got too ahead of herself. Once she stopped and looked towards me, I spoke up. Giving her a completely serious look. "Twilight, I'm going to try to say this in the most positive way I can. Okay?" I asked, making sure that she was still keeping all of her attention on me. And when she nodded, I continued my little correction. "Thank you. Now I'm sure that you just misheard me or something, so I'll be completely clear when I tell you that I said-"

"You said that you 'Did Not' have a crush on Rainbow Dash!" She finished for me quickly with a smile. Which I would've been happy to have her finish if not for the fact that she sounded like she was about to start rambling about why that was wrong. "But after all the things you've done for Rainbow Dash like doing special things for her, or helping her when wanting nothing in return, or not even resisting her hugs, it's so clear to me now! You really do have a crush on her!" She finished with a great smile on her face.

And after saying all that to me, I was really trying to just remain calm. Not wanting to blow up about this and have my words be twisted. Because if there was ever a time to weasel my way out of something, it was now.

"Twilight, I do not have a crush on her okay?" I asked to make sure she was following, not letting her speak up until I had asked the next part. Which was to shoot down every example she had. "And how is it 'obvious'?" I asked her, now getting back control of everything.

Twilight didn't falter even a little as she just pointed back towards the Cider stand we all came from. "Well, what about that hug you two shared back there? Not to mention, the cider you gave her without even one hint of hesitation?"

"I was tired at the time, and she was disappointed about the cider. I didn't have the strength to pry myself away from the hug since I just woke up. In fact, I'm still kind of tired and kinda want to take a nap now." I told her, trying to change the subject.

"Okay. Well, what about that obstacle course you built for her? You went to great lengths to build that!" Twilight reminded me, not giving up at all the big favors I've done for her.

"It was her birthday and Friend's Day! Besides, it was a gift from most of us, not just me." I told her, setting the facts straight.

"But, it was your idea. And you did most of the work." Spike said, speaking up as he walked over next to Twilight, who smiled just a bit bigger in victory. While I, on the other hoof, just glared at him.

"Spike, no pony asked you." I told him, not wanting him to jump into the conversation. It was his fault to begin with that I got stuck in this situation, and why Twilight thought I had a crush on Rainbow. Which I'll tell you now, I DO NOT!

"He does have a point Blitz. Applejack and Rarity said that you worked very hard to build that whole thing just for Rainbow Dash, while all they did was keep lookout and set up that giant curtain to keep her from seeing it." Twilight said. I thought I told those two not to tell any pony that! It was a group project as far as every pony else knew! Great, now how was I supposed to recover from that?!

"Not to mention," Spike started to add. Oh, what in the name of Celestia was he about to add now?! I haven't even gotten a chance to come back from what they just said! "that moment you two had after the Friend's Day Party." He told us, this being news to Twilight. Oh, that scaly little lizard can not be serious! I swear, if he ends up explaining that to Twilight then...

"Wait, what moment?!" Twilight asked, now turning towards Spike in excitement to find out just what that moment was about. Oh no, he's going to tell her isn't he?!

Spike then turned to her, eager to tell Twilight all about what happened that night. "Yeah! After the party when you told me to try to give Blitz back his book, I saw him and Rainbow Dash talking together as they were walking home and they were talking about what we thought was going on all day." Spike if you dare finish this story- "But after they kept laughing about it, I saw how they were thinking about it themselves dating and-"

"Okay, that's enough!" I interrupted, not letting him finish. Especially since he had said enough for me to go to my last plan. "Spike, I'm sorry but it looks like you broke your end of the deal. So since you told some pony else that lie about me and Rainbow Dash, that means that I no longer have to help you try to win over Rarity." I told him, sounding like a lawyer with the kind of weaseling I was doing. The kind I like to call, Fine Print Weaseling. Basically what lawyers do where they find the slightest loophole or error of the opposing party and exploits it to either gain control of the situation or escape the situation all together. Yeah I know that it sounds really complicated, but it explains just what Fine Print Weaseling is.

"W-what?!" Spike questioned, surprised that I had said that. "What do you mean you won't help me?!" He asked, trying to find out where this came from.

"You just told Twilight about your lie about me and Rainbow. So, that means I don't have to hold my end of the deal anymore." I summed up. "Sorry Spike, but that's it." I said, turning around and getting ready to leave.

I didn't mean to act like a jerk by it, but I couldn't keep on going with helping him. I mean, I knew just as much as he did about relationships. It was like a ninja was teaching another ninja something that they both knew. Not really helping anything. Besides, if I kept going along with this, then I might just make it worse. Something that wouldn't help any pony especially Spike. So in a way, it was probably best that I just leave now.

And I would've gotten away with it too... If it wasn't for a teleporting purple unicorn stopping me in my tracks. "Hold on Blitz." Twilight said, stopping me. "I'm not sure just what's going on here, but there is one thing I'm sure of." She told me. And by the look on her face, I could tell that she had all of our best interests at heart.

I just sighed, knowing what she thought she was sure of. But to prove myself right, I let her answer. "And that is?..." I asked, gesturing for her to go on.

"That you do have a crush on Rainbow Dash." She answered, that being what I thought she was going to say. But as I rolled my eyes and opened my mouth to respond, she cut me off. "And I know that we can prove it to you." She said.

"Sorry Twilight, but you're...What?" I asked, now confused. What did she mean, prove it to me? "And how exactly is that not the weirdest and dumbest thing I've ever heard?" I asked, questioning her statement.

"Because," She said simply, smiling at me. "You're in denial." She finished.

I just gave her a 'Are you serious' face, thinking that what she said was the dumbest thing I had ever heard. But she just smiled right through it, not faltering at all. "Okay. I appreciate that you're trying to make me see things clearly and all-"

"No you don't. You don't think we can do it." She corrected, not appreciating that I was lying about this. Even if it meant trying not to not hurt their feelings.

So I shrugged and told the truth. "You're right. But, ignoring the fact you two think you can 'prove' this to me, what makes you think I'm in denial?!" I asked, putting some anger into the last part of my question. I think I had reason enough to be at least a little angry at that, right?

"Blitz, it's clear that you like her but won't admit it to yourself." She told me, trying to play therapist. Which made me more annoyed than angry. "So, we're going to make you prove it to yourself." She said, confident that her plan would work.

"And... How?" I asked, very confused about how she planned to do that. But, she didn't respond to it at all. Instead, she just stepped aside and let me go on. Not giving me an answer at all about how she planned to prove it to me. "What, you're not going to tell me anything?" I asked, confused.

"Anything about what?" She asked, suddenly pretending that she had never said anything to begin with. As if I had just been talking to myself or something this whole time. And turning to Spike, hoping he would have some sort of response, the only thing he could do was shrug in confusion. Being just as lost as me about Twilight's plan.

I just sighed and shook my head, taking this opportunity to leave. Which she happily let me go at this point. "You know, you make as much sense as Pinkie Pie sometimes..." I said, walking away in what was still confusion. But she didn't respond as she just let me go. Never even giving me one hint about how she planned to make me prove it to myself.

Oh well, I don't plan on doing anything other than getting away from here before I get tricked into anything else. I didn't fly away since I was too exhausted, so I just walked. Hoping to find somewhere secluded to try to fall asleep. Again.

Still, what Twilight said was still something I couldn't just ignore. She had some plan ready for me, that much was obvious to me. But what was it? And why would she tell me what she would do, but not how to do it? Not to mention, why was she getting involved in this? And where did Spike fall into her plan?

