I flew back toward Ponyville leisurely, trying not to tire out my wings. That little burst of energy I had was a little too much, and my wings were slowly but surely aching more and more. I was almost in town when I couldn't take it anymore.

I started flying toward a nearby cloud to rest, but at this point, I was feeling unbearable pain in my wings. They were almost impossible to move, but I got closer to the cloud. I was almost there, then the worst thing happened. My wings suddenly cramped up and froze. A wave of panic came over me as I missed the cloud by a few inches and plummeted through the air.

"OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYY GOOOOOOODDDDDDDD!!!" I screamed as I fell straight downward. I was falling for so long, I knew I wouldn't make it out without serious injury. Right when I thought I would fall forever, I suddenly landed on something soft. I opened my eyes and found myself laying on a huge cloud. I breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank Celestia for being a pegasus! I thought, and sat up on the cloud. I could barely feel my wings as I tried to rub them in an attempt to make them feel better. I looked at them. One was slightly folded back while the other was completely extended and wouldn't move.

"Well this sucks." I said, and looked forward. Luckily, the view from this cloud wasn't bad at all. I could see almost all of Ponyville and all the ponies walking around. I was on the lowest cloud in sight, so I could partially make out the faces of some of the ponies. I lay on my stomach and looked down over the peaceful town.

Well, looks like I'm stuck up here.

"Your wings cramp up?" I heard a familiar voice beside me. I looked over and sure enough, Rainbow Dash was standing next to me trying to hold back a grin.

I sighed. "Yep."

She giggled. "Don't worry, they'll feel better soon. So how'd your training go?"

I sat up and my mood brightened when I remembered the training. "Oh yeah. I got the job!"

Dash smiled. "That's great! When do you start?"

"I'm supposed to meet my weather adviser tomorrow to clear the sky."

"Who's your weather adviser?"

"Bright Light."

"She's my adviser too. That means we're on the same weather team. I'll show you how a pro does it tomorrow. I can clear the sky in ten seconds flat!"

She said it! My inner brony squealed on the inside.

"Well apparently I have the fastest training time." I said.

"Really? Looks like I'll have some competition then."

We shared a laugh and sat there a while, enjoying the day. Eventually, my wings started bothering me again. I groaned and tried rubbing one to fold it back in but failed.

"You're wings are still hurting?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Yeah. A lot." I said. I eventually gave up with a defeated sigh. I never knew extra appendages could hurt so bad.

Dash had a concerned look on her face. "Lay down on your stomach."

"Why?" I asked.

"Do you want your wings to stop hurting or not?" She said.

I quickly collapsed on my stomach and looked over to her. "Now what?" She was now standing at my side.

"Hold still. This might hurt." She said.

"What are you-OOOOWWWWWW!!!" Rainbow Dash pounded both of her hooves into the base of each of my wings and it felt like the pain of landing in a valley of conveniently placed sharp rocks. A moment later though, a wave of bliss washed over my wings as they stopped aching.

"Ahhhhhh..." I couldn't help but blurt out my relief. Rainbow Dash carefully handled my wings and folded them back into place. I lay my head on the cloud and enjoyed my wings not being a constant knife in my spine.

Dash lay on her stomach beside me. "Better?"

"Better." I said. Dash smiled and looked out over Ponyville.

"So what do you want to do now?" She asked.

"Not fly." I said. Dash laughed at that and continued to look over the small town.

"We have the whole day. We could talk about random stuff, we could go somewhere and hang out, we could stay here and enjoy the day, It makes no difference to me." I said.

"Well, you wanna go walking around Ponyville?" She asked.

"Sure." I said, and stood up and spread my wings. "I can feel them again!"

Rainbow Dash laughed and got up as well. "You up for a race?" She asked.

"My wings just cramped up, giving me indescribable pain, not to mention I almost died, and you're challenging me to a race? You're on." I said.

Rainbow Dash smiled and spread her wings. "Alright then. How about first one to Sugarcube Corner?"

