I stepped out of the carriage, which brought me here from the hospital. The doctors didn’t particularly like my decision to go out, but accepted that I really didn’t need to move my wing for just going to the results announcement. It took me less than three minutes to get to the place.

“ALL CONTESTANTS, PLEASE COME DOWN TO THE ARENA!” a magically enhanced voice yelled.

I slowly found my way to the ring surrounded by platforms where thousands of spectators sat, and got into the crowd of contestants, all curious as to who was the winner of yesterday’s race, and why it had to get delayed.

I slowly made my way through the crowd to the front, being very careful not to touch anything with my wing.

“FILLIES AND GENTLECOLTS! THE RESULTS OF THE WONDERBOLTS HELD RACE ARE AS FOLLOWS!” the voice announced and began calling out the names of contestants, from last place to the first.

AND NOW, FOR THE PRIZE POSITONS!

THIRD PLACE, WITH THE PRIZE OF ONE THOUSAND BITS GOES TO... LIGHTNING BOLT!!!

A white pegasus with light blue mane simply flew to the the stage, too amazed to say anything. She bowed slightly as the crowd began applauding.
But that meant...

THE SECOND PLACE, WITH THE AWARD OF THREE DAYS TRAINING WITH THE WONDERBOLTS AND TWO THOUSAND BITS GOES TO...
DITZY DOO!!!

I was completely shocked. I thought that it was going to be either me or Rainbow Dash taking the second place. There was only one place with the Wonderbolts as the grand prize, so the possibility of both of us getting the first place was out. They probably ruled me out because of my injury, thinking that I won’t be able to keep up with them or something like that... Tears started rising to my eyes. Despite that I managed to raise my voice and cheer at the top of my lungs as Ditzy slowly flew – danced towards the stage, adorably oblivious as she has always been.

AND THE FIRST PLACE WILL BE ANOUNCED BY THE LEADER OF THE WONDERBOLTS, SPITFIRE!

I watched the orange maned pegasus, as she flew high above the crowd.

“There were certain circumstances we were not prepared for,” she began.
“The magic barrier raised by our judges was invented specifically to prevent this kind of situation from happening,” she paused and took a deep breath. She wasn’t going to say what I thought she was going to say, was she?
“But our judges agreed upon the fact that Fire Trail and Rainbow Dash managed to cross the finish line at the exact same moment. Neither one of them was ahead, not by a width of a hair. So, this means that the prize money of ten thousand bits will be split between them –“ me and Rainbow Dash both began the crazy mantra of “ohmygoshohmygoshOHMYGOSH OH MY GOSH!!!”
“- and they are both invited to join our ranks.”
“OH SWEET CELESTIA HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL I ACTUALLY MANAGED TO DO IT!!! “ Rainbow Dash screamed at the top of her lungs and plunged herself at me, only to stop inches before me.
“Yeah, the wing. I know.” she muttered quietly.
“But seriously, we’ve done it! We are with the Wonderbolts now! I can’t believe it we’ve actuallydoneitthisisthehappiestdayofmylifemydreamjustcametrue-“ I managed to run away from her crazy hapiness. Sure, it was the best moment of my life too, but I was taking it far more calmly than she did. But I wasn’t surprised by that. I slowly walked up to the stage, waiting for Spitfire to land before us.
“I am honoured to accept your invitation.” I said bowing my head down.
“We’ll go over the details of your and Rainbow Dash’s membership tomorrow. Can we meet in front of the royal palace at dawn?” she asked.
“I’ll be there,” I simply replied. “But please, tell me – do you know my father, Fireball?”
Spitfire frowned a bit at the mention of my father’s name.
“Yes, I do. He was with us when you were just a little foal. You probably don’t remember it.”
“What?!” I exclaimed.
“However, there was an accident during one of the stunts. Because of his fault, another Wonderbolt, Cannonball, was severely injured, the injury not letting him fly with us again.
He never forgave himself for that, and he gave up his membership immediately.”
“So that’s why...” I began to wonder.
“Yeah. You can tell him that Cannonball has forgiven him,” Spitfire said.
“Really? Maybe I could convince him to join you once again!” I exclaimed excitedly at the thought of flying with my dad – the Wonderbolt!
“I’m not sure about that, but you can always try. He was a great aerobat, actually...” she lowered her voice so only I could hear her.
“...I never told you that, understood? He’s actually better than me. I know that there shouldn’t be any shame in admitting that, but still, with me being the captain and all... you didn’t hear that,” she looked at me, visibly reliving the memories.
She then flew into the crowd to find Rainbow Dash, who was presumably still motormouthing her awe.

“I told you that you could do it,” I suddenly heard.
I did not reply. Instead I looked into her beautiful, golden, crossed eyes.
“Do you remember the day you taught me to dance with the bubbles?” I whispered.
“Yes, I do. Why do you ask?” she looked at me quizzicaly.
“I forgot to finish something that day,” I replied, leaned forward and kissed her on the lips, right there on the stage, ignoring the audience of few thousand ponies around us.
I don’t know how long the kiss lasted, but when we finally broke the connection, she looked me straight in the eyes, her own being aligned correctly for a rare moment.
“Yes, that... I wondered if you’d ever do that,” she said with a warm smile.
“What would you say if I invited you for a dinner to the best restaurant in all of Canterlot? After all, we have to celebrate this, and I’ve got quite a bunch of money to spend.” I asked, smirking.
“Heh, so do I.” she reminded, smiling. “But I’d love to.”
She rested her head on my neck, the same way she did a few years ago, and we lost ourselves to the cheering of the crowd and our own feelings for one another.

This was definitely the happiest day of my life.