So many questions just made it more confusing. Yet, all I could focus on was getting some sleep. Soon. Who knows, maybe if I just sleep through the day, It'll just blow over. I just need to get away from them before they change their minds about doing 'nothing'.

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"Finally!" I cheered tiredly in relief, lucky to find some fog drifting by in between Sweet Apple Acres and Ponyville. It might've taken me somewhere around ten minute to find, but nonetheless I quickly made my way over to it. Even though I was a little slow because of how tired I still was. So much so, I was almost ready to just sleep on the fog.

But despite my lack of sleep, I went ahead and used the last of my energy to focus on my tail. Making it spin well enough to make the cloud start to float a little higher off the ground. There were two ways to make fog act as a cloud again. Hit in repeatedly so it would get a little lighter and float back up, or to just use wind in it. But since the wind method was harder to do, most ponies just tried to hit it with their hooves or tail until it got lighter. Most pegasi just fixed the fog with their tails though.

But since my tail was metal, it was both a good and bad thing at the same time. Con: Since it was metal, it would just faze through the cloud as if I wasn't a pegasi to begin with. Pro: It made the wind method a lot easier since I could just spin my tail like a propeller.

So that's what I did. And with the air from my tail making the cloud lighter, it started floating up. Before it got to far though, I flapped my wings a few times to catch up to it and rest on it. For once glad to get a nap in. Normally I would think napping's a waste of time, but walking around like a zombie was an even bigger waste of time. So it was the lesser of two evils. Even if sitting on a cloud was annoying to me.

With some of me being metal, those parts fazed right through the cloud. If it was a storm cloud, the electricity would pick up on my metal leg and tail. But it was just a normal cloud so my leg hung out from the bottom of the cloud. Thank Celestia Rainbow Dash told me a few things about clouds that every pegasus should know, or else I would probably seem like the dumbest pegasus around. And as an added bonus, she didn't even crack a joke at how little I knew about common pegasus stuff. I was even ready for that too…

And it just proved even more that we were just friends! I helped her with stuff, she helped me with stuff. Just as we helped the others with whatever they needed help with. We've both helped Applejack with the apple farm. Rainbow's helped round up birds for Fluttershy to feed. And I've even helped Rarity build a temporary stage or two for any times that she plans to model her outfits. See? We each help each other just as much as we've helped the others.

Why couldn't Twilight and Spike see that though? Sure once and a while it might seem like that. But it's just a rivalry most of the time! Like the bet we all made, the prank war, arguing back and forth a little, and of course both of us trying to show each other up. Mainly in 'awesomeness' anyway.

Rainbow Dash tried to show that she could do just as well at controlling lightning as me by using some move called the 'Buccaneer Blaze'. So I came up with a trick of my own where I just absorb a storm cloud I pass by and start doing stationary loops in mid-air. After going fast enough, it looked as if I created a sphere of pure yellow electricity. It was enough to show-up Rainbow Dash and then some! That is... Until I shot out of the sphere like a cannon and was thrown into the ground. Making a fool of myself. So I guess she won that round.

Except I got back at her soon enough. Sometime after, she tried to brag that she was able to build that cloud house of hers in just two days. Counting the rainbow falls that she had in it too. That was a big mistake though as I gathered up enough clouds and made an exact replica of her home in...pause for dramatic affect...

Ten. Seconds. Flat! Oh, I've been wanting to use that against her for so long! And boy was the look on her face worth it! She even started to complain at how easy it was for me to build a second home that looked just like hers! It was so fun to beat her at her own game!

And I love to mess with her- because we're friends! Just friends, nothing else! I don't think of it as anything more than that and neither does she! It was all just in Twilight's head anyway; I mean there was no proof at all!...

Wait a second! I bet this is just what she wants me to do! By not telling me her plans, she's trying to make me think about Rainbow Dash by myself! Well you know what?! NO! I'm not going to fall for it! I'm not going to talk about Rainbow Dash, I'm not going to think about Rainbow Dash, I'm not even going to remember Rainbow Dash exists- "Oh, hey Blitz! There you are!" unless she finds me...

"Hey Rainbow Dash." I said, not exactly sounding enthusiastic to meet her. But not wanting her to question it, I just fake yawned and spoke up before she got a chance. "What's up?"

"Oh nothing much. I was just going through that awesome obstacle course for the hundredth time." She said in a way that told me that there was something else. "But..." She started, almost sounding like she-

"But?" I questioned, sitting up now. "What do you mean 'but'? Something happen to the obstacle course?" I asked her, curious about it already.

"No. Don't get me wrong, it's cool." She defended, making me stand down. I didn't like it when ponies didn't like what I built, so that had already caught my attention. "It's just, I've been wondering..." She said, trying to stress it out.

Already knowing what it was, I frowned. "Rainbow Dash, I told you that I wasn't just going to start adding or upgrading the obstacle course whenever you asked." I told her up front. How did I know that's what she wanted? Well, this wasn't exactly the first time. She never said that it was too easy for her, which I knew she was holding back from me, but whenever some pony asked how it worked or if it was hard, she would always try and ask me to make it 'even cooler than before.' Something I told her I wouldn't do for a while since it had only been three or four months. And if I changed it now, she would come back a week later with some idea for me to put in.

"Come on Blitz!" She asked, seeing it as unfair. "It's my obstacle course anyway!" She argued with a frown.

"Yeah, that me and the others helped build!" I reminded her as I sat back down on my cloud. "Besides, today's the worst day to ask me. I don't have any storm cloud cupcakes and I'm still tired." I told her, trying to lie back down.

"Ugh..." I heard her groan in frustration, me not looking towards her anymore. I didn't have to. I knew that she would just leave and live with the course as it is. Letting me finally get some sleep.

And after a few seconds of silence, I knew that she had just flown away and left me to sleep. Probably a little ticked, but she wouldn't be mad. She, of all ponies, would know when some pony needed to take a nap. And I definitely needed one. And now that I was in a cloud in the air, Twilight and Spike couldn't reach me. Not to mention, there was no pony left to bother me. So now I was allowed to get some peace and quiet so I could-

"Blitz?" I heard Rainbow Dash call my name out from behind me to try and get my attention. Not sounding eager to get my help, nor annoyed that I said no a minute ago. She just sounded…calm I guess would be the best word for it.

I sighed and flapped one of my wings lazily, making me and the cloud start to turn around to face her. "What is it Rain-bow..." I said, ending my question awkwardly as I saw her right in my face with a begging look. Sad eyes. Slightly tilted head. A sad frown. Quivering lower lip. Not making her look like she was sad in any way, just that she was about to beg for my help. Much like the CMC's group puppy dog eyes, but not as sad looking. Either way, I wasn't going to fall it.

"Will you please make the course cooler?" She asked with a begging voice. "You're so good at building stuff, and I can't do it by myself." She said, trying to make me feel sad for her.

"Are you serious?" I asked in utter confusion, not even knowing that she would do something like this. I wasn't agitating really, but...It just caught me off-guard. I mean, how would you react to Rainbow Dash of all ponies, giving you a look that was that ador-I mean… that sad? I'd expect it from the CMC, Rarity, heck I wouldn't question it if Fluttershy went around using that look on ponies! But Rainbow Dash? It's just…So…I don't even have any words, it's so random!

"Yeah." She said, not dropping the act. "No matter how awesome I am, you're the only one that can make it better." She added, not really doing that good a job at trying to guilt me into helping her. But even after I just stared at her, hoping for her to go 'ha-ha, just kidding!', she didn't stop with the look on her face. If anything, it just got stronger. To the point where it really was puppy dog eyes. "Please help me?" She asked again, looking me right in the eyes.