"Fair enough." I said. "321 go!" I quickly said, and sped off into town. I looked back, expecting to see Rainbow Dash still back at the cloud, but she was no where to be seen. I looked forward, a little confused. How could she have...? I was so preoccupied with where Rainbow Dash could have went that I didn't even notice when I slammed into a bush. Luckily, the bush cushioned my fall, but it still hurt. I got up off the ground and looked around. There was Rainbow Dash, smiling and waving at me in front of Sugarcube Corner. She trotted over to me and I barraged her with questions.

"How did you-But I- You were-" She silenced me with her hoof.

"Like I said. Pure skill. Now come on, let's go enjoy the day!" She said, and started trotting through town. I smiled and caught up to her and we walked side by side.

"So what did you do at Twilight's that was so important?" I asked.

"Oh, nothing. I just needed some advice that's all." Dash said.

"Advice for what?" I asked.

"Oh, you know. Stuff." Dash said with a smile. We continued to walk through town until we came to the pond that I nearly died in.

"So what are we going to do here?" I asked.

"I don't know." Dash said. "I figured with your genius and my awesome, we could come up with something."

I thought for a moment. "Well, there's a pond. We could swim."

Rainbow Dash smiled. "Unoriginal yet good idea. Let's do it!"

I watched as Rainbow Dash flew straight up into the air almost to the clouds, and she folded her wings and let herself fall.

"CANNONBALL!" She yelled as she plummeted to the water, and resurfaced a moment later. She sprayed a stream of water out of her mouth. "Come on in, the water's fine!" She yelled.

I smiled and flew into the air as well. I didn't get as high up as Rainbow Dash, but I got close. I started flying downward as fast as I could, getting closer and closer to the water's surface. At the last second. I folded my wings and went into a cannonball position and fell into the water right next to Dash. I felt the water rush all around me as I dove in at a great speed. I resurfaced a few moments later and took a deep breath.

"That was awesome." I said.

Dash giggled. "You've never done that before?"

"I've never been able to fly like that before." I said.

Dash flipped over on her back and started swimming backwards. I never really knew how to swim well, but I could at least keep afloat. I flipped on my back, put my hooves behind my head and closed my eyes. This is the life.

Just as I thought I could spend the next few moments in peace, I felt water splash onto my face. I spit up some water and got off of my back and started treading water to see Rainbow Dash with a guilty smile.

Oh, it's on.

I returned the favor with a wave of water straight to her face. Her wet mane covered her eyes and she laughed. She sent another wave of water toward me, but this time I dodged it and splashed her again. She lifted her mane out of her eyes.

"You wanna play like that, huh?" She said, and suddenly, her wings became water machine guns. Her wings splashed so much water into my face that I went temporarily blind, and when I could see again, I was greeted with a smug looking Rainbow Dash. I spit some water out of my mouth and cracked my neck.

"And now wings come into play." I said, and started sending water toward her with my wings. She backed up so the water wouldn't reach her, and sent another splash of water at my face.

I flew slightly out of the water so my wings were barely above the surface, and started flapping them with all my might. The force of my wings sent a wave straight into Rainbow Dash. She shook off the water and gave me a competitive look. She flew out of the water and up to cloud level. Uh oh. I thought, and Rainbow Dash dove straight toward the water. She went under about ten feet away from me, sending a huge wave into my face. I quickly shook it off. Is that it? That wasn't very-WHOOOOAAA!!

I suddenly felt something grab my hind legs and I went under water. I opened my eyes and saw Rainbow Dash pointing upward. A race to the surface, huh? I thought, and nodded my head at her. We both took off swimming as fast as we could to the surface until we both suddenly popped up, soaked but having a blast. I shook off the water.

"What are we doing with our lives?" I asked.

"I don't know, but it's fun!" Dash giggled.

"Where the fuck could they be?" Spark asked as he and Blaze scoured Ponyville in search for their pegasus friend.

"I don't know. There aren't many places to go on dates here." Blaze said.

"I hope he didn't pussy out. I swear, if he pussied out, I'm never going to let him hear the end of it." Spark said. They had seen White Flash spring out of the training area of the weather ponies building and they'd been looking ever since.

