Chapter 2

   Zoarin sat on the edge of his bed, looking down at the floor. He had packed his satchel with a few things he may need.

   He sighed and fell back onto his bed. What was he suppose to do once he met Rainbow Dash. He couldn't just walk up and challenge her.

   What if he lost again. He may be good but she is way better. She can do a Sonic Rainboom when ever she wants to. He could only do it if he was lucky, but he failed most of the time.

   He sat up and stood up. He put his satchel on his back and started towards the door.

   "I'll just figure that out once I get there." He said to himself before walking out the door and into the afternoon sun.

   He looked around, a few of the ponies was out and about. He walked down the street, trying to decide if he should fly all the way there or just walk there.

   He stretched out his wings, it would be a lot faster to fly there.

   He jumped up and flew up a little, just above the buildings. He looked to the west, where Ponyville was. This was going to be a boring trip.

One hour later

   Zoarin landed on the outskirts of Ponyville, he had never been here before.

   The town wasn't as big as he had thought it would be. He had pictured a huge town with buildings every where. Instead he saw a small town with buildings close together.

   He walked to the edge of the town and looked around at all the happy ponies walking around and talking.

   "Cotton was right, the ponies here are more outgoing and friendlier than the ones back in Manehattan." Zoarin said to himself.

   "Who are you talking to you crazy pony?" Said a very cheerful voice.

   Zoarin turned around to see a pink pony with a big fluffy mane and tail. She was hopping up and down in place with a huge smile on her face.

   "Umm, nopony. Just talking to my self." Zoarin said getting a bit worried. Nopony should be this happy.

   "I know what you need. You need a party. Owww it could have games, dancing, and everything else. It will be the best party ever. Everypony will be there. Wait, I don't even know your name, mine is Pinkie Pie, what is yours." She said with almost impossible speed.

   Zoarin looked at her puzzled, all he had heard was something about a party and something about pie. He took a step back from the bouncing pony, and looked around nervously. "Umm no I don't really want to go to a party, I'm here on business."

   Pinkie Pie stopped bouncing and frowned, "What do you mean you don't want to go to the party. Are you loco in the coco or something." But then the smile returned, just as fast as it had left, "Owww I know, your just shy about it, like my friend Fluttershy. She is the shiest pony I've ever seen, but she's also the sweetest pony I've met. You should met her, I think you two will get along."

   Zoarin back away farther, what is wrong with this pony. "Oh hey look at the time, I'm late for, uhhh something. So I to go now before I lose my mind."

   He jumped up in the air and flew up onto a cloud. He may not like clouds, but anything is better than listening to that pony.

   He looked down to see that the pink pony was still talking, like he was still there. He slumped back onto the cloud and rubbed his eyes with his hoofs. "I hope not everypony here is like that, I can't live with that kind of torture."

   "So as I was saying, you should really come to Sugar Cube Corner tonight. It will be fun, with games, food, dancing and everypony to talk to."

   Zoarin jumped at the sound of the pink ponies voice, he looked around and saw her pop up through the cloud for a second then fall back through it.

   He looked down to see that she was jumping on a trampoline to get to where he was.

   "So are you going to come or not."

   Zoarin sighed loudly and flew to the ground.

   She jumped off the trampoline and hoped over to him. "So are you, uhh uhh uhh."

   Zoarin rolled his eyes, "Sure why not."

   She jumped high and let out a excited squeal, "YAY! I'll go set it up, oh this is going to be the best party ever."

   She started to bounce away towards the town. Zoarin let out a sigh, at least she's gone now.

   He started to walk towards the town. Everything here is so lively and happy. It made Zoarin wish he had never came to this little town. He couldn't take all this colorful surroundings for long, or the way to happy ponies. He like the city, where everypony would just keep to them selves and not bother anypony else.

   Maybe he should just go visit his friend Soarin in Cloudsdale. They could just fly around for a while, he may see Rainbow Dash there.