"Y-you can stop it Rainbow." I told her, trying to sound like I didn't care. Although for some reason, it was kind of hard for me. Which I could tell she noticed because her mouth twitched into a smile for just a quick second before she went back to begging. "I'm not falling for it!" I yelled in anger, trying to look away to avoid that stupid look.

And even though I was looking away, I couldn't help but just look out of the corner of my eye to see if she was keeping it up. And each time, it got harder and harder to say no. Which is what made me so confused. I mean, I could withstand all three CMC trying to give me a sad look but I couldn't hold up against just Rainbow Dash?! With how she managed to brag about herself in the middle of it, you think it should've been easier!

At this point, I just decided to say no right to her face. Just ignore her face and say 'no'. Simple enough. "Rainbow Dash..." I started, turning towards her with a frown. Not trying to avoid her begging.

"...fine." I answered in a groan. Mad that I couldn't say no to her stupid, sad face! But... For some reason…I couldn't even begin to be mad at Rainbow Dash for tricking me with that.

"YES!" She cheered in sudden excitement, breaking into laughter. "Oh man, that was too good! I can't believe you actually fell for that!" She said, admitting that it was all a joke. She didn't even try that hard?! Are you kidding me right now?! I knew that she was faking it the whole time, but I thought that she was actually trying to look as sad as possible! Are you telling me that she can make a face even better than that?!

I just groaned in annoyance as she kept laughing, not able to believe it myself. "Are you se-Woah!" I said, hanging onto the cloud as Rainbow Dash started to fly me and the cloud over to the course. Not wanting to wait for me to make my way over there since I was still moving really slow. I didn't complain though as I just let her fly me over.

In fact, she went so fast, that it only took a minute or two for her to fly us over to the obstacle course, stopping the cloud just a little ways away so I could go from here. Of course, I wouldn't just let her off the hook that easy.

"Really?! You couldn't warn me that you were about to do that?!" I questioned, ticked that she didn't even do that much.

"Hey, we got here alright didn't we?" She asked, ignoring my question. She then pulled out her sunglasses and put them on. "I'm gonna go ahead and relax down by that tree while you fix up the obstacle course. Feel free to take your time." She said, probably wanting to get a nap in just as much as me.

"Sure, rub it in why don't ya..." I mumbled to myself, turning my attention towards what I had been tricked to build up. But to be honest... Even with how tired I was, it was pretty easy to come up with a few additions. Enough that would make it way more challenging for her, and not be that hard to build. And there were just enough clouds for me to use for that.

"Don't worry Rainbow Dash, it won't take too long." I told her, smirking to myself. Let's see just how much harder I can make this track for her by just putting around a few creative cloud obstacles.

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Spike's POV

"So... what's the plan again?" I asked Twilight in confusion as we tried to catch up to Blitz and Rainbow Dash.

"I told you already Spike." She said, still walking forward.

"Well, it's just really confusing. I mean, I don't get it." I told her, riding her as we went towards the obstacle course.

"It's like this. We're not going to influence Blitz's decision in any way. We're just going to give him a little push." She told me, which wasn't clearing anything up.

"In other words... We're not helping in any way, but... We're going to help him figure it out?" I asked.

"Yes, exactly." Twilight said, smiling that I had figured it out. Which couldn't be further from the truth.

"But...That makes no sense." I told her, not getting it.

She just sighed sadly towards my reaction. "Don't worry Spike; you'll be able to figure it out soon enough. All we need to do right now is catch up to those two so we can see just what's happening." She told me, focusing back on catching up to Blitz and Dash.

I went ahead and just ignored her plan, knowing that I wasn't going to figure it out at this point. It was even harder to understand than those old heavy books on unicorn history. And half of those books were usually in old symbols that I had to translate threw other big, heavy books!

Speaking of unicorns... "By the way, are you mad that I asked for Blitz to help me with Rarity?" I asked, her having found that out. At least, after Blitz left that is when she asked me just why we were meeting away from the others.

"Well, a little disappointed but I see your reasoning behind it." Twilight answered. Again, not giving me a clear answer. "Besides, now that I know just why you've been doing all of those odd tasks for Blitz, it's all a little clearer to me."

"Well that's good. Because some of the time, I'm a little confused about why he made me do some of those things. Like prance through Ponyville in make-up? It took a while for me to figure out it was to teach me about handling getting humiliated." I told her.

She simply giggled at my explanation. "Well I guess that's one way you can look at Blitz's methods." She said as we kept going down the path.

"Wait, one way? There are other ways?" I asked, unsure if I had understood it all or not.

"Well... You can say that." She told me, again confusing me about her answers! Why is she being so confusing about all of these questions?! "Anyway, do you see Blitz anywhere or is he still at the obstacle course?" She asked.

"Uh..." I started, looking around in the air for any black and yellow pegasi. "I don't see him." I told her, making her stay focused on the path ahead. "I just hope that this plan of yours works." I told her, not wanting to lose my chances with Rarity by Blitz not wanting to help me.

"Oh don't worry Spike, it's already working." She told me with confidence. "In fact, it's going even better than we could've hoped."

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Blitz's POV

"Okay, just adjust this last tunnel and... done!" I yelled out in victory, climbing out from underground. The course was now completely different from before. Not only did I change around some of the obstacles above ground, but I had also changed around the exits in the tunnels below. The tunnels being there all along by the way.

It was a labyrinth that Fluttershy had helped me with. She had asked for groups of moles, and surprisingly enough, baby quarry eels, to help me burrow some tunnels and traps underneath. And since the tunnels were just a little bit bigger than the average wingspan, that didn't leave room for much error. Especially with the pillars to weave in and out of, along with turns and sudden stops.

But now included were cloud spirals that would make any pony dizzy after flying in them. And that was only one of the tamer cloud tricks I built.

"Woah!..." Rainbow said in awe as she saw the clouds that were set up overhead. Adding a third section on top of the underground section and regular obstacle course section. Each section now slightly altered so that way you can try and do all three of them in one go, or just one section only.

Rainbow Dash took off her glasses, wanting to take a look at all the cloud tricks to try and figure out just how she would get past them. But I made them like a 3-D puzzle so you could only see that whole thing at a certain angle. The starting point.

She then flew up over and looked at me with a frown. "Is that really all you could do?" She asked with an upset attitude.

"What?!" I asked in anger. "I dare you to tell me with complete honesty, that this isn't 'awesome' just like you wanted!" I challenged her, not appreciated that what I had just built was being criticized like this.

"I know, it's just... I thought it would be cooler than this." She said, now not impressed at all.

"Wha?! But I-What is-How can you possibly think that it's not-" "BWAHAHAHA!" She suddenly busted out in laughter, dying from the fact that she had played me twice now.

"Calm down Blitz, I'm just joking!" She told me in between laughs.

"Why you little..." I said, still glaring at her. But I couldn't just stay mad at her for tricking me like this. Besides, I would've probably done the same. So I let it go and let her have her laugh, not having much of a choice. Especially since she was hugging me in appreciation for the second time today.

"Seriously, thanks. It's awesome!" She said, happy that I had done this for her. It was the Apple Cider thing all over again. I did something nice for her, and she appreciated it way more than I thought she did. Hug and all... Which by the way, I would've completely ended sooner if it wasn't for the fact that I was so tired.