"Maybe he's somewhere in the clouds." Blaze said.

"He better fucking not be."

"Why are you so concerned about how it goes?" Blaze asked.

"Because if he fucks it up, he has no more chances. I'm not gonna let that motherfucker die alone." Spark said. They were still searching Ponyville when they came to the outskirts.

"That's it. We're never going to find him." Blaze said, and at that moment, they heard voices.

"Shut up, Blaze. You hear that?" Spark said, and the voices continued. "It sounds like Flash and Rainbow Dash. Quick, hide!" Spark quickly dove behind a bush and Blaze desperately looked around for a hiding place, until he decided to hide behind a light pole. Spark face hoofed but turned his gaze toward where he heard the voices. Sure enough, there came White Flash and Rainbow Dash walking down the path, talking and soaking wet.

What the fuck did they-? Nevermind. Spark thought, and continued to watch them. They walked passed the bush and eventually the light pole Blaze was taking refuge behind. Once they were far enough away, Spark got out from the bush and Blaze walked up to him.

"So, looks like we found him, huh?" Blaze said.

Spark put his hoof on Blaze's shoulder. "You are the biggest fucking disgrace I have ever had the displeasure to meet. But that's why we're friends! Now come on, we have some spying to do!"

"So I was thinking maybe we could go to the park next or something." Rainbow Dash said as we walked on a path into town.

"Sure!" I said. We were still soaked from the pond, but we didn't care. We would dry out eventually. As we walked into town I saw a bush rustle out of the corner of my eye. I didn't really pay any attention to it, but then I saw Blaze lamely trying to hide behind a light post.

And here they are, I thought. My expert date advisers.

Rainbow Dash didn't seem to notice him though, so we kept walking.

It didn't take long for us to get to the Ponyville park. Part of it was open grass and the other part was filled with various playground equipment. Of course, Rainbow Dash ran for the playground part. She started climbing on the monkey bars with full enthusiasm while I stayed on the side and watched.

"Um, Dash? Aren't we a little too old to play on a playground?" I asked. She suddenly lifted herself up and hung upside down to face me.

"We just had a water splashing fight. We're definitely not too old for a playground." She said with a smile.

"But playgrounds are made for fillies and colts. Why would we want to play on them?"

"Because it's fun! Lighten up, Flash. It doesn't matter who something is made for. If it's fun, then it's fun that no pony can stop me from having!" Dash said, and flipped over continuing to climb the monkey bars.

She made a very good point. That's the reason I'm here in the first place. I tried something that wasn't made for me and it turned out to be the greatest thing to ever happen to me. "What the hay." I said, and climbed on the monkey bars as well. Rainbow Dash waited at the end and I climbed over to her and got on the ground.

"See? It's still fun." She said.

"Yeah, I guess." I said.

"C'mon, I know you're a colt at heart." Rainbow Dash smiled.

I smiled back. "Yeah. I really am."

"Then come on!" Dash said, and started running up the stairs of a small castle. I grinned and quickly followed. Luckily, there were no other ponies to see us. That is, until I remembered Spark and Blaze. I looked over and saw them on a bench, both with newspapers covering their faces. Spark peeked over the newspaper and gave me a disapproving frown, then he said something to Blaze. I blocked them out of my mind and continued to follow Rainbow Dash around the playground.

"Do you see this shit, Blaze? What the fuck are they doing?" Spark asked as he watched White Flash roam around a playground castle.

"Yeah, I'm sot really sure this is how a date is supposed to go." Blaze said. "We need to talk to him somehow, but it has to be subtle so that Rainbow Dash doesn't notice."

"I have an idea." Spark said. He hid behind the bench and peeked his head out. "HEY FAGGOT! GET YOUR PATHETIC ASS OVER HERE!"

White Flash looked over to Blaze sitting at the bench and Spark waving a hoof over. Flash looked at Rainbow Dash who didn't seem to notice the noise, and he quickly flew over to the bench.

"What do you guys want?" He said, and was quickly pulled behind the bench by Spark.

"What the fuck are you doing, dude?" Spark asked.

"I'm enjoying time with Rainbow Dash." He said.