   He stopped walking and looked around. Where was he suppose to stay or sleep, he hadn't thought about that. Well it's either ground or cloud, but either way, he was sleeping out side. Let's go with cloud, that way I'm away from all the other ponies.

   He looked around, all the ponies were still going about like they where before. He looked around and saw a forest, perfect. He could go there and put his stuff in a tree so nopony will find it.

   He walked over to a tall tree and flew up to the top, he placed his satchel behind some of the leaves and then descended to the ground.

   Time to head to Cloudsdale. He jumped up and headed in the direction of the city in the sky.

Five minutes later

   Zoarin was flying above the tree line, looking at the scenery. This place may be different from the city, but it had a beautiful landscape.

   As he was taking in his surroundings, a Pegasus flew past him at high speed. He looked closer to see that the Pegasus had a rainbow colored mane and tail.

   "Rainbow Dash.."

   He picked up speed and flew up next to her.

   She looked over at him and gave a grin. Then she shoot ahead at a almost impossible speed.

   So she wants to race, that was easier than he had thought it would be.

   Zoarin picked up his speed again, matching hers. He looked over to see that she was still looking at him, "You think your fast. Well try and keep up with me."

   Zoarin smiled a little, "Oh don't you worry about me, I think you will have trouble keeping up with me."

   Her grin went to a laugh, "What ever flycolt. Lets see how fast you really are."

   She sped up and was way ahead of Zoarin.

   He wasn't going to be laughed at, not this time. He pushed him self to keep up with her, he was having trouble.

   She picked up even more speed. How was this even possible, no Pegasus should be this fast. She headed straight up, and Zoarin knew what she was about to do.

   She looked down and yelled, "You ready to lose your mind. Watch this."

   Zoarin was getting a little angry, he had always thought he was the fastest Pegasus alive.

   She went straight up and stopped, she looked down at Zoarin still trying to catch up. Once he was beside her, she smiled and looked down. "Ever heard of a Sonic Rainboom, I'm the only pony to ever do one. Nopony else has ever been able to do it but me. Now watch as I, Rainbow Dash, perform a Sonic Rainboom."

   She angled her self downwards and flew straight down. Zoarin was now furious, she was to argent and confident.

   He let out a loud yell of rage and plunged downward till he was next to her and matching her speed.

   She looked at him and yelled, "Well well, looks like little flycolt here wants to play with the big fillies. Well lets just see how bad you can get hurt."

   Zoarin was getting madder and madder by the second and her boasting wasn't helping calm him down. When he became this mad, he was likely to do dangerous things.

   He pushed him self to his limit and she was still next to him. He could feel the pressure of a Sonic Zoarboom forming around him and her.

   Rainbow Dash looked at him surprised, but then focused back on her own Sonic Rainboom.

   Within seconds the two created a Sonic Rainboom/Zoarboom at the same time. The sky was filled with multiple colors and lighting bolts. Everything in the surrounding area was cast in a series of colors.

   Zoarin looked behind him, he was surprised he was actually able to do it this time. He pulled up till he was heading straight ahead.

   Once they both stopped, he looked over to Rainbow Dash to see that her mouth hung open in surprise.

   "You were able to perform a Sonic Rainboom or what ever you call yours."

   Zoarin looked around then back at her, with a proud smile on his face, "Well I guess I did, I thought I wouldn't be able to do it this time."

   Rainbow Dash shook her head and held out her hoof, "Well it's nice to meet another great flier, my names Rainbow Dash, as you may already know."

   Zoarin held out his hoof and shook her hoof, "My names Zoarin, I actually came here to see you. I wanted to prove I was the best flier in all of Equestria, but as I have found out. You are the best, I was having trouble keeping up with you in the beginning."

   She laughed at this,"Well I would put you at second best. Nopony is better than me."

   Zoarin laughed,"Yea, I guess I can live with being second best. There's no way I'll beat you."

   Rainbow Dash smiled, "If you don't have a place to stay, you can stay at my house. It's a nice cloud mansion right outside of Ponyville."

   Zoarin looked at her worried. He had not expected this.