"You're welcome..." I said, feeling just a bit awkward with all this appreciation. Luckily she picked up on it and ended the hug. Thankfully before any pony, especially Twilight or Spike could see. "So is that all you needed, or do you need anything else?" I asked, wanting to get it out of the way now.

"Nope." She told me as she just tossed her sunglasses towards me. Having them land on top of my head. "Just sit back and watch me finish this track faster than any pony in Equestria!" She said with her cocky attitude as she flew off towards the starting point for the whole track.

"Don't mind if I do..." I said, flying over to the base of the tree that she had been resting on. Glad to finally get a little rest after everything that I had done. As I sat down at the tree to relax, her signature sunglasses slid from on top of my head and in front of my eyes. Making me wear them.

And I had to admit, her glasses were pretty awesome. I mean, you think that with these things you'd barely be able to see a thing with how dark they are. But actually, they were perfect! You couldn't see my eyes at all while I was wearing them, yet everything that I saw was just a little darkened, if anything. The perfect pair of shades for the perfect... I'm getting a little too excited about a cool pair of glasses aren't I?

Long story short, I decided that if she had given them to me, then she was letting me wear them. And with them, I faced towards Rainbow Dash on the course and could fall asleep without any pony knowing. Perfect cover too, because she would probably be going up and down on that track for a while.

So I finally closed my eyes behind Rainbow's sunglasses, already feeling myself fall asleep. All I had to do was just fall asleep too because the second I'm out, no pony would be able to wake me up until I woke myself up.

I could see it now. I fall asleep and just spend the next few hours having a lucid dream Princess Luna always let me have. Which would be perfect right about now. I would just do what I want with no Twilight or Spike to get in my way. I might just continue where I left off my last lucid dream with building a castle, Minecraft style. Maybe create a dream version of Twilight and Spike just to put them in the dungeon.

Even if it wasn't a lucid dream, I'd be fine. Just as long as I fall asleep before they find- "Oh, there you are Blitz!" me...

"Ugh... Are you guys following me?" I asked, opening my eyes from behind the glasses, not wanting to talk to them right now. I was so close to falling asleep too! I could even feel myself actually starting to slip into unconsciousness, I was so close!

"What happened to Rainbow Dash's Obstacle Course?" Spike asked, having looked at the new and improved course Rainbow was going through. "It looks... Bigger."

I sighed in defeat, knowing that this was going to start everything right back up. "I worked on it for her." I told them, just waiting for their response.

"You did? But I thought you told her that you wouldn't do that until it was her birthday again." Twilight asked, looking towards me with a slight smile. "So what made you change your mind?"

"I just...Got bored." I said, sounding like I just tested out the lie. "Yeah. And I didn't want to just sit around all day, so I felt like working on the course for her since she asked me." I answered with a shrug, trying to act like it wasn't a big deal.

"But didn't you say that you just wanted to take a nap earlier?" Twilight asked, making me flinch slightly about how she caught my lie. "Besides, if you're bored than why are you just relaxing by a tree? Near Rainbow Dash? While you're wearing her sunglasses? Facing towards her as you're falling as-"

"Okay, fine! So I wasn't bored! She tricked me into helping her okay?! That a good enough answer?!" I said, stopping Twilight's rambling with a frown. Though still not getting up from my spot. "Besides, it's not like I got anything in return for it or anything..." I said, pretending it got on my nerves in hopes of Twilight not pointing out that I did it without expecting a reward.

"If that's the case, then what was that little reward she gave you after you finished?" She asked, not letting her questions end.

Of course this made me stand to my hooves in surprise as I took my-err-Rainbow's sunglasses off to make sure that I saw her clearly as I spoke. "You saw the hug?" I asked in surprise. How did they even see that, I mean no pony else was around. Besides, they couldn't possibly get here that fast!

"No." Twilight answered, looking off towards Spike. This making me sigh in relief. Until I realized that, "You just told us."

"Wha- dang it!" I said in anger, mad at how easily I fell for that. "Well, it doesn't matter anyway. She was just glad I fixed the course up. Besides, you guys try to hug me all the time." I excused.

"Except that you always reject it." Spike adds, not wrong about that. Even when it was a group hug, I made sure to distant myself from the rest of them.

I gave him an unimpressed look, but just went along with it. "Okay, not the point. What is the point is that I do not have a crush on-"

"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight said, seeing her fly over towards us. "So how was your new obstacle course?"

"It was awesome!" She said with a smile, landing down next to all of us. Actually exhausted for once thanks to the course.

"Wow, you sound tired." Twilight noted. "Guess that course took a lot out of you." She added. Now what was she planning?

"Sure it's hard, but for the Fastest Flyer in Equestria?! No way is it too much to handle!" Rainbow boasted, suddenly acting as if she wasn't tired at all.

"Not that difficult huh?" I asked, wondering if that was really her opinion.

"Yeah!" Rainbow Dash agreed, not dropping it. "I mean, I bet even you could beat the track!" She said, trying to rank it on how hard it was to clear.

Instead of getting angry at that, I just chuckled. "Well duh, I could clear the course." I told her, now facing her. "I made it so it's probably safe to say that I'm probably the best at it automatically." I told her as I tried to give her back her sunglasses.

"Wait, what do you mean by the best?!" She asked, not taking the sunglasses. "You haven't even gone through it once!" She corrected, getting a little defensive about her skill.

I shrugged as I tried to give her glasses back once again. "Don't have to. I already know that I could blow right through it faster than you. Because while you don't know all the tricks to it, I do." I told her.

"Are you saying that she's slower than you?" Spike asked, trying to hear me right. But knowing that I would just be walking into that trap, I stopped myself.

"I not saying that Spike." I told him casually. "What I'm saying is that I'm just-"

"You're saying that you're faster than me!" Rainbow Dash yelled out in anger. She then got in my face, not backing down. Ignoring the fact that I still had her glasses in my hoof. "Just because you have all those freaky robot powers, it doesn't mean that you can beat me in a race!"

"I never said I could beat you in a... Wait a second, what did you just say?" I asked her as I went ahead and just put her glasses in my pocket for later. Not really caring if she got them back or not right now. But I'm not sure I heard her right. Did she just say the 'R' word?

"You heard me! Freaky! Robot! Powers!" She said slower, saying that word again. "And no matter what upgrades you make, you would never win a race against me!"

I then glared, getting in her face just as much as she did mine. Refusing to back down. "I'm warning you Rainbow, if you call me that word again..." I challenged her, ready to take some action.

"Oh, what word?!" She asked in fake confusion. "You mean, ROBOT?!" She asked, saying that word on purpose.

As we stared one another down, not daring to back down, I knew in the back of my mind that I was falling directly for Twilight's plan whatever it was. But I didn't care. No pony calls me a robot and gets away with it!

"You know what?!" I yelled out. "Fine! I didn't want to say this in hopes of keeping your big ego from falling off its throne, but I'll say it now! I could beat you in a race even if you got a head start!" I told her, making her gawk. "Yeah! When it takes you half a feathering minute to do your Sonic RainSnooze, I can just take a bite of a cloud and leave you flying as fast as a turtle compared to me!" I yelled at her.

That made her twitch a little in silence, having no words for what I had just said. "What... What did you just call me?..." She asked, thinking that she misheard me.

But I know she didn't. She had hung onto every word I yelled right at her face. "You heard me! TURTLE!" I repeated.

Twilight, seeing that her two friends were arguing to the peak of their anger, was getting a little worried. "Uh... Maybe you two should calm down before some pony-"

"You know what?! Call me that all you want! With your heavy metal leg, you're probably slower than a turtle yourself!" She yelled out, this only making me angrier.

