"Ok, here we are!" I said happily. We had reached the gates to the Wonderbolt's stadium. Luckily, this one wasn't made out of cloud. I walked up to the gates, and was cut off by a rather large mare.

"Tickets please." She asked. "And no costumes are allowed in the stadium." She said to me specifically.

"Two things, one this isn't a costume. Two, Princess Luna is allowing us to use her royal viewing platform." I explained.

"Ha! Yeah, and I'm the queen of the Gryffin Empire!" She scoffed. "Now, show me some tickets, take off the costume, or get out of the way." She ordered. I sighed.

"Look, I really don't want to have to call Luna to solve this. Look, here's her royal seal, that good enough for you?" I asked as I pointed to my hip. She snorted.

"Obviously a fake. Now get out of the way, or I'll make you move. Got it?" She held up something akin to a cattle prod. I laughed.

"Not that I wouldn't love to see you try, but I hate fighting. I'll just call the Princess and you can explain this to her." I offered as I pulled out the little iPhone. The mare laughed.

"Sure, you're gonna just call for the Princess, and she'll come runni--"

"Hmm? Sharky, why hath thou called back so soon?" Luna's voice called from my iPhone. "Is the show unsatisfactory?" She asked.

"I would have no way of knowing. You see, this mare refuses to let RD and I in." I explained. The mare's mouth dropped open.

"WHAT?! Let us see her!" Luna commanded. I turned the phone to face the mare. Luna gasped. "Star! We told you specifically to let our friends in!" Luna yelled. Star tripped over herself trying to unlatch the gate.

"Oh! So sorry your Highness!" She mumbled repeatedly. She opened the gate and hurriedly rushed us to the viewing platform.

"Thanks Luna! Sorry I had to bother you." I said.

"Think nothing of it Sharky. We must go now. Farewell." She hung up.

"Wow... THIS IS SO AWESOME!" RD said. I heard an announcer shouting in the distance, and RD was hanging onto the rail at the edge of the platform.

"Is there anything else I can do for you sir?" Star asked hurriedly.

"Nah, we're good. Thank you." I said. Star bowed and left. I blushed a little. I wasn't royalty after all, that kind of respect was a little weird. I turned to examine the platform. It was really interesting. There were two HUGE thrones in the center. One black and one bright yellow. (I bet the yellow one is Luna's.) The room was divided right down the middle and colored to match the theme of the princess either side belonged to. Luna's was really dark, and had a bunch of spikes and dots of white thrown into the design. Celestia's had a bunch of pillows and rainbows everywhere. I walked over to Luna's side as fast as I could, and sat down in the darkest corner. I know I said I was afraid of the dark, but only while I'm alone. Otherwise, I love it. RD was totally engrossed in the show. I would have watched too, but honestly I had no intrest in it.

"Oh my gosh did you see that?!" RD said excitedly.

"I sure did." I lied. I could pretend to be interested at least. I tried walking over and watching a little after that, but after the Wonderbolts flew around the stadium a few times, disturbingly close to everypony's head, I lost interest and went back to my corner. Sure, their flight trails were cool and eveything, but I hate watching athletic things like sports or the Olympics. I much prefer participating. I wasn't sitting too far from RD, so I could still feel my wings growing. I sat there contentedly for about an hour, listening to random squeals from RD. Then, a voice started calling from the stadium, so I walked over to look. One of the Wonderbolts, Soarin I think, was speaking to the audience.

"Now, a lot of you ponies in Manehattan have been talking down our skills!" He called out. "Do you believe us now?" He shouted. The audience roared back with sounds of approval. "That's right!" He continued. "Is there anypony in the audience that still doesn't agree?" He asked. I put on a sly grin.

"ME!" I called out. Every eye in the stadium turned to me at the same time. Rainbow's mouth fell open. My wings were fully developed now, and I flew just off the platform. "I may not be a pony technically, but I know somepony that could outfly you EASY! As a matter of fact, let's prove it with a race shall we?" I shouted. The audience let out a collective-

"Ooooohhhh." at my challenge. Soarin got an angry tone to his voice.

