"Ummm Twilight?"

"Hmm...Yes Sharky?"

"Are you sure we need to sit like this to speed the process up?" I had been sitting with my legs crossed and Twilight was sitting right in the space between my legs leaning her back against my chest. She had me wrap my arms around her middle and she had her hooves wrapped around my arms. We had been like this for about two hours. About 30 minutes in, Spike had walked in, but he just turned around and walked right back.

"Hm? Oh yes. Absolutley."

"Well if we only need contact, couldn't we just--"

"NO, this is necessary!" She interrupted. I sighed loudly.

"..."

"..."

"...Can I at least check to see if I have a horn now?"

"Uggghh! Fine!" I unwrapped my arm from her legs then I lifted my hand to my forehead, and found a full grown horn there. It was bigger than Twilight's, but I guess the magic makes it bigger to suit my size. I jumped up really fast and sent Twilight tumbling out of my lap.

"Oops, sorry, but look! A full-grown horn!" I shouted excitedly.

"Fantastic." Twilight grumbled. I was confused.

"Why do you sound upset? The experiment was a sucess!" I was so excited.

"I'm not upset. Sucess Yay..." She still sounded a little upset, but I decided I was imagining it.

"Now I just gotta leave and see how long it takes to go away!" I started towards the door.

"Uhhhh No!"

"What? Why not?" I was halfway out the door. What can I say? I like testing theories.

"Uhhh...Don't you wanna learn how to use it first?!" She almost sounded like she was whining. That stopped me for a second. Why would she be whining? I almost decided to stay, but my natural curiosity won out.

"Nah, I'll learn later. It's not like I'll never be able to use magic again, right?" I joked. Twilight slumped down.

"Oh... Ok..." I then ran out the door. Twilight watched me leave. *sigh* "Maybe...maybe I'm not being obvious enough?" She then trotted to her room and sat on her bed to think. I've only known him for such a small amount of time...He's not even my SPECIES! This is so dumb...but then why do I feel this way?

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I wasn't sure what to do with so much free time now, so I decided to check up on Fluttershy. I wanted to see if getting wings would actually allow me to fly, or if my body would still be too big. I passed a large, clear, grassy area, when all of the sudden I heard a voice.

"wooooaaAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" The voice became louder and sounded like it was getting closer, so I turned to see where the noise was coming from. In that moment, a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane smacked into my gut full-force. I was knocked clean off my feet. I smacked my head on a rock when I hit the ground.

"OW!" I looked up and saw Rainbow Dash sitting on my chest. She was giving me a small apologetic smile.

"Oh, sorry. I was practicing a new trick and lost control..." I smiled back to her.

"No worries!" I grimaced as I rubbed the back of my head. My hand came away bloody.

"Oh no! You're bleeding!"

"No way, really?" I said sarastically. "Don't worry, I'm sure I can fix it." I tried to focus the little bit of magic I had left on the wound, but I didn't feel any change.

"Ummm...Why do you look constipated?" Dash asked me. I unscrewed my face. I sighed.

"I was trying to use magic to heal myself." I stated matter-of-factly. She laughed.

"Bwhaha! Only unicorns can use magic ya dork. You're not even a pony!"

"Well I had a horn like 20 minutes ago!" I shouted in frustration. I guess it wears off faster than I thought. Maybe practice would fix that too. Dash looked confused.

"You had a what now?" I sighed again. Something told me Rainbow wouldn't understand or care about the explanation like Twilight had.

"It's not important." Then I had a thought. "Hey you're the fastest flier in Equestria, right?"

"Eeyup!" She said proudly. I gave her a wicked grin.

"I'm willing to bet that if we hang out for the next few hours, I'll be just as fast as you!" She started laughing and rolled backwards off me.

"Sure, the thing without wings is gonna be as good a flier as me. BWAHAHAHA!" She was tearing up she was laughing so hard. "You know what I think? You just wanna hang with me!" She grinned.

"N-no that's not the case at all!"

"No worries!" She said with a wink. "I'll let you tag along with me!" I sighed. Clearly she had gotten the wrong idea.

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I sat and talked with Dash for about 4 hours. She told me about her dreams to join the wonderbolts, and her sonic rainboom. I listened and nodded at the appropriate points. I wished my wings would grow faster. I could feel them developing, but much slower than my horn had grown. My body also felt like it was becoming much lighter and I could feel new muscles developing on my back. I wasn't sure if it had to do with the fact that I was holding Twilight, or if it was because I hadn't been around Dash much. I would've asked to hold Dash like I had held Twilight, but she was already getting the wrong idea and I didn't want to encourage it. Finally Dash stopped talking and gave me a challenging look.

"So we've hung out for a few hours, do you think you can fly like me? Bwahahaha!" I gave her a wicked grin. My wings had stopped growing, I was ready.

"As a matter of fact..." I pulled off my shirt. Dash gave me a funny look. "I think I can!" I then tried to flex my new muscles and ended up expanding my new wings to their full reach. Dash gasped and looked at them open-mouthed. I turned to look at them. They were cyan just like Dash's, but WAY bigger. I gave them a flap and flew about four feet off the ground.