"You think so?! Then if you think you're still the 'Fastest Flyer in Equestria' compared to me, let's test that!" I challenged her. "One lap around all of Ponyville! That including the town, Sweet Apple Acres, Fluttershy's Cottage, you're lame floating house, and even Old Mare Crankle's Mansion!" I named the terms. "No Holds Barred race! So any of your cheating is allowed!"

"Fine, you gotta deal!" She said, spitting into her hoof. "Winner also gets the title of 'Fastest Flyer in Equestria'!" She said, raising the stakes higher than I expected. Spitting into her hood to hoof-bump and seal the deal. Nonetheless, I agreed, spitting into my real hoof and bringing it forward. Making us bro-hoof in agreement the same way she and AJ always did it.

"And I am going to love making myself a plaque for that title." I told her with a confident smirk, while she met with a smirk with just the same amount of confidence.

"You mean you're going to love making that plaque for me." She corrected. "I'm winning this race because no pony ever beats me in a flying race. They don't even tie in first! That's just how awesome I am!"

"Yeah, well good luck! You'll need it Rainslow." I said, smiling at my pun while she just growled a little.

"You're the one who's gonna need some luck, Fri-Fri-Fritz!" She said, imitating a short-circuiting robot. Making me growl while she just stuck her tongue out to annoy me.

"I guess I'll try and get the others to come and watch while you two get ready. Come on Spike, let's go find the others." Twilight said as she turned to leave.

"Right behind you." He said, running after her. As soon as they were gone, we just went back to glaring at one another. Not letting the other get away with what they said.

And just by seeing the look on her face, I knew that this race was definitely going to be difficult for both of us. But neither of us cared. We were ready for it. And now, I was wide-awake to take Rainbow Dash on. Meaning that she better hope her Sonic Rainboom won't end up as a dud.

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Rainbow Dash's POV

"Okay you two, remember the rules of the race." Twilight told us as she stood in front of me and Blitz. In our way purposefully so we wouldn't take off too early.

"What rules?" I asked, wanting to hurry and beat Blitz so I could rub it in his face. "We agreed that there were no rules."

"Sure you're okay with that Blitz?" Applejack asked him from the sidelines. She, along with the CMC, a few of my pals from the weather patrol and some of Blitz's friends from the construction crew were here. All wanting to see just who'd win. For the weather patrol and construction crew, it was obvious who was rooting for whom. As for the CMC, Scootaloo was rooting for me and Applebloom thought Blitz was going to win, while Sweetie Belle couldn't decide. Applejack couldn't either since she didn't want us to argue any more than we had.

"Don't worry," He said, cracking his neck as he got in position. "I know what I'm doing." He then looked over towards me, seeing that I was just as ready to beat him. "Hope you're ready to give up that title, Turtle-Girl."

"Don't blow a circuit, Metal-Head." I told him, wanting to get the last insult.

"Won't have to. This race will be a piece of cake." He said, turning his attention back towards the line.

"Oh, you think it'll be that easy?" I glared at him, ready to make him take those words back. This making him turn towards me to answer.

"Yeah, it will. Too bad you'll be eating my dust!" He yelled out, not letting me get the last word in

"Your dust?! You'll be lucky to even see my dust as I pass right by you!" I told him, flying in the air just a little higher than him to make my point.

He just met me in the air and glared at me. "You couldn't pass right by me if I was sleeping on a cloud! You're going down!"

"In history maybe!" I said with a smirk, having a little nostalgia from that line from flight school.

He then smirked as he looked off in the distance. Pretending to see a title for a newspaper. "Oh, I could see the headline now! 'Rainbow Dash! Second Place as Always!'" So much for my comeback.

But quickly remembering something else, I just gave a smug grin. "Hope it's not in cursive, Electric Fritz!"

"Hope you can even get the paper in time, Rainbow Crash!" Okay, now Blitz is really pushing it!

"You're gonna wish you never s-"

"Okay, that's enough!" Applejack yelled out from the sidelines. "Will you two quit flirtin' 'n' get on with the race?!" Applejack asked, annoyed by how much we were stalling.

"We're not flirting!" We said in unison, snapping out of the argument as we both glared towards Applejack. Why would she even say something like that?! We never flirt! It was just insults!

"Err..." Blitz held back anything else he wanted to say, landing back on the ground and getting ready to race. "Let's just get this over with."

"Gladly." I agreed, getting ready to beat him. This wasn't even going to be hard for me either.

That's when Spike took Twilight's place in front of us. Holding up a flag to signal us to leave. "Ready..." He held the flag above his head, making us get ready to fly up and into the air. Wanting to beat the other so much right now.

"Set..." We glanced towards one another, both of us looking more determined than ever to beat each other. This race had a lot on the line, and neither of us wanted to lose.

We then looked towards the front, just waiting for Spike to give us the signal to start the race. For nearly every second of real life felt as if it was in slow-motion. Not only did every possible thought and idea going through both of our heads, but we could almost sense everything around us was more clearly.

The wind was blowing very lightly. Meaning that we didn't have to worry all that much about wind resistance. There were some clouds here and there, dotted all around the sky. They were set there to be used a day or two later for a rainstorm that was scheduled. Meaning that some of them would have enough electricity in them.

That wasn't the part I had to worry about though. What I did have to worry about was Old Mare Crankle's Mansion. With that creepy house on the hill, so many clouds were left there. All of them having so much electricity stored in them. Wild electricity. By that point, if I wasn't far ahead of Blitz or was using my Sonic Rainboom, the race would be pretty difficult to win at that point.

But that didn't matter to me. I was the champ at races, and Blitz wasn't even born with wings in his world! This race was in the bag, so I didn't have anything to worry about! All that remained now was for Spike to lower that flag to the ground so I can teach Blitz his place in who's the best of the best! And who exactly is the best? Oh, right! That would be...

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Blitz's POV

Me. I was the one with the advantages here! While Rainbow Dash was allowed to use whatever cheating moves she had up her sleeves, I still had my bionics! If I just power through one cloud I can match her Sonic Rainboom! At least... Just about match it.

The Rainboom might be faster than my Adrenaline Rush, but it didn't last as long. So where my move didn't match up in speed, it makes up for in distance. Not to mention, it doesn't exhaust me like Rainbow Dash. After her Rainboom, she was always at least a little out of breath. Even if she didn't show it, you could tell that move had a little strain on her each time.

So the two moves were even. And as long as all I did was fly with the electricity, then I'd be fine. But even having to focus on dodging any one trick Rainbow wanted to use, I wouldn't keep up with her Rainboom.

The only real problem was her tricks. She wasn't exactly known for playing fair if she started losing, so that's why I announced cheating allowed. That way, she'll know I'm expecting it and won't pull just any old trick on me. So I'd be fine when I'm defenseless.

All that left was the race. One rotation around Ponyville, Sweet Apple Acres, Fluttershy's Cottage, her house, Old Mare Crankle's, and back here. That track was long. Even when using our signature moves, it'd be at least a ten minute flight. She was used to flying at her best longer than that regularly, but I wasn't. That was another problem that I had to depend on the Adrenaline Rush.

Taking all of this into account, I concentrated back on that flag Spike had been holding up. Which seemed to be for hours to us since we were about to take off, even though it had actually been ten seconds.

And with how long he was just standing there to build suspense, it was just annoying to the peanut gallery that was off to the side. So much so that they were about to lose it.

