By the time Soarin' and Rainbow Dash had finished with the check up and talking about several things, including the letters she had received and Soarin' getting set up to be in the field for the check up, the moon had risen. After a couple minutes of silence, Soarin' figured he might as well check out Dash's wing. He looked at Dash and prodded her wing with his shoulder.

"Hey, maybe we should go ahead and test out that wing?" Soarin' said with a smirk.

Dash looked at him for a second and grinned. She flew into the air quickly, catching Soarin' off guard and causing him to jump.

"What type of test, you scaredy cat?" Dash laughed and flew behind him.

Soarin' laughed and turned his head to grin at her. "How about a trick challenge? I'll tell you a trick to do and you perform it..." Soarin said "...and just so you know I'm not gonna go easy on you! A test is a test!"

"Bring it on!" Rainbow Dash said and flew up in front of the moon. This gave Soarin' an idea.

"I want you to do a couple of high speed corkscrews, then from that make two loop de loops and then show me some of your other tricks!" Soarin' yelled up to the mare. Rainbow Dash nodded and began the routine. First came four corkscrews followed by two tight circles. Then quickly she flew in a big circle around the moon. Afterward, she flew around two clouds and made them into the shapes of ponies.

Soarin' wasn't paying attention after she performed the loop de loops though...because he had found her. The pony that had been a beautiful flying shape the night before, was the pony in front of him now. Her beauty was out of this world as the moon shone on her rainbow mane, making the colors shine like the northern lights. The fact that the mystery pony was Dash made it even better, considering he had developed a small crush on the mare after she first saved him and the other two wonderbolts at the Cloudsdale Young Flyers Competition. Then when she had saved his pie it only made him like the mare even more. He watched as Rainbow Dash finished up with a final loop de loop and flew down next to him.

"So coach, how did I do? Am I fit to fly in the next race?" Rainbow Dash joked.

"That was great! Your wing seems to be in perfect flying condition. You're a really fast healer Dash. But I have one question." Soarin' replied and bit his lip nervously about what he was gonna say next. Rainbow started to get a bit impatient waiting for an answer, so she decided to question the hesitating colt.

"Okay...so what's the question?" Rainbow asks.

Soarin sighs and looks her in the eye. "Would you care to go on a date with me tomorrow? I've kind of had a small crush on you for awhile now...and that performance was stunning...I just wanna give us a shot and see where it goes." He says, blushing and rubbing the back of his neck with his hoof.

Her eyes widened and a blush appeared on her cheeks, she was surprised. She ran a hoof through her mane and she thought for a second. He was a wonderbolt. She probably shouldn't be going on dates with wonderbolts, but her heart told her to give Soarin' a chance. He seemed to be a pretty cool guy. He had a good sense of humor, he was handsome, and he was also a great flier. Rainbow Dash had made up her mind.

"Sure. Drop by my place in two days at noon?" Rainbow Dash smiled.

"Y-Yeah! Anyway I better get going. I'll see you later Dash!" Soarin smiled and waved a goodbye, before flying away towards the Wonderbolt Vacation home.

Rainbow Dash watched him fly off for a minute before flying towards Sugar Cube Corner to meet the girls.

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      A couple of minutes later...

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Dash flew next to Pinkie's window and knocked twice.

"Hey Pinks, open up!" Rainbow said through the window. She saw a purple aura surrounding the window before it slid right open. Twilight must already be here, she thought. The other girls were probably here too. Usually Twilight would be the last to arrive due to her being busy with Princess business and all her egghead stuff, but Dash had arrived later than usual due to the checkup. She flew through the window with a big smile still on her face.

"Hello Rainbow Dash! We were starting to get worried." Twilight smiled as Dash took a seat on a pillow, to the right of Applejack.

"Well there was nothing to worry about. Soarin' checked my wing and made me do a couple of trick runs to test it. It was pretty awesome!" Dash said, leaving out the date detail, but smiling widely at the thought of it.

