I awoke the next morning and immediately went to check if I was still a pony. I opened my eyes.

Hooves, check.

White snout, check

And walls in the room made of clouds, definitely check.

I smiled. So it wasn't a dream

I smelled something cooking in the kitchen. I had no idea what, but it smelled amazing.

I got up off the couch and stretched. I looked over to the kitchen to see Rainbow Dash stirring something in a pan on the hot stove.

"Morning, sunshine." She said when I was done stretching.

I yawned. "Morning. I gotta say, I never thought I would see somepony like you cook."

"Yeah, I usually don't. I only know how to put some oats on the stove and cook them for a while. And I thought breakfast sounded good right about now, so why not." She smiled. She really was just as cute in person as in the show.

"I didn't even know it was possible to cook oats." I said.

"Yeah, not very many ponies know, but cooking oats makes them taste so much better. Heck, I only know because my mother taught me." She stirred the oats around in the pan once more, and then turned off the stove. She walked over to a cabinet and grabbed two plates. "Help yourself, there's plenty up here."

"Thanks." I said, and made my way over to the kitchen. I was starving. Maybe oats taste good now that I'm a pony.

Rainbow took a spoonful of the fried food and put it on her plate. "So, what's on the agenda for today?" She asked me as I walked into the kitchen to fix my plate.

"Well, I'm not sure yet. I guess I could go looking for houses for sale." I attempted to pick up the spoon to put the oats on my plate, but grasping something with a hoof is almost impossible. I kind awkwardly used both of my hooves to pick up the spoon. I looked back at Rainbow Dash, hoping she didn't catch my slip up. I'm never gonna survive in Equestria like this.

"Well, you could always ask Twilight about the houses. She knows everything about Ponyville, I bet she'd know a lot of places to live."

"True." I said, and continued to fail at making a simple plate of food. Dash cantered over to the couch and sat down to eat, while I struggled to get the last bits of oats onto my plate.

Well that was complicated enough.

I grabbed my plate, careful not to drop it with my flimsy grip, and walked over to the couch to take a seat next to Rainbow Dash. "I should probably find somewhere to live soon. I don't want to intrude by staying here too long or anything." I said.

"Seriously? You're not intruding. If you were, you would know. You're welcome here anytime. Besides, I like the company. Not too many ponies visit me that often."

"Why not?" I asked.

"Well, mostly because I live in a cloud house floating in the sky. Not exactly the kind of place that says, 'Hey there, you wanna come over and visit?'"

I laughed at that. "Yeah, I guess not."

The whole time Dash and I ate, we just talked and learned more about each other. I did my best to tell her things about myself without revealing that I used to be human. Dash told me about how she was from Cloudsdale, how she dropped out of flight school, and how she got her cutie mark.

"Speaking of cutie marks..." She said, looking at my barren flank.

"Yeah..." I said. Well now to explain this. "Well... I guess I just still haven't found my talent yet." I said, giving the most obvious answer ever.

"Oh...well don't worry, I'm sure you'll find it soon enough."

"Yeah, maybe."

After that we just kind of sat there silently, finishing off the last of our oats. Needless to say, things got awkward very fast. I don't really know why I cared, I've always been kind of awkward around people. I got used to it, but it just felt different around Dash for some reason.

After we finished eating, Rainbow Dash told me that she had plans to hang out with Pinkie Pie so she had to leave. She told me good luck on finding a house, and that if I ever needed back in the house that there was a key under the rug in front of the door.

After we parted ways, I started headed towards Twilight's house. On my way there, I realized I had some down time, so I decided to try to better my flying.

I knew the basics of just flapping my wings and flying. I could actually fly somewhat steadily now. As I flew more, I started wanting to go faster. I suddenly slowed my flight to a peaceful hover, which isn't nearly as easy as it sounds.

First, I had to stop gliding and start flapping my wings in place, which I know there has to be a much easier way of doing than what I did because I nearly spiraled out of control. Then, I had to have a steady flapping pace to stay in one spot without my body jerking every which way.

After I had staying in one spot down, I ascended slowly but surely to a bit higher than cloud level. I descended as slow as I could onto a cloud, and I actually successfully landed for once.

I stood on the cloud, but my legs quickly gave way and I found myself lying down on the softest material that I had ever had the pleasure to feel in my entire life. Even though Rainbow Dash's house was made of this stuff, it had nothing on the actual cloud. I couldn't help but roll around on the cloud and enjoy its plushness. It was just so damn comfortable!

I rolled over on my stomach and looked down at Ponyville. I could see everything from here. I could see all of the ponies walking around, talking, and having a good time.

And then there's me. Just sitting up here on this cloud watching them all. It's no wonder I didn't have any friends when I was human.

Anyway, it was time to do what I came up here for.

I reluctantly got to my feet and ascended off the cloud and looked down.

"Here goes nothing."

I folded my wings and did a nosedive toward the ground. Not my smartest move.

I was going so fast, everything was a blur to me. I tried to make sense of where I was to no avail. The wind whizzed through my mane and I felt my eyes start to water. I guessed I was probably getting close to the ground, so I opened my wings, and my body angled a little bit so I wasn't falling straight down. Now, I was going insanely fast in a forward direction.

As I flew, I sort of noticed, sort of ignored the fact that I was still getting closer to the ground, and that I was currently doing nothing about it. I tried to flap my wings to gain altitude, but I suddenly spiraled out of control. I started rolling violently through the air, the wind hitting me at every angle. My situation only got worse when I tried to correct myself once more.

"OHHHHH MYYYYYY GODDDDDDDD!!!!!" I screamed as I tumbled through the air at an impossible speed. I couldn't see a thing going on around me, and then suddenly-

SPLASH

I hit the water with incredible force, and I tumbled around at a disorienting speed. I finally stopped after several violent somersaults underwater. I sat in the water, not even able to comprehend what had just happened, all I knew was that I was running out of air. And quickly.

When I finally shook off my dizziness, I swam upward as fast as I could, though hooves aren't exactly the best swimming gear. I was almost to the surface, but at this point, my lungs were screaming for air.

C'mon...almost...there...

I finally resurfaced and I gasped for air. I wound up close to the shore of a large pond. I hastily paddled toward the edge of the pond to the shore, still breathing heavily. I made it, and immediately collapsed onto my back gasping for air for a full minute before two ponies came into my vision.

"White Flash? Are you okay?" Rainbow Dash said with a concerned expression.

"You just fell out of the sky and then SPLASH!!! Into the pond you went!" Giggled Pinkie Pie.

"Oh...hey...guys..." I managed between breaths.

"I leave you alone for ten minutes, and the next thing I know, you're plummeting out of the sky and into a pond! What happened?" Dash asked.

"Uh...I tried to land again." I said with a wry smile.

Rainbow Dash sighed. "Are you alright?" She asked.

"Yeah I'm fine I'll just try to...land less."

"Well, try not to get yourself killed by the end of the day, okay?"

"I'll try." I said with a smile.

Rainbow Dash's mood lightened and she laughed. "I just don't understand you, Flash." With that, Pinkie and Dash walked off, leaving me on the ground.

"Well that was embarrassing..." I said to myself as I got to my feet. I shook off the water from my fur and started toward Twilight's house. Maybe she can help me with the house situation.

Author's Notes:

I'm not sure how often I'll add new chapters. I'll probably (try to) add more every week or so, depending on how the story goes.