And one of them actually did. "JUST SAY GO ALREADY!" Sweetie Belle ended up yelling out, startling Spike into dropping the flag.

The moment that flag hit the ground, accident or not, we both shot off into the sky. Going so fast that our combined wing power ended up sending a gust of wind at Spike as we flew past him. Sending him flying into a bush that was a few feet behind him.

But neither of us had time to say sorry as we both rocketed into the air. And before we knew it, we had both flown up so high into the air all the small crowd looked like colorful dots. We didn't stop there though as we both kept climbing, not losing any ground, or in this case air, to the other.

"Just give it up Blitz!" She yelled out at me. "Even if you can keep up, you can't last ten minutes at your fastest!"

"Like I'd give up an easy race!" I retorted. "You can't win if you don't use the Sonic Rainboom! So go right on ahead!" I challenged her, not afraid of her to use it.

"You think I'm just going to use my best move now?!" She questioned as she tried to get ahead of me. "We just started this race! I'm not wasting it now!"

"It'll be a waste the second I get my hooves on that storm cloud anyway! You might as well!" I told her as we started approaching a cloud already. One that didn't have that much electricity, but still enough to boost past her.

She knew just what I wanted to try and do and looked as I tried to get ahead to use it. But before I could get to it, she slammed into the side of me. Forcing me to fly slightly off course towards the right. Going around the cloud in the process. And with how fast both of us were going, if I went back for it I'd be lucky to come right back to being tied up with her.

"That was a cheap...SHOT!" I said, coming back and colliding into her side. It might've been wrong for me to stoop to her level, but I believed in eye for an eye. So she wasn't getting away with any of her tricks if I had anything to say about it.

"WOAH!" She said, flying off to the side a little farther than I did. Okay, maybe I went a little too far with getting back at her. "You're gonna pay for that!" She charged towards me, trying to elbow me in the gut as revenge. But all I did to dodge was stop flying for a second, which made me fall a few feet before I started flying again.

That left her with being behind me as I started laughing at her. "Hey?! Hey, Rainbow Dash?!" I asked as I flew in front of her, trying to sound annoying.

"WHAT?!" She asked, me obviously getting on her nerves.

"How does it feel to be in second place where you belong?!" I taunted, unable to resist. I mean come on! I was winning a race against Rainbow Dash! The 'Fastest Flyer' in Equestria! This mare alone is considered the best pony to thousands of Bronies back on Earth! Some pony tell me with an honest response that a Brony wouldn't be gloating about this right now!

Actually, I think just about any pony would gloat about being faster than Rainbow. After all, even the modest of ponies couldn't resist cheering about how they were better than Rainbow and her ego!

Looking behind me, I could tell that she was angry. Not 'rip your head off' angry, but still pretty angry. Who could blame her though? She was losing at what she was the best at; insulted a bunch of times, embarrassed by Applejack, and was being taunted by me! I wouldn't be surprised if she snapped right about-

"THAT'S IT!" She yelled out as loud as possible, getting a sudden burst of speed from her anger. Flying directly above me before she did a front-flip in mid-air. Before I could even realized what was going on, she kicked me right in the middle of my back. The tremendous speed and flip giving enough momentum to knock some pony's teeth out! And without anything to help me take the hit or just recover from it so easily; I started falling towards the ground at great speeds. Dazed by the hit.

And I was falling towards the ground so fast that when I realized just what was going on, I was already halfway to the ground. Not even five minutes into the race, and I get knocked out of airspace and into Sweet Apple Acres. That being the first leg of the race. And I was going to crash into the fields of it.

Which is exactly what I wanted.

I adjusted myself in mid-fall so I would land on my front legs. Only using my wings to slow down my speed so the impact wouldn't be too great. I didn't even try to fly up at this point since that would just be a waste of time. I had to get back up into the air with plenty of momentum. And the only way to do that was to get up there from in inclined plane at a good enough angle.

As I quickly approached the ground, I stuck my metal leg out, landing on it and putting all pressure into it. And since my leg was metal up to the shoulder blade, I could take plenty of force without getting hurt.

It happened so slowly though. Allowing me to get focused quickly enough, without much time. As soon as I had landed, I broke out into a run before even stopping the momentum. That's when I went ahead and used my next trick. Wanting to use it since I learned it.

Getting in a state of mind, I only focused on running forward. Not focusing on anything but forward towards the target. Not even wanting to recognize any of my surroundings. Once I got in the simple state of mind, I just started running. "No grip!" I yelled out, running forward just as fast as I would be flying. Sure it was controllable and I couldn't really stop running in Sweet Apple Acres with all these trees, but I didn't plan to stop running.

So as I ran through Sweet Apple Acres, I could see Rainbow Dash flying ahead. Looking back at where I had landed every few seconds. Good, she hasn't seen me yet. All I have to do is stay quiet and-

"AH! SLOW DOWN!" Suddenly, I heard a terrified voice coming from above me. Directly. Above me.

"What..." Was all I could say as I looked upwards, trying to find out just what had said that. And after the voice had time to climb up and onto my head, I found out just what was talking to me.

"DUDE! I SAID SLOW DOWN!" The mouse on my head yelled out as he was riding on my head. Having no way to get off because of how fast I was running.

"Sorry little guy but-"

"Excuse me?!" The lady mouse said, offended about what I had called her. And I could almost swear that she would've tried to hit me if it wasn't the fact that I was running too fast.

"U-uh, sorry it's just that I'm in the middle of a race mam, and you might want to get off soon!" I warned her as we came up to the Apple Family barn, where I saw the open cart.

"What?!" She asked, looking ahead. "Oh, you cannot be serious!" She screamed in fear terrified even more now. "You're insane!"

"Well... Maybe you shouldn't have jumped on my back!" I yelled back getting to the barn. And upon closer inspection, I saw Big Mac inside playing with-a doll...

"Hey Big Mac, catch!" I yelled out jerking my head up. Making the mouse fly up into the air flying.

"WHY YOU LITTLE-" The mouse yelled as she went through the air, being caught by Big Mac who was in shock that some pony had seen him with a doll. But I didn't pay all that much attention as I ran to the cart. Which, luckily, was at just the right angle for me to get back up and into the air.

And it worked, I ran up the angled cart so fast, I was launched into the air with enough force to reach Rainbow Dash. And just by doing a front-flip in the air, I brought my tail forward and broke through the barn roof without any effort at all. I knew that I'd have to fix that later, but it was in the back of my mind right now. The only thing I was focused on was beating Rainbow Dash!

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Rainbow Dash's POV

"fwo-fwo-fwo-fwo-fwo-fwo..." As I flew over Applejack's house, I heard something coming towards me with the sound of a sword... Wait a second, what would a sword be-

"COMING THROUGH!" Blitz yelled as he passed right by my head, his tail cutting off a small bit of my mane in the process.

"WOAH!" I yelled out as I flinched immediately after he passed by. Having a delayed reaction from a sword nearly chopping my head off! "What's your problem?!" I asked as I kept flying forward. Him right beside me having caught up. "And where did you come from anyway?!" I asked, that thought coming to my head too. I thought that he fell into the apple fields below!

"I can answer both those questions with one answer!" He said, glaring at me. "The ground below that you almost smashed me into!" He yelled out, enraged at me. "You better hope that the lady mouse I traumatized is going to be okay!"

"What are you talking about?!" I asked, now very confused. "Whatever, it doesn't matter! All that matters is that I smoke you in this race! You're not going to win so easily!"

"You think what I just did was easy?!" He asked, even more upset. "You're going down once and for all!" He yelled out, flying ahead.