"You've been nothin' but smiles and giggles since you got here Dash..." Applejack said, nudging Rainbow's shoulder with a smirk. "...and I reckon' it has somethin' to do with Mr. Soarin' the Wonderbolt. Mind sharin' with the rest of the room?"

Dash nudged Applejack back and stuck her tongue out at her, before replying with "I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Daaaashiiiieeee! Tell ussssss!" Pinkie squealed while bouncing in place on a pillow to the left of Rainbow Dash.

"Yes darling, please tell us. We are your friends after all." Rarity added with a smile, sitting on a very fancy red pillow that she had probably brought from the boutique. Twilight nodded and looked over at Dash.

"You don't have to tell us if you don't want to...but we definitely won't tell anyone else should you choose to tell us." Twilight said calmly.

Dash looked at all of her friends and noticed that Fluttershy hadn't spoken yet. "Fluttershy...what about you? Would you like to know too?" Dash looked over at Fluttershy who looked quite interested despite her silence.

"Well...I-I wouldn't mind hearing about it...but I'm not gonna force you to talk about it. You can tell us if you want...or you don't have to...that's okay too." Fluttershy replied and smiled timidly at Rainbow.

"Well...it's not that big, so I guess I can tell you guys..." Dash said.

"Spit it out, Sugarcube!" Applejack said while poking Dash's shoulder with her hoof.

"I'm getting to it, AJ, calm down! Anyway...Soarin' asked me out on a date." Rainbow had barely said 'date' before Twilight, Rarity, and Pinkie all squealed loudly. Fluttershy had squealed too but hers was barely above a whisper. Applejack and Dash both covered their ears with their hooves until they saw Twilight mouth the words, 'We're done'. Applejack and Dash both uncovered their ears before Applejack turned to Rainbow Dash and grinned.

"Congrats on the date Sugarcube!" AJ said before Rarity began to talk.

"When is it darling? I simply must know if I am to make a dress for you-" Rarity started before getting cut off by Rainbow Dash.

"It's in two days at noon and I'm not wearing a dress. Soarin' and me are just gonna hang out in casual wear...no offense Rarity." Rainbow sighed.

"Well what about-" Rarity started.

"No jewelry either." Rainbow Dash interrupted.

Rarity sighed and quietly mumbled an "okay" before Pinkie bursted out talking.

"WE SHOULD THROW YOU TWO A "CONGRATULATIONS FOR GOING ON YOUR FIRST DATE" PARTY!" Pinkie said excitedly, still bouncing on the pillow.

"Sorry Pinks but I think I'd rather it just be a normal date. Just me and him for now, okay? Maybe if Soarin and I work out you can throw us an awesome party." Rainbow replied with a huge grin.

"Oh boy! That'd be so great! I'm gonna start planning IMMEDIATELY...well...after the slumber party of course!" Pinkie giggled excitedly and looked over to Twilight with a smile. "Hey Twilight how about you start us off?"

"Well I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say congrats Rainbow! Now how about we get this slumber party started?" Twilight said and looked at the other five. Seeing nods from everypony, she spoke again. "Truth or dare anyone?"

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   At the wonderbolt vacation home...

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"So, what you are telling me is that Soarin' went to check on Rainbow Dash's injury, figured out it was her flying the night before, and now they are going on a date tomorrow?" Spitfire looked over at the pony in front of her with tired eyes.

"Yes ma'am. That is exactly how it happened." Fleetfoot replied taking notice of the lack of rage the pegasus in front of her seemed to have.

"Okay. Thank you for informing me. You are dismissed." Spitfire said before spinning the chair 180 degrees so that she could look out the window. Fleetfoot looked at the back of the chair, feeling kind of bad for Spitfire, but after a bit she turned and walked out the door. Spitfire sat there for a couple of minutes before the door opened again. This time it was a security guard.

Oddly enough, this particular security guard was a unicorn instead of a pegasus. She had emerald green eyes and a pale cornflower blue coat, similar to Soarin's, but her mane was a striped pattern of cyan and violet. She had a pair of goggles around her neck with gold rimmed rainbow lenses, and a black and white strap.