"You challenge the Wonderbolts!? We are the best fliers in Equestria! Bring it on!" He accepted.

"Ha ha! Yes! Come on RD, you've got a race to win!" I cheered to her. She was still gaping at me open-mouthed.

"ARE YOU INSANE?!" She screeched. I thought for a moment.

"Yes, now let's GO!" I grabbed her and flew down to Soarin. "Here you go, Rainbow Dash! Fastest pegasus in Equestria! And for now, I'm Sharky White, fastest and only winged human!" I cheered. He gave me a bit of a stunned look as he actually got a good look at me, but he shook his head and regained his composure.

"What do you mean for now?" Soarin asked. I sighed.

"Look, it'd take too long to explain, just setup a race please? I do have other places to go!" I said cockily. Huh, I guess Rainbow's magic effects my attitude too.

"You got it!" He laughed. He let out a shrill whistle, and a bunch of pegasi appeared from nowhere and rearranged a few things on the track to make a clear raceway. "Ok you two, line up at the starting line!" He ordered. We did as commanded. We were immideately joined by a few more of the Wonderbolts, five in total. I looked at Dash.

"Hey RD?" I asked. She looked at me.

"You're crazy." She laughed. "I can't believe I'm about to race with the Wonderbolts!" She squealed.

"Yeah, me either." I agreed.

"Ready?" Soarin started. "Set?" We readied ourselves for takeoff. "GO!" We all blasted off the ground, me and RD easily taking the lead.

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"Twilight! That's crazy!" Fluttershy gasped. Twilight's encounter with Unity had given her an idea.

"No it's not! Plus, it's our only way to figure out if Sharky will EVER like us!" Twilight protested. The girls had been discussing since they had put Unity to bed with Spike.

"Well... that would be nice... but reading his mind? I don't know..." Fluttershy mumbled. Twilight sighed.

"I don't like it either, but do you have a better idea?" Twilight asked. Fluttershy thought for a moment.

"Well... no... but still... is this a good idea? What if he finds out....." Fluttershy muttered.

"He won't, I'll just do it in his sleep." Twilight reassured her.

"Well what if I tell him?" Blaze asked. Twilight hit him with a wave of magic. He blinked a few times. "WHO ARE YOU TWO?! WHERE'S SHARKY?!" He screeched in fear. Twilight sighed and went through introductions again.

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"Wow! I didn't expect it to be this easy!" I yelled to RD as we flew side-by-side towards the finish line on the final lap of the race.

"Well, to be fair most of them are stunt fliers!" She shouted back. "Still, you're right! Hey, maybe if we win they'll invite us to join them!" She said happily. I thought for a moment.

"Well, if only one of us wins, they'd be sure to get in!" I yelled back. She gave me a confused look, but I was focusing on a famailar white line as it faded into view. "Bye!" I yelled. I slowed my self down by flaring out my wings, and the white line threw me back like it did in the show. "WAAAAAHOOOOOO!" I yelled crazily as I blasted backwards past some very confused Wonderbolts. I put on a small smile and gave Spitfire and Soarin a little salute as I passed them. Right before I flew out of the stadium, I saw RD pull off the sonic rainboom and win the race. I sighed contentedly, and continued my backwards flight. Then I hit a building. Not one of those buildings with a ton of windows, but a solid, brick building. "OW!" I yelled. I slid down the side of the wall about 20 feet. "SWEET MOTHER OF CELESTIA THAT HURT!" I yelled. I rubbed my back, but nothing was actually broken. I was gonna bruise like a banana, but at least I wasn't really hurt.

Well, I certainly hope that she gets her invite to the Wonderbolts... I thought to myself. I stood up and cracked my back. Then I looked across the street, and saw a peculiar sign.