"We'll see about that!" I answered as I started climbing higher up into the air to get high enough for it. At this point, we could see Fluttershy's Cottage coming into view. Fluttershy wasn't there on account of Rarity asking us for a fav- Oh no!

I forgot about that completely! After going around on the new obstacle course Blitz made, I was supposed to go to Rarity's to help her out! Oh great, now I need to hurry and beat Blitz in the race so I can hurry and get over to Rarity's to help her with... With whatever she needed help with!

"So that's what you're planning huh?!" Blitz called from under me. "Good luck! You're gonna need it!" He said, flying towards a thunder cloud that was alone in the sky. Oh great, not another one!

Knowing that he'd be gone after absorbing that lightning, I blocked him out. Reaching the peak of height I wanted to get to. With how fast I was flying forward, plus me going down fast enough, I started to fly downwards. Picking up more and more speed, watching as the familiar cone started to appear around me. The intense speed being aimed towards Blitz and that cloud of his. And within that instant, I broke the speed of sound. Leaving that same awesome rainbow streak behind me as I flew at incredible speeds!

Sadly for me, Blitz made it to the cloud before I could stop him, making him fly forward with his Adrenaline Rush. Leaving a yellow streak behind him as he went. His metal tail making the streak the jagged shape of a lightning bolt. Which might've looked awesome, but still not as awesome as the streak that I leave behind!

But it only took me a few seconds to catch up to him and fly right by him. Leaving my rainbow trail above Fluttershy's Cottage. And sure only her animals could see it now, but after only a few seconds I could see Ponyville off in the distance. Getting closer and closer as I flew at incredible speeds! So fast even, the trees below me swayed underneath me because of my wing power.

Of course, I didn't have to look behind me to know that Blitz was still following behind. The electricity coming from him was making my mane and tail point towards him with the static. Still, he wasn't slowing down or giving up even though he was losing ground as we both went on. I didn't care though as I just kept flying over Ponyville and towards my house, which was the next checkpoint of the race.

The cheers from all the ponies below were a pretty nice touch too. Most of them rooting for me while some were kind of hoping Blitz would pull through and come out on top. Probably just wanting to see if there was any pony that could win a race against the best flyer! And I had to admit, he was doing better than I thought. I was expecting to lose him by now, but he was still flying at a pretty good speed. Even up against the Sonic Rainboom! Not to mention, he was born as a human. Something that he told us didn't have wings. So to learn how to fly this well in less than a year? That, even I had to admit, was so awesome!

After about a minute or two of the Sonic Rainboom, I could feel myself getting exhausted as I saw my house coming up. And for those that think it's pretty weak I can only go two minutes with a Sonic Rainboom, how about you try it! I'd love to see some pony else pull it off!

Trust me, I've tried going longer, but it makes me feel like I'm catching fire if I go too long! That and it starts to singe your mane and tail by that point. And I wouldn't be looked up to all that much if I was missing my mane.

It didn't matter though. All I had to do now was pass Old Mare Crankle's, and it was a straight shot to the finish line! And where was Blitz?! Probably way behind and ticked off that he wasn't winning like he thought he would! Hah! I'd love to see the look on his face right now!

Too bad I got my wish.

"S'cuse me! Coming through!" Blitz yelled out as he flew right on by, not having slowed down even a little bit! It was like he was some kind of mach-ine... Okay, I guess that explained just how he had kept up so fast. Still, it was surprising that he could go this long with that much speed! Metal heart or not!

So that's why he didn't even care that I used my Sonic Rainboom earlier! He must've known that he would've lasted longer than me with his Adrenaline Rush and was just waiting for me to start slowing down! Well, two can play at that game! I hadn't stopped my Sonic Rainboom yet, and now I just had to go further until I outlasted him! Shouldn't be too hard of a problem!

Now, not slowing down or stopping it, I started to fly towards Blitz with my Sonic Rainboom. Already feeling the burn. Literally too. It felt like my bones and organs were in a sauna. And I could already feel myself sweating. It was still worth it as I rounded my house, going through the rainbow fall in attempt to cool myself off, careful not to taste any of it of course.

It worked a little at least. It kept my tail and mane from getting singed, but I could still feel myself getting slow roasted from the inside out. That didn't matter to me though as I finally started catching up to Blitz. Tying for first place once again. This had surprised him though as he looked to me in mild surprise.

"R-Rainbow Dash?! How are you going this fast?!" He questioned, not slowing down as we both kept flying. My house disappearing behind us since we were getting too far to see it.

"My...Sonic...Rainboom..." I answered, each sound bringing a sharp pain to my chest. I could almost feel myself getting heart burn from the excess speed, but I just had to bear it a little longer and I'd be fine.

"What?! No, Rainbow Dash you said yourself you could never go longer than two minutes! Slow down!" He told me, now worried about what I was doing.

"No way...am I letting you...Win..." I said, starting to go ahead of Blitz since my Sonic Rainboom, whether it hurt or not, was still faster than him.

"Rainbow Dash, this isn't right! Stop flying now, you're gonna strain yourself!" He said, now trying to fly even faster to keep up with me. "Look, it's just a stupid race for a measly title!" He tried to convince me. Although it only made me angrier.

"No way!" I said, holding my chest for a few seconds before focusing ahead. Trying to just fly to the finish. Coming up to the spooky Crankle Mansion. All those clouds with wild electricity just gathered up around that big house. The kind of lightning that Blitz couldn't use either. In fact, it would just hurt him like any other pony. Which is why it was so surprising that he lived. Especially since that was one big shot of lightning! Usually, a blast like that would finish you for sure! I guess his metal heart helped with that.

Refusing to stop racing though, I kept on flying ahead, starting to turn right as we went around the giant cloud of wild lightning. Blitz was at least sixty hooves, or thirty feet as he said, behind me. I wasn't even sure if he was trying to win the race at this point more so trying to talk me out of it. But still, I kept going. Determined not to lose. Not with every pony cheering me now. If I stopped using the Sonic Rainboom, I'd be too tired to fly anywhere at all. Meaning that Blitz would have an easy win.

Still, it wasn't too hard to do that. After rounding the large cloud, I could already see the obstacle course and dots of ponies waiting for us to come back over. That including even more colorful dots that were there before. It was just a clear shot. Just one more minute and I'll have reached the finish line as without a doubt the fastest flyer in Equestria! And the world Blitz came from, Earth!

".AIN... ..SH! L..K ..T!" I heard Blitz yell from back behind me, making me turn my head to try and find out just what he was saying. But, I only had to turn my head half way to see what he was talking about. Because as we were rounding the giant cloud, it looked like it was releasing some of its excess lightning that it had built up for so long. And that lightning was going to strike the closest thing towards it.

Me.

And with just a sudden flash of light, I was unable to do anything as a small bolt of electricity hit me. Making me not only lose control of my Sonic Rainboom, but my consciousness too. All I could see before I totally blacked out was me falling towards the small forest that was in between Old Mare Crankle's and the finish line. Not able to do anything to save myself either except just hope that Princess Celestia was watching over me as I came in for a crash landing.

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Blitz's POV

I told her to stop the race! I told her that she was going too far! She was too determined! Not to mention, with all the arguing I made only pushed her further! Now there she was. Falling towards the ground unconscious with no chance of being okay!

To make things worse, my Adrenaline Rush just died down, so I was by myself here. I was behind her and she was falling pretty fast. Meaning that I only had one option. Another shot of lightning.