"H-h-how??!" Dash stammered. I smiled at her again.

"Magic!" She tried to recover from the shock of seeing wings on a naturally wingless being.

"W-well you may have wings, but that doesn't make you as fast as me!"

"Oh really?" I challenged. I knew the magic would make me just as good as her. "Then how about a race?"

"You're on!" She shouted with ferocity in her eyes. I thought for a moment to decide where the race would be.

"Ok come with me to Fluttershy's house." I flapped my wings full force and blasted away from the ground. Dash was right there beside me and we took off to Fluttershy's house. I thought learning to fly would be difficult, but luckily the wings came with instincts, so I didn't have a problem. We got to Fluttershy's house, and I started explaining the course. "Ok, here's the plan. We are going to fly to Twilight's library, come back around and fly back here. 3 laps, first one back wins!"

"Sounds good to me. Let's go!" We lined up next to Fluttershy's tree.

"Ready..."

"Set..."

"GO!!!" We yelled at the same time. We both bolted into the air and took off towards Twilight's house. I was managing to stay right next to Dash, but it took some effort. She looked just as strained as I felt though, so I wasn't worried. We were going so fast that the 30 minute walk to Twilight's house was reduced to a 5 minute flight. I slowed down to turn around her house, but Dash tried to pull it off at full speed. She flew a little off course and I pulled about 3 feet ahead of her. It sounded like she said something, but the sound was quickly lost behind us. This was absolutley amazing! I felt like Superman while I flew! The wind whipped my face and I had to dodge a few bugs, but other than that it was the best feeling I'd ever experienced! Now I understood why Dash practiced all the time! We reached Fluttershy's house again and we both took the turn the right way this time, so I didn't gain any more distance on her. We rocketed towards Twilight's house again and Dash bumped my lower body as we approached it. I was thrown off course a little and me and Dash ended up neck-and-neck again.

"Rotten cheater..." I mumbled. We blasted towards Fluttershy's again and took the corner the same way. As we came back to Twilight's house Dash tried to bump me again, but I flapped a little harder to gain some altitude on her. Her bump missed and we headed towards Fluttershy's for the final time with me flying right above her. A thin white line faded into view as we picked up speed on our way towards Fluttershy's. I decided to get even with her cheating and win this race. I reached down and rubbed the base of her wings.

*POMF* Her wings popped straight out and the white line flung her backwards just like in the cartoon. I kept going and gained more speed until I broke the sound barrier a few hundred feet away from Fluttershy's house. With my Rainbow trail behind me (Manly I know) I flew after Dash's falling body. I managed to get to her and catch her a few feet away from the ground. I then slowed down and dropped to the ground right on the outskirts of ponyville. Dash hit my face with her hoof.

"OW!" I dropped her and rubbed the side of my face.

"Jerk!" She yelled back.

"Hey you started it! I guess this makes me the fastest flier in Equestria now huh?" I teased her. She gave me a really pissed off look, but then it softened and she cracked a smile.

"You're right, I did cheat first. Even if I hadn't you still woulda won."

"Aww don't be too hard on yourself. I'm sure you would have found some way to come ahead."

"Maybe, but this makes you the first pony to ever beat me. That's...cool." She said it in a kind of whisper. I thought she was upset, and when I looked at her, her eyelids were lowered, but she didn't look sad. She looked...hungry or something. Her look made me nervous for some reason.

"Well I'm gonna go now..." I said suddenly. I wanted to go share my newest findings with Twilight.

"What's your rush? You just raced after all. Aren't you tired? C'mon, lets go chill at my place" She said in that weird whisper again.

"N-no I really gotta go...I'm gonna share the data I just gathered with Twilight." I was getting really unnerved now. I took off and flew towards Twilight's house. It took less than 2 minutes to get there. I dashed in and locked the door behind me. "Twilight?" I called. She didn't answer, but Spike came down the stairs.

"She left to look for you bro."

"Why? Does she need my help for something?"

"Nah, she said something about you taking to long to gather data. She just took off. By the way, why aren't you wearing your shirt?" I looked at my bare chest and realized I had forgotten to grab it before racing with Dash.

"Awww crud!" I face-palmed myself. "I problably blew it away when me and Dash took off!" I'll never find it now!

"Guess you'll have to talk to Rarity again." I sighed. Spike was right. Spending another 4 hours getting measured wasn't ideal, but it would have to be done.

"Yeah you're right Spike. If Twilight comes back tell her I'm at Rarity's." I started to leave.

"Oh by the way Sharky..." Some smoke had begun curling out of his nose.

"Yes Spike?"

"I saw you and Twilight this morning. You had better not hurt my sister, or I'll get you!" After he said that I opened my mouth to ask what he meant, but he was already gone. I unlocked the door and started walking towards the boutique. I spent the entire walk wondering what Spike had meant.

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Well look, Rainbow Dash finally got some lines in the story. Oh yeah, SHARKY IS AN IDIOT! It almost hurts writing someone this ignorant, and I'm just like him! Also, it seems everyone is falling behind with reading, should I slow down?