"Daring Do book signing?" I asked myself. "Wait, so Daring Do is REAL?!"I exclaimed to myself.

"Yeah, and your costume is stupid! Can we get past the obvious?!" Somepony yelled as he passed me.

"Well then..." I muttered to myself. I walked into the building with the Daring Do sign. It was a HUGE book store. There were at least 4 floors to it, and each floor was lined with bookselves, each stacked to the brim with books. There were giant signs pointing to Daring Do's signing booth, and a huge flank line heading away from it. "HOLY LINE!" I yelled. A few ponies turned around, but most ignored me. Daring Do looked up from a particular book she was signing. I guess she saw me, because her gasp was audible all the way to the back of the store.

"Whoa, what's THAT?!" She yelled. She flapped up from her chair, and flew over the heads of the waiting ponies. She touched down beside me. "I've been almost everywhere, but I've never seen something like this!" She exclaimed.

"Ummm... thanks?" I asked. She looked up at me.

"Oh good! You can talk!" She said. Daring Do wasn't wearing her adventurer's garb, she was dressed like a college professer.

"Eeyup, I can. I'm Sharky White. You are Daring Do! Famed explorer that teaches archaeology at a college right?" I asked. She nodded quickly.

"You read my books?" She asked. I smiled.

"Nope, I'd like to though." She faltered for a moment.

"T-then how do you know about me?" Daring asked.

"BECAUSE I CAN READ MINDS!" I yelled. Daring flinched and her ears dropped. "Just kidding, my friend is a really big fan of yours." I explained. She sighed.

"Whew, you had me goin' there. So, you here to get some books signed for this friend?" She asked.

"Yeah, I need to buy the collection too, how much is it?" I asked. Daring flinched again.

"Uh... the whole set is rather expensive... You sure?" She asked. I laughed.

"Oh yea? I'm sure, hit me with your worst price." I offered.

"2000 bits for the whole set....." She muttered. I smiled and pulled out my bit pouch. I pulled out twenty gold bits and handed them to her.

"I thought you said it was expensive!" I laughed. Daring's jaw dropped.

"W-what the? How does something like you get this much money ON HOOF?!" She asked.

"Oh, I'm a monster hunter." I explained as I pointed to my hip. Daring smiled in excitement.

"Oh, you must go on plenty adventures too!" She said excitedly. "Wanna swap stories?! I'll sign the books for freeee~!" She offered. I laughed again.

"That sounds great, but you should deal with your other fans first..." I said as I pointed to the huge line of ponies, who were all gaping at me. Daring slumped a little.

"Yeah... I should..." She sighed. She flew back to the little table where she was signing her books. The poines kept staring at me, and I backed out of the bulding. I made sure Daring saw me so that she'd know where I was when she was done. RD Flew into my back as I left the building. I didn't fall this time.

"OOF! Hi there RD! How'd it go with the Wonderbolts?" I asked. She beamed up at me.

"Oh it was awesome! They were so impressed with my speed, they let me join them!" She said excitedly. "Well, not now... but they said that as soon as there was room on the roster, they'd call me first!" She gushed.

"That's fantastic RD!" I cheered. She leapt up to my and I pulled her into a hug. "Oh my gosh this is SO AWESOME!" I gushed. I put her back down, and we stood there for awhile, gushing like two idiots. After we talked for awhile, RD looked at the ground for a second. Then RD looked up at me.

"You know, this has got to be the best day of my LIFE! I owe it all to you Sharky..." She said with a funny voice.

"Well, if you think it was good so far, I've got another suprise for you!" I said happily. RD gave me a suprised look.

"You know, I was supposed to take YOU out." She mumbled. "Fine, what else do you have? I doubt it compares to the Wonderbolts, but g--"

"Ok Sharky, I cleared out all the other fans!" Daring called from the door of the store. "How about that story swap now?" She asked. I smiled.

"Rainbow Dash, meet Daring Do!" I cheered. RD fell over, unconcious.