I looked towards the giant cloud and without even thinking it over, launched my hoof over towards it. Making my hoof come in contact with the cloud. And after a few seconds, I could feel the electricity getting absorbed. The outer layer of my leg was rubber, which is how it stretched out now. But to make sure it didn't stretch out of control, there was a small metal coil wrapped around some rope that connected to my hoof all the way to the rest of my leg that was metal and not rubber.

Of course, as soon as I felt some of the electricity, I drew my hoof back as fast as I could. Along with some more lightning. Too much of it.

I could feel all of the excess lightning surging through me, electrocuting the rest of me that couldn't handle coming in contact with it. My lungs, bones, skin, and my brain too.

It hurt so much; it felt like I was being hit by a defibrillator that's at maximum power. But I ignored the pain as I tried to focus all the lightning power into rocketing towards Rainbow Dash. My yellow jagged trail now emitting sparks because of all the discharging electricity. Still, baring all the pain it worked as I reached Rainbow Dash in no time at all.

With the electricity having served its usefulness, I quickly focused all the electricity into my tail and took it off. Separating me and the lightning so it wouldn't hurt Rainbow Dash even more than she already was.

"Rainbow! Rainbow Dash, wake up!" I yelled out, shaking her as we were both falling in mid-air towards the ground. We were falling way too fast for me to slow us down, so I needed her awake if we were going to keep from falling to our deaths.

But after shaking her around and yelling her name more times than I could count, I realized it wasn't going to work. Even if she were to wake up now, she wouldn't have the strength to fly anyway. So that meant that I had to save her before we hit the ground.

So acting fast, I used my wings to try and slow us down. I might not have been able to fly us to safety, but I could still keep us from splattering onto the forest floor. But seeing how we were still falling at a fast speed, and seeing the fast approaching ground, it wouldn't be enough. If we kept falling at this speed, Rainbow Dash would be sure to have a few broken bones. Maybe even worse.

I felt like cursing at our bad luck, but knew it wouldn't help anything. I could tell where we were going to land to. A small empty field in the middle of the forest. The one time a clear spot for landing wasn't helpful! I couldn't change our course to have us land on something like a tree top to cushion the blow, so what was left?! There were no bushes, plants, pillows, nothing to keep Rainbow from hitting the ground too hard...Unless...

Knowing there wasn't much time until we hit the ground; I went ahead and repositioned the two of us in mid-air. Now underneath Rainbow Dash as I tried to keep us from falling. Acting as a shield for the impact that was about to hit. I didn't know when it was going to happen, but I just had to make sure that I took all the hits so Rainbow Dash would be-

At that moment, we hit the ground. And it felt like I just landed on the pavement with an anvil on top of me. I could feel the pain all throughout my wings and back as we hit the ground at an angle. Making us, well me, plow through the ground. Dirt now all over me. Back, face, eyes, my metal leg, everywhere. But it didn't matter as I just kept my focus on Rainbow Dash. Seeing as she was untouched by any of the dirt, mud, grass, or pain that was going everywhere.

After what seemed like forever, we finally slowed down and came to a stop at the bottom of a tree. My head hitting it lightly, thank Celestia for that, because the ground slowing us down was painful enough. But after stopping, I finally took a breath. In so much pain from it all, I didn't even have time to breathe.

The ironic part was, with the sound of all this destruction of the ground, not to mention my grunts of pain and agony from any small rocks burying into my back, that little breath of air was what finally woke up Rainbow Dash. That being the only thing that affected her from the crash landing that just happened beneath her.

"Huh... B-Blitz, is that you?..." She asked, starting to wake up. And moving the dirt off my face to see if it was, she went wide-eyed. "Blitz? What happened? Who won?" She asked, still out of it.

"It-Ugh!..." I said, getting a sharp pain in my side just from saying one word. "It's a..." I tried to say, each word feeling like another buck in the side. Something there was definitely wrong.

"A what? What is it?" She asked, looking around. But when she saw that we were nowhere near the finish line, she got confused. Looking up behind us, hurting me in the process since she was still on top of me, she could see the giant cloud above Crankle's House. That's when she remembered what happened. At least, I think she did because of the somber look on her face.

She then looked around where we were, still hurting me with each movement by the way, and saw our surroundings. The trail of dirt that led to where we were, which looked like some pony's dead body had been dragged along the ground. That almost being the answer if you ask me. She saw the shady tree we were under, and how the sun rays were shining down on us from behind. Also, she saw my tail embedded in the ground on the other side of the forest clearing. Sparking with an overload of electricity.

Slowly, putting it all together, she slowly turned her head back towards me. Seeing how I was flinching in pain. My good eye closed up from the dirt and debris that had gotten to it. Not to mention, my metal ear was playing some kind of slow, calming music from hitting the tree. This setting some kind of mood on top of all this.

"You...You saved me..." She said, having pieced it all together.

"Of course..." I said, starting to adjust to the pain of talking. "I couldn't just let you get hurt..." I then closed my eyes and gave a small smile, trying to cover up the fact that I was in so much pain right now.

"But...But you're so messed up!" She said, worried. "You can't be okay!" She told me, concerned about how injured I was. And I had to admit, I was pretty hurt. I'll be lucky to even get up after this.

"Rainbow Dash," I started as I began to open my eyes. "I'll be fine." I told her, looking at her face and seeing how concerned she was. And that's when I saw something that was really unexplainable.

As I looked at her, a pink aura started to form around her. Hearts appearing out of nowhere as well, making her look like a Valentine's Day picture with one of those heart banners around it. And to top it off, the rays from the sun came from behind her. Which made her look like an angel to me. Even more so with her wings and rainbow mane. I...I couldn't explain why all of this was happening, but it was. And she looked...She looked...

She looked so beautiful to me.

It was all so much to take in, but that wasn't even the weirdest part about all this. To top it off, just by looking at her, I could almost feel all of my injuries from the crash just going away. Don't get me wrong, I was still sore and dinged up, but I couldn't feel it anymore. It was like her mere appearance itself had healed me.

I couldn't tell if she could see any of the odd floating hearts or aura around her, probably not since it was all in my head, but she was just looking right back at me. Still concerned. But there was something else to her expression too.

"Well...Thank you...For saving my life..." She said, sounding like she was distracted by something as she just kept looking at me.

"Don't mention it...Glad to help..." I said, at a loss for words as I just kept staring at her. Not able to think of anything else except her.

At that moment, I couldn't tell if it was just my imagination or not but I stayed silent as Rainbow Dash started leaning in. Not looking away from me for even a second. I didn't know what was happening, but I didn't do anything. Nothing, but just look to Rainbow Dash and start to lean in towards her myself.

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Wow, that's a very deep and emotional moment isn't it? Well... I guess there's only one thing to say to all of you!...

Don't you just love cliffhangers?!

Yeah, I'm sorry, but this chapter's gone on too long. I mean, over 15,000 words?! Wow, I was a chatterbox for this chapter! Speaking of this chapter, I have someone I want to thank.

I'd like to thank a friend of mine called Sunblast X. Because he helped me with finding a good way to write part of this chapter. And I don't think this chapter would be all that good if he didn't help me. So to help him get the respect he deserves, I want to go ahead and mention a great story of his! It's called Shadow Storm Adventures! It's pretty good, and it's that story that helped me use a part in mine! If you want to, I urge you to check it out right here on FanFiction!

Anyway, thanks for reading every pony, and I will see you next time! Until then, I leave you with the cliffhanger and, as always, the QotC!

QotC: Who do you think would've won the race if the crash landing didn't happen? Why and how?