"No, what you're doing is making yourself look like a little fag with no life goals that doesn't understand how to act socially acceptable in this technicolor pony world!"

"I'm...what?"

"I don't know, I'm talking out of my ass here, but a playground? Seriously? Even you can do better than that!"

"Well what am I supposed to do then?"

"I don't give a fuck, as long as your not being a little bitch in a playground."

Flash sighed. "Fine. I'll do something."

"That's my boy. Now get out there before she thinks you left!"

After my little chat with Spark, I quickly flew to the castle behind Rainbow Dash, who was at the top of the castle looking around. She didn't seem to notice I left. I walked up to her.

"You really like playgrounds, don't you?" I asked.

"Yeah. Back in Cloudsdale, there weren't many playgrounds so I go here whenever I have the chance to. They're just not as fun when you're older though." Dash said.

"Well, you know what's fun no matter what age you are?" I asked.

"What?"

"Racing." I said with a competitive look.

"You want to race again? You lost last time."

"Don't be so sure of yourself. I might pull through this time." I said.

"Okay then, you're on. Where to?"

"First one to the outside of Ponyville going that way." I said pointing straight forward. I looked to Spark for approval and he just held out a hoof. I faintly heard him say "Fuck, I have no thumbs!" So I guessed it was meant to be a thumbs up.

"Alright. But this time, no head starts." Rainbow Dash said.

"Fair enough." I said and got into a ready position.

"3...2...1...Go!" Rainbow Dash said, and we both rocketed into the air.

We flew side by side, both of us trying to surpass each other. I passed her...she passed me....I passed her...she passed me. It was a constant battle until we both passed the edge of town.

"I was totally first!"

"In your dreams! I was ahead of you!"

"Yeah right, I was leading the whole time!"

"No you weren't!"

After our little argument, we laughed it off and deemed it a tie. We walked together back into Ponyville, discussing what we should do next.

"Well, I'm kind of hungry, and it's probably around five o'clock by now...do you want to get something to eat?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Sure, I'm getting hungry too." I said, and Dash led the way toward a building that I guessed was a restaurant. I looked around to see if Blaze and Spark had arrived yet, and sure enough, I saw them walking and trying to act casual while clearly staring straight at me. I shook my head and followed Rainbow Dash inside.

"I love this place." Dash said as we took a seat at a booth, sitting across from each other. "It's not super fancy and the food is really good." Eventually, a waiter came by and asked us what we wanted. I didn't really know what was good, so I ordered a hayburger with hay fries. Rainbow Dash got the same.

"You know, today is probably the most fun I've had since coming to Ponyville." I said while we waited for our food.

"Really? I would have thought you would have done loads of fun stuff." Rainbow Dash said.

"Nope. No one knows how to have fun like you do." I said.

"Now you're just saying that." Dash said.

"No really. You and I have the same type of fun standards that no pony else can relate to." I said.

"I know right! No pony else ever wants to just goof off and hang around like we do." We sat there for a few more minutes talking about other random things until our food arrived. There was something very familiar about our waiter this time though... He suddenly winked at me and I figured it out.

Spark, are you kidding me?

Our waiter was Spark. I don't know how he got the food, or the permission to serve us, but he was definitely our waiter. Once he gave us our food, he walked away backwards and kept staring at me.

"Do you know him?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Uh, yeah. Kinda." I said. We started eating and continued to talk.

"You know, I'm really glad I met you, Flash." Rainbow Dash said after a while.

"Why is that?" I asked.

"Because you're just like me. We have the same sense of humor, we both like the same stuff. I finally have somepony that I can really trust and relate to."

I smiled. "Really? Thanks." I said.

She smiled back. "No problem!"

We finished the last of our meal and I looked over and found Blaze and Spark sitting at a table. Spark just gave me a nod and I looked back at Dash. Our original waiter came by with the bill and Dash left the money and a tip on the table. We got up and walked out the door, and I noticed it was starting to get dark.

"Well, it's getting late. How should we end our day of awesome?" I asked.