"Soarin' just got back, Spitfire. Would you like me to retrieve him for you?" The security guard asked.

"No thank you, Chaos Spectrum. I'll go find him myself. Go get lunch. I'm sure keeping that spell up all the time takes a lot out of you and you are probably starving." Spitfire grinned as she heard Spectrum's stomach growl.

"Ah...yes...Thank you Spitfire." She sheepishly smiles and salutes Spitfire before using a teleportation spell and disappearing.

"Silly mare..." Spitfire shook her head with a smile and decided it was time to go see Soarin'. She walked out of her office and down a couple of halls, thinking about what she'd say to Soarin'. After a couple of minutes, she arrived infront of Soarin's room and knocked on the door with a frown on her face. The door opened to reveal a happy looking Soarin'.

"Oh, Spitfire...What do you need?" Soarin' looked as if he had been expecting someone other than her, but this wouldn't take long.

"I just wanted to talk to you for a second. I heard that you are going on a date with Dash. Is it true?" Spitfire walked inside of his room and sat on his bed.

"Yes it is. Why do you wanna know?" Soarin' sat on the bed next to her and sighed.

"Well that's okay with me. I just don't want you to get hurt...so be careful and don't move too fast okay? You're like a brother to me Soarin, and I don't like to see you hurt." Spitfire smiles and looks at Soarin'. Soarin' looks surprised but happy.

"Okay...will do Spitfire! Thanks." Soarin' smiles and hugs Spitfire. Spitfire hugs him back for a second then gets off the bed and walks over to the door.

"I've gotta go take care of something. I'll see you later Soarin'." Spitfire says and, without waiting for a response, she walks out the door. A few doors down she stops and knocks on a door. Fleetfoot opens the door and looks surprised to see Spitfire.

"Hey...I know I've been acting really rude to you lately and I'm sorry. You know the details between Soarin and me. I hope you forgive me because I don't think I could stand to lose my best friend." Spitfire says, looking at the ground, letting her ears lay back on her head. Fleetfoot looks at her for a second then sighs and smiles.

"I forgive you Spitfire..." Fleetfoot replies. "...now would you like to come inside and talk? You know, like we used to?"

"I would love to." Spitfire smiles and walks into Fleetfoot's room, closing the door behind her.

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     The very next day....

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The next day, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, Applejack, Twilight, Rarity, and Fluttershy ended up sleeping until late in the afternoon due to staying up so late. Rainbow left quickly, remembering that she forgot to feed Tank. Within a minute or two she arrived at her house and landed on her cloud porch.

"Tank, come here buddy!" Rainbow Dash called and walked into her house, before filling up Tank's food bowl. Tank came flying around the corner and began eating his food. Dash smiled and stroked Tank.

"Good boy!" Rainbow said before she heard a knock at the door. She instantly flew over to the door and opened it to see Spitfire.

"Oh hey Spitfire." Dash nervously said before closing the door behind her. "Need something?"

"Well first, I want to apologize for sending you that letter to you. Soarin' can hang out with whoever he wants and if that means he wants to hang out with you then that's cool with me."

"Oh okay...its no problem at all. I know you two were once a couple...so I guess I understand where you were coming from." Dash chuckled nervously.

Spitfire nodded and then continued to speak. "Second, I heard that you and Soarin' are going on a date tomorrow. All I ask is that you have a great time on your date." Spitfire smiles.

Rainbow Dash's nerves instantly melted away and she smiled. "I'll definitely try." Spitfire hugs Dash.

"Thanks, Rainbow! I'll see you later!" Spitfire waved and Dash watched her fly away towards the wonderbolt vacation cloud before turning around and walking back into her house. She walked into her room and sprawled out across her bed.

"A little bit more sleep couldn't hurt..." Dash yawned and fell asleep.

(( ...and then the ferocious, monstrosity of a cliffhanger reared its head, causing you to be filled with, not fear, but sadness...for you now must wait for Ch. 5!))