Rainbow Dash smiled. "I have an idea. Follow me." She took off into the air and I followed. We flew leisurely for a bit before I asked, "Where exactly are we going?"

"You'll see." Was all Dash said. We eventually flew out of Ponyville and toward a gigantic rock.

"Are we going there?"

"You'll see."

We flew up to the top of the rock, where there was a flat spot big enough for both of us to sit on. We both landed there and sat down. We only had a couple feet of free space, but it was good enough.

I whistled. "Look at the view from here!" I said.

"And even better, turn around." Dash said.

I turned around and I was greeted with the most beautiful sunset I had ever laid my eyes on. The golden sky shimmered as the sun slowly descended into the horizon.

"Whoa..." Was all I could say. Rainbow Dash smiled and looked at it with me.

"This is amazing." I said, entranced in the sun's beauty.

"I know. I always come up here to watch the sunset before nightfall, so I thought I'd share it with you." Dash said.

"Well thank you. I couldn't ask for anypony better to watch it with." I said. Dash blushed a little and scooted closer.

"It always was kind of lonely up here without anypony to talk to. I'm really glad you're here." She said.

"I'm glad I am too." I said. I wonder if Spark found his way up here. I thought, and looked behind me. There was Spark, hanging on the edge of the cliff, not at all scared that he could fall at any moment. How did he...? Before I could think about how he could have possibly gotten on the rock, he held up a sign that said, "Ask her out!" As soon as he lifted up the sign, however, he lost leverage and fell down and I heard him land with a thud.

"Dammit, Blaze, you can't hold me for two fucking seconds?" I heard faintly.

"It's not my fault! Do you think he saw it?"

"He better have. I'm not doing that again."

I turned my head back toward the sunset.

"Did you hear something?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"No, I didn't hear anything. Must have been the wind." I said.

"I guess so." She said, and continued to watch the sunset.

So Spark wants me to ask her out? But I have no idea how to even go about that. And why? She's a pony! It would be weird. Then again...I'm a pony too... Screw it. I know I want this.

"So Dash, I had a lot of fun today." I said after a while of silence.

"Me too." She said. "I'm glad we got to hang out."

"Yeah. I really like spending time with you. We have a lot of fun together..." I was starting to lose confidence.

"And I really like your personality and..."

Dash scooted a little closer. "Yeah?"

"...And I was just wondering if you might want to go out with-" Before I could even finish what I was saying. I was cut off by Rainbow Dash's soft lips locked on mine. I closed my eyes and we held the kiss for a few more seconds until Dash pulled back.

"Yes." Dash said as we looked at each other. Her magenta eyes shined in the continually dimming sunlight. She blushed and looked back at the sunset. We watched it together all the way through until the sun was visible no more, and we were left with the dim light of the moon. Dash suddenly turned to me and gave me a hug.

"Thanks for watching the sunset with me." She said. We held the hug for a few moments until she broke it.

I smiled. "It was no problem." She smiled back and gave me a kiss on the nose.

"You wanna start heading home?" She asked.

"You go on ahead. I'll catch up." I said. Dash stood up and flew off.

Well, that happened.

I suddenly heard something and I looked over to see Spark climbing back up, standing on the rock now.

"Please fucking tell me you asked her out." He said.

I nodded.

"And...?"

"We kissed." I said, and Spark's face grew into a full smile.

"FUCK YEAH!" He walked over to the cliff. "Hey Blaze, our boy did it!"

"Hurray!" I heard Blaze's faint reply.

"So where did she go?" Spark asked.

"We're about to go back to her house."

"Ohhhhh. Alright, alright, try not to get her pregnant, lover boy."

"I...whaaaaaaaaat?"

"Ah, nothin'." We sat there a few more moments while I tried to forget what Spark said.

"Well then, uh...Thank you. I probably never would have done this without you." I said.

Spark smiled. "Anytime, bro. Now go, don't keep her waiting."

I smiled and took off toward Rainbow Dash.

This was a good day.

Author's Notes:

So this was a chapter. This might be the last chapter for a while because I'm going to be busy the next few weeks so I don't know if I'll have time to update or